"Big Girls is next-level science fiction energy from one of the great powerhouses of American comics." --Warren Ellis

PORTLAND, Ore. 05/22/2020 — Critically acclaimed artist Jason Howard (Trees) takes full creative control as the writer and artist of the forthcoming action series Big Girls. This new ongoing comic book series will launch from Image Comics in August.

When men become giant monsters hellbent on destroying the world, only girls can stop them—Big Girls. Meet Ember—she writes poetry, loves to read, and she’s a 300-foot-tall full-time monster killer! She and the other big girls are all that stand in the way of our world’s complete annihilation! 

In an exclusive scoop on the Big Girls announcement with The Hollywood Reporter, Howard said of the series: “[this is] the perfect comic for both the dynamic sci-fi I like to draw and for my writer side to examine questions of power, inequality and the complexity of growing up."

Featuring the fast-paced action—similar to such films as John Wick and series like Paper Girls—and the bigger than life characters of Godzilla and Pacific Rim, this series is set to be a Summer hit readers won’t want to miss.

May 21st, 2020 (New York, NY) – Enjoy the Valiant WonderCon panel from the comfort of your home!

Valiant's Craft of Comics panel features BLOODSHOT writer TIM SEELEY, SHADOWMAN writer CULLEN BUNN and artist JON DAVIS-HUNT, senior editors LYSA HAWKINS and HEATHER ANTOS, and digital marketing manager EMILY HECHT!

The entertaining discussion covers what it's like being a writer, artist, and editor in the industry. Plus, enjoy an in-depth look at how these creators put their own spin on iconic Valiant characters!

Please remember that new comics are back across the country, so please contact your local store to find out how you can pick up books like LIVEWIRE VOL. 3: CHAMPION! 

We hope you're all staying safe and staying Valiant.
 


About DMG Entertainment
DMG Entertainment is a global media and entertainment company based in Beverly Hills, CA. Founded in 1994 by Dan Mintz, the company portfolio has grown to include diverse holdings across film, television, comic book publishing, gaming, and location-based entertainment. Operating as both a production and distribution entity, DMG Entertainment is best known for films such as Looper (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013) and Bloodshot (2020) starring Vin Diesel.
 
About Valiant Entertainment
Valiant Entertainment, a subsidiary of DMG Entertainment, founded by Dan Mintz, is a leading character-based entertainment company that owns and controls the third most extensive library of superheroes behind Marvel and DC. With more than 80 million issues sold and a library of over 2,000 characters, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, Archer & Armstrong, and many more, Valiant is one of the most successful publishers in the history of the comic book medium. For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and ValiantEntertainment.com. For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com. 

PORTLAND, Ore. 05/21/2020 — The multiple Eisner Award winning creative powerhouse behind such hits as My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies and Bad Weekend—Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips—are back with twice the content in the forthcoming original graphic novel tale of ’30s era crime--Pulp—and the upcoming Criminal collected edition Cruel Summer. Both graphic novel hardcovers will be available from Image Comics this Summer, in July and August respectively.


A darkly mysterious meditation on a life of violence, Pulp is unlike anything the award-winning team of Brubaker and Phillips have ever done. A celebration of pulp fiction, set in a world on the brink. It follows Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, who finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at 5 cents a word—tales of a wild west outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same, when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past? Find out in this must-have thriller from one of comics’ most acclaimed creative teams, perfect for fans of The Fade Out and Criminal.

Similar to the recent hit collected hardcover edition, Bad Weekend, the upcoming Cruel Summer hardcover will collect a complete story installment from the ongoing Criminal series and incorporate bonus behind-the-scenes content. Set in the summer of '88, Cruel Summer follows Teeg Lawless, a man who comes home to plan the biggest heist of his career. But Teeg's son Ricky and his friends are starting down the same dark path their fathers are on, and this is about to become the worst summer of their lives. ​

Pulp hardcover edition (ISBN: 978-1-5343-1644-7) will be available on Wednesday, July 29 and in bookstores on Tuesday, August 4. It can be pre-ordered at your local comic book shop or independent bookstore, or on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, IndieBound, and Indigo. ​

Cruel Summer hardcover edition (ISBN: 978-1-5343-1643-0) will be available on Wednesday, August 12 and in bookstores on Tuesday, August 18. It can be pre-ordered at your local comic book shop or independent bookstore, or on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, IndieBound, and Indigo.

Pulp and Cruel Summer will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including the official Image Comics iOS app, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.
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ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

BOOM! Studios Announces July 2020 New
Comic Book and Graphic Novel Release
Schedule 

Award-Winning Premier Publisher Reveals Slate of Comics Books Available in Comic Shops in July 2020


LOS ANGELES, CA (May 19, 2020) – BOOM! Studios today announced their new comic book and graphic novel releases for July 2020. The award-winning publisher’s new single issue comics release schedule resumes tomorrow, May 20, 2020 and the full schedule for May & June can be found here.

