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Publisher: DSTLRY
Release Date: August 30, 2023
Cover Price: $9.99
Writer(s): Various
Artist(s): Various
Cover(s): Jock (Main), Francesco Francavilla (Variant), Becky Cloonan (1:10 Variant), Tula Lotay (1:25 Variant), Joëlle Jones (1:50 Variant), & Mirka Andolfo (1:75 Variant)
Format: 88 pgs., Full-Color
Rating: N/A

Publisher Description. The Devil's Cut is your introduction to DSTLRY, a new publisher redefining creator-owned comics. In the aging process, the whiskey that evaporates is called the Angel's Share. But the most potent spirits are captured in the wood-the Devil's Cut.

This is The Devil's Cut-unfiltered stories from the most fearless creators, offering a distinct taste of the quality to come. 88 oversized pages printed on premium paper, featuring a flight of high-proof work from our Founding Creators including Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Tula Lotay, Mirka Andolfo, Jock, Becky Cloonan, Brian Azzarello, Marc Bernardin, Elsa Charretier, Lee Garbett, Joelle Jones, Stephanie Phillips, Ram V, Jamie McKelvie, Junko Mizuno and friends including Francesco Francavilla, Ariela Kristantina, Eduardo Risso, Christian Ward, and more. Edited by the legendary Will Dennis.

Eleven stories combine to make The Devil's Cut including:

"Spectregraph" by James Tynion IV, Christian Ward, and Aditya Bidikar
"Shepherd" by Marc Bernardin, Ariela Kristantina, Lee Loughridge, and Bernardo Brice
"8 Rules to Make It Out in One Piece" by Elsa Charretier, PK Colinet, Nick Filardi, and Clayton Cowles
"What’s Mine is Hearse” by Stephanie Phillips, Joëlle Jones, and Lucas Gattoni
"A Blessed Day" by Mirka Andolfo, Fabio Amelia, Arancia Studio, and Steve Orlando
"The Stowaway" by Jock
"Deleted Scene, #2” by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, and Jared K. Fletcher
"White Boat" by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla, Andworld Design, and Tyler Jennes
"What Happens Next…" by Jamie McKelvie and Aditya Bidikar
"Waiting to Die" by Ram V, Lee Garbett, Lee Loughridge, and Aditya Bidikar
"What Blighted Flame Burns in Thee?" by Becky Cloonan, Tula Lotay, and Richard Starkings

The Devil's Cut features a main cover by Jock, an open-to-order variant cover by Francesco Francavilla, and incentive variant covers by Becky Cloonan (1:10), Tula Lotay (1:25), Joëlle Jones (1:50), and Mirka Andolfo (1:75).

Available for pre-order now and on sale at local comic shops on Wednesday, August 30.

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	Spectregraph is written by horror master James Tynion IV, drawn by Christian Ward, and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. This is one of the eight stories that will eventually become an ongoing series.

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	Shepherd is by writer Marc Bernardin and artist Ariela Kristantina. It will lead into an ongoing series. That does not yet have a fixed release date, but has been dubbed as, "a high sci-fi robot adventure."

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	Elsa Charretier and PK Colinet both wrote this story, which is drawn by Charretier. Details of the full series are yet to be announced.

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	This one-off horror story is written by Stephanie Phillips and drawn by Joëlle Jones.

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	Mirka Andolfo both writes and draws this story, with a full series forthcoming.

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	Jock writes and draws this short story which leads into his creator-owned series Gone, beginning on October 4. His first ever entirely creator-owned project, the new series is about impoverished 13-year-old Abi who stows away on a luxury space-liner - but finds herself forced to deal with betrayal and the ship's deadly crew.

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	Brian Azzarello writes and Eduardo Risso draws the first installment of this "brutal Western prison thriller."

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	Scott Snyder writes and Francesco Francavilla draws this claustrophobic horror story set at sea. A full series is forthcoming.

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	A one-off sci-fi story written and drawn by Young Avengers and The Wicked + Divine's Jamie McKelvie.

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	An ominous one-off story by writer Ram V and artist Lee Garbett.

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	Finally, here's a couple of pages from What Blighted Flame Burns in Thee, written by Becky Cloonan and drawn by Tula Lotay. This is a prologue to their new series, Somna, which begins on November 15. Set against the backdrop of the witch hunts in the 1600s, a woman attempts to escape the confines of her puritanical world, but finds herself pursued by a shadowy - and possibly infernal - figure.