Play NYC Returns in 2020 With a Special Online-Only Show, Free to Indies, and Open to All

Posted on 06/10/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

The 4th annual Play NYC game convention moves online Aug. 10-16, 2020, to highlight the power and influence of gaming and celebrate the spirit of New York City.


NEW YORK — The 4th annual Play NYC convention — the biggest, multi-day game convention in New York — expands to a week and goes online-only this summer with the support of the New York City Mayor’s Office for Media and Entertainment, Playcrafting announced today.

“Playcrafting founded Play NYC in 2017 to give New York a game convention of its own,” said Dan Butchko, founder and CEO of Playcrafting and the convention organizer. “Each year, we welcome over 5,000 people and 150 games for two days, unlike any other. Last fall, we announced the 4th Play NYC. A lot of games were already confirmed for the show. It was shaping up to be our biggest yet. Then COVID-19 changed life as we know it.
“New York has been on pause. Our community has struggled through this pandemic. Yet
despite trying times and ongoing tensions, we’ve seen so much hope in how folks have risen up to face the challenges of our reality. This is the greatest city in the world with the strongest people in the world. And games have the power to unite, inspire, educate, and heal. Especially now. That’s why I’m excited to re-announce Play NYC 2020. For the first time, this year’s show will be online, free to join, and a full week-long.”

The seven-day event, which kicks off on Aug. 10 and runs through Aug. 16 at Play-NYC.Com, is open to all indie developers, larger studios, and anyone interested in virtually attending.

For the first time in the show’s history, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and
Entertainment is also supporting Play NYC with an advertising campaign in July that includes bus shelters and phone kiosks throughout the city.

While this year’s event has moved online, Play NYC will still feature an eclectic mix of powerful talks, demos, and panels, and will continue to harness, elevate, and celebrate the essence and impact of New York City on the international gaming community.

Where more than 5,000 people packed the Metropolitan Pavillion during last year’s paid-event, this year’s event will take place on a variety of platforms all brought together through the Play NYC website. Among the many exciting events taking place during Play NYC 2020 will be the annual Graffiti Games installations created exclusively for Play NYC. This year’s initiative will amplify the work of Black game developers and be curated by indie game company Decoy Games.

Graffiti Games installations celebrate the diversity that makes the American gaming industry and New York City so special. Previous installations have featured the talent and stories of first-generation immigrant developers, and celebrated the voices, talent and impact of the LGBTQ community in gaming and the importance of creating safe spaces.
“Games bring people together, but they’re nothing without the people who make them. We’re honored to amplify the important voices of Black game creators through this year’s Graffiti Games. In these challenging times, it’s more important than ever for Play NYC to represent the vital contributions that the Black community makes to the art and culture of games, in New York and beyond.”

More details on this year’s speakers, live-streams, panels, and demos will be released in the coming weeks. Play NYC runs Monday, Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 16.

Visit play-nyc.com and follow us on Twitter @Playcrafting and #PlayNYC for more updates.

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Pearl Jam: Art of Do The Evolution Provides a Behind-The-Scenes Look at One of Rock’s Greatest Music Video Triumphs

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Engaging New Art Book Provides an All-Access Pass to the Collaborative Vision of Todd McFarlane, Kevin Altieri, and Pearl Jam

SAN DIEGO, CA (June 8, 2020) – Twenty-two years after legendary rock band Pearl Jam debuted their Grammy Award-nominated “Do The Evolution” music video, its hypnotic and shocking imagery is perhaps even more relevant to social and environmental issues than during the band’s 1998 Yield tour.

Directed by visionary comics legend Todd McFarlane (Spawn) and veteran animator Kevin Altieri (Batman: The Animated Series), this achievement in animation told a graphic and dark history of the world in four gripping minutes and is widely considered one of the best music videos of all time.

In October, IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM) will release Pearl Jam: Art of Do The Evolution, a 200-page, full-color hardcover revealing the full story behind the creation of this historic video. Lushly illustrated by the video’s striking animation cells with never before seen storyboards and designs from the video, the video’s co-producer, Joe Pearson, will guide readers through the fascinating process of bringing the band’s vision to life in this one-of-a-kind art book.

