Scary Godmother This Was Your Childhood Compendium TP, Vol. 1 from Image Comics + Preview

Image Comics is pleased to share a sneak peek (a-boo!) of the upcoming Scary Godmother collection.  

 

This bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning comic by Jill Thompson (Wonder Woman, The Sandman) will be brought back to print—for the first time in over two years—from Image Comics as a complete, compendium trade paperback edition hitting shelves in October. It will also include new Scary Godmother stories.

The perfect read for fans of the campy, goth-influenced animation of Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Coraline, and Corpse Bride, Scary Godmother is a must-read, all-ages comic for the spooky season.

Available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, October 2 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, October 15.

Scary Godmother This Was Your Childhood Compendium TP, Vol. 1
October 2, 2024
Writer: Jill Thompson
Artist: Jill Thompson
Lunar Code: 0824IM339
ISBN: 9781534344464
Revisit the iconic, best selling, award winning, spooky cool, eccentric auntie, faerie scary witch from start to finish in this deluxe compendium that also includes new SCARY GODMOTHER stories!
Get on the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit your Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more!

Just in time for Halloween, this compendium includes all of your favorite stories and brand-new adventures at the Scary Godmother’s house!

"This book deserves a prime place in every graphic novel collection." —Booklist (starred review)

10 page preview

 

  

Image Comics Press Release:
This fan-favorite series first launched in 1997 to critical acclaim, won Eisner Awards in “Best Title for a Younger Audience” and “Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior)” categories, and was adapted into two hit children’s films titled, Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular and Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy. The series was also featured in The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. The Scary Godmother series has seen a resurgence in popularity with the TikTok community in particular, driving rediscovery of the title.

Now longtime fans will finally have an opportunity to revisit the iconic, eccentric fairy-witch from start-to-finish when they board the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more.

Sheep Comic Alert! The Power Fantasy #1 by Kieron Gillen from Image Comics + preview

From Image Comics:

"The highly lauded, launch-of-the-Summer The Power Fantasy #1 by Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Die, Darth Vader, forthcoming We Called Them Giants) and Caspar Wijngaard (Home Sick Pilots, All Against All) has sold out completely—yet again—at the distributor level and is being rushed back to print in order to keep up with rapidly mounting reorder activity.

"The series launched earlier this month with a rare pre-release sell-out and has picked up speed with readers each week since it hit shelves. The feeding frenzy for stock of this series' debut issue has triggered an equally rare, second, pre-release reprint—a feat accomplished by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' similarly buzzy Saga #1, second printing."

Seven page preview below 

      

The Power Fantasy #1
August 7, 2024
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Caspar Wijngaard
Cover A: Caspar Wijngaard
Cover B: Stephanie Hans
Image Comics
A daringly uncompromising new superhero hero epic, The Power Fantasy offers an edge-of-your seat read in which every character is a nuclear weapon on the brink of detonation... And the entire planet is on high alert.

It’s a world where “Superpowered” has a specific meaning. It’s reserved solely for those with the destructive potential of the nuclear arsenal of the most powerful nations on Earth. There are presently six superpowered beings, and the future of the planet is reliant on them never, ever coming into conflict.

Early praise for The Power Fantasy:

“I can tell a couple pages into a book if it has legs—if the writing’s good, if the art is well done, and if it’s going to find an audience. However, when I got to the end of the first issue of Power Fantasy I knew that I was looking at the better version of that. A book constructed with artfulness and nuance and a care that borders on being obsessive. This is a good one, folks, and it has my highest recommendation.” —Jonathan Hickman, X-Men, The Black Monday Murders

“The jaw-dropping climax of the first issue takes an already great read and shoots this book into the stratosphere. An absolute must-read comic by two of the absolute best in the business." —James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Something Is Killing The Children

“It's intense, yet understated, and gripping. Ripe with the potential for drama, intrigue, nuance, depth, and meaning, The Power Fantasy is primed to explode superhero comics.” —ComicBook.com

"If you like your comics full of big ideas, laced with dark humor and the unnerving sense that the end of the world is just one family squabble away, this one's for you." —GamesRadar

"Thought-provoking and dynamic in equal measures, with outstanding art. 10/10" —Comicon.com

 

Info for the nerdy sheep

The Power Fantasy #1, second printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 11: Cover A - Lunar Code 0624IM916
Cover B - Lunar Code 0624IM998

The Power Fantasy #1, third printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 25: Cover A by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0524IM936
Cover B 1:10 copy incentive by Wijngaard foil - Lunar Code 0524IM937

