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§ <a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stillwater-casts-lauren-cohan-mark-obrien-mia-tomlinson-1236912716/" rel="nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>Variety reports Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead), Mark O’Brien (Ready or Not), and Mia Tomlinson (The Conjuring: Last Rites) have been cast on Prime Video’s Stillwater. The show, based on the horror comic by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K. Pérez, will star Ben Hardy as a man trapped in a town where no one ages, dies, or leaves. Cohan will play Cat, the wife of the sheriff’s deputy; O’Brien will play aforementioned deputy Ted; and Tomlinson is playing Laura Quinn, a single mom, and Cat’s younger sister.
§ Image revealed Abhishek Singh‘s Krishna: A Journey Within will receive a new printing for its 15th anniversary next year. The lavish graphic novel retells the whole life story of the Hindu god and avatar of Vishnu, and was originally released by Image in 2012. The new edition, featuring new cover art, will arrive in comics stores on February 17, and bookstores on March 16.
In more Image news, Comic Book Club shares a trailer for The Princess Murders was released with an original song, “Can’t You Feel It (Theme from The Princess Murders).” Written by series creators Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley, the track was performed by jazz artist Maria Schafer, and arranged by composer Nima Fakhrara (the Becky movies). A dark, adult-aimed take on Disney animated films, The Princess Murders will begin on December 9.
§ On Bluesky, Magdalene Visaggio shared a Publishers Weekly announcement that she and Jenn St-Onge will reteam on the middle-grade horror graphic novel Dead Name. A follow-up to the pair’s 2023 release The Ojja-Wojja, the book will follow a trans girl who is haunted by a doppelganger of her pre-transition self, who slowly takes over her life and relationships under her dead name. It will be released by Clarion Books in 2028.
§ Chortle shares The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams will be the subject of an unauthorized graphic biography, written by Mark Griffiths with art by Martin Geraghty (Doctor Who Magazine). Titled Share and Enjoy, “the definitively inaccurate story” will explore the late writer’s comedy career, as well as his interest in conservation and technology. Griffith previously wrote We Apologise for the Inconvenience, an Edinburgh Fringe play about Adams, and originally developed the book for film and TV. It is now being crowdfunded by Cutaway Comics on Kickstarter until November 1.
§ Finally, ICv2 reports ComicBooks for Troops (CB4T) has distributed 100,000 graphic novels to military families across the United States, marking the largest single donation ever for the charity. The group, which is the sister organization of ComicBooks 4 Kids, worked with Mad Cave Studios to donate the books to families in Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
The organization seeks to help children of those serving in the armed forces, whose struggle to reach their reading level is exacerbated by having to constantly relocate with their parents. The news comes in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of ComicBooks 4 Kids, which was founded by Mark Weiss in April 2017.
