Business news briefs
• ECCC news: The initial launch of the BOOM!/Fox Atomic partnership will be an ongoing 28 DAYS LATER comic:
Initial launch story will be firmly based in 28 DAYS LATER continuity with the first...
Some trimming at Dark Horse
The Beat has learned that editor Rob Simpson was recently laid off at Dark Horse. Simpson, an industry vet who formerly worked at DC, was the Senior Editor in charge of Dark Horse's prose...
The Goon vs. Dethklok
MTV's Splash Page blog has a fantastic cover for perhaps the most unexpected -- but delightful -- crossover of all: Eric Powell's THE GOON vs. DETHKLOK, the world's greatest metal band.
Fincher teases THE GOON
AICN previews the CGI GOON movie which David Fincher is producing. Created by Eric Powell, The Goon has starred in a well-received series of graphic novels, and would fit nicely into the "Dark...
BEASTS OF BURDEN preview
Somehow, last week we did not link to Jill Thompson's gorgeous artwork for BEASTS OF BURDEN, a four-issue miniseries wirtten by Evan Dorkin with painted art by Thompson about some animals who fight the...
NYCC: Dark Horse – #823
Eric Powell, Rick Remender, David Lloyd, Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson and many more will highlight this Dark Horse gangs events:
Friday Feb. 6th :
2:00 - 3:00 PIGEONS FROM HELL – Nathan...
Celebrity comics watch: Art Brut
News that this or that "famous person" reads comics isn't exactly a headline-maker (unless you're running for president, of course). With all the success of comics-based media in the last few years, it's more...
Every Dark Horse comic avaliable at Portland State University
CORRECTION: The PSU collection is NOT, as the headline for this post originally claimed, "The Country's First University Comic Book Archive," but one of many great academic comic book libraries, as PSU Librarian Helen...
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS director to add comic book movie to portfolio
In today's Option News, David Gordon Green is set to direct FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND, a film based on the Dark Horse graphic novel by Steve Niles and Greg Ruth.
Illustrated by Greg Ruth, Niles'...
The wit and wisdom of Mike Richardson
ICV2 sits down with Dark Horse big wampum Mike Richardson for the annual gabfest. The always voluble Richardson is without question the very first publisher we ever heard volunteer to call periodicals "pamphlets" ......
More Snyder: 300 sequel to be based on Miller GN
In all the WATCHMEN hubbub, questions about that supposed "300 prequel/sequel" were also raised, and Zack Snyder answered:
So when does the second 300 film take place?In short, Snyder says he's spoken with Frank Miller...
Diamond Retailer Summit news roundup
by Torsten Adair
• Diamond's new warehouse:
At Monday's breakfast, Cindy Fournier, Diamond Vice President of Operations, presented the new distribution warehouse moving from Memphis, Tennessee, to nearby Olive Branch, Mississippi. Six years ago, Diamond...
