METALMACHINE.NET
DARK HORSE COMICS
ABOUT DARK HORSE COMICS
ABOUT ULVER
The largest bite any independent publisher has ever taken out of the DC-and-Marvel dominated business." -Premiere
"Dark Horse has led the indie comic industry's charge into Hollywood." -Newsweek
Dark Horse Comics is a solid example of how integrity and innovation combined with a dedication to success can help grow a unique medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The history of Dark Horse Comics explains why Hero Illustrated magazine named founder Mike Richardson "the most important person in comics."
By the mid-1980s, Mike Richardson had already established himself as a business leader in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area with the successful chain of retail comic-book shops he founded after graduating from college. But something was bothering him - even the best comics his stores carried were below the standards Richardson believed the comics medium was capable of maintaining. For an industry that was already half a century old, there was very little innovation surfacing in the books he sold, and because of that, this medium that Richardson had loved since his youth was in danger of crumbling. Richardson knew that if he expected anything to change, he'd have to jump in and do it himself. In 1986, he invested profits from his chain of bookstores and with that money founded Dark Horse Comics.
Soon Dark Horse was publishing some of the most popular and groundbreaking comics ever to hit the market. With this dedicated approach, Dark Horse lured some of the most sought-after creators to their stable. One of the first titles published by Dark Horse - Paul Chadwick's Concrete - went on to earn an unprecedented 26 awards and nominations within two years of its debut and continues to win awards to this day.
In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller (Sin City), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Sergio Aragonés (Groo), Neil Gaiman (Murder Mysteries), and comics legend Will Eisner (The Escapist), Dark Horse is also recognized as the world's leading publisher of licensed comics. Their highly successful line of comics based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, The Incredibles, and most recently, Peter Jackson's King Kong.
Richardson determined early on that great stories were great stories no matter the medium in which they're told. This belief led the publisher to explore the world of filmmaking and he established his own filmmaking company, Dark Horse Entertainment, in 1992. The company's first major film - The Mask, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz was a huge smash and among others, includes the recent critically and commercially successful feature film, Hellboy.
Today Dark Horse Comics is the third largest comic-book publisher in the U.S. and is recognized as the world's leading publisher of licensed comics materia
THE GOON - CHINATOWN
* Presenting the long-awaited and highly anticipated backstory to the Goon-and Powell's very first original graphic novel!
Eric Powell's first original graphic novel!
Publication Date: Nov 21, 2007
Format: Full color, 128 pages, Hard cover, 7" x 10"
Price: $19.95
Age range: 16+
ISBN-10: 1-59307-833-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-833-1
By: Eric Powell Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure
Features: Preview, Review, Press Release, 12 Desktops, 1 Iconset, See all 13 Downloads
Awards: Eric Powell: Winner 2005 Eisner Award Best Humor Publication for The Goon,
Eric Powell: Winner 2005 Eisner Award Best Continuing Series for The Goon
Dark Horse is very proud to present the first original graphic novel from Eisner Award-laden swami Eric Powell. Powell has been sowing the seeds of Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker for years in his award-winning bimonthly series The Goon, and salivating fans may now feast their eyes on the Goon's formative backstory of love, loss, and extortion--a lengthy tale that demanded to be told in this uninterrupted format.
Spiritual leader of Tennessee and hero to the Great Unwashed, Powell escaped catastrophic death and mother-shaming scandal to bring this work to fruition. He's a sensitive man in insensitive times. But be warned: this book ain't funny.
* "The Goon is one of the most imaginative and original comic books on the market today." -TheComicsReview.com
Writer: John Arcudi, Mike Mignola
Artist: Guy Davis
Cover Artist: Guy Davis
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure
B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground #5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: #9 No Future for You
By: Joss Whedon
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Georges Jeanty
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure
Conan #47
Writer: Timothy Truman
Cover Artist: Cary Nord
Penciller: Thomas Giorello
Colorist: Richard Isanove
Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus #4 (of 5)
Writer: Mike Mignola
Artist: Jason Armstrong
Cover Artist: Mike Mignola
Colorist: dave Stewart
Genre: Action/Adventure
Star Wars: Legacy #18--Claws of the Dragon part 5
Writer: John Ostrander
Cover Artist: Travis Charest
Penciller: Jan Duursema
Inker: Dan Parsons
Colorist: Brad Anderson
Genre: Star Wars, Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure
The End League #1
Writer: Rick Remender
Penciller: Mat Broome
Inker: Sean Parsons
Colorist: Wendy Broome
Genre: Action/Adventure
