After impressing with psychological superhero compilation Forty-Five earlier this year, indie comics publisher Com.x is spinning off several of the characters from the original book into new series.
BlueSpear, by Forty-Five creator Andi Ewington, is first off the crowded conveyor belt. Co-written by Com.x publisher Eddie Deighton and previewed in the first half of our gallery above, BlueSpear arrives next spring. Its aquamarine swordplay will be followed by X and Skyline, two more series based on Forty-Five’s heroic creations.
Aside from the superhero spinoffs, Com.x will be tackling Jamaican horror and a morally torn Death who’s tragically trying to save souls instead of reap them in other new series. Ewington’s Post Mort’em is a fun twist on the Grim Reaper: The sneak peek above is a cute inversion of Peter Jackson’s underrated Death-centric goof The Frighteners.
Meanwhile, Bob Marley and The Wailers‘ avatars make an unannounced appearance in Jamaican crime-horror comic Duppy, written by Vertigo editor Casey Seijas and illustrated by Amancay Nicolás Nahuelpán Bustamante and Daniel Warner. Taking place in Kingston near the end of the ’70s, Duppy follows crime lords who are battling for control and taking on Rastafarian mystics summoning violent spirits.
Click through the gallery and let us know in the comments section below if you’re intrigued by Com.x’s independent spirit and artistry or if the publisher has a way to go before it can compete with the big comics guns.
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