Platinum Studios has Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles shipping in August. There are only three titles this month, with one new series, and two ongoing.
Consumed #2 (of 4)
(W) Asa Shumskas-Tait
(A) Dennis Budd and Joe Caramanga
(C) Stu Chaifetz
(Cov) Joseph Michael Linsner
Oliver fights with the eternal question of when is the right time to introduce your demonically possessed girlfriend, Casey, to your interfering mother and brother (who happens to be a priest). Plus, Gavin, Casey’s ex-boyfriend has determined that this is the right time to bring forth Kavaleth, Lord of Kaos; and all of this before dessert is served.
WHO IS…ASA SHUMSKAS-TAIT? Asa Shumskas-Tait is a writer, director, illustrator, and generally nice guy. In 2004, he co-founded the Los Angeles-based media production company Psychic Bunny, where things are designed, produced, written, made interactive, and generally done right by.
Full Color 32 pages $2.99
The Weapon #3 (of 4)
(W) Fred Van Lente
(A) Scott Koblish
(C) Paul Mounts
In order for our hero, Tommy Zhou, to save his partner, Megan, he must first defeat the Forest Demons’ best fighter, Sequoia, and then pass through a maze of obstacles to get to the secret scroll of Bohidharma before the kidnappers do. Nobody ever said being a hero would be easy.
WHO IS…FRED VAN LENTE? Fred is the Xeric-winning, Ignatz-nominated writer of Action Philospohers! from Evil Twin Publishing, and Marvel Adeventures Spider-Man and Modok’s Eleven from Marvel.
Full Color 32 pages $2.99
GHOSTING #1 (of 5)
(W) Fred Van Lente
(A) Charles Carvalho
(C) Tom Smith
(Cov) Marc Wolfe
As hazing in no longer legal on college campuses, fraternities and sororities have had to find a new way to test the mettle of their pledges – Ghosting. Ghosting, is designed to scare pledges out of their wits with pranks designed to play on their greatest fears. However what happens if the ghosts are real?
WHO IS…CHARLES CARVALHO? Charles Carvalho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A few years later he started working on titles for both the American and Brazillian maket. A few of these titles include: Ghost Assassin (Darkslinger Comics) and Brian Yuzna’s Horrorama (Narwain).
Full Color 32 pages $2.99