Comics

Boom! goes Digital

June 15th, 2010 – Los Angeles – On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of the BOOM! Studios Comics app on the iPad and iPhone, BOOM! Studios announces today a host of strategic partnerships with leading digital comics distributors comiXology, iVerse, Graphic.ly, and Panelfly to offer their frontlist and backlist for digital download spanning the mobile, portable and desktop space, including the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, laptop and desktop computers.

Launching today with some of BOOM!’s most recent top-selling comics, such as 28 DAYS LATER, DIE HARD, the Eisner Award-nominated graphic translation of Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, as well as BOOM!’s top-selling original, Eisner Award-nominated IRREDEEMABLE, companion series INCORRUPTIBLE, and supernatural thriller THE UNKNOWN, BOOM! Studios enters the era of Digital Comics with a bang! 

Pale Horse #1 – Review

Cowboys and bounties, if you like these things, then you will like Boom! Studios newest title Pale Horse. The book is written by Michael Alan Nelson (Zombie Tales) and art by Christian Dibari. It’s a story of a father and son who are bounty hunters but at the same time the father is a bounty. He’s wanted for the murder of three white men. We are introduced to our protagonist Thomas, an honest black man who makes his living as a hunter/pelter. He is married to an Indian woman, and they have a child who has recently come into the world. During one his normal visits to sell his pelts, Thomas overhears three white men talking about an Indian woman, and how they had their way with her. He overheard these comments as if it were normal banter for the town.

Titans #24

The Titans return with a new direction and a new team! That’s right they’re evil now! This issue is the continuation of the Titans: Villains for Hire special from last month, in which Deathstroke created a new team of Titans to take down the Ryan Choi. There are still a lot of mixed feelings about this team and series in general. Even the writers of P.A.C. are split on whether the team is a good thing or not. One thing that cannot be denied is that the concept is interesting.

If you were a criminal mastermind, how would construct your secret base? For Deathstroke he builds a labyrinth, a prison that keeps his secrets while also keeping him and the team safe. Cinder discovers as much as she wanders the halls lost, until stumbling upon Osiris. He sits alone in his room with Black Adam and his sister, still trapped in stone. Cinder compliments their beauty, not understanding that they’re actually people. Osiris grabs her hand as she tries to touch Black Adam. Osiris isn’t the only one with a temper, as Cinder also doesn’t like being touched. She “flames on” smacking Osiris across the room.

Blue Beetle Live Action TV Show?

Coming from Geoff Johns’ Twitter feed is news that DC Entertainment is filming a live action test for a live action Blue Beetle TV show. The test is of the character Jamie Reye’s (The current Blue Beetle) activating his Scarab suit. Johns also stated on the feed that if he could he would be bringing the footage to Comic Con in July. The Brave and Bold cartoon show will also be featuring the character for most of the new season in order to increase the public’s awareness.

Boom! goes to iPad

June 14, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – Today BOOM! Studios is pleased to announce the arrival of the BOOM! Studios Comics app for the iPad and iPhone in the iTunes App Store. Built on comiXology’s popular digital comic platform, the BOOM! Studios Comics app launches with a number of top pop culture-inspired titles including comics based on 28 DAYS LATER, DIE HARD and a word-for-word comic translation of Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, as well as BOOM! Studios’s top-selling original series IRREDEEMABLE, INCORRUPTIBLE and THE UNKNOWN.

Partnering with comiXology to create an incomparable reading experience for BOOM! Studios fans and comic fans everywhere, BOOM! Studios launches its mobile app with nearly 50 comic book titles optimized specifically for mobile devices. In addition to stunning high-resolution comics in an amazingly easy-to-operate user interface, the BOOM! Studios Comics app utilizes comiXology’s patent-pending Guided View™ technology to create a completely immersive digital comic experience for new and old fans alike. The app also comes fully equipped with comiXology’s Retail Locator, giving fans unprecedented access to BOOM! Studios titles both on and offline.

Image Comics – Hack/Slash #1 Sells Out

News coming from Image about Hack/Slash: My First Maniac. Look for Dustin’s review tomorrow!

Berkeley, CA – 14 June, 2010 – Tim Seeley’s first release since bringing cult classic Hack/Slash to Image Comics — HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC #1 (of 4) — is officially sold out at the distribution level. Image Comics is taking it to press for a second printing.

“I’m so pleased that Image gave me a chance to reach a whole new audience,” exclaims Seeley. “Thank you readers, new and old!”

P.A.C. Weekly News

P.A.C. News is back! That’s Player Affinity Comic News for those of you that forgot. Not a lot happened in the world of comics this week, but we do have some fun stuff to cover and awesome photos like, our thumbnail image, to show you. Let’s dig into comic news for the week of June 13th, 2009!

Up first, we have an awesome crossover drawn by deviantArt artist, Gotta Be Carl. He’s taken the world of the X-men and Futurama and made one glorious image that’s worthy of t-Shirts and posters! Seriously I’ll write a comic for this guy to draw if no one swoops in and hires him! Have you ever read a Futurama comic? They are so-so in quality, but with Gotta be Carl’s art I think the book would be astonishing! Bonus points if you can name Leela’s mom (that ones been bugging me)! Share the images with your friends, and you can play, “who’s that” for hours.