In today’s really awesome news that everyone should be excited about: starting this summer, Monkeybrain comics will be hitting your local stores shelves as print comics! Great, right?
The first comic to be getting a print release if “Edison Rex” by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver which will be published by IDW. The title will start in June and is a supervillain who must choose how he lives his life after finally defeating his archnemesis, the world’s greatest superhero.
Then the second title will be “Masks & Mobsters” in July, published by the Shadowline imprint of Image comics. The series by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson takes a look at Depression-era crime when masked superheroes are entered into the mix. It also has my “Best Surname” seal of honor.
And the third and final (for now) series announce is “Amelia Cole And The Unknown World” by Adam P. Knave, D.J. Kirkbride and Nick Brokenshire which will be published by IDW in August. This series follows a young woman who lives between a world of magic and a world of the ordinary and who stumbles upon a third world where the two exist togther.
So, there you have it. Monkeybrain in print this summer, keep and eye out for that. More collections will be announced in the coming months and I’ll be waiting for the collection of Chris Sebela and Ibrahim Moustafa’s “High Crimes.” Read on below for more information from the Monkeybrain press release.
Monkeybrain Press Release
Portland, OR (February 27, 2012) – Monkeybrain Comics is pleased to announce the premiere print editions of their popular digital-first comics, heading to stores this summer.
Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver’s EDISON REX gets it all started in June with a collection published by IDW. EDISON REX is the story of the world’s greatest villain, who finally defeats his lifelong nemesis, the world’s greatest hero, and then has to decide what to do with the rest of his life.
July will see the release of MASKS & MOBSTERS by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Mike Henderson published by Shadowline/Image. MASKS & MOBSTERS is a noir-fueled anthology series set in the days of the Depression, and examines what happens to organized crime when masked crimefighters with superpowers first hit the scene.
And then in August, IDW will be releasing AMELIA COLE AND THE UNKNOWN WORLD by writers Adam P. Knave and D.J. Kirkbride and artist Nick Brokenshire. AMELIA COLE AND THE UNKNOWN WORLD is the story of a young woman who lives in two worlds, one mundane and one magical, who finds herself trapped in a third world in which the mundane and the magical exist side-by-side, however uneasily.
“Print collections have been a main goal from the beginning and it’s really exciting to see such a major piece of the plan fall into place,” Allison Baker says, “especially since it means even more people get to discover the amazing work of our creators!”
Other collections will be announced in coming months, with many more to follow.
