Dark Horse Comics Has Twelve Nominations for the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (By Nolan P. Smith)– The nominations are in for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2016! Dark Horse Comics, publisher of such comics as Hellboy, Blade of the Immortal, and more, has 12 nominations (6 shared) in 9 categories for the prestigious awards. The nominees, chosen by […]
Dark Horse Brings Dream Gang to Reality (By Staff Reports)– Dark Horse Comics announces the release of Brendan McCarthy’s psychedelic comics opus Dream Gang. Collecting the story originally published in Dark Horse Presents, Dream Gang represents veteran comics creator Brendan McCarthy at his finest. “Dream Gang is a story that takes place in dreams entirely,” says McCarthy. “It is the […]
Dark Horse Announces Plans for Moebius Library at ECCC (By Staff Reports)– Dark Horse Comics in partnership with Moebius Production in France is proud to reveal the first several volumes in the forthcoming Moebius Library, beginning with The World of Edena. 2016 represents not only Dark Horse Comics’ 30th anniversary, but also Moebius’s 60th anniversary of his very first published […]
Missed Out on Tickets for the San Diego Comic Con? Here’s Your Chance! (By Staff Reports)– Have you ever wanted to attend the greatest pop culture event in the world? Well, Dark Horse Comics is now giving you the chance to party in style at San Diego Comic Con! To celebrate Dark Horse Comics’ thirtieth anniversary, we are offering a […]
The Master Chief’s origin story is told in Halo: Fall of Reach from Dark Horse Comics By Art Macias Contributing Guest Reviewer (Inland Empire)– For those familiar with the Halo video game series, or military and war style action, this trade paperback collection from Dark Horse Comics is for you. An awesome tale of the transformation from a boy named […]
The Predator is Back in a New Limited Series By Art Macias Contributing Guest Reviewer (Inland Empire)– Let me start off by saying I have not picked up a Predator comic in quite sometime and was a little apprehensive for fear that I may be lost in the storyline. The storied film franchise has also been a mainstay at Dark […]
International Hit ‘Alena’ Comes to Dark Horse Kim W. Andersson is making waves in the international comics and film community. His original Swedish graphic novel Alena was adapted into a feature-length film in Sweden that just received a critically acclaimed US debut at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2016. Now the graphic novel will see full US distribution through Dark […]
Ethan Young Brings The Battles of Bridget Lee to Dark Horse This fall, Ethan Young, the acclaimed writer and artist of Nanjing: The Burning City, brings his immense talent to a sci-fi epic full of heart, humor, and heroism in The Battles of Bridget Lee! The Battles of Bridget Lee will take readers on a multivolume journey through space as […]
By Staff Reports Rising from a brine of drive-in pulp and gentle poetry, award winner Jonathan Case’s Dear Creature is the love story you never imagined! Dark Horse will produce a hardcover edition of the rising star’s debut graphic novel, first published by Tor Books in 2011. Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue defies his nature, no longer […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse Books and Bethesda Softworks® announced that The Art of DOOM will be available in stores on June 8, 2016. The Art of DOOM is a massive art tome from id Software®’s highly anticipated first-person shooter DOOM®. The iconic game that defined a genre, DOOM is considered one of the most influential games ever made and […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—Mike Mignola’s iconic paranormal investigator, Hellboy, has been through hell, literally. The demon with the right hand of doom has become a staple in not only the world of comics, but also on the silver screen with two blockbuster films. With the winter season comes a treat for all, as we get four new […]
By Staff Reports Last week, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) committee published their much-anticipated 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. Not surprisingly, given the tremendous success of Dark Horse’s 2015 publishing line, the publisher landed five titles on this year’s list! This year’s Dark Horse selections are as follows: ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times. By […]
By Staff Reports This spring, Dark Horse Comics is set to publish a historical tale of horror from New York Times best-selling author Peter Tomasi (Batman and Robin, Green Lantern) and artist Ian Bertram (Bowery Boys). House of Penance is a horrific take on the true story of the Winchester haunted house and one woman’s mission to wash away the […]
Review by Jason T. Smith (Victor Valley)—Visionary artist Ricardo Delgado has done it again with his latest tale in the critically acclaimed Age of Reptiles series, Ancient Egyptians from Dark Horse Comics. The four-issue mini-series is now collected in one, slick trade paperback with bonus content like concept sketches of the dinosaurs and more. The collected version of this visual […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—Lone Wolf and Cub is arguably one of the most popular manga released in the United States. Following the adventures of a young samurai and a small child, we saw opponents dispensed in a violent, sword driven manner. With Lone Wolf 2100, the classic tale is transplanted into the year 2100 where a ronin […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse Comics is thrilled to announce the publication of the first new work by Kenji Tsuruta in English in 20 years: Wandering Island! Wandering Island is a retro flying adventure in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki. With eight pages in color, this special edition features an extended wraparound cover with French flaps. Mikura Amelia is a […]
