The Pull List: ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT Releases (Wednesday 9th March 2016)

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT Releases: Wednesday 9th March 2016

Each week, we take a look at the forthcoming ACTION LAB titles available in stores and in digital, giving you a comprehensive guide to your comics pull list.

Heading into the fantastical and the out-of-the-ordinary… It’s almost ACTION LAB’s stock and trade, isn’t it? The publisher very much goes off the reservation and into uncharted territory, however, with this weeks releases –  one of which is really scratching my old AD&D itch from my school days…

• BIGFOOT: SWORD OF THE EARTHMAN has Josh S. Henaman, Andy Taylor and Tamra Bonvillian stretching their legs as the hunt gets underway – our two main characters really breathe in this issue, as we develop some brilliant characterisation in what is a vividly rendered romp. It’s a book that doesn’t mess about and is full to the brim. The exposition is a little heavy-handed in places and you’re introduced to a whole raft of new elements throughout, but that’s what this issue does so you have to suck it up and roll with it. Sweet pay-off, mind.

• …and Gary Turner and Mel Bontrager don’t let up their own throttle, either, as they get into the second issue of I, MAGE, a book that I fell in love with, pretty much from the first pages of issue #1. It’s just so well done: Turner has created a cracking world here, not underserving any element, the dialogue is sumptuous and you really want to spend time with these adventurers, but Bontrager is the MVP of this title, believe me. It’s very cool imagery (no pun intended): think TRON meets DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. (Sold!)

Interested? get yourself down to your LCBS and check these books out, especially if you have a young ‘un in tow (BIGFOOT for the older, more patient offspring, I, MAGE for the entire brood.)

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MONTHLY TITLES

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BIGFOOT: SWORD OF THE EARTHMAN #4

Writer: Josh S. Henaman
Artist: Andy Taylor and Tamra Bonvillian

Cover Artist: Andy Taylor and Tamra Bonvillian

Variant Cover: Liam Francis Walsh (limited to 1,500 copies)

“Bigfoot and Bagworm find themselves lost in the Jungle of Death and in the crosshairs
of the galaxy’s deadliest poacher, Leonnes The Unrelenting. More importantly, Bagworm discovers WHY Bigfoot was brought to the alien planet and why he must be stopped at all costs!

Variant cover by Liam Francis Walsh, limited to 1,500 copies“

32 pages / Rated: T (readers 12 and up) / Full Colour

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BIGFOOT SWORD OF THE EARTHMAN #4 – variant cover art, Liam Francis Walsh

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I, MAGE #2

Writer: Gary Turner
Artist: Mel Bontrager
Colourist: Eddy-Swan

Cover Artist: Jomaro Kindred

Variant Cover: Dawid Strauss and Eddy-Swan (limited to 1,500 copies)

“Into a realm of magic and savagery comes a mysterious boy washed ashore. His is a lone survivor. Befriended by an apprentice magi, her quirky mentor, and a metal golem, together they are Kai’s only hope to stay alive long enough for rescue. Prepare yourself for a d20 RPG adventure with an all new twist.

Variant cover by Dawid Strauss and Eddy-Swan, limited to 1,500 copies“

32 pages / Rated: A (readers 9 and up) / Full Colour

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I, MAGE #2 – variant cover art by Dawid Strauss & Eddy-Swan