THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018
AHOY COMICS LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER
AHOY Comics is launching in September with a new format: comic-book magazines.
The startup company is the brainchild of publisher Hart Seely, a reporter whose humor and satire has appeared in The New York Times and on National Public Radio; two founding editors of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore; and chief creative officer Frank Cammuso.
The comic book magazines will feature traditional, full length comic book stories, accompanied by extra material, including prose fiction by writer Grant Morrison, cartoons by Shannon Wheeler, poems by Seely and traditional comic book back up stories.
"It's time to expect more from comics," said AHOY Comics editor-in-chief Peyer. "AHOY Comics offers a wide breadth of contributors from the worlds of mainstream and indie comics and humor magazines. We're publishing comic book magazines with full-length stories, backup stories, one-off gags by a bestselling New Yorker cartoonist, political poetry by a regular Poltico contributor, and prose stories by Grant Morrison, Cienna Madrid and a sundry of talent. And I don’t want it to sound too serious, because these comic book magazines are both fun and funny. It really is a unique reading experience."
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The Wrong Earth, a six-issue series by Peyer and Jamal Igle begins on Sept. 12. On one world, Dragonflyman and his sidekick Stinger enjoy a life of adventure. On another Earth, the Dragonfly hunts criminal parasites like a lethal exterminator. But what happens when these two heroes change places?
The Wrong Earth's premiere issue will be 40 pages for $3.99 and will include the following bonuses: A prose story by Grant Morrison: Hud Hornet's Holiday in Hell, illustrated by Rob Steen; a mock Golden Age Stinger solo story, by Paul Constant and Frank Cammuso; and a cartoon by Shannon Wheeler.
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High Heaven, a five-issue series from Peyer and Gregg Scott, launches on Sept. 26. Chronic malcontent David Weathers dies and goes to Heaven -- where everything is terrible, and everybody hates a complainer.
The first issue will be 40 pages for $3.99 and will be in stores on Sept. 26. Bonus features include: A Hashtag: Danger backup story by Peyer, with art by Chris Giarrusso; a Wheeler cartoon; and a new prose story by Morrison,
Festive Funtimes At The New World's Fair, illustrated by Rick Geary.
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Captain Ginger, a four-issue series by Moore and June Brigman, launches on Oct. 17. When the human race died out, the cats inherited the Earth! Or at least one starship. Now the intrepid Captain Ginger struggles to keep his fellow felines united against a hostile universe.
The debut 48-page issue will include a Morrison prose story The Electric Sky Bear That Inspired Ben Franklin, illustrated by Phil Hester; and a Wheeler cartoon.
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Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror is a six-issue mini-series that launches on Oct. 31. The book mangles classic tales and new stories, including an alcohol-damaged version of Poe in The Facts in The Case of M. Valdemar, adapted by Peyer and drawn by Fred Harper and sugary cereal meets vampirism in Dark Chocolate, by writer Mark Russell and artist Peter Snejbjerg.
The 40-page issue's bonuses will include Hunt Emerson's take on The Black Cat and an unsettling verse by Cienna Madrid. illustrated by Carly Wright.
Upcoming AHOY Comics will feature stories by Gary Erskine, Ryan Kelly, Mariah McCourt, Linda Medley, Peter Milligan, Dean Motter, Ann Nocenti, Rachel Pollack and Roger Stern.
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