Dynamite Entertainment
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| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Runnemede, New Jersey, United States |
| Key people | Nick Barrucci (President) |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Products | Comics |
| Website | Official website |
Dynamite Entertainment is a comic book publisher founded in 2005, first producing two Army of Darkness limited series published through Devil's Due Publishing until self-publishing their titles later that year.
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[edit] Overview
Dynamite Entertainment focuses primarily on comic book adaptations of existing properties, with most of their 'original' properties being new interpretations of the public domain classic monsters Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolf Man. Currently they hold the rights to publish titles based on films (Army of Darkness, Darkman and Highlander), television series (both original and modern Battlestar Galactica and Xena: Warrior Princess) and literature (Re-Animator, Zorro). They also have a license based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day and writer Simon Furman produced Terminator 2: Infinity and the sequel Terminator: Revolution.[1] Other properties include Buck Rogers,[2][3] Sherlock Holmes,[4] and The Green Hornet.[5]
Two additional crossovers have been released through other companies, one through Image Comics in 2005 pitting their monsters against Top Cow published characters Witchblade, the Darkness, the Magdalena and Tomb Raider entitled Monster War; and a 2006 crossover between DC Comics' Claw the Unconquered and Red Sonja via Wildstorm.
Dynamite hit the news in 2007 when they took over the publication of Garth Ennis' The Boys after it was dropped by Wildstorm.
Dynamite has a reputation for issuing multiple variant covers for their comics. Issues of Red Sonja, Army of Darkness and Battlestar Galactica (among others) have been published with 4 different regular covers, as well as various incentive covers used to drive up retailers orders. This practice is often one of the main criticisms of the company.
At the 2008 Wizard World Chicago conference it was announced that Dynamite have acquired the license from Rebellion Developments to publish reprints of 2000 AD titles, as well as produce new material based on their characters, the first of which will be a Judge Dredd comic book, to be written by John Wagner, with input from Garth Ennis.[6][7]
That year they started publishing Zorro. In 2009 they announced plans to publish Fighting American.
[edit] Titles
[edit] Produced titles
- Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes (four-issue limited series through Devil's Due)
- Army of Darkness: Shop till You Drop Dead (four-issue limited series through Devil's Due)
- Monster War (four-issue limited series through Image, with each issue changing titles: The Magdalena vs. Dracula; Tomb Raider vs. The Wolf-Men; Witchblade vs Frankenstein's Monster and The Darkness vs. Mr. Hyde)
[edit] Published titles
- Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters (by Keith Champagne and Tom Nguen, January 2008) [8][9]
- Army of Darkness (monthly, first four issues as Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator)
- Avengers/Invaders (by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross, with Marvel Comics)
- Bad Boy (by Frank Miller and Simon Bisley, hardcover reprint of the one-shot, November 2007) [10]
- Battlefields (by Garth Ennis):[11][12]
- Night Witches (with Russell Braun, 3-issue mini-series, October-December 2008)[13][14]
- Dear Billy (with Peter Snejbjerg, 3-issue mini-series, January-March, 2009)[15][16]
- Tankies (forthcoming)[17][18]
- Battlestar Galactica:
- Battlestar Galactica (based on the original science fiction series)
- Battlestar Galactica (based on the new science fiction series)
- The Boys (by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, moved from Wildstorm)
- Buck Rogers (by writer Scott Beatty[3][19] and artist Carlos Rafael)[20]
- Claw the Unconquered/Red Sonja: Devil's Hands (limited series through DC/Wildstorm)
- Dan Dare (by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine, collected volumes, moved from Virgin Comics)[21]
- Darkman vs. Army of Darkness (bimonthly)
- Darkness vs. Eva (by Leah Moore and John Reppion, with art by Edgar Salazar, one-shot, Top Cow/Dynamite Entertainment, forthcoming)[22][23]