Todd McFarlane, in the book’s introduction, describes the Do The Evolution music video as “the history of mankind in as condensed a version as you will ever see. In this book, you’ll see and read about some of the process of how we pulled off such a Herculean task… It’s filled with so many wonderful examples of how dozens of creative people come together to put together what would soon become a Grammy-nominated video.”

“Being able to produce this seminal animated video at my studio for Pearl Jam and to work with super talents like Eddie Vedder, Todd McFarlane, and Kevin Altieri was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” says Pearson. “And then to see the positive and continuing worldwide reaction of millions of fans to our group effort was the icing on this dense cake of edgy music and animation.”

Justin Eisinger, IDW’s Editorial Director of Graphic Novels & Collections, says, “Pearl Jam’s Do The Evolution brings the threat of man’s quest for domination into stark, relatable terms, a theme that remains at the forefront of current conversation. Filled with bold imagery and layered visual storytelling that accentuates the already searing lyrics, McFarlane and Altieri created a video that spans the history of mankind. And now their groundbreaking work can be fully appreciated in this in-depth, behind-the-scenes book that explores how it all came together.”

The Art of Do The Evolution hardcover is essential reading for new and longtime Pearl Jam devotees, animation and graphic design fans who recognize “Do the Evolution” as a high point in the field, and anyone with an acute interest in music video history.

Pearl Jam: Art of Do The Evolution is currently available for pre-order via online booksellers and comic book specialty retailers. Visit www.comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you.

Pearl Jam: Art of Do The Evolution
by Joe Pearson, Terry Fitzgerald, Brad Coombs, Jim Mitchell and Lisa Pearson
ISBN 978-1-63140-741-3
$39.99 US / $53.99 CAN
200-page, full color hardcover, 12” x 9″
October 6, 2020

 

 

 

 


About Joe Pearson

Joe Pearson is an artist, writer, director, producer with more than 30 years of experience in the animation and games industry. His studio, Epoch Ink Animation, has produced numerous animated TV series, shorts, specials, and music videos, and, recently, the animated feature War of the Worlds: Goliath.

About IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing (IDWP), a subsidiary of IDW Media Holdings Inc. (OTC PINK: IDWM), is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, trade paperbacks, and tabletop games. IDWP is one of the top four publishers of comic books and graphic novels in the U.S. with a library of world-renowned licensed content and original series. IDWP’s critically-acclaimed imprints include Top Shelf Productions, Artist’s Editions, EuroComics, The Library of American Comics, Sunday Press, and Yoe! Books.

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Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo Debut WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD from BOOM! Studios

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

 “A thing to provoke awe, fear, and wonder.” – Kieron Gillen, Once & Future

“Sign me the hell up.” – Jason Aaron, Thor

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 8, 2020) – BOOM! Studios today announced the new original comic book series WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD by superstars Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk) and Simone Di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), about one man’s unrelenting quest throughout space to discover the truth—no matter where it takes him. Available in stores September 2020.

Captain Malik and the crew of the Vihaan II harvest resources from the giant corpses of alien gods found on the edge of human space. While other autopsy ships race to salvage the meat, minerals, and metals that sustain the human race, Malik sees an opportunity to finally break free from this system by being the first to find a living god. But Malik’s obsession with the gods will push his crew into danger at the darkest reaches of space—unless the rogue agent on their trail can stop them first…

Al Ewing is best known for his work for Marvel, including writing Immortal Hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultimates, Loki: Agent of Asgard, Avengers: No Surrender, and many more. Other work includes Judge Dredd and Zombo for 2000AD and Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor for Titan Comics. We Only Find Them When They’re Dead is his first project for BOOM! Studios.

“WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD is a concept I’ve been brewing for some years now, something that merges a few of my favorite things – high-concept action, world-building, quests for the meaning behind existence and heavily metaphorical science fiction – and uses them to create a universe we’re building out into something truly vast, rich and strange,” said Ewing. “No matter which parts of my work you’ve enjoyed before, there’ll be something here for you to love.”

