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‘The Ludocrats’ #1 Is Ludicrous, And I Love It

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‘Ludocrats’ #1

Writers: Kieron Gillen and Jim Rossignol

Illustrator: Jeff Stokely

Published: April 1, 2020

‘The Ludocrats’ promises to be a story so astonishingly outrageous that it will chase boredom away faster than a shadow ninja chasing a T-Rex on a solar-powered hoverboard. Strap yourselves in friends because ‘The Ludocrats’ takes place in a world where people fought in the Hemispheric Boredom Wars in order to bring about the Ludicrous Revolution. Naturally being boring and predictable became an offense so terrible that it could lead to one’s death. Seventy-Nine Eldritch Hyper Pope’s later, something is amiss and the future of the Ludocratic dynasty is at stake. 

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‘Crowded’ calls out societies reliance on apps

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‘Crowded’ #1-6

Story: Christopher Sebela

Art: Ro Stein, Ted Brandt

Publisher: Image Comics

 

Christopher Sebela and his team imagine a world in which the Purge goes digital. Rather than saving all your pent up rage for one day a year, ‘Crowded’ creates a reality in which you can put out a hit on anyone at any time via the Reapr App. Once the campaign is opened, the target has two options:

1. Contemplate their life choices and await death’s arrival.

2. Hire a bodyguard on the Dfend App and pray they survive the next 30 days.

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‘Shirtless Bear Fighter’ #1 bares all

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SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER! #1

Story: Jody Leheup, Sebastian Girner

Art: Mike Spicer, Nil Vendrell

Cover: Andrew Robinson

Variant Cover: Andy Suriano, Tom Fowler

Publisher: Image Comics

 

‘Shirtless Bear-Fighter’ #1  is just as ridiculous as its title suggests. Maybe even more so. Between the superhero origin story that features a baby with a full grown beard and a bribe of two tons of pancakes flapjacks to fight rogue bears, it’s hard to get through the issue without stopping every page to laugh at the sheer lunacy of the plot.

Of course, this is what makes Shirtless Bear-Fighter worth reading in the first place.

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‘Bitch Planet: Triple Feature’ #1 contains a triple threat

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Bitch Planet: Triple Feature #1

Story: Andrew Aydin, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Conley Lyons

Art: Joanna Estep, Maria Fröhlich

Cover: Valentine De Landro

Publisher: Image Comics

 

In its first anthology, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature #1 successfully expands the Bitch Planet universe by placing working women in the spotlight. Being a woman is a challenge in and of itself. Heading to the workplace only adds to the number of ways “rebellious” women can be called out for their “noncompliance.” Three women who find themselves in precarious workplace situations are Lupe, Anna, and Leslie.

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Beowulf lives once more

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Santiago García and David Rubín team up to put a fresh—and wholly blood-soaked—spin on the violent and savage tale of BEOWULF in a new English translation of the 1,000-year-old myth. It will be collected in a lush, full-color hardcover this December from Image Comics.

The story of Beowulf has inspired an enduring epic poem, become a foundational piece of English literature, and influenced countless great works of fiction in numerous mediums. Now, it’s getting an entirely unique new graphic treatment—packed to the brim with enough brutality and gore to satisfy even the most Viking of sensibilities.

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