Understanding each other is crucial to living in a society. Many of the problems we face today are the result of people closing their eyes and ears to the experiences others go through. But how do you do this? I don’t think there is one person with the solution, but there are many storytellers who…
Category: Comics
Comic Connoisseur: Free Comic Book Day 2018 Gold Sponsor Comic Books Announced
The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee has selected the twelve Gold Sponsor comic book titles for the comic book industry’s most anticipated annual event, Free Comic Book Day. FCBD happens each year on the first Saturday in May at participating comic book shops worldwide, with next year’s event taking place on May 5th, 2018….
Comic Connoisseur: KOT AND ŽEŽELJ’S DAYS OF HATE ATTACKS WITH SHARP AND RELEVANT GENRE THRILLS
For most, comics are an escape. We flip through illustrated stories of characters who overcome great odds, evolve and and develop and all the while gaining an affinity for them. But, just like in any other medium, there are stories that make you think and tell a deeper story. DAYS OF HATE is set in…
Comic Connoisseur: SIENKIEWICZ VARIANT COVERS IN CELEBRATION OF THE WALKING DEAD’S 15TH ANNIVERSARY REVEALED
Image/Skybound Entertainment is pleased to reveal the first two in a series of monthly THE WALKING DEAD variant covers featuring art by Bill Sienkiewicz, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the long-running series. The Sienkiewicz variants begin with Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s THE WALKING DEAD #175 and kick-off the “New World Order” story arc…
Comic Connoisseur: RICH TOMMASO REVEALS NEW CRIME SERIES: DRY COUNTY
With SPY SEAL on hiatus, critically acclaimed cartoonist Rich Tommaso (SPY SEAL, SHE WOLF, DARK CORRIDOR) will launch DRY COUNTY, an all-new crime series, this March from Image Comics. The next chapter of SPY SEAL, titled Flight of the Golden Bells, will kick off in Fall 2018. Read the outline of the series and then…
Comic Connoisseur: KICK-ASS TRADE PAPERBACKS FIND NEW HOME AT IMAGE COMICS
You see it in sports all the time. A high profile player takes his talents to a new team for a fresh start and new opportunities. It doesn’t happen often in comics, but it does. Kick Ass is moving to Image Comics after a successful run on Marvel’s Icon imprint for creator owned properties. The…
Comic Connoisseur: BRUTAL SCI-FI SERIES VS ARRIVES THIS FEBRUARY
Every now and then, a comic artist comes along with a style that is so fresh that you wonder why it took so long for them to get attention. Esad Ribic is one of those artist. His work in THOR: GOD OF THUNDER is just awesome. If you haven’t read that run you are missing…
IMAGE/SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT REVEALS REDNECK VARIANT FOR HOUSTON CHARITY
Image/Skybound Entertainment is pleased to reveal a special REDNECK #7 charity variant to support the Houston Coalition for the Homeless, which features cover art by Nick Derington. REDNECK is a vampire story set in the Lonestar state, created by Texan writer Donny Cates and artist Lisandro Estherran. 100% of proceeds from the REDNECK #7 charity variant…
DC’s New Team, The Terrifics, Takes Center Stage on November’s PREVIEWS Cover
The November edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly PREVIEWS catalog arrives in comic shops on October 25th and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning January 2018. ON THE FRONT COVER: Launching out of Dark Nights: Metal, DC Entertainment introduces the next new title from…
NYCC 2017: INFIDEL—A NEW HORROR SERIES THAT EXPLORES ISLAMOPHOBIA
Bestselling writer and former Vertigo editor Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Aaron Campbell give horror a new name in the forthcoming INFIDEL set to launch from Image Comics this March 2018. Rife with political undertones, the new series will explore Islamophobia through a haunting and chilling story about one American Muslim woman and her multi-ethnic neighbors…