Eclectic and Highly Curated Publisher Inks Distribution Deal Through Prana Publishers for Triumphant Return to the Direct Sales Market
LOS ANGELES, CA–Cosmic Lion Productions’ highly curated collections from both emerging talent as well as indie comics luminaries have been building buzz on the convention floor and in comic shops over the past couple of years. Now, after an absence from shelves following the dissolution of their previous distributor, this exciting indie publisher will return to direct sales market accounts through Prana Publishers, making their books available through three major distributors.
“We are such huge fans of what Cosmic Lion and Eli have built professionally and personally,” says Prana Founder Atom Freeman. “The fact that we get to be part of their return to comics shops is a dream!”
“I’m so excited to get Cosmic Lion back in the comic shops!” says Publisher Eli Schwab. “It’s where we started and it’s where the magic of this whole thing happens. That moment when one of our comics cracks a reader’s reality, we live for it and we can’t wait for it to happen again!”
Cosmic Lion’s initial frontlist offerings include Bob FIngerman’s 2006 classic Recess Pieces, released in an all-new remastered and expanded edition as Recess Pieces Reanimated!
The kids of Ben Turpin K-8 have a problem: they’re locked in a building where everyone from puberty on up has transformed into flesh-eating ghouls! Can they escape before they become today’s lunch special?
Recess Pieces originally was released in 2006. Recess Pieces Reanimated, while built on that foundation, has been so heavily reworked it’s practically a new book. The script: reworked. The ending: completely different. Bob has a habit of revising his older works when a new edition is published, but this isn’t merely a retouching; it is a gut renovation. In Bob’s patented OCD style, he has reworked, revised, rewritten, redrawn and “reanimated” this graphic novel. 26 all-new pages, a new finale, and about 40 pages reworked extensively!
Released just in time for the 20th anniversary of the original Dark Horse Comics edition, this is an essential piece of Bob’s career available on July 1, 2026!
Following that, on July 22, will be the first release in Cosmic Lion’s newly minted line of manga: Side Quests to World Domination!
Written and illustrated by Squire MacGuire, Side Quests to World Domination follows the story of Lady Fravelon, a former tyrant who once ruled the Kingdom of Tyjus.Following their defeat at the hands of legendary heroes, she is banished and her dragon companion, Azalyr are banished to the modern world. Discovering that this new world is far less attuned to magic, Fravelon sees a chance to reclaim her former glory. Azalyr, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to spend his remaining days in peaceful retirement. Can the two of them ever learn to coexist?
Published in a traditional manga style of black and white newsprint, Side Quests to World Domination is the debut title in the soon-to-expanded lineup of Cosmic Lion Manga!
Both titles are available to preorder as of today, so readers put in your order with your favorite shop, and retailers, consult the Prana Publishers section of Lunar Distribution, Universal, and Diamond UK!
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