THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE Graphic Novel Book 1 Cover Revealed

Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy has topped numerous bestseller lists, sold more than 60 million copies worldwide, been adapted into films and is now being adapted as a series of graphic novels.

 

Earlier today, the LOS ANGELES TIMES Hero Complex revealed the first look at the stunning (and very close to final) cover of THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE Book 1, featuring Lisbeth Salander, drawn by artist Lee Bermejo.

 

With THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Book 1 available now and Book 2 arriving this Spring, look for THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE Book 1, adapted by acclaimed crime author Denise Mina with art by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti, this Fall.   

 

The New York Times Graphic Books Best Seller Lists Feature THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND, and FAIREST

Last month, we told you that the new Vertigo original graphic novel FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND debuted at #1 on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller list. Today, we’re pleased to share with you that last week’s NEW YORK TIMES’ Graphic Books Best Seller lists featured yet another title from within the FABLES universe: FAIREST, VOL. 1: WIDE AWAKE.

 

From Sleeping Beauty to Rapunzul, to fan favorite Cinderella, FAIREST explores the lives of some of the loveliest ladies in their respective homelands told by a rotating array of today’s best storytellers and artists. 

 

Collecting issues #1-6 and written by FABLES ongoing series writer Bill Willingham with art by Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, The Invisibles) and issue #7 written by Matt Sturges with art by Shawn McManus, FAIREST VOL. 1: WIDE AWAKE tells the story of Sleeping Beauty. Cursed at birth by a fairy godmother, Sleeping Beauty, otherwise known as Princess Briar Rose, has been awakened by true love’s kiss. But Ali Baba, Prince of Thieves, doesn’t seem a likely candidate for knowing true love. So how did his kiss work? And why does the icy Snow Queen want her captured? Get ready to find out just who is the fairest of them all.

 

For more on FAIREST, check out THE NEW YORK TIMES’ ARTS BEAT BLOG’s accompanying post to last week’s Graphic Books Best Seller lists. To read the full Hardcover list, including THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, VOL. 1, FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND, and Time Home Entertainment’s TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY, click here. And don’t forget to take a look at the full Paperback Graphic Book Best Seller list, featuring FAIREST, VOL. 1: WIDE AWAKE. Congratulations to all!

 

VERTIGO Solicits

 

STIEG LARSSON’S THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO BOOK 2 HC

Written by DENISE MINA

Art by LEONARDO MANCO and ANDREA MUTTI

Cover by LEE BERMEJO

On sale MAY 1 • 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS

Vertigo presents the concluding volume of the official graphic novel adaptation of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO!

In Book 2, the mystery of Harriet Vanger’s disappearance deepens as crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the indomitable Lisbeth Salander join forces to crack the decades-old case. Together they uncover a twisted secret that may end up costing them their lives.

Don’t miss the gripping conclusion to one of the most thrilling books of all time!

 

PUNK ROCK JESUS TP

Written by SEAN MURPHY

Art and cover by SEAN MURPHY

On sale APRIL 3 • 224 pg, B&W, $16.99 US • MATURE READERS

A reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in PUNK ROCK JESUS, a new title collecting the 6-issue miniseries — with ten new story pages!

Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members of the scientific community fear the implications of cloning a human being at all – let alone the Son of God. And what effect will this all have on Gwen, the young woman who is selected, through an American Idol-style process, to be the mother of the new Messiah?

All this leads to the hiring of Thomas McKael, the clone’s bodyguard and a former IRA operative with a turbulent past who must protect the new Messiah—a baby who captivates the world but grows up to become an angry teenager.

 

FABLES #127

Written by BILL WILLINGHAM

Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA

Cover by JOAO RUAS

On sale MARCH 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

In part 3 of “Snow White,” the newly established Fabletown in the former Castle Dark continues to yield dark secrets. Ruthless Prince Brandish locks one of Fables’ beloved princesses in a tower with no way out. And in Haven, Beast cooks up a scheme involving Geppetto and the Blue Fairy while Flycatcher enjoys a nice, relaxing bath—only to find more than a rubber duckie with him in the tub.

