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comiXology 3 day Video Game Comic Book Sale

February 21, 2012

From Monday 2/20 11pm EST until Thursday 2/23 11pm EST, comiXology has the hook up on video game comics.  A huge sale of some hot comics based on games is going on with some dirt cheap prices.

Here is the full list:

Archie

Mega Man
Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic Universe

Archaia

Bleedout GN

DC

Alganon
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City Digital Exclusives
Batman: Arkham Unhinged
Dante’s Inferno
Dues Ex
End of Nations
Gears of War
Kane & Lynch
Mirror’s Edge
Modern Warfare 2: Ghost
Red Faction Guerilla
Red Faction Armageddon
Resident Evil
Telara

IDW

Castlevanina
Crysis
Dead Rising: Road to Fortune
Dead Space: Salvage GN
Dragon Age
Duke Nukem: Glorious Bastards
Nanovor: Game Day
Silent Hill: Among The Dead
Silent Hill: Dying Inside
Silent Hill: Past Life
Silent Hill: Sinner’s Reward

Keenspot

Sore Thumbs GN

Marvel

Halo: Uprising GN
Halo: Helljumper GN
Halo: Bloodline GN
Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp GN

Oni Press

Scott Pilgrim GN Vols.1-6.

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ONI Press Declares 100% On-Time Record For 2011, Vows To Do Same In 2012

February 14, 2012
ONI PRESS DECLARES 100% ON-TIME RECORD FOR 2011, VOWS TO DO SAME IN 2012
Now that the calendar year has turned, comics publisher Oni Press is doing a victory lap for 2011. The company released 40 titles last year, and every single one of the softcovers, hardcovers, and comic books shipped from the printer on time. Whether it was a regular issue of a color comic like The Sixth Gun, a black-and-white Courtney Crumrin special, or a massive 264-page original graphic novel like Petrograd, if it was promised for a specific date, it was delivered to retailers and consumers on that date.
“Entering into 2011, we set a definitive goal for ourselves,” said George Rohac, operations director at Oni Press. “We had seen our publishing line grow exponentially, and in order to get a handle on the outstanding slate of books that lay before us, we decided to overhaul how we scheduled our publications and make a firm commitment to getting every title out on time. This happy dance I’m doing right now means the plan worked. We met the challenge.”
“In past years, Oni Press’ reputation was hurt by its sporadic release system,” marketing director Cory Casoni added. “Late titles were starting to damage the trust that our customers had in us. Retailers were concerned about committing to an Oni Press series because they weren’t sure that the comics would arrive when they were supposed to. Everyone in the office banded together and we turned it around. From editorial to the design department, every step of the way, we all put in our very best to see each book to completion.”
The tide began to turn for the company when it embarked on its breakout hit, The Sixth Gun, in May 2010. “The Sixth Gun was a kind of test balloon for ongoing series,” Rohac said. “Oni Press has done ongoing books before, but they hadn’t always run smoothly. We wanted to create a model for The Sixth Gun that we could replicate on future series. Now it’s nearly two years later and we have Sixth Gun product on store shelves consistently. We’re getting Wasteland back on track the same way, and we’re planning farther and farther ahead to make sure that if we say an Oni Press title will be there, it’s going to be there.”
Oni Press recently unveiled its new logo and motto RevolutiOnize Comics, a symbol of its ongoing mission to bring new and innovative product to the comic book market. These two moves indicate a future that not only builds on the successes of the past, but advances them.
“This year is only going to be better than the last,” Casoni added. “So far in 2012, we’ve had an issue of Sixth Gun and Wasteland both ship on time, released Polly and the Pirates Volume 2 when promised, and the Spontaneous hardcover by Joe Harris and Brett Weldele released a month early. We may be beating our chests right now, but we’re not going to drop the ball while we do it. I look forward to sending out a press release just like this one in 12 months.”
Next on the slate for Oni Press are The Sixth Gun #19 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and Bill Crabtree, and the third volume of Possessions, the macabre comedy series from cartoonist Ray Fawkes. Both books are due to go on sale February 22. “Both are with the distributors,” Rohac confirmed, “and both will be out on time.”

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Preview – The Coldest City

February 1, 2012

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Oni Press Infiltrates Cold War Berlin In The Coldest City

February 1, 2012

ONI PRESS INFILTRATES COLD WAR BERLIN IN THE COLDEST CITY

This May, Oni Press is pleased to publish The Coldest City, the new graphic novel from New York Times-bestselling author Antony Johnston (Wasteland, Marvel’s Daredevil) and veteran artist Sam Hart (Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur, Robin Hood: Outlaw’s Pride). The 176-page, black-and-white hardcover details fictional events in Germany at the tail end of the Cold War. As the Berlin Wall falls and the world turns toward a new, open future, the old rules of the spy game must be honored one last time if all the players are to get out alive.

