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While Zenescope shifts most of their publishing schedule to one-shot stories told in annuals and quarterlies, Grimm Fairy Tales remains as their one monthly title This long-running series, the company's flagship, is now on the 42nd issue of its second iteration Let's see how this issue, which brings Baba Yaga back into the fold, plays out. Grimm[...]

Zenescope Entertainment has officially announced a major change to its 2021 publishing program as well as an initiative to work alongside retailers This year, the publisher, which celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, will shift the structure of its interconnected Grimm Universe The Grimm Universe, an interconnected series of stories made up of the company's flagship title[...]

Comics publisher Zenescope Entertainment has had a few of their Grimm Fairy Tales spinoffs become breakout hits for them, including Wonderland, Robyn Hood, and especially Van Helsing. Van Helsing, which tells the tale of steampunk vampire hunter Liesel Van Helsing, daughter of the icon from Bram Stoker's novel, has been adapted into a post-apocalyptic thriller by SyFy and has[...]

Zenescope time? It was one of the deals between DC Comics and Diamond Comic Distributors, that they would almost always get on of the covers to the Previews catalogue every month DC leaving Diamond for UCS and Lunar (now just Lunar) freed up a lot of catalogue covers of late, which is why their catalogue[...]

Conspiracy: Planet X continues Zenescope's comic anthology of sci-fi horror, but there may be more tying these stories together than what initially seemed. Conspiracy: Planet X cover Credit: Zenescope Entertainment Up until now, Conspiracy has been structured like some of Zenescope Entertainment's previous anthology series, such as Grimm Tales of Terror and early issues of Grimm Fairy Tales before[...]

Zenescope Entertainment, an indie publisher that is celebrating its fifteenth year publishing horror and dark fantasy comics, is debuting their January 2021 offerings here at Bleeding Cool The company known for long-running titles such as Grimm Fairy Tales and Robyn Hood, as well as occasional licensed titles including Charmed and Se7en, is following through on what editor Dave Franchini told[...]

Zenescope Entertainment has big plans for their titles in 2021, including some stories that may surprise readers who believe they know what to expect from the indie comics publisher Continuing from our conversation earlier this week with VP of Film & Television Ralph Tedesco about Zenescope's plans for virtual conventions, editor and writer of Belle[...]

Pennsylvania-based comics publisher Zenescope has stood out among publishers as far as the sheer amount of virtual conventions and events they're doing The company's VP of Film & Television, Ralph Tedesco, spoke exclusively to Bleeding Cool about the company's plans for their upcoming slate of virtual content. Preview of the new exclusive cover by Sun Khamunaki[...]

After last month's Belle: Ghosts & Goblins, writer Dave Franchini is back with another one-shot continuing the adventures of the character that has essentially become the Batman of Zenescope's interconnected titles, the Grimm Universe In Belle: Hearts & Minds, Franchini crosses the title over with another Zenescope title, the horror comic Gretel, about a witch hunter who kills evil[...]

One of Zenescope's newer series, Belle, takes the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale icon and reinvents her as a Batman-esque supernatural detective Is her latest one-shot, Belle: Ghosts & Goblins, a good introduction to the character? Belle: Ghosts & Goblins cover Credit: Zenescope Belle: Ghosts & Goblins marks a huge improvement in writer Dave Franchini's writing[...]

Zenescope Entertainment will reach a major milestone in its upcoming December 2020 releases The company, known as some of the longest-running indie series in comics, will publish the 50th issue of their Van Helsing series Over the course of Liesel Van Helsing's creation in 2013's Unleashed event, the character has faced off against horror icons[...]

Zenescope's latest anthology series Conspiracy follows a formula somewhat similar to their Grimm Tales of Terror series In this sci-fi thriller, though, instead of using urban legends as a basis for a horror comic, this series tackles a different conspiracy theory in every issue In this one, Conspiracy: Black Knight Satellite, writers Hans Rodionoff and Goldbergs creator Adam[...]

Zenescope Entertainment, the Pennsylvania-based comic book publisher, known for Grimm Fairy Tales and Robyn Hood, hosted their Virtual Cosplay Con this weekend The competition, which can be watched here, featured popular cosplayers as judges where fans of their comics showed off costumes ranging from Angel's Illyria to an original take on Pokémon's Misty to some of Zenescope own[...]

On the heels of launching a Kickstarter to fund the production of their first card game, Tarot: A Game of Souls starring their Grimm Tales of Terror mistress of horror Keres, Zenescope has unveiled their November solicitations As their relaunch of Grimm Fairy Tales, which began with a new #1 after a landmark 125th issue, reaches its 43rd issue, other[...]

Zenescope Entertainment continues its expansion into the world of games, following up their Wonderland board game with a new card game that has launched on Kickstarter The game, Tarot: A Game of Souls, casts one of the company's flagship characters, Keres the Death Goddess, as the star of this game of fates. Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco are the[...]