 

FAIREST #13

Written by LAUREN BEUKES

Art by INAKI MIRANDA

Cover by ADAM HUGHES

On sale MARCH 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

In the conclusion of “The Hidden Kingdom,” will Rapunzel discover what happened to her long-lost children—or will the Japanese Fables have their final, bloody revenge? Lies, secrets and betrayals fold into each other like origami in the finale to Lauren Beukes’ and Inaki Miranda’s acclaimed story arc!

 

TIME WARP #1

Written by DAN ABNETT, MATT KINDT, DAMON LINDELOF, PETER MILLIGAN, TOBY LITT, RAY FAWKES, SIMON SPURRIER, TOM KING and GAIL SIMONE

Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM, JEFF LEMIRE, M.K. PERKER, VICTOR SANTOS, JORGE CORONA, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, TOM FOWLER, I.N.J. CULBARD and others

Cover by EDUARDO RISSO

1:10 Variant cover by JAE LEE

One-shot • On sale MARCH 20 • 80 pg, FC, $7.99 US • MATURE READERS

Let’s do the time warp again! It’s time for another fantastic Vertigo anthology filled with spectacular sci-fi stories. Robots, deep space and lots of time travel twists by a bevy of comic greats and the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow. Damon Lindelof and Jeff Lemire bring us a blast from DC’s past, plus another installment of the “Dead Boy Detectives” from Toby Litt, Buckingham and Victor Santos, Matt Kindt presents a stirring story of man vs. machine—and so much more!

 

DJANGO UNCHAINED #4

Based on the screenplay by QUENTIN TARANTINO

Art by R.M. GUERA and JASON LATOUR

Cover by FRANK QUITELY

1:25 Variant cover by IVAN REIS

RESOLICIT • On sale MARCH 27 • 40 pg, FC, 4 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

• The adaptation of the screenplay from award-winning director Quentin Tarantino’s latest film continues!

• Django and Dr. Schultz take a big risk against impossible odds inside the stronghold of slave owner Calvin Candie.

• This is the only way to read the entire, uncut story, which contains scenes that may not appear in the final film!

 

HELLBLAZER VOL. 5: DANGEROUS HABITS TP NEW EDITION

Written by JAMIE DELANO and GARTH ENNIS

Art by SEAN PHILLIPS, STEVE PUGH, DAVE McKEAN, WILL SIMPSON, MARK PENNINGTON, MALCOLM JONES III, TOM SUTTON and others

Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

On sale APRIL 24 • 352 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS

This new edition of a classic HELLBLAZER collection features several tales never before collected, including a look at John Constantine’s rough and tumble childhood and the beginnings of his unique skills. Then, in early stories from PREACHER writer Garth Ennis, John Constantine is dying. As a sorcerer literally haunted by the demons of his past, John is no stranger to mystic bedevilment or supernatural horror. But it’s his chain smoking that ultimately brings death to Constantine’s

door. Collecting HELLBLAZER #34-46.

 

SAUCER COUNTRY #13

Written by PAUL CORNELL

Art and cover by RYAN KELLY

On sale MARCH 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

On election night, Arcadia’s chances of reaching the highest office in the land are too close to call...just like Prof Kidd’s chances of holding on to his sanity. In Part Two of “President’s Day,” our heroes are forced to ask: Whose side are the flying saucers on?

 

THE UNWRITTEN #47

Written by MIKE CAREY

Art by PETER GROSS

Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU

On sale MARCH 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

“Orpheus in the Underworld” part 1! Still on his quest to bring Lizzie back from the dead, Tom Taylor has made it as far as Hades—but he’s left his memories behind in the waters of Lethe. Now he’s face-to-face with the king of the underworld, who’s got his own sinister agenda and no good reason to offer Tom an Orpheus deal...

