All Star U
All-‐Star U is an archetypal superhero story set in a high school for teens with powers. It is a classic setting with an original vantage point. The protagonist, Charlie, is a “Normie,” a non-‐powered individual selected to participate in the awesome educational experiences that a superhero high school offers. Only, Charlie participates in much more than a high-‐tech education. After whooping the school’s star student, Dustin ‘Manstar’ Cole, with a sack of potatoes on his first day, he endures to become the first normie to compete in “The Games” (a four-‐year super hero competition which garners the champion a position in the world’s premier super hero society). Charlie handles himself surprisingly well as the stakes are raised. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p
Writer: Dan Fitzgerald Artist: J. C Grande
Coming in 2012
Baby Boomers
Gus and Callie are babies with a difference. Fuelled by a mutual hatred, they seek to cause each other as much distress as possible. A toddle in strollers becomes a 90-‐mph race of epic Ben-‐Hur proportions, playgrounds become death-‐match arenas and an innocent hamster becomes the weapon of choice in a John Woo-‐style shoot-‐out. Filled with comedic violence and changing battlegrounds, if you’re looking for cute and cuddly you’ve come to the wrong playpen. 96 pages Full Colour £10.99p Coming in January 2012 Writer: Richard McAuliffe Artist: Chad Cicconi ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐63-‐7
Bad Moon
RHYS DALGLEISH, a Lieutenant in Her Majesties SAS, is operating on home soil for the first time in what feels like an eternity. He and a small unit of men have been ordered to assist MI5 in tracking and destroying the UK’s growing werewolf population. But these aren’t the mindless beasts you’ve read about in books and seen on film, these werewolves are organized. A supernatural terrorist cell, quietly recruiting, and infiltrating our day to day lives…with sleeper agents and their own infectious variation on suicide bombers. The War on Terror has passed -‐ the War on Horror is here. 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p
Writer: Barri Lang Artist: Patrick Goodwin
Coming in 2012/13
Bayou Arcana
BAYOU ARCANA VOLUME ONE: SONGS OF LOSS AND REDEMPTION. There is a place deep down South where dreams come true and nightmares find flesh. A place where the oppressed discover freedom and the oppressor violent retribution. The swamp is alive with many a lost soul’s tale. Bayou Arcana unlocks a universe steeped in Southern Gothic Romance and spattered with supernatural horror. Featuring 10 new stories by the hottest upcoming (male) writing and (female) art talent on offer. Enter the Arcana if you dare… 144 pages Full Colour £14.99p
Writer: Various Male Writers Artist: Various Female Artists
Coming in May 2012
BEOWULF – THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Before Lord of the Rings, before Conan—there was BEOWULF! The Viking warrior must defeat the ogre Grendel and his vengeful mother before facing the fire-‐breathing dragon that will spell his doom. This stunning graphic novel captures the power and majesty of the greatest sword and sorcery hero of them all! 64 pages Black & White interior art £4.95p Writer: Stephen Stern Artist: Christopher Steininger
Blue Sparkles
The love of Iridania, the Fairy Princess and the heir of Thunderland is doomed by an old and powerful curse. The two young people are unaware of this. Cautioned not to pursue their love affair, the pair ignore the warnings and meet secretly in dreams. Despite precautions, their meetings don’t remain secret for long. The forbidden passion awakens memories of old grudges and unfulfilled revenge. Moreover, some people, who know about the curse, rejoice at the prospect of using it to provoke war between Thunderland and Fairyland. Even when the truth is revealed to the two lovers, they decide that their love is stronger and more important than the impending danger of a ruinous war. They flee to Dreamland, where they are completely out of reach of their respective people. 144 pages Full Colour £14.99p
Writer: Sissy Pantelis Artist: Adimas Soekidin
Coming in 2012
BREATHE
China – the late 1700's. High up in the mountains, in a poverty stricken village, lives a young girl. On a bright sunny day she's called back home to discover that her whole family have been slain in a vendetta attack. Could it be the local Bao Gang, known for their bullying antics, opium smuggling, and employed by a wealthy farmer to stop the village from rebelling -‐-‐-‐ or someone closer to home? 100 pages Full Colour £10.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐27-‐9 Writer: John Sheridan Artist: Kit Wallis
BROADCAST: THE TV DOODLES OF HENRY FLINT
The mind of Henry Flint is a galaxy of beautiful atrocities – a nightmare factory where the bestial becomes benign, the mundane magical. Henry Flint is at once a full-‐service doodling savant and a one-‐man alien zoo, and this never-‐ before-‐seen collection of his personal work is an attempt to chart a single, crooked leg of the artistic journey he takes daily. Welcome to the best of the bestiary. 100 pages Black & White interior Art £14.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐58-‐3 Writer: Cy Dethan Artist: Henry Flint
CANCERTOWN: AN INCONVENIENT TOOTH
