Boom! Studios – publishers of quality independent comics (Suicide Risk, Hacktivist, 2 Guns); intriguing takes on superhero motifs (Incorruptable, Irredemable), cool licenced work (Peanuts, Farscape) and just nutso fun stuff (6-Gun Gorilla, Loki: Ragnorak and Roll) – has taken a new step in giving fans a new way to engage with company: BOOM!tube, its brand […]
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Original Author Writes Battle Royale One-Shot!
VIZ Media has announced the release of Battle Royale: Angels’ Border, a new one-shot manga written by Koushun Takami, the writer of the original Battle Royale novel. The manga will tell the full story of the girls in the lighthouse – one of the most striking and disturbing sequences in the novel and subsequent live-action […]
All You Need Is Kill Manga Gets Simultaneous Digital Release!
The manga adaptation of All You Need Is Kill will be released, in digital form, simultaneously with the Japanese release on Thursday, June 19th. Based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s popular novel, the adaptation is the work of Death Note creator Takeshi Obata. Check out the press release, after the jump, for details.
Post-Apocalyptic Undead Rule in Seraph Of The End: Vampire Reign!
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign ‘depicts a stark future where a catastrophic epidemic has killed off every adult on Earth leaving behind a population of children that have been enslaved by murderous vampires.’ As premises go, it’s not the most outrageous – or the least creepy. Its young protagonist, Yuichiro, wants to kill all […]
Usaki Yojimbo–Stan Sakai’s Samurai Rabbit Returns!
Dark Horse Comics has announced the return of one of comics’ most legendary independent creations – Stan Sakai’s samurai rabit, Usagi Yojimbo, in a brand new six-issue miniseries, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (above left). Set twenty years from his present, General Miyamoto Usagi’s army and the forces of the treacherous Lord Hikiji are locked in their […]
Jack Burton Comes to BOOM! Studios!
One of the greatest oddball action movies of all time is getting a four-color take: John Carpenter and Eric Powell have created an on-going Big Trouble In Little China series for BOOM! Studios. The boisterous Jack Burton will tackle new adventures beginning in June. The whole point of the movie was to create a John […]
VIZ Media Shows Range for Free Comic Book Day!
Free comic Day is Saturday and VIZ Media shows off its range with two samplers highlighting all-ages titles Hello, Kitty and Bravest Warriors and more mature fare with All You Need Is Kill and Terra Formers. While almost everyone has heard of Hello, Kitty, Cartoon Hangover’s Bravest Warriors and All You Need Is Kill (hello! […]
Boom! Studios Presents Clive Barker’s Nightbreed!
If you think being an outcast is hard, think how much harder it must be to be a monster. Monsters have always been with us, living in the secret city of Midian. That’s the premise of Clive Barker’s novella and movie called Nightbreed. Now writer Mark Andreyko (Manhunter) and artist Piotr Kowalski (Marvel Knights: Hulk) […]
Comic-Con 2014: Exclusive Naruto Shippenden Statue!
VIZ Media has teamed up with Gecco to produce a special Comic-Con 2014 exclusive Naruto Shippenden statue. The 1/6 scale statue is of Naruto Uzumaki wearing his father’s distinctive red-flamed coat. The Naruto statue will be available at the VIZ Media booth (#2813) during Comic-Con 2014 (July 23rd-July27th). For more, check out the press release […]
Valiant Universe RPG Digital Initiative Launches Today!
Catalyst Game Labs has launched, in concert with Valiant Entertainment, a digital-first rollout of select characters and scenarios from their upcoming tabletop game, Valiant Universe RPG., which goes live on July 5th. Valiant Universe RPG Digital Initiative goes live today with the release of Valiant Universe RPG Quick-Start Rules: Unity, which recreates the first encounter […]
HunterX Hunter Returns to Weekly Shonen Jump!
Hunter X Hunter is back! The ongoing manga action series about the licensed Hunters who track down treasures, magical beasts, and even other people returns to VIZ Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump on Monday, June 2nd. Plans are to publish dedicated volumes collecting the series on a twice annual basis. For more, follow the jump to […]