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Editor Sarah Gaydos Joins IDW Publishing

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IDW Continues to Grow!

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Editor Sarah Gaydos Joins as New Projects are Announced

 

Press Release

Though it’s not yet halfway over, 2013 has already been a banner year for IDW Publishing. In addition to the announcements of a slew of new projects over the last few months, America’s fourth-largest comics publisher is also continuing to expand as the beloved Artist’s Edition line joins Yoe Books and The Library of American Comics as its own imprint. IDW has also seen huge success with the IDW Limited line and announced at C2E2 2013 their status as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s newest Corporate Member.

“April’s numbers show that IDW accounted for 7.5% of the market share in the direct market,” said Publisher and CEO Ted Adams. “That’s the highest percentage we’ve reached as a company so far and we’re looking forward to trying to beat it. We’ve got a dedicated staff and an exciting slate of books on our side, so we’re excited to welcome a strong new Editor in Sarah Gaydos and continue growing even more.”

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SESAME STREET Comics Debuts From Ape Entertainment

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APE ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES
SESAME STREET COMICS!

Sesame Street - Free Comic Book Day Edition

Ape Entertainment and Sesame Workshop release Sesame Street Comics for Free Comic Book Day

 

Press Release

Ape Entertainment today announced in partnership with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, the release of the first comic book featuring the cast of the beloved children’s show Sesame Street to coincide with national Free Comic Book Day on May 4. The new and original comic book series emphasizes educational and entertaining content for younger readers.

A Free Comic Book Day edition of the standard comic will be made available for free from participating comic retailers.  The premier issue of Sesame Street comics will be available in stores nationwide on Wednesday May 1. Produced in full color, the standard Sesame Street comic edition features 5 interlocking covers, which when placed side by side depict an “on the Street” scene featuring Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover and the whole Sesame Street gang. Each of the 5 editions is full color, 28 pages, includes 5 Sesame Street stories and retails for $3.99.

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Elfquest Comes To Dark Horse In Fall 2013

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ELFQUEST COMES TO DARK HORSE!

Elfquest

Elfquest: The Final Quest to launch comprehensive publishing program for all-new and existing material in the fall of 2013!


Press Release

Dark Horse kicked off C2E2 in style, with what is sure to be some of the biggest news of the weekend. Attendees of the Diamond Retailers Summit were the first to hear the publisher’s announcement of an all-new series in one of comics’ most storied worlds!

For generations, the Wolfriders sought a safe haven. Now, in the Palace of the High Ones, they have found it. But with security, the elves lose the skills that made them superb survivors in a harsh world. Elfquest: The Final Quest poses dire questions: Who stays? Who goes back to the forest? And what grim price will the Wolfriders pay?

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Halo Comes To Dark Horse In August 2013

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A NEW ERA OF HALO® COMICS BEGINS AT

DARK HORSE!

Halo: Initiation #1

One of the most iconic video game franchises in history comes to the number-one publisher of licensed comics!

 

Press Release

Dark Horse continues in the tradition of bringing only the biggest and best characters and story lines to comics with the announcement of the Halo: Initiation miniseries, launching in August! This exciting new miniseries will be written by Halo 4 writer and comics veteran Brian Reed, with art by Marco Castiello (Secret Invasion: Front Line, Star Wars: Purge)!

Before she was a supersoldier defending humanity as part of the Spartan-IV program, Sarah Palmer was an ODST—Orbital Drop Shock Trooper—carrying out the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines! See how she became the first Spartan-IV commander in this must-read series for fans of Halo 4 and the Halo franchise!

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Video Trailer For Harbinger Wars: Battle For Las Vegas From Valiant Entertainment

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HARBINGER WARS: BATTLE FOR LAS VEGAS Hits iOS and Android for Free on May 2nd!

Harbinger Wars: Battle For Las Vegas cut screen 1

Press Release

Valiant is proud to announce that its much anticipated free 8-bit mobile game, Harbinger Wars: Battle for Las Vegas, will be hitting iOS and Android devices everywhere on May 2nd!

