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New Crusaders Act 1 is Now Out

May 17, 2012

At midnight yesterday, the Red Circle App went live which saw the release of New Crusaders: Act 1.

Red Circle Comics presents The New Crusaders: Our world demands heroes – a new generation must RISE! Over a decade ago, the super hero team known as The Mighty Crusaders did the impossible: they won. Successful in their battle against evil and finding they’d made the world a better place, the heroes settled down to the small town of Red Circle to start families, unwind and take a much-deserved rest. When the quiet town is rocked by the return of the ultimate evil, the super hero residents are obliterated! It’s up to their heirs to fight for justice and crusade against evil. They are our last, best hope. They are: THE NEW CRUSADERS!

Download the Red Circle App at RedCircleComics.com and receive new material weekly as Season One kicks off.

Script: Ian Flynn
Art: Ben Bates, Gary Martin, John Workman, and Matt Herms
Cover: Ben Bates
Variant Cover: Ryan Jampole and Matt Herms
Shield Variant Cover: Ben Bates
Sketch Variant Cover: Mike Norton

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Life After Death In Revival

May 17, 2012
LIFE AFTER DEATH IN REVIVAL
New Image series by Seeley and Norton in July

For one day, in one rural community in Wisconsin, the dead returned to life. And not just to life but to their lives as well. Rather than being mindless zombies, the “revived” in the new Image Comics series REVIVAL by Tim Seeley (HACK/SLASH) and Mike Norton (Runaways, Battlepug), seem to be the same people they were before death.

That impression gets put to the test when a murder is discovered and everyone — living and dead — is a suspect. With Wausau quarantined and under government surveillance after the revival and strange sightings of something otherworldly in the woods, isolation and fear will begin to take their toll on the close-knit town.

Seeley and Norton, who both hail from small towns, call REVIVAL a rural noir, and for writer Seeley, it gives him an opportunity to explore another facet of the horror genre.

“Revival is … rooted in psychological horror — the fear of what happens to us when we die, the fear of not being sure if we can trust those closest to us,” he said in an April Comics Bulletin interview.

The environment in REVIVAL is part of creating the tone of existential dread. Norton works with colorist Mark Englert to create barren winter landscapes, reinforcing the themes of life and death.

“I’m excited to try and create an environment for this mystery we’ve built,” said Norton. “Mark and I are working hard to set a mood that hopefully sets the reader on edge. I couldn’t be happier with how this is turning out.”

REVIVAL is a full-color, ongoing comic book series from Image Comics. Its first issue is available for pre-order in the May issue of Previews and will be in stores on July 11. REVIVAL #1 features two covers, one by Jenny Frison (MAY120495) and one by indie comics superstar Craig Thompson (Habibi, Blankets) (MAY120496). It will be supported by a promotional poster shipped to comic book retailers ahead of the series’ first issue.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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IDW Publishing, Thirteen Years and Stronger Than Ever!

May 17, 2012
Thirteen Years and Stronger Than Ever!

IDW Publishing rings in its teen years with a string of successes

[Popeye #1 2nd Printing Cover]San Diego, CA (May 16, 2012) – Buoyed by extraordinary fan response, explosive material, and a dedicated retail market, IDW is spending a lot of year thirteen making repeated trips to the printer!

Going back to press on multiple books, including Popeye #1, Road Rage #1 and #2, TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise #1, TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets the Eye #1, and multiple printings of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1-5, to name a few, has given IDW a lot of work to do and a lot to think about. That’s to say nothing of the fact that this week brought sell-outs of Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1 and TRIO #1!

“In all my years in the Direct Market, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen things blow up quite like this,” said Publisher and CEO Ted Adams. “We’ve been overprinting aggressively, and still not meeting demand. The initial orders we’re seeing are huge, and the increases we’re seeing at Final Order Cut-off are substantial.”

[Road Rage #1 2nd Printing]It should also be clear to fans and retailers alike that this wave of comics awesomeness has far from crested. Extremely strong sales of Mars Attacks, KISS, Godzilla, and the hotly-anticipated Star Trek: The Next Generation and Doctor Who crossover, among others, are just a handful of indicators screaming that IDW does not plan to stop putting out some of the industry’s most popular and prosperous titles.

With more launches on the way later this year, from The Crow to Judge Dredd, clearly the publisher shows no signs of slowing down.

