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EISNERS
Dark Horse Comics Eisner Nominees Announced!
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2012!
Dark Horse Comics has 11 nominations, including two each for the anthology Dark Horse Presents, Jeff Jensen’s Green River Killer, and Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo.
DARK HORSE DIGITAL
CREEPY & EERIE Get Ghoulish On Dark Horse Digital!
Just when you thought your day couldn’t get any more menacing, Dark Horse Comics announces the frightening addition of itsCreepy comics relaunch to the annals of Dark Horse Digital!
EMERALD CITY COMIC CON = SUPER SUCCESS
Announcing Michael Oeming's THE VICTORIES!
As proclaimed at the Powered by Creators panel at Emerald City Comicon, Dark Horse Comics is set to publish The Victories, a very adult superhero adventure written and drawn by Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, Takio, Rapture).
“The Victories sucked me in by taking the postmodern ‘mature readers’ superhero story to a brand-new place, which only a serious superhero fan like Mike could deliver, but which will appeal to people like me who thought the genre didn’t have much left to offer,” said editor Scott Allie. “Every few years a book comes along to push superheroes into a new place—Watchmendid it, and Powers did it. The Victories does it in a way that’ll make people uncomfortable. Not for the faint of heart.”
Steve Niles's Criminal Macabre Returns With Graphic Novel!
Reported from Emerald City Comicon, Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) will take his occult detective into a new hardcover collector’s format with Eisner winner Scott Morse of Pixar and TR!CKSTER fame.
Brimming with terror, Criminal Macabre: The Iron Spirit is a perfect introduction for new readers. A haunted veteran leads monster hunter Cal McDonald to a creepy subterranean military base where mad-science experiments were conducted on US soldiers.
Direct from Emerald City Comicon, mad-scientist brotherly duo Ethan and Malachai Nicolle are back with Axe Cop: President of the World!
“The new Axe Cop miniseries President of the World is a follow-up to Bad Guy Earth. It picks up right where Bad Guy Earth leaves off, when Axe Cop is made the president of all presidents,” said Ethan.
Dark Horse Comics Announces GHOST - The Series!
A thrilling announcement coming from Emerald City Comicon: the Dark Horse title Ghost will be returning to single-issue monthly format!
Ghost debuted in 1993 as part of Dark Horse’s Comics’ Greatest World series. The fan-favorite title ran for ten years and featured crossovers with Hellboy, X, The Mask, and Barb Wire.
Announcing Paul Tobin's Colder!
From Emerald City Comicon: Paul Tobin announced he’s writing a blend of horror and crime that will appeal to those who like books such as Locke & Key, Preacher, or B.P.R.D.! Colder comes from the creative team behind the successful Falling Skiescomic, writer Paul Tobin (Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four, Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man) and artist Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi).
Announcing BUCKO! A Hipster Murder Mystery Tour!
Announced at Emerald City Comicon, Dark Horse Comics will collect the funniest new webcomic of 2011, Bucko!
Written by twisted masterminds Jeff Parker (Thunderbolts, Mysterius the Unfathomable) and Erika Moen (DAR), this collection includes tons of extras, including brand-new strips, commentary, and info on the real-life inspirations for Bucko.
Dark Horse Comics to Publish Art of Portal 2!
Straight from Dark Horse Comics’ video-game panel at Emerald City Comicon, Dark Horse announced the brand-new art book for Valve’s Portal 2!
The Guardian said it was “an astonishing experience.” GameSpy called it “a near-perfect example of what can happen when all of the elements of modern game design are combined to create a beautifully cohesive whole.”
Now, Valve and Dark Horse pull back the curtain to give you a backstage tour of one of the most innovative video games of the decade! The Art of Portal 2 walks you through the visual evolution of the award-winning game, from concept to completion, with never-before-seen concept art and insights from the writers and artists behind the Portal series.
ON SALE THIS WEEK IN REVIEWS
"When the blood runs free, and panties need frequent changing, you know that Dark Horse's Creepy Comics is near. This horror magazine offers both republished classics and brand new tales from the best in horror today. The throwback style combined with the wicked black and white art make Creepy a must for horror heads like us." - Bloody Disgusting
"Every issue of Creepy is a Pandora's box of chocolates. Whimsically unrelenting, brutally honest, and frightfully electric, you really never know what you're going to get. And dammit if it isn't nice to open and find out! This holds true for this quarter's issue. Five shorts float above a seemingly calm surface, where far below in the murky uninhabitable depths many surprises hungrily await." - Go Suck a Comic
Criminal Macabre: Die, Die, My Darling
"Criminal Macabre: Die, Die, My Darling! may just be the perfect comic. It has made me sappy and bathetic in my praises, as I don't possess the language necessary to sing its absolute merits. Read it. I want to watch you jumping up and down repeatedly while clapping your hands in glee." - Comics Bulletin
"The story is palatable, the writing smart, and we get to see Cal out of his element. However, even in death his characterization doesn’t change much. It does do a good job of introducing new readers to Criminal Macabre, and in that it’s a success." - Daily Blam
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