Image Comics Gives "Bloody Mary" a Home

BLOODY MARY FINDS NEW HOME AT IMAGE COMICS

Bestselling and Eisner-Award-winning writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, War Story) and artist Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade) present an action-packed tale of future warfare and a heroine whose faith lies firmly in firepower in BLOODY MARY, coming from Image Comics this March.

“It's fantastic to see Bloody Mary back in print in this new edition from Image, said Ennis. “About time, really, Mary's been missing in action for far too long.”

Ezquerra added: "Mary Malone is one of my best loved comic characters."

BLOODY MARY is set in a world only slightly worse than our own, a third great European conflict has dragged the major powers into a lethal war of attrition. Now, Mary Malone, the most dangerous assassin in a land of killers, must face both a man who cannot die and a crazed cult leader whose flock are all too ready to die for him.

BLOODY MARY (ISBN: 978-1-63215-761-4) hits comic book stores on Wednesday, March 9th, 2016, and bookstores on Tuesday, March 15th, 2016, and will be available for $16.99. It can be ordered by retailers from Diamond Book Distributors with Diamond code DEC150636. It can be preordered now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Indiebound.


ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from February 7th to 13th, 2016 - Update #40

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OBITS - From YahooPolitics:  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died, today, Saturday, February 13, 2016, at the age of 79.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  French actor, Tahar Rahim, joins Harrison Ford and Anthony Hopkins in "Official Secrets."
 
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MOVIES - From DenofGeek:  Release dates for... God help me... Transformers 5, 6, and 7.

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TELEVISION - From TVLine: FOX has ordered a pilot for a series based on the "Lethal Weapon" movies.  Damon Wayans Sr. to star..

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MOVIES - From WeGotThisCovered:  The proposed horror film, Death House, which will unite legendary horror characters like Freddie Krueger, is described as "The Expendables or horror."  It is apparently a go.

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POLITICS - From RollingStone:  The magazine lists 19 great moments from the 2/11/2016 debate between Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

From WashPost:  Annotated transcript of debate.

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TELEVISION - From CBSNews:  A few hints about new "Star Trek" series, set to debut in 2017.

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COMICS - From CinemaBlend:  Deadpool movie writers really wish they could use the Hulk.

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COMICS - From Movieweb:  Rumor has it that in "Thor 3", the villain Hela (Cate Blanchett) will kill off a major character.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From The New York DailyNews:  Trayvon Martin would have been 21 years-old on Friday, February 5, 2016.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Michael De Luca and Scott Suber come on board as producers of the "Battlestar Galactica" movie.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  Mrs. Beetlejuice - Carly Fiorina - suspsends presidential campagin.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN:  Texas police kill a naked black man.

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OBITS - From TheWrap:  Former child actor, Tommy Kelly, died on January 25, 2016 at the age of 90.  Kelly was best known for playing the title role in the 1938 version of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."  He also appeared in a number of films including "Gone with the Wind."

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MOVIES - From THR:  Johnny Depp is headlining Universal's reboot of "The Invisible Man."  Supposedly, Tom Cruise is signed to "The Mummy" reboot!

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MOVIES - From RSN:  Michael Moore was in intensive care in NYC.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Thank you, God.  Charlize Theron in talks to join "Fast 8" as a villain.

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WEBCOMICS - From CBB:  New Johnny Bullet - Episode 60.

From CBB:  Johnny Bullet in French - Episode 60.

From CBB:  Constant, Chp. 2 Pg. 4.

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OSCAR - From Deadline:  The 2016 Oscars Nominees Luncheon photos.

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ECO - From EcoWatch:  Mark Ruffalo:  "We're heading towards a national water crisis."

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SPORTS - From the New York DailyNews:  Former NFL player, Bill Romanowski, makes sure that there is no doubt that he is a racist.

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AWARDS - From ScreenDaily:  John Boyega and Eddie Redmayne lead BAFTA buzz ahead of awards on February 14th, 2016.

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TV - From YahooTV:  "X-Files" recap - "Back in the Day is Now."

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COMICS - From YouTube:  "Captain America: Civil War" Super Bowl spot.

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OBITS - From Vulture:  Daniel Gerson, a Pixar screenwriter, died on Saturday, February 6, 2016 after a battle with brain cancer.  Gerson co-wrote Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University, and was apparently working on "Cars 3."

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TRAILERS - From YouTube:  New trailer for "Mie & Dave Need Wedding Dates," which looks really good.

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TRAILERS - From YouTube:  "X-Men: Apocalypse" the Super Bowl trailer.

TRAILERS - From YouTube:  "Independent Day: Resurgence" Super Bowl trailer.

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POLITICS - From Yahoo:  Professional black people hater and firemen killer, Rudy Giuliani, whines about Beyonce's performance at Super Bowl 50.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From Truthout:  Why are black girls and women dying in jails? Genocide, that's why.

