Valiant is proud to announce that UNITY –Valiant Universe’s landmark super-team – is coming to Amazon Publishing’s Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that enables any writer to write stories based on a range of original works and characters and earn royalties for doing so. Pitching a star-studded roster of characters including Toyo Harada, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior and Livewire into battle against X-O Manowar, the launch of the UNITY World will coincide with the November 13th release of UNITY #1 – the oversized, 40-page first issue debut of Valiant’s newest ongoing series by New York Times best-selling writer Matt
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Comic Review: “Code Monkey Save World” #1
I’ll be honest; I remember hearing about Code Monkey Save World months ago, and then it fell off my radar. It wasn’t until this morning that writer Greg Pak tweeted about it that my neurons reassembled themselves and made me think, “… oh, yeah, based on one of my favorite Jonathan Coulton songs.” Greg was kind enough to provide a review copy for me. Folks, don’t fall into the same trap I did and forget about this comic. This comic is fun. No, wait, let me bold and allcaps that — it’s FUN. If you’re a Jonathan Coulton fan, you’ll undoubtedly understand
Continue reading#NYCC 2013 Friday Pictures – King of the Road Cup, Valiant Comics, Miscellaneous Arts/Pictures
Anthony Brucale, the genius behind TFU.INFO, was at New York Comic Con Friday, taking pictures for us. Because of the amount of pictures, we’re going to post them in batches rather than have you wait for one long post to load up. King of the Road Cup/Valiant Booth Remember those cars from Thursday’s pics? They were part of a NYCC road rally/scavenger hunt called “NYCC’s King of the Road“. BOOM! Studios, Valiant Comics, Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics competed in this event, and Valiant emerged victorious. Miscellaneous Artists and Booths As the title says — miscellaneous pictures.
Continue reading#NYCC 2013 Friday Pictures – Transformers Art and Artists, Unique Toys, Mezco Toyz
Anthony Brucale, the genius behind TFU.INFO, was at New York Comic Con Friday, taking pictures for us. Because of the amount of pictures, we’re going to post them in batches rather than have you wait for one long post to load up. Transformers Art and Artists At the IDW Publishing booth, Brian Shearer and Andrew Griffith were hanging out, drawing and signing autographs. Dan Khanna, long time artist on various Transformers projects, was also at the convention. Ian Brauner Artist Ian Brauner (http://spacebird.tumblr.com) was there with this Prime Puns book. Unique Toys’ Prototypes Unique Toys was showing off their “Mania King”
Continue reading#NYCC 2013 Friday Pictures – Square Enix, Skybound Entertainment, Masters of the Universe
Anthony Brucale, the genius behind TFU.INFO, was at New York Comic Con Friday, taking pictures for us. Because of the amount of pictures, we’re going to post them in batches rather than have you wait for one long post to load up. The Square Enix Booth Square Enix displayed some upcoming statues in their booth. Note: Some figures are still pending licensing approval (Robocop, Star Trek, Alien). Skybound Entertainment Skybound Entertainment is Robert Kirkman’s company. You may have heard of his books: Invincible, Ghosted, Thief of Thieves, and a little title called The Walking Dead. Mattel’s “Masters of the Universe” Display Mattel
Continue reading#NYCC: Whedon’s BUFFY / ANGEL & FAITH Return for Tenth Season
NYCC: WHEDONVERSE ENTERS TENTH SEASON! Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel & Faith Return in 2014! New York NY – Announced at New York Comic Con, Dark Horse is bringing the Whedonverse into it’s tenth season with the help of fan favorite authors, Christos Gage and Victor Gischler. “In Buffy, Season 10 is going to be about bringing friendships back together, while in Angel & Faith, relationships are shattered. Magic is starting to come back into the world, but in some surprising ways, like that vampire we saw standing in the sunlight at the end of Season 9,” says Editor in Chief
Continue reading#NYCC: Whedon’s SERENITY Returns
Zack Whedon Writes the Canonical Follow-Up to the Film! NEW YORK, NY – 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 and Zack wrote. We all loved Zack’s work on Shepherd’s Tale, and couldn’t wait to get him back into the mix. This story is the first giant step past the film, after the big damn heroes
Continue reading#NYCC: Greg Rucka Comes to Dark Horse with “Veil”
GREG RUCKA COMES TO DARK HORSE WITH THE ALL-NEW ORIGINAL SERIES VEIL! NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 11—It was announced officially today on Dark Horse’s horror panel at New York Comic Con that Greg Rucka would be bringing his latest heroine to Dark Horse in the new series Veil! The story opens when a beautiful girl wakes up in an abandoned subway station with no memory of how she got there. When men try to hurt her . . . they wind up dead. Where did she come from? And what is she capable of? This new series, drawn by Toni Fejzula, comes as
Continue reading#NYCC: Dark Horse Announces “Bad Blood”
From Bram Stoker Winner Jonathan Mabbery OCTOBER 10, NEW YORK, NY—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 vampire pissed him off, but seeing his best friend brutally slaughtered started a war. Trick Croft was an average college student—sort of—until vampires attacked. Then he found out his blood was poison to the bloodsuckers. And Trick will
Continue reading#NYCC: Dark Horse To Publish Critically Acclaimed RPG – THE WITCHER!
Critically Acclaimed RPG Explores New Worlds at Dark Horse! NEW YORK, NY – 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 The Witcher, a series of dark fantasy RPGs with a character-driven, nonlinear story set in a gritty living world and inspired by a series of extremely popular novels that have been translated into
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