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Archie Comics First Look: Betty #194

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

BETTY #194

“HOW SWEET IT WAS”

All of Betty’s dreams come true when Archie asks her to be his date at the dance. But she’s forced to wake up when she can’t afford to buy a new dress. Never one to sulk, Betty gets a job and with Archie at her side. She may not dance the night away, but she still gets Archie in the hilarious conclusion. In the second feature, KATY KEENE, Skipper Mason goes on a monkey chase and gets more than he bargained for. LIL JINX makes an appearance in “SOUNDS FISHY,” and Archie goes classic in “ERRANT BOY” FROM 1957. Finally, everyone’s favorite witch shows up in SABRINA “STRANGE LOVE.”

SCRIPT: Frank Doyle

ARTIST: Fernando Ruiz

COVER: Dan DeCarlo

On Sale at Comic Shops: 9/14/11

Newsstands: Week 9/28/11

Comic, 32 pages, 40 lb. glossy stock, Full-Color

$2.99 US
To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comicbook or visit ComicShopLocator.com
Don’t forget to read some of your favorite Archie comics digitally – download the Archie app!

All-new Ghostbusters Comics Series Hits Stores Nationwide

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

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All- new GHOSTBUSTERS Comics Series Hits Stores Nationwide

The boys are back with local retailer exclusive covers

[Ghostbusters #1 Cover] San Diego, CA (September 28, 2011) — IDW Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of the new ongoing series, GHOSTBUSTERS. Through IDW’s partnership with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, the famous foursome are back in business starting this September. Celebrating the debut of this series, readers are encouraged to look for the nine unique covers created for select retailers throughout North America.

Similar to IDW’s hugely successful Godzilla retailer exclusive cover promotion, comic retailers were offered the opportunity to take part in the special “Be a Ghostbuster” promotion, resulting in nine different covers. Selected by participating retailers, nine people are featured on the unique covers of issue #1 as individual Ghostbusters, drawn from photo reference by the talented Alan Robinson (Phoenix Without Ashes, Weekly World News.) These original covers are only available in the nine comic stores that supported the program.

“The success of the ‘Be a Ghostbuster’ promotion was really the cherry on top of what turned out to be a fantastic launch to a new ongoing series,” said editor Tom Waltz. “Fans, old and new alike, have been filling up the many Ghostbusters-related forums and websites with proof that they are as excited as we are for a Ghostbusters ongoing series at last. The creative team has put together an awesome first issue very faithful to the flavor of the original movie. Great writing, great artwork, and 100% content — I can’t wait to get it in readers’ hands!”

In this ongoing series starting today with issue #1, Ghostbusters fans will be treated to exciting new stories by Ghostbusters: Infestation writer Erik Burnham, fan-favorite artist Dan Schoening (Ghostbusters:What in Samhain Just Happened?!), alongside popular cover artist Nick Runge (Ghostbusters: Haunted Holidays.) In the first issue, pscychokinetic energy is on the rise again, and business is booming for the boys. Ray is troubled by what could be a prophetic dream – is this an ill omen of an upcoming apocaplyse, or just a little indigestion?

In addition to the retailer exclusive covers, issue #1 will also feature a “Who You Gonna Call” cover by Schoening, and a glow in the dark cover.

GHOSTBUSTERS #1 ($3.99, 32 pages, full color) is now available in stores. Diamond order code: JUL11 0130.

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books.

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; Toho’s Godzilla; Sony’s Ghostbusters; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio; and is the print publisher for EA Comics.

IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.

About Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in more than 130 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at www.sonypictures.com.

Archie Comics First Look: Archie & Friends Double Digest #9

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

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ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #9

“DINNER FOR ONE”

Betty dons her Superteen costume and goes head to head with the consumer, only to find his appetite is too much for her. About to admit defeat, Jughead comes to her rescue and challenges the evil Consumer to a battle of the stomachs. Can Riverdale’s bottomless pit defeat the insatiable Consumer? Find out in the conclusion of “DINNER FOR ONE.”

SCRIPT: Frank Doyle

ARTIST: Dan DeCarlo

COVER: Dan DeCarlo

Shipping Date: 9/14/11

On Sale at Comic Shops:9/28/11

Newsstands: Week of/2011

Digest, 160 pgs, 30 lb newsprint, Full-Color

$3.99 US
To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comicbook or visit ComicShopLocator.com
Don’t forget to read some of your favorite Archie comics digitally – download the Archie app!

