Around the Web

May 3, 2013 at 7:59 am | Posted in Around the Web, Comic Books, Dark Horse, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars News, Syfy, Television | Leave a comment
Tags: anthony daniels, carlos d'anda, daniel wallace, dave dorman, dawn of the jedi, defiance, emilie and the hollow world, ian mcdiarmid, into the void, j.w. rinzler, jeffrey brown, kevin j. anderson, martha wells, mentats of dune, mike mayhew, rain beredo, stephane roux, stephen youll, tim lebbon

To kick things off, how about some reassuring news regarding Dark Horse Comics and Star Wars. According to Bleeding Cool, Star Wars will be with Dark Horse Comics for the entirety of 2014.

They will continue to make Darth Vader miniseries, Star Wars Legacy will remain an ongoing book and will alternate between artists every six issues and the mini-series based on George Lucas’ original drafts, The Star Wars, will have a radically different logo to differentiate it.

Star Wars artist Dave Dorman did a video interview with Slice of SciFi which you can watch here. Dave talks about how he got started and what he’s up to now.

J.W. Rinzler shared some on the Star Wars Blog about his upcoming mini-series from Dark Horse Comics called The Star Wars. According to Rinzler, artist Mike Mayhew has finished the art for the first issue, which is now in the hands of colorist Rain Beredo, and Mike is starting in on issue #2. Meanwhile Rinzler himself is currently working on adapting issue #5, so work is well underway for the eight issue series. He also mention cover variants which should excite collectors.

Star Wars author Tim Lebbon was interviewed on the latest episode of Jedi Journals which you can listen to here. The interview kicks in around the 41 minute mark.

Jedi News has an exclusive audio clip from Tim Lebbon‘s soon to be released Star Wars novel Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void which you can listen to here.

Suvudu has a new Star Wars book timeline up which will be included in Troy Denning’s Crucible.

USA Today has been speaking with Star Wars actors such as Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels and others about their work in Return of the Jedi.

Star Wars artist Carlos D’Anda shared an image of Boba Fett he’s currently working on which looks pretty cool.

Young Adult Books Central is doing a book giveaway for Martha Wells’ Emilie & the Hollow World which you can enter here.

Kevin J. Anderson revealed the cover for Mentats of Dune done by Stephen Youll. The book is scheduled for release next Spring.

Star Wars artist Stephane Roux revealed he’ll be heading to Big Wow ComicFest in San Jose, CA which runs May 18-19.

If you haven’t checked it out yet, imgur has a neat 66 picture album showcasing behind the scenes photos of The Empire Strikes Back. It’s definitely worth a look.

For something completely different, fans of LEGO and Breaking Bad can check out this fun little video mashup on Den of Geek.

Fans of SyFy’s new show Defiance can also head over to Den of Geek for an interview with actress Trenna Keating who plays Doc Yewll.

If you missed out on Chronicle Books May the 4th virtual chat with authors Jeffrey Brown, Dan Wallace and J.W. Rinzler, you can watch it below.

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