Mark Waid is INCORRUPTIBLE

THIS DECEMBER BOOM! STUDIOS DEBUTS ANOTHER DEVASTATING ONGOING MARK WAID SUPERHERO SERIES

Last April BOOM! Studios showed the world that “Mark Waid Is Evil” with the smash hit series IRREDEEMABLE. Now Mark Waid is INCORRUPTIBLE. A new ongoing series launching this December, INCORRUPTIBLE asks the question: what happens when a villain becomes a hero? Written by Mark Waid and sporting sensational interior art by hot newcomer Neil Edwards (Squadron Supreme) INCORRUPTIBLE features covers by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-men) and Tim Sale (Batman: Long Halloween).

INCORRUPTIBLE showcases super villain Max Damage, who had an epiphany the day The Plutonian destroyed Sky City. That day, when The Plutonian turned his back on humanity, Max Damage decided to step up. Now Max Damage has changed his name to Max Daring and turned from his formerly selfish ways to become… INCORRUPTIBLE. The flip side to this year’s break-out smash hit IRREDEEMABLE, examining the hard, difficult road to changing your ways and making a difference in the world…

“While you don’t need to be reading IRREDEEMABLE to enjoy this new series, INCORRUPTIBLE continues that complex study of caped morality at the end of the world,” says Managing Editor, Matt Gagnon. “Readers will be shown a shockingly different perspective of The Plutionian’s world, where a super-villain, pushed by an insurmountable force, dares to be INCORRUPTIBLE.”

INCORRUPTIBLE is an ongoing series publised by Boom! Studios, written by Mark Waid, with sensational interior art by sizzling hot artist Neil Edwards (Farscape). INCORRUPTIBLE #1 ships with two covers in a 50/50 split, featuring art by John Cassaday and Tim Sale and also has a 1-in-10 incentive cover by Jeffrey Spokes.

The Art of Ditko

IDW and YOE Books Announce The Art of Ditko

Coming this November, IDW Publishing and its imprint YOE Books are proud to announce, The Art of Ditko, a beautifully designed, large format retrospective on the art and influence of Steve Ditko. Comics legend Stan Lee provides a glowing introduction, while P. Craig Russell, John Romita, and Jerry Robinson each offer their own insights into this enigmatic and incredible creator. In addition to these one of a kind essays, The Art of Ditko also introduces fans to the very best of Ditko’s rare and striking work. The Art of Ditko is the first book from IDW’s new imprint YOE Books, and is edited and designed by Craig Yoe (Secret Identity).

A lifelong fan of comics, Ditko began his professional career as a student of Robinson at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in 1950, and was quickly recognized as a hard working and talented creator. Ditko went on to add his unique style to some of the biggest names in the business, co-creating Spider-Man and Dr. Strange with Lee, and working at both Marvel and DC during his career. In addition to these famous characters, Ditko also heavily influenced the world of comics through his innovative and groundbreaking stories, challenging the accepted boundaries of the medium.

“I’m excited to show these rare stories that pull back the curtain on how Ditko pushed the comics medium’s story telling techniques in radical, revolutionary ways that have been hidden by his stellar co-creation of Spider-man and Dr. Strange,” said Yoe. “The Art of Ditko also meticulously reproduces, in color, full page pieces of original Ditko art—including unpublished works—that breathtakingly show off the creator’s powerful artistry.”

The Art of Ditko combines riveting essays about the legendary creator with some of his most revolutionary, yet little known, works. In his introduction, Lee details his relationship with Ditko and how their co-creating of Spiderman and Dr. Strange came about. More fascinating essays follow by Robinson, who created the Joker. John Romita described what it was like to follow Ditko on Spiderman and P. Craig Russell gives careful insight into the task of inking his idol. Drawn during his little known “Innovation Period,” the twenty-eight stories exquisitely presented in full color amply show Ditko as a great auteur experimenting with, twisting, and transforming the comics form.

“The addition of YOE Books to IDW has brought a new creative direction and spirit to our book line,” said IDW Editor Justin Eisinger. “Craig’s unique vision and spirit have a contagious quality, a quality that we’re ready to release onto the reading public.” The Art of Ditko is the groundbreaking first book of the IDW imprint, YOE Books, edited, designed and written by Yoe, winner of both an Eisner Award and the Society of Illustrator’s Gold Medal.  Vice Magazine had deemed Yoe “The Indiana Jones of Comics Historians.”

