Tag: Artist’s Edition

DC announces José Luis García-López Artist’s Edition for March 2027

The 240-page oversized hardcover, curated by Scott Dunbier, collects original art from one of DC’s most influential artists.

DC has announced José Luis García-López’s DC Classics Artist’s Edition, a 240-page oversized hardcover collecting original art from the artist’s six-decade career at the company, arriving next March.

García-López’s work on the DC Comics Style Guide shaped the DC characters’ visual identity for decades, and his runs on titles like Superman and The New Teen Titans established him as one of DC’s defining illustrators. The collection includes seven complete stories along with a curated selection of covers and rare pieces, with stories written by Alan Brennert, Gerry Conway, Paul Dini, Michael Fleisher and Paul Levitz, among others.

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Daniel Warren Johnson’s ‘Beta Ray Bill’ miniseries is getting an Artist’s Edition

The oversized collection of Johnson’s acclaimed 2021 Marvel miniseries arrives in February 2027.

Act 4 Publishing and Skybound have announced Beta Ray Bill by Daniel Warren Johnson Artist’s Edition, a 144-page, 12-by-17-inch collection of Johnson’s 2021 Marvel miniseries, arriving in comic shops Feb. 3, 2027.

The Artist’s Edition format, developed by Act 4 founder Scott Dunbier when he was at IDW, presents original art at its original size, making ink gradients, blue pencil and other nuances of the physical pages visible. The collection includes the complete five-issue Beta Ray Bill miniseries, which Johnson wrote and drew, along with an introduction by Walt Simonson, who created Beta Ray Bill during his epic run on Thor in the 1980s.

“I’ll never forget the first artist edition I bought: Jack Kirby’s New Gods. It’s still in my studio, treasured, inspiring me to this day,” said Johnson. “It’s an honor to have Scott Dunbier give my story the same treatment.”

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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Chip Zdarsky vs. Deadpool in an April Fool’s Day showdown

Check out new comics and graphic novels arriving this week by Patrick Stump, Gail Simone, Sergio Aragonés, Kevin Smith, Nick Pitarra, Joelle Jones, Stephanie Phillips, Lee Garbett, Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Marcello Quintanilha and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week. Comics arrive on April Fool’s Day this week, and publishers are taking advantage of that by releasing some quirky and fun projects.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Can’t Wait for Comics | ‘Giant Robot Hellboy’ lurches toward your favorite city

Check out new comics and graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, Jock, Alyssa Wong, Jan Bazaldua, Scott Snyder, Hayden Sheridan, Josie Campbell, Kim-Joy and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Comics, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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‘Michael Golden’s Micronauts Artist’s Edition’ coming in June

Proceeds from the book will be donated to writer Bill Mantlo’s medical care.

Although we live in the age of reprints, trade paperbacks, digital comics and old material being collected in fancy formats, there are certain comics from the past that, for one reason or another, we’ll probably never see collected or show up on sites like comiXology. Case in point, comics like Micronauts and Rom, which were licensed books published by Marvel that were integrated into the Marvel Universe — and thus featured guest appearances by the X-Men, Spider-Man and other Marvel characters on occasion. They also featured the debuts of original characters to the mythos, like various spaceknights in Rom and Bug in Micronauts, who are actually owned by Marvel.

While this made for a fun time in comics, those licenses eventually expired or transferred over to someone else — case in point, both Rom and Micronauts are published by IDW these days. That means we might see Bug show up occasionally in Guardians of the Galaxy, but he’s no longer a Micronaut, and it’s unlikely his buddy Acroyear is going to show up. Marvel owns Bug, Hasbro owns Acroyear, and all those great comics published back in the day end up in limbo in our reprint-driven era.

So all this is to say that besides the back-issue market, the upcoming Michael Golden’s Micronauts Artist’s Edition coming from IDW may be some fans’ only chance to own some of Bill Mantlo and Golden’s classic Micronauts comics.

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IDW celebrates Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday next year with ‘Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition’

New edition collects comics featuring by Inhumans and the first appearance of Franklin Richards, as created by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Joe Sinnott.

Legendary comics creator Jack Kirby would have turned 100 next year, and to help celebrate the occasion IDW Publishing will release Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition in January.

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