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Hidden Springs

Paperback
6-5/8"W x 10-3/16"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Jan 05, 2027 | 104 Pages | 9781506749730
Rated T+

While on a retirement community field trip, a group of ageing ex-Hollywood stars encounter a baby kaiju on the run from military agents.

Rob Williams writes a humorous and thoughtful graphic novel, with art by Nil Vendrell, colors by Berta Sastre, and letters by Simon Bowland.


When a group of Hollywood has-beens bond with a baby kaiju that crashes into their peaceful forest outing, they become its only hope for escaping the army special forces that want to harness it and its destructive power. Psychically connecting to a former movie star, the kaiju directs them to take it back to the ocean. But what are the chances that a bunch of oldsters can outsmart the US military when they can’t even remember what they had for breakfast?

They’ll need to reconcile their pasts to save the world’s future in this wild tale of unlikely heroes.


Collects Hidden Springs #1–#4.
Rob Williams has written some of the biggest characters in popular culture during his career writing comic books for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics and more.
He has several creator-owned comics currently being developed for film and TV. Unfollow is being developed for TV by Sony Television, Old Haunts is being developed for film by AWA Studios and his The Royals and Petrol Head are in development for TV with Mr. B Films.
He has written the screenplay for Game, a new independent feature from Invada Films, produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Ex Machina). His screenplay, Silkskin, has been optioned by Producer Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) and he has TV shows currently in development with The Imaginarium and Corestar in the UK.

Berta Sastre has worked on video games, animation, textbooks and this is her first step as comic book colorist.

Nil Vendrell is the artist and Co-creator of Shirtless Bear-fighter! from Image Comics, and Redfork from TKO. He also worked with publishers such as Boom, IDW and DSTLRY.He lives in Barcelona, Spain.
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About

While on a retirement community field trip, a group of ageing ex-Hollywood stars encounter a baby kaiju on the run from military agents.

Rob Williams writes a humorous and thoughtful graphic novel, with art by Nil Vendrell, colors by Berta Sastre, and letters by Simon Bowland.


When a group of Hollywood has-beens bond with a baby kaiju that crashes into their peaceful forest outing, they become its only hope for escaping the army special forces that want to harness it and its destructive power. Psychically connecting to a former movie star, the kaiju directs them to take it back to the ocean. But what are the chances that a bunch of oldsters can outsmart the US military when they can’t even remember what they had for breakfast?

They’ll need to reconcile their pasts to save the world’s future in this wild tale of unlikely heroes.


Collects Hidden Springs #1–#4.

Creators

Rob Williams has written some of the biggest characters in popular culture during his career writing comic books for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics and more.
He has several creator-owned comics currently being developed for film and TV. Unfollow is being developed for TV by Sony Television, Old Haunts is being developed for film by AWA Studios and his The Royals and Petrol Head are in development for TV with Mr. B Films.
He has written the screenplay for Game, a new independent feature from Invada Films, produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Ex Machina). His screenplay, Silkskin, has been optioned by Producer Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) and he has TV shows currently in development with The Imaginarium and Corestar in the UK.

Berta Sastre has worked on video games, animation, textbooks and this is her first step as comic book colorist.

Nil Vendrell is the artist and Co-creator of Shirtless Bear-fighter! from Image Comics, and Redfork from TKO. He also worked with publishers such as Boom, IDW and DSTLRY.He lives in Barcelona, Spain.
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