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Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner return to tell short stories about the characters introduced in ‘Stray Dogs.’
This December you’ll be able to learn more about the different canines who appeared in Image Comics’ recent Stray Dogs miniseries.
Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner’s litter of dogs — who also appeared in one of Image’s Free Comic Book Day titles this year — will return for a two-issue miniseries, Stray Dogs: Dog Days. It’ll feature short stories about each of the dogs.
Continue reading “‘Stray Dogs’ returns in December with ‘Dog Days’”Robert Venditti and Michael Avon Oeming present stories about Krypton before the planet-wide cataclysm.
DC Comics has announced a new six-issue World of Krypton miniseries, focusing on Superman’s homeworld before the events that destroyed it and sent him rocketing into space.
Robert Venditti and Michael Avon Oeming will shine “new light on the famous characters of Krypton’s past—including Jor-El, General Dru-Zod and even a young Kara Zor-El,” aka Supergirl. They also promise an appearance by Krypto as a puppy.
Continue reading “‘World of Krypton’ will feature Jor-El, catastrophe — and puppy Krypto”DC Comics reveals more details on Mariko Tamaki and Ivan Reis’s ‘Detective Comics’ story that kicks off in January.
Although Fear State is just getting underway in the Batman titles, DC has already announced a story line that will follow in its wake, beginning in January — “Shadows of the Bat.”
The 12-week event will run though Detective Comics, beginning with a “prelude” story in the 2021 annual, which comes out in November. Then, in January, the story will continue in Detective Comics #1047 by Mariko Tamaki, Ivan Reis and Danny Miki.
Continue reading “‘Shadows of the Bat’ will follow ‘Fear State’”IDW joins Marvel in moving away from Diamond, who will still offer IDW comics as a wholesaler.
IDW Publishing and Penguin Random House Publisher Services have announced that Penguin will exclusively distribute IDW’s comics and graphic novels to the direct market, beginning June 1 of next year.
The news follows Marvel’s similar announcement from earlier this year. IDW joins both Marvel and DC in moving away from Diamond Comics Distributors as their single path into comic shops.
“IDW succeeds when the Direct Market succeeds,” said IDW Publisher Nachie Marsham. “No matter how amazing our comics and graphic novels may be, it’s the retailers that are connecting readers with our stories. Because of that, I couldn’t be more excited about our future with Penguin Random House and I have the utmost confidence that every store, no matter the size, will see the benefits of the high levels of care and service that PRHPS brings.”
Continue reading “IDW jumps to Penguin Random House for direct market comics distribution”“Whatever you think a Sabretooth story will be, this’ll be that plus *extra*.”
Author Victor LaValle, whose books include The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver and The Changeling, will write a new Sabretooth series for Marvel that kicks off in January.
LaValle will team with artists Leonard Kirk and Rain Beredo to show readers what the mutant psychopath has been doing since being exiled to the “pit” underneath the island of Krakoa.
Continue reading “Learn what Sabretooth’s been doing underneath Krakoa this January”
