Beasts of Burden

After carefully reviewing all of the covers for Dark Horse books published with cover dates between January and December of 2016, we've selected a collection that runs the eye-catching, attention-grabbing gamut.

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our years on the Internet, it’s that there’s no aspect of comics that can’t be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of five or ten. And since there’s no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we’re taking it upon ourselves to compile Top Five lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics. This week, for absolutely no reason at all whatsoever in particular, we are counting down the five best ghost punchers, witch hunters, and monster wrestlers in comics. The occult detective has been a popular character trope since the 19th century, and heroic figures fighting monsters has been common in mainstream comics since the revision of the Comics Code Authority in the 1970s. This video takes a look at five different characters who ain't afraid of no ghosts and take it upon themselves to stand as guardians between the worlds of the living and the dead.

It's been two years since the last installment of Dark Horse's creepy critter comic Beasts of Burden, but that long wait comes to an end this May with the release of a brand new one shot! Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In reunites Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer and Jill Thompson as the cats of Burden Hill investigate a black magic mystery.

The 27th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards took place at the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront San Diego on Friday night, and it was a great night for diversity, for women in comics, for comics aimed at a younger audience, and for the future of the industry.

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On sale now is Dark Horse Presents #8, the latest issue of Dark Horse's prestigious anthology series. Featuring no distracting advertisements, the 80-page book contains material by such reliably entertaining comics creators as: Neal Adams, Andi Watson, Al Gordon, MJ Butler, Beau Smith, Tony Puryear, Geof Darrow, Thomas Yeats, Mark Wheatley, Eduardo Barreto and Tony Puryear...

On sale now in finer comics shops is Dark Horse Presents #4, the latest issue of Dark Horse's prestigious anthology series. Featuring no distracting advertisements, the 80-page book contains new material by such reliably entertaining comics creators as Howard Chaykin, Carla Speed McNeil, Neal Adams, Fiona Staples, Geof Darrow, Michael Kaluta, Jill Thompson, Evan Dorkin, Steve Niles and more... Rea

Gaming: The official box art for Batman: Arkham City has surfaced. It's black and white and red all over. Movies: Writer Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Killer) will reportedly be scripting the Reel FX adaptation of Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden...

Once in awhile you read a piece of Hollywood news that makes so much doggone sense you almost take it for granted. If you've read Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden series from Dark Horse Comics, chances are THR's report that the adventures of the team of adorable, supernatural-slaying pets from the suburbs is getting a CG animated feature with Shrek and Chronicles of Narnia directo