ComiXology Originals & Delcourt Group Celebrate the Impending Release of Promethee 13:13 by Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough, David Stewart & Jock with an Exclusive Poster During the Festival International De La Bande Dessinée
Promethee 13:13 is an upcoming prequel to the critically acclaimed, post-apocalyptic sci-fi bandes dessinées by Christophe Bec
Bec, Diggle, Martinbrough, & Jock to sign the exclusive Promethee 13:13 poster and speak during a panel at the Festival International De La Bande Dessinée
Volumes 1 & 2 to be simultaneously released in English and French same-day worldwide
January 23 2019 – Angouleme, France – ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, and Delcourt Group, the leading independent comic book publisher in France, join forces to bring readers everywhere the upcoming comiXology Originals title Promethee 13:13, a prequel to Christophe Bec’s best-selling, mind-bending, science-fiction bande dessinée, Promethee. The Promethee 13:13 team along with original Promethee creator Christophe Bec will be in attendance at the 46th annual Festival International De La Bande Dessinée – happening January 24-27, 2019 in Angouleme, France – to promote and discuss new details about this upcoming title.
Coming this year as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content, Promethee 13:13 will be exclusively available as two 48-page volumes on Kindle and comiXology and available to members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited at no additional cost. Each volume will be simultaneously released in English and French worldwide at debut.
To celebrate this announcement, the all-star Promethee 13:13 creative team of Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough and Jock, along with Promethee original creator,Christophe Bec, will appear at the Delcourt Group booth in Le Monde des Bulles Marquee to sign an exclusive, limited edition poster illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough, with colors by Jock, Friday, January 25th from 5-6pm, and Saturday January 26th from 7-8pm. Additionally, the Promethee team along with comiXology Originals Head of Content, Chip Mosher and Directeur Editorial at Delcourt Group, Jean Wacquet, and Editor Will Dennis, will discuss this upcoming comic series during the Past, Present and Future: Promethee 13:13 panel, Thursday, January 24th at 4:30pm at the Conservatory Gabriel Fauré in Angoulême, France.
When Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop the Batman Who Laughs is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman won’t break!
Did you catch our interview with Jock at SDCC?
Lou chats with Jock about giving advice to aspiring artists, WYTCHES from Image Comics, and reading horror in Guided View!
Read WYTCHES Vol. 1 here!
Superman: American Alien (2015-) #1
Hollywood screenwriter and Eisner Award nominee Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN) joins forces with top comics artists including Jock, Francis Manapul and Jae Lee to bring you SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN, a 7-issue miniseries chronicling the life of Clark Kent and his development into the archetypal hero he will eventually become. But these are not the stories of the iconic “Superman” as you know him, but of the soft-spoken, charming, often-funny Kansas farm-boy behind the Man of Steel. With the tone of each issue ranging from heartwarming and simple, to frighteningly gritty and violent, to sexy, sun-kissed and funny, SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN is unlike anything you’ve seen before.
In this first issue, superstar artist Nick Dragotta (East of West, Fantastic Four) illustrates the story of Jonathan and Martha Kent as they struggle to deal with their 12-year-old son’s latest quirk-he’s been floating up into the air, sometimes hundreds of feet!
Joker has a Bat-Craze
Original illustration by JOCK
A comiXologist recommends:
Wytches Vol. 1
Hi everyone, my name is Matt and I’m a new Digital Editor at ComiXology. I’m a big fan of horror, which is why I just read “Wytches, Vol 1.”
When the Rook family decides to move to the village of Litchfield, NH, they are looking to escape the pain of their old lives. The silence and solitude give Mom, Dad, and daughter Sailor hope for the future…until Sailor starts seeing things lurking deep in the trees.
Author Scott Snyder and illustrator Jock have come together once again in what is my new favorite horror story– surpassing Snyder’s “The Black Mirror,” which previously held the number one spot in my heart. As I’ve come to expect with Snyder’s books, once I started “Wytches” I was completely unable to pull myself away from the eerie, macabre narrative.
From the opening sequence I was left unsettled, uneasy, and downright spooked by Jock’s visuals, but not without being distracted from the plot. Jock’s evocative pacing, characters, and textures got under my skin in the best way. Simply put, he is just fantastic. In fact, since reading this book I have become terrified of a knothole in a tree near my house. If you read this book, you’ll understand why I don’t want to stand too close to it– despite my masochistic curiosity.
If you missed out on purchasing the issues individually, worry no more. If you can stomach some of the more visceral details in this series, you will be glad you have the whole thing– just get ready for some nightmares.
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Harris Smith recommends Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK
Comics printing is based on four colors, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black). Though these colors are part of the fusion of elements that comprise how we view sequential narratives, they have rarely been the basis for the conceptual vision of comics, until now. This week, Vertigo launches their new anthology Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK. The artists and writers contributing to this intriguing new series were given a color from the CMYK model and asked to represent it within their narrative, be it in terms of theme or mood, or as an element of the plot, or a visual motif.
Unlike previous Vertigo anthologies, such as Strange Adventures and Ghosts, Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK eschews big name creators in favor of up-and-coming talent, and the result, in this first issue, is a very rich and varied collection of unique and original voices and visions across a variety of genres and styles, all based, in sometimes ingenious ways, around the blued hues of Cyan.
In Shaun Simon and Tony Akins’s sly, E.C. Comics-inspired horror story, the color pops up as a grim punchline. Amy Chu and Alitha Martinez’s “So Blue” uses the color deceptively, the title suggesting a tale of depression but delivering something darkly humorous instead. Death Sentence creator Monty Nero and artist Al Davison use the color as a striking visual cue in their smart sci-fi story , which is otherwise in black and white.
Concept aside, CMYK presents a refreshing breadth of diverse, intelligent stories by emerging voices in the comics world, in genres ranging from sci-fi and horror to crime and fantasy. It’s a fun and thoughtful read for comic fans who like some ideas and vision along with their entertainment.
[Read Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK on comiXology]
Harris Smith is a Brooklyn-based comics and media professional. In addition to his role as a Senior Production Coordinator at comiXology, he edits several comics anthologies, including Jeans and Felony Comics, under the banner of Negative Pleasure Publications. He’s also the host of the weekly radio show Negative Pleasure on Newtown Radio.
JOCK on Supermannnnnn aaaaaahhhhhhhhh
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Joker has a Bat-Craze
Original illustration by JOCKHoly shit.
Okay we’re spooked. Time to break out Batman: The Black Mirror for old times’ sake.