By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victor Valley)– Back again already for another installment of Let’s Kickstart This! Why? Cause cool stuff has no timeline: it just happens. This time, we are spotlighting something amazingly cool and simple: KitRex: The 3D Paper Velociraptor. It’s a paper raptor. That should be all you need to here to go to the Kickstarter […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation Rating: Rated T+ Writer: Kaare Andrews Artist: Kaare Andrews (California)– Iron Fist- the Marvel Comics martial arts master that rocks yellow and green, popped his collar, has a tattoo across his chest, and…wore slippers. Yet, I didn’t care, Iron Fist was always a bad ass in my book, even during his Heroes For […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victor Valley)—It’s that time once again for Let’s Kickstart This! I love going around the crowd funding site Kickstarter and highlighting the simply amazing projects I stumble upon. Today’s spotlight is full of mystery and mind blowing imagery: let me introduce you to The Dark Tales of the Harrow Brothers. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1511147434/the-dark-tales-of-the-brothers-harrow-volume-i What struck me […]
By Staff Reports Marvel Television is proud to announce Eisner-award winning superstar artist Paolo Rivera (Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man) as the newest recruit for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Art of Level 7, a new landmark initiative bringing top artists from around the world together to celebrate the final six episodes of the series’ inaugural season(airing Tuesdays, 8|7c on the ABC […]
By Staff Reports Despite the end of the print world as we know it, cult humor anthology series The Devastator continues with its most action-packed, star-studded effort yet. The Devastator: Apocalypse features Paul Scheer (The League, NTSF: SD: SUV::), Joe Lo Truglio (The State, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Jordan Morris (Maximum Fun, @Midnight), Todd Alcott (Antz, Bizarro World), Danny Hellman (Fantagraphics, Wall […]
By Jason R. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville)– Ever since people began to dress up and take on the role of someone else, there has been cosplay! As kids, we took towels and wore them as capes, proclaiming to be Superman or strapped on revolvers and played the role of a cowboy. Well, these days cosplay has been taken to an […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR) – Dark Horse, a premier publisher of creator-owned and licensed content, today announces a partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products: an upcoming project based on this year’s highly anticipated film from Fox Animation Studios, The Book of Life. In September 2014, Dark Horse will release The Art of The Book of Life, a behind-the-scenes look […]
By Staff Reports Your favorite slasher hunter is back! Michael Moreci (HOAX HUNTERS) and Steve Seeley (HOAX HUNTERS) return to the fan-favorite series created by Tim Seeley—HACK/SLASH—with an all new arc in SON OF SAMHAIN. When a mysterious cult of monsters arises, Cassie is forced to return to the life she thought she’d left behind. Coupled with a new partner […]
By Staff Reports Every American learns the story: At the start of the 19th century, the vast West of the North American continent is unknown to white men who have colonized the East, so President Thomas Jefferson sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the new frontier and report on what they find. MANIFEST DESTINY, the new hit comic […]
By Staff Reports Image Comics is pleased to reveal early artwork from Rick Remender (BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS) and Greg Tocchini’s (Last Days of American Crime, Uncanny X-Force) new series, LOW, to whet the comics industry’s appetite. The forthcoming science-fiction fantasy series was announced at Image Expo in January and sparked a buzz of early interest. The official release date for LOW […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR) —As the pop culture world gears up for this year’s WonderCon in Anaheim, CA, Dark Horse announces two special variant covers for this year’s show! First up, Dark Horse brings an all-new variant cover for a critical hit and fan favorite, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with an exclusive Season Ten first-issue cover by Tomb Raider art director Brian […]
By Staff Reports On sale today, DEADPOOL #27 sets a Guinness World Records™ title for the most comic book characters on a single issue cover! It’s a monumental, record-breaking issue as Wade Wilson ties the knot in front of hundreds of friends and family alike. The oversized cover of DEADPOOL #27 includes an amazing 232 characters and creators. With a […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation (Victorville)— When the Avengers film hit, nothing was ever the same. Since then, we have had the massive box office hit known as Iron Man 3 and the superb Thor: The Dark World. Now, it’s time for the sentinel of liberty to jump back into the spotlight with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Chris Evans […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR) —As the world gears up for the premiere of the new FX television program adapting the original novel trilogy The Strain, Dark Horse announces The Night Eternal, the third comics chapter of this ongoing vampire epic, adapted by David Lapham and Mike Huddleston. Following the first two comics series, The Strain and the recently wrapped […]
