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A DELIGHT OF A DEAL Dark Horse are putting out a Dark Horse Megabundle, 25 issues of the new Dark Horse Presents, an $8 comic, for $40 the set, including work from Mike Mignola, Brian Wood, Steve Niles, Carla Speed McNeil, Francesco Francavilla and… hmmm… me My three parter, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne with[...]

Minutes later he tweeted; I'm very excited to announce that I'm moving back to Portland to become Director of Publicity for the mighty @OniPress! It was only January in 2012 that John moved from Portland where he was an assistant editor at Dark Horse, for the West Coast as Assistant Manager of Marketing And PR And now[...]

Two launches from two companies today. Both involving various post apocalyptic scenarios, and both heavy on the media satire. Six Gun Gorilla reminds me

A version of this article appeared in yesterday's New York Post; There's an new issue of the comic Empowered by Adam Warren out today from Dark Horse Comics The comic that loves to have its cake and eat it Because, yes, we get scenes such as the above. But then it gets metatextualised as all hell. A[...]

You can expect a full report on that soon, but in the meantime I'm pleased to present a very special interview with Dark Horse Comics Editor-in-Chief, Scott Allie. Aside from being very generous and helpful to the show, Scott is the editor of the Mignola-verse line of books (which he has done for the last decade)[...]

The relaunch of Astro City from DC Comics, Daredevil Dark Days from Marvel and Screwed #1 from Zenescope. Then the week after? The True Lives Of The Fabulous Baker Boys! Superman Unchained! And Thumbprint! DARK HORSE COMICS ABE SAPIEN DARK & TERRIBLE #3 $3.50 BLOOD C GN VOL 02 $12.99 BTVS SPIKE TP VOL 01 DARK PLACE $17.99 EMPOWERED SPECIAL #4 ANIMAL STYLE (MR) $3.99 EVERYBODY[...]

There you go, folks! The first seven pages of Captain Midnight #1 by by Joshua Williamson and Fernando Dagnino coming soon from Dark Horse. On the run from the US government after fleeing custody, Captain Midnight has been labeled a security risk In the forties, he was an American hero, a daredevil fighter pilot, a technological[...]

Hannah Means-Shannon writes; The promo from Dark Horse for Dream Thief #1 warn you that "spirits of the vengeful dead" are going to "possess" John Lincoln and turn his life into a nightmare, so there's plenty of mental preparation provided for the darker side of this new series written by Jai Nitz (Heaven's Devils, Green[...]

And yes, that is slightly similar to another comic, also published by Dark Horse Except this is a little more visceral, you go to sleep and when you wake up you have a lot of other people's memories and you know that you've just killed Again. Merchant taps into the imagery, the reality and the impact[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Handley Dark Horse Comics has emerged as the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher Since 1986, the company has produced a wide range of ongoing and limited series, both original and franchise-based, including horror, comedy, science fiction and other genres This May, Dark Horse will unveil three new[...]

A soldier stationed in Afghanistan, wrote to Dark Horse Comics About a very special Free Comic Book Day One name has been changed. Dear Mr Richardson, About a month ago, I sent you an email proclaiming my love for comics and the products of DARK HORSE You replied with 64 pounds of greatness I'm not sure if[...]

Frank Quitely's alternate cover to Dark Horse's House of Gold & Bones #4. Any excuse is a good excuse, no?   Frank Quitely's alternate cover to Dark Horse's House of Gold & Bones #4. Any excuse is a good excuse, no?   Frank Quitely's alternate cover to Dark Horse's House of Gold & Bones #4. Any excuse is a good[...]

Next week sees the debut release of Dream Thief by Jai Nitz and Greg Smallwood from Dark Horse And also Dream Merchant from Image Comics But more of that later. That said, Hastings has taken an interest in Dream Thief.  They're doing an exclusive variant cover by Smallwood and the creative team are touring five branches[...]

Did you miss Free Comic Book Day, or were certain titles unavailable? Well, thanks to Dynamite, Dark Horse and ComiXology, here are a batch of them Get stuck in to the free! Mass Effect/Killjoys/R.I.P.D. Star Wars/Captain Midnight/Avatar: The Last Airbender Aphrodite IX #1 from Image-Top Cow Worlds of Aspen 2013 from Aspen Comics Metaphase #0 from Alterna Comics The Steam Engines[...]

