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Comics Pyrotechnics – Alex de Campi's Smoke and Ashes Are Together At Last
The media buzz over the changeover caught the attention of Dark Horse and together de Campi and the publisher worked out a deal whereby Kickstarter backers would receive a deluxe hardcover with slipcase of both Smoke and Ashes in return for their support And now, latecomers or the hoi polloi who didn't have the perspicacity[...]
Dark Horse Get A Trailer For Clown Fatale
Here's the trailer to new Dark Horse comic, Clown Fatale by Victor Gischler and Maurizio Rosenzweig. Sexy female clowns are mistaken for contract killers and abandon their shabby traveling circus for a world of violence and cruelty—with clown makeup. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–sX7LfPP98[/youtube] Here's the trailer to new Dark Horse comic, Clown Fatale by Victor Gischler and Maurizio Rosenzweig. Sexy female[...]
Pencils To Inks To Colors, The Process Of Making Halo: Initiation #2
This week we saw the release of Halo: Initiation #2 from Dark Horse Comics Well, the folks over at HaloFanForLife.com had these great images showing the pencil to ink to color stages for the second issue Here you see how Marco Castiello's pencils get graced with Michael Atiyeh's colors to end up with the final product[...]
A Wordless Preview Of Geof Darrow's Shaolin Cowboy #1
It does make it easier to see the artwork! Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow, coming from Dark Horse Comics. The Shaolin Cowboy returns, but nowhere in sight is there a dead Robin, any infinity gauntlets, or a single conquering Ultron-just flat-out action, intrigue, and plenty of roadkill Geof Darrow's slow-talkin', kung-fu-gripping hero proves once again, in this[...]
Marketshare Per Comic – A New Way Of Measuring Publisher Performance
Marvel and Dark Horse have been pushing for this, even as DC Comics have been resisting Diamond are now providing, alongside marketshare, a breakdown of how many titles and or what type, each publisher puts out each month. They haven't lined up marketshare with separate titles shipped, let alone divided the first by the second[...]
Why You Need More Than Just The Fifth Beatle
The book is published by Dark Horse Comics, written by Vivek J Tiwary, and drawn by Andrew Robinson Tiwary has been in love with the story of Epstein from his college years The book emotes this dedication Tiwary gives consideration to not only the historical aspects of the book but dives into Epstein as a[...]
Mice Templar's Bryan JL Glass And Victor Santos Bring Furious To Dark Horse Comics
Bryan JL Glass and Victor Santos are launching Furious, a creator owned superhero comic, from Dark Horse Comics. Announced for Baltimore Comic Con, Bryan describes his lead as; Furious, the character, is driven by the same outrage and anger we all feel toward injustice, but as a superheroine she realizes she actually has the power to do[...]
Live From The Comic Shop: God is Dead, Baltimore: Infernal Train, 12 Reasons to Die
The art in this issue is particularly strong and toes the line between indie styles and some of the more noir artwork you'll see coming out in books like Dark Horse Presents Color choices stay alluringly retro, particularly in part 2, which follows the previous issues' pattern of jumping into modern day, following Michael Migdal's[...]
Tell, Don't Show – A Review Of The First Issue Of The Star Wars
Rich Johnston asked me the other day if I'd be willing to do a review of the new Dark Horse book The Star Wars based on George Lucas's first draft since I had done the interviews about the series for the site I thought about saying no as I am friends with Mike Mayhew the[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Art Baltazar And Franco
Chris Thompson writes; The Prince Charles Cinema are hosting a screening of four Doctor Who episodes from the Tennant era, plus a live podcast in the middle by me! [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2536/0/PCHPodcastEpisode54.mp3] How do you follow up last week's revelations about Sam Humphries and his MySpace years? (which you can listen to here) … It's not gonna be easy, but[...]
#WheresSerenity – The Future Of Firefly
Dark Horse has begun a teaser for new comics based on the Firefly TV series and Serenity movie. I believe that you can't take the sky from me.   Dark Horse has begun a teaser for new comics based on the Firefly TV series and Serenity movie. I believe that you can't take the sky from me.   [...]
The Gadget-Hero Strikes Again In Lobster Johnson: A Scent Of Lotus
Mike Mignola and John Arcudi take the time to really point out these aspects of Johnson's persona in this spotlight double-issue, and Fiumara and Stewart establish visually, and rather unforgettably, that Lobster Johnson has the skills and tools for the versatile gadget-hero role. Lobster Johnson: "A Scent of Lotus", Issues 1-2 are published by Dark Horse[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Sam Humphries
[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2495/0/PCHPodcastEpisode53.mp3] by Chris Thompson Hot on the heels of last week's interview with rising star Joshua Williamson (which you can find here), I chat with another burgeoning talent in the form of Sam Humphries (Our Love Is Real, Uncanny X-Force, Avengers: A.I.) whose self-published series Sacrifice is collected by Dark Horse Comics this week. We talk about how[...]
Preview: The Star Wars #1 Based On A Certain Screenplay
Here we go folks, The Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse Comics, an adaptation of the original screenplay that would, one day, become Star Wars Everything is different, has been redesigned, but there's a familiarity throughout. And how does it begin? Rolling yellow text on a dark starry background… Here[...]
Mike Grell Home From Hospital And Cancels Dragoncon Appearance
I'll keep you posted as I have more news. LIFE IS DRAWING WITHOUT AN ERASER Grell, best known for his work on Jon Sable: Freelance, Green Arrow: Long Bow Hunters and Warlord has recently been reported to be finishing a Jon Sable: Freelance novel and working on a Conan series for Dark Horse  Since the statement Grell is[...]
The Look Of Smoke And Ashes
Honest. As a project that has had its fair share of ups and downs, she writes; The books are set to arrive via boat at Dark Horse in Oregon on or around Sept 13, then they need to be ground shipped to me (so I will get around Sept 19 or 20) I will be ready with[...]
The New Alien Legion Comics – But What About The Old One?
From Carl Potts and Larry Stroman. So what of these pages from an unpublished planned story, originally scheduled to come out from Dark Horse, written by Chuck Dixon, drawn by Larry Stroman and inked by Carl Potts? Will it be forgotten – or integrated?   Titan Comics announced a new Alien Legion comic,[...]