- Dead Irons (by James Kuhoric, with art by Jason Shawn Alexander, 5-issue mini-series)[24][25][26]
- Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (by James Kuhoric, 6-issue mini-series, co-published with Wildstorm) [27][28]
- Jungle Girl
- Just a Pilgrim (hardcover collection)
- Kid Kosmos (graphic novel by Jim Starlin)
- The Lone Ranger (monthly)
- The Man with No Name: The Good, The Bad And The Uglier (by Christos N. Gage[29] and Wellington Dias[30] [31] (1-6), Matt Wolpert and Luke Lieberman (7-11),[32] and Chuck Dixon (12-)[33])
- Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness (co-published with Marvel Comics)[34]
- Mercenaries (by Brian Reed, 3-issue mini-series)
- Painkiller Jane (limited series)
- Project Superpowers (by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger, January, 2008)[35] spin-offs include:
- Black Terror (written by Jim Krueger, with art by Mike Lilly)[36]
- The Death-Defying 'Devil (written by Joe Casey, with art by Edgar Salazar)[37]
- Masquerade (written by Phil Hester, with art by Carlos Paul)[38][39]
- Raise the Dead (by Leah Moore/John Reppion, and pencil by Hugo Petrus and inks by Marc Rueda, 4-issue mini-series, 2007, tpb, 120 pages, February 2008, ISBN 1933305568)
- Red Sonja:
- Red Sonja (monthly)
- Red Sonja Goes East and Red Sonja: One More Day (oneshots)
- Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom (limited series)
- Savage Tales (anthology)
- Scout (trade paperback collections)
- Six from Sirius (hardcover and softcover collections)
- Tales of Army of Darkness (one-shot, planned as an annual)
- Super Zombies (by writers Marc Guggenheim/Vince Gonzales, with art by Mel Rubi, ongoing series, March 2009)[40][41][42]
- Terminator (by Simon Furman):
- Terminator 2: Infinity (with Nigel Raynor, moved from Dark Horse Comics)
- Terminator: Revolution (with Lui Antonio)
- Witchblade: "Shades of Gray" (a crossover with Dorian Gray, by Leah Moore/John Reppion and Stephen Segovia, co-published with Top Cow) [43]
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Zorro
[edit] Upcoming publications
- Army of Darkness (hardcover collection of the 1992 Dark Horse movie adaptation)
- Spider-Man/Red Sonja (co-published with Marvel Comics)
- The Complete Dracula (by John Reppion/Leah Moore, with art by Colton Worley, 5-issue limited series, Dynamite Entertainment 2009, forthcoming)[44][45][46]
- The Trial of Sherlock Holmes (by John Reppion/Leah Moore,[47][48] with art by Aaron Campbell,[49][50] forthcoming)[51]
- The Green Hornet[5], a miniseries to be written by Kevin Smith, adapting his script from a film version abandoned in 2004.[52]
- Thulsa Doom (by Arvid Nelson and Lui Antonio)[53][54]
- The Complete Alice in Wonderland (by John Reppion/Leah Moore)[55]
- RoboCop[56] (by Rob Williams,[57] with art by artist [TBA],[58] 2009)
- Stargate (with writers Chuck Dixon (Stargate Universe prequel), Brandon Jerwa (Stargate-SG1) and Doug Murray (Stargate Atlantis) with art by John Watson)[59]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Furman on Making Dynamite's Terminator Revolutionary, Comic Book Resources, October 20, 2008
- ^ Dynamite Debuts Buck Rogers for a Quarter, Newsarama, February 23, 2009
- ^ a b Back to the Future: Barrucci and Beatty on Buck Rogers, Newsarama, February 23, 2009
- ^ Dynamite's Nick Barrucci Talks Sherlock Holmes, Newsarama, March 9, 2009
- ^ a b Dynamite Lands 'Green Hornet' Comic Book License, Newsarama, March 31, 2009
- ^ WW Chicago: Dynamite nabs "Judge Dredd", Comic Book Resources, June 28, 2008
- ^ WWC: Judge Dredd Comes to Dynamite Entertainment, Newsarama, June 28, 2008
- ^ Dynamite Lands Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters License, Newsarama, March 30, 2007
- ^ Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Return, Comic Book Resources, October 11, 2007
- ^ Bad Boy details at Dynamite Entertainment
- ^ WW Philly: Ennis Tells Dynamite Stories of "Battlefields", Comic Book Resources, June 1, 2008
- ^ WW Philly: Garth Ennis Brings War Stories to Dynamite, Newsarama, June 1, 2008
- ^ Garth Ennis on Battlefields: Night Witches, Newsarama, August 15, 2008
- ^ Garth Ennis Takes to the "Battlefields", Comic Book Resources, August 21, 2008
- ^ Garth Ennis Writes To “Dear Billy”, Comic Book Resources, November 25, 2008
- ^ Ennis & His Editor - Talking Battlefields and War Comics, Newsarama, November 28, 2008
