Dynamite today revealed new title and talent info on upcoming releases.
Massively popular mobile game Fruit Ninja, with more than one billion downloads worldwide, is coming to comics on September 6 courtesy of writer Nate Cosby (Cow Boy, Buddy Cops) and artists Scott Brown (Nightfall) and Ruairi Coleman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures). The comic finds the fruit ninjas mastering the art of juice jitsu to fight off time-travelling supervillains. Ian Edgington (2000AD, Batman) and artist Cam Adams (Fallout World) will bring the popular Double Helix Studios fighting game franchise Killer Instinct to comics. Yildiray Cinar (Teen Titans), Jonathan Lau (Red Sonja), Adams, and Udon (Streetfighter) provide covers for the first issue, which will be in stores September 13. Dynamite finally revealed the artist for the upcoming three-issue Grumpy Cat / Garfield crossover with BOOM! Studios: Steve Uy (see “Garfield and Grumpy Cat, Together at Last”). The miniseries is written by Mark Evanier. In addition to Uy, Andy Hirsch (Garfield, Adventure Time, Regular Show), Fernando Ruiz (Animal Jam), Tony Fleecs (Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened), and Phil Murphy (Regular Show) provide covers for the first issue, which will be in stores August 2. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, returns to comics on August 2 with the release of #0 from writers Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman, Animosity) and Christina Trujilo and artist Moritat (see “'Moneypenny,' 'Sheena,' and 'Turok' Bring the Heat in August”), and Dynamite today revealed the covers for #1: J. Scott Campbell, Ryan Sook, Moritat, and Carli Ihde. Dynamite also released a pair of interior images from #0. Sheena #1 is due in stores September 6.Click the Gallery below for the covers and the Sheena pages!