Bo, Plushy Gangsta # 3 Preview

BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA #3
Writer(s): Pavel Balabanov 
Artist Name(s): Pavel Balabanov 
Cover Artist(s): Pavel Balabanov 
Variant cover: Pavel Balabanov 

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 As Bo Plushy’s showdown with the “Roswell” gang and their boss, the Serpent (a.k.a. Puppet 
Master) continues, things aren’t what they appear! Does the Puppet Master have the voodoo teddy 
gangsta by the strings? Or is it the other way ‘round? Come on, it’s Bo!

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT Solicitations for August 2014

Solicitations: Action Lab Entertainment for August 2014
The following titles will be available for purchase in comic shops everywhere! 



BO, PLUSHY GANSTA: KINGDOM OF BO TPB.
 
Writer(s): Pavel Balabanov 
Artist Name(s): Pavel Balabanov 
Cover Artist(s): Pavel Balabanov 

 Are the legends of Bo, the “teddy bear” gangsta, true? And, did we just say teddy bear gangsta?! You’re about to find out-- when the soul of Gardia City’s toughest gangsta gets imbued in a plushy bear by a voodoo priestess. It’s Scarface meets Ted in this over-the-top video game style urban epic. Collects Bo Plushy Gangsta # 1-4.
128 Pgs./ Mature Readers/ FC                                  $14.99

 
THE F1RST HERO#1 (of 4)
Writer(s): Anthony Ruttgaizer 
Artist Name(s): Phillip Sevy (art), Fred C Stresing (letters/colors) 
Cover Artist(s): Lee Moder (reg),  Jamal Igle (var) 
 
 The entire world knows the stark reality: everyone who manifests superpowers goes insane and becomes a threat to society. So, when Jake Roth develops superpowers but somehow keeps his sanity, he must decide whether to put himself at risk by using his powers to help people or do nothing and save himself while innocent people around him get hurt. Cover by Lee Moder, with a variant by Jamal Igle (Supergirl, Molly Danger) limited to 1500 copies!

32 pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                         $3.99/ $4.99 Variant
 
   
HERO CATS OF STELLAR CITY
Writer(s): Kyle Puttkammer
Artist Name(s): Marcus Williams 
Cover Artist(s): Marcus Williams (reg and var)
 
 Avengers and Justice League move over! The cutest heroes on the planet have arrived! Meet the Hero Cats of Stellar City in this spectacular first issue. Not your ordinary house cats, they're a tactical action-packed covert team dealing with extraordinary threats to humanity in ways that will amaze. Variant fold-out cover limited to 2,000 copies!
32 pgs./ Kids, All Ages/ FC                                  $3.99/ $4.99 Variant

  
ITTY BITTY BUNNIES IN RAINBOW PIXIE CANDYLAND: SAVE X-MAS #1
Writer(s): Dean Rankine 
Artist Name(s): Dean Rankine 
Cover Artist(s): Dean Rankine (reg and var)
 
 Itty Bitty Bunnies creator and cartoonist extraordinaire Dean Rankine lives down under, where Christmas is celebrated in the summer, so it makes perfect sense for his depraved creations to go on a holiday adventure now stateside. It also makes sense to the Bunnies to cook up a big batch of meth to help fund their Yuletide activities! Also available in a “Tickle Me Tyrone gift” variant cover, limited to 1500 copies!
32 pgs./ Mature Readers / FC                                    $3.99/ $4.99 Variant

 

MIDNIGHT TIGER #2(of 4)
Writer(s): DeWayne Feenstra, Ray-Anthony Height 
Artist Name(s): Ray-Anthony Height 
Cover Artist(s): Ray-Anthony Height 
 
Gavin learns the hard way to be careful what you wish for when he finally comes face to face with P. Stone! Fortunately, he’ll have some unexpected help from the folks who’ve been keeping an eye on him since the beginning of what could be the shortest crime-fighting career Apollo Bay history.
32 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                    $3.99
 
