‘Man of Steel’ Star Michael Shannon, Zachary Quinto, Stan Lee, Norman Reedus, John Barrowman, WWE® Superstar CM Punk® Among Prominent Celebrity Guests At Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, August 8-11 Pop Culture Festival At Donald E. Stephens Convention Center In Rosemont, Ill., Also To Feature ‘Serenity/Firefly’ Stars Alan Tudyk And Summer Glau, Brandon Routh, Henry Winkler, Six More WWE® Stars, Superstar Comics Creators NEW YORK and ROSEMONT, Ill., June 20, 2013 – Man of Steel is the blockbuster hit of the summer, and Michael Shannon, who stars as “General Zod,” and Zachary Quinto, Star Trek and “American Horror Story” star, are among the top celebrities scheduled to attend
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ComiXology Takes Next Step in Global Expansion
ComiXology en Français! ComiXology Takes Next Step In Global Expansion With Todays’ Debut of Over 400 French Language Titles from 14 French Publishers June 19th, 2013 – Paris, France / New York, NY – ComiXology has taken its next step in global expansion today with the debut of over 400 French language titles from 14 of the top French publishers of bandes dessinées, comics, graphic novels and manga. The publisher’s included in this launch – Aelement Comics, Akileos, Ankama, Éditions Ça et Là, Éditions Delcourt, Glénat Éditions, I Can Fly, Indeez Urban Éditions, Los Brignolès Éditions, Panini Comics, Sandawe, Soleil Productions, Wanga Comics
Continue readingBecky Cloonan Debuts “Demeter” on ComiXology
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEMETER BY BECKY CLOONANTO DEBUT ON COMIXOLOGY Newest work by best-selling comiXology Submit author available Wednesday, June 19th June 19, 2013 – New York, NY – Today, comiXology announced that Becky Cloonan’s highly- anticipated comic Demeter will debut Wednesday, June 19th on comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. Cloonan’s new, self-published comic book will be available through comiXology Submit, comiXology’s portal for comic creators that makes their independent works available on comiXology’s buy once, read anywhere digital comics platform, and instantly accessible to a worldwide audience of fans. An award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, Cloonan made history in 2012 for becoming
Continue readingJolley Resurrects “Bloodhound” With “Crowbar Medicine”
JOLLEY RESURRECTS BLOODHOUND AT DARK HORSE WITH CROWBAR MEDICINE! Milwaukie, OR, JUNE 19—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 next Dark Horse superhero. Travis Clevenger may not have superpowers, but he can put a beatdown on anyone who does! Consulting with the FBI in exchange for release from prison, Clev is getting his life together when an out-of-control
Continue readingSDCC: Dark Horse Announces SDCC Exclusives Store!
Dark Horse sent over a press release regarding their 2013 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives. Because of the huge graphic, I’m going to post it after the jump. After reading what they’ve got, I’m most jazzed about the Game of Thrones Stark Replica Shield, but that exclusive cover for Star Wars #7 is pretty darn cool, too. Be sure to hit up booth #2615 to get your favorite exclusives from Dark Horse!
Continue readingDark Horse Unveils Game of Thrones White Walker Statue!
DARK HORSE OFFICIALLY UNVEILS THE GAME OF THRONES® WHITE WALKER STATUE! This highly anticipated collectible featured in Diamond Comics Distributors’ September-dated PREVIEWS catalog! Dark Horse just sent over a press release featuring THIS bad boy: Aw, yeah. That’s friggin’ awesome. Dark Horse’s Game of Thrones items continue to impress the hell out of me. Anyone who wants to be my best friend knows what to get me for Christmas. See the press release after the jump.
Continue readingEntertainment Earth to Reveal Upcoming Figure from Star Wars Black Series 6-inch Line
ENTERTAINMENT EARTH TO EXCLUSIVELY REVEAL AN UPCOMING CHARACTER FROM THE STAR WARS BLACK SERIES 6-INCH ACTION FIGURE LINE FROM HASBRO In collaboration with Hasbro, Entertainment Earth is proud to introduce a never before seen figure in the second wave of the BLACK SERIES 6-inch scale action figure line! Entertainment Earth will release an image once a week providing design insight to the new figure. Be sure to visit EntertainmentEarth.com (www.entertainmentearth.com/BlackSeries.asp) beginning June 17 to see what great character from the STAR WARS universe will join the collection of 6-inch figures that feature incredibly accurate design and a high level of articulation. The images Entertainment Earth reveals will consist
Continue reading2013 Transformers Hall of Fame Fan Choice Voting Is Open!
You can vote a Transformer into the 2013 Transformers Hall of Fame by going to Hasbro’s Voting Site. Your choices are Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Megatron (Beast Wars), Rodimus/Hot Rod, or Prowl. If you don’t vote for Beast Wars Megatron, you are dead to me, yesssss….
Continue readingDark Horse Deluxe Gets GRIMM
Hit NBC TV Show to See Full Product Line from Dark Horse JUNE 14, MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics’ toys and collectibles imprint, Dark Horse Deluxe, is proud to offer new items based on characters and stories from the hit NBC show Grimm! The Grimm collectibles from Dark Horse are licensed through NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products. Grimm is a cop drama inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales, following Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt into a reality he never knew existed. Once he discovers this new world, and his role in it, he has to deal with much more
Continue readingNeal Adams’s Variant Cover of The Walking Dead #1 Debuts at Wizard World Comic Con NYC Experience
Legend Neal Adams’s Variant Cover of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead #1 Debuts at Wizard World Comic Con NYC Experience Skybound and Wizard World’s Fourth Limited Edition Cover in the Wizard World Series Free to Full-Price Attendees NEW YORK, June 13, 2013 – Eisner Award Hall of Famer Neal Adams will create the fourth in a series of exclusive Wizard World variant covers of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead #1 comic, provided for free to all full-price attendees at Wizard World Comic Con NYC Experience, June 28-30 at Basketball City (Pier 36) in Manhattan. Wizard World and Skybound, Kirkman’s imprint at Image Comics, have
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