COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS

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 by Diamond Comics Distribution. Philbo has begun 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

Kevin Maguire covers and interior art

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.

Interior art by Jack Herbert (left) and Netho Diaz/Keith Champagne (right).

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– ALSO AVAILABLE –

RIOT EARP

Adventure, humor, sex and politics mix together in a successful science fiction series. Art by Fred Benes, a veteran artist and inker with credits on titles like Witchblade and Shi, with a seasoned, dynamic style. RIOT EARP special co-written with Ron Marz and illustrated by Darryl Banks, a longtime DC artist with brings decades of storytelling experience.

Covers by Fred Benes (left and right) and Darryl Banks (center)

HORROR SHOW

Cover and interiors by the masterful Darryl Banks

METAL HEAD

Art by Bruno Abdias, winner of the 2022 Top Cow Talent Hunt, who has worked on Cyberforce, Titans, Cyborg, White Tiger.

DEADLANDS

In partnership with Visionary Comics, Pinnacle Entertainment, and Image Comics, Strider Nolan helped publish the four part Deadlands series of solo comics by such talents as Ron Marz, Bart Sears, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, Jeff Mariotte, David Gallaher and Steve Ellis. Reprints are available through Outrider Publications.

DEADLANDS (c) Pinnacle Entertainment, published by Image Comics.