DO YOU DARE TAKE THE "CREEPING" CHALLENGE?From writer Zack Keller (Cuphead Volume 1: Comic Capers & Curios, Death Head), with original story by Mike Richardson (Jia and the Nian Monster, The Mask), and art by Doug Wheatley (AVP: Thicker than Blood, Star Wars: Dark Times), Creeping takes you on a horrifying journey where fun and mischief take a shocking turn into the ultimate fight for survival. "Creeping" is sweeping across social media—a dangerous online trend that dares participants to spend the night at a frightening location—from crumbling cemeteries to derelict morgues. As more people join in, the competition increases—who can outdo the latest scary destination? One group of thrill seekers is determined to...
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CBS All Access, ViacomCBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, announced all six episodes of the scripted drama series COYOTE, starring Emmy® Award-winning Michael Chiklis, Juan Pablo Raba, and Adriana Paz, is available to stream exclusively on the service beginning Thursday, January 7, and released the official trailer for the series. COYOTE is the story of Ben Clemens (Chiklis), who after 32 years as a border patrol agent, is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of America. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question his black and white views of the world, challenging his ideology and his loyalties. In addition to Michael...
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The Umbrella Academy Season 2 is set to return on July 31! That’s right, your favorite dysfunctional family of superheroes are headed back to Netflix for a brand new series! The unforgettable first season of The Umbrella Academy was ranked as one of Netflix’s most popular series releases of 2019 with over 45 million views. It was one of only three series to hit Netflix’s Top 10 list of its most popular 2019 releases. With worldwide fanfare and massive critical acclaim, audiences have anxiously been waiting for the news of the release date for Season 2. That day has finally arrived! Based on the Dark Horse Comics series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella...
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Mike Richardson's Pulp Hero Homage, "The Atomic Legion", and His Adaptation of the Timeless Revenge Tale, "47 Ronin", are Presented in New Paperback Collections Join us in celebrating two of Dark Horse Comics Founder Mike Richardson's (Father’s Day, Star Wars: Crimson Empire) classic tales, The Atomic Legion and 47 Ronin—now available in paperback! Everyone deserves a second chance! In The Atomic Legion, illustrated by Bruce Zick (Dark Horse Presents, Thor), the heroes of yesterday, once hailed as saviors, have been rejected and forgotten by the public and have hidden out in a secret fortress near the North Pole for decades. But when the Professor—a mysterious scientist who built...
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New Original Graphic Novel from Mike Richardson and Megan Huang In honor of our partnership with Vanguard Visionary Associates, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present Jia and the Nian Monster. Based on an ancient Chinese legend, Jia and the Nian Monster blends fantasy, fable, and the invention of gunpowder into a tale of courage and friendship. Written by Dark Horse Comics President and Founder Mike Richardson (47 Ronin, Father’s Day, and The Atomic Legion), and illustrated by artist Megan Huang (Princeless, Double Jumpers), Jia and the Nian Monster could be a new children’s classic! "I'm pleased to work with artist Megan Huang to bring this Chinese legend to life for readers of all ages," said writer Mike Richardson. "I've...
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Today, Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce its newest business venture, Dark Horse Direct. A newly established division, Dark Horse Direct is focused on bringing high-end, limited production collectibles directly to consumers from their online storefront, Direct.DarkHorse.com. The vision behind DH Direct is to offer fans the finest statues, toys, and figures from their favorite graphic novels, television series, and video game franchises. “Dark Horse Direct is the latest example in Dark Horse’s long history of innovative business practices,” explained President and Founder Mike Richardson. “Dark Horse constantly looks for new ways to inspire passion in our fans in every format possible, which is why a...
