MILWAUKIE, OR— Dark Horse Comics is headed to WonderCon in Anaheim, CA next weekend! Join us for free signings by visiting Dark Horse at booth #519 and come see our panels! Details are below!

Free comics, prints, or posters will be available at each signing. There will also be items available for sale. Certain restrictions may apply. Please note that signings will be ticketed or capped as needed. All events are subject to change.

Comics featuring WonderCon exclusive variant covers are available in limited quantities.  All proceeds from the convention variant of The Witcher will benefit Sharon and Stan Sakai. 

SIGNING SCHEDULE

Friday, April 18

1:00 p.m. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Gene Yang

3:00 p.m. Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Dan Parsons

Saturday, April 19 

11:00 a.m. Bad Houses: Sara Ryan

12:00 p.m. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Gene Yang

3:00 p.m. Tomb Raider: Gail Simone

4:00 p.m. Never Ending: D. J. Kirkbride, Robert Love

5:00 p.m. The Fifth Beatle: Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson

Sunday, April 20

11:30 a.m. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10: Christos Gage

1:00 p.m. The Star Wars: Mike Mayhew

3:00 p.m. Serenity: Leaves on the Wind: Zack Whedon, Georges Jeanty*

*Ticketed event. A set number of tickets will be distributed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings by drawing.

PANEL SCHEDULE 

Friday, April 18

5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Room 203 The Making of Star Wars

WonderCon Anaheim special guest artist Mike Mayhew (Avengers) goes behind the scenes of the Diamond Gem Award–winning series The Star Wars, from Dark Horse Comics. Mike will take you on a tour of the universe that was never meant to be, from its mysterious origins to a sneak peek at the collected volumes coming this summer.

Saturday, April 19

5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Room 213 Dark Horse Presents Avatar: The Last Airbender

Dark Horse’s growing line of books following up on the original Nickelodeon hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender have achieved bestseller status! Working directly with the show’s creators, Gene Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints) penned the first three-book series, The Promise, to universal acclaim, and followed it with The Search. Now, Yang tackles the events directly following The Search in The Rift. Join Gene Yang for an exclusive look at what’s to come in what is sure to be one of the year’s most talked about series!

Sunday, April 20

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m., Room 213 Dark Horse Presents Whedonversity 

Dark Horse’s continuations of Joss Whedon’s cult favorites (Serenity, Buffy, Angel & Faith) remain some of the most-talked-about comics in today’s market. Dark Horse and WonderCon Anaheim are giving you an exclusive chance to hear all there is to tell about the upcoming arcs of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Serenity from the creative teams themselves! Join Dark Horse, along with Buffy Season 10 writer Christos Gage, Serenity writer Zack Whedon, and artist Georges Jeanty, for what is guaranteed to be one panel you don’t wanna miss!

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Series: Batgirl
Writer: Gail Simone
Illustrator: Ed Benes
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1401242723

In the Death of the Family story arc, the Joker terrorizes those closest to Batman, in the name of strengthening him. We reviewed the Catwoman arc here, and this time it's Batgirl's turn.

In the midst of trying to solve a string of fires the Joker comes back and rears his ugly head. He finds Barbara Gordon's weakness, her mother, and uses her as a bargaining chip to propose what may be his biggest joke,  marriage. With her back against the wall, she's finally ready to break Batman's rule and end the Joker once and for all, but while she's prepared for the knock down drag out battle against the Joker she isn't prepared for a betrayal closer to home as her own brother betrays her to save their mother.

At the hands of the Joker, the horrors keep coming as she and the entire bat family are presented with gifts. Only Batman can save them, and no matter how valiant his outcome, his actions up to that point may never be erased. Blood may be thicker than water, but both can drown you. The deep rifts in the bat family may remain forever, and not a single one of them comes out unscathed.

The bat family isn't the only thing that gets destroyed. Her normal life may mirror her heroic one in the end, leaving her an orphan in every sense of the word.

Writer Gail Simone returns to write another powerful chapter in the Batgirl saga. Batgirl has always had a dark history with the Joker, and Simone has written a lot of it. Simone wrote Batgirl's first confrontation with the Joker, following her paralysis at his hands in 1988's Batman: The Killing Joke. This current installment captures the heart of Batgirl's struggles, and her never ending hope. Perfect addition to the Death of the Family storyline.

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