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Black Tape
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Mature
Mystery
Occult
Jack King was a rock’n’roll god who projected a stage persona on par with the devil. After Jack dies on stage, his widow, Cindy, grapples with grief and struggles to protect his legacy, unaware that she is being surrounded by dark forces that covet the master tapes to Jack’s final, unreleased album – a heavy metal masterpiece that just might open a doorway to hell.
Gatsby OGN
» Graphic Novel » Drama
LGBTQ+
Mature
When middle-class Singaporean student Lu Zhao is invited to spend a summer on Long Island with his rich cousin, Tommy, before attending Columbia University in the fall, his assimilation into the opulent American lifestyle straps him into a collision course fueled by designer drugs, sex, deceit, and murder. Set in present-day Long Island, Gatsby reimagines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel as...
The Joneses
» Comic » Action
Family
Superhero
In the global pandemic known as the "Great Death,” mother, father, sister and brother were all transformed into something superhuman. While the world embraces fascism born of fear, the Joneses realize they face grave consequences if they are exposed as “Reborns.” Do they keep a low profile and hide in plain sight…or use their powers for good and risk exposure?
Redemption
» Comic » Action
Dystopian
Leading Ladies
LGBTQ+
The dusty desert town of Redemption survived the apocalypse but is hanging on by a thread. A despot rules the town with an iron fist and controls its most precious resource: water. When that strongman marks her mother for death, young Rose Obregon ventures into the perilous wasteland to seek the help of the legendary gunslinger Cat Tanner.
Moths
» Comic » Sci-Fi
Leading Ladies
Political
Psychological
Supernatural
Emily Kai has immense power inside her. However, the moment she taps into it a clock starts. She will have only six months to live. As Emily enters into this journey, she contemplates how to use her gifts to bring beauty into the world in the limited time she has to use them.
Polis (The Protopias Collection)
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Family
Military
Modern
Political
Science
Welcome to Protopias, the new science-fiction anthology series from AWA and Futurific Studios that explores the many possible futures that can come to pass as we try to make the right choices in imperfect realities.
In this double-sized debut issue, Eisner and Ringo Award-winning writer Mark Russell (Not All Robots, Batman: Dark Age) and illustrator Laci (Trojan, Death Ratio’d) spin the tale...
Chariot
» Comic » Action
Leading Ladies
Love
Military
Organized Crime
The Chariot was a Cold War-era secret government project to provide its star agent with a weapon unlike any other in the form of a super-charged muscle car. It sank into the ocean decades ago, and the agent along with it. Now, a petty criminal looking to reform his life has stumbled upon the Chariot, and he’s about to find out that the agent’s consciousness is still controlling it.
Staff Pick
Grendel, KY
» Comic » Horror
Leading Ladies
Monsters
For two generations, the rural hill town of Grendel, Kentucky has honored its Faustian bargain with the monster living in its abandoned coal mine: a human sacrifice every season in return for agrarian prosperity the likes of which this rocky region had never before seen (including its greatest cash crop: the dankest weed in the land).
Red Border
» Comic » Action
Murder
Political
Supernatural
A young Mexican couple narrowly escapes the Juarez Cartel by fleeing across the border into Texas, only to be run down in the desert by the Cartel’s most brutal thugs. Rescued by a mysterious local who takes them to the safety of his family’s ranch, the couple soon realize their hosts have more than just skeletons in their closet.
Red Zone
» Comic » Action
Military
Modern
Randall Crane, an unassuming American professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at NYU, is called in by the US government for a secret international mission back to Russia, where his long-buried secrets come to light. When his support team of commandos is ambushed and killed, it’s up to Randall to fight his way out of Russia using his “particular set of skills.”
Death Ratio'd
» Comic » Horror
Cyberpunk
Humor
Mature
Political
Robots
Science
In this futuristic dark comedy by Eisner and ‘Ringo Award-winning writer Mark Russell, life and death are ruled by social media. One too many dislikes...and you’re dead. When Arnold awakes from a coma twenty years into the future, he discovers that government is a thing of the past and society is now entirely ruled by social media. Literally. Enough “likes” and “upvotes” can unlock...
Primos
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Family
Space
Superhero
The ultimate Latin heroes for the 21st Century are here! Centuries ago, 2 Mayan brothers constructed a spacecraft that sent them hurtling into outer space. Returned to Earth only to find their culture and civilization destroyed, one of the brothers vows revenge. To prevent this, his sibling creates a contingency plan that activates the world’s protectors – 3 descendants of their own family.