I gave you fair warning last time. I'm giving you even fairer warning this time. And Bleeding Cool is the first place you'll be hearing about it.

Our Love Is Real, Sam Humphries' last self published comic, became a $100 comic in seconds, and went to five printings – and then the Image Comics edition.

So be warned.

Sacrifice is a new six issue comic book series by Sam Humphries and Dalton Rose. Colour, 24 pages of story, $3.99, and it goes on sale on December the 14th, self published, self distributed and severely limited in numbers.

It's the ectasy generation plunged into Aztec society, one young man taking a psycedelic trip to the past. A very messy, ugly and brutal past. And yes, that is a Joy Division reference on the covers.

It can be bought in certain stores (list at the end of this article), through online mail order from Things From Another World (including being able to order all six issues at once) and day-and-date digital with Comixology and Graphicly.

The comic will be available for a limited number of comic stores in the USA and Canada. Humphries will continue to take orders from additional retailers until December the 6th – though be warned, the New England Comics Retail Alliance have an exclusive on the comic in that region.

The first printing of Sacrifice #1 will be 1,100 (Dalton Rose cover, above, left).The Jade edition, (above, right) will add a further 100 copies. Indeed, variant limited edition covers will bring the total copies in circulation up to 1,730. In comparison Our Love Is Real had a first print run of 300. Of course, there's a lot more interest now. Subsequent issues will be similarly limited. And frankly, the standard first printing is going to be hard enough to get, as it is.

Things From Another World will have an exclusive version, The Obsidian Edition, limited to 250 copies, of each issue (below left). As will Collector's Paradise of San Fernando Valley and Pasadena, The Shadow Edition variant, limited to 200 copies (below, middle). Collector's Paradise will also host the Sacrifice! launch party on December 14th, with Humphries signing at both stores (flyer below right)

There are two more signed limited covers by Dylan Todd available, the Warrior edition (left, 50 copies) and the Emperor edition (right, 30 copies)

Humphries made this work with one comic. Can he make it work with six? Let's find out.

There's more at the Sacrifice! website, here – http://www.aztecsforever.com. Here's the Diamond Comic Distributors-style solicitation, even though Diamond won't be getting a whiff of this.

Issue 2 will go on sale on January 12th with a special guest artist Jade Edition cover variant

Here's the Diamond Comic Distributors-style solicitation info, even though Diamond won't be getting a whiff of this. Oh look, it's been edited be Alejandro Arbona…

SACRIFICE #1 (of 6)

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/Adventure

On-sale date: December 14, 2011

Format: Standard size, full color, 24 pages

Publisher: Self-published, self-distributed

Cover price: $3.99

"Aztecs vs. Joy Division fans…You haven't even thought of such a thing. Humphries & Rose have. Listen." — KIERON GILLEN, writer of PHONOGRAM, UNCANNY X-MEN, and THOR What happens when you're ripped from the 21st century and thrown into the middle of one of the greatest — and most bloodthirsty — civilizations in human history? How do you survive a strange world of war, blood, sacrifice, and death? 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 and one of Wizard's "Five Writers to Watch in 2011") and rising star DALTON ROSE. December 2011…BLOOD WILL TEAR US APART!

Here's a list of the retailers who, so far will be stocking the comic. My advice is to arrive early. Possibly with a sleeping bag. A Taunton for preference.

CALIFORNIA

Brave New World

22722 Lyons Avenue #6

Newhall, CA 91321

(661) 259-4745

portlyn@bravenewworldcomics.com

http://bravenewworldcomics.com

http://twitter.com/bnw_comics

Collector's Paradise (Pasadena)

319 S. Arroyo Parkway #4

Pasadena, CA 91105

626-577-6694

pasadena@comicsandcards.net

http://comicsandcards.net/

http://twitter.com/cparadize

Collector's Paradise (San Fernando Valley)

7131 Winnetka Ave

Winnetka, CA 91306

818-999-9455

cparadise@socal.rr.com

http://comicsandcards.net/

http://twitter.com/cparadize

The Isotope

326 Fell St

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 621-6543

james@isotopecomics.com

http://isotopecomics.com/

http://twitter.com/isotopecomics

Meltdown Comics

7522 West Sunset Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90046

(323) 851-7223

staff@meltcomics.com

http://meltcomics.com

http://twitter.com/MeltdownComics

Secret Headquarters

3817 West Sunset Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90026

(323) 666-2228

shq@thesecretheadquarters.com

http://thesecretheadquarters.com

http://twitter.com/theSHQ

CANADA – ALBERTA

Wizard's Comics (University of Alberta)

8619 109th St.

