The 12th Doctor is about to wibble-wobble into comics. Beginning tomorrow, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor will be available for pre-orders, with issue #1 appearing in comics shops on October 1st. The ongoing series, written by Robbie Morrison (The Authority, 2000 AD) and illustrated by Dave Taylor (Batman: Death By Design, 2000 AD) will be […]
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Hilarity Ensues Dept.: Munchkin Card Game Comes to Comics!
You’ve got to love a game that has the tagline, ‘Kill the monster. Steal the treasure. Stab your buddy.’ That game is Munchkin and it’s coming to comics, as an ongoing series, courtesy of a new partnership between BOOM! Studios and Steve Jackson Games. Munchkin is planned for a fall release. Gas up your Chainsaw […]
VIZ Media Unleashes 500 Volumes of Manga Through ComiXology!
VIZ Media is already the largest distributor of manga and anime in North America and now they have partnered with comiXology to bring popular manga titles like Naruto, One Piece and Bleach to their platform. VIZ has made more than 500 volumes of manga available through comiXology and manga fans will be able to read […]
Original RoboCop Gets Ongoing Boom! Studios Series!
Boom! Studios is debuting a new RoboCop comic that will pick up where the original movie left off – ignoring the sequel works and featuring the original partnership of Officers Alex ‘RoboCop’ Murphy and Anne Lewis. They will face off against a charismatic criminal name Killian, who was behind bars when RoboCop was created, and […]
BOOM! Studios Launches YouTube Channel!
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 […]
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! […]