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HISTORY - From RSN:  Sirhan Sirhan is coming up for parole.

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MOVIES:  From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the Super Bowl Weekend box office (7/5 to 7/7/2016) is "Kung Fu Panda 3" with an estimated take of $21 million.

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CULTURE:  From Vulture:  How Richard Pryor marks the beginning of the modern comedy era.

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MUSIC - From Vulture:  Beyonce dominates Super Bowl 50 halftime show... that Coldplay was head-lining.

MUSIC - From Vulture:  See Beyonce's "Formation" video.

MUSIC - From Vulture:  A guide to "Formation" music video.

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MOVIES - From Vulture:  There was a controlled explosion of a bus in London for an upcoming Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan and apparently the locals were still surprised, although there was supposedly advance warning.

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COMICS - From YahooTV:  Deadpool movie review - It's "the world's most violent and vulgar Bugs Bunny cartoon.

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From Deadline:  2016 Directors Guild Awards announced; Alejandro G. Iñárritu repeats as outstanding director of a feature film with his win for "The Revenant." Last year, he won for directing "Birdman."

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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: Here are your 43rd Annie Awards winners.

Nevada Film Critics Choose "Spotlight" as Best Film of 2015

The Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) is apparently a society of film critics who reside in Nevada and produce film reviews for print, broadcast, radio, and online.

The Nevada Film Critics Society's 2015 Awards for Achievement in Film:

Best Film – Spotlight

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

Best Actress - Brie Larson – Room

Best Supporting Actor - Tom Hardy - The Revenant

Best Supporting Actress - Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

Best Youth Performance - Jacob Tremblay – Room

Best Director - Alejandro Iñárritu - The Revenant

Best Original Screenplay - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay (TIE)
Drew Goddard for The Martian
Emma Donoghue for Room

Best Ensemble Cast - Spotlight

Best Documentary - Amy

Best Animated Movie - Inside Out

Best Production Design - Francois Séguin - Brooklyn

Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant

Best Visual Effects - Ex Machina

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Two "Bleach" Movies Arrive in a Special Double DVD Set

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES HOME MEDIA RELEASE OF BLEACH MOVIES: THE UNFORGIVEN DOUBLE FEATURE

Catch The Intense Supernatural Anime Feature Film Action Of BLEACH THE MOVIE: FADE TO BLACK And BLEACH THE MOVIE: HELL VERSE In A Special New Double DVD Set

San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor, publisher and licensor of anime and manga in North America, offers a special treat to anime aficionados and BLEACH fans as it announces the release of the BLEACH MOVIES: THE UNFORGIVEN DOUBLE FEATURE, a special home media edition.

Set for retail release on February 16th, 2016, this new DVD set contain BLEACH THE MOVIE: FADE TO BLACK as well as BLEACH THE MOVIE: HELL VERSE. The 2-disc set will carry an MSRP of $14.98 U.S. / $21.99 CAN and will feature dubbed English as well as subtitled audio tracks for both movies. Bonus features will include a production art gallery and movie trailers.

In BLEACH THE MOVIE: FADE TO BLACK, a strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he's the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!

Hell – a place where beings that have committed mortal sins during their lifetime are sent. It is a realm where even Soul Reapers are forbidden to interfere. In BLEACH THE MOVIE: HELL VERSE, a group of vicious Sinners plots to escape from this eternal prison, they discover that Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki is the key to their freedom. The Sinners launch an attack and in the process kidnap Ichigo’s younger sister Yuzu and take her to Hell. With the help of a mysterious man named Kokuto, Ichigo and his friends must now travel into the depths of Hell to stop the Sinners and save Yuzu, unaware that their actions could bring Hell to the World of the Living.

The BLEACH animated films and TV series (distributed in North America by VIZ Media, rated ‘TV-14’) are based on a smash hit manga series created by Tite Kubo (also published in North America by VIZ Media, rated ‘T’ for Teens) that follows the adventures of Ichigo, a 15-year old student with the ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by a Hollow – a malevolent lost soul – Ichigo encounters Rukia, a Soul Reaper, and inadvertently absorbs her powers. Now, he’s dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping tortured souls find peace.

For more information on BLEACH manga and anime titles published by VIZ Media, please visit www.viz.com.


About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan.  Owned by three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages.  VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products.  Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

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Dark Horse Comics Reveals "Game of Thrones" Night King Figure

Toy Fair 2016: Dark Horse Reveals New Character in Line of "Game of Thrones®" Figures!

NEW YORK, NY—Dark Horse Deluxe, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics, has revealed the latest figure in an ongoing series of characters from the critically acclaimed HBO® series Game of Thrones®: the Night King.

The masterfully sculpted figure finely details the leader of the White Walkers. It measures eight inches in height and is packaged in a collectors’ window box.