Zenescope Entertainment is known for its interconnected superhero/horror universe populated by public domain characters, but they have also, in recent years, specialized in horror anthologies One of their longest-running series, Grimm Tales of Terror, takes urban legends and spins them into modernized, standalone stories that always come with a harsh twist at the end[...]

Zenescope Entertainment has sent the following letter to retailers, specifically those who sell Zenescope comic books on Amazon Marketplace They write; Dear Valued Retailer, Please be advised that if you are reselling our products Amazon you must sell them at our MAP (manufacturers approved pricing) That price is the retail price printed on our books and the[...]

In an exclusive announcement at Bleeding Cool, Van Helsing and Robyn Hood publisher Zenescope Entertainment are here to announce Zenescope Virtual Cosplay Con for this August This event follows their Virtual Beach Con, which saw the publisher leave behind the traditional San Diego Comic-Con route by doing precisely what they've done since they started publishing comics: their[...]

Pennsylvania publisher Zenescope Entertainment have been redefining their brand of "bad girls" comics as an interconnected universe of indie horror and superhero comics As indie companies attempt significant shifts, with Vault Comics taking a gamble on longer titles again while Terry Moore's Abstract Studios foregoes single issues altogether for the upcoming title Ever, Zenescope is rolling[...]

Search "Zenescope" on Twitter, and you'll find a comics community, with professionals included, that assume Zenescope Entertainment's Grimm Fairy Tales is… well, fully porn It's understandable to an extent, with the covers that lean heavy on the J Scott Campbell, aesthetic Founders Ralph Tedesco and Joe Brusha have spoken at length about how said covers are a marketing technique[...]

As the entertainment industry prepares for a digital San Diego Comic-Con in an effort to avoid spreading the ultimate con crud, rogue publisher Zenescope Entertainment refuses to play by the rules The Horsham publisher, founded by Joe Brusha (formerly known by stage name Joe Tyler) and Ralph Tedesco, has long been an outlier in the comics community[...]

Now here is everything from Marvel, Image, IDW, Boom, Dark Horse, Action Lab, Oni Press, Titan, Vault, Zenescope and more, also from Diamond. DARK HORSE ART OF GUILD WARS COMPLETE ARENANET 20TH ANN ED HC (C: 1-1-2 05/20/20 DARK HORSE BANG #1 (OF 5) 3RD PTG 05/20/20 DARK HORSE BLACKWOOD MOURNING AFTER #3 (OF 4) CVR A FISH 05/27/20 DARK HORSE BLACKWOOD MOURNING AFTER #3 (OF[...]

Kaleidoko, Experience Level Entertainment, Legion M, and Collider are putting on a Wondercon replacement, but one publisher has more recent experience in doing such things, Zenescope Zenescope Entertainment is running its second online comic convention this year It is scheduled for Wednesday to Saturday, April 15th to April 18th, noon to 5pm each day Zenescope's[...]

The 15 Years of Zenescope panel at C2E2 2020 didn't include any announcements of upcoming books or insights into future projects However, it featured the co-creator of the company Ralph Tedesco and his insights into how the publishing company got its humble beginnings 15 years ago Additionally, the panel featured the Zenescope and Marvel cover[...]

The have cpmic books. And their line of not-quite-ready-for-Funko vinyl figures… And plenty of exclusive patches, stickers and pins to go with their not-exclusive product… And a distant flash of Zenescope… What do you see at the show? Feel free to send it in to richjohnston@gmail.com. Catch up with all Bleeding Cool's New York Comic Con coverage with this handy[...]

Zenescope has officially announced its own Zenescope Comic Festival in Philadelphia in 10 days' time. Three events will take place on the weekend of August 24th–25th The festival will bring comic book artists, creators, fans, and local vendors together — but you'll only be able to go if you have a VIP membership of Zenescope's Loyalty Program[...]

Zenescope Entertainment made their mark on the comic industry by tapping into the public domain and spinning up a Grimm Fairy Tales series that took the character of Snow White and made her a guardian of the realms Named Sela Mathers, the character got a more modern and very comic book like make-over as did[...]

Zenescope miniseries Belle: Beast Hunter, Robyn Hood: the Curse, and Peek a Boo reach their respective finales. Zenescope's June solicits give details for these anticipated endings. Full details here.

Plus, Zenescope's Van Helsing Versus volumes are getting re-released These can be found in the publisher's May 2018 solicits Details below. #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 */ MAR182108 JASMINE CROWN OF KINGS #1 (OF 5) (W) Howard Mackie (CA) Igor Vitorino New Series Starts Here! When a fiery[...]

Grimm Fairy Tales: Tales of Terror, by Joe Brusha and Eric J, the Dance of the Dead TPB, by Anne Toole, Enn, and Fritz Casas, are coming out in March of 2018 by Zenescope Plus, Robyn Hood, Peek a Boo, and Musketeers continue their runs[...]