In July last year, at the San Diego Animation Exhibition, the former IDW editor Scott Dunbier The announcement revealed the formation of its publishing company. The news was a few months after I resigned from Idw Publicishing in April, and before the wave of layoffs. One of the highlights of Dunbier’s outstanding career is the pioneering of the artist version. The oversized version will be printed with primitive art into art-white, notes and hard details include details in high-resolution scanning. Many people are worshiped by fans and collectors, and many people are confused about the future of the artist version. It looks like we have a answer
Today, Skybound and Image Comics cooperate with the Act 4 Public of Scott Dunbier, which announced a global distribution agreement for many years, saying that Skybound is an ACT 4 publishing partner and arrived in the fall of 2025.
In the official statement, Dunbier expressed great excitement to the partnership relationship
“I am glad to be able to cooperate with Skybound and announce their first two books with Scott Dunbier,” said The news, I can’t wait to share it with you.
SEAN MACKIEWICZ, senior vice president, publisher, Skybound added:
“Scott Dunbier (Scott Dunbier) has innovated the comic industry in each stage of his career and redefined the comic industry. Skybound is honored to cooperate with No. 4 to bring him the most ambitious heart Efforts to bring into life, “said SEAN MACKIEWICZ of Shkybound publisher. “This kind of comic and book series celebrate the distant creators, impeccable storytelling and world -class original art, and give them more audiences than ever before.”
Skybound’s official press release explains the partnership:
Scott Dunbier is a visible person behind the artist version of the industry. It has spent decades to redefine the performance of comic publications and how to show comics. Really promoted the connection between artists and stories and readers. The version of the artist is a book that disguised as a comic collection. Although it seems to be black and white, all art is scanned by color, so that readers can see that the work is as close as the original work-ink gradient, blue pencil and all unique differences that make the original art so special-all are clearly visible, all are based on, all are based on, all are based on, all are based on, all are based on, all are based on, all are based on, all are based on it, all of which are based on it, all of which are based on it, all of which are based on them, all of which are based on them, and they are clearly visible. The same size printing as draws. The only better way to experience these pages is to stand behind the artist’s drawing board.
The publishing partnership of Skybound and Act 4 will cover products, including artist version of hardcover books, single -phase comics and series collection, and a new Deluxe Hartcover format. The appreciation version is a new format developed by ACT 4. This format is characterized by sliding boxes and high -quality precision processing. It collects a complete comic series in a large, readable format. This format is expected to bring readers back to childhood, where they are completely immersed in the world on the page, reading a book in a more life expectancy.
The version of the first new artist under the partnership is definitely Jim AparoDC Classic Artist Edition and Darwyn cook (Darwyn cook)The complete spiritual appreciation version is September and October 2025, respectively.
The details below:
By September 2025, Jim Aparo’s artistic experience experienced Batman (brave and bold, detective comics) and “Adventure Comics” at his running, at his running time. The DC classic artist version of Jim Aparo has more than 175 pages of primitive art. This gorgeous hardcover book introduces the classic Aparo art, including his peak period, including eight stories, including “Brave” and “Bold Story”, four of which include “Ghost” And a series of classic covers and pages.
Then, in October 2025, the “The Spirit” of Darwyn Cook, with the most famous work of Will Eisner,. This version was designed by Sean Phillips. He was also responsible for the Parker of Richard Stark, which won Eisner: Martini Edition, -The last call, this book is a partner of size and scope.
This authoritative version of Cook’s the Spirit also includes a gallery with all covers on it and two variant cover from Rocketeer/Spirit Crossover and several drawings that have never been seen. Collect the spirit # 1-6, # 8-12 and Batman/Spirit.
Future release of teasing includes J. Scott Campbell‘ Dangerous Female Artist Edition,,,,, Dave Stevens Cover and storytelling Edition,,,,, Jason Pearson‘ Body bag artist version,,,,, Paul Smith‘ Leave it to the accidental version of the artistand EC comic artist version. The release of these books will be announced in the next few months.
Announcement of other formats and transactions of other publishers and creators will be released soon.
The DC classic artist version of Jim Aparo (978-1-5343-3487-8 | SRP $ 150.00) will be on September 17, 2025 (Wednesday) and September 30, 2025 Sailor in a comic store on Tuesday.
Darwyn Cook’s “Complete Spiritual Appreciation Edition” And including digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Apple Books, Apple Books, Apple Books, Apple Books, Apple Books, and Google Play on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
