ABLAZE looks ahead to the end of the year as it highlights several notable new releases set for December and also previews some select titles for Q1 release.
Containing everything from epic fights to the most heartbreaking drama, The Breaker: New Waves launches in February 2025 and continues the captivating story of Si-woon Lee and the martial arts underworld. The much-anticipated sequel to the best-selling manhwa webtoon action series is not to be missed!
Also opening for early solicitation ahead of its March release is FAULT LINES, an intriguing new graphic novel that presents three stories set in the three cities with their catalysts spanning three decades, all penned by Emmy-nominated animation veteran Robert Cullen (Danger Mouse, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends).
New for December – ABLAZE shines a spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works with the ABLAZE SPOTLIGHT ON FABLES, which includes four acclaimed graphic novel titles – Wild Thing, Animal Castle Vol. 1, and A MAN’S SKIN – bundled together with a specially discounted price.
The publisher also gives manga fans a great way to discover the ABLAZE Manga catalog with a SPOTLIGHT ON MANGA release that includes three first-volume manga titles – CAGASTER Vol. 1, CENTAURS Vol. 1, and GANNIBAL Vol. 1 – bundled together under a specially discounted price.
ABLAZE also goes back to press for reprints of the horror manga, CRUELER THAN DEAD Vol. 1 and the coming-of-age chess drama, BLITZ! Vol. 1. Both are set for December print release.
ABLAZE also preps Issue 3 of the Eisner Award nominated series, PARLIAMENT OF ROOKS, for print release in March 2025.
THE BREAKER: NEW WAVES OMNIBUS, Vol. 1, story by Jeon Geuk-Jin; art by Park Jin-Hwan · SRP: $19.99 · 400 Pages · For Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781684973934 · Available February 26th
Time has passed since the great confrontation at the Core Business tower. After Chun-woo Han destroyed Si-woon’s ki-center, depriving him of his ability to practice martial arts, Si-woon thinks his time with the Murim is done. But his status as the sole disciple of the Nine-Doors Dragon makes him a target for many clans eager for revenge!
How will he cope now that he’s deprived of his ki?
Meanwhile, graffiti in praise of the Nine-Doors Dragon begins appearing all around the world for all to see, and the Murim Alliance must react quickly. The Soldiers Under Command are on the move; will it be possible to stop them before the destruction of the world as we know it?
Fault lines, story and art by Robert Cullen · SRP: $19.99 · 144 Pages · For Readers 13+ · ISBN: 9781684973941 · Available March 12th
A struggling singer-songwriter in Blackpool becomes the Lovely Assistant in an ominous magical act. A mother in Vancouver recounts her life and death. A widow in Edinburgh is summoned to confront the guilt that’s haunted him since childhood. Fault Lines presents three stories set in the three cities with their catalysts spanning three decades, all brought to you by Emmy-nominated animation veteran Robert Cullen (Danger Mouse, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.
ablaze spotlight on fables collected set, stories by Clayton Junior (WILD THING), Xavier Dorison (ANIMAL CASTLE), Hubert (A MAN’S SKIN) · SRP: $55.00 · 160 Pages (WILD THING, A MAN’S SKIN); 152 Pages (ANIMAL CASTLE) · For Readers 13+ (WILD THING), Readers 16+ (A MAN’S SKIN, ANIMAL CASTLE) · ISBN: 9781684973934 · Available December 11th
ABLAZE shines a spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within our catalogue! Our Spotlight on Fables includes four comic titles – Wild Thing, Animal Castle Vol. 1, A Man’s Skin – bundled together under a specially discounted price.
In WILD THING: One night, Silver meets a trio of hungry wolves. Attracted by their unhindered life-as enticing as it is dangerous-he decides to follow them, and learns to live the wild life with the pack, which is rough and exhilarating at the same time. Along the way he discovers love, and the ravages of human civilization that are reducing the living space of animals, threatening their very existence.
In ANIMAL CASTLE: Nestled in the heart of a farm forgotten by men, the Animal Castle is ruled with an iron hoof by President Silvio. The bull and its dog militia savor their power, while the other animals are exhausted by work, until the arrival of the mysterious Azelar, a traveling rat who will teach them the secrets of civil disobedience.
