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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | DC’s Absolute Universe arrives

New comics and graphic novels arrive this week by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Mark Waid, Clayton Henry, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javier Fernandez, Matt Bors, Fred Harper, AJ Mendez, Aimee Garcia, Belén Culebras, Eric Drooker, Roman Dirge, Steve Orlando and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

This week DC goes “all in” not just with the launch of the Absolute Universe, but also with the release of several titles featuring new creative teams and stories. Returning to comics this week are Blade (fresh off his heel turn in Blood Hunt), the Toxic Avenger and the Terminator. Also, in case you forgot this was October, there’s plenty of new horror titles kicking off this week.

I’ve pulled out some of the other highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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Tim Bird incorporates his mother’s paintings into the stunning ‘Adrift on a Painted Sea’

Check out our exclusive preview of the new graphic novel, which Avery Hill is currently funding through Kickstarter.

Courtesy of Avery Hill Publishing, we’re happy to present a preview of Adrift on a Painted Sea, a new graphic novel by Tim Bird that also features the paintings of his mother Sue Bird. It’s currently up on Kickstarter, with a campaign that runs through June 21.

Bird is an award-winning illustrator and comic artist based in Winchester, England; his graphic novel From the City to the Sea a British Comic Award in 2015. He’s published a number of comics through Avery Hill, including The Great North Wood and Infrastructure, but this latest one may be his most personal work yet.

Adrift on a Painted Sea is about the life of Bird’s mother, who passed away during the height of COVID. She was an amateur painter who created countless works of art — botanical art, landscapes, still lifes and painting of the sea. She never sold her paintings, but would give them away to family and friends, and hang them in her own home. Bird has brilliantly combined his own comics work with her paintings to capture her life, and also showcase her incredible work.

You can find our preview below, along with more information on the graphic novel.

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