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17 unusual facts about Dark Horse Comics


Angus McKie

In 1993 he wrote and drew the first 2 parts of a science fiction comic published by Dark Horse entitled "The Blue Lily", based on Dave Weir's short story.

Bob Schreck

is an American comic book writer and editor, known for his work for publishers including Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Oni Press, DC Comics, and Legendary Comics.

For much of the 1990s Schreck was an editor at Dark Horse Comics, and went on to found Oni Press in 1997.

Boris the Bear

Starting in July 1986 and created by James Dean Smith and Steve Mattsson, Boris the Bear was the second title published by Dark Horse Comics.

Everett Peck

Originally created as a comic book that was first published by Dark Horse in 1990, in 1994 Duckman was turned into an animated series for the USA Network.

Fillbach Brothers

The Fillbach Brothers are currently co-writing with Dave Land and handling the art chores for the monthly title Werewolves on the Moon: Versus Vampires? from Dark Horse Comics.

The Fillbach Brothers (Matt Fillbach and Shawn Fillbach) are comic book artists, known for penciling the Dark Horse Comics Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures series.

Jackie Estrada

Most recently she edited Comics: Between the Panels, a lavish four-color coffee table book from Dark Horse Comics.

Les McClaine

Les has also published a graphic novel through Dark Horse Comics, titled Jonny Crossbones, which also appeared as a web-comic on his website.

Miyamoto Usagi

Miyamoto Usagi (宮本 兎) is the titular character of Usagi Yojimbo, a Dark Horse comic by Stan Sakai.

Motoei Shinzawa

Shinzawa's High School! Kimengumi has been called "the funniest manga I have ever read" by Michael Gombos, director of Asian marketing for Dark Horse.

Ronnie del Carmen

He did Batman Adventures Holiday Special with Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and others, garnering an Eisner Award Best Single Issue in 1995; Batman Black and White Volume Two for DC in 2002; Dark Horse's Aliens Mondo Pest series.

Shane McCarthy

Other published works include Zombies: Feast for IDW Publishing and contributions to Event Horizon for Mam Tor Publishing, and Star Wars Tales for Dark Horse.

Tales of the Beanworld

The series was revived in February 2009 and is now published by Dark Horse Comics in deluxe hardcover editions.

Tomm Coker

Coker's career started in the early nineties drawing comic books for Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

Tony Akins

At Dark Horse Akins worked across licensed sci-fi titles from Aliens (Colonial Marines) to Star Wars (Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising) and pencilled the adaptation of Andrew Vachss story "Warlord" (the only play written by Vachss) in the Hard Boilded series for Dark Horse.

Witchfinder

Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder (commonly referred to as simply "Witchfinder"), a comic series published by Dark Horse Comics


Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities

Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities is a four issue American comic book limited series published in 2005, by Dark Horse Comics.

Blambot

Since founding Blambot in 1999, he has lettered comics for Marvel, DC, Oni Press and Dark Horse, has become type designer to Harvey Award Winner, Mike "Madman" Allred, and has had his designs licensed by such companies as Microsoft, Six Flags Amusement Parks, The New Yorker, The Gap, and many more.

Carlo Pagulayan

Pagulayan began his career in the comics business with a 3-page sequential for Dark Horse Comics, written by Doug Petrie, to aid the victims of the 9-11 attacks, and as a tribute to the fallen World Trade Center Twin Towers (2001).

Doug Mahnke

He was the original artist for the Dark Horse Comics title X, a run inked by Jimmy Palmiotti, as well as being the cover artist for King Tiger/Motorhead, a two-issue series set in the same universe as X.

Doug Wheatley

Doug Wheatley, sometimes credited as Douglas H. Wheatley or Doug Tropea-Wheatley, is a Canadian comic book artist that has illustrated numerous comic books including several Star Wars stories for Dark Horse Comics.

Ethan Dettenmaier

After starting out in the mail room at Warner Bros., he landed a position with Bel-Air Productions and Producer Steven Reuther (Face Off, Pretty Woman) He went on to become a script doctor for Idiom Films and has since scripted work for Steven Seagal, Dark Horse Comics, producer Paul DeSouza and Jon Divens.

FidoNet Star Wars Echo

Noteworthy participants in the Echo message forum included Star Wars authors Roger MacBride Allen, Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Daley, Barbara Hambly, Shane Johnson, Vonda McIntyre, L. Neil Smith, Kathy Tyers, Tom Veitch, Timothy Zahn — along with occasional Lucasfilm representatives, West End Games freelancers, and employees of Dark Horse Comics.

Hellgate: London

Spanning a series of four issues, it is written by Ian Edginton, illustrated by Steve Pugh, and published by Dark Horse Comics.

ILYA

His work has appeared in publications from all the major US and UK comics companies, from Fleetway Editions' Crisis, Dark Horse's Manga Mania, Deadline magazine to work for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.

Jo Chen

Currently she is most well known to American comic readers as the cover artist of Runaways, and Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 and the current Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 comics published by Dark Horse Comics.

Josef Rubinstein

Primarily working as an inker, his artwork has been published by major U.S. comics publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics.

Mass Effect: Redemption

The comic will be published by Dark Horse Comics and is written by Mac Walters, who was a lead writer for Mass Effect, with scripting by John Jackson Miller and art by Omar Francia, both of whom have previously worked on Star Wars related comics.

Queen of the Black Coast

The newly launched Conan the Barbarian series from Dark Horse Comics by writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan uses Queen of the Black Coast as the basis for the first three issues.

Star Wars Legacy 4

Star Wars: Legacy 4 is the fourth issue of the Star Wars: Legacy comic series written by John Ostrander and published by Dark Horse Comics on 4 October 2006.

Tag and Bink

Like other Star Wars comics of the time, Tag and Bink was published by Dark Horse Comics, the holder of Star Wars-licence from early 1990s (taken over from Marvel Comics).

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

They were published, as The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, first by Dark Horse Comics in their Cheval noir title and then released in book form by NBM Publishing (1990–1992).

The Foot Soldiers

Originally issued by Dark Horse Comics it was later collected into a series of trade paperbacks by AiT/Planet Lar.

The People of the Black Circle

The story was adapted by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala in Savage Sword of Conan #16-19 (Reprinted in 2008 by Dark Horse Comics in Savage Sword of Conan, Volume Two – ISBN 1-59307-894-3).

The Return of Godzilla

In 1988 Dark Horse Comics released a six-issue limited series, Godzilla, which was an American adaptation of the Japanese manga adaptation of The Return of Godzilla.

The Snout in the Dark

From March 2014 it will be adapted by Fred Van Lente as a continuation of its Conan the Barbarian ongoing series after Brian Wood's departure.

Two-Fisted Tales

In 1993, Dark Horse Comics published two issues of Harvey Kurtzman's The New Two-Fisted Tales, featuring war stories by contemporary creators.

Vincent Giarrano

His career has included work for large publishers (DC Comics, Marvel Comics), and smaller publishers such as Dark Horse Comics and Impact Comics.