“NARCO is a treat, crafty and delicious, like a vintage DePalma thriller. ”
MARCUS WESPHAL suffers from severe narcolepsy. His condition is peculiar—if he gets overly excited or stressed, he passes out.
However, he’s adapted well. He has all his groceries delivered; he’s got good friends, he's developed quite a following as an online sleuth, and he admires the girl of his dreams, JESSICA WRIGHT, through his front door peephole (he’s working up the courage to ask her out, OK?!). Marcus has crafted the perfect bubble for himself. But when he watches Jessica get murdered right before his eyes, helpless to do anything about it before passing out, that bubble bursts.
Marcus is now the prime suspect in Jessica's murder. If he’s going to prove his innocence, he will have to leave the safety of his apartment and track down the real killer. Or, could he possibly be the killer and not even know it?
NARCO is a classic psychological suspense thriller inspired by films like Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo, and Christopher Nolan’s Memento, but told in a new way for a new audience.
Writer: Doug Wagner
Art: Daniel Hillyard
Colors: Dave Stewart
Letters: Ed Dukeshire
Design: Erika Schnatz
“I have thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish and cannot recommend it enough. The storyline, the characters, the artwork; there is simply no negative that I can call on about this series. My book of the year, hands down.”
PLASTIC creators DOUG WAGNER and DANIEL HILLYARD return with Eisner Award winner DAVE STEWART for an unsettling tale of psychopaths, sweet love, and a serial killer named Walter. When Walter’s best friend, the FBI agent charged with his capture, is kidnapped by a death cult of all-female sunflower farmers, Walter finds himself deep within an underground labyrinth filled with secrets and monsters...but are their monsters more horrific than his?
Writer: Doug Wagner
Art: Daniel Hillyard
Colors: Dave Stewart
Letters: Ed Dukeshire
Design: Sasha E. Head
“This is a limb swinging, gun toting, knife wielding, pulpy blast. Yumi totally kicks ass!”
Yumi LOVES Richard!
But, Richard (MI-6’s greatest spy) has gone missing, and now Yumi will do anything to find him…burn down MI-6, send Paris into chaos, attack the city of Dubai, and even kill all his ex’s. Thinking about it, Yumi just might be the world’s greatest anti-spy.
YUMI: SPY FATALE, BADDIE ROYALE is a modern-day spin on the spy-genre, told for the Snapchat generation. With a tone somewhere between Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and the Kingsman films, Yumi brings a breath of fresh air and an all-new spin on the action/spy stories we all love.
Writer: Doug Wagner
Art/Cover F: Hoyt Silva
Cover A/Cover D: Loish
Cover B/Cover E: Eliza Ivanova
Cover C: Chris Brunner
Colors: Kevin Lennertz
Letters: Frank Cvetkovic
Logo: Rian Huges
Book Design: Sasha E. Head
Editor: Lisako Yamauchi
“Doug Wagner and Brian Stelfreeze grab you by the throat from the first frame and don’t let go. Nasty, vicious with a side of sarcastic wit. Buckle up for a full-throttle thrill-ride.”
Thomas River is known as a world renowned engineer among his metropolitan friends. He jets around the globe as a consultant to the biggest engineering firms, but that is simply a cover. In reality, River is the quintessential secret agent—equivalent to Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, and James Bond in every manner but one… he is a Black man. Raised by his working class family in Baltimore, Thomas was an exceptionally gifted student. While he could have gone down the wrong path, and almost did, Thomas' mother simply wouldn't let it happen. After buckling down, Thomas earned a full-ride to Cornell, where he double-majored in Structural Engineering and Linguistics. Graduating with honors, the CIA saw his true potential and recruited him into their ranks. And he did not disappoint.
Think John Wick meets James Bond in tone and attitude; basically, the most bad ass American secret agent ever.
A terrorist attack unlike anything seen since 9/11 hits the United States. Many lives are lost, and as one of the attacks is in Baltimore, it hits all too close to home for Thomas River. But before the day is over, River is called in by the President of the United States herself, and charged with tracking down the people who orchestrated and carried out this heinous act. As River chases leads across the globe in his effort to bring the guilty to justice, he will discover the plot goes deeper than he could have ever imagined.
Writer: Doug Wagner
Concept/Art/Cover A: Brian Stelfreeze
Colors: Michelle Poust
Letters: Ed Dukeshire
Editors: Brian Stelfreeze + Keven Gardner
“Great premise with plenty of action. My kind of book!”
After ANNA HOYT's sister commits suicide, Anna sets off for Atlanta to kill the man responsible for destroying her family—her fiancé, JIM “WHITEY” DONOVAN. But Anna, a spirited though pampered daughter of a prominent doctor, can't do it alone. To get through the hell that lay between her Alabama home and Atlanta, she makes a deal with one of the Donovan slaves, HATTIE VIRGIL, who has an agenda all her own. In exchange for a chance at freedom, Hattie, a survivor, will lead this unlikely pair on a quest that will change them both forever.
Set in the summer of 1864, Anna and Hattie must endure their prejudices against each other as they race against time to get to Donovan before General Sherman invades Atlanta and steals away their only chance at vengeance.
Their path will be an inferno of war, and in the end, the two will be faced with discovering truth: For Anna to seek vengeance, can she venture deep enough into the darkness, and for Hattie, is there any escape from it?