Vince Morley is a man with big problems and a brain tumour like a baby’s fist; living with one foot in a monstrous alternate world he calls Cancertown. When the lost and dispossessed of London start tripping over the same cracks in reality he spends his life avoiding, Morley realises he must confront the residents of Cancertown – and risk finding his place among them. 160 Pages Full Colour £15.99p ISBN: 9781905692491 Writer: Cy Dethan Artist: Stephen Downey
Cold War
1980: the Cold War is at its prime and both sides are exploiting their most secret agents: genetically created Vampires. Mutated victims left over from Nazi experimentation -‐-‐ -‐-‐ And exactly what the world doesn’t need right now. Especially as the Cuban Missile Crisis threatens to throw the world into a nuclear holocaust -‐ and rogue Russian vampires have been sent to trigger such a conflict… “Blade” meets “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p
Writer: Andy Briggs Artist: John Blake
Coming in 2012/13
Danger Tours
Danger Tours is an action filled sci-‐fi book for all ages about two friends, JP and Alex, who own a haphazardly run danger touring company. Alex, pilot and mechanic is the rational brains of the operation. His good-‐hearted, cheapskate, unpredictable partner is JP. JP puts company profits and clientele in a tailspin as the tours go horribly wrong. The tourists “oooh” and “aaahh” their way through, never realizing their lives hang in the balance! 96 pages Full Colour £10.99p Coming in March 2012 Writer: Chris Dreier Artist: Giuseppe D’Elia ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐70-‐5
DARK MISTS
Kyoto, Japan. 1936. While a shroud of impending unrest hangs over Europe, in Japan the number of Yakuza members is close to outnumbering the Japanese army. In a government experiment, a group of geisha ladies are recruited to inform on the conversations they observe between the murderers and politicians. However, as untrained spies the geisha's actions result in one of their member's brutal and bloody murder. 96 pages Full Colour £9.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐17-‐0 Writer: Annika Eade Artists: Lee Garbett & Yishan Li
Devil Dealers
Greg Gagné is the world’s greatest card shark, and he is betting against the Devil. If he wins the next game of poker he will have all the riches in the world. If he loses he will be out one soul. But Greg is only the most recent person to deal with the Devil, and these other risk-‐takers plan on claiming their souls back, and maybe more. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p
Writer: Ross May Artist: Brett Wood
Coming in 2012
DinoCorps
While dinosaurs as we know them remained lumbering beasts for millions of years, their more intelligent sub-‐species began walking, talking and became very anthropomorphic. They had developing a sophisticated culture and technology that sat in natural harmony with the world around them. But, like all intelligent creature, it wasn’t long before war broke out. Two opposing camps fought to the death -‐ the DinoCorps, who stood for justice and freedom -‐ and the rebellious Saurons -‐. and the bad guys won. The Saurons detonated a bomb that wiped out the dinosaurs and most of the life on the planet. Only luck ensured that a DinoCorp squad, led by Sgt Wrecks, fell into deep stasis... not to be woken for millions of years... Carl Heyman is a street-‐smart 14-‐year-‐old who unearths the sleeping DinoCorp deep in a forest. He awakens them only to discover they are not the only dinos on the block -‐-‐ a unit of Saurons survived too, and they’re determined to wipe out mankind. Carl must keep the Dino’s existence a secret -‐ not just from his parents, but from the rest of the world -‐ all they while battling to save humanity from extinction... 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p
Writer: Andy Briggs & Steve Horvath Artist: Robert Molesworth
Coming in 2012/13
DISCORD
After crash-‐landing on a distant planet, which leaves everyone onboard dead, Chromatic, a member of an elite superhero team, is reassembled and resurrected by the indigenous aliens utilizing the useable body parts of his teammates and enemy. As Chromatic deals with the loss of his colleagues as well as his own identity, he must also come to terms with not just who he is, but what he is. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p ISBN: 9781905692538 Writer: Paul Salamoff Artist: Giuseppe D’Elia
Dream Solver
In Canterbury, England, 22-‐year-‐old picture researcher Ione-‐Rose Young is plagued by a disturbing dream in which she watches herself die in an accident on a construction site. She worries the dream means she’s about to die in real life, so her Mum puts her in touch with Danielle, an Essex girl who’s studying dreams while working in a shoe shop. Impressed by Ione-‐Rose’s ability to recall the dream in picture-‐perfect detail, Danielle agrees to help. They treat the dream like a mystery they need to solve, with clues to find, evidence to examine and leads to follow, and figure out that, rather than prophesising Ione-‐Rose’s death, the dream is actually telling Ione-‐Rose that her father didn’t die in a helicopter accident as she’d been told. New dreams tell Ione-‐Rose where to look to find out the truth about her father’s death. But as she uses her dreams to uncover secrets about her family’s past, Ione-‐Rose discovers a secret about her birth and her childhood that’s darker and more disturbing than the nightmares that have been plaguing her. 144 pages Full Colour £14.99p
Writer: Luke Foster Artist: Christian Wildgoose
Coming in 2012
ELEVENTH HOUR
What goes on in the minds of the hottest rising talent in comics?