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From Universal Cable Productions, Chris Sheridan ("Family Guy") Will Executive Produce, Alongside Dark Horse Entertainment and Amblin TV SYFY today announced that RESIDENT ALIEN, a drama based on the Dark Horse comics series of the same name by co-creators Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, has been picked up to pilot. From Universal Cable Productions, the series was adapted to television by executive producer Chris Sheridan ("Family Guy"). Mike Richardson ("The Mask") and Keith Goldberg ("The Legend of Tarzan") of Dark Horse Entertainment, and Justin Falvey ("The Americans") and Darryl Frank ("The Americans") of Amblin TV will also executive produce. RESIDENT ALIEN is a dark, twisted and comedic fish-out-of-water story that follows a...
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Directed by JONAS ÅKERLUND Mads Mikkelsen (Doctor Strange, Rogue One) will star in the noir action thriller, Polar, set in the gritty underworld of political assassins. Award-winning Swedish director, Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos, Spun, Beyonce’s Hold-up, Lady Gaga’s Telephone) will direct this adaption of the acclaimed Dark Horse graphic novel Polar: Came With The Cold by Victor Santos, from a screenplay by Jayson Rothwell. Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer (Resident Evil) and Bolt Pictures’Jeremy Bolt (Resident Evil, Death Race) will join forces with Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson (Hellboy, Dark Matter) and Keith Goldberg (Umbrella Academy, The Legend of Tarzan) to produce,...
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Publisher works with distributor Gravitas Ventures as the film heads to all VOD platforms (on July 11) and Comic-Con (on July 22) Dark Horse, in partnership with sister-store Things From Another World and Gravitas Ventures, is thrilled to announce the release of documentary film 24 Hour Comic. As an official selection of the 2017 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, the documentary will be screened on Saturday, July 22 from 11:05 AM to 12:30 PM in Grand Ballroom 3&4 at the San Diego Marriott Marquis. "Dark Horse and Things From Another World are excited to help spread the word about this passion project that so smartly celebrates the artists of our trade. We were happy to provide a filming...
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Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce Best Wishes, an original graphic novel from Dark Horse founder and acclaimed writer Mike Richardson (Star Wars: Crimson Empire, 47 Ronin, Echoes) and Eisner Award–winning writer/artist Paul Chadwick (Concrete, The World Below, Gifts of the Night). Cowritten by Richardson and Chadwick, Best Wishes is Chadwick’s first comics work since 2013! When two strangers cast coins into a Central Park fountain, their dreams and desires become magically intertwined. Cal wants fame and respect and Mary craves true love from her pro-quarterback boyfriend, but destiny weaves a tangled fabric. Best Wishes is a Woody Allen-esque tale of New York, meme madness, fame’s price, and secrets of the heart....
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To stop a murder, would you become a murderer? Dark Horse Comics announces the latest original graphic novel from Mike Richardson (Father’s Day, 47 Ronin) and Gabriel Guzmán (Star Wars, Lady Death): Echoes. Troubled pilot Fred Martin is caught in a bizarre storm and loses control of his aircraft. Martin awakens unharmed, only to discover that he is thirty years in the past with the impossible opportunity to right the wrong that ruined his future. But to prevent murder, will he commit murder? Written by Richardson, creator of The Mask and Timecop, and illustrated by Guzmán, Echoes is fantasy drama on a human scale, a provocative journey into how the past is always present. Echoes (978-1506701233 /...
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In 1986, the first issue of Dark Horse Presents was shown to one of the first publishers of indie comics in the seventies, Star*Reach’s Mike Friedrich. He was impressed. “This is going to sell through the roof.” Why? “Because there’s a guy holding a huge gun on the cover,” he said. Crude, but correct. Chris Warner’s Frazettaesque front cover of Black Cross was exciting, rather more so than the back cover, which had a stone-coated guy sitting in his chair going through his mail. That was Concrete. And the book was a hit. Concrete’s early success was heady. Mike backed it in all kinds of ways. He moved three hundred copies per issue through his store—if only that was a national...
