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Welcome to the November 25 - December 1, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Dark Horse Comics, Vault Comics, Stranger Comics, TKO Studios, AWA Studios, Bad Egg Publishing, and many independent creators.

Monday, November 25, 2024

Stranger Things (Verticals) - Updated Series

When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in...

Today's Fresh Friday Features leads us into mystical realms where elves reign supreme, weaving tales of magic, adventure, and timeless wisdom. From noble warriors to mischievous tricksters, these stories seek the depth of elven culture, their struggles, and their triumphs. Turn the page into this enchanting list of comics and let the world of elves cast its spell on you!

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - The Meadows: In this vibrant city, where mysteries abound and magic weaves its way through the streets of The Meadows, Detective Blake Simmons stands as a unique figure — a hybrid born of human and elf lineage.
• Graphic Novel - ElfQuest: Chief Cutter and the...

Welcome to the November 18-24, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Andrews McMeel Publishing, Image Comics, GUNGNIR, Vault Comics, and two independent creators.

Monday, November 18, 2024

Doonesbury: Long Road Home - Updated Series

After losing his leg—and his trademark helmet—B.D. returns home from Iraq to begin a remarkable journey of healing in this Doonesbury book. On a road outside Fallujah, an RPG blows apart a Humvee and upends the life of a former football star named B.D. As a...

Today's Fresh Friday Features will reveal secrets hidden in the tales of these stories. From spies and agents learning the truth about their governments, secret supernatural creatures that must be neutralized, or family secrets long-buried brought to light, there's more than enough thrilling drama to sate your hunger for the best-kept secrets.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Spy School: Link is a teenage computer hacker/millionaire. Wayne tends to kill people in his sleep. Meet the two newest recruits for the US government's clandestine Spy School.
• Comic - The Theory (Twisted Sci-Fi): An archaeologist struggling to save our future, a time traveler working to...

Welcome to the November 11-17, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Andrews McMeel Publishing, Image Comics, Oni Press, Top Cow, and SFiCool Comics.

Monday, November 11, 2024

The Boondocks - New Arrival

The first anthology of the beloved comic strip that inspired the critically acclaimed Cartoon Network show. In 1999, Aaron McGruder launched a cultural phenomenon with his smart and bitingly satirical comic strip, The Boondocks. It centers on the experiences of two young African-American boys,...

A long journey is ahead for the characters in this week's Fresh Friday Features; so grab your best walking shoes as you set out on these adventures! From being cursed to roam the Earth forever, seeking out a magical artifact, or a place to call home, these stories are sprawling adventures that will keep you engaged with the turning of a page.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - The Goddamned: It's 1,655 years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and stone-age marauders roam the land.
• Manga - Lone Wolf and Cub: An epic samurai adventure of staggering...

We're thrilled to announce the arrival of Stranger Comics on GlobalComix. Our new partnership brings critically acclaimed series like Niobe: She is Life and Tales of Asunda to the ever-increasing catalog of comics available to GlobalComix Gold members.

In addition to the traditional catalog debuting today, we're launching GlobalComix Vertical Originals featuring Stranger Comics stories, including Niobe and The Untamed. Niobe is available today and The Untamed will be released on Friday 11/8.

“Stranger Comics has created one of the most original and culturally rich universes in comics with Asunda and we are honored that they are entrusting their world to us as we...

Welcome to Batman Week, the start of a weekly rotation of staff picks based on themes, characters, franchises, and more. To celebrate the arrival of DC, we're focusing the next few weeks on characters and imprints from their vast catalog.

Batman Collection

We have a great collection of Batman comics from DC available to read. We've decided to feature them all because they're all must-read comics. Check out the list below.

1. Batman (2016-), 1184 pages

THE RISE OF GOTHAM Part of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling, all-new line of volume one graphic novels, DC Universe Rebirth! He is Gotham City’s hero, its Dark Knight, its greatest protector. He...

Welcome to the November 4-10, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from BOOM! Studios, Image Comics, Vault Comics, Magma Comix, and two independent creators.

