Welcome to the IDW February newsletter!
Tuesday, Feb 2nd, 2010
Welcome to the IDW newsletter, offering your monthly dose of news and not-to-be-missed books!
At the beginning of each month, the IDW newsletter brings highlights of the coming month, including books to look for at your local store, plus top stories from "Ryall Time" and the IDW website. Enjoy!
IDW Digital
See IDW at MacWorld! Stop by our booth and let us know what you think of our ever-growing lineup of digital comics. And win a free issue while your there!
The buzz of the week is of course the new Apple iPad. Well, you can bet that IDW will be there for the first people standing in line at their local Apple Stores in March. See some of the dialog about digital comics over at Comic Book Resources.
Meanwhile, check out this concept design for the iPad!
IDW will be expanding to more and more digital formats in the coming year. Look for more big announcements soon. But now, for a limited time, get Legion: Prophets #1 free for the iPhone and iPod touch! And don't miss Army of Two #1 now for your iPhone or Sony PSP!
Introducing the San Diego Mini Comic Extravaganza!
On March 6th and 7th, IDW is partnering with the San Diego Quarterly Comic Convention to bring a whole weekend of comic fun to southern California! On Saturday the 6th, visit the IDW parking lot for our second annual appreciation sale. Then on Sunday, get half-off admission to the SD Quarterly Con and sift through new and hard to find comics and collectors' items! Stay tuned to the IDW website for more information.
This February, Return to the Classics!
This month at IDW, get back in touch with your roots!
On February
10th, pick up King Aroo Volume 1, proudly
brought to you by The Library of American Comics. Celebrating the
60th anniversary of Jack Kent's clever and
humorous classic, Volume 1 presents every
daily and Sunday strip from the beginning in 1950 through 1952!
Guaranteed to bring smiles to young and old alike!
Then February 24th, check out 48 pages of unseen art in Sam Kieth Sketchbooks Volume 01, collected from sketchbooks dating back25years! Enjoy unpublished sketches, thumbnnails, pin-ups and visual tangents!
New This Month
After reminiscing about the good old times with this months classics, get hooked on something new! February brings many exciting new series to offer throughout the month, including We Will Bury You #1, and Zombies vs Robots Aventure #1. Here's a quick look at some of our February highlights, and the complete list of February releases is below.
G.I. JOE Operation HISS #1
Brian Reed (w) • Agustin Padilla, Alex Cal (a) • Padilla,
Joe Corroney (c)
G.I. JOE thinks they've won the day, and stopped the rise of
Cobra... but their battle is just beginning! Scarlett and Snake
Eyes are dispatched to investigate a disturbance at a Chinese
weapons facility-and come face to face with the first stages of
Cobra's latest and most deadly plan.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Star
Trek Movie Adaptation #1
Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Tim Jones, Mike Johnson (w) •
David Messina (a & c)
JJ Abrams' blockbuster revitalization of the Star Trek franchise
was the most thrilling film of the year. Now, under the direction
of Abrams and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman, comes
the highly anticipated graphic adaptation of the film!
Additionally, new scenes and moments cut from the movie are
revealed-an event no Star Trek fan can dare miss!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Song of Saya
#1Daniel Liatowitsch & Todd Ocvirk (w) • Yair Herrera (a & c)
Based on the Japanese smash-hit PC game, Song of Saya tells the
story of Josh, a young doctor trying to recover from a near-fatal
accident. When a nightmarish world threatens to drown out reality,
Josh meets a mysterious girl named Saya who promises to take his
pain away... if Josh agrees to help her in return.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
We
Will Bury You #1
Brea & Zane
Grant (w) • Kyle Strahm (a) • Ben Templesmith (c)
1927: The first talkie ended the silent film era, the first man
completed a solo transatlantic flight, and... a zombie virus
decimated the human race. Two unlikely heroines use their
unorthodox skills to survive as a zombie infection spreads through
the streets of New York and beyond. Brea Grant (Heroes) and Zane
Grant promise the worst breakup ever and an epic beginning to this
historical horror miniseries.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Zombies vs Robots
Aventure #1
Chris Ryall (w) • Menton Matthews III, Paul McCaffrey, Gabriel
Hernandez (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
Zombies vs Robots is back, retooled and rarin' to go monthly in
this new 4-part series. Chris Ryall scripts, Ashley Wood provides
the covers, and a cadre of new artists tackle three serialized
tales. Beginning in this issue, the war story of "Kampf" (art by
Menton Matthews III); the growth of the human resistance in
"Masques" (art by Paul McCaffrey); and a new form of zombies is
born in "Zuvembies vs Robots" (with art by Gabriel Hernandez).
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Monthly Give Away
Each month,
one lucky newsletter subscriber will be our raffle winner and will
receive free IDW releases from that month. One February winner will
receive a copy of From the Ashes TPB.
Congratulations to our January winner: Joe C., who won a copy of The Veil TPB, which tells the story of a private eye with an unique ability to pierce through The Veil between our realm and the unknown beyond.
Inner Monologue
Each month, the newsletter features thoughts from different
members of the IDW team. Our February newsletter brings thoughts
from Carlos Guzman, IDW's editorial assistant.
"This month
marks my one year anniversary working at IDW. I need to let that
sink in for a second...
When I started as an intern (back in the far off year of 2009), I
had little idea as to what would come of this opportunity. Knowing
my time as an intern was relatively short (February to May), I
decided to make the best possible impression in the brief span of
time I had. If nothing else, I would earn myself some glowing
recommendations to ease the transition from college kid to
employable adult, I thought.
It seems I made TOO good an impression: not a month after my
internship had passed, IDW called me back and brought me on as
Editorial Assistant on G.I. Joe and Transformers. Since then, I've
had to stay sharp and learn fast, as more and more responsibility
found it's way unto my desk. It's been fast paced and I've barely
had the chance to breathe.
But, given the luxury of this moment of reflection, I can catch my
breath. And, on this momentous anniversary, I'm glad I've gotten
the chance to reflect, however briefly, on what is certainly one of
the best experiences of my life thus far. Well... here's to the
next anniversary! "
Complete List of February Releases
February 3rd
February 10th
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland HC
Jon Sable Freelance: Ashes of Eden #5
Transformers: Animated Series Vol. 13
February 17th
Jennifer Love Heweitt Music Box #3
Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #3
Star Trek: Romulans Pawns of War TPB
TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the Wreckers #2
The Adventures of Simone & Ajax
Zombies vs. Robots Aventure #1
February 24th
Angel Omnibus (reprint)
Classic G.I. JOE Vol. 3 TPB (reprint)
Classic G.I. JOE Vol. 4 TPB (reprint)
Classic G.I. JOE Vol. 5 TPB (reprint)
Sparrow Book #14: Ashley Wood Vol. 3
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation #1
Star Trek: Spock Reflections TPB (reprint)
Transformers: War Within Omnibus (reprint)
Highlights from the IDW Website
New Angel Special coming in March!
IDW and the Library of American Comics Announce L'il Abner
Coming in March, take a trip to The Last Resort
IDW Publishing and Desperado Announce Tony Harris: Art and Skulduggery
Highlights from Ryall Time
"I love it when the covers come together"
Things to do
In NYC? Don't miss legendary creator Craig Yoe
at the MoCCA, for a special interview with Faux "Ditko," plus an
appaerance by Faux "Stan Lee!"
Thursday, February 4th at 7 pm.
Visit www.MoCCANY.org for more information.