Simone Di Meo is a comic book artist from Italy. He was the artist for the blockbuster Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series at BOOM! Studios. His previous work includes high profile projects at Marvel Entertainment including Venom, Old Man Logan, and Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense.

“I had been waiting for years to work on my own sci-fi series and Al wrote a story so intense that I couldn’t have asked for anything better,” said Di Meo. “Sci-fi, passion, mystery, and giant gods make these pages an absolute blast to draw.”

WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD #1 features main cover art by series artist Di Meo, as well as variant covers by Toni Infante (Champions), Christian Ward (Invisible Kingdom), Matias Bergara (Coda) and more.

“Al and Simone are delivering career-best work on this project — and that’s saying something,” said Eric Harburn, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Visceral, challenging, experimental, contemplative… Get ready for a science-fiction epic unlike any other, that seeks to answer why WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD.”

Print copies of WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD #1 will be available in September 2020 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire. Due to the ongoing impact of the current global health crisis, the final release schedule of this series is subject to change.

For continuing news on WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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P.A.M.E.L.A. Leaves Early Access on June 18th with Much-Anticipated Story Mode

Posted on 06/07/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum
Are you ready to explore, fight, and survive?

Mississauga, Canada, June 4th, 2020—Prepare yourself for an intense and unforgiving survival experience—NVYVE Studios is excited to announce that their open-world survival horror game, P.A.M.E.L.A., will be launching into full release on Steam and GOG June 18, 2020. The full release features a new story mode, a new main quest, exciting new side missions, and extensive dialogue from Pamela throughout the game.

Since launching into Steam Early Access back in 2017, fans have been eager to uncover the story behind the downfall of the once vibrant utopian city of Eden, where the game takes place, and how P.A.M.E.L.A. became to be Eden’s once trusted and favored AI overseer. The new P.A.M.E.L.A. story mode takes players on an emotional journey through the city, revealing exactly what happened through flashbacks from P.A.M.E.L.A.’s memories.

While struggling to survive alongside P.A.M.E.L.A., players must make difficult choices, such as deciding how to wisely use the city’s finite energy resources, and how to best customize and upgrade modular weapons and equipment. This new story mode will see players test more than just their survival skills as they embark on a desperate mission to cure an unforgiving virus, defend themselves against the denizens of Eden and build a safe haven for survivors.

The full release of this nail-biting and unforgettable sci-fi survival gaming experience fueled by the studio’s own creativity and passion and feedback gathered from the game’s engaged community.

Find out more at https://www.pamelagame.com/

P.A.M.E.L.A. will be available on Steam and GOG for $24.99 USD, with a 30% discount available for a limited time.

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BOOM! Studios Celebrates Prestigious 2020 Eisner Award Nominations

Posted on 06/05/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

 Premier Publisher Honored By Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Committee in 2020

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 4, 2020) – BOOM! Studios is proud to announce it has received three nominations and one shared nomination in the 2020 Eisner Awards, honoring the best in the comic book industry. This includes three nominations for BOOM! Studios’ new original series and graphic novels – along with one shared nomination for letterer, Jim Campbell.

The full list of nominated comics and talent are below:

  • Best New Series: Once & Future, by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
  • Best New Series: Something is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)
  • Best Graphic Album- New: New World, by David Jesus Vignolli (Archaia)
  • Best Lettering: Jim Campbell, Black Badge, Coda (BOOM! Studios); Giant Days, Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship (BOOM! Box); Rocko’s Modern Afterlife  (KaBOOM!); At the End of Your Tether (Lion Forge); Blade Runner 2019 (Titan); Mall, The Plot, Wasted Space (Vault)

“It’s an honor to receive this recognition from the Eisner Awards committee,” said Matt Gagnon, Editor-in-Chief, BOOM! Studios. “We’re incredibly proud of the brilliant work that our creative partners and the BOOM! Studios team consistently put into our titles. On behalf of everybody at BOOM! we congratulate all the creators that have been nominated!”

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture. 

