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New publisher ABLAZE spotlights an intriguing group of notable new releases that debut or open for special advance solicitations in August. ABLAZE porcelain cover for PREVIEWS Maria Llovet's Porcelain is featured on the front cover of the June edition of Diamond Comic Distributor's Previews monthly catalog, and issue 1 will debut on August 4th.  Additionally, Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche HC, collecting[...]

Bleeding Cool has a crystal ball-look at a number of the titles, three months ahead. FCBD Preview: Space Pirate Captain Harlock for Free Comic Book Day FCBD 2021 SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK ABLAZE APR210013 (W) Jerome Alquie, Leiji Matsumoto (A/CA) Jerome Alquie Preview the forthcoming full color, original "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" series from ABLAZE, personally overseen by the legendary Leiji[...]

Including Ablaze getting the rights to the manga Trese, ahead of the Netflix anime adaptation, with previews of both the unpublished volume 2 and volume 3… FCBD 2021 TRESE (MR) ABLAZE APR210014 (W) Budjette Tan (A/CA) Kajo Baldisimo Award-winning comic and soon to be Netflix anime series!  When dusk arrives in the city of Manila, that's when you become the most[...]

ABLAZE will publish the newest chapter in their expanding library of Robert E Howard's The Cimmerian adaptations with writer/artist Gess' The Cimmerian: The Man-Eaters of Zamboula this July. "he Cimmerian: The Man-Eaters of Zamboula #1", ABLAZE "The Cimmerian in the land of a thousand and one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages, and cultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is[...]

Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Leiji Matsumoto's classic space pirate hero, is getting a new official comic series not from Japan, but from US publisher ABLAZE this Summer The 1st issue launches in print and digital on June 9th ABLAZE is giving readers and fans another special sneak peek of cover reveals for Issue 2 A[...]

Ablaze have a new title, Space Pirate: Captain Harlock for Free Comic Book Day in August, but the series will be launching from Ablaze in June from Leiji Matsumoto and  Jerome Alquie.    FCBD 2021 SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK ABLAZE APR210013 (W) Jerome Alquie, Leiji Matsumoto (A/CA) Jerome Alquie Preview the forthcoming full color, original "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" series from[...]

Gung Ho is returning to Ablaze from May, with a new series – Anger – from Benjamin Von Eckartsberg and Thomas von Kummant as well as more Conan adventures with The Cimmerian: Iron Shadows In The Moon, and Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche in Ablaze's May 2021 solicitations. GUNG HO ANGER #1 CVR A STEPHEN SEGOVIA (MR) ABLAZE MAR210951 (W) Benjamin Von[...]

Conan-under-another-name publishers Ablaze Publishing announced today their deal with fantasy author JP Roth to publish her line of Rothic graphic novels, previously self-published as Rothic Comics The first, Ancient Dreams, will be published in August 2021. Cara Wynter is a literature student living with her twin sister, Lily, in Fairhaven Washington A daughter of witches, touch[...]

Ablaze Publishing are not allowed to call their comic book The Cimmerian, Conan or Conan The Barbarian Even though that's who the comic books are about, Based on the now-public domain stories, and originally published in Italy where all of Conan is in public domain, in the USA, Conan is still an active trademark, licensed[...]

Comic book publisher Ablaze Publishing announced today that they will be publishing new work by creator Maria Llovet, Eros/Psyche as a five-issue miniseries, with #1 shipping March 2021, each issue written, drawn and coloured by Llovet. "The Rose" female boarding school is paradise for young girls…but only if you follow the rules. Because, if you disobey them, you[...]

CIMMERIAN FROST GIANTS DAUGHTER #3 CVR A DAN PANOSIAN (MR) ABLAZE DEC201084 (W) Robert E Howard, Robin Recht (A) Robin Recht (CA) Dan Panosian Robert E Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual Read the story as he intended! After pursuing Atali, who has been mercilessly taunting him for two straight days,[...]

Ablaze, the publishers of Mirka Andolfo's UnSacred comic book in America, as well as Conan comic books published in Europe, where the work is in public domain, under the title The Cimmerian, has picked up another license Ablaze will now be publishing Grumpy Cat comic books, a license previously held by Dynamite Entertainment Ablaze states[...]

