Invader Comics’ August 2026 solicitations spotlight two very different indie projects that feel of-the-moment: a three-issue survival-horror by Ryan Crowe and Abel Garcia about a beloved leader exiled into a living wilderness, and a collected graphic novel from Jimmie Robinson that turns the battle over creative control into a high-concept heist. Both releases touch on current conversations about power—political and technological—and arrive in stores on the same day.
This Land Is Old And Dark #1 opens a grim, atmospheric tale about community, punishment and things that remember you. The solicitation describes Jacques Du Lac as Fort Courage’s most popular resident—popular enough that the ruling council sees him as a threat. Rather than confront him at the polls, they banish him past the settlement’s defensive wall into a hostile, ancestral landscape where the line between the living and the dead is porous.
The creative team—writer Ryan Crowe and artist Abel Garcia—position the series as a study in colonial violence intersecting with supernatural horror. Expect a slow-burn of isolation, moral tension within the fort, and monstrous set pieces that use the environment itself as antagonist.
- Title: This Land Is Old And Dark #1 (of 3)
- Writer: Ryan Crowe
- Artist: Abel Garcia
- Themes: exile, colonial authority, ancient horror
- Price / On-sale: $5.99 / August 26, 2026
Jimmie Robinson’s Artillery collects AI-versus-art fiction
Also scheduled for the August 26 street date is Artillery, a trade paperback by Jimmie Robinson that frames a science-fiction threat as a crisis for human creativity. In Robinson’s premise, a sentient artificial intelligence is systematically shutting down the world’s mystical “gateways” that enable artistic creation. As artistic expression fades, the last remaining gateway animates the Mona Lisa and grants three creators the power to turn their work into literal weapons.
The story combines speculative tech anxieties with pulp heist energy: the newly empowered artists plan a daring operation to reclaim the creative source and push back against an AI that would centralize control over art. Given ongoing debates about machine-generated content and copyrights, the book arrives with topical resonance.
- Title: Artillery TP Vol. 01
- Creator: Jimmie Robinson (writer/artist/cover)
- Premise: AI closes creative gateways; three artists use magical-art weapons to stop it
- Price / On-sale: $22.99 / August 26, 2026
Both titles come from Invader’s August solicitations to comic retailers, signaling the publisher’s continued interest in stories that blend genre thrills with socially charged themes. Readers who follow independent comics or are tracking cultural responses to artificial intelligence will likely find these releases worth watching.
Release details are drawn from the publisher’s band solicit information; orders typically go through comic-book specialty retailers ahead of the ship date. For collectors and readers planning purchases, the August 26, 2026 street date is the key timeline to note.
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