 

Click here to see a gallery of covers for the above titles.

 

 

 

 

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Vol. 2 to arrive May 1, 2013

Don’t miss the conclusion of one of the most thrilling books of all time!

 

COMPLEX says, “If you’ve read the book and seen the movies, then you might as well go all in and check out Vertigo’s take on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It’s the story you remember, with a modern comic flare that gives a visual life to these characters.”

 

Adapted by Scottish crime novelist Denise Mina with art by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Vol. 2 arrives May 1, 2013.

 

 


 

Cover by Lee Bermejo

SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 Takes #1 Spot on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List for Second Consecutive Week

Last week, we told you that SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 debuted on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List in the #1 spot.

 

Today, we’re pleased to let you know that the highly anticipated original graphic novel by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Shane Davis has claimed the top spot of the Hardcover list for the second consecutive week!

 

But that’s not the only exciting news to come from last week’s NEW YORK TIMES Best Seller lists. Making their list debuts, DC Comics’ THE FLASH, VOL. 1: MOVE FORWARD and Vertigo’s SPACEMAN: DELUXE EDITION and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, VOL. 1 all joined SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 on the Hardcover list. Meanwhile, RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS, VOL. 1: REDEMPTION debuted at the #4 spot on the Paperback list.

 

Click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full list of Hardcover Graphic Books Best Sellers, which also features Time Home Entertainment’s TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY in the #2 spot. And click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full list of Paperback Graphic Books Best Sellers. Congratulations to all!

 

On The Ledge: With Denise Mina--The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

 

Steig Larsson and I are lifelong feminists. Stop cheering, honestly, there’s no need.  Yeah, so not quite the reaction from most of you. In fact, most of readers won’t have made it this far into the column. For a broad readership, feminism isn’t a vanilla vote-getter. It’s not like being for freedom or against poverty or in favor of animal sanctuaries.


            Feminism, in most people’s minds, carries with it implications of reproach. Most people don’t know what feminism is, but they’re pretty sure they’re on the wrong side of it. You’re not. End of.


            Feminism means accepting that gender is a continuum, not a binary. Gender roles don’t really look like this:

Proper men   ----    void   ----   Proper women


They actually look like this:

Machoman – cage fighter – sportsman – normal person – Gender Neutral – normal person – prone to knitting – sighs at flowers - Sobbing Starlet looking for a powerful husband.

Everyone is somewhere along the line from female to male. Plot your position, let other people be who they are, and get on with it. Men are from Mars, but so are women.


            The fallout from that premise is that we all have an equal right to legal protection, to work and be independent, to not have our faces kicked in while we’re cooking the dinner.


Larsson was a self-declared feminist. If you think being a female feminist leaves you open to ridicule, try being a guy. That would put him at the “machoman” end of the gender spectrum, although possibly momentarily.


The Millennium Trilogy is a dangerous piece of feminist propaganda wrapped up in a populist narrative. His first novel was called “Men Who Hate Women” in Swedish. Every section of “Men Who Hate Women” has a frontispage with a startling statistic about sexual violence in Sweden. He has (spoiler alert) a woman save a man who is about to be sexually violated.


But, somehow, that provocative, lay-out-your-stall title was thought not to quite work in English. Not snappy enough.  The title became “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”The frontispages were kept in the book but didn’t make it into the movies, not cinematic enough. Also, in the movies, Salander seems to live with a makeup artist. As an ex-goth myself I can tell you, it doesn’t look like that if you put on your own makeup in a dark flat. It might look okay in the dark flat, but when you go out into daylight it looks as if you put your head into the makeup bag and shook it. So these comics are an act of love, an attempt to bring it back to the hardcore story Larsson wrote. Steig, pal, a warm hand to your back, wherever you are.


--Denise Mina


THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Vol 1 available now.

