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This Thursday Update includes more comics.  An update to AIR will be following tomorrow.  More exiting news as we add our second Independent publisher to the store with Celtic Bard.  Check below for comic goodness.

Celtic Bard

The Ghost of The Murderer’s Hut

A Stockman drives his horse too hard causing the animal to go lame in the foot and winds up stranded in a dark and spooky forest.  He’s forced to camp in a clearing near an old bark hut, which also happens to be the scene of a recent murder! A storm forces the young stockman inside. Faced with the gruesome scene and the sounds of the violent storm his imagination gets the better him. It’s then “The Ghost” appears at the window.

BOOM! Studios

Dead Run #1 - #2 Avg Rating on iFanboy: 3.95

“All Speed. No Limits.” The end isn’t near… it’s here. America has become a wasteland, leaving the few cities that remain transformed into impenetrable fortresses. Beyond these walls lies The Zone, a brutal, plague-ravaged landscape stretching from one city to the next, populated by mutants, monsters, and warring factions of survivors driven insane by disease and starvation — only the very brave or the very foolish voluntarily step foot outside the protective confines of the mega-cities.  

For more info on Dead Run check out this episode of Waid TV from CBR with the creators.

Unthinkable #1 - #4 Avg Rating on iFanboy: 3.4

They’ve been hired to think the UNTHINKABLE. But what happens when the unthinkable actually happens? After 9-11, best-selling author Alan Ripley joins a government think tank consisting of the most imaginative minds in diverse fields. Their job? Think of nightmare scenarios and crippling terrorist attacks so the government can safeguard against them. But when members of the think tank start to disappear one by one, can Alan stop the UNTHINKABLE from coming to pass? Find out in this new mini-series from hot writer Mark (TWO-FACE YEAR ONE, CYBORG) Sable and rising talent Julian Totino Tedesco.

From edward’s review of the first issue: “Unthinkable is a story about all the little things that go wrong in life.”

 Cold Space #1 Avg Rating on iFanboy: 3.8

From legendary actor Samuel L. Jackson and Emmy nominated writer/producer Eric Calderon, the team that brought you the Emmy-award-winning, best-selling AFRO SAMURAI comes their next original series - COLD SPACE. When an on-the-run outlaw crash-lands on a hostile planet on the brink of civil war, he finds himself in the crossfire between two warring factions. But in chaos lies opportunity - because where there’s war, there’s money to be made. A hard-boiled sci-fi action-adventure with covers by Eisner Award-winning artist Dave Johnson and IRREDEEMABLE cover artist Jeffrey Spokes!

From akamuu’s review of the first issue: “Floating somewhere between Serenity and Fear Agent, Jackson and Calderon have got a balls-out fun space opera going on.”

Of the new books in the store this week, Celtic Bard’s Ghost of the Murderer’s Hut was one that really caught my eye., It’s based off of a poem of the same name by poet Andrew Barton Paterson.  I’m a big fan of older  Ghost/Horror stories, so The Ghost of the Murderer’s Hut sounds like something right up my alley.  What do you think?  Are you excited for old school ghost stories?

But the book I’m most excited for is Dead Run.  The creators mention in the Waid TV interview that they were looking at John Carpenter films, Judge Dredd, Mad Max, etc. for inspiration, so you know its gonna be good.  And the art by Francesco Biagini looks great.  Take a look below as Nick Masters drives through the wastes fighting Mutants:

Sweet Car, right?  It almost makes me want to do an A-Team Montage of my VW Jetta to make it as cool as Nick Masters’s car.  What do you think community, should I break out the welder?  Anyone want to help?

Before we start mounting a weapons onto my car, check out this week’s comics and let us know what you think by either dropping me an email jons [at] graphicly.com or through our community forum.