Courtesy of Oni Press, AIPT can share the news that Toxic Summer #1 has sold out and is getting a second printing. That’s not all; we can share the second printing Photo Variant cover, returning the surf, sunburns, and screams to comic shops everywhere on June 19th!
Two weeks later, on July 3rd, Toxic Summer #2 drops into comic shops.
“A charming first issue that’s funny, the perfect summer read, and has all the makings of a great B-movie horror… Jam-packed with fun character moments, toxic reveals, and plenty of comedy… Toxic Summer captures the vibrancy of youth with plenty of sludgy horror dumped over it. The characters are electric and super fun while they battle to nab hunks, regardless of toxic monsters lurking in the shallows. Considering this issue is highly entertaining without monsters arriving just yet, and this is a bonafide must-read.”—AIPT
Check out the second printing cover below.
PORTLAND, OR (May XX, 2024)– Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, proudly announces the return of Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Derek Charm’s critically acclaimed and chemically altered summertime smash TOXIC SUMMER #1 – with an all-new Second Printing Photo Variant returning the surf, sunburns, and screams to comic shops everywhere on June 19th! Clocking it at 48 double-sized and dangerous pages, The Charm’s deep-water death sentences rages back to life with an eye-popping Second Printing Photo Variant that’s (almost) too hot to handle
Best friends Ben and Leo had the perfect summer planned after high school graduation. As lifeguards in the idyllic beach town of Port Dorian, they were planning for three months of hot guys, late-night bonfires, and no regrets . . . until a toxic spill of unknown properties on the beach transformed their dream summer into a waking nightmare. Now Port Dorian is flooded with panicked tourists, a local researcher is paralyzed while investigating the spill, and a horrifying pack of subhuman monstrosities is snatching beachgoers in the night.
Mix one part Riverdale with one part The Creature from the Black Lagoon and drink it down fast because this bi-monthly horror shocker comes packed with enough acidic sludge, perverted beach maniacs, and ill will to ruin anyone’s first summer away from home!
You’ll be (beach) bummed if you don’t get your hands on this comic– make sure you order before FOC on May 27th and get it when it dives into comic shops everywhere June 19th!
Then, just two weeks later: Your local comic shop will be a BEACH BLANKET BLOODBATH when the second fright-fueled, bi-monthly chapter comes calling in TOXIC SUMMER #2 (of 3) – featuring covers by Derek Charm (Jughead), Nick Cagnetti (Pink Lemonade), and Alexis Ziritt (Space Riders)!
“A charming first issue that’s funny, the perfect summer read, and has all the makings of a great B-movie horror… Jam-packed with fun character moments, toxic reveals, and plenty of comedy… Toxic Summer captures the vibrancy of youth with plenty of sludgy horror dumped over it. The characters are electric and super fun while they battle to nab hunks, regardless of toxic monsters lurking in the shallows. Considering this issue is highly entertaining without monsters arriving just yet, and this is a bonafide must-read.”—AIPT
Award-Winning Cartoonist Derek Charm’s Sold-Out Beach Horror Romp is Baring All
TOXIC SUMMER #1
Written by DEREK CHARM
Art by DEREK CHARM
Cover A by DEREK CHARM
Cover B by W. SCOTT FORBES
Cover C by SKYLAR PATRIDGE
Full Art Variant (1:10) by DEREK CHARM
VARIANT COVER (1:20) by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
B&W VARIANT (1:30) by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
“RADIOACTIVE WASTE FIFTH INK” SKETCH VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
5/27 FOC IN STORES June 19, 2024 | $6.99 | 48 pgs. | FC
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