Spotlight & Excerpt: Heart Eyes + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the HEART EYES (The Complete Series) by Dennis Hopeless & Víctor Ibáñez Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

Title: HEART EYES (The Complete Series)

Authors: Dennis Hopeless & Víctor Ibáñez (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: July 18, 2023

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 144

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/HEART-EYES-The-Complete-Series

 

A post-apocalyptic monster story teeming with horror, Lovecraftian inspired monstrosities, romance, and one devil-may-care teenager named Lupe who is much more than she seems. 

SMILES HIDE WHAT LURKS BENEATH.

Sanity-eating monsters ended humanity. The unlucky few who survived now hide in the cracks of a broken world. And yet somehow, beneath the graveyard that used to be San Antonio, Rico met Lupe, the girl of his dreams – and an enigma. How did she get here? And why is she smiling? No one survives out in the street. No one smiles where the monsters lurk. But Lupe does.

Join teenagers Rico and Lupe as they journey through a the desolate landscape of monstrous devastation – and their own obstacle-ridden relationship.

Heart Eyes explores themes of loneliness, mental illness, being your own worst enemy, and human connection reflecting the pandemic and post-pandemic world in which we live.

For fans of Lovecraftian monsters and horror, weird romance, post-apocalyptic fiction,Caitlin R. Kiernan (Houses Under the Sea ,The Tinfoil Dossier series, Vile Affections, Tales of Pain and Wonder, Daughter of Hounds, Alabaster, Comes a Pale Rider), the Ellen Datlow-edited Lovecraft’s Monsters, James Tynion IV’s Something is Killing the Children, Robert Kirkman’s Oblivion Song, Scott Snyder’s Undiscovered Country, Bad Girls, Rick Remender’s Low, Justin Jordan’s The Spread, and Human Remains.

Collects the complete five-issue series.


Sample Page:

heart eyes sample page


 

About Dennis Hopeles:

Dennis Hopeless is a Harvey Award-winning writer from Kansas City, MO best known for Marvel titles such as X-Men, Avengers, Spider-woman, and Captain America. Hopeless has also written for DC Comics, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, and is the writer and co-creator of HEART EYES for Vault Comics.  

Keep in touch here:

Twitter | Instagram

 

About Víctor Ibáñez:

Victor Ibanez is a critically-acclaimed illustrator based in Barcelona, Spain.

 

Keep in touch here:

Twitter | Instagram


Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive finished copies of HEART EYES (The Complete Series), US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ends August 5th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

7/1/2023

The Book View

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

7/2/2023

Tara’s Book Addiction

IG Post

7/3/2023

Writer of Wrongs

Excerpt

7/4/2023

Sadie’s Spotlight

Excerpt/IG Post

7/5/2023

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Review/IG Post

7/6/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt/IG Post

7/7/2023

Cara North

Excerpt/IG Post

7/8/2023

A Dream Within A Dream

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Three:

7/9/2023

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt/IG Post

7/10/2023

Brandi Danielle Davis

IG Review/TikTok Post

7/11/2023

Jaime_of_gryffindor

IG Review

7/12/2023

@bookish_aly_cat

IG Review

7/13/2023

@enthuse_reader

IG Review/TikTok Post

7/14/2023

Bookish In Bed

Review

7/15/2023

The Book Countess

Review/IG Post

Week Four:

7/16/2023

Books With a Chance

Review/IG Post

7/17/2023

Locks, Hooks and Books

Review

7/18/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

7/19/2023

Fieldstone_lfl

IG Review

7/20/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

7/21/2023

OneMoreExclamation

Review/IG Post

7/22/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

Week Five:

7/23/2023

Lifestyle of Me

Review

7/24/2023

celiamcmahonreads

IG Review

7/25/2023

Kim’s Book Reviews and Writing Aha’s

Review/IG Post

7/26/2023

FUONLYKNEW

Review

7/27/2023

@jlreadstoperpetuity

IG Review/TikTok Post

7/28/2023

Nerdophiles

Review

7/29/2023

Fire and Ice

Review/IG Post

Week Six:

7/30/2023

Books with Brandie Shanae

YouTube Review/IG Post

7/31/2023

two points of interest

Review

 

Spotlight & Excerpt: Giga + Giveaway

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the GIGA (The Complete Series) by Alex Paknadel & John Lê Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

Title: GIGA (The Complete Series)

Authors: Alex Paknadel & John Lê (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: June 27, 2023

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 144

Find it: Goodreads, books2read

 

Ever since their world-shattering war ended, the slumbering mecha called ‘Giga’ have been both gods and habitats for the surviving humans. Then disgraced engineer Evan Calhoun discovers a murdered Giga, and the very fabric of society starts unraveling around him.

