KIDS & MONSTERS (2024)

The stylized artist behind Godzilla: War for Humanity (IDW), Jake Smith is a perfect fit for the unique world of Kids & Monsters! STRANGER THINGS meets POKÉMON in Adam Lawson's KIDS & MONSTERS. The co-writer of Massive's hit series Wesley Snipes' The Exiled, and the director of Wil Wheaton's TableTop, Spellslingers, Sagas of Sundry and Escape the Night, delivers something for younger readers in this all-new teen horror-adventure. Three troubled teenagers from the crumbling town of Lovelock get sucked into an ancient war after finding monsters in their backpacks. With cracks forming around their town seeming to mirror their parents' looming divorce, a path has opened to the realm of Beasts and Monsters. The trio tries to navigate the war at home while they fight to survive the one raging between the World Within and the World We Know. With the help of the Monsters in their backpacks, will they be able to stop the Red Beasts and save their family?

Series artist Maxi Dall'o delivers the main cover for his newest collaboration with Adam Lawson, co-writer of The Exiled. STRANGER THINGS meets POKÉMON in Adam Lawson's KIDS & MONSTERS. The co-writer of Massive's hit series The Exiled, and the director of Wil Wheaton's TableTop, Spellslingers, Sagas of Sundry and Escape the Night, delivers something for younger readers in this all-new teen horror-adventure. The Kids are chased to a tear in the earth, leading to the World Within. There, Mali and Jin-soo's eyesight changes, and their relationship begins to fall apart. The Kids discover an ancient secret and begin their treacherous quest to find the next Ring before the Red Beasts destroy it.

Cover by Kit Wallis, the artist behind such series as 2024's "High on Life" (The comic adaptation of the hit video game), Mr. Eastah, Hellicious, and Massive Publishing's ongoing series Quested. STRANGER THINGS meets POKÉMON in Adam Lawson's KIDS & MONSTERS. The co-writer of Wesley Snipes' The Exiled (Massive's 2023 hit-series), and the director of Wil Wheaton's TableTop, Spellslingers, Sagas of Sundry and Escape the Night, delivers something for younger readers in this all-new teen horror-adventure. In this debut issue, The Kids follow Torhild's secret map through the frightening dangers of the World Within, hoping to claim the next Ring before the Red Beasts destroy it. There are only three left, and once they're gone, the two worlds will be broken. In the World Above, the Math Teacher betrays Gatsby's Mother and summons the most frightening beast of all to stop the Kids.