New Comics from the Spursphere...

Couple of Spurbits out this week (27th August in the US, 28th August in the UK).

NEWUNIVERSAL: CONQUEROR

COVER BY: BRANDON PETERSON

WRITER: SIMON SPURRIER

PENCILS: ERIC NGUYEN

INKS: ERIC NGUYEN

COLORED BY: JOHN RAUCH

LETTERED BY: VC - RUS WOOTON

Five thousand years ago, civilization was held in the mighty hand of the slayer called STARR, who defended his kingdom from all invaders. But what were these invaders? Simple monsters…or something more? In this, the second one-shot story exploring the history and mythos of the NEWUNIVERSAL world, writer SIMON SPURRIER—hand-picked by NEWUNIVERSAL's WARREN ELLIS—and visionary artist ERIC NGUYEN bring to life a history like you've never imagined!
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $3.99

GHOST RIDER ANNUAL # 2

Written by SIMON SPURRIER

Pencils by MARK ROBINSON

Cover by MARK TEXEIRA

Mercy, Idaho: A small town in the hills with more than its fair share of secrets. A winged-terror that haunts the woods; an irresistible pull on the desperate and the suicidal; and now a stranger on a low-slung chopper, with fire in his eyes. For Johnny Blaze - searching for a way to wage war against heaven itself - the frozen forests of Mercy might just provide a path through the Pearly Gates…

48 PGS./Parental AdvisorY

$3.99

Ballpit Alcoholism

Comicbook writers and techno-web-people, being Sensible and Sober.

Kieron Gillen (diving and breaching like a balding orca), Alasdair Watson (hiding in the corner and providing long range artillery support), Matt Jones (lurking behind the camera and laughing like a hyena on herbs), and me. Doing my Drunken Twat laugh (like an otter trying to eat a cobweb), and trying not to barf in the balls.

You may also catch a glimpse of Jamie McKelvie, watching through the window at the back. He was too beautiful to play.

Ghost Rider Annual: MERCY!

Forthcoming Ghost Rider loveliness. Drawn by Mark Robinson, written by moi.

Marvel News Announcement right HERE.

Full solicitation:

GHOST RIDER ANNUAL#2: A TOWN CALLED MERCY

COVER BY: MARK TEXEIRA

WRITER: SIMON SPURRIER

PENCILS: MARK ROBINSON

THE STORY: Mercy, Idaho: A small town in the hills with more than its fair share of secrets. A winged-terror that haunts the woods; an irresistible pull on the desperate and the suicidal; and now a stranger on a low-slung chopper, with fire in his eyes. For Johnny Blaze – searching for a way to wage war against heaven itself – the frozen forests of Mercy might just provide a path through the Pearly Gates… Parental Advisory…$3.99

AVAILABLE 28TH AUGUST (29TH in UK)

Note that the cover, as lovely as it is, bears no relationship whatsoever to the contents. Huzzah.