Revamping and updating a character that has barely appeared in comics for more than seven decades — after his run in the 1940s series Top-Notch Comics, he only made one further appearance, in 1966’s Mighty Crusaders #4 before his one-off return in 2022’s Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales — is no easy task, but nothing Joe Corallo cannot handle!!! “

Thankfully writer Joe Corallo’s idea to craft a tale that manages to bend worlds, tell a story of fame and fortune, and mix in classic magic was a perfect way to reintroduce this character,” she continued. “And Butch Mapa continuously blows us away with his art that so perfectly merges traditional/retro styles with frightening imagery. Couple this with some gorgeous covers based on classic magic poster illustrations, and you've got a comic that will take your breath away before you can say abracadabra!"

"Getting to revisit the character of Kardak, who I had the opportunity to touch on in a short for Jinx's Grim Fairy Tales, has been an absolute thrill!” added Corallo. “Combining classic elements from his Golden Age Top-Notch appearances such as featuring his fiancé Lorna along with a fresh, updated look and perspective on these characters will excite both longtime and newcomer Archie fans alike!"

Here is the Preview code to share with your stores now!!! JUN241083 (W) Joe Corallo (A/CA) Butch K. Mapa

Kardak the Mystic #1 will be released August 14, 2024, with two covers: one from Papa, and another from Skylar Patridge.

Check them both out in the gallery below. You can follow Joe on social media @jcoral1 on YouTube, on Instagram at corallojoe, on X at JoeCorallo

Epiphany Engine is currently on Kickstarter right now! Don't miss this one!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventcomics/the-epiphany-engine/?ref=kicktraq

On August 31, 2023, the call went out from Advent Comics CEO Tony Kittrell and was answered by visionaries across the globe! From that, one of the greatest undertakings in modern comic book history began and the formation of this project was cemented as creators signed on to help put this dream project together.

The EPIPHANY ENGINE project represents a long discussed collaboration between Advent Comics CEO Tony Kittrell and other Comic Book Publishers such as Danny J. Quick 4th Wall Productions, Roosevelt Pitt Amara Entertainment, Michael Watson Freestyle Komics, Tyler Forrest Martin Godhood Comics, Jiba M. Anderson Griot Enterprises, Lonzo Starr Konkret Comics, Bradley Golden Second Sight Publishing, Tyrone Jackson Sovereign Comics, Sebastian A. Jones Stranger Comics, Andre Batts Urban Style Comics, Brian J. Lambert Wingless Comics, Frederick Littles Wise Acre Comics and many others.

The different companies and creators wanted to come together to tell an engrossing, entertaining story plus bring along what they felt was some of the great talent already burning up the Black Comics scene. This project boasts a cadre of award winning or nominated writers/creators representing awards such as the Will Eisner Awards, the Ringo Awards, the Hugo Awards, and is the largest collection of Glyph Comics Awards winners and nominees in a single publication...EVER! The project even includes prestigious television and film awards such as the American Film Institute Award and the Writer's Guild of America. There is even a property in this crossover that is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African Art! We invite you to join us, support the campaign and follow along on this exciting journey of struggle, loss, perseverance and the celebration of FAMILY!!!! This is the largest event of Black Owned publishers, writers, artist coming together and you do not want to miss this!

Follow @adventcomics5930 on Youtube, Adventcomics onTikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Instagram to learn more!

A two-time Academy Awards screenwriting contest semi-finalist for the screenplay THE WEEPING TREES, as well as the creator and writer of Alpha Dogs, Dime-Store Detective, and the all new Space Cruizin on Kickstarter now!

You can back Space Cruizin now on Kickstarter using this link, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dimestoredetective1/space-cruizin

If you have missed out on Jon's earlier work you can add on Alpha Dogs and Dime-Store Detective on this current Kickstarter!

You can follow Jon on social media on instagram at alpha_dogs_comic faceboook at jondexter and on X at realalphadogs

I had a blast with Shine as we talked about our passion for Green Lantern, Batman, and all kinds of amazing independents! Shine is one of the top creators talking comic books right now and you will see why as we dive into all kinds of comics including some of the stuff we are not to fond of. This will not be the last time Shine and I collaborate! We got plans for more topics for sure!!

You can find Shine on social media @shinecomics right here on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok! Follow Shine and enhance your love for comics!

It's the year 2090 and the speedster named Crimson Payne rose from the shadows and eliminated all the superheroes in existence sending the world in utter turmoil. This initiated a super-classified unit to be made called Project NAosis. A unit where they are the highest form of authority to eliminate the rising rebellion. Project Naosis wasn't just made out of nobodies, they took six of the most elite soldiers across the globe and injected them with a serum unlocking enhancements.

Episode 4 follows the Project Naosis unit as they have now been exposed to the world showcasing that "heroes" are back!

Issue 4 is live on Kickstarter right now! Use this link to back. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projectnaosis/project-naosis-0-4-beginning-of-volume-2?ref=discovery Are you new to Project Naosis? No problem. You can jump in on issue 4.

Or you can catch up and the first 4 issuers are available as add ons!