 
SHINOBI:NINJA PRINCESS
Writer(s): Martheus Wade 
Artist Name(s): Martheus Wade (Pencils and Inks) Marvin Cheveallier (Color assists) Janet Wade 
(Ink assists) Kevin Williams (Copy Edit) 
Cover Artist(s): Martheus Wade (reg) Tressa Bowling (var) Limited to 1500 copies 
 
Jishin 自信 (Confidence): 14 year-old ninja princess Shianndrea Toshigawa and her strike team have a new mission: spy on their rivals, the Azumi Ninja Clan, and discover what secret dealings they have with the evil Emperor of Japan. But when the plan goes awry and fellow ninja Hamasuke is captured, can Shianndrea overcome her lack of confidence and save him before it’s too late? Variant cover limited to 1,500 copies!


32 pgs./ Children and Teens/ FC                        $3.99/ $4.99 Variant

 
 
SCUM OF THE EARTH #2 (Bimonthly)

Writer(s): Mark Bertolini 
Artist Name(s): Rob Croonenborghs 
Cover Artist(s): Rob Croonenborghs 
 
Now that True has been outed as more than a bourbon-fueled psycho killer, can he and his partner in crime Laura fend off an intergalactic bounty hunter? And just who is this alien hunter, and what’s his connection to True? Mind blowing cosmic revelations, guns, blood, and twists ahead!

32pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                      $3.99

  
SKYWARD#12
Writer(s): Jeremy Dale 
Artist Name(s): Jeremy Dale 
Cover Artist(s): Jeremy Dale (reg), Darwyn Cooke (var) Limited to 1500 copies 
 
 Celebrating its first full year, SKYWARD is thrust into new lands with new peoples, creatures...and distractions? In the midst of a changing land, our heroes find that the Battle of Three Rivers was only the beginning of a brand new conflict! This issue also features a LIMITED Edition variant
cover (1500 copies) by DARWYN COOKE (Parker, DC’s New Frontier)!
 
32 pgs./ Children and Teens/ FC                        $3.99/ $4.99 Variant

 

SOUTHERN DOG#1
Writer(s): Jeremy Holt 
Artist Name(s): Alex Diotto 
Cover Artist(s): Riley Rossmo (reg), Mehdi Cheggour (var)
 
 
 
When awkward high school teen Jasper Dixon conceals an injury sustained during a hunting excursion with his family, his infected wolf bite combined with the hormonal changes of puberty triggers a disturbing physical transformation. Now he’s forced to confront his Deep South upbringing and monsters far worse than what he’s become! Featuring a regular cover by Riley Rossmo (Drumhellar), and a Limited Edition (1500 copies) werewolf variant by Mehdi Cheggour (Enormous)!

32 pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                         $3.99/$4.99 Variant
 
  
ZOMBIE TRAMP Vol.3 #2 
Writer(s): Dan Mendoza, Jason Martin 
Artist Name(s): TMChu 
Cover Artist(s): TMChu (reg and var)
As Zombie Tramp stirs up trouble in Sin City she catches the attention of its most legendary resident, The King! The problem is he “left the building” three decades ago--so what kind of undead monster sits on the throne now? It’s a buffet of all out high-stakes reanimated action! Also available in an alternate ‘risque’ cover limited to 2000 copies.
32pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                      $3.99/ $4.99 Variant

ACTION LAB Solicitations For July 2014

Solicitations: Action Lab Entertainment for July 2014
The following titles will be available for purchase in comic shops everywhere! 


BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA #4 (Bimonthly)
Writer(s): Pavel Balabanov
Artist Name(s): Pavel Balabanov
Cover Artist(s): Pavel Balabanov
 
 Bo and his new special forces unit are in a showdown with the Rasta Gang. It’s all out battle with our plushy protagonist, exosuits, ninja-girls, and Jamaican octopus-controlled zombies!

32 pgs./ Mature Readers/ FC                        $3.99

 

DRYSPELL # 2 (Bi-Monthly)
Writer(s): Ken Krekeler
Artist Name(s): Ken Krekeler
Cover Artist(s): Ken Krekeler

 
Tom Ferris has started seeing the world differently. As colorful heroes shine for all to see, Tom's new friends have revealed a different path; a path where he's free to express himself--where he can embrace who he should have been, instead of who he is. And the world turns, waiting.