Benjamin Von Eckartsberg and Thomas von Kummant are bringing back Gung-Ho to Ablaze in January with Gung-Ho: Sexy Beast along with more Mirka Andolfo UN/Sacred, and the Conan comics that Marvel can't publish, in their January 2021 solicitations. GUNG HO SEXY BEAST #1 CVR A DANIEL CLARKE (MR) ABLAZE NOV200952 W) Benjamin Von Eckartsberg (A) Thomas von Kummant (CA)[...]

Graveyard Wars, created and written by AJ Lieberman and drawn/colored by Drew Sebastian Kwan, kicked off a new series of graphic novels this September at ABLAZE The series is set for an adaptation by John Wick director Chad Stahelski Today, AJ Lieberman, known for Image Comics' Cowboy Ninja Viking, joins Bleeding Cool for a quick chat about what went[...]

While Ablaze continues to publish Conan comic books as a result of public domain law, calling the series The Cimmerian, and reprinting Conan comic books published in Italy And now with Peach Momoko covering their new series based on the Robert E Howard Conan novel and adapted by Robin Recht, The Frost Giant's Daughter. CIMMERIAN FROST[...]

Mirka Andolfo's Mercy is burning up the charts at Image Comics, which is perfect time for Ablaze Media to publish a second volume of her angel/demon hijinks, and the new kid Eden…. MIRKA ANDOLFOS UNSACRED VOL 2 #1 CVR A ANDOLFO (MR) Mirka Andolfo's Un/Sacred 2nd Volume in Ablaze November 2020 Solicits SEP200970 (W) Mirka Andolfo, Davide Goy (A)[...]

It appears that Ablaze has won their continued battle to publish their Conan comics under the title The Cimmerian As Bleeding Cool reported earlier, the controversial comic is back with a new series, The Cimmerian: People of the Black Circle, to be published August 26th from writer Sylvain Runberg and Jae Kwang Park Runberg is no[...]

ABLAZE, the comics publisher known for releasing Mirka Andolfo's Un/Sacred and attempting to publish Conan comics, has announced a new series of graphic novels that already has a Netflix anime deal TRESE debuts in English this September from writer Budjette Tan and artist Kajo Baldisimo The series, which focuses on Philippine mythology, was originally published to[...]

And Ablaze shows the power of Conan, Charlie Adlard and Mirka Andolfo to beat IDW to seventh place, pushing IDW back to eighth… Publisher Dollar Marketshare Per Capita x1000 Retail Marketshare Per Capita x1000 MARVEL COMICS 255 297 DC COMICS 229 232 DYNAMITE 123 115 IMAGE COMICS 112 112 BOOM! STUDIOS 108 110 DARK HORSE 91 67 ABLAZE MEDIA 88 107 IDW 79 64 ONI PRESS 68 51 VIZ MEDIA 60 24 FANTAGRAPHICS 60 9 TITAN COMICS 52 37 VALIANT 49 56 ZENESCOPE 28 31 ARCHIE COMICS 27 30 VAULT 21 21 Dollar Market Share – January 2020 Unit Market Share – January 2020   [...]

Bleeding Cool reported on the attempts by Ablaze Media to publish European Conan comic books – where the work of Robert E Howard is in the public domain – in the USA, in far more lurid detail than the US adaptations ever go in for In the US, the rights to publish Conan comics –[...]

New comic publisher Ablaze, that is suddenly not publishing public domain Conan comics as The Cimmerian anymore, or at least not through Diamond, announced that the company will be publishing Gung-Ho by Benjamin von Eckartsberg and Thomas von Kummant in December. Gung-Ho is the first title in part of an overall larger deal with leading French publisher[...]

The new English-adaptation-in-print version of Vampire State Building by Ange-Renault and Charlie Adlard is coming out shortly from Ablaze Comics. Each issue features its own homage cover to a famous comic book But there's one notable comic book that hasn't been homaged yet Which may be because the NYCollectorCave has commissioned its own retailer exclusive cover[...]

Bleeding Cool has previously reported on Conan comics by French publisher Glenat and Italian publisher Leviathan Labs, both making Conan comics in Europe, and even suggested that Marvel should obtain the rights to translate them to English and publish them here. Well, Marvel hasn't done that, but Portland-based Publisher Ablaze, which launched earlier this year, publishing[...]