Mike Richardson is best known for being publisher of Dark Horse comics, but he’s also a multiple Eisner Award nominate writer of such titles as 47 Ronin, The Secret, and The Atomic Legion. Now he has written a four-issue miniseries that ‘takes fanily matters to a whole new level.’ It’s been twenty years since Silas […]
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Preview: Usagi Yojimbo: Senso #1
Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is one of the longest-running creator-owned comics characters in the world. His rabbit samurai has become beloved around the world. Now, Sakai looks twenty year’s into Miyamoto Usagi’s future, as he fights against the most treacherous of enemies – until they must unite against an even greater foe. Think anthropomorhic samurai […]
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 […]
Dark Horse Presents: The Return of Big Guy and Rusty, the Boy Robot!
One of the more delightfully odd partnerships in comics is Big Guy and Rusty, the Boy Robot. Created by Geof Darrow and Frank Miller, this futuristic romp once inspired a remarkable Saturday morning cartoon series back when that was where cartoons lived. Along with Steve Parkhouse’s Resident Alien, Brendon McCathy’s Dream Gang, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin […]
Artists Rally Around Usagi Yojimbo Creator with Tribute/Benefit Book!
According to a press release from Dark Horse Comics (read it after the jump), Stan Sakai and his family have hit a rough patch. Dark Horse has announced The Sakai Project: Artists Celebrate Thirty Years of Usagi Yojimbo as both a tribute to and benefit for Sakai, creator of the critically acclaimed Usagi Yojimbo series […]
Dark Horse Donates Over 3000 Digital Comics to Children’s Cancer Association!
Dark Horse Comics is donating their entire digital catalogue – over three thousand comics – to the Children’s Cancer Association. The company is also donating four iPads to the charity for the CCA’s use. Check out the press release, after the jump, for details.
Oscar-®Winning Producer Brings Webcomic to Dark Horse; Miniseries To Follow!
Aron Warner won an Academy Award® as producer of Shrek. Today, Dark Horse has released a collection of his webcomic – co-written with Philip Gelatt and drawn by Brett Weldele – Pariah: Volume 1. It’s the story of a group of genetically engineered supergenius teens – called vitrios; and their exile to a decrepit satellite […]
The End of an Era: Disney Moves Star Wars Comics Licence From Dark Horse to Marvel!
Dark Horse Comics has announced that Disney, the new owner of Lucasfilm, has decided to move all future Star Wars comics publishing to Marvel beginning in 2015. Dark Horse has created and published a multitude of Star Wars titles over the more than two decades it has held the licencing for the franchise – […]
Dark Horse WTF Moment: Aliens-Prometheus-Predator!
Coming in June 2014.
Dark Horse Sets March 22, 2014 As Hellboy Day!
Hellboy turns 20 in 2014 – the twentieth anniversary of the release of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 will be in March. Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will celebrate March 22, 2014 as Hellboy Day. As part of the celebration, there will be events planned for comics shops around the country. A 20 […]
Dark Horse Touts Juice Squeezers: Kids Vs. Big Bugs Series in 2014 Free Comic Book Day Offerings!
David Lapham (Stray Bullets) is bringing a modern take on the big bug movies of the ‘50s to Dark Horse Comics with Juice Squeezers – about ‘a covert group of tweens who form the main line of defense for the residents of Weeville against an army of giant bugs.’ The series is so highly regarded […]