Chad Burdette
SLAY! / The Girlfriend Survives – Double First Issue Flip Book
by Jeremy Whitley & Alex Smith & Luc Nakashoji
Jeremy Whitley presents a special double first issue 56-page comic!
On one side it’s the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by Writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick and Letterer Taylor Esposito, and on the other-side the The Girlfriend Survives is the first issue of a superhero story told from a perspective you’ve never seen before, written by Jeremy Whitley, Illustrated by Luc Nakashoji and Colored by Jamie Noguchi.
Writer Jeremy Whitley presents the first chapter of two brand new creator-owned stories in a collector’s edition flip book! No other release of these books will ever be like this!
On one side, it’s the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Letterer Taylor Esposito.
Leilah wants to be a monster hunter. She wants to do it so bad, she’s pretending to be the notorious monster hunter known as The Scarred Rider in hopes she may meet the legend herself. But when her first hunt turns out to be way more dangerous than she can handle, Leilah may not live long enough to meet the Rider or, worse yet, she just might. This post-apocalyptic monster-hunting western is the first chapter of an epic about coming of age soaked in blood and monster guts and the dangers of meeting your heroes in the dark woods while you’re impersonating them.
And on the other-side is the first issue of a superhero story told from a perspective you’ve never seen before. Part super drama, part meta comedy, The Girlfriend Survives is Written by Jeremy Whitley, Illustrated by Luc Nakashoji, and Colored by Jamie Noguchi.
It follows the story of Delilah Dillon, a barista who wins the heart of local college professor Billy Bright. But what she can’t possibly guess is that Billy is the civilian alter ego of the mighty superhero Brightstar! And when Brightstar’s greatest foe discovers her connection, she finds herself headed down the same route as a hundred civilian love interests before her – right into the fridge. But Delilah has a secret of her own: she’s a survivor and this superhero love story is about to get flipped on its head.
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NEGATIVE BURN: The Anthology
A classic returns! After almost two decades away, NEGATIVE BURN—the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Eagle, and Gem Award–nominated anthology—reignites under original editor Joe Pruett, delivering all-new tales from some of the most explosive talents in comics!
Always a defiantly genre-free showcase of sequential art where both established stars and rising voices collide in bold, creator-driven storytelling, NEGATIVE BURN continues to ignore trends and set its own path!
fter almost two decades away, NEGATIVE BURN—the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Eagle, and Gem Award–nominated anthology—reignites under original editor Joe Pruett, delivering all-new tales from some of the most explosive talents in comics! Pruett is an Eisner Award–winning writer, editor, and publisher with over three decades in comics. From writing tales of your favorite characters to founding Desperado Books, he has built a career championing creators and producing industry-defining collections, anthologies and stories.
Always a defiantly genre-free showcase of sequential art where both established stars and rising voices collide in bold, creator-driven storytelling, NEGATIVE BURN continues to ignore trends and set its own path!
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White Ash 1 to 10 (and a half) – 3 Days Left
Malek: Reigning Devil 1-3
John Wick meets Spawn and is inspired by Dante’s Inferno! 36 interior pages! Malek journeys to Purgatory to confront Lucifer!
Malek: Reigning Devil is a high-octane, hardcore, but literary, story with deep influences from Dante’s Divine Comedy, Spawn, and Paradise Lost.
Malek, for eons, existed as God’s Wrath on Earth—the Ha-Masshit, ensconced in his belief in God’s love. Throughout time, Malek has laid waste to empires, smited thousands in the name of God, and hunted rogue nephilim. Steeped in blood, Malek has remained the righteous hammer of his creator, never questioning the nature of his divine existence.
However, Malek was tricked into journeying to the lowest circle of Hell to kill the Devil. Unbeknownst to Malek, he who kills the Devil, must then become the new Devil—a fact Malek learned only upon killing Lucifer.
Malek seethed over the eternal punishment he had not earned, for no angel may set foot in Heaven once sullied by the sands of Hell. Cheated by his creator, he sought vengeance born of holy wrath and hate.
One by one, Malek defeated the lords of each circle of Hell- vanquishing his enemies and bringing their loyal servants to heel
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Stealth Hammer – Bring on the Bad Guys
A superhero adventure set in a world of high-tech gadgetry and supernatural mythology. Now it’s time to meet the villains of our story.
Stealth Hammer is an all-ages superhero adventure comic that tells the story of Jami Taylor, a teenage college student who suddenly finds herself with incredible powers. She soon discovers she is part of a family legacy of guardians in a world of high-tech gadgetry and supernatural mythology.
