Media Releases
Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2009
Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography in Stores Today!
Groundbreaking, fact-based graphic novel includesacclaimed Presidential Material comic
In stores today, IDW Publishing is proud to offerBarack Obama: The Comic Book Biography,the only graphic novel telling the life story of our country's44th president, from infancy through the first 100 daysof his historic administration. Barack Obama: TheComic Book Biography features the smash hitPresidential Material: Barack Obama, which started a crazeof Obama comic books when it launched in October of 2008. The newhardcover graphic novel also includes the follow-up serieschronicling the heated presidential campaign through theinauguration, and goes on to detail the first 100 days of the Obamaadministration.
Read MoreTuesday, Oct 27th, 2009
IDW Announces The Original Johnson
Graphic novel biography of legendary heavyweight championdebuts in December 
Just over one hundred years after the "fight ofthe century," IDW is proud to publish a graphic novel biography ofJack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion. Available inDecember, The Original Johnson chroniclesthe life of the "Galveston Giant," telling the gripping story ofone man's fight for equality. Long time comics mainstayTrevor Von Eeden (Batman, Green Arrow)captures the essence of a nation's struggle through the lens of oneof the best boxers of all time.
Read MoreMonday, Oct 26th, 2009
IDW Announces Archie Collections
Highly anticipated, first-ever classicreprints starting in May 2010
Get ready for a summer of fun! Starting in May 2010,IDW Publishing will begin its extraordinary series of importantArchie collections, offering fans an incredible range ofmust-have hard covers and trade paperbacks. Archie: TheBest of Dan DeCarlo Volume One kicks things off inMay by gathering the very best of this seminal Archieartist in one book, followed by Archie: The ClassicNewspaper Comics, Volume One, a hardcover collectionof strips from the 1940's, in June. In July, true Archiefans will be delighted by a trade paperback of Archie:Pureheart the Powerful.
Monday, Oct 26th, 2009
Jennifer Love Hewitt to Appear at Meltdown Comics
Signing event celebrates launch ofJennifer Love Hewitt's Music Box 
Apple Store, Third Street Promenade to hostco-writer Scott Lobdell
New series launches in print and on theiPhone on October 28th
This Wednesday, October 28th at 7 pm, IDW Publishinglaunches Jennifer Love Hewitt's Music Boxwith two great Los Angeles-area events! Meltdown Comics in West Hollywoodwill host award-winning actress Jennifer LoveHewitt for a one-hour signing to celebrate the release ofher first comic book series. Currently starring in CBS'sThe Ghost Whisperer, Hewitt andIDW Publishing are proud to launch Jennifer LoveHewitt's Music Box, a five-issue anthology serieschronicling a mysterious music box that causes strange occurrencesfor the people who possess it. Co-writer ScottLobdell will also appear at the Apple Store, Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica for aspecial panel offering insight on the creative process behind thishot new title.
Read MoreFriday, Oct 23rd, 2009
Angel Goes Hollywood
Spoof "movie" and episode adaptations, plusexclusive Bill Willingham variant 
All coming in December
The holiday wish lists for Angel fans just got bigger,with two new Angel comics from IDW comingin December, plus an exclusive variant! First, relive one of themost heart-wrenching stories from the television series with thestart of the Angel: A Hole in the Worldminiseries. Then, Angel takes Hollywood by storm withAngel Annual #1, a comic spoof on theAngel movie that never was. Finally, fans can ask theirlocal store about a special edition of Angel#28, the first of Bill Willingham'sextended story arc, available only on December 30th. Inall, Angel fans are in for a very specialDecember!
Read MoreWednesday, Oct 21st, 2009
TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEBEE Comic Coming in December
First ever series for fan-favoritecharacter
Spins out of new TRANSFORMERS ongoing series
After the huge success of this summer's blockbusterTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie from DreamWorksPictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, IDWcontinues the excitement withTRANSFORMERS:BUMBLEBEE, an all-new,four-issue miniseries. Under license from Hasbro, IDW expands thisfan-favorite character, as BUMBLEBEE finds himself between a rockand a hard place with his own friends.
Read MoreFriday, Oct 16th, 2009
Bloom County Debuts at #1!
First ever chronological collection topsThe New York Times BestSeller List 
Opus, Milo, Bill the Cat and the entire cast of Bloom Countycharacters make their triumphant return as The Bloom CountyLibrary Volume One debuts at the top of The New York Times Best SellerList! The first of a five volume series, The BloomCounty Library Volume One features every daily andSunday strip from 1980-82 in chronological order, many reprintedfor the first time, plus context pages and commentary from thecreator, Berkeley Breathed.
Read MoreFriday, Oct 9th, 2009
Bill Willingham Pens Angel!
Award-winning writer takes over the ongoing Angelseries starting this December 
It's going to be a great holiday forAngel fans this year! Starting inDecember with issue 28, multiple Eisner Award-winning writerBill Willingham (Fables, JSA)becomes the new regular writer of IDW's ongoingAngel series. Willingham kicks things offin a big way with his first six-issueAngel storyline, titled "The Crown PrinceSyndrome."
Beginning with December's Angel #28,Willingham delivers a gripping story as the titlecharacter struggles with his new-found celebrity and the myriad ofmoral complications it creates. Joining Willinghamon the book as the new regular artist is BrianDenham (The X-Files). JennyFrison will create distinctive new covers for each issue,and former Angel artist DavidMessina will offer up variant covers.
Read MoreMonday, Oct 5th, 2009
EA and IDW Launch Army of Two and Dragon Age Comics
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS)announced today that it has signed a deal with IDW Publishing toexpand two of its intellectual properties, Army ofTwoTM and Dragon AgeTM, intocomics under a new EATM Comics imprint with IDWbeginning in January. EA and IDW will launch monthly, ongoingseries for both Army of Two and Dragon Age. Eachissue will be published in print and distributed nationally atcomic book outlets, with digital versions released foriPhoneTM and iPod® Touch and other emerging digitalplatforms.
Read MoreMonday, Oct 5th, 2009
USA TODAY Hosts Bloom County Week, Starting Today!
Celebrates launch of new collection withexclusive strips 
and commentary from creator BerkeleyBreathed
Starting today, check out USA TODAY and help celebrate "BloomCounty Week!" IDW Publishing and USA TODAY commemorate one ofAmerica's most iconic comic strips with this week-long promotion,featuring five strips with exclusive commentary fromBerkeley Breathed himself. "Bloom CountyWeek" will appear online at comics.usatoday.com, coinciding with therelease of The BloomCounty Library, Volume One, available in storeson October 6th.
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