The Gosh! Authority 06.12.23

Hello!

We've got a great double-signing this Saturday! First up, from 1-2pm, we'll have Giant Days mastermind John Allison here for a signing of his latest collaboration with Max Sarin, The Great British Bump-Off! Details here.

And then from 2-3pm we'll have the mighty CROM here to celebrate the release of the Birdking Vol 02! He's also done us an absolute stunner of a window painting for the book, so be sure to come down and check it out. Get the details here.

HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

• OUR BONES DUST #1 - Mignolaverse alumni Ben Stenbeck strikes out to write and draw this fabulous looking four issue mini set in a nightmarish post-apocalyptic landscape. A roaming alien AI investigating what they think is a dead planet meets a feral boy who has survived this world of warring cannibals. Stenbeck is doing some career-best work on this, so don't sleep on it!

• BATMAN / SANTA CLAUS SILENT KNIGHT #1 - Hearkening back to the Santa crossover of yore, Santa Claus is coming to town.....to solve a murder! With the help of his former student (!) Batman, old St Nick will get to the bottom of a gruesome series of killings and save Christmas for another year. Because that's just the kind of guy he is. Jeff Parker and Michele Bandini bring the Christmas cheer in this four-part mini.

• THUNDERBOLTS #1 - Bucky Barnes leads a new iteration of the Thunderbolts, as told by Jackson Lanzing,  Collin Kelly & Geraldo Borges. Not content with sitting back and letting the big bads get away with their crimes, Bucky gets the blessing of Contessa Valentina Allegra De Fontaine to form a black ops squad that's not afraid to get their hands dirty.

• HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL THE YULE CAT #1 - Hellboy heads to Iceland to presumably punch a giant mythological cat. Matt Smith once again writes and draws a Hellboy for Christmas with this lovely looking one-shot.

• BLOODRIK #1 - Andrew Krankhe gets barbaric in this new 3-issue series starring the titular sword-swinger. Bloodrik walks through a harsh winterland on the trail of food. Finding nothing, he goes further afield, only to discover he's not the only  dangerous creature in these woods. 

• TITANS BEAST WORLD WALLER RISING #1 - Batwing, Vixen, Val-Zod Superman, and Black Manta join forces to protect the Kingdom, a peaceful nexus of the various natural Parliaments. But they soon discover this is also tied to Amanda Waller's rise in power in this one-shot by Chuck Brown and Keron Grant.

• TITANS BEAST WORLD TOUR METROPOLIS #1 - Meanwhile in Metropolis, various animalistic threats menace the inhabitants of Metropolis courtesy of Dan Jurgens, Joshua Williamson, Nicole Maines, Zipporah Smith, Anthony Marques, Max Raynor & Edwin Galmon.

• SENTRY #1 - The powers and memories of the Sentry seem to be scattered amongst people from around the world in this series from Jason Loo and Luigi Zagaria. Misty Knight and Jessica Drew are on the case to discover the cause of this reappearance of the Sentry's powers, and uncover some Secret History stuff in the bargain.

And that's it for this week! See you next time, comic folk!

Andrew.