Comic Connoisseur: WONDER WOMAN ARTIST MIRKA ANDOLFO EXPLORES THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF LOVE IN UNNATURAL

PORTLAND, OR, 04/16/2018 — Writer/artist Mirka Andolfo (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells) will bring her gorgeous sensual fantasy UNNATURAL—originally published in Italian as Contro Natura—to Image Comics this July.  In UNNATURAL, a totalitarian government patrols the personal lives of its citizens, punishing transgressors who engage in “unnatural” relationships. According to this regime, individuals may only enter…

Comic Connoisseur: #WEBELIEVE IN COLORISTS APPRECIATION VARIANTS DISPLAY RADICAL IMPACT COLORS HAVE ON ARTWORK

PORTLAND, OR, 04/03/2018 — Image Comics is pleased to reveal the black and white SPAWN #286 cover artwork by legendary artist Todd McFarlane and the seven Colorist Appreciation variants that display the high impact of colorists on the artistic medium.  A selection of bestselling colorists—Moreno Dinisio, Frank Martin, Matthew Wilson, Owen Gieni, Annalisa Leoni, Nikos Koutsis,…

Comic Connoisseur: A BITTERSWEET ADVENTURE OBSESSION ARRIVES IN ANGELIC, VOL. 1

Eisner-nominated writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, CRY HAVOC, X-Men Legacy, Godshaper) and star artist Caspar Wijngaard (LIMBO, Dark Souls, Assassin’s Creed) present readers with an all-new Young Adult fantasy adventure in ANGELIC, VOL. 1: HEIRS & GRACES. It will collect issues #1-6 of the series and hit stores this May. Winged monkeys! Techno-dolphins! Quantum alleycats! In ANGELIC,…

Comic Connoisseur: FROM ISLAND TO GRAPHIC NOVEL: THE PERVERT POISED TO HIT STORES THIS APRIL

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…

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…