Dark Horse in the The New York Times. There’s a bit about their licensing program on the third page.
DH planning another Panel to Panel
Aiming for a May 2007 release, Dark Horse’s sequel to the well recieved Panel to Panel will focus on comic contributions to the Expanded Universe. It will include this new artwork from Tsuneo Sanda: The heroes of Star Wars comics.
Also in the first link: Legacy #3 going back for reprints, and several corrections to the Legacy #9 solicitation.
Taunting the fanboys
Rebellion, Legacy to get second printings
Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley announced yesterday that the comic company is going back to press for second printings of Rebellion #1, Legacy #1, and Legacy #2. The reprints will be on shelves October 25th, along with three brand new issues of the various Star Wars titles.
While we were drinking…
Here’s some of what’s been going on in the outside world.
Revenge of the Sith won two DVD awards. Also on the official site, November 2006 Comics.
Speaking of comics, don’t bother looking for Legacy #3 in stores. It was supposed to come out today (the schedule even said so until this morning) but it’s… not. Word on the boards is that last week’s books didn’t ship either. (I don’t know: I only buy Legacy.) Dark Horse isn’t the only one: Something is rotten in the comics industry.
“May the force be with you” tops online quote poll. And I don’t think TFN linked the poll, which means it might actually have won fair and square. Cool.
Some new Star Wars miniatures debuted at GenCon. The set includes a “Mystral” Shadow Guard, but unless they came with booze and/or naked men, I don’t think any of us noticed. Also, it seems they’re restarting the RPG.
Colleen Doran witnesses The Fan From Hell. I think we’ve found one that beats the Woodtick, folks.
Those damn Harry Potter plagiarists made it all the way up the fannish blog chain to John Scalzi. Twice.
Other stuff I would have blogged:
– NASA has misplaced the original moon landing tapes. Our tax dollars at work!
– Daniel Radcliffe is down with Harry Potter dying.
– Crazy mofo has “temporary” Wolverine piercing. My hand hurts just looking at it.
– Hayden Christensen making some movie.
– Things writers have no control over. (Add to the list: Killing Chewbacca.)
– The Top 8 Shows For SF Myth Busters.
– 11 Things in Fantasy/That I Don’t Promise Not to Use (or Keep Using) in My Writing and 6 More Things I Could do Without in Fantastic Literature & I don’t plan to use except to make fun of.
Expanded Universe updates
SF Crowsnest has an interview with Aaron Allston about Betrayal.
Science Fiction Book Club Editor Andrew Wheeler has read Bloodlines and has a brief word. No spoilers, just general observations.
The Dark Horse website, including the Star Wars section, has been redesigned.
Dan Wallace has posted endnotes for The New Essential Guide to Droids.
Can’t get enough Tag and Bink
Well, looks like Dark Horse is getting more cash from me than I thought – among the Spring 2006 releases is Tag & Bink Episode I – Revenge of the Clone Menace.
Comic News
Amazon has a preview of Dark Horse’s long-delayed Comics Companion, which looks a bit like The Essential Chronology for your more comic-oriented fanboys.
Of more interest to CJers is a Rogue Squadron Omnibus. (via TFN)
Tag and Bink!
Official site has added a bunch of stuff from Clone Wars Volume 2 (Which came out on DVD Tuesday) to the Databank.
Also, March 2006 comics. Tag and Bink return!
EU News at Comic-Con
Hyperspace members can see the cover of Dark Nest 3: The Swarm War and a sketch for the third Last of the Jedi, cover now. Both are part of the Future Star Wars Publishing slideshow, which contains sketches from Visionaries and previews of a lot of the Del Rey’s upcoming nonfiction offerings, including some fantastic artwork from the upcoming New Essential Chronology. Hyperspace members can also listen to audiocasts of the Star Wars Spectacular, Dark Horse Comics, and Publishing panels from Comic Con.
The big EU news out of Comic-Con is all about Dark Horse – ongoing series Republic and Empire are wrapping up, to be replaced by a Knights of the Old Republic (based on the game of the same name) and a “a new ongoing series of five mini-series” starting with Rebellion. There’s also a short overview of SW coffee-table and nonfiction books.
The TV show gets a brief mention, focusing on preproduction and tech stuff, during the Star Wars Spectacular.