comiXology Originals: Edgeworld #5--Series Conclusion by Chuck Austen and Patrick Oliffe

 

Available Tuesday, February 9

Edgeworld #5--Series Conclusion

by Chuck Austen and Patrick Oliffe

 

A weird infestation is spreading around Rush, killing victims suddenly and painfully. Desperate to stop it before it becomes a plague, Killian and Cheela work together to find the cause and the cure. It seems to be spreading, rapidly and without reason, but how?

Edgeworld marks the surprise return to comics of Dreamworks television producer Chuck Austen, the controversial X-Men and Superman writer, partnering with his good friend, long-time Marvel/DC artist Patrick Olliffe.

In animation, Chuck has produced such impressive shows as Dawn of the Croods, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Rocky and Bullwinkle for Dreamworks, and there isn't a character Patrick hasn't drawn for Marvel and DC, though he is most well-known for his work on Spider-Girl and Hawkman. Their shared creative vision brings to life a rich and complex world of characters and stories that marks Edgeworld out as a series not to be missed.

 

Available Tuesday, February 16

Snow Angels #1--Series Debut

by Jeff Lemire and Jock

 

Two of the most acclaimed creators of our time — writer Jeff Lemire and artist Jock — unite for the first time.

 

In Snow Angels, Milliken and Mae have never left The Trench—it’s all they’ve ever known. They were born in The Trench, and they’ll die there, just like all their people do. The two girls, eight and eleven, are a part of The Trenchfolk, a sprawling settlement of people living inside the massive ice walls of a vast, seemingly endless frozen trench carved into the surface of an otherwise icy wasteland. The Trenchfolk survive in this hostile world by following The Three Testaments of The Trench—golden rules repeated like a mantra from birth to death…

 

1. YOU MUST NEVER LEAVE THE TRENCH.

2. THE TRENCH PROVIDES. 

3. THE TRENCH IS ENDLESS. 

 

Milli and Mae don’t really know how their people came to live here. No one does, not even their wise and gentle father. On Milliken’s twelfth birthday, their father takes the two girls on an overnight skate down the trench — a coming-of-age ritual to teach them how to fish the frozen river, how to hunt the wild Trenchdogs that wander its frigid banks, and how to give proper thanks to their frozen Gods — The Colden Ones. It’s the trip of a lifetime until the girls push beyond the borders of their humble land and awaken the Trench’s deadly defender…The Snowman!

 

In coordination with comiXology, Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, is simultaneously releasing Jeff Lemire’s first prose short story, also entitled Snow Angels: A Short Story, which introduces the world that will be expanded upon in the comic series. With cover art by Jock, the short story acts as a prologue to the comics, but can also be read as a standalone coming-of-age science fiction story that combines the vivid world-building and deeply felt characterization that Lemire is known for.

 

Available Tuesday, February 23

Breaklands Season 2 #4-- The penultimate issue

by Justin Jordan and Tyasseta

 

Her friends have been betrayed, her butt has been kicked and Kasa has no friends, no weapons and no hope. But she does have a plan...

It's Mad Max meets Akira in a genre mashing, expectation smashing series.

 

And Breaklands Vol 1 arrives March 2 in print for the first time from Dark Horse Comics!

Breaklands Volume 1 collects issues #1-5 of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi comic written by Justin Jordan, the co-creator and writer of The Strange Talent of Luther Strode (currently in development for film), features art by acclaimed artist Tyasseta, colors by Sarah Stern, and letters by Rachel Deering.

 

One hundred and fifty years after the end of civilization, a new world has emerged. Everyone has powers and you need them to survive in the new age. Some powers, like the ability to light a match, are modest.  While other powers—like the ability to reshape the world—are both vast and dangerous. But Kasa Fain is different. She’s an outsider, a teenager who doesn’t possess powers and has been in hiding, until the day her younger brother is kidnapped and everything changes.

 

[152 pages / color / on sale March 2 in bookstores and everywhere books are sold and March 3 in comic shops / MSRP $19.99/$25.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-5067-2441-6 / Dark Horse Comics]

 

Available Tuesday, February 23

Stone Star Season 2 #4--The penultimate issue

by Jim Zub and Max Dunbar

 

The nomadic space station called Stone Star brings gladiatorial entertainment to ports across the galaxy. Inside this gargantuan vessel of tournaments and temptations, foragers and fighters struggle to survive. A young warrior named Dail has been drawn into the ring and is trying to prove himself in the Grand Arena, but there are forces on the station determined to see him destroyed as revenge for his father's fighting legacy.

Stone Star is an action-adventure spectacle bursting with colorful characters and pulse-pounding action! Grab your weapons, gritters, and join the fray!