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Eric Heisserer aims to tell a tale in the tradition of Arthurian legends and Star Wars. With artwork by Felipe Massafera (Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, Captain Midnight), Shaper looks to carve a niche for itself in the rich tapestry of sci-fi adventure.

Valiant has their own plans to build on their popular Valiant Next initiative

IDW Entertainment, the production arm of the company, has signed with the WME talent agency for representation. WME will represent all film and television projects for IDW, which was formerly repped by Circle of Confusion. THR has a bit more on the deal:

The long awaited second collection of Kate Beaton's madly popular Hark! A Vagrant comic is finally on its way, and it's called Step Aside, Pops, a phrase we'll all be saying a lot come September. Tom Devlin acquired the book for Drawn & Quarterly. “Kate’s wit is sharper than ever in Step Aside, Pops,” said Devlin in a statement. “She’s found the perfect way to explore her love of history, while effortlessly deflating the pompous, self-righteous figures of authority we were taught to respect in school. Her restlessness has made her drawings even funnier."

This preview of the new Richard Corben book from Dark Horse came in my email yesterday to promote the FOC of the book—the last day that retailers can adjust orders. So I missed posting it when it would do any good (I was in meetings and on deadline yesterday). But perhaps consumers will be interested as well! Corben is a powerhouse of the first wave of self-publishing and "ground level" publishing in the 80s, and he's still rocking out with the art.

Boom!'s creator-driven Boom ox line is expanding next month with Help Us! Great Warrior from Madeline Flores. It's based on her webcomic and follows a Great...

"I'm going to tear you apart from the inside." Is it possible that Ultron is the first truly worthwhile "dyed in the wool" bad guy...

Yep it's another high concept zombie crossover as RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADPOOl takes dead Deadpool and brings him back! Prepare for pools full of...

By: Alexander Jones Modern mythmakers Valiant Comics are implementing something new with a prologue for their upcoming Imperium comic with Imperium: Prelude. February 4th see’s select...

The CW, hot on the heels of their announcement that both Arrow and The Flash have been renewed for fourth and second seasons respectively, revealed...

Yup!  It's that time of year again!  Marvel has released their book catalog for May-August 2015, and it's chock full of reprints, collections, slipcases,...

The Merc With A Mouth To Meet His End By David Nieves In Marvel Comics ongoing -- who can we kill that isn't in our movies...