By Staff Reports Award-winning publisher Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, is excited to announce the June debut of JIM HENSON’S THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE NOVELIZATION, the second in a planned series of three hardcovers that reprint the prose novel adaptations of fan-favorite Henson properties. The book follows the recent April release of JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: THE NOVELIZATION and will […]
By Nolan P. Smith Because the world of Kickstarter is so unpredictable, we have another project to spotlight already! This time, it is one that Kickstarter backers should know by now: it’s Devin Kraft’s Dragon Slayer. Check it out on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cheshirecatart/dragon-slayer-the-collected-edition Already a hit with volumes one and two, now Devin Kraft is back with not only the […]
By Staff Reports With more than two hundred issues and counting, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is among comics’ most monumental achievements. In celebration of thirty years of the marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo is set to return in an all-new six-issue miniseries, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, followed by the debut of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga collection! Twenty years in his […]
By Staff Reports WHAT: Today on May 8th, the announcement was made that coming in 2015, the non-profit New Starship Foundation is opening the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum, the world’s first dedicated science fiction museum that will celebrate sci-fi in film, TV, art and literature and teach all ages about space and science through science fiction. The museum with have […]
By Staff Reports This August, the burning question of what happened to one of the greatest heroes of in the Marvel Universe finally gets answered in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #18 – an Original Sin tie-in! New York Times Bestselling creators Brian Michael Bendis and Ed McGuinness bring you the blockbuster answer to the question on everyone’s mind: What happened […]
By Staff Reports Join Kyle Higgins (Batman, Nightwing), Alec Siegel (Captain America, Avengers), and Rod Reis (Justice League) in their all-new ongoing Image Comics series C.O.W.L., set in 1960s Chicago. In C.O.W.L., a labor union of superheroes must work together to regain the confidence of the public and ferret out threats inside and outside their offices… and the comics industry […]
By Staff Reports Hot on the heels of its most successful anniversary sale to date, Dark Horse Digital announces a very special limited offer for Star Wars Day! Starting today, get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star […]
By Staff Reports While many comics fans are headed to their local comic shop to get their free goodies this weekend, Dark Horse launches the hottest web comic of the year at ProjectBlackSky.net! Intrigued by the investigations of the conspiracy blog IWatchTheSky.com, Dark Horse Comics has done some digging and uncovered some of the mysterious Project Black Sky’s secret files. […]
By Nolan P. Smith When I saw this come across my email, I knew Marvel had another genius idea. Much like the 2099 series, we get to see a glimpse of the Marvel Universe in the year 2061, which will be the 100th year anniversary for the House of Ideas. Looking at the info and the artwork… I am psyched!!!! […]
By Staff Reports Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed miniseries Buzzkill, Donny Cates is set to release a twelve-issue series blending big rigs and conspiracies in Ghost Fleet! Written by Cates, with art by Daniel Warren Johnson (Space-Mullet) and colors by Lauren Affe, Ghost Fleet is sure to be one hell of a wild ride! For the world’s […]
By Nolan P. Smith You still have time! Tomorrow, the Kickstarter campaign for the The Dark Tales of the Brothers Harrow comes to a close! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1511147434/the-dark-tales-of-the-brothers-harrow-volume-i) Thanks to the support of everyone, they have reached their goal, but it’s not done yet… tt is stretch goal time, and I am hoping to unlock the art book… it could happen! Just […]
By Staff Reports (Burbank)– Marvel Television is proud to announce acclaimed artist Stephanie Hans (Journey Into Mystery, Young Avengers) as the newest recruit for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Art of Level 7, a new initiative uniting top artists from around the world to celebrate the final six episodes of the series’ inaugural season (airing Tuesdays, 8|7c on the ABC […]
By Staff Reports (New York)– You already know All-New Marvel NOW! has everyone buzzing – and today Marvel is proud to announce that even more red-hot titles have sold out at the distributor level and will immediately return to press! Missed out on great titles like ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER #2, IRON FIST: THE LIVING WEAPON #1, CAPTAIN MARVEL #2, DEADPOOL […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photographs by Jason T. Smith (Victor Valley)—This past weekend, the Anaheim Convention Center became the hub for super heroes, zombies, villains, monsters, fans and more as WonderCon once again rolled into Southern California. The pop culture convention is known for its extraordinary cosplayers and magnet for anything in the pop culture universe: comic book publishers, […]
