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Parker Girls #1

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Abstract Studio ⋅ 2022

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A trio of operatives set out to solve a murder case of a beloved actress being covered up by her billionaire husband

10 Ton Press ⋅ 2022

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The story of Victor Frankenstein who would eventually create a the famous monster who made him famous

Elles #1

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Ablaze ⋅ 2022

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An all ages series about a girl who successfully makes friends at a new school but secretly has a colorful mix of personalities which come out when she least expects it

Mad Cave ⋅ 2022

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Twin princesses are at the mercy of an ancient prophecy that will determine the future of their people as they teeter on the precipice of war

Absolution #1

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AWA Upshot ⋅ 2022

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While her actions are live-streamed to a fickle public, a mercenary is given a month to atone for her misdeeds before the bombs implanted in her brain explode

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A runaway uses his telepathic powers to control criminals to rob banks on his behalf

BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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A new installment of The Orcs sees previous characters return in an adventure where an ancient evil is released upon the land after a prank gone wrong

Potions Inc. #1

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Mad Cave ⋅ 2022

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A young man working in his family's potion shop sets off on the quest he has always desired after a powerful artifact is stolen from his parents

Code 45 #1

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Scout ⋅ 2022

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A young woman is beckoned by a dark underworld in the city's subterranean tunnels

Image ⋅ 2022

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One-shot prequel to the Audible audio drama about a post-apocalyptic world where the sun has been blotted out by a comet crashing to earth

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Six-issue series where Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling robots from robbing the universe of magic

Variant ⋅ Titan ⋅ 2022

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Cover art by Artgerm

Redman #1

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Behemoth ⋅ 2022

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The creators of Ultraman introduce a new Kaiju Hunter

Coffin Comics ⋅ 2022

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Anthology of stories featuring a team of outlaw superheroes who fight the supernatural, a space pirate who sails the haunted galaxy, a wild west loner who wields demonic guns and Captain Death, super soldier of 1945's World War Hell

Vault ⋅ 2022

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When an introverted tech geek accidentally discovers mind control, he and his friends do something unexpected - they put the science into an app to help users break their technology addiction

[June 2024 - Don Cheadle’s production company This Radicle Act to develop Mindset as a TV series with producer Boat Rocker (Orphan Black: Echoes)]

Image ⋅ 2022

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Five-issue series about a flamboyant and narcissistic thief who gets his kicks stealing mystic artifacts from the wealthy and corrupt of Miami's occult underground

Scout ⋅ 2022

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An agent for the ultra-bizarre sci-fi spy organization W.O.R.L.D.E wonders if there's more to life than the creatively violent disposal of out-there oddities

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A woman from a cursed lineage inherits the family home and relies on Hellboy to make certain inhabiting spirits are at rest

Dark Horse ⋅ 2022

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An aged monster hunter and a young girl set out on a road trip to battle ancient evils in a story that explores how early traumas can haunt us, even in old age

Image ⋅ 2022

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When a Viking prince finds the Eye of Odin he must return it to its rightful owner or face death

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2022

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A reimagining of Red Sonja that takes place in the Sengoku period of Japan

Behemoth ⋅ 2022

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A famous illusionist traumatized by the loss of her family is transported to a fantasy world that she is tasked to save

Aftershock ⋅ 2023

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An accountant working for the mob betrays his employers and goes on the run only to discover that his mathematical genius assists in making him an adept killer

[May 2022 - Aftershock announces this property has been optioned for a series on Hulu]

Seven Sons #1

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A young man who may be the Second Coming of Christ runs for his life as he attempts to learn the truth behind his existence

Image ⋅ 2022

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A pro wrestler living in the shadow of her legendary mother is approached by a necromancer who invites her to join the grandest and most dangerous tournament of all time

Aftershock ⋅ 2022

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Horror series about a dangerous salvage mission to recover the wreck of humanity's first interstellar starship at the bottom of the ocean floor

Ward, The #1

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Dark Horse ⋅ 2022

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Four-issue medical drama about a secret hospital that tends to supernatural creatures

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Four-issue anthology horror series about out of control kids without morals who are forcefully taught necessary lessons

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One-shot featuring pin-ups of Street Fighter characters

Phalanx #1

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Image ⋅ 2022

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One-shot story to serve as an homage to the 90s era of Image Comics to recognize the company's 30th anniversary

Aftershock ⋅ 2022

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An astronaut strives to qualify for a mission that will send him into alternate realities on a desperate mission to save Earth from a horrific crisis that has our world on the brink of extinction

New Think #1

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AWA Upshot ⋅ 2022

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Five-issue anthology series compared to the Netflix show Black Mirror

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A family moving across the country can't shake the weight of their past while the youngest sees monsters in the bedroom closet that will not let them go

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One-shot featuring Hellboy in a mythical adventure where he battles a jealous god

BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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A woman has been recruited to be a Reaper in the afterlife but is plagued by the mystery of how she died

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Kick-off series to launch a proposed multiverse of titles based on characters created by Frank Frazetta

Quests Aside #1

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Vault ⋅ 2022

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A tavern straight out of sword and sorcery stories faces being shut down unless the owner can find a way to keep it open

Aftershock ⋅ 2022

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Two former gang members are stalked by their pasts when they ran with The Dogs in the London underworld

Naughty List #1

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Aftershock ⋅ 2022

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Story of Santa Claus as a vengeful immortal

IDW ⋅ 2022

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One-shot focused on Ferengi culture

Dark Horse ⋅ 2022

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Four-issue limited series about a man dragged back into the nightmare memories of his past during WWII at the Japanese military biological and chemical research facility known as Unit 731

Canceled #1

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Scout ⋅ 2022

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After being replaced on a TV show by a clown, the former host attempts to destroy the broadcast tower but inadvertently gets electrocuted and sucked into the airwaves

Triskele #1

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Scout ⋅ 2022

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A series based on Celtic myths - the scales of power on Albion shift when a boy receives a magical gift on Samhain night that sets him off on a journey that will decide the fate of a kingdom

Break Out #1

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Dark Horse ⋅ 2022

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Governments and adults across the world accept the inevitable circumstance of kids being kidnapped by interdimensional aliens but when one boy's little brother is taken, he assembles a team of high school buddies for a prison break

Aftershock ⋅ 2025

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One-shot tale of loneliness, love and vengeance told through the life a singular, frightening and very human creature named Midnight Rose

Dark Beach #1

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Behemoth ⋅ 2022

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Inside a domed-city, protected from the deadly sun, a photographer covering a murder scene is whisked down the rabbit hole of a mystery that may prove the government is lying about the dangers of the light in the sky

78 MPH #1

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Red 5 ⋅ 2022

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A nuclear disaster and the slowing of the Earth's rotation resulted in an environment where anyone traveling under 78 miles per hour will be cooked by the sun, forcing survivors to live in a convoy city that never stops

Joneses, The #1

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AWA Upshot ⋅ 2022

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Following a global pandemic, a superpowered family known as Reborns face the moral dilemma of maintaining a low profile, out of site from a fascist new world order or using their powers for good

Aftershock ⋅ 2022

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When a boy tries out for the swim team, he learns firsthand that messing with the social order of his new high school can have deadly consequences

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Published by Bad Idea under the pseudonym Bad Idea Donuts

Distributed at the 2022 South Carolina Comic Con to collectors who purchased a donut from the Bad Idea Donuts pop-up store

Limited print run

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