{"id":12326,"date":"2017-05-19T11:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nelvana-dark-horse-comics-enter-pact-for-mysticons\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:01:46","slug":"nelvana-dark-horse-comics-enter-pact-for-mysticons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nelvana-dark-horse-comics-enter-pact-for-mysticons\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelvana &#038; Dark Horse Comics Enter Pact for Mysticons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment\u2019s Nelvana has inked a licensing agreement with Dark Horse Comics for a series of graphic novels based on its original animated action show <em>Mysticons<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The graphic novels are slated for release in late summer 2018. They will follow the epic tale of four unexpected heroes who transform into legendary warriors and embark on a mythic quest to save the world. Dark Horse\u2019s Shantel LaRocque will serve as editor on the <em>Mysticons <\/em>graphic novel series. <em>Mysticons <\/em>is slated to premiere on Nickelodeon in the U.S. this summer and on Corus\u2019 TELETOON in Canada this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Dark Horse\u2019s LaRocque previously worked on titles such as <em>Hellboy<\/em>,<em> B.P.R.D.<\/em>,<em> Fight Club 2<\/em>,<em> Rexodus <\/em>and David Mack\u2019s <em>Kabuki<\/em>. The TV series is produced by Nelvana Limited, with Steven A. Cohen and Noel Bright executive producing for The Topps Company and Scott Dyer and Irene Weibel executive producing for Nelvana. Sean Jara is the creator, writer and executive story editor for the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly excited to bring on Dark Horse as our graphic novel partner for <em>Mysticons<\/em>,\u201d said Pam Westman, the head of Nelvana Enterprises. \u201c<em>Mysticons <\/em>is a contemporary, genre-defining series that shows girls the strength, power and courage they already have from within. Comics and graphic novels have continually showcased dynamic and confident female characters, and we look forward to continuing the <em>Mysticons<\/em>\u2019 adventures in this rich and powerful way of storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to be working on the <em>Mysticons <\/em>project with Nelvana as they lead into this new genre,\u201d said LaRoque, the associate editor at Dark Horse Comics. \u201cWe look forward to bringing these breakthrough characters to life with new stories for <em>Mysticons <\/em>fans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment\u2019s Nelvana has inked a licensing agreement with Dark Horse Comics for a series of graphic novels based on its original animated action show Mysticons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":12327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[213,2654,2655,397],"class_list":["post-12326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-corus-entertainment","tag-dark-horse-comics","tag-mysticons","tag-nelvana","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nelvana &amp; 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