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Image Comics at Emerald City Comicon

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Image Comics is returning to Seattle this year for Emerald City Comicon on Thursday, April 7 through Sunday, April 10.

LIMITED IMAGE EXPO VARIANTS SOLD AT THE IMAGE BOOTH (#316):

  • BLACK ROAD #1 by Brian Wood and Garry Brown, cover art by Garry Brown
  • THE FIX #1 by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber, cover art by Steve Lieber
  • GRIZZLYSHARK #1 by Ryan Ottley and Ivan Plascencia,
    cover art by Ryan Ottley
  • TOKYO GHOST Convention Exclusive hardcover by Rick Remender and Sean Gordon Murphy

VARIANTS SOLD AT CREATORS’ TABLES:

  • THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #18 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matt Wilson (Artist Alley table: DD-06)
  • THE WICKED + THE DIVINE Convention Exclusive hardcover by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matt Wilson (Artist Alley table: DD-06)

PANELS HOSTED BY IMAGE COMICS:

Thursday, 4/7/16, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (T304)
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Style  

Style is what gives comics their swing, whether through visuals or dialogue. What kind of story are you telling? How cool is it? Joe Harris (SNOWFALL), Emi Lenox (PLUTONA), Riley Rossmo (RASPUTIN), Amy Clare (ISLAND), and a few special guests know all about style. Come and pick their brains and find out how to make comics sing.

Friday, 4/8/16, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (T305)
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Drama

You scream when your favorite character moves off the page and you cheer when they finally get their way. Drama works! Join us as Joshua Williamson (NAILBITER), Steve Orlando (VIRGIL), Meredith McClaren (HINGES), Nick Barber (RINGSIDE), Jim Zub (WAYWARD), and a few special guests dig into just why drama is so crucial to storytelling.

Saturday, 4/9/16, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Room (T304)
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Thrills

Have you ever finished a comic and felt your heart pounding in your chest? Of course you have. In fact, Kieron Gillen (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE), Sloane Leong (FROM UNDER MOUNTAINS), Tom Neely (THE HUMANS), Alex de Campi (NO MERCY), Jason McNamara (THE RATTLER), Brian Schirmer (BLACK JACK KETCHUM), and a few special guests have probably been responsible for getting your heart racing with their work. What’s the trick? Come and find out.

Sunday, 4/10/16, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM (T304)
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Collaboration

Writer, artist, colorist, letterer—comics are often a collaborative art form, and collaboration means cooperation. Ed Brisson (THE VIOLENT) writes, Lee Loughridge (WOLF) and Kelly Fitzpatrick (SNOWFALL) color, Ariana Maher (RINGSIDE) letters, and Jamie McKelvie (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE) draws. Working effectively as a team is crucial to making good work. Get some tips, tricks, and advice from these pros and a few guests.

SIGNINGS HOSTED AT IMAGE COMICS BOOTH (#312):

THURSDAY, APRIL 7
2:00-3:30 PM    Ed Brubaker (wristband required, 5 item limit)
2:00-2:45 PM    Leila del Duca + Joe Keatinge + Nick Barber
3:00-3:45 PM    Emi Lenox
3:00-3:45 PM    Steve Lieber (3 item limit)
4:00-4:45 PM    Rick Remender + Matteo Scalera (wristband required, 3 item limit)
4:00-4:45 PM    Justin Greenwood
5:00-6:30 PM    Image Expo Signing w/special guests (located in ECCC MAIN   SIGNINGS AREA, 3 item limit)
5:00-5:45 PM    Dustin Nguyen (3 item limit)
6:00-6:45 PM    Meredith McClaren
6:00-6:45 PM    Joshua Williamson

