Let’s take a quick look to see what’s arrived at the Geek Compound.
Jake the Dreaming Special Preview
Written by Adam Freeman & Marc Bernardin
Art by Andrew Jones
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Welcome to Slumberton, population 5,000 and boring – but not to 12-year-old Jake. Every day during his mundane tasks of school, homework and chores, Jake falls into daydreams powered by his imagination of untold adventure where he battles fantastic creatures in an epic dreamscape. Life is normal for imaginative Jake until Slumberton’s children start falling into permanent sleep. As Jake expands his imagination and discovers his hidden ability to travel through the dreams of others, it becomes clear that something is keeping the Slumberton children asleep. Whatever it is, Jake must master his newfound ability and harness his imagination to stop it before the whole of Slumberton is trapped in a perpetual nightmare.
An advance copy of the Free Comic Book Day edition is not a comic book story but actually a preview of the forthcoming illustrated young adult prose novel Jake the Dreaming. Not familiar with the artist or writers, but the images are gorgeous.
Abattoir Issue #4
Created by: Darren Lynn Bousman
Concept by: Michael Peterson
Written by: Rob Levin & Troy Peteri
Illustrated by: Bing Cansino and Rodell Noora
Cover Art by: Kyushik Shin
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After refusing to sell a house with a violent history to an eerie old man, Richard Ashwalt’s life is coming apart at the seams under mysterious circumstances. Now separated from his family and falsely accused of murder, Richard is at his wits’ end. Trying to make sense of what’s happening around him, Richard seeks Jebediah Crone, the man who began the course of events that have left Richard’s life in shambles and driven him to the brink of insanity. As Richard investigates Crone and the mysteries that surround him, the pieces of a horrifying puzzle begin to fall into place— but does he truly want to solve it?
Ryder on the Storm Issue 3
Written by: David Hine
Illustrated by: Wayne Nichols
Cover Art by: Francesco
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Ryder, Katrina and Monk are only a few steps away from eliminating the Daemon threat and the only thing that stands between Ryder and the Drone Queen is his mother, the Daemon Rebecca Danton. Can Ryder choose between his family and the human race before the Drone Queen unleashes her curse upon the entire world? The stunning conclusion to David Hine’s newest horror mystery ends here!
Comics received 4/21/11 Radical edition was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon