BeastsOfBurden

Upcoming: Smile fans will be pleased to find out that Raina Telgemeier is set to release two more original graphic novels through Scholastic's all ages Graphix imprint. Sisters is expected in 2014, with another unannounced book to follow sometime after that...

Gaming: G4's Kevin Pereira talks to NetherRealm Studios' Creative Director Ed Boon about the title and gameplay of the upcoming DC Comics fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us at E3. Movies: Is Black Panther the next Marvel Hero to get the feature film treatment from Marvel Studios...

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

Animation: James Kochalka points out a recent nod to Jim Woodring's art on Adventure Time. It's Algebraic! Viral: Warner Bros. Amanda Waller seems to have launched her own blog, promoting the Green Lantern movie just talkin' about her life and such...

It's hard to follow up a year that included a team-up with Hellboy, but if any team is capable of fetching even more adventure, it's the furry protectors of Burden Hill. That's right, Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden is poised for all-new adventures this year from Dark Horse Comics...

Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden is one of those books that could easily slip under your radar, despite the pedigree of the creators involved. I missed out on it until the fantastic hardcover of their first miniseries dropped, and now I'm hooked...

Okay, you got me. I love Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's "Beasts of Burden." You know this by now. It's been firmly established. I've done my best to justify my ongoing affection for today's newly-released "Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites" hardcover and now I want to pass some of it on to you...