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Star Wars Adventures: Weapon of a Jedi #1 and an adaptation of The Phantom Menace sees Star Wars top IDW Publishing's solicitations for May 2021 This is followed by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's Comic Book History Of Animation, a collection of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tempest, Kim Dwinell's[...]

Of late IDW, has published hundreds of Magic: The Gathering comic books, as part of their ongoing license with Hasbro, that also sees them publish Transformers, My Little Pony and GI Joe But in September 2019, something bad went down and the announced Magic The Gathering: Chandra: The Trials Of Alara series by James Asmus[...]

IDW Entertainment has their April 2021 solicitations up early, and Bleeding Cool is up to the task A new Canto series, a new Godzilla series, Transformers/My Little Pony gets a sequel, Star Wars: The High Republic keeps rolling, and we have a brand new graphic novel of note, The Delicacy Here's the rest of what[...]

It was one of the most unexpected Hasbro brand mashups from IDW, My Little Pony/Transformers And it's getting a sequel in April 2021. While using a modified Spacebridge to bring magic to Cybertron, the Decepticons end up unleashing a more powerful evil from Equestria than they ever could've imagined Two worlds collide in the return of[...]

You can check out last week's edition right here to catch up. Jobwatch: image by Dirk Wouters from Pixabay Manager, Creative Affairs IDW Entertainment Los Angeles Metropolitan Area DW Entertainment, the entertainment division of IDW, seeks a Manager of Creative Affairs to work closely with IDW Publishing to support the transition of graphic novels, prose and other material into television, films, and other[...]

Scorpion Comics has announced an exclusive variant cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto for the upcoming comic book from IDW and Disney Comics, Uncle Scrooge #1 Except it seems that IDW hasn't actually announced such a comic book, and it's not in their March 2021 solicitations. A New Uncle Scrooge #1 From IDW For 2021? The cover credits seem[...]

And now it's time for the IDW Publishing March 2021 solicitations, with new Godzilla, a new Disney OGN with the classic characters, and all the Transformers, GI Joe, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Star Trek and more. GODZILLA UNNATURAL DISASTERS TP IDW PUBLISHING JAN210426 (W) Chris Mowry, Ulises Farinas The King of the Monsters is back in this compendium collecting[...]

Now, IDW is going to get them to pay for it all again with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 Director's Cut 64-page special, due to hit stores in March 2021. Credit: IDW Featuring never-before-seen layouts from Kevin Eastman, story notes that date back decades, character designs, script pages, and much more, the Director's Cut[...]

IDW has announced a 50,000 print run for their the second printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 They have only had 37,000 preorders, but last time they printed too few and had to allocate copies to retailers by around a fifth, driving prices skywards This does however make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The[...]

The exclusive distributor of DC Comics, Dark Horse and IDW graphic novels to bookstores, Penguin Random House has just bought the exclusive distributor of Boom Studios, Oni Press and Rebellion to US bookstores, Simon & Schuster Obviously, there are other factors involved as well, but that's the comic book relevance right there Because ViacomCBS has[...]

The new Boom Studios February 2021 solicitations, as Bleeding Cool mentioned before, includes a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Faith comic book as well as

IDW Publishing has their full February 2021 solicitations, including their first Transformers: Beast Wars series, a new Star Wars Adventures: High Republic series and new series Chained To The Grave launching by Brian Level, Andrew Eschenbach and Kate Sherron. TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS #1 CVR A JOSH BURCHAM DEC200412 (W) Erik Burnham (A/CA) Josh Burcham Celebrating 25 years of Beast[...]

Let's see what this new punny series from IDW is about. Scarenthood #1 cover Credit: IDW Scarenthood #1 is a strange one It follows Cormac, a man who begins to get to know the parents of the kids that his daughter goes to school with This comic takes place in Ireland, so perhaps this is a thing[...]

Now, it seems that more werewolves are joining in on the swamp party in this comic from IDW, written by Marieke Nijkamp, drawn by Yasmin Florez Montanez, colored by Rebecca Nalty, and lettered by Danny Djeljosevic The first issue of this series featured some underwhelming creature design but some interesting character beats[...]

From the rather wonderful comic book Sleeping Beauties based on the original novel by Steven King and Owen King, and adapted by creative team Rio Youers and Alison Sampson, published by IDW. Peach Momoko's Sleeping Beauties Are Too Much for eBay The unfortunate seller Yasha Stacks found eBay deleting his listing for selling "adult items"[...]

