New Series Alert! Monarch

A new series from myself and Image Comics

MONARCH

New series alert! Coming from me, @alexlinsart and @luisnct

It’s Aliens! Kids! Spaceships! And Compton! Not necessarily in that order! Only from @imagecomics

And I’m giving you the first look right here!

Inspired by the likes of Attack the Block and War of the Worlds, Monarch follows a young teen named Trayvon living in Compton, who wakes up one morning to find the world forever changed: humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization. Unfortunately, things go a little more Independence Day than they do Star Trek.

In Monarch, Trayvon finds himself thrust into the unlikely role of protector and survivor as human kind is assaulted by an overwhelming alien force.

Find a couple pages from the comics ominous opening below.

Monarch #1 is set to hit shelves in February 2023.

More coming soon!

BLACULA:

Before watching the 1972 Blacula I had never seen anything with people of color prominently positioned within a piece. That’s why Blacula blew me away; it was a lot more authentic than anything else I’d seen up until that point. That moment lit a small flame in my imagination. Four decades later, here I am writing a graphic novel on the same character.

This project has long been a passion project for me and I cannot wait for you guys to get your hands on it!

‘SHOOK! A BLACK HORROR ANTHOLOGY’

Second Sight Publishing and John Jennings Studio LLC will release Shook!, A Black Horror Anthology, a 160-page horror anthology collecting EC-style stories by a range of award-winning Black writers, in 2023. The anthology was inspired by a love of what Jennings calls Southern Gothic horror.

I’m excited to announce that I am one of the writers that will be involved in this project!

Writers on the project will include myself, Hugo Award winner John Jennings, Eisner Award nominee Kevin Grevioux, Eisner Award winner David Walker, Glyph Comics Award winner Alverne Ball, Glyph Comics Award nominee Marcus H. Roberts, Glyph nominee Bradley Golden, and Eisner Award nominee Brandon Easton. The collection will also include a story written by actor Evan Parke (Captain America and the Winter Soldier, King Kong).

Artists in the volume include Flavio Cortes, Charlie Goubile, Jamal Williams, Roberto Castro, David Brame, Glenn D. Brown, and Shawn Alleyne.

The project is currently raising funding on Kickstarter (with retailer tiers), with a planned release to backers in March 2023.  Mainstream distribution to stores will follow three months after the Kickstarter release. 

The Kickstarter for Shook! A Black Horror Anthology is live now. Click HERE to support. 

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