|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discover a Brand New Art Book From the Creator of Beloved Cult Sensation The Goon in December 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 21, 2019) – BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at THE ART (AND MANY OTHER MISTAKES) OF ERIC POWELL, a brand new art book with scandalous tales, family gossip, illegally obtained medical records, behind-the-scenes character designs, sketches, and illustrations from the twisted mind of multi-award winning writer and artist Eric Powell, available in stores December 2019. Celebrate an obscene number of years of low art and high art, failure and success, and the many other mistakes from the creator of the acclaimed series, The Goon!
Never before has anyone dared to dive deep into the weird and byzantine mind of Eric Powell—and for good reason, because once you’ve entered the twisted pathways of this collection that’s half graphic memoir, half art book, you’ll find yourself traveling back to the never-before-seen origins of Eric Powell’s early beginnings as an artist then hurtling straight into the chaotic years of rough and tumble cartooning that led to the creation of the enduring hit creation, The Goon, that continues to thrill and delight fans to this very day!
THE ART (AND MANY OTHER MISTAKES) OF ERIC POWELL sheds light on the deliberate and painstaking process of becoming a world renowned comic book creator as recalled by the artist and a few of his delinquent friends. This extensive art book spotlights never-before-seen childhood drawings, early superhero test pages, film poster art, and the establishment of Powell’s homegrown publishing house Albatross Funnybooks.
Eric Powell is an Eisner Award-winning writer and artist best known for his critically acclaimed series The Goon, which launched in 1999, and quickly became an indie hit with a die-hard cult following. In 2002, Powell launched his own publishing house, Albatross Exploding Funnybooks, which has been home to several creator-owned titles, including his own series Chimichanga and Hillbilly, as well as Rebecca Sugar’s Pug Davis, Grumble by Mike Norton & Rafer Roberts, and Brendon Small’sGalaktikon. In 2019, Powell relaunched The Goon at Albatross in coordination with the book’s 20th anniversary.
THE ART (AND MANY OTHER MISTAKES) OF ERIC POWELL 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. Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Bury The Lede by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe; Klaus by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora; and the upcoming Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid; Buffy The Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David Lopez; and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.
Print copies of THE ART (AND MANY OTHER MISTAKES) OF ERIC POWELL will be available for sale December 18, 2019 at local comic book shops (usecomicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), December 24, 2019 at bookstores, or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
For more on THE ART (AND MANY OTHER MISTAKES) OF ERIC POWELL and other projects from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
|
|||||||||||
|
Discover The New Class of Magicians From Series Creator Lev Grossman in November 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 15, 2019) – BOOM! Studios is proud to announce THE MAGICIANS, an all-new original five-issue series in which New York Times bestselling series creator Lev Grossman returns with an all-new story in the world of The Magicianswith award-winning writer Lilah Sturges (The Magicians: Alice’s Story) and rising star artist Pius Bak that features the first appearance of the next generation of heroes and villains, available in November 2019.
Long after Quentin and his friends have graduated from Brakebills, Dean Fogg welcomes a historic new group of students to the school – the first ever class of hedge magicians, rogue practitioners of unsanctioned magic, invited to enroll at Brakebills. But the traditional magicians aren’t too thrilled to have the rule-breaking outcasts in their hallowed halls, and tempers flare as the student bodies clash to prove their superiority – not realizing a new danger has emerged to threaten them all. The malevolence behind the threat at Brakebills will rock everyone to their cores – and even shock longtime fans of The Magicians!
The Magicians is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling adult fantasy novel series created by Lev Grossman, which has become a worldwide pop culture phenomenon and inspired a hit television series on Syfy. Originally published in 2009, The Magiciansintroduces readers to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, which boasts a prestigious and dangerously difficult curriculum, famous and infamous alumni, and a record of only… a few deaths per graduating class.
“The Magicians universe is deep and rich and there are so many places and stories that the books just never got to. Lilah and Pius are going to take us there — with me kibitzing over their shoulders — and it’s going to be incredible.” said author Lev Grossman.