FRIDAY, APRIL 8
10:00-10:45 AM Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller
10:00-10:45 AM Riley Rossmo
11:00-11:45 AM Fiona Staples (wristband required, 3 item limit)
12:00-1:30 PM Ed Brubaker (wristband required, 5 item limit)
1:00-1:45 PM    Skottie Young (wristband required, 3 item limit)
2:00-2:45 PM    Rick Remender + Wes Craig + Lee Loughridge (wristband required, 3 item limit)
2:00-2:45 PM    Sina Grace
3:00-3:45 PM    Kurtis Wiebe + Tamra Bonvillain (wristband required, 3 item limit)
3:00-3:45 PM    Joe Keatinge + Nick Barber
4:00-4:45 PM    Simon Spurrier
4:00-4:45 PM    Steve Orlando
5:00-5:45 PM    Stuart Moore
5:00-5:45 PM    Dustin Nguyen (3 item limit)
6:00-6:45 PM    Jason Shawn Alexander
6:00-6:45 PM    Ryan Browne

SATURDAY, APRIL 9
10:00-10:45 AM Jason McNamara
10:00-10:45 AM Meredith Gran
11:00-11:45 AM Stefano Gaudiano and Tony Akins (SKYBOUND)
11:00-11:45 AM Jim Zub + Tamra Bonvillain + Zack Davisson
12:00-12:45 PM Jonathan Hickman + Nick Dragotta (wristband required, 3 item limit)
1:00-1:45 PM    Rick Remender + Sean Gordon Murphy (wristband required, 3 item limit)
2:00-2:45 PM    Kurt Busiek
2:00-2:45 PM    Joshua Williamson (SKYBOUND)
3:00-3:45 PM    Fiona Staples (wristband required, 3 item limit)
4:00-4:45 PM    Kurtis Wiebe + Tamra Bonvillain (wristband required, 3 item limit)
4:00-4:45 PM    Sloane Leong
5:00-5:45 PM    Skottie Young (wristband required, 3 item limit)
6:00-6:45 PM    Jonathan Hickman (wristband required, 3 item limit)

SUNDAY, APRIL 10
10:00-10:45 AM Joe Harris + Kelly Fitzpatrick + Surprise Guest
10:00-10:45 AM Kurt Busiek
11:00-11:45 AM Kyle Higgins + Rod Reis
11:00-11:45 AM Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller
12:00-12:45 PM Kieron Gillen + Jamie McKelvie + Matt Wilson (wristband required, 3 item limit)
1:00-1:45 PM Leila del Duca + Joe Keatinge + Nick Barber
1:00-1:45 PM Brian Schirmer
2:00-2:45 PM Emi Lenox
3:00-3:45 PM Brandon Graham + Amy Clare + Lin Visel (wristband required, 3 item limit)
4:00-4:45 PM Brandon Graham + Simon Roy (wristband required, 3 item limit)
4:00-4:45 PM Ed Brisson

IMAGE CREATORS IN ARTIST ALLEY:

Alexander, Jason Shawn G-11
Barber, Nick Y-10
Bonvillain, Tamra U-12B
Brisson, Ed AA-07
Browne, Ryan N-10
Burnham, Chris N-09
Busiek, Kurt E-02
Campi, Alex M-14
Craig, Wes D-17
del Duca, Leila Y-10
Dodson, Terry    E-12
Dragotta, Nick    P-04
Fowler, Tess U-11
Gillen, Kieron DD-06
Grace, Sina V-04
Graham, Brandon Y-12
Gran, Meredith R-02
Greenwood, Justin L-15
Harren, James P-05
Harris Joe CC-04
Howard, Josh O-04B
Keatinge, Joe    Y-11
Keller, Keenan R-08
Lenox, Emi Y-02A
Leong, Sloane Y-02
McKelvie, Jamie DD-05
Mooneyham, Chris P-03
Murphy, Sean C-15
Neely, Tom R-08
Nguyen, Dustin F-10
Oeming, Michael X-06
Opeña, Jerome D-17
Ottley, Ryan G-04-05
Reis, Rod Q-02
Remender, Rick D-16
Rossmo, Riley P-01
Roy, Simon Y-12
Sampson, Alison J-13
Scalera, Matteo C-12
Semahn, Jacob T-03
Staples, Fiona C-18-19
Stewart, Cameron S-07
Strahm, Kyle P-06
Tarr, Babs O-08
Visel, Lin Y-03
Wiebe, Kurtis U-11
Williamson, Joshua L-10
Wilson, Matt DD-04
Young, Skottie O-15
Zub, Jim X-04

Space Goat is going to be at Emerald City Comicon and We’ve Got Their Schedule!

