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Paul Cornell To Write Vampirella For Dynamite, Reuniting With Jimmy Broxton
Dynamite Entertainment announces that comics and television veteran Paul Cornell will write an all-new series starring Vampirella. Cornell is an English writer of novels, comic books and television, perhaps best known for his work on Doctor Who, dating back to 1990 Since that time, Cornell has written over ten Doctor Who novels, as well as multiple[...]
Barbarella To Return To Comics With New Stories From Dynamite
Barbarella, the sexy science fiction heroine created by Jean Claude Forest in 1962, will return in all new comics and more in 2017 from Dynamite Entertainment in conjunction with her 55th anniversary. The character was introduced at the heart of the sexual revolution of the 1960's, and is forever ingrained in pop culture after Jane Fonda's portrayal[...]
Brian Wood To Tackle John Carter: Warlord Of Mars
Dynamite has snagged Brian Wood (DMZ) to co-write along with Alex Cox the Edgar Rice Burrough's character John Carter: Warlord of Mars Wood is known for his political undertones and dystopian world-building, his most recent original series Briggs Land is currently in development with AMC. "Taking on a classic literary icon like John Carter is no[...]
The World's No 1 Kids' Social Game, Animal Jam, Is Now A Comic From Dynamite
Dynamite Entertainment has plans to bring Animal Jam to comics Animal Jam is an online game for kids with over 55 million registered users Designed as a safe and exciting online playground for kids who love animals and the outdoors It's available on desktop computers and mobile devices and allows players to customize animal characters, adopt pets,[...]
Gene Simmons Gets His Own KISS Miniseries From Chu, Burnham And Cassallos
With the upcoming debut of KISS #1 from writer Amy Chu and artist Kewber Baal, Dynamite Entertainment announces the first spinoff series, KISS: The Demon. Co-written by Chu (Poison Ivy) and Erik Burnham (Back to the Future), with art by Eman Cassallos (Vampirella), the series focuses on the band's bass player and co-founder Gene Simmons. Before Blackwell, before Morpheus,[...]
Killer Instinct Coming Back To Comics As Dynamite Partners With Microsoft
Dynamite Entertainment is expanding its line of video game tie-in products with the acquisition Microsoft's Xbox One franchise, Killer Instinct! Resurrected as a launch title for the Xbox One in 2013, Killer Instinct is a fighting game which first saw an expansion into comic book storytelling alongside the release of the original game in 1994 Now[...]
James Robinson To Write First James Bond Spinoff, Felix Leiter
Seems Dynamite had the spinoff idea in mind too They're wrapping up Warren Ellis' run on Bond with Andy Diggle starting up on Hammerhead plus we have the adaptation of Casino Royale coming. Now Dynamite has writer James Robinson (Starman) stepping into the world of the super-spy, but focusing on Bond's CIA counterpart Felix Leiter[...]
Dynamite's NYCC 2016 Exclusives Variants, Buttons, Trading Cards And Preview Books
Dynamite Entertainment has sent over their NYCC exclusive variant and a few freebies they'll have at their booth (#2129) October 6th – 9th. Army of Darkness/Xena issue 1 (B&W Reilly Brown cover)Betty Boop issue 1 (Gisele Lagace cover)Bob's Burgers issue 15 (Jack Herzog cover)Homies issue 1 (Anthony Gonzales cover) Giveaways include buttons, Kiss trading cards and a[...]
Art Of Atari Gets An 80's Style Book Trailer
It got a lot of attention when it was announced and the initial order numbers say it will be a hit for Dynamite Now, there were no Book Trailers in the 80's, but Comic Wow! has put together this book trailer that has that 80's feel to it… except the picture is to crisp and[...]
Unboxing The Women Of Dynamite: Purgatori Statue
Dynamite Entertainment and The Brewing Factory sent me the new Women of Dynamite: Purgatori Statue based on the art of the late Michael Turner It was sculpted by Jason Smith who did the Vampirella statue I showed last week I'm still working the kinks out of the videos. Overall I think it's a really nice piece[...]
Michael Uslan On Finally Making The Lone Ranger / Green Hornet Connection
Film producer and writer Michael Uslan talks with Byron Brewer about  Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #3, on sale now from Dynamite. Cover by Jan Duursema and interior art by Giovanni Timpano. BYRON BREWER: Michael, you have an amazing affinity for the characters in this miniseries Where did the notion come from to bind the lives of these two[...]
Exclusive Extended Previews Of Kings Quest #5 And Brickleberry #3
Today we have two exclusive extended previews from Dynamite Entertainment First up is the fifth and final issue of Kings Quest by Ben Acker, Heath Corson and Dan McDaid… this leads into the new Flash Gordon series that is going on now Then we have the third issue of Brickleberry by the creators of the[...]
