By Staff Reports Dark Horse has purrfect additions for Margaret Atwood fans’ bookshelves! From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid’s Tale, comes War Bears, a historical fiction comic series that traces the Golden Age of comic books, and The Complete Angel Catbird, a trade collection of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel. War Bears is Margaret Atwood’s […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith As the storms rolled in this past week, leave it to the annual WonderCon convention to bring clear, sunny weather to Southern California, as well as superheroes, villains, artists, writers, actors, directors, scientists and more. “WonderCon 2018 was full of anything and everything we geeks want from […]
By Mychal Fabela Photos by Mychal Fabela What’s up guys, it’s Mychal Fabela, bringing you photos from WonderCon 2018, taking place at beautiful Anaheim, CA! Check out some photos of the awesome cosplayers we met and the amazing booths at the exhibit hall. We will be bringing you more all weekend, so make sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith WonderCon 2018 blew into Anaheim and the storm clouds subsided in Southern California. Yes, it is time once again for the Anaheim Convention Center to be taken over by pop culture greatness as WonderCon is back! One of the conventions planned by Comic-Con International, WonderCon boasts something for all. Comic books? […]
By Staff Reports IDW Publishing is returning to one of Southern California’s favorite comic conventions– the one and only WonderCon! Held at the Anaheim Convention Center from March 23rd to March 25th, attendees can stop by and see the IDW crew at booth #1109 all weekend. Kick off your convention season with a show full of creator signings, announcements, panels, […]
By Staff Reports BOOM! Studios unveiled their lineup of exclusive items and full signing schedule today for WonderCon Anaheim 2018, which will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center, CA, during March 23-25. BOOM! Studios will once again occupy one the most prominent booths on the floor, #1301, and offer can’t-miss limited edition exclusive items for sale including: Additionally, BOOM! […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse is pleased to announce an Expanded Edition of 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man from New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Matt Kindt! 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man (Expanded Edition) is a decades-spanning tale of love, secrets, aging, espionage, and family set in the same universe as Kindt’s […]
By Staff Reports This summer, writer Brian Wood, artist Mack Chater, and Dark Horse Comics will unleash the new ongoing comic book series SWORD DAUGHTER, a Viking revenge saga unlike any other. The co-creators of the acclaimed Briggs Land, along with colorist Jose Villarubia, letterer Nate Piekos and cover artist Greg Smallwood, are creating a raw and violent story that […]
By Staff Reports (Victor Valley)– Writer Joseph Keatinge (GLORY, SHUTTER) and legendary artist Bret Blevins (New Mutants, Sleepwalker) team up for the spacefaring series STELLAR—created by Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri—this June from Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment. Stellar was taken as a child and transformed into the ultimate weapon, one that would end an intergalactic war. She succeeded…at everything except finding […]
By Staff Reports Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back), artist Joshua Hixson (The Black Woods), and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Felix & Macabber) team up for the all-new revenge thriller SHANGHAI RED, coming this June from Image Comics. “Moving to Portland, Oregon was the thing that jump-started my comics career, so I wanted to pay it back the […]
By Nolan P. Smith As Kick-Ass made a roaring return to comics, so did one of the books most popular heroines: Hit-Girl. The pint-sized purveyor of her own brand of justice, Hit-Girl has made the leap from comic panel to the big screen and is now back with her biggest assignment yet. From Mark Millar and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, we […]
By Nolan P. Smith As the ultra-popular Millarverse from Mark Millar went to Image Comics, so did one of his most successful properties: Kick-Ass. With four trade paperbacks, spin-offs, and two feature films to the comic’s name, Kick-Ass is something fans have been wanting more of. With this new debut issue, we get someone else behind the mask, and I […]
By Daniel Schwartz Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Magdalene Visaggio Artist: Fico Ossio Cybertron is back. After countless years of civil war with the Decepticons, the planet has finally returned from the brink of destruction. Then the Visionaries invaded. The last survivors of the dead, magical world of Prysmos attempted to conquer Cybertron but eventually failed. The Autobots, being the nice […]
By Staff Reports BOOM! Studios unveiled their lineup of exclusive items and full signing schedule today for Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) 2018, which will take place at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., during March 1-4. BOOM! Studios will once again occupy the most prominent booth on the floor, #1002 on the SkyBridge, and offer can’t-miss limited edition […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith and Mychal Fabela Here is the last part of our Long Beach Comic Expo coverage, complete with a video where we caught up with some awesome cosplayers including Elizabeth Rage! Thank you again to the Long Beach Comic Expo for allowing us to cover this awesome event!
