Browsing: Dark Horse Comics

Press Release Dark Horse Comics makes the leap into the digital world of mobile content with the launch of a new app for the iPhone. With the release of the upcoming Terminator Salvation film in mind, Dark Horse has chosen a classic The Terminator story from its vast publishing archives to launch this program. Dark Horse turned down multiple offers from various media developers, and instead opted to develop an application in-house. The result is a reading experience that Dark Horse feels best utilizes the mobile platform and delivers the same standard of quality fans have come to expect from…

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This year at the San Diego Comic-Con, Dark Horse Comics is giving attendees a chance to snatch up an exclusive Domo “Qee” transparent variant.  The only place to get your hands on the NHK television mascot is to attend the convention (or just wait until it appears on eBay the week after). The Domo Qee program, to be launched nationwide in August, is Dark Horse’s first try at the popular “blind box” or “mystery box” format. Individual figures are packed in small boxes; the only way to know which particular figure is inside a particular box is to purchase and…

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Press Release APRIL 13, MILWAUKIE, OR–Dark Horse officially announces participation in the Diamond “Final Order Cutoff” program, or “FOC” for short. Dark Horse first announced the intent to participate in this program at last fall’s Diamond Retailers summit in Las Vegas, Navada to a roar of applause heard throughout the casino. Dark Horse’s final FOC dates will be tied to the calendar day twenty days before the Diamond on-sale date for comics, and approximately three months for graphic novels. Dark Horse will begin including FOC dates for some of our line as early as the May 2009 edition of Diamond’s…

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Dark Horse Comics sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in July 2009.  Take the jump to see what’s ahead for Buffy, Conan, and the new Alien series.

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Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy has been picked up to be turned into a live action movie by Universal Pictures.  Fans of the My Chemical Romance frontman will be disappointed to learn that he will not be writing the big screen adaptation, and fans of the series might be disappointed to to discover Mark Bomback, the guy behind the Constantine script, has been hired for the task. Bomback also wrote Live Free and Die Hard, and the recent Race to Witch Mountain.  Oh well, at least the comic book was a fun read. via THR

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Or – “Additional Revenge of the Return of the Living Monolith!” Woodland creatures with large-bore ballistic weapons? Looks like it’s time for another round of RAPID-FIRE REVIEWS!  With special guest star, Ted McGinnis!  And Jerry Mathers as the Stephen!

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Or – “Sigh…  Faaaaith.  Mi Querida, Mi Amor…  What Do You Mean ‘Restraining Order’?” An episode of ‘Friends’ some years ago supposed the existence of “The List,” a grouping of five celebrities/public figures whom you would be allowed to have a dalliance with, regardless of what your significant other had to say about the situation.  My list of five would so very much include Eliza “Faith” Dushku, presuming that she would have any interest in a 40ish comic nerd, and thus this issue holds special meaning for me, like the first time you hear the Beatles… 

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What happens when you take Eric Powell’s popular The Goon and turn it into a CGI feature?  Ain’t It Cool News has the first look, and I like what I’m seeing.  If you are going to translate an artist’s style into 3D, it’s always best to follow it as closely as possible.  Click the link to access the super hi-res versions of the image. via Ain’t It Cool News

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Solicitations for June 2009 are here, and Dark Horse is first out of the gate with cover images and solicitation information. ADVENTURES OF THE MASK OMNIBUS Michael Eury (W), Kilian Plunkett (A), Neil Vokes (A), Jay Geldhof (A), Dev Madan (A), Marc Campos (A), and Bruce Timm (Cover) On sale Aug 5 FC, 392 pages $24.95 TPB, 6″ x 9″ Life in Edge City has always been tough for Stanley Ipkiss. He’s as good-natured and decent as they come, but nice don’t pay the bulldog or make points with the ladies. Stanley knows he’s destined for greater things, but how…

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Or – “Last Survivor Of The Nerdly Trio…” Though the television series adventures of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended some time ago, the comic book continuation of all things Buffy-like chugs along apace.  We’ve seen the lives of characters major and minor, from Slayers to exes to vampire airheads, as all the while one of my favorite characters toils in secrecy.  The only man to ever outgeek Xander Harris, he somehow managed to make both Spike and Angel feel like out-of-touch losers…   But what has the “Lost Season” of Buffy got in store for Andrew?

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Boy howdy, that Cimmerian sure knows how to pick ‘em From the lands to the north, Conan has traveled seeking his fortune by hiring himself out to those armies he feels are worthy of his talents.  In the land of Koth, protected by the ancient god Mitra, Conan finds his new employer in the form of Amalric the Lion, leader of a group of mercenaries, sent by the king to fend off armies who would claim the region as their own.

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Damn Those Frogs! BPRD has become one of those soap opera comics where characters come and go, and those that readers thought dead return from the dead.  It’s also a series that has had some very major arcs, that at times seem disjointed from one another until the doo-doo meets the spinning prop.  The Black Goddess series started off as a story yanked from a different time, but by issues end, it all comes together George Peppard style.

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Milo Ventimiglia, from NBC’s Heroes, was on the Today Show this week pimping the return of the television show, and in the process talking about his interest in comic books, and more specifically, his own Berserker series from Top Cow. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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