As announced this summer at San Diego Comic Con, Invader Comics are bringing their beloved stable of titles to Lunar Distribution via the Massive Indies program starting in October. To celebrate this renewed commitment to comic shops and retailers, Invader is launching with Jimmie Robinson’s ARTillery #1, which will be the first title to arrive in stores on October 8. It will soon be followed by the collected edition of their hit horror series, Animals, and the over-sized one-shot, Death’s Immortal Hunter, which is described as Hellblazer meets Highlander by way of Something Is Killing The Children.
All human art and creativity comes from an ancient power source, amplified by magical gateways all over the world, but now a sentient AI is closing the gateways in order to control all of the world’s creative arts. As humanity loses the ability to create art, the last gateway brings the Mona Lisa to life so she can form a team of artists to steal the gateway of creativity back from the AI. Three artists are given magical abilities that transform their art into weapons: a graffiti artist, a film FX artist, and a comic book artist. Together they plan an elaborate heist to save the last gateway of creativity. Imagine Now You See Me by way of The Matrix and you’re on the right track.
Veteran writer/artist Jimmie Robinson is no stranger to comic book fans with the runaway success of titles like Bomb Queen, The Empty and Five Weapons for Image Comics. He comes to Invader Comics with a renewed passion for the medium as he enters the next phase in his career, tackling one of the most important issues facing comic creators today. Seemingly a fun, high-stakes heist story on the surface, ARTillery questions the role of art and creativity when it becomes a commodity rather than a calling.
Jimmie Robinson’s ARTillery #1 arrives in stores on Wednesday, October 8, while the Animals TPB and Death’s Immortal Hunter #1 are coming up for FOC (Final Order Cut-off) on Monday, September 29. If you’re looking to check out any of these titles then you need to let your local comic shop retailer know today!
Check out our exclusive preview below of ARTillery #1! Join the Invasion and hop on board with these incredible offerings which are finally making their debut at retail through Lunar Distribution.
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