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Image Comics announces sci-fi body horror Pisces

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Image Comics has announced that writer Kurtis J. Wiebe (Rat Queens) is teaming up with artist Johnnie Christmas (Sheltered) for an all-new science fiction / psychological body horror series Pisces, which is set to get underway this April. “Pisces is a monster created from my deepest physical and psychological fears,” said Wiebe. “It’s a series […]

Sony snaps up the movie rights to sci-fi comic Descender

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Sony has emerged victorious in a bidding war for the movie rights to Descender, an upcoming sci-fi comic book from writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen, which will be published by Image Comics this March. The series “tells of a time where anything android, robotic or with artificial […]

Comic Book Review – Bitch Planet #2

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Zeb Larsen reviews Bitch Planet #2… Now framed for murder INSIDE the prison, Kam is offered leniency if she’ll train her crew for a death sport bout against a visiting team of male prisoners. From 2014 Best Writer Eisner nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DeLANDRO (X-Factor) with colorist CRIS PETER […]

Comic Book Review – Reyn #1

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Andrew Newton reviews Reyn #1… Reyn is a freelance swordsman and monster hunter who also might be the last of the legendary “Wardens” of the land of Fate, whose ranks long since faded into myth. He’s haunted and driven by visions from a “guiding angel” who sets him on the path of a great quest— […]

Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #7

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Zeb Larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #7… Last year, before The Recurrence, fans gathered from their lonely worlds at RAGNAROCK to wonder whether the gods were really about to return or not. Now, as the next RAGNAROCK approaches, everyone knows things are different. What’s more, there are two gods still to emerge. Will […]

Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #136

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Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #136… The ugly undersides of the Alexandria community are showing themselves in this issue, as some members of Maggie’s colony are openly plotting rebellion. It was inevitable that the fragile peace that Rick had created would be tested, and it seems that the fissures are widening. As those cracks […]

Comic Book Review – Wytches #3

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Jessie Robertson reviews Wytches #3… A parent’s worst nightmare: a beloved child lost in the woods. Behind the trees lurk horrors, and the brush conceals atrocity. No matter how desperate the search, understand that your prayers will fall on deaf ears. There is no escape from the Wytches. The key components of a successful comic […]

Comic Book Review – Pretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike

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Michelle Herbert reviews Pretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike… KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOS (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death’s daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke […]

Marvel dominates comic book sales in 2014

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Diamond Comic Distributors has releasing their annual end-of-year sales rankings for the comic book industry, which continued its upward trend in 2014 as sales increased 4.39% over the previous twelve months. The year was dominated by Marvel, who led the charts in terms of both dollar and unit market share (34.38% and 36.78% respectively), as […]