A full list of nominees can be found at the Eisner Award website.

For continuing news on BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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Poly Bridge 2 is now available on PC with a simultaneous launch on Steam and the Epic Games Store!

Posted on 05/28/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum
The popular bridge-building simulator is back and better than ever with a new extension that allows streamers and viewers to collaborate with ease.

Paekakariki, New Zealand – May 28, 2020 – The acclaimed bridge-building simulator that sold almost 3 million copies is back with even more bells and whistles! The brand-new extension allows streamers and viewers to work together in building their best, and worst, bridges. Developer and publisher Dry Cactus is excited to launch Poly Bridge 2 simultaneously on both Steam and the Epic Games Store today! Players can now unleash their creativity on PC (Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux) for $14.99 USD.

Poly Bridge 2 introduces new levels, new mechanics, a custom physics engine, workshop campaigns, and much more. Rediscover your engineering creativity with even more hours of puzzling fun!

Relax to the soothing new soundtrack as you try, and retry, to keep your bridges standing long enough to get to the other side. Pinch every penny and cut every corner to edge your way up the separate verified Unbreaking and Unrestricted leaderboards. Create, upload, and play a never-ending variety of levels in Sandbox or Workshop. Challenge yourself, friends, and the world with your own puzzles.

If you get stuck on a puzzle while streaming, the Poly Bridge 2 Twitch Extension allows viewers and streamers to work together to solve it. Viewers can design and submit bridges directly to their favourite streamer for them to test in-game! Learn more at http://twitch.polybridge2.com.

Here’s what else you can expect from the new and improved bridge-building simulator:

New Soundtrack

Adrian Talens returns with a new full-length Soundtrack! Relax to the soothing and critically acclaimed music with 13 completely new tracks plus 18 of the original Poly Bridge songs remastered! Enjoy over an hour and a half of the familiar and gentle acoustic guitar rhythms.

Springs!

Take on levels with some added cushion and bounce your way to victory with the new Spring material. Now your bridges can be even more flexible!

New Physics

The team above and beyond this time, crafting a custom physics engine optimized and fine-tuned specifically for bridge simulations. Accurate and predictable, it guarantees the same simulation outcome for everyone, keeping the competitive aspect of the game alive!

Verified Leaderboards

Compete against other players in the new separate general and unbreaking leaderboards! Leaderboard entries are verified on submission to ensure a fair experience for all players.

Improved Sandbox

Create unique levels from scratch and submit them to the in-game Workshop with an improved Sandbox level designer with new objects, customizable ramps, and over twenty vehicles to choose from! Show off your creativity, make your own puzzles, and find an endless variety of levels made by other players!

Workshop Campaigns

Group and order your workshop levels together in the new Workshop Campaigns! Design entire campaign worlds including multiple levels with a common theme and difficulty progression. We’ve also included over 100 original Poly Bridge levels to replay in the Workshop Campaigns section of the in-game Workshop!

And More!

  • First Break Indicator: When your bridge is falling down it can be tough to see where it all goes wrong. Diagnose and fix problems easily with this new simple tool that highlights the first piece broken.
  • 3-Way Split Joints: Drawbridges and hydraulic contraptions can now be enhanced with 3-way split joints. Employ complex moving designs into your bridge with multiple moving parts.
  • Higher Resolution Video Replays: Record high-resolution video replays to show your funny and crazy failures and amazing successes with your friends or on social media. Share your bridges with the world!

For the latest updates, visit the website, follow on Twitter, and check it out on Steam or the Epic Games Store.

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BookConline (Online BookCon 2020) Schedule

Posted on 05/28/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

There are some definite highlights here but everything it worth your time! Head to Bookcon’s website with full details on the panels.

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Book Expo Online Schedule.

Posted on 05/27/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Wednesday’s session of Book Expo Online was absolutely amazing.  Make sure to follow facebook.com/BookExpo for these amazing sessions!

