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Usagi Yojimbo gets an all-new, full-color story arc in March 2025

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Dark Horse Comics and Dogu Publishing have announced an all-new, full-color story arc of the iconic Usagi Yojimbo series launching in March 2025. In this latest saga, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai continues to captivate readers with his unparalleled storytelling, compelling artwork, and legendary lettering.

Join Sakai and an array of stunning cover artists—including Mitsuhiro Arita, Eric Talbot, Hitoshi Ariga, Jennifer Meyer, and special three-part interlocking covers by the Escorza Brothers!—with this emotional new entry in the continuing tales of legendary rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi.

This latest series contains two complete stories across five issues. Up first in “Ten Thousand Plums,” when Usagi, Yukichi, and Gen are found wandering in a huge field of the Shogun’s prized plum trees, one of the Shogun’s samurai strongmen becomes immediately suspicious. With a series of strange events gripping the local village with fear, can their appearance be a mere coincidence? Or maybe they will stop the cycle of tragedy. Find out with another gut-punch ending from Stan Sakai!

In the two-part “Tabo,” Usagi and Yukichi find themselves among a band of pilgrims in search of the miraculous goddess known as “The Mother.” The skeptical ronin’s doubts recede as the desperate plight of their new friends unfolds, revealing the obstacles that stand between them and salvation. Will the goddess Kannon come to Tabo’s rescue? Discover the answers in this captivating and highly-personal two-part tale!

It’s an exciting new era for Dogu Publishing as the company continues to grow its publishing roster and expand its creative vision. To help lead this charge, Dogu is proud to announce the addition of Justin Eisinger, award-winning graphic novel author and editor, as the company’s first Editor-in-Chief. Best known for his work as co-author with George Takei on the graphic biography “They Called Us Enemy” and the just announced “It Rhymes With Takei,” Eisinger’s passion for inspired storytelling and knowledge of the publishing marketplace will help position Dogu for continued success.

Bringing years of experience from IDW Publishing where he climbed the ranks to Editorial Director, Graphic Novels & Collections, Eisinger worked with some of the industry’s most celebrated creators while the company transformed from scrappy upstart to industry mainstay. He brings a confident hand to talent relations and publishing strategy, using a deep understanding of the mass market publishing ecosystem, comic retailer mechanics, customer behavior, and trend analysis to provide indispensable perspective.

Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #1 (of 5) arrives in comic shops March 5, 2025. Pre-order the first issue today for $4.99.

Plants Vs. Zombies Now Monthly From Dark Horse

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With an all-ages Free Comic Book Day story right around the corner, Dark Horse Comics and PopCap Games have announced Bully for You, a new, ongoing Plants vs. Zombies miniseries coming to comic shops, beginning in June!

Eisner Award–winning writer Paul Tobin and artist Ron Chan join forces to uncover who’s really behind the mysterious Anti-Bully Squad. Nate, Patrice, and Crazy Dave investigate a strange college campus to keep the streets safe from zombies. And Dr. Zomboss’s crime-filled college years are revealed! This hilarious educational escapade also features two bonus stories illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. Future issues will feature bonus strips by Peter Bagge, Jennifer Meyer, Karim Friha, Nneka Myers, and others!

In spring 2014, Dark Horse Comics released The Art of Plants vs. Zombies. Part zombie memoir, part celebration of zombie triumphs, and part anti-plant screed, it is a treasure trove of never-before-seen concept art and material from Plants vs. Zombies, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Plants vs. Zombies Adventures, and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

In fall 2014, Dark Horse announced record sales of over 500,000 copies of Plants vs. Zombies books following multiple sellout print runs! Paul Tobin and artist Ron Chan take readers on original Plants vs. Zombies escapades that’ll charm young, old, and Crazy Dave, too!

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Preview: Pathfinder: Goblins HC

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Pathfinder: Goblins HC

Adam Warren, Erik Mona, Carlos Soule, James L. Sutter, Ron Marz, Ray Fawkes, Jeremy Holt, F. Wesley Schneider, Oaul Allor, Eric Trautmann, Larry White (w)
Carlos Gomes, Shane White, Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, Sean Izaakse, Lee Moder, Craig Rousseau, Jennifer Meyer, Christian Meesey, Jainai Jeffries, Adam Moore, Kevin Stokes (a)
Carlos Gomez (c)
FC • 168 pages • $24.99 • Teen+

The goblins from Paizo’s Pathfinder RPG are pint-sized psychopaths, wreaking havoc across the land.
Infamous for their unpredictable attacks, catchy raiding songs, hatred of dogs, and fear of horses, goblins blend mischief and murderousness like no other monsters.  Collecting the entire Goblins comic book series, this fantastic collection includes an exclusive, an EXCLUSIVE eight-page bonus short story, as well as an extensive gallery of all cover illustrations and more than 20-pages of official Pathfinder Chronicles with world and character details (roleplaying game content, including gaming adventures and a fold-out map, perfect for miniatures)!

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Preview: Pathfinder: Goblins! #3 (of 5)

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PATHFINDER: GOBLINS!#3 (of 5)

Ron Marz, Ray Fawkes (w)
Lee Moder, Jennifer Meyer, Alberto Jímenz Alburquerque (a)
Jennifer Meyer (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

In “To Read or Not to Read,” the pen is mightier than the sword, especially if you’re a goblin! Nothing strikes fear into a goblin’s heart like a good book, but one curious creature might well turn out to be the Shakespeare of his people …  if he survives he experience.   And in “The Way of The Goblin”, there’s a pack of goblins that have a new leader who may turn them into a real threat…that is, if they can even understand what he’s telling them to do.  Well laid tactical plans turn soon into a chaos of screaming, burning, and bumbling goblins.

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Review: Pathfinder: Goblins! #3

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20131002-142846.jpgAs a spin-off of a comic of a tabletop roleplaying game, Pathfinder: Goblins! is a fun and lighthearted read that manages to hold its own as a standalone series.

So how did we go from pen and paper RPG to a goblin comic book? The brilliant team at Paizo Publishing took advantage of their wildly successful Pathfinder roleplaying game and ran with it, creating the Pathfinder Society, Pathfinder RPG Beginner Box, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, and Pathfinder Comics (to name a few). They have a rabid and loyal fan base, and teaming up with Dynamite Comics to create this series is just another way to give back to their gamers.

This month’s issue is broken down into two short stories, “To Read or Not to Read” and “The Way of the Goblin.” The former, and better of the two, is a cheeky take on Shakespearean history and the goblin that overcomes his fear of reading. The second story revolves around a goblin leader’s frustrating attempt at teaching tactics to his pack, and the predictable bedlam that ensues. Writers Ron Marz and Ray Fawkes maintain the series’ tradition and find yet another way to make bumbling, stupid goblins bumble and look stupid…it never gets old.

Though there are a myriad of artists, all of which deliver entertaining albeit average illustrations, Jennifer Meyer‘s cover art and storybook inserts stand out amongst the rest. Meyer scales back the bright, familiar sequentials and delivers charming, fairytale pages in the midst of the first short story (it’ll catch you off guard when they show up). Her attractive cover is just a taste of the four storybook pages.

As Graphic Policy continues to branch off into new arenas, I am sure one day I’ll review some of Paizo’s other products, even though their site states, “players need only the single 576-page core rulebook,” to play Pathfinder (yikes). For now, I’ll stick with their comics…they are a nice break from the Marvel and DC universes that can oftentimes take themselves way too seriously.

Story: Ron Marz, Ray Fawkes Art: Lee Moder, Craig Rousseau, Jennifer Meyer, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7 Recommendation: Read

Dynamite Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review