ABLAZE PREPARES SUMMER READING ACTION WITH NEW TITLE  SOLICITATIONS AND SERIES LAUNCHES FOR JULY

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Portland, OR – Comics and graphic novel publisher ABLAZE heats early summer reading as it announces new titles with an international flair set for release in July. The action begins with the launch of the manhwa series GET SCHOOLED, which is based on the hit webtoon by the renowned Korean webtoon production company, YLAB and tells the story of a tough educator’s unorthodox techniques to clean up a violent high school. 

GET SCHOOLED is one of the Top 2 Dramas on the Webtoons platform.  

• Page Views for the series: 78.7 million  

• Webtoon Subscribers to the series: 1.3 million 

• Average Rating of all Webtoon users for the series: 9.8 out of 10 

The print edition of GET SCHOOLED is highly anticipated!  

ABLAZE also opens advance solicitations in July for a pair of notable releases set to debut in  August. The trade paperback edition of ON THE WAY delivers a story of friendship, family, and learning by Spanish creators Paco Hernández and José Ángel Ares. Solicitations for Volume 2 of the popular supernatural romance webtoon manhwa series, WITCH OF MINE, also open in July before its August release.  

And catch the latest additions to several continuing ABLAZE comic book series for July, including the latest hardcover edition of THE MINECRAFT-INSPIRED MISADVENTURES OF FRIGIEL &  FLUFFY (Vol. 5), which continues the exciting adventures of Frigiel & Fluffy, each adventure transports fans into the world they love! These new adventures in the Minecraft universe will appeal to fans of all ages. Also, don’t miss the debuts of ANIMAL CASTLE VOL. 2,  Issue 3, THE MIGHTY BARBARIANS Issue 4, and TRAVELING TO MARS, Issue 8.

GET SCHOOLED Vol. 1, story by Yongtaek Chae, art by Garam Han • SRP: $19.99 • 250 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-68497-170-1 • 

Available July 25^th 

It is the near future, and school student violence is out of control.  

In a questionnaire survey for teachers, 98.6% say it is far more  

challenging to teach students than in the past, and 85.8% say it is not  

only more challenging but now dangerous. 

Eventually, due to out-of-control youth violence, a teacher is  

murdered, and the news goes everywhere. As a result, public  

opinion calling for rapid changes to juvenile law boils over in all parts  

of the country. 

The Ministry of Education and the National Assembly, feeling the seriousness of the collapse of the teaching authority, take the news very seriously and revise the Teaching Rights Protection  Act to create a single supervisory body. The name of the supervisory body is the Office of the  Protection of Educational Rights. 

Hwajin Na becomes a supervisor of the Educational Rights Protection Bureau and is sent to a  school where the collapse of the school authority is severe. His teaching techniques are violent for someone who works in the Ministry of Education. But when punishments don’t work on even the worst school bullies, there is no better man for the job. Sometimes you can’t get a good education until those bullies are taught a lesson… 

Also coming soon and now open for pre-order and advance solicitation: 

WITCH OF MINE Vol. 2, story by Haeyoon, art by MAS • SRP: $19.99  • 250 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-68497-173-2 • Available August 16^th  

In these times, if you’re too good or bad at something or simply too  

beautiful, you’re called a witch. But there also exist magical beings  

called witches, who can wield great powers of destruction and  

manipulation, sometimes doing so in the pursuit of love with human  

beings. 

Spinning out from the events of Volume 1, we find another tale of a  

witch’s devotion to true, tenderly mortal love. Disguising herself to fit  

into the world of humans, Cordelia desires to build a life with the  

kind-hearted Michael, but can their love survive the truth of her  

origins? Plus: can a resilient human woman change the heart of one of the witches’ cynical sisters?

ON THE WAY TP Edition, story by Paco Hernández, art by José Ángel Ares • SRP: $19.99 • 172 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-68497-130-5 • Available August 16^th  

Emma, a newly single cartoonist in her thirties, impulsively finds  

herself standing in Roncesvalles with her gaze fixed on Santiago de  

Compostela. Following the pilgrimage route known as The Way of St.  

James, she realizes the path she is traveling is bringing her closer to  

and somehow farther away from everyone around her, that the weight  

of her backpack is more than the clothes and pans inside, and that  

what she believed to be a simple walk to get some miles behind her  

(and her past) is a chance to learn not only about the people she  

meets along the way, but also herself. 

Creators Paco Hernández & José Ángel Ares bring you a story of friendship, family, and learning.  An emotional journey from which no one will return to being the same. 

New July 2023 issues for continuing ABLAZE titles: 

THE MINECRAFT-INSPIRED MISADVENTURES OF FRIGIEL & FLUFFY Vol.  5 HC Edition, story by Frigiel and Jean-Christophe Derrien, art by Minte  • SRP: $12.99 • 104 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-68497-171-8 • Available July 12^th 

For Minecraft fans! Graphic novels set in the world of the game! 

Each adventure transports fans into the world they love! 

Join Frigiel & Fluffy and their friends as they explore strange lands,  

encounter bizarre creatures, battle against evil and find treasure! 

Featuring Frigiel, the brave sorcerer’s apprentice, ever ready to give his  

all for his friends, who dreams of one day becoming a true adventurer. And his faithful canine companion Fluffy, as cuddly with his master as he is bitey with the bad guys! Vol. 5 contains two complete self-contained stories. 

ANIMAL CASTLE VOL. 2, Issue 3, story by Xavier Dorison, art by Felix Delep • SRP: $3.99 • Available July 12^th 

On the Farm, all animals were equal. In the Castle,  

some are more equal than others. 

It picks up shortly after the events of the first series, with Miss B trying to  

convince the animals not to give in to violence, to put an end to Silvio’s  

reign…

Seeing that the animals are more tenacious than he ever expected, Silvio puts Miss B in solitary. And while that may not break her spirit, it may have consequences that will affect her family forever. And as the struggle continues, the president must consider giving the animals what they want…but that doesn’t mean he won’t give it to them on his twisted terms. 

THE MIGHTY BARBARIANS Issue 4, story by Michael Moreci, art by Giuseppe Cafaro • SRP: $3.99 • Available July 19^th 

From the writer of Barbaric comes the world-hopping, skull-crushing  

adventures of The Mighty Barbarians! 

Besieged on all sides, the intrepid team of mighty barbarians has one  

hope: that another hero who the evil Aleph has already taken  

and their creators can be freed from the spell cast upon them…and  

obliterate everything and anything in his path. Kull and crew  

will cross paths and swords with a true legend, hoping he becomes an ally. Enter Thongor! Before The Avengers, The Justice League, The X 

Men, before it all…stood The Mighty Barbarians! 

TRAVELING TO MARS Issue 8, story by Mark Russell, art by Roberto Meli • SRP: $3.99 • Available July 26^th 

The Erimhon arrives on Mars, but unforeseen circumstances threaten  

Roy’s mission. 

ABLAZE titles are distributed in print worldwide by Diamond Comic and Diamond Book  Distributors. Digital versions of ABLAZE titles are available via most major digital platforms.  

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