Seven days!!! You officially have a week to be a part of the amazing Kickstarter project known as Clan of the Vein. Written by Neo Edmund and with artwork by Neil D’Monte and Jason Walton, this looks like it will be a smash hit of a book! Check out the story straight from the Kickstarter page! “You were taught to […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Check out the press release for The Other Dead, an amazing new book coming out from IDW! By Joshua Ortega (Gears of War) and Digger T . Mesch (Agent 88 and WAY, way more)! It’s available for pre-order RIGHT NOW through Previews, so make sure to check it out! It’s zombie animals. ‘Nuff said! Here’s […]
(San Diego) – IDW Publishing is renowned for having great exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con International every year, but 2013 finds them taking it to the next level. See below for a complete list of SDCC exclusives, which promise to be the most sought after of the show! Some of the items will be available for pre-order from IDW’s web […]
Ready for more old school covers? Valiant is back with more 8-Bit covers this October, and this round is just as if not more impressive than June’s covers! I picked up all of the variants the first time around, and I will be sure to do the same with the second! Check out the Tertis-like X-O Manowar cover here, and […]
Review by Chris Guzman-Pastrami Nation Writer: Joe Casey Artist: David Messina Publisher: Image Comics (www.imagecomics.com) A whole new vibe is bubbling from the underground. Our drug fueled super hero is bouncing from one reality to the next in the new series brought to light by Image Comics, The Bounce. Seasoned veterans Joe Casey (Ben 10, Uncanny X-Men, Adventures of Superman) […]
(Burbank)– D23: The Official Disney Fan Club reveals plans for a special 3D screening of the high-flying big-screen adventure Disney’s Planes at the D23 Expo: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. D23 Expo attendees will be among the first to see Disney’s Planes on its opening day. An action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure from Disneytoon Studios, Disney’s Planes will take flight […]
(San Francisco, CA) – The Cartoon Art Museum, The WorkJuice Corporation, Quixotic Transmedia, and Archaia Entertainment are pleased to present artwork from the much-anticipated The Thrilling Adventure Hour graphic novel at the Cartoon Art Museum from June 29 – October 20, 2013. Featuring artwork from all 10 stories, the Thrilling Adventure Hour graphic novel explores brand-new material from series creators Ben Acker & Ben […]
The Marvel booth at San Diego Comic Con International is back! (Booth #2329) Marvel will be taking the event by storm and aims to make this year one to remember! Along with all of the great on-stage panels, creator signings, and special events, Marvel is offering some fantastic new and exclusive merchandise that will be for sale at the booth […]
By Staff Reports Shut up, Daniel-San! Get ready for more fun than a crane kick to the head as Ralph Macchio is headed to Wizard World! That, and colorist Jeff Balke! Check out the info direct from Wizard World: Ralph Macchio, known to millions for roles in The Karate Kid, My Cousin Vinny and Crossroads, will make rare appearances at […]
(TORONTO, ON)– Todd McFarlane, McFarlane Toys founder and Spawn Creator, comes to Fan Expo Canada™, hitting the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from August 22-25, to launch his company’s newest Ubisoft figures and toys. As previously announced, McFarlane Toys will create a wide range of products, including figures, statues, playsets and novelty toys based on the successful Assassin’s Creed® franchise and […]
(New York, NY)—This summer, Dark Horse is proud to publish CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices, an authoritative yet accessible handbook designed to help librarians, educators, and parents navigate the vast and popular field of manga. Prepared by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the freedom to read, CBLDF Presents Manga provides […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Get ready to geek out! MTV has announced their plans for the pop culture phenom known as the San Diego Comic Con, which takes place in July. From panels about Teen Wolf, to an MTV2 Party in the Park, to the release of the graphic novel The Gloom, it looks like MTV is bringing the […]
(Los Angeles) – BOOM! Studios, the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher and two-time winner of Diamond Comics Distributors’ prestigious “Best Publisher” Gem Award, has merged with Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Archaia Entertainment, the publisher of graphic novels including Mouse Guard, A Tale of Sand, Rust, Spera, Cowboy, and Gunnerkrigg Court. BOOM! Studios will be the […]
Kneel before Zod! Today, Warner Bros Interactive announced that General Zod will be making his way to the fighting game, Injustice Gods Among Us. It will be Neatherrealm Studio’s design of the character, not the movie version currently in Man of Steel. Which is odd since a skin for Superman from the movie Man of Steel will be released as […]
