News Round-Up - Barbaric: Born In Blood, Scoop & Morning Star
The latest news from Vault Comics, PaperCutz & Mad Cave
Here is some of the latest news from around comics, including a new series from Vault Comics, as well as news from PaperCutz and Mad Cave Studios.
Vault Comics Announces Epic New Series, Barbaric: Born In Blood
Vault is thrilled to announce that a new era of Barbaric is about to begin in a brand new series, Barbaric: Born In Blood, written by Michael Moreci, drawn by Nathan Gooden, colored by Fabi Marques, lettered by Jim Campbell, and designed by Tim Daniel.
Worried Axe is going to find out you fell behind on a few issues? Scared to admit that despite all your friends raving about Barbaric for years, you still haven't joined in on the fun? Rejoice! For Barbaric: Born in Blood begins the next season of Owen, Axe, and Soren's tale. Yes, that's right! We did it...the thing everyone says they're doing, even when they're lying through their teeth: a genuinely good jumping on point. How, you ask? Well, it all starts with a compelling new bad guy.
Meet Orrick, the tortured barbarian now turned master torturer, who will take us deep into Owen's past, revealing secrets that should have stayed buried...like Axe in a chest cavity slurping up that sweet, delicious blood. Will the cursed-to-do-good barbarian finally do some actual good? Probably not! But some much worse guys will almost certainly lose their heads. Yummy!
“I’m so thrilled to announce the next big arc of Barbaric,” said Gooden. “This new arc is a deep dive into the history of Owen and the Barbarian clans. Readers get to see Owen as a child and how he becomes the ruthless Barbarian we all love. Friendships and alliances are splintering while Owen pushes against his curse. New characters and a brand new adventure will dramatically expand the world!”
"This is our darkest and most brutal volume of Barbaric yet,” added Moreci. “We're really digging deeper into these characters and what, exactly, it means to be a barbarian."
Barbaric is co-created by writer Michael Moreci and artist Nathan Gooden. Among Vault’s best-selling series, Barbaric has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and was named one of the best comics of 2021 by Entertainment Weekly, Thrillest, CBR, Comics Beat, & more. The story follows Owen, a bloodthirsty barbarian and his drunk axe as they roam an untamed, mythic realm battling supernatural cultists, hungry giants, creatures of the night, and more in their quest to somehow, amidst all this chaos, do some good.
Barbaric: Born in Blood will feature a line of stellar variants from superstar artists Corin Howell, Adam Cahoon, Ed Luce, Angela Wu, and Patrick Gañas. Issue #1 will hit store shelves on February 14th, 2024.
Papercutz and Maverick are pleased to announce SCOOP, VOL 1: BREAKING NEWS By Richard Ashley Hamilton, Illustrated by Joseph Cooper -On-sale April 30, 2024
Mad Cave Studios and Papercutz are pleased to announce the April 2024 publication of SCOOP, VOL 1: BREAKING NEWS, by Richard Ashley Hamilton.
When the news breaks, someone needs to fix it. That’s where Sophie Cooper— redheaded Cuban-American, high school freshman, and intern at Miami’s worst TV news station — comes in.
After her father is wrongfully accused of a crime he didn't commit, fifteen-year-old Sophie Cooper volunteers for an internship at a Miami TV news station. Between logging tapes and fetching coffee, she secretly investigates South Florida’s rampant paranormal activity in order to clear her family’s name — and unwittingly stumbles upon a secret, supernatural conspiracy that threatens the entire world.
For the Miami-born Richard Ashley Hamilton, partnering with Miami-based Mad Cave Studios’ Maverick imprint represents a homecoming of sorts. “I can’t even begin to tell you how privileged and personally moved I feel to be bringing SCOOP to Maverick and my hometown of Miami — but I’ll sure try! SCOOP has always been a love letter to South Florida, and everyone at Maverick has put in just as much love in remastering, supporting, and expanding our supernatural sleuth series across several volumes.”
Hamilton continued, “Now we can present this story in an even deeper, more emotional way as Sophie, Hal, the WMIA 7 news team, and the rest of the cast investigate a vast paranormal conspiracy that touches them all. At its heart, SCOOP is about one girl’s quest for the truth (with a side of teen relationship drama and sci-fi spectacle, of course). So please believe me when I say that I truly cannot wait for readers to embrace our diverse characters, vibrant setting, and fun whodunit mystery the way Maverick has!”
The book is available for preorder now wherever books are sold, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.
MORNING STAR - Coming 2024 from Mad Cave Studios
When smokejumper Nathan Garrett perishes in a raging wildfire, his surviving family's hopes and happiness turn to ashes
Mad Cave Studios is proud to announce the sci-fi/horror series, MORNING STAR, co-written by Tim Daniel and David ‘DB’ Andry (Resonant, End After End, Denizen) with art by Marco Finnegan (007, Where We Live); colors by Jason Wordie (First Knife, Rogues) and letters by Justin Birch. Inspired by Stephen King and Steven Spielberg, imagination alone can empower us to look at the unimaginable…
LOOKOUT!
1956. Kootenai National Forest, Montana. When smokejumper Nathan Garrett perishes in a raging wildfire, his surviving family's hopes and happiness turn to ashes.
Now, one year following Nathan's death, wife, and mother of two, Jolene Garrett, takes her crumbling family to the Morning Star lookout seeking solace through closure--to scatter her husband's remains. But something far beyond the reach of their wildest imaginings awaits the Garrett family in the Montana wilderness--something more powerful than their anguish and torment. Something that transcends space and time. No telephones. No electricity. No transportation. No escape.
“The creative journey of Morning Star began nearly a decade ago, which shows that comics can take a lot of time and also require a lot of perseverance,” said Tim Daniel. “Seeing the Mad Cave 10th Anniversary badge on the front cover of our book is emblematic of those things as Mad Cave has continued to capture the imagination of a growing number of readers over the last ten years. We're grateful for their faith in Morning Star and for making our story a part of this incredible milestone.”
“When Tim brought Morning Star to me, the bones of which were firmly in place, I immediately connected to the story,” said David ‘DB’ Andry. “It brought me back to watching E.T. in the theater, seeing this family confronting impossible events. And how the kids saw it differently from the adults. That mystery can be both terrifying and wonderful. That is the vibe we tried to bring to Morning Star. How hope and imagination can guide you through grief to a better place on the other side. That family, however you define it, can be a lighthouse through dark times.”
"This book has been living in my head for a while now, in fact my son who was the original reference for Charlie is now in college,” said Marco Finnegan. “Tim had pitched this story to me as a kind of love letter to our kids and families as well as the movies we loved growing up. The story was already great but I think DB brought another level of heart and weirdness to the book that it didn't have before."
"When Tim told me about the project I knew right away it was something I wanted to work on," said Jason Wordie. “The story and artwork really allowed for a chance to do something different with the colors. I was free to experiment, mimicking some old-school comic techniques while mixing in a modern twist.”
Morning Star #1 drops March 2024. Cover A by Marco Finnegan and Jason Wordie, cover B by Skylar Patridge.
Announcements for even more titles are coming soon, but in the meantime, drop by www.madcavestudios.com for news, preorders, and more!
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