Happy Pride, Happy Summer, Happy NCBD!

This is a long one. But it's worth it.

Hola Cebollitas,

I hope you had a lovely summer solstice. Did you get a chance to see that GIANT strawberry moon? I got to watch it come up over the forests of Lancaster, PA surrounded by a truly unruly swarm of lightning bugs. It was so picturesque I half hoped to spot the Jersey Devil, but alas. He missed our meet cute.

This is a big update. We have six books out and available at your Local Comic Shop today. This weekend James will be at ALA in San Diego. Next month the Tiny Onion team will be at SDCC. Beyond this intro you’ll find a short horror film, an Erica Slaughter mini print, some exciting updates from our collaborators, and enough comics to fill another short box. Walk with me…

Room Service | A Horror Short Film

Now Playing…
New York Times Best Seller James Tynion IV teamed up with PK Colinet and Elsa Charretier to produce their first-ever horror short film, ROOM SERVICE. A passion project that took over two years, and 1005 backers to bring to life, now available to watch from the comfort of your own home! Watch here.

Happy Pride!

This month, we’re donating 20% of our webstore sales to The Trevor Project! Plus, if you order a physical item between June 24th-29th, we’ll add a FREE Tiny Onion Pride Patch & Pin set to your package.

Off Panel #454: Merrily We Roll Along with James Tynion IV

James joined David Harper on the OFF PANEL podcast last week to talk about The Department of Truth and The Nice House by the Sea returning to the shelves. Listen here, or whereever you listen to your podcasts.

Elsa Charretier & PK Colinet’s Mini Print Club

Are you signed up for Elsa Charretier & PK Colinet’s Mini Print club? This month SIKTC fans have an opportunity to get this amazing Erica Slaughter print! If you’re an art connoisseur you can sign up for the ✦MINI-PRINT CLUB PLUS✦ and get this additional Poison Ivy & Harley print! Sign up by June 30th!

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #23

THE EISNER-NOMINATED SERIES RETURNS!

We’re BACK, Baby!
To celebrate the return of The Department of Truth, we have a new Tiny Onion Exclusive Cover by Curt Merlo. We gave members of The Onion Club first dibs, but you can get your copy today while supplies last.

Which brings us to…

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #23
NEW STORY ARC– THE EISNER-NOMINATED SERIES RETURNS!

Confronted with an enemy intent on exposing their secrets to the world, the Department of Truth makes a shocking choice—go public first. But to understand Lee Harvey Oswald’s risky gambit, we have to return to where it all started: Dallas, 1963, as President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade passed the grassy knoll…

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: James Tynion IV

• Artist + Colorist: Martin Simmonds

• Letterer: Aditya Bidikar

• Editor: Steve Foxe

• Publisher: Image Comics

• Cover A: Martin Simmonds

SPECTREGRAPH #2

Trapped in the Malibu mausoleum of late billionaire Ambrose Everett Hall, real estate agent Janie Chase must find a way out to get back to her infant son. Meanwhile, Vesper Quinn, the attaché for the sinister Thanatos Group, searches the mansion for the source of the occult power radiating through its walls... and coming to life before her very eyes.

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: James Tynion IV

• Artist + Colorist: Christian Ward

• Letterer: Aditya Bidikar 

• Editor: Eric Harburn

• Publisher: DSTLRY

• Cover A: Christian Ward

w0rldtr33 #11

END OF STORY ARC

Agent Silk’s determination brought her face-to-face with PH34R in a confrontation that may cost Silk her sanity—if not her life. But PH34R isn’t acting alone. As the second arc of the smash-hit sci-fi/horror series reaches its harrowing climax, the architect behind the Undernet’s return steps out of the shadows.

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: James Tynion IV

• Artist: Fernando Blanco

• Colorist: Jordie Bellaire

• Letterer: Aditya Bidikar

• Editor: Steve Foxe

• Publisher: Image Comics

• Cover A: Fernando Blanco

BLUE BOOK: 1947 #5

The wave of “UFO hysteria” in 1947 was strong enough to spur the official Federal investigations of unidentified flying objects and launch Project Blue Book by the U.S. Air Force in 1952. In the final chapter of the Blue Book: 1947 series by James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming, we see the causes of this national fervor and the beginnings of the grip on pop culture that have lasted for almost a century.

