Endeavour #1 Preview

 

Stephanie Phillips may be an acclaimed comics writer, but once she was a child. At San Diego Comic-Con, she talked about her youth, and how she became the person she is today.

 

 

She described her new series for Dstlry as kids trapped on a recreation of the HMS Endeavour, Captain Cook's famous ship that was eventually scuttled in Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War. She compared it to William Golding's horrific novel Lord Of The Flies. Here's how the folks at Dstlry describe it:

Endeavour #1 by Stephanie Phillips and Marc Laming is almost here — and it’s a huge deal for us at DSTLRY. This is Stephanie and Marc at the height of their creative powers: 48 pages of survivalist sea-bound adrenaline. 

 

Stephanie Phillips at SDCC 2025

 

If Endeavour sounds like your jam, Dstlry requests you contact your local comic shop pronto. The FOC is tomorrow, and the number of orders received will determine their print run. Besides, if you're a fan of great comics like Spider-Gwen, Phoenix, and Grim, you might enjoy discovering the kind of books Stephanie Phillips writes for the magazine-size publisher.

 

Here's a look inside:

 

 

 

Here's what other people have to say about Endeavour:

 

“5 out of 5… Phillips has crafted something that not only feels like a fresh take on the themes best known from a literary classic, but a damn good story. Laming’s art does a fantastic job of marrying both the 18th century Endeavour ship with the more contemporary characters dealing with this current hell without ever losing the integrity of either era ... an incredible start" - Comicbook.com

 

 

"ENDEAVOUR is a gripping exploration of what it means to survive and what it may cost, with every grimace and line of rigging carefully brought to life. A wild and unpredictable ride, like the sea itself."

Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls, Catwoman: Lonely City)

 

“Merging the survival thriller with historical fiction’s soul, writer Stephanie Phillips is at her considerable best here. Artist Marc Laming ably visualizes these characters, turning you right into the dangerous winds they face. Board ENDEAVOUR at your earliestopportunity…”

Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle, Red)

 

"With a fantastic concept, lovely nuanced characters and drop-dead gorgeous art, ENDEAVOR is too captivating to miss!”  

Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel)

 

“Building portentously yet inevitably like a storm on the horizon, Endeavor promises doom and delivers in spades.”

Dan Watters (The One Hand and The Six Fingers, GI Joe)

 

Thanks to Dstlry for sharing this preview with us. 

Eduardo Risso wins an Eisner Award

 

I wasn't able to attend the Eisner awards last night, but congratulations to Eduardo, DSTLRY, and all the winners! Here's all the info:

SDCC 2025

EDUARDO RISSO WINS EISNER AWARD FOR BEST PAINTER FOR THE BLOOD BROTHERS MOTHER FROM DSTLRY

DSTLRY proudly congratulates legendary artist Eduardo Risso on receiving the Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) at last night’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards during San Diego Comic-Con. Risso was honored for his evocative, genre-defying work on The Blood Brothers Mother, the haunting Western epic written by Brian Azzarello.   “Returning to this kind of story with Brian was like coming home,” Risso said. “I’m deeply honored to receive this award and grateful to DSTLRY for giving us the freedom to make something this bold.”   “It was in Budapest when Eduardo first showed me pages he'd been working on,” Azzarello elaborated. “I'm excited to see the beginning of a gorgeous black and white western, and he shows me these atmospheric water colors and I'm stunned—he never mentioned he was going to paint it. You know you gotta do this for two hundred pages? He smiled. ‘Alright,’ I said. Alright. I don't think there are enough awards for Eduardo, we need to create some more. He's brilliant.”         The Blood Brothers Mother pairs Azzarello and Risso—the Eisner-winning team behind 100 Bullets—in a brutal, heart-wrenching Western about three children who embark on a mission to rescue their mother after she’s abducted by their biological father, recently released from prison in Mexico.   “Eduardo is arguably the best sequential storyteller of this generation and it’s really inspiring to see him still pushing his art by deciding to hand-paint this book,” said DSTLRY editor Will Dennis, who also collaborated with Risso and Azzarello on 100 Bullets. “Every page of The Blood Brothers Mother is its own masterclass.“   “Working with Eduardo and Brian was an absolute priority for DSTLRY,” said co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Chip Mosher. “We launched this company to showcase bold, unflinching storytelling—The Blood Brothers Mother delivers that in spades.”   “This book is a milestone,” added DSTLRY co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “It’s a fusion of two of the greatest storytellers in comics, creating something unforgettable. Risso’s Eisner win recognizes not just this book’s brilliance but his decades of shaping the visual language of the medium.”         All issues of The Blood Brother Mother are currently available, with a hardcover collection releasing this winter.   In addition, Tula Lotay (co-creator of Somna) won Best Cover Artist. Other DSTLRY creators who took home an Eisner Award include The City Beneath Her Feet colorist Jordie Bellaire​ winning Best Colorist and Through the Boughs: A Yuletide Offering contributing letterer Clayton Cowles​ winning Best Letterer.    The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the industry’s most prestigious honor, voted on by comics professionals and awarded each year during San Diego Comic-Con International.     Read More

 

Thanks to DSTLRY for sharing this announcement with us.

Chuck Austen on Defiant for Dstlry Comics

 

 

At this year’s Wondercon, held in Anaheim, California, in March, writer Chuck Austen discussed his upcoming series Defiant on the Dstlry: The Future of Sci-Fi panel.

 

Before Chuck Austen set down his pen for a final time, he wanted to write a final story that was positive and fun. He lacked the time to agonize over the particulars with Defiant, which made the writing process more enjoyable. 

 

 

 

Chuck lists TV shows like Twilight Zone and old Western movies as favorites. For Defiant, he also drew on his favorite science fiction writers, Jack McDevitt, Arthur C Clarke, and Larry Niven. While Chuck has written established characters like X-Men and Superman, he always enjoys the freedom of creating original characters.

 

Chuck is a huge history buff. Despite writing scary fiction, he's not much of a horror guy. Still, he can draw on his fears to make that happen. But he enjoys how science fiction allows him to write about the problems afflicting our society. Along with contemporary politics, Chuck Austen also lists artificial intelligence as a concern. But no matter what future he crafts, he tries to keep the human story preeminent. It's the characters we care about, and not the technology they use. 

 

 

 

I enjoyed listening to Chuck discuss his life, work, and the passions that drive him. While I may have written a few things down wrong in my notes, here's a brief description of his new series from the Dstlry website:

 

On his final mission, Sandusky returns to the stars to reclaim his son Devon’s body and uncover the truth surrounding his death. Light years from home, among a cascade of twisted metal, Sandusky finds Devon - his body entombed in the remains of his ship, The Defiant—lost in a massive battle that sparked an intergalactic war. But nothing is what it seems, as Sandusky digs deeper, he and his allies are drawn into a galaxy-spanning mystery, one that holds secrets far darker and more complex than anticipated. For fans of DUNE, FIRELY, and ANDOR. 

 

Learn more about Defiant, and read the free Defiant ashcan, at the Dstlry website.