Hail Toshiro! Check Out An Original Steampunk Horror Graphic Novel From Jai Nitz

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 […]

Dark Horse Takes Home Six Spots On The 2014 YALSA Great Graphic Novels For Teens List

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 […]

Dark Horse Announces The Sakai Project

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 […]

Dark Horse Donates Digital Comic Collection To Children’s Cancer Association

By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)– Dark Horse Comics is turning pages for the Children’s Cancer Association with its digital comics. The entire Dark Horse Digital collection, which features over three thousand comics, will be made available for CCA’s program. The Children’s Cancer Association partners with six Portland-area health care providers, including Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, […]

There is a Disturbance in the Force: Star Wars Comics Go Back To Marvel in 2015, Departs From Dark Horse

By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville)– There is a disturbance in the force. Today, both Disney/Marvel and Dark Horse announced that the Star Wars franchise of comics will be leaving Dark Horse in 2015, and going back to Marvel Comics. This move was anticipated when Disney purchased Marvel, and now we know the official time frame of when it […]

The Legend of Zelda- Hyrule Historia Is Tops For 2013!

By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE)– In a monumental year for entertainment, Dark Horse Comics has secured its place in video-game-art history with The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia™, which charted in the top ten as one of 2013’s best-selling books globally. In February, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia soared to the top of the Nielsen BookScan charts, making it the […]

Dark Horse Announces An Original Graphic Novel From New York Times Best Selling Authors Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt

By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE)– Matt Kindt, the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of MIND MGMT and Red Handed, and Brian Hurtt, the award-winning, New York Times best-selling artist of The Sixth Gun and The Damned, are soon to publish Poppy! and the Lost Lagoon, the first in a new graphic novel series for children. The book follows the story […]

Dark Horse Digital Cyber Monday Deal

By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville)– Want some excellent books this holiday season? Then here you are! Dark Horse Comics has announced their Cyber Monday sale, which is 50% off an entire order using the code ­­­­­­­­­­dhdcyber2013 on Dark Horse Digital. What is on Dark Horse Digital? How about Star Wars, Age of Reptiles, Empowered, Hellboy, and more? See […]

NYCC 2013: Dark Horse Announces Bad Blood From Bram Stoker Winner Jonathan Maberry

By Staff Reports (NEW YORK)—As announced today at New York Comic Con, Dark Horse is set to publish a new creator-owned series from Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry (Ghost Road Blues)—Bad Blood! With art by the Eisner Award–winning Tyler Crook (B.P.R.D., The Sixth Gun), this five-issue miniseries promises a vampire tale with an unlikely hero. Being bitten by a […]

NYCC 2013: Serenity Returns

By Staff Reports (NEW YORK)– Dark Horse Comics confirmed at New York Comic Con plans to continue the cult classic story line directly following the film. With executive producer Joss Whedon behind the helm, the comic series is sure to have fans clamoring to check it out. “We’ve been dying to get more Serenity out ever since the book Joss […]

NYCC 2013: Dark Horse to Publish The Witcher!

By Staff Reports (NEW YORK) – Dark Horse Comics proudly announces its next hit video game tie-in series, The Witcher, based on the critically acclaimed games by CD Projekt RED. From Paul Tobin, the Eisner Award–winning writer of Bandette, with art by Joe Querio (Lobster Johnson, B.P.R.D.) and covers by Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), comes a riveting comic based on […]

Pastrami Comic Review: Kiss Me Satan #1

Review By Christopher Guzman- Pastrami Nation Writer: Victor Gischler Artist : Juan Ferreyra Publisher: Dark Horse Comics- www.darkhorse.com Vampires, Werewolves and Demons: oh my! Oh my indeed, Nation! Believe it or not, we read a lot of comics, and once in a while comes along a series that hits you like a bus. Kiss Me Satan is definitely a bus […]

Pastrami Comic Review: The Star Wars #1

Review by Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Writer: J. W. Rinzler Artist: Mike Mayhew Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Released: September 2013 Website: www.darkhorse.com It is one of, if not the biggest, franchises in the entertainment industry: Star Wars. We know the movies, we love the characters, we know the lines from the films and love the ride at Disneyland. There are […]

Pastrami Comic Review: Itty Bitty Hellboy #1

Review by Frank Guzman III and Christopher Guzman-Pastrami Nation Writers: Art Baltazar, Franco Artist: Art Baltazar Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Website: www.darkhorse.com The fight between good and evil continues as the BPRD ( Bureau for Paranormal Research Defense) fights for justice and the biggest cardboard box you can find. Art Baltazar and Franco, known for “Superman Family Adventures “ bring […]

Pastrami Comic Review: Halo- Initiation #1

Review by Christopher Guzman- Pastrami Nation By: Brian Reed and Marco Castiello Publisher: Dark Horse Comics- www.darkhorse.com Thoom! The inaugural issue of Dark Horse Comics Halo: Initiation is here and it hit like arty down range. There are always two sides to every impact: those sending the fire and where it lands with those receiving it. This issue takes place […]

Dark Horse’s The Star Wars #1 Trailer is Here!

By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Yeah, this isn’t the droid you were looking for, this is a whole new universe! Check out the trailer for The Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse, which is based on the original rough draft script that George Lucas made, which eventually became the Star Wars we know and love. Luke? Bearded, battle hardened fighter […]

Pastrami Comic Review: Catalyst Comix #1

Review by Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Writer: Joe Casey Artists: Dan McDaid, Paul Maybury, Ulises Farinas Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Release July 2013 Website: www.darkhorse.com Back in the 90’s, there was an imprint called Comics’ Greatest World, and it bolstered quite an impressive line up. X, Ghost, Titan, Agents of Change: there was a plethora of heroes surviving in a […]

Dark Horse To Publish EC Library: TALES FROM THE CRYPT- Coming This Halloween

By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)–As announced during the Diamond Retailer Lunch at Comic-Con 2013, the publishing maverick Dark Horse Comics, known for the best in both new and original material as well as archiving comics’ most important works, announced one of its biggest undertakings yet! Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history […]

Victor Santos’s Polar Comes From The Cold To Dark Horse

By Staff Reports As announced at San Diego Comic-Con, Dark Horse Comics is proud to bring Polar, the lauded silent webcomic by Victor Santos (Mice Templar, Filthy Rich), to print—available for the first time ever with dialogue! A guns-blazing espionage action-adventure in the grand tradition of Jim Steranko and Frank Miller, this graphic novel is a brutal, fast-tempo story of […]

#SDCC: Dark Horse Launches On Instagram

JULY 11, Milwaukie, OR—Dark Horse Comics is hitting San Diego Comic-Con in style this year, with a jam-packed schedule featuring some of the industry’s best and most notable talent. #NotAtComicCon this year? Now you can follow @DarkHorseComics on Instagram as we take you backstage with creators like Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub), Joss Whedon (Buffy, Serenity), Felicia Day (The […]