Also including a True Weird backup story by Josh Trujillo, Jack T. Cole, and Aditya Bidikar!

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: James Tynion IV

• Artist + Colorist: Michael Avon Oeming

• Letterer: Tom Napolitano

• Editor: Greg Lockard

• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #38

During the third vicious escapade into Erica's secret past, she finds herself squaring off with a monster worse than nightmares...

However, as she struggles to live another day after yet another battle, it becomes clear that an even more deadly monster lies at the heart of it all, and it will take all the new skills she's acquired to track it down...

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: James Tynion IV

• Artist: Werther Dell'Edera

• Colorist: Miquel Muerto

• Letterer: AndWorld Design

• Editors: Eric Harburn, Ramiro Portnoy

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios

• Cover A: Werther Dell'Edera

THE ODDLY PEDESTRIAN LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER CHAOS VOL. 1

Meet teenage mad scientist Christopher Chaos. For all his life he knew he was different. His brilliant mind works in ways that defy logic and enable him to do things that push him beyond his peers. Unfortunately, these abilities have also caused great pain in his personal life—leading others to fear him and leaving Christopher with profound loneliness and guilt.

Then one day something cracked. When the cute boy at high school turns out to be a deadly creature, Christopher finds himself in a world of monsters, heroes, and a cult of hunters out to kill them all.

Collects the Dark Horse Comics series The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #1-#6, featuring bonus process material and a ten-page prologue story never before seen in print.

CREATIVE TEAM

• Based on an idea by: James Tynion IV

• Writer: Tate Brombal

• Artist: Isaac Goodhart

• Colorist: Miquel Muerto

• Letterer: Aditya Bidikar

• Editor: Greg Lockard

• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

• Cover Artist: Nick Robles

THE NICE HOUSE BY THE SEA #1

• FOC: July 1, 2024

• In Shops: July 24, 2024

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #24

• Lunar Code: 0524IM278

• FOC: July 1, 2024

• In Shops: July 31, 2024

HELLO DARKNESS #1
Writers: Garth Ennis, James Tynion IV, Brian Azzarello, Various
Artists: Becky Cloonan, Werther Dell'Edera, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Various
Cover A: Paolo Rivera

• Diamond Code: MAY240015

• FOC: July 1, 2024

• In Shops: July 24, 2024

• Our good friend and Spectregraph artist- Christian Ward -is teaming up with Zoop to launch a campaign for his next art book, Many Worlds - The Art of Christian Ward - Volume One! Sign up to be notified of launch here. 

• Rejoice! You can preorder THE SICKNESS Vol. 1 with your LCS today!

  • A teenager in 1945 is suffocated by post- WWII nationalism. A tireless doctor in 1955 desperately tries to find the origin of a new illness. Though these two people are living seemingly disparate lives, decades apart, they will come to understand that their fates are irrevocably intertwined by a rare, horrifying sickness and an enigmatic figure who follows wherever they go. He is known only as The Man. A collection of The Sickness issues 1-5 presented in an oversized format to truly showcase Jenna Cha's intricate tonal artwork. 2-Colors. Fluorescent Cover. 160 pages. 

• Comixology and Kindle Merging (Delayed Digital Comics)

  • We’ve been notified that as Comixology and Kindle continue to merge, there have been hiccups, causing delays in releases that are outside of publishers’ and creators’ hands. This is frustrating for all of us, and we appreciate the patience of our digital readers. If you don’t want to wait, you can get our books on other digital platforms such as Omnibus, Google Play, or Apple Books.

• Our Onion Merch has been restocked! Get yours here.

• Curt Merlo just launched a Kickstarter for GUNK After Dark: Volume 3, a collection of hand-painted pulpy vintage horror comic art.

• Librarians! James will be at ALA this weekend. Be sure to stop by the BOOM! Studios booth to say hello.

• After re-reading it for an umpteenth time, I feel compelled to remind you that The Nice House By The Sea FOCs on Monday, July 1st. Trust when I say you’ll want to add this to your pull.

This is all very exciting stuff, so maybe it’s for the best I wasn’t taken by the beast of New Jersey. Who can say?

Happy summer. Happy Pride. Happy NCBD!
Jazzlyn Stone | Seattle