Here are previews of this weeks comics from Action Lab – including new series Cold Blood Samurai #1, a collection of Shinobi: Ninja Princess and Sweetie #2
COLD BLOOD SAMURAI #1
Writer(s): Massimo Rosi
Artist Name(s): Ludovica Ceregatti (Pencils), Renato Stevanato (Colors)
Cover Artist(s): Ludovica Ceregatti
Lettering: Mattia Gentili
Editing: Andrea Lorenzo Molinari
“We are the last warriors, the last pacifists of that school, and I leave her inheritance in your hands … you are a Gaijin.” A feudal Japan with anthropomorphic and samurai animals inspired by Homer’s poem on “War of Mice and Frogs”, Batrachomyomachia. As in the classic poem, one tells of the futility of war and the desire for peace by GAIJIN, a foreign salamander in a Japan of frogs invaded by lizards.
32 pgs./ T / FC$3.99
SHINOBI: NINJA PRINCESS HARDCOVER COLLECTION
Writer(s): Martheus Wade
Artist Name(s): Martheus Wade (Pencils), Gene Fayne (Colors)
Cover Artist(s): Janet Wade
Fourteen year old Shianndrea is dealing with the hardships of any normal teenage girl. She’s in love with a boy who is way out of her league and dating someone else. She hates the way she looks. Her teachers are overbearing. And her rival just so happens to be a star pupil who’s always willing to make her look bad. But Shianndrea is not like any normal girl. She is a ninja princess, born into a world of martial arts training and death-defying ninja action, all in order to safeguard Japan from its evil Emperor.
This 326 page hardcover collects volumes 1 and 2 of Shinobi: Ninja Princess and includes production artwork and character bios!
326 pgs./ E / FC$19.99
SWEETIE #2
Writer(s): Sean Dillon, Steven Petrivelli (co-writer)
Artist Name(s): Sean Dillon
Cover Artist(s): Sean Dillon
Maggie can leap across tall buildings, take on a small army single-handed, and even dodge bullets. But talking to new peoples or making new friends? No way! None of Maggie’s training will prepare her for her greatest adversary yet: freshman year of high school! To make matters worse, there’s a boy at school who knows about her secret hero work. Is he an ally? Or will he spill Maggie’s secret and sabotage the next four years of high school? While Maggie is distracted by school, what will her recently defeated nemesis be plotting from prison?
32 pgs./ E / FC$3.99
