Zenescope Entertainment have announced that Quest, a new miniseries based in their Grimm’s Faity Tales universe, will launch in November.
The series will be written by Pat Shand, who previously wrote Robyn Hood and Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Unleashed Volume 1, and other books for Zenescope.
Amazon have announced that they’ll release the new Kindle Paperwhite, their sixth generation ereader, on September 30.
The new Kindle will boast a new, easier-to-read display with better contrast and a built-in light to lessen eyestrain, as well as updated touch technology.
Image Comics have announced that they will release a trade paperback collection of Ryan Browne’s webcomic God Hates Astronauts on October 9.
In God Hates Astronauts, the announcement explains, “NASA hires the Power Persons 5 to keep the nation’s farmers from launching themselves into space in homemade rocket ships. The bad news is that NASA is wasting their money, because this gang of hooligans is going to hang out, get drunk, have extra-marital affairs, and occasionally save the day in spite of themselves.”
God Hates Astronauts: Volume I will not only include the original webcomic, but also a hundred pages of “rare and all-new material not available on the web.”
This, the release says, will include “18 all-new two-page origin stories written by Browne and drawn by some of the best talent in comics, including Tradd Moore, Tim Seeley, Riley Rossmo, Tom Scioli, Nick Pitarra, C.P. Wilson III, Zander Cannon, Jenny Frison, Chris Mitten, and Hilary Barta,” as well as more than 20 pin-ups from such artists as Rebekah Isaacs, Mike Norton, Chris Burnham, and Tom Fowler, and “a reference guide that explains the parodies and inside jokes.”
God Hates Astronauts: Volume I is currently available for preorder from Amazon for $13.49.
Out Of Print have launched a new line of iPhone cases that — like the cool t-shirts they sell — are all emblazoned with imagery from the jackets of classic novels and other literary references.
And, as with all of Out Of Print stuff, they will donate a book to the charity Books For Africa for every item sold.
Available for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5, the 4 and 4S cases, the press release states, “feature a canvas plus plastic hard shell, access to all of the buttons and collaboration with speck designs. The iPhone 5 cases feature a slim hard shell snap-on case with a smooth matte finish and access to all buttons.”
There are current six different iPhone cases based on the covers of classic novels:
Lewis Caroll’s Alice In Wonderland
Jack London’s The Call Of The Wild
William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange
George Orwell’s 1984
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
In addition, there’s a seventh called “Poe-Ka-E Dots” that has Edgar Allan’s Poe’s famous mug repeating…
…and “Library Card,” which should be self-explanatory.
All of the cases are $25.00 and are available now.
Shout! Factory and Morgan Creek Productions have announced that an extended director’s cut of Clive Barker’s 1990 fantasy horror movie Nightbreed will be released next year on both physical and digital formats through Shout!’s imprint Scream Factory.
There’s been video games based on comic books, and comic books based on games. But Batman: Arkham Unhinged: Volume 1 from DC Comics takes the unique path of being a comic that’s based on a game that’s based on a comic. And while its tales of the Dark Knight aren’t as good as the one told in the game, or in the regular comics, the book does serve as a nice compliment to Batman: Arkham City.