SOLICITATIONS: Annikin Starkiller gets The Star Wars treatment from Dark Horse Comics

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It’s no April Fools’ prank! Dark Horse is honored to announce a dream project: working with J.W. Rinzler, executive editor at LucasBooks, and artist Mike Mayhew (Avengers) to adapt the rough-draft original screenplay which spawned the biggest franchise in film history!

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SOLICITATIONS: IDW Publishing announces Black Dynamite miniseries

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He’s the biggest, baddest, meanest, most not to be trifled with dude in the history of the universe and he’s coming to comics!  Such superlatives could only describe one man. A former CIA agent and expert in all disciplines of international ass kicking and a thirst for the sweet nectar of justice, hero to the downtrodden, sworn enemy of the man… BLACK DYNAMITE!

IDW Publishing is thrilled to announce that the multimedia sensation will be coming to comic shops everywhere this September in a suitably explosive new miniseries!

Details are forthcoming, but readers are to be warned: something badass this way comes!

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SOLICITATIONS: IDW Publishing to collect Jim Mahfood

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IDW Publishing is proud to announce VISUAL FUNK: JIM MAHFOOD ART, a 256-page, full-color hardcover collecting a massive swath of Jim Mahfood, a.k.a. Food One’s mind-bending, genre-smashing work!

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GAMING: Bravoman Returns For 25th Anniversary Game

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NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7832), announced today at its WonderCon Anaheim panel that it will release BRAVOMAN®: SUPER-UNEQUALED HERO OF EXCELLENCE!, a follow-up to its 1988 arcade platformer, for smartphones and tablets Summer 2013. The new title will continue to re-imagine BRAVOMAN® under the supervision of NAMCO BANDAI Games’ ShiftyLook project, which currently produces webcomics and animation for the franchise.

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CONVENTIONS: Gagerman and Waller’s Blood Brothers announces from Dark Horse Comics

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Dark Horse Comics announces Blood Brothers, a new miniseries by writers Mike Gagerman and Andrew Waller that takes friendship to an entirely new level. The comic has already found friends at MGM, where it is also being developed as a major motion picture.

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MOVIES: Warner Bros. begins production of villains documentary

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The Joker, Bane, Deathstroke, Darkseid and Lex Luthor — the scariest and most menacing villains in DC Comics’ universe — take center stage in a brand new full-length documentary from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) and DC Entertainment (DCE). The joint announcement was made today by WBHE and DCE.

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CONVENTIONS: Archaia announces WonderCon plans

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Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment is excited to announce it will exhibit at WonderCon Anaheim, taking place March 29-31, 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California!

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CONVENTIONS: IDW Publishing announces WonderCon 2013 programming and exclusives

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IDW is pleased to announce a packed slate of panels, signings, and exclusive items being offered at this year’s  WonderCon, being held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA from March 29-31.  IDW can be found at Booth #709 all weekend long, selling books, giving out high fives, and trying not to disrupt surrounding booths with the blinding light of their awesomeness.

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CONVENTION: Aspen Comics announces WonderCon schedule

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Aspen Comics has released their WonderCon Anaheim 2013 exclusives as well as their list of creators appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth #701 on March 29-31st. Aspen creators Frank Mastromauro (Shrugged), Peter Steigerwald (Zoo Hunters), Vince Hernandez (Charismagic), Mark Roslan (BubbleGun), J.T. Krul (Jirni), Beth Sotelo (Shrugged), Mike DeBalfo (Soulfire), Nei Ruffiino (Soulfire), David Wohl (Fathom), Lori Hanson (Executive Assistant: Assassins), and Jonathan Marks (Shrugged) will all be appearing throughout the weekend at the Aspen Comics Booth.

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