Book Expo Online 2020 Schedule

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BOOM! Studios Announces Surprise FAITHLESS II #1 DAY ONE VARIANT For Retailers

Posted on 05/27/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

 The Hotly Anticipated New Series Arrives With Limited Edition Advance Variant on June 3rd

LOS ANGELES, CA (May 27, 2020) – BOOM! Studios today announced the FAITHLESS II #1 DAY ONE VARIANT, a special advance edition of the hotly anticipated erotic thriller sequel from superstars Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned) and Maria Llovet (Heartbeat). The limited-edition FAITHLESS II #1 DAY ONE VARIANT features new cover art from Eisner Award-winning artist Paul Pope (Batman: Year 100). Moreover, this one-per-store edition arrives at qualifying comic shop retailers on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, one full week in advance of the series debut on June 10, 2020.

This is the first surprise monthly variant cover for comic shops as part of the groundbreaking Day One Retailer Support Services Program, an industry-first plan to immediately support comic shops and their communities worldwide. More details on the program can be found right here.

In FAITHLESS II, Faith must travel to Turin, known as the epicenter of black magic – it’s also a place of high fashion, art, and literature. Now, Faith is in the center of it all and with that, her own power grows.

But all power comes with a price.

And Faith has only just begun to pay for hers.

FAITHLESS II is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith; The Red Mother by Jeremy Haun and Danny Luckert; Alienated by Simon Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose; and the upcoming Wynd by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas, Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo and We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo.

Print copies of the FAITHLESS II #1 will be available for sale on June 10, 2020 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire. FAITHLESS VOL. 1 is available now in bookstores everywhere. 

For continuing news on FAITHLESS II and more from BOOM!, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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IDW Reveals Comic Book Direct Market Publishing Schedule for Summer 2020

Posted on 05/26/2020 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Visit or Contact Your Local Comic Shop for the Best in Summer Reading, Including New Locke & Key, TMNT: The Last Ronin, Rob Liefeld’s Snake Eyes, the First Star Trek: DS9 Series in a Decade, and Much More!

SAN DIEGO, CA (May 26, 2020) – IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM), the award-winning publisher of comic books and graphic novels, is thrilled to announce its revised Direct Market release schedule for Summer 2020. With world-renowned brands like Sonic The Hedgehog and Transformers, groundbreaking original series like Usagi Yojimbo and Sleeping Beauties, acclaimed celebrations of the comics medium like Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition and Parker: The Martini Edition – Last Call, and everything in-between, IDW is perfectly poised to bring readers the summertime thrills they’ve been longing for — all available from your friendly neighborhood comic shops!

“It’s been a crazy time for everybody,” says John Barber, Editor in Chief at IDW. “I’m really excited about finally bringing people the thing that brings us together: comics and books. There’s a really wide range of comics and graphic novels coming from IDW this summer — some you’ve probably been waiting for, and some that are new surprises. For me, the real magic is that there are stories here for everyone, from every walk of life.”

Chris Ryall, IDW’s President, Publisher, and CCO, says, “We’ve all been waiting — fans, retailers, and our staff alike — fervently and sometimes with a bit of understandable restlessness. Our thanks go out to all of you for letting us continue to make, ship, and sell comics to you. None of us take that opportunity for granted – and we will all continue to strive to make any purchase you make worth your time and your money.”

 

MAY 27

Camp Spirit Graphic Novel
Revisit the summer of ‘94 with writer/artist Axelle Lenoir! With just two months left before college, Elodie is forced to take a job as a camp counselor. She doesn’t know the first thing about nature, or sports, or kids for that matter, and isn’t especially interested in learning… but now she’s responsible for a foul-mouthed horde of girls who just might win her over. Just as Elodie starts getting used to her new environment, a dark mystery lurking around the camp begins to haunt her dreams.

Sonic The Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper Vol. 1 Trade Paperback
Join two of the most popular new characters from Sonic’s world in this classic odd-couple team-up adventure! Tangle the Lemur’s got a problem: there’s not enough action in her life! Whisper the Wolf’s also got a problem: she’s hunting down an incredibly dangerous enemy named Sonic the Hedgehog! Can Tangle and Whisper help solve each other’s problems, or will they just make things worse? By Ian Flynn, Evan Stanley, and more!

