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Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum Launch Minor Threats at Dark Horse
Oswalt and Blum are teaming with Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring, and Nate Piekos for Minor Threats, describe as "a genre-bending crime drama about superheroes and villains and the last gasp of the colorful innocent days of the silver and bronze era of comics before they are dragged into the grit-soaked modern times." The comic is[...]
Dark Horse Comics #7
Dark Horse Comics #7 published by Dark Horse Comics in 1993 showed the soon-to-be Jedi Nomi Sunrider on its cover, defending her daughter following the death of her husband, Andur Sunrider The comic, in the anthology tradition, included Star Wars: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, Part 1 of 3, Mad Dogs, Part 4 of 4,[...]
Berger Books Announces Salamandre by I.N.J. Culbard for November
Dark Horse Comics and Berger Books announced a new OGN coming from I.N.J Culbard in November: Salamandre The comic is about an artist named Kaspar Salamanre who is sent to a place "where flowers are contraband, music is illegal, and art is created in hiding." Or in other words, Florida by this time next year. From[...]
Dark Horse Announces Library Edition of Tales from Harrow County
Not all comic book publishers are in the Cullen Bunn business these days, but Dark Horse Comics, at least, remains loyal The publisher just announced a new oversized library edition of Tales from Harrow County by Bunn and Tyler Crook, with art by Naomi Franquiz and Emily Schnall, coming in October The edition collects volume[...]
Dark Horse To Bring Small-Press Comic Tephlon Funk! To Bookstores
Stephane Metayer, David Tako and Nicolas Safe have teamed up with Dark Horse Books to bring their self-published comic, Tephlon Funk!, to comic shops, libraries and bookshops worldwide, based on inspiration from 90s NYC street culture, anime, and hip-hop. Tephlon Funk! Tephlon Funk! is more than a comic, it's a cultural movement! Writer Stephane Metayer with artists[...]
New Comic Survival Street Skewers Corporate America in August
Dark Horse Comics has announced a new series by James Asmus, Jim Festante, Abylay Kussainov, Ellie Wright, and Taylor Esposito, the concept of which is basically: what if American capitalism somehow got even worse than it already is and the stars of children's TV shows like Sesame Street (except they can't name it in the[...]
We. Do Talk ABout John Bruno's Debut Graphic Novel, Navigator
Bruno is now getting into the graphic novel business, in a manner of speaking, with Navigator, a new hardcover OGN to be published by Dark Horse Comics next January We say in a manner of speaking because it seems like Bruno may have preferred to make Navigator a movie and fell back on a graphic[...]
Parasomnia
Dark Horse Comics, unlike some publishers, remains in the Cullen Bunn business, with a new Parasomnia series coming out this August from Bunn and Andrea Mutti Parasomnia: The Dreaming God takes the series from the world of Lovecraftian horror to the genre of cyberpunk as the nameless protagonist's search for his missing son continues. The press[...]
Eve Online Digital Comics Coming to Hardcover in November
Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to publish a hardcover collection of Eve Online: Capsuleer Chronicles, collecting four digital comics based on the popular online video game The digital comics are written by Sam Maggs and Melissa Gray, with art by Kieran McKeown, Dexter Vines, and Sebastian Cheng The collected edition will hit comic book[...]
We Have Demons #1: The Bleeding Cool Review
The premise is a non-starter for me. For the print edition through Dark Horse (first covered here), the team adds what appears to be the full script for the issue plus some introductory backmatter Said full script beefs up the issue and is a thoughtful touch For my money, it's a mismatch, but for yours, maybe[...]
Marvel Comics
This week comic book creator and former contributor to Bleeding Cool, Joe Glass, was in London for the Gayming Magazine Awards, nominated for the Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment Award alongside some tough competitors. Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment Award – sponsored by Square Enix London Mobile This award recognises the best LGBTQ moment in a comic[...]
Dark Horse July 2022 Solicits & Solicitations
Dark Horse Comics have issued their July 2022 solicits and solicitations, including new launches for Mind MGMT Bootleg, Overwatch New Blood and Young Hellboy Here are the full solicits…   Dark Horse AIR Volume 1 TP G Willow Wilson (W), M K Perker (A/Cover), and Chris Chuckry (C) On sale Sept 14 FC, 144 pages $19.99 TP, 7" x 10" A new edition of[...]
Dark Horse to Publish Twelve Percent Dread OGN by Emily McGovern
Dark Horse Comics will publish Emily McGovern's self-proclaimed "hilarious slice-of-life graphic novel" Twelve Percent Dread this August, the company revealed in a press release Twelve Percent Dread is described as "about friendship, capitalism, and never putting your phone away" and will retail for $29.99 when it hits stores on August 3rd Check out the synopsis[...]
Woohoo! Dark Horse Plans Ducktales Art Book for September
With that in mind, it makes perfect sense for comic book publisher Dark Horse to publish some TV artbooks, including The Art of Ducktales, announced today For what is the comic book industry if not one giant snake eating its own tail? An illustration of the comic book industry from a 1478 alchemy manuscript Check out the[...]
Air by G. Willow Wilson and M. K. Perker Revived at Berger Books
Perker under the Berger Books imprint at Dark Horse Originally published for 24 issues between 2008 and 2010, the comic will be reprinted as four trade paperbacks, beginning with Air Volume 1 this September. The press release provides us with the perfect opportunity to check out and coast though the rest of this article: Dark Horse Comics[...]
