USA SPRING 2021 Rights Catalog
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BiG All-Ages & Young Readers P. 3
Life Drawn Slice of Life & Biography P. 12
H1 Action-Adventure & Superhero P. 27
Humanoids Hard-Hitting Genre P. 46
Copyright © 2021Humanoids, Inc., Los Angeles (USA). All rights reserved. Humanoids and its logos are ® and © 2021 Humanoids, Inc. 2 young readers “In a touching graphic novel for all ages from big: 10+ Humanoids about loss, friendship, scary stories, and new beginnings, Urban Legendz treats its readers with colorfully playful art and an adventure every kid wishes they could explore.” “The debut graphic novel from a team with an impressive animated pedigree.” —COMIC WATCH URBAN LEGENDZ —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Written by NICK BRUNO and PAUL DOWNS Art by MICHAEL YATES SCHOOL LIBRARY GUILD Imprint: BiG (10+) SELECTION Rights sold in French Color: Full Color • Pages: 112 pp. Price: $14.95 • Release Date: June 2019
DESCRIPTION:
When classic urban legends start terrorizing present-day Brooklyn, a motley crew of kids must fight to protect their city from the ruthless creatures trying to reclaim it.
After his mother’s death, Dwayne’s life is uprooted when he moves into the shabby Brooklyn apartment where she grew up. Overshadowed by his too-cool-for-school older brother and pressured by his policeman father, Dwayne often feels out of place. But his personal problems are cast aside when he gets suckered into joining a new crew of young vigilantes devoted to solving a series of sinister cases involving mysterious monsters that have been wreaking havoc throughout the city.
“The ideal book for fans of Stranger Things.” —COMICON KEY POINTS:
• All-ages supernatural graphic novel “An old-school Brooklyn twist on the • From the Animators of Cars, Ice Age, and Peanuts the Movie 1980s coming-of-age tale with eerie • For fans of Doug TenNapel (Ghostopolis and Tommysaurus Rex) themes, a sub-genre that seems supernaturally popular these days.” • For fans of the TV series Stranger Things (Netflix) A lead title in Humanoids’ all-ages line: BiG —DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD “The great thing about the book is that • adventure amounts to something. It isn’t • Art by Pixar story artist Michael Yates just the monsters that are the bad guys • Four-page bonus section in this story, but the idea of gentrification of a community embracing all of the different peoples that make it thrive.” —FANBASE PRESS 3 Yo wr lk ih. Afe ie m sn’s yu s¨©i ls fig fr ih... y u! te in’t...On o hv t et c ag Lot Boz eeyig...ad i il gt tkn ot b s¡m c¢a£y soe c¢e¤t¥rs. y u a i e bck tee?
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44 5 76 young readers big: 10+
SCARE CITY
Written by PAUL JENKINS Art by FRED PHAM CHUONG Rights sold in French Imprint: BiG (10+) Color: Full Color • Pages: 112 pp. Price: $14.95 • Release Date: October 2019 DESCRIPTION:
Tensions rise in a Monster Metropolis when spooky things start happening to its citizens! Will Gina and her friends solve the mystery before ancient rifts tear the community apart?
Deep beneath the human world lies Scare City, the hub where ghouls, ghosts, goblins, and all manner of supernatural beings dwell in perfect harmony. It took the monsters centuries to overcome their differences, but tonight Scare City could face its greatest challenge yet as a mysterious disappearances pit the various clans against one another!
The fate of the city rests in the hands of a compassionate Zombie-Witch baker who refuses to see her home torn apart by hate. She and her crew of spooky friends vow to do whatever it takes to solve the mystery and bring everyone together once again.
Brought to life by Eisner Award–winner Paul Jenkins (Wolverine Origins, Fairy Quest) and Fred Pham Chuong (Intertwined), Scare City is a charming and timely tale that reminds us to stick together even when it seems like the world is trying to keep us apart!
KEY POINTS:
• Zootopia meets Scooby Doo • For fans of monsters and supernatural stories • All-ages title • Strong female character lead • Written by Eisner Award-winning author Paul Jenkins (Wolverine Origins, Inhumans, Fairy Quest)
6 Brain cakes! Hi, Mr. and Oh, that’s nice. Get your brain Mrs. Slovotny! Fleas or ticks? cakes here! How’s the Chupacabra? iss skin KOonDition! Hi there, little one! I have a special Bonepaste Tart, free of charge for Noo. all our skeleton Maybe customers. sivvun. Blood Pudding, Slime Muffins, and fank Slithergrub Pie, our you! specialty!
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8 7 9 Not that …rRr… I’d want it any sorry, what? “…another beautiful early other way, Did I sunset in Scare City, and my darkling. hear you put you’re watching Channel Five, “First on Five--live and an ad on Scare City Action News! exclusive: Downtown I just want the T.V.--? Did you s ay traffic is now running to make sure my something, Philip? smoothly thanks to the wife doesn’t put our I think I had a Bit of opening of a new section business completely A ZomBie MomEnt of the Terrible Trench under water. there-- Subway system.
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“This afternoon, the Alien sector and Central Eeville were officially connected by subway to the Lupine Forest, Very funny. Swamptown, and onto the But please, Gina, Fifth Mental Ward out west. we have to be more careful with our spending. We’re it’s going trying to build a to be a beautiful “So, if your rush future for our evening. hour commute just children. I’m standing got a little easier, in the city I love kiss a troll today, with my wonderful folks! I know. vampire husband. But just for Life is good. one night, let’s not in WEATHER news: should be close to a full take everything moon later tonight, so watch out for those so seriously, vampires on the roads, everyone. okay? Besides, those were I don’t day-old want anything pies. to spoil this moment.
