The Art of the Craft (The Summoning #1)

Elyse Castro. Oni, Oct. 7 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-63715-861-6)

A young witch and her cat sidekick try to get into a lauded magic school with hidden secrets in this misadventures tale, based on the viral animated short from Frederator Studios.

Dark Meat City (Mfkz #1)

Guillaume Run Renard. Magnetic, Sept. 16 ($24.99,ISBN 978-1-63715-932-3)

This comics series based on the Netflix film finds an ordinary, not particularly inspiring dude in Dark Meat City and his buddy caught up in a whole universe of trouble—including men in black and Mexican wrestlers.

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel

Francis Ford Coppola, Chris Ryall, and Jacob Phillips. Abrams ComicArts, Oct. 7, ($25.99, ISBN 978-1-4197-8712-6)

The director reimagines his film’s story line, taking different angles on the political and familial triangle in the city of New Rome between a despotic mayor, his daughter, and the idealistic artist she loves.

Little Visitor & Other Abductions

Adam Szym. Oni, Sept. 23 ($24.99, ISBN 978-1-63715-796-1)

Ignatz-nominated cartoonist Szym’s trio of horror novellas, one of which examines the aftermath of a terrible event on a film set, follow the style of the Twilight Zone.

Lucas Wars

Renaud Roche and Laurent Hopman, trans. by Jeremy Melloul. 23rd St., Sept. 16 ($29.99, ISBN 978-1-250-36740-2)

This graphic biography of George Lucas centers on the filmmaker’s creative vision and how it persisted through controversies and battles both personal and professional during the production of Star Wars.

Mahabharata: Designs of Dharma

Sanjay Patel. Mandala, Sept. 2 ($60, ISBN 979-8-88762-155-5)

The classic Sanskrit epic is adapted by an Academy Award–nominated Pixar animator and director.

Reel Politik

Nathan Gelgud. Drawn & Quarterly, Nov. 18 ($18 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-77046-815-3)

Based on Gelgud’s Instagram series, this graphic novel stars the hipster crew of an indie theater who cry out they’ll “seize the means of projection” and call up some dark magic to make cinema great again.

Return to Skull Island

Simon Furman and Christopher Jones. Titan Comics, Jan. 27 ($17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-391-5)

The King Kong film franchise lives on in this comics series that adapts the animated Netflix show about humans trying to hide from or outrun monsters on the remote preserve of the giant ape and other beastly foes.The King Kong film franchise lives on in this comics series that adapts the animated Netflix show about humans trying to hide from or outrun monsters on the remote preserve of the giant ape and other beastly foes.

Sergio Leone: The Revolution of the Western

Amazing Ameziane. Titan Comics, Sept. 23 ($24.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-756-2)

Ameziane continues his Cine saga series, now putting the director who defined and popularized spaghetti westerns like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly into the spotlight.

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