Copies were exchanging hands for $50 before publication, but have now settled to an average $20 a piece with higher prices for some of the (many) retailer exclusive variants. But there may be another issue, as a number of copies appear to have been printed by IDW with a peculiar misprint, with pages that look bleak. Courtesy of[...]

Retailers ordered more than IDW was expecting, as a result stores got around 20% less than they ordered And as a result, copies have been selling for silly amounts Thankfully, my own store, Piranha Comics in Kingston On Thames, had plenty of copies for customers this morning. TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 The Remaining Turtle Revealed[...]

In July, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Chris Ryall was leaving  IDW Publishing as Chief Creative Officer, President and Publisher, after many years at the publisher We then learned that his position would be taken over by a number of people Jerry Bennington was named as President of IDW Publishing, while Jud Meyers was named[...]

It wasn't that long ago that Lorelei Bunjes, lifelong comic book fan and Vice President Technology & Information Services at IDW Publishing oversaw the Doctor Who line at IDW when I wrote the Tenth Doctor story, Room With A Deja View Bunjes began as a director of IDW in 2008, was promoted to Vice President[...]

We have the full IDW Publishing January 2021 solicitations As GI Joe gets a Yearbook reprint, Captain Marvel gets a Marvel Action series – and a Marvel Action Origin too, and John Romita gets a more affordable Artisan Edition – and a Smithsonian Birds Colouring Book! JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ARTISAN ED IDW PUBLISHING NOV200362 (W) Stan Lee (A/CA)[...]

Last week, IDW told folk that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 comic book, written by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and scheduled for publication on the 28th of October, had received 130,000 pre-orders from comic book retailers, but that they were going to a second printing already, and that they were providing retailers[...]

Diamond Comics has issued the following missive to retailers explaining why they won't be getting quite as many copies of TMNT: The Last Ronin, the new Turtles comic book writer by Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Regarding TMNT: The Last Ronin #1, IDW unfortunately set print quantities in advance of FOC due to considerations stemming[...]

IDW Publishing's Top Shelf has joined with Campbell for this new version of the classic, fully restored and with color added, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the book with From Hell: Master Edition It may have been a tour de force in black and white, and it's fun to joke around, but any lover[...]

IDW Publishing has announced a new bit of Transformers nostalgia-bait coming in 2021 Back in 1996, the Transformers: Beast Wars series captured the hearts of fans with computer-generated animation, and IDW intends to pay homage to that landmark series for its 25th anniversary Erik Burnham, longtime Ghostbusters writer for IDW, will join with mainstay Transformers artist Josh Burcham for a[...]

And we got some merchandise news… following up on the many key recreations that have been available to buy from the Locke & Key series, created by the Skeleton Crew Studio – well, now you get to buy one from Sandman as well. Skeleton Crew Studio and IDW Create Sandman Key To Hell Chris: There will be[...]

Consider it more of a warning, in case it's an issue. Walter Simonson Mighty Thor Artisan Edition, courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors. WALTER SIMONSON MIGHTY THOR ARTISAN EDITION TP IDW PUBLISHING SEP190744 (W) Walter Simonson (A/CA) Walter Simonson WALTER SIMONSON'S MIGHTY THOR ARTISAN EDITION, collecting seven complete issues of Simonson's Transcendent run on The Mighty Thor, including the groundbreaking first story[...]

Credit: IDW Publishing The story is one that fans of the books will find familiar… but in a comfortable way rather than a hackneyed way Writer Marieke Nijkamp introduces Blake, a young girl with what seems to be a tragic (recent) past whose life is uprooted when she must move in with her aunt in a town[...]

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[...]

However at the end of the year, she may be getting another profile boost, drawing a new origin of Spider-Man – and Thanos. From 2010 to 2018, she worked for the French event company TGS Evenements, creating all their visual communication campaigns and all of the mascot family for their pop culture events, including two published[...]

I know I'm meant to be focused on the Transformers: Escape series from IDW's December 2020 solicitations But this coverless-so-far solicitation caught my eye – a new Marvel Action series of IDW written by Chris Elopolous and drawn by Lanna Souvanny telling the origins of Marvel characters for a younger audience and beginning with Peter[...]