IGNITION PRESS Shares Previews Of New Titles

Hiya Insiders!   We've got an oversized newsletter for you this week, packed to the brim with details on our recently announced series, interviews, and a sneak peek!   Fresh on the shelves this week are Dinner Date #1 and Minotaur #3! While you're picking those up, be sure to preorder Dinner Date #2 and Minotaur #4 by Monday, October 12th so you can keep up with these incredible series!

Welcome to the world of Teq!   In an alternate Los Angeles ruled by a thriving Aztec Empire, a disillusioned private investigator named Teq is drawn into a string of brutal ritual murders that not only echoes his past career in the official police force, but also threatens to upend the stability of the city by resurrecting barbaric religious practices that have lain dormant for a reason. The fact that his own daughter is about to enter into the next phase of her religious education makes this more personal than he would care to admit.     Teq hopes the familiarity of the violence is just coincidence, but in his bones, he knows there is something deeper going on. Something involving politics and the continued independence of the empire. Can he navigate a dangerous web of corruption and faith to save his family, their community, and the whole of the nation from descending into chaos?    An imaginative vision of a world that could have been, Teq is an inventive mix of noir, science-fiction, and mythology unlike any comic you've ever seen. This five-issue miniseries is written by Peter Murrieta (Rafael Garcia: Henchman; TV's Wizards of Waverly Place) and colorfully illustrated by David Rubín (Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West; Space Scouts) and boasts variant covers by Southern California comic legends Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets) and J. Gonzo (TMNT).     Click the link below to see the exclusive announcement on Forbes!

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Discover a new horror with We Cannot Remain!   "Provide the poor wanderer with shelter..." but they never said what kind...    When ruthless, mega-church developers ironically uproot an unhoused population to build a shelter for them, the displaced individuals head to an abandoned building for safe refuge. Little do they know, what lurks inside that building may be more terrifying than what they are running from on the outside. The full history of the building resides within its walls, a history that includes cruelty and tragedy. Different ghosts linger on every floor, each driven by their own individual desires that tie them to this world. In turn, they will force those looking for safety to confront their own worst fears. Will there be redemption for any of these lost souls, or will there just end up being more ghosts to roam these cursed halls?   The team behind the acclaimed series Deluge – writer Cullen Bunn, artist Marika Cresta, and colorist Ronda Pattison – reunite for We Cannot Remain, a haunting five-issue horror limited series about those who are lost and the scary things that find them. Perfect for fans of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino's Bone Orchard: Tenement! Each issue will feature a variant cover by Lady Killer creator Joëlle Jones.    Learn more at Fangoria by clicking the link below!

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Love is in the air once more with the new Love Ignited 2027 anthology!   The acclaimed annual anthology Love Ignited returns for another stab at (weird) romance...and hopefully, this time, not literally! Seven all-new stories of heartbreak, betrayal, passion, and devotion from an all-star line-up of fan favorite and rising star creators.   Eisner Award-winning superstar illustrator Jen Bartel (Blackbird) returns to comics to provide both a stunning cover and to write and illustrate the story behind it. Emerging voices Molly Mahan (Shade, The Changing Girl) and Matthew Dunn (What's The Furthest Place From Here?) delve into the past and a union that transcends the earthly plane, while cartoonist Maxine Zilkenat (Bugbarian) explores parental love and loss on the high seas.    Meanwhile, Michael W. Conrad (In Bloom, Wonder Woman) teams with Marley Zarcone (Shade the Changing Girl) to examine the memory of a love lost closer to home… at the comic book store. Morgan Hampton(Green Lantern) and Noel Kelly (The Dogsitter) whisk us away to an intergalactic dating reality show. Joanne Starer (Dinner Date) and Elisa Romboli (The Ring: The Man Who Beats the Man) explore matters of the heart at a murder mystery party. And finally, Eisner and Ringo Award winner Jordie Bellaire (Redlands, Exquisite Corpses) delves into one's love of big top circus bicycle performers...and their bicycles. No, really.   Click the link below to learn more at The Beat!

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Get ready for a tale of cosmic proportions in The Caretaker!   In 1976, Neil Armstrong led a caving expedition into the Andes, following rumors of hidden extraterrestrial artifacts. That's a true story. Officially, the mission was a failure. That is where the lie begins.     Graduate assistant and aspiring astronaut Jenny Brennan makes a harrowing discovery that fuses her life—and the fate of mankind—to an alien god known as the Caretaker, who warns of our galaxy's imminent demise.    Under the Caretaker's influence, Jenny will balance her role as the public face of NASA's space program with the secret burden of piloting a world-saving suicide mission beyond the known universe—a sacrifice shouldered over the years by her ailing father and the two sons following in her footsteps.    When an intrepid conspiracy theorist makes moves to expose the truth, the ties that bind will beckon Jenny home…and Earth's emotional gravity could jeopardize its survival in the Caretaker's own cosmic family feud.    From Academy Award winner Jeremy Lambert (Doom Patrol, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Claire Roe (Batgirl, The Birds of Prey) comes a haunting sci-fi adventure that will test the limits of love and responsibility. The journey begins with one giant leap in this oversize debut issue!     Get all the details on AIPT!

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We've got a Si Spurrier double feature interview! AIPT chats with Si about his two series that explore the past and present, myth and technology, and how neither are quite what they seem. Click the links below to hear his thoughts on Minotaur and the upcoming Rampant Swine!

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Read Si Spurrier's Interview for RAMPANT SWINE

DINNER DATE #2 Written by Joanne Starer Illustrated by Khary Randolph Colors by Emilio Lopez Cover A by Khary Randolph Cover B by David Talaski    Adjusting to life as a vampire is hard. No matter how eager her roommate is to see Syd fully embrace her role as creature of the night, these new cravings and all that come with them are a lot more challenging than popular myths would have you believe. Yet, new victims keep sliding into her DMs, and the worst of New York's dating pool are laying their heads on the proverbial chopping block. What Syd can't anticipate, though, are the rather gruesome changes her own prey will go through after she's drained them of life.    Oh...and what about that cute rideshare driver she met in the first issue? There are some totally different cravings happening there.   This new five-issue limited series from Joanne Starer, the new writer of Harley Quinn, and Khary Randolph, artist for DC's newly announced Vixen series, is perfect for fans of Shaun of the Dead, Fright Night, and 1980s romantic comedies.

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