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More team-ups in the post Diamond landscape! Panick Entertainment is entering into a major strategic partnership with Rocketship Entertainment for distribution on their just announced second wave of titles.
However, they are also maintaining their relationship with MASSIVE INDIES for select products (a fact misreported earlier today.)
Both of Panick’s partners will distribute their books to comics shops via Lunar, while they will also be available via Universal Distribution and to the book trade via Simon & Schuster.
The partnership with Rocketship Entertainment will give Panick new visibility as they also announces their second wave of titles for spring and summer 2026, with work by Nir Levie, David Dastmalchian, Catherine Corcoran, Ashley Witter, Sherard Jackson, Daniel HDR, Brendan Columbus, Alex Segura, Agnes Garbowska, Mike Kunkel and many more.
Both Panick CEO Kris Longo and Rocketship ceo and publisher Tom Akel expressed their enthusiasm for the new team-up.
Rocketship will publish key PANICK titles, unlocking broader access across comic shops, retail, direct-to-consumer platforms, and emerging sales channels. Together, the companies are doubling down on fearless storytelling, creator-first collaboration, and genre-bending projects that challenge the status quo of mainstream comics.
“I’ve long admired Tom and the incredible company he and his team have built at Rocketship,” says Kris Longo, CEO and Publisher of PANICK Entertainment. “Once we started talking, it was clear we’re kindred spirits. This partnership gives PANICK the firepower to scale, reach new readers, and meet the moment head-on.”
“We were instantly blown away by PANICK’s slate and their approach to the genre. Horror is a vertical that we’ve eyed as a hole in our lineup for some time and PANICK is putting out some of the best, most innovative titles in the market” said Rocketship CEO and Publisher Tom Akel.
Panick titles that were available via Massive will continue in their catalog, and they will also partner on select future projects.
As for Panick’s second wave, here they are, with an EXCLUSIVE promo piece from TAMA. All series will run for four issues.
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RAZOR GRAY (4 issues)
The scope of Prometheus meets the wonder of 2001: A Space Odyssey in the visual spectacle RAZOR GRAY. On an icy planet, an ambitious architect investigates alien relics. What he discovers will alter the course of human history—and unleash the dangers of curiosity.
Writer, Artist, Cover A and Creator: Nir Levie (Bioripple, Age of Canaan)
Colors: Lee Loughridge (Deadly Class, The Mummy)
Cover B Artist, Issue #1: Matthew Warlick
On-Sale: May 2026
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THE ACCESSORIES (4 issues)
After lifetimes in the background, three of history’s greatest horror sidekicks finally say what they’ve never dared to before: Enough is ENOUGH!
Igor, Renfield, and Mrs. Hyde have aided their masters’ diabolical missions for decades but today is the day they stop being loyal. Today the real horror walks out the front door. The looming question is…what do they do now? These three discarded servants find each other in the fallout, forming a band of gawky but determined anti-heroes caught between angry villagers, vengeful monster-hunters and furious former employers. Their survival will take more than just guts, luckily, they know where to procure more.
In a darkly comic descent into revenge and rebirth, the hench finally claim the title they never asked for…THE ACCESSORIES!
Writers And Creators:David Dastmalchian (Count Crowley) and Leah Kilpatrick (DC Horror)
Artist: Patrick Piazzalunga (Gunpowder Prophets)
Colors: Marco Brakko (Those Not Afraid)
Letters: Patrick Brosseau (T.A.M.A.)
Covers: Lukas Ketner, Tim Seeley, Matthew Seaborne, Joel Herrera
On-Sale: June 3, 2026
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DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHT (5 issues)
Weapons meets Monsters, Inc when a child goes missing and his father is forced to team up with the monster from under his bed to find and save his son.
One day, Derek’s only son disappears. In a small town, no one can explain how this could have happened, so suspicion inevitably falls on him. Lost and alone, Derek does not know what to do until he hears a voice coming from under his son’s bed—a voice that tells him it knows what happened to his boy, and what’s more, it can help get him back.
Writer And Creator: Tom Fyans (Kerpow!)
Artist: Felipe Watanabe (Radiant Black)
On-Sale: August 26, 2026
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T.A.M.A.: THE COMPANNUAL 2026 #1
Spinning out of one of the hottest new books of ‘25–T.A.M.A.–comes T.A.M.A.: THE COMPANNUAL 2026 #1. An intense 64-page horror anthology featuring the Companimals, the most diabolically cute virtual pets in existence. Witness the horrific results of the alpha test of the video game as unsuspecting testers bond with digital companions in the most terrifying ways imaginable. Featuring multiple horror stories told and illustrated by some of the best creators working in the biz, this anthology is can’t miss material that will even reveal a key element of this Fall’s T.A.M.A. Vol. 2.
Contributors: Catherine Corcoran, Ashley Witter, Sherard Jackson, Daniel HDR, Brendan Columbus, Alex Segura, Agnes Garbowska, Mike Kunkel & many more to be announced.
On-Sale: July 15, 2026
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Collected editions of TAMA Vol. 1 (on-sale 6/15/26) and BLACK DIAMOND Vol. 1 (on-sale 11/4/26)
English (US)