Dungeons & Dragons: Days of Endless Adventure Trade Paperback
G.I. Joe #6
Godzilla: The Complete Rulers of Earth Vol. 1 Trade Paperback (New Edition)
Marvel Action: Captain Marvel #5
Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath Trade Paperback
Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader’s Castle Trade Paperback
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends #23

 

JUNE 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Road to 100 Deluxe Edition Hardcover
The landmark 100th issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gets the celebration it deserves in this special hardcover edition! Nearly eight years of action-packed continuity by TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman and series co-writer Tom Waltz is brought to its dramatic finale… but that’s not all!  In addition to the landmark issue, join TMNT scholar Patrick Ehlers for an authoritative study of IDW’s TMNT continuity — the perfect companion for such a notable comic book milestone!

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #271
Marvel Action: Black Panther Vol. 2: Rise Together Trade Paperback
Ragnarök: The Breaking of Helheim #5 (of 6)
Star Trek: Year Five #11

 

JUNE 10

Parker: The Martini Edition Hardcover Slipcase Graphic Novel
The great Darwyn Cooke’s graphic novel adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker stories “The Hunter”, “The Outfit”, “The Man with the Getaway Face”, and “The Seventh” are collected in this 9” x 13” hardcover, packaged in a gorgeous slipcase. Includes copious illustrations by Cooke and a long form discussion on Parker featuring Cooke, Ed Brubaker (acclaimed writer of Criminal), and noted comics journalist and historian Tom Spurgeon. A loving tribute to the legacy of Darwyn Cooke and Parker!

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1: Bunraku & Other Stories Trade Paperback
The warrior’s journey of Usagi Yojimbo continues in these all-new full-color adventures! In “Bunraku & Other Stories”, Usagi becomes embroiled in a puppet drama where the players are not quite what they seem, goes back to his bodyguard roots on a perilous journey alongside Lady Mura, and hunts a stolen sword with bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog. Plus, the very first Usagi story, “The Goblin of Adachigahara”, is expanded from 8 to 24 pages, adding new insights into the characters!

Afraid of Everything Hardcover Graphic Novel
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #4 (of 4)
Disney Comics and Stories #12
Dungeons & Dragons: A Darkened Wish Trade Paperback
The Kill Lock #5 (of 6)
Mountainhead #4 (of 5)
Pandemica Vol. 1 Trade Paperback
Rascal Hardcover Graphic Novel
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Vol. 3 Trade Paperback
Wellington #4 (of 5)

 

JUNE 17

Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition Hardcover
After the runaway success of Giant Size X-Men #1, all-new stories exploded in the pages of X-Men #94… and the rest is the stuff comic book dreams are made of! This Artifact Edition contains more than 100 pages from Cockrum’s initial run on X-Men, as well as pages from the artist’s second run on the characters several years later. As an added bonus: a gallery section featuring covers, sketches, and a few surprises! This is an art book made for fans of Dave Cockrum’s X-Men art!

The Crow: Lethe #1 (of 3) – Second Printing
The Crow: Lethe #2 (of 3)
Dying is Easy #5 (of 5)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #272
Lab Vol. 1 Graphic Novel
Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes Hardcover Graphic Novel
Transformers #20
Transformers: The IDW Collection – Phase 2 Vol. 11 Hardcover
Uncle Scrooge #56
Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artisan Edition Hardcover

 

JUNE 24

Sleeping Beauties #1 (of 10)
Based on the horror novel by Stephen and Owen King, and adapted by Rio Youers and Alison Sampson! A strange sleeping sickness, known as Aurora, has fallen over the world, and strangest of all, it only affects women. In the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods; she calls herself Eve and leaves a trail of carnage behind her. More mysterious: she’s the only woman not falling asleep.

