Everyone Loves Super Dinosaur!

People love dinosaurs. They're awesome, despite whatever recent evidence may show that they actually had more in common with birds than reptiles. Or that the T Rex goes back and forth between being a voracious predator and a cowardly scavenger (it has to be the former). Or their propensity for genetic modifications and increased desire to play video games. Wait. What?

That last bit hasn't quite been proven by science, but it has been proven true by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard in Super Dinosaur. Super Dinosaur Vol. 1 TPB hits stores November 23 and collects the first five issues of the series as well as the Super Dinosaur Origin Special #1 for only $9.99.

"Since becoming a parent, I wanted to create a comic book that parents can read with their kids or that kids can pick up and read on their own," said Kirkman. "We also wanted to create a comic that's appropriate for younger kids but doesn't talk down to them, so it will interest older readers as well!"

The world of Super Dinosaur follows a ten-year-old and his nine-foot tall Tyrannosaurus Rex friend. The duo are fighting against the Evil Max Maximus and his desire to get to Inner-Earth. His quest? Find the powerful DynOre mineral that originates there.

Full press release after the jump.

EVERYONE LOVES SUPER DINOSAUR!
Robert Kirkman & Jason Howard's Hit Super Dinosaur Series Gets Collected

Berkeley, CA – 26 September 2011 – Earlier this year, best selling author Robert Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE, THE INFINITE) and artist Jason Howard (ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN) created an energetic all ages hit comic starring a boy genius and a genetically modified Tyrannosaurus Rex that was met with multiple sell outs and critical acclaim. Now Image Comics is now collecting the adventures of Derek Dynamo, Super Dinosaur, and their friends into one action-packed book of awesomeness!

SUPER DINOSAUR, VOL. 1 TP will be on sale in late November, in time for holiday gift shopping. It will include all the single issues through #5, as well as the SUPER DINOSAUR ORIGIN SPECIAL #1, for only $9.99.

"Since becoming a parent, I wanted to create a comic book that parents can read with their kids or that kids can pick up and read on their own," said Kirkman. "We also wanted to create a comic that's appropriate for younger kids but doesn't talk down to them, so it will interest older readers as well!"

In SUPER DINOSAUR, VOL. 1 TP, the fate of the world rests on the shoulders of a ten year-old kid and his best friend, a nine-foot tall Tyrannosaurus Rex who loves to play video games. The Evil Max Maximus wants to get to Inner-Earth! He wants the dinosaurs that live there! He wants the powerful DynOre mineral that originates there! Super Dinosaur and Derek Dynamo are the only ones who can stop him!

SUPER DINOSAUR, VOL. 1 TP (SEP110433, ISBN: 978-1-60706-420-6), a 128-page full-color all ages action adventure trade paperback for $9.99, will be on sale in stores November 23. For more information about the awesomeness that is Super Dinosaur, visit http://superdinosaur.com/.

ABOUT ROBERT KIRKMAN
Robert Kirkman is a New York Times bestselling author known for being the cultural zeitgeist of the comic book industry. Following the grassroots success of the self-published BATTLE POPE (2000), Kirkman caught the eye of Image Comics founding partner Erik Larsen. After several short-term projects (SUERPATRIOT and TECHJACKET), he achieved superstar status in 2003 with INVINCIBLE and THE WALKING DEAD. During a subsequent stint at Marvel Comics, he gained many new fans with the haunting and hilarious Marvel Zombies. MTV translated Kirkman's INVINCIBLE into a motion comic -- one of the first in a growing industry trend. Kirkman's SKYBOUND imprint, under the Image Comics umbrella, is committed to fostering up-and-coming talent in the industry, and all acquisitions are hand-picked by Kirkman himself. Kirkman won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series for THE WALKING DEAD. AMC's interpretation of the comic has received glowing reviews from critics and fans alike, and continues to garner the highest ratings for the network, making it a game changer for groundbreaking television on cable. For more information about Skybound, visit www.skybound.com.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.