The fifty first issue of Invincible has sold out. The book offered a new jumping on point and books flew off of the shelves. Image is printing a second edition that will feature an alternate cover, make sure you pick up a copy.
Dark Horse Comics cleaned house at the recent Eisner awards with 6 awards. Here’s a list of some of the winners of the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards:
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Justice League of America #11: "Walls," by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)
Best Continuing Series: Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)
Best Limited Series:The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Dark Horse)
Best New Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
Best Digital Comic: Sugarshock!, by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon,
Best Writer: Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
Best Writer/Artist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Best Writer/Artist--Humor: Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
Best Painter or Multimedia Artist (interior art): Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
Best Cover Artist: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
Best Coloring: Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
Best Lettering: Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
Special Recognition: Chuck BB, Black Metal (artist, Oni)
Hall of Fame: Judges' Choices: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Voters' Choices: John Broome, Arnold Drake, Len Wein, Barry Windsor-Smith
Best Continuing Series: Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)
Best Limited Series:The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Dark Horse)
Best New Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
Best Digital Comic: Sugarshock!, by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon,
Best Writer: Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
Best Writer/Artist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Best Writer/Artist--Humor: Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
Best Painter or Multimedia Artist (interior art): Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
Best Cover Artist: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
Best Coloring: Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
Best Lettering: Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
Special Recognition: Chuck BB, Black Metal (artist, Oni)
Hall of Fame: Judges' Choices: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Voters' Choices: John Broome, Arnold Drake, Len Wein, Barry Windsor-Smith
Scribe Fabien Nicieza will be taking over the writing duties for DC Comics’ Robin starting with issue #175, a two part arc that ties in to Batman R.I.P. this is according to Newsarama.com.
According to Sony Pictures Ed Brubaker has been tapped to write a new web series called Angel of Death. The show is about a remorseless assassin played by Zoe Bell (Death Proof) who is in the employ of a ruthless crime family. After receiving a severe head injury she becomes so haunted by her victims that she hunts down those who ordered the hits one by one. The show should air in 2009 and run over a 10 week period.
Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart will be working together again on B.P.R.D. 1947 the follow up to the critically acclaimed B.P.R.D. 1946 which explored the early years of the B.P.R.D. and its leader Trevor Bruttenhom the guardian of the infant Hellboy, the book should arrive on shelves in June of 2009.
Fans of the Martha Washington series of books have a reason to smile as the heroine’s exploits will be collected in a new oversized hardcover volume entitled The Life and Times of Martha Washington. The book will be over 600 pages and cover the complete life of this iconic character. The book will see shops by summer of 2009.
