Announcing Michael Oeming's THE VICTORIES!
ANNOUNCING MICHAEL AVON OEMING’S
THE VICTORIES!
APRIL 2, SEATTLE, WA–As proclaimed at the Powered by
Creators panel at Emerald City Comicon, Dark Horse Comics is set to publish The
Victories, a very adult superhero adventure written and drawn by
Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, Takio, Rapture).
“The Victories sucked me in by taking the
postmodern ‘mature readers’ superhero story to a brand-new place, which only a
serious superhero fan like Mike could deliver, but which will appeal to people
like me who thought the genre didn’t have much left to offer,” said editor
Scott Allie. “Every few years a book comes along to push superheroes into a new
place—Watchmen did it, and Powers did it. The
Victories does it in a way that’ll make people uncomfortable. Not for
the faint of heart.”
Not long from now, all that will stand between you and
evil are the Victories: Six heroes sworn to protect us from crime, corruption,
and the dark. As one member cracks down on the violence, he discovers himself
touched by a painful past through the physical powers of LINK. Will this trauma
cause him to self-destruct or continue the fight?
Advance praise for The Victories:
“Mike Oeming is one of the great people and comic artists on
the planet Earth. I’ve been dying for Mike to write and draw his own book for
years. And here it is! If you like Powers, you will love The
Victories!”—Brian Michael Bendis
The Victories #1 is on sale August 14,
2012!
About Dark Horse Comics
Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid
example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling
medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The
company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it
provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from
top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, Will
Eisner, and best-selling prose author Janet Evanovich, Dark Horse has developed
such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and the Occultist. Additionally,
its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties
includes Star Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan the Barbarian, Mass
Effect, Serenity, and Domo. Today, Dark
Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the United
States and is recognized as both an innovator in the cause of creator
rights and the comics industry’s leading publisher of licensed material.
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