{"id":1996,"date":"2010-12-17T03:16:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T03:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2010-12-17T03:16:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T03:16:41","slug":"idw-releasing-godzilla-series-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/idw-releasing-godzilla-series-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"IDW Releasing Godzilla Series in March"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IDW Publishing and Toho Co., Ltd. are excited to announce the return to comics for the biggest star in motion pictures! Kicking off in March,GODZILLA\u00ae: MONSTER WORLD<\/strong> offers fans the world over the first ongoing comic series in years. GODZILLA\u00ae will be joined by many other monsters throughout the series, including MOTHRATM<\/sup>, KING GHIDORAHTM<\/sup>, RODANTM<\/sup>and more that have never before been featured in an American comic book series alongside King of the MonstersTM<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

“Godzilla has been gone from comics for too long” said Yukio Kotaki of Toho. “And to have it return with other monsters is simply very exciting.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nBringing these fearsome creatures back to comics is a larger-than-life creative team, led by co-writers\u00a0Eric Powell<\/strong> (The Goon<\/em>) andTracy Marsh<\/strong>. Artist\u00a0Phil Hester<\/strong> (Kevin Smith’s The Green Hornet<\/em>) will capture every monster moment. The series will feature not one but two painted covers, offered on a 50\/50 basis:\u00a0Eric Powell<\/strong> will provide a gatefold wraparound cover featuring many beloved Toho monsters, and fan-favorite artist\u00a0Alex Ross<\/strong> contributed an imposing image of Godzilla\u00ae.\u00a0Powell<\/strong> has also painted a separate incentive cover to herald the debut issue’s launch.<\/p>\n

“To be able to launch a\u00a0Godzilla<\/em> series that features many fan-favorite Toho monsters never before seen in comics is gratifying enough,” said\u00a0Chris Ryall<\/strong>, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer. “But to do it with the guiding hand and brush of Eric Powell — as perfectly suited a creator as I could’ve hoped to come aboard here – along with Hester, Marsh, and Ross, is about as monstrous a line-up as I could’ve ever hoped for. What’s more, this is just the first series to come in the line. The next one out of the gates features multiple Eisner-nominees and winners handling the creative, so we’re well and truly just getting started here.”<\/div>\n

n\u00a0GODZILLA\u00ae: MONSTER WORLD<\/strong>, a full-scale apocalypse is brewing. The monsters are a force of nature whose attacks can be no more predicted or rationalized than a lightning strike. There will be no clean-cut heroes with perfectly chiseled chins and capes billowing in the wind; only ordinary human beings struggling desperately to survive in a world gone mad.<\/p>\n

With an impressive cast of monsters both old and new, IDW’s series will treat fans to both familiar themes and original takes on the pop culture legends that have stomped, smashed, and fought their way across movie screens for over four decades.<\/p>\n

Adding to great creators and a monster story, IDW is also offering killer retailer specials for\u00a0GODZILLA\u00ae: MONSTER WORLD #1<\/strong>, including a one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn\u00a0Eric Powell<\/strong> sketch cover. Plus, retailers will be eligible for their very own cover – featuring Godzilla stomping their comic store.<\/p>\n

GODZILLA: MONSTER WORLD #1<\/strong> ($3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in comic stores in March 2011. Diamond order code JAN11 0463.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

About IDW Publishing<\/em>
\nIDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s\u00a0The Transformers\u00a0and\u00a0G.I. JOE,\u00a0Paramount’s\u00a0Star Trek;\u00a0Fox’s\u00a0Angel; the BBC’s\u00a0Doctor Who; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studios; and is the print publisher for EA Comics and ComicMix.<\/p>\n

IDW’s original horror series,\u00a030 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.<\/p>\n

About TOHO CO., LTD.<\/em>
\nFounded in 1932 and headquartered in Tokyo, Toho Company, Ltd. is one of the leading entertainment conglomerates in Japan. Toho is best known worldwide as the producer of twenty-eight Godzilla motion pictures, based upon a character the company unleashed on the world back in 1954, and masterpiece films directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toho has been the number one distributor of motion pictures in Japan (both domestic and foreign) for seven consecutive years since 2003.\u00a0 The company is also, throughout Japan, the leading producer of theatrical works and one of the largest owners of office buildings and theaters.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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