Enroll In The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning In Wolverine & The X-Men #1!

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

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Enroll In The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning In WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1!

Classes begin this October!

What do you think of the new school? Join the conversation on Twitter with #XMenRegenesis.

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1 (AUG110653)
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils and Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
FOC – 10/3/11, ON SALE – 10/26/11

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #2 (SEP110589)
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils and Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
FOC – 10/31/11, ON SALE – 11/23/11

Preview – Wasteland #31

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Wasteland # 31

Writer: Antony Johnston
Artist: Christopher Mitten & Remington Veteto
Cover Art: Ben Templesmith
Format: Black-&-White, Standard
Page Count: 32
Price: $3.50
Genre: Adventure / Sci-fi
Age Rating: O – Older Audiences
UPC: 649856 00013 2 03111

DESCRIPTION: The explosive conclusion of the “Enemy Within” story arc! Golden Voice is captured, and bound to be executed for leading the Sunner rebellion. But who betrayed them? How did they find him? And can Skot and the others save the Singer from certain death… or are there more important truths to be told? Don’t miss it!

The Foundation Of 2012 Is Here – Point One!

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

The Foundation Of 2012 Is Here – POINT ONE!

“Point One is a massive one-shot of 64 all-new pages of story by the top creators in the business, setting the stage for the biggest stories coming in 2012. It is the starting point to what’s in store for the world’s most iconic characters and startling events. Point One serves as the launch pad for dynamic new series, the return of fan-demanded characters, and a shocking teaser that will have everyone talking. See how all it comes together in one gigantic epic!” – Tom Brevoort, Senior Vice President, Executive Editor

POINT ONE #1 (SEP110496)
Written by JEPH LOEB, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, MATT FRACTION, ED BRUBAKER, FRED VAN LENTE, CHRIS YOST, DAVID LAPHAM & MORE
Art by ED MCGUINNESS, BRYAN HITCH, TERRY DODSON, SALVADOR LARROCA, RYAN STEGMAN, JAVIER PULIDO, ROBERTO DE LA TORRE & MORE
FOC – 10/17/11, ON SALE – 11/2/11

Castle: Rirchard Castle’s Deadly Storm On Sale Today From Marvel & ABC!

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

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CASTLE: RICHARD CASTLE’S DEADLY STORM On Sale Today From Marvel & ABC!

Today, experience the adventures of Derrick Storm like never before as Marvel Entertainment and ABC Studios celebrate the release of Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm! This all new graphic novel, inspired by the popular Castle television series, will be available everywhere books and comics are sold, as well as on the Marvel Comics app for iOS devices. No fan can miss this historic event as Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm, brings together a blockbuster cast of comic creators including co-writers Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue Deconnick; interior artist Lan Medina and cover artist Carlo Pagulayan!

This is what fans of the hit show Castle, and Derrick Storm’s action-packed adventures have been waiting for – their first real Derrick Storm adventure. Spotlighting his rise from a private eye, to globe-hopping for the CIA, this complete 112 page story has it all! Action! Suspense! Intrigue! So what are you waiting for? Head on over your nearest comic shop, bookstore, or download the Marvel Comics app for iOS devices today and get in on all the excitement with Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm – on sale NOW!

For more about Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm please visit ABC.com and Marvel.com.

CASTLE: RICHARD CASTLE’S DEADLY STORM (JUL110726)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & KELLY SUE DECONNICK
Art by LAN MEDINA
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Rated T+…$19.99
ON SALE TODAY!
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5327-6

“Castle” stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Penny Johnson Jerald as NYPD Captain Victoria Gates, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, with Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers.

“Castle” is produced by ABC Studios. Andrew Marlowe is the show’s creator/executive producer, along with executive producers Rob Bowman, David Amann, Laurie Zaks and Armyan Bernstein.

ABOUT MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com

ABOUT ABC STUDIOS

ABC Studios, part of ABC Entertainment Group develops and produces compelling programming for both broadcast network and cable television as well as digital platforms. ABC Studios has delivered some of the most successful, talked-about and evolutionary series on television such as Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Criminal Minds, Army Wives and Brothers & Sisters.