Lilah Sturges is the Eisner Award-nominated co-writer of acclaimed Vertigo series Jack of Fables, as well as the writer for well-known series such as House of Mystery, Fables: The Wolf Among Us, and Justice Society of America with DC Comics, and Thor with Marvel Comics. Sturges most recently wrote The Magicians: Alice’s Story original graphic novel, with creator Lev Grossman and artist Pius Bak, as well as the original graphic novelLumberjanes: The Infernal Compass from BOOM! Studios.
“Lev, Pius and I had such an amazing time working on Alice’s Story and it was clear from the start that we were a great team, so it was only natural that we would try to find a way to keep going! There are so many things to say in this world that Lev has created, so many potential stories just waiting to be told.” said writer Lilah Sturges. “Setting THE MAGICIANS at Brakebills gives us the chance to tell all new stories in a familiar setting, with a mixture of existing and new characters, and give readers something that feels very fresh while being unmistakably The Magicians.”
Pius Bak is a comic book artist born and currently living in Lithuania. Mostly self-taught, Bak started his career as a concept artist. He later transitioned to drawing comics, and in 2017, for the first time, his illustrations appeared in the published comic Night Owl Society.Bak has done illustration work for The Magicians: Alice’s Story, Firefly: The Sting, andAdventure Time with BOOM! Studios as well as various other independent comics projects.
“I had a lot of fun drawing The Magicians: Alice’s Story, and seeing all the positive feedback after the launch was really encouraging. So I’m very excited, and I think fans will be, too, about the all-new MAGICIANS series.” said artist Pius Bak. “I had a lot of freedom in designing the characters for this series, and it feels like a big responsibility to make them right, but I also feel very lucky to be able to contribute this much to The Magiciansuniverse.”
THE MAGICIANS #1 features a main cover by acclaimed artist and illustrator Qistina Khalidah (Return to Dark Tower), along with the first in a series of tarot card variant covers by artist Alexa Sharpe (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), featuring a brand new magician as the Hierophant.
THE MAGICIANS is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Bury The Lede by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe; Klaus by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora; and the upcoming Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid; Buffy The Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David Lopez; and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.
“We’re very excited to introduce fans and new readers to a story that features some of the most intriguing new additions to The Magicians universe,” said Matthew Levine, Editor, BOOM! Studios. “This new and diverse class of Brakebills students make for an emotionally rich and daring ensemble that will pull you in from page one .”
Print copies of THE MAGICIANS #1 will be available for sale November 6, 2019 exclusively 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 the BOOM! Studios app.
For continuing news on THE MAGICIANS and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
This was the tweet I wrote from a preview copy of One ce & Future I am super excited for this @kierongillen
x @Danmora_c series from @boomstudios. Issue one hit me hard and I really am excited to see where this “twist” on the #Arthurian legend/myth goes. Great characters, great plot, amazing art.
Highly Anticipated New Series Debuts a Fourth Printing with Brand New Cover Artist in September 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 13, 2019) – BOOM! Studios announced today thatONCE & FUTURE #1, the extra-sized issue kicking off an all-new series from New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars), Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus), and acclaimed colorist Tamra Bonvillain (Doom Patrol), has sold out of its third printing at the distributor level before the series debut tomorrow on August 14, 2019.
Due to the unprecedented demand from retailers and fans alike, BOOM! Studios has fast-tracked the ONCE & FUTURE #1 FOURTH PRINTING VARIANT, featuring an all-new cover by artist Jakub Rebelka (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Judas), arriving in stores on September 11, 2019.
The most anticipated original series launch of the year, ONCE & FUTURE introduces readers to ex-monster hunter Bridgette McGuire, who must pull her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat when a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead. Now Bridgette and Duncan must navigate the complicated history of the McGuire family and combat the deadly secrets of England’s past that threaten its very future.
“We’re excited for fans to go to their comic shops at midnight tonight to discover just whyONCE & FUTURE #1 is the hottest series launch in BOOM! Studios history,” said Filip Sablik, President of Sales and Marketing, BOOM! Studios. “And to make sure that readers don’t miss out on this historic launch, BOOM! Studios is fast tracking even more copies of the series premiere.”
