Bøker av Zac Thompson

"Originally published as Lonely receiver #1-5."--Indica.

YOU'RE ONLY ALIVE IF YOU'RE ONLINE . . . The twenty-first century sucks hard, but it's been made somewhat tolerable by the latest media innovation to finally unseat the iPhone. Enter the Dreamwave: the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep.  Now the obsession of millions around the globe, it's also the one point of solace for four friends whose lives have been marred by trauma and dysfunction. Together, this group of ultra-online "Cemetery Kids" spend their nights roaming the open world of the most immersive and brutal horror game ever created: "Nightmare Cemetery." Together they seek to dethrone an enigmatic humanoid monster known only as the "The King of Sleep." Which was fun—until one of them doesn't wake up . . . and finds their consciousness locked inside a horror game that is anything but imaginary. Now, the three remaining Cemetery Kids must navigate the game's forbidden landscape to rescue their friend . . . and pray that the secret lurking at its center doesn't follow them home.  Experience an exhilarating, terrifying adventure downloading from the cortexes of critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Hunt for the Skinwalker, The Dregs) and blockbuster artist Daniel Irizarri (XINO, Judge Dredd)!

Based on the unbelievable true story that led to the U.S. government's investigation into paranormal and confront the most infamous nexus for the unexplainable!

A group of treasure hunters stumble upon a massive Nazi complex that’s hiding a horrific secret… and a fortune in gold.Sam Safdie and his intrepid group of treasure hunters set out to uncover the secrets that lie within the massive Nazi complex built underneath the Owl Mountains... Project Riese. Though they're hoping to find a fortune in missing gold, but the truth of the complex is much more complex. At their backs is an awful German Archeologist known only as The Baron who will stop at nothing to steal the secrets of Project Riese for himself. But little do either of them know - the complex houses strange secrets that skirt the edges of known science. Secrets that are dying to escape the abandoned facility....

When eight former felons are left stranded on a deserted island with a murderous backpack strapped to them and nothing but a cartoon to help them through a deadly, constantly changing environment filled with danger around every corner, they have no choice but to result to violence in order to survive. Nature's Labyrinth is a battle royale filled with high octane action, off-kilter humor, cutthroat reality TV-style betrayals and ever-shifting alliances, and totally unpredictable twists and turns!In the middle of the ocean lies a remote island complex lined with traps and an ever-changing landscape. Created by a mysterious man known only as "Ahab", the island was designed to test the wills of the world’s most notorious criminals. In a battle royale style game, eight violent felons will fight for survival and to the death over the course of three days of relentless action. The winner receives a wealth or riches and complete anonymity, but at the cost of keeping their silence about the island’s existence. What Ahab doesn’t know is that someone is on to him. Someone has infiltrated his island with the intention of revealing the truth about this twisted game. Nature’s Labyrinth is an all-new six issue mini-series from writer Zac Thompson (Yondu, The Brother of All Men, Undone by Blood) and Bayleigh Underwood (It Took Luke, The Sixth Borough).

The Fantastic are no more. Long live…the Superior! Otto Octavius has acquired a taste for the infinite. Now, empowered by Wilson Fisk, Doctor Octopus finds himself faced with a tantalizing, unprecedented opportunity to scour the Multiverse, and amass an army of…himself! A hand-picked army of Doc Ock variants to march on our reality, proving Otto’s supremacy once and for all — and it all begins with his Superior Four!COLLECTING: Devil's Reign : Superior Four (2022) 1-3, TBD

Ka-Zar is back from the dead - with a whole new, terrifying set of powers! The alien Cotati murdered him. The Savage Land brought him back. Lord Plunder has returned - with a new and vastly different perspective! Now united with Shanna the She-Devil in a mystical merging of life energies, Ka-Zar has new abilities, new needs... and new enemies. An ancient evil has surfaced in the prehistoric refuge known as the Savage Land - one that is rapidly reshaping the forgotten world and its inhabitants. Now, Ka-Zar and Shanna must fight together to protect their home and family! But their son Matthew has plans of his own... Don''t miss this spectacular adventure through the lost lands by Zac Thompson and German Garc­a! Collecting: Ka-Zar Lord Of The Savage Land (2021) 1-5

From the critically acclaimed writers of THE DREGS and the artist of Image Comics'' SEX comes a new horror series about body image, social media, and memory. When an entrepreneur with a god complex creates a technology that allows two minds to share one body, he doesn''t anticipate the degenerative effects of long-term trials. Come Into Me is a contemporary comment on connected culture and our longing for approval in the digital age. This is a world where technology and flesh become indistinguishable. Prepare yourself for the insane lovechild of The Fly and Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. Collects issues 1-4. "Manages to be unsettling, disturbing and creepy yet utterly human and engaging." -Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer, Gideon Falls)

A perfect future of intergalactic travel and community. Every newly discovered planet is unified culturally through a monolithic structure known as the Galactic Relay. Although the towering monument is meant to inspire conformity of ideas, technology, and progress - many resent the foreign structure. Jad Carter, a Relay employee, must keep the peace and act as an emissary to new civilizations. But when he finds the Relay's mythological creator, Hank Donaldson, his idea of reality and the universe shatters. RELAY is an exploration of monoculture, identity and the deceptive nature of legend, set in a thriving future where humanity forcibly assimilates new worlds. Written by Zac Thompson (The Dregs) from a story by Zac Thompson and Donny Cates (BABYTEETH, God Country, Redneck) with art by Andy Clarke (REPLICA, Batman) and Ryan Bodenheim (The Dying and the Dead, Red Mass on Mars). Volume one contains the entire first arc -issues 1 - 5, plus the #0 origin issue from Free Comic Book Day 2018.

A tale of loss told in five parts.Any good mom would march through theinferno of HELL to get her family back. Unable to cope with the burden of grief,a middle-aged mother descends the nine circles of hell to retrieve her forsakenfamily. Guided by the ghosts of William Blake and Agatha Christie, thisno-nonsense matriarch journeys deep into a bizarre underworld filled withcelebrity sinners, surreal landscapes and absurdtasks.From Lonnie Nadler and ZacThompson, the writers of the break-out hit The Dregs and Cable,and Kyle Charles, the artist of Roche Limit, comes a journey through hellunlike anything you''ve experienced before.HER INFERNAL DESCENT vol 1 contains thecomplete first story arc, issues #1-5.

A gentrified city. Its homeless population restricted to six square blockscalled The Dregs. When people start disappearing, a drug-addled homeless manobsessed with detective fiction becomes addicted to solving the mystery. Equalparts Raymond Chandler and Don Quixote set in a thriving metropolis thatliterally cannibalizes the homeless, The Dregs is the first homeless meta noirever made. Collects issues 1-4.