A worldwide conspiracy is unravelled by writer James Robinson (Earth 2, Starman, The Shade) and artist J. Bone (The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror, The Spirit) in a new Image Comics series The Saviors.
Tomas Ramirez has a nice job at a gas station, the cops don't give him any trouble, and the weather's nice. Life is easy, and Tomas likes easy but when he stumbles upon an extraterrestrial conspiracy to take over the world, his life becomes anything but easy. Tomas is thrown into a fight for the future of the Earth against an unstoppable threat, and his only hope is to find allies before it's too late.
"It's great to be doing a series where anything goes,” stated Robinson. “Where a character can seem the main focus for several issues only to die suddenly, where an arc can end and another begin in a different part of the world with a different cast and focus, and where an up-coming arc might even focus on the aliens' perspective. To be able to do something with so very few rules is very liberating and a lot of fun."
"I'd always wanted to draw a horror/monster book in my cartoon style, but told as a straight up scary story,” remarked J. Bone. “After some long phone calls and email exchanges, James came back with a terrific Monster in the Desert story that just hit me right in the nostalgia. I love old black-and-white horror movies—guys in rubber suits, teens racing through the desert on dune buggies and convertibles. The old sheriff called in because someone's killing all farmer Jones's cattle. That's the kind of story James wrote except with quite a few modern twists."
The Saviors #1 can be pre-ordered now from the October issue of Previews and will be in stores on December 26, 2013.
Writer Joe Casey and artist David Messina are bouncing with joy as The Bounce #5 has sold out at the distribution level.
Jasper Jenkins is just your average, twenty-something guy who gained his powers though surreal circumstances. When he's not hanging out and doing a lot of nothing, he puts on a costume and hits the streets as the Bounce, a superhero in a world that's not used to super-powered heroes and villains.
"I'm feelin' all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that we've got a dedicated readership out there whom seem to be as invested in buying this series as we are in creating it every month," stated Casey. "And the surrealism of this thing is just getting started. There are still plenty of secrets yet to be revealed."
Mission accomplished as the first issue of the new spy tale created by writer Ales Kot and artist Michael Walsh has sold out after its first day of release.
Edward Zero is an extraordinarily efficient soldier trained from youth to do exactly as he is told, no matter how brutal or untoward the act.
The Bounce #5 and Zero #1 are available digitally on the Image Comics website and the official Image Comics iOS app, as well on ComiXology, iOS, and Android. The Bounce #6 arrives on October 23, 2013 and Zero #2 releases on October 16, 2013.