DRAWING BLOOD #1 (OF 12)
WRITER: Kevin Eastman, David Avallone
ARTIST: Kevin Eastman, Troy Little, Ben Bishop
COVER A: Kevin Eastman
COVER B: Ben Bishop
COVER C: Robert Rodriguez, Ben BishopAPRIL 24 / 32 pages / FC/ – / $3.99
SERIES PREMIERE
The legendary KEVIN EASTMAN, co-creator of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and former publisher of the popular Heavy Metal magazine, returns to comic with a look into the roller coaster life of a successful comics creator.
When you create a global franchise before you turn twenty…what happens next?
Readers will follow the jaw-dropping journey of Shane Bookman—a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd and action-packed than any comic book story he could dream up!
DRAWING BLOOD #1 (OF 12)
Arriving: April 24, 2024
Lunar Code: 0224IM203BUY
Cover price: $3.99
SERIES PREMIERE
The legendary KEVIN EASTMAN, co-creator of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and former publisher of the popular Heavy Metal magazine, returns to comic with a look into the roller coaster life of a successful comics creator.
When you create a global franchise before you turn twenty…what happens next?
Readers will follow the jaw-dropping journey of Shane Bookman—a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd and action-packed than any comic book story he could dream up!
DRAWING BLOOD #2 (OF 12)
Arriving: May 29, 2024
Lunar Code: 0324IM225BUY
Cover price: $3.99
The saga of Shane « Books » Bookman continues: the one-time mega-successful comic book creator fallen on hard times finds those times getting even harder. With his back to the wall, Books fends off mobsters, stars in a documentary, falls in love, and sells his soul…and it’s only the second issue!
DRAWING BLOOD #3 (OF 12)
Series: Drawing Blood
Arriving: June 26, 2024
Lunar Code: 0424IM266BUY
Cover price: $3.99
A funeral, an angry widow, a talking statue, a crazed mob, a silent-movie nightmare, and a face-off with murderous Lithuanian gangsters. It’s another tricky day for Shane « Books » Bookman, a comic book creator who rode the roller coaster of fame and fortune and ended up…in a whole lotta trouble!
DRAWING BLOOD #4 (OF 12)
Series: Drawing Blood
Arriving: July 31, 2024
Lunar Code: 0524IM289BUY
Cover price: $3.99
The Hollywood mogul making the « gritty » Ragdolls movie gives a disastrous interview on the first day of New York Comic Convention…and a legion of loyal fans are after Books’ head! Can he make things right, or will he face…The Wrath of Con?
DRAWING BLOOD #5 (OF 12)
Series: Drawing Blood
Arriving: August 28, 2024
Lunar Code: 0624IM289BUY
Cover price: $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
Books and Beastly in Hollywood! Our beleaguered cartoonist hero goes to Los Angeles to visit the set of the “gritty” adaptation of his most famous creation, and chaos ensues. The second arc kicks off with a magical mystery tour through show business and Books’ own heartbreaking past.
Drawing Blood #6 (of 12)
Series: Drawing Blood
Arriving: September 25, 2024
Lunar Code: 0724IM341Buy
Cover price: $3.99
Shane Bookman’s Hollywood adventure continues! Books visits the film set of Morgan Harbor’s « gritty reboot » of his Ronin Ragdolls comic book characters…and once again, past collides with present, and reality crashes into fantasy. Books’ messy life just keeps getting messier. But that’ll happen in LA, won’t it?
Drawing Blood #7 (of 12)
Series: Drawing Blood
Arriving: October 30, 2024
Lunar Code: 0824IM369Buy
Cover price: $3.99
Fleeing the insanity of Hollywood, Shane Bookman returns to his hometown in Maine, providing a stark reminder of what he left behind, what he was running from, and what he lost. Where does he belong now? Home is where the heartache is.
Drawing Blood #8 (of 12)
Series: Drawing Blood
Arriving: February 19, 2025
Lunar Code: 0924IM339Buy
Cover price: $3.99
Heartbroken by Hollywood, rejected by his own family, Shane Bookman locks himself in his office, away from a hostile world…but can’t escape a lifetime of disappointments, and the ghosts of his past, driving him to the edge of self-destruction.