#lion forge comics

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LibraryPass and Oni Press Announce Digital Access for Libraries and Schools Through Comics Plus

LibraryPass and Oni Press Announce Digital Access for Libraries and Schools Through Comics Plus #comics #comicbooks #libraries

LibraryPass, Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Oni Press to make its digital catalog available to libraries and schools  through Comics Plus, consolidating the existing backlist titles from Lion Forge Comics under one banner. With Comics Plus, readers can access thousands of digital comics,  graphic novels, and manga through their school or library, with unlimited simultaneous …

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The Ghost of Gaudi

by El Torres by Jesus Alonso Iglesias

Lion Forge/Magnetic Press

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Source: The Ogre Gods part 1 : Petit

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As mentioned I'm in the process of cleaning up my Hard Drives, and besides finding weird files (why is there a 32GB TROS fanedit) I am realizing things about comics

This is mostly about Lion Forge Comics, it was an independent comic book publisher that was founded in 2011 and was brutally murdered last year in 2022 after being bought by Oni Press.

I haven't looked into the details but the important thing is that this publisher is dead; but what about the comics they published? Well I went into the Oni Press website and it seems the only Lion Forge comic they still have is Mooncakes, Sheets and the second volume of Quincredible, all the others are gone.

Quincredible is interesting because it was part of the "Catalyst Prime" initiative, which was an attempt at creating an original superhero universe and I looked into it specifically; beside Quincredible v2 there wasn't anything in the Oni Press website, I looked every title of Catalyst Prime in Amazon and I could find each of them, but you need to look for each title, they're not organized together and there's no mention of Lion Forge or Oni Press to connect them; essentially you gotta know about it to find it. Basically this thing is not lost media, but it's harder to find due to whatever rights thing that happened with the acquisition of Lion Forge.

But you know where Lion Forge comics and Catalyst Prime are well preserved? In Pirate sites. readcomicsonline and GetComics have all of Catalyst Prime and organized as "Lion Forge Comics" and most of the publisher's other works; they don't have everything but plenty is findable in Anna's Archive.

The thing I have learned about comic books is that pirates are much better at preserving comics than the publishers; there's probably a reason for that, publishers do what they do for money, pirates because they love comics and want to share them.

I'm writing this because I recently got into a discussion about copyright and books and I'm seeing people defending copyright and attacking digital piracy, but piracy is often the thing preserving obscure things; what did copyright do for Catalyst Prime? Where would it be now that they're seemingly out of print?

I just saw some audiodramas become lost media because of copyright, the Marvel audioplays by Serial Box are no longer sold by them and they haven't moved anywhere officially; so they're not anywhere, and in this case it's not "anywhere official" is actually Anywhere because pirate copies are apparently non-existent. How can I accept copyright works to protect creative works when I see work after work disappear because of copyright and only be protected by pirates?

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Hunter Gorinson Named President and Publisher of Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group

Hunter Gorinson Named President and Publisher of Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group @lionforge @OniPress

Earlier this week we had a chance to talk to some of our friends at Lion Forge about their highly anticipated animated series adaptation of Iyanu: Child of Wonder. And today the company has made a whopper of an announcement as former Boom Studios-exec Hunter Gorinson has joined the team as President and Publisher of the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group. (more…)

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Robo Force #01

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Lion Forge Entertainment and series creators previewed Nigerian-inspired animated series Iyanu at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

READ MORE: Lion Forge Entertainment Previews Animated Series “Iyanu” at SDCC 2024

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Oni Press has revealed a new science fiction anthology called Xino. The three issue miniseries will feature new stories by Melissa Flores and Daniel Irizzari, Christopher Condon and Nick Cagnetti, Jordan Thomas and Shaky Kane, and Phil Hester, with a main cover by Matt Lesniewski (above).

Read more

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Dan McDaid’s stunning SF saga, "Dega", collected by Oni Press

Don't miss out of DEGA, a stunning, mind-bending science fiction story from Doctor Who and Firefly comics writer Dan McDaid

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Lion Forge Entertainment heads to Virtuous Con with an exclusive first look at 'Iyanu' Animated Series

Lion Forge Entertainment heads to Virtuous Con with an exclusive first look at 'Iyanu' Animated Series #virtuouscon #animation

Virtuous Con, the premier online convention celebrating independent Black creators, proudly announces a captivating panel discussion called “The Magic of Iyanu: The Creation of an Animated Series” centered around the highly anticipated animated series, Iyanu. Sponsored by the Academy Award-winning production studio Lion Forge Entertainment, this exclusive event offers attendees an inside look…

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Little Pierrot

by Alberto Varanda

Lion Forge

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All-Nigerian Voice Cast Revealed for Iyanu, Series To Be Released In 2025

All-Nigerian Voice Cast Revealed for Iyanu, Series To Be Released In 2025 #Iyanu #Animation #MAX #CartoonNetwork #LionForgeEntertainment #YouNeekStudios

Cartoon Network and MAX announce the new cast list for the upcoming animated series adapted from award-winning Nigerian creator and producer, Roye Okupe’s Graphic Novel series, Iyanu: Child of Wonder. Both companies have confirmed that the new series will have an All-Nigerian Voice Cast, the series being pushed back to 2025. Listed below are the new voice cast members: Iyanu– Serah Johnson…

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Gotta be tough being a Voltron fan. I can’t even laugh, this is just… sad.