A schoolgirl haunted by demons, vampire chicks on motorbikes and retired superheroes are just some of the things you can expect in this deluxe anthology title. Eleventh Hour features exciting new creators from across the globe, with ten standalone stories and a preview of sci-‐fi series Mamluk. 80 pages Black & White interior art £5.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐29-‐3 Stories & Art: Various
FRACTURES
Marvin has very vivid nightmares. His dreams are haunted by a powerful and charismatic, faceless figure. Trapped in the horrifying, surreal world, Marvin has to find a way out, by facing his own demons. The journey takes him from the darkest corners of his past, to the uncertain future. Seeking redemption, Marvin has a chance to save someone's life. However, nothing comes without a price... 64 pages Full Colour £6.00p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐39-‐2 Story & Art: Christopher Gajda
FREEMAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES
From the ashes of Steve Dowling’s ‘Garth’ comes...'FREEMAN of the Armed Services', Huw-‐J-‐‘s critically acclaimed web comic that originally re-‐launched the adventures of the Daily Mirror syndicate’s action and adventure hero. Incorporating the story arcs "Gold of Ragnarock" and "King of New York", both which hearken back to the good old days where the spirit of adventure and good old-‐fashioned action reigned supreme. A true British hero! 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐36-‐1 Story & Art: Huw-‐J
FROM THE PAGES OF BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA: HARKER
The first graphical 'sequel' to Dracula ever to be endorsed by a member of the Stoker family! Six months after Dracula dies, A ghostly vision informs the Harkers that their work is not yet done -‐ and the Count's last surviving bride returns to London to gain revenge -‐ and use Mina's unborn baby as a new host for Dracula! Featuring introductions from Dacre Stoker, Ian Holt and Leslie S. Klinger, this story includes every major character from the original -‐ alive AND dead! 128 pages Full Colour £12.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐35-‐4 Writer: Tony Lee Artist: Neil van Antwerpen
GROWING UP ENCHANTED Volume 1: Fighting Bullies; Hunting Dragons
FACT: Growing up is hard to do. Fictional FACT: Growing up ENCHANTED is even harder to do! The Eisner-‐ nominated all-‐ages fantasy adventure series is back in print and finally collected as a trade! Join young Olianna and her family & friends as she tries to learn life's mundane lessons while practicing magic in a world of giants, trolls, and dragons!
112 pages Black & White interior art £7.50p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐38-‐5
Writer: Jack Briglio Artist: Alexander Serra
GROWING UP ENCHANTED Volume 2: Fishing for Sea-Dragons; Understanding Death
Olianna and the gang’s back in an all-‐new fantasy adventure for all-‐ages! Something sinister is awakened from the icy depths of the lake one morning. Still forbidden to use her magic, can Oli and her family & friends evade the sea-‐dragon’s clammy clutches and escape death’s siren call?
112 pages Black & White interior art £7.50p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐56-‐9
Writer: Jack Briglio Artist: Alexander Serra
HAVEN
The Dante family line has been in the fires of an ancient war between humanity and the nine circles of hell for generations. As a self-‐proclaimed "Aristocracy" the circles have now set their sights on the one chosen to fight the raging war …Haven Irena Dante. But soon after the tragic death of her mother, Haven endures the vile theft of her innocence and disappears…. No one has seen or heard from her in two years. Until now… Steeped rich in history, Haven races at the speed of thought into the realms of action and adventure with fantasy and horror while seizing the places where pain can fuel staggering powers and generational wars are fought to the death. 96 pages Full Colour £10.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐40-‐8 Writer: Leonardo Ramirez Artist: Davy Fisher
HERO 9 TO 5
Welcome to a world where being a super hero is just another job. A world where the rich can afford comprehensive hero protection policies that ensure the best heroes will come to their aid in an emergency. The poor, however, have to make-‐ do with protection from government sponsored agencies with limited resources whose staff are…shall we say…a little less heroic. Jacob Reilly, aka Flame-‐O, is just one such hero, an everyday guy who just happens to be able to shoot flames from his hands. He didn’t want to be a super hero, he wanted to be a musician, but he wasn’t good enough to make a living at it. So he ended up getting a job at “Heroes For Zeros,” a government sponsored hero agency. Hero: 9 to 5 is a fresh, funny take on the idea of real world super heroes. 96 pages Full Colour £9.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐41-‐5 Writer: Ian Sharman Artist: David gray
HOPE FALLS: THE ULTIMATE EDITION
Twenty years ago they murdered her -‐ and now she's back to even the score, as Helen, a falling Angel returns to the town she died in to extract revenge on the four men who killed her. But in doing so she learns the true reason for her murder and the truth about her killer, discovering an Angelic conspiracy that dates back to Jesus Christ. Will she succeed? Will God allow her to gain vengeance? Or is the Angel Michael right about her true purpose? Hope Falls collects the Eagle Award-‐nominated five-‐part series by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood with an all-‐new introduction by Ben Templesmith. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐47-‐7 Writer: Tony Lee Artist: Dan Boultwood
Hypergirl
On the maps it says “Watersvale”…but no one really calls it that. That’s far too ordinary a name for a town full of freaks, monsters and superheroes! Welcome to…Weirdsville! Starring HYPERGIRL! When bored teenage girl Charley Matthews visits Watersvale Museum, she has no idea that a chance encounter with the dying Doc Hyperpower is about to change her life forever. Will she rise to the occasion and defeat the evil of Pharoanicus, or will she lock herself in her bedroom and listen to The Cure? Find out in this senses shattering debut of Weirdsville’s newest hero – Hypergirl! 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p
Created by Ian Sharman and David Wynne
Coming in 2012
Kindred Spirits
