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Bleeding Cool scooped the news on Friday that Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment had the Transformers and GI Joe licenses from Hasbro and that they would make their first appearance in Void Rivals #1, out next week from Image, already pitched as a shared universe storytelling comic by Robert Kirkman, Matheus Lopes and Lorenzo De[...]

So, sales of Void Rivals #1 out next week have shot up on eBay for some reason especially the unseen 1:100 variant cover by Daniel Warren Johnson

Well, now Bleeding Cool has confirmed that Image Comics/Skybound are the new publishers of Transformers and GI Joe comic books, with the first appearance in next week's Void Rivals #1, out on Wednesday But what of Larry Hama? He's just celebrated his 74th birthday, but he is working away. In June 2022, with the news that[...]

That the Transformers and GI Joe will be making their debut appearance together for Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment in Void Rivals #1, out next week And this will begin a new Skybound comic book license with Hasbro for Transformers and GI Joe This comes just as the new film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts'[...]

Last Thursday, Skybound hosted a retailer-only call about Void Rivals, the new series from Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici that launches in June and promised some big reveals, including the secrets behind the debuting new shared universe before the debut issue FOCs on the 22nd of May While Bleeding Cool wasn't invited (seriously, it was for the beat) we[...]

We told you last October that Skybound was partnering with popular fantasy author Shawn Speakman and his company Grim Oak Press to launch The King-Killing Queen, which was meant to kick off a new fantasy trilogy that would also mark the company's first novel campaign on Kickstarter It's a move that makes sense for Skybound,[...]

Back at ComicsPRO in February, Skybound's Morgan Perry announced Void Rivals, a new ongoing comic book series by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici While any new launch from Kirkman is notable and De Felici made some waves with his creator-owned series Kroma, reuniting the team behind Oblivion Song is certainly a strong statement from[...]

Back in 2022, when so many of us believed Black Adam was going to be a hit and not doom future DCEU movies, we told you that the new Image/Skybound series Dark Ride from Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan was one to watch thanks to the "Not-Officially-Disney-So-No-One-Gets-Sued" variant covers. Then we told you again to make[...]

Skybound Entertainment concluded their first-ever ComicsPRO presentation by saving the best for last, as Morgan Perry (Brand Manager) from Skybound announced Void Rivals #1, the debut issue of an all-new series beginning in June from Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici, AKA the team behind the series Oblivion Song.  And while there's no news on Jake[...]

Skybound Entertainment took the stage today for their first ever ComicsPRO presentation with Morgan Perry, their Brand Manager and one of retailer Brian Hibbs' favorite people in comics, with a spotlight on some of their biggest books for the year including Michelle Fus' Ava's Demon and Dylan Burnett's Arcade Kings But they also announced that[...]

Heart Attack by Shawn Kittelsen and Eric Zawadski will now be published by Skybound and Image Comics in September 2023. "Heart Attack began 10 years ago as a story about young lovers fighting for equal rights in a post-pandemic future But with every year since 2013, that future became disturbingly present, from videos of police killings to[...]

Before Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan's new Image/Skybound series Dark Ride debuted in October, we warned you that the "Not-Officially-Disney-So-No-One-Gets-Sued" homage variant covers art directed by Tony Fleecs were the best investment . Now with the Christmas season upon us,  some of the top speculators in comics, led by CBSI and Simplemans Comics are giving us[...]

If you've been watching Comics Vault Live, you know that fans of the the monthly streaming show produced by Skybound are pretty insistent on bringing Mystery Boxes back and host Shawn "Big Clutch" Kirkham has announced that he'll oblige (with a special twist). Prepping for the @Skybound @comicsvaultlive CGC Mystery Box sale on Nov 17th[...]

So if I must expand, webcomics creator Michelle Fus recently launched their Ava's Demon Book Two: Aftermath Kickstarter campaign in partnership with Skybound, following up the 2020 campaign for Book One that set a webcomics crowdfunding record with over a half million dollars. Now, Ava's Demon Book Two has racked up $476,000 all but guaranteeing it[...]

And then there was Skybound, who partnered with Michelle Fus to bring their popular Ava's Demon webcomic to print for the first time, amassing a then-record setting half million dollars. But now Skybound and Fus are back with a new Kickstarter for Ava's Demon Book Two: Aftermath and they're already on pace to reclaim their crown[...]

