SOLICITATIONS: IDW Limited announces Judge Dredd: The Complete Carlos Ezquerra, Volume 1

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IDW Limited announced plans to return to Mega City-One for Judge Dredd: The Complete Carlos Ezquerra, Volume 1 today (http://idwlimited.com/series/judge-dredd.html).  This new deluxe hardcover collection will feature complete stories from the co-creators of Judge Dredd reprinted in the original black and white.

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SOLICITATIONS: IDW Publishing teams with Will.I.Am for Wizards and Robots

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IDW Publishing has teamed up with Grammy Award Winning musician will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and noted futurist Brian David Johnson to bring the world an explosive one-shot in this summer’s WIZARDS & ROBOTS!

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Valiant teams with HQM Editora for foreign language publishing

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Valiant is proud to announce a partnership with HQM Editora, Brazil’s premier publisher of Portuguese language comic books and graphic novels, to bring the Valiant Universe to a new generation of fans in South America.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Peter Panzerfaust gets motion comic treatment

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A heartfelt story of friendship and heart-pounding adventure, the Image Comics/Shadowline comic book series, PETER PANZERFAUST, has captured readers’ imaginations. With multiple sell-outs of issues, fans are eagerly anticipating the next stage for the World War II escapade inspired by the classic J.M. Barrie creation Peter Pan. Now the fantastic independent series by writer Kurtis J. Wiebe and artist Tyler Jenkins is set to engross an even larger audience, with Adjacent Productions’ and Quality Transmedia’s fully animated motion comic adaptation, featuring the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Summer Glau, Ron Perlman, and Dante Basco.

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SOLICITATIONS: Image Comics collects Great Pacific

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In the hit new Image Comics series GREAT PACIFIC, the privileged heir to an oil fortune declares his independence from family and business obligations in an extreme way — by founding the Republic of New Texas on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of trash in the South Pacific. But Chas Worthington soon discovers that it’s one thing to take land and another thing entirely to hold it.

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FCBD: DK and TNT’s Falling Skies take sponsorship role in Free Comic Book Day 2013

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DKDK and TNT’s Falling Skies have signed on to sponsor and contribute toward the marketing and promotion of Free Comic Book Day, the industry-wide event set for Saturday, May 4th, 2013. Now in its twelfth year, Free Comic Book Day is an annual event where the entire comics industry works together to raise awareness of comics and local comic book shops. On this day, almost 2,000 comic shops all over the world give away millions of comics published specifically for Free Comic Book Day to new and returning customers just for coming to their shops.

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KICKSTARTER: Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton and Takeshi Miyazawa want Code Monkey to save the world

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Comics writer Greg Pak (“Planet Hulk,” “Batman/Superman,” “Magneto Testament”), internet superstar musician Jonathan Coulton, and artist Takeshi Miyazawa (“Runaways”) have joined forces to create a graphic novel that stars the much-loved monsters and super-villains from classic Coulton songs like “Code Monkey,” “Skullcrusher Mountain,” “The Future Soon,” and “Re: Your Brains.” The Kickstarter for the project launched Monday morning and can be reached via www.codemonkeycomix.com.

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AWARD: IDW Publishing takes home Spud Award

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In a ceremony held this week at Hasbro’s offices  in Providence, RI, IDW was presented with a prestigious Spud Award for Best Brand Execution in Publishing! Senior Editor John Barber was on hand to receive the award, presented by Hasbro’s Director of Global Publishing Michael Kelly.

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VARIANT COVER: Rafael Albuquerque covers 2 Guns: Second Shot

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BOOM! Studios is proud to bring a classic action comedy back in print with 2 GUNS: SECOND SHOT DELUXE EDITION. The new comic-sized collection includes the complete original series written by comics legend Steven Grant along with a host of new bonus features. The book, featuring a brand new cover by original series cover artist Rafael Albuquerque (AMERICAN VAMPIRE) hits stores in early May, just months before the major motion picture hits theatres!

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MERCH: Valiant and Dynamic Forces team for collectibles

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Dynamic Forces is proud to announce a new licensing partnership with Valiant Entertainment, the leading independent publisher of such best-selling series as X-O Manowar, Archer & Armstrong, Bloodshot and many more.  The industry’s premiere collectibles company has been granted the rights to create resin statues, dioramas, bookends, full-size head reproductions, busts, lithographs, posters, and more, featuring the logos and artwork of Valiant’s fan favorite super-hero universe.  The first Dynamic Forces product in partnership with Valiant will be the upcoming X-O Manowar lithograph, featuring the artwork of superstar artist Marko Djurdjevic.

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SOLICITATIONS: Marvel and DIsney show off Once Upon a Time hardcover graphic novel

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Dive into the immersive world of ABC’s Once Upon a Time like never before as Marvel Entertainment and Disney-ABC Television Group are proud to unveil Nimit Malavia’s cover to Once Upon a Time: Shadow of the Queen! The first official graphic fiction tie-in to the hit ABC Studios series takes fans deep into the world of Fairy Tale Land, where the fabled storybook characters we all grew up with are real, with the forces of good and evil locked in an epic struggle!

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SOLICITATIONS: Army of Darkness to cross-over with Hack/Slash

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Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce that Cassie, the star of Tim Seeley’s most famous creation, Hack/Slash, will be crossing-over with Ash from the Army of Darkness, in a new series written by Hack/Slash creator Tim Seeley! Featuring covers by Tim Seeley himself, his Hack/Slash co-creator Stefano Casello, the acclaimed Ben Templesmith, and a special cover by Chris Eliopolis, Army of Darkness Vs. Hack/Slash #1 is not to be missed when it arrives in-stores and digitally this July 2013!

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