WEP has been trying to make Voltron relevant again for literal decades

Movie stuck in Development Hell

Third Dimension and Force got canned within a season

Devil's Due comics died early

Dynamite Comics series’ sole saving grace is the Alex Ross covers with the plot being an incomprehensible edgefest

Legendary Defenders Series develops a large enough fanbase to silence any complaining boomers

Screwed up the final seasons so much everyone just left and the show ended on a whimper

The Lion Forge comics based on the LD universe don’t take off

Universal and DreamWorks let the movie license expire

WEP is now trying to find a new partner to get the project off the ground (again)

Comcast loses the license, so all Voltron Social Media got rebranded and only promote the 80's show and ignore LD

Netflix is removing Legendary Defender from it’s platform

All that work to revitalize Voltron just to get booted right back to square one.

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HOLD UP! Could you zoom in on those various Tournament teams? Some of them I don't know, but there's three using the unnamed finalists, full names there for Kobalt and Ivori, and just a lot of names that I don't know! But I can't read them.

I'll write em down

Left side:

Team RWBY

Team ABRN

Team FNKI (Flynt Coal, Neon Katt, Kobalt Marigold, Ivori (I gave Ivori the surname "whocares" in this because I couldn't think of anything. It won't stick lmao)

Team JSPR (Jasper Sarlatova, Asagi Sarikaya, Phoebe Lake, Khloris Rhodes). This is an OC team who's not actually from Vacuo but I had their art so... it was an easy cut and paste. You can read about them here.

Team SSSN

Team NDGO

Team ZRCN (Zelde Sewick, Xanthos Ravindra, Cordovan Radcliff, Neela Oxford) They belong to @sustraiii

Left Side Silhouettes (some dumb names here):

Team CBLT (Cobalt) - Copper Ochre, Rosa Brick, Lime Citrus, Taupe Teale.

Team ATMN (Autumn) - Umber Autumn (the 3 musketeers finalist), Tango Kumquat, Mantis Moss, Navy Catalinea

Team LYON (Lion) - Linen Kokkinos, Vitellus Yolk, Lilac Orchid, Nigel Nautilus

Team MNGO (Mango) - Meridian Cobalt, Beige Naples, Viridian Green, Olive Gashley (Olive was later cut and put on FORG)

Team ASCA - belongs to @sustraiii. Alondra Kirsch (the Aladdin finalist), Clary Eklund, Silas Albero, Ashe Columbine.

Team SEAA (Sea) - Scarlet Schass, Elektra Fury (Elektra was later cut and put on FORG), Ariadne Guime, Aero Nimbus.

Team STAG (Stag) - Stella Quincy, Tan Grullo, Ash Argent, Aureolin Gelb)

Team MSTY (Misty) - Maroon Twilight, Salt Guyabano, Jet Timberwolf, Yin Ming

Right side:

Team JNPR

Team BRNZ

Team RAIN - Robin Lincoln, Akane Amaranth, Irving Hawthorne, Nyssa Noirette. If you don't know about them what the hell are you doing here, read the 929 page comic about them.

Team BASL (Basil) - Brandy Alvarado, Amaretto Alvarado, Sherry Rosalia, Arioch Lundie.

Team PCMN (Persimmon), Penny's Team - Penny Polendina, Ciel Soleil, Mango Fuoco, Gemma Nyanza. Mango and Gemma probably won't show up, they were just drawn for this, they were named after Mangiafuoco and Jiminy Cricket. The idea was that CMN were all plants to manage Penny's day to day - Ciel kept her appointments, Mango was aware she was a robot and would perform hotfixes when Pietro wasn't immediately available, Gemma was basically her moral compass.

Team RUBR (Rubber) - Rae Noire (later moved to FORG), Claret Upsdell, Bleumont Brass, Ruber Rose (A cousin, perhaps???)

Team CFVY

Team CMSN (Crimson) - Crimson Rust, Mars Garnet, Savio Sinopia, Nyx Tupelo

Team CRDL

Team UMBR (Umber) - Umber Gorgonieon (later moved to FORG), Mauve Aster, Bistre Beaver, Rory Raddock

Team TSCN (Tuscan) - Tyrus Niter, Scoria Flint, Adularia Chalk, Nitro Gin

Team NACL (Salt, NaCL is the chemical formula) - Naia Nile, Akira Murasaki, Cyan Bleumont, Layla Blackwell

Team LLAC (Lilac) - Lillian Armilde, Harriet Lazuli, Amaryllis Armilde, Cait Miya. They belong to @mercurryblack

Team INKK (Ink) - Irvine Inkwell, Nickel Bolt, Keppel Jade, Kepler Jade

Team BISK (Bisque) - Burgundy Braun, Indigo Orchid, Stan Silber, Kombucha Cream (I was running out of steam by that last one)

Team NYTE (Night) - Nou Helios, Yulduz Yildirim, Tawny Bisk, Ecru Feldgrau

If anyone wants to nab those silhouette names and draw what they could look like/adopt them, be my guest. I'm not doin' anything with em XD

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Uncovering the Secrets of Yorubaland with the Creators of ‘Iyanu’

Uncovering Secrets with the Creators of ‘Iyanu’ #Iyanu @lionforge @LionForgeDave

In 2023, the world will meet Iyanu! Based on the acclaimed Dark Horse graphic novel, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, HBO Max is teaming with Lion Forge Animation to bring the world its first Nigerian/Yoruban inspired animated fantasy epic series. And The Nerds of Color was able to get an exclusive look with creators, David Steward II and Saxton Moore. (more…)