- ^ Garth Ennis on Battlefields: The Tankies, February 20, 2009
- ^ Garth Ennis Talks "Battlefields: The Tankies", February 27, 2009
- ^ Scott Beatty Talks Buck Rogers, Comic Book Resources, March 6, 2009
- ^ Drawing the Future: Carlos Rafael on Buck Rogers, Newsarama, March 9, 2009
- ^ FULL ISSUE: Dan Dare #1 by Ennis & Erskine, Newsarama, December 22, 2008
- ^ In & Out of the Dark Ages: Moore & Reppion on "Darkness vs. Eva", Comic Book Resources, February 26, 2008
- ^ Moore & Reppionon Darkness vs. Eva, Newsarama, March 19, 2008
- ^ Story of a Bad, Bad Family: James Kuhoric on 'Dead Irons', Newsarama, October 9, 2008
- ^ Jae Lee Darkens “Dead Irons”, Comic Book Resources, November 24, 2008
- ^ Alexander Draws Sights on “Dead Irons”, Comic Book Resources, December 1, 2008
- ^ WW: Chicago - Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Coming in November, Newsarama, 12 August, 2007
- ^ MANO-A-MANO-A-MANO: "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash", Comic Book Resources, August 21, 2007
- ^ Christos Gage on Dynamite's The Man With No Name, Newsarama, July 12 2007
- ^ Wellington Dias Outdraws "The Man with No Name", Comic Book Resources, February 28, 2008
- ^ Man With No Name: The Good, The Bad And The Uglier #1, Newsarama, March 25, 2008
- ^ The Man With No Name's New Team: Lieberman & Wolpert, Newsarama, August 19, 2008
- ^ Chuck Dixon to Write The Man With No Name, Newsarama, August 20, 2008
- ^ Ash Meets The Marvel Zombies in Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness, Newsarama, November 31, 2006
- ^ Ross! Krueger! Dynamite! "SUPERPOWERS!", Comic Book Resources, July 18 2007
- ^ Mike Lily: Black Terror, Exclusivity and More, Newsarama, July 9, 2008
- ^ Dynamite Announce's "Death Defying 'Devil" Series (press release), Comic Book Resources, September 24, 2008
- ^ Phil Hester Talks "Masquerade", Comic Book Resources, January 13, 2009
- ^ Phil Hester on Masquerade & First Look at the Trailer, Newsarama, March 9, 2009
- ^ Guggenheim & Gonzales on Bringing 'Super Zombies' to Life, Newsarama, November 5, 2008
- ^ Guggenheim Talks "Super-Zombies", Comic Book Resources, January 15, 2009
- ^ Launching a World of Super Zombies at Dynamite, Newsarama, January 16, 2009
- ^ Dynamite & Top Cow Team For Crossovers, Newsarama, November 2, 2006
- ^ Moore & Reppion on 'The Complete Dracula', Newsarama, January 30, 2009
- ^ Colton Worley - Defining Dracula for Dynamite, Newsarama, February 3, 2009
- ^ Moore & Reppion to Discuss The Complete Dracula in Dublin, Newsarama, February 24, 2009
- ^ Bringing Sherlock Holmes Back to Comics: Moore & Reppion, Newsarama, March 2, 2009
- ^ Elementary, My Dear Moore & Reppion!, Comic Book Resources, March 19, 2009
- ^ Drawing the Detective: Aaron Campbell on Sherlock Holmes, March 16, 2009
- ^ Drawing The Detective: Campbell on Sherlock Holmes, Comic Book Resources, March 26, 2009
- ^ NYCC '09 - FIRST LOOK: Cassaday's Sherlock Holmes, Newsarama, February 9, 2009
- ^ EW Exclusive: Kevin Smith takes on Batman and the Green Hornet, May 13, 2009.
- ^ Brady, Matt (May 26, 2009). "And Doom is His Name: Arvid Nelson on 'Thulsa Doom'". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/050926-Nelson-Doom.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Phegley, Kiel (May 29, 2009). ""Doom" Comes To Dynamite". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21389. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ Moore & Reppion on Adapting Alice in Wonderland, Newsarama, May 29, 2009
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 10, 2009). "RoboCop Returns to Comics with Dynamite". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060910-Robocop.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 16, 2009). "Man and Machine - Rob Williams on Dynamite's RoboCop". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060916-Robocop-Williams.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 11, 2009). "Nick Barrucci on RoboCop & Writer Rob Williams". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060911-Nick-Robocop.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Dynamite Opens the Stargate (press release), Newsarama, July 20, 2009
[edit] References
- Dynamite Entertainment at the Grand Comic-Book Database
- Dynamite Entertainment at the Comic Book DB
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Dynamite Celebrates Five Years, Comic Book Resources, April 16, 2009