A young man, desperate to save his sister from demonic possession, descends to Purgatory to save her. Once there, he must fight the illusions and traps set out for him if he is to reclaim his sister’s soul and make his way back to the real world. The clock is ticking and his only help comes in the form of a mischievous girl in a fox mask. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p Writer: Maggie Lewinowicz Artist: Valia Kapadai Coming in May 2012
KATE & WILLIAM – A VERY PUBLIC LOVE STORY
She was a girl from a well-‐to-‐do background – who happened to fall in love with her best friend at University. He also happened to be the heir to the throne! And as he gave her the attention of the world’s media, she gave him the one thing he never expected a normal life. See both their stories, back to back, for the first time in comic book form. From the English writer of Flying Friar, Rich Johnston, the Scottish artist of Dan Dare, Gary Erskine and the Welsh artist on Doctor Who, Mike Collins. A Special Edition to commemorate the Royal engagement and wedding. 60 pages Full Colour £7.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐45-‐3 Writer: Rich Johnston Artists: Gary Erskine & Mike Collins
Ketsueki
The Witch Queen Rorien and her demon hordes, lead by the cruel Batsu, are overrunning the land, destroying everything in their wake. The demons have besieged the Shogun’s castle. Hope lies with the Lady Tsuji, the Shogun’s champion -‐ his daughter. She is a Sorceress, a warrior and wielder of the legendary sword, the Demon Killer -‐ Ketsueki. 128 pages Black & White £12.99p
Writer: Richmond A. Clements Artist: Ai Takita
Coming in 2012/13
KONG: KING OF SKULL ISLAND
In 1933, Carl Denham returned from a mysterious, hidden island with a priceless treasure. A treasure not gold or jewels, but the island's barbaric god, a monstrous anthropoid called "Kong." The savage giant escaped and wreaked havoc in Manhattan, but within hours of the giant ape's death his body and Carl Denham disappeared. 25 years later, his son makes a shocking discovery that leads him back to the site of his father's greatest adventure and to the answers that will unlock the century's greatest mystery and history's greatest miracle. 154 pages Full Colour £13.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐34-‐7 Writer: Andy Briggs & Chuck Satterlee Artists: Scott Larson & Dan O’Connor
MIDNIGHT KISS
With an introduction by Michael Moorcock! The universe is shattered Multi-‐verses, with every dream a different world. And through those worlds walk Matt Sable and Nightmare De'Lacy, saving a human boy from a great evil. But is he normal -‐ or the last of a breed? And how are they connected to the Land of Oz -‐ and Jerry Cornelius? Believe in Faeries -‐ before they kill you. 128 pages Full Colour £12.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐16-‐3 Writer: Tony Lee Artist: Ryan Stegman
Misery City
Max Murray. An unlucky trench coat detective, forever damned in the concrete labyrinth of Misery City. Hunted by Hell's lurking horrors he has to struggle to remain in one piece. Torn between saving his life or saving his soul, Max enters alone into a doomed crusade. Can Mr. Murray find salvation, or will the blind goddess cast him forever into the dark of Misery? 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p
Writer: Kostas Zachopoulos Artist: Vassilis Gogtzilas
Coming in July 2012/13
N-GUARD
On Forestya, a mismatched group of four teens, Boon, Kat Nipp, Klondike and Quickstep are reluctantly drawn into a war between Mother Nature and the tyrannical SpiderSect Empire. Now the four teens, bestowed with the legendary Amulets of Nature battle the threats of the SpiderSect, as Mother Nature’s Guardians ... the N Guard. 96 pages Full Colour £10.99p Coming in 2012 Writer: Jonathan Bryans Artist: Phillip Jackson
OF BITTER SOULS Volume 1
A mysterious New Orleans Pastor named Secord chooses four flawed individuals and adorns them with powers that, to their delight or disgust, are directly related to their character flaws. A brutal cop has great strength. A prostitute can control minds. A gambler can turn back time. A drug addict can shape-‐shift. It begs the question, what should we do with the gifts we are given? Under the guidance of Pastor Secord, the four flawed heroes will be set loose on the vampires, ghosts, zombies and other supernatural threats that are so prevalent in New Orleans legends. They will be a force for good...that is if they don’t destroy themselves with their own powers first. 186 pages Full Colour £12.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐07-‐1 Writer: Chuck Satterlee Artist: Norm Breyfogle
OF BITTER SOULS Volume 2: Reunification
After learning Pastor Secord’s secret...and the true purpose of their “mission”, the team disbanded. Flash forward one year. The team has gone off in their own directions...some for the better and some for the worse. What could unite the team and get them talking again? How about a zombie outbreak in the middle of Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street? 80 pages Full Colour £5.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐23-‐1 Writer: Chuck Satterlee Artist: Norm Breyfogle
Outcast
Corrupt businessman Desmond Quinn has an army of soldiers at his disposal, and he uses them to control his city. His two well-‐trained daughters both serve the organization loyally as Desmond’s personal bodyguards, until the day that Desmond orders a hit on his ex-‐wife, who he learns has made a deal with the FBI. Diana, the younger daughter remains loyal to her father, while Darlene, who still has some memories of her mother, decides to break ranks and save her mother. In a final showdown between Diana and Darlene, Desmond and his ex-‐wife are killed, and Diana takes control of the organization. Darlene, now alone, vows to protect the innocent from Diana’s deadly organization, assuming this responsibility out of respect to her mother’s memory and as a way to atone for her years as a member of her father’s organization. 80 pages Full Colour £9.99p
Writer: Dino Caruso Artist: Sami Kivela
Coming in 2012/13
PROJECT EON
At birth Cameron Williams was volunteered by his parents in a genetic re-‐sequencing experiment to correct his birth defects. Strangely, where other test subjects had failed, Cameron succeeded. Nineteen years later, the creators of the technology that gave Cameron a new lease on life (as well as his super human abilities) want him back...dead or alive. Cameron's childhood daydreams of being a superhero were never like this. He never imagined he could lose the girl, lose his parents or lose his good friend.
