ComicsPRO, the biggest business meeting of the year for the comics industry gets underway in Glendale, CA this week, and publishers have been rolling out their retailer exclusives. Oni Press (DISCLOSURE: Oni sponsoring our coverage this year) will have a lot to announce with a pile of giveaways including signed graphic novels (while supplies last) ARCHIE pins and posters, FLUX HOUSE prints, MURDER DRONES variants, and a print from a top secret, unannounced new series. What can it be? Well, based on the giveaways, it’s by Curt Pires and Juan Gedeon but more to come on that.
Projects getting a spotlight include:
- The upcoming launch of the ARCHIE publishing line
- Matt Kindt’s (BRZRKR) FLUX HOUSE imprint with MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED and FORT PSYCHO
- The record-breaking MURDER DRONES series, adapting the global hit animation phenomenon from Glitch Productions.
Signed copies of the following will be availabe while supplies last:
- BENJAMIN by Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and Leomacs (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss, DC Black Label’s Rogues);
- FREE FOR ALL by Harvey Award winner Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees)
- CAVE GRAVE by cartoonist Shawn Kuruneru (The Goddamn Tragedy).
And signings by
- Juan Gedeon (TO BE REVEALED!)
- Patrick Horvath (ARCHIE IN HELL, FREE FOR ALL)
- Brian Hurtt (FORT PSYCHO
- Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED)
- Curt Pires (TO BE REVEALED!)
- Ben H. Winters (BENJAMIN, EC’s CRUEL UNIVERSE
- Surprise guests
And here’s the giveaway slate:
“ARCHIE TEASER” PIN SET
ART BY KANO
[LIMITED TO 500 COPIES]
ARCHIE TEASER POSTER
ART BY KANO
[LIMITED TO 200 COPIES]
FORT PSYCHO ART PRINT (11”x17”) |
ART BY BRIAN HURTT
SIGNED BY MATT KINDT & BRIAN HURTT
[LIMITED TO 250 COPIES]
[CLASSIFIED] ART PRINT (11”x17”)
ART BY JUAN GEDEON
SIGNED BY CURT PIRES & JUAN GEDEON
[LIMITED TO 250 COPIES]
MURDER DRONES #1 COMICSPRO VARIANT
ART BY JO MI-GYEONG
[LIMITED TO 250 COPIES]
BENJAMIN HC
SIGNED BY BEN H. WINTERS
[LIMITED TO 100 COPIES – WHILE SUPPLIES LAST]
CAVE GRAVE: WILD WEST TALES HC
SIGNED BY SHAWN KURUNERU
[LIMITED TO 100 COPIES – WHILE SUPPLIES LAST]
FREE FOR ALL HC
SIGNED BY PATRICK HORVATH
[LIMITED TO 100 COPIES – WHILE SUPPLIES LAST]
