Browsing: IDW Publishing

The Ghostbusters aren’t afraid of no ghosts. But zombies are a whole different story altogether. When IDW’s Infestation hits the Ghostbusters, will Egon, Peter, Ray and Winston stand a chance? Find out, in Ghostbusters: Infestation #1!

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For the last several issues, the Locke children have been running around finding keys, and trying to cope with the drama that surrounds teenager’s lives. With only fourteen issues remaining in this fantastic series, when is something big going to happen?

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Press Release IDW Publishing’s popular ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS comic series is headed to Hollywood. The series, which was created by writer and IDW Chief Creative Officer Chris Ryall and artist/painter Ashley Wood and launched in 2006, has been acquired by Sony Pictures. The film will be a co-production between IDW, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, and Circle of Confusion. IDW CEO and co-founder Ted Adams will produce, alongside Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert, and Rick Jacobs.

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Press Release IDW Publishing is pleased to announce the return of its preeminent horror series, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. Originally created by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT has spawned two feature films and countless nightmares since it first launched in 2002. Now, award-winning horror writer Joe R. Lansdale and legendary artist Sam Kieth (Sandman) take the helm with an all-new series 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: NIGHT, AGAIN.

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Deadline is reporting that actor-singer Jesse McCartney has been hired to play the elder Locke child in Fox’s adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key series.  The 22 year old actor will be playing well under his age as the high school teen who withdraws after his father’s death. McCartney has only had a few television appearances – his most recent was on the series Greek, but many may know him from his voice over work where he’s provided voices for everyone from Theodore in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie to Robin in the Young Justice…

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Press Release Introducing another great addition to the company’s growing line of digital comics, IDW Publishing is proud to announce Templesmith Comics, a collection of comics by one of the industries most unconventionally brilliant creators, Ben Templesmith. A free storefront application offering in-app purchases, Templesmith Comics is now available exclusively for the Apple iPadTM, iPhone® and iPod touch®.

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According to Deadline, actor Nick Stahl has been signed to the pilot episode of Locke & Key for Fox television.  Stahl will play Duncan Locke, the younger brother of Rendell Locke, who was murdered by a deranged student.  According to the Deadline article, Locke & Key was originally going to see a summer release, but now the studio is considering it for the fall. While I remain cautious over the announcement that the pilot is getting bumped to a later date, the fact that the new schedule has it appearing when more people will be around to watch gives me…

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If you’ve been told all your life that you’re a loser, that self fulfilling prophecy is bound to play out. Now put that idea into the hands of Joe Hill, and you’re going to end up with something that gets really weird.

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Dungeons and Dragons seems to be more popular than ever. Of course that may just be my perspective after having been immersed in the game realm for the last year and a half… IDW Publishing and Hasbro teamed up to bring not just one Dungeons and Dragons comic to reader, but another set in the Dark Sun universe.

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Press Release IDW Publishing and HBO are pleased to announce the next step for the mega-hit comic series TRUE BLOOD. After record breaking sales, the TRUE BLOOD comic book series continues in February 2011 with a brand new story. Actor Michael McMillian, who plays Fellowship of the Sun leader Reverend Steve Newlin, will co-author the all-new six-issue arc with fan-favorite writer Marc Andreyko. Also in February, IDW will launch the hardcover collection of its first TRUE BLOOD story arc, ALL TOGETHER NOW. This compilation of all six issues from the first series of the comics will also feature bonus content,…

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Leaping ahead in the world of digital books, IDW Publishing is proud to announce its line of digital graphic novels, now available exclusively for the iPad. Digital Graphic Novels launched this week with six graphic novels, including Darwyn Cooke’s award-winning THE HUNTER and THE OUTFIT, and BLOOM COUNTY: THE COMPLETE LIBRARY VOLUME ONE. Each book contains all the material found in the print editions, all spectacularly formatted for full page reading on the iPad.

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Or – “It’s Pronounced ‘Burn.’  If You Say ‘Brine’, HE WILL FIND YOU!!” There have been numberous “boom” period in comic book publishing, notably the original comics explosion of the early 40’s, the 1966 post-Batman-television series expansion, the Black & White boom of the 80’s…  The most recent boom came in the early 1990’s, as many creators began to realize the power of their own personal branding.  John Byrne was practically an elder statesman of comics in ’92, due to his work on X-Men, Fantastic Four, his high-profile revamp of Superman and, honestly, work on nearly every other character in existence.  When…

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