“This segment has been brought to you by Gina’s Bakery in Little Monstravia.
“We sell pastries for monsters of all shapes and sizes…free blood sausage with every purchase of two snotcakes, or more! Yum, they’re tasty!” young readers NEW big: 10+
SHY NINJA
Written by RICARDO and ADARA SANCHEZ Art by ARIANNA FLOREAN Rights sold in French Imprint: BiG (10+) Color: Full Color • Pages: 128 pp. Release Date: March 2021
DESCRIPTION:
Rena’s social anxiety disorder isolates her from other kids until she becomes…a Ninja.
Deep down, Rena wants to be like all the other kids—playing outside after school, meeting up with friends at the movies—but instead, she finds herself avoiding social interaction at all costs. That is, until a Ninja Master shows up at her door and tells her that she can harness her anxiety to fight the forces of evil! Oh, and did he mention that she’s the hero of a 500-year-old prophecy? But Rena’s dreams become nightmares when she realizes that she’s being trained to become a… master villain!
Written by the father/daughter team of Rick and Adara Sanchez, with art by Arianne Florean (Star Wars Adventures), Shy Ninja is a coming of age story that speaks to all of us!
KEY POINTS:
• Written by a father/daughter duo • Deals with social anxiety disorder • All-ages title • Female character lead, diverse and inclusive cast • Animation-inspired art
9 10 11 biography NEW life drawn
LUGOSI
Written and Illustrated by KOREN SHADMI Imprint: Life Drawn Rights Available: Color: Two-Color • Pages: 160 pp. WORLD excl. English language Price: $24.99 • Release Date: September 2021
DESCRIPTION:
A biography chronicling the tumultuous personal and professional life of horror icon and star of stage and screen, Bela Lugosi.
Lugosi, the tragic life story of one of horror’s most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. After a brief stint as a stage actor in Germany, he started a new life in Hollywood and landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would become a series of classic feature films. From that point forward, Lugosi’s stardom would be assured...but with international fame came setbacks and addictions that gradually whittled his reputation from icon to has-been. Lugosi details the actor’s fall from grace, sad ending, and legacy.
KEY POINTS:
• From the author of the best-selling THE TWILIGHT MAN • For fans of horror • For fans of film and Hollywood history • An historical tale with a strikingly unique visual style
12 13 14 slice of life NEW life drawn
Painted
Illustrated by KATIA VECCHIO Written by KEV WALKER and HELEN MULLANE Rights sold in French Imprint: Life Drawn Color: Full Color • Pages: 120 pp. Price: $19.99 • Release Date: October 2021
DESCRIPTION:
A young supermodel reflects on a series of events that, as a teenager, brought power... then tragedy.
Selene and Sophie are typical high school girls. One day, when Selene’s period is used to make her the target of schoolwide humiliation, she realizes it’s time for a revolution. Inspired by the Celtic face-painted warriors of her ancestry, Selene sets out with her friends to challenge the patriarchy. But when the ferocity of the real world comes crashing in, the girls’ identities are shattered, and they are left to pick up the pieces all on their own.
Painted deals unapologetically with bullying, violence, language, drug use, death, the bonds of sisterhood and friendship, and—above all—the power of friendship.
KEY POINTS:
• A poignant, unflinching coming-of-age tale • For fans of books like This One Summer, Honor Girl, and Speak: The Graphic Novel • A frank look at the power of the patriarchy • Recommended for readers 16+ • A moving story about absent parents, social anxiety, bullying, girl power, and trauma
15 16 17 slice of life life drawn
chasing echoes
Written by DAN GOLDMAN Art by GEORGE SCHALL Imprint: Life Drawn “...a very different kind of Rights Sold in French Color: Full Color • Pages: 156 pp. story about the generational Price: $19.95 • Release Date: November 2019 effects of the Holocaust.” “...enjoyable, multidimensional misadventure.” —THE BEAT —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY DESCRIPTION:
Imagine your entire extended family goes on a pilgrimage to Poland to reclaim your grandfather’s legacy…and you find out about it on Facebook!
Welcome to Malka Solomon’s life: broke and recently divorced, she’s also her family’s self- appointed historian. After guilt-tripping herself a ticket as the self-appointed “Keeper of the Family Archives,” it soon becomes clear that the family has drifted apart, and everyone has brought more baggage than suitcases. When confronted with their reflection in the ruins of their grandfather’s old mill, they realize that they’ve been running away from themselves—and each other—for far too long. As they travel together across the Old Country of their ancestors—from Auschwitz to ruined synagogues to an Elton John concert—they realize that maybe they’re still a family after all.
Chasing Echoes, written by Dan Goldman (Red Light Properties, Priya’s Shakti) and illustrated by George Schall (Wizard Beach, Planet of the Apes), is a heartfelt tale about dysfunctional family dynamics, self-discovery and rebirth, and what brings us back together.
