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Gabriel Hardman is the writer and artist and the Dark Horse series Aliens: Dust to Dust I had a chance to talk with him about the new series, his history with the franchise, and how he writes scripts for himself. DAN WICKLINE: How familiar were you with the Aliens franchise prior to getting this project? What[...]

Getting a head start on C2E2 announcements a week and a half before the convention starts, Dark Horse has announced the next comic in the Black Hammer universe: The Quantum Age From the creative team of Jeff Lemire, Wilfredo Torres, Dave Stewart, and Nate Piekos, and featuring a cover by Torres and a variant by[...]

Since then, Diamond has become the largest distributor of English-language comic books, servicing thousands of retailers worldwide. Of late, declining sales, year on year from 2016 to 2017 — and in the months of 2018 so far — have caused much concern, especially with reducing comic book store numbers. A lot may hang on exactly what Geppi[...]

Dark Horse is getting a jump on their C2E2 announcements this year Though the convention doesn't start until April 6th, the publisher has sent out a press release labeled "C2E2" announcing a brand-new comic from Margaret Atwood and artist Ken Steacy Called War Bears, the new comic is a historical fiction story set in the[...]

Do you want to brush up your knowledge of Flutter, the comic by Jennie Wood, Jeff McComsey, and Chris Goodwin once named the 12th best indie comic by Bleeding Cool, before its TV adaptation comes out so you can impress all your non-comics-reading friends with your hip comics knowledge, but don't feel like purchasing two separate volumes to read?[...]

Dark Horse has sent us an exclusive first look at the covers for Aliens: Dust to Dust #3, which comes out in June The series is being written and drawn by Gabriel Hardman, who is also providing the main cover There is a variant cover by Carlos D'Anda as well. Dust to Dust tells the story[...]

Dark Horse announced a new horror series today in a press release that named all the members of the creative team — even the letterer! Bedtime Games is a new four-issue mini-series from writer Nick Keller (Death Head), artist Conor Nolan (Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Giants), colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick (Shade the Changing Girl), and letterer[...]

Dark Horse has announced a new Expanded Edition of Matt Kindt's 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, coming in August The new book collects both the original 2009 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, as well as the followup 3 Story: Secret Files of the Giant Man, which take[...]

Dark Horse has announced some Incredibles 2 comics to be published in June and July, tying in with the release of the Disney/Pixar film on June 15th First up, a 48-page young readers graphic novel called Incredibles 2: Heroes at Home, to be published in June 12th, written by Liz Marsham and illustrated by Nicoletta Baldari,[...]

Superheroes, Westerns, Science Fiction… they can handle it all. On the 21st of March sees the release of Cell Block Earth and Other Stories, a trade paperback from Dark Horse that has Palmiotti and Gray joining up with artists Juan Santacruz, Tony Akins and Andy Kuhn The trade includes two stories from Dark Horse Presents, Wrestling[...]

The Kickstarter comics sensation of 2012 is getting a new printing this August from Dark Horse comics According to a press release, Sullivan's Sluggers by Mark Andrew Smith and James Stokoe is coming back into print as a hardcover collection, which features bonus content like concept art and pinups. For down-on-their-luck minor league baseball team the[...]

Dark Horse and 343 Industries announced a new three-issue Halo mini-series this week, set for release in June The comic is called Halo: Collateral Damage, and taking a cue from Star Wars, it's subtitled: A Master Chief Story Alex Irvine writes the series, with Dave Crosland on art, Leonard O'Grady on colors, and Simon Bowland[...]

A week back, our own Josh Davison referred to the second issue of the Dark Horse series Vinegar Teeth as such: "… another bizarre issue with surreal characters and an ugly yet comical world This is a comic so strange that it's impossible to take your eyes off it Naturally, it comes recommended[...]

But when it comes to horror anthologies co-written by Anthony Bourdain, it's a totally different story. Currently being published as an anthology mini-series as part of the Berger Books imprint, Dark Horse plans to collect Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts in spooky yet delicious hardcover edition this Fall From the press release: Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts features terrifying tales[...]

Credit (left): Joe Seer – Shutterstock.com / (right): Dark Horse Comics The Big Short's John Magaro is going from Wall Street crisis to troubles of a slightly more epic (read: global) nature, joining the cast of Netflix's adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series The Umbrella Academy Magaro is set to play Leonard Peabody, described[...]

