Comic-Con International in San Diego hasn't officially started yet—tonight was Preview Night—but the news has been rolling in. So let's take a look at today's announcements
• Dark Horse announced three new projects earlier this evening. They will publish a comics adaptation of The Strain, the sci-fi/vampire trilogy by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The comic will be written by David Lapham with art by Mike Huddleston.
• They also announced a series written by Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello with art by Scott Hepburn. Orchid is about a 16-year-old prostitute in a dystopian future "becoming