Edmonton, AB T6G 1E7

CANADA

(780) 436-6611

uofa@wizards-comics.com

http://wizards-comics.com/

http://twitter.com/wizardscomics

CONNECTICUT

Burried Under Comics

188 W. Middle Turnpike

Manchester, CT, 06040

(860) 643-7295

BUComics@aol.com

http://www.myspace.com/buriedunder

ILLINOIS

Evil Squirel Comics

6928 N Glenwood Ave

Chicago, IL 60626

(773) 338-0899

shawn@evilsquirrelcomics.com

http://www.evilsquirrelcomics.com

MAINE

Coast City Comics

656 Congress St.

Portland, ME, 04101

(207) 899-1505

info@coastcitycomics.net

http://www.coastcitycomics.net

MARYLAND

Third Eye Comics (Annapolis)

45 Old Solomon's Island Rd

Annapolis, MD 21401

(410) 897-0322

info@thirdeyecomics.com

http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/

http://www.twitter.com/thirdeyecomics

Third Eye Comics (Prince Frederick)

78 Solomons Island Rd

Prince Frederick, MD 20678

(443) 968-2385

info@thirdeyecomics.com

http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/

http://www.twitter.com/thirdeyecomics

MASSACHUSETS

Larry's Comics, Inc.

66 Lakeview Ave.

Lowell, MA 01850

larryscomicsinc@aol.com

http://www.larryscomics.net

#comicmarket on Twitter

http://twitter.com/larryscomics

MINNESOTA

The College of Comic Book Knowledge

3149 Hennepin Ave, South

Minneapolis, MN 55408

612-822-2309

comiccollege@hotmail.com

http://comicbookcollege.com/

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Jetpack Comics, LLC

37 N. Main St.,

Rochester NH, 03867

Ph: (603) 330-9636

http://www.jetpackcomics.com

http://twitter.com/JETPACKCOMICS

NEW YORK

Desert Island

540 Metropolitan Ave

Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 388-5087

desertislandbrooklyn@gmail.com

http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com

Jim Hanley's Universe (Manhattan)

4 West 33rd Street

New York, NY 10001

(212) 268-7088

info@jhuniverse.com

http://www.jhuniverse.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/JHUniverse

Jim Hanley's Universe (Staten Island)

299B New Dorp Lane

Staten Island, NY 10306

(718) 351-6299

info@jhuniverse.com

http://www.jhuniverse.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/JHUniverse

NEVADA

MaximuM Comics (Las Vegas)

5130 S Ft Apache St #285

Las Vegas, NV 89148

702-367-0755

micromax74@yahoo.com

http://www.MaximumComics.com

http://twitter.com/MaximumComics

MaximuM Comics 2.0 (Henderson)

520 S Marks St #130

Henderson, NV 89014

702-24-COMIC

momus11@yahoo.com

http://www.MaximumComics.com

http://twitter.com/MaximumComics

OHIO

JC Comics

2609 State Road

Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223

(330) 929-1929

chrisismartin@gmail.com

OREGON

Bridge City Comics

3725 N. Mississippi Ave

Portland, OR 97227

(503) 282-5484

info@bridgecitycomics.com

http://www.bridgecitycomics.com

http://twitter.com/bridgecitycomx

Floating World

20 NW 5th Ave #101

Portland, OR 97209

(503) 241-0227

jason@floatingworldcomics.com

http://floatingworldcomics.com

http://twitter.com/floating_world

Things From Another World

4390 SW Lloyd Ave.

Beaverton, OR 97005

(503) 643-4222

Store page

http://www.twitter.com/BeavertonTFAW

Things From Another World

10977 SE Main Street

Milwaukie, OR 97222

(503) 652-2752

Store page

http://www.twitter.com/MilwaukieTFAW

Things From Another World

4133 NE Sandy Blvd.

Portland, OR 97214

(503) 284-4693

Store page

http://www.twitter.com/HollywoodTFAW

RHODE ISLAND

The Time Capsule

537 Pontiac Ave.

Cranston, RI, 02910

(401) 781-5017

ryeremian@aol.com

http://www.thetimecapsule.com