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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[...]

But for the last seven years, he has been working at Skybound Entertainment as an Editor Now, however, he is off Jon tweeted out the news "So long, @skybound! It's been real." Shawn Kirkham Senior Vice President, Business Development replied "It's been fun dude Congrats on the new adventure." Jon Moisan reminisced " Man, looking back on[...]

It's supposed to be a place to have fun, not to scare the crap out of you! Nevertheless, the pair are creating a new comic called Dark Ride at Skybound/Image in October that brings real horror to a horror-themed amusement park And as we all know, stories about destinations meant to be fun that disguise[...]

Skybound has been a significant player in the world of graphic novels on Kickstarter with a diverse slate of campaigns, from Michelle Fus' Ava's Demon, breaking past the rare $500,000 mark, to a deluxe edition of Excellence from Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez & Deron Bennett that involved hip-hop icon MURS, their continued relationship[...]

When Shawn "Big Clutch" Kirkham returns with a new Comics Vault Live stream from Skybound in one week on Thursday, 16th of June, it will be with new drops from Attack Peter, the artist behind the Ultramega #1 variant that sold for $1100 last year This time, Attack Peter is back with a new variant[...]

Is any comic book license safe from the all-encompassing IP appetite of Robert Kirkman?! Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment will launch a new Creepshow comic book anthology in September, a comic based on the Shudder TV series based on the 1982 George Romero and Stephen King film inspired by the EC Horror Comics of the 1950s Or,[...]

Skybound Entertainment announced today the return of Comics Vault Live at their Skybound Xpo on Friday, the 20th of May Shawn "Big Clutch" Kirkham is celebrating in the biggest way possible — SEVEN new drops, the largest number on the stream so far this year – and a history of those becoming quite hot with[...]

Skybound Comet, the new original graphic novel imprint aimed at Young Adult (Ages 12+) and Middle Grade (Ages 8-12) audiences, today announced its star-studded lineup of all-new OGNs launching in Spring and Summer 2023 everywhere books are sold. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

Image/Skybound announced Skybound Presents Afterschool, a new miniseries debuting in June that takes the familiar cautionary tales we've all learned in our youths and flips them on their (severed) heads Morals have eroded Your kids are out of control Skybound's new teen horror anthology is going to teach them a lesson It's what they deserve, those[...]

From Travis Beacham, this action, romance, coming-of-age story delivers an unprecedented sonic experience via binaural action sequences, original music and incomparable sound design, all of which come together to bring to life this post-apocalyptic world in visceral detail. An incredible action, romance, coming-of-age story with binaural action sequences, original music, and incomparable sound design, from Travis[...]

Well, looks like I am not the only one, she has been headhunted by Skybound Entertainment, Robert Kirkman's studio which publishes through Image Comics And is the new Skybound Editorial Brand Manager Skybound is best known for publishing the comic book The Walking Dead, but also Invincible and more. Morgan Perry from Linkedin Arune Singh, Director of[...]

Image Comics/Skybound is launching a new supernatural horror comic book from Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin and Lee Loughridge which needs asterisks in the title, F*ck This Place, a new supernatural horror series to launch in May Indeed, the Image Comics PR needed two for its title, "WHAT THE F*CK IS F*CK THIS PLACE". Heavens to Betsy. New Image[...]

Of course, she would make the transition from games to comics and is now the main character of her own graphic novel series. "Clementine Book One" cover art from Image/Skybound Image/Skybound unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming Skybound Comet release Clementine Book One, the new Young Adult graphic novel from award-winning writer/artist Tillie Walden (Spinning, On A[...]

A week after series star Steven Yeun aka Mark Grayson offered some thoughts on the second season, Skybound Entertainment announced a business move that should get Invincible fans even more excited On Tuesday, it was announced that Emmy Award-winner Marge Dean (Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Crunchyroll, and more) had been appointed as Head of Skybound Entertainment's[...]

Invincible artist William Crabtree is suing Robert Kirkman over animated series profits, claiming he was tricked to give up his copyright.

Image Comics and Skybound have announced Stillwater: The Escape #1, a new one-shot special issue of the horror comic book series from Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez Stillwater: The Escape promises to deliver "chilling tales of lives upended" in March 2022 Chip posted to his newsletter "We've rounded up some amazing talent to tell[...]

[Photo editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com] Now, that was all the advice I offered when I thought it would be Marvel or Boom getting the license, but now that I know it's Skybound, I have another idea for you, free of charge A great idea, I'm sure you'll agree. We all know that DIC taking over the[...]

Shoes seemed to be falling everywhere. Skybound logo Four days ago we followed up, reporting that "the most likely place to find new Transformers and GI Joe comic books later into 2022, will be Image Comics" as well as saying "I don't know whether the production will be through an existing Partner studio that publish through Image[...]

Many of the year's hottest new limited-edition drops have come from Comics Vault Live, the hit stream hosted by Shawn "Big Clutch" Kirkham and produced by Skybound But the biggest drop might be their Tyler "No Relation to Big Clutch" Kirkham variant to Invincible #1 in partnership with Whatnot, the Twitch-meets-eBay app that's been signing[...]