• Dark Horse enters sales/distribution agreement with Random House Publisher Services

    (Milwaukie, OR) – Dark Horse Books has announced a multi-year sales and distribution partnership with Random House Publisher Services (RHPS), a division of Random House LLC for the bookstore market. Dark Horse, a leading independent publisher of best-selling graphic novels, manga, and art books, will begin its partnership with RHPS effective June 1, 2014. All newly published…

  • Review – The Occultist #1 (Dark Horse)

    Writer: Tim Seeley Artist: Victor Drujiniu Wow does this book throw you into the action! A new #1 from Dark Horse, the story follows a college student who has been bestowed with magical powers via a spell book. There’s a lot of nice humorous touches like why he’s using a ‘Batman voice’ and the fact…

  • Review – The Mocking Dead #2 (Dynamite)

    Writer: Fred Van Lente Artist: Max Dunbar, Aikau Olivia I picked this up to review because I felt It was one I could give a more balanced view because I don’t automatically think the addage of zombies to a story equals win, I used to dig the zombie genre but well it seems like a…

  • This week’s comic book releases – 2nd October 2013

    Sick of trawling the internet trying to find out what comics are on sale this week? Well, trawl no longer! To help you guys out, here’s all the goodies from your favourite publishers that are set to hit the shelves this coming Wednesday, 2nd October 2013! And don’t forget to check back tomorrow for our exclusive…

  • Review – Grindhouse: Doors Open At Midnight #1 (Dark Horse)

    Writer: Alex de Campi Artist: Chris Peterson ‘Grindhouse: Doors Open At Midnight’ hits the ground running. And buzzing. I don’t normally read horror comics. I’m your standard capes-punching-spaceships kinda guy, but HOLY CRAP did I enjoy this! This is the first issue in Dark Horse’s new B-movie inspired anthology series, and the first part of…

  • Review – The Shadow Now #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)

    Writer: David Liss Artist: Colton Worley It was always going to be a a tricky concept, trying to relocate an established pulp noir character like The Shadow into the present day world. However, it’s pretty clear that writer David Liss and artist Colton Worley have risen to the challenge here (as they did before with…

  • Review – G.I. Joe Complete Collection Volume 3 (IDW Publishing)

    Writers: Larry Hama Artist: Various Weighing in at an incredible 314 pages IDW present us with another collection of classic GI Joe stories from the 80’s and two bonus stories from 2008. Fans of the classic cartoon series and action figure line will get a nostalgic kick out of the 80’s stuff here especially if…

  • Robert Downey Jr. owns the coolest toys

    io9.com posted this interesting video in which RC toy maker RCSuperhero.com show of a toy they were commissioned by the Iron Man actor to make. The Radio controlled toy is a six foot tall version of Iron Man and even has lights in place of Tony Starks patented Arc Reactor and Repulsars. It is likely that he…

  • GK’s Where Are They Now?: Mighty Marvelous Power Rangers, Marvel’s Role in the Creation of the Power Rangers

    Japanese pop culture has never been as hot as it is right now. Manga and anime although still a bit niche continue to gain further fan recognition (It was even recently pointed out by us that there was a large focus on anime at the recent MCM Comic Con: Scotland) but what is overlooked from…

  • Review – The Star Wars #2 (Dark Horse)

    Writer: Jonathan Rinzler Artist: Mike Mayhew Two issues in, and it’s clear that ‘The Star Wars’ isn’t just one for the hardcore fans. Adapted from George Lucas’s original screenplay, It’s a nice look at how our favourite galaxy far, far away came to be, but you can see why it went through extensive re-writes before…