KEY POINTS:
• A semi-autobiographical tale by Dan Goldman ”An excellent graphic novel, with • A unique look back at the Holocaust and how to confront the a very different take on a Jewish current reality of antisemitism American family’s connection to the Holocaust.” • Told with humor and emotion —RESTRICTED FREQUENCY • Little Miss Sunshine meets MAUS • For fans of slice-of-life stories
18 "--or run away and make’m Poland. Spring, 1939. a marriage mit mein Golde, the light of mein life. "Ve didn’t know yet from vat Hitler vas planning for the Jews. "I vas seventeen years old, and I had to make’m a choice: join up mit the Polish Army and defend mein homeland from the Germans--
"The Polish Army charged "A piece’m shrapnel hit mein dem Germans mit muskets hand and mein trigger finger vas hanging from the skin. and horses-- "--and they stamped on us like mice. "From mein platoon, everyone vas killed except for meinself and two others who got away.
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ima? "Ve vas hiding up in the trees "Vhen finally ve came down two veeks while the German "I wrapped’m up mein finger from the trees, mein finger mit a scrap from mein torn vas healed crooked-- Army vas passing beneath us. uniform to stop the bleeding.
Can Why're we buy me a you always up sleeping bag We'll get here doing this for camp? one at the thrift stuff all the store--but let me time? finish scanning these photos first.
"--and Poland vas under Hitler’s control.
52 11 19 Marching us "My"My comrades comrades vent vent their their separate separate single-file through vays--nobodyvays--nobody knew knew vhich vhich vas vas safe. safe. this of all places is so goddamn insensitive. "But"But I I knew knew I I had had to to seesee mein mein family, family, so so "I"I vent vent back back to to meinmein village." village."
ButBut what’swhat’s your your village’svillage’s name, name, Zeide?Zeide? I feel sick. "Mein"Mein family family vas vas missing--missing--
"--taken"--taken by by the the Germans Germans whenwhen I I vas vas off off fighting fighting alongsidealongside the the Polacks. Polacks.
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the twilight man
Story and Art by KOREN SHADMI Imprint: Life Drawn Color: Black & White • Pages: 168 pp. Featured in Rights sold in French, Italian Price: $22.95 • Release Date: October 2019 FORBES MAGAZINE
DESCRIPTION:
A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling’s rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his personal Twilight Zone.
We recognize him as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the “Angry Young Man” of Television. Before he became the revered master of science fiction, Rod Serling was just a writer struggling to make his voice heard. He vehemently challenged the networks and viewership alike to expand their minds and standards—rejecting notions of censorship, racism and war. But it wasn’t until he began to write about real world enemies in the guise of aliens and monsters that people lent their ears. “[An] unexpectedly poignant and cleverly In doing so, he pushed the television industry to the edge of glory, and himself to the edge of observed graphic novel treatment of Serling’s sanity. life and career. It’s a unique take on the lasting work of a complicated man who found his greatest success when coding the messages of his socially conscious narratives.” —JOE DANTE, director of Gremlins KEY POINTS:
“A perceptive take, which celebrates • A biography of Rod Serling, one of the most revered figures in and illuminates one of early Hollywood, who was also one of its biggest social and political television’s true artists.” activists —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • 60th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone • Of interest to viewers of Jordan Peele’s CBS-TV Reboot “An excellent and engrossing depiction • A historical tale with a strikingly unique visual style of Serling’s life and legacy. The story • Story & art by Koren Shadmi (Rise of the Dungeon Master, by Shadmi is brisk, intellectual, and well developed, [and] the art by The Abbadon, In the Flesh) Shadmi is breathtaking. —GRAPHIC POLICY 21 By the time “Noon on Doomsday“ aired, the story was so watered down that it was practically meaningless.
My frustration with both sponsors and network censorship had reached a breaking point.
This is no A show Captain Video or with moral and This will Flash Gordon—but emotional gravity. be an anthology rather, short films Yes, Directed by the very show, the likes of of the highest Science fiction best, starring I began to use my new status which has never quality! the finest and Fantasy, but actors. as a television heavyweight to No dramatic been seen dealing with vocalize my frustrations. art form should before. complex, adult be dictated and issues. controlled by men whose training and instincts are to sell consumer goods.
it’s difficult to produce a television show that is both incisive and probing--
--when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
Cbs was cordial, they even bought the script. Marsha, Very… have this filed interesting. They promised me in room they would consider B404. the show with the utmost sincerity.
22 91 99 Gentlemen, I can only Object in point here—a file tell you that “The Lonely,” which cabinet containing a contract, all involves a man, and a woman made out very legal and proper, except, the party As I awoke from my of plastic and wires with a machine of the first part in this case, what do nightly terrors, ideas for a heart, will provide a most we call him? He has a lot of names. The Twilight Zone was Beelzebub, Mr. Scratch. would surface up, and I bizarre experience. the result of the strange would jot them down. concoction of elements brewing in my subconscious.
in our story, “Escape Clause,” his name is simply Mr. Cadwallader.
books He makes a Mr. Cadwallader by Heinlein, deal with a little supplies the immortality, Lovecraft and man who has a and the little man My pitch was a success. we Bradbury psychotic fear supplies the soul. landed Kimberly Clark and army horror of dying. General Foods as sponsors. memories films
Norman Corwin broadcasts
A contract was drawn out. I would retain complete creative control over the show.
I would write 80% of the first season’s scripts and in return, own a 50% stake in the show. I couldn’t have imagined a better deal.
twisted and transmuted by my own imagination…
The Twilight Zone would be …That was the produced by my newly formed strange brew production company, Cayuga that became Productions*. The Twilight Zone.
