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Dreadnoughts return!
A new series with String.
Giant robots in Synap.
Pop Kill joins Mad Cave Studios.
The second volume of the excellent Dreadnoughts is arriving in December 2024 from Rebellion.
CREATIVE TEAM: Mike Carroll (w) John Higgins (a) Sally Hurst (c) Simon Bowland (l)
RELEASE DATE: December 4
PAPERBACK, 112 pages
PRICE: £12.99
ISBN: 9781837862603
After a crime blitz in Boulder leads to riots against the Judges’ excessive use of force and violation of human rights, the Hemlock Cartel takes advantage of the chaos to declare all-out war against the Justice Department. It is up to Judge Glover to eradicate their threat – even if her crusade could risk revealing the long-buried secrets of her past.
The best-selling series charting the origins of Judge Dredd’s world continues with this provocative and socially relevant second volume, written by Michael Carroll (Judge Dredd) and drawn by John Higgins (Watchmen).
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
Mad Cave Studios has announced String - a new series from Paul Tobin and Carlos Olivares.
Paul Tobin and Carlos Olivares bring a supernatural thriller exploring unseen connections and dark secrets to life at Mad Cave Studios
Mad Cave Studios is proud to bring comic book readers STRING, the forthcoming supernatural comic series from Eisner Award-winning author Paul Tobin (Bandette, Bunny Mask) and Spanish interior artist (and Cover A artist) Carlos Javier Olivares, with colors by Sara Colella and letters by Taylor Esposito.
Yoon-Sook Namgung is a 25-year-old Korean-American woman with the remarkable ability to see two types of “strings” connecting various people. The first is blue and stretches between sexual partners. The second—dark black—connects murderers and their victims. If you have a murder that needs solving, Yoon can help. Worried your partner is cheating on you? Yoon can literally SEE the connections. Yoon’s life—for all the drama and constant TMI—is good, at least until the day she notices a string, a BLACK string, connected to… herself! This means she’ll either soon murder someone, or be murdered herself! So…dang. Which one?
Bringing a twist of supernatural for fans of TV series Poker Face and The Rockford Files, String #1 (of 5) drops Nov. 13th. Cover A by Carlos Javier Olivares and Sara Colella and Cover B by Eden Chyun.
Mad Cave Studios has a new series in November 2024 featuring giant robots in Synap.
When your family’s secrets are bigger than this world, a giant robot is a girl’s best friend...
Get a first look at SYNAP, the newest sci-fi series from Long Island native and Kickstarter pro Chris Moses (Control Z) and the debut of Italian artist Andrea Giannini, only from Mad Cave Studios!
In the year 2030, a family-run private defense company, Synap, secretly puts together the pieces of a mysterious giant robot while training psychically gifted individuals to one day control it. However, with the startling increase in UFO sightings, the family finds their time is running out to assemble the ancient machine.
Synap celebrates diversity with biracial and nonbinary characters, and blends the giant mech action of Mobile Suit Gundam with the conspiracies and other worldly threats, Synap #1 drops Nov. 27th.
Colors by James Offredi and letters by Reed Hinckley-Barnes, with Cover A by Ivan Tao and Cover B by Stephen Byrne.
I backed this on Kickstarter and loved it! Pop Kill is now getting a second life from Mad Cave Studios.
The first over-the-top Rated R fun is about to ‘POP’ the Mad Cave Studios catalog!
POP KILL, with cola violence with a dash of adventure, is the latest mature humor comic co-written by Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex) and Dave Johnson (Superman: Red Son), featuring art by Juan Santacruz with colors by Brian Reber, and letters by Sean Konot. Originally a three-part Kickstarter, this is a story that begs the question: What if dueling soda companies really did hate each other enough to go to war, and what about everyone caught in the crossfire?
Imagine a world where the two dominant and competing Cola companies, each worth billions, are owned by former conjoined twins who are now separated and have grown to hate each other so much they hire assassins, saboteurs, and espionage personnel to meddle with each other on a daily basis. This is the story about brotherly love run afoul, and the people they enlist to do their dirty work.
“Pop Kill is a sexy spy-driven crime story about two brothers' obsession and the fallout from their bad behavior,” said Jimmy Palmiotti. “It's nothing you have ever read before. Dave Johnson and the entire Pop Kill team are so excited we are finally able to bring this series to the public from one of the coolest companies in comics today, Mad Cave.”
“Pop Kill seeing the light of day has been a dream come true. Humor, violence, sex, and SODA!” said Dave Johnson. “What else could you want out of a series?
A weirdly delicious combo of Harley Quinn and beloved Harvey Pekar title, American Splendor, Pop Kill #1 drops Feb. 26th, 2025.Cover A by Dave Johnson, Cover B by Dan Panosian, Cover C by (1/10 copy incentive) Amanda Conner, and Explicit Cover by Brian Stelfreeze.