British secret agent Lorraine Broughton is an experienced MI6 officer whose assignments have taken her all over the world, but never to Berlin — making her an ideal candidate to infiltrate the city amidst the chaos right before the fall of the Iron Curtain. A fellow officer has been killed in West Berlin, while carrying a list containing the names of every covert officer, from every intelligence agency, operating within the city. This sensitive data is now missing, and MI6 doesn’t know who to trust. They hope an outsider like Broughton can find it before the killer can put it to use. With society changing and old secrets threatening to come out, this may be a taller order than she bargained for.

Antony Johnston has long been one of comics’ most versatile writers. He has tackled horror and sci-fi (Dead Space), westerns (The Long Haul), teen adventure (the Alex Rider graphic novels), and is best-known for his Alan Moore adaptations at Avatar Press and Wasteland, the ongoing post-apocalyptic series he writes for Oni Press. Johnston previously ventured into spy fiction when he wrote the third Queen & Country: Declassified series, making him the only outside writer ever authorized to work on Greg Rucka’s long-running comics and prose property. Now he’s creating a new world of intrigue and danger, breathing life into the classic style of espionage fiction practiced by authors like John Le Carré, Len Deighton and Ian Mackintosh.

Of his work on The Coldest City, Johnston explained: “I like working with shadows and mystery, whether it’s a horror story and there are literal monsters in the dark, or something grounded in real life where those monsters are people. Espionage is all about working with secrets and deciphering the unknown. In The Coldest City, the threat may be real, or it may not even exist at all. Finding the list is like chasing a phantom.”

Joining Johnston on The Coldest City is talented artist Sam Hart. “Sam has a stark, realistic style that is grounded yet mysterious,” Johnston enthused. “His use of blacks, negative space, and his sense of character all create a symmetry between the internal and external threats. The dangers that lurk around every corner and the dangers within all those involved are one and the same under his penmanship.”

The Coldest City is the first in a planned line of spy thrillers from Johnston, but the latest in a long line of prestigious graphic novels from Oni Press. “We have a tradition with espionage thrillers like Queen & Country,” publisher Joe Nozemack said, “as well as historical fiction. Books like Union Station and Petrograd have taken a genre approach to well-known stories that detail a particular moment in time, and The Coldest City is Antony’s take on material of similar intrigue.”

The Coldest City debuts in May 2012, just in time for the summer convention season. The black-and-white graphic novel will be printed as a hardcover and retail for $19.99. A website for The Coldest City, with more information and sample scenes from the book, can be found at www.thecoldestcity.com.

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Oni Press Continues Its Tradition Of Releasing Issue #1 On FCBD With Bad Medicine

January 31, 2012

Official Press Release

ONI PRESS CONTINUES ITS TRADITION OF RELEASING ISSUE #1 ON FCBD WITH BAD MEDICINE

On Saturday May 5, 2012, Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) will be returning for its tenth year running, and Oni Press is proud to have been a participant since its inception. This year, Oni Press is pleased to have been selected as both a Gold and Silver sponsor. Oni will be continuing its tradition of launching a brand new series with an issue #1, and with bringing family friendly comics to kids of all ages!

In keeping with their tradition of launching a brand new series on FCBD, Oni Press is giving away issue #1 of their new ongoing series Bad Medicine. Written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (New X-Men: Academy X, Batman Confidential) and artist Christopher Mitten (Wasteland, Criminal Macabre), Bad Medicine is a full color comic book about a doctor working on the fringes of the medical industry. When unexplainable illnesses strike and regular medical procedures can’t handle the treatment, Dr. Randal Horne is called in to take over.

Oni Press will be releasing issue #1 as a freebie for Free Comic Book Day, and then offering the second issue of the monthly series—alongside a retail version of #1— the following month. Both will go on sale June 13.

“This is not a zero issue, it’s not a preview or an advanced look, this is the actual issue #1 of Bad Medicine. This follows the model that we used to launch The Sixth Gun two years ago and Spontaneous last year,” Oni marketing director Cory Casoni explained. “At Oni Press, we believe that Free Comic Book Day is about Free Comics! By launching a brand new series on FCBD, we’re creating a no-risk situation for new readers to try out a new monthly comic book, and the best part is, they only have to wait a few weeks to read the next installment! For those who miss Bad Medicine #1 on Free Comic Book Day but hear from their friends how awesome the series is, they get a second chance to start from the beginning when we issue a re-release of Bad Medicine #1 on the same day Bad Medicine #2 is released in June!”