100 pages Full Colour £9.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐24-‐8 Wrier: Brett Thompson Artist: Freddie Williams II & Shaun McGuan
PROJECT LUNA: 1947
Set in 1947, amidst the largest UFO flap in history, four disparate crewmembers are chosen to go to the moon to investigate a strange lunar signal that has been picked up by British radio astronomers. Their mission brings them into contact with mysterious British Intelligence Officers, deranged ex-‐Nazi scientists, CIA operatives, Scottish Highland Sheep, and the biggest, most insidious conspiracy the world has ever faced. 96 pages Full Colour £10.99p Coming in 2012 Writer: Martin Hayes Artist: Jim Boswell
QUARANTINED
In a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a virus turns nearly every resident into a vicious killing machine. A group of uninfected is trapped within the town, abandoned with dwindling resources. These survivors must fight against the infected, as well as the paranoia growing between them. Sparked by a mysterious stranger, the survivors dig into the town’s secrets as they hatch their escape—yet none of them are prepared for what they discover. 160 pages Full Colour £15.99p ISBN: 9781905692460 Writer: Michael Moreci Artist: Monty Borror
RAISING AMY
Amy is a little girl with a big attitude! Life for her is never dull…there’s always a parent around to terrorize or a stuffed animal to mutilate! The babysitter, Flower, knows that it is dangerous work, but the parents pay well. Flower must also contend with the unwanted attentions of lovesick Dick, the friendly neighbourhood stalker. He’s totally besotted with her…and never far away! Raising Amy! She”s ginger, she’s crazy, she’s armed and she’s Scottish. Just be thankful that she’s not yours! 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p Story and Art By Stref ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐62-‐0
Retropunk
Among the towering buildings of Pacific City, life is cheap and everything has a price. Beneath the steel and neon glow lives Muffy, a low-‐rate bounty hunter who goes after the marks others pass up. One night, a young woman appears at her door with a small fortune and a job offer. But money's no good if you're too dead to spend it. 128 pages Black & White £12.99p
Writer: Matthew Ritter Artist: Jhomar Soriano
Coming in July 2012/13
REYA
A fantasy story about a young and cheerful mage-‐in-‐training who is forced to learn all too soon that, in her world, where magic is needed most is on the battlefield. In a time of military and political unrest, young talents are being recruited faster than schools of magic can teach them, and Reya will soon find herself caught up in a war that will shatter not only the lives of those involved, but the very foundations of what she believes in.
188 pages Black & White interior art £5.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐32-‐3
Written by: Sergei & Morag Lewis Artist: Morag Lewis
RITUAL
A series of ritualistic murders in the small town of Black Root all have one thing in common: they’re reminiscent of ancient witch trials. The FBI are on the case and soon realize that a supernatural killer is on the prowl -‐ condemning his victims to diabolical ordeals. 100 pages Full Colour £9.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐33-‐0
Writer: Andy Briggs Artist: Shawn McCauley
SCATTERBRAIN
Jack Anderfold is a disgraced cop who's desperate to regain the glory years that have passed him by. He blames the mysterious Scatterbrain, who has recently appeared, for all of his problems but deep down he knows it's his own damn fault. When he gets a chance to take down the costumed vigilante, however, Jack finds himself drawn into an increasingly dark series of events that will ultimately affect him and everyone he loves. 100 pages Full Colour £9.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐12-‐5 Writer: Brendan Deneen Artist: Szymon Kudranski
SERPENT WARS
‘Serpent Wars’ is set in the mid-‐1800’s where a young scientist smuggles himself aboard the war ship of a British Lord bound for South America only to discover a land filled with serpent gods destined to rule mankind. With the aid of a spiritual goddess the brave adventurer must battle to free the island and humanity from the tyranny of these giant creatures.
