Press Release
This June, BOOM! Studios launches a bold new mash-up of Western and Sci-Fi with SIX-GUN GORILLA. Because the only thing better than a gorilla in a comic book is a gorilla with gigantic, matching six-shooters.
Tag Archives: Solicitations
SOLICITATIONS: Fraction and Chaykin team on Satellite Sam
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This July, acclaimed comic book creators Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Casanova, Iron Man) and Howard Chaykin (BLACK KISS, AMERICAN FLAGG) will take readers back to the Golden Age of Television, a time when innocence was as manufactured a fiction as the perfect families in the comedies that captivated audiences at home. Their new Image Comics series SATELLITE SAM, debuting in July, takes a look at the darkness behind the small screen when, in 1951, Carlyle Bishop, the star of the beloved serial “Satellite Sam” turns up dead in a filthy flophouse.
SOLICITATIONS: Bluewater Productions announces Vincent Price mini-series
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The Vincent Price brand at Bluewater has be a staple for years. This summer will start a new mini-series entitled “Vincent Price’s Museum of the Macabre.”
SOLICITATIONS: DC Comics for August 2013
DC Comics has released the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in August 2013. Take the jump for a look at the Trinity War, and a number of series that are ending.
SOLICITATIONS: Olivetti and Van Lente reunite for Conan and the People of the Black Circle
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Dark Horse announced today that two of the hottest names in comics, writer Fred Van Lente and artist Ariel Olivetti, will reunite for a Conan epic like no other!
SOLICITATIONS: Robocop is coming
BOOKS: Shatner Quest
You know you’ve made it when people write sci-fi stories featuring you as the MacGuffin. Enter Jeff Burk’s Shatner Quest!
SOLICITATIONS: Blackout to debut in Dark Horse Presents #24
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Dark Horse Comics is set to release a brand new superhero inside the pages of the Eisner-winning anthology, Dark Horse Presents. Blackout is ready for action!
SOLICITATIONS: Comic Book Creator #1
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TwoMorrows Publishing (the leading publisher of books and magazines for comics fandom) and JON B. COOKE (former editor of the multi-Eisner Award-winning magazine COMIC BOOK ARTIST) has joined forces again to bring fans COMIC BOOK CREATOR magazine, billed as “The New Voice of the Comics Medium.” Issue #1 debuts in stores worldwide on Wednesday, May 15, and is currently available from TwoMorrows’ website (www.twomorrows.com).
SOLICITATIONS: The New Avengers head into INFINITY
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This August, superstar writer Jonathan Hickman is joined by fan-favorite artist Mike Deodato to pit the Illuminati against their biggest threat yet in New Avengers #9! Tying into the blockbuster event of the summer, Infinity, New Avengers #9 shows fans what new threats lie beyond the edges of the Marvel Universe!
SOLICITATIONS: So Buttons #5
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Graphic Storyteller Jonathan Baylis announced today a relaunch of his websitewww.sobuttons.com to help promote his latest book, So Buttons #5.His title matches groundbreaking artists to capture his always appealing down to earth stories that are slices of everyday life. A soft launch of the book occurred at SPX 2012 but Baylis wanted to make the official launch of issue #5 timed with his new website and in a way that no one could ignore. 16 pages, four stories, full color cover/interior and at $2.00 it makes a great intro book for everyone.
DIGITAL COMICS: Clown Town arrives on comiXology
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Independent comics publisher, Inverse Press, is pleased to announce the May 15, 2013, digital release of horror graphic novel, Clown Town, via the comiXology Submit portal. Written by Kevin LaPorte (Roadkill du Jour) and fully illustrated by Amanda Rachels (Flesh of White, Arcana Studios’ The Book), Clown Town is a 124-page tale of clown horror, featuring a 96-page core story, two 8-page back-up stories, and associated art and materials created specifically to support production of the project!