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Friday, Nov 20th, 2009
Desperado Joins IDW Publishing
Award-winning publishing house becomes new IDWimprint
IDW Publishing and Desperado today announced a publishing agreement,which will bring Desperado's impressive roster of talented creatorsand expansive catalog of books to IDW under a new imprint.
Founded in January 2005 by Eisner Award-winning comics veteranJoe Pruett, Desperado quickly established itselfas a high-end publisher of art books, graphic novels, and comics.Desperado titles have been nominated for five Eisner Awards and wontwo since 2007, and repeatedly feature the comic industry's topcreative talent.
Read MoreThursday, Nov 19th, 2009
Get your Legion prequel!
From director Scott Stewart! In stores now!
Starting this week, IDW is launching a weekly, four-issueprequel to the upcoming Sony/Screen Gems thriller, Legion,featuring an all-out war between Heaven and Earth.Legion: Prophets introduces the"Prophets," the ordinary people who are destined to play a specialrole in these apocalyptic events.
Legion director Scott Stewart plotted thisall-important prequel series, with IDW's own TomWaltz. Artist Alberto Muriel capturesthis terrifying story, with covers by J.F.Bruckner.
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Thursday, Nov 19th, 2009
The TRANSFORMERS #1 Sells Out
Second printing of new ongoing TRANSFORMERS comic availableDecember 2nd
Check your local store for first printingcopies
The new TRANSFORMERS comics era has begun! After just one day instores, The TRANSFORMERS #1 is alreadysold out through Diamond, and IDW Publishing will rush itsinaugural ongoing comic to a second printing. Under license fromHasbro, Inc., the second printing of TheTRANSFORMERS #1 will be available in comic stores onDecember2nd, featuring a new cover by series artistDon Figueroa.
Read MoreWednesday, Nov 18th, 2009
OPTIMUS PRIME Resigns In New Comic Series
First ongoing comic series in five years begins new era forTRANSFORMERS
TheTRANSFORMERS enter a new and incredible era as IDW launches itsinaugural ongoing comic series, expanding the company's alreadyimpressive collection of TRANSFORMERS comics. Underlicense from Hasbro, The TRANSFORMERSstarts off with two huge events - the death of IRONHIDE andsubsequent resignation of OPTIMUS PRIME, the heroic leader of theAUTOBOTS.
"It's simple and awesome at the same time. If you've never reada TRANSFORMERS comic, now's the time," said IDW's TRANSFORMERSeditor, Andy Schmidt. "TheTRANSFORMERS takes your favorite characters and caststhem in new and different ways that every fan can follow and willenjoy."
Read MoreWednesday, Nov 18th, 2009
IDW's New Books!
It's Wednesday andour new books are out! Be sure to pick up the all-newTRANSFORMERS ongoing series, Star Trek: The NextGeneration: Ghosts, and Legion:Prophets!
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Tuesday, Nov 17th, 2009
IDW Launches iPhone and iPod Touch Storefronts
First comicspublisher to offer in-app purchase on the App Store
IDW Publishing today announced the launch of its new digitalstorefronts, available exclusively through the Apple App Store.This free application hosts every IDW comic currently available onthe iPhone and iPod Touch, all in one convenient app. IDWComics offers viewers a great way to enjoy theircomics, with new full page and panel-by-panel options, plusfamiliar display and download functions. The IDWComics app features ten free comics, currently boastsover 200 comics, and will be updated regularly with newreleases.
In addition to the overall IDW Comicsstorefront, fans can also download specialized storefrontscollecting their favorite IDW TRANSFORMERS, Star Trek, and G.I. JOEcomics. Each free specialty storefront offers the same features asthe IDW Comics store, plus more free comics.
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Monday, Nov 16th, 2009
The Last Unicorn Transforms into Comics
Comic adaptation of Peter S. Beagle'sacclaimed novel coming in spring, 2010 
Enchanting, dark, and whimsically magical, Peter S.Beagle's The Last Unicorn has delighted fans formore than forty years. Now this enduring tale will be lushlytransformed into a six-issue comic mini-series by IDW Publishing,launching in April 2010. Adapted from Beagle'soriginal novel by writer Peter B. Gillis, andlovingly illustrated by Renae De Liz with colorsby her husband Ray Dillon, IDWPublishing's The Last Unicorn capturesthe depth and richness of this classic story.
Both darkly humorous and deeply moving, The LastUnicorn follows the journey of what may be the verylast unicorn as she searches for what happened to the rest of herkind. Along the way she encounters a magical cast of good and evilcharacters, in a world transformed by the lack of unicorns - and bythe callous, selfish disillusionment of the king who has stolenthem away.
Read MoreThursday, Nov 12th, 2009
Check out the new Locke & Key series!
Joe Hill's Lastest Masterpiece - Locke & Key: Crownof Shadows #1
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Award-winning writer Joe Hill brings us the next installment ofhis acclaimed comic series with Crown of Shadows #1, now in stores!Fan-favorite artist Gabriel Rodriguez masterfully crafts thischilling tale.
Sam Lesser may be dead and gone, but Dodge still has uses forhim, and in the first chill days of October, will make contact withhim again. The dead know things the living may not, and Sam'srestless spirit has had time to discover the thing Dodge wants toknow most of all... where to find the key to the black door. Thethird storyline in the Eisner-nominated series beginshere!
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Thursday, Nov 12th, 2009
All new Steve Niles tale - The Ghoul
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Acclaimed creator Steve Niles teams up withindustry legend artist Bernie Wrightson for hislatest fright-fest, The Ghoul #1, now instores!
When Los Angeles Detective Lieutenant Lloyd Klimpt finds himselfin the middle of a Hollywood mystery that falls way outside thenorm, he knows he's going to need a different kind of help thanhe's used to. He finds it in the bizarre form of The Ghoul, amonstrous investigator with a reputation for solving the world'sweirdest crimes.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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Wednesday, Nov 11th, 2009
New Books Have Arrived!
IDW's new books are on shelves now! Read our previews for ourall-new issues of Locke & Key:Crown of Shadows, G.I. JOE:Snake Eyes and TheGhoul!
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