128 pages Full Colour £12.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐31-‐6 Writer: Christian Rodriguez & Chris Campanozzi Artist: Antonio Rojo
SLAUGHTERMAN’S CREED
Slaughterman’s Creed is a story of the fall and rise of monsters, where an ethical knife-‐edge is all that separates hero from villain. A human trafficker orders the death of a killer who refuses to breach his professional code. Twelve years later, the trafficker’s world erupts in blood and chaos. Barely surviving and crippled for life, the Slaughterman has returned to put the whole organisation to the blade. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p ISBN: 9781905692484 Writer: Cy Dethan Artist: Stephen Downey
SMOKE & MIRROR
Two superheroes -‐ Two timelines. An all-‐ages book combining the story of two present day superheroes with flashbacks to their 1940’s equivalent. 186 pages Full Colour £12.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐09-‐5
Writer: Chuck Satterlee Artist: Claude St. Aubin & Shawn McGuan
Switched
One day, two births, same hospital…and that is where the similarities end! One baby born to a middle class suburban couple, and the other to a mysterious and exotic lady called Victoria, visiting from a different planet. Suddenly, when the babies are switched and given to the wrong parents, both the Earth and the alien planet face a great peril. Malicious? Coincidence? Planned? As both go through years of alienation, they ultimately learn that they must overcome it to save the world. 64 pages Black & White £8.99p
Writer: Devin Hylton Artist: Monty Borror
Coming in 2012/13
Snow
A world of perpetual cold and shadow. A ruthless vampiric monarch ruling with fear and magic. A kingdom in the grip of terror. And a prophecy in which a daughter of the coven will be her undoing. Will the warrior daughter they have trained to be the Queen's downfall be enough against Snow, her army and her most feared pets, The Seven? Or will Snow’s winter of darkness prevail? 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p
Writer: Richard McAuliffe Artist: Valia Kapidai
Coming in 2012/13
Tales from the Clockwork Empire
Two mighty Clockwork Empires are fighting for domination of the planet. Beneath the waves of the English Channel armadas of clockwork submersibles are massing for invasion, while above Imperial Russia’s newly invented AirKites fight for supremacy of the skies. But in their search for more ingenious and deadly devices these empires have awoken an ancient Clockwork Civilization… A clock, stilled 3000 years ago, has begun ticking again… This is the Age of the Clockwork Empires and in 1803 this is how it began… 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p Writer: Ian Duerden Artist: Ian Duerden Coming in April 2012
THE BOY WHO MADE SILENCE
Deaf child Nestor Gudfred inexplicably creates utter silence around him, which compels the people near him into each other’s pasts and memories. As his religious rural community looks to him as a prophet, the story follows Nestor and a diverse cast of richly imagined characters as he comes of age, falls in love, and begins a search for his father. Winner of the coveted Xeric Grant. 144 pages Full Colour £14.99p Coming in 2012 Story & Art by Joshua Hagler
THE CASE FILES OF HARLAN FALK
A respected hostage negotiation expert loses his mind when a bizarre kidnapping case results in a child’s unexplained death. His wild talk of murderous monsters born from the victim’s own imagination is impossible to believe, and the catastrophe sees him driven out of business in a cycle of alcoholism, denial and despair. Several years later, when a new case arises bearing all the hallmarks of the same killers, Harlan Falk emerges from obscurity a changed man: a monster negotiator. Using resources and methods beyond the scope of conventional investigators, he sets out to finally close the case that cost him his career. 96 pages Full Colour Due in 2012 Writer: Cy Dethan Artist: Scott James
The Children of Saigo
Meet Ben, Shiro, Zoe and Teron, the descendants of Koji Iwanaga, the only Samurai to survive the final battle between the Japanese noblemen and their Empire. Born in Chicago and raised in the teachings of Bushido, the siblings believe in honor, duty and service. They’re also as dysfunctional as family gets. Ben and Shiro haven’t spoken in years, Zoe is always one drink away from starting a brawl and Teron struggles to keep the peace. But when Tomoe Yamada, a Yakuza mob princess and history buff, arrives to collect their heads as trophies, the Iwanagas must settle old grievances to defeat Tomoe’s army of assassins. Some families pass down recipes. The Iwanagas? Katanas. 80 pages Black & White £9.99p
Writer: Glenn Jeffers Artist: Jethro Morales
Coming in 2012/13
The Chili
Like many comic book fans, young Mike Alvarez dreams of one day drawing his favorite heroes and working with legends like Stan “The Man” Lee. Those dreams change rapidly when Mike accidentally illustrates the blank pages of a magical compendium, thus transforming him into the mighty Chili! Join Mike, his sidekick Skip and the most bizarre villains you’ve ever encountered, as our unlikely hero fights for all of humanity against the diabolical Taco Bravo! This mix of comedy and action will dare you to ask: Do you believe in comics? 96 pages Full Colour £10.99p Coming in March 2012 Writer: Christian Rodríguez and Chris Campanozzi Artist: Marcelo Salaza ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐72-‐9
THE DARK
Imagine a story that you can drink, a story that you can feel, a story you can live. Welcome to the city of Dante, and the world of Memetech. As a wave of drugs that create living stories sweeps his city, one man fights back as “The Dark”. A vigilante who wields fiction as a weapon, he is the last hope for a city where nothing is what it seems. A stunning new sci-‐fi thriller that will have you begging for more!
