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Creator: Milo Manara Fantagraphics, December 2024 In June 2010, news outlets reported that scientists discovered the bones of the Old Master best known as Caravaggio. They were found in a built-over cemetery in Porto Ercole, in Italy. Caravaggio was endeavouring to make his way back to Rome to beg the Pope’s forgiveness, but died of a combination of lead poisoning, heatstroke, and butchered wounds from a sneak attack which had not healed. Here is the promotional copy for this title, published in December 2024: Discover the bawdy, swashbuckling life of one of the greatest painters in history through Milo Manara’s passionate and personal tribute to his artistic idol. Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 1 is the first half of Milo Manara’s two-volume epic biography of the hot-tempered Italian master painter. It depicts Caravaggio’s early years in Rome as he struggles to capture truth on canvas, only to have
Creator: Robert Beaucage Array Comics, January 2025 In 1928, the anthology magazine Amazing Stories published a sci fi novel titled Armageddon 2419 A.D., written by Phillip Nowlan. The novel featured a character called Anthony Rogers. Like that other famous Rogers in comic books (Captain America), Rogers is a present-day man who found himself emerging years into the future, after waking up from suspended animation. Rogers would go on to feature in his own comic strip titled Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. The strip is written by Nowlan, with illustration provided by Dick Calkins. The comic strips have entered the public domain this month. This gives creators the opportunity to craft and publish new adventures for the time-displaced Buck Rogers. One of the first comic book publishers to do so is new California-based publisher Array Comics, in the title Buck Rogers 2425. Buck Rogers 2425 is written and drawn
Creator: Zoe Thorogood Image Comics: September 2023 (fourth printing). Below is the substance of a press release issued by Image Comics in May 2022. Mr
Writer: Ram V Artist: Evan Cagle DC Comics, December 2024 Here is DC Comics’ promotional copy for this new title: An old god has died,
Creator: Antonio Rubbini 2024 Created by Antonio Rubbini, Kyra Chronicles is an action comic book series set in a fictional version of Brooklyn, New York.
It seems more than a little startling that what started out as an idle hobby has now been going for a decade. Progress has been
Writer: Mark Waid Artist: Dan Mora DC Comics, January 2025 Veteran superhero comic book writer Mark Waid and his frequent collaborator Dan Mora have taken
Writer: Greg Rucka Artist: Steve Lieber Oni Press, collected in 2007 It is hard to flaw this story. Whiteout was written in the early days
Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Hayden Sherman DC Comics, December 2024 If the editorial mandate set down for the writers of the Absolute titles was to
Writer: Paul Venstra Artist: Breno Braga Independently published, April 2024 Nymphobots is a sci-fi/cyberpunk comic book mini-series written by Paul Veenstra and illustrated by Breno
Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Esad Ribić Marvel Comics / 20th Century Studios, December 2024 How appropriate that we publish a review on a sci-fi /
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