The Power Fantasy #2 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 18: Cover A1 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0724IM375
Cover A2 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0724IM376
Cover B by Sweeney Boo - Lunar Code 0724IM377
Cover C 1:50 copy incentive (Pantone) - Lunar Code 0724IM876

The Power Fantasy #3 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 16: Cover A1 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0824IM405
Cover A2 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0824IM405
Cover B by Paulina Ganucheau - Lunar Code 0824IM406
Cover C 1:50 copy incentive by Rian Hughes (Pantone) - 0824IM407

The Power Fantasy #4 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 13: Cover A1 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0924IM388
Cover A2 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0924IM388
Cover B by Chip Zdarsky - Lunar Code 0924IM389
Cover C 1:50 copy incentive by Rian Hughes (Pantone) - Lunar Code 0924IM390

The Power Fantasy will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

 

 

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, and more. The company currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit: www.imagecomics.com.

Comic Review: CYKO KO! #1 of 3 from Alterna Comics

CYKO KO! #1 of 3

(W/A) Rob Feldman

(L) Peter Simeti, Rob Feldman

Releasing July 25th, 2018

Genre: Superhero/Humor

$1.50, 32 pgs, Full Color, Newsprint Interior

MAY181305

Alterna Comics

PREVIEW

SuperEarth's greatest hero is here! Cyko KO is the fourth-wall breakin', pinball-addicted, motorcycle-ridin' hero you've been waiting for! When Cuda Cano (Cyko's oldest rival) challenges Cyko to a "friendly" surf off, he just can't resist. But with a remote control giant squid at his disposal, Cuda's playing for keeps!

Like Saturday Morning in the 70’s

Surf’s up! I want to catch some killer waves! I have a need to hang out with the Surf City Surf King!

No, not that guy! Be serious! Who’d want to hang out with him! I said the Surf City Surf King!

Yeah! That’s the guy! Surfs up, Big Kahuna! This guy can surf like it’s nobody’s business! Of course, I’m talking about CYKO KO. Who else? This guy’s the Surf City Surf King, all around pinball playing champion, and the Super Earth Battle Defender! That’s right True Believer! I just read CYKO KO #1 in a three-issue mini-series! (What? Somebody had to do it!)

CYKO KO can be very fun to read, but one must approach the comic with the right frame of mind. In preparation for this comic, I suggest pajamas and a big bowl of sugar cereal, preferably the kind with marshmallows and a toy surprise. Throw away ideas of super powered entities locked in an epic battle with the fate of all mankind hanging in the balance. This is not that kind of comic! Who needs that kind intensity? Give me something light and fun!

In this first installment of a three-part saga, CYKO is on vacation and is looking forward to the big Surf Off in Surf City. However, the dastardly Cuda Cano has taken over the Surf City Surf Off champion title since CYKO has been away. He’s not planning to give up the title anytime soon and he’s willing to take extreme and dishonest measures to keep it! Things get a little dangerous as crazy hijinks ensue! It’s great fun, but maybe not for every young comic reading whipper snapper.

So, who is the target audience? The comic looks and reads like a Saturday morning cartoon from the 1970s. It’s an extremely goofy story with the Saturday morning cartoon feel. The drawing style, the episodic plot, even the gags and pop culture references keep the time jump consistent. As a fifty-year-old nerd boy, I felt right at home. Thanks, Alterna Comics, for a fun comic geared for my generation!

“Grandpa, what’s the Fonz?”

“Well, Kiddo, it’s hard to explain. Those were Happy Days though…”

This goofy fun with the nostalgic feel gets three “Scooby Sheep” from me!

Jonathan Harvey
Author of Shades of Plaid (A Very Unconventional Weekly Journey into Christian Living)
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Comic Review: LADY KILLER 2 #1 from Dark Horse Comics

LADY KILLER 2 #1

Writer: Joelle Jones 

Artist: Joelle Jones 

Colorist: Michelle Madsen 

Cover Artist: Joelle Jones
Dark Horse Comics

Genre: Action/Adventure
August 03, 2016 

Format: FC, 32 pages; Miniseries 

Price: $3.99 

UPC: 7 61568 00045 0 00111

Joelle Jones multi Eisner award nominated series continues!

The killer housewife is back! The Schuller family has moved to Cocoa Beach, Florida, where life carries on as usual. Josie continues to juggle Tupperware parties, her kids, and a few human heads. However, when someone from her past tails her on a hit, she may be in for more than she bargained for.