Preview – The Sixth Gun #15

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

The Sixth Gun #15

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Brian Hurtt
Colors: Bill Crabtree
Format: Standard, Full Color
Page Count: 32
Price: $3.99
Genre: Western / Fantasy
Age Rating: T – Teen
UPC: 649856 00031 6 01511

DESCRIPTION: Badly wounded, near death, and without his mystic six-shooters, Drake finds himself prisoner of a secret society. Meanwhile, Becky becomes the “guest” of the priests of the Sword of Abraham in their hidden castle. And in order to uncover more secrets of The Six, Gord Cantrell encounters a sorcerer he murdered years ago.

Shannon Wheeler’s Grandpa Won’t Wake Up debuts at APE 2011

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

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MULTIPLE EISNER AWARD WINNER SHANNON WHEELER DEBUTS
GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP AT ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO 2011

PUBLISHED BY BOOM! TOWN

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES AVAILABLE ONLY DURING APE AT BOOTH #247

September 28, 2011 – Los Angeles CA – Multiple Eisner Award winner, sensational New Yorker cartoonist and legendary indie comix creator Shannon Wheeler proudly debuts his latest book GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP at this year’s Alternative Press Expo (APE) on October 1st and 2nd at the Concourse Exhibition in San Francisco, CA where Wheeler serves as a special guest of the show.

Published by BOOM! Town, BOOM! Studios’ lit-comix imprint, and written by collaborator simon max hill, GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP is not the children’s book your mother read to you! Best known for TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN and the recent Eisner Award-winning collection I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER, Shannon Wheeler brings you this Li’l Golden parody that takes a look at the lighter side of discovering a cadaver in your living room. See what ridiculous lengths will be reached in trying to wake up Grandpa…and were those fishnets really necessary?

Wheeler will be signing limited edition signed and numbered copies of GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP on a first come, first serve basis all during APE at the BOOM! Town booth #247. GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP debuts in stores on October 5th, 2011.

GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP kicks off Wheeler’s three-book deal under the BOOM! Town imprint that was announced this past spring. GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP will be quickly followed up this winter by a new collection of Wheeler’s signature creation with TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN: CUTIE ISLAND & OTHER STORIES, and finally next spring sees a sequel to the critically acclaimed and recent Eisner Award winner I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER with an all-new collection of rejected New Yorker cartoons!

Announced in 2010, BOOM! Town is an imprint of BOOM! Studios, specializing in high quality, lit-oriented comix. BOOM! Town has already released works by such indie comix luminaries as Denis Kitchen with DENIS KITCHEN’S CHIP BOARD SCETCHBOOK, and through association with Denis Kitchen, R. Crumb’s HEROES OF THE BLUES and EARLY JAZZ GREATS trading card sets, as well as Harvey Kurtzman’s THE GRASS HOPPER AND THE ANT and more.

BOOM! Town’s inaugural publication, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER by Shannon Wheeler, won the Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication this past summer and will be released in a new hardcover edition this fall.

About BOOM! Town
BOOM! Town is the lit comix imprint of BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com); the Eisner, Harvey, and Best Publisher Award-winning publisher that generates a constellation of bestselling comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent, including Mark Waid’s series IRREDEEMABLE, new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker, PLANET OF THE APES, 28 DAYS LATER, and Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?. BOOM!’s all-ages imprint KABOOM! publishes Charles Schulz’ PEANUTS, Roger Langridge’s SNARKED, and Scholastic’s WORDGIRL. BOOM!’s lit comix-focused imprint, BOOM! Town, recently won the Eisner Award for its first book, Shannon Wheeler’s I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER.

Preview – Spell Checkers, Volume 2: Sons of a Preacher Man

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Spell Checkers, Volume 2: Sons of a Preacher Man

Writer: Jamie S. Rich
Artists: Nicolas Hitori de & Joëlle Jones
Format: 5” X 7”, Black & White
Page Count: 144
Price: $11.99
Genre: Fantasy/Humor
Age Rating: T – Teen Audiences
ISBN: 978-1-934964-72-9

DESCRIPTION: There are two new kids at school. Twin brothers–one straight-laced and buttoned-up, the other a rebel in a leather jacket–and they’ve transferred in with trouble for the Spell Checkers. Jesse finds romance, but for Cynthia, it’s rivalry. She and the good brother compete for student body president, while Kimmie tries to find out who murdered the last one. Dark magic is afoot, as well as dark humor, in the second mystical volume of Oni’s latest hit series.

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