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It’s hard to believe (and I mean really hard to believe), but 2016 marks the thirtieth anniversary of our very first comic book. Way back in the summer of 1986, Dark Horse, which actually was composed of just Randy Stradley and yours truly, released its initial publication. Dark Horse Presents #1 consisted of Paul Chadwick’s Concrete, Chris Warner’s Black Cross, and Randy Stradley and Randy Emberlin’s Mindwalk. I’ve told the story many times of how we pasted that first issue up on the counter of my Beaverton, Oregon, comic book shop, hoping to reach the seemingly impossible break-even number of 10,000 copies sold. Well, we blew past that goal, selling out of the first print run of 50,000 copies and going on...
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Last week, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) committee published their much-anticipated 2015 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. Not surprisingly, given the tremendous success of Dark Horse’s 2014 publishing line, the publisher landed four titles on this year’s list, with one making it into the top ten—47 Ronin! This year’s Dark Horse selections are as follows: 47 Ronin. By Mike Richardson. Illus. by Stan Sakai. $19.99 (978159582954). The Japanese legend of the 47 Ronin and their epic mission to avenge their wronged master. Sally Heathcote, Suffragette. By Mary Talbot. Illus. by Kate Charlesworth. $19.99 (9781616555474). Sally Heathcote is drawn into the politics of the women’s suffrage...
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Dark Horse Comics has gone through quite a few changes in its publishing line over the course of 2014 -- not the least of which was the transition of the "Star Wars" license to Marvel. However, if Dark Horse's recent announcement of upcoming titles are any indication, 2015 is set to be a big year for the publisher as a bigger push for creator-owned content comes to the forefront. However, Dark Horse is certainly no stranger to creator-owned content. The company was founded based on creator-owned books -- it wasn't until later that it would distinguish itself as a trusted licensing partner in comics with "Aliens," "Predator" and more. Dark Horse President Mike Richardson has been with the company since the very beginning -- and there's...
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"We are deeply saddened today by the passing of one of comics’ dearest friends, Sharon Sakai. The wife of legendary Usagi Yojimbo artist Stan Sakai, Sharon has been a staple in the comics industry for over thirty years. Sharon was deeply loved and respected by so many, a beautiful person inside and out. Recently, The Sakai Project, a book driven by an outpouring of support from the comics community, demonstrated that respect. All of us at Dark Horse Comics wish to extend our deepest sympathies to Stan and his family.” - Mike Richardson President of Dark Horse Comics "We are deeply saddened today by the passing of one of comics’ dearest friends, Sharon Sakai. The wife of legendary Usagi...
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DARK HORSE PRESENTS to Feature The First U.S. Publication of MASKS by Gillian Flynn, the Bestselling Novelist of GONE GIRL & Comics Laureate Dave Gibbons, the Bestselling Artist of WATCHMEN DARK HORSE PRESENTS to Feature The First U.S. Publicationof MASKS by Gillian Flynn, the Bestselling Novelist of GONE GIRL& Comics Laureate Dave Gibbons, the Bestselling Artist of WATCHMEN. Dark Horse Comics will publish the milestone 200th issue of its Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book anthology DARK HORSE PRESENTS in February 2015, featuring the story MASKS by Gillian Flynn, the bestselling novelist of GONE GIRL, with art by Dave Gibbons, the bestselling artist of WATCHMEN recently named the first ever comics laureate. The 200th...
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As a mob enforcer he was called the Eastside Butcher, but twenty years later Silas has found peace. That is, until his abandoned daughter shows up to give him a piece of her mind . . . and unwittingly leads a legion of hit men to settle accounts with Silas! "Father's Day" #1 is solid. Mike Richardson and Gabriel Guzman have teamed to make a comic that reads like a film pitch. The pacing is perfect and the action is well-illustrated.” - Comic Book Resources "Father's Day treads familiar territory, but manages to present an entertaining story. The art is very accomplished, and hopefully the story will build from this solid opening to a thrilling payoff.” - Rhymes With Geek "The artwork is...