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Space Goat is going to be at Emerald City Comicon and they have a ton of great stuff planned! Panels, signings and interviews will be happening all throughout the con! Space Goat and Merchgoat are located at booth #1818, so be sure to stop by for great deals at the Merchgoat booth. They’ll have discounts on all of our comics (You can get every Evil Dead 2 comic out so far for $30!). Finally they have 3 shirts debuting exclusively at ECCC, and their Emerald City Green Nerd Boss shirt, which is an ECCC exclusive!

Signings:

All signings are free and will be at the Space Goat booth 1818. Bring any and all of your comics by these creators to get signed!

Thursday:
Frank Hannah (Writer, Evil Dead 2: Beyond Dead by Dawn, Evil Dead 2:Cradle of the Damned): 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Friday:
Frank Hannah: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Georgia Ball (Writer, Evil Dead 2: Tales of The Ex-Mortis, Dark Lily, Disney Princesses, Strawberry Shortcake): 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Nicholas Doan (Creator and writer of Monster Elementary): 1:30pm – 2:30pm, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Saturday:
Frank Hannah: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Georgia Ball: 11:00pm – 1:00pm
Nicholas Doan: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Sunday:
Frank Hannah: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Georgia Ball: 10:00pm – 12:00pm
Nicholas Doan: 12:00pm – 2:00pm

Panels/Interviews:

Evil Dead 2 Comic Book Preview

Description: The creative team behind the Evil Dead 2 comic book tell us what’s in store.

Date: Apr 08, 2016
Time: 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Webinar Stage
Speakers: Frank Hannah (Writer, Evil Dead 2: Beyond Dead by Dawn, Evil Dead 2: Cradle of the Damned)
Georgia Ball: (Writer, Evil Dead 2: Tales of the Ex-Mortis)

Inside the Monster Elementary Graphic Novel

Description: The writer and editor of the award-winning, all-ages ‘Monster Elementary’ tell us about creating the comic and what’s next.

Date: 4/7/2016
Time: 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Webinar Stage
Speakers: Nicholas Doan, Writer and Creator of Monster Elementary, Gwendolyn Dreyer, Editor of Monster Elementary

Beyond Evil Dead: Space Goat Publishing’s Summer Evil Dead Books and Beyond!

Description: EVIL DEAD fans rejoice. Space Goat Publishing continues to produce some of the best Ash-Williams filled Deadite comic books in the business. Join us for a sneak peek of our Summer and Fall 2016 line-up of Evil Dead books—as well as exclusive looks at new properties Monster Elementary, Dark Lily, and more! Writers Frank Hannah (Beyond Dead by Dawn and the Cooler movie) and Georgia Ball (Transformers, Ex-Mortis, and Little Pet Shop) join publisher Shon Bury (Cable, Superman Adventures) and editor Taylor Smith (Evil Dead 2: Beyond Dead by Dawn, Big Game Hunters) to make this Panel Certified Groovy! Award-winning creators Nicolas Doan and Gwendolyn Dreyer will also be joining the fun to discuss bringing their all-ages book Monster Elementary to Space Goat!

Date: 4/7/2016
Time: 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
Location: T304
Speakers: Georgia Ball Nicolas Doan Gwendolyn Dreyer Frank Hannah Shon Bury Taylor Smith

The Merch:

three man in gray polo t-shirt on a white background

three man in gray polo t-shirt on a white background

Slim tall man posing in blank black t-shirt

Slim tall man posing in blank black t-shirt

Space Goat Productions photoshoot of Nerd Boss clothing line. Photo by Daniel Berman/www.bermanphotos.com

Space Goat Productions photoshoot of Nerd Boss clothing line. Photo by Daniel Berman/www.bermanphotos.com

ECCCNerdBossT-Shirt

Dark Horse Announces Emerald City Comicon 2016 Schedule!