*After Cayuga Lake, New York, where The Serlings vacationed. 23 113 115 historical fiction NEW life drawn
mpls sound
Written by JOE ILLIDGE with HANNIBAL TABU Art by MEREDITH LAXTON Cover by JEN BARTEL Imprint: Life Drawn Color: Full Color • Pages: 128 pp. Rights sold in French Release Date: April 2021
DESCRIPTION:
This graphic novel is the ultimate love letter to the funky pop-rock sound that Prince made legendary.
When Prince burst onto the music scene in 1978, he put Minneapolis on the map. Consequently, many local acts follow the trail he blazed. This is the story of Starchild, a group that almost made it to stardom in 1983, led by one young woman whose desire to change the world with her music was far bigger than herself.
Through Starchild’s journey, MPLS Sound chronicles, with a unique perspective, the influence of a musical genius and the rebirth of a city.
KEY POINTS:
• A must-have for fans of Prince, funk music, and the Minneapolis sound • 1980s vibe • For both music and graphic novel lovers • Cover by comic book artist and Minneapolis native Jen Bartel (Captain Marvel, Blackbird) • Female lead of color
24 ...BETTER THAN GOOD
More soul than most of the bands and ready to go up against all of them. All of us going up against the odds… and eventually, we lost.
STARCHILD WAS thE BEst... Or at the very least, we played the hardest. But the end was fifty million miles away... The beginning of Starchild was many years ago... …be anoTHer ordinary day for Cause THat’s when THe reST of my life. I saw him.
And in THat moment There would of me looking at him never, ever… looking back at me, I knew.
26 Forty-five years after revolutionizing comics with Metal Hurlant, Humanoids makes history again with H1, an imprint comprising three superhero books--IGNITED, OMNI, and STRANGELANDS--into a shared universe of action and adventure, where the heroes’ fates are intertwined with the fate of the Earth itself.
Next to the three ongoing series of the IGNITION universe, the H1 ORIGINALS present a slate of genre graphic novels from the best talents in the US and beyond.
The H1 imprint is overseen by award winning creators such as Mark Waid, John Cassaday, Carla Speed McNeil, Yanick Paquette, Kwanza Osajyefo and many more.
27 superhero h1 ignition
IGNITED
Written by MARK WAID and KWANZA OSAJYEFO Art by PHIL BRIONES Covers by JOHN CASSADAY, HUMBERTO RAMOS and JG JONES Rights sold in French, Italian Imprint: H1 IGNITION Featured in VOL 1: October 2019 • 128 pp • Full Color • $14.95 YALSA’S 2020 VOL 2: January 2021 • 140 pp • Full Color • $17.99 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS DESCRIPTION:
The lives of six teenagers are changed forever when tragedy strikes at their high school. Now “Ignited #1 plants a flag for H1 Comics. It the power to restore order is literally in their hands. shows the line isn’t afraid to touch upon real world issues. It shows it’s not afraid to touch It’s the first day back at Phoenix Academy High, and students and faculty alike are haunted by upon controversial issues and take a stand.” the memories of last year’s horrific attack by a school shooter. Friends and teachers were lost, —GRAPHIC POLICY but six who survived underwent a mysterious change. They IGNITED, each gaining a strange new superhuman ability. So blessed (or cursed), they realize they now have the power to fight back against gun violence in America. “H1 feature[s] an impressive mix of diverse talents, in terms of experience Written by Mark Waid (Kingdom Come, The Flash, Captain America) and Kwanza Osajyefo and outlook, united by talent and (Black, Black AF) with art by Phil Briones (Aquaman, Suicide Squad) and cover by John Cassaday the shared universe they’ll create (Planetary, Astonishing X-Men, I Am Legion), Ignited launches the Humanoids’ H1 Ignition shared together.” universe in a bold and unexpected way. —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
KEY POINTS: • For fans of Marvel’s Runaways and X-Men • Coming of age story • Co-written by the creator of Black (#2 on Comicon’s list of Best Comics of 2018) “If superhero comics have a responsibility to • Co-written by Mark Waid, Eisner Award–winning author of Kingdom reflect our real world, then superhero comics Come (one of the highest-selling graphic novels in history) featuring teenage characters have more to reckon with than ever before… Humanoids’ • A YALSA 2020 Great Graphic Novel for Teens title nascent superhero universe is confronting gun • Confronts the issue of school shootings head-on violence in schools head on with Ignited.” —PASTE MAGAZINE 28 29 30 superhero h1 ignition “Unexpected and clever.” —COMICS BEAT OMNI
Written by DEVIN GRAYSON and MELODY COOPER Art by ALITHA E. MARTINEZ, GIOVANNI VALLETTA and ENID BALAM Covers by DAVE JOHNSON “The Futre of Comics.” Rights sold in French, Italian Imprint: H1 IGNITION —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER VOL 1: April 2020 • 128 pp • Full Color • $14.95 VOL 2: February 2021 • 120 pp • Full Color • $17.99 DESCRIPTION:
A young and driven surgeon suddenly and mysteriously acquires hyperintelligence and the power to think at inhuman speed. Now she travels the globe in search of others like her in hopes of diagnosing them to find out what caused their transformations.
Cecelia Cobbina chose to save lives. A gifted and selfless doctor, she always received boundless praise from her peers and her patients. But that was before the incident in Africa. Before she was forced to leave her job at Doctors Without Borders behind. Before she gained the ability to perceive the world with superhuman intelligence. Before she became an Ignited.
