Oni Press is bringing the first issue of Rick Spears and James Callahan's The Auteur to New York Comic Con next week, five months before the series officially debuts.

Announced in July at Comic-Con International, The Auteur centers on Nathan T. Rex, a big-time Hollywood producer whose first film in an already-completed tentpole trilogy has just flopped, dooming the rest of the franchise. With his future in Tinseltown looking bleak, he turns to a serial killer to consult on a horror film he's working on. And that's only the beginning. Or, in the words of publisher, "join disgraced Hollywood super producer Nathan T. Rex as he crashes through a world of glue-sniffing gurus, hard-nosed magnates, and prophetic exotic dancers on his quest for celluloid immortality in one of the most unique comedy series in years."

The Auteur: Premature Release Edition #1 will be available at the Oni Press booth (#1844) for $5. The Auteur officially launches in March.