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Celebrate 30 years of David Mack’s Kabuki with one oversized volume

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Emmy and Eisner Award-nominated comics artist and writer David Mack celebrates the 30th Anniversary of his original series, Kabuki, the story of a government agent operating in Japan in the near future. To honor the occasion, Dark Horse Books has compiled the complete story into one must-have volume: The Complete Kabuki: 30th Anniversary Edition. The entire comic run is presented in 1,280 pages in an oversized hardcover (9″ x 12″) volume with a new, gorgeous painted cover by Mack.

Japan: A woman, code-named “Kabuki,” works for a government agency known as “the Noh”.  When the agency she works for is compromised, Kabuki’s quest sends her down a difficult path, which brings her into direct conflict with the powers she formerly served. Delving into the Ainu (the indigenous people of Japan), Japanese Mythology, a crime story, an espionage story,  hauntingly told through the lens of the Japanese Ghost story.

Get the entire collection in one impressive volume when The Complete Kabuki: 30th Anniversary Edition arrives in bookstores on December 10, 2024, and comic shops on December 11, 2024. Pre-order now from your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble for $149.99.

The Complete Kabuki: 30th Anniversary Edition

Take a spin down Lonely Street in The Goon: A Bunch of Old Crap Omnibus Vol. 1 collecting the first four books of The Goon

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Dark Horse Books presents The Goon: A Bunch of Old Crap Omnibus Volume 1, now published under Eric Powell’s Albatross Funnybooks imprint. Written and illustrated by Powell, this first omnibus volume of the award-winning crime pulp series combines horror, crime, and a twisted sense of humor and includes three short forewords by Powell and a sketchbook section. It will be available November 2024.

On Lonely Street, crime is cheap but justice comes at a price, so the Goon and his sidekick Franky defend the neighborhood against crime lords and supernatural ne’er-do-wells alike to keep the neighborhood safe.

The Nameless Man, the Zombie Priest, has come to town to build a gang from the undead. The Goon is the only man brave enough to stand up to him, and even the undead fear the Goon! The Goon: Bunch of Old Crap Volume 1 collects the first four books of The Goon, featuring his misadventures on Lonely Street and the

childhood story of how a boy born into a circus family became protector of the neighborhood. Collects The Goon: Rough Stuff, The Goon: Nothing But Misery, The Goon: My Murderous Childhood, and The Goon: Heaps of Ruination.

The Goon: A Bunch of Old Crap Omnibus Volume 1 (496 pages, 10.1875” x 6.625”) will be available in bookstores on November 5, 2024 and in comic shops on November 6, 2024. It is now available to pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore or $34.99.

The Goon: A Bunch of Old Crap Omnibus Volume 1

Explore the Dark Side in Star Wars: Vader’s Castle – The Deluxe Library Collection

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Horror comes to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Vader’s Castle–The Deluxe Library Collection coming soon from Dark Horse Books and Lucasfilm Publishing. This large format hardcover volume collects all the stories from the Sith Lord’s sinister lair, including the only reprinting of the one-shot, Shadow of Vader’s Castle. Featuring creepy new cover art by Francesco Francavilla, the deluxe book collects the following comics stories: Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle, Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader’s Castle, Star Wars Adventures: Shadow of Vader’s Castle, Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader’s Castle, and the Star Wars Adventures: Free Comic Book Day 2019 short story “Droid Hunters.”

These tales are written by Cavan Scott and rendered in ghastly detail by acclaimed artists Francesco Francavilla, Derek Charm, Megan Levens, Kelley Jones, Corin Howell, Robert Hack, Nicoletta Baldari, Nick Brockenshire, and Charles Paul Wilson III, colored by Charlie Kirchoff, Michelle Madsen, Valentina Pinto, and Michael Devito, lettered by Robbie Robins, Tom B. Long, Andworld Design, Shawn Lee, and Valeria Lopez.

Exhumed from the lava mines of Mustafar comes the complete legends of Darth Vader’s castle: a shadowy tower haunted by the dark side. Join Rebel Commander Lina Graff, Lieutenant Hudd, and their friends as they sneak through the citadel’s dank corridors in search of escape. Along the way they trade terrifying tales of Obi-Wan, Han, Chewbacca, the Ewoks, and other galactic heroes facing off against interstellar creeps such as menacing Sith, soulless stormtroopers, possessed droids, alien witches, mutant monsters, and more! When Hudd falls into the clutches of Vaneé, the castle’s creepy caretaker, he is treated to further spine-chilling stories of the galaxy’s most vile villains, including Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress, Jabba the Hutt, and Vader himself! Even after the band of rebels flee the fortress, they are pursued by nightmares of rampaging were-Wookiees, Dagobah swamp monsters, and other ghouls!