By Staff Reports (BURBANK, CA)– The world is turned upside down when Batman – one of the world’s greatest Super Heroes – discovers he is a father in the newest DC Universe Original Animated Movie, Son of Batman. This all-new, PG-13-rated film arrives May 6, 2014 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD. The […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– Playing cards have become a sort of thing for me: the various custom decks available out there are a sight to behold. But Paul Roman Martinez’s The Flight Deck still manages to stand out above the rest. I have back a project by Martinez on Kickstarter in the past (19xx), which turned out phenomenal. […]
By Staff Reports Chris Roberson (Edison Rex, iZombie) and Paul Maybury (POPGUN, Catalyst Comix) brought to life a multi-layered and intricately-plotted fantasy series on par with Game of Thrones that has drawn the attention of legions of fans in SOVEREIGN #1, which has sold out instantly at the distributor level and will be going into a second printing. In a […]
By Staff Reports With the publication of BURN THE ORPHANAGE VOLUME 1: BORN TO LOSE in May, Image Comics will show readers that revenge is a dish best served with blazing side-scroller-style action. In the ‘80s-tastic graphic novel inspired by video games like Double Dragon and Streets of Rage, Sina Grace (THE LI’L DEPRESSED BOY, NOT MY BAG, SELF-OBSESSED) and […]
By Staff Reports This November, prepare for every Spider-Man…ever! Marvel is proud to announce Spider-Verse, the biggest Spider-Man story of the year from New York Times Best-Selling Spider-Scribe Dan Slott and blockbuster artist Olivier Coipel! Kicking off this November in Amazing Spider-Man #9 (with a special lead-in story on Free Comic Book Day), Slott and Coipel assemble an legion of […]
By Staff Reports (PORTLAND, Ore.) – March 18, 2014 – All the magic and excitement of the past, present, and future of Disney entertainment will come together once again under one roof when D23: The Official Disney Fan Club presents the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center the weekend of Aug. 14–16, 2015. Each of Disney’s wonderful worlds will […]
By Staff Reports This April, the fist of K’un Lun returns in IRON FIST: THE LIVING WEAPON #1, an all-new series written and drawn by comics superstar Kaare Andrews! And you’ve never seen an Iron Fist like this before! High above the city of New York in his multi-million dollar penthouse, Danny Rand a.k.a. Iron Fist is haunted by the […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)– March 22 marks the twentieth anniversary of Mike Mignola’s career-defining release of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1. After the character’s somewhat humble beginnings in an eight-page feature in Dark Horse’s San Diego Comic-Con Comics special, Seed of Destruction would begin the long life of the beloved “beast of the apocalypse.” In December, Dark Horse announced […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)—Genres collide in an adventure where steam-powered tanks clash with katanas in the new graphic novel Toshiro from writer Jai Nitz (Dream Thief) and artist Janusz Pawlak! “Toshiro bends and blends genres to make something altogether new. Janusz and I wanted to play with Victorian steampunk, alternate history, Lovecraftian monsters, and the magic of Tezuka’s Astro […]
By Staff Reports What happens when over 80 creators from the world’s top video game studios join forces to create the ultimate dark fantasy game? The answer is SUBSTRATA, a brilliant new art book collecting designs for the heroes, enemies, and landscapes of this hypothetical new game world… SUBSTRATA is the brainchild of illustrator Paul Richards, who conceived of the […]
By Staff Reports (San Diego, CA)– 2014 marks both IDW Publishing’s 15th anniversary and the return of one its most integral and beloved creators, Ashley Wood (Popbot, World War Robot). This May, Wood and writer T.P. Louise, his co-conspirator on Lore (now in development as a major motion picture), launch an all-new, ongoing bi-monthly series, The Beautiful War. Wood and […]
By Staff Reports (NEW YORK)– During an action-packed event on Monday, February 17, at the 2014 American International Toy Fair, Disney Consumer Products unveiled its dynamic product lines that will dominate boys toy aisles this year with offerings inspired by highly anticipated content: Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue, Star Wars Rebels, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and The Amazing Spider-Man […]
By Staff Reports Paul Pope’s new graphic novel BATTLING BOY debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestselling list, and the original art is now the focus of a series of traveling art exhibits in the United States and Europe. Now Paul Pope enthusiasts can enjoy MONSTERS & TITANS: BATTLING BOY ON TOUR, a trade paperback that fans and […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)—Last week, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) committee published their much-anticipated 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, adding, for the first time, a top-ten list. Not surprisingly, given the tremendous success of Dark Horse’s 2013 publishing line, the publisher landed six titles on this year’s list, with two making it into the top […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)– The most amazing artists in the world have come together to celebrate thirty years of Stan Sakai’s marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo, in a new oversized hardcover benefit book: The Sakai Project: Artists Celebrate Thirty Years of “Usagi Yojimbo”. “It has been an absolute pleasure publishing Stan’s work over the years, and recently collaborating […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Yeah, you stay over there. Many of us remember the internet sensation known as Homestar Runner. It had the animated shorts, it had games, and it had the amazing Strong Bad emails. Well, now is the time to relive those moments with Homestar Runner, in three minutes. Check out Brock Baker, The Man of a […]