You can also download the official ONCE & FUTURE trailer right here: ONCE & FUTURE #1 Trailer
ONCE & FUTURE #1 is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Bury The Lede by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe; Klaus by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora; along with the upcoming Something is Killing The Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera and Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid; Buffy The Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David Lopez; and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.
Print copies of ONCE & FUTURE #1 First Printing, featuring cover art by artist Dan Mora, will officially be available for sale on August 14, 2019 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore.
ONCE & FUTURE #1 Second Printing, featuring a new variant cover by Dan Mora will be available for sale on August 28, 2019 at comic shops.
And ONCE & FUTURE #1 Third Printing, with a new variant cover by Dan Mora, will be available on September 4, 2019 at local comic book shops. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
For continuing news on ONCE & FUTURE and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN / VIENNA, AUSTRIA – August 13th, 2019 – Everyone who paid attention in physics class knows that atoms are the smallest basic unit of an element with an nucleus containing protons, neutrons and electrons. But what has that got to do with Biomutant? Well, there are a couple parallels to our Biomutant Atomic Edition:
The Atomic Edition is the biggest basic unit of every Biomutant fan.
The Atomic Edition is packaged in an (almost!) indestructible shell via a premium box.
The Atomic Edition is special to the core, and is containing the following components:
The Biomutant Atomic Edition will be available at selected retailers for an SRP of € 399.99 | $ 399.99 | £ 349.99.
Watch the trailer of the Atomic Edition here: https://youtu.be/
View the mockup here: http://n.thq.com/
Pre-order here: https://biomutant.com/
Biomutant Collector’s Edition
Mutate your living room! The Biomutant Collector’s Edition will be available for an SRP of € 109.99 | $ 109.99 | £ 99.99 for PC and € 119.99 | $ 119.99 | £ 109.99 for consoles. The genetic code of this edition has the following sequence:
Watch the trailer of the Collector’s Edition here: https://youtu.be/
View the mockup here: http://n.thq.com/
Pre-order here: https://biomutant.com/
Stay up to date with Biomutant and visit the game’s website or follow the social media channels.
Website: https://biomutant.
Facebook: https://www.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Clutter Studios has once again teamed up with Philippines based artist Quiccs, and our friends at Martian Toys, to bring you the return of the CoreTEQ!
The Mega Nano, standing at 5.5″ tall, is hand-double-cast in high-end resin! Produced in a GLOW-IN-THE-DARK green internal core robot, and a purple exterior, these gorgeous jewel-like sculptures are an amazing addition to any collection!
Limited to just 100 pieces, and priced at $250 apiece. These won’t be available for long.
Each of these pieces is lovingly hand-created in New York by Clutter Studios!
Available for pre-order this Wed Aug 14th, 2pm (est), priced at $250 apiece.
**This is a pre-order item. Will ship by Oct 31st, 2019. Shipping charges will be invoiced separately. Domestic orders will receive a PayPal request for shipping, international orders will be emailed.**
About Quiccs
Hailing from Manila, Philippines, Quiccs has won several awards in the field of visual arts. He firmly believes in the fusion of graffiti art and electronic media. With his unmistakable style, he has taken the Designer Toy world by storm. With vinyl toys, resin toys, 1/6th scale action figures, and a wide-ranging street art career under his belt, his work is sure to continue to be a mainstay of the scene for years to come. Winner of the 2019 Artist of the Year, and Toy of the Year, at the Designer Toy Awards.
About Clutter Studios:
Clutter Studios is a world-class creative production and design house. With 3D scanning, modeling and printing capabilities, alongside traditional sculpting, solid and roto-cast resin casting, and full factory production, we are here to bring artistic visions to reality.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This weekend August 10th-11th, PLAY NYC has their third annual event. Now at the Metropolitan Pavilion (123 W.18th St, Manhattan, NY) . There will be over 150 games from all genres available for all to experience, discover and enjoy
Totem, a pixel-art adventure game about a girl’s journey and her many transformations along the way. Gather powerful abilities as you battle and solve puzzles across dozens of handcrafted environments.
Way of Rhea is a side scrolling puzzle game in which you can only interact with objects in the world that match your current color. Through use of a teleport mechanic that only lets you teleport to places you’ve already been, and a limited ability to change colors, you have to navigate Way of Rhea’s world only ever interacting with a subset of it at any given time.