Aliens #3 (Dark Horse, 1989)
Dark Horse Presents #24 was the first appearance of the Aliens franchise in comic books.  It was quickly followed by the original 1988-1989 Aliens series which became the first comic book mini-series title published by Dark Horse Comics that was based on a licensed movie property Written by Mark Verheiden with covers and art by[...]
Dark Horse Plans 650-Page Halo Comics Collection
Put down the assault rifle, Master Chief, and consider bludgeoning aliens to death with this new Halo comics tome from Dark Horse Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to publish a 650+ page Halo comics collection this June Collecting the entire series of Halo: Initiation and Halo: Escalation, the massive book will retail for $39.99[...]
Matt Kindt Gets Own Imprint at Dark Horse, New Mind MGMT Coming
Matt Kindt will launch his own imprint, Flux House, at Dark Horse Comics, starting with a new Mind MGMT series in July.  Flux House will be the home of all Matt Kindt creator-owned comics going forward Mind MGMT: Bootleg will be a 4-issue mini-series by Kindt, Farel Dalrymple, Jill Thompson, David Rubín, and Matt Lesniewski[...]
New Weekly Black Hammer Comic Launched on Substack Today
A new weekly comic book series set in the Black Hammer universe launched on Substack today, with presumed plans to eventually print collected editions at Dark Horse Comics in the future, though that isn't explicitly mentioned in the press release That press release from Dark Horse revealed the news that Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda[...]
Dirty Robot Daniel Isles' Debut Graphic Novel Joyama! at Dark Horse
Comic book artist Daniel Isles, also known by his pen name DirtyRobot, is creating a brand new series of graphic novels, Joyama! and Dark Horse is picking up the first two of a planned genre-bending sci-fi trilogy which; DirtyRobot Daniel Isles' Debut Graphic Novel Joyama! at Dark Horse crafts an immersive experience through the intricate city of[...]
Dark Horse Looks Past Uranus with Organisms from an Ancient Cosmos
Craig Zahler will bring the original graphic novel Orgasms from an Ancient Cosmos to Dark Horse Comics later this year Sweet! It's about time we got a decent space erotica comic I mean, when was the last time that… what's that? It's Organisms, not Orgasms? Well what the hell fun is that?! Okay, fine[...]
The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Schulz Gets Reprint at Dark Horse
Willy Schultz, by Will Franz and Sam Glanzman, was first published more than 60 years ago, but it will once again be printed by It's Alive! and Dark Horse Comics later this year Billed as one of the most controversial comics of all time, the Kickstarter for the revival by It's Alive! last year explained[...]
Daniel Freedman and CROM Bring Dark Fantasy Birdking to Dark Horse
Dark Horse comics announced Birdking, a new series of dark fantasy graphic novels from Raiders creators Daniel Freedman and CROM, with the first volume coming later this year The comic is described as "an original dark fantasy graphic novel of epic adventure and magic" and is about, presumably, the king of birds, wearing a cute[...]
From Gantz To Goldfish - Dark Horse Comics Full June 2022 Solicits
We have Dark Horse Comics' June 2022 solicits and solicitations in full, from Hellboy to Cyberpunk 77, from new graphic novels like Always Never, to old ones like AKA Goldfish And all posting tonight before I got to bed… including two graphic novels from Daniel Freedman in one solicitation! Always Never TP Jordi Lafebre (W/A/C) and Clémence[...]
Tyler Crook Brings The Lonesome Hunters to Dark Horse in June
Tyler Crook will write and draw The Lonesome Hunters, a new four-issue mini-series to be published in June by Dark Horse Comics Described as "Lone Wolf and Cub meets Preacher," the series will bridge the generation gap as an old monster hunter meets a young girl and they fight monsters together in their apartment building[...]
Gabriel Hernández Walta to Draw New Hellboy and the BPRD One-Shot
Hellboy and the BPRD: Old Man Whittier is the first Hellboy story drawn by the acclaimed artist, described by Dark Horse as "terrifying." The story sees Hellboy accompany Catherine Whittier to what would seem to be a haunted house Hilarity ensues. More info copied and pasted from the press release (the comics journalism way): This summer, acclaimed[...]
Dark Horse to Publish "Sapphic Political Romance" Marble Queen
Dark Horse is getting political this November… politically romantic, that is No, they aren't publishing that Trump/Biden slashfic we sent them as a submission, and probably the less said about that the better We're still feeling a little bitter about the rejection No, Dark Horse will instead publish The Marble Queen, billed as "a sapphic[...]
Dark Horse to Publish Debut Graphic Novel by Soroush Barazesh
Dark Horse Comics will publish Kings of Nowhere by Soroush Barazesh, Canadian cartoonist also known as Koteri Ink, later this year, after the comic was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2019 Kings of Nowhere Volume 1 stars Bili, a gangster-turned-monkey who hooks up with some other monkeys for a revenge mission Based on a true[...]
Dark Horse to Release Brazilian Graphic Novel Maze in English
For the first time in English, Dark Horse Comics will publish Maze, a graphic novel by Thiago Souto originally published in 2017 by Mino in Brazil The comic is about a boy named Góreck searching for his lost friend Nico in a labyrinth of dreams and memories, hence the book's title If he fails, he'll[...]