32 pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                                          $3.99

 
FRACTURE: VICE AND VIRTUE TPB
Writer(s): Shawn Gabborin
Artist Name(s): Chad Cicconi (p/i), Bill Blankenship (c)
Cover Artist(s): Chad Cicconi (p/i), Bill Blankenship (c)
 
 In this exciting installment of FRACTURE, Jeff fights to assert control over his own mind in an increasingly complex world. With his control slipping and everyone around him in peril, Jeff is forced to seek help from an unlikely source -- his evil side's former ally! At a mind-bending pace, this volume crash es towards a final confrontation -- with all Jeff's "marbles" on the line! Collects Fracture V2 issues 1-4.
 
 
128 pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                        $11.99


JACK HAMMER TPB
Writer(s): Brandon Barrows
Artist Name(s): Ionic
Cover Artist(s): Ionic
 
In Boston, powers are real, heroes are rare and Jack McGriskin is a private detective with a strong right arm and a nose for trouble. When a missing person he’s been hired to find turns up dead, he stumbles into a network of corruption stretching from the streets of Boston to the halls of Congress and the clues lead him back to a world he’d left behind. Collects Jack Hammer #1-4.

128 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                    $11.99        

 
MIDNIGHT TIGER #1
Writer(s): DeWayne Feenstra, Ray-Anthony Height
Artist Name(s): Ray-Anthony Height
Cover Artist(s): Ray-Anthony Height (reg). Jerry Gaylord (v)
 
 Having lost all hope in the heroes of his world, fate steps in and gives young Gavin Shaw the power to do the things they have not. Only as the teenage hero Midnight Tiger does his city have a chance at redemption. Retailer incentive cover by Jerry Gaylord!

32 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                    $2.99/ $3.99 Variant
 


  
Writer(s): Jeremy Dale 
Artist Name(s): Jeremy Dale 
Cover Artist(s): Jeremy Dale (reg), Craig Rousseau (var) 
 
 Clearly, it's time for action. With the startling events of last issue leaving our heroes reeling, it's time to enlist aid from the northlands. Onward... to the home of the Berserkers! From Breakthrough Talent of 2013 award nominee creator Jeremy Dale (GI Joe, Marvel Kapow!), this issue also features an incredible RETAILER INCENTIVE variant cover by Craig Rousseau of Perhapanauts fame!

32 pgs./ Mature Readers/ FC                                   $2.99/ $3.99 Variant


    

ZOMBIE TRAMP VOL 3 #1 (Ongoing)
Writer(s): Dan Mendoza, Jason Martin
Artist Name(s): TMChu
Cover Artist(s): TMChu, Jerry Gaylord, Josh Howard, Jamal Igle
The series relaunch previewed with a Free Comic Book Day issue continues here. Join creator Dan Mendoza for the all new adventures of the cult hit series featuring his undead anti-hero, Zombie Tramp, now brought to life by the amazing talents of new superstar artist TMChu. It’s kinky supernatural fun as Zombie Tramp hits the road, starting in… sin city of course!
Special Notes: Also available in 3 cover variants; risqué, Josh Howard (Dead@17), and Jerry Gaylord (Fanboys vs. Zombies) and a special retailer exclusive Jamal Igle (Molly Danger, Supergirl) cover.

32pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                      $3.99/ $4.99 Variants

Action Lab Entertainment Solicitations For May 2014

Solicitations: Action Lab Entertainment for May 2014
The following titles will be available for purchase in comic shops everywhere! 