A GIANT MECH MURDER MYSTERY.

Nobody knows why the skyscraper-sized mechs known as ‘Giga’ fought their bitter, centuries’ long war. All they know is that when the fighting finally stopped, the dormant Giga became humanity’s new habitat and new gods in one.

When disgraced engineer Evan Calhoun finds an apparently murdered Giga, his society and the fascistic tech-centered religious order that controls it are rapidly thrown into chaos..

From writer Alex Paknadel (Friendo, Turncoat, Incursion) and rising star John Le comes another Vault & White Noise partnership about what happens after the mechs stop fighting.

Collects the complete five-issue series.

For fans of Neon Genesis EvangelionUltra Mega, and the Department of Truth


Praise:

“A well-thought-out sci-fi series….” — AV Club

“A world where people take shelter in the rotting husks of giant mechs – smart, fun, beautiful stuff.” — Scott Snyder (Batman, American Vampire, Justice League, Wytches)

“I read GIGA the other day and fell desperately in love with the world they build, and was desperate to spend more time in it and explore. You do NOT want to miss it.” — James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, House of Slaughter, Department of Truth)


Sample Page:

Illustration 1


 

About Alex Paknadel:

Alex Paknadel is a writer and academic from London, England. His first comics work, the dark sci-fi thriller ARCADIA from Boom! Studios, met with critical acclaim and led to additional projects with a range of publishers including VAULT COMICS (GIGA), Marvel Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Lion Forge, and Titan Comics. He is also a founding member of White Noise Studio alongside fellow writers Dan Watters, Ram V, and Ryan O’Sullivan.

Keep in touch here:  Twitter | Instagram

 

About John Lê:

Artist, Illustrator, Storyteller 

Keep in touch here: Twitter 

 

 




Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive finished copies of GIGA (The Complete Series), US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ends July 18th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

6/19/2023

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt/IG Post

6/20/2023

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Review/IG Post

6/21/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt/IG Post

6/22/2023

A Dream Within A Dream

Excerpt

6/23/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

6/24/2023

Cara North

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

6/25/2023

Sadie’s Spotlight

Excerpt/IG Post

6/26/2023

Locks, Hooks and Books

Review

6/27/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

6/28/2023

@jlreadstoperpetuity

Review/IG Post

6/29/2023

Kim’s Book Reviews and Writing Aha’s

Review/IG Post

6/30/2023

Rajiv’s Reviews

Review/IG Post

7/1/2023

Nerdophiles

Review

Week Three:

7/2/2023

Fire and Ice

Review/IG Post

7/3/2023

Jaime_of_gryffindor

IG Review

7/4/2023

@allyluvsbooksalatte

IG Review/TikTok Post

7/5/2023

@pagesforpaige

IG Review

7/6/2023

Ariandher.books

IG Review

7/7/2023

@enjoyingbooksagain

Review/IG Post

7/8/2023

@froggyreadteach

IG Review

Week Four:

7/9/2023

@stargirls.magical.tale

IG Review

7/10/2023

The Momma Spot

Review

7/11/2023

Lifestyle of Me

Review

7/12/2023

OneMoreExclamation

Review/IG Post/LFL Drop Pic

7/13/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

7/14/2023

Two Points of Interest

Review

 

Spotlight & Excerpt: End After End + Giveaway

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the END AFTER END Vol. 1: At the Moment of Your Death by David “DB” Andry, Tim Daniel, Sunando C Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

Title: END AFTER END Vol. 1: At the Moment of Your Death

Authors: David “DB” Andry, Tim Daniel, Sunando C (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: May 30, 2023

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 136

Find it: Goodreads, books2read

 

WILLOW meets SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Weaving fantasy, horror, and action adventure, END AFTER END: At the Moment of Your Death tells the genre-blending, soul-bending story about how one man’s life – and death – impacts all of existence, time after time … without end.

IT NEVER ENDS
Life is nothing if not a series of endings. School. Jobs. Friendships. Love. Walter Willem’s death was fast and unexpected. His was an unremarkable life. So, how is it that his story continues as cannon fodder in an endless war waged against an insatiable darkness hellbent on consuming all of existence?

Walt Willem is dead. When he awakens in the End After End he must survive being dropped face-first into the midst of an endless war. Unsatisfied by the artistic pursuits of his former life, Walt believes he’s been summoned to the End After End to collect a set of ancient relics and reignite the power of a long dormant warrior who will vanquish the all-consuming Ulc.

