We are pleased to announce our new joint venture with New Pain Productions!
NEW PAIN: Big Two Talent, Better Comics
New Pain is a growing publisher with an outsized talent roster. Founded by industry mainstay Keith Champagne, the company has assembled a lineup of legendary veteran creators — Doug Mahnke, Tom Nguyen, Jerry Ordway, Rich Leonardi, Paul Pelletier, Keith Williams, Neil Edwards, Jamal Igle, Dean Kotz — who bring decades of comics experience to creator-driven projects. Check out their substack.
New Pain books are available through Philbo Distribution, one of the companies that emerged to fill the gap left when Diamond Comics Distribution went out of business. They distribute projects such as Femforce, The Phantom, Alter Ego, Alley Oop, Mandrake the Magician, Kolchak, and more.
STARTING WITH GOLDEN YEARS
Philbo’s September catalog will be soliciting the first issue of GOLDEN YEARS, a five issue miniseries with covers by the legendary Kevin Maguire, who also contributes interior pages along with DC veteran Jack Herbert and Marvel phenom Netho Diaz. November 1st will be the Final Order Cutoff date, and the comic will hit stores December 14th. Just in time to make great Christmas presents for every single person you know! So make sure to tell your comics shop to order dozens of copies.
GOLDEN YEARS stars Captain Future, a successful superhero from the 1950s until his arch-villain traps him in suspended animation. He wakes up in the present day with no allies, no support system, no one who remembers him. The Golden Age hero is forced to rebuild a life in a world that has completely moved on without him. Brought to you by:
KEVIN MAGUIRE – a true industry icon known for his classic expressive style on Justice League and other books, Maguire brings his iconic touch to covers and flashback sequences for all five issues.
JACK HERBERT – accomplished DC artist with credits on Superman, Wonder Woman and Action Comics, Herbert brings a detailed, expressive style to present-day sequences in issues 1 and 2.
NETHO DIAZ – a rising Marvel talent known for his dynamic work on titles like X-Men, Predator, and Thunderbolts, Diaz lends his kinetic energy to issues 3 through 5 as well as variant covers.
MICHAEL KATZ – novelist who brings his humorous, character-driven writing style to comics.
RON MARZ – editor extraordinaire and well-renowned writer in his own right.
JULIO SANTOS – young colorist with an exceptional vibrant flair.
KEITH CHAMPAGNE – master of chipping in.
GOLDEN YEARS displays two visual eras in one story: Maguire’s classic superhero styling for 1950s flashbacks plays against present-day sequences by Herbert and Diaz, visually reinforcing the gap Captain Future has to cross.
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RIOT EARP #4: SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER
If you’ve been following the book, you know that Highway Patrol officer Ryan Earp doesn’t just manage traffic in 2055; he manages the thin line between order and chaos in a fractured America. This new issue is our most ambitious yet, a story so big this is the first of two parts, as Earp faces a threat that could ignite a second civil war while at the same time trying to deal with a dizzying love life.
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Alien invaders have enslaved Australia, left to their devices by the rest of the world. Humans are trapped in exoskeletons, forced to work as mindless slaves for their alien overlords.
One man is able to throw off his brainwashing. He is beset with flashbacks of memories from other alien slaves that had been forced to wear the same exoskeleton. This gives him the ability to use his exo suit to fight back, and launch a counterattack against the invaders.
With the help of a friendly alien and a civilian human, can our hero achieve freedom? Can he trust anyone in this world of fifth columnists and government sanctioned race traitors?
Written by Michael S. Katz. Art by Top Cow Talent Hunt winner Bruno Abdias. Variant covers by Zheanme and pinups by David Mejia. Edited by Keith Champagne.
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TO BE AN OKIE AND OTHER POEMS OF THE PRAIRIE
by Jack Shakely
Jack Shakely presents a collection of poems about growing up in Oklahoma, traveling the world, and cussing. Accompanied by carefully curated photographs and eclectic illustrations, this book will take any reader on a whimsical and powerful trip into the past. Features 82 pages of poems and illustrations.
Jack Shakely is the award winning author of Che Guevara’s Marijuana Savings and Loan (2014 Oklahoma Book Award) and The Confederate War Bonnet (2009 National Independent Publishers’ Association awards in historical fiction and mid-west regional fiction categories).
BARRY the CHRISTMAS BAT
by Michael S. Katz and Madison Cocchi
A beautifully illustrated, heartwarming Christmas story for children of all ages and religions.
It’s Christmas Eve and Santa is on his yearly journey. But the night sky is so foggy that even Rudolph’s nose cannot light the way. Stuck in a barn to keep shelter, Santa and the reindeer do not know how they are going to finish their mission when a small voice pipes up. At first frightened by this different creature, Santa accepts an offer to help complete his journey.
Barry the Christmas Bat is a holiday tale about not being afraid of someone who is different, intended for children of all ages and all religions.
Author Michael Katz wanted to create a book that presented his own enjoyment of the Christmas holiday. His Jewish family has celebrated the season since he was a little boy, first with neighbors and later with his mixed family. He believes that Christmas can be the best time of year no matter who you are.
Available in hardcover, paperback and eBook.
SHADOW S.E.A.L.
By John Watts
They called John Watts “Shadow” because the Navy had an unwritten rule that using the N-word was not good for morale. John was one of the first Black Navy S.E.A.L.s, and the only Black man in his platoon. As such, he faced more hardship than any of his fellow Naval recruits. Yet he placed his life on the line through two tours in Vietnam despite how he was treated, and despite how his fellow Blacks were treated back in the States.
SHADOW S.E.A.L. is one man’s tale of overcoming constant degradation, of proving himself to those who thought him less than a man, and of ultimately redeeming himself in their eyes.
SIX-GUNS and SORCERORS
by Michael S. Katz and Bernd Struben
