Darby Pop Publishing

Darby Pop Publishing is an American comic book publishing company founded in 2013.

History

Darby Pop Publishing is a creator-owned[1] comic book publishing company founded in 2013 by Jeff Kline as an extension of his production company Darby Pop Productions. Darby Pop′s distribution partner is IDW Publishing.[2] Darby Pop was IDW′s first original-creation imprint.[3] Cover artists have included: Howard Chaykin, Bernard Chang, Jose Lopez, Tony Fleecs, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Eisner Winner Andrew Robinson.[4]

Titles

Series Release Date Writers[5] Illustrators[5] Synopsis
Indestructible December 2013[6] Jeff Kline (Issues 1-4), Ken Kristensen (Issues 5-current) Giancarlo Caracuzzo, Javier Garron, Chris Johnson Indestructible is the story of an ordinary man who is mistaken for a superhero, and chooses to maintain the ruse despite potentially dire consequences.[7]
City: The Mind in the Machine February 2014[6] Eric Garcia[8] Javier Hernandez,[8] Drew Moss, Michael Montenat City: The Mind in the Machine is a near-future examination of Big Brother and a coming singularity.[9]
The 7th Sword April 2014[10] John Raffo[3] Nelson Blake II, Nur Iman In The 7th Sword, a samurai mercenary battles an army of robots and hybrids laying siege to a peaceful city in deep space.[11]
Doberman July 2014[12] Scott Marder, Rob Rosell, Jack Lambert Brandon McKinney Doberman tells the comedic story of a renegade 80’s detective forced to function in a modern-day police department.[12] It was conceived by Rob Rosell and Scott Marder of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Unsupervised.
Dead Squad October 2014 Matt Federman, Stephen Scaia Michael Montenat Dead Squad is the tale of three special operatives temporarily brought back to life by imperfect biotics, with just 36 hours to avenge their own murder and change their afterlives.

Indestructible

The satire Indestructible was created and originally written by Darby Pop founder Jeff Kline(Transformers: Prime, G.I. Joe: Renegades) before Ken Kristensen took over writing duties on issue #5. Indestructible is a tale of mistaken secret identity, centering around everyman Greg Pincus, who is mistakenly believed to be super-powered and immediately vaulted into celebrity-dom.

City: The Mind in the Machine

City: The Mind in the Machine was created by Eric Garcia (Matchstick Men, Anonymous Rex). City follows Ben Fischer, who helped build the world’s most advanced surveillance system, "Golden Shield", which utilizes every camera, cell phone, and computer in San Francisco to battle crime. Unfortunately, Golden Shield operates in black and white, unable to prioritize threats or distinguish true danger amidst a sea of false alarms. In other words, the program can’t properly function without a human mind to operate it. Against his will, Ben Fischer is chosen to be that “mind”, resulting in a controversial melding of man and machine.

The 7th Sword

The 7th Sword was created by John Raffo (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story). Daniel Cray—a Samurai mercenary—stumbles upon the legendary city of ZenZion, a mysterious desert outpost currently under siege from a vicious Warlord. The peace-loving citizenry beg Cray to train them in exchange for passage back to Earth, but their battle is a hopeless one: six fresh recruits versus a relentless army of robots, hybrids, and their savage masters.

Doberman

Doberman is a comedic series about a ″roundhouse-kicking, beer-shotgunning, Dodge Stealth–driving badass with a badge.″[13] It was created by Rob Rosell and Scott Marder (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Unsupervised), and Jack Lambert. Frank “Doberman” Doberano is an 80’s cop who is forced to function in a modern day police department in order to avenge his partner's death and take down his arch-nemesis.

Dead Squad

Dead Squad relates the tale of three U.S. military operatives who are murdered by their own commanding officer after completing a questionable mission. Thanks to experimental nanotechnology, each is granted a 36-hour reprieve to track their killer and change their ultimate fate (heaven or hell). Dead Squad was created by Matt Federman and Stephen Scaia(Jericho, Warehouse 13).

References

  1. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: David Wohl talks about Darby Pop, the newest creator-owned imprint". Comic Bastards. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Darby Pop Publishing Announces Partnership with IDW". Darby Pop Publishing. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Interview: Getting to know Darby Pop Publishing". Comics Beat. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  4. ↑ "2014 Eisner Awards Winners". Comic-Con. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Titles". Darby Pop Publishing. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "First Look: Darby Pop Publishing". Comic Bastards. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  7. ↑ "Indestructible". Darby Pop. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Big Brother Invades San Francisco in Garcia's "City: The Mind in the Machine"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  9. ↑ "City". Darby Pop. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  10. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: David Wohl". Comic Bastards. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  11. ↑ "Seventh Sword". Darby Pop. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Announcing Doberman, a new comedy series from Darby Pop". Darby Pop. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  13. ↑ "Doberman". Darby Pop. Retrieved 2014-10-04.

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