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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Thirteen Years and Stronger Than Ever!
IDW Publishing rings in its teen years with a string ofsuccesses
San Diego, CA(May 16, 2012) – Buoyed by extraordinary fan response,explosive material, and a dedicated retail market, IDW is spendinga lot of year thirteen making repeated trips to the printer!
Going back to press on multiple books, including Popeye#1, Road Rage #1 and #2, TRANSFORMERS: Robots inDisguise #1, TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets the Eye#1, and multiple printings of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#1-5, to name a few, has given IDW a lot of work to do and a lot tothink about. That’s to say nothing of the fact that this weekbrought sell-outs of Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1 andTRIO #1!
“In all my years in the Direct Market, I’m not sureI’ve ever seen things blow up quite like this,” saidPublisher and CEO Ted Adams. “We’vebeen overprinting aggressively, and still not meeting demand. Theinitial orders we’re seeing are huge, and the increaseswe’re seeing at Final Order Cut-off aresubstantial.”
It should also be clear to fans and retailers alike that this waveof comics awesomeness has far from crested. Extremely strong salesof Mars Attacks, KISS, Godzilla, and thehotly-anticipated Star Trek: The Next Generation andDoctor Who crossover, among others, are just a handful ofindicators screaming that IDW does not plan to stop putting outsome of the industry’s most popular and prosperoustitles.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Wednesday's New Books!
New books this week include 30 Days of Night, Complete DickTracy Vol 13, Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games, Last Unicorn Deluxe,and Locke & Key: Clockworks #6!
30 Days of Night: 10 Bloody Years TreasuryEdition
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Steve Niles (w) • Ben Templesmith (a) • Ashley Wood(c)
It’s the 10th anniversary of 30 Days of Night’sgroundbreaking first issue! To properly commemorate this momentouscomic, we’re releasing the entire miniseries by Niles andTemplesmith as an oversize Treasury Edition! See the story thatestablished IDW and the creators as forces to be reckoned with!
FC • Cardstock • $9.99 • 72 pages •9.25” x 14.25”
Bullet points:
• Special Treasury Edition collects30 Days of Night #1-3 in one oversize package
• Features Ashley Wood’s original 30 Days of Night #1cover art
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
CELEBRATE DEADWEEK THIS AUGUST!
Gary Reed’s DEADWORLD returns in a weeklyminiseries!
\SanDiego, CA (May 9, 2012) – This August, IDW Publishing isproud to announce the return of original co-creator GaryReed’s classic zombie series Deadworld!When vicious masses of undead monsters have taken over the planet,desperate humans cling to hope while warring factions of uniquelysinister zombies conspire against each other. Deadworld isa zombie tale unlike any other and a horrific and thrilling worldthat is decades in the making and unique unto itself.
“It seems like everything with Deadworld over the years isculminating towards this storyline, yet at the same time, it is anopportunity to introduce new readers to the Deadworld saga.That’s why I’m so excited about this series, as itaccomplishes both” said co-creator Reed.
Deadworld has seen a number of different formats andvolumes over the years, but Reed’scollaboration with artist Sami Makkonen,Deadworld: War of the Dead will be hitting comic shopshelves in a particularly thrilling fashion this August. War of the Dead will be released weekly in every one ofAugust’s five weeks!
Five issues of grim and terrifying zombie action in one month? Whatcould be better?
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Canadian Comic Creators Cross Channel to Kill Shakespeare in Bard’s Country
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May 9, 2012
San Diego, CA- The creators of IDW Publishing’s Kill Shakespearecomic book series look to court controversy this month by bringingtheir take on Shakespeare and his characters to the birth countryof the Bard himself this month on a two-week signing and conventiontour of England.
“Colonists” Conor McCreery andAnthony Del Col will be appearing at the BristolComic Expo as well as the Kapow! Comic Convention this month, alongwith a number of store signings in London, Manchester, Leeds andStratford-upon-Avon. Series artist Andy Belangerwill be joining the duo for the Kapow! Convention and a Londonsigning. The trip to the U.K. is the final leg of theirspring 2012 convention tour, which has seen them make appearancesall over North America as well as at the Middle East Film &Comic-Con in Dubai last month.
To prepare for the tour IDW Publishing is proud to announce thatthey are releasing a fourth printing of KILL SHAKESPEAREVOLUME 1: A SEA OF TROUBLES. Originally released inApril, 2010, this is the first half of the series that pits theBard’s greatest heroes against his most menacing villains ina quest to track down and kill – or save – a wizard bythe name of William Shakespeare.
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
IDW's New Print & Digital Books This Week!
This week's new books include Servant of the Bones, Archie'sSunday Finest, Frankenstein Alive, Alive #1, Memorial #5, andmore!
Anne Rice's Servant of theBones
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Anne Rice & Mariah McCourt (w) Renae DeLiz & RayDillon (a & c)
Anne Rice, among the most iconic creators in horror, brings one ofher richest stories to the graphic novel medium. And it’s atale of murder, demonic revenge, and the redemptive power of faith.Faithfully adapted to comics by Rice and McCourt, and ornatelyillustrated by the New York Times Best-selling team of Renae DeLizand Ray Dillon.
