Author: Press Release

Press Release This March, enter the darkest days of the Marvel Universe as Earth’s Mightiest fight for survival in Age of Ultron #1 as they’re faced with only two choices—Submit Or Perish! From the blockbuster creative team of Brian Michael Bendis (All New X-Men, Avengers, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man), Bryan Hitch (Ultimates, Fantastic Four), Carlos Pacheco (Uncanny X-Men) & Brandon Peterson (AvX: VS) comes an event years in the making pitting the Marvel Universe against one of their greatest threats! Ultron, a deadly sentient robot created by founding Avenger Hank Pym who turned on his creator to achieve his twisted objective…the…

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Press Release When the world’s deadliest, stealthiest, and most infamous assassins need a place to educate their children, an institution that respects and upholds their values, they turn to the prestigious School of Five Weapons. At the setting of the new Image Comics/Shadowline mini-series by Jimmie Robinson (BOMB QUEEN), FIVE WEAPONS, students train in the martial arts, pledging their loyalty to one “club”: Knives, Staves, Archery, Exotics, and Guns.

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Press Release The original hand-colored Bill Watterson Calvin & Hobbes artwork  from Nov. 19, 1986 – the first original Watterson Sunday strip known to have come up for public auction – brought a world record price of $203,150 (including Buyer’s Premium) on Friday, Nov.16 as part of a Vintage Comics and Comics Art event at Heritage Auctions.

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Aspen Comics is ready to mark the holiday shopping season with two highly limited items for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, respectively. Following Thanksgiving on November 23rd, Aspen will be offering an exclusive Fathom: Kiani #4 Black Friday Limited Edition cover by Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald that will only be available that Friday on the AspenStore.com. The special edition comic is limited to an extremely low 250 copies. Aspen will also be offering a Fathom: Kiani #4 Black Friday Exclusive full size print as well, also available on Friday only and limited to 50 editions.

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Press Release Continuing their relationship with Dave Stevens’ high-flying hero, IDW Publishing is pleased to announce a brand-new Rocketeer miniseries for 2013! Beginning in February, fans of Cliff Secord’s aeronautic acrobatics will be treated to THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR! Written by Eisner and Harvey Award winner Roger Langridge (Thor, Popeye, Snarked!) and illustrated by Eisner nominee J. Bone (Batman/The Spirit), Hollywood Horror is another action-packed chapter in the saga of comics’ favorite flyboy! As an added bonus, legendary comics superstar Walter Simonson has signed on as cover artist!

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Press Release BOOM! Studios is proud to announce the official return of 2012’s surprise “supes-meets-soaps” hit, GRACE RANDOLPH’S SUPURBIA. GRACE RANDOLPH’S SUPURBIA #1 (ONGOING) arrives in stores on Wednesday, November 21st ideally timed for retailers to capitalize with Black Friday sales. One week later, GRACE RANDOLPH’S SUPURBIA Volume 1 will be hitting comic stores on November 28th, at the introductory price of $9.99, exclusively in comic shops.

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Press Release The Heavy Metal’s 35th Anniversary Release Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has launched its third art contest “What is your Vision of Famine?”. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse series has garnered high reviews wherever it has been read. The series itself is available digitally and in print and the final book in the series is hitting stores this November. Artists everywhere have been asking for months when the next art contest would be happening and the answer is now! Entering is simple. Post your submission to http://www.facebook.com/Thefourhorsemenoftheapocalypse AND YOU ARE IN!

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Press Release IDW and Yoe Books are pleased to announce the publication of JOHN K PRESENTS SPUMCO COMIC BOOK, a raucous collection of early comics by the illustrious John Kricfalusi and the explosively entertaining animation studio he founded, Spumco!

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Press Release Archie Comics, one of the leading children’s comic book publishers and the home to some of the most recognizable pop culture characters in the world, including Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josie and the Pussycats, is proud to announce the in-store signing event of KEVIN KELLER #6, which features the most publicized Archie character in years meeting his idol, Star Trek’s GEORGE TAKEI, who is a prominent guest star in this issue.

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Press Release You better redneckognize!    Bluewater Productions continues it’s examination of the underbelly of FAME in the second installment of their new “15 Minutes” biography comics line that focuses on the stars of reality television.  Alana Mitchell better known to the world at large as pint sized pageant queen “Honey Boo Boo”.  Join writer/artist Michael Troy as we uncover Honey Boo Boo’s rise to FAME from her breakout appearance’s on Toddlers and Tiara’s to landing her very own reality series. Discover why self-named “Honey Boo Boo” has garnered the attention, if not the hearts from Anderson Cooper to The White…

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