Though people all over the planet are Igniting with superpowers, Cecelia seems to be the only one with the ability to understand what’s happening. Flanked by her aide, Mae Walters, Cecelia leaves a brilliant medical career behind to take the road and help other Ignited as they struggle with their newfound abilities. Meanwhile, she’s starting to understand what’s going on with the Earth. What if the sudden rise of superpowered individuals was the prelude to a bigger crisis?
“Immediate and relevant.” KEY POINTS: —FANBASE PRESS “Cecelia is a confident and engaging • Strong Black female lead character that you immediately want For fans of superpowered stories like Marvel’s Ironheart and Moon to see succeed.” “The artwork is engaging, this brilliant mix of • gritty realism and minor fantasy the artwork is Girl and Devil Dinosaur —THE NEW YORK TIMES engaging, this brilliant mix of gritty realism and • Volume 1 written by award-winning author Devin Grayson (Marvel’s minor fantasy that drives the narrative goal Black Widow, DC’s Batman and Nightwing), with art by Alitha E. without foregoing the playfulness we expect “H1 feature[s] an impressive mix of from big superhero titles.” Martinez (Marvel’s Black Panther: World of Wakanda) diverse talents, in terms of experience and outlook, united by talent and —AiPT COMICS • Volume 2 written by award-winning screenwriter Melody Cooper the shared universe they’ll create (Two-Sentence Horror Stories) together.” • Culturally diverse and timely storylines —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 31 EW ORLEANS mo RE LI KE…
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…WHICH MEANS THEIR CAMP IS LESS THAN HALF A DAY’S WALK FROM THIS LOCATION, THE WAY HE’S SUPPORTING HIS PROBABLY IN THE COLLEAGUE--THAT’S COMPASSION. FOREST OFF THE WEST BANK. THERE’S MUD ON THEIR BOOTS. REGIONAL ACCENT. THEY MUST HAVE CROSSED THE HE’S ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY 17.5% CHANCE OF CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH. OUAKA TO GET FOR HIS FRIEND AND COULD BE HERE… PERSUADED TO CHANGE HIS CURRENTLY SPEAKING CURRENT COURSE OF ACTION-- SANGO, A NGBANDI-BASED CREOLE. LIGHT-HEADED. HEART RACING. BREATH HELD. THIS IS PANIC. BREATHE. RELAX MUSCLES. RE-CENTER. --IF HE WERE CONVINCED IT WAS IN THIS OTHER MAN’S BEST INTEREST.
NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO STABILIZE CURRENT PATIENT. ACCESSING MUSCLE MEMORY TO PACK AND COVER SURGICAL INCISION…
SUBJECT FLUSHED AND SWEATING-- MAY BE FEVERISH. DEMONSTRATING NECK PAIN AND MOVING WITH LEG STIFFNESS. HIGH PROBABILITY OF UNDIAGNOSED POLIOMYELITIS. THAT SONG THE CHILDREN WERE SINGING LAST NIGHT-- HOW DID IT GO, AGAIN?
THESE MEN TOOK A BIG RISK COMING HERE--THEY MUST BE DESPERATE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO KILL ME, I’M TOO VALUABLE TO THEM. superhero h1 ignition
STRANGELANDS
Written by MAGS VISAGGIO and DARCIE LITTLE BADGER Art by GUILLERMO SANNA Rights sold in French, Italian and VINCENZO FEDERICI Covers by DAN PANOSIAN, JOHN CASSADAY Imprint: H1 IGNITION VOL 1: December 2019 • 128 pp • Full Color • $14.95 DESCRIPTION: VOL 2: October 2020 • 96 pp • Full Color • $14.99
Two strangers find themselves inextricably tied together by inexplicable superpowers. Fighting their connection could mean destroying the world.
Adam and Elakshi aren’t exactly a couple, but they do have what some might call “a love-hate relationship.” Apart from the fact that they’re perfect strangers from different sides of the world, they also have superpowers that cause mass destruction whenever they touch or are separated. Their greatest challenge — aside from getting along — is to find a way to rid themselves of their powers while being hunted down by one of British Intelligence’s most ruthless agents! And they might just tear the world apart along the way.
The H1 IGNITION universe delivers a new, fast-paced series blending action, romance, and “The diversity of the characters superpowers, written by Mags Visaggio (Kim & Kim, Dr. Mirage, Eternity Girl) and Darcie Little enriches the storytelling…” Badger (Shining Ascension), with art by Guillermo Sanna (Marvel Comics Presents, Luke Cage) and Vincenzo Federici. —COMICON KEY POINTS:
• Raiders of the Lost Ark and James Bond with super-powers • Co-written by Magdalene Visaggio, the first Eisner-nominated transgender creator in comics • Co-written by Darcie Little Badger, the first female indigenous creator in comics “The creative riff on superpower • Drawn by rising stars Guillermo Sanna and Vincenzo Federici stories sets up intriguing central characters for future adventures.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
34 Why can’t you use a knife? Anything but Don’t be. This that… that jellyfish is thing. I’m afraid going to heal of them. you. Especially because of your Thalassophobia.
I’m going as Adam! fast as I can, You’ve got Elakshi! to go faster!
And that. What’s next? Two guns? We’ll get Where do you too far keep them apart! This again, all? dude? giMme.
