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Oni Press Joins IDW International For Foreign Rights Representation
The next team up is IDW Publishing and Oni Press It was announced yesterday that IDW International, their foreign rights management team, has a new partner in the Oregon based publisher. The deal gives IDW management of the non-English foreign rights to creator owned titles like Scott Pilgrim, Queen & Country, Courtney Crumrin, Wasteland, The Sixth[...]
Oni Press Announces Rick And Morty Spinoff Lil' Poopy Superstar At ComicsPRO
Sarah Graley is writing Oni Press' spin-off mini-series of Rick And Morty, entitled Lil' Poopy Superstar It launches on July 13th. Writer / Artist / Cover Artist: Sarah Graley Back-up comics by Sarah Graley and Marc Ellerby Colorist: Mildred Louis Final Order Cutoff: June 20, 2016 In Shops: July 13, 2016 Price: $3.99 Synopsis: Mr Poopybutthole is in trouble, and Summer is the only[...]
A Look At Fresh Romance Vol 1, From Oni Press, Announcing At ComicsPRO
Here's your first look at the cover to Fresh Romance Vol 1, the print version of Rosy Press' digital comic anthology, revealing at Oni Press' presentation at ComicsPRO The critically-acclaimed anthology FRESH ROMANCE is finally available in print! Have you been wondering what the fuss is all about? FRESH ROMANCE is an exciting collection of romance comics[...]
Joshua Hale Fialkov Is Now Creator-Owned Exclusive With Oni Press
Ahead of the ComicsPRO comic book retailer event today in Portland, local publisher Oni Press has announced via the Hollywood Reporter that Joshua Hale Fialkov, co-creator of their series The Bunker and The Life After, has signed an creator-owned exclusive deal with the publisher. Normally people sign work-for-hire exclusive deals Could this be a new thing? And[...]
Antony Johnston Teases The Return Of The Coldest City…
Can you feel the chill? The Coldest City is a graphic novel by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart, published in 2013 by Oni Press and intended to be the first in a series of books all set in Berlin during the Cold War. Well, Charlize Theron is attached to a movie adaptation of that book[...]
The Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List 2015 – 4 To 2
Even during the Thanksgiving holidays, creators were finding themselves hired and fired, at least one abandoning dinner to work on a cover that was needed right then. With a priority of keeping everything on time, he is fearless in demanding pages be pulled from one slightly late artist in favour of another to keep schedule[...]
The Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List 2015 – 7 To 5
He has continued the Earth One original graphic novels, and is currently taking Aquaman back, but has also seen his work spread across DC Entertainment's burgeoning TV series His influence in TV, writing and co-creating the spinoff shows, as well as the cartoons, is now providing a greater influence on DC's publishing than ever before[...]
Another Castle Joins Invader Zim, Rick And Morty In Oni's March 2016 Solicitations
Oni's solicitations for March 2016 include new Rick and Morty, Invader Zim and the brand new series Another Castle by Andrew Wheeler and Paulina Ganucheau. RICK AND MORTY #12 TOM FOWLER (W) • CJ CANNON (A/CA) • RYAN HILL (C) VARIANT COVER BY NICOLE RODRIGUEZ In a very special issue of Rick and Morty, the family finds RICK'S SEVERED[...]
The Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List 2015 – 22 To 20
But more importantly, he has pushed the comics into digest sized foil pack sales items for Ponies, Turtles, Transformers and Skylanders, even palling around with Marvel's Avengers and Star Wars, selling hundreds of thousands and expanding the market to new kids as well The only question is what will they come up with next? Next year's[...]
The Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List 2015 – 37 To 35
Lead A Better Life 36. Raina Telgemeier (NEW ENTRY) Cartoonist and creator of webcomic and graphic novels Smile (A Dental Drama), Sisters and Drama, Rana Telgemeier as emerged as one of the best selling graphic novelists being published today, each of her books selling over a million copies and outselling more traditional comic book creators by a considerable margin, and selling to an audience[...]
The Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List 2015 – 40 To 38
He makes very important day-to-day commissioning decisions, shaping the way IDW looks on a daily basis as the publisher increases in prominence and he keeps a personal eye on the most important licenses while developing his own franchises in the process. Photo by Kendall Whitehouse Position next year depends upon: Whether or not he continues to do[...]
Top 100 Comics In October 2015 – From Iron Man To Black Magick
Invader Zim #4 established itself as a top 100 comic from Oni, at 71. Tokyo Ghost is at 83, Black Magick launched at 99 And Valiant's Book Of Death came in at 96. It was a big month for comics Batman only got the eleventh spot IDW, did well with the launch of Back To The Future[...]
Prints Charming, Rick, Morty And The Fall Of Ninjak
Rick And Morty #1 has gone to 4th print from Oni Press, with this new cover, available on October 14th. Book Of Death: Fall On Ninjak #1 has sold out from Diamond and is getting a second print for 21st October looking a bit like this. Rick And Morty #1 has gone to 4th print from[...]
The Look Of Oni At SDCC '15
Yup, it's about time we start using the SDCC '15 sobriquet… Invader Zim #1 releases July 8th and Bryan Konietzko (Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, and staff member on original Invader Zim show) has produced a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive cover for the first issue. Rick And Morty fans will be able to[...]
Disciples Goes To Second Print, Rick And Morty To Third
Here is the cover to the second print of Disiciples #1 by from Black Mask Comics, after its rapid sellout and rise up the aftermarket. And below, the third print of Rick & Morty #1 from Oni Press… Here is the cover to the second print of Disiciples #1 by from Black Mask Comics, after its[...]
Marvel And Oni Up Their SDCC Exclusive Comic Print Runs
We reported recently on a bunch of comic books exclusive to San Diego Comic Con this year coming through Diamond Comic Distributors. Well, the numbers, it appears, are not enough. Marvel's Civil War #1 Minimates Variant and their Secret Wars #4 Minimates variants see their numbers bumped from 5000 to 6000, and the Star Wars: Lando #1[...]
Antony Johnston's The Coldest City To Be Film With Charlize Theron
Focus Features is moving forward with a film adaptation of the Oni graphic novel The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart The film will star Charlize Theron and be directed by John Wick's David Leitch & Chad Stahelski from a script by Kurt Johnstad. The story is about a super spy (Theron) who, after an underground[...]
Ten Years Later,  Joshua Hale Fialkov Returns To Elk's Run, From Oni Press
In 2005, a young comic book creator Joshua Hale Fialkov wrote a comic book, drawn by Noel Tuazon, and published by Adam Fortier's Speakeasy to what Joshua called "shitacular sales". Ten years later, it's back, collected in hardcover, for November 11th, by Oni Press. The small town of Elk's Ridge was founded as a closed haven, dreamt[...]
Industry Moves – Marvel, Oni Press And Titan Comics
Ructions, ructions, ructions… a few hirings and promotions in comics this week. Titan Comics has headhunted their newest editor Lizzie Kaye from the graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero. She will head up new graphic novels being adapted into English for the first time, including Sean Phillips science fiction Void, the new comics adaptation of Michael Moorcock's Elric saga, and Snowpiercer with new editions of the works of[...]