For the next generation of comic readers and the kids at heart, Oni Press is pleased to present a younger reader title, suitable for all ages, with Yo Gabba Gabba! Based on the popular Nickelodeon television show created by W!ldbrain, this 32-page, full-color comic book offers a sample of stories featured in the Oni Press hardcover anthology Yo Gabba Gabba! Comic Book Time. Oni will also be offering discounted pricing on the anthology so that retailers and fans who really love the Yo Gabba Gabba Free Comic Book Day sampler can take pickup the Yo Gabba Gabba! Comic Book Time hardcover!

Creators featured in this sample include: Michael Allred, Jamie S. Rich, Jarrett Williams, Kali Fontecchio, Frank Pittarese, Evan Dorkin, and Sarah Dyer. The entire Gabbaland gang is featured: Muno, Brobee, Foofa, Toodee, Plex, and the ever-awesome DJ Lance Rock. There is also an extra-special Super Martian Robot Girl adventure by Dorkin and Dyer.

Yo Gabba Gabba! is one of the select “Gold Titles” being offered for Free Comic Book Day. The Gold Titles are the most widely distributed of the giveaways and appear in every participating comic book shop world wide.

Fans can read previews of both comics at the Free Comic Book Day Website:

Yo Gabba Gabba! – http://www.freecomicbookday.com/CatalogImages/STK_IMAGES_PDF/STK440001-460000/STK459877.pdf

Bad Medicine #1 – http://www.freecomicbookday.com/CatalogImages/STK_IMAGES_PDF/STK440001-460000/STK459883.pdf

Free Comic Book Day is an international happening in which comic book and specialty shops around the world give away select comic books at no cost to any customer, new or old, that comes through their doors. Every major publisher has titles available on Free Comic Book Day, making for a massive celebration of the sequential art form. Past entries from Oni Press have included Scott Pilgrim, Hopeless Savages, and The Sixth Gun.

Retailers interested in Free Comic Book Day can order all available titles through Diamond Comics Distributors. For more information on the event itself, visit http://freecomicbookday.com.

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Comic Creators React To The Secret History Of DB Cooper

January 28, 2012

Official Press Release

COMIC CREATORS REACT TO THE SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER!

With only two months left until the truth is made known, and amidst continued government interference, a handful of comic creators have decided to take the risk and read the first issue of Brian Churilla’s THE SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER. Simply knowing the truth is dangerous enough, but in a show of support they have all stepped forward to add their praise to the upcoming comic! THE SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER hits comic stores world wide on March 14th 2012. The truth will be known!

“DANG! Killer! This comic is CRAZY COOL, beautiful to look at and a blast to read!”

-Michael Allred (Madman, iZOMBIE)

“Few people can pull off the strangeness and monster boogie the way Brian Churilla does with THE SECRET HISTORY OF D. B. COOPER. He takes history and conspiracy and samurai swords and one-eared teddy bears, tosses them in a blender with lots of slime-dripping beasties, and mixes up a story of mental warfare that goes down nice and smooth. Here’s a secret that deserves to see the light of day.”

-Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Wolverine)

“This is the book Brian Churilla was born to create. Eerie, compelling, energetic, fun … packed with monsters, mystery, mind-tripping and mayhem. I can’t wait to delve deeper into the secrets…”

-Kurt Busiek (Astro City)

“A dazzling work of sheer lunacy. Everything you want from a conspiracy comic, plus, Monsters!”

-Joshua Hale Fialkov (I; Vampire, Echoes)

“The only mystery more confounding than the ultimate fate of D.B. Cooper is why Brian Churilla isn’t already the biggest thing in comics. After readers get a look at THE SECRET HISTORY OF D.B. COOPER that will change in a hurry.”

-Phillip Hester (Wonder Woman, The Darkness)

“Brian Churilla has taken one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century and transformed it into one of the most innovative comics of the 21st. THE SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER is absolutely required reading.”

-Joe Keatinge, (Glory, Hell Yeah)

“Wow. I love this book.”

-Mike Mignola (Hellboy)

“I love what [Brian] does, it has so much punch, vitality, and fun in it… The book is loaded with fun stuff: inter-dimensional travel, intrigue, otherworldly monsters, a wicked little teddy bear… you won’t be disappointed!”