“We built the initial prototype of Way of Rhea in 2018 after I saw Bennet Foddy give a talk at GDC about having his students make a game a week. We signed up for a small Playcrafting expo without a game, and spent the week left before the expo scrambling to build the first prototype in time for the event. The game’s come a long way since then, but I don’t think it would exist at all if we hadn’t decide to get something playable in front of players in such a short period of time.” – Mason Remaley
“Play NYC is Playcrafting’s biggest event, but they also host frequent smaller events. All the indie developers I know in the city bring their games to Playcrafting events to playtest—it’s an integral part of NYC‘s indie scene.” – Mason Remaley
Starting on 8/9/19 at 12PM EDT, you’ll be able to add Way of Rhea to your Steam wishlist at the following address: https://store.steampowered.
At Sundown is a fast and frantic top-down multiplayer stealth shooter, where players fight in complete darkness—invisible to themselves and other players—and must utilize various light sources that emit bursts of light when shot in order to illuminate their path. http://sundown-game.com/
On top of video games there will tabletop games and one such is the Blinks system from Move38.
Fourzy is a reimagined two-player abstract connection game similar to Connect Four, Gomoku and Renju, played in a magical world with wizards, spells, magical creatures, on a unique board that changes with every play. The experience is short, intense, logical, and each turn feels like a new puzzle to unwrap and solve. A whole game can be played live in less than 5 minutes, or played asynchronously with friends over time. A single-player experience is also included with puzzles and AI games to challenge solo players. Fourzy can be played for free on Android, and iOS.
We are super excited to show gamers at PlayNYC 2019 what’s new for our fan favorite Smash Game Maui Wowie. Explore 3 new maps with over 10 new player characters, 15 new weapon categories & now packed with full Melee system, power-ups and combo attacks.
Everything about A Church in the Darkness excited me. The premise, the graphical style. Upon loading the game I was impressed equally with the voice acting and how easy everything felt. It all fell down from there. The first three times I didn’t even make it into the camp. The “stealth” has no actual stealth element to it and is very unwieldy in maneuvering. I was shot dead. The strangest thing was the major premise is that your friend (sister?) suspicion’s are all wrong. Yet the place is guarded by heavily armed guards who shoot you on sight. How does that even make you wonder if there’s a twist? Understanding how to use a gun didn’t come easy though. There’s a tutorial but it explains very little along the way to things. You’re truly learning on your own. This isn’t such a problem except you don’t know what you’re doing. When directed to a map. The map made no sense cause while it told you where you were in relation to the map itself it was quite hard to read and figure out. As said after trial and error on a fourth run I made it to town, but then there were tons of people. I was told to find a disguise but there was no where to hide to find such disguise as there was a person everywhere. There was no way to walk into town They also started shooting or running away right away. I don’t expect this much frustration on an immediate first run through of a game. On a fifth run of the game I got much further. I finally found a disguise. It lasted 10 seconds at most though. I was hot dead, but it turns out I didn’t die. Suddenly I was in a prison. I easily escaped that prison, was shot again, and found myself in another prison. I escaped that prison, but found myself so far on the map from anything that I was lost. I was somehow able to make it back down the map, but was then shot dead again without finding any useful items along the way to help me survive. Despite getting much further in this run my desire to try again is non existent. While the game’s description is Rogue-lite there is enough not enough fun in the elements of that to keep one pursuant. One of the biggest qualms is the lack of melee combat. That I just stand there as I get shot, but can’t try to slug my attacker is ludicrous and agonizing. It made me want to just quit. Not because I needed a break, but because I just didn’t care. I’m a lone person in what is obviously some evil camp. Even in easy mode I was shot and given little resources. Your enjoyment may vary. Your skill level at this time of game may also vary, I would deter you to not give the game a try, but it is definitely not geared towards my likes and interests as much as I had hoped from promotions and early feels.
You can find A Church in the Darkness on Steam at a discount of $15.99 if seeing this review between August 2nd (release date) and the next month and a half or $20 at regular price.