By Staff Reports As announced last week, Dark Horse Books is pleased to offer Troll Bridge, a beautiful graphic novel adaptation of a tale from the mind of master storyteller Neil Gaiman (Sandman), illustrated by artist Colleen Doran (Sandman, Orbiter). Based on a story originally published in Gaiman’s Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions, Troll Bridge is a tragic […]
By Staff Reports In June 2016, Dark Horse Books will be pleased to offer How to Talk to Girls at Parties, a brilliant new graphic novel adaptation of an award-winning short story from Neil Gaiman—one of the most celebrated authors of our time—by award-winning artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. Originally published in Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things: Short Fiction and […]
By Staff Reports What makes a trip to your local comic shop even better? Free copies of your favorite Dark Horse titles for Free Comic Book Day 2016! Need a reason to pick up Dark Horse Comics’ 2016 Free Comic Book Day offering? Here’s three! • An unforgettable lesson from Hellboy’s past is shared by the world’s greatest paranormal investigator! […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse Comics announced today the publication of Angel Catbird, the first graphic novel by Margaret Atwood, the Booker Award–winning author of The Blind Assassin, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Heart Goes Last. Angel Catbird is a unique and ambitious collaboration between Atwood and artist Johnnie Christmas (Sheltered) that tells the story of an unusual superhero over […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse announces that Bruce Zick’s wild science-fiction web comic, The Zone Continuum, will arrive in print as an original graphic novel. The Zone Continuum was first printed in 1992 by Caliber Comics and then rebooted in 2006 as a web series of over one hundred episodes for Komikwerks. Now, Bruce Zick and Dark Horse Comics will […]
By Staff Reports In 1988, Dark Horse’s Aliens comic debuted, with stunning art by Mark A. Nelson and a script by Mark Verheiden, taking the comics market by storm. For the thirtieth anniversary of the Aliens film, Dark Horse and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are releasing an oversized hardcover edition of the unabridged and unadulterated series! This must-have collector’s […]
By Staff Reports Moving from the pages of comics’ greatest anthology, Dark Horse Presents, Peter Hogan (Resident Alien, Sandman Presents, The Dreaming) returns to fantasy to deliver a three-issue miniseries of King’s Road. Artist Staz Johnson (Judge Dredd) and colorist Douglas Sirois (The 7th Sword) join Hogan to continue this tale of a family on the run from magical, other-dimensional […]
By Staff Reports During a special panel at New York Comic Con 2015, Dark Horse Comics in conjunction with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment announced that AVATAR, the highest-grossing film in history, will expand into the world of comic books in anticipation of the three upcoming film sequels. In a special prerecorded message, James […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse announces the full line up of 2015 NYCC exclusives, available in the Dark Horse Comics booth #1636! Dark Horse has produced incredible items for this year’s show, as well as secured a few other extremely limited edition items from our partners! The list can be found below, available only at the Dark Horse Booth at […]
By Staff Reports Kengo Hanazawa’s award-winning zombie-survival manga I Am a Hero begins at Dark Horse in early 2016. This nail-biting page-turner is sure to leave readers on the edge of their seats! This realistically drawn international bestseller takes us from initial small battles for survival to a huge body-horror epidemic that threatens all of humanity. Each Dark Horse omnibus […]
By Staff Reports Visit Dark Horse Comics at Rose City Comic Con for free swag, such as comics, buttons, posters, and more! Check out our show exclusives, signings, and panels, too! Lady Killer artist Joelle Jones will be designing graphic leggings live at the Dark Horse Booth on Saturday morning. We’ve teamed up with Bombsheller, the clothing company of the […]
By Staff Reports Dark Horse is pleased to announce its newest art-book partnership will be with Bethesda Game Studios for Fallout® 4, one of the most anticipated games of 2015. Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Fallout® 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®, welcome you to the world of Fallout® 4—their most ambitious game ever and the next […]
By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer (Victor Valley)– In 1937, Japanese Imperial forces captured the Chinese capital city of Nanjing. The events that followed have come to be known as the Nanjing Massacre. This large-scale tragedy involves the invading army committing horrible acts against the Chinese soldiers (and civilians) that did not flee the city. Nanjing: The Burning City is […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation is proud to present an interview with Ricardo Delgado, the man behind the best silent comic around, Age of Reptiles. Delgado spoke to Pastrami Nation’s Jason T. Smith about the current series, Ancient Egyptians, and a glimpse into the future! Thanks again to Mr. Delgado and Dark Horse Comics for the opportunity! Check out […]