Top Comics Picks for April 22, 2015

The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel
The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel

The Black Vortex: Omega An entire planet is about to be devoured to create an Brood army that could infect the galaxy. The Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men are pushed to their limits against Mister Knife and his cosmically empowered enforcers. With billions of lives on the line and some of their allies corrupted, who will submit to the temptation of power the Black Vortex offers. To save the universe, will a X-Man lose their humanity?

Convergence #3 The heroes from Crisis of Infinite Earths are back as Telos unleashes his wrath, an Earth 2 member falls, a Green Lantern goes in search of a time-lost hero for help. Continue reading Top Comics Picks for April 22, 2015

CHIP ZDARSKY On KAPTARA

Kaptara #1 courtesy Image Comics
Kaptara #1 courtesy Image Comics

What does the co-creator of Sex Criminals do next?

How about “a gay Saga” as he calls it?

Image Comics announced Kaptara by Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod at Image Expo.

The official description is “Kaptara follows Keith Kanga, a young bio-engineer flung across the universe onto a strange planet filled with weird danger. And if he doesn’t get home then Earth—the place where YOU live—is DOOMED! Continue reading CHIP ZDARSKY On KAPTARA

IMAGE EXPO Announcements

Image Expo is on.

Can you feel the comics industry shaking?

Image revealed multiple new series from legendary and best-selling writers and artists at their one-day Image Expo in San Francisco.

A brand new number one and milestone for Image Comics co-founding father Todd McFarlane.

Here’s the rundown of today’s announcements:

 

AD After Death courtesy Image Comics
AD After Death courtesy Image Comics

AD: After Death
New York Times bestselling writer Scott Snyder (WYTCHES, Batman) and artist Jeff Lemire (Trillium, Sweet Tooth) come together to for AD: AFTER DEATH, from Image Comics this November 2015. “Set in a near future where death has been cured and one man must come to grips with what comes next.”

 

BLACK ROAD

Writer Brian Wood’s (Star Wars, DMZ, Northlanders) first return to the Viking genre since the acclaimed Northlanders series and his and Garry Brown’s first project together since The Massive. Continue reading IMAGE EXPO Announcements