For those intrepid retailers out of stock on the titles mentioned above, here are the second printings now available from Diamond:

MAR128262 – POPEYE #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG
DEC118180 – STEPHEN KING JOE HILL ROAD RAGE #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG
DEC118133 – TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #1 2ND PTG
DEC118181 – TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #2 2ND PTG
DEC118134 – TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #1 2ND PTG
DEC118182 – TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #2 2ND PTG
OCT118132 – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #1 GLOBAL CONQUEST ED
OCT118133 – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #2 GLOBAL CONQUEST ED
OCT118134 – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #3 GLOBAL CONQUEST ED
OCT118135 – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #4 GLOBAL CONQUEST ED
OCT118136 – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #5 GLOBAL CONQUEST ED
OCT118137 – TMNT MICRO SERIES #1 RAPHAEL GLOBAL CONQUEST ED
DEC118132 – TMNT MICRO SERIES #2 MICHELANGELO GLOBAL CONQUEST ED

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. IDW can also be found at http://www.facebook.com/#!/idwpublishing and http://tumblr.idwpublishing.com/and on Twitter at @idwpublishing.

About IDW Publishing

IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Toho’s Godzilla; Wizards of the Coasts Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, and Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.

IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Warner Brothers is developing Lore into a film with Dwayne Johnson while Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, and Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.

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Tony Puryear’s Concrete Park Returns to Dark Horse Presents!

May 17, 2012

TONY PURYEAR’S CONCRETE PARK RETURNS TO DARK HORSE PRESENTS!

May 16, MILWAUKIE, OR—With overwhelming fan support, Tony Puryear’s Concrete Park is slated for a new story arc in Dark Horse Presents #14–#17!

Concrete Park’s return in Dark Horse Presents #14 brings us dark visions for Isaac and an event that will rock all the inhabitants of Scare City, human and non-human. This ongoing sci-fi series, written and drawn by screenwriter Tony Puryear (Eraser) takes you to a far-off planet where Earth’s poor youth have been exiled, and where they now must make a new world.

“Working with Dark Horse, getting to appear in DHP alongside great new work by Mike Mignola and Neal Adams is a terrific honor,” Puryear says. “I’m gratified that the reviews have been so positive, and more importantly, that the fans are finding and following Concrete Park. And on a personal note—we got the cover!”

Praise for Concrete Park:

“The visuals on Concrete Park are a highly graphic style that is incredibly appealing.”—Comic Book Resources

“[Puryear’s] art . . . instantly grabbed my attention. His thick, heavy inks are striking, forming his characters with a great deal of confidence and force. Through his art, you instantly get a feel for this near-future [city]; the swagger of his characters and their surroundings just bursts off of the page.”—Read About Comics

“Concrete Park is no longer the unexpected surprise of Dark Horse Presents. Now that we are three chapters into the story, I expect it to be good. And it is. Screenwriter Tony Puryear is making his debut in comics with this series, and he is doing damn fine double-duty as writer and artist. Every time I think I know what is going on in Concrete Park, Puryear throws me for a loop.”—Comics Bulletin

Dark Horse Presents #14 is on comic stands July 18, 2012!


About Tony Puryear

Tony Puryear is the first African American screenwriter to write a $100 million summer movie blockbuster. His 1996 hit Eraser catapulted him into a career writing pictures for A listers Jerry Bruckheimer (Buck Rogers), Will Smith, and Oliver Stone. Puryear’s adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451 for Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has circulated in Hollywood for years as a legendary unproduced script. His latest script is Lady Scarface for the new RKO Pictures.

A talented artist and designer, Puryear was recently honored when his official campaign poster for Hillary Clinton’s historic 2008 presidential run was added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress and Concrete Park cocreator Erika Alexander.

About Dark Horse

Founded in1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, Guillermo Del Toro and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.

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Around the Tubes

May 17, 2012

It was a new comic day yesterday… what’d everyone get?

Around the Blogs:

Spinoff Online – Fox Passes on The Punisher - It has had such a good record…

CBLDF – THE GUARDIAN Analyzes Tintin in the Congo Case – An interesting read.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – New Crusaders #1

CBR – Saga #3

Complex – Review: “Avengers Vs. X-Men” Continues To Bring Blockbuster Action To The Comic Book Page

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Androids, Boy’s Love, Sex Dolls, and more cool stuff from America’s #1 Source for Doujin Manga!

May 16, 2012

Androids, Boy’s Love, Sex Dolls, and more cool stuff from America’s #1 Source for Doujin Manga!