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Dark Horse 30 YearsDark Horse Comics is headed to the Pacific Northwest’s foremost and near sold out pop culture convention – Emerald City Comicon.

Visit Dark Horse Comics at ECCC booth #802 for free swag such as comics, buttons, posters, and more!  Check out our signings and panels, too!

All attendees are invited to stop by for a free picture in the HappyMatic Photo Booth. We’ll also have a variety of Dark Horse comics, graphic novels, art books, and collectibles for sale in our booth.

SIGNING SCHEDULE

All creators signing in our booth offer their autographs for FREE. FREE prints, comics, or posters are provided for signings (while supplies last). You may purchase or bring items to be signed; however, we may restrict the type or number of items to be signed as necessary. Please note that some of the titles listed below have not been released for sale yet—in those cases, special prints will be available.

Lines may also be closed for some signings due to crowding or time restrictions.

All events are subject to change. Some restrictions apply. Please ask the Dark Horse Comics staff if you have questions.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7

3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. SEMIAUTOMAGIC, ARCHIE VS. PREDATOR, GRINDHOUSE, SMOKE/ASHES: Alex de Campi

4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. POWER CUBED: Aaron Lopresti

6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. DEAR CREATURE, THE NEW DEAL, GREEN RIVER KILLER: Jonathan Case

FRIDAY, APRIL 8

10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.  THIS DAMNED BAND: Tony Parker

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. THE ROOK: Steven Grant

12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. EMPOWERED: Adam Warren

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. SPACE-MULLET!, ALABASTER, THE GHOST FLEET: Daniel Warren Johnson

2:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m.
NEW SERIES TO BE ANNOUNCED: Chris Mooneyham
PREDATOR: LIFE AND DEATH: Brian Thies

3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. JOE GOLEM, ALIENS: FIRE AND STONE: Patric Reynolds

4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m.
BUFFY: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, MISFITS OF AVALON: Kel McDonald
BUFFY: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERHERO GIRL, THE LAST OF US: Faith Erin Hicks

5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D., ALIENS: FIRE AND STONE: Chris Roberson

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. TOMB RAIDER: Phillip Sevy

SATURDAY, APRIL 9

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. LARA CROFT AND THE FROZEN OMEN, DEEP GRAVITY: Corinna Bechko

12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. FIGHT CLUB 2, B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH, SIN TITULO: Cameron Stewart

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. WONDERFALL, LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS, TOMB RAIDER, CONAN RED SONJA: Gail Simone

3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES: Jeremy Vanhoozer

4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. NEW SERIES TO BE ANNOUNCED: Kurtis Wiebe

5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. NEW SERIES TO BE ANNOUNCED: David Walker

6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m. HALO: THE FALL OF REACH: Isaac Hannaford

SUNDAY, APRIL 10

10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.  THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERHERO GIRL, BUFFY: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS: Faith Erin Hicks

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
EMILY AND THE STRANGERS: Cat Farris
PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES: Ron Chan

12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m.  APOCALYPTIGIRL: Andrew MacLean

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. RAINBOW CHILDREN: THE ART OF CAMILLA D’ERRICO: Camilla d’Errico

2:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. THE MASSIVE: Garry Brown

Panel Schedule

THURSDAY, APRIL 7

Artists Who Write: On the Craft and Creation of Comics
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.  T305

Whether it’s a crime-fighting costumed heroine or a space adventure, there’s a lot of thought put into the sequential art that drives stories told in comics. Join some of the industry’s best artists—Adam Warren (Empowered), Patric Reynolds (Joe Golem), Daniel Warren Johnson (Alabaster, Space-Mullet!), Faith Erin Hicks (Buffy: The High School Years), and Kel McDonald (Misfits of Avalon)—as they discuss turning an idea into a full-fledged story and how they continue to keep their writing fresh.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8

Dark Horse Comics and Twentieth Century Fox: A Relationship Spanning Universes
12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m. T305

