AFTERSHOCK Rumblings Continue Beyond August: SEPTEMBER Preview

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hard to believe, but somehow we made it to September – and we couldn’t be more excited to usher in a new month of all-new releases, starting with our first two #1’s since May! Both LONELY RECEIVER and MILES TO GO were originally announced back in the spring and now they’re finally here. You’re gonna love ‘em! And let’s not forget all the great ongoing stories that will continue to thrill, chill and captivate each and every Wednesday. It’s a marvelous month to Read Dangerously! HERE’S WHAT’S SHAKING THIS WEEK AT YOUR COMIC SHOP NEW SERIES!

LONELY RECEIVER #1 Writer: Zac Thompson Artist: Jen Hickman Catrin Vander, a lonely video producer, buys an Artificial Intelligence partner that’s meant to bond for life. After ten years together, her holographic wife suddenly disconnects without a warning. The breakup drives Catrin to the point of near insanity. She’s alone for the first time in years and reeling from a loss she can’t comprehend. Set in the new future, drenched in pastels and sunshine, LONELY RECEIVER is a horror/breakup story in five parts. AT SHOPS: SEPTEMBER 2nd CLICK HERE FOR THE HORROR DNA REVIEW

DISASTER INC. #3 Good Things Come in #3s! Writer: Joe Harris Artist: Sebastian Piriz Still bleeding radioactivity from the nuclear plant meltdown, a land’s protectors have risen in her hour of need. For the adventure tourists of Disaster Inc. lost inside the Fukushima Exclusion Zone…this is very, very bad. AT SHOPS: SEPTEMBER 2nd CLICK HERE FOR THE GRAPHIC POLICY PREVIEW

KILL A MAN Original Graphic Novel The Truth is Worth Fighting For As a child, James Bellyi watched his father die in the ring as payback for slurs he threw at his opponent. Today, James is a Mixed Martial Arts star at the top of his game, and one of the most popular fighters in the world...until he’s outed as gay in his title shot press conference. Abandoned overnight by his training camp, his endorsements, his fans and his sport, to regain his title shot, Bellyi is forced to turn to the last person he ever wanted to see again: Xavier Mayne, a gay, once-fighter in his own right...and the man James watched kill his father. A singular achievement from writers STEVE ORLANDO (Martian Manhunter, DEAD KINGS) and PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON(Aquaman, Adventure Time, The Last Time), and artist AL MORGAN (Midnighter, Daredevil, Battlestar Galactica). “...an exceptionally gripping read from the very first page...If you have any interest in comic book storytelling you should be reading this.” – Darryll Robson, Monkeys Fighting Robots Pre-Order via Your LCS by Monday, September 14th Order Code: AUG201081 AT SHOPS OCTOBER 7th FAST APPROACHING! Reserve Now at your Local Comic Shop. Click Covers for Previews! ARTEMIS & THE ASSASSIN #5 IN SHOPS: September 30th Writer: Stephanie Phillips Artist: Francesca Fantini To save history, they just may have to destroy it. Order Deadline: September 7th Order Code: JUL200996 LONELY RECEIVER #2 IN SHOPS: October 7th Writer: Zac Thompson Artist: Jen Hickman Love can drive you crazy. Order Deadline: September 14th Order Code: AUG201090 JUST ANNOUNCED Five high school kids, soon to say goodbye to each other and to the lives they’ve known, enter the Nightmare House, the source of local legend and superstition. What they discover within the crumbling old house fills them with terror – a human brain floating in a jar of murky liquid. Soon, the teens find themselves stalked by a vicious killer, a murderer intent on building itself a new body. Piece by piece. The first in a new series of prestige format one-shots by the top creative talent the industry has to offer, PIECEMEAL is conceived and written by Cullen Bunn (DARK ARK, KNIGHTS TEMPORAL, BROTHERS DRACUL, WITCH HAMMER), drawn and colored by Szymon Kudranski (BLACK-EYED KIDS, Spawn, Punisher) and lettered by Marshall Dillon (BEYONDERS, MOTH & WHISPER, Skullkickers). The Hollywood Reporter offers a first look here.