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6 7 NnG! I Promise.
it’s okay, Jason. I promise. Let it sting.
Adam! Try pulling Your powers! the train towards you.
My attraction skills aren’t that strong! Get back on your bike! Before it’s too late!
Oh God, it’s starting.
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8 9 crime/action-adventure h1 originals
MEYER
Written by JONATHAN LANG Art by ANDREA MUTTI Cover by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH Imprint: H1 ORIGINALS Featured in “[A] graphic novel that makes for the Color: Full Color • Pages: 128 pp. 13TH DIMENSION’S perfect Rosh Hashanah reading.” Rights sold in French Price: $17.95 • Release Date: September 2019 “TOP 13 ESSENTIAL —FORBES JEWISH COMIC BOOK STORIES”
“Meyer deftly weaves various DESCRIPTION: literary genres and styles together, from noir and action/ A Breaking Bad–style imaginary biography of the legendary Jewish mobster, Meyer Lansky, as adventure to historical fiction.” he attempts to organize his very last con job… —FANBASE PRESS Old Meyer Lansky wants others to believe he’s wasting away in a retirement home. That way, he can take care of some unfinished business in peace. But when a young janitor accidentally gets involved, the two embark on a wild and unlawful adventure—the ultimate destination of which will be a shock to both of them.
An immigrant’s story in the guise of an old mobster’s tale.
“A different kind of gangster tale… Meyer is both funny and thoughtful, KEY POINTS: a story about aging, self-fulfillment, friendship, and legacies.” • A new spin on the classic mobster story —AiPT COMICS • For fans of historical fiction • For fans of Breaking Bad and buddy cop stories • Drawn by fan-favorite artist Andrea Mutti (Star Wars, The Girl with “Deftly written by Los Angeles-based author the Dragon Tattoo) and filmmaker Jonathan Lang (Feeding Ground) • Cover by Noir comics legend Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of ...This is a 120-page, darkly comedic coming- of-age quest stuffed full of hardcore Breaking “A thrilling, funny, and touching Thieves, Black Panther, Batman) Bad-style imagery…” alternate history.” —SYFY WIRE —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 37 when I was a little pisher in short pants… --icy sludge poured down FLORIDA,1982. my throat.
I was swiMM ing with the fishes--boBB ing 10 FEET BELOW betwee n life and death. AND COUNTING…
…I thought I saw the hand of God in the East River .
until someone pull ed me outt a the water . What was 20 FEET BELOW my crime?
some italian punks roughed me up and Being just tossed me into another the drink. Yid from the Lower it was lucky luciano. East Side. he reached out his hand and oFF ered salvation.
I could barely doggy paddle-- I owed something to the world.
a saved man’s gott a make things square… nice ’n even.
so, I’m coming for you, kid-- he gave me a meyer’s goNN a hard-boiled set things baptism. right. I was now a born-again hoo d.
38 That Son of A BiTch BLew UP My Car! I Saved up THREe YEars for THAT! nEeded some BOdywOrk ANyway.
who the hellare you?
keeping that under my hat ’til you get me to the ponies.
you want answers, kid--step on it! 39 noir/thriller h1 originals
THE BIG COUNTRY
Written by QUINTON PEEPLES Art by DENNIS CALERO Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON Imprint: H1 ORIGINALS Color: Full Color • Pages: 128 pp. Price: $17.95 • Release Date: November 2019 Rights sold in French
DESCRIPTION:
The Old West finally died in the 1980s. But we’re in San Angelo, Texas, and it’s 1978.
Sheriff Grissom Callahan is trying to stand on his own two feet while filling the shoes of his daddy and granddaddy before him. When a deranged murderer strikes close to home and disrupts their small-town peace, Grissom finally has the chance to live up to their legacy. But in order to do so, he’ll have to face the fact that this killer is not the only evil lurking in San Angelo…
A Texas Noir full of heat and dust spun from the mind of TV writer and producer Quinton Peeples (Marvel’s Runaways). Art by Dennis Calero (X-Men Noir, James Bond: Casino Royale) with cover and illustrations by Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan, The Boys, Happy!).
KEY POINTS:
• A 1970s Western crime noir • For fans of Southern Bastards and Preacher • Written by the Executive Producer of Hulu’s 11-22-63, Marvel’s “The Big Country is a gripping slice of Texas noir, dirty and mean, just Iron Fist and Marvel’s Runaways the way I like it.” • Cover by The Boys co-creator Darick Robertson —BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, Y: The Last Man, Saga, Marvel’s Runaways
40 Childhood memories “Neighbors say they were white trash. Nobody “See ms like they got a dog recently. ’round here wanted anything to do with ’em. Not a pupp y. A full -grown dog. SAN ANGELO, are supposed to Says the mama was in the burlesque over on First it barked non-stop. TEXAS, 1978 be nice. Right? Stree t. Everybody felt sorr y for the kid.
“Folks too k up a coll ection to buy a steak to poison it with.
“but then prices “We couldn’t went up and they find the dog.” were a couple’a bucks short.
Playing in the backyard. Riding bikes. Summer nights and June bugs.
I remember the first time I saw him.
I still think about that moment. I have those. And a couple others.
I felt like I was gonna be okay. How could I know what was coming?