Dark Horse achieved one of its earliest successes with the 1988 publication of Aliens, followed that with Predator (1989) and Aliens vs. Predator (1990), won over fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with comics starting in 1998, and is now developing comics for the beautiful blue world of James Cameron’s Avatar. Join Joshua Izzo (Director of Licensing, Twentieth Century Fox), Randy Stradley (Vice President of Publishing, Dark Horse Comics), Brian Thies (Predator: Life and Death), Faith Erin Hicks (Buffy: The High School Years), and others involved in creating the worlds of the Xenoverse, the Whedonverse, and the Pandoran biosphere.
Painting in Comics: Behind the Scenes with Top Artists
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. T305

Learn how four artists who have created and contributed to some of the most original artwork in the comics industry create their works of art. Camilla d’Errico (Tanpopo, Pop Manga, Helmetgirls), Jim Mahfood, a.k.a. Food One (Grrl Scouts, Stupid Comics, Clerks), Ben Templesmith (Gotham by Midnight, Fell, 30 Days of Night), and Bobby Chiu (Imaginism Studios) have broken new ground by using painting to create original artwork for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and creator-owned comics.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9

Dark Horse Manga
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. T305

Dark Horse’s history with Japanese creators can be traced back to the company’s earliest years, with a publishing line that includes classics and contemporary titles alike, such as Lone Wolf & Cub, Unofficial Hatsune Mix, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Fire Emblem, Astro Boy, Oreimo: Kuroneko, Vampire Hunter D, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Danganronpa, Appleseed, Berserk, I Am a Hero, Cardcaptor Sakura, Fate/Zero, Satoshi Kon’s OPUS, and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Join Carl Horn and Zack Davisson for a look at the past, present, and future of Dark Horse Manga!

CAMILLA D’ERRICO LIVE PAINTING
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. LIVE Stage, Level 4/Skybridge Lobby

Watch at ECCC on the LIVE Stage, Level 4/Skybridge Lobby
Watch from home at http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/livestream.

Video Game Comics Level Up!
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Sheraton Metropolitan Ballroom A, Level 3

Dark Horse established itself in its early years as the premier publisher of licensed comics by continuing story lines from the big screen to the page. Now, this tradition is carried on through the most exciting video game tie-ins in the comics medium. Join Dark Horse publicist Aub Driver for a discussion with editor Ian Tucker on what it takes to bringing these titles from console to printed page.

Comic Book Women Announces Programming for Emerald City Comicon 2016

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eccc-stacked-hiComic Book Women has announced “Comic Book Women Present,” a series of five panels taking place at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle from April 7 to 10. Each panel will explore a different aspect of working in comics professionally, from creative to editorial to marketing, as well as offering advice about how to manage self-care in a stressful industry.

The panelists are experts from the ranks of Comic Book Women, an organization of nearly 300 individuals that advocates for greater opportunity, visibility, and recognition for women, as well as trans, genderqueer, and non-binary individuals in the comic book industry.

As part of its proactive efforts to achieve gender equity in programming at comic book conventions, Comic Book Women teamed up with ReedPop and Emerald City Comicon to create panels in which women in comics can share expertise and advice with aspiring and established comic book creators alike.

Writer Mairghread Scott said in the release:

We didn’t feel we needed to do more ‘women in comics’ panels. Instead, this programming centers on specific topics in comics, presented by women with a wealth of experience in the industry.

The “Comic Book Women Present” panels are:

You Made a Comic — Now Sell It!

Christine Dinh (Boom! Studios), Jen Vaughn (Vertigo), Amanda Meadows (The Devastator), Shy Allot (Oni Press), Rachel Reed (Oni Press), and Alex de Campi (writer) share their pearls of wisdom on marketing creator-owned properties. From crowd-funding to conventions, they’ll address the dos and don’ts of getting your work into the hands of your fans. Moderated by Jocelyn Gajeway (My Blacks Don’t Match!).

