WRITTEN BY: Neal Bailey, Crystal Frasier, Robert Mackenzie, Dave Walker

COVER ART: Michael Lark

INTERIOR ART: Michael Lark, Owen Freeman, Eric Trautmann

CARTOGRAPHY: Eric Trautmann

The World of Lazarus is the first campaign setting for Green Ronin’s new Modern AGE RPG. Based on the critically acclaimed Lazarus series by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark and presented by Image Comics, the book brings this noir dystopia to tabletop roleplaying games.

In the near future, time has rendered death obsolete, and life infinitely cheap. In the wake of governments’ failure and global upheaval, the Families stepped in and divvied up the world. Now peace and order reign in a world of technological marvels and neo-feudalism. The Families quietly war with one another, wagering the lives of loyal Serfs while they relax in lives of indulgence, all while the Waste—those left behind by this new order—struggle daily for base survival.

Play members of a Family in the highest of high-stakes game, Serfs fighting for their Family’s interests to maintain order and safety, or disaffected Waste fighting for a better life in the burned ruins of the old world. The World of Lazarus requires the Modern AGE Basic Rulebook for use.

Order from Green Ronin.

Green Ronin Games  |  Hardcover  |  Color  | 144 pgs  | $34.95US

SKU: GRR6302

ISBN: 978-1-934547-92-2

WRITTEN BY: Brian Clevinger

ART BY: Meredith McClaren

COLORS: J.N. Wiedle, Shan Murphy

LETTERS: Tess Stone

PUBLICATION DESIGN: Eric Trautmann

The deepest dive yet into Atomic Robo's history is here!

Constantinople is the setting for the crime of the century. The 11th Century, that is!

On the eve of the First Crusade, the fate of the world rests in the hands of a disgraced soldier, an assassin, an orphan, a scribe, and a thief who have no idea they're pawns in a clash of civilizations. Heretical texts, ancient star maps, sacred geometries, and one impossible heist.

Collects all five issues of the Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job miniseries.

Tesladyne, LLC/IDW  |  Softcover  |  Color  |  136 pgs  |  $17.99US

AVAILABLE MARCH 2019

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WRITTEN BY: Greg Rucka

ART AND COVER BY: Michael Lark

INKS BY: Lark, with Tyler Boss

COLORS BY: Santi Arcas

LETTERS BY: Simon Bowland

SHORT STORY: Lilah Sturges

PUBLICATION DESIGN AND ADDITIONAL ART: Eric Trautmann (with Richard Howe)

“FRACTURE I,” Part One

Lazarus returns in an all-new prestige format! New series, new story arc, new size, and a new quarterly schedule!

Introducing a new ongoing Lazarus series—at 64 pages, perfect bound, Lazarus: Risen continues the story of Forever and the Carlyle Family… featuring an oversized, 44-page story by Eisner winners GREG RUCKA and MICHAEL LARK, an all-new short story exploring the larger world of LAZARUS by Eisner-nominated writer LILAH STURGES, an all-new supplement to the Modern Age: World of Lazarus Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin, original design artifacts and art supplements, and more!

Two years have passed since the Carlyle Family was betrayed in battle, and the Conclave War encroaches on every side. As a new era dawns, Johanna Carlyle goes on the attack to ensure the survival of her Family, relying on the loyalty and support of the Carlyle Lazarus—her sister, Forever—remaining at her side. And while their united front may be enough to turn the tide, the cracks are beginning to show…

IMAGE COMICS  |  Softcover  |  64 Pages  |  $7.99US

AVAILABLE MARCH 2019

WRITTEN BY: Greg Rucka

ART BY: Nicola Scott

COLORS BY: Chiara Arena

LETTERS BY: Jodi Wynne

COVER AND PUBLICATION DESIGN, DIGITAL "ARTIFACTS": Eric Trautmann

The complete first chapter of the critically acclaimed series from New York Times bestselling creators GREG RUCKA and NICOLA SCOTT, assembled together for the first time!

Rowan Black is awakening to the almost unimaginable power that is her inheritance—a power she neither wants nor is able to refuse. But all power comes at a price, and those who seek to destroy her may not be as dangerous as those who wish to control her.

