IDW yesterday announced that Jeff Brustrom, Daniel Kendrick and Erika Turner have been picked to build a new initiative within the publisher's Kids, Family and YA division. Brustrom joins IDW Entertainment as the newly appointed Vice President of Kids, Family and Animation where he will oversee the development and production of a growing slate of […]
Rob Liefeld, more than any comics artist, has ever belonged to an era, is the living embodiment of what people think of as 90s comic art, and he embraces that with confidence and glee in his heart. You can see it when he speaks in interviews. The man loves what he does and seems to […]
Lanna Souvanny is a French artist living in Vancouver, Canada. Last year, she co-created the comic Noah Zark with Mark Waid, which appeared in the Steel Cage comic book published by Ahoy Comics, and is currently working on the ongoing series spinning out of that. However at the end of the year, she may be […]
One of the true powers of Megatron, one of the real reasons why he is a threat, has barely been explored. Much hay has been made about Megatron, the warrior, Megatron, the warlord, his brutality, and his raw power. The true power of Megatron, however, does not exist in his fusion cannon, but in his […]
Greg Rucka has written many a Star Wars comic book for Marvel Comics. But he has written novels too, including a 2015 junior novel Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure. This was then adapted into a comic book mini-series published in German by Panini, written by Alec Worley and drawn by Ingo Römling. […]
With a look in at the War of the Threefold Spark, the powerful warrior Ultra Magnus once shared the battlefield with Megatron as they fought for the planet against prodigals corrupted by some influence from beyond the stars. This shows how he evolved from a reluctant leader of soldiers into a virtual legend through combat […]
Every week your Local Comic Book Shop, hopefully, gets in a weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond. Now some of these goodies sell out fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more. […]
IDW's new Transformers comic book, Transformers: Escape will tell a "world war" story through the eyes of rescuers and refugees, set on the planet Cybertron. Written by Brian Ruckley, architect of IDW's Transformers continuity since 2019, and illustrated by Bethany McGuire-Smith, Transformers: Escape is a five-issue monthly series slated for release beginning in December. As Cybertron […]
A few upcoming second and third printings from Scout Comics, IDW and Vault as there seems to be a new boost of demand across the industry. While Marvel Comics is sending many more collections back to the printing mill to cope with new demand. Here are all the details we have. GRIT #2 2ND PTG […]
In this incarnation, in the pages of G.I. Joe #8, of the long-running franchise, Cobra began as a scrappy tech startup and, using particularly the power of their Battle Android Troopers (B.A.T.s), took over the United States. Yikes! The very small number of survivors from the G.I. Joe team have become a scrappy insurgency, recruiting […]
Frankenstein Alive, Alive is one of the best projects to come out in the last few years of comics, done by artist icon Bernie Wrightson. The hyper-detailed art, the grey washes, the deep blacks. All of it made for a compelling read, that is for sure. One of the best horror comics you can pick […]
Star Trek: Hell's Mirror is a one-and-done story set entirely in Trek's Mirror Universe. It sees Khan team up with Spock and Kirk in an attempt to take on the corrupt Terran Empire and restore humanity, empathy, and intellect to a society that has been overtaken by cruelty and evil. Written by J. M. DeMatteis, drawn […]
Locke & Key by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez has been one of the most intriguing and original creator-owned comics to follow in the past decade. The comic centers on Keyhouse and the many keys inside, all of which function in different magical ways. It's part horror, part fantasy, and, now, with this new two-issue […]
This week saw some literally history-making hiring happening in the oft-homogenous comics industry. IDW Publishing, recently plagued with challenges in its highest ranks, hired Disney Publishing veteran Nachie Marsham as its new publisher, taking primary responsibility for the line. Likewise, DC Comics created a new position for Daniel Cherry, a veteran of the esports world, […]
Rosalind Morehead has been Sales Manager, Direct Market at IDW Publishing since August last year, but it waa not her only stint at the publisher. She was Manager, Consumer Marketing at DC Comics from March 2017 to January 2018 before studying at San Diego City College. But she had a longer stint at IDW Publishing […]
Sleeping Beauties #3 from IDW Publishing continues the comic book adaptation of Stephen and Owen King's novel. Written by Rio Youers, drawn by Alison Sampson, colored by Triona Tree Farrell, and lettered Valerie Lopez, the series imagines a world spinning out of control after an illness spreads. Yeah, all too familiar for us 2020 readers. The illness […]
Following the sordid affair of naming Jud Meyers new publisher, immediately suspending him, and then firing him, IDW has named Nachie Marsham as its new publisher, proving the old adage, if at first, you don't succeed, try, try again. "We're honored to have Nachie onboard the IDW ship as he is a champion for novel […]
Following up on the captivating debut, IDW Publishing's latest Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series, Too Long a Sacrifice, is back with its second issue from longtime Trek writers Scott Tipton and David Tipton, artist Greg Scott, colorist Felipe Sobreiro, and letterer Neil Uyetake. The series continues the mystery of the first issue, which only deepens as Chief of Security […]
Every week your Local Comic Book Shop, hopefully, gets in a weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond. Now some of these goodies sell out fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need […]
IDW Entertainment has issued their November 2020 solicitations, including the launch of the Sandman/Locke & Key two-part crossover (the second part coming in January) as well as a second TMNT Jennika series, the Star Trek Voyager series, Seven's Reckoning, the resolicitation of Sea Of Sorrows, a brand new Marvel Action Spider-Man #1, a spin-off Usagi […]