They say you can’t trust memories from when you were a kid. 41
5 12 13 “Randall Wilkie is her “What’s the Daddy’s name. The man in girl’s name?” the kitchen was her Mama’s new boyfriend. I should’ve suspected as much when I noticed he didn’t have a wedding ring and she did. “Taylor. Her name’s Taylor.
Why you “dog’s name think he barked is buster.” so much? “We need to shake the trees a little, see what falls ’Cause he’s an out. Hit the gun dealers, see if inside dog. And he bought that pistol and Mama tied him wrote down an address. up outside. Trey, I need you to run Taylor over to the foster home.”
Why wasn’t he allowed “Sheriff, what inside? do you think she saw?” Mama’s a cat person.
I didn’t That’s Doyle? see any cats ’cause Buster is Doyle the over at the runned ’em off. man that did house. We had three cats this thing to before Doyle your Mama and stole Daddy’s Daddy? dog ’n brought it home.
“Too much.”
Doyle’s dead in the kitchen, mister. it was my Daddy that done that.
I tell you what-- he was mad about the dog. Real mad.
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“A bewitching blend of British folk horror and coming-of-age yarn that had me racing through its pages, desperate to see what happened next. Nicnevin is a heroine for our times, a sympathetic but credibly self-absorbed urban teenager discovering there’s more to the landscape than meets the eye.” —ANNE BILSON, Suckers, Stiff Lips, The Thing Nicnevin and the bloody queen
Written by HELEN MULLANE Art by DOM REARDON and Rights sold in French MATTHEW DOW SMITH Cover by JOCK Imprint: H1 ORIGINALS Color: Full Color • Pages: 128 pp. DESCRIPTION: Price: $17.99 • Release Date: March 2020
Something strange has been unleashed in the north of England.
London teen Nicnevin “Nissy” Oswald is stuck in the countryside for the entire summer with only her mother and little brother for company, but things start to look up when she meets Reggie, an attractive and mysterious older man to whom she feels inexorably drawn. As Nissy busies herself with lustful reveries of Reggie and digging through the old family home, the small town is rocked by a grisly murder that claims one of its own. But the townsfolk aren’t the only ones reacting strangely—even the local fauna start to behave in mystifying ways. Before long, a series of seemingly disparate yet increasingly disturbing elements brews into a storm, and Nissy is in “Engaging and provocative in a its eye... way we haven’t seen before.” —ALAN JONES Folk horror through the eyes of a modern teen in this atmospheric tale of obsession, suspense and magic from Helen Mullane, Dom Reardon, and Matthew Dow Smith.
KEY POINTS:
• For fans of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix) • Features a young female lead • For fans of magic and horror “Darkly magical and strange, Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen explores British landscape • Covers by Jock, whose comic series Wytches sold over half a and myth in the style of folk horror film million copies and TV from the 1960s and ’70s but with a • YA title contemporary edge …” • Selected by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) in —KIM NEWMAN, Anno Dracula, The the list of 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Bloody Red Baron, The Diogenes Club 43 come, we’ll have some no cocoa before thanks. bed.
I saw the entrance to the fairyland...
and could imagine myself...
deep under- ground...
a hearth’s glow and mistletoe...
How’s shitsville? How’s the Bark
So wish ur here m8
LOL naaaaw fk that mess u wish ur here!
guard the door. I’m crashing. Nite x
Sometimes I just f don’t know what to do. All on my own, without you. I forget that I’m strong I forget where I’m from. I’m all on my j own, without you.
44 13 away from thee
Fairyland ne’er
Seven times carried.
agin to see.
Beith (Birch. Release and rebirth.) 45 action-adventure NEW humanoids
COUNT
Story and Art by IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA Imprint: HUMANOIDS Color: Full Color • Pages: 136 pp. Release Date: March 2021
Rights sold in French
DESCRIPTION:
A sci-fi reimagining of the greatest revenge story of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo.
Framed for treason and wrongfully imprisoned at the hands of a jealous and corrupt magistrate, Redxan Samud escapes his breathtaking hovering prison colony with only one thing on his mind: Revenge.
Posing as a Man of Status with a newfound fortune and his Automaton Retainer Unit (Aru) by his side, Samud sets out to dismantle the lives of those who have wronged him. But when innocent lives start to get caught in the middle of his quest for vengeance, he will have to decide between using his new fortune for the good of the people or to pursue the revenge he so desperately desires.
KEY POINTS:
• Written and illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa (James Bond, High Crimes, Mother Panic) • For fans of sci-fi/adventure stories • A sci-fi adaptation of the classic story The Count of Monte Cristo
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…At…At te te bobo o a o a Mr. Sa u…Mr. Sa u… bl ,bl , o o cus.cus. 48 thriller/comedy NEW humanoids
SWINE
Story and TYRONE FINCH Art by MAURICET Imprint: HUMANOIDS Rights sold in French Color: Full Color • Pages: 144 pp. Release Date: May 2021
DESCRIPTION:
A man sent to prison for killing his beloved wife teams up with his estranged sister-in-law to hunt down the demonic pigs truly responsible for the murder.
Two thousand years ago, Jesus (yes, that Jesus) drove a legion of demons out of a human host and into a herd of pigs, whereupon the crazed pigs charged into a river and drowned. (See Mark 5: 1-20.) At least, that’s what we’ve been told. In truth, several of those pigs swam to safety. Two thousand years later, those possessed pigs still walk the earth and are now legion – wreaking havoc as the demons within them search for a suitable human host that they can inhabit to spread their porcine agenda.