A Radical Shift of Gravity Graphic Novel
Locke & Key #1 Facsimile Edition
Marvel Action: Spider-Man Vol. 4: Venom Trade Paperback
My Little Pony: Feats of Friendship Vol. 1 Trade Paperback
Sonic The Hedgehog #28
Sonic The Hedgehog Vol. 6: Last Minute Trade Paperback
Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales #2 (of 5)
Star Wars Adventures Vol. 9: Fight the Empire Trade Paperback
They Called Us Enemy Spanish Edition: Nos Llamaron Enemigo Graphic Novel
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #105
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #3 (of 3)
Transformers vs. The Terminator #2 (of 4)

 

JULY 1

Ed Leffingwell’s Little Joe by Harold Gray Hardcover
Eve Stranger Vol. 1 Trade Paperback
Ghostbusters: Year One #4 (of 4)
I Can Sell You a Body #4 (of 4)
Johnny Dynamite – The Complete Adventures of Pete Morisi’s Wild Man of Chicago Hardcover
Marvel Action Classics: Avengers Starring Iron Man #1
Speed Bump: A 25th Anniversary Collection Hardcover Graphic Novel
Star Trek: Year Five #12
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends #24
Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #4

 

JULY 8

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues Vol. 1 Trade Paperback
Disney Comics and Stories #13
Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides #4 (of 5)
Marvel Vault of Heroes: Captain America Trade Paperback
Michael Recycle Meets Borat the Space Cat Hardcover Picture Book
Sleeping Beauties #2 (of 10)
Sonic The Hedgehog Annual 2020
Starcadia Quest: Heart of a Star Trade Paperback
Star Wars Adventures #32
Transformers: Galaxies #7

 

JULY 15

Snake Eyes: Deadgame #1
Comics superstar Rob Liefeld (New Mutants, X-Force, Youngblood) takes on G.I. Joe in this high-octane, adrenaline-fueled miniseries! Snake Eyes has long been the most mysterious member of the G.I. Joe team, but within the pages of Deadgame, he’ll finally be forced to play his hand! How long can he keep his past classified… and what deadly secrets will come back to haunt him?

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #1
Death casts its shadow as Constable Odo searches for truth amid a web of treachery and lies. Everyone on the Promanade has a motive for this murder, be it vengeance, justice… or old-fashioned greed. Legendary Star Trek scribes Scott Tipton and David Tipton team with noir artist Greg Scott for the first Deep Space Nine comic book series in a decade!

Transformers ‘84: Secrets & Lies #1 (of 4)
Simon Furman returns! Accompanied by the equally accomplished Guido Guidi and John-Paul Bove, the beloved writer tells a new tale in the original Transformers comic universe, hot off the heels of the successful Transformers ’84 #0 one-shot! As the Cybertronian Civil War rages, Decepticon scientist Shockwave has encountered a new obstacle to the Decepticon’s victory and subjugation of the planet: an obstacle called Megatron!

The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Vol. 28 Hardcover
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Complete Silence One-Shot
The Grot: The Story of the Swamp City Grifters Trade Paperback
H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau Hardcover
Marvel Action: Spider-Man #3
Napoleon Dynamite: Impeach Pedro Trade Paperback
Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars – Battle Tales #3 (of 5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #106
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Vol. 11 Hardcover
Usagi Yojimbo #10

 

JULY 22

My Little Pony / Transformers #1 (of 4)
When Queen Chrysalis casts a spell looking for more changelings, she accidentally interferes with a malfunctioning Spacebridge! What’s this mean for our favorite fillies? There are suddenly a bunch of Autobots and Decepticons in Equestria! And as the dust settles, Rarity and Arcee find themselves teaming up against a hostile Decepticon force…

Canto and the Clockwork Fairies One-Shot
Red Panda & Moon Bear Spanish Edition: Panda Roja y Osa Lunar Graphic Novel
Sonic The Hedgehog #29
Star Trek: Year Five Vol. 2: The Wine-Dark Deep Trade Paperback
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2020
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends #25
Transformers #21

 

JULY 29

The Crow: Lethe #3 (of 3)
The Kill Lock #6 (of 6)
Marvel Action: Captain Marvel #6
Pandemica #5 (of 5)
Ragnarök: The Breaking of Helheim #6 (of 6)
Sleeping Beauties #3 (of 10)
Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #5 (of 7)