By Staff Reports (Anaheim)—Dark Horse Comics is pleased to debut Dark Ages, another cosmic thrill ride from Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dan Abnett! The creators of Vertigo’s The New Deadwardians, Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard, deliver medieval sci-fi action in Dark Ages! The medieval world is locked in war. As a godless mercenary company slogs across Europe in search of […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Jason T. Smith Pastrami Nation (Anaheim)– WonderCon will be coming to a close soon, but it has been an amazing time! The convention once again took place at the Anaheim Convention Center, and had something for everyone. From comic publishers, indie publishers, artists, writers, video game companies, all sorts of vendors, food trucks, and […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victor Valley)—Last time, I introduced the world to the Kickstarter project known as the The Dark Tales of the Brothers Harrow. A graphic novel project with a gripping story and intense visuals, the book stands out on Kickstarter instantly. Well, now there are only few days left to fund this project, so if there […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Anaheim)- WonderCon day one is now just a memory, and what a memory it is! WonderCon, one of the premiere comic book conventions in the United States, took over the Anaheim Convention Center Friday, and will continue to all the way through Sunday. Everything from comic books, video games, movies, cosplay, anime, manga, art […]
By Staff Reports This May, the Master of Kung-Fu returns for an all-new limited series full of murder, mystery and martial arts in DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG-FU #1 – from the creative team of Mike Benson (Deadpool Pulp) and Tan Eng Huat (X-Men Legacy)! A highly trained MI-6 agent has been murdered in cold blood. One with deep, personal ties […]
By Staff Reports (Anaheim)–Digital publisher Lion Forge Comics is bringing the live action to WonderCon this year with special guest appearances by mixed martial arts star Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and professional wrestler Chavo Guerrero. Convention attendees will also have the chance to meet the famous cosplayer Yaya Han and beloved actor Dennis Haskins from the television series, “Saved By the […]
By Staff Reports (San Diego) – Recently launched IDW Entertainment, along with George Lopez and his Travieso Production Company, announced today they are developing Wormwood as an animated television series based on the acclaimed IDW comics, created by artist Ben Templesmith. David M. Stern (Ugly Americans, Simpsons) has been tapped to write the pilot episode and serve as an executive […]
By Staff Reports VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, offers the action-packed, bloody conclusion to the BERSERK anime feature film trilogy as it announces the release of BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC III – THE ADVENT on DVD and Blu-ray, available now. The new release is rated ‘M’ for […]
By Staff Reports Justin Jordan (DEAD BODY ROAD, Luther Strode) and Kyle Strahm (HACK/SLASH, HAUNT) team up for a new science-fiction thriller, SPREAD, a horrifying story of inevitable death and slim hope. Enthusiasm for SPREAD will prove infectious and launch with a social media contest. Post the cover image of SPREAD #1 with the caption “it’s spreading…” and tag @kstrahm […]
Pastrami Nation will be giving away a kit to build your very own full size pepakura Titanfall pilot helmet like the one seen here! All you have to do is comment on this post and next week on Tuesday we will randomly pick a winner! Good luck!
By Staff Reports Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), a global leader in music rights management, along with White Bear PR, proudly return to WonderCon to present the “Game On! Music & Sound in Video Games” panel discussion. BMI Director Film/TV Relations Anne Cecere and motion-capture and voice-over actor Thomas Mikusz (Red Dead Redemption) will moderate this intriguing panel. In addition, there will be […]
By Staff Reports Comic-Con International announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2014 this morning, 17 of which were published by Image Comics. An additional three nominations were shared with other publishers, bringing the total nominations for Image Comics to 20. Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ SAGA, a winner of previous Eisner awards, was nominated in […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)—Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2014! Dark Horse Comics has twelve category nominations and one shared nomination. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from children’s stories and World War II […]
By Staff Reports Warner Archive Collection presents an incredibly eclectic quartet of panels at WonderCon this coming weekend, April 18-20, spotlighting everything from popular animated super hero TV series and kooky cartoon music to real-life heroes in animation (and back again) and the original transforming toy robots, The GoBots. The talent on these four panels also covers the entertainment […]
By Staff Reports Two New Science Fiction Action Titles Timed To Release With The Summer Blockbuster Movie EDGE OF TOMORROW Starring Tom Cruise And Emily Blunt San Francisco, CA, April 14, 2014 – VIZ Media’s Haikasoru literary imprint supports the upcoming release of the gripping sci-fi action film, Edge of Tomorrow with the release of an official movie tie-in novel […]
By Staff Reports DC Entertainment (DCE) will mark the 75th anniversary of its iconic Batman character at WonderCon 2014 with an impressive line-up of can’t-miss reveals and exclusives sure to thrill fans of the world’s most popular Super Hero. A special highlight of DCE’s WonderCon activities will be the Batman 75th Anniversary Panel scheduled for Saturday, April 19 at 4 […]