To learn more visit https://www.projectnaosis.com/

You can also follow Paul and Project Naosis on all social @projectnaosis

Laurie Calcaterra – Writer/Creator/Letterer – Laurie started writing for a production company, Coattail Collective, based in Detroit in 2017. She wrote and starred in the short film “Catfish-ing” and wrote the web series titled ”The Agency”. She started writing Path of the Pale Rider in 2018 and decided to turn it into a comic series due to the nature of the content. After relocating to Texas in 2019, she began moving this project in the current direction. This is her first comic series, third issue. The first issue successfully funded on Kickstarter May of 2022.

Today we have issue 5 currently live on Kickstarter!! Use this link to back today! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pathofthepalerider/path-of-the-pale-rider-issue-5?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=path%20of%20the%20pale

She is influenced by sci-fi, horror, action films and stories: Dune, Mad Max, The Walking Dead, East of West, Invincible, Attack on Titan, The Matrix, Lazarus, Low, The Cell, The Watchmen and many others. She follows DC comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Witcher, Game of Thrones and… you get the point. She’s a giant nerd.

Laurie is also a life long martial artist practitioner, having studied Pencak Silat, Kali, Eskrima, Pekiti Tersia, and Kalis Ilustrimismo from 1997 until present. Please enjoy the fist fights, knife fights, guns, flexible weapons and more in this story.

You can follow Laurie on all social media @pathofthepalerider on TikTok @path_of_the_pale_rider Right here on YouTube @lauriecalcaterra360

Mark Spears is a artist working in comic books, with covers for Spawn titles, Power Rangers, Darkhorse and DC Comics coming out in 2024. Mark has made history as a 'first year' comic book artist starting with my Spawn covers in March of 2023. Mark has since finished 25 mainstream comic book covers for Power Rangers, Spawn and DC Comics.

Now he wants to make history with my own creator owned project on kickstarter. Mark Spears Monsters is an ongoing comic series. Mark does all the covers, interiors and writing. The first part of the series titled "All That Remains" spans 8 issues and releases all at the same time. All the artwork for the 8 issue is 100% complete. It has taken Mark most of 2023 to create this comic series and it's truly a passion project born of hard work, pure love for storytelling, and an attitude of 'if they won't publish my book, I'll do it myself'.

You can still order your set of Monsters using this link below! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spearsart/mark-spears-monsters-comic/description

You can follow Mark on all socials @markspearsart including YouTube!!

Luke Henderson stops by the podcast to share his latest title Summer's End which is currently live on Kickstarter. Luke W. Henderson (They/Them) writes a lot of things, sometimes too many things at once, but those things tend to be comics, prose, and poetry.

Their comics work has been published in multiple zines and anthologies Corrupting the Youth, The Dark Side of Purity, Vol. 3 (Band of Bards), and Comics from the Kitchen (Foreign Press Comics). They are also a letterer with their debut publication coming this year in Containment Breach, Vol. 4 (Fugitive Poems).

Head over to Kickstarter today and back Summer's End!

Use this link, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lukewhenderson/summers-end-tales-of-heartbreak?ref=discovery

You can follow Luke on all socials @lukewhendersonm

Luke's linktree is below as well!

https://linktr.ee/lukewhenderson

Colorist Brad Anderson and letterer Rob Leigh have officially joined the ranks of Ghost Machine's exclusive creator roster published by Image Comics. Globally recognized as absolute masters of their craft, Anderson and Leigh have already been integral to Ghost Machine’s success since the company’s official launch at New York Comic-Con in October 2023.

Anderson and Leigh have joined fellow Ghost Machine co-owners and co-creators Jason Fabok, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Geoff Johns, Lamont Magee, Francis Manapul, Brad Meltzer, Ivan Reis, Peter Snejbjerg, Peter J. Tomasi, and Maytal Zchut, who are all fully exclusive to Ghost Machine for their comic book work once projects already committed to have been completed. https://imagecomics.com/press-releases/brad-anderson-rob-leigh-officially-join-ghost-machine-on-exclusive-basis

Both Rob and Brad are proud graduates of the The Joe Kubert School. Ghost Machine has teamed up with The Joe Kubert School to help train the next generation of comic book artist with the announcement of the Ghost Machine Future Superstar Scholarship! Ghost Machine will pay the 2024-2025 semesters for one student entering their third year!! Amazing!!

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Lot's of amazing news coming out of Ghost Machine! to learn more visit www.ghostmachinepro.com

You can also follow Ghost Machine on all socials @GhostMachinePro including YouTube! Y

ou can follow Brad Anderson on Instagram @comicbrad

You can follow Rob Leigh @robleighcomics

David Howard is a comic book and horror writer living in Riverside, CA. He is the writer of the OPSEC series for ASAP Imagination and the Michael Domenicalli horror novels. A graduate of West Point with a degree in Computer Science, he brings that background to his writing and world creation. In the year 2587 mankind has spread out across our solar system and split into 3 main factions that vie for control of the system and mankind's future. Earth is now referred to as the Terran Wastes and contains the crumbling remains of the Terran Federation.

Their once great cities have either fallen or are falling into disrepair as mutated flora and fauna roam the planet The true rulers of the planet are the mutated human tribes who live in nomadic tribes and the bandit salvage gangs that pick at the slowly decaying corpse of the once great federation of man.

You can support June 10th by using this link!! https://www.fundmycomic.com/phoenix-throne1

You can follow David @nemesisfc2 on all social media!

You can also follow raincrosspress.com and @raincrosspress2984