Becky Rafferty, a small-town minister, caught wind of the pigs’ schemes, but before she could out their vast conspiracy she was brutally murdered, with her husband, Ellis, framed for the crime. Seven years later, Ellis is paroled and avenging Becky’s death is the only thing on his mind. Aided by his equally revenge-minded sister-in-law, Zoey, Ellis sets out to slaughter each and every possessed pig.
KEY POINTS:
• Written by veteran television writer Tyrone Finch (Station 19, Grounded for Life) • Illustrated by celebrated Belgian comic book artist Mauricet (Harley Quinn, Adventures of Superman, Tales of Tellos) • For fans of horror and dark comedies
ART NOT FINAL 49 FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, HUEYTOWN.
Hey! Watch where you’re--
Sorry. My fault.
50 Hello, Number 13. Becky recognized you. She tried to warn me. But it sounded crazy.
She I thought was my And she was just angel. you killed having a bad her. Sausages! day. Hot and juicy sausages!
I’ll be back for you swine tonight.
Then you and me are gonna settle
up …
51 action-adventure/pulp NEW humanoids
MONSTERHANDS
Story and Art by JOHN LUCAS, also featuring art from BRIAN STELFREEZE, PHIL HESTER, and more Imprint: JOHN CASSADAY PRESENTS Color: Full Color • Pages: 128 pp. Rights sold in French Release Date: Fall 2021
DESCRIPTION:
Follow the adventures of Professor Karl Lasky and his teaching aides Roderick Watkins, Dorothy “Dot” Varna, and Clarence the Gator-Boy.
Digging on the holy grounds of forgotten gods, Professor Karl Lasky discovers an ancient wooden box. The box bears carvings that tell of a great beast that rose up and threatened to destroy the world. Many heroes died fighting, but the beast was believed eradicated, its remains scattered across the face of the earth. With the seal broken and the lid thrown wide, the box reveals a pair of scaly monster hands. When Lasky touches the hands, he is engulfed in a swirl of energy and sent spiraling into unconsciousness. When he awakens, Lasky discovers he has monster hands.
KEY POINTS:
• Part of Humanoids’ John Cassaday Presents imprint featuring titles hand-selected by the Humanoids Chief Creative Officer • Pulp-infused action-adventure for readers young and old, featuring three stories in each issue • Written and illustrated by industry veteran John Lucas (Deadpool, Swamp Thing, Star Trek) • Backup stories drawn by comic book superstars Brian Stelfreeze, Phil Hester, and more
52 But what ind d, it are we to do? is, sw t child, The world is such a you sti have me, cruel place for and we Bruno. You orphans. wi never be alone.
Absunata tk many lovers, both human and divine and most were left u erly That’s right. destroyed. Though she did destroy Tamduzi, afterwards, she felt such remorse, she descended to the A but underworld Tamduzi, god of the Harvest.
Now, ch r Bruno, ca the lawyers yourself. The time and inform them of our for mourning is great misfortune. Another paed. of my dear husbands Yes, And, suendering has departed this Madame earth. a her garments, Absunata Carloa. performed a dance for the dead. At which point, She in exchange, Tamduzi was aowed Absunata became the sounds like to rise six months out goe of fertility a handful. of the year. and renewal.
A complicated woman.
Madame, you may draw comfort from the front page item? Sw t, loyal Bruno, your concern alone So, are I hope so is cause for me and Dot Roderick. Though comfort. goa get to it’s more expedition it a depends go on the than dig. A fascinating on wkend’s next dig? island culture. B this worshipers. fundraiser.
53 is of a mind to renew.” D ang. I think I’m goa saleta, be sick. dearest, your beauty brings a tear to my eyes. si. si. lacrime.
Who was that ho ible lile man?
do you not my daughter not Profeor Lasky, as beautiful as I am Madame Carloa. the angels of I am dply pleasured heaven? to mt you. Uh-buh…
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54 SCIENCE FICTION NEW HUMANOIDS
SPACE BASTARDS
Written by ERIC PETERSON and JOE AUBREY Art and cover by DARICK ROBERTSON Rights sold in French, Italian “A rowdy cocktail of hyper-violent sci- Imprint: HUMANOIDS & German fi thrills and a wicked sense of humor” Color: Full Color —SyFy Wire Pages: 208 Price: $19.99 DESCRIPTION: Release Date August55 2021
In the future, America has taken to the cosmos, but infrastructure is lacking. Getting mail between planets is damn near impossible. The Intergalactic Postal Service has decided that its packages may just make it to their destination...if the person delivering them knows their life depends on it.
Couriers for the Intergalactic Postal Service transport packages across the cosmos on a freelance basis. Deliver the package and get paid. Forcibly “transfer” a package from a competing courier, and the price for delivery goes up. All the while, couriers have to deal with all the challenges of intergalactic travel, fend off attacks from other couriers, and pray that they reach their destination and collect their fee while they’re still able to. This may well be the most dangerous job in the cosmos.
Space Bastards is a clever riff on the growing Uber/Amazon/gig economy, told grimly, bloodily, bitingly...and hilariously. KEY POINTS: • Science fiction • Interstellar adventure with colorful characters and high personal stakes • For fans of comics like Lobo and The Boys • Illustrated by fan-favorite Darick Robertson, best known as the artist of Transmetropolitan and the artist and co-creator of The Boys and Happy!
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