In 1993, Mike Mignola’s Hellboy made his first appearance in a four-page black and white story in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, months ahead of his full issue comic book debut in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, and now Dark Horse Comics has announced three new Mignolaverse comic books ahead of Hellboy’s 25th anniversary celebrations at […]
Unproduced Alien 3 screenplay is being adapted into a comic book series
Dark Horse Comics has announced that it is dusting off legendary sci-fi author William Gibson’s unproduced original script for Alien 3 for a comic book adaptation from writer and artist Johnnie Christmas. “When your first contracted screenplay (or screenplay of any kind, in my case) isn’t produced, but the film is eventually made with a […]
Justice League and Dark Nights: Metal top bestselling comics and graphic novels of June 2018
June 2018 was a good month for DC Entertainment, with the publisher taking top spot in both the direct comic book and graphic novels sales charts from Diamond Comic Distributors. Leading the way in the comic book chart was Scott Snyder and Jim Cheung’s Justice League #1, while the Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition hardcover […]
New Call of Duty: Zombies comic series will serve as prequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Ahead of the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Dark Horse Comics is introducing the characters of the new game’s Zombie mode with the limited series prequel Call of Duty: Zombies from writer Justin Jordan and artist Andres Ponce. Meet the brand-new cast of characters from this year’s Call of Duty: Zombies offering in […]
Dark Horse to explore the Upside Down with Stranger Things comic book series
Last week it was announced that Telltale Games is in development on a Stranger Things video game, and now comes word that the Netflix phenomenon is also heading to the world of comic books courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, which has teamed with the streaming service for “a multi-year publishing line exploring the mysterious world […]
Amazing Spider-Man #800 and Star Wars: Tag & Bink Were Here top bestselling comics and graphic novels of May 2018
Last month marked the milestone 800th issue of Amazing Spider-Man, with Marvel’s oversized special proving to be the bestselling comic book title of May 2018, as per Diamond Comic Distributors. Marvel also topped the graphic novel chart with the release of Star Wars: Tag & Bink Were Here, helping them become the month’s top publisher with […]
Action Comics leads bestselling comic books and graphic novels of April 2018
DC Comics celebrated a milestone this past month as Action Comics reached its landmark 1000th issue, and Diamond Comic Distributors has revealed that Action Comics #1000 topped the sales chart for comic books in April 2018, while the Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman was the month’s bestselling graphic novel. However, this wasn’t enough for […]
Dark Nights: Metal and The Walking Dead top bestselling comics and graphic novels of March 2018
Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of its sales figures for March 2018, with DC Comics’ Dark Nights: Metal finale topping the comic book chart and Image Comics’ The Walking Dead Vol. 29 leading the way in terms of graphic novels. Marvel was still the month’s top publisher however, with a 35.92% dollar share and […]
Dark Knights Rising and Saga top bestselling comics and graphic novels of February 2018
Dynamite Entertainment has released details of its bestselling titles of February 2018, which sees DC’s Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1 leading the biggest selling comic books, and Image Comics’ Saga Vol. 8 topping the graphic novel chart. Marvel Comics was February’s top publisher with a 34.86% retailer dollar share and a 36.94% unit […]
Dark Horse to adapt Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories
Dark Horse Comics has announced that Eisner-award winning creator Mark Buckingham (Fables) is adapting four of New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman’s prose short stories for the upcoming graphic novel anthology Likely Stories, to be published as a hardcover original graphic novel by Dark Horse Book later this year. Buckingham will adapt and illustrate […]