Upcoming Dark Horse Presents!
Dark Horse is celebrating a successful year of their DHP MySpace page by releasing some really exciting comics next Wednesday.
From the press release:
Gerard Way and Gabriel Bä take their smash hit The Umbrella Academy in a new direction, with a short story delving into the team’s teen years, when Vanya and The Kraken kicked out the jams in their punk band, The Prime-8’s. Last year’s MDHP #1 saw the debut of Joss Whedon’s Eisner-nominated feature “Sugarshock.” One year later, Joss returns along with his brother Zack with an exclusive comics tie in to Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog, their much talked about series of upcoming musical webisodes. This eight page feature introduces the world to Captain Hammer, Dr. Horrible’s squeaky clean arch enemy. And celebrated low-brow artist Tara McPherson joins the fold with a hauntingly beautiful tale, “How to Heal a Broken Heart.”
Each month a newcomer to the comics industry, a previously unpublished writer or artist, debuts on MDHP. Issue #12 features artist Steven Young, who teams with John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.) in a western tale full of subtlety, horror, and intrigue.
If you haven't been to the site, there is some excellent stuff up there, check out Wonder Twins Activate, Fear Agent and of course Sugarshock
OK, so myspace is blocked at my work, so I'll have to take your word for it. I'm really excited about The Umbrella Academy followup, although I'm not sure how they can top the last run, especially since it was kind of a "before and after" series. Filling in the middle seems like it could be kind of anti-climatic, since you know what's going to happen, but I also am looking forward to see where they take it.
I've read a little bit on Dark Horse Presents, but the web browser really sucks and I hate reading on the screen (though I can do webcomics just fine *shrugs*). They were all entertaining. I noticed that Dark Horse is putting out a collection of the stories from Dark Horse presents, which I'm really excited for.
Let's see if this link to Amazon.com works:
http://www.amazon.com/MySpace-Dark-Horse-Presents-1/dp/1593079982/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1DAGPWMGM5KG9&colid=33O3PO9HDQ977