The newest B.P.R.D. arc focuses on the strange bag of ectoplasmic gas that is Johann Kraus. With a confrontation looming in the frozen north, how will the corporeally-challenged medium handle his newfound responsibilities as a B.P.R.D. leader?
Tag Archives: Dark Horse Comics
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise tops Bookscan charts
Press Release
In an amazing show of demand for Dark Horse’s newest graphic novel, Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Promise Part 1 soared to the top of the Bookscan charts last week!
REVIEW: Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi – Force Storm #1 (of 5)
Force Storm is the first series in the Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, a new setting illustrating the very beginnings of the Jedi Order, with the creative crew from Star Wars: Legacy at the helm. Will this series bring balance to the Force? What does that even mean?
Major Spoilers Podcast #384: Manara Library Volume 2
This week on the show: You got your Doctor Who in my Star Trek! Milo Manara, Legion of Super-Heroes, even MORE Star Trek, Venom, and Mondo. PLUS! Your comments and questions.
Show Notes after the Jump!
On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Manara Library Volume 2
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew takes a look at the second volume of the Eurocomic, The Manara Library.
Dark Horse continues to bring the works of Italian comics master Milo Manara to American audiences with Volume 2 of The Milo Manara Library! This deluxe hardcover, newly translated by Eurocomics expert Kim Thompson, features the sweeping historical epic El Gaucho, the second of Manara”s storied collaborations with his mentor Hugo Pratt, author of the internationally acclaimed Corto Maltese. Rounding out this volume is “Trial by Jury,” a series of shorts, never before published in the US, in which some of history”s most notorious figures undergo a mock trial. The Manara Library offers English-language readers a chance to experience the illustrative storytelling of a true comics master.
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STATUES: Dark Horse announces No Ordinary Love sculpture
Press Release
Artist and designer Camilla d’Errico is exploding across the pop-culture landscape. Her paintings, comics, apparel, toys, and licensed merchandise items are found in trendsetting venues worldwide, and her unique art style sets these items apart from the crowd. Dark Horse Deluxe, a division of Dark Horse Comics, announces the latest step forward for d’Errico, a limited-edition sculptural bust inspired by her painting No Ordinary Love.
SNEAK PEEK: Dark Horse Presents #9
Dark Horse Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Dark Horse Presents #9 that arrives in stores next week.
SOLICITATIONS: Dark Horse Comics for May 2012
Dark Horse Comics sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in May 2012. Take the jump for the latest Hellboy, Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more.
REVIEW: Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season 9 #6
Or – “Natural Storytelling Or Courting Controversy?”
**Alternate Dialogue for this week’s cover**
Buffy – “PLEASE tell me that was a stake…”
Spike – “Sorry, pet. I AM just happy to see you…”
TOY FAIR: Good Luck Trolls return
Press Release
The Good Luck Trolls became one of America’s biggest toy fads in the early 1960s, and again in revivals over the years. In 2003, the Toy Industry Association commemorated them as one of the hundred most creative toys of the twentieth century. History repeats itself like never before in 2012, when Dark Horse Deluxe offers up these beloved and timeless figures in various iterations!
SOLICITATIONS: Concrete Park
Press Release
Tony Puryear wrote the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger smash Eraser, becoming the first African American screenwriter to pen a $100 million summer blockbuster. He has written action and sci-fi scripts for a who’s who of Hollywood A listers, from Will Smith to Mel Gibson to Jerry Bruckheimer, and adapted storied sci-fi properties like Fahrenheit 451 and Buck Rogers for the big screen. Now he brings that Hollywood horsepower to the world of graphic novels.
SNEAK PEEK: The Strain #3
Dark Horse Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of The Strain #3 that you can check out, after the jump.