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Syfy has acquired the original series Dark Matter, an adaptation of the Dark Horse graphic novels by Stargate franchise vets Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, TVLine has learned exclusively. By Matt Webb Mitovich Mallozzi and Mullie will helm the 13-episode series, which is being produced by Prodigy Pictures (Lost Girl, XIII). Endemol will distribute the drama internationally. Prodigy’s Jay Firestone and Vanessa Piazza will also serve as executive producers. In Dark Matter, the crew of a derelict spaceship is awakened from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal and hidden secrets. Mallozzi...
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A quick glance around the office of Dark Horse Comics president and publisher Mike Richardson will tell you -- he's undeniably passionate about comics. Its walls covered in original art from various Dark Horse projects across the years, along with licensed products, newspaper clippings and movie posters, Richardson's office is a historical vault of his company's history, and one character in particular holds a special place among the dozens and dozens of items: The Mask. Whether it's a replica of the green mask on top of Richardson's coat rack, or a framed newspaper piece about the movie behind his desk, it's easy to see the character's importance to Richardson and the publisher. His love for The Mask is certainly justified -- created...
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"It's good! Alien monsters and science fiction fans of space operas will fall in love instantly.” - Adventures In Poor Taste " If your tastes lean toward science fiction, thrillers, or books with the shadowy specter of corporations, Deep Gravity is worth a look.” - Comicosity "This is very introductory, and while it feels like a somewhat familiar premise so far, it has a lot of promise. Even if it ends up being a well-played out riff on big corporations ruining everything, in the style of Aliens, whats not to love about that? Im keen to see what happens next.” - Rhymes With Geek "This first issue packs a ton of story in while introducing readers to a brand new world. The hook at the end will...
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Dark Horse leaves the 2014 Eisner Awards with five big wins. Congratulations to all our contributing creators! Best Publication For Early Readers (up to age 7): Itty Bitty Hellboy - Art Baltazar and Franco Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12): The Adventures of Superhero Girl - Faith Erin Hicks Best Anthology: Dark Horse Presents - Mike Richardson Best Reality-Based Work: The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story - Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson & Kyle Baker Best Coloring: The Massive - Jordie Bellaire ...
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How to be a good dad: stop killing people! Coming this fall from Dark Horse Comics is a brand-new, action-packed crime thriller written by Dark Horse publisher and Eisner Award nominee Mike Richardson (47 Ronin, The Secret, Cut, The Atomic Legion). Illustrated by Gabriel Guzmán (Star Wars, Cable, Kull), Father’s Day takes family matters to a whole new level. As a mob enforcer, he was called the East Side Butcher, but twenty years later Silas has found peace. That is, until his abandoned daughter shows up to give him a piece of her mind…and unwittingly leads a legion of hit men to settle accounts with Silas! “I’ve always loved crime stories. I’ve had this story in my head for...
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While most will remember H.R. Giger for his work on Ridley Scott's iconic Aliens films, his contributions go far beyond one of science fiction's beloved franchises. Without a doubt, his designs and architecture of that rich lore changed the visual language of the genre forever, but his influence touched many aspects of fandom, from film to comic books to music. Giger not only inspired every step of our work on Aliens over the years, but even contributed directly to our earliest success with Dark Horse's partnership to release prints of his incredible art. Today, we see the loss of the one of the greats, 35 years after Ripley first came face to face with his most terrifying vision. - Mike Richardson Artwork by Dave Palumbo, from...
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The Atomic Legion: Advance Hardcover Review Written by Tim Palmer, Fanboy Comics Contributor The Atomic Legion is a tale from a bygone era, and that is exactly what its creators, writer Mike Richardson and artist Bruce Zick, are going for; a tale from yesterday transported to the world of today, and to the readers of now. Told from the perspective of Robby, a young orphan who wishes superheroes still existed like they did in the thirties and forties, we are propelled on a journey through space and time, as Robby suddenly finds himself in a secret, scientific compound, under the care of The Professor and his Atomic Legion, a gathering of the most brilliant, powerful, misunderstood, and forgotten heroes culled and preserved...
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