4/7/2016, 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

Location: T305
Working in Licensed Comics — How to Play With Other People’s Toys

Are you an artist or writer who loves Transformers, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Adventure Time, or Star Trek? Come hear what it is like to work on their comic-book counterparts, as we discuss the wonderful world of licensed comics! This panel will give a behind-the-scenes look at what it is like to work on officially licensed comic titles from some of the top talent in the industry. Chock-full of tips and tricks for artists and writers, so make sure to come with questions for the panel. Speakers: Sarah Gaydos (IDW), Tini Howard (Poseidon IX), Shannon Watters (Boom! Studios), Corinna Bechko (Invisible Republic), Jody Houser (Faith, Orphan Black), Mariah Huehner (True Blood, The Last Unicorn)

4/7/2016, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

Location: T302
Stress and the Freelancer

Being your own boss can be great, but the responsibilities and stress can be enough to send you hightailing back to the office. Never fear–you can be a successful freelancer and learn how to manage whatever comes your way. Join Comic Book Women’s panel of savvy pros for tips on everything from scheduling to ergonomics to building a community of other freelancers. Speakers: Casey Gilly (Comic Book Resources), Lea Hernandez (Teen Titans), Monica Gallagher, Jen Vaughn (DC: Vertigo), Whitney Leopard, Corinna Bechko 

4/8/2016, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Location: T301

 

Masterclass: Coloring

Join Sloane Leong (From Under Mountains, Bravest Warrior), Shari Chankhamma (Codename Baboushka, The Fuse), Lauren Affe (Buzzkill, Five Ghosts), Tamra Bonvillian (Wayward, Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur), Kelly Fitzpatrick (Batman ’66, DC Bombshells, Bitch Planet) and Nina Taylor Kestor (Peanuts) for an in-depth discussion on preparing files for color, conceptualizing color for mood or print, and the differences between coloring your own work or others’. Bring your best questions; they have answers.
4/10/2016, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

T301

 

Lettering Comics

The best comics (and comic pitches) live and die on their lettering and it’s time you learned how to letter from the pros. Join Alex de Campi, Christy Sawyer, and Lea Hernandez as they discuss the foundation elements of good lettering, finding and contracting a letterer, common mistakes to avoid and how to break into the most time-crunched job in comics.

4/10/2016, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Location: T301

Around the Tubes

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The weekend is almost here! Hope those celebrating holidays have great ones, we’ll be continuing our normal schedule.

Around the Tubes

Nothing But Comics – now U can Cre-8 Comics too! – This is pretty cool.

The Beat – 15 panels from ECCC 2015 in sound and vision – Awesome to see this.

Haaretz – The divine renaissance of comic books in Hebrew – If only I read it.

The Atlantic – Rediscovering a Lost Predecessor to the Graphic Novel – I really want to check this out. Awesome lost history.

Okay Africa – Nigeria’s Next Superhero: Roye Okupe On His Afrofuturistic Graphic Novel Series – Very interesting. Nice to see something I wouldn’t normally know about.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Comic Vine – Arkham Manor: Endgame

The Beat – Convergence #0

Fandom Post – Doctor Who: Revolutions of Terror

BlogCritics – Dungeon: Twilight, Volume Four, The End of Dungeon

CBR – Gotham Academy: Endgame

Comics Alliance – Hit: 1957 #1

ICv2 – Room for Love

Kevin Eastman Joins The IDW Team!

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IDW PublishingSunday at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon 2015 finished off with a hell of an announcement, that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman has signed an exclusive contract with IDW Publishing, which will see all his new projects created solely with IDW.

Eastman’s long and influential career in comics began with the co-creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the success of which would lead to a cavalcade of films, television programs, video games, merchandise and more. Taking comics by storm, the originally self-published series thrived through a metamorphosis before landing at IDW, where Eastman has returned to the iconic heroes, plotting and periodically drawing the highly acclaimed series alongside IDW Senior Staff Writer Tom Waltz.

IDW’s working relationship with Eastman started in 2011 with the launch of the all-new IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. Eastman has continued to work closely with IDW on projects including classic reprints of the Ninja Turtles, special IDW Limited editions featuring original art alongside essential stories, and cover art for hit original series. A number of new projects will be announced in the coming months as part of this agreement.