In the first issue we discovered her origin. Issue two we uncovered her legacy. In the third installment we journeyed with her sidekick and mentor, Ari the Elf. Now in the fourth issue it’s time to BRING ON THE BAD GUYS!!
After her first confrontation with her mad scientist uncle and learning that she is part of a larger legacy, Jami Taylor, aka Stealth Hammer, has just arrived in Iceland. She is on a journey to meet the Goddess Aurora and the Council of Elders to become the hero she needs to be. But just as she is arriving, the other side led by Gerome Hunts is gathering to stop her…
We’ll discover what secrets this villainous group holds and see some of their first steps toward stopping Jami on her hero’s quest.
It’s time for the forces against Stealth Hammer to gather and launch their plan! There will be all-out action and a whole new cabal of villainous characters to meet, from the witch Baba Yaga with her goblin-like Tokoloshe to the bat-god Camazotz. Stealth Hammer is going to have her hands full against this horde of enemies.
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WHAT YOU TOOK – A 100-Page Horror Story
How long after a break up do you wait to ask for your stuff back? What about the parts of you they took along the way?
WHAT YOU TOOK is an all-new 100-page horror story about the things you lose in a break up. Not just the stuff you left, but the pieces of you they stripped you of while you were together.
Worse yet, this explores all the other missing parts, like the things you gave up willingly to be loveable in the first place.
Like the other books in this line, WHAT YOU TOOK is written to press against the membrane, to find that hyper specific but somehow universal dread that comes from being alive, wanting love and hoping to not have to change too much to get it.
Printed at the same size as the original art, this pocket sized story is designed, like the others in the series, to become the haunting object. The ideas in these stories are swirling, poking at you from all angles to find every possible way the core idea can unsettle you. Better to have it contained in an object you can keep track of.
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Make 100: VALID – Finding validity in the lgBtqia+!
VALID is an autobio/slice of life comic following Karri’s journey to discovering, accepting, and celebrating her bisexuality!
Relatable, thoughtful, and all-too-real, VALID follows Karri as she stumbles through high school and beyond to recognize and accept her bisexuality!
“I hope my audience is not only LGBTQIA2+ Youth, but those who grew up in a small town with small-minded people and while their journey may have been tough, finds peace and their truth within this comic. I hope this can reach people who feel like they aren’t valued as a bisexual feel seen and heard. I hope not only bisexual adults, but bisexual adults who are “straight-passing” find this too who have been told we don’t belong in either section of the heteronormative or lgbtqia2+ communities. I hope bisexual adults find this too, who may have grown up in the same generation as me (90s-2000’s) with the same environment going through similar actions and thoughts trying to find the validating ending we all vied for whether you ended up with the same-sex or the opposite sex as your partner.” – Karri
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Young in Iran
A collection of 32 personal and emotional memoir comics by Gen Z comic creators in Iran.
We at the Sequential Artists Workshop are thrilled to present to you Young in Iran, a book of personal stories about the daily lives of young people within Iran.
We worked with two teachers in the capital, Tehran, who guided their students through making 32 marvelous stories about freedom, lack of freedom, frustration, desire, hope, family, and the kinds of deeply human experiences we all have, but within the context of a specific, totalitarian pressure.
This book is like nothing else on Earth—an intimate, street-level view of life in a so-called “enemy” country, through the lens of young people trying to understand the rules and possibilities of the world around them.
Looking inside and to each other for strength, yet turning outward and seeing restrictions: What would you do in these circumstances?
The Stories
There are 32 stories, divided into 4 sections, along with a prologue and epilogue.
The prologue story, The Curtain, shows the intensity of mental illness in Iran and seeks to unite all the young people in their experiences.
Chapter 1 focuses on Adolescence, including stories about puberty rituals and the strictures surrounding women when they come of age.
Chapter 2, called School, shows the complex dynamics of living in both an intellectually rigorous education system and a wider culture that drastically restricts freedoms.
Chapter 3, called Young in Iran, centers stories about being under 25, particularly elaborating on the mental health struggles first addressed in the prologue.
Chapter 4, Those Who Leave, is about the constant disappearance, mostly through emigration, of friends and loved ones who manage to get out of the country.
The book concludes with a reflective epilogue, To Naraq, by one of only two male artists in the book, in which the author travels to rural Iran and peacefully reflects on life and country.
Young in Iran offers 32 glimpses into the daily lives of people grappling with the reality of this question.
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Blood of Atlantis #1-3: A Globetrotting Magical Adventure
A lost Atlantean secret holds the key to saving Beatrice, as the Indiana Jones meets Dungeons & Dragon adventure continues!
