@MagmaComix
@CanIGetanEamon
@cpkelly
@JacksonLanzing
and Shawn Lee crank up the heat and gore this week as I found myself gasping at multiple panels of issue
#3
. This right here is how you do horror. Make sure to grab this from your LCS today!
Did you know that JK Rowling's pen-name "Robert Galbraith" is *also* the name the man who invented electro-shock gay conversion therapy!?
Why no, she *didn't* google search the name at any point, she just likes those two names put together! It's just a coincidence! Fun!
Inspired by the original NYX, YOUNG AVENGERS and RUNAWAYS… this is genuinely a dream title, telling the *exact* story we want. Something that celebrates Krakoa, while also learning to move on.
(And no, Sophie will NEVER take the subway, it’s *disgusting*)
It can finally be told.
⚡️The Hivemind is writing NYX⚡️
This isn't a book about X-Men. This is a book about MUTANTS. How they live past the end of their world and into a new beginning. Not only how they SURVIVE in a world that hates and fears them...
...but how they THRIVE.
Genuinely can’t believe how positive the reaction has been to the NYX announcement. It fills my anxiety riddled heart that so many folks are excited for the story of this (admittedly quite eclectic) collection of kick ass weirdos.
and y’all haven’t even seen the art yet…
Just last week, we had a genuine conversation about the fact that we don’t really write the kind of work that gets nominated for awards…
HOW WILDLY INCREDIBLY WRONG WE WERE!?!
Star-Lord, Gamora, Mantis and more get dramatic new looks in Marvel's newly announced Guardians of the Galaxy series from
@JacksonLanzing
@cpkelly
and Kev Walker.
That's all
@CarmenCarnero
, building off of the suit from Ta-Nehisi's run! In fact, how about a little behind the scenes look at a taste of Carmen's concept art!?
@JacksonLanzing
@cpkelly
What was the inspiration for Sharon’s new suit? Was this Carmen’s design or did you have specific notes about what you’d want to see? I love it and think it’s dope as fuck. Reminds me of Knight armour, but modernised and spy like!
Every comic artist should be paid enough money on one book to pay their living wage for a month. One page a day, 5 days a week - that’s 20 pages, one book.
Writers are different, we get it- but artists DESERVE BETTER.
i cannot express enough how hungry and desperate publishing is for comic artists. it's a big industry and so few of us are at a professional level by sheer dint of resources. we all should be blunt about what this labor does to us for how little it pays
I’m loving The Discourse surrounding our little “mystery”. Even people who are hard rolling their eyes - even saw one “this is the nail on Krakoa’s coffin” - and I’m like… hey, cool perspective! What a neat discussion about the meaning of legacy! Come read the book!
It’s that most beautiful time of the year - the first day of class! This will be my third (?!) semester teaching CTWR 410 Narrative Design Workshop for
@USCCinema
- but dont worry, I’m a COOL teacher
What an AMAZING
#NYCC
! Reconnected with old friends and met even more new ones, but most importantly it was a chance to REALLY CONNECT with people who care about what
@JacksonLanzing
and I are doing. And that’s an amazing thing.
Thank you
#SDCC2023
! I didn’t really take any photos, but I *did* get to be on a boat!
Other highlights include:
Making Star Trek history with their first Eisner nomination EVER
Announcing TIMELESS 2023 and OUTSIDERS!!!
Eating an orange from the outside in
A fun thing about working with your best friend is that you can have a two hour VERY HEATED ARGUMENT that eventually lands on the fact that you’re saying the same thing
Were you a fan of a fantasy book series that has become irrevocable toxic do to the actions of its absolutely 🖕🖕🖕🖕ed up author?
Might I recommend our lord and savior Tim Hunter?
#BooksofMagic
It's been incredible to help guide this era of Steve's life alongside such an amazing team of creators.
But don't worry... between Cold War, Issue
#750
and this Grand Finale...
...we are going out with a ❤️🔥🤍🔥💙🔥BANG.
The Hivemind’s time on CAPTAIN AMERICA is coming to an end.
It’s been the greatest honor of our comics career to tell this story. Thank you to everyone who took a chance on this crazy saga, most of all to
@Marvel
for letting us end it right.
It’s not our symbol.
It’s yours.
BREAKING: The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of alleged involvement in abductions of Ukrainian children.
Today I took a really big personal step and I’m not talking about it publicly yet but it’s huge and I’m incredibly excited and also have no more spoons for the day
This Saturday for
#FreeComicBookDay
,
@JacksonLanzing
,
@DailenOgden
and myself will be at COLLECTOR’S PARADISE in North Hollywood, celebrating the release of our brand new OGN, 🐺🐺WIFWULF🐺🐺!!!