Eastman will join the staff of IDW in their newly announced move to San Diego’s historic Liberty Station NTC offices with an office on-site, and his original works will mark the inaugural exhibition of the San Diego Comic Art Gallery.

KaBOOM! Announces Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars

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Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake Card WarsAt their “Push Fun Forward: The Importance of All-Ages Comics” panel at Emerald City Comicon, KaBOOM! announced this July the publisher will launch Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars, a new miniseries featuring everyone’s favorite gender-swapped characters from the hit Cartoon Network show.

Cake is a Card Wars champ who can’t be beat, and Fionna…is really tired of getting beaten! They set off in search of a challenger who can really test Cake’s mettle. When they stumble across some gamer slugs, they think they’ve hit the jackpot, but these guys have never heard of Cake and refuse to even play with her!

Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars #1 (of 6) will be written by Jen Wang with art by Britt Wilson.

Valiant Launches Valiant Origins

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Announced at Emerald City Comicon 2015, Valiant‘s 25th Anniversary celebration continues with the debut of Valiant Origins– an all-new web series spotlighting the origins of Valiant’s biggest heroes bi-weekly across 10 animated episodes! Beginning today with release of the first episode, Valiant Origins: Bloodshot, subsequent installments will be made available every other week on Valiant’s official YouTube channel.

New to the award-winning world of the Valiant Universe? Meet the greatest heroes that Valiant has to offer here in Valiant Origins – an introductory overview of the biggest, most powerful characters from throughout the largest independent superhero universe anywhere in comics! Bloodshot. X-O Manowar. Ninjak. Livewire. Quantum and Woody. Divinity. And many more!

Brought back from the dead and infused with cutting-edge nanotechnology, Bloodshot is a nearly unstoppable killing machine. Equipped with enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing, he served his masters at Project Rising Spirit – a private contractor trafficking in violence – very well. But after defying his programming and escaping his captors, Bloodshot now fights to rediscover the secret of his true identity – but remains haunted by the past that nearly destroyed him…

Graphic Policy Radio LIVE this Monday!

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GP Radio pic MondayIt’s Monday night, and that means a brand new episode of Graphic Policy Radio, the show thay mixes politics and comics. It’s been a bit since we discussed recent releases and general news in the comic industry, so it’s potluck Monday! The show airs LIVE this Monday at 10pm ET.

On this episode:

  1. We talk what we’ve been reading and discuss hot comics and graphic novels you should check out, and what you should skip, and what we’re looking forward to!
  2. Emerald City Comicon was this past weekend with lots of announcements and hints as to what’s coming up. We round up the news and talk about what you need to know.
  3. Geekdom and politics clashed this past week and the largest game convention in North American Gen Con spoke out about Indiana’s SB 101, and threatened to leave the state if passed. We lay it out there as to what you need to know.
  4. The past few weeks also saw controversy. We discuss the recent round of harassment as well as the controversy over DC Comics variant cover to Batgirl #41.

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Dark Horse Delivers Ten New Series This Summer

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At Emerald City Comicon, Dark Horse Comics announced ten new comic series that’ll debut this summer.

Barb Wire #1

Chris Warner (W)
Patrick Olliffe (A)
On Sale in July

Nail-hard tough and drop-dead gorgeous, Barb Wire is the baddest bounty hunter on the mean streets of Steel Harbor, where gangsters can lift bulldozers and leap rusting factories in a single bound. The hunting is stupid good and the bounties are hella big—if Barb lives long enough to collect!

BARB WIRE

King Tiger #1

Randy Stradley (W)
Doug Wheatley (A)
On Sale in August

Blood, death, and fire—the darkest kind of magic. A monstrous secret from King Tiger’s past has found the mystic warrior, but can Tiger’s skills and sorcery triumph against an unthinkable supernatural obscenity linked to his own destiny? If the Tiger falls, the Dragon will rise!

