Is your desk in need of some cuteness straight from Middle Earth? Well, then, these new Pop! Vinyls from Funko may fit the bill. These new figures are from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second of the three Hobbit movies. You can choose from Legolas Greenleaf, Gandalf the Grey, Thorin Oakenshield, Azog, or my favorite – Invisible Bilbo. I love the detail of the sculpted ring amongst the clear plastic. Well done! These figures will be available October 17th. The movie opens December 13, and you can view the trailer at the official website.
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#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
Continue reading#NYCC: Dark Horse Takes on YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
New Collaboration Game from Renowned Developers Team Ninja and Keiji Inafune Inspires Digital Comic Series! OCTOBER 10, NEW YORK, NY—Dark Horse Comics is thrilled to announce a team-up with famed developers Keiji Inafune and Team Ninja! Fans will be introduced to the world of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z with an all-new digital comic revealing essential pieces of this upcoming game! The Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z digital comic will deliver three exciting vignettes, by writers Tim Seeley and Josh Emmons, with art from Rafael Ortiz. The three Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z comics will be available for free download from the Dark Horse Digital Store at Digital.DarkHorse.com and through the
Continue reading#NYCC: Dark Horse Announces Dates & Team for EVE ONLINE Comic & Book
NYCC: DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES CREATIVE TEAM AND DATE FOR EVE ONLINE COMIC SERIES & SOURCE BOOK IT’S A BIG UNIVERSE. BRING A GUIDE. OCTOBER 10, NEW YORK, NY – CCP Games, the world’s leading independent developer of massively multiplayer games and creators of EVE Online, have partnered with Dark Horse Comics to deliver two amazing books as epic as the online universe from which they are spawned: EVE: True Stories & EVE: Source. EVE: True Stories is CCP’s first graphic novel and features artwork by Alejandro Aragon (Overlook, 28 Days Later), Tomm Coker (Daredevil Noir, Near Death), Federico Dallocchio (Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Suicide Squad), Dave Ross (Star Wars: The Crimson
Continue reading#NYCC: Dark Horse Announces Two New Series From David Lapham
#NYCC: DAVID LAPHAM WRITES AND DRAWS TWO CREATOR-OWNED SERIES AT DARK HORSE IN 2014! OCTOBER 10, NEW YORK, NY—David Lapham, the Eisner Award–winning creator of the smash hit Stray Bullets, is writing and drawing his own series again for the first time in five years, on not one, but two new creator-owned titles: Juice Squeezers and Kid McAlister! Called “a perfect start to an addictive new serial” by Newsarama after its run in the Eisner and Harvey Award–winning anthology Dark Horse Presents, Juice Squeezers follows a covert group of tweens who form the main line of defense for the residents of Weeville against an army of giant bugs. The
Continue reading#NYCC – Ape Entertainment Joins comiXology
During New York Comic-Con 2013, Ape Entertainment, publisher of high-quality original graphic novels and comic books, entered into a digital distribution agreement with comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform with more than 40,000 comics and graphic novels that have seen over 200 million downloads to date. Ape Entertainment has carved a significant position as the premiere licensor of content based on wildly popular mobile gaming apps like Pocket God and Temple Run. In addition to the gaming sector, they have been successful with their KiZoic kid’s line of licensed content that runs the gamut from Richie Rich and
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