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Mark Millar teaming with Lorenzo di Bonaventura for Jupiter’s Legacy movie

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Comic book writer Mark Millar is set to team with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for an adaptation of his and artist Frank Quitely’s superhero tale Jupiter’s Legacy, with meetings currently underway with potential writers for the movie version. Here’s the synopsis for the first volume of the book, published by Image Comics: 1932: Sheldon Sampson’s […]

Image invites us to The Divided States of Hysteria

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Image Comics has announced that this June, creator Howard Chaykin (Satellite Same) is to deliver The Divided States of Hysteria, a pulls-no-punches, dystopic suspense story about the dramatic downfall of the most formidable and globally far-reaching government the world has ever seen. In THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA, a deeply troubled America is barely beginning to recover […]

U.S.Avengers and Batman top bestselling comics and graphic novels of January 2017

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the sales figures for January 2017’s comic books and graphic novels, led by Marvel’s U.S.Avengers #1 and DC’s Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham. Marvel proved to be the month’s top publisher with a 37.09% dollar share and a 42.62% unit share, followed by DC Entertainment with a 28.93% dollar […]

Star Wars: Princess Leia leads bestselling comics and graphic novels of March 2015

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles of March 2015, with Marvel’s Star Wars: Princess Leia #1 leading the top ten comic books and IDW Publishing’s Nemo: River of Ghosts from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill the biggest seller on the graphic novel front. Here’s the top ten comic books, which is […]

Comic Book Review – Roche Limit: Clandestiny #3

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Zeb Larson reviews Roche Limit: Clandestiny #3… Can the android Danny be trusted? The stakes have been raised considerably for the shipwrecked crew, even as the chaotic world of Dispater tears the group apart. This issue raises questions about Danny’s loyalty and whether is he playing his own angle or really trying to help the […]

Alex + Ada creative team launching fantasy series Eternal Empire

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The Alex + Ada creative team of Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn are reuniting for the new epic fantasy series Eternal Empire, which is set to launch in May from Image Comics. “I’m very excited to finally release this series,” said Luna. “Sarah and I have spent the past year immersed in building this story […]

Space Mullet creator launching new series Extremity

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Image Comics has announced that writer and artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Space Mullet) is joining forces with colorist Mike Spice and letterer Rus Wooton for Extremity, a post-apocalyptic tale of revenge, family and true strength. “EXTREMITY is a comic that I’ve been working out for over three years,” said Johnson. “It’s had many different variations […]

Batman and The Walking Dead top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of March 2016

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles of March 2016; DC Entertainment score ad rare success on the comic book front with Batman #50 topping the chart, while The Walking Dead Vol. 25: No Turning Back led the way in terms of graphic novels. Top ten comic books of March 2016… 1. […]