January, 2004
Dark Horse Comics presents Samurai Executioner, a manga masterwork from the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub!
Jan. 18, 2004
Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to publish <i>Samurai Executioner</i>, the precursor series to the legendary ronin saga <a href="/lone_wolf_cub_.html"><i>Lone Wolf and Cub</i></a>. Coming from the same award-winning creative team of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, <i>Samurai Executioner</i> will be released as a ten volume series scheduled to begin in June 2004. Read More...
An unlikely friendship from beyond the afterworld is formed in El Zombo!
Jan. 26, 2004
In the vein of classic stories like <i>My Bodyguard</i> or <i>Angel On My Shoulder</i>, comes <i>El Zombo</i>, the story of the unlikely friendship between a temperamental undead luchadore wrestler and an equally difficult 10-year-old girl from East LA. Read More...
Comics Criticism 101: Eisner/Miller conversation from Dark Horse this April
Jan. 26, 2004
Are there any creators who have more greatly affected their chosen medium than Will Eisner and Frank Miller? Comics readers are now invited to read along as two of its greatest contributors ?- legendary innovator and godfather of sequential art, Will Eisner, and the modern master of cinematic comics storytelling, Frank Miller -? discuss one-on-one, in an intimate interview format, the ins-and-outs of this compelling and often controversial art form. Read More...
Criminal Macabre: A Cal Mcdonald Mystery tpb brings hardboiled monster-bashing mayhem!
Jan. 26, 2004
The creative team behind <i>30 Days of Night</i>, <i>Wizard</i> magazine's "breakout hit of 2002,” launch a new series of occult detective stories featuring the monstrously hard-boiled Cal McDonald Read More...
Get lost on a mysterious island in Hell Volume 1: Hell And Gone
Jan. 26, 2004
Corey Rollins? father disappeared ten years ago. The military claimed that Corey?s father went AWOL, but his family has never believed the story. After being pursued by FBI agents and encountering a mysterious stranger who claims that his father is still alive, Corey sets out on an adventure that will take him to the island known only as <i>HELL</i>! Read More...
Master toy sculptor reveals all in Babes, Beasts, And Brawn: Sculpture Of The Fantastic!
Jan. 26, 2004
Steve Kiwus of Eightball Studios, one of the most in-demand toy sculptors of the era, has now brought together his considerable body of eye-popping work into a collection like none other. <i>Babes, Beasts, and Brawn: Sculpture of the Fantastic</i> is a definitive look into the creation of these powerhouse playthings, with hundreds of stunning color photographs and fascinating insights into Kiwus? creative process. Read More...
Usagi Yojimbo celebrates 75 Dark Horse issues!
Jan. 26, 2004
Internationally celebrated creator Stan Sakai's multi-Eisner Award winning adventure series <i>Usagi Yojimbo</i> reaches yet another milestone with issue #75 this April, which concludes the gripping two-part "Hokashi" storyline. Read More...
Go Boy 7 rockets into trade paperback
Jan. 26, 2004
Dark Horse?s inaugural Rocket book, <i>Go Boy 7</i> gets collected this April. A mysterious plane crash claims the life of Jonny Zero?s parents and leaves him critically injured. Enter Professor Zero, Jonny?s uncle, who uses his experimental robotic nano-plasm to rebuild the boy. Jonny is transformed into <i>Go Boy 7</i>, the human action machine! Read More...
Dark Horse celebrates Shi?s 10th Anniversary with a new Tucci series!
Jan. 30, 2004
Just in time for the 10th anniversary of Billy Tucci?s highly evocative original mini-series, <i>Shi: The Way of the Warrior</i>, Ana Ishikawa ? better known as Shi ? is back! Read More...
Dark Horse Comics acquires manga production company Studio Proteus
Jan. 30, 2004
Dark Horse Comics has announced it will purchase manga publishing and production house Studio Proteus under a pending agreement. Dark Horse has worked with Studio Proteus co-publishing manga since the publication of Dark Horse’s <I>Outlanders </I>in 1988, and together they have produced nearly 60,000 pages of material. Read More...