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Crack open your history books and mark it down, everybody: 2013 is the year that the superhero genre finally gave up its stranglehold on the medium of comic books and was replaced by its new successor: Pony Comics. This week, we have seen the first step in the equestrian takeover as IDW has announced the creative team for My Little Pony: Friends Forever, a second ongoing series set to launch in Ja

This year's winner of the Eisner award for Best Anthology, Dark Horse Presents has been one of ComicsAlliance's favorite titles since it was relaunched in 2011 to continue the classic and influential series' tradition of showcasing emerging talent alongside some of the greatest writers, artists and cartoonists mainstream and underground comics has to offer...

On sale now is Dark Horse Presents #14, the new issue of Dark Horse's prestigious anthology series that showcases emerging talent alongside some of the greatest writers, artists and cartoonists comics has to offer, as well as promising new and underground talents...

Carla Speed McNeil's Finder: Voice, the most recent collection from her series spanning some 18 years of stories, has been named as a winner in this year's Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, beating out nominated books from creators like Dave McKean and Jim Woodring to be named as the best graphic novel of 2011...

On sale this week is Dark Horse Presents #11, the latest issue of Dark Horse's prestigious anthology series. Featuring no distracting advertisements, the 80-page book contains new material by such comics creators as Francesco Francavilla (introducing The Black Beetle), Mike Richardson, Tim Seeley and Victor Drujiniu (introducing The Occultist), John Arcudi and Jonathan Case (introducing The Creep)

On sale this week is Dark Horse Presents #10, 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 Brian Wood & Kristian Donaldson ( new The Massive!), ...

The Los Angeles Times has released the list of nominees for its prestigious assortment of book prizes, including the finalists in the graphic novel category. Last year's winner was Adam Hines' Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One, which was also ComicsAlliance's pick for best comic book of 2010...

As 2011 draws to close, ComicsAlliance has assembled its annual list of the best comics and graphic novels of the year with the help of our editors, writers, and readers. Like any list, it is naturally subjective, but we've packed it chock full of eleven comics that have awed us, excited us, and entertained us over the last 12 months and books that we're passionate about recommending. Read about #

Three of the greatest stories from Carla Speed McNeil's incredibly underappreciated sci-fi comics masterpiece Finder are about to get collected and rereleased at Dark Horse in the first volume of the Finder Library next Wednesday, and if you've heard the hype about the series and been curious, buy this book and believe it...

Finder is, literally, my favorite comic book. I used to force copies of Finder collections like Dream Work and Talisman into the hands of my friends, begging them to take them home and read them, hoping they would find in them what I found: an intricate, fully-realized world that married the feudal and the futuristic in a way that was irresistibly engrossing, with roots that spread deep and wide