FOR RELEASE ON OCTOBER 15
San Francisco, Calif. - These are the comics you're looking for. Humble
Bundle and Dark Horse Comics have teamed up to launch the Humble Star
Wars Comics Bundle today. Starting at 11 a.m. PDT, fans of the epic
sci-fi franchise can pay what they want for up to $190 worth of digital
comics, all while supporting a great cause.
Customers can pay what they want for Star
Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1, Star Wars: Empire Volume 1 -
Betrayal, Star Wars: Jedi Volume 1 - The Dark Side, Star Wars: Crimson
Empire Volume 1, Star Wars: Darth Maul Death Sentence and Star Wars:
Blood Ties - Jango and Boba Fett. Those who pay more than the average price will also unlock Star
Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Volume 1 - Blood of the Empire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Volume 1 - Commencement, Star Wars: Legacy Volume 1 - Broken and Star
Wars: Dark Times Volume 1 - The Path to Nowhere. Hardcore fans who pay $15 or more will receive all of the above, plus Star Wars Volume 1: In the Shadow of Yavin, bringing this bundle to a total of 89 issues of Star Wars comics.
As with all Humble Bundles, customers can choose how their purchase
dollars are allocated, between the comic creators and charity. The
Humble Star Wars Comics Bundle defies the dark side and supports the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to
protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. Thanks to
the generosity of the Humble Bundle community, more than $47 million has
been contributed to more than 30 different causes to date.
The Humble Star Wars Comics Bundle runs for two weeks and ends on
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 11 a.m. PDT. For more information, please
visit https://www.humblebundle.com/books
About Dark Horse
Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a
solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique
storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an
industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and
creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In
addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Frank Miller,
Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, and
Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams,
and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful
properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful
line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star
Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, EVE Online,
Halo, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is
the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized
as one of the world’s leading publishers of both creator-owned content
and licensed comics material.
About the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund:
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to
the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and
its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians, and
readers. CBLDF provides legal referrals, representation, advice,
assistance, and education in furtherance of these goals.
http://www.cbldf.org
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