Sacrifice Reaches Issue Three...

[Rich Johnston]

Sacrifice #3 continues Sam Humphries' one man attempt to show that Diamond Comic Distribution is unneccesary with his self-distribution model... the next issue is out in select stores on February 15th.

With Dalton Rose still on art, naturally there are plenty of covers. The FIRST PRINTING cover by Dalton Rose, limited to 1,100 copies, THE JADE EDITION variant cover by Paul Azaceta, limited to 100 copies and THE OBSIDIAN EDITION variant cover. Available at?*TFAW.COM?*and Things From Another World retail stores, limited to 250 copies.

Here's the info you are needing...

Hector and the Royal Rebel are on the run, hunted by greatest warrior in the history of the Aztec Empire! Does he want their blood, or something else? Whose heart will end up on the altar of the god of war?

Join Hector, a dude on a one-way trip through the past, the present, and the psychedelic into the?*the glory of the Aztec Empire?*in SACRIFICE -- a new comic book by SAM HUMPHRIES (writer of OUR LOVE IS REAL, one of iFanboy's "Top 5 New Writers to Watch in 2012", and one of Newsarama's "10 Creators to Watch in 2012") and rising star DALTON ROSE.

SACRIFICE #3 (of 6) "BREAK THEM DOWN, NO MERCY SHOWN"

Writer: Sam Humphries

Artist: Dalton Rose

Colored by: Pete Toms

Letterer: Troy Peteri

Production: Phil Smith

Art Director: Dylan Todd

Editor: Alejandro Arbona

Genre: Fantasy/Action/AdventureOn-sale date: February 15, 2012

Format: Standard size, full color, 24 pages

Publisher: Self-published, self-distributed

Cover price: $3.99

[Fozzie]

I've been wondering who the cover artist was for the jade variant ever since the TFAW offering came out this morning. Thank you Mr. Johnston for clearing that up. (I'm assuming you saw e-mail question. If not, still many thank yous. I can now stop trying to figure it out.)

I love Sacrifice. I like the context of the story and Mr. Humphries execution. Dalton Rose's art is just plain fantastic. It just amazes me that Humphries can get this out on his own. I'm a born again comic collector and if it wasn't for sites like Bleeding Cool I would've missed out on comics like Sacrifice. I ordered what I can from TFAW (The nearest shop that sells it is an hour away) to encourage more from people like Humphries. Look forward to Humprhies Marvel work on John Carter, but I also look forward to more self-distributed work as well (if he ever does so again, given how his dance card is probably filling fast.)

[Belechael]

I admit I hated Our Love is Real, 'cause I can't understand its sarcasm, so I was very skeptical when I approached Sacrifice.

I was very pleasantly surprised to find a very good story with original graphic storytelling, and I can't wait to get my hands on the trade. Self publishing may work in the US and/or UK, but getting single issues from self publishing titles is very difficult for international readers. I hope the series goes well so that I can get the trade eventually.

[SwagSwishBallHard]

I liked Our Love is Real, but there's not a single thing about this that makes me think I should read it, between the press releases and the variant covers, and the manufactured hype, nothing about it seems sincere or genuine. I'd say it was a cash grab if there was any actual money to be made from making less than 2000 copies, but it's still absurd and has taken out any interest I had in reading dude's follow up to OLIR.