The crime noir collaborations between writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips have been, without using too much hyperbole, unbelievably awesome and completely and utterly fantastic. This week, we’re happy to report, sees the start of a new series for the duo, beginning in Image Comics’ Fatale #1! But, whereas their previous work on titles like Criminal and Incognito has tended to lean more realistic, Fatale leaps headlong into horror!

"I’ve been wanting for a while to do something with a more supernatural element to it," Brubaker said recently. "So Fatale mixes what we do and all the ways we’ve poked fun at the noir genre. If Incognito was us doing ‘What if Doc Savage, Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler had all existed in the same universe?’ then this is a weird combo of James M. Cain and Lovecraft. It’s got a real horror element to it — the first time I’ve really tried to do anything with horror — but it’s also got this really epic story to it."

FATALE #1 

Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Sean Phillips

Guns! Sex! Secret cults! And monsters! Nothing the best-selling and award-winning creators of Sleeper, Criminal and Incognito have done so far will prepare you for the explosive debut of fatale! 

A reporter in 2012 stumbles on a secret that leads him down the darkest path imaginable… to a seductive woman who’s been on the run since 1935, a mobster who may be an immortal demon monster, and the stories of all the doomed men who’ve been caught in their decades-long struggle.

Fatale blends noir and horror to tell a riveting epic unlike anything you’ve seen before.

Image Comics’ Fatale #1 comes out on Wednesday!

A few months ago we saw Peanuts #0, the introductory issue for KABOOM!’s new monthly series starring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang. (KABOOM! is BOOM! Studios’ imprint for younger readers titles.) Well, this week the series kicks off proper with Peanuts #1! Featuring new stories and reprints, the series looks perfect for both Charlie Brown enthusiasts and young readers alike. And it’s actually a good time to come out with something like this; I feel like Charlie Brown’s stock is always a little higher during the holidays. That Christmas special is epic!

PEANUTS #1 (OF 4)

Written by Charles M. Schulz & Various
Art by Vicki Scott & Various

Happiness is a monthly comic book series, Charlie Brown! Peanuts came to KABOOM! last spring in their first graphic novel, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown. Now Snoopy and the gang are back in monthly comic books with an all new #1 issue! The series kicks off with new original stories seen here for the first time along with some of your favorite classic Peanuts Sundays strips. Featuring a cover by Charles Schulz himself! Don’t miss Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of Charles Schulz’s timeless characters every month at KABOOM!

BOOM! Studios’ Peanuts #1 comes out on Wednesday!