Valiant Joins Nigeria’s Pedastudio for New Publishing Partnership to Expand into African Marketplace
Press Release
As recently unveiled during the 6th annual Lagos Comic Con in Lagos, Nigeria, Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce a new partnership with foreign publisher Pedastudio, which will license and distribute its library of critically acclaimed titles across Africa. Under this new partnership, the adventures of Valiant’s globally recognized superhero series – starting with ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, BLOODSHOT, HARBINGER, HARBINGER WARS, and QUANTUM AND WOODY– will soon be found in print and digital under the Pedastudio banner in countries including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.
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Get ready for a [bitter]sweet treat in ICE CREAM MAN this January
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Writer W. Maxwell Prince (ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY, The Electric Sublime) teams up with artist Martín Morazzo (SNOWFALL, GREAT PACIFIC, The Electric Sublime) and colorist Chris O’Halloran (GENERATION GONE, Black Panther) for ICE CREAM MAN, a genre-defying series of disparate one-shots arriving this January.
Alterna Comics Reveals 2018 Newsprint Lineup
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As part of their New York Comic Con announcements, Alterna Comics introduced readers to 13 new titles that will be debuting in 2018. The comics will all be part of their newsprint line, with the vast majority of cover prices set at $1.50.*
Seven Seas Launches New Ghost Ship (Mature) Imprint, Licenses YUUNA AND THE HAUNTED HOT SPRINGS and WORLD’S END HAREM Manga Series
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Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the launch of an all-new imprint through Diamond Book Distributors: Ghost Ship, a line of specialty titles for mature fans. The Ghost Ship imprint will include previously announced manga and two new license acquisitions, both in print and digital formats: Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs by Tadahiro Miura, and World’s End Harem by LINK and Kotaro Shono!
Alterna Comics expands newsstand distribution, adds Toys"R"Us; Books-A-Million
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After introducing their product line to a test market of newsstands back in July, Alterna Comics has expanded distribution to include nearly half of all Barnes & Noble stores, all Books-A-Million stores, and they have secured a deal for their all ages (Adam Wreck, Amazing Age, Lilith Dark) titles to be distributed by the top 200 Toys"R"Us stores over the holiday season.
The Women’s Evolution Arrives in WWE #14 from BOOM! Studios
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BOOM! Studios and WWE today announced that February's WWE #14 will kick off an all-new storyline revealing the truth behind the groundbreaking Women's Evolution. The acclaimed team of writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Serg Acuña take readers on a journey to learn the truth behind the ascension of WWE Superstars Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, and Bayley as they transformed the face of sports entertainment.
Review: Justice League of America #16
By Jonathan Edwards
Wow, another whole issue completely dedicated to a flashback for this fucking story arc. At least this time we get some resolution for the how and why of Aron Aut’s betrayal. However, I’d like to reiterate that that’s a cliffhanger we were left with two issues ago, and there’s no good reason both flashbacks couldn’t be contained in a single dedicated issue. The lion’s share of Palmer’s was made up of redundancies, and Aut’s goes to bizarrely extreme length to ensure his characterization is nothing more than a one-dimensional, unrepentant supervillain, even going as far as giving him a whole different costume and the moniker “The Null.” If all of that fat was stripped away, they probably could’ve had a pretty strong and streamlined backstory issue that, dare I say, could’ve even gotten us excited to see the conclusion of “Panic in the Microverse” (side note: while the covers to every issue in this arc have consistently called it “Panic in the Microverse,” I’m fairly certain the internal credits of the first two or three issue referred to it as the “Crisis in the Microverse” instead).
Review: Wolverton, Thief of Impossible Objects #1
By Oliver Gerlach
Wolverton, Thief of Impossible Objects, is, as the lengthy and descriptive title indicates, a fun adventure story about a thief of magical artifacts. It’s a great concept and an entertaining story, and the title makes the premise pretty clear from the first glance at the book. It’s a bit of a mouthful, though, and that’s kind of representative of the rest of the book.
Review: After the Snow #1
By Patrick Wolf
We all know how the story of Snow White ends: She cheats death, defeats the stepmother, and bags the prince. But does she really live happily ever after? What will happen to her after she becomes as old as her stepmother? Will she still be the same cheerful girl we’ve all come to know and love? Or will she follow in her stepmother’s footsteps and become obsessed with beauty and power? After the Snow explores these questions and does so by piggybacking off the iconic Disney interpretation of the fairy tale. What we get is an interesting blend of Disney’s Snow White meets Martin’s Game of Thrones.
Review: Mister Miracle #3
By Justin McCarty
Mister Miracle continues to be a fascinating read unlike pretty much any other book out right now. This issue takes us further into the psyche of Scott Free as he tries to understand his true purpose. Barda is still just trying to get through the war. The larger issues at stake here come into focus with the increasingly tyrannical Highfather Orion doing all he can to keep his people under his thumb. Scott and Barda may be headed into a trap. Watch out for Dr. Bedlam and his paranoid-pill!
