Azimuth: Volume One, Jughead: Piemageddon, Dread The Hall H 2026, and Cloven
From Rebellion, Archie Comics, Syzygy and Mad Cave Studios
Here are the latest comics news and previews, including:
The first volume of Azimuth.
Pie-eating from Archie Comics.
Convention horror from Syzygy.
And frontier horror in Cloven.
Azimuth: Volume One
The first volume of the excellent Azimuth series is coming out in June from Rebellion.
CREATIVE TEAM: Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campbell (l)
RELEASE DATE: June 3
PAPERBACK, 176 pages
PRICE: £19.99
You Have Reached Your Destination
This is Azimuth. Azimuth is everything. It is the city that always was and always will be. You are safe. Because this is Azimuth.
In an eternal city that is everything, Suzi Nine Millimetre is a soul for hire, doing whatever is asked of her by whoever happens to be asking. A job’s a job When two Lords of New Flesh hire Suzi to get to the bottom of their disturbing and prophetic dreams, she must travel the land to speak to the most powerful beings in Azimuth.
What are the dreams prophesizing? And who is the rider of the pale horse, bringing death with him?
Available in print from: 2000 AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop, 2000 AD app for Apple & Android
Tom King returns to Riverdale!
Tom King and Dan Parent reunite for Jughead: Piemageddon one-shot from Archie Comics.
Archie’s best pal Jughead has a bottomless stomach that’s led to some serious hijinks over the course of Archie Comics' 85-year history, but nothing as catastrophic as what’s coming in July! Bestselling author Tom King (SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW) and legendary Archie artist Dan Parent will reunite for a pie-eating contest with far-reaching consequences in a slapstick adventure one-shot comic that could only be called JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON.
“I wanted to write a comic that spoke not only to our time, but to all times—a comic that challenged facile definitions of love and literature by transcending those perpetual platonic shadows and revealing a priori the tragic and comedic conditions inherent to our own precious, dissected, humiliating, human condition. Also, I wanted to write a comic where like a lot of people are getting hit by pies,” King said. “So, JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON is definitely one of those two. Maybe both? No, probably just one. I'll figure out which when I get my comps.”
"It’s so good to be teaming up with Tom again,” Parent said, “especially in this very Jughead-centric story. Even though I love drawing the girls, it’s nice to work on Jughead, who is probably everyone’s favorite character in the Archieverse. It’s always good to do slapstick. There is not enough slapstick in comics, or for that matter, the world, and here, Tom presents the ultimate in slapstick humor: the pie fight! And to the youth of America who are not familiar with this classic form of slapstick comedy . . . you’re welcome!"
The creative pair first teamed up on 2024’s one-shot comic ARCHIE: THE DECISION, depicting the escalating series of events after Archie decides to decide between Betty and Veronica, his two competing love interests. Both comics thoughtfully grapple with elemental aspects of Archie Comics lore in a way that King’s fans will find familiar from his searing works with franchise characters like Batman, Supergirl, The Vision, and many more.
"What these two have created is something completely unique and fun, and also perfectly Archie, or in this case, perfectly Jughead,” said Archie Comics Editor-in-Chief Mike Pellerito. “And it's a great time—not only is the Supergirl movie coming out this summer, based on Tom's and artist Bilquis Evely's iconic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, but Tom is hard at work writing the live-action Archie movie at Universal, helmed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. So, with all these wonderful things happening—especially in the 85th anniversary year of Archie—we've decided to celebrate with a pie fight!"
JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON releases July 15 in comic shops nationwide, with inks by Rich Koslowski, colors by Rosario “Tito” Peña, letters by Jack Morelli, open-to-order variant covers by Jen Bartel, Elsa Charretier, Marguerite Sauvage, and Greg Smallwood, and a retailer incentive cover by Francesco Francavilla, all in regular and foil variants. It’s available for pre-order at comic shops today.
This Con season, nothing’s contained.
It’s convention season again, and Image Comics imprint Syzygy has new horror in Dread The Hall H 2026.
It starts on the show floor.
Grab your badges, DREAD THE HALL H is back! The beloved annual spin-off of the best-selling Dread the Halls returns with 48 pages of convention horror, satire, and chaos from Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer Jordan Hart (Ripple Effects) and Syzygy Publishing founder Chris Ryall (Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis)!
It’s summer convention season again, and Dread the Hall H is back with your VIP pass to 48 pages of convention-related horror stories! Attending this show are Chris Ryall, CP Wilson III, and Tom Williams, who tell connected panel-breaking tales of the con-variant craze gone amok; along with Jordan Hart and Luana Vecchio, who reveal the true terror of A-List actors getting their on-screen characters’ powers; and Hart and Marianna Ignazzi, who introduce the world to the super-powered protector of all con-goers—the CONcluder!
