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Something Is Killing The Children Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Erica Slaughter: Year One
Hot off the announcement of Tiny Onion's seed funding and expansion into a production company, at ComicsPro's Annual Industry Meeting, Boom Studios is promoting the 10th anniversary of creator James Tynion IV's debut as an original author at the publisher with The Woods In a first for Boom, they are centring one of their Free[...]
James Tynion IV is twiddling his Batman thumbs
Lyrical Media is a film production company best known for producing films Bruiser, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and Mother, Couch. They have now put the seed investment behind James Tynion IV's Substack publisher Tiny Onion, now launched as an independent multimedia production company Which they state have "aggressive plans for the new independent production[...]
DSTLRY April 2024 Solicits & Solicitations
Dstlry is launching Spectregraph #1 in their April 2024 solicits and solicitations by James Tynion IV and Christian Ward, as well as pushing The Blood Brothers Mother #1 by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso for May. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Spectregraph #1 BY JAMES TYNION IV AND[...]
Late Night Scoop: Ben Abernathy, Batman Group Executive Editor, Quits DC Comics
First as Director – Talent Relations in 2015, then as Batman Group Editor in 2019, which began with his hiring of James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez to take over from Tom King on the main Batman book, as well as later hiring Chip Zdarsky to replace Tynion As a result of such successes, Ben[...]
Dstlry March 2024 Solicits
White Boat #1 by Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla, for March, Spectregraph #1 in April by James Tynion IV and Christian Ward, and The Blood Brothers Mother #1 by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso for May. Here's how they break down in Dstlry's March 2023 solicits and solicitations, as well as listings for Jock's Gone, and[...]
PrintWatch: Brzrkr: Fallen Empire and Something Is Killing The Children
find that could have driven him to such violence? The heart is as much a weapon as any in B.'s arsenal… Created by the iconic Keanu Reeves, BRZRKR and The Batman Part II screenwriter and Eisner Award-nominated writer Mattson Tomlin (A Vicious Circle, Batman: The Imposter) is joined by hit artist Rebekah Isaacs (Buffy the[...]
Did You Get The Surprise Gabriel Rodriguez Dracula #1 Variant Today? 
We told you recently that the Department of Truth team of James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds were getting some good buzz on their Universal Monsters: Dracula limited series from Image/Skybound that hit stores today. This week, retailers got more than just the copies of Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 they ordered – they also found a[...]
Blue Book
Published digitally on Substack, James Tynion IV, Michael Avon Oeming and Tom Napolitano are bringing their new prequel Blue Book to Dark Horse Comics, set a decade and a half before Blue Book: 1961 and when "Betty and Barney Hill excited the public with their alien encounter story, there were years and years of suspected[...]
Will James Tynion IV’s Take on The Original Bat-Man Make Dracula a Hit? 
Over the last four years, there's been no more of a sure thing that James Tynion IV, whose meteoric rise in 2019 with Boom Studios' Something is Killing The Children and Batman reached even higher heights with his Image Comics hits Department of Truth and WorldTr33, capped off by an Eisner Award win just months[...]
James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edera Launch Book Of Butcher #1
The creative team of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera behind Something Is Killing The Children have a new spinoff from Boom Studios, for the end of 2023 Along with colourist Miquel Muerto and letterer AndWorld Design, alongside guest creators Tate Brombal, Antonio Fuso, Chris Shehan, and Letizia Cadonici to kick off Year Five of[...]
James Tynion IV & Joshua Hixson's The Deviant From Image Comics
The Deviant is a new 9-issue Christmas horror mini-series by James Tynion IV, Joshua Hixson, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou from Image Comics. As snow falls over Milwaukee in 1972, a blood-stained Santa Claus commits unimaginable atrocities against young men Fifty years later, a troubled young writer interviews this so-called "Deviant Killer," who still maintains his innocence[...]
The Devil's Cut From Dstlry Got Over 50,000 Orders
Dstlry, the comic book publisher formed from the ashes of Comixology, revealed that its first publication, the 88-page $9.99 short story collection The Devil's Cut, received orders exceeding 50,000 from comic book stores, as well as the sales they made at San Diego Comic-Con where the book debuted last month. The Devil's Cut cover Dstlry's The Devil's[...]
Cover image for TRANSFORMERS #1 CVR A JOHNSON & SPICER
Image Comics' October 2023 solicits and solicitations are here, with Transformers #1 from Daniel Warren Johnson and Skybound, as well as Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, Destiny Gate from Ryan Cady and Christian DiBari, Hack/Slash by Zoe Thorogood, A Haunted Girl by Ethan and Naomi Sacks and Marco Lorenzano, the[...]
Something Is Killing The Children #31 Orders 142% Higher Than Previous Issue
at aroWhile orders going up on a series nearly three years into a series is highly unusual, we've seen this phenomenon when James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's megahit SIKTC returns for a new story arc after a hiatus At the time, we speculated that orders might jump even higher at FOC… and it appears[...]
James Tynion IV & Martin Simmonds' Universal Monsters: Dracula
So, Skybound has added to their Hasbro licenced line with a deal with Universal Products & Experiences, and has announced Universal Monsters: Dracula, a new four-issue comic book limited series from James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds through Image Comics, who recently gave us The Department Of Truth, looking at all sorts of myths, legends[...]
Something Is Killing The Children #1 Pen & Ink Selling For $150
James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's Something Is Killing The Children has long been a collector and aftermarket darling and is making waves again this week As Bleeding Cool reported, last week's Something Is Killing The Children Pen & Ink #1 black-and-white reprint orders were larger than many new launching titles these days, but even[...]
