October 2016 PREVIEWS Pre-Order Picks: IDW, ACTION LAB

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EDITOR’S NOTE:  We hope you’ve had some time to look over the recent Previews catalog in print or online, and made a list in order to let your local comic shop know what books you want to purchase in two months.  If you’re sitting on the fence about whether to order any new titles, give some consideration to these items we’ve highlighted for you . . . . . . .

Special thanks to PREVIEWS and DIAMOND COMICS DISTRIBUTORS for images and book summaries

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LOCKE & KEY SMALL WORLD one-shot  (IDW Publishing) Writer: Joe Hill Artists: Gabriel Rodriguez and Jay Fotos 

Three years after wrapping up their award-winning, best-selling Locke & Key saga, the team that built Keyhouse returns to Lovecraft, Massachusetts with a new tale of terror and suspense! An impossible birthday gift for two little girls unexpectedly throws open a door to a monster on eight legs!
•   You never thought it'd happen but... the Eisner-winning series returns to unlock a special tale from Keyhouse's sordid past!
•   All-new 24-page story by series creators Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Jay Fotos!
•   Variant cover by "Behind You" creator Brian Coldrick, Mouse Guard's David Petersen, Wraith's Charles Paul Wilson III, and an incentive Small World Key photo cover from Skelton Crew Studios, too.!


 

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MICRONAUTS Volume 1 Trade Paperback  Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: David Baldeon, Max Dunbar  

THEY CAME FROM A DYING UNIVERSE! ACROYEAR, SPACE GLIDER, BIOTRON, and their allies are back, on the run from the evil BARON KARZA, and blasting through a universe where magic and science vie for control! With resources dwindling, the long-lost TIME TRAVELERS may hold the key to salvation... but will it mean Armageddon for our world? Collects issues #1-6.

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ARTFUL  (Action Lab Entertainment) Writer: Nicole D'Andria, Peter David  Artist: Laura Neubert 

Award winning author and comics legend, Peter David, brings the adaption of his novel, Artful, to Action Lab! Artful is the dark, funny, and action-packed story of one of the most facinating characters in literary history, the Artful Dodger from the classic Oliver Twist, this time with a twist: Vampires.

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