At last Walt believes, he will finally be fulfilled. Walt is going to learn to redefine what it is to be a hero. Being a hero doesn’t mean saving the world all at once. A hero can be forged in small steps, taking the tiniest measures – the smallest acts resonate throughout the universe, changing the course of lives. Over, and over, and over again…

Volume 1 collects issues #1-5


Praise:

From acclaimed writers David DB Andry (Resonant) and Tim Daniel (The Plot, Fissure, Walking Dead: The Survivor’s Guide) and in-demand artist Sunando C comes the story of one seemingly unremarkable man – whose afterlife explodes with the impact it sets in motion.

For fans and readers of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Wayland Drew’s Willow: A Novel (and the movie of the same name), Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, Philip K. Dick’s Ubik, Richard Matheson’s What Dreams May Come, Dante’s The Inferno, Brandon Sanderson’ Dark One, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Han’s DIE, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora’s Once and Future, and fans of the films The Dark Crystal, Saving Private Ryan, 1917, and Edge of Tomorrow.

“…a really original, unique take on the afterlife.” – The Beat

“{End After End] serves delicious Labyrinth-for-adults vibes, w/ a touch of The Talisman to boot” – Sina Grace (writer and artist – Superman: The Harvests of Youth; writer – Batman: Detective Comics; Sensational Wonder Woman; Wonder Woman Black & Gold; Green Lantern 80th Anniversary (DC Comics); writer – Iceman (Marvel Comics))

“An unexpected adventure within the afterlife gives this story a fresh take on fantasy and action.” – Lotusland Comics

End After End … drops you right in the middle of the action so you can figure everything out as you go along. 10/10” – Graphic Policy

“Quickly paced with immersive world-building, ‘End After End’ is a delightful ride worth taking.” – Lotusland Comics

’End after End ‘ … is a barebones fantasy survival story that thrusts its protagonist into a terrifying situation with little pretense and even less preparation, and does a great job of making the reader feel just as confused and as stressed as its protagonist.” – Multiversity Comics


Sample Page

End after end sample page


Meet the creators

About David “DB” Andry:

David “DB” Andry is a physical therapist and comic book writer from Sacramento, CA. His works include RESONANT and END AFTER END from Vault Comics and the self published graphic novel, THE WILD UNCERTAIN.

Follow him on Twitter @dbandry for updates and excessive amount of chicken pictures.

 

Twitter | Instagram

 

 

About Tim Daniel:

Creator, writer, and designer, Tim Daniel got his start in comics writing The Walking DeadSurvivor’s Guide for Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment. (He later became a zombie himself in the show’s pilot episode). In 2012, Tim’s first original comic, Enormous, was published by Image Comics. Enormous later returned to print in 2014 as an ongoing series from 215Ink. Since then, Tim has written and co-created Burning Fields and Curse (both with BOOM!), as well as Skinned (Monkeybrain), The Plot (co-written with Michael Moreci for Vault Comics), Fissure (Vault Comics), End After End (Vault Comics), Denizen for Nightfall: Double Feature (with David Andry)  (Vault Comics), and is an acclaimed designer in publishing and pop culture.

Twitter | Instagram

About Sunando C:

SUNANDO C is a comic artist and illustrator based in Bangalore, India where he lives with his four cats and two dogs. His first professional comics work in the US was published in 2019, and he has since worked on short projects for Vault Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Comixology and Black Mask  Studios.He can be found on Twitter and Instagram @sunandoisms

 

Twitter | Instagram

 


Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive finished copies of END AFTER END Vol. 1: At the Moment of Your Death, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ends June 20th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

5/22/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt/IG Post

5/23/2023

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt/IG Post

5/24/2023

A Dream Within A Dream

Excerpt

5/25/2023

The Chirpy Bookaholic

Excerpt/IG Post

5/26/2023

Reads by Radus

Excerpt/IG Post

5/27/2023

Cara North

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

5/28/2023

The Momma Spot

Excerpt

5/29/2023

yabookscentral.com

Excerpt/IG Post

5/30/2023

Sadie’s Spotlight

Excerpt/IG Post

5/31/2023

Kim’s Book Reviews and Writing Aha’s

Review/IG Post

6/1/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

6/2/2023

Brandi Danielle Davis

Review/IG Post

Week Three:

6/5/2023

OneMoreExclamation

Review/IG Post

6/6/2023

Lifestyle of Me

Review

6/7/2023

Nerdophiles

Review

6/8/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

6/9/2023

nolareads504

IG Review

Week Four:

6/12/2023

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Review/IG Post

6/13/2023

Two Points of Interest

Review/IG Post

6/14/2023

Author Z. Knight’s Guild

Review/IG Post

6/15/2023

The Book Countess

Review/IG Post

6/16/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic

 

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