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February 12, 2011

Making of a Cover: KING CONAN: The Scarlet Citadel #1

DARKHORSE.COM — Before King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel #1 hits store shelves later this month, check out Dark Horse editor Philip Simon's behind the scenes look at the making of fan-favorite Darick Robertson's amazing cover of the first issue!  [Read More]


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Published on February 12, 2011 09:30

January 30, 2011

December 10, 2010

Exclusive preview: ‘THE GUILD: VORK’

Found this great link through Felicia Day’s twitter account (thanks, Felicia!):


USA Today writes


It makes sense that The Guild would branch out to comics, since much of its audience probably consists of comic-book fans. On Dec. 22 Dark Horse will issue The Guild: Vork, a story written by Day and Jeff Lewis (the actor who plays Vork in the series).




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Published on December 10, 2010 21:51

Exclusive preview: 'THE GUILD: VORK'

USA Today writes


It makes sense that The Guild would branch out to comics, since much of its audience probably consists of comic-book fans. On Dec. 22 Dark Horse will issue The Guild: Vork, a story written by Day and Jeff Lewis (the actor who plays Vork in the series).




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Published on December 10, 2010 21:51

November 24, 2010

Radio Shack HOLIDAY HEROES campaign

From http://bssp.com/2010/news/the-shack-m... :


Our new holiday campaign for RadioShack breaks this week. We collaborated with comic book artist Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan, The Boys) and director Ryan Ebner to create the heroes in the spots.





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Published on November 24, 2010 11:49

September 15, 2010

The CBLDF presents Liberty Comics Annual

CBLDF'S LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 EXPLODES IN OCTOBER!

Image Comics annual anthology benefiting the CBLDF sports new name and covers

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CBLDF's LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 features an all-star line up, not least of whom are providing beautiful covers for the book. DAVE GIBBONS (Watchmen) has contributed an all-new Martha Washington cover, and DARICK ROBERTSON (Transmetropolitan, The Boys) has provided a Conan cover. To increase the book's visibility, the incentive cover now boasts all-new artwork from...

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Published on September 15, 2010 13:22

August 3, 2010

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON Round-up

Lots to report from San Diego, so let's get to it…!

The big news broke that Adam McKay would be directing the film adaptation of THE BOYS!  The Hollywood Reporter confirmed,

McKay, whose involvement was rumored for several weeks, made the announcement during the panel for "Other Guys," his upcoming action comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.

"As of today, I'm directing," he said.

The series, illustrated by Darick Robertson, follows a group of government squad known as "The Boys"...

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Published on August 03, 2010 15:43

July 21, 2010

SDCC 2010 Schedule

Darick will be supporting the CBLDF & The Hero Initiative at San Diego Comic Con!

THURSDAY

Darick will be signing on Thursday JULY 22nd
Dark Horse Comics booth #2615 from
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Robert E Howard's CONAN

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FRIDAY

Darick will be signing on Friday JULY 23rd
The Hero Initiative booth #5003 from
3:30pm - 4:30pm

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Published on July 21, 2010 17:00

June 16, 2010

In Stores — THE BOYS #43

When comic book heroes go nuts, the readers win

By Cyriaque Lamar at io9.com

In this week's comics haul, the sanity of two big-league comic protagonists — Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead and Billy Butcher of The Boys — hits a breaking point. When our lead characters go bonkers, we're all the richer for it.

Let's start with Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's superhero hit squad saga, The Boys. In past issues of The Boys, the highlight was watching Billy Butcher and his gang kick...

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Published on June 16, 2010 10:31

May 30, 2010

In Stores JUNE 2010 - THE BOYS VOL. 6: The Self-Preservation Society

THE BOYS VOLUME SIX: THE SELF PRESERVATION SOCIETY Limited Edition HARDCOVER

Shipping: June, 2010

Featuring an introduction by Lost creator Damon Lindelof! Contains THE SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY (issues 31-34) story arc by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra!  Plus, the origin stories of three of THE BOYS– Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, and The Female–  illustrated by Darick Robertson!

Rating: MATURE
Cover: Darick Robertson
Writer: Garth Ennis
Penciller/Inker: Darick Robertson, Carlos Ezquerra
Colorist:

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Published on May 30, 2010 10:47