100 pages Full Colour £10.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐37-‐8 Writer: Chris lynch Artist: Rick Lundeen
The Demonist
The Demonist is a contemporary set occult action thriller featuring Carter Forde, a man with both a demon’s heart, and a human’s conscience. Haunted by his gift and curse, Forde is part of an “Extrapol” unit of agents: a team whose sole purpose is to contain and eradicate demonic threats wherever they appear. But now the stakes have been raised. A machine, designed by Da Vinci and later built by Galileo, has been rebuilt -‐-‐ and it threatens to rip asunder a tear into a pocket-‐universe, opening the floodgates to a full-‐scale invasion of our world. 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p
Writer: Andy Briggs & Steve Horvath Artist: Carlos Castro
Coming in 2012/13
THE FLYING FRIAR
Based on the true story of the 17th century Saint Joseph of Copertino, who whilst in the ecstasy of the Holy Spirit could fly, had immense strength, could see and hear both across the world. Joseph must face his family, his church, the Inquisition and the Pope himself on his way to enlightenment and peace with God. A story of religion against Science, friend against friend, and a very familiar tale being told centuries ago, in a small Italian farming village. Smallville meets The Name Of The Rose. 64 pages Full Colour £4.95p Writer: Rich Johnston Artist: Thomas Nachlik
THE HILL
Jill is a failed assassin, Jack is a failed experiment, both were created by the same evil company, and both want out! Jill has lost everything she has ever cared for, and has lost the will to live, but her employers won't let her die until she completes one last mission…kill the monster Jack! But when Jack finally steps into the Jill’s crosshairs everything they’ve ever known becomes a question mark sending them into a bloody downward spiral to their fates! 128 pages Full Colour £9.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐19-‐4 Writer: Sal Cipriano Artist: Jok
THE INDIFFERENCE ENGINE
Responding to a strangely specific job advertisement, a distinctly ordinary twenty-‐something suburban slacker named Alan Blake finds himself in the middle of an inter-‐dimensional task force staffed entirely by superhuman alternate versions of himself. Struggling to find his place in this vast continuum of near-‐immortal doppelgangers, he uncovers a conspiracy that strikes at the very heart of the organization – a conspiracy that only he can stop. 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐59-‐0 Writer: Cy Dethan Artist: Rob Carey
THE INTERACTIVES
The public is obsessed with reality and the creatures from fantasy fiction fear extinction. Dragons, giants, orcs, goblins and trolls one by one they’re all breaking through from The Realm to The Real. War is coming to London and only geek blogger scallywag and his online followers stand in their way. Let your imagination run wild and get ready for some inter action…. 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐54-‐5 Writer: Peter Rogers Artist: Luciano Vecchio
The Keeper
SCOTT WINSLOW is the new goalkeeper at LEWISHAM UNITED, a soccer team with high aspirations of making it into the top division. SCOTT and striker JEREMY “JEZ” PRITCHARD are helping to make that dream a reality. However, as a chip shop owner in Sheffield, and a woman on the street in London (and the readers) discover, SCOTT didn’t just bring his football talents from Chicago. SCOTT is also a vicious serial murderer, who’s racked up a horrific 14 kills in Britain by the time the main action begins. INSPECTOR RAHNE O’CONNELL of Scotland Yard leads the investigation, and drags her assistant INSPECTOR MATT JUDSON from a pub while watching his beloved Belgravia FC to check the latest victim in the Westminster Mortuary. They confirm: same killer. 144 pages Full Colour £14.99p
Writer: Geoffrey D. Wessel Artist: Jeff Simpson
Coming in 2012/13
THE LEXIAN CHRONICLES
Reena and the Phoenix tribe continue to struggle with the consequences surrounding the re-‐emergence of the dreaded Leopard tribe. As Reena struggles to come to terms with her betrothal to the Leopard heir she studies the ancient runes in secret, in an attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding her ancestors. The key to the Phoenix tribe's future could be held in the mysteries of the past, and Reena is determined to find out what they are. Based on the best-‐selling novel by Harry Gallan.
