Hello to all you Grand Geeks and Gatherers out there! It seems that we have now sprung forward an hour. Its getting lighter earlier and feeling much warmer these days. Springtime is just around the corner with the impending arrival of vernal equinox. And with that means more hours of the daytime to indulge in our fandoms! More game time prep for me as well as reading outside any and all of my classic favorites. But before I do so, let’s see what looks good this week in the indie comics world!
Playthings #1
Writer(s): Jon Clark
Artist(s): Travis Williamson
Cover Artist(s): Jon Clark
Publisher: Scout Comics – Black Caravan
Synopsis: “Black Caravan Imprint: Alison Hart wakes up inside a bright candy-colored room to discover that she’s tied down with licorice, small toys around her move because they’re alive, and her hands are no longer real. She struggles to piece together the surreal and horrific events that led her to this place and more importantly what has happened to her young daughter, Emma.”
–PREVIEWSworld
How many of us have wanted to wake up as a killer toy in an entirely disturbing setting? Well, regardless of whether she wanted to or not, Alison Hart wakes up to such a reality and must piece together what happened if she is to save her daughter!
Available at https://www.scoutcomics.com/ and your LCS!
Rad Wraith #1
Writer(s): Tristan Gallagher
Artist(s): Christian DiBari
Cover Artist(s): Christian DiBari
Publisher: Scout Comics – Black Caravan
Synopsis: “Black Caravan Imprint: Rad Wraith is the story of a young skateboarder named Grom who falls victim to a prank-gone-wrong and dies at the bottom of a half-pipe. What his killers don’t know is that this half-pipe was built on cursed land, and now that curse is coming for them! This February, it’s time to skate…or die! Regular edition has a wraparound cover!”
–PREVIEWSworld
Retribution from the undead comes in so many forms. For a bunch of pranksters, it comes in the form of Grom, their former victim having become a spirit of vengeance. Guess they should’ve tried pranking him somewhere other than accursed land!
Available at https://www.scoutcomics.com/ and your LCS!
There we have it for the week, folks! Scout Comics and its Black Caravan imprint have brought us some amazing indie tales to satisfy all of our comic needs! Stories ranging from vengeful skateboarder spirits to strange macabre tales of Toyland gone wrong. These stories and so many others courtesy of Scout Comics and other publishers await you at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your tablets and/or phones. But since many of you consciously support local business, I will encourage you to also had down to your local comic store this Wednesday and pick up the hard copy issues themselves. Read on and share with your friends. Start a conversation, and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!