In A MAN’S SKIN: Bianca, a young woman in Renaissance Italy, is engaged via her parents’ wishes to Giovanni, a young man from a prosperous merchant family. While he is young and seems pleasant, Bianca can’t hide her disappointment in having to marry a man she knows nothing about. However, before the wedding she is bequeathed a family heirloom: A Man’s Skin. Donning the skin, Bianca becomes “Lorenzo,” afforded all the benefits of being a young man in the world, including the opportunity to get to know Giovanni.
ablaze spotlight on manga collected set, stories by Kashou Hashimoto (CAGASTER), Ryo Sumiyoshi (CENTAURS), Masaaki Ninomiya (GANNIBAL) · SRP: $31.00 · 224 Pages (CAGASTER), 180 Pages (CENTAURS, GANNIBAL) · For Teen Readers 13+ · ISBN: 9781684973965 · Available December 11th .
In CAGASTER Vol. 1 – In the year 2125, and a strange plague called “Cagaster” appears. Humans affected by the disease transform into monstrous, cannibalistic insects, and two-thirds of humanity is decimated. Thirty years later, a young exterminator and mercenary named Kidou, alongside his new friend Ilie, struggles to survive in this brutal new world while delving into the mysteries of the plague and its causes.
In CENTAURS Vol. 1 – In a fantastic version of medieval Japan, humans and centaurs coexist. Once able to live in harmony, humans now subjugate centaurs, using them as tools and as weapons of war through cruel means. Matsukaze, a free centaur from the mountains, finds himself captured by humans while trying to save his young son. There, he meets Kohibari, a forced amputee who’s been captive since childhood. Together, they plot their escape…
In GANNIBAL Vol. 1 – Daigo Agawa is the new resident police office in the tiny village of Kuge. He finds the remote village quaint, and he looks forward to an easygoing post among the warm and welcoming citizenry. But something dark is lurking under the idyllic facade of the charming mountain village, and rumors begin to swirl about the villagers’ unusual eating habits. Do the citizens of Kuge Village really eat people?
crueler than dead, VOL. 1, Reprint, story and art by Kozo Takahashi · SRP: $12.99 · 208 Pages · For Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781950912414 · Available December 18th
No one knows where it started…but when the world finally realized what was going on, it was already too late. When Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab full of corpses, she learns from a dying soldier that she is the result of a last-ditch experiment to cure humans of a virus turning them into zombies. Accompanied by a young boy who also miraculously escaped, she will have to try to get to the very center of a devastated Tokyo filled with bloodthirsty monsters. The dome located there contains the last survivors of mankind. And humanity’s very survival depends solely on a few drops of this miraculous vaccine… Inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), The Walking Dead, Romero classics, and new zombie films like 28 Days Later, Crueler Than Dead delights in the meticulous gory details of decomposed flesh, with a wicked and hungry eye…evoking a modern vision of a zombie world that is terrifying, tension filled and unsettling!
BLITZ, VOL. 1 Reprint, story by Cédric Biscay, Harumo Sanazaki and art by Daitaro Nishihara · SRP: $12.99 · 224 Pages · For Readers 12+ · ISBN: 9781684970766 · Available December 18th
ABLAZE is going BACK TO PRESS on BLITZ Vol. 1! As seen in the pages of Shonen Jump, BLITZ is a new shonen manga exploring the elite world of chess!
Tom, a young high school student, has a crush on his classmate Harmony. When he learns about her passion for chess, Tom quickly decides to sign up for the school’s chess club. But he doesn’t even know the rules! To impress Harmony, he is left with no choice: he must learn quickly and train seriously.
Soon Tom discovers the existence of Garry Kasparov, the greatest player in the history of chess. He stumbles upon a virtual reality machine that promises to help him analyze the most legendary matches of the master!
In an unexpected twist of event, Tom soon is granted access to the highest echelons of the chess…
Latest Issues of Continuing ABLAZE Series:
Parliament of rooks, issue 3, story by Abigail Jill Harding, Richard Stark; art by Abigail Jill Harding · SRP: $4.99 · 40 Pages · For Readers 16+ · Available March 12th
Seeking answers of her own, Seraphina arrives at the Ravenscar residence. Reminiscing on the past and the tormenting words of a demon, Darius loses sight of himself, threatening all those closest to him.
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