 
BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA #3 (of 3)
Writer(s): Pavel Balabanov
Artist Name(s): Pavel Balabanov
Cover Artist(s): Pavel Balabanov
Variant cover: Pavel Balabanov

As Bo Plushy’s showdown with the “Roswell” gang and their boss, the Serpent (a.k.a. Puppet Master) continues,
things aren’t what they appear! Does the Puppet Master have the voodoo teddy gangsta by the strings?
Or is it the other way ‘round? Come on, it’s Bo!
Features a painted cover variant by series creator Pavel Balabanov!
32 pgs./ Mature Readers/ FC                        $3.99



 
DRYSPELL # 1 (Bi-Monthly)
Writer(s): Ken Krekeler
Artist Name(s): Ken Krekeler
Cover Artist(s): Ken Krekeler
Variant cover: Ken Krekeler

Tom Ferris lives in a world of costumes and wonder. Figures streaking across the sky, hurling themselves over rooftops at night.
They are commonplace. But Tom doesn't notice that world anymore. His world is made up of
spreadsheets, phone bills, software, coffee, collared shirts. Every night, he lies awake, wishing to be the man he once was.
Today, Tom gets his wish. And the world will never forget him again.
Features a  “design” cover variant by creator,  Ken Krekeler!

32 pgs./All Ages/ FC                                          $3.99


 
THE FINAL PLAGUE TPB
Writer(s): J.D. Arnold
Artist Name(s): Tony Guaraldi-Brown
Cover Artist(s): Tony Guaraldi-Brown

The Original Animal Zombie Epic collected for the first time!  Follow the terrifying tale of survival as a mutated rabies virus
turns animals great and small into bloodthirsty, rampaging beasts.Civilization crumbles, and only a small group of farmers
and scientists stand between us and total extinction!
 Collects the entire first volume of the critically acclaimed horror series!!
160 pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                        $14.99





MOLLY DANGER: BOOK ONE HC
Writer(s): Jamal Igle
Artist(s): Jamal Igle (p), Juan Castro (i), Romulo Farjardo Jr. (c)
Cover Artist(s): Jamal Igle (p), Juan Castro (i), Romulo Farjardo Jr. (c)

Offered again! She's the hero you've been waiting for! Eternally child-like and inhumanly strong,
Molly Danger has protected the citizens of the once sleepy town of Coopersville, New York for the past 20 years from the terror
of the sinister Supermechs. But what secrets from her past threaten to destroy everything she holds dear when new
D.A.R.T. recruit Austin Briggs becomes her pilot?
48 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                    $19.99        


 
PRINCELESS: THE PIRATE PRINCESS #0
Writer: Jeremy Whitley
Artist(s): Emily Martin and Soojin Paek
Cover Artist(s): Soojin Paek and M. Goodwin

Adrienne is the Princess who rescued herself and she is determined to save every girl left locked away in a tower by their parents.
 But when Adrienne meets Raven, The Pirate Princess, she'll learn that she's not the only princess with a plan of her own!
 Join Adrienne, Bedelia, and Raven for the beginning of a new and incredible chapter in the story of princesses who can do their own rescuing.
Jump onto the Princeless bandwagon for only a buck!
32 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                    $1.00



SKYWARD/MIDNIGHT TIGER FCBD
Writer(s): Jeremy Dale, Ray–Anthony Height, DeWayne Feenstra
Artist(s): Jeremy Dale, Ray–Anthony Height, (i) Note Lovett
Cover Artists(s): Jeremy Dale, Ray –Anthony Height
Behold the Berserkers! Quinn and crew find themselves facing uncomfortable truths as sins of the past come back to reveal themselves.
Fans old and new won't want to miss the first look at what's on the horizon for Quinn and Jack! And in Midnight Tiger,
sometimes all it takes to become a hero is an unfortunate incident and a single split second decision. The origin of MidnightTiger!
32 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                    Free


   
THE SKYWARD ACTION PACK
Writer(s): Jeremy Dale
Artist Name(s): Jeremy Dale
Cover Artist(s): Jeremy Dale
 

All three TPBs of Jeremy Dale’s hit series SKYWARD in one handy package!  Follow the adventures of Quinn and his dog Jack
 as they face off against fantastic, terrible threats, meet new curious allies, and find a new life amidst the invasion of their homeland. 
 Collects Skyward #1-9 in three volumes!
288 pgs./ All Ages/ FC                                $24.99