Yet when one’s will can alter reality, the ultimate enemy may be the human heart. Collects BLACK MAGICK #1-11, plus additional content, artifacts, and backmatter designed by ERIC TRAUTMANN.

Image Comics  |  Hardcover  |  328 pgs  |  B&W and Color  |  $34.99US

AVAILABLE MAY 2019

I almost forgot to mention: my old run with my friend Greg Rucka on the DC spy series Checkmate have been reissued in a new collection, Checkmate by Greg Rucka, Book 2. And, finally, the last arc we did, "Castling"—which was previously only available in a frankly pretty obscure collection of old Kobra stories—is at last collected under the Checkmate banner! 

(The collection also includes Nunzio DeFilippis' and Christina Weir's Checkmate issues featuring the Suicide Squad, and the Checkmate/Outsiders crossover by Judd Winnick and Matthew Clark. It's a hefty 300+ pages, too. Lot of superhero spy bang for the buck.

I've been blathering on for a while about the pulp RPG supplements I've been working on for Adamant Entertainment. 

Typically, these are PDF only—we publish through DriveThruRPG/RPGNow—and the system available to us does allow for print-on-demand. 

That said, the individual supplements are designed to be low-cost for the consumer, so they don't run more than 35-40 pages. Meaty pages, but still, not giant mega-sourcebooks. 

This means that the print-on-demand option is not particularly cost effective for the consumer. 

Recently, though, we took a page from the comics biz: we've amassed enough of these supplements to combine into a "trade paperback" of sorts—edited and updated, with some new material into the bargain, and can charge a not-extravagant price for it as a print-on-demand book. (Plus you get the PDF, too.) 

So, I give you, for Thrilling Tales, Second Edition: "Axis of Evil, Volume One," an omnibus of pulp villainy. 

This book contains a heavily updated version of Pulp Villains: Violet, plus:

Pulp Villains: Count Shadau

Pulp Villains: The Yellow King

Pulp Villains: Von Keiner

Pulp Villains: The Subterranean Monarch

Pulp Villains: Baron Korga

Be bad for the holidays, and order a copy from DriveThruRPG or RPGNow! Six villains, twenty bucks. 

Also out, just in time to celebrate the holidays with tales of a soul-crushing dystopian oligarchy: LAZARUS X +66 #5! This issue, we're joined by the incredible Bilquis Evely (Wonder Woman).

LAZARUS X +66 #5

WRITTEN BY: Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann

ART BY: Bilquis Evely

COLORS BY: Santiago Arcas

LETTERED BY: Jodi Wynne

Sére Cooper has spent years not only surviving but thriving as she delivers the Family approved news via CEEtv. Now, she’s told one truth too many and finds herself sidelined. When a puff-piece story leads to an explosive revelation, she must decide what matters more: the truth or her life.

Image Comics |  Color  |  40pg  |  Mature Readers  | $3.99

Also available now:

BLACK MAGICK #9

WRITTEN BY: Greg Rucka

ART BY: Nicola Scott w/Chiarra Arena

LETTERS BY: Jodi Wynne 

BOOK DESIGN BY: Eric Trautmann

"Awakenings II," Part Three. The Hammer is in Portsmouth. Alex learns the name of one enemy and the face of another. And Rowan's troubles only grow as both Samhain and the baby come due. 

Image Comics | Color & B/W  | 40 pg.  |  Mature Readers  |  $3.99

Joseph Hedges ran a successful Kickstarter for this project—collecting a ridiculous amount of interview material and charting the history of Wildstorm Studios; for non-comics folk, this was part of the upstart Image Comics "movement" years ago, and later was purchased by DC Comics. Wildstorm produced some amazing and innovative comics material from some of the biggest names in comics. To be frank, a lot of them became the biggest names in comics because of their Wildstorm work. 

Joseph hired me to tackle the book's interior layout chores, and I'm pretty pleased with the result. (The cover is by the excellent George Sellas.)

To purchase the print or digital editions, visit the book's official store. 

There's also some cool related material on the book's Tumblr.