“Lady Killer is worth its weight in gold for the art alone, but the enigmatic Josie Schuller is the real appeal.”—Newsarama

I love dark humor in my comics. Housewife Josie Schuller is an assassin. The humor comes from her balancing her duties as the perfect wife and mother of twin girls with that of a brutal assassin. Often times her two worlds collide in a humorous manner...like having to use her housecleaning skills after dismembering someone in a bathroom. She is the queen of rolling with the punches...or clawed hammers to the head.

In volume 2, Josie and her family have moved and she is now a freelance assassin and Tupperware representative. But she is running into quite a few glitches along the way. Issue #1 shows how Josie is adapting to her new job through her inner monologue...like having to clean up her own messes, and a mother-in-law that knows her secret, but still managing to keep her upbeat, perky outlook on life (read: sociopath). She gives us the seven rules of going into business for yourself as she kills, then struggles to hide a body in high heels and pearls none the less! We don't know where the story is heading yet, but a mysterious man has shown up on the last page.

This is an ultra-violent comic, but the artwork is amazing. Jolle Jones snagged 3 2016 Eisner Award nominations (Best Limited Series, Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist).

4 "seals in the freshness" Sheep

SharonS

Comic Review: ACTION LAB:DOG OF WONDER #1 from Action Lab Entertainment

ACTION LAB:DOG OF WONDER #1
Writer(s): Vito Delsante and Scott Fogg
Artist Name(s): Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt
Cover Artist(s): Cover A- Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt
B- Variant Cover, Limited to 1500 Marcus Williams
C- Sketch Variant Cover Neal Adams
D- Retailer Incentive Cover Neal Adams & Bill Blankenship
32 pgs.
Rated. E (Appropriate for everyone)
FC $3.99 (reg.) $4.99 (var.)
For five years, readers have looked at the Action Lab Entertainment logo and wondered, “Who IS that dog with the jet pack?” Wonder no more! The story you never thought would be told is now an ongoing monthly title as ACTION LAB, DOG OF WONDER, comes to comic book shelves everywhere! With art by the PRINCELESS: RAVEN, THE PIRATE PRINCESS team of Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt and a story by STRAY co-creator Vito Delsante and newcomer Scott Fogg, this is the title for young and old alike! Variant cover by Marcus Williams (Hero Cats) limited to 1500 copies! 

variants b, c, d

I've been saying for years that Action Lab Entertainment's logo was the best out there...look at the awesome

But what is the story behind the jet-packing dog? Now we can find out in a monthly comic. The comic has a old school superhero feel. Action Lab swoops in to save animals being mistreated and dogs from a shelter before they are put down. This puts him at odds with the local dog catcher Clancy Jackson, but is Clancy really a bad guy? To complicate matters, Clancy's pet poodle wants to make a deal with Action Lab!

This is a feel good comic. Lot of laughs, happy ever afters and big action chases. Action Lab seems to be a mix of James Bond and Batman with all his gadgets. Something your whole family or classroom can enjoy.

5 "Lucky" Sheep

SharonS

 

  

Comic Review: Kings Road #1 from Dark Horse Comics

KING'S ROAD #1
Writer: Peter Hogan

Artist: Phil Winslade, Staz Johnson

Colorist: Phil Winslade, Douglas A. Sirois

Cover Artist: Staz Johnson
Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Dark Horse

Publication Date: February 10, 2016

Format: FC, 48 pages; Miniseries

Price: $3.99

UPC: 7 61568 25733 5 00111

Preview

Double-sized debut spectacular!

This 48-page special includes all King’s Road chapters from Dark Horse Presents by Peter Hogan and Phil Winslade—and an additional issue’s worth of story drawn by the new King’s Roadart team! Artist Staz Johnson (Judge Dredd) and colorist Douglas A. Sirois (The 7th Sword) join Hogan to continue this tale of a family on the run from magical, other-dimensional monsters.

* Value-priced double issue! 48 pages for $3.99!

“Clearly one of the best original creations to come out of Dark Horse in recent memory.”—Comics Bulletin

I love a good monster apocalypse. Kings Road #1 starts off in the suburbs, with a normal family:mom, dad, two teenage kids and a dog. We quickly find out the family isn't as normal was we thought. Mom and dad are important people in hiding. Their children have no idea and the dog talks! Don't want to spoil who they are, but they must go back "home" and help save it.

This is an urban fantasy with some humor thrown in. Evil is trying to takeover and man's best friend might not be... The artwork/dialogue ration is good, but there are a few text heavy pages in the beginnin

g. The first issue is introducing us to the players, but nothing makes Kings Road stand out from the crowd yet; I'll be checking out issue #2 before making a final decision on continuing. 

3 "strapped in " Sheep

SharonS