Eisner Award winning writer Skottie Young and Eisner Award nominated artist Jorge Corona—the team behind Eisner Award nominated Middlewest and Bram Stoker Award nominated The Me You Love In The Dark—have done it again with their white-hot new series launch Ain’t No Grave. The buzzy debut issue of the series instantly sold out at the distributor level and is being rushed back to print this week in order to keep up with customer demand.
“Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who picked up the issue,” said Corona. “We’ve seen some of the positive comments and reactions to the release of the series and it really means the world to us. This is why we do these books and I’m so happy you all are enjoying this with us!”
Ain’t No Grave is best described as a genre-bending, original macabre Western/Fantasy tale for mature readers—an Unforgiven-style journey through a Guillermo Del Toro-esque lens.
Ryder put her violent past behind her when she fell in love and became a mother. But that was before she learned it was all going to be taken away. Now she’ll have to pick up her guns once again and ride to kill the one behind the threat. Who just happens to be Death.
In issue #2, Ryder seeks out Death in the city of Cypress, but quickly realizes that Death is on the hunt for her as well. She’s a wanted woman and every bullet in this dark place is looking to put her in a grave.
Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, June 12:
- Ain’t No Grave #1, second printing – Lunar Code 0424IM839
- Ain’t No Grave #2 Cover A by Corona – Lunar Code 0424IM253
- Ain’t No Grave #2 Cover B (1:25 copy incentive) by Young – Lunar Code 0424IM838
Ain’t No Grave will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Select praise for Ain’t No Grave:
“A truly promising and potent slice of highly emotional, semi-magical western storytelling.” —AIPT
“The masterful storytelling combined with stellar artwork creates a synergy that elevates this comic above others.” —Capes & Tights
“I love the comic panel coloring, each panel is detailed to each character.” —Nerd Initiative
ABOUT SKOTTIE YOUNG
Skottie Young got his start at Marvel on titles like Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider Clan, Human Torch, and Venom. He soon began adapting the L. Frank Baum Land of Oz novels at Marvel with Eric Shanower. He is best known for writing and drawing the hit series Rocket Raccoon, illustrating the children’s book Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman, and the Young Marvel variant covers. He’s also the cartoonist of I Hate Fairyland and writer/co-creator of Middlewest and The Me You Love in the Dark with artist/co-creator Jorge Corona, and artist/co-creator of Twig with writer Kyle Strahm.
ABOUT JORGE CORONA
Jorge Corona is a Venezuelan sequential artist and the winner of the 2015 Russ Manning Award. A writer and illustrator, his works include We are… Robin, Nightwing, and The Flash for DC Comics; Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack, Adventure Time comics, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Dragons, and others for BOOM! Studios. Corona is also the co-creator of Goners and No. 1 With A Bullet (Nominated for the 2018 Eisner Awards for Best Cover Artist) alongside Jacob Semahn for Image Comics, and creator of Feathers, his all-ages dark fantasy, for Archaia Entertainment.
Corona is the illustrator and co-creator of Image Comic’s Middlewest and The Me You Love in the Dark with writer Skottie Young. Jorge lives in Denver, CO with his wife and fellow artist, Morgan Beem