A whole new comic book publishing company is on the horizon from the deranged minds of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre), Matt Pizzolo (Occupy Comics, Godkiller, Halo-8) and Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph Records) and we’ve got the details on their brand new comics. Find out which incredible writers and artists they’ve got signed on after the jump!
Black Mask Studios will premiere four brand new comic book seris starting this May and they’ve lined up several well known creators to help them out. Check out the titles below.
12 Reasons To Die – out May 29th, this horror-crime hybrid is the latest comic book from the legendary Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Ghostface Killah. It is illustrated by a rotating team of artists including Riley Rossmo (Bedlam), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), Joe Infurnari (Mush!), Kyle Strahm (Haunt), Gus Storms & Breno Tamura (Pigs), with covers by Ronald Wimberly (Prince of Cats) and Christopher Mitten (30 Days of Night).
Ballistic out June 26th, the new comic book by Darick Robertson (Happy, The Boys, Transmetropolitan) and Adam Egypt Mortimer (director of Grant Morrison’s upcoming Sinatoro) is a madcap, futurist, sci-fi adventure about a wanna-be bank robber and his best friend: a psychotic, drug addicted living gun.
Liberator out June 19th, this is a hard-edged vigilante series about two young heroes who avenge the torture of animals, created by writer and real-life dog rescuer Matt Miner (Occupy Comics) and artist Joel Gomez (Detective Comics) with covers by Chris Burnham (Batman Incorporated), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), Yildiray Cinar (Earth 2), and Joe Prado (Aquaman, Justice League).
Black Mask was founded based on the ideals of mutual respect between creators and publishers, and will differintiate itself from other publishers based on the founders shared commitment to creator rights.
“Comics has a troubled history with its treatment of creators,” said Matt Pizzolo, “our goal is to bring the supportive ethic of record labels like Epitaph, Dischord, and Revelation to comics.”
“Brett, Matt, and I all came up in the DiY punk scene, adds Niles. And we’re bringing that kind of attitude to this… the constructive part about supporting voices who are talking about real things but in a bold and exciting way. We’re not afraid to bring in activism and politics and counterculture. What publisher today could be bringing out the next V For Vendetta? Nobody.”
You can visit the Black Mask Studios website and pre-order their comics by clicking here.