And for the first time, the Shadow of Vader’s Castle one-shot is collected here, in which the Mustafarian locals share their own hair-raising legends about the villainous stronghold.

Are you brave enough to set foot in the Sith Lord’s fortress of fear?

The Star Wars: Vader’s Castle the Deluxe Library Collection hardcover volume contains 424 pages and measures 8 x 12.1875”. The collection will be available September 24, 2024 in bookstores and September 25, 2024 in comic shops. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, TFAW, and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $49.99.

Star Wars: Vader’s Castle the Deluxe Library Collection

Dark Horse presents Savage Squad 6

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From the minds of Brockton McKinney and Robert Venditti comes a comic miniseries inspired by classic 80’s horror-action flicks, now collected in one volume! The Savage Squad 6  paperback collects issues #1-4 of the series and contains additional bonus content including all the covers from the series and a sketchbook section. Written by McKinney and Venditti, the book features interior and cover art by Dalts Dalton, colors by Geraldo Fiho, and letters by Micah Myers.

The year is 2037.

In the aftermath of a destructive world war, humanity clings to survival in the central colonies, hunted and eliminated by the murderous Scourge. Life is short and brutal.

Deep within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, an elite special ops squad, Savage Squad 6, searches for a weapon to bring hope back to hundreds of colonists. 

But they’re not alone.

Something stirs within the irradiated wilderness. Something big. Something hungry. And if the Savages are going to survive the night, they’ll need to live up to their name…or die trying!

The Savage Squad 6 paperback will be available in bookstores September 17, 2024 and in comic shops September 18, 2024. The graphic novel contains 120 pages and measures 6.25 x 10.1875”. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, TFAW, and at your local comic shop and bookstore and will retail for $19.99.

Savage Squad 6

Harrow County gets collected into one beautiful hardcover

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Dark Horse Books presents The Complete Harrow County, a hefty hardcover volume that collects the entirety of the beloved series, Harrow County–all issues from 1 to 32, for the first time in one timeless tome. Written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated and lettered by Tyler Crook, with additional art by Carla Speed McNeil and Hannah Lavender, and additional colors by Jenn Manley Lee, The Complete Harrow County spans 1,078 pages. This beautiful edition includes a new cover by Tyler Crook, a ribbon bookmark, and is packaged into a slipcase.

Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures–and to the land itself–in a way she never imagined. Could Emmy be the reincarnation of an infamous witch? As supernatural forces that baffle the imagination align against her, Emmy must decide whether she will embrace or deny her destiny… with the fate of every soul–living or otherwise–hanging in the balance!

The Complete Harrow County HC (9” x 12”, 1,078 pages) slithers into stores just in time for Halloween. It arrives in bookstores on October 28, 2024 and in comic shops October 29, 2024. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $149.99.

Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido return with Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part Two

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Following Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s Eisner- and Harvey Award-winning Blacksad: They All Fall Down • Part One, published in English in 2022, the story now continues in the eagerly anticipated Blacksad: They All Fall Down • Part Two. The explosive tale, written by Canales, illustrated by Guarnido, translated for English-language readers by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander, and newly lettered by Tom Orzechowski and Lois Athena Buhalis, will arrive in a handsome hardcover edition from Dark Horse Books in November 2024.

The award-winning story begun in Blacksad: They All Fall Down • Part One comes to a breathtaking conclusion as private investigator John Blacksad finds himself in a race against time to save his best friend from the electric chair! Weekly’s been framed by Lewis Solomon, the power behind New York’s construction boom, but the king of the hill has built his empire on a mound of corpses—with help from a hired hit man now out for his own revenge! Blacksad must take down the killer before the body count climbs even higher. But with Weekly in stir and cops dogging his every move, the feline detective is not only minus an ally, but dangerously distracted by the sudden reappearance of his former fiancée Alma, whose own secrets threaten to derail our hero’s search for the truth.   

Blacksad: They All Fall Down • Part Two HC (8.375” x 10.875”; 64 pages) arrives in bookstores on November 5, 2024, and in comic shops on November 6, 2024. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $19.99.

Blacksad: They All Fall Down • Part Two

Get a glimpse into what it means to create in the modern era in Eric Drooker’s Naked City: A Graphic Novel

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Arriving this fall, Dark Horse Books presents Eric Drooker’s long-awaited third original graphic novel, Naked City: A Graphic Novel. New York Times Editor’s Choice creator Eric Drooker brought comic book fans into an entirely new world with his award-winning Flood and Blood Song, and now expands on these with a new epic meditation on art and life. Blood Song is soon to be a major motion picture, and longtime fans or new readers alike can now explore the story-in-pictures style of Drooker’s expressionist, politically conscious storytelling in a new volume.

