This is a bit different from our normal preview, but that’s what we do here at Player Affinity. We present you the entire world of comics not just million dollar companies pumping out watered down monthly titles. This time we have a preview for The Lives of Sacco & Vanzetti from NBM Publishing. We previously announced it here, so you can read more about the book before enjoying the preview.
Following up on yesterday’s announcement of daily Dark Horse Presents news this week, we are excited to announce the return of one of Dark Horse’s most successful new creator-owned series, Beasts of Burden! For the uninitiated, this beautifully illustrated series follows a unique team of paranormal investigators, all neighborhood pets, and their quest to keep the town of Burden Hill safe from the evil forces lurking in the shadows.
In this flash back tale we’re introduced to a young Elizabeth that’s taken out into the field for the first time. They’re investigating a haunting from a dead “suspected witch” that’s tormenting a priest. It takes some strong convincing from Hellboy before the Professor will agree to take her and even then he has to pull at his heart strings to get him to take her. Elizabeth is actually less than thrilled to go on the trip and even less thrilled that she’s being taken to see a priest.
The search for the Black Axe continues as Em and Celanawe recruit a captain of a boat to take them to the next shore which is further than most are willing to travel. Celanawe tricks the young captain into doing so by making the challenge public and a way for the captain to prove himself to the pirate-esc guild. They begin their travel and soon begin to run out of food and water. Em and Celanawe continue to operate in secret as Em explains how the axe ended up so far away to begin with. It seems her brother was the last mouse put in charge of it and something drove him to take the axe far away. Just as they begin to become desperate a storm hits and sinks the ship throwing all three mice into the ocean.
If you missed out on picking up your Free Comic Book Day comics at your local comic-book store, you can get them from Dark Horse Digital for a limited time! Downloads will be available starting Wednesday, May 11, and run through the end of the month! Just hop on any computer or Mac iOS device (iPod, iPad, iPhone), go to Digital.DarkHorse.com, or the iTunes app store and download the free Dark Horse Comics bookshelf app!
In addition to providing top-quality, eye-catching content in the newly relaunched Dark Horse Presents, the third issue will again offer up a preview of one of the company’s most anticipated titles, with an exclusive first look at Jim Steranko’s crime-noir masterpiece. That’s right! This issue spotlights an exclusive, thirteen-page preview of the new edition of Red Tide, written and illustrated by comics legend Jim Steranko! Add to that an exclusive interview with Steranko himself and you’ve got a supersized installment of Dark Horse’s legendary tradition that’s not to be missed!
Cal McDonald’s drug-fueled bravado has entertained fans of horror comics and novels alike. His antics have made for some of the most entertaining blood-soaked noir either medium has ever seen. This year, he returns to comics in two exciting one-shots, each packed with vampires, werewolves, and every other kind of monster the world of supernatural fiction has to offer. To start, he will come face to face with another of Dark Horse’s most well-known antiheroes, Eric Powell’s Goon. These bull-headed bruisers will share panels in an all-new story,When Freaks Collide, for a thirty-two-page dose of humor, violence, and fun! When Cal and Goon are hired for two sides of the same job, it becomes apparent that not only is neither of them getting a paycheck, but they also will have to fight their way through a common threat.