GEN Manga Announces the Release of GEN 11

GEN 11 will be available nationwide May 2012!

NEW YORK, NY – GEN Manga Entertainment, Inc. announces the upcoming release of GEN 11.  (GEN 11, 156 pages, black and white, 1.99) will be available May 2012.

GEN, now available in both print and digital format, is also available on Apple’s itunes and the free Comics+ app on Apple’s itunes. GEN Manga Entertainment will give away a free preview version of the popular magazine this month on the official GEN Manga website (genmanga.com) to introduce four all new stories!

Android Angels: Wouldn’t it be great to live with the perfect woman or perfect man? Android butlers and babes are the future. These short stories are tales from a land beyond, where androids not only protect humans, but also live and get intimate with them. Author: Kosuke Kabaya

One is Enough: Matsumoto-kun is just about to turn sixteen when he accidentally bumps into and injures his mysterious high school senpai, Mizushima-kun. Now, he is bound to make it up to him, but the lines aren’t clear on just how far this new angst filled steamy relationship will go. Author: love

Stones of Power: Café Renard seems to be your run-of-the-mill establish, but it is more than meets the eye. When strangers stumble upon the hidden secret within an average business front, they find a mysterious woman selling stones with magical properties. Before they know it they are transported on strange adventures of science fiction and fantasy. Author: Isora Azumi

Anomal: Weird tales of horror and the bizarre are part of a peculiar vision of the world in this collection of short stories. Author: Nukuharu

The indie series Alive and Good-bye Geist will also be continued in issue GEN 11!

Presenting new indie manga circles from Japan, GEN, a monthly publication, will be released in the US and Japan simultaneously. Digital format and print editions for GEN are available now. Based in New York, GEN Manga Entertainment (www.genmanga.com) endeavors to publish new and unseen graphic work from Japan, being in the unique position to bring readers work first, more original and untamed manga will be sure to come!

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Trailer for Ed Piskor’s WIZZYWIG, featuring nerdcore rapper Adam WarRock!

May 16, 2012

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Hunt For Hope In Avengers Vs X-Men #4 – On Sale Now!

May 16, 2012

Hunt For Hope In AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 – ON SALE NOW!

The war is here! Today in Avengers VS. X-Men #4, by the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman and John Romita Jr., both the Avengers and the X-Men have lost Hope! With Wolverine out of commission, and fights breaking out all across the Marvel Universe – do the X-Men have the upper hand to find the Mutant Messiah? And can Thor’s team in space stop the Phoenix Force?

Plus! Join the Marvel ReEvolution as Marvel brings fans a new comic reading experience! Every issue of Avengers VS X-Men comes packaged with a code for a FREE digital copy on the Marvel Comics app and Marvel Digital Comics Shop.

And that’s not all! Take the Avengers VS X-Men enjoyment even further by unlocking access to exclusive behind the scenes extras utilizing special augmented reality technology with the Marvel AR app powered by Aurasma. This is exciting bonus content that you cannot access anywhere else!

Which team will reign supreme? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AvX!

Here comes the pain as all your favorite super heroes enter the fight—and only one team will emerge victorious! Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime comic event in, Avengers VS X-Men #4, on sale now in comic shops everywhere, on the Marvel Comics app, and the all-new Marvel Digital Comics Shop!

For more on Avengers VS X-Men, please visit http://avx.marvel.com

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (MAR120534)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Pencils by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Rated T+…$3.99
ON SALE NOW!

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IDW Publishing Previews – 5/16/12

May 16, 2012

30 Days of Night: 10 Bloody Years Treasury Edition

Steve Niles (w) • Ben Templesmith (a) • Ashley Wood (c)

It’s the 10th anniversary of 30 Days of Night’s groundbreaking first issue! To properly commemorate this momentous comic, we’re releasing the entire miniseries by Niles and Templesmith as an oversize Treasury Edition! See the story that established IDW and the creators as forces to be reckoned with!

FC • Cardstock •  $9.99 • 72 pages • 9.25” x 14.25”

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Complete Dick Tracy, Vol. 13

Chester Gould (w & a & c)

Dick and Tess’s house fire bombed! B.O. Plenty riddled with bullets! Sam Catchum apparently crushed to death! This volume’s villains include Blowtop, T.V. Wiggles, Dr. Plain, and Empty Williams. Plus a baby named Bonnie Braids is born, Vitamin Flintheart returns, and who’s the mysterious woman named Crewy Lou? Contains all strips from March 26, 1950 – September 15, 1951.

