Comic Nation TV’s Month of Halloween

Today isn’t an image from a comic book but more about the man behind it. James O’Barr the creator of the Crow. Since tonight is Devils night, it is a fitting image to put up!

his reasons behind the book: “I joined the marines after someone very close to me was killed by a drunk driver. I just wanted to stop thinking about it and have some structure in my life. But, I was still filled with such rage and frustration that I had to get it out before it destroyed me. One day I just began drawing The Crow; it came pouring out.”

look if you dare!

BRANDON GRAHAM’S “THE SPEAKER”

DEBUTS IN DARK HORSE PRESENTS #7

October 27, MILWAUKIE, OR—Brandon Graham, creator of King City and Multiple Warheads and writer of Prophet, one of the series in the heavily NYCC-hyped Extreme Studios relaunch, will be making his Dark Horse Presents debut in issue #7!

A man loses his voice—his voice goes off to see the world. Years later the man dies and the voice that walks like a man hears the news and returns home. The Voice has to deal with all the personifications of the man’s doubts, secrets, and ideas that are left behind.

 It’s got doubts using tuning forks like guns and ideas that smash the light bulbs over their heads like they were bottles in a bar fight,” says Graham.

Graham’s work is widely known and followed through his blog, http://royalboiler.wordpress.com/.

Stay tuned for more about original stories premiering in Dark Horse Presents!

Dark Horse Presents #7 is on sale December 21, 2011, and also contains brand-new Age of Reptiles, Skeleton Key, and Hellboy stories.

LONG BEACH COMIC-CON 2011 IDW EVENT SCHEDULE!

OOTH #201

Saturday Oct. 29th
12:00 – 2:00 Kevin Eastman – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
*Ask about the convention exclusive Ultimate TMNT Hardcover!

2:00 – 3:00 IDW: The Big Panel!Darwyn Cooke & Scott Dunbier celebrate the release of Parker: The Martini Edition, and reveal a top secret new image!
Room 103A

2:00 – 3:00 Thom ZahlerLove & Capes

2:00 – 3:00 Chris RyallZombies vs Robots
*Ask about the convention exclusive Zombies vs Robots Hardcover!

3:30 – 5:30 Darwyn Cooke Richard Stark’s Parker
*Ask about the convention exclusive Parker: The Martini Edition!

6:00 – 7:00 Steve Niles & Bernie WrightsonMonstrous Book of Steve Niles & Bernie Wrightson, Frankenstein: Alive, Alive
*Ask about the convention exclusive Monstrous Book of Steve Niles & Bernie Wrightson!

Sunday Oct. 30th

11:00 – 12:00 Ben Wagner Baja

12:00 – 1:00 Steve Niles & Bernie Wrightson Monstrous Book of Steve Niles & Bernie Wrightson, Frankenstein: Alive, Alive
*Ask about the convention exclusive Monstrous Book of Steve Niles & Bernie Wrightson!

1:00 – 3:00 Darwyn Cooke Richard Stark’s Parker
*Ask about the convention exclusive Parker: The Martini Edition!

3:00 – 4:00 Livio Ramondelli – TRANSFORMERS

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USAGI YOJIMBO REACHES 200TH ISSUE!

STAN SAKAI HONORED WITH YEAR OF THE RABBIT EXHIBIT!

October 25, MILWAUKIE, OR—Earlier this year, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai was named the 2011 Cultural Ambassador by the Japanese American National Museum. Shortly thereafter, the JANM opened their Year of the Rabbit exhibit—the most comprehensive collection of Sakai’s work to date.

Stan Sakai has won several Eisner Awards and has received over twenty Eisner Award nominations. Prior to Dark Horse’s long run on the series, there were thirty-eight Fantagraphics issues, sixteen Mirage issues, a summer special, and four color specials. Dark Horse’s Usagi Yojimbo #141 marks the landmark two hundredth overall issue of master storyteller Stan Sakai’s beloved series, and the rabbit ronin celebrates with a special story perfect for new readers, “200 Buddhas”! With a ruthless gang terrorizing his small town, a humble stonecutter receives a vision and sets out to carve two hundred stone figures. Just as he has finished the 199th, a long-eared stranger comes to his door seeking shelter from the rain!

 “In a perfect world, everyone would read Usagi Yojimbo.”

—Greg McElhatton, Comic Book Resources

 The Japanese American National Museum is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry. The founding of the museum is a story of high hopes, remarkable achievements, frustration, and, ultimately, success. The JANM is located in Los Angeles, and the Year of the Rabbit exhibit closes its doors October 30, 2011 – http://www.janm.org/exhibits/stansakai/

Usagi Yojimbo #141 is on sale October 26, 2011!

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