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January, 2013

Orchid in Retrospect

01/24/2013 11:17am

The very last issue of Orchid hits shelves next Wednesday, January 30th and we want to make sure everyone understands the magnitude of awesome that is coming to a close. Over the last year and a few months Tom Morello's fun Sci-Fi adventure and entertaining discussion of class warfare has been enjoyed by thousands. Read more...

Back to the Beginning of a Legend - by Patrick Thorpe

01/24/2013 9:59am

On January 29, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia will be released, but it was almost one year ago, February 6, 2012, that Nintendo contacted us to see if we were interested in doing the localization, and it was shortly thereafter that I first held Shogakukan�s Hyrule Historia in my hands and said, �Wow.� I cracked the spine and pored over every single page. I wanted to soak in every character design, every historical detail, every beautiful piece of artwork. Read more...

Buffy 'Verse Sampler Haiku Contest

01/23/2013 11:25am

Today only, Ten (10) skilled Haiku writers will have the chance to win physical copies of The Buffy 'Verse Sampler for themselves or a friend! All you have to do is write a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Haiku, tweet it to us by 11:59pm PT today and we'll pick our favorites as the winners! Read more...

New Releases in the Digital Store - 1-23-13

01/23/2013 8:52am

From Eisner Award-winning creator of Battlepug, Mike Norton, comes The Answer! Devin McKenzie is an insomniac librarian with a knack for solving puzzles. The Answer! is a masked crime fighter with a giant exclamation point on his face. Read more...

The Magical Timeline of Zelda - Guest Blog #1 by Helena Jidborg Alexander

01/22/2013 2:54pm

You know how people like to tell you they know exactly what they were doing when JFK/Elvis/John Lennon died? Well, in some funny reverse order, I look at Zelda games and can tell you exactly what I was doing when they came out. Read more...

No Ordinary Amano

01/22/2013 2:39pm

Deva Zan was no ordinary project for me as an editor. If I were to start from a personal level, I�m of the generation whose first exposure to Japanese pop culture was the anime Speed Racer. You might not associate Yoshitaka Amano�s ethereal style as an illustrator with the manic demon on wheels, but at age fifteen Amano was already working at Tatsunoko, Speed Racer�s studio, during the production of the show. Read more...