DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES 2016 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SILVER OFFERING!

The Legend of Korra, How to Train Your Dragon, Plants vs. Zombies! DECEMBER 16, MILWAUKIE, OR—What makes a trip to your local comic shop even better? Free copies of your favorite Dark Horse titles for Free Comic Book Day 2016! Avatars, dragons, and zombies, oh my! What could be friendlier for all ages than original tales from some of the most popular titles around? For Free Comic Book Day 2016, take a journey with the Avatar from The Legend of Korra, the dragon riders from How to Train Your Dragon, and the fun-dead of Plants vs. Zombies. Dark Horse Comics’ Silver comic will feature all-new stories for readers of all ages that make great entry points to new worlds. • Michael Dante DiMartino, cocreator of the animated series The Legend of Korra, writes the comics prelude to the all-new graphic novel program! • Acclaimed film writer, director, and producer Dean DeBlois cowrites an all-new How to Train Your Dragon adventure just for comics! • Eisner Award–winning writer Paul Tobin delivers another hilarious tale from the smash-hit series Plants vs. Zombies! This promises to be Dark Horse’s biggest Free Comic Book Day yet, with two free comics, each packed with three separate stories. Dark Horse’s Gold offering was announced last week and will feature Aliens, Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. Dark Horse offers up the best of the very best for next year’s Free Comic Book Day, taking place exclusively at your local comic shop on May 7, 2015.   About Dark Horse Comics 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 Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers. ###