Not everyone can get to a comic shop today for Free Comic Book Day. Which is how Stan Lee's Chakra The Invincible is attracting bids of $5 already. And how the Walking Dead FCBD 2013 volume, featuring stories that have previously appeared in Walking Dead comic but have not been collected in the trades, is getting bids[...]

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool; Hawkeye #10 by Francesco Francavilla Orange you glad Francavilla illustrated this cover? Simple, yet effective.

I'm not sure, we may have mentioned it. Dark Horse Comics have two free comics available A Mass Effect/RIPD/Killjoys flipbook which is all lots of fun, but it's the Killjoys that will grab the eyeballs. Gerard Way has written this comic with Shaun Simon, with Becky Cloonan on art, as an accompaniment to My Chemical Romance's last[...]

The twitch.tv embeds are multi-hour long chunks, but I've broken it down by time marker so you can skip to the panel you want to watch. Marvel Comics Age of Ultron Video streaming by Ustream We Are Boom – 2:30 Archaia – 3:40 Ron Perlman – 4:45 Game of Thrones – 6:10 Watch live video from c2e2[...]

Take it in the spirit it was emailed at, at two in the morning. There has been lots of speculation in the Chicago bar on Thursday night, after the retailer summit, about the possibility of Dark Horse and Dynamite merging, in the wake of their deal on digital comics. Especially with a rather worse for wear Nicky[...]

Spring is finally in the air, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, and Walking Dead were on TV, and convention season is underway in earnest… but I think Dark Horse stole the weekend with The Star Wars: At WonderCon, Dark Horse announces new eight issue Star Wars series for September – The Star Wars[...]

With this conflict, the ongoing mystery surrounding just where the Massive is and the ongoing attempts to help where they can, the crew of the Kapital definitely have their hands full. The book is rounded out by three short stories, initially offered in Dark Horse Presents Each features one of the three leads before the catastrophe[...]

Let's take a peek into Jai Nitz' and Ryan Sook's e-mails. Jai Nitz- Hey, I'm trying to get my Dream Thief covers sorted out. I think it'll work best to

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Handley A long time ago, in movie theaters far across the globe, cinemagoers waited to view the latest work by

US videogame chain Gamestop is offering an exclusive variant cover to Brian Woods' Star War s #1. Limited to three thousand copies, it can't be bought in

Despite a generous overprint, Black Beetle #1 has sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors and Dark Horse is pulling in comp copies to try and meet the demand. With that in mind, here's a first look at Black Beetle #2… Despite a generous overprint, Black Beetle #1 has sold out from Diamond Comic[...]

Such as Nick Simmons' work for Radical and Bleach. Or, as discovered by French forum BuzzComics, the recently published by Dark Horse, Eerie Presents EL CID, republishing the work of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the mid seventies compared with Lone Sloane by Philippe Druillet and Wolff Et La Reine Des Loups by Esteban Maroto… from the[...]

We also pop by the next three top publishers, by sales, and see how things are going at Dark Horse, Image, and IDW. DC COMICS DC is back in the 11% range for the first time in ages In November 2012, DC Comics put out 78 new comics featuring 639 credited creators, 566 men and 73 women[...]

Dark Horse Comics have sold out of their quarter-million print run it is still at stock at these stores… but not at Dark Horse. The 4000-copy limited edition hardcover however? That has been selling repeatedly for ovr $350 on eBay already. I can picture Dark Horse's Mike Richardson jumping up with glee and smashing the ceiling. He's a[...]

The second print for $8. Brian Wood and Carlos D'Anda's Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse has sold out of its second print with a third on the the way.     Star Wars #1 first print has sold for up to $50 The second print for $8. Brian Wood and Carlos D'Anda's Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse[...]

A hundred thousand of those have gone to Amazon alone.  But many believe this will be a tactile sale, you'll see it, feel it, flip through it, then have to own it. And with a cover price of $35, if sold at that, it would inject nine million dollars into the economy single handed. If Dark Horse[...]