well, continues to spread horrifically, publishers have decided it's time to look toward the future. Mark Waid, comics guru and internet personality, has important news for Humanoids, where he works as Publisher First up, the company has signed Ibrahim Moustafa to a three-book deal The Eisner-nominated writer/artist is known for his work on Image Comics' High Crimes[...]
On Tuesday, May 5th, Humanoids released a comics bundle through Groupees to benefit The Hero Initiative Like with most bundles, the tiered system is weighted towards the highest tier ($15), which is where you can find Barbarella and The Eyes Of The Cat Humanoids and Groupees are also adding volumes of Legend Of The Scarlet[...]
He will be joined by a number of publishers, including Gary Groth of Fantagraphics with whom Geppi had quite the turbulent relationship with back in the days that The Comic Journal rolled the roost, He is joined by Ross Richie of Boom Studios, Dirk Wood of IDW and former Fantagraphics and Boom editorial employee Mark[...]
Humanoids sent me a .pdf of their new collection Metal Hurlant: Selected Works contains the best of the non-Alejandro Jodorowsky stories from the 2000's revival of the magazine Metal Hurlant Humanoids already collected the Jodorowsky stories in a small hardcover called Screaming Planet, which you could say Metal Hurlant: Selected Works is a sister release.[caption[...]
(Strangely, Humanoids' website doesn't list this edition of Armies anymore Just the softcover.) Dan Brown's colors don't detract from the work, and Brown tastefully adds to it, but given the way Dionnet and Pat Mills talk about the black and white version, I'd like to see that as well.
Armies' scene of family mutilation inspires[...]
Mark Waid, Publisher of Humanoids, has released another letter to fans as the company once again adjusts its release schedule Waid says that Humanoids remains committed to delivering previously announced projects and continues to sign new projects as well However, Humanoids' slate of releases has been delayed until December, according to a new schedule posted[...]
Humanoids has released a preview of Little Josephine, the graphic memoir written by Valérie Villieu with art by Raphaël Sarfati, in bookstores now Much of the comic book industry is currently in a state of shutdown, but distribution through the bookstore market continues While this situation is unpleasant in a lot of ways, it does[...]
LA-based comic book publisher Humanoids has issued the following update from Publisher Mark Waid to comic book retailers He writes,
After a great deal of internal deliberation and consultation with key retailers, Humanoids has elected to delay shipments to our retail partners for, at minimum, the next four weeks, after which we'll reassess the situation[...]
Comic book writer/editor/retailer/publisher Mark Waid, in his role as publisher of Humanoids, and channelling a recent history as a rather comic store owner, issued the following statement;
A MESSAGE FROM MARK WAIDRetailing comics is already a tough way to live, we all know that Now this, on top of that? As a storeowner myself, I have[...]
“We weren’t wholesome or chaste, or bothered about saving the day--we weren’t the Famous Five or the Teen Titans! We just wanted to hang around, maybe get a bit wasted, get crushes on whoever was around… I feel like that sort of teen experience is rarely explored in mainstream comics.”Nicnevin And The Bloody Queen is[...]
Comic book writer, editor and publisher Mark Waid, has been appointed as Publisher of the LA-based published of sci-fi and fantasy comics, originally reprinting European comic in English, but now generating original work such as the H1 shared continuity superhero line, of which Waid has been operating as Director of Creative Development.As Publisher Waid will[...]
I’m also a Senior Editor at Humanoids.BC: Sweet Now, One-Hit Wonder .. this is something you've worked on before, as noted, with Image Why return to play the hits, as it were? What motivated you to get the band back together?FS: Well… It has been a bittersweet adventure initially.BC: "Bittersweet" how?FS: When I started working[...]
According to a press release, Dark Horse, Valiant, Humanoids, and Impact Theory have all signed on to offer their comics on Graphite Series such as Hellboy, The Witcher, Aliens, Umbrella Academy, The Incal, The Metabarons, The Twilight Man, Bloodshot, and Neon Future are named as amongst the Graphit library that now numbers more than 25,000[...]
In this case, the big European collection is Humanoids reissuing Metabarons artist Juan Giménez's solo collection called The Fourth Power.[caption id="attachment_1090777" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sera And The Royal Stars issue one cover by Audrey Mok[/caption]Sera And The Royal Stars issue one by Jon Tsuei, Audrey Mok, Raúl Angulo, Jim Campbell, and Tim Daniel: A Persian-influenced swords[...]
I feel kinda bad putting new issues of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and The Life And Death Of Toyo Harada next to a stone cold classic of French science fiction, but c'est la vie.
Druillet's The Night
Druillet's The Night: “Death…everywhere, Death with its garland of glistening rot…” Created as a response to his wife dying of[...]
Following the hirings of John Cassaday and Mark Waid as executives, Humanoids has revealed what their H1 initiative is all about: a brand new shared superhero universe by an impressive lineup of creators, all listed at the top of their press release:
John Cassaday * Mark Waid * Kwanza Osajyefo * Carla Speed McNeil * Yanick Paquette *[...]
Meyer, one of the few people in comics less sympathetic than Waid himself, Waid has now been named the new Director of Creative Development by publisher Humanoids Waid's hiring follows the addition of John Cassaday as Chief Creative Officer, all part of Humanoids' new H1 initiative, as first revealed at The Hollywood Reporter."This opportunity excites[...]
Humanoids has announced a new wave of graphic novels for Life Drawn, the literary imprint launched by the publisher earlier this year to publish more serious artsy comics alongside Humanoids' artsy genre comics The imprint is designed to spotlight "personal stories and provocative, political narratives," and the new lineup of titles seems to fit the bill[...]
Humanoids has announced a new literary imprint in 2018, timed to the company’s 20th anniversary of publishing books in the United States Best known for genre works including The Incal (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mœbius) and The Metabarons (Jodorowsky, Gimenez) and internationally renowned creators, including Milo Manara and Jose Ladronn, Humanoids will launching on April 4th, the[...]
Almost a month ago, we reported that Humanoids was looking for a sales & marketing director in Los Angeles Word is that they've found their person Humanoids, Inc has hired Jud Meyers to be their new Director of Sales & Marketing.Jud began his career in comics behind the scenes working for Titan Publishing in London[...]
