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Dark Horse Launches On Apple’s iBookstore

Dark Horse digital graphic novels are now available for purchase on the iBookstore, featuring over two hundred top titles, including Mass Effect, Hellboy, Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Sin City, and more. Plus, iBooks users can put Star Wars comics on their bookshelf next to all of their favorite Star Wars novels. Through Apple’s iOS devices, readers are guaranteed …

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Starz Greenlights “Outlander” Series

Starz Chief Executive Officer, Chris Albrecht, announced that Starz will partner with Sony Pictures Television to greenlight “Outlander,” an original series adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s international bestselling books. The network has ordered 16 episodes of the series which will begin filming in Scotland this fall. It is slated to premiere in 2014. The series adaptation …

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Marvel Lauches Licensing For Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel teams with licensees Hasbro, Disguise and Sideshow Collectibles for toys and products tied to the upcoming film, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. “As we’ve seen with Marvel’s The Avengers and Iron Man, Marvel Studios is expert in developing comic-based properties into major blockbuster events and bringing them to the forefront …

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Jolley Resurrects Bloodhound

Dark Horse Comics announced the long-awaited return of the beloved series Bloodhound, from writer Dan Jolley (Prototype 2) and artist Leonard Kirk (X-Factor)! Previously published by DC, Bloodhound begins a new five-issue series, Crowbar Medicine, that will take our hero, Travis Clevenger, to new intensities the Big Two would have never allowed—establishing Clev as the …

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Look, Up In The Sky…It’s Super Kitty

DC Entertainment and Sanrio have teamed up for a Hello Kitty x DC Comics cross-over. The new brand collaboration will feature Hello Kitty dressed up as DC Comics Super Heroes including Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman. “Character cross-overs have been a classic Hello Kitty spin off for years and our fans are always …

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Paramount Announces “World War Z” Licensing Program

Paramount announced its slate of worldwide licensing partners in support of the highly anticipated film “WORLD WAR Z,” which opens in theaters nationwide on June 21 st.  To extend the excitement of the summer film event, Paramount is rolling out a robust in-theatre merchandise program highlighted by mobile pop up stores in …

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Dynamite Unveils The Mocking Dead

From the New York Times bestselling writer of the Marvel Zombies series comes a gut-splitting (then eating) comedy!  From acclaimed Marvel Zombies writer Fred Van Lente comes The Mocking Dead!  The Mocking Dead is a tongue-in-cheek look at the wildly popular zombie genre, with amazing interior art from Max Dunbar, colored in a unique …

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Dark Horse Unveils White Walker Statue

Following its “sneak” debut to the industry at this year’s Toy Fair International, Game of Thrones fans have been clamoring for an official release date, and images of HBO and Dark Horse’s White Walker statue. Arriving at finer comic shops, bookstores, and specialty retailers on December 18, 2013, the White Walker is a hand-painted, numbered …

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‘Man Of Steel’ Dominates Box Office

After three decades, Warner Bros. has successfully resurrected its Superman franchise with Zack Snyder‘s darker, more violent take on the marquee superhero. Man of Steel, directed by Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, debuted to $113.1 million over Father’s Day weekend in North America and to $71.6 million from 24 markets overseas for …

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