Monday, November 4, 2024

Stranger Things (Verticals) - Updated Series

When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him! No one escapes a Demogorgon...

Sometimes, the path to self-discovery means getting completely lost. Today's Fresh Friday Features dives into journeys where characters desire to be far from the familiar, and will face unexpected twists and challenges that ultimately lead them to new understandings of themselves. Ready to join them in finding purpose in the unknown?

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Bare Bones: Calavera, better known as the Grim Reaper, is no longer the fascinating and terrifying figure he once was.  Burn-out is looming and a vacation is in order. But without death to regulate life, the throes of conflict are gaining territory...
• Graphic Novel - The Village of Lost Memories:...

Our Creator Interview series returns with an interview fit for the frightful season. Steve Urena has been creating comics balancing humor with horror. I recently got to meet him at a Nashville Comic Arts Festival and was really pleased to get to talk with him about his work. I'm super excited to share this interview, and I'm sure you'll find it a sweet treat.

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about your work, yourself, and how you got into making comics!

Steve Urena: Hi! I’m Steve Urena, and I am an indie comic creator based out of CT. I’ve been writing comics since 2020 and I am best known for my horror comedies. I’ve loved comics since I was a kid...

We're heading into the final week of October, and it's time to celebrate the October 28- November 3, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including some new GC Vertical Originals and titles from Top Cow, TKO Studios, and Vault Comics. With lots of autumn festivals coming up, we've also included a selection of appropriately themed titles from independent creators!

Monday, October 28, 2024

The Witches of World War II (Verticals) - New Arrival
Published by TKO Studios

In the darkest hours of World...

We're back home from New York Comic Con, and it's time to celebrate the October 21-27, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including some new GC Vertical Originals and titles from BOOM! Studios, Bad Egg Publishing, Bandai Card Games, Vault Comics, and two independent creators.

Monday, October 21, 2024

The Killer Pass - Updated Series

The Killer Pass. A comic that tells the story of a young boy who has an excellent talent for playing soccer.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

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We're proud to announce a collaboration that brings some of the most iconic DC storylines to GlobalComix. Starting today, a variety of DC and DC Vertigo’s biggest franchises like Batman, Superman, Catwoman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Suicide Squad will be available to read on GlobalComix, anywhere in the world.

Subscribe to GlobalComix Gold today to get unlimited access to all DC comics.

Some of the marquee titles available at launch include:

• DC’s flagship series BATMAN VOLUMES 1-7, written by award-winning writer Tom King
• CATWOMAN VOLUMES 1-6: COPYCATS, written and drawn by Eisner Award nominee Joëlle Jones
• DOOM PATROL VOLUMES 1-6, featuring...

Welcome to the October 14-20, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including BOOM! Studios, Image Comics, Bad Egg Publishing, NBM Publishing, and two independent creators.

Monday, October 14, 2024

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings - New Arrival

LIVE. LAUGH. LOVENSTEIN.      
Get ready to catch feelings in this brand-new collection of MR. LOVENSTEIN comics, including exclusive never-before-seen comics that can’t be found anywhere else. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll wonder if the...

Welcome to the October 7-October 13, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including The Autumn Kingdom from Oni Press, the BRZRKR - Deluxe Edition from BOOM! Studios, three new releases of Get Fuzzy from Andrews McMeel Publishing and much more! Read on for the full list of new arrivals and updated series!

Monday, October 7, 2024

The Autumn Kingdom - New Arrival

In the borderlands between imagination and reality, horror and fantasy, master storyteller Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Harrow County) and visionary artist Christopher Mitten...

Your most intrusive thoughts and the darkest of wishes are answered in today's Fresh Friday Features. From a collection of twisted anthologies to haunting pasts and stunning secrets coming to light, indulge in the dark fantasies within these pages.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Tales from the Cave: Just in time for Halloween, Mad Cave Studios is proud to present readers three treats: a spooky Nottingham story from Hazan, Volk, Romano, and Birch; a Battlecats “tail” featuring teenage felines tempting fate; and a Hunt. Kill. Repeat. battle over technology.
• Comic - Universal Monsters: The Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives!: Years after the events of...