The Night King will be the twenty-fourth figure in the series and is slated for in-store release in September of 2016.

“The Night King’s confrontation with Jon Snow in the aftermath of the Hardhome battle is one of the most dramatic moments of Game of Thrones to date. We are very excited to have captured the power of this character in a stunning new figure,” Dark Horse Product Development head David Scroggy remarked.

Response to the Game of Thrones collectible figure line has been overwhelming, and additional characters are in development for release in summer and fall 2016. The Night King figure will be joined by Ygritte, Margaery Tyrell, Oberyn Martell, Grey Worm, and Varys.

Dark Horse also recently announced a limited-edition bust statue of the Night King, which will be released in March 2016.

Game of Thrones figures have a suggested retail price of $24.99 and are packaged in deluxe window box packaging.

Visit Dark Horse at Toy Fair 2016 Booth 4845.


About HBO Global Licensing
HBO Global Licensing officially licenses the HBO® brand for the development and merchandising of innovative product lines inspired by the network's award-winning programming. With products created around hit series like Game of Thrones® and True Blood® as well as classic series like The Sopranos®, Sex and the City®, and Entourage, items include fashion apparel, figures, jewelry, digital and CD soundtracks, prop and costume replicas, games, books, and beverages, as well as exclusive, premium collections in partnership with upscale, designer brands. Merchandise can be purchased in retail stores nationwide, at http://store.hbo.com, and at the groundbreaking HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop®, located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City. HBO Global Licensing products are also sold internationally across Europe (www.hboshopeu.com), Asia and Australia.

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 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.

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Image Comics Announces "Codename Baboushka's" First Story Arc

THE FIRST CHAPTER OF CODENAME BABOUSHKA ENDS WITH A BANG

Writer Antony Johnston (THE FUSE, The Coldest City, Daredevil) and artist Shari Chankhamma (SHELTERED, The Sisters' Luck) will conclude the first story arc in their ongoing modern pulp spy thriller series CODENAME BABOUSHKA this March.

Previously in CODENAME BABOUSHKA: THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH, the enigmatic Contessa, the last heiress to a noble Russian line (and secret deadly assassin!), was blackmailed by the U.S. government to carry out dirty jobs even the C.I.A. can't sanction—like “persuading” a retiring crime lord to sell her his secrets.

In CODENAME BABOUSHKA: THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH #5, the gauntlet is thrown down! Everything explodes…or at least, it will if Baboushka can’t stop it. Don’t get in her way!

"The Conclave of Death ends with a bang—and, unsurprisingly, several deaths!” said Johnston. “But long after the smoke clears, Baboushka will be forever changed. The future is full of guns, high-kicks, and yet more secrets to be revealed..."

CODENAME BABOUSHKA: THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH #5 Cover A by Shari Chankhamma (Diamond code: DEC150575) hits stores Wednesday, March 9th, 2016. CODENAME BABOUSHKA: THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH #5 Cover B by Kate Leth will also be available Wednesday, February 24th. Final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, February 15th, 2016.


ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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Image Comics Announces New "Empty Zone" Story Arc

EMPTY ZONE KICKS OFF NEW STORY ARC

Eisner-award nominated artist Jason Shawn Alexander (Abe Sapien: The Drowning, The Escapists), joined by newcomer and co-writer Darragh Savage, will launch a new story arc in the ongoing dystopian series EMPTY ZONE this March.

Previously in EMPTY ZONE, Corinne White, ex-soldier and black-market spy, was on a slow spiral to oblivion at the bottom of a bottle when she got a message from the ghost of her lover. A psychotic billionaire named Oni, obsessed with finding the secrets of death and immortality, was bionically reanimated corpses. His experiments had ensnared the souls of Corrine's dead friends, and to set them free, she had to kill them. Corrine destroyed Oni's lab in Pittsburgh, but the job wasn’t quite finished...

EMPTY ZONE #6 introduces us to the cold streets of future Berlin, a pair of doomed lovers, a deadly bounty hunter, and the bloody secret waiting for Corrine in the walled city.

“Now that we’ve established who our main characters are, this arc will be faster-paced, with more intense action and horror,” said Alexander. “Everything has been turned up. But there is also a love story geared to make you hurt a bit. This continues to be the most fun I’ve had working in comics!”

"We want to deliver a book that is beautiful, visceral, psychological and passionate; on a surface level Empty Zone aims to animate horror tropes with injections of future-style and high level visual execution, but at it’s core it is a book about people and what moves them, saves them, or dooms them,” said Savage. “It’s for people who like ghost stories or love stories or stories about the future—as long as they like their stories a little on the dark side."

EMPTY ZONE #6 (Diamond code: JAN160453) hits shelves Wednesday, March 16th, 2016. Final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, February 22nd, 2016.


ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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