Something Is Killing The Children #31 Sees Orders Jump By 30%
James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's Something Is Killing The Children continues to be a creator-owned juggernaut that surprises everyone The Empire of the Tiny Onion that Erica Slaughter built has a streaming series in development at Netflix (currently paused due to the WGA strike), sold countless single issues and collections, spawned the record-shattering House[...]
Cover image for DEVILS CUT ONE SHOT CVR A JOCK (MR)
Mirka Andolfo, Brian Azzarello, Marc Bernardin, Elsa Charretier, Becky Cloonan, Tula Lotay, Jamie McKelvie, Stephanie Phillips, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ram V, Becky Cloonan, Francesco Francavilla, Lee Garbett, Joelle Jones, Ariela Kristantina, Tula Lotay, Jamie McKelvie, Junko Mizuno, Eduardo Risso, Christian Ward and Jock all contribute to the launch comic from Dstlry Media, the[...]
James Tynion IV & Maria Llovet Create Comic About Sandman's Thessaly
James Tynion IV, the showrunner for DC Comics' line of spinoff Sandman comic books is working on a new one-shot with Maria Llovet with one Sandman character who has become more controversial in recent times, especially since she last had a spinoff series back in 2004 Thessaly, the witch who first appeared in Sandman's A[...]
From The Ashes Of ComiXology Rises DSTLRY
Mirka Andolfo, Brian Azzarello, Marc Bernardin, Elsa Charretier, Becky Cloonan, Lee Garbett, Jamie McKelvie, Jock, Joëlle Jones, Tula Lotay, Junko Mizuno, Stephanie Phillips, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Ram V, this is DSTLRY. The New York Times states that DSTLRY will give its creators an equity stake in the company and quotes chief executive Steinberger[...]
How To Find Image Comics' W0rldtr33 #1 Misprint Copies
Word on the street is that W0rldtr33 #1,  James Tynion IV's latest Image Comics launch with Fernando Blanco is hitting a high mark already, weeks before even being released (now set to 4/26 on sale for #1) Recently we shared a rare snafu with the first printing that'll likely have misprinted copies floating around, but[...]
Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos in Dark Horse June 2023 Solicits
The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Nick Robles and Isaac Goodhart, Lunar Lodge #1 by Tyler Marceca and Mirko Colak, and Savage Squad 6 #1 by Robert Venditti, Brockton McKinney and Dalts Dalton all launch in Dark Horse Comics' June 2023 solicits and solicitations. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]
W0RLDTR33 #1 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco & Jordie Bellaire
Back in October, Bleeding Cool ran a bit on a new series called W0rldtr33 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire and Aditya Bidikar "In 1999, Gabriel, Amanda, Liam, Yoshi, and Darren discovered what they dubbed the Undernet—a secret architecture beneath the internet They charted their exploration of the Undernet on a private message board[...]
GLAAD 2023 Comics Award Nominations Name More Than Just The Writer
Here are the 2023 nominations for outstanding comic book and outstanding graphic novel and they mention… everyone! Okay, almost everyone. GLAAD 2023 Comics Award Nominations Name More Than Just The Writer GLAAD 2023 Outstanding Comic Book I Hate This Place, by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge, Pat Brosseau (Image Comics) Immortal X-Men, by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, Michele Bandini, David[...]
Batman: Failsafe Hardcover 80,000 Printing, Nightmare Country 60,000
And it looks like there's decent confidence, with a first printing of the hardcover of 80,000 copies, in addition to the 100,000+ sales of each individual issue in print, with digital and paperbacks to come. And while former Batman writer James Tynion IV hasn't come close to those numbers with his Sandman: Nightmare Country series with[...]
Marvel Comics
Separated At Birth! Gerry Duggan's Iron Man Vs James Tynion's Batman! During his run on Batman, writer James Tynion IV write a Bruce Wayne who had lost his fortune, taken by the Joker And unable to operate from Wayne Manor anymore Instead, the poverty-stricken Bruce Wayne took a "brownstone" property in the heart of Gotham. Batman[...]
Cover image for MASTERS OF UNIVERSE MASTERVERSE #1 (OF 4) CVR C ARAGONES
Blue Book #1 indicates James Tynion IV bringing a bunch of his Substack books to Dark Horse Comics But also in the Dark Horse February 2023 solicitations are Where Monsters Lie #1 by Kyle Starks and Piotr Kowalski, the return of Masters of The Universe as Masterverse by Tim Seeley, Sergio Aragones and Eddie Nunez,  a[...]
James Tynion IV Takes Substack Titles To Dark Horse Comics
On his Substack newsletter, James Tynion IV has just announced that his original Substack comic book titles won't be going to Image Comics along with Department Of Truth Wilf Fictions as you might have expected but will be joining his friend Scott Snyder at Dark Horse Comics This is a massive win for Dark Horse,[...]
Sandman Returns in 2023 With Nightmare Country - The Glass House
The hardcover will have cover art by Alex Eckman-Lawn with a mini-print of Death by Jenny Frison. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Between now and then, The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives by Pornsak Pichetshote and Jeff Stokely, launching on[...]
James Tyion IV Moves Onion Club From Substack To Third Eye
James Tynion IV was probably the highest profile comic creator to launch their comic book offerings on Substack a year-and-change ago, quitting the DC Comics monthly Batman comic book to do so, and launching his Tiny Onion subscription Substack service with the premium level The Onion Club, offering a series of premium variant covers of[...]