Tag: IDW
Wondercon’16: IDW Plans to Publish a Plethora of Books
By Nicholas Eskey
San Diego publisher IDW have grown steadily beyond their beginnings of comics. Though comics are still their main focus, the company in recent years has expanded beyond that and into other forms...
WonderCon’16: Friday Morning Preview and visit from Mayor Eric Garcetti
By Nicholas Eskey
During the tail end of last year’s Wonder Con, it was announced that the convention which had spent the last three years in Anaheim would instead next be hosted by the city...
Exclusive Preview: D.J. Kirkbride Unleashes a “cosmic stench of death” in THE BIGGEST BANG
Author D.J. Kirkbride (Amelia Cole) had a chance to explore subversive cosmic humor in the pages of The Bigger Bang from IDW in 2014. Kirkbride alongside Vassilis Gogtzilas (The Adventures of Augusta Wind) has gotten...
March Book 3 cover and pub date revealed
The third volume of the March Trilogy, Rep. John Lewis's personal story of the Civil Righs movement, will be out this August it was revealed today, along with the cover. Written by Lewis and...
IDW hires Joel Elad as Direct Market Sales Manager
Comics are hiring! At least in the sales departments. IDW has announced Joel Elad has been hired as their Direct Market Sales Manager to work drectly with comics shops and manage their retailer variants programs. Elad was formerly at his own NewComix.Com, and Top Cow.
US publisher goes on shopping spree at Angoulême
I promised I would have only ONE MORE post on Angoulême and here it is! Calvin Reid went to this year fest and has his full report for PW, including of course, all...
MATT CHATS: IDW Editor Bobby Curnow on the Balance Between Licenses and Original Concepts
IDW is mainly known for its publication of licensed work, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers and My Little Pony. But the publisher has been transitioning lately with a renewed focus on creator-owned comics, first by acquiring...
Comings and goings: Robertson, Atkins, Scott
A number of comics coming and goings of late:
§ Dark Horse has promoted Sarah Robertson to director of sales.
Robertson will be responsible for business development, overseeing the in-house sales team, managing distributor and retailer...
IDW announces new international licensing program, kicking things off with Archie
About a year ago, IDW made headlines by buying Top Shelf. They haven't topped that yet, but they do have a new business division: IDW International, which will handle all the publisher's foreign rights....
IDW to publish Artist’s Edition of Jack Kirby’s Thor
Hold on to your shelves. IDW's Artists Edition series has made jaws drop with its stunning series of oversized editions of various comics masterworks, reproduced from the original art. But now for the first time they're collecting the King of Comics, Jack Kirby Marvel work with Jack Kirby’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition. The book will include classic complete stories from Journey Into Mystery #111, #117, #118, along with other stories and a Kirby Gallery.
The Aliens already Won in MARS ATTACKS: OCCUPATION
Sometimes in corporate comics, men in suits strive for creators to produce material that is more in line with other works in order to create a shared universe. This makes it hard for writers and artists...
THE LAST UNICORN Author Peter S. Beagle Sues Business Manager for Elder Abuse
Genre-defining fantasy author Peter S. Beagle, whose seminal novel The Last Unicorn was adapted as a comic book series by IDW in 2004, has charged long-time business manager Connor Cochran with fraud and elder abuse.