Review: Royal City #6
By Ben Snyder
With Jeff Lemire’s second arc for Royal City, he sets up a fascinating introduction on the mystery that is Tommy from the original arc. Throughout the first five issues, the entire Pike family is haunted by their perceived version of Tommy; Tara by the baby brother she babysat and hoped the best for, Richie envisioned the brother he never got to spiral out and do drugs with; Patricia hallucinated the Tommy that took the cloth, but this is our first true glimpse into the true Tommy. The anxiety-ridden, possibly supernatural headache suffering teenager, filled with as much angst as anyone going through this period. And in this way, Lemire sets up what could be the most interesting arc the series could offer.
Review: Ragman #1
By Dustin Cabeal
Well, it was about time DC updated Ragman for a new generation. What the hell were we doing with our lives without Ragman in them? Let’s get serious for a moment… the character’s name is Ragman. It’s understandable for any publisher to use characters that they already own, it’s just how comic books work. Let’s not pretend to understand how a character named Ragman, whose powers come from his rags and his rags come from the souls of evil people that he’s absorbed, who must help him to reduce their sentence and go on to the afterlife, is still somehow relevant.
Review: Plague #1-3
By Patrick Wolf
Plague is a medieval fantasy epic that takes place in the 14th century during the height of the European bubonic plague. Like many other fantasy stories, this series immerses the world of humans with that of other fantasy creatures. However, unlike its predecessors, this series isn’t afraid to flash some gore and controversy. So far, I’ve read the first three issues, and I’m happy to say this is an excellent series and certainly worth picking up.
Review: The Family Trade #1
By Ben Snyder
The Family Trade #1 offers an interesting introduction to a "what if" world in which neutral country was founded in the middle of the ocean, was ruled by a nepotistic governing class which was controlled by a secret society of assassins. It’s all relatively lofty and idealistic, and it succeeds most of the time in setting up a fun, and politically charged story arc told through the perspective of a chipper young assassin, however some story aspects can come across as incredibly heavy handed and the art, while not entirely bad, isn’t as impressive as the story.
Review: Retcon #2
By Jonathan Edwards
I don’t understand this book. I was hoping this second issue would help it more closely resemble Image’s summary for the series, but it didn’t. Instead, it just doubles down on the half-baked conspiracy premise, and it tries hard to show just how edgy and satirical it is. Except, rather than actually being either of those things, it’s just assholes being assholes to one another for twenty-some pages, and we’re left with little to no character development or plot progression.
Review: Spectacle #1
By Dustin Cabeal
The play on words for the title of this comic is glorious. Spectacle is as fitting a title as you’ll ever hear for something. To go any further with telling you about this comic I will need to spoil it for you if the cover hasn’t already. Hell, the first page gives it away, but still, you’ve been warned.
Review: Atomahawk #0
By Daniel Vlasaty
I've never really been a fan of marauding barbarians as characters. That whole genre has never really done anything for me. I think it's because it's a genre where a lot of the stories are essentially the same. There's only so much that can be done with the genre, in my opinion. Like, I get it – there's a group of totally ripped and brutal barbarians, and they're also totally fucking badass. Or whatever. I don’t know. There's probably a little more to the genre than this. Usually, when one of these books ends up on the review list, I just scroll on past. So, why am I talking about this here? Two reasons, really. The first is because Atomahawk is – in a way – one of these stories, and the second reason is that I didn’t know how else to start this review.
Review: Fighting American #1
By Justin McCarty
UK publisher Titan Comics reintroduces Fighting American to the modern audience. First introduced in the mid-1950s, Fighting American was Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s version of Captain America after they sold him to Timely Comics (Marvel). There have been a couple attempts to bring back the character before, but this is a direct continuation of the stories the character was built on sixty years ago. What we end up with seems to be a comic that is as true to the creator's original vision as it possibly can be. Granted, I have not read the original series.
Comic Bastards Podcast - 016
By Dustin Cabeal
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016 - Welcome to the show and the site. I thought I would get to that pile on my desk this week, but that didn't happen. Life was busy off air for this solo podcasters so instead you just get a lot of first issues releasing this week. I hope that's good enough because that's all I have to offer!
TROY NIXEY AND DAMON GENTRY TEAM UP FOR A LOVECRAFTIAN BUDDY-COP ACTION COMEDY “VINEGAR TEETH”
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High-concept comics superstars DAMON GENTRY (Sabertooth Swordsman) and TROY NIXEY (Jenny Finn, The Black Sinister, Trout) are back with an off-the-wall story with unforgettable art–Vinegar Teeth!
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By Justin McCarty
I picked up Transdimensional having no prior knowledge of the subject. Not even the Kickstarter description. If I had, I probably would have skipped it. I am probably one of five comics fans that don't get into sci-fi horror. The Kickstarter describes the comic as being a sci-fi horror in the same family as Alien and The Abyss. I’ve seen Alien maybe (just the one - sad face from you probably), not The Abyss. I wasn’t the proper audience for this comic. However, if I was into this type of story, I could see its appeal.