The majority of American comic books published each month follow a fairly conventional approach to artwork — they follow the superhero traditions on display at every convention. Some comics do veer off into other directions, however, and the new AfterShock Comics series Trust Fall is in that maverick category. The…

Today, a special exclusive preview of Descendent, a previously unannounced title from AfterShock Comics and the creative team of Stephanie Phillips (Devil Within, Kicking Ice), artist Evgeniy Bornyakov, and colorist Lauren Affe. Asked to describe the plot, Phillips resorted to a bit of screen-franchise mathematics to…

EXCLUSIVE: Last year marked the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein but the bookshelf classic isn’t gathering any dust. CBS has just ordered a primetime pilot for Frankenstein from Elementary creator Rob Doherty that is set in present-day San Francisco and features a back-from-the-dead cop as the…

AfterShock Comics is teaming with Fox 21 TV Studios and producer Warren Littlefield (Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale) on an adaptation of Adam Glass’ (Supernatural, The Chi) sci-fi horror series The Normals for television. Created and written by Glass, The Normals is centered around one man who finds out his perfect life…

Zack Kaplan’s The Lost City Explorers is headed to the small screen. AfterShock Comics, in partnership with Kaplan, is teaming with Universal Television to develop a series adaptation of the sci-fi comic. Written by Kaplan, with art by Alvaro Sarraseca and colors from Dee Cunniffe, The Lost City Explorers is focused…

AfterShock Comics has announced its first wave of new comic book titles, as well as deals with several comics veterans with strong ties to television and film. Among the talent spearheading the new titles: legendary comics writer Garth Ennis, whose classic series Preacher is being turned into a series for AMC; Brian…

Days before its inaugural trip to Comic-Con, startup AfterShock Comics has unveiled its first group of writers. Garth Ennis, co-­creator and writer for the Vertigo series Preacher and a nine-­year veteran of Marvel's Punisher franchise, will be among those penning tales for the comic book company that launched in…

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood studios should be drooling as yet another comic book company is on the rise. Mike Marts has exited Marvel Comics as executive editor to join with industry veteran and former Marvel writer Joe Pruett to start AfterShock comics. Marts was at Marvel for about a year, where he had had been editing the…