This Summers big Fantasy movie has arrived. Conan the Barbarian opens this weekend. Thanks to YahooMovies for providing the trailer.
ComicPop Library Episode 6 Shownotes
1) Liar’s Kiss, Eric Skillman & Jhomar Soriano, 2011, Top Shelf Productions. ISBN: 978-1603090704, $14.95.
2) Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Batman Reborn, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely & Philip Tan, 2011, D.C. Comics. ISBN: 978-1401229870, $14.99.
3) Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson, 2010, Dark Horse. ISBN: 978-1595825131, $19.99.
ComicPop Library Episode 6
ComicPop Library Episode 6 is here! In this episode we review: Liars Kiss by Eric Skillman and Jhomar Soriano; Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Philip Tan; and Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson.
Dark Horse is Casting a Spell
ICv2 reports that CEO Mike Richardson, of Dark Horse Comics, announced that Dark Horse will be adding New York Times bestselling House of Night series to it’s publishing schedule. P.C. & Kristen Cast, along with Kent Dallan, will co-write the series and Joelle Jones will provide the illustration. The title will be original stories, rather than adaptations. House of Night is one title that librarians will want to keep an eye out for the collected editions to add to their young adult graphic novel collections. The series is set to debut this November.
“The Strain” by Adapted
Dark Horse has announced that they will be adapting Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain, the first book of a planned vampire trilogy. The adaptation will be written by David Lapham and illustrated by Mike Huddleston. It is planned for a 24 issue run and then it will be released into a collected edition. The series will begin in December and it will be a day and date in issue form and digital form.
Hellboy Contest
Librarians let your Hellboy fans know that Dark Horse is having a Hellboy contest were a person is to recreate a Hellboy cover in any medium. The finished product will have to be scanned and sent to them no later than July 13. The winner of the contest will be selected on July 14. Up for grabs is the possibility to win a signed Hellboy: The Fury #1 and Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 4. Follow the link for the complete contest rules.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/484/recreate-hellboy-cover-contest
Frazetta Contest
If you have some patrons that need something to do this week and holiday weekend let them know about Dark Horse’s Frazetta Contest. Dark Horse wants the person to take a picture re-enacting a Frazetta Conan cover of their choice. If there are multiple people on the cover you can use friends to pose with you. If you are 18 and older you can enter the contest by July 4th. Two winners will be chosen and they will receive all eight Conan: The Frazetta Series cover titles. Link below for more information.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/468/recreate-conan-frazetta-cover-contest
Dark Horse is Taking a Survey
Head on over to Dark Horse Comics site, linked below, to possibly win a Buffy Trade. Dark Horse is taking a product survey that is six questions in length and the sixth is providing your E-mail to be entered into a contest were three participants will win a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 – Last Gleaming graphic novel. Not to bad a deal for just taking a few minutes out of your day. If you win you could put the book in your library’s collection, your personal collection or use it as a giveaway during a program in your library. Dark Horse would appreciate the feedback which helps them in making marketing and production decisions.
R.I.P.D. Gets More Serious
Universal has set a date for the R.I.P.D. movie for June 28, 2013. This movie is set to star Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, which is based on the story written by Peter Lenkov from Dark Horse Comics. We’ll just have to see how this will play out.
Instant Graphic Novel Collection
During the 2011 Texas Library Association annual conference, Eduardo Zepeda of the Weslaco Public Library, won the “Great Graphic Novel Library Giveaway” from Dark Horse Comics. Michel Martens, VP of Book Trade Sales of Dark Horse presented the $20,000 award that included 700 handpicked titles. So if Weslaco didn’t have a graphic novel collection before they have one now. Congratulations to Eduardo and Weslaco Public Library. Follow the link to Dark Horse’s site for the story.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/376/dark-horse-comics-fill-texas-library-shelves