 
ZOMBIE TRAMP/EHMM THEORY FCBD
Writer(s): Dan Mendoza, Brockton McKinney
Artist Name(s): Dan Mendoza, Larkin Ford
Cover Artist(s): Dan Mendoza, Larkin Ford

Are you bold enough to take a ride with Janey, the Zombie Tramp?!? If you pick her up, she might just share the story of
how she came to be the street walking dead!! Be brave so you can be ready for her all new series following this special issue!
You also get a mind shattering sneak preview from the second volume of the coolest comic series you haven’t read yet… Ehmm Theory!

32 pgs./ Mature Readers/ FC                                    Free




ZOMBIE TRAMP VOL 2 TPB
Writer(s): Dan Mendoza
Artist Name(s): Dan Mendoza
Cover Artist(s): Dan Mendoza

Synopsis: Everyone’s favorite street-walking dead returns! Janey the Zombie Tramp makes a mysterious new friend and together
they board an express train to more fetish, gore, cartoon grindhouse mayhem in the style that fans of the series have come to love!
Are Janey’s budding undead powers enough to see her through another deadly adventure on the…Taint Train of Terror?
Collects the entire second volume just in time for the all new ongoing series relaunch!

128 pgs./Mature Readers/ FC                        $11.99

Action Lab's Releases for the week of January 22, 2014

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT COMICS IN STORES THIS WEEK New Releases for the week of January 22, 2014  BO PLUSHY GANGSTA #1 (of 4) Writer(s): Pavel Balabanov, Vasily Terentiev Artist Name(s): Pavel Balabanov ** Cover Artist(s): Pavel Balabanov Are the legends of Bo, the “teddy bear” gangsta, true? And, did we just say teddy bear gangsta?! You’re about to find out–when Bo’s girls get nabbed by a rival gang boss, the mysterious and fearsome plushy gangsta is forced into action! It’s Scarface meets Ted in this over-the-top video game style urban epic. Also ships with a variant cover by Balabadov! Bo features an amazing superstar artist in the making, in this first comic work from a Russian video game artist, Pavel Balabanov! From Russia with thug!! FRACTURE Vol.2 #2 Writer(s): Shawn Gabborin Artist Name(s): Chad Cicconi (p/i), Bill Blankenship (c) Cover Artist(s): Chad Cicconi (p/i), Bill Blankenship (c)  As Jeff comes to terms with his new reality and Virtue struggles for control, the Crocodile sets deadly plans in motion.  More fractures explode onto the scene, which threatens to reach a breaking point!   Experience the title that started it all for Action Lab in an all new adventure! JACK HAMMER #1 Writer(s): Brandon Barrows Artist Name(s): Ionic Cover Artist(s): Ionic  In Boston, where powers are real and heroes are rare, Jack McGriskin is a private detective with a wicked right cross and a penchant for nosiness.  When a missing person he’s searching for turns up dead, he stumbles onto a web of hidden corruption and a world he thought he’d left behind!  Variant cover by Riley Rossmo (Pirate Cowboy Ninja, Green Wake)! SKYWARD #5 Writer(s): Jeremy Dale Artist Name(s): Jeremy Dale Cover Artist(s): Jeremy Dale Now an ongoing series! Skerrigan is on the prowl, leaving bodies in his wake as he chases down Quinn--but will he discover the Rabite camp? The highly-acclaimed, all-ages action-fantasy ups the ante as our heroes scramble to escape their fates. Skyward is making waves! Alternate cover by Khary Randolph (Charismagic, TMNT) and Laura Martin (Thor, Authority)! PRINCELESS ENCORE EDITION #3 Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley Artist Name(s): M. Goodwin Cover Artist(s): M. Goodwin  Read for yourself the issue that was nominated for the Eisner for Best Single Issue!  Adrienne has escaped her father with only the armor on her back...and that doesn't even fit.  Now she must face the most trying moment in a young heroines life...finding real armor for a girl!  Will she ever escape the sea of leather corsets and chain mail bikinis?