HC • PC • $39.99 • 252 pages • 11” x 8.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-198-3

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Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games

Greg Bear & Erik Bear (w) • Jorge Jimenez (a) • JK Woodward (c)

It is eleven years after the events of the Jurassic Park movies and CIA agent Daniel Espinoza is working undercover to infiltrate infamously brutal Nicaraguan drug lord Gabriel Cazares’ drug ring. Cazares and his henchmen have taken over Isla Nubar and converted the main facility into a walled fortress and pleasure palace in the center of a primeval jungle filled with savage monsters. When his deep cover is blown, Espinoza finds himself lost and alone on the dangerous island, hunted by both armed thugs and prehistoric monstrosities. And there is someone else watching him, too—a mysterious figure in the shadows who could be Espinoza’s only hope for survival… or the bringer of his ultimate doom.

HC · FC · $24.99 · 112 pages · ISBN 978-1-61377-002-3

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Last Unicorn: The Deluxe Edition

Peter Beagle & Peter Gillis (w)  Renae DeLiz & Ray Dillon (a)  Renae DeLiz (c)

Whimsical. Lyrical. Poignant. Adapted for the first time from the acclaimed and beloved novel by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn is a tale for any age about the wonders of magic, the power of love, and the tragedy of loss. The unicorn, alone in her enchanted wood, discovers that she may be the last of her kind. Reluctant at first, she sets out on a journey to find her fellow unicorns, even if it means facing the terrifying anger of the Red Bull and malignant evil of the king who wields his power. Adapted by Peter B. Gillis and lushly illustrated by Renae DeLiz and Ray Dillon.

HC · FC · $50.00 · 200 pages · 8” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-135-8

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Locke & Key: Clockworks #6 (of 6)

Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)

As a storm thunders up the coast to Lovecraft, Massachusetts, the Keepers of the Keys face Dodge a final time, under three hundred feet of stone, in the darkness before the Black Door. Here, water will mix with blood and The Drowning Cave will become a colossal grave, in the final issue of the CLOCKWORKS storyline.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Thief of Thieves #1 Gets Fourth Printing

May 16, 2012
THIEF OF THIEVES GETS FOURTH PRINTING
Robert Kirkman series continues strong

The Image Comics/Skybound series THIEF OF THIEVES, Robert Kirkman’s cinematic crime comic has no zombies, no superheroes, and no larger-than-life arsenal — and it has become one of the best-selling independent comics hits of the year. The first three issues are now entering their fourth printings, with the fourth issue not far behind with a third printing.

With a story overseen by Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE), scripts by Nick Spencer (MORNING GLORIES) and art by Shawn Martinbrough, THIEF OF THIEVES is the story of a master thief, “Redmond,” who tries to leave a life of crime to reclaim his “real” life and family as Conrad Paulson. Or is it his real life? An estranged wife, a son set on following in his footsteps — Paulson is finding that identities can’t be changed as easily as suits.

The third printing of THIEF OF THIEVES #1 will be in stores this week, on May 16, and the third printings of #2 and #3 and the second printing of #4 will be in stores the following week, on May 23. The most current printings will land on shelves on June 13 and can be pre-ordered from comic book stores now. THIEF OF THIEVES is an ongoing series, and issue #5 will be stores on June 6.

Previews of each new THIEF OF THIEVES, which is published by Image Comics under Kirkman’s Skybound imprint, appear on The Hollywood Reporter website exclusively on the Friday before its release. It is available in comic book stores and digitally from multiple platforms. AMC has optioned the title as a series with Kirkman and Chic Eglee (Dexter) serving as Creators/Executive Producers/Writers.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

ABOUT ROBERT KIRKMAN
Robert Kirkman’s success and passionate advocacy for creator-owned comics led him to become the first person invited to become a partner at Image Comics since the company’s inception twenty years ago. He’s the creator/writer of the Eisner Award-winning The Walking Dead, long-running Invincible, kid-friendly Super Dinosaur, The Astounding Wolf-Man, and new title Thief of Thieves, among many others. Kirkman has earned the respect of the comic, writing and television communities and topped the New York Times bestseller list for graphic novels in 2011, taking four of the top spots. He’s the creator/executive producer and writer of the hit television show, AMC’s The Walking Dead, the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time in the U.S, also an international success in 120 countries and 250 million households.  www.Skybound.com is your destination for all news and merchandise for Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead and all Skybound titles.

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