In a world where magic once flowed across the earth like a river, where all myth has some measure of truth, Beatrice made a name for herself as one of the top Questers in New York, seeking out the last remnants of magic and making powerful enemies along the way.
And now she has set her sights on her most daring goal yet: the Lost City that sank beneath the waves long ago, home to untold power and knowledge.
But it will take all of Beatrice’s wits, strength, and resolve if she is to resurrect the Blood of Atlantis.
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SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1 – Mature Sapphic Noir Chicago Vampires
An undead PI hunts a missing vamp, facing ancient Mob Families, corrupt cops, & a past she buried to survive. Zoe Tunnell/Lauren Knight
Sink Your Teeth In #1 is the first issue in a 4 issue miniseries from an all-star queer creative team!
Chicago is a vampire town. Has been for years. Divided between four rival factions of influential undead, every drop of the city’s lifeblood runs through them. And Corsica Smith barely sees any of it. Having long since fallen from her once-powerful place in the city’s elite, she scrapes by as a bottom-rate private eye.
Decades spent solving petty disputes and catching cheating spouses leaving her trapped in a menial hell. But when her first real mystery in a decade throws her into a web of secrets and death, with her long-absent ex-lover at its center, as captivating as ever, she can’t stop herself from taking the case. Quickly finding themselves on the run and seeking answers, the two former lovers are forced to rely on each other and find out the best-kept secret in vampire society...if they don’t kill each other first.
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Greenzone: Life In The Blocks “First Shift” TPB
172 page full color TPB directors cut of issues 1-4 with deleted scenes, short stories, and new character files.
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Superguy #1 and #2: My Date with the President’s Daughter
When a rampaging pink monster looks for revenge on an injured Superguy, will Robotguy step up and save the day… or fall in love?!
Superguy is a comedic superhero comic book series written by Anthony Iannaccio and drawn/lettered by Joey Murphy.
In April of 2025, we fully funded the first issue of Superguy in just under FOUR hours and had an unbelievable amount of support from the comic book community and our friends and family. Now we’re back for our SECOND full-length 28-page issue!
In issue #1, Robotguy saved the big city from being destroyed by a meteor and Superguy promptly took credit… then proceeded to take a nap. Feeling like a true hero, Robotguy suited up and defeated of gauntlet of Superguy’s villains. This angered Superguy and a city-destroying battle between Superguy and Robotguy ensued, leading to the breakup of hero and sidekick.
In this second issue of our planned four-issue first arc, an injured Superguy is kidnapped by The Prez’s goons and attacked by a rampaging pink monster. Will Robotguy step up and save the day… or fall in love?!
And we’re proud to say: NO A.I. was used or will ever be used by the creators of this comic to create this issue, covers, pin-ups or anything involving Superguy or any of our other work! Superguy was 100% human created by REAL ARTISTS.
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Sweeney Todd #1
May this story disturb and excite you appropriately.
This entire story will be told in 4 books total. This is the first book.
Pre-Victorian London, 1785.
The practice of medical cannibalism has reached its peak.
Mumia—the practice of grinding human flesh and organ into a powder to be served with wine—now survives only among the rich. In candlelit basements, they host lavish unwrapping parties, sipping dust from ancient mummies and drifting into euphoric trances.
Outside their mansions, the city burns.
The Golden Riots have left London raw and trembling—streets crowded with beggars, bankers, and broken men clawing to rebuild what faith and empire have consumed. To add insult to injury, the American Revolutionary War has ended, and veterans like Sweeney Todd return to a city unrecognizable. In one of London’s most unstable and desperate times, madness and money intertwine, salvation is sold by the ounce, and superstition and science become one.
Just a short walk from the roaring Royal Exchange, Sweeney’s barbershop on Fleet Street becomes his refuge. His hands, once trained for battle, now find grim purpose in the rhythm of a blade. Within its dim walls, throats are bared, secrets are whispered, and the scent of iron never fades.
Next door lives Mrs. Lovett, the eccentric widow weary from her two-year stay in the madhouse as a “misbehaved woman.” Committed by her late husband and suffocated by debt, she struggles to keep her bakery alive. One missed payment, and she loses everything—again.
When Sweeney and Lovett’s paths cross, misfortune binds them. A strange accident—part chance, part supernatural—awakens something unholy between them. Together, they find inspiration in London’s darkest indulgence.
The rich have been consuming the dead for centuries in pursuit of immortality.
But what if there were a more… efficient recipe?