Writer's Commentary – Frank Barbiere On The Precinct Trade
Normally we get commentary tracks for individual issues, but here Frank Barbiere talks The Precinct Collection, issue by issue, on sale now from Dynamite Cover for issue #1 is by Joe Benitez; issues #2-5 covers are by Sergio Davila. Precinct #1: The opening to any story is always extremely important, but doubly so when you're establishing a[...]
All 14 KISS #1 Covers Plus A John Cassaday Blind Bag Variant
Dynamite is pulling out all the stops with their new KISS comics series from Amy Chu and Kewber Baal Not only do they have 14 covers for the first issue, they have now announced a special John Cassaday 'Blind Bag' variant This is a new item that comes in a Kiss Army plastic bag and[...]
Unboxing The Women Of Dynamite Vampirella Statue
Dynamite Entertainment sent me their Women of Dynamite Vampirella statue and I did up an unboxing video The statue is based on the art of J Scott Campbell and sculpted by Jason Smith for the Brewing Factory. To order your statue, click here. https://youtu.be/Q6Gs5MrY6zAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Unboxing The Vampirella Statue (https://youtu.be/Q6Gs5MrY6zA) [...]
Wonder Woman '77 Meets Bionic Woman In Dynamite's December 2016 Solicitations
We've got Dynamite's full solicitations for December 2016 and they are headlined by the meeting that would have dominated TV ratings in 1977… Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman The Dynamite / DC collaboration brings the Linda Carter version of Wonder Woman to meet the Lindsay Wagner version of Jamie Sommers We also get a[...]
Garth Ennis And Jim Butcher In This Week's Exclusive Extended Previews
We have two exclusive extended previews provided by Dynamite Entertainment for books shipping this week First up is the sixth and final issue of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Wild Card by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers and Carlos Gomez And then we have the third issue of Red Team: Double Tap, Center Mass from Garth Ennis[...]
Big Names Come Out To Support Diggle And Casalanguida's James Bond
Dynamite is doing great work on the OO7 license and there is no slip here from Warren Ellis and Jason Masters run. This weekend, Dynamite sent over these quotes from a  handful of talented comic creators sharing their opinions on the first issue of James Bond: Hammerhead And some of these guys would be great choices[...]
It Can Be Easy To Let Dystopia Become The Dominant Character Of An Apocalyptic Story
Writer Ben Fisher talks about the November issue of his Dynamite series, The Great Divide #3, with Byron Brewer. Covers by Adam Markiewicz and Ben Dale. BYRON BREWER: Ben, usually there is a heavy gloom that falls over a book set in "a post-apocalyptic world," bringing down everything and making any other atmosphere/mood almost impossible[...]
Advanced Review: James Bond: Hammerhead #1
You could probably figure it our from back when I was reviewing the first series of James Bond comics from Dynamite that I'm a James Bond fan Books, movies and comics… I think he's a great character and when done right, maybe one of the best When done wrong… its usually very wrong[...]
It's Steve Austin Vs The OSI In Latest Six Million Dollar Man
Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #3 is on sale now from Dynamite. BYRON BREWER: Seriously, Van, in the current issue of Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man, you have our hero Steve Austin battling agents from his own organization?! Will Steve ever work for the OSI again? VAN JENSEN: Certainly it doesn't look possible,[...]
Empowering A 1930's Icon – Roger Langridge Talks Betty Boop
Covers for the second issue of the new Dynamite series are by Langrdige and J Bone. BYRON BREWER: Roger, you have told me that you want to keep the elements of Betty Boop that made her iconic, which meant this is not a re-imagining or update of what the Fleischers created Tell us what some of[...]
Grimm Returns In This Week's Exclusive Extended Previews
As the television series is about to kick off their sixth and final season, Dynamite has fired up a new series of Grimm from writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Maria Sanapo This new series is set in the fourth season and focuses on Juliette, Adalind, Truble and Rosalee We ahve an exclusive extended preview of[...]
Jeff Parker On Telling A Retro Story With Modern Pacing In Flash Gordon: Kings Cross
Jeff Parker continues the story of Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, The Phantom and their friends in Flash Gordon: Kings Cross #1, on sale in November from Dynamite He's co-writing the series with Jesse Hamm with art by Grace Allison There will be covers by Roger Langridge, Marc Laming & Grace Allison, Jesse Hamm & Grace Allison,[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – Vampirella Vs Dracula By Joe Harris And Ivan Rodriguez
The latest Dynamite digital comics bundle with Groupees is doing pretty well The threshold that included the Vampirella statue sold out in only 4 hours And they're down to only 11 that include an original sketch of a Dynamite character of your choosing by Ken Haeser They've sold over 700 bundles so far, leaving them[...]