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THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS ROUNDUP

Dynamite Entertainment has announced the upcoming release of its first game offering with the Oct. 25 launch of the new Vampirella Tarot Card Deck.

The deck will feature images of the 1969 Vampirella Magazine art in a unique and enjoyable collectible. The deck will be distributed through Diamond Comic Distributors, as well as through a number of game distributors.

The images are from such artist as Frank Frazetta, Sanjulian, Bill Hughes, Jose Gonzalez, Enrich, Esteban Maroto and Paul Gulacy.

The deck will retail for $19.99.

In other Dynamite news:

VAMPI-FIGURE: Dynamite Entertainment's a new licensing partnership with Executive Replicas and Phicen Ltd., adding Vampirella to the manufacturer's line of intricately-detailed, sci-fi and horror-related action figures. The first release, the Vampirella Asian Version 1:6 Scale Action Figure, is slated for release in September.

The Vampirella figure stands 12 inches tall and is fit for display with a stable base. It will retail for $149.99.

CHARMED MANGA: Dynamite will release a Charmed Manga-style original graphic novel in February. The story will be written by Katy Rex, with art by Amanda Schank and a cover by Jen Bartel.

Here's how the book is described:

"A blend of supernatural fantasy, horror, humor and heart, the Charmed Manga introduces Delia, a young girl learning to live with her burgeoning supernatural powers. When she accidentally unleashes them - with disastrous results - at her school, the incident gets the attention of Phoebe, Piper, and Paige Halliwell: three witches with a lot of experience managing magical abilities. With the assistance of the sisters and the Magic School, Delia begins to make a new life for herself, but magic has a way of getting out of control."

Rex said, "I can't even begin to say how privileged I feel to be writing a Charmed Manga. I started watching Charmed when it first came out -- in fact, I wouldn't make plans with friends on Thursday nights so I could be home to watch it -- and have considered myself a huge fan since day one. I think now, as a writer, that background in the fandom is really helping me engage with the spirit of the show and the sisters even as I depart from the main comic series and add brand-new characters. I'm very hopeful that classic fans, like myself, will enjoy revisiting the Magic School as I develop that canon through the eyes of a brand-new witch girl. I look forward to engaging with new fans who are looking for a story with strong, empowering, supportive women. I love that Charmed has always been willing to tackle relevant issues like sexuality and misogyny while still focusing on the best aspects of witchdom: fun, magic, and sisterhood."

RED SONJA CARDS COMICS: Dynamite will premiere a Red Sonja trading card set in 2018. The series will feature autograph cards, hand drawn sketch cards, limited edition hand colored cards, puzzle cards, limited edition oversized box topper coards and more.

Dynamite will be handing out special Promo Preview Cards at select comic book conventions nationwide, announced in advance via the publisher's social media channels.

ALTERED CARBON: Author Richard K. Morgan will bring Altered Carbon, the novel published by Gollancz in the UK and soon to be adapted as a Netflix television series, to Dynamite Entertainment with in-continuity comic and graphic novels stories.

Here's how the comic story is described:

"Altered Carbon takes place four hundred years from now, when mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-cop and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society."

Morgan said, "Dynamite Comics are a great cutting edge outfit with zero interest in the legacy shackles that seem to inhibit so much of the rest of the industry --they deserve a gold Broken Chains award for publishing The Boys alone -- and I cannot think of a more fitting home for the Kovacs IP. I'm really looking forward to re-visiting the Protectorate universe in collaboration with them, and seeing what fresh stories we can tell in this medium."

LIBRARIANS BOOKS: An art book of TNT's The Librarian will be released in 2018. This follows an ongoing The Librarians comic that will premiere in September.







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