Eighteen creators from the Act-I-Vate Webcomics collective have created new material for The Act-I-Vate Primer, a hardcover anthology to be released by IDW in October. The volume includes sixteen stories and an introduction by Warren Ellis. None of the stories have previously been released on the Web.
The creators involved are Joe Infurnari, Roger Langridge, Mike Dawson, Nick Bertozzi, Tim Hamilton, Dean Haspiel, Simon Fraser, Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt, Mike Cavallaro, Pedro Camargo, Jim Dougan and Hyeondo Park, Ulises Farinas, Michel Fiffe, Maurice Fontenot, Jennifer Hayden and Leland Purvis.
With 'Blood of the Phoenix' Set and 'Phoenix Rising' Book
October 14, 2019
A new Warhammer 40,000 chapter opens with the Blood of the Phoenix boxed set and the Phoenix Rising sourcebook
Ultra PRO
October 14, 2019
Ultra PRO will release Dungeons & Dragons: The Xanathar Beholder Gamer Pouch , a plush dice bag, into trade in Q4.
The 'Bloodshot' Movie, On Comics to Movies and TV, Comics Publishing
October 14, 2019
ICv2 sat down with Hivemind Co-Founder and Partner Dinesh Shamdasani and Vice President Brand and Content Strategy Hunter Gorinson at New York Comic Con to talk about the new company, their involvement with the Bloodshot movie, their work on developing other comics properties into film and TV, and plans for publishing.
Plus: New Titles from Oni Press, BOOM! Studios
October 14, 2019
We round up the latest news on comics and graphic novels for young readers, including new titles from Oni Press and BOOM! Studios.
Multi-Year Agreement Enables U.K.-Based Publisher to Produce Novels featuring Marvel Characters
October 14, 2019
Aconyte Books, a recently created fiction imprint of the global games group Asmodee, has entered into a multi-year agreement with Marvel.
Plus: Seven Seas Announces 'Welcome to Succubus High'
October 13, 2019
Several manga publishers made license announcements at New York Comic Con.
Week of Tuesday, October 15, 2019
October 13, 2019
This weekend’s home entertainment offerings include this summer’s stealth horror film hit, Alexander Aja’s Crawl, plus a dark comedy that claims to subvert toxic masculinity, but the best stuff for this week comes from TV in the form of the superb TV ghost story series, The Haunting of Hill House, and new Blu-ray releases of classic 1960s tokusatsu series from Eiiji Tsuburaya, Ultra Q and Ultraman.
Column By Scott Throne
October 13, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne poses four hypothetical marketing questions for retailers to ask themselves before they offer a new gaming item in their store.
