LOS ANGELES (September 17, 2008) - So maybe you didn't win one of the auctions for The Hero Initiative's fabulous original Hulk #1 covers. Now's your chance to “own” every cover! All 100+ Hero Initiative covers to Marvel Comics' Hulk #1 are on display in The Hulk 100 Project! This great book, with art...
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - Top Cow Productions, Inc. announced today that the winners of the 2008 Pilot Season campaign are Twilight Guardian by writer Troy Hickman and artist Reza and Genius by writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman and artist Afua Richardson. For over a month, fans went to the Top Cow website,...
AAM/Markosia, publishers of the hit series Kong: King of Skull Island, Starship Troopers and the critically acclaimed The Boy Who Made Silence, announce the launch of its newest series this coming December. RITUAL is penned by acclaimed author and screenwriter Andy Briggs (Kong: King of Skull Island, The Templar Chronicles: Heretic, Hero.com, Villain.net) with atmospheric...
Cartoonist Jesse Reklaw turns the dreams of strangers into insightful, humorous, and clever four-panel comic strips in The Night of Your Life. This stunning hardcover collects over five years of Reklaw’s comic strip, Slow Wave, which appears in alternative newsweeklies all over the country. Sometimes playful, sometimes thought provoking, but always entertaining, The...
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Scigliano as the organization's new Deputy Director, and Jill Friedman as Fundraising Manager. Under long-time Executive Director Charles Brownstein, Scigliano and Friedman will advance the organization's mission, fundraising, and membership programs. Scigliano comes to the Fund with a decade's worth...
After its critically acclaimed debut this month, one of the years most anticipated new series, from World Fantasy Award-winning writer Stephen King, continues in The Stand: Captain Trips #2 (of 5)! Acclaimed writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, Angel: Revelations) gives the apocalyptical novel new life with beautiful interiors from the Eisner-nominated artist, Mike...
New York, NY (September 17, 2008) – For the first time ever, Marvel Entertainment is creating comic book series exclusively for the web as it launches all-new Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk series this Fall that will only be available via its online subscription service, Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited at www.marvel.com/digitalcomics. Already featuring...
Acclaimed artist Steve Dillon (Preacher, Wolverine, Punisher) will be hosted by a number of ComicsPRO member stores from September 22–October 1, 2008. Dillon’s tour is done in conjunction with The Hero Initiative, and Hero benefit events will be featured at each stop. ComicsPRO is the trade association for comics specialty retailers, and The Hero Initiative...
To all of Earth, we are the alien race you know as Skrulls. We wish to offer a few words to you about recent events. You have so much potential. You have so much to offer. Your future can be bright and without war, poverty, and fear. All you have to do is let us...
September 16th, 2008 LOS ANGELES – In order to better connect fans to their favorite creators, Radical Publishing is proud to announce a LIVE WEBCAST with STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night, Gotham After Midnight). On Tuesday, September 30th at http://www.radicalcomics.com fans will have an opportunity to email questions to Steve Niles about his perspective,...
Baltimore, Maryland - September 15, 2008 - The countdown has begun! In just under two weeks, the 9th annual Baltimore Comic-Con kicks off, starting Saturday, September 27th! Do you have your tickets yet? We've spent the past few months telling you about our guests, exclusives, vendors, and exhibitors, and we're not done yet! Guests...
Top Cow Productions, Inc. announced superstar creator Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series, Detective Comics, Countdown, Lost, Madame Mirage) is bringing his Dinicartoons universe to Top Cow, kicking off with a one-shot in November featuring Dinicartoons’ star character, Jingle Belle. “I had a great experience working with Top Cow on Madame Mirage so I’m really...
Critics and fans agree—Dark Tower: Treachery #1 is a triumph! In stores now, the first issue of the latest Dark Tower collaboration between Stephen King and Marvel Comics has proven a hit with fans & critics alike! The all-star Dark Tower: The Long Road Home team of writers Robin Furth & Peter David, artists...
San Francisco, CA, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 — VIZ Media, LLC, one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the exciting North American debut of BLACK LAGOON, a manga (graphic novel) series by Rei Hiroe about a misfit group of mercenaries and their adventures...
Prepare for more web-stunning Spider-Girl action than ever before in the double-sized Amazing Spider-Girl #25! After the shocking explosion in New York City that concluded to last issue, Mayday Parker’s life has been stolen by the mysterious Brand New May and her father is in the hands of Fury, the Goblin...
DC Comics has issued updates on a variety of products including Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Special and Haunted Tank TP Vol. 2. UPDATE ON SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL Please note that the SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL (AUG080150), scheduled to arrive in stores on October 15, now will run 64 pages...
In one of the all-time triumphs of comic art, the finest draftsman ever to hold a pen, Hal Foster, was inspired to begin a saga set in the days of King Arthur, Prince Valiant. Beginning in 1937, when it first appeared as a full tabloid page in the nation’s newspapers, this meticulously crafted ongoing...
It’s the comic book event that has everyone from Entertainment Weekly to The Wall Street Journal buzzing and now the years top-selling comic, Secret Invasion, makes its television debut on ESPN2 tonight! During tonight’s telecast of the Bricktown Showdown, the minor league baseball championship, beginning at 8pm EST, an ad for the Skrulls’ “Embrace Change”...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008- This October, Image Comics’ Shadowline will debut Image’s first ever all-ages graphic novel and books imprint, Silverline Books. “Silverline Books is dedicated to publishing quality all-ages books that bridge the gap between traditional storybooks and comics,” said Publisher Jim Valentino. “We believe that there’s a strong need to reach out to...
From the team that’s won EVERY MAJOR AWARD in comics comes the most insane and evil comic you’ll ever read! The man who killed Captain America was just getting started. As superstar creators Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil, Uncanny X-Men) and Sean Phillips’ (Marvel Zombies) previous genre-twisting series Sleeper heads for the big screen with...