New comic company AWA Studios is launching this March. their initial solicitations for March have already gone out. Here is their slate of books for April 2020:
Year Zero #1
Writer: Benjamin Percy
Artist: Ramon Rosanas
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Synopsis: Ben Percy (Wolverine) and Ramon Rosanas (Star Wars: Age of Resistance) team up to present an epic tale that offers a global look at the Zombie Apocalypse. A Japanese hitman, a Mexican street urchin, an Afghan military aide, a Polar research scientist, a midwestern American survivalist – five survivors of a horrific global epidemic who must draw upon their unique skills and deepest instincts to navigate a world of shambling dead. Year Zero wrestles with the weighty moral and theological questions posed by the pandemic and investigates its cause and possible cure.
The Resistance #2
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr.
Colorist: Frank Martin
Synopsis: J. Michael Straczynski – creator of Babylon5, co-creator of Sense8, and writer of beloved runs on The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, and Superman: Earth One – returns to comics, teaming with Mike Deodato Jr. – the blockbuster artist of The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Infinity Wars. Together they plant the flag for a new universe of heroes and villains for the 21st Century. As governments around the world put pressure on newly-superpowered individuals, a few of the so-called “reborns” band together to demonstrate they won’t take oppression lying down. Welcome to the Resistance. Hope you survive the experience.
Archangel 8 #2
Writer: Michael Moreci
Artist: C.P. Smith
Colorist: Snakebite Cortez
Synopsis:
In a world beyond the sight of mortals, Heaven and Hell wage war for the souls of mankind. Principal among God’s legion are seven archangels written about in religious texts for millennia. But there is an eighth archangel, known only from passing allusions in Apocrypha, who operates under a different code. Fighting without God’s sanction, he faces the enemy on his own terms, and shows just how bad good can be.
Red Border #2
Writer: Jason Starr
Artist: Will Conrad
Colorist: Ivan Nunes
Synopsis: When a young, middle-class Mexican couple targeted for death by the Juarez Cartel flee across the border into Texas, they wander into a house of horrors beyond their wildest imagination. Rescued by a mysterious local who takes them to the safety of his family’s ranch, the couple soon realize their hosts have more than just skeletons in their closet, and the army of assassins on their trail might be the least of their problems.
Hotell #2
Writer: John Lees
Artist: Dalibor Talajić
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Synopsis: You won’t find it on any map, but if you happen to be driving down Route 66 late at night and you’re truly desperate for shelter, sanctuary or secrecy, you might see a battered sign on the side of the road: The Pierrot Courts Hotel – where many check in but few check out.
Pretty sure I’ve already read and watched these. The Walking Dead, The Boys, Lucifer, House of 1000 Corpses, and the last one most likely a Hostel or Dusk til Dawn type book.
Cautiously optimistic that the books may be cool.