If the nobles can swallow death and call it healing—
then perhaps London is ready for a new kind of Mumia:
freshly ground, served hot, and baked to perfection.
Hospice: Tunnel of Love – A Haunted Horror Comic
Take a ride (if you dare) on this 24-paged comic book for fans of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits!
Welcome to Season 2 of Hospice! A shared universe comic. This is 1 of 6 books that you can get by some of the top creators in indie comics!
Synopsis: Young Dick and Margaret are on their first date at the local Harvest County Fair in 1955. After finally mustering up the courage, Dick asks Margaret to go on the “Tunnel of Love” ride with him. She happily agrees, but quickly wishes she hadn’t. What horrors lie on the other side of this dark and evil attraction?!
This Story’s Connection to the World of Hospice ?
After everything goes dark on the terrifying ride, Dick wakes up 70 years older with no recollection of the prior decades of his life. He’s surrounded by people claiming to be his family and is trapped inside an assisted living facility called “Rising Suns Hospice.”
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Mike Grell’s JON SABLE Remastered Hardcover Volume 3
After two hit collections, here comes Volume 3 of the Legendary JON SABLE by Mike Grell. Oversized, hardcover, remastered!
Volumes 1 and 2 have been acclaimed by fans and professionals alike for the masterful restoration and enhancement work by Glenn Hauman of ComicMix. As well, color and art mistakes that were left unchanged in the original run, are being corrected at long last, making these books the definitive JON SABLE FREELANCE.
These remastered and definitive hardcover collections are oversized, 9×12 (Think DC’S Absolute Editions) with a nice cover, stamped with an embossed Sable head logo, with a fully painted wraparound cover, newly created by Mike Grell! The cover will be revealed later, but here’s the first two Volumes:
Volume 3 is next, and it tells some fun tales of adventure, romance, intrigue, and gritty action, like only Mike Grell can deliver. This volume covers issues 28 – 39, which concludes the series long tale of Sable’s haunted past in Africa, as he seeks to put an end to the conspiracy that led to his family’s murder a decade earlier.
- A separate 20 page comic of ALL of the Letters Columns from these issues, as well as house ads and other items from the era, will be automatically included with the books for free. Only on Kickstarter, however, as we cannot guarantee that we will have these available for sale publicly post-campaign. So, here’s the best way to get them!
- Approximately 400 pages!
- Absolute Edition size: 9X12 inches!
- Top-quality printing production and hardcover binding!
- A full gallery of Sable art by Grell and comic creators like Dan Jurgens, Howard Chaykin, Ron Frenz, Bob Hall, Trevor Von Eeden, Pat Oliffe, Ron Wagner, and more!
- A brand-new page of story and art from Mike Grell to open the issue!
- Art and color remastered and corrected!
- Full cover gallery!
- This issue contains the guest artist Siegio Aragones, who depicts the tales of Leprechauns in Central Park!
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Little Mermaid & The Pirate Queen #1-2 – Sapphic Adventure
The Pirate Queen is revealed to be the SEA WITCH’S DAUGHTER! Can she and Aria survive Sirens, Sailors, and Sea Monsters? SWEET & SPICY!
nudity and sex!But everything changes when she meets Pirate Queen Mikayla, a beautiful captain who can shift between human AND mermaid forms. But she’s not some random mermaid, she’s the daughter of Aria’s arch-nemesis – The Sea Witch.
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I FEEL DOOMED! Volume 1
An anthology of illustrated stories exploring how we break, rebuild, and keep going.
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American Yakuza: THE FINALE! Acts 1-5
After all the fights, chases, injuries, deaths, fires, and turncoats, we’ve reached the FINALE of Volume One! Don’t miss this one!!
The final issue for Volume One of our gripping Japanese murder-mystery is here — and everything is on fire. (Literally and figuratively.)
From the shadows of neon-soaked streets to the bloodlines of old crime families, American Yakuza is a noir-infused murder mystery drenched in culture, betrayal, and brutal beauty. Created by Charlie McElvy, Anthony Stokes, and Chris Moses, and brought to life with stunning visual storytelling, this is a saga that’s equal parts Yakuza video game energy and prestige TV pacing.
Our story follows Xavier, a retired American MMA champion who arrives in Japan searching for answers about a friend’s death — and finds himself entangled in the deadly politics of a crumbling yakuza dynasty. Each act has pushed him deeper into the spider’s web, and now…well, something’s gotta give.
Act V is the finale. Murder after murder. Reveal after reveal. Fight after fight. Xavier finds himself more hunted than hunter and a recent betrayal has tipped the scale against him.