COMICS ALLIANCE debut's the GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO commercial

 

Can’t wait to read THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO graphic novel being adapted by Scottish crime novelist Denise Mina with art by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti?

 

Well, to hold you over, head to COMICS ALLIANCE to get an exclusive first look at the dynamic TV commercial, which will begin airing next week, featuring artwork from the highly anticipated graphic novel based on Stieg Larsson’s international sensation The Millenium Trilogy.
 

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Vol. 1 is available everywhere books are sold November 13.


Free Comic Book Day is Tomorrow!

It’s that time of year again!

 

Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow and DC Entertainment is proud to participate with the must-have DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 FCBD Edition. Hot on the heels of the historic launch of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, this exclusive FCBD issue will feature reveals and surprises, offering a tantalizing glimpse into what’s still to come for 2012. 


The DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 FCBD Edition will include:

  • A cover by legendary artist Jim Lee, who also illustrated five interior pages – ­ including a gorgeous, four-page gatefold.
  • An all-new story written by New York Times bestselling author Geoff Johns and illustrated by Jim Lee, Ivan Reis, Gene Ha and Kenneth Rocafort.
  • Exclusive preview material from DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 “Second Wave” titles, including BATMAN INCORPORATED, DIAL H, EARTH 2, G.I. COMBAT, THE RAVAGERS and WORLDS’ FINEST. 

 

Free Comic Book Day will also include:

  • Vertigo’s free preview of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO graphic novel.
  • FCBD Super Sampler, highlighting the all-ages adventures of GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, YOUNG JUSTICE and the all-new SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES.
  • A custom-designed FCBD T-shirt featuring art by Jim Lee. 

 

For fans of DC Entertainment, this is a nation-wide event that is not to be missed.

 

And to help hold you over until tomorrow, click here to check out Lee’s 4-page gatefold from DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 FCBD EDITION.

From the Editor's Desk: Karen Berger

I will always be a true-blooded New Yorker (even though I’ve been living in New Jersey for 14 years!), and for me, New York will always be the center of the universe. But even though this is the greatest city in the world, I’m tired of reading about stories that take place here—it’s all too close to home. I’d rather be transported and get immersed in a different culture and environment—pretend that I’m living somewhere else. One of the zillion reasons why I’m so excited that Vertigo is adapting THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO and the two other titles in Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy” is that Sweden is as much a character in the books as the incredible creations of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. I’m re-reading the novels now, and I am totally taken with the gloomy glamour of Stockholm, the stark white landscapes of Hedeby Island and the omnipresent cold of this at once historic yet very modern country. Plus, there’s something about the austerity and doggedness of the Scandinavian sensibility, not to mention Lisbeth’s completely IKEA furnished luxury apartment in the second novel that I find totally fascinating! So, if you’re yearning for a quick escape from this cold winter, go someplace even colder – read a Henning Mankell Inspector Wallander crime novel or read Let the Right One In, a chilling and touching portrait of a child vampire by John Ajvide Lindqvist or see the incredible film. And if you’re really stuck, there’s always Hedda Gabler to curl up with while you’re eating some lingonberry pie with a cup of hot coffee. Skoal! Karen Berger

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Special Edition Preview

FREE PREVIEW FEATURES SNEAK PEEK OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION. Just in time for Free Comic Book Day, don’t miss STIEG LARSSON’S THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Special Edition Preview! This FREE advance look at the Vertigo graphic novel adaptation of the international best-selling thriller, scheduled to hit shelves November 2012, features the work of acclaimed author Denise Mina, artists Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti and cover artist Lee Bermejo. This Special Edition Preview (scheduled to arrive in stores on April 18) introduces the dark mystery of the Vanger family, as disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is hired to uncover the truth behind a teenage girl’s disappearance over forty years ago. But before Blomkvist can take on the case, he’s going to be thoroughly investigated by hacker extraordinaire Lisbeth Salander...

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