New comic day is only a few days away and with a number of titles releasing it can be difficult to decide which comics you should pickup. So we are here to help. This week we preview The Exorcism at 1600 Penn #1, Vicarious #1, and more.
While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing October 16, 2024.
The Exorcism at 1600 Penn #1
Writer: Hannah Rose May
Artist: Vanesa Del Rey
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Kelly Doyle has just been elected the first woman president of the United States of America, and boiling political tension could spill over at any second. Having to balance being a mother to two teenagers and navigating the shifting media landscape, all while preventing World War III, has Kelly spread thin, but she could never predict that the nation’s hallowed halls would soon become a demonic battleground for good versus evil.
Vicarious #1
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Eleonora Carlini
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Enter Justin: an aimless 20- something desperate for human connection and excitement.
After a dangerous encounter reveals itself as a fortuitous opportunity, Justin finds just what he’s looking for in the secret world of Proxies-young, pretty, ambitious hustlers like himself who allow the rich access to their feelings and experiences through a technological implant.
Does Justin have what it takes to make it in this seductive new world?
New York Times best-selling and fan favorite Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott (The Infernals, Rogue Sun) debuts his first original comic and is joined by acclaimed artist Eleonora Carlini (Marauders, Radiant Black) for this brand-new original sci-fi psychological thriller!
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Halloween Special #1
Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: Dark Horse
A very special Halloween celebration with Christopher Chaos’s best friends… and fiercest foes! James Tynion and Isaac Goodhart tell a story of family and loss with Adam Frankenstein and Viveka. Tate Brombal and superstar Phil Jimenez introduce a wild new monster far above the Arctic Circle… and back in Briar City, Brombal is joined by the brilliant Jeff Lemire for a sweet and spooky story of young Christopher during a Halloween long past. And finally, the brilliant Soo Lee and fabulous Nick Robles each write and draw their own bewitching stories that will leave you breathless and terrified for All Hallow’s Eve!
Spillblood #1
Writer: Jonathan Hedrick
Artist: Stefano Cardoselli
Publisher: Keenspot
36 pages of blood-splattered horror from the creative duo of Jonathan Hedrick (Can I Scream?) and Stefano Cardoselli (Don’t Spit In The Wind)! Rejected by Heaven and exiled from Hell, a doomed priest walks the borderline between living and dead. He listens to those who cry to their deity for forgiveness. Then at night…he will spill blood!
Where Monsters Lie: Cull-De-Sac #1
Writer: Kyle Starks
Artist: Piotr Kowalski
Publisher: Dark Horse
The hit meta-horror comedy by Eisner-nominated writer Kyle Starks returns just in time for Halloween! Come join us, friends, for it’s time to visit another gated community for slashers and meet a new cast of horrible monsters as we return to the world of Where Monsters Lie. Connor Hayes, final girl turned apex monster hunter, has been brought to Site B and expected to be a good little killer, but will he cooperate? And what sort of bone-tingling secrets inhabit this new horror hamlet?
Alien Romulus Annual #1
Writer: Zac Thompson
Artist: Daniel Picciotto
Publisher: Marvel
Following the theatrical release of the highly anticipated blockbuster Alien: Romulus, Marvel Comics presents an all-new story revealing secrets of the film’s legendary antagonists! How did Xenomorphs find Rain, Andy and their scavenger crew? Familiar faces lurk in the shadows; and this issue shines light on them all! Horror master Zac Thompson (Absolute Carnage, X-Men) and rising star Daniel Picciotto (Ghost Rider, X-Force) collaborate directly with filmmakers for this must-have collector’s item!
Godfather of Hell #1
Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Pius Bak
Publisher: Vault Comics
Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccol Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk.
Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. Neo-noir hellfire from New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadow Service, Dead Seas) and Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak (Eat the Rich, The Magicians, Stranger Things).
Revival Compendium TP
Writer: Tim Seeley
Artist: Mike Norton
Publisher: Image Comics
Binge-read this classic series before the adaptation airs on SyFy next year! The beautiful “farm noir” that puts a new twist on the zombie genre, now collected for the first time in one complete paperback volume.For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now, it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve the brutal murder of her own sister. Now everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect, while Em Cypress, murder victim, keeps getting in Dana’s way.
The sell-out hit series created by New York Times-bestselling author Tim Seeley and Eisner-winning artist Mike Norton is collected in this Image Compendium featuring Revival #1-47, the Free Comic Book Day short story, the crossover with Chew, a Jenny Frison cover gallery, plus many behind-the-scenes bonuses and other features.
The Deviant Vol. 1 TP
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Joshua Hixson
Publisher: Image Comics
Hannibal meets Silent Night, Deadly Night in this pitch-black holiday horror story that cuts right through our most taboo notions. As snow falls over Milwaukee in 1972, a blood-stained Santa Claus commits unimaginable atrocities against young men. Fifty years later, a troubled young writer interviews this so-called “Deviant Killer,” who still maintains his innocence from behind bars. And as Christmas approaches once again, the past returns, wielding a sharpened ax. Collects The Deviant #1-4.
Drawing Blood Vol. 1 TP
Writer: David Avallone, Kevin Eastman
Artist: Troy Little, Kevin Eastman, Ben Bishop
Publisher: Image Comics
From the bestselling mind of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman comes the totally fictional true story of comics creator Shane “Books” Bookman, a cartoonist on the skids. Once upon a time, he and his brother birthed a worldwide phenomenon, self-publishing a crazy indie comic about crime-fighting cat-girls. Now… Books is hitting his forties (hard), the money all gone, artistic inspiration tapped out, beset on all sides… and trying to recover from his catastrophic encounter with the hit-and-run driver called “early success.”
Drawing Blood follows a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd and action-packed than any comic book story he could dream up! This trade collects all four issues of the first volume of Drawing Blood, and as an added bonus, the origin issue of Books’ creation, the Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls! Straight from 1992, it’s the first adventure of America’s favorite ferocious felines! 122 pages of comic stories, plus additional behind-the-scenes extras showing the evolution of the project.
Love Me: A Romance Story TP
Writer: Francesca Perillo
Artist: Stefano Cardoselli
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Can a robot fall in love? In the bustling streets of New York City, sometime in the far future, robots like JoJo have taken on everyday jobs. Driving a taxi around NYC is all in a day’s work for JoJo, but when he meets the mysterious Gilda, it’s love at first sight!
New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform…like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing…then he meets Gilda and it’s love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they’re very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo!