Available as a free app via the App Store and Android Marketplace, Valiant’s action-packed, retro-styled sidescroller gives users the ability to control Bloodshot or Harbinger’s Peter Stanchek as they fight their way out of a classified Project Rising Spirit compound and directly into the crosshairs of an epic superhuman showdown on the Vegas Strip! 

Out of the pages of Valiant’s smash-hit summer crossover event and onto your favorite mobile device, Harbinger Wars: Battle for Las Vegas is a first-of-its-kind gaming experience that mirrors the events of the ongoing Valiant comic book storyline by Joshua Dysart, Duane Swierczynski and Clayton Henry. Developed in concert with Storm City Entertainment and Gameshastra, Valiant’s first mobile game comes complete with an all-original 8-bit soundtrack, a wide array of Easter eggs for longtime gamers and Valiant fans, and gameplay that emulates some of the most well-remembered console classics of the 1980s.

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Barry Windsor-Smith’s ETERNAL WARRIOR HC Arrives In August 2013 From Valiant Comics

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Barry Windsor-Smith’s ETERNAL WARRIOR Charges Into VALIANT MASTERS

Valiant Masters: Eternal Warrior Vol. 1 – The Fist and Steel HC

Here is a five page preview of Valiant Masters: Eternal Warrior Vol. 1 – The Fist and Steel HC from Valiant Comics on sale in August 2013.

Press Release

Valiant is proud to announce the upcoming release of Valiant Masters: Eternal Warrior Vol. 1 – The Fist and Steel HC – a new hardcover collection re-presenting the legendary debut of Valiant’s original immortal hero for the first time anywhere! 

Arriving in stores this August, the latest Valiant Masters volume presents never-before-collected works by Eisner Award-winner and comics legend Barry Windsor-Smith (Wolverine: Weapon X), alongside all-time classic stories by Jim Shooter (The Avengers, Secret Wars), Kevin VanHook (Bloodshot, Batman Confidential), John Dixon (Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor) and Yvel Guichet (Aquaman, Stormwatch) – all in a deluxe hardcover format!

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Clive Barker’s Next Testament Revealed In May 2013

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BOOM! STUDIOS REVEALS CLIVE BARKER’S NEXT TESTAMENT IN STORES IN MAY

CLIVE BARKER'S NEXT TESTAMENT

Press Release

This May, BOOM! Studios is honored to be the home of the first original comic series created and written by Clive Barker himself – CLIVE BARKER’S NEXT TESTAMENT. With interior art by Haemi Jang (HELLRAISER: THE ROAD BELOW) and covers by illustrator Goni Montes, the twelve issue comic event is a bold new exploration of religious themes as only Barker can deliver.

Julian Demond, captain of industry, has left behind everything to begin a walkabout — he believes he’s on a mission from God. While in the wasteland, he comes across a figure unlike any other, who calls himself Wick…and claims to be God. Their journey will span the globe, as neither man merely wants to make a mark on the world, but a scar. Created by Clive Barker as original comic book concept and co-written by Barker with HELLRAISER writing partner Mark Miller, CLIVE BARKER’S NEXT TESTAMENT marks the first time the master of horror has created and written an original comic book series.

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PETER PANZERFAUST Motion Comics Starring Elijah Wood, Ron Perlman, Summer Glau + more

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PETER PANZERFAUST IS ON THE MOVE

PETER PANZERFAUST

Image Comics/Shadowline Comic Book Series Comes to Life with Motion Comics from Adjacent Productions and Quality Transmedia

Elijah Wood, Summer Glau, Ron Perlman, Dante Basco
voice the series

Press Release

A heartfelt story of friendship and heart-pounding adventure, the Image Comics/Shadowline comic book series, PETER PANZERFAUST, has captured readers’ imaginations. With multiple sell-outs of issues, fans are eagerly anticipating the next stage for the World War II escapade inspired by the classic J.M. Barrie creation Peter Pan. Now the fantastic independent series by writer Kurtis J. Wiebe and artist Tyler Jenkins is set to engross an even larger audience, with Adjacent Productions’ and Quality Transmedia’s fully animated motion comic adaptation, featuring the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Summer Glau, Ron Perlman, and Dante Basco.

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