Inspired by the Greek myth of Demeter and her daughter, Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky’s graphic novel Persephone follows a young girl whose search for the truth about her identity leads her on a journey deep into the Underworld. Persephone will published under BOOM! Studios’ Archaia imprint and will be in stores in May 2018.
Tag: Graphic Novels
Introducing the 49th President of the U.S. – Kim Jong Un!
The press release for UnPresidential says it all: If you think comic book readers and retailers were outraged about Captain America being a Nazi in the pages of Marvel Entertainment’s SECRET EMPIRE event, wait ’til they get their hands on UnPresidential, the new graphic novel from Man Vs Rock. In the sure-to-be controversial book, Kim Jong […]
comiXology Originals Completes Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost!
Harvey Kurtzman was an original – best known for creating MAD Magazine, he left several uncompleted projects behind when he died in 1993. One of those was Marley’s Ghost – his adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Now comiXology Originals has – with the approval of and under the supervision of the Kurtzman estate […]
Chuck Palahniuk Creates Graphic Novel You Get to Color for Dark Horse!
When is a coloring book not a coloring book? When it’s a semi-DIY graphic novel by the author of Fight Club and a trio of highly regarded artists. Legacy: An Off-Color Novella for You to Color, by Chuck Palahniuk – with art by Mike Norton and Steve Morris (and a gorgeous cover by Duncan Fegredo), is […]
20th Century Fox Film Acquires Minority Share of Comics Publisher BOOM! Studios!
Twentieth Century Fox Film has announced a strategic investment in comics and graphic novels publisher BOOM! Studios – a deal that gives the film studio a ‘significant minority stake in the largest independently-controlled comic book and graphic novel library.’ The deal also extends BOOM Studio’s first look movie and TV deal with Fox. TCFF is […]
Dark Launches On ComiXology!
Dark Horse Comics and ComiXology have announced a digital distribution agreement that will bring Dark Horse’s library of collections, graphic novels and manga to its audience through ComiXolgy. All Dark Horse’s titles will be available, digitally, through Comixology on the same day that print versions hit the shelves in bookstores. For further details, follow the […]
BOOM! Studios Showers Us With New TPB Collections For Spring!
For BOOM! Studios, spring means showers of trade paperback collections of some of their hottest titles: Lumberjanes Vol. 1 (above), Bee and PuppyCat Vol. 1, Translucid (complete miniseries), Clockwork Angels (complete miniseries), Thomas Alsop Vol. 1, and Cow Boy Vol. 1: A Boy and His Horse, its first time in softcover. For details, follow the […]
After Twenty Years: The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past Returns!
The graphic novel The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is returning to North American stores after an absence of twenty years. The full-color ooksgraphic novel, by Shotaro Ishinomori, is being published by VIZ Media’s Perfect Square imprint an will be available in May. For more, follow the jump.
March: Book Two Is Now Available!
March: Book Two is the second volume of the autobiography of John Lewis who gives us ‘a first-hand experience of milestone events that transformed the nation’ throughout the Civil Rights Movement. The critically acclaimed first volume was the first graphic novel to win the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and is now used in classrooms nationwide. Three major universities […]
The Ballad of Halo Jones: Play It Again, Yortlebluzzgubbly!
There are a lot of tough ladies in science fiction – Robert A. Heinlein’s Friday, Tanya Huff’s Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr, David Weber’s Honor Harrington – and I love them all, but when push comes to inevitable shove, I have to say that my favorite is Alan Moore’s Halo Jones – whose adventures in England’s […]
Movie News: Terry Moore’s Comic ECHO to Become Feature Film
As Hollywood Studios continue their fascination with turning comic book’s into action movies, word out of the industry, via Variety Magazine is that Terry Moore’s comic ECHO is the latest in line to become a full length, big screen action movie. Echo has been optioned by Lloyd Levin, who was a producer on another graphic […]