Vault Comics Pubwatch: August 2022

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Summertime means convention circuit time. Now that in-person conventions are a thing again, Vault is making the rounds with appearances and exclusives popping up at San Diego Comic-Con for signings in the We Can Be Heroes booth. Catch them in booth #2309 at Emerald City Comic Con.

What’s New

Vault’s imprint for younger readers, Wonderbound, has earned itself some kudoes with The Unfinished Corner by Dani Colman and Rachel “Tuna” Petrovicz announced as winners of the Virginia Library Association’s 2021 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award.

Also from Wonderbound, Kenzie’s Kingdom is off on a blog tour. Catch it at Nerdophiles, Book Hounds, and more for a chance to win a copy of the new book (US readers only).

Awesome new Vault banner incoming!

Always a delightful read, check out Gatecrashers chats with Grink from the upcoming End After End.

Who doesn’t love a good top 10 list? Cultured Vultures features Vault comics in two recent ones with 10 Underrated Comics of July 2022 You Should Read and 10 New Comics Of August 2022 You Should Read.

Coming Soon

With autumn on the way, Vault kicks its annual Nightfall into gear with a 64-page double feature, offering up two separate ongoing horror stories from the creators of House of Slaughter, The Autumnal, The Plot, and Resonant.

Feature one is THE CEMETERIANS, written by New York Times Best-Selling author Daniel Kraus (The Autumnal, The Shape of Water), drawn by Ringo Award nominee Maan House, colored by Kurt Michael Russell (The Plot, The Blue Flame), and lettered by Andworld Design. After human bones begin growing inside inanimate objects all across the globe, a renegade scientist and brilliant theologian delve into the cemeteries where the bones originated, discovering an otherworldly force tired of being buried in darkness.

Feature two is DENIZEN, written by Tim Daniel (The Plot, End After End) and David Andry (Resonant, End After End), drawn by Chris Shehan (House of Slaughter, The Autumnal), colored by Jason Wordie, and lettered by Jim Campbell. A family’s cross country road trip goes off the map and into the unforgiving wilds of Joshua Tree National Park, when mom and wife-to-be Helene succumbs to a malevolent force tucked inside an abandoned camping trailer.

Firsts and Faves

A woman holds her arms crossed with a pair of scythes in them. She looks determined or angryFor the younger and younger at heart audience, Kenzie’s Kingdom is a bright and colorful fun story about friendship and finding one’s self. Kenzie’s parents have moved their family into a medieval-themed resort, but Kenzie doesn’t quite fit in. Neither does the young squire who magically shows up from the past. Kenzie must help him find what he needs to get him back to his time, and of course, she finds what she needs in the process.

In Quests Aside #3, Barrow is still working on his kingly problems while the voice in his head keeps telling him to pack up and return to his old adventuring life. But with every snippet we see of the staff and their relationships, it becomes clearer and clearer that Barrow would never abandon his family. And now he’s busy training a new adventurer. Cue training montage!

The moral of the story in Barbarian: Harvest Blades is simple: don’t trust dark mages. Also, listen to Axe. And don’t trust sexy thieves with fancy twin blades hiding their identity. Also, giant bats.

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Wendy Browne

Wendy Browne

Publisher, mother, geek, executive assistant sith, gamer, writer, lazy succubus, blogger, bibliophile. Not necessarily in that order.

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