This November, Magnetic Press is unleashing deluxe hardcover editions of Guillaume “Run” Renard’s legendary MFKZ.
The press release follows:
Media Release -- This November, Magnetic Press – the Eisner Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels from around the world since 2013 – will begin releasing deluxe hardcover editions of Guillaume "Run" Renard's MFKZ, the internationally acclaimed graphic novel series, starting with the first three thrilling volumes which are arriving just in time for the holidays. Spinning out of Guillaume "Run" Renard's 2002 short film "Mutafukaz: Operation Blackhead," MFKZ has grown into the hit Netflix film from Studio 4C (All You Need Is Kill, Tekkonkinkreet) directed by Shôjirô Nishimi and Renard and starring English language voice actors Vince Staples (The Vince Staples Show), Kenn Michael (Saints Row), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian), Michael Chiklis (The Shield), Danny Trejo (Machete), and RZA (Man with the Iron Fists, Wu-Tang Clan) as well as a groundbreaking graphic novel series and multiple spin-offs.
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MFKZ follows the adventures of Angelino. His best friend Vinz has a flaming skull for a head, and their apartment is filled with pet cockroaches. As if that isn't weird enough, their lives are turned upside down when a scooter accident plunges him into a hurricane of unimaginable troubles, with the fate of humanity on the hook. Heavily armed men in black, gangs of all kinds, and a troop of Mexican wrestlers all collide to face off against vicious cosmic entities determined to invade the planet!
"First realized as an animated short film by Run in 2002, 'Mutafukaz: Operation Blackhead' established a world that grew into an entire universe of interrelated characters and conspiracies," says Magnetic Press Founder and Publisher Mike Kennedy. "The ideas grew beyond the scope of that 7-minute short, and he had no choice but to turn that massive vision into a sprawling 5-volume graphic novel series that set new heights for the medium, capturing the imagination of a hungry audience in the process."
Hot on the heels of Label 619 and Magnetic Press' smash-hit Kickstarter campaign for a limited edition MFKZ omnibus, these editions present the visually stunning, mind-bending series in prestige 8x11 hardcovers for fans of action, sci-fi, luchadors, and off-the-wall comics.
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MFKZ VOL. 1
WRITTEN/COVER/ART BY GUILLAUME "RUN" RENARD
ON SALE NOVEMBER 25, 2025 | $24.99 | 88 PGS. | HC
MFKZ VOL. 2
WRITTEN/COVER/ART BY GUILLAUME "RUN" RENARD
ON SALE NOVEMBER 25, 2025 | $24.99 | 112 PGS. | HC
MFKZ VOL. 3
WRITTEN/COVER/ART BY GUILLAUME "RUN" RENARD
ON SALE DECEMBER 16, 2025 | $24.99 | 136 PGS. | HC
About the Creator
Guillaume "Run" Renard is an accomplished animator, director, and writer. His work has a modern approach to animation. In his films, Renard is interested in social outcasts. The background of his work is tinged with modern concerns such as terrorism, the quest for identity, ecological issues, and the temptation of radicalization for young people. His first animated short, Mutafukaz: Operation Blackhead (2003), selected at Sundance, was the start to his Mutafukaz universe. His debut film, Mutafukaz (2017), co-directed with Nishimi Shojiro, had its world premiere at Annecy International Animation Festival and has since been released on Netflix in the United States as MFKZ.
About Magnetic Press
MAGNETIC PRESS is a subsidiary of Polarity that publishes graphic novels, art books, and periodicals curated with a focus on internationally recognized content and talent, presented with premium quality design and production value. The Magnetic brand was founded by writer and video game veteran Mike Kennedy in 2013 as the independent publishing company Magnetic Press, Inc, featuring creators both new and established from around the world, sharing their stories with an English-language audience often for the first time. Their award-winning library includes such celebrated titles as the Love series of wordless wildlife graphic novels, as well as Eisner-nominated books Mister Invincible, The Monkey King, Aster of Pan, Pistouvi, Irena, Stay, A Sea of Love, Watersnakes, Herakles, Doomboy, A Glance Backward, Little Tails, The Ghost of Gaudi, and Dave Dorman's Wasted Lands Omnibus. Magnetic has earned a total of 31 Eisner Award nominations in their first ten years of eligibility, winning its first trophy in 2024 for Best Production Design of Dracula/Frankenstein Boxed Set. Magnetic also won the Gold Medal of Excellence in the graphic novel category of the 2015 Independent Publisher Awards for Love: The Fox.
In 2021, Magnetic launched Magnetic Press Play, an imprint dedicated to gaming and new media endeavors. Their releases to date include CARBON GREY, based on the Image Comics series by Hoang Nguyen, and THE OFFICIAL PLANET OF THE APES RPG developed in cooperation with Disney and 20th Century Studios. Other as-yet-announced licenses and projects are forthcoming.
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