I think the Frozen Adventures book is reprinted content from the Joe Books Frozen series but I could be wrong.
Yep, they do - but the Adventures books also have a lot of smaller stories not published by Joe Books.
Frozen comics seems to be popular. The Dark Horse Frozen comics are already being collected in trade paperbacks, but now a "library edition" is being listed on Amazon, collecting four trades in one volume. And if you prefer box sets, the same four tradas will also be collected in a box set. Also, The Incredibles comcis from Dark Horse will get a similar library edition, but no box set announced here.
That Toy Story comic has already been in sale on Amazon and online bookstores for a while. A bit strange it's not distributed by Diamond until April..
To get a better overview of "The Story of the Movies in Comics" series from Dark Horse, I made this list (dates from Amazon, some are probably going to be changed):
Some of these got published by Joe Books not so long ago, also under a series with the same name. And some got announced but cancelled by Joe Books. So keeping track of the movie adaptations can be a bit confusing. But there are some interesting ones from the upcoming Dark Horse series:
- Onward is new, and has never been pulished before - The Frozen book has the adaptation of Frozen 2, not published in English before - Incredibles 2 was announced by Joe Books but cancelled, and is not published in English before - Finding Dory was announced by Joe Books but cancelled, and I don't think this one has been published in English before
The rest I'd consider reprints, but I like the fact that they collect several adaptions in the same book (Toy Story 1-4, Frozen 1 & 2, Nemo and Dory etc.)
What I find odd about all these movie adaptation books now is the fact that Dark Horse has been making their own movie adaptations in house. They made Snow White and The Little Mermaid last year each in a miniseries that later got a trade release and they've got ones for both Frozen movies coming out this year in graphic novel form.
Like why is this and Frozen 1 and 2: The Story of the Movie in Comics both coming out within a couple months of each other? That doesn't make much sense. And I also kinda wish they would compile multiple movies that don't have sequels into one book or something. These adaptations are only around 50 pages or so I think and to me, the value just isn't there for dozens of these smaller books.
Post by Scrooge MacDuck on Mar 20, 2020 16:51:16 GMT
A "Disney Villains" title? Now that's different! With our luck it'll probably be an anthology series rather than a story where the various villains interact, but that's still very neat.
I'm still very optimistic about the Haunted Mansion graphic novel, despite its incremental delays. Judging by the artstyle we are at last dealing with someone who really gets the appeal of the Happy Haunts, where the SLG Comics and the Disney Kingdoms comics both tended to take themselves and their subject matter too seriously. E.A. Poe this isn't, nor even Guillermo Del Toro.
It's a 3 part mini-series, with the description "Unveil the sordid history of the notorious sea witch Ursula. Long before the events of Disney The Little Mermaid, Ursula was one of seven sea witches, who each ruled one of the Seven Seas with impunity. But when one of Ursula's sea sisters is found subdued, Ursula must find the culprit... Among the merfolk, there is one who dares defy the reign of the sea witches."
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Also, I have to correct myself from a few posts ago. A Findig Dory comic with ISBN 978-1772752915 got cancelled by Joe Books, but antother one with ISBN 978-1772753332 actaully did get published. But this was a 240 page book in pocket format and had a bunch of smaller stories in addition to the graphic novel.
It's a 3 part mini-series, with the description "Unveil the sordid history of the notorious sea witch Ursula. Long before the events of Disney The Little Mermaid, Ursula was one of seven sea witches, who each ruled one of the Seven Seas with impunity. But when one of Ursula's sea sisters is found subdued, Ursula must find the culprit... Among the merfolk, there is one who dares defy the reign of the sea witches."
…………what the devil is this nonsense.
I mean, it might make a good story yet, but sheesh. What?! Why would you do that?
I hope they're not trying to make Ursula a sympathetic or good person with this. Same problem I had with the live action Maleficent movie. That's just not what these characters are. All of the classic Disney villains are just bad people that love being bad in my eyes and any attempt to change that just doesn't really work.
I have a strong feeling from this description that Triton was the one that captured Ursula's sister and I'm not a fan of that.
They also confirmed that they won't publish any digital editions of the comics that are not available in print. But trades and hardcovers will still be available through another distributor.
"Digital Update March 26: We will not be releasing any comics digitally that are not also available in print. We still have collections, original graphic novels, and art books shipping through our bookstore distributor Penguin Random House (from whom comics retailers can also order). Those respective titles will be made available digitally the same day they are available from retailers."
Ursula and the Seven Seas has been entirely removed from Diamond's catalog which tells me it was either cancelled or at least being delayed for a significant amount of time.
Note: Incredibles 2: Slow Burn #3 had been delayed months ago due to COVID and a new release date for it has not been announced yet. No idea if the trade will be impacted by this or not.