New logo alert: Oni Press

17 Comments POSTED ON Jan 26 2012 AT 8:00 am BY The Beat

Two is a trend! Oni Press has just announced a new logo replacing the Dave Gibbons-designed original. The new logo was designed by Oni Press art director Keith A. Wood and will first appear on THE SECRET HISTORY OF D.B. COOPER, which comes out in March.

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Courtney Crumrin in color for the first time

5 Comments POSTED ON Dec 20 2011 AT 2:30 pm BY The Beat

While you may be in full-on holiday panic mode, there's always spring...and Halloween. Next spring's Courtney Crumrin, Volume 1: The Night Things, Special Edition will see the sardonic young monster-hunter in color for the first time. Ted Naifeh's all ages gothic waif is one of the first -- and the best -- of this sub-genre of comics, and it looks great in color by Warren Wucinich.

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NYCC news rewind: Oni to reissue Courtney Crumrin

3 Comments POSTED ON Oct 19 2011 AT 7:10 am BY The Beat

This story by Brigid Alverson on kids comics news at NYCC 11 is chock-a-block full of newsy bits, but we'll just spotlight the Oni news here:

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PREVIEW: PETROGRAD

3 Comments POSTED ON Apr 03 2011 AT 1:00 pm BY The Beat

PETROGRAD is an upcoming GN by Phil Gelatt and Tyler Crook about the death of Russian strongman Gregorii Rasputin, coming in August. Oni released some preview pages here:

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Oni promotes Chu and Beaton

6 Comments POSTED ON Mar 02 2011 AT 4:46 pm BY The Beat

Oni has just announced the promotion of Jill Beaton and Charlie Chu to full editors. “For the last year both Jill and Charlie have given their all to Oni Press as associate editors and integral parts of our editorial team,” editor in chief James Lucas Jones said in a statement. “They each have taken on added responsibility, working with established Oni creators on stellar books and reaching out to bring new creators into the Oni fold.”

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To Do tonight: Ivy release party at Floating Worlds

1 Comment POSTED ON Feb 03 2011 AT 3:12 pm BY The Beat

More info here.

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Coming Attractions: February 2011

9 Comments POSTED ON Jan 30 2011 AT 10:00 pm BY Torsten Adair

February has only 28 days, but is jam-packed with lots of great graphic novels and related titles! Warning... looking at what appears so far on BarnesAndNoble.com, the rest of 2011 is going to be just as amazing! Click this link to discover more! (Sweet Kirby Crackle! Corto Maltese, in English, from Rizzoli?!) Better start shopping for bookshelves now.

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Afternoon reading: Sean Murphy’s Off Road – update

1 Comment POSTED ON Jan 26 2011 AT 2:16 pm BY The Beat

Before there was JOE THE BARBARIAN, there was Sean Murphy's OFF ROAD, the story of some guys on a weekend trip that becomes, by turns, confessional and dangerous. Kind of like the Breakfast Club in a jeep. IDW has released a new edition today -- the original was published by Oni. More proof that when you OWN YOUR WORK you can keep making money off it.

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Afternoon reading: James Stokoe’s Wonton Soup, Fire for Effect

3 Comments POSTED ON Jan 20 2011 AT 1:01 pm BY The Beat

Artist James Stokoe continues his assault on the predictable tedium of corporate comics with a huge art post including an ORC STAIN preview, pages from a WONTON SOUP spin-off and FIRE FOR EFFECT, a complete story he once submitted to HEAVY METAL. The latter is NSFW.

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Coming Attractions: November 2010

9 Comments POSTED ON Oct 31 2010 AT 9:00 pm BY Torsten Adair

Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Torsten Adair The following is a selection of new comics titles due to be published in November 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 350 books scheduled. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest.  If you would like to browse forthcoming graphic novels and related books [...]

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31 Days of Halloween: Steve Rolston

1 Comment POSTED ON Oct 16 2010 AT 12:13 pm BY The Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet A spooky image from GHOST PROJEKT, the Oni Press book by Joe Harris and Steve Rolston. Colors by Dean Trippe.

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NYCC 10: Oni #2331

0 Comments POSTED ON Oct 08 2010 AT 10:32 am BY The Beat

PR: Oni Press is in New York for NYCC 2010! Oct 8th – 10th we’ll be strutting our stuff at booth #2331. Come by and check out our eclectic library of titles including the con premieres of:

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Scott Pilgrim’s finest sales chart: 1 million in print

19 Comments POSTED ON Sep 17 2010 AT 2:25 pm BY The Beat

It was a wise man who said that comic book movies function as $20 million advertisements for graphic novels...and in the case of the Scott Pilgrim series it is certainly true.

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Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Debate

75 Comments POSTED ON Aug 16 2010 AT 3:27 pm BY The Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet So when the tale was written, SCOTT PILGRIM Vs THE WORLD ended up #5 at the box office with a disappointing $10.5 mil. This simple fact has caused ethnic wars everywhere on the internet. People ask, double rainbow-like, “What does it mean?” and argue over who is a fanboy, what is [...]

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SCOTT PILGRIM vs The Box Office

92 Comments POSTED ON Aug 14 2010 AT 10:35 am BY The Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet It’s looking like SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD will come in at a disappointing #4 at this weekend’s box office, according to Nikki Finke, behind THE EXPENDABLES, EAT PRAY LOVE, and the returning THE OTHER GUYS. SPvsTW made an estimated $4.7 million on Friday for an $11 million opening. There’s a [...]

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