 

AUGUST 5

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #273
Judge Dredd: False Witness #2 (of 4)
Marvel Action: Avengers #2
Marvel Action: Captain Marvel Vol. 2: A.I.M. Small
Narcos #3 (of 4)
Read Only Memories #4 (of 4)
Sonic the Hedgehog #30
Star Trek: Year Five #13
Usagi Yojimbo #11

 

AUGUST 12

Be Gay, Do Comics Graphic Novel
The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal party that tears apart reality. These are the just some of the comics you’ll find in this massive anthology from The Nib. Be Gay, Do Comics is filled with dozens of comics about LGBTQIA experiences, ranging from personal stories to queer history to cutting satire about pronoun panic and brands desperate to co-opt pride. Brimming with resilience, inspiration, and humor, featuring more than 30 cartoonists!

Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides #5 (of 5)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Snake Eyes Origin One-Shot
The Mueller Report Graphic Novel
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #89
My Little Pony / Transformers #2 (of 4)
Sleeping Beauties #4 (of 10)
Sonic The Hedgehog Spanish Edition Vol. 1: ¡Consecuencias! Trade Paperback
Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales #4 (of 5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #107
They Called Us Enemy Expanded Edition Graphic Novel
Transformers #22
Transformers: Galaxies #8
Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #6 (of 7)

 

AUGUST 19

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 (of 5)
Springing from the minds of TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird comes an epic like you’ve never seen before! In a far different future NYC, a lone surviving Turtle goes on a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his fallen family and friends. Kinetic layouts from Eastman, moody inks from Andy Kuhn, and a thrilling script from longtime TMNT scribe Tom Waltz combine to make this one of the most memorable TMNT stories you will ever read. Oversized in both format and page count!

Voyage to the Stars #1 (of 5)
The hit sci-fi comedy podcast crashes into comics! Earth is gone. Only one intrepid crew of misfits managed to escape, now determined and ambiguously destined to stop a growing, ancient evil from consuming the universe (although stopping it may be tricky, as our heroes can’t help but destroy just about every planet and species they come across) By five-time Harvey Award-nominee James Asmus and Connie Daidone!

Fishtown Brotherly Love Edition Graphic Novel
G.I. Joe #7
Godzilla: Half-Century War Trade Paperback
Life in the Stupidverse Graphic Novel
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Vol. 19
Sonic the Hedgehog #31
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #2 (of 4)
Star Trek: Picard Trade Paperback
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends #26
Transformers ’84: Secrets and Lies #2 (of 4)
Transformers vs. The Terminator #3 (of 4)
Uncle Scrooge #57
Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #7 (of 7)

 

AUGUST 26

Canto II: The Hollow Men #1 (of 5)
All-ages fan favorite Canto returns! Once, a little tin slave with a clock for a heart broke all the rules — he escaped his masters on an epic journey to save his love’s heart, and he led his people to freedom. But now that freedom is in jeopardy, as Canto discovers his people’s clockwork hearts will stop unless they return to captivity. He and his friends Falco, Rikta, and Veratta embark on a new adventure to save the lives of all their people. Can they lift the curse before their time runs out?

Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #1 (of 2)
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez’s acclaimed Locke & Key continues! The impossible, reality-bending keys of Keyhouse have always been weapons of war. In the spring of 1915, Chamberlin Locke’s oldest son, John, is desperate to be a part of the greatest war of all… and use the keys to turn the tide! Prepare to open a door onto one of the grimmest battlefields of the 20th century, whose darkness might even strike fear into an army of supernatural shadows.

Corto Maltese: Mu, The Lost Continent Graphic Novel
From Hell Master Edition Hardcover
Gears of War: Hivebusters Trade Paperback
Kodi Vol. 1 Graphic Novel
Haunted Mansion Graphic Novel
Snake Eyes: Deadgame #2 (of 6)
Star Trek: Hell’s Mirror One-Shot
Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #108
Transformers: Galaxies #9
Transformers Vol. 2: Change in Their Nature Hardcover
Usagi Yojimbo #12

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