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith and Mychal Fabela The first con of the year for Pastrami Nation was a great one as Mychal Fabela and myself visited sunny Long Beach, CA for the Long Beach Comic Expo. The convention was terrific- easy to navigate, amazing cosplayers, a great selection of booths, something for everyone! Check out […]
By Staff Reports This week, we are excited to bring you the collected trade paperback of QUANTUM TEENS ARE GO, which was recently nominated for a 2018 GLAAD AWARD! QUANTUM TEENS ARE GO was written and illustrated by Magdalene Visaggio (Kim & Kim, upcoming Eternity Girl from Young Animal) and illustrated by Eryk Donovan (Memetic, Cognetic, Eugenic). It’s a laser-blasting adventure about […]
By Staff Reports As first revealed today at Newsarama, Valiant is proud to announce QUANTUM AND WOODY! (2017) #6 – the FIRST ISSUE of A PULSE-POUNDING TIE-IN TO HARBINGER WARS 2, Valiant’s seismic 2018 event! Klang, klang…klunk? When the lights go out across America, the world’s worst superhero team is going to finally find out if they have what it […]
By Staff Reports It’s almost time for Emerald City Comic Con 2018…and Valiant will be there to kick off Washington State’s biggest pop culture convention with a show of force from the largest independent superhero universe anywhere in comics! From Thursday, March 1st to Sunday, March 4th, Valiant will be showcasing the renowned creators and iconic heroes behind its award-winning publishing […]
By Staff Reports The no-holds-barred sci-fi satire of VS, the new series from Iván Brandon and Esad Ribić, offers a canny vision of the future of warfare, and fans can’t get enough. As a result, VS #1 is being fast-tracked for a second printing in order to keep up with overwhelming customer demand. When war is the ultimate spectator sport, […]
By Staff Reports BOOM! Studios is proud to announce CODA, a new twelve-issue series from Eisner-nominated writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, Godshaper) and Matías Bergara (Cannibal, Supergirl). In the aftermath of an apocalypse which wiped out nearly all magic from a once-wondrous fantasy world, an antisocial former bard named Hum seeks a way to save the soul of his wife […]
By Staff Reports Image Comics is pleased to reveal the first seven of 14 exclusive virgin wraparound covers in celebration of artists and the importance and impact they have in defining the comics medium. We Believe in Artists will be the first of many initiatives throughout Image’s planned #WeBelieve 2018 campaign highlighting the important, lately overlooked components of the comics […]
By Staff Reports VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, adds action and adventure to its publishing catalog with the release of RWBY on January 16th.
By Nolan P. Smith If there is one thing I can say about AfterShock Comics, is that they deliver in the form of diverse books. From the animals rule the world story of Animosity to a Teddy Roosevelt super group with Rough Riders, they know how to create diverse, high quality books. With their latest series, we follow another historical […]
By Nolan P. Smith Hellboy has been a staple for the comic industry for some time now. Mike Mignola’s demonic creation with a heart of gold has gained readers across the globe. For this holiday season, we get a special treat: Hellboy- Krampusnacht. A book written by Mignola himself with art by one of the very best in the business, […]
By Nolan P. Smith When the film John Wick hit theaters in 2014, it brought a surge of energy back to the action film genre, and brought Keanu Reeves back into the well-deserved spotlight. The revenge flick introduced a new take on the seedy underworld, and spawned an amazing sequel. Now, thanks to Dynamite, the story continues in comic book […]
By Staff Reports Madefire, the award-winning standard in digital comics and innovator of the proprietary Motion Book™ format teams up with Image Comics, the publisher of some of the top selling, award-winning comics in the industry, to make available a trove of back catalog titles to the Madefire platform.
By Jesse Ramirez Contributing Guest Reviewer There’s so much to love about this issue, It has everything I look for in a comic and more!
The fantastic works of Senti get collected if we can make it happen! By Nolan P. Smith It’s been a while, but what a great project to bring back the spotlight to shine on Kickstarter projects. For this installment of Let’s Kickstart This!, I bring you the collected works of one of the artists I respect most in this world- […]
By Staff Reports A Message from Creator/Writer Jason Sterr There’s no denying the good that Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Captain America do. If I lived in Gotham, Metropolis, or 616 New York I would be more than grateful for the countless times they’ve saved the world. But gratitude doesn’t equal trust. We’ve all come to realize that people in power, people that we […]