HC FC $24.99 152 pages ISBN978-1-61377-173-0
Bullet points:
• “IDW’s adaptation of Anne Rice’s Servantof the Bones is a superbly drawn, well crafted story filled withmagic and dark secrets.”–NostalgicBooksAndComics.com
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Archie’s Sunday Finest Hits Shelves Tomorrow
Collecting Bob Montana’s 1940s and early 1950s Sundaystrips
San Diego, CA(May 8, 2012) – IDW Publishing is pleased to announce thelaunch of ARCHIE’S SUNDAY FINEST, availablein comic book stores this Wednesday. This hardcover collectionfeatures full-color Archie Sunday strips, presentingclassic Archie themes and characters by cartoonist BobMontana.
“We are thrilled to continue the Eisner award-winning serieswith the all new Archie’s Sunday Finest,” saidGreg Goldstein, IDW President and COO. “Thisoversize volume will allow fans to see Montana’s brilliancefor themselves with these never before reprinted strips.”
Archie Andrews and the gang are such universal characters that onemay not even think of them as having been created by anyone inparticular, much less having been drawn from life. But of course,they were. Originally springing from the imagination of ArchieComics co-founder John L. Goldwater, and fleshedout by the supremely-talented Montana, Archie andhis friends – Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie remainpop culture icons to this day.
In these rarely seen Sunday newspaper comics from the late 1940sand early 1950s—including the very first Archiestrips—Montana draws on the facts, fantasy,feelings, and fun of his own high school days in Haverhill,Massachusetts to build upon the legendary characters created byGoldwater.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Today's New Print & Digital Books!
This week's new books include 30 Days of Night #7, Dorothy OfOz Prequel #2, Star Trek #8, and many more!
30Days of Night #7 - Also availabledigitally!
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Steve Niles (w) • Christopher Mitten (a) • DavideFurnó (c)
Fright-master Steve Niles continues the all-new, criticallyacclaimed 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ongoing series! Word of the BarrowMassacre has reached Los Angeles—and the FBI—andspecial Agent Blood knows she can no longer stay away from herduty. Meanwhile, a new army of undead is growing as three vampirefactions head toward collision.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Jason Shawn Alexandercover!
Bullet points:
• “A triumphant return for the preeminent modern vampirestory.”—Newsarama
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Wednesday, Apr 25th, 2012
Wednesday's New Books!
This week's new books include Danger Girl: Revolver #4, FrankFrazetta's Funny Stuff, Popeye #1, Road Rage #3, and manymore!
DangerGirl: Revolver #4 (of 4) - Also availabledigitally!
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Andy Hartnell (w) • Chris Madden (a) • J. ScottCampbell, Madden (c)
It all comes down to this! Join us in our action-packed,final issue as Abbey, Sydney and the rest of the Danger Girl teamfinally track down the mysterious Peruvian treasure. But whenour heroes infiltrate the enemy’s fortress – only tofind themselves facing a surprise fraternity of villains –will they ever manage to fight their way out? Find out as theyear’s sexiest and most dangerous event concludes!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
J. Scott Campbell sketch variant cover!
Bullet points:
• The triumphantreturn of Andy Hartnell and J. Scott Campbell’s runaway hitseries!
• Illustrated by new comics superstar Chris Madden (JackAvarice IS The Courier)!
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Read MoreTuesday, Apr 24th, 2012
3 Day Transformers 50% off sale leading up to BOTCON 2012!
IDW's hit TRANSFORMERS Ongoing series comics and graphic novelsare 50% off!
The sale includes IDW's first ongoing series, Heart ofDarkness, Prowl Spotlight and Death of OptimusPrime, and TRANSFORMERS Vol 1-7. Everything from For AllMankind through Chaos to the Death of OptimusPrime!
Celebrate the countdown to BOTCON 2012 now through April 26. Saleends 4/26 at 11pm EST in North America and at local evening timesin other regions.
Visit read.idwpublishing.com to see the full selection.Sale prices are also available in our IDW Comics app for Apple iOSdevices, Comics by comiXology (iOS, Android, Kindle Fire) andat comixology.com.
Buy once, read anywhere!
Monday, Apr 23rd, 2012
DISCOVER THE FUNNY SIDE OF FRANK FRAZETTA!
A wealth of rarely-seen material by the late master returnsthis week!
San Diego, CA(April 23, 2012) – Frank Frazetta has beencalled “The Grand Master of Fantasy Art,” but did youknow he did a glorious omnibus’ worth of funny sexy and funnycute stories in the Golden Age of comic books?! That’s right,hillbilly babes to hoppy bunnies were drawn with theFrazetta magic. And Eisner-winning editorCraig Yoe captures that magic in the newFRAZETTA—FUNNY STUFF large format,full-color, 256-page hardcover collection from Yoe Books.FRAZETTA—FUNNY STUFF debuts at the MoCCAFest in New York City this weekend and will be in comic book shopsthis week.
Yoe says, "Besides the amazing art itself,Frazetta fans will be stoked by the sheer quantity in this bigthick book. There are 27 comic book stories, well over 200 of TheMaster's delightful text illustrations, and tons of rare andunpublished original art, illustrations and photos carefullyreproduced in the introduction."
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