As we dive into this last issue — for now — questions abound!!
• What is Masashi really up to?
• What did Kyomi find under Kenji’s compound?
• What’s next for our trio?
• Will Xavier even survive this first volume…?
But don’t worry — we’re keeping this campaign description spoiler-free for newcomers. If you are new to the series, you can catch up with Acts I-IV (available as part of this campaign), and if you’ve been here since the beginning… you already know it’s about to get wild.
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The Adventures of Argile the Arachnigator #1 comic!
From the pages of DRUMSTICKS OF DOOM comes the first solo comic starring Argile the beloved spider-gator hybrid! 2 sensational stories!
Leaping from the pages of DRUMSTICKS OF DOOM comes the first solo comic starring Argile the beloved spider-gator hybrid! 2 sensational stories in one flippin’ comic!
Jon Westhoff and Dan Dougherty team-up to show you Argile’s days in the Hybrid testing lab! Shredding Cover by Kurt Dinse!
Then flip the comic over to see the origin of Argile! Cover art and written by 11 year old Kylie Westhoff!
That’s right, no need to choose your cover- YOU GET BOTH COVERS ON ONE BOOK! The Adventures of Argile the Arachnigator comic is packed with fun from cover to cover! and..
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Gods Among Men 1 & 2 – A True-Crime Narco-Noir
“True-crime fans NEED Gods Among Men” – Comics Beat | Experience the underworld with all of the realism and none of the risk.
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DOUBLE DOG DARE!
It’s 160 pages of pure doggo magic in one gorgeous softcover! All-new, fan-favorite dog comics in a book of pure joy!
Hi, I’m Dave Kellett! And I’m making a super fun collection of dog comics, called DOUBLE DOG DARE!
DOUBLE DOG DARE is full of your favorite Sheldon strips about dogs: The barking! The snuggles! The walks! The piddles! You’ll join Oso the Pug and his best bud Digby the Dachshund on all their ridiculous daily adventures. And it is a DANG DELIGHT.
t’s gonna be awesome! 160 pages of never-before-in-print comics. It’s entirely new! And it’s all wrapped up in a beautifully printed, full-color softcover.
This book is the perfect read for all dog-lovers: Whether you’re a new fan, or have loved Sheldon books for years! (And if you loved my book PUGS UNLEASHED, you’re really gonna love DOUBLE DOG DARE! They’re designed to be a pair!)
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Finding Dee Volumes 1-3
Finding Dee is the semi-autobiographical comic about the ins and outs of COMING out as transgender while trying to make it in comics!
Finding Dee is a semi-autobiographical comic strip about the ins-and-outs of coming out as transgender in your 40s, all while trying to make it as an illustrator in comics.
It’s a humorous, heartfelt slice-of-life with a healthy dash of cartoony goodness, because sometimes the only way through life is to face it with honesty and a sense of humor.
What started as a black-and-white weekly webcomic has grown into a full-color graphic memoir about identity, creativity, anxiety, joy, and figuring yourself out one day at a time
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THE SKIM: Part One Gangster Heist Comic
How do you rob a casino without robbing a casino? You go after…THE SKIM! Part one of Three for this gritty brutal heist comic
THE SKIM is a three issue, grounded, cinematic crime drama set in Nevada, 1989, where a crew of small time criminals try to pull off the perfect score by stealing mob money that is already being stolen.
It is not a big loud, flashy Ocean’s Eleven style caper.
It is a tense, gritty thriller where every choice tightens the noose, and the desert has plenty of room to bury mistakes.
Paul Bianchi is stuck in a dead end life in Mercury, Nevada, with nothing ahead of him but heat, hangovers, and bad decisions.
So he pitches a question to his crew.
How do you rob a casino without robbing a casino?
Instead of walking onto the gaming floor and getting turned into a missing person, Paul targets something most people never even hear about.
The skim, mob money quietly siphoned out of a Vegas casino every month, carried off the books, and driven into the desert like clockwork.
It is a simple plan on paper.
A courier. A case. A lonely stretch of road outside the Strip.
Then the job gets personal.
And once the skim is hit, the house does not just want its money back. It wants to know who dared to touch it.
THE SKIM is a story about fate, blood, loyalty, and the lie of escape.
Because in this game, the house always wins.
100 FAQ On Making Comics
Know the Basics. Avoid the Blunders.
That’s a wrap for this week.
Next week, we will return with new projects to spotlight. Also, if you are crowdfunding a project and would like to be put in the Korner, drop us a line at chad@comic-watch.com, and we will take a look when we put together next week’s post
