IDW Publishing Recaps NYCC 2014!
Publisher Partnerships, Monumental Collaborations And New Series Announced
San Diego, CA (October 13, 2014) – The eyes of the world were watching
New York Comic Con 2014 for major announcements and this year IDW
Publishing took the stage to reveal an impressive array of projects that
are coming soon!
IDW & Disney Publishing Collaboration
Beginning in early 2015, fans can expect to see the first wave of
classic Disney masterpieces featured in an array of award-winning and
innovative publications from IDW.
- Monthly Comic Series
- This monumental collaboration kicks off with multiple monthly series
featuring some of the most iconic characters of all time: Mickey Mouse,
Donald Duck, Pluto, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and many more!
- Artist’s Editions
- The award-winning Artist’s Edition line will feature collections from
the immense talents who have contributed to many beloved Disney comics
over the years starting with the legendary Carl Barks and Don Rosa.
- IDW Limited
- With original art, signature plates, and unique display designs, IDW
Limited will offer a number of Disney series in deluxe limited editions.
- Micro Comics Fun Packs
- Packed with a mini-comic, stickers, posters, and more, the
Micro-Comic Fun Pack has been captivating new comic audiences on a
mass-market scale and IDW will expand this successful line with multiple
Disney properties.
- Library of American Comics - Beginning in 2015, the LOAC will begin collecting the various newspaper strips that have featured iconic Disney characters.
IDW & Marvel Partnership Expansion
- Artist’s Editions
- IDW and Marvel opened NYCC 2014 with the announcement they will
partner once again to add titles and creators that will rightfully take
theirs places among an already illustrious list of Marvel related IDW
Artist’s Editions. Stay tuned for supporting announcements!
- Library of American Comics Spider-Man Newspaper Comics
– IDW and Marvel continued to amaze NYCC conventions goers and fans
across the globe with the announcement that are teaming up to bring the
world’s most popular super-hero, the Amazing Spider-Man to IDW’s Library
of American Comics imprint. Launched in 1977, the Spider-Man
newspaper strips feature the kind of fast-paced action and genuine human
emotion that have made Peter Parker a star in movies, theatre, TV,
video games, and the comic books that started it all back in 1962 with Amazing Fantasy #15.
- Avengers Micro Comic Fun Packs – In one the more fun announcements of NYCC 2014, IDW and Marvel revealed they are giving Avengers fans one more way to keep up with their favorite superhero team, in the form of Avengers Micro Comic Fun Packs! Look for them in both comic shops and mass retail spring of 2015!
- IDW Limited’s Marvel Artist Select Series –
IDW and Marvel concluded NYCC 2014 with the announcement of an all-new
series that will celebrate the most iconic Marvel characters and
fan-favorite storylines in an all-new, deluxe, limited-edition format
produced by IDW Limited.
Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Comic Series
In partnership with Ideate Media, IDW Publishing announced that Douglas Adams’
beloved fictional “holistic detective” Dirk Gently will be appearing in
his first-ever comic-book series. The series launching in spring 2015,
will be written by Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief and creator/writer of series such as Zombies vs Robots, Groom Lake, and The Hollows. The series artist will be Tony Akins (Fables), and Chew co-creator Rob Guillory has contributed a first cover image, too. Full story details and release information will follow soon.
G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes
The fan-favorite G.I. Joe ninja is set to strike out on his own in an all-new series, G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Agent of COBRA! Debuting in January of 2015, this series builds upon the acclaimed new G.I. Joe series, released last month. With an exciting creative team and a secretive mission, the stakes have never been higher!
Other exciting comic series announcements made during the week were Jem & the Holograms with Hasbro, Millennium with Fox Entertainment and Powerpuff Girsl: Super Smash Up! with Cartoon Network. For developing news on these projects and more visit www.idwpublishing and follow IDW on Facebook and Twitter @IDWPublishing.com.
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About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and
trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its
diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some
of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including:
Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE and MY LITTLE PONY; Paramount’s Star
Trek; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2000AD’s Judge Dredd;
The Rocketeer; Toho’s Godzilla; Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The
Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; V-Wars from New York Times
best-selling author Jonathan Maberry; Ragnarök from Eisner Award-winner
Walter Simonson; Winterworld, created by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino;
and Little Nemo from the award-winning duo of Eric Shanower and Gabriel
Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint,
which publishes classic comic reprints, Yoe! Books, a partnership with
Yoe! Studio, and the multiple award-winning Artist's Edition imprint.
IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into
new mediums. Currently, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a
feature film based on World War Robot; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and
Warner Brothers are producing a film based on Ashley Wood's Lore;
Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to
film, Kurtzman/Orci are producing a movie based on Locke & Key at
Universal.
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