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…
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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…
Comics You Should Check Out: Marauders #1
The relaunch of the X-men has been great so far. House of & Powers of X set a new foundation for the X-men franchise giving the Mutants new life. In some cases quite literally. Marauders #1 features the reappearance of a long dead mutant named Pyro. Pyro died of the Legacy Virus way back in…
Comics You Should Check Out: House Of X #2
Going into House of X, I had high expectations. This was primarily because I knew Hickman was scripting this. In fact, Marvel has handed the entire mutant franchise over to him. After what he did with the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, I truly believed he would craft an amazing epic for the X-men. So…
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…