In this long-awaited graphic comedy from celebrated New Yorker cover artist, Drooker, three bohemians struggle to answer the question: “Is it possible for an artist to survive in the 21st Century?” A young singer poses for a painter who has shifted from landscapes to nudes, and both of them learn a thing or two about the purpose of art and the meaning of success. The original graphic novel Naked City takes us inside the head of native New York artist, Eric Drooker.

Naked City: A Graphic Novel will arrive in hardcover (6.25″ x 8.75″, 336 pages) on bookstore shelves October 8, 2024 and comic shops October 9, 2024. Pre-order at your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble for $29.99.

Naked City: A Graphic Novel

Tony Parker and Tamra Bonvillain twist the myth of Medusa into a new action-packed story

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Dark Horse Books presents Medusa, a new graphic novel that twists the original Greek myth into an action-packed story. Eisner Award-nominated artist Tony Parker will write and illustrate the paperback graphic novel with Tamra Bonvillain joining the project as colorist. Medusa TPB will arrive in October 2024.

Everything you know about Medusa is a lie. Forever cursed to be remembered as a monster, this ageless yet very mortal hero has spent millennia saving humanity from the horrors of legend. But now, in Scotland, she has met a foe that makes even the gods hide in fear. Armed with unwavering resolve, will the mighty Medusa be able to save mankind one last time?

Medusa (88 pages, 10.1875” x 6.625”, paperback) will be available in bookstores on October 1, 2024 and comic shops on October 2, 2024. It is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local comic shop or bookstore.

Medusa

Exclusive: Holler, the grunge inspired graphic novel from Jeremy Massie is collected by Dark Horse!

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Dark Horse Books presents Holler, a coming-of-age graphic novel written and illustrated by Jeremy Massie. Initially released in single-issue comics from It’s Alive! and Massie, Holler TPB will collect all eight issues of the ode to grunge and the ‘90s. The book will also include a brand-new cover, an original issue cover gallery with bonus pinup pages, and a new four-page afterward comic.

Mark lives in a tiny town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia in the early 1990s. He doesn’t fit in and feels out of sync with his family and the mostly conservative crowd there. Lucky for him, he finds an escape—the grunge band he forms with his best friend, Jay! As the lead guitarist in Magnesium Mama, Mark and his bandmates make their time in their hometown bearable. Between gigs, there are a lot of ups and downs, and luckily, Mark can remember most of them.

In the announcement, Massie said:

I’ve gotten to a certain time in my life where I’ve gotten introspective maybe even sentimental about the time and place I grew up. Even if the times and place weren’t the greatest, I was dwelling on that period a lot. I was so hung up on it I started making comics about my band playing, teenage years. They’re the type of comics I’ve always wanted to make. I got a lot of stories out of my system with, ‘Holler’ and I hope the love and fun I had while making it shows. These characters are friends of mine and some of them aren’t around anymore. I hate I can’t share this book with them. Anyway, here are a bunch of stories about playing loud music with your best friends, figuring out how things work, comics about the unkempt, final generation of analog teenagers.

Holler (280 pages, paperback) arrives in bookstores on September 24, 2024 and in comic shops on September 25, 2024. It is now available to pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, your local comic shop, and indie bookstore for $29.99.

Holler

Sergio Aragonés Louder Than Words, Actions Speak in July

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Dark Horse Books presents Louder Than Words, Actions Speak, a new collection gathering two Sergio Aragonés series, Louder Than Words and Actions Speak, together for the first time. Written and illustrated by Aragonés, this hardcover volume collects issues #1-6 of both series and includes new cover art by Aragonés, colored by Carrie Strachan, with all original series covers colored by Tom Luth.  

Louder Than Words, Actions Speak is a journey into the best gag strips of the previous and current century! In the playful, energetic style that made Aragonés famous and MAD Magazine funny, this collection is a must-have for anyone who has ever even chuckled. Sergio Aragonés proves time and time again that a picture may paint a thousand words, but one well-delivered gag is good for a million laughs.

Louder Than Words, Actions Speak (320 pages,7.75” x 11”, hardcover) arrives in bookstores on July 16, 2024 and in comic shops on July 17, 2024. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, local comic shops, and indie bookstores for $49.99.

Louder Than Words, Actions Speak
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