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Don’t Forget: This Saturday is Halloween Comic Fest at Your Local Comic Book Shop!

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Every year, on the Saturday right before Halloween, comic shops across the country open their doors to celebrate the season with…. HALLOWEEN COMIC FEST.

This year’s Halloween Comic Fest takes place on Saturday, October 26th, and 28 comic books will be offered up for free: 9 mini comics, and 19 full-size comics.

The full 2019 lineup includes the following mini-comics:

  • ARCHIES MADHOUSE MAGIC MINI COMIC POLYPACK BUNDLE
  • BLASTOSAURUS MINI COMIC POLYPACK BUNDLE
  • DC SUPER HERO GIRLS METROPOLIS HIGH POLYPACK BUNDLE
  • JUST BEYOND HORROR MINI COMIC POLYPACK BUNDLE
  • LOUD HOUSE VERY LOUD MINI COMIC POLYPACK BUNDLE (NE
  • HCF 2019 POKEMON ADVENTURES MINI COMIC POLYPACK BUNDLE
  • SPOOKHOUSE MINI COMIC POLYPACK BUNDLE
  • UNDERDOG HIJINKS MINI COMIC POLYBACK BUNDLE
  • USAGI YOJIMBO POLYPACK BUNDLE

And the following full-size comics:

  • ADVENTURES OF CTHULHU JR. AND DASTARDLY DIRK
  • ASPEN MASCOTS PORTALS OF DOOM
  • BAKEMONOGATARI SAMPLER
  • HCF 2019 BATTLECATS HALLOWEEN COMICFEST SPECIAL
  • DARK RED #1 (MR)
  • DCEASED #1
  • DOODLEVILLE ASTER & ACCIDENTAL MAGIC SAMPLER
  • GHOST RIDER KING OF HELL #1
  • HOUSE OF FEAR ATTACK OF KILLER SNOWMEN
  • IRON MAN ROAD TO IRON MAN 2020 #1
  • IYANU CHILD OF WONDER CHAPTER ONE
  • JUNIOR HIGH HORRORS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1
  • LADY MECHANIKA LA DAMA DE LA MUERTE
  • MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #0
  • SECRET SPIRAL SWAMP KID BLACK CANARY IGNITE
  • SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #1
  • STAR WARS BOBA FETT #1
  • TALES OF BERSERIA & OTHER GAME MANGA
  • VIZ DRIFTING CLASSROOM UMEZZ SMASHED ITO (MR)

Head over to HalloweenComicFest.com to learn more and find a participating shop near you!

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

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Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (AnimosityBatwomanDC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide SquadPower RangersRed Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.

  • Cover A: Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover B: Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover C: Blank Sketch Cover

  • Cover D (1/10): Dani and Brad Simpson (Full Color)

  • Cover E (1/25): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto, Virgin Cover (Full Color)

  • Cover F (1/50): J.Scott Campbell (Full Color)

  • Cover G (1/100): Bill Sienkiewicz. (Full Color)

  • Cover H (1/250): Line art by Marc. Virgin Cover, Inks (B/W)

Witchblade #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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