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Yesterday, the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group announces the hiring of Alex Segura as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, formerly Archie Comics Co-President and before that DC Comics Executive Director of Publicity Segura will oversee Oni-Lion Forge's publicity, marketing, and sales efforts across various channels in addition to bringing over fifteen years of editorial,[...]

Lion Forge and Oni Press have their combined November 2020 solicitations… withe original graphic novels aplenty – but also Rick And Morty comics, including the famed assassin Jaguar getting the lead… RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS JAGUAR #1 CVR A ELLERBY ONI PRESS INC. Rick & Morty Presents Jaguar in Oni/Lion Forge November 2020 Solicits SEP201356 (W) Marc Ellerby (A/CA) Marc[...]

Rick & Morty give Birdperson a comic of their own in Oni Press' August 2020 solicitations, alongside a bunch of new original graphic novels.

Back in October 2017, it was announced that Lion Forge had acquired (whatever that means) comic industry veteran Heidi MacDonald's comics news and reviews blog, Comics Beat or The Beat It was announced that Heidi would remain Editor-in-Chief, while Lion Forge owner David Steward II would become publisher, and the site would fall under the newly[...]

For its first super-mega-crossover event, Lion Forge's Catalyst Prime universe is going all in A universe-shaking threat? Check Heroes of the world need to set aside their differences and unite to stop it? Check Shocking character deaths? Check But before we go on, you should know that this article contains spoilers for Catalyst Prime: Seven[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Lion Forge had announced plans to expand a vital safety net for the comic book direct market by establishing The Forge Fund in partnership with Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc). Lion Forge will donate $100,000 of seed money to establish[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con this morning, Lion Forge was not talking about new comic books They had something else to announce The Forge Fund.  They will be working with book industry charitable foundation BINC on a new programme to help comic book stores Whether that's getting grants, helping stores[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con this morning, Lion Forge announced plans to expand a vital safety net for the comic book direct market by establishing The Forge Fund in partnership with Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) Lion Forge will donate $100,000 of seed money to establish the fund as well[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on the merger between Oni Press and Lion Forge, under the auspices of Lion Forge parent company Polarity, and the layoffs that immediately followed said merger Several former Lion Forge and Oni employees spoke about their departure on social media, though details were relatively slim, seemingly due to contractual clauses[...]

Lion Forge announced earlier today that they have merged with Oni Press, which has recently been acquired by Lion Forge parent company Polarity, a holding company launched last year by Lion Forge co-founder David Steward II Steward, who serves as CEO of Polarity, addressed potential layoffs in a New York Times interview with one brief[...]

Lion Forge has announced a new original graphic novel to be published under the Young Adult imprint, Roar, from Glint writer Samuel Sattin and artist Jen Hickman Bezkamp is set for a release in October, and is announced in conjunction with WonderCon this weekend While this new series pledges to be enjoyable for readers young[...]

Lion Forge has announced another creator-owned series to launch in September from writer Brian Joines and artist Jake Elphick.  The series claims to combine Fast and Furious with Back to the Future and The Hunger Games What, no Game of Thrones? And oh, did we mention there's dinosaurs? The press release provides a description of[...]

Lion Forge has announced plans to collect Witchy, the Ignatz-nominated ongoing webcomic by Ariel Slamet Ries, at C2E2 today The comic releases new episodes every Tuesday and Friday, but now you can read a version that trees died to produce and that you have to pay for, as comics were meant to be The press[...]

The deluge of news and announcements from C2E2 is in full swing, and Lion Forge has announced a new series that won't actually debut until October at the Chicago convention Billed as "a story of friendship, sisterhood in a fight against unsurmountable odds, with a few twists and turns along the way," Army of One[...]

Lion Forge has announced a new series by Adam Smith, V.V Glass, and Hilary Jenkins at Emerald City Comic Con The comic is called At the End of Your Tether, and here's what it's about: It's 1997 and Ludo is heartbroken Arlo was the only real bond he had made in a stiff military upbringing[...]