IDW Publishing & Black Crown January 2018 Solicitations Spoilers: More Kid Lobotomy! Plus November & December 2017!

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I didn’t expect to enjoy the debut issue of Kid Lobotomy, but I did.

So, I will cover the November 2017 solicitation for Kid Lobotomy #2 and December 2017 solicitation for Kid Lobotomy #3 as well as Kid Lobotomy #4 for January 2018.

IDW Publishing and Black Crown January 2018 Solicitations Spoilers follow.

Kid Lobotomy #4 from IDW’s Black Crown imprint lands in January 2018. Solicitation and covers follow.

      Kid Lobotomy #4 — Cover A: Tess Fowler
      Peter Milligan (w) • Tess Fowler (a & c) • Lee Loughridge (colorist)

      As loyal and surprisingly complex chambermaid Ottla searches for Kid—who’s been dragged away by Big Daddy—she’s gripped by a tragic memory. What unspeakable things was she forced to do to fulfill Big Daddy’s King Lear fantasies? Is the Suites playing its weird tricks? Will Kid have a drill shoved into his head? Why is Cordelia getting fat? Find out this and more in the cracked looking glass Shakespearean tragedy that is“A Lad Insane, Part Four: The Chambermaid’s Tale.”

      FC • 32 pages • $3.99

      Kid Lobotomy #4 — Cover B: Rory Phillips
      Peter Milligan (w) • Tess Fowler (a) • Lee Loughridge (colorist) • Rory Phillips (c)

      FC • 32 pages • $3.99

      Bullet points:
      · BLACK CROWN’s inaugural hit series about a dysfunctional family of hoteliers continues!
      · Letter columns, interviews, behind-the-panel process pages & more!
      · Variant cover by Rory Phillips!

IDW Publishing and Black Crown December 2017 Solicitations Spoilers follow.

Kid Lobotomy #3 from IDW’s Black Crown imprint lands in December 2017. Solicitation and covers follow.

Kid Lobotomy #3 — Cover A: Tess Fowler
Peter Milligan (w) • Tess Fowler (a & c) • Lee Loughridge (colorist)

“Lost in Franz” Part 3 of A Lad Insane. Bury the past and it turns into monsters. Or in Kid Lobotomy’s case, a disgusting cockroach man. As our troubled Kid flees deeper into the lower depths to escape his sister’s arrival, he encounters more mystery and confusion. Bug-on-bug sex, spontaneous combustion and Franz Kafka are among the many dubious delights at “The Suites,” America’s Strangest Hotel.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Kid Lobotomy #3 — Cover B: J.H. Williams III
Peter Milligan (w) • Tess Fowler (a) • Lee Loughridge (colorist) • J.H. Williams III (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
· BLACK CROWN’s inaugural hit series about a dysfunctional family of hoteliers continues!
· Letter column, interviews, behind-the-panel process pages & more!
· Variant cover by J.H. Williams III!

IDW Publishing and Black Crown November 2017 Solicitations Spoilers follow.

Kid Lobotomy #2 from IDW’s Black Crown imprint lands in November 2017. Solicitation and covers follow.

Kid Lobotomy #2 — Cover A: Tess Fowler—CERTIFIED COOL
Peter Milligan (w) • Tess Fowler (a & c)

“A Lad Insane, Part Two: Vile Bodies,” Failed rock star and medical guinea pig Kid Lobotomy apparently lies dying in America’s weirdest hotel: The Suites, where delusion is always your dirty one-night stand. Take a tour of the Lower Depths where dark creatures, warped memories, and the pretty, new artist-in-residence await.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99


Kid Lobotomy #2 — Cover B: Julian Dassai—CERTIFIED COOL

Peter Milligan (w) • Tess Fowler (a) • Julian Dassai (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
· Grab your cockroach! Black Crown’s debut series continues!
· Includes a preview of Assassinistas, the new Tini Howard & Gilbert Hernandez miniseries!
· Letter columns, creator interviews, process pages & more!
· Variant cover by Eric Canete!

John is a long-time pop culture fan, comics historian, and blogger. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Comics Nexus. Prior to being EIC he has produced several column series including DEMYTHIFY, NEAR MINT MEMORIES and the ONE FAN'S TRIALS at the Nexus plus a stint at Bleeding Cool producing the COMICS REALISM column. As BabosScribe, John is active on his twitter account, his facebook page, his instagram feed and welcomes any and all feedback. Bring it on!