KING TIGER

Negative Space #1

Ryan K Lindsay (W)
Owen Gieni (A)
On Sale in July

When one man’s writer’s block gets in the way of his suicide note, he goes for a walk to clear his head and soon uncovers a century-old conspiracy dedicated to creating and mining the worst lows of human desperation. A corporation has manipulated his life purely so they can farm his suicide note as a sadness artifact that will be packed and shipped to ancient underwater creatures who feed off our strongest and most base emotions. Our hero partners with a cult intent on exposing the corporation, and only a suicide mission can solve the whole mess.

NEGATIVE SPACE

The Tomorrows #1

Curt Pires (W)
Jason Copland (A)
On Sale in July

A bold new speculative-fiction comic from the mind of writer Curt Pires, each issue illustrated by a different brilliant artist!

The future: art is illegal. Everything everyone ever posted online has been weaponized against them. The reign of the Corporation is quickly becoming as absolute as it is brutal—unless the Tomorrows can stop it.

They told you the counterculture was dead. They were wrong. Welcome to the new reality.

TOMORROWS

Death Head #1

Zack Keller, Nick Keller (W)
Joanna Estep (A)
On Sale in July

When Niles and Justine Burton go camping to get a break from their stressful lives, they expect to find peace . . . not an abandoned village hiding an ancient evil. In a turn of events ripped straight from a horror movie, a brutal killer wearing a plague doctor’s mask begins hunting Niles, Justine, and their two kids. Who is the Plague Doctor? What does he want? And how will the family survive?

DEATH HEAD

Zodiac Starforce #1

Kevin Panetta (W)
Paulina Ganucheau (A)
On Sale in August

They’re an elite group of teenage girls with magical powers who have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school girls aren’t just combating math tests. They’re also battling monsters—not your typical afterschool activity! But when an evil force from another dimension infects team leader Emma, she must work with her team of magically powered friends to save herself—and the world—from the evil Diana and her mean-girl minions!

From Kevin Panetta (Bravest Warriors) and Paulina Ganucheau (TMNT: New Animated Adventures, Bravest Warriors), this super-fun and heartfelt story of growing up and friendship—with plenty of magical-girl fighting action—delivers the most exciting new ensemble cast in comics!

ZODIAC STARFORCE

Adam.3 #1

Scott Kolins (W/A)
On Sale in August

Award-winning writer and artist Scott Kolins (Past Aways, The Flash, The Avengers, Solomon Grundy) premieres Adam.3.

On a futuristic island paradise populated by talking animals and monitored by orbiting control satellites, the peaceful lives of Adam and his wife Skye are troubled by growing tension between Adam and his previous son, Beo. The situation goes from bad to worse when an alien invader infects the animals—turning them into aliens themselves. When Beo is captured, Adam must battle his transformed animal friends to save his son—and their island home!

ADAM3

Power Cubed #1

Aaron Lopresti (W/A)
On Sale in September

On his eighteenth birthday, Kenny’s inventor father gives him a phenomenal piece of matter-reinterpreting technology, attracting the attention of a bumbling Nazi scientist and an elite government agent. Aaron Lopresti delivers a comical coming-of-age tale in a fantastic sci-fi universe!

POWER CUBED

The Steam Man #1

Mark Miller (W)
Joe R. Lansdale (W)
Piotr Kowalski (A)
On Sale in October

The Old West (but not as we know it): Giant robots that run on steam power are created to take down invading Martians and armies of killer albino apes in an all-out brawl. The Steam Man, a giant metal man operated by a team of monster hunters, seems to have the town protected and the West under control, until a crazed and powerful vampire comes to town to bring forth the apocalypse.

STEAM MAN

Chimichanga: Sorrow of the World’s Worst Face #1

Eric Powell (W)
Stephanie Buscema (A)
On Sale in late 2015

Wrinkle’s Traveling Circus’s most adorable bearded girl and her savory-named beast are back, and there is a new act in store! Come one, come all to the Sorrow of the World’s Worst Face! But beware: those who look behind the curtain are in for an awful treat, and it’s not just his face we’re talkin’ about!

CHIMICHANGA

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