The Art of Ditko will be available in stores this November and a preview is available at TheArtofDitko.com

Bloom County Library Volume One Release and Raffle

Creator Berkeley Breathed to raffle off Sunday strip original art at Long Beach Comic Con on Saturday, October 3^rd and a limited number of Bloom County Library Volume One will be available for first time.

Capping off his inaugural appearance as a convention guest, Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed will raffle off a piece of original strip art on Saturday, October 3rd at Long Beach Comic Con. Breathed will be a special guest at Long Beach Comic Con, and will give a rare presentation on the much-loved Bloom County comic and the new Bloom County Library Volume One in Room B beginning at 3:00 PM. All attendees of the presentation will receive one raffle ticket. The panel will close with Breathed selecting a raffle ticket and presenting the original art to the lucky winner.

Beginning at Long Beach Comic Con, IDW Publishing will unveil The Bloom County Library Volume One, the first of five volumes featuring every daily and Sunday strip in chronological order, many reprinted for the first time. In addition to premiere access to this beautiful new hard cover, published under IDW’s imprint, Library of American Comics, edited by Scott Dunbier and designed by Eisner-winner Dean Mullaney, LBCC attendees who join Breathed for his presentation will each be entered to win this valuable strip, featuring a hilarious depiction of the hazards of the art world.

Bloom County is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of modern times. Created by Breathed, the strip premiered on December 8th, 1980 and featured the beloved and quirky denizens of Bloom County including Opus, Steve Dallas, Bill the Cat, Milo Bloom, Michael Binkley, and Cutter John.  The strip was published in over 1,200 newspapers. 

The Bloom County Library Volume One contains a series of “Context Pages” sprinkled throughout the volumes, providing perspective for the reader and presenting a variety of real-life events and personalities that were contemporary at the time of original publication. Breathed has also added his own commentary at points throughout the book. 

The Bloom County Library Volume 1 will be available in stores on October 6^th. Visit IDW Publishing to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. For a complete list of Long Beach Comic Con events, guests, activities, ticket prices and times, visit LongBeachComicCon.com.

Sneak Peek: NOLA from Boom Studios

Debuting this November Boom! Studios takes you on a savage trip down south with an epic journey of blood-thirsty revenge in a decimated land in NOLA.

Post-Katrina New Orleans comes alive this December when BOOM! Studios premieres NOLA. Writer/director Chris Gorak of the critically acclaimed Right At Your Door brings you NOLA, a relentless story about dead-cold vengeance in the face of losing everything.

After cheating death, Nola Thomas wakes up alone in a deserted New Orleans hospital. Bruised, broken, and badly burned, she emerges from the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina with one thing on her mind…revenge.

“NOLA takes the revenge/crime story to a complex setting, amongst a national disaster, where crime, and poverty reached a fever pitch,” says Managing Editor Matt Gagnon.  “Combine one of the most culturally rich environments on the planet with a tragedy of biblical proportions, and a passionate anti-hero with a righteous mission and you get NOLA.”

NOLA is a four issue miniseries published by BOOM! Studios, written by Chris Gorak, scripted by Pierluigi Cothran with sensational interior art by red hot newcomer Damian Couceiro. Issue one ships with two covers in a 50/50 split, featuring art by Erik Jones (The Unknown) and Chris Brunner (Hellblazer).

Sneak Peek: HARPE: America's First Serial Killers

HARPE: America’s First Serial Killers to shoot up stores shelves this November.

A gutted corpse! That was the calling card of Wiley and Micajah Harpe, America’s First Serial Killers! Shipping this November to a local comic shop near you, HARPE: AMERICA’S FIRST SERIAL KILLERS reveals the little known true story as seen through the eyes of Wiley himself and will leave you scarred for life!

At the true beginning of the Old West, the brothers Harpe began a murderous spree that could only end badly. A blood-curdling true-crime tale for fans of Dead Irons and Jonah Hex!

This original graphic novel written by award-winning writer Chad Kinkle and illustrated by Adam Shaw (Image’s Blood Stream), HARPE is sure to grab readers by the throat and not let go!

HARPE: AMERICA’S FIRST SERIAL KILLERS is an original graphic novel written by Chad Kinkle, illustrated by Adam Shaw and published by Cave in Rock it ships this November. More information can be found at www.harpegraphicnovel.com