Welcome to the September 30-October 6, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including Blood Queen from Dynamite Entertainment, Stoneheart from Image Comics, and The Darkness: Verticals from Top Cow. Read on for the full list of new arrivals!

Don't forget that we're running a time-limited promotion on GlobalComix Gold. Get one year for only $59.99 here. This promotion ends October 5, 2024, at 11:59 PM PDT.

Monday, September 30, 2024

Blood Queen - New Arrival

The reign of blood begins! Dynamite Entertainment proudly...

Welcome to the September 23-29, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including Deprog Vol. 1 from Dead Sky Publishing, Spawn: Bad Business from Image Comics, and Cyber Force: Shootout from Top Cow. Read on for the full list of new arrivals!

Monday, September 23, 2024

Deprog Volume One - New Arrival

Deprog is a new detective thriller from Tina Horn (SfSx) and Lisa Sterle (Witchblood) that's John Constantine meets Jessica Jones with a kinky Midsommar twist. Meet Tate Debs, a hardboiled hard drinking leather loving dyke...

Ahoy, ye scallywags! Feast yer eyes on this week's What's Trending, full o' tales filled with swashbucklin' pirates, daring deeds, and seas ripe for plunder! These six comics be sure to quench yer thirst for adventure on the high seas. Arrr!

Heathen, 351 pages - Published by Vault Comics, (cc/ @VaultComics)

SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY – Viking Style! WOMAN. WARRIOR. VIKING. HEATHEN. OUTCAST. THE GODS MUST PAY… Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, and exiled from her village for kissing another woman, the lesbian Viking warrior, Aydis, sets out to destroy the god-king Odin and end his oppressive reign. Aydis is a viking, a...

Our Creator Interview series returns with Sean Wood, writer of The Fog Within. Its hero has an incredibly unique set of powers, with lots of homage to some of the best comics of the 1990s. The third issue is also currently on Kickstarter, already having blasted past its intended goal! I'm excited to share this unique comic with you and the mind behind it.

GlobalComix: Thank you for joining us today! Tell us a little bit about your The Fog Within, yourself, and how you got into making comics!

Sean Wood: My name is Sean Wood and The Fog Within is my first chance to write my own comic. I was born into this comic book world. My dad had built up a collection from the mid...

Welcome to the September 16-21, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including Deep Cuts and Time^2 from Image comics, titles with some of the more fearsome women around from Dynamite Entertainment: Disney Villains: Maleficent, and Vampirella Masters, as well as the biographical Proxy Mom from NBM Publishing and the heart-string puller Missing You from Oni Press.

Monday, September 16th

Deep Cuts - New Arrival

New Orleans, 1917: a clarinet player meets his hero. Kansas City, 1940: a young girl investigates the mystery of her...

Need a hero? Look to those around you and deep within yourself. Today's Fresh Friday Features will remind you that good people exist all around us, and sometimes, you must step up and save yourself. Perhaps you'll even be motivated to be someone else's hero after reading these inspiring titles.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Immortals: Gods and Heroes: A stunning, two-sided hardcover featuring ALL-NEW tales of Greek myths as you've never seen them before!
• Graphic Novel - Sennen: A beautiful coming-of-age tale, packed with adventure and magic with a backdrop that outlines the importance of family. Sennen is the debut graphic novel from exciting new...

Turn the page into enchanting realms where magic and passion intertwine in our What's Trending with themes of love and fantasy. These titles explore the beauty and complexities of relationships in otherworldly settings, filled with mystical creatures, epic adventures, and heartwarming moments. Whether it's a forbidden love or a timeless bond spanning lifetimes, these tales of love will captivate your heart.

The Wicked + The Divine, 1736 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critical tongue-attractors like Young Avengers...