This will be the first time it’s in the wild, so come howl with us!
Thats right true believers! The Hivemind’s next project at Mighty Marvel is a return to Peter Parker, telling a story with the legendary Greg Land…
… the return of BLACK SUIT SPIDER-MAN!
After over a decade of working two jobs (or three jobs, or four), of working every Thursday night and Sunday PLUS the 9 to 5, for the first time in my life all I will have to do - five days a week - is sit down and write with my best friend.
I married this guy 6 years ago today, and it was easily the best decision I’ve ever made. He’s a keeper and I love him 1,000,000%. 😘😍🥰 Happy Anniversary
@cpkelly
!
...okay, not ENTIRELY TRUE - I'm also keeping my position *teaching* at USC, so I'm not completely out of the ecosystem. But when the school with the
#1
screenwriting AND game design program in the country wants you to teach a narrative class, you *nod enthusiastically*.
Though, to be perfectly clear: this series has little to nothing to do with the movie! All the love to Vol3, can't wait for it, but this is OUR story set FIRMLY within the 616.
New GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ongoing series by Jackson Lanzing (
@JacksonLanzing
), Collin Kelly (
@cpkelly
), & Kev Walker launches in time for the third movie
I’m so excited for this new era for the GOTG! The pitch sounds super interesting.
@JacksonLanzing
and
@cpkelly
are a can’t-miss duo and I love Kev Walker’s art. Star-Lord’s look reminds me of this Mandalorian-ized Sam and Richard from
@doridraws
. Space cowboy ponchos!
#GOTG
#Nova
Suddenly realizing that today has… FOUR BOOKS out from the Hivemind?!
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual, our Big Finale!
Aliens: Black White and Blood, kicking off our four part UTOPIA story!
Edge of Spider-Verse
#1
, featuring the debut of WEAPON VIII!
and Star Trek
#17
?!?
They say lightning doesn't strike twice... but BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS certainly do!!!
⚡️⚡️THOR ANNUAL
#1
⚡️⚡️
w:
@JacksonLanzing
& me!/ a:
@ibraimroberson
For one glorious issue, our hands will be on the hammer, and we're ready to KRAKATHOOM!
FOR GLORY! FOR ASGARD!
The amazing Carmen has done it again! We’re taking Sharon on a journey that will lead to a whole new era of her life - and though it’ll take us a while to get there, we’re THRILLED that you can all see her destination!
Carmen’s work has been nothing short of the heart and soul of this book. Working with her has been amazing… but my friends, some of her best work is still very much yet to come…
282 pages later, I just sent my last page of Captain America Sentinel Of Liberty. What an incredible experience, I love this book very much.
BTW here's a panel from
#750
out next week
For anyone who thinks otherwise: Trek has *always* been about diversity and representation (even if they occasionally flub it), and this collection is an INCREDIBLE example of how it’s done right.
No matter *who* you kiss on Risa, you deserve to own this issue!
STAR TREK: CELEBRATIONS is ON SALE TODAY!!!!
IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe!
Check out this incredible cover by
@PlinaGanucheau
What all of this really means - we're still figuring it all out. But this should give you a good indicator of what our 2023 looks like... we have some AMAZING projects coming at you this year, and it's going to feel amazing to finally be able to give them my FULL ATTENTION.
Here at The Eisners with our EISNER NOMINATED series STAR TREK! We’re sitting with our team at
@IDWPublishing
- win or lose, it’s how you play the game
What started as a one off joke in a writers room with
@JacksonLanzing
@cpkelly
and Christopher Cantwell has turned into
@StarTrek
's THIRD ever Eisner Nomination. Incredible!!!
Canceled AND removed.
Hundreds of amazing creators, having their incredible story and work cut short. In this renaissance of Trek, kids DESERVE their introduction to the world - literally cutting off the future for the shortsighted gains of the present.
STAR TREK: PRODIGY shocker -- in a surprising turn, the animated series has been cancelled at Paramount+ and will be removed from the streamer sometime soon
Read more:
#StarTrek
#StarTrekProdigy
Unexpected delivery - always love surprise comps for a book that came out years ago?!
But if you’re new here, the Hivemind was honored to wrap up the amazing
#GRAYSON
series from
@TomKingTK
and
@HackinTimSeeley
- it was our favorite book to read, so writing it was WILD!
Genuinely nothing else to be said, except that we have been incredibly lucky to write some of the very best characters in comics...
That is, uh, going to continue.
@cpkelly
& I had our most ambitious comics project yet greenlit today.
