The official Star Wars website has posted a preview of “The Star Wars #1”. Go. Click that link. Look at the pages. Then come back here. Wow. I love this stuff. This and “Star Wars Rebels” are two of the big Star Wars projects I’m eagerly anticipating. (The third is Episode VII, naturally.) I’m a sucker for Ralph McQuarrie’s concept artwork, so “Rebels” ticks all the right boxes in the artwork we’ve seen so far. “The Star Wars”, though, not only fulfills my McQuarrie love but also my love for behind-the-scenes info. I love the little minutia you find
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FAN EXPO: Tiwary’s FIFTH BEATLE To Feature Forwards By Two Music Legends!
THE FIFTH BEATLE TO FEATURE FOREWORDS BY BILLY J. KRAMER & ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM! “If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.”—Paul McCartney AUGUST 20, TORONTO, ON—The anticipation around The Fifth Beatle continues to grow as Dark Horse announces the involvement of music legends Billy J. Kramer and Andrew Loog Oldham lending their words and support to this remarkable piece of graphic literature chronicling the life of Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein. Billy J. Kramer was managed by Epstein in the 1960’s and had a string of hits including “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”, “Bad to Me”, and
Continue readingDark Horse Announces FanExpo Canada 2013 Schedule
August 19, MILWAUKIE, OR—This weekend, Dark Horse Comics is headed to Toronto for the second largest pop culture convention in North America – FanExpo! Stop by Booth #856 to pick up FREE giveaways—lanyards, window clings, buttons, and posters. You can also buy copies of your favorite comics, books, and products, including an exclusive Fan Expo Canada variant cover of Halo: Initiation(10 per person per day). All giveaways, exclusives, and items for sale are available while supplies last. Signings at the Dark Horse Booth Lines may be capped as needed. Friday, August 23 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY Vivek
Continue readingDark Horse To Publish Gustavo Duarte’s MONSTERS! & OTHER STORIES
DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL: MONSTERS! & OTHER STORIES BY GUSTAVO DUARTE! “There are few artists with such classy and elegant style as Gustavo Duarte.”—Gabriel Bá (Daytripper, The Umbrella Academy) MILWAUKIE, OR, AUGUST 14—Dark Horse continues to expand its Originals line, offering some of the most unique comic book storytelling experiences on the market today. Next up, Gustavo Duarte spins wordless tales brimming with humor, charm, and delightfully twisted horror in his American graphic novel debut Monsters! & Other Stories. Oversized beasts, in the short story “Monsters!,” wreak havoc on civilians and cities in the tradition of
Continue readingPreview of Dark Horse Comics – “Brain Boy” #1
Dark Horse sent out a preview of their new comic “Brain Boy”, a tale about a super psychic by writer Fred Van Lente and artists R. B. Silva and Rob Lean. Take a look!
Continue readingComic Quick Look – Transformers: Robots In Disguise #20
Yeah, I know this book came out last week. Wizard World kept me busy. “Three Monologues” is a great character study by John Barber into the psyche of Starscream, and more specifically, Starscream as leader. What he had wanted for millennia has finally come to pass, and he’s the leader of Iacon. What he didn’t realize is how hard it would be to get the civilians on his side. This issue is interesting, though, is that we learn about Starscream not through his own words. No, this is a character study based on his actions and other character’s reactions to
Continue readingGet Drawn Into Matt Kindt’s MIND MGMT!
MILWAUKIE, OR, AUGUST 12—The recent release of MIND MGMT #13 kicked off an all-new arc of this critically acclaimed series, currently in its second year at Dark Horse. To celebrate, Dark Horse and series creator Matt Kindt are offering fans a very special opportunity. By simply Liking the official MIND MGMT Facebook page, you will be entered into a drawing to, well, “enter a drawing.” That’s right: One lucky fan will actually be drawn into the seventeenth issue of the ongoing series! If you are one of the readers who were ahead of the curve on this and have already liked this page, you are
Continue readingGischler Unleashes CLOWN FATALE!
Cute! Carny! Contract Killers! AUGUST 8, MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics is headed to the circus this fall with Victor Gischler’s latest wild ride: Clown Fatale! Written by Victor Gischler (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike—A Dark Place, Punisher MAX, X-Men) and drawn by Italian artist Maurizio Rosenzweig, with colors by Moreno Dinisio, Clown Fataleis darkly humorous and graphically violent, a vivid, stylish, cinematic tale of action and blood. The series will also feature covers by Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Ex Sanguine, The Occultist). “I wanted to write a comic that was like the baby of Russ Meyer and Quentin Tarantino on whiskey and meth, and Dark Horse was cool enough
Continue readingComic Quick Look – Transformers: MTMTE #19, Prime Beast Hunters #3
Here’s a double-dip of Transformers comics from the past two weeks. IDW released Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #19 and Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #3, two distinct tales from two different universes. And fittingly enough, I have two different opinions about them. One of the things I’ve noticed is that for the past few years, Transformers comics were — well, not exactly forgettable, but it was hard to remember what happened from issue to issue. Back when Marvel was producing the original Generation 1 series, I could pick up a new issue and immediately remember where the previous issue left off. Maybe that was
Continue readingEW.com Shows a… Unique Take on Venom
This week, EW.com posted a very unique unofficial fan-film featuring Venom, the symbiote-wearing Spider-Man villain. Starring Ryan Kwanten of HBO’s “True Blood” (and sporting a New York accent, once again convincingly disguising his Australian-origins), this film is a different take on the character. It purports to be a documentary by a French film team, detailing Eddie Brock’s investigative journalism into the seedy world of New York crime. But, as you can expect, Eddie shows off his partner during the course of this “found footage”. Take a look below. Would you like to see this expanded into a stand-alone film, outside
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