
Exclusive: DARK EMPTY VOID limited series is Mad Cave’s next sci-fi epic
June 19, 2024
Mad Cave Studios is skewing cosmic horror in its next sci-fi limited series, and today The Beat can exclusively announce the details of the new title on its roster. Written by Zack Kaplan, drawn by Chris Shehan, colored by Francesco Segala, and lettered by Justin Birch…

The Midnight: Shadows Brings the Popular Synthwave Band to Comics
January 30, 2024
The popular band The Midnight have been at the forefront of the synthwave genre for years now, but they’re making the leap to an entirely new medium in 2024. IGN can exclusively reveal the first details about The Midnight: Shadows, a new graphic novel based on their iconic music.

Vault’s ‘Beyond Real’ #1 reaches 100,000 FOC orders
November 22, 2023
Vault Comics has announced their upcoming series Beyond Real is already a hit with over 100,000 orders. Out on December 13th, the new series is written by Zack Kaplan, with multiple artists working together simultaneously.

Immortality and Vikings combine in ‘Kill All Immortals’ – Exclusive
October 10, 2023
Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, AIPT can exclusively reveal Zack Kaplan and Fico Ossio’s new series Kill All Immortals. The series features colors by Jordie Bellaire and letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

VAULT CONTINUES ‘FREE-TO-RETAILER’ MODEL WITH ‘BEYOND REAL’ #1
October 5, 2023
For the second time this fall, Vault Comics is offering retailers the first issue of a new series for free. The publisher will ship free copies of Beyond Real #1, standard cover only, to retailers in bundles of 25. The new series is written by Zack Kaplan with art by Fabiana Mascolo, Toni Fejzula, Vincenzo Riccardi, Dennis Menheere, Jorge Corona, Luana Vecchio, and Liana Kangas, who will hand off the artwork to one another as the series progresses.

‘Beyond Real’ psychedelic and ambitious series launching October 2023
July 24, 2023
Vault Comics announced today Zack Kaplan is bringing a new series to Vault Comics after the uber-successful Mindset and it’s called Beyond Real. Joining him is a team of artists that includes Fabiana Mascolo, Toni Fejzula, Vincenzo Riccardi, Dennis Menheere, Jorge Corona, and Liana Kangas, that vault called an “ambitious and psychedelic series.”

Spring 2023 Announcements: Young Adult Comics & Graphic Novels
Jan 13, 2023
Teen comics this season embrace and remix genre tropes in tales starring ghosts, demons, and one bloodthirsty mermaid alongside more serious-minded coming-of-age memoirs.

Scout Comics announced the August 2022 release of Forever Forward by Zack Kaplan and artist Arjuna Susini.
May 25, 2022
When brilliant young scientist Dr. Lewis Moody accidentally launches himself, his secret longtime crush and three best friends 33 years into the future with his unproven quantum time machine, they find a mysterious message from their future selves: THE ONLY WAY BACK IS FORWARD. Now, as they jump again and again through strange future times, will they one day find the technology to time-travel back, or are they doomed to hopelessly travel forward…forever?

Scout Comics First Look: Forever Forward #1
May 24, 2022
A new time travel sci-fi is coming this August exploring time travel through “the future” as an Odyssey-style mythic journey called Forever Forward. Launching into comic shops on August 24th via Scout Comics, the new series is by writer Zack Kaplan and artist Arjuna Susini with colors are by Brad Simpson and letters by Jim Campbell.

EXCLUSIVE Vault Preview: Mindset #1
May 2, 2022
Courtesy of Vault Comics, we have a first look at Zack Kaplan and JOhn J. Pearson’s Mindset. Set for release June 29th, check out our interview with Kaplan to get further details on the series. Mindset is a sci-fi series about mind-controlling tech and the dangers of technology.

EXCLUSIVE: Vault Comics’ Mindset Spins a Twisted Sci-Fi Mind Control Story
March 17, 2022
Mindset is a new sci-fi thriller series about mind control launching this June from Vault Comics, writer Zack Kaplan and artist John J. Pearson.
Vault Comics is gearing up to release Mindset, a new sci-fi thriller series about mind control from writer Zack Kaplan and artist John J. Pearson, in June.

Humans and robots rumble in ‘Metal Society’ trailer
March 2, 2022
Mindset is a new sci-fi thriller series about mind control launching this June from Vault Comics, writer Zack Kaplan and artist John J. Pearson.
Vault Comics is gearing up to release Mindset, a new sci-fi thriller series about mind control from writer Zack Kaplan and artist John J. Pearson, in June.

EXCLUSIVE: Top Cow’s Metal Society Pits Robots vs. Humans in Blade Runner-Meets-Rocky Action
February 15, 2022
Fan-favorite comic book creator Zack Kaplan is coming back to Image Comics and Top Cow Productions with the upcoming science fiction series Metal Society.

Dark Horse Comics Reveals First Look at New Series Break Out (Exclusive)
January 20, 2022
Dark Horse Comics is taking readers on a wild science fiction adventure in their new series Break Out, and we’ve got your first look at the new cosmic series! Break Out is written by Zack Kaplan (Port of Earth, Join The Future) and features artwork by Wilton Santos (Excalibur, Dawn of X), colors by Jason Wordie (God Country…

Zack Kaplan & John Pearson Have New Vault Comic For 2022
January 6, 2022
Vault Comics are teasing a bunch of comic book creators for 2022, their fifth anniversary, including a new series from Zack Kaplan and John Pearson. Zack Kaplan is best known for sci-fi comic books such as Eclipse, Port of Earth, Lost City Explorers and Join The Future, while John Pearson is best known for horror comics, Razorblades, Department Of Truth and Beast Wagon.

How ‘Join the Future’ Puts Sci-Fi Twist on Western Genre
December 12, 2019
In the future, everything will come together under the watchful eye of one of a small handful of mega-corporations that just wants the best for their customers. Well… almost everything. There’s one small town that’s not playing ball, it turns out, and the mayor’s daughter is causing a lot of problems all by herself. What she does forms the basis of AfterShock Comics’ upcoming series, Join the Future.