It's been a big week for Invincible, the popular Image/Skybound series from Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley that just announced some big 20th Anniversary plans (including the first ever video games based on the franchise). #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()[...]

Skybound has announced the kickoff of its year-long 20th-anniversary celebration of Invincible, the comic series from Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker & Ryan Ottley that got turned into an Amazon Prime cartoon The series follows teenager Mark Grayson discovering that having his father's superpowers and being a hero isn't what he expected Invincible #1 debuted in[...]

Skybound Entertainment has published prose novels before, but only ones related to The Walking Dead Now it seems they are expanding further afield with Shawn Speakman's The King-Killing Queen. Shawn Speakman, editor of the Unfettered fantasy anthologies, and author of The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey and The Dark Thorn, has a new book coming, though[...]

After the pre-release buzz on Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan's Dark Ride #1 from Image/Skybound, which hit stores this week, we told you that the series was showing all the signs of being the next big hit indie series And it's not like we didn't warn you about the "Bat-Bump" prophecy over a month ago…[...]

One of Skybound's most promoted new series of the year has been Kroma, a new series from Oblivion Song's Lorenzo De Felici that is meant to be the next "prestige" series from the company, following the massive success of Ultramega last year Certainly, Skybound wants fans making that comparison between the two series, from each[...]

Here's a late-night look at some job moves in and around the comic book industry just in time for the comic book industry Covid spike gossip of Manhattan bars.  Keep your ears open, let me know what you hear. Four Moves At Boom, Skybound, Aftershock & Mad Cave Before NYCC 1 Breanna Sarpy Breanna Sarpy moves from Boom[...]

Tomorrow sees the release of Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan's Dark Ride #1, one of the big new launches from Skybound and a book that might well receive the prestigious Bat Bump straight into a first-day sell-out But it turns out that Williamson and Bressan had one more trick up their sleeves, as we've heard[...]

Skybound has revealed the lineup of creative teams for the next issue of its Creepshow anthology comic Creepshow #4 will feature two stories, one by the creative team of Kyle Starks and Fran Galán, and the other by Henry Barajas and Dani Creepshow is a comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero's hit Shudder TV[...]

Skybound has been pushing the reuniting of Joshua Williamson (Dark Crisis) and Andrei Bressan (Justice League Incarnate) on Dark Ride #1 as one of the must-read new comics of the Fall Certainly, the duo has had success with their Skybound series Birthright – which is in development as a film series with Universal – and[...]

This year, Skybound has been publishing Lego Ninjagogo comic books through Image Comics And now fans of the plastic Danish bricks are being asked to vote on a variant cover for the upcoming Lego Ninjagogo Vol 1: Garmadon collection being published through the children's book publisher Ameet. Vote On Skybound Ninjagogo Comics Cover Starting today and running[...]

Over the last two years, Shawn "Big Clutch" Kirkham has built Comics Vault Live into one of the most popular monthly comics streams, quickly expanding from Skybound (where he's an SVP) exclusive graded variants to new releases from Image and Boom! Studios, which have skyrocketed in value with collectors and speculators.  But this week CVL[...]

Stafford bringing his Extra Fabulous webcomics to print for the first time – along with a new party card game—in partnership with Skybound  That was then and now The Extra Fabulous Experience has become the #3 webcomics Kickstarter graphic novel of all time with almost half a million dollars at $471,229 haul after its recent[...]

Halloween happens in October, so naturally everyone wants to launch a horror comic then, but doesn't that just mean they're all going to get lost in the shuffle? But the folks at Skybound know how to think outside the box, which is why they decided to launch their horror comic, a new Creepshow anthology, in[...]

Skybound Entertainment, the production company behind The Walking Dead and published through Image Comics issues a message to comic book shops about this week's issue of Skybound Presents: Afterschool anthology horror comic The comic's story by Kate Herron, Briony Redman and Leila Leiz is about "a horrifying tale soaked in blood and…feathers? "Scratches to mark[...]

Shawn Kirkham, longstanding Senior Vice President, Business Development of Skybound Productions, the people behind The Walking Dead and more, tweeted out the following news earlier this week, with accompanying photos. #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 */ Security footage courtesy of Shawn[...]