Monday, October 3, 2016

#NYCC2016 - #DarkHorseComics Celebrates Ten Years of Empowerment


Adam Warren’s scantily clad superhero returns to battle a new foe…love

MILWAUKIE, Ore., (September 28, 2016)—In honor of the tenth anniversary of Adam Warren’s breakout hit, Dark Horse is proud to announce the next installments in the Empowered series: Empowered and the Soldier of Love and Empowered Volume 10. Adam Warren (The Dirty Pair, Gen13) creates more adventures for Emp while Karla Diaz (Cute Sins, Coffee Shop) applies her magnificent artistic skills to the Soldier of Love miniseries.

Empowered and the Soldier of Love finds Emp battling the International Magical Girl of Mystery. Emp’s new foe is using her unearthly powers to inflame the superhero community’s passions and create tension and problems among her fellow Superhomeys.

Empowered and the Soldier of Love’s first issue (of three) goes on sale February 8, 2017. Empowered Volume 10 will be available in summer 2017.

Praise for Empowered:

“Empowered stands as one of the great modern superhero comics.”—View from the Gutters

About Dark Horse

For thirty years, 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. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, 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, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.


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Dark Horse Comics Press Release

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