-J.H. Willaims III (Batwoman)

“A super surreal pulp-infused assassin story topped up with violence and sass.”

-Jim Zub (Skullkickers, Makeshift Miracle)

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Oni Press Unveils New Company Logo

January 26, 2012

Official Press Release

ONI PRESS UNVEILS NEW COMPANY LOGO

Independent comics publisher Oni Press is adopting a brand new look! Now a respected mainstay with a dedication to creator-driven comic books, Oni Press entered the publishing game late in 1997, at a time when the comic industry was down and conventional wisdom had suggested it would never bounce back. Over the next decade-and-a-half, the company beat the odds, producing a consistently successful line of comics and graphic novels while adapting to expanding markets and new technologies.  To honor this bold new future, Oni Press has reimagined its most recognizable feature: the company logo.

“Yep, for the first time since we started publishing in 1997, we’ve done a complete overhaul of our logo,” wrote Oni Press editor-in-chief James Lucas Jones in an e-mail to the company’s creator base. “The original Oni Press logo was designed by the amazing Dave Gibbons and based on a small trinket that publisher Joe Nozemack’s brother had brought back with him from a trip to Japan. It’s an iconic image that has served us well for a long time. We can’t thank Dave enough for contributing such a significant piece of our company’s brand and identity.”

Jones joined Oni Press in 1999, beginning as an assistant editor before helming books like Brian Wood and Steve Rolston’s Pounded and Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series. “As Oni Press has evolved over the last several years,” he continued, “we felt it was time for a change. We’re not the same company we were in 1997 and Art Director Keith Wood has continually raised the bar in terms of our books’ design and packaging. It was time to let him loose on the company’s core iconography. Throughout 2011, Keith worked with Cory Casoni (Director of Sales & Marketing), Joe Nozemack (Publisher), and myself to narrow down the pool of potential designs and refine his initial concepts into the modern, versatile, and downright awesome logo that will soon adorn all of our new comics.”

Fittingly, the new logo will debut on one of Oni Press’ newest and most original acquisitions: Brian Churilla’s The Secret History of D.B. Cooper. The first issue of this full-color series ships to comic book stores on March 14, 2012. The revamped Oni Press icon will appear on all books following, and there will also be merchandise and promotional items featuring the image available at conventions throughout the year.

“This is only the beginning,” promises Director of Marketing Cory Casoni. “We have plenty of big announcements and new publishing initiatives on the way. It would be easy for us to rest on our laurels, but instead we’re going to make the next couple of years our biggest yet.”

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Preview – Spontaneous HC

January 25, 2012

Spontaneous HC

Writer: Joe Harris
Artist: Brett Weldele

Phenomenon, conspiracy or delusion? “Kelvin” Melvin Reyes was only three years old when Spontaneous Human Combustion took his father from him. He’s since devoted his life to exploring the mystery behind the phenomenon, searching for a pattern and predictors that he might save others from that same fiery fate. But the closer he gets to his goal, the further things lead down a well of secrets, horrors and terrible truths. Is SHC real? And, if so, can it be stopped?

Format: Trade (Collection), Hardcover
Content Rating: T+ (Teen Plus)
Diamond™ Order Code: OCT111183
ISBN: 978-1-934964-74-3

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Preview – The Sixth Gun #18

January 25, 2012

The Sixth Gun #18

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Brian Hurtt
Colorist: Bill Crabtree

“A Town Called Penance pt. 1″
On a night of blood and gunfire, Drake Sinclair vanished without a trace. Becky Montcrief has set out to find him. Little does she know that Drake has fallen into the hands of a sinister cult that has no intention of giving him up. As a mysterious figure rides into a dusty town, the latest chapter of our tale of gunfighters and black magic begins to unfold!

Format: Single, Standard
Content Rating: T (Teen)
Diamond™ Order Code: NOV111071

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Preview – Polly & the Pirates, vol. 2: Mystery of the Dragonfish

January 25, 2012

Polly & the Pirates, vol. 2: Mystery of the Dragonfish

Writer: Ted Naifeh
Artist: Robbi Rodriguez

Polly Pringle reunites with her pirate crew at long last! Honor-bound to rescue Emperor Norton from his unfair imprisonment, Polly escapes her cozy boarding school and returns to the high seas! But Polly and the Emperor have stumbled onto the fiendish plot of a foreign power, which endangers not only their own lives, but everyone in the Americas!

Format: Original Graphic Novel, Digest
Content Rating: Y (Youth)
Diamond™ Order Code: OCT111182
ISBN: 978-1-934964-73-6

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