Vol. 1: 128 pages ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐00-‐2 (out of print) Vol. 2: 162 pages ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐14-‐9 (shown) £11.95p Writer: Harry Gallan & Chuck Satterlee Artist: Inaki Miranda & Ryan Stegman
The Silver Bullet
The Silver Bullet is the greatest hero Earth has ever known, at least in his own mind. This is not really the best news for the planet, seeing as he's a little bit thick and monumentally self-‐ centered. Luckily, he's also really strong, super-‐fast, has a fuse on top of his head (which looks totally rad in all his promotional pictures), and craves the attention and adoration of millions. With the help of his best friend Bigfoot and his best frenemy Half-‐Cat/Half-‐Man (not to mention Shoogla the Caveman, Sexy Rexy, and the Squigglies), the Silver Bullet travels through time and space, fighting aliens, Nazi-‐werewolves, robo-‐pirates, cowboy monkeys, and ninja-‐zombies, saving the Earth time and time again. Now if he can just save himself from himself... 128 pages Black & White £12.99p
Writer: Eric Rampson Artist: Brett Wood
Coming in 2012
THE SUPERFUN ADVENTURES OF JAX
The Superfun Adventures of Jax is a high paced adventure set in a world where the balance hangs between two opposing forces of nature and urban society. A young girl Jax and her cat Ash have been sent by their mentor The Great Fish in the Sky to investigate a disturbance and get to the bottom of a growing imbalance between the two sides. The Motheater and its mechanical allies the Eroli represent urban society and are gradually overrunning the natural world, threatening the balance of life as we know it. From what stars out as a simple errand, Jax gets more than she bargained for, eventually being forced to find answers to her lost past and confront her uncertain destiny. The Superfun Adventures of Jax is an all ages story best described as Pixar meets the Dark Crystal. 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p ISBN: 978 – 905692 – 61-‐3 Story & Art by Britt Snyder
THE VESSEL OF TERROR
Out in the Arctic Ocean, the research vessel Alesia manages to capture a mysterious Magnapinna squid, an animal never before captured by mankind. The researchers, led by Maria, decide to take the specimen back to port in Bergen, Norway. However, what they bring home isn't just a thing of scientific wonder but also more horrific than Pandora’s box. Soon madness creeps into the crew of the Alesia and friends become monsters. 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐57-‐6 Writer: Magnus Aspli Artist: Dave Acosta
THE YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURES
Join the teenage Holmes and his friends in a desperate race to unravel the mystery of the London Vampire before more blood is spilt on the dark, dingy and dangerous streets of Victorian London. Murder, mystery and menace follow hot on the heels of the boy who is destined to become the world’s most astonishing detective. Who is the masked figure that stalks the streets in search of blood? What secret does he hold that will forever change the life of Holmes and his closest friend? Why does ''the Agency'' want Holmes to join them? 100 Pages Full Colour £10.95p ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐42-‐2 Writer: Huw-‐J Artist: J.L Straw
Turkey Grove Farms
Something is amuck at Turkey Grove Farms. Jasper’s dad, the famous face of the farm’s commercials, hasn’t been seen since before Thanksgiving. Why is Jasper telling anyone who will listen of a great turkey uprising? Has Jasper gone crazy or is this just another publicity stunt? One thing for is certain, business is booming and the turkey has never been more delicious. Everything evolves, why not turkeys? 100 pages Full Colour £10.99p Coming in February 2012 Writer: William Bienz Artist: J.C Grande ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐66-‐8
UNBELIEVABLE – THE MAN WHO ATE DAFFODILS
The close-‐knit community of Bryn Boncath has its share of local legends and half believed histories. It has also become the scene of a series of bizarre and mysterious deaths. People are afraid to go into out after dark and sightings of a monstrous beast are on the increase once again. What Ben Ellis took to be the tall tales of his grandfather may be more than just stories. 160 pages ISBN: 978 – 905692 – 60-‐6
Urban Legends
We have always enjoyed being scared. Tall tales of horror that pass down through the ages. We take comfort in the knowledge they are only stories. Except the urban legend has a history. No one knows where they come from or why they persist. Maybe it’s because they are true? 13 Urban Legends old & new will be told in “Urban Legends”. They’re only stories…aren’t they? 128 pages Full Colour £12.99p Writer: Steve Stone Artist: Various Coming in July 2012
White Knuckle
Forty years ago, Seth Rigal was a man to be feared – a serial strangler with a string of victims. Now nearly seventy and tormented by a lifetime of monstrous violence, Rigal lives on the verge of poverty and quietly waits for the death he knows he deserves. Tortured and confused, still tormented by the drives that made him a killer in his youth, Rigal finds himself almost unconsciously stalking the daughter of his final victim – only to have his precious anonymity snatched from him when he accidentally saves her son’s life. Seth Rigal, formerly known as the Gripper, just became a local celebrity. The bodies won’t stay buried any longer. White Knuckle is a complex and intense psychological thriller, distorting the ever-‐popular “retired gunslinger” motif into a rain-‐slick urban fantasy of murderous men and the needs that drive them. 112 pages Full Colour £12.99p Writer: Cy Dethan Artist: Valia Kapadai Coming in May 2012
Z-Time
A zombie anthology spanning time and space, with stories from pre-‐ historic Earth, the Roman Empire, World War 1, Future Earth, Aliens and more! Aliens land on planet Earth in our not-‐too-‐distant future and find a desolate planet. In order to discover what caused the devastation the aliens enter a museum and are able to look into Earth’s past using the artifacts on display. 64 pages Full Colour £8.99p Coming in March 2012 Writer: Various Artist: Various ISBN: 978-‐1-‐905692-‐71-‐2