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Image announces brutal revenge thriller Shanghai Red

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Image Comics has announces that Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back), artist Joshua Hixson (The Black Woods), and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Felix & Macabber) are teaming up for the brutal revenge thriller Shanghai Red, set to launch this June. “Moving to Portland, Oregon was the thing that jump-started my comics career, so […]

Stellar takes off this June courtesy of Image and Skybound

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Image Comics has announced the upcoming release of the spacefaring sci-fi series Stellar from writer Joseph Keatinge (Shutter) and artist Bret Blevins (New Mutants). “Stellar is a capstone to everything I’ve written before, in a lot of ways,” said Keatinge. “It’s a sci-fi book reflecting on sins’ past effect on the future, and overcoming them […]

Dark Knights Rising and Saga top bestselling comics and graphic novels of February 2018

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Dynamite Entertainment has released details of its bestselling titles of February 2018, which sees DC’s Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1 leading the biggest selling comic books, and Image Comics’ Saga Vol. 8 topping the graphic novel chart. Marvel Comics was February’s top publisher with a 34.86% retailer dollar share and a 36.94% unit […]

Ace Atkins’ acclaimed Crossroad Blues gets graphic novel adaptation

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Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist turned New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins and artist Marco Finnegan (Last Fair Deal Gone Down) are teaming up for a graphic novel adaptation of the beloved first novel of the Nick Travers series, Crossroad Blues. After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings […]

Comic Book Review – Kick-Ass #1

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Harrison Abbott reviews Kick-Ass #1… In October 2014, Mark Millar appeared to definitively finish with one his most lucrative properties; Kick-Ass.  Having developed the violent-universe and its larger-than-life characters over the course of 8 years (it started life in 2006 as a completely different project) 23 issues, 2 movie adaptations and a separate spin-off volume, Millar […]

Doomsday Clock and The Legend of Korra top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of January 2018

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Diamond Comic Distributors have shared details of the bestselling titles of January 2018, with DC’s Doomsday Clock #3 topping the comic book chart and Dark Horse Comics’ The Legend of Korra Vol. 2 leading the pack in terms of graphic novels. Check out the sales stats and publisher charts here… Top 10 Comic Books of […]

New story arc of The Wicked + The Divine will provide key answers to mysteries surrounding the gods

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Image Comics have announced that Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie are set to launch a brand new story arc in The Wicked + The Divine #34, which promises to answer long-asked questions about the gods and unveil key events from Ananke’s history. Check out a preview here… “Like all the years, we take a new […]

The Walking Dead 15th anniversary variant covers revealed

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As Image Comics and SKybound Entertainment continues its 15th anniversary celebrations of The Walking Dead, we’ve got a look at three new Bill Sienkiewicz variant covers for issues #177, #178 and #179 featuring The Governor, Andrea and Carl; check them out here… The Walking Dead #177 goes on sale on March 7th, with #178 following […]

Lucifer showrunner penning Skyward series for Image Comics

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Image Comics has announced that Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson is teaming up with artist Lee Garbett (Lucifer, Loki: Agent of Asgard) for an all-new gravity-defying series entitled Skyward, which is set to launch this April. “Skyward is my all of my favorite things mashed together,” said Henderson. “It’s a coming-of-age story filled with action and humor, devastation […]