TweetAside from being Dennis Hopeless week once more, this week saw every company release a massively publicized, ‘important’ comic. From Dark Horse’s new Star Wars series to Marvel’s Sinister Spider-Man, this was a week for big new books.
Your Friday Francavilla: SUPER NOIR
01/04/2013 by 2 Comments
Tweet A PR piece for the upcoming Black Beetle series by our beloved Francesco Francavilla. Friday Francavilla needs to be a regular feature here.
Mary and Bryan Talbot win Costa Award for biography
01/02/2013 by 4 Comments
A nice capstone for a year of graphic novel triumph as Dotter of Her Fathers Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot has won the Costa Award for best biography. The Costa is a respected UK literary prize, and the Talbots win is emblematic of wider acceptance, says the Guardian
Analysis: New York Times Bestsellers: Graphic Books: Manga 2012
12/30/2012 by 3 Comments
TweetWhen the New York Times first started their “graphic books” bestseller lists, they included one for manga. Why manga? Why not one for superheroes, or comic strips, or any other segment of graphic novels?
REVIEW: THE BLACK BEETLE #0, “Night Shift”
12/21/2012 by 6 Comments
TweetTalk about an anticipated comic! While enthusiasts are waiting impatiently for the launch of THE BLACK BEETLE #1-4, “No Way Out”, starting on January 16th from Dark Horse, those who missed the three part installments of “Night Shift” in DARK HORSE PRESENTS #11-13 can catch it in rather glorious collected format in issue 0. Eisner [...]
Report: Star Wars comics going to Marvel in 2015
12/20/2012 by 32 Comments
Tweet Well the other power converter has dropped, as respected Disney site Blue Sky Disney has some inside poop on the Star Wars comics license, which everyone assumed would be moving from Dark Horse to Marvel once Disney purchased Lucasfilm: One of the things that many people wondered after Disney bought Lucasfilm was how long [...]
Review: Richard Corben’s THE CONQUEROR WORM from Dark Horse
12/18/2012 by 3 Comments
TweetRightly speaking, the title of this review should read, “Richard Corben’s Edgar Allen Poe’s THE CONQUEROR WORM”, but that seemed particularly wordy for an article header. It introduces the nature of Richard Corben’s latest works, however, to have layers of authorship and titling. Based on Corben’s notes provided in the back of THE CONQUEROR WORM, [...]
First Look: The Fabulous Killjoys comic finally coming out in June – UPDATED
12/18/2012 by 1 Comment
Tweet One of the great comics from the Plane of Limbo, The Fabulous Killjoys is finally coming out this June, with a Free Comic Book Day preview. You may recall this collaboration between My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, writer Shaun Simon and artist Becky Cloonan is the print component of MCR’s 2010 SF concept album, [...]
Dark Horse Review: HELLBOY IN HELL and HOUSE OF FUN
12/12/2012 by 4 Comments
TweetDecember has been a big month for Dark Horse, with two much anticipated books finally hitting the shelves: Mike Mignola’s HELLBOY IN HELL #1 and Evan Dorkin’s HOUSE OF FUN. Coincidentally, both books signal the return of their respective creators to solo work; for Mignola, it’s been 7 years since he drew and scripted a [...]
Francesco Francavilla’s Black Beetle looks awesome
12/06/2012 by 3 Comments
Tweet Francesco Francavilla is one of our most favoritest artists, fusing a pulpish sensibility with incredible imagery. He has a new book coming out from Dark Horse, BLACK BEETLE #1, picking up from the short stories in Dark Horse Presents. The first issue will be out in January. It’s racked up quite a fanclub – [...]
Studio Coffee Run: Mo’ Hobbits, Mo’ problems, Elysium, Kickass 2, Spiderman 2, etc.
11/21/2012 by 1 Comment
TweetHere is a new pic of a very armed and very bald Matt Damon in a teaser image from Neil Blomkamp’s Elysium. The film is set for release in August, 2013 (via Firstshowing.net) Mo’ Hobbits, mo’ problems. Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers are being plagued by a perfect sh*tstorm of bad press mere weeks before [...]
Dark Horse now on Kindle
11/20/2012 by Leave a Comment
Tweet Even as Comixology has become the biggest digital comics distributor in the world, some few hold outs remain; Dark Horse goes through their own app and web store, with only a lone placeholder on Comixology’s web store. Dark Horse just announced they’re placing their GNs on the Kindle however, joining their apps on Android, [...]
Dark Horse React to Disney’s Acquisition of Lucasfilm
10/30/2012 by 32 Comments
TweetNewsarama have published a statement from Dark Horse President Mike Richardson regarding Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm. This move obviously raises questions about Dark Horse, who currently own the rights to the Star Wars franchise. It’s nothing definitive, by any terms, but it does suggest that something may have to change as a result of Disney’s [...]
Frankenstorm Reading: Weathering the Evacuation Blues
10/29/2012 by 9 Comments
TweetOn Sunday, I went out and got groceries from the already Walking Dead-like store with its empty shelves and zombie walkers and then I stashed everything that could be blown around outside my house, causing damage. Then I settled in for some 30 Rock on demand and snatched some Halloween candy from the pile, getting [...]
Dark Horse to publish the complete Sin Titulo
10/23/2012 by 6 Comments
Cameron Stewart’s excellent webcomic Sin Titulo has finished and will get a hardcover collection from Dark Horse next year. The strip, described as “a dark, neo-noir semi-autobiographical mystery thriller concerned with dreams, family, and memory” launched in 2007 as part of the TX webcomics collective, and has continued on, with a few lengthy breaks, ever since. It won the Eisner Award for Best Webcomic in 2010
On the Scene: NYCC 2012 Day Three: Mike Mignola in Hell
10/15/2012 by 2 Comments
TweetIn a panel devoted to the future of the Hellboy universe, it became quite a task to distinguish between all its various parts currently in motion. But is it perpetual motion, or will it face its abrupt end with Hellboy’s descent into Hell? After all, it seems like fate has finally had its way with [...]
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