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Planned trilogy by the creator of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ focuses on two new characters in Los Angeles.
Just as the Snotgirl ongoing series debuts this week by Bryan Lee O’Malley with artist Leslie Hung, Entertainment Weekly reveals more details on O’Malley’s next graphic novel, coming at an undisclosed date from Ballantine Books.
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Company announces Season 11 by Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs.
Joss Whedon’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” will continue to slay the undead courtesy of Dark Horse Comics and under the guidance of writer Christos Gage and artist Rebekah Isaacs. With Comic-Con International starting tomorrow, Dark Horse announced “Season 11,” which will run for 12 issues starting in November.
Continue reading “‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ comics to continue at Dark Horse”Annual “Can’t Make It To Comic-Con Sale” offers 20 percent off everything on Fantagraphics.com.
If you can’t make it to Comic-Con International in San Diego this year, you can still get some pretty good deals on comics and graphic novels from Fantagraphics. Through July 24, they’re offering 20 percent off everything they sell on Fantagraphics.com.
The sale includes their Comic-Con debuts, including Moto Hagio’s “Otherworld Barbara”, Gilbert Hernandez’s “Blubber” #3 and “Garden of the Flesh,” “Meat Cake Bible” by Dame Darcy and “Real Deal Comix” by Lawrence Hubbard and H.P. McElwee. You can also grab the new “Kramers Ergot” 9 if you are so inclined.
Hickman will write and draw a new Image Comics series, due in November, described as “like ‘Star Trek,’ but super depressing.”
Polygon has the scoop on a new title coming from Jonathan Hickman, his first to write and draw, I believe, since 2008’s “Pax Romana.” Andy Kuhn will assist with layouts.
Described as “like ‘Star Trek,’ but super depressing,” the comic will detail how Earth joined a peaceful galactic community — then got kicked out for being too violent. Eventually that galactic government finds itself at war, and agrees to let Earth back in if they’ll serve as cannon fodder during the war. So Earth sends their prisoners, who had been kept on the moon, to battle.
Continue reading “Hickman heads to space in ‘Frontier’”
