Inside the September PREVIEWS!

The September edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly PREVIEWS catalog arrives in comic shops, hobby stores, and other specialty outlets on August 26th and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning November 2015.

ON OUR FRONT COVER: Frank Miller is joined by Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson for Dark Knight III: The Master Race, the final chapter in his epic Batman saga.

ON OUR BACK COVER: Based on Activision's best-selling video game series, Dark Horse Comics introduces readers to the future of warfare in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

DYNAMITE IS DOWN WITH THE HOMIES!

ANNOUNCING DEAL FOR HISTORY OF THE HOMIES
ART BOOK, COMICS, AND GRAPHIC NOVELS 

July 29th, 2015, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite is proud to announce an agreement with Surge Licensing, Inc. and Homieshop, LLC to create the first-ever officially licensed Homies publications. The deal includes rights for a "History of the Homies" comprehensive retrospective hardcover art book, which will feature all of the toys ever released, along with behind-the-scenes art, info, and photos on the development of the characters, brand, and merchandise, including interviews with its creator, David Gonzales, and the story of how the Homies blew up! In addition, the deal includes the right to create original comics and graphic novels in all sizes, as well as reprint existing comic material.

First Second Books at San Diego Comic-Con

First Second: Authors and Awards at SDCC 2015

First Second, acclaimed publisher of high-quality, award-winning graphic novels, is excited to announce an amazing line-up for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con – including a show debut, four Eisner Award nominated graphic novels and six SDCC Guests of Honor!

First Second will be exhibiting at SDCC 2015 at booth #1323. 

ONE SHOW DEBUT

The Divine, by Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka, and Boaz Lavie

“The tense choices of war embroiled in superstition, strange events, superpowered twin child-soldiers, and dragons . . . sublimely and evocatively brought to the page.” – The Onion AV Club

FOUR EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Shadow Hero, by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew

This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

The Wrenchies, by Farel Dalrymple

The Zoo Box, by Aron Steinke

SIX SDCC GUESTS OF HONOR

Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, authors of This One Summer

Asaf Hanuka and Boaz Lavie, authors of The Divine

Scott McCloud, author of The Sculptor

Dave Roman, author of Astronaut Academy

GRUMPY CAT INKS DYNAMITE COMIC BOOK DEAL

POP CULTURE SENSATION TO DEBUT COMIC BOOKS,
COMIC STRIPS, AND GRAPHIC NOVELS THIS YEAR

May 27, 2015, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite is proud to announce a collaborative licensing partnership with Grumpy Cat Limited to develop print and digital comic books and graphic novels featuring "The World's Grumpiest Cat" and her brother, Pokey. Grumpy Cat will debut the first of her all-new misadventures in a three-issue miniseries, released in Fall 2015, and collected into a hardcover graphic novel in time for the holiday season. Dynamite also plans to launch a website this summer where new Grumpy Cat comic strips will go up online every week.  

VIZ MEDIA PREVIEWS UPCOMING HELLO KITTY GRAPHIC NOVEL BOX SET RELEASE

HELLO KITTY^® ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVELS COLLECTED INTO AN UPCOMING COLORFUL BOX SET FROM PERFECT SQUARE

Join Hello Kitty And Her Friends In A Fun New Box Set Coming In Fall 2015 Featuring Six Full-Color Editions Of Whimsical Original Adventures

San Francisco, CA, March 12, 2015 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, previews a special treat for the ardent Hello Kitty^® fan and pop culture aficionado with the release in September of the first-ever HELLO KITTY^® Graphic Novel Box Set.

Viz Media Debuts New Uglydoll Original Graphic Novels

The Award-Winning Distinctive Plush Toy Characters Define The “New Beautiful” And Come To Life In A New All-ages Full-Color Graphic Novel Series Launching Across North America In July!

Viz Media x Uglydoll Graphic Novels

Viz Media announced that they have a publishing deal with Pretty Ugly LLC, the official licensors of Uglydoll. Viz Media is known for their Manga, Anime etc... Now they will be making Original Uglydoll Graphic Novels.

The Uglydoll series is scheduled to launch Summer of 2013 under the VIZ Kids imprint, and will carry a rating of ‘A’ for All Ages. 

VIZ Media’s UGLYDOLL graphic novel series will transport readers to a diverse universe where “ugly” just means unique and different, and celebrating who you are inside and out is the new beautiful. Join Wage™, Babo™, OX™, Ice-Bat™ and their Uglydoll pals as they express themselves through laughs, tears, love and adventure!

“Uglydoll is an iconic pop culture brand that has helped to question and redefine the very definitions of ugly and cute,” says Beth Kawasaki, Senior Editorial Director. “Each Uglydoll is unique, and possesses its own distinctive characteristics and personalities that everyone can relate to. These adorable and highly original characters will come to life in a series of fun, and funny, adventures and are sure to find their way into the hearts of readers everywhere.”