(Milwaukie, OR)– Dark Horse Comics is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the beloved series Bloodhound, from writer Dan Jolley (Prototype 2) and artist Leonard Kirk (X-Factor)! Previously published by DC, Bloodhound begins a new five-issue series, Crowbar Medicine, that will take our hero, Travis Clevenger, to new intensities the Big Two would have never allowed—establishing Clev as the […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith Publisher: Self-Published Release May 2013 Website: http://www.godhatesastronauts.com/ You might notice that there is a publisher missing above: well, that’s because this amazing hardcover collection of God Hates Astronauts: The Completely Complete Edition, is self-published by the writer/artist/creator Ryan Browne (his work on Image Comic’s Bedlam is pretty amazing). Though the website Kickstarter, Browne collected his […]
By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)—As anticipation for this year’s pop culture main event grows, Dark Horse makes the first of many announcements regarding exclusive products for this year’s Comic-Con International! Every day this week, Dark Horse will reveal one item to be sold at this year’s convention, exclusively on Dark Horse’s all-new NewsFeed! Up first is what will surely be […]
Writer: Various Artists: Various Publisher: Black Mask Studios Remember when the whole “Occupy Wall Street” stuff was all plastered across the television? The 99% against the 1%? I’m not big on politics, but I remember the argument, I remember what both sides were saying. So, now let’s take a literary and visual look at the situation through the Occupy Comics […]
Review by Jason T. Smith Written and drawn by: Ricardo Delgado Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Books brings us a true masterpiece with it’s Age of Reptiles Omnibus Volume 1 by the master of all things dinosaur related in comics, Ricardo Delgado. This collection collects the first two Age of Reptiles mini series from the 90’s as well as […]
By Staff Reports (LOS ANGELES)– Anime Expo proudly announces Ghost in the Shell: ARISE Producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa as a Guest of Honor for AX2013. Mr. Ishikawa revolutionized the anime industry as a founder, and current C.E.O. and President of animation studio Production I.G., Inc. Born in Tokyo in 1958, Mr. Ishikawa joined Tatsunoko Productions after graduating from college, and later […]
By Staff Reports From the battlefields of Infinity comes a new team to protect Earth! With the Avengers light-years away in space, contending with the Builders, and Thanos’ marauders ransacking the Earth, doing as they please – who will stand in defense of mankind? Want more? Using your camera enabled device combined with the Marvel AR app, get the inside […]
By Staff Reports Get over here!!!! So, Scorpion was announced as the next DLC for Injustice…I know a lot of people are turned off by it, but it looks pretty awesome to me. Plus, at the end of the trailer…is that a clue of what’s to come? Check out the press release below, as well as the trailer: Warner Bros. […]
By Staff Reports (New York)– Lucasfilm, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and its publishing partners announced today the second annual Star Wars Reads Day to be held this October 5, 2013. Last year, 30 authors and 1,500 costumed volunteers participated in over 1,200 Star Wars Reads Day events across North America. On October 5 of this year, Star Wars fans, authors, and […]
By Staff Reports HAMMER OF THE GODS is now available on VOD/iTunes and will be released in theaters July 5, 2013. Directed by Farren Blackburn Starring Charlie Bewley, Elliot Cowan, Clive Standen, Guy Flanagan and Michael Jibson Set in Viking Britain in 871 AD, Hammer of the Gods is a visceral, intense tale set in a world whose only language […]
By Staff Reports (Milwaukie)—Ever since its announcement last fall, there has been buzz about THE FIFTH BEATLE. Written by multiple Tony Award–winning producer Vivek J. Tiwary (Green Day’s American Idiot, The Addams Family, Mel Brooks’s The Producers), The Fifth Beatle, chronicling the life of the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, will officially be released on November 19. The Fifth Beatle, from […]
By Staff Reports (California)– Its collections are the country’s best-selling graphic novels, it has been adapted into the top-rated television series in basic cable history, its 100th issue sold more copies than any other comic book in the 21st century, and now THE WALKING DEAD is breaking new ground by becoming Image Comics’ and Skybound’s first Spanish-language publication. A Spanish […]
By Staff Reports (San Diego) – IDW Limited announced plans for interstellar domination today, beginning with the Mars Attacks: Attack from Space Limited-Edition Hardcover (http://idwlimited.com/series/mars-attacks.html ). The book collects the first five issues of the popular IDW comic series. Drawing on the rich card-based history by Topps, each of these highly collectible and rare books will be paired with hand-drawn […]
This is a piece of history right here. Kansai Club Publishing as put up an ambitious, historic Kickstarter as they aim to produce a limited edition English translation of manga legend Osamu Tezuka’s The Crater. Never before translated in English, this is a chance to own a piece of manga history. With royalties paid to Tezuka Productions to make this […]