DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES EXCITING SLATE OF CREATOR-OWNED AND LICENSED PROJECTS
Dark Horse Comics had a great time at Emerald City Comic Con over the weekend! We enjoy interacting with our wonderful fans and esteemed press members!
Below you’ll find Dark Horse’s Emerald City Comic Con 2018 announcements.
- Super Mario Encyclopedia
- Modern Fantasy
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning
- Tomb Raider: Inferno
- More Avatar: The Last Airbender stories
- The Alcoholic Tenth Anniversary Expanded Edition
- Crystal Fighters
- Mysticons Volume One
Dark Horse Powers Up Publishing Line with Super Mario Encyclopedia
Dark Horse is pleased to announce the expansion of our publishing partnership with Nintendo with the Super Mario Encyclopedia! The Super Mario Encyclopedia is jam-packed with content from all seventeen Super Mario™ games and spans more than 30 years of the franchise’s history —from the original Super Mario Bros.™ to Super Mario™ 3D World. The Super Mario Encyclopedia goes on sale October 23, 2018.
Kotaku had the exclusive first look!
Magic Meets the Modern World in a Hilarious New Series from Kristen Gudsnuk and Rafer Roberts
Modern Fantasy follows three friends, new to the big city, as they struggle to keep their crappy day jobs and pay off their student loans. A young Ranger woman, her drug-dealing reptilian wizard roommate, and her boisterous Dwarf maiden BFF as they embark on a modern day quest to save the world. The roommates become embroiled in danger when one of their significant other’s finds himself taken by criminals, and the trio must get their $#!& together to save him. Modern Fantasy #1 goes on sale on June 27, 2018.
Visit comicbook.com for more information!
Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, and Georges Jeanty
Bring Back a Reckoning For Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12
Following the world-altering finale of Season 11, Buffy and the Scoobies have had a laid-back year in the saving-the-world department. But as they’ve learned over their years of fighting the forces of darkness and thwarting many an apocalypse, nothing stays quiet for long. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning #1 (of four) goes on sale June 20, 2018.
Head over to CBR for an exclusive first look!
Dark Horse Ventures to Antartica with Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Inferno
Dark Horse’s Tomb Raider comics continue the story from the Rise of the Tomb Raider games from Crystal Dynamics. Tomb Raider: Inferno is designed to be a perfect jumping-on point for new readers. Artist Phillip Sevy joins writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly in Lara’s battle with Trinity. Tomb Raider: Inferno #1 (of 4) goes on sale June 13, 2018.
Polygon has more information on the upcoming series!
This Summer, Head to Antarctica for Dark Horse Comics and Crystal Dynamics’ TOMB RAIDER: INFERNO
Dark Horse Continues to Expand the Avatarverse with
Avatar: The Last Airbender–Team Avatar Tales & Avatar: The Last Airbender–Imbalance
Avatar: The Last Airbender–Team Avatar Tales is a one-shot anthology of stories from the Avatarverse featuring beloved characters brought to life by a cast of all-star creators. Avatar: The Last Airbender–Team Avatar Tales goes on sale September 5, 2018.
Avatar: The Last Airbender—Imbalance Part One is the official continuation of the bestselling Dark Horse graphic novel series with Faith Erin Hicks and Peter Wartman signed on as the new creative team. This new three-part adventure follows Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph as they return to Earthen Fire Industries—the factory owned by Toph’s father—and Team Avatar find that the once-small town of Cranefish is now booming. Avatar: The Last Airbender—Imbalance Part One goes on sale October 10, 2018.
Visit Entertainment Weekly for more information on the next installments in this beloved universe!
[Comic Book News] The Avatarverse Expands w/ Two New Dark Horse Comics’ Titles
Berger Books Serves Tenth Anniversary Expanded Edition of The Alcoholic Straight Up
Dark Horse continues to expand its Berger Books imprint with legendary Vertigo founding editor Karen Berger with a tenth anniversary edition of Jonathan Ames’ The Alcoholic. The Alcoholicmarks Jonathan Ames’ first foray into comics and is illustrated by Emmy Award-winner and Eisner Award nominated artist, Dean Haspiel. The Alcoholic: Tenth Anniversary Expanded Edition goes on sale September 12, 2018.
Check out comicbook.com for information on the latest addition to the Berger Books imprint!
Jen and Tyler Bartel’s Magical Girls Pack a Punch in Crystal Fighters
You’ve never seen magical girls like this! Co-writers Jen Bartel and Tyler Bartel step into the ring for Crystal Fighters. Crystal Fighters follows a bored teen named Stella who has grown up in a world fully immersed in virtual reality games. But like many teens, her parents restrict her gaming to safe “age-appropriate” games. Enter “Crystal Fighters,” a magical girl game filled with bright colors and nauseating positivity. But for Stella, things take a turn for the interesting when she discovers an underground magical girl fight club within the game that adds a whole new level of thrills and danger to her once mundane gaming experience. Crystal Fighters goes on sale August 29, 2018.
Women Write About Comics has the scoop!
Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise Reunite For Fantastical New Mysticons Series
Dark Horse and Nelvana are excited to release details on our upcoming Mysticons graphic novel series! Dark Horse’s Spell on Wheels creative team, writer Kate Leth, artist Megan Levens, and colorist Marissa Louise, join forces once again to bring more empowering female characters to life! Mysticons Volume One goes on sale August 8, 2018.
Visit DarkHorse.com for more information.
[Comic Book News] Dark Horse Comics & Nelvana Announce MYSTICONS Graphic Novel Series
About Dark Horse:
For more than thirty years, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, the company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher,Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today, Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.
