They may no longer be publishing a Rick & Morty ongoing series, but Oni Press has one-shots and mini-series aplenty. In their August 2020 solicitations, that means Birdperson getting their own comic book, and the finale of the Rick & Morty Goes To Hell mini-series. And all this comes alongside original graphic novels Titan from […]
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[...]
Jack Kirby once said, "Kid, you haven't made it in comics until you've had your first super-mega-crossover event." Well, it looks like Catalyst Prime, the self-billed "most diverse universe of heroes" in comics has finally made it, because this July, the Lion Forge imprint will run it's first super-mega-crossover event, Seven Days Written by Gail[...]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on a large number of layoffs at Lion Forge Comics in St Louis, Missouri, as they undergo significant restructuring We were told twelve had gone, and named Senior Editor Greg Tumbarelloas one of them However, we also understand that departing staff have signed non-disclosure agreements as part of their package and so[...]
At New York Comic Con today, Lion Forge announced a new series launching in April 2019 Called r(ender), the comic is notably not only for featuring parentheses in its title and refusing to follow the rules of capitalization but also for being written by rising star Leah Williams with art by Lenka Šimečková.In a press release, [...]
Lion Forge has announced a new graphic novel series for its cat-themed middle-grade readers imprint, Caracal Called Underfoot, the series is written by Ben Fisher and Emily S Whitten with art by Michelle Nguyen and is planned to last for three volumes, with the first hitting stores next April.In the press release, Fisher said:
Emily and I[...]
Lion Forge, home of Catalyst Prime (now with added Gail Simone), has another title to launch in November: a certain Quincredible (which they trademarked earlier in the year).
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(W) Rodney Barnes (A) Kelly Fitzpatrick, Selina Espiritu (CA) Michelle Wong
Quinton, a high school sophomore, is looking to live his best life by moonlighting as a superhero[...]
Continuing their hiring spree, Lion Forge has brought on Andrew E.C Gaska to the position of Senior Development Editor In the role, Gaska will help develop new IP for Lion Forge in both comics and animation Gaska will also work with Lion Forge's licensing department and Jill Gerber on developing educational graphic novel projects[...]
Tomorrow at San Diego Comic-Con, Lion Forge is sponsoring the Diversity and Inclusivity panel, but they aren't waiting until tomorrow to announce that they'll be publishing cartoonist Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir next spring What's that all about, you ask? A press release is happy to answer the question:
Maia Kobabe (who uses the pronouns[...]
