First with FML, and now with Skate Ali, a brand-new miniseries that DeConnick is co-writing with Sam Humphries, with art by Natacha Bustos, who is making her Dark Horse debut with this project. The comic book is out today, and Dark Horse gave us an exclusive preview page from the first issue to share wtih you all (the first few pages of the preview had been released before, but we got an EXTRA page!).
What Was the Solicitation for Skate Ali #1?
SKATE ALI #1
32pgs • $4.99 • June 10, 2026
UPC: 76156801589800111
Sam Humphries (W)
Kelly Sue DeConnick (W)
Natacha Bustos (A) (C) (Cover A)
Welcome to near future Los Angeles—a neon-scorched city where skateboarding has been ruthlessly outlawed. But nothing stops Skate Ali.
By day, she's just another student dodging detention. By night—she's a rebel on wheels, an enigmatic loner defying the law on the Los Angeles streets.
But when Ali slams headfirst into the infamous world of underground skateboarding, she comes face to face with a crew of outcast skaters called the LA Skull Clan, and their masked leader, Skull Queen 9. Fueled by a magical force called the Rush, the clan pulls off explosive moves and defiant acts of resistance.
Faced with the opportunity of leveling up her game, but afraid of actually being perceived by others, Ali must decide: will she play it safe, or kickflip straight into a revolution?
Eisner-winning writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet, FML) and hitmaker Sam Humphries (Harley Quinn, Guardians of the Galaxy) team up with artist Natacha Bustos (Moon Girl, Miles Morales) for a high-octane, genre-smashing sci-fi skatepunk saga about friendship, rebellion, and finding your line when the world wants to knock you down.
Five-issue series.
What Happened in the Skate Ali Preview Pages?
In the preview pages, we get an establishment shot to demonstrate that this is a world where skating has been banned, and therefore, if you ARE a skater, you're inherently an outlaw, and that is how we are introduced to Ali, a skater who tries to master a broken roller coaster on a skateboard, a jump that only a small group of legendary skaters have mastered.
Ali, though, is fearless, and in a stunning sequence by Bustos, she tries to pull it off, but ends up breaking her arm. We can see what kind of environment she is in when she goess to the emergency room, and the doctor gives her a cast, and writes "No more skating" on the cast as a deterrent.
However, just from these pages alone, we know that Ali is not someone that can be deterred so easily. Soon, she encounters a group of skaters who have a seemingly supernatural skating ability, and Ali tries her luck against them, but, well, that's to be revealed by picking up a copy of Skate Ali #1 today!
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