Part of an effort on behalf of Dark Horse to shoulder more of the financial risk of launching new series and volumes, Dark Horse revealed that upcoming volumes of Xerxes, Black Hammer, Ether, Blackwood, and Frozen will be fully returnable if retailers order more than 10 copies. Dark Horse's Matt Parkinson started the company's presentation at[...]

Netflix and Constantine Film have started production on Polar, a new film based on the Dark Horse noir graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold by Victor Santos The film is described as the world's top assassin, Duncan Vizla, aka the Black Kaiser, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a[...]

Dark Horse Comics has announced Modern Fantasy, billed as "a millennial approved twist" on the fantasy genre in June The creator-owned comic is written by Rafer Roberts with art by Kristen Gudsnuk Here's how the press release describes it: Modern Fantasy follows three friends, new to the big city, as they struggle to keep their crappy day[...]

She isn't sympathetic to vigilantism–which puts her at odds with a certain sibling of the Umbrella Academy. The Umbrella Academy is a ten-episode series based on the graphic novels of the same name created and written by Way, illustrated by Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics Netflix's adaptation follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family[...]

Her true love is torture, and she thinks of herself as a "pain artist." She really doesn't care for people—except for her partner Hazel." The Umbrella Academy will be a ten-episode series based on the graphic novels of the same name created and written by Way, illustrated by Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics[...]

Taking an unusual approach to a press release, Dark Horse has sent an open letter by writer Chris Roberson to news outlets talking about his upcoming collaboration with Mike Mignola, D'Israeli, and Michelle Madsen on the upcoming five-issue mini-series, Witchfinder: The Gates of Heaven The first issue hits stores in May, and to learn more about[...]

Dark Horse is planning to publish a new comic book from writers Brian Wood (Briggs Land, Crossfit Newsletter) and Justin Giampaoli (DMZ, Starship Down) and artist Andrea Mutti (Rebels, Prometheus: Life and Death) that set in an alternate-history America where Romans visited the continent a thousand years before Christopher Columbus and helped set up a[...]

Dark Horse has announced that wargaming returns to the battle with World of Tanks: Citadel, a new tank combat miniseries. Eisner Award-winning comics legend Garth Ennis (Preacher, Punisher) and artist PJ Holden (Warhammer Monthly, Johnny Woo, 2000 A.D.) once again take command for a new action packed miniseries inspired by Wargaming's popular online game World of[...]

Key Collector Comics, the app that puts a database of over 7,000 key issues at your fingertips, has added Dark Horse Comics as a dedicated mode The app allows comic book collectors to track the issues that feature "1st appearances, origins, iconic covers, and other valuable milestone moments" to help you build your collection while[...]

Dark Horse is releasing a four-issue mini-series, StarCraft: Scavengers, that month Written by Jody Houser with art by Gabriel Guzmán, the comic is set to hit stores on July 25th. Dark Horse has previously published other books based on Blizzard properties, such as World of Warcraft and Overwatch Check out the description below: Writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic,[...]

Earlier today our own Joshua Davison referred to the new Dark Horse series Vinegar Teeth as, "a fun and bizarre excursion into this pseudo-noir world that happens to have a monster It is a surreal read with complementary art, and I can easily recommend it It's strangely absorbing, and you should check it out." As it[...]

But Bourdain is also known to like comic books and he has a new one coming up from Dark Horse that he's co-written with Joel Rose called Hungry Ghosts about a group of chefs playing a game of Hyakumonogtari Kaidankai. "If I were going to play a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (100 candles) game, I would choose to tell the[...]

#umbrellaacademy #wondertwinsumbrellaadventure #netflix #ucp #darkhorse" The Umbrella Academy will be a ten-episode series based on the graphic novels of the same name created and written by Way, illustrated by Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics Netflix's adaptation follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes (The Umbrella Academy) — The Monocle, Spaceboy, The Kraken,[...]

Dark Horse has this fun new series called Giants by Carlos Valderrama and Miguel Valderrama that is coming up on its third issue This is their first American work What's it about, you ask? A cataclysm of unknown origins unleashed a race of gigantic monsters whose presence has driven humanity underground There, two orphans discover that[...]

Dark Horse Comics and Blakeslee Vineyard Estate have joined together to create the 2015 Ghost Pinot Noir. The 2015 Ghost Pinot Noir is packaged in a black matte two-pack collector box The art on each wine bottle is by fan-favorite artist Adam Hughes It is a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered boxes The selling price for[...]