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Amidst Industry Turmoil, Chris Ryall and Steven Scott Leave IDW
More big changes to the status quo rocked the comic book industry to its foundations Wednesday as Heidi McDonald from ComicsBeat broke the story that Chris Ryall was stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of IDW McDonald obtained an email sent to IDW staff announcing the change internally, which read in part, "I plan to keep making contributions[...]
It's Alive Brings Back Sam Glanzman's 'Combat' on Kickstarter
It's Alive, Drew Ford's IDW reprint imprint (rimprint?), has revealed its next project on Kickstarter: Sam Glanzman's Combat A press release explains the details: Three issues are being Kickstarted by Eisner-nominated IT'S ALIVE! publisher Drew Ford Two of the three issues have already been successfully Kickstarted, but all three will be available in the new campaign[...]
Ted Adams
IDW Founder and CEO Ted Adams has joined the board of directors for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a press release from IDW reveals The match between Adams and the CBLDF seems like a good one, considering the organization whose stated goal is to fight censorship stayed quiet while IDW canceled a G.I[...]
IDW to Finish Image's TMNT Vol. 3 After 2 Decades; Is There Hope for Image United?
3, but 25 years later, rival publisher IDW has resolved to finish the job TMNT Vol 3 ran for 23 issues and notably featured some crossover elements with other Image titles like Savage Dragon. The series wasn't considered canon by Mirage, and was written by Gary Carlson and penciled by Frank Fosco That creative team will return[...]
Tokyopop
Tokyopop and IDW announced today an alliance to distribute Tokyopop's titles to the world through IDW International IDW international will manage Tokyopop's catalog of more than 100 IPs for non-English language markets In a press release, Tokyopop's Stu Levy and IDW's Greg Goldstein exchanged complimentary quotes, fulfilling the sacred ritual required to cement any business deal[...]
Alex Delaware
Barry O'Brien (CSI: Miami) has been chosen as the writer and showrunner for IDW Entertainment's adaptation of the Alex Delaware novels by Jonathan Kellerman First launched in 1985 with When the Bough Breaks, the series of novels follows Delaware, a forensic psychologist working with the LAPD to solve murder cases He is partnered with Milo[...]
Donald Trump
Last week, Bleeding Cool broke the story that IDW canceled Aubrey Sitterson's GI Joe series, Scarlett's Strike Force, making the decision weeks prior to the final order cutoff for the first issue This followed a two-month period of not only refusing to promote the comic themselves, but, according to Sitterson, prohibiting him from promoting it[...]
GI Joe
IDW has responded to the premature cancellation of Scarlett's Strike Force, the upcoming GI Joe comic by Aubrey Sitterson and Nelson Daniel, but not in an official statement to a news outlet The publisher has responded to at least one reader who emailed the company to express disappointment in IDW for cancelling the book before[...]
Sword Of Ages By Gabriel Rodriguez Gets A Trailer Ahead Of Wednesday Launch
Sword of Ages, the new five-issue miniseries from Locke and Key co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez, has gotten a launch trailer from IDW THR had the EXCLUSIVE reveal, and will continue to rake in the sweet, sweet views via the embedded video at the bottom of this article. Hitting stores on Wednesday, Sword of Ages is basically Arthurian[...]
Scarlett's Strike Force #1
There's still more than a week before the December 5th final order cutoff for retailers to order Scarlett's Strike Force, the new GI Joe series launching out of IDW's First Strike super-mega-crossover event But before all the orders are in for the first issue, set to hit stores on December 20th, the book has already[...]
Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder Comes To Comics Next Summer
Snyder III will be adapting the Scudder novel 8 Million Ways to Die as a new 144-page graphic novel due out in June of 2018 from IDW Publishing. The novel tells of Scudder in a crime-ravaged 1980s New York City as he hunts down a serial killer / hitman A seemingly simple assignment turns into a[...]
Darkness Visible: IDWE Developing Supernatural Comic For TV
If IDW Entertainment (IDWE) has its way, Darkness will be descending upon our screens sooner rather than later Less than a year after it was first published, Mike Carey (The Girl with All the Gifts), Brendan Cahill (The Harcourt Legacy), Joana Lafuente and Arvind Ethan David's (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) hit supernatural comic miniseries Darkness Visible is being adapted[...]
IDW To Publish Hugo Pratt's The Man From The Great North In English This Month
Later this month, IDW will publish the first English language edition of Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt's The Man From The Great North, billed as the first english language edition of the book When we first saw the press release, we assumed it was some kind of Wolverine prequel, but it turns out that's not what it's[...]
Goosebumps
IDW Publishing has kicked off a new comic series, Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight, based on the universe of popular kid-horror author R.L Stine I got a chance to talk with writer Jeremy Lambert about the new project and playing in such a beloved universe as Goosebumps. DAN WICKLINE: You are diving into the very popular universe[...]
ghostbusters comic
A Twitter tease from IDW writer/editor Tom Waltz may have given us a clue to what's next for the company's licensed Ghostbusters franchise following the current Ghostbusters: Answer The Call mini. It looks like Erik Burnham and Dan Schoening will be back with another series in February, just in time for… a Halloween themed villain? Well,[...]
Locke & Key
Director Andy Muschetti's It reunion continues rolling along, as Owen Teague (Bloodline) has been tapped to join the cast of Locke & Key, Hulu's one-hour horror/fantasy drama adaptation of the IDW comic by Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez Teague will be joining previously announced castmates Frances O'Connor; fellow It actors Megan Charpentier and Jackson Robert[...]
Beauty Of Horror coloring book
From there, he decided to do a full fledged coloring book. Since Robert had already done three or four horror books on his own, he proposed the idea to IDW on April 1st of last year Within minutes they replied with an enthusiastic yes — and it was no joke The first The Beauty of Horror[...]
big hero 6
We've got some breaking news out of the IDW panel at New York Comic Con tonight IDW has announced plans to publish a Big Hero 6 comic with Disney. The announcement follows a partnership earlier this year with Disney to publish Star Wars comics aimed at kids, one which continues to expand, and they've long worked[...]