7/1/20        
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #15
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Ghosts #3
King of Nowhere #3
Ronin Island #12
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: The Quest for the Dual Glaive HC
Steven Universe Vol. 7: Our Fearful Trip OGN SC

7/8/20        
Alienated #4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #1
Firefly #17
Red Mother #6
Something is Killing the Children #8
A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel OGN HC 
Eat, and Love Yourself OGN SC
Folklords SC

7/15/20        
Faithless II #2  
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #9
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #51
Once & Future #9
Adventure Time: Princess Bubblegum SC
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hellmouth Limited Edition HC
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hellmouth SC
Fence: Rivals OGN SC 

7/22/20        
Angel & Spike #12
Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1
Wicked Things #3
Wynd #2
Angel Legacy Edition Book Two SC
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Beyond the Grid SC
Space Bear OGN HC

7/29/20        
Firefly #18
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #52
Bill & Ted Omnibus SC
Giant Days Vol. 13 SC
Ronin Island Vol. 2 SC
Wonder Pony OGN SC

BOOM! Studios will continue to support comic book stores through their Day One Retailer Support Services Program, which offers an unrivaled slate of discounts, returnability and sales tools including extensions and expansions of previously announced benefits, as part of their commitment to ensuring comic shops remain a thriving part of every community.

For continuing news on BOOM! Studios stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter. 


About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, Once & Future, Something is Killing The Children, Giant Days, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century for film and with Netflix for TV. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information. 
 
Web: www.boom-studios.com
Twitter: @boomstudios
Facebook: @BOOMStudiosComics
Instagram: @boom_studios

In the Earth’s darkest hour, heroes will bring hope!
DCeased, 2019’s blockbuster series, makes its DC DIGITAL FIRST debut with new original stories set before the fall of Earth! Fan-favorite Injustice: Gods Among Us writer Tom Taylor’s epic DCeased story line continues on May 19 with DCeased: Hope at World’s End with art by Dustin Nguyen, Renato Guedes, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Marco Failla! Set in the span of DCeased #5’s time jump, DCeased: Hope at World’s End will expand the story of the Anti-Life War, featuring Superman and Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Stephanie Brown, Wally West, Jimmy Olsen, and more.

“There was a point in DCeased where we had to make the decision to skip weeks of losses and triumphs and heroism or our first miniseries wouldn't exactly be a miniseries,” said Taylor. “But we knew we had a larger story to tell, so we seeded plots we could expand on and deliberately left huge characters off the table for the future. That future is here.”

This new DC DIGITAL FIRST series, in addition to DCeased and DCeased: Unkillables, will pave the way to the launch of DCeased’s sequel, DCeased: Dead Planet, in June 2020. By adding DCeased: Hope at World’s End to DC’s robust digital publishing program, comic book readers will have even more variety of content and immediate access to stories that have never been available on digital platforms.

In DCeased: Hope at World’s End, the Anti-Life Equation has infected over a billion people on Earth. Heroes and villains have fallen. In the immediate aftermath of the destruction of Metropolis, Superman and Wonder Woman spearhead an effort to stem the tide of infection, preserve and protect survivors, and plan for what’s next. In the Earth’s darkest hour heroes will bring hope! The war for Earth has only just begun!

“With Hope at World's End, we finally get to tell the tale of what Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Black Adam, Wink, the Aerie, Martian Manhunter, Black Manta, Steph Brown, Robin, Superboy and more did to save as much of humanity as they could,” continued Taylor. “And Super Sons fans won't want to miss the apocalyptic adventures of Damian and Jon as they stand up to the worst crisis the Earth has ever seen, and take their first steps on the road to becoming the next World's Finest.”

DCeased: Hope at World’s End, written by Tom Taylor with art by Dustin Nguyen, Renato Guedes, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Marco Failla, will publish digitally twice a month through its fourteen-chapter run beginning Tuesday May 19, 2020. Cover art will be by Ben Oliver, Francesco Mattina and Yasmine Putri.

May 19, 2020, (COTTAGE GROVE, OR) — Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, the AMC hit show, The Walking Dead, goes live with GalaxyCon on Friday, May 22nd, at 6pm EST/3pm PST! Grab your best post-apocalyptic gear and join Jerry (Cooper Andrews), Jadis (Pollyanna McIntosh), and Jared (Joshua Mikel) for a one-of-a-kind live stream Q&A, shout-outs, and more! 

The Walking Dead Live Experience
​Full Schedule

• 6pm EST Live Stream Q&A with Cooper Andrews, Pollyanna McIntosh, and Joshua Mikel. Watch it FREE! 
• 7pm EST Three-to-One Chat with Cooper, Pollyanna, and Joshua
• 7:45pm EST One-on-One Chats with one of these three cast members from The Walking Dead.

Personalized autographs from Cooper Andrews and Joshua Mikel, in addition to a personalized autograph or video shout-out from Pollyanna McIntosh, are available for purchase until the scheduled The Walking Dead Live Experience on May 22nd concludes. Tickets are limited, grab yours before the dawn—before they’re gone!

GalaxyCon is more than a comic con, it’s a festival of fandom that brings celebrities and fans together in person and online through virtual meet and greets.