Caracal, Lion Forge’s young readers’ imprint, drops the first installment of the Glint trilogy digitally today and in bookstores on March 12, 2019. The Beat has an extended preview of the graphic novel. Here is how the publisher describes Glint Book One: The Cloud Raiders: “Glint-the mineral resource that keeps the planet and people of […]
Lion Forge announces Caracal line of middle grade graphic novels
Continuing with the surge in graphic novel publishing for middle grades, Lion Forge has just announced a new imprint focused on readers aged 8-12: Caracal, which takes its places between the CubHouse (early readers) and Roar (young adult) imprints. (This website is owned by Syndicated Comics, a sister company of Lion Forge.) While new […]
INTERVIEW: Ian McGinty on remixing Paul Oakenfold’s life stories in Perfecto.
Z2 Comics recently published a comic book style memoir of Grammy-winning DJ, Paul Oakenfold. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PERFECTO: WITH PAUL OAKENFOLD AND FRIENDS spans the entirety of Oakenfold’s career — from his residency at Cream to drinking absinthe and shooting guns with Hunter S Thompson; from touring with U2, Madonna and Calvin Harris to performing […]
Review: Welcome To Showside #1, Welcome To Your New Saturday Morning
The long awaited debut of Welcome to Showside is here.
Bitch Planet hardcover, Welcome to Showside and more unveil Local Comic Shop Day variants
Local Comics Shop Day is the latest holiday on the comics calendar, to be held November 28th, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The date has been promoted as “Small Business Saturday” for a while, but this new date and focus will allow comics shops to tie in to the desire to shop locally and support small […]
Nice Art: Welcome to Showside by Ian McGinty and friends
We’ve been telling you about the big plans from new publisher Z2 Comics for a while now, including their launch of a line of periodical comics. The flagship title is Ian McGinty’s Welcome to Showside, a charming all-ages tale about Kit, a friendly little demon, and his pals and Kit’s desire to escape from the […]
Z2 Comics launches Modern Prometheus production company
Z2 Comics is on a roll, having announced a new line of graphics novels, a line of periodical comics and now a productions company, Modern Prometheus, which got inked in THR.
Z2 announces new creator-owned periodical line with McGinty, Hunt, Tracy, Koplowitz and Porto
Z2 Comics, best known for publishing the graphic novels Escapo, Fear my Dear, Cleveland and Henni, is getting into the periodical business with three new titles. The announcement was made in the Washington Post where publishing Josh Frankel expanded on his plans noting, “There’s no house style, but these days there’s no need for a […]