Ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, Dark Horse Comics has announced Greg Pak’s new
Kingsway West miniseries, Greg Rucka’s new
Dragon Age comic, a new Lara Croft series, a
Call of Duty: Black Ops comic written by Larry Hama, and several other video game-related comic releases.
Kingsway West is set in a fantasy version of the American Old West, where Chinese gunslinger Kingsway Law must battle magic, monsters and racist vigilantes. The four-issue miniseries, which launches on November 11, will be written by Pak, with art and covers by Mirko Colak (Turok, Red Skull: Incarnate). Pak has created a preorder system on his website which allows readers to preorder the entire series online through their local comic shop.
Greg Rucka will pen the newest chapter of Dark Horse Comics and BioWare’s Dragon Age comic series: Dragon Age: Magekiller. The series, which runs parallel to events in the Dragon Age: Inquisition video game, will be illustrated by Carmen Carnero (Cyclops), with cover art by Sachin Teng. The series launches on December 16.
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In Electronic Arts’ first Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare and video game, Dr. Zomboss and his legions attacked the lush plant utopia of Suburbia, but in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, the zombies have taken over, and the plants must take it back. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, written by Paul Tobin (Tobin shared more on Plants vs. Zombies, see "ICv2 Interview: Paul Tobin on 'Plants vs. Zombies'"), will tell the story of what happened between the video games. The series will be illustrated by Jacob Chabot. Release is planned for October 28.
The Art of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End art book explores the latest chapter of Nathan Drake’s journey in the Naughty Dog video game series. The oversize hardcover book includes never-before-seen designs and concept art with commentary from developers, as well as behind-the-scenes access to creation of the game. Release is planned for Spring 2016.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III will be written by Larry Hama (G.I.Joe), with interior art by Marcelo Ferreira (Transformers, TMNT). The series will follow an elite team of cybernetically enhanced soldiers involved in a secret future war, who are sent to track down a double agent in Uzbekistan, but uncover something much worse. An exclusive minicomic version will be available at San Diego Comic-Con, with the comic launching in stores on November 4.
The latest Tomb Raider comic series, Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen, will arrive in October. Written by Corinna Bechko, the series will be illustrated by Randy Green. In this adventure, Lara must stop a group of cultists bent on world-wide destruction using ancient ivory artifacts.
