Comic Connoisseur: FIRE POWER BY KIRKMAN & SAMNEE #23 FIRST LOOK

TIME TO SLAY A DRAGON Skybound revealed a first look at Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee #23, from the legendary team of writer Robert Kirkman, artist Chris Samnee, colorist Matthew Wilson and letterer Rus Wooton.   Face to face with the dragon! The long-awaited dragon fight is here, and not all of your favorites may make it…

Comic Connoisseur: IMAGE TO PUBLISH SCOTT SNYDER & TONY S. DANIEL’S DYSTOPIAN THRILLER NOCTERRA THIS MARCH

Batman and Death Metal writer, Scott Snyder, along with artist Tony S. Daniel are bringing their new series, Nocterra, to Image Comics this March. The shaded world of Nocterra was first introduced through the wildly successful Kickstarter campaign which ran in October 2020 and offered backers a stab at highly collectable editions of Nocterra content including special prints, a…

Comic Connoisseur: COM2US, SKYBOUND, IMAGE COMICS ANNOUNCE SUMMONERS WAR: LEGACY COMIC BOOK

LOS ANGELES 07/19/2020 — Game publisher Com2uS has teamed up with Skybound/Image Comics to create Summoners War: Legacy, a brand-new comic book series based on the worldwide mobile phenomenon Summoners War. Revealed during the “Skybound X Summoners War” panel at Skybound Xpo, Summoners War: Legacy is helmed by Justin Jordan and Luca Claretti and serves as an action-packed prequel to…

Comic Connoisseur: THE WALKING DEAD SERIES WILL BE IN FULL COLOR FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS OCTOBER

Recently, the iconic series, The Walking Dead, was featured as an Humble Bundle with all of the collected issues and specials. I picked picked it up even though I already read the series start to finish. Will I read it again? Most definitely. But this time, it will be in glorious color. That’s right the…

Comic Connoisseur: SPAWN #300 J. SCOTT CAMPBELL COVER REVEALED

Image Comics is pleased to reveal the highly-anticipated J. Scott Campbell cover for the upcoming milestone SPAWN #300 issue by Todd McFarlane, President at Image Comics and creator of SPAWN. This is just the first of many exciting cover reveals to come on the #Roadto300! The record-setting SPAWN #300 hits stores on Wednesday, August 28.

Comic Connoisseur: MIRKA ANDOLFO’S UPCOMING MINISERIES—MERCY—IS PENNY DREADFUL MEETS DARK SHADOWS

Bestselling creator Mirka Andolfo (Unnatural) teased her upcoming Image Comics miniseries, Mercy, last week with the promise to unveil more exciting details about the goth-inspired, Victorian monster series as the 2020 United States launch date approaches. The series will launch first in Italy from Panini this November, followed by 2020 releases in France from Glénat and…

Comic Connoisseur: DAN WATTERS, CREATOR OF NEW GRINDHOUSE, SANDMAN-ESQUE FANTASY COMIC BOOK SERIES COFFIN BOUND, TO APPEAR AT SDCC

Co-creator and writer of the highly anticipated new comic book series Coffin Bound, Dan Watters, will appear at San Diego Comic-Con this year as a panelist on Image Comics’ “Bone-Chilling Insight into Bestselling Horror Comic Books” alongside Ice Cream Man‘s W. Maxwell Prince, Infidel‘s Pornsak Pichetshote, Gideon Falls‘ Jeff Lemire, Die‘s Kieron Gillen, and Bitter Root‘s Chuck Brown. The panel will…

Comic Connoisseur: SONATA’S BRIAN HABERLIN AND DAVID HINE RETEAM FOR THE MARKED—A BEWITCHING NEW SERIES LAUNCHING THIS OCTOBER

PORTLAND, Ore. 07/08/2019 — Image Comics is pleased to announce that the critically-acclaimed creative  team behind the smash-hit series Sonata—Brian Haberlin and David Hine—will reteam for an all-new ongoing fantasy series this October, titled The Marked and perfect for fans of the The Shadowhunters and Charmed.  The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed…

Comic Connoisseur: SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT TEAMS WITH UNIVERSAL PICTURES ON ADAPTATION OF ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI’S OBLIVION SONG

PORTLAND, Ore. 06/11/2019 — Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures announced this morning that the sci-fi drama Oblivion Song—based upon the New York Times bestselling Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) and artist Lorenzo De Felici’s bestselling comic book series of the same name—is being developed for film.  Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Jon Mone and…

Comic Connoisseur: DEBUT ISSUE OF NEW TECH THRILLER COMIC SERIES THUMBS RUSHED BACK TO PRINT THIS WEEK

PORTLAND, Ore. 06/10/2019 — Award-winning playwright and comics writer Sean Lewis and award-winning artist Hayden Sherman’s new technology thriller Thumbs is being rushed back to print this week to keep up with customer demand. Imagine someone like, say, Mark Zuckerberg created his own army of tech-obsessed teens and directed them to take on the government. What would the…