This issue features interior art by Luana Vecchio, C.P. Wilson III, Marianna Ignazzi, and Tom Williams that grounds the rapid descent from spectacle to something harder to shake. One story destabilizes spectacle, and another leans into obsession, and all the while, the show floor is coming apart amid the madness!
There’s also a collectable cover lineup that includes Maria The Wolf, Luana Vecchio, Jordan Hart, plus a 1:10 sketch photo/variant by Tony Fleecs and 1:20 variant from Zach Howard, which incorporates all seven elements from Hall of Fame editor “Carmine Infantino’s 7 Things Guaranteed to Sell a Comic” (gorillas, motorcycles, dinosaurs, cities on fire, purple skies, time rifts, ‘cryin and dyin’), turning the issue into a weird, overstuffed relic you pulled off the convention floor.
But the extended issue doesn’t stop there (pun incoming): “Conland,” a Candyland-style board game illustrated by Chris Anderson (American Caper), turns waiting in line into an entire experience, stretched out until it stops feeling like a joke. Not to mention, fake product one-page comics riff on ‘70s Hostess ads, just slightly off and a little too specific, but maybe aware enough to feel like they weren’t meant to be found.
“Each Dread the Hall H story centers on familiar convention experiences—celebrity panels, show exclusives, overnight sidewalk camping, sleep deprivation—and pushes them to absurd levels of satire and horror,” said Jordan Hart. “From a superpowered protector of attendees called the CONcluder to a literal board game about standing in line for an exclusive, I haven’t had more fun making a comic book.”
Co-creator Chris Ryall added, “It’s that special time of the year once again—convention season!—and on every page of Dread the Hall H, we once again celebrate all that makes convention culture both exhilarating and slightly terrifying. And as with every issue of Dread, we’ve got some special things planned that push the potential of this con-thology into exciting and unexpected directions.”
Sitting between horror anthology, satire, and shared experience, Dread the Hall H 2026 will resonate with anyone who’s stood in line, chased exclusives, or watched fandom tip into something else entirely. Fans of Ice Cream Man and The Department of Truth will find plenty to latch onto here.
Dread the Hall H 2026, a 48-page, full-color, one-shot, arrives July 22, 2026, from Syzygy/Image Comics. Preorder through your local comic shop or favorite retailer and secure your pass before the doors open.
A bloodline carved in bone and dust…
New horror from Mad Cave Studios in Cloven.
In the dying days of the American frontier, survival is earned in blood, and legacy is something far more dangerous. CLOVEN, the new original series from Mad Cave Studios, pulls readers into a bleak, dust-choked world where inheritance is not a gift, but a reckoning.
Written by comics' legendary creator Dan Panosian (Slots), with art by Italian illustrator David Ferracci (Monsterverse), colors by Lee Loughridge (G.I. Joe), and letters by Pat Brosseau (Aquaman), Cloven brings together a powerhouse creative team, with covers by Panosian, Jacob Phillips, Mark Chiarello, and Travis Charest.
In the dying days of the American frontier, a young woman journeys into the unknown to claim a legacy she never asked for—and may not survive.
June Buckley’s father was a monster in life. In death, he may be something worse.
Summoned alongside a group of treacherous heirs, June is forced to traverse the same brutal path that built her father's empire. But the trail reveals more than hardship—it exposes the rot in every soul traveling beside her.
And at the center of it all is Hendido…a creature bound to her father’s past, and perhaps to something far older and much more wicked.
As the tension simmers and night closes in, June begins to understand: Her inheritance comes at a grisly price.
Speaking to the genre blend at the core of the series, Dan Panosian said:
“Merging gothic horror with the western genre has always intrigued me. The ‘old west’ was a dangerous place and time in America's not-so-distant past. I took a journey down a dark and dusty trail where only the brave and foolhardy dare travel. I recommend you pack a blanket and a pistol if you care to join me.”
“To me, Cloven is like a Hitchcock bomb—something you know right from the start is bound to explode sooner or later,” David Ferracci added. “Darkness, suspense, and cinema have always been my keywords, and drawing mixed genres has given me the chance to play with contrasts. My grandfather was a huge fan of Western movies and comics; he would have been really amused to see me draw one.”
Cloven is a slow burn descent into violence, inheritance, and the things we carry whether we want to or not.
Cloven #1 goes on sale July 29, 2026 (FOC July 7).
