What's Trending: Grungy Art Style

What's in a style? The pages and panels of today's What's Trending feature grunge-styled artwork in all its variations. From tales of revenge to apocalyptic scenes, what darkness will lift itself from the pages into your mind?

METAMORPHOSIS: We As Mortals, 897 pages - Published by Jester On Mars, (cc/ @JesterOnMars)

“Have the Gods abandoned us? Or do They revel in the monstrous nature of Their creations killing for sport?” The world is on its final breath. It hopelessly tries to recover after the merciless assault from 20 years ago by the Demigod: Saevel… Follow Arel, a young outcast who dreams of becoming a hero, as she tries to find her place within this crumbling world. Will we ever find peace within the madness?

Story and Art by Jester On Mars

Witchblade (Verticals), 41 pages - Published by Top Cow, (cc/ @vincelongo)

Sara Pezzini is back in an all-new origin story! A reimagining of the classic storyline, this high-octane supernatural thriller starts at the beginning with familiar characters and new story arcs.   New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini's life was forever fractured by her father's murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. From co-creator Marc Silvestri (The Darkness, Cyber Force, Batman and the Joker: The Dearly Duo) and writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) with Artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja) comes a bold new era of Witchblade!

Story and Art by Arif Prianto, Giuseppe Cafaro, Marc Silvestri, Marguerite Bennett, Troy Peteri

The Last Book You'll Ever Read (Verticals), 127 pages - Published by Vault Comics, (cc/ @VaultComics)

The Last Book You’ll Ever Read tells the terrifying story of a woman who knows the horrific truth about the past — and future — of humankind, and, when captured in her book SATYR, it becomes the catalyst for worldwide, mind-numbing violence. Civilization is a lie. Hidden deep in our genes is the truth. And it is slowly clawing its way to the surface. Olivia Kade knows the truth, and she has become the prophet of the coming collapse. Her book, SATYR, is an international bestseller, and it is being blamed for acts of senseless violence and bloodshed all over the world.

Story and Art by Andworld Design, Cullen Bunn, Leila Leiz, Vlad Popov

BLACK!, 35 pages - Published by Ashi comics, (cc/ @Vidlonc)

BLACK! is incomprehensible BLACK! is inescapable BLACK! is here

Story and Art by Ashi comics

Nocturne 21, 172 pages - Published by Grape Ape Comics, (cc/ @aferrero)

After a long day of work, a doctor trudges home in the pouring rain only to find a dying teenage boy in the road. He takes the boy home, saving his life, only to discover the he has no memory of who he is. The doctor and his daughter invite the boy to stay with them and as time goes on, discover some strange and unexplainable things about their newest family member.

Story and Art by Grape Ape Comics

SCORNED, 116 pages - Published by Alice Beth Goth, (cc/ @damehelsing)

Follow the tale of Hel, a scorned woman that reaps the world of its impurities while hunting down the man who wronged her a thousand years ago

Story and Art by Alice Beth Goth

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