Writer: Sydney Duncan
Art + Cover B: Natalie Barahona
Cover A : Jason Pearson Editors: Brian Stelfreeze + Keven Gardner
Logo: Eben Matthews
“THE RIDE 15th anniversary is going to be a wild, disturbing, and excessively violent tale of redemption. Welcome to what I like to call FETISH NOIR!”
THE RIDE celebrates its 15th anniversary with a five-part story from the award-winning team of PLASTIC, plus a special backup feature from ADAM HUGHES! After serving a hard 15 years in prison on a murder plea, former Atlanta P.D. detective Samantha Vega now makes her living as a bouncer at an exotic dance club. But life on the outside isn’t easy, especially when enemies have scores to settle…
Writer: Doug Wagner
Art: Daniel Hillyard
Color: Laura Martin
Cover A: Adam Hughes
Cover B: Daniel Hillyard
Editor: Keven Gardner
Logo: Brian Stelfreeze
“MATADOR is an elegant dance of a story, and as the dance continues your head spins, your heartbeat increases, and when it stops, what remains is blood, carnage, and difficult decisions. It’s a tragic journey, and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.”
Writer DEVIN GRAYSON (Nightwing) and artist BRIAN STELFREEZE (Black Panther) bring you an explosive story pitting Lt. Isabel Cardona against a deadly serial killer! Dismissed as a quota minority hire by her colleagues, Cuban-born and Florida-bred Detective Isabel Cardona makes no friends on the Miami force by insisting that a series of seemingly unrelated murder cases lead to an urban-legend killer known only as “The Matador.” Proving his existence soon becomes the only way to prove her sanity—but how close to the dangerous Matador will Cardona have to get to make that happen?
Writer: Devin Grayson
Art: Brian Stelfreeze
Editor: Keven Gardner
“This is the weirdest sh*t I’ve ever read. I LOVE IT!”
Retired serial killer Edwyn Stoffgruppen is in love with Virginia, a girl he “met online.” Her affection quiets his vile urges. Together, they tour the back roads of America in their LTD, eating doughnuts and enjoying their healthy appetites for each other. Life is good…until a Louisiana billionaire kidnaps Virginia, forcing Edwyn to kill again in exchange for her freedom. Oh, and did we mention that Virginia is a sex doll?
Writer: Doug Wagner
Art: Daniel Hillyard
Color: Laura Martin
Cover A: Andrew Robinson
Cover B: Daniel Hillyard
Editor: Keven Gardner
Logo: Eben Matthews
“4 out of 5 stars! Image delivers yet another solid crime comic with THE HARD PLACE #1. It’s a tightly paced, plotted story with subtle character development and one hell hook ending that really grabs you. Simply said, this book will not disappoint.”
After five years in prison, AJ Gurney, a legendary wheelman in Detroit, has decided it’s time to go straight. He returns home to work in his father’s garage and disappear into anonymity. But during a visit to the bank, AJ is recognized by two violent bank robbers, and they demand AJ be their getaway driver. To ensure his compliance, they take a young female hostage; unfortunately, she happens to be the daughter of a Russian crime lord. AJ now finds himself pursued by a bitter police department and hunted by every asset of the Russian mob. Without a doubt, he’s in a very hard place.
Writer: Doug Wagner
Art: Nic Rummel
Color: Charlie Kirchoff
Cover A: Brian Stelfreeze
Cover B: Nic Rummel
Editor: Keven Gardner
Logo: Eben Matthews
“LOOSE ENDS is something special. Polished yet raw. Vicious yet heartfelt. A crime comic that follows all the rules while still remaining fresh.”
No one seemed to notice Sonny Gibson as he stepped back into “The Hideaway,” a dusty little honky-tonk nestled off the Carolina highway. But before the night was over, Sonny would be on the run—from the law, from the criminals, even from himself. LOOSE ENDS is a gritty, slow-cooked, Southern crime romance that follows a winding trail down Tobacco Road, through the war-torn streets of Baghdad, and into the bright lights and bloody gutters of South Florida. From JASON LATOUR, co-creator of Eisner-winning SOUTHERN BASTARDS and the writer of Spider-Gwen, CHRIS BRUNNER (SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight), and RICO RENZI (Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl).
Writer: Jason Latour
Art: Chris Brunner
Color: Rico Renzi
Editor: Keven Gardner
Logo: KIckstand Kids
DAVE BAUTISTA TO HEADLINE DOGTOWN FEATURE FILM, AN ADAPTATION OF THE 12-GAUGE SERIES, BODY BAGS!
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Mack from Body Bags
”Bold Films has set Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista to star and John Wick 2 scribe Kyle Ward to write Dogtown, a film based on the long-running comic book series Body Bags. The comic was created by Jason Pearson (Deadpool, X-Men) and it is a stylized, irreverent action story.
Bautista will play Mack Delgado, a professional bounty hunter tough enough to be called a “body bagger.” Things take a turn for him when the teenage daughter he never knew he had turns up on his doorstep, hoping to reconnect with the father she lost long ago. The hope is to start production this fall.
Hivemind’s Jason Brown and Sean Daniel will produce alongside Bold Films’ Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, David Litvak and Jon Oakes. Bautista, Rawson Thurber and Jonathan Meisner will be exec producers with Bold Films’ Josh Throne, Svetlana Metkina, Jason Pearson, Ford Gilmore and Keven Gardner.
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