Which is surely all I can say for the next few months, but I felt a need to write it down just so it could feel real.
01.31.23 - the day an impossible dream came true.
Welp, USC just canceled the main commencement ceremony. Departmental ceremonies will continue, but the main one that happens earlier in the day isn't happening anymore.
The first day of SDCC was incredible but the only thing any of us are talking about is the crime that we can’t do Barbienheimer
Also this is trying me sleeping in a corner
My heart can't take this. Booster is my GOAT, the only hero I ever did back issue dives for.
Him and Blue Beetle are the apex friendship in super hero form, something that is very dear to me.
Nothing better than GOLD, baby! Let's GOOOOO
Here we go! Our final announcement of
#SDCC
- TIMELESS 2023! The final adventure of POWER MAN at the end of the world… a world controlled by KONSHU, and his greatest weapon… the IMMORTAL MOON KNIGHT!!!
Happy incredible birthday to my amazing wife,
@geekpowers
!!! She’s [redacted] years old today, and each of those have built her into the most wonderful woman I know.
(Plus bonus doggo!)
For everyone who has been hungry for the answer of “what happened to their nice happy family?!”
This is it. The Fall of the Proscenium.
And the rise of Groot.
The origin of Grootfall will be revealed in 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
#6
!
This September,
@cpkelly
,
@JacksonLanzing
, and
@alexlinsart
tell the untold story of how the Guardians fell apart and what changed Groot into the monster he is now.
Aaron - and everything that the Captain America Network represents - are one of the most important pieces of new cap lore in a decade.
“Captain America” is more than a person.
It’s a promise.
And if you're looking for more of that good Voyager content, did you know that TOM PARIS is the current helmsmen for the USS Theseus, under the command of BENJAMIN SISKO!?
Check out
#StarTrek
by
@IDWPublishing
! We've got your favorites, and they're all ready to BOLDLY GO
Seriously, this series came out 7 years before HP and starred a young boy from a bad home with an owl with an incredibly destiny
BUT HE DOESN’T BECOME A COP
Friends! Fans! Frenemies!?
Barnes & Noble is running a 25% discount on preorders for 3 of our upcoming collections!!!
THUNDERBOLTS: Worldstrike!
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY v2: Grootrise!
& ALIENS: Black, White and Blood!
Coupon code PREORDER25 - links below!
#BNPreorder
Everything my boy Vinny D does is simply to make more Riddick movies, and I LIVE FOR IT
I will become insufferable as we continue towards this…the SEVENTH INSTALLMENT of the CoR franchise.
Vin Diesel and director David Twohy are officially reuniting for Riddick: Furya, the fourth big-screen installment in The Chronicles of Riddick franchise.
Riddick: Furya follows Richard B. Riddick as he finally returns to his home planet.
This man was born today, and I can’t imagine my life without him. He is warmth and love, passion and creativity, and gifted with both the best laugh ever AND a great ass. I ❤️ you a ridiculous amount,
@cpkelly
. Happy Birthday!
To all the ladies, faebies, gentlemen, gentlethems, and - in the words of Chaucer…
… EVERYONE IN BETWEEN!!!
Happy
#TransDayOfVisability
.
You’re incredible just for being you.
This interview with an anonymous Apple exec about the WGA strike is saying out loud what we know to be true:
Al large part of their worry with our strike is that they know it will inspire other industries to fight for what they deserve.
We have to win.
Acclaimed writers
@JacksonLanzing
and
@cpkelly
along with comics artist Megan Levens welcome you to the brand-new chapter of the Eisner-nominated Star Trek flagship series!
Stained glass cover by
@JJLendl
.
On sale at your LCS:
#StarTrek
Terry McGinnis has spent his life training to protect Neo-Gotham.
But he can’t protect the city from its own buried past.
🅱️BATMAN BEYOND🅱️
🦇NEO GOTHIC🦇
😈… welcome to the dark…😈
And the Hivemind is OFFICIALLY ON THE WAY to
#SDCC2023
!
We’ll be headquartered with
@ComicSketchArt
in Artists’ Alley, Booth GG-05! We are going to be running all over the place this year, but we hope to SEE YOU THERE!!!
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by to say hi to us at
#WonderCon
, checked out our debut titles, heard us at our panel, or met our creators. Your enthusiasm and feedback was truly electric, and we can’t wait to share more. The Principles of Necromancy
#1
drops tomorrow!
Just arrived at
@Arsenal_comics
in Thousand Oaks, CA! Psyched to hang with
@cpkelly
for a while at a comics shop, as that’s basically Hivemind: Origins.