Z2 Comics, which impressively began publishing comics (as Zip Comics) with a Harvey Pekar graphic novel on his hometown of Cleveland (see "'The Apotheosis of the Mundane'"), is launching a creator-owned periodical comics line this fall.  The rollout will introduce three new titles in Q4, one new title each month beginning in October.  All three titles will be 32 pages, $3.99.

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Welcome to Showside is a kids title featuring a boy whose dad is secretly the Great Shadow King, who wants his son to take over the family business:  destroying the world.  It’s written and drawn by Ian McGinty, who’s been drawing Bravest Warriors for BOOM! Studios.  Welcome To Showside launches in October.

Carver: A Paris Story is the first chapter in a serialized homage to the Hugo Pratt classic Corto Maltese by Paul Pope protege Chris Hunt.  Set in 1923 Paris, It will bring "a modern edge and sensibility to classic, serialized adventure storytelling," Hunt said.  Carver: A Paris Story launches in November.

Allen: Son of Hellcock is co-written by Last Week with John Oliver writer Will Tracy and Gabe Koplowitz (a writer/director making promos at VH1), with art by Spanish cartoonist and illustrator Miguel Porto.  Sounds pretty wacky, with horse-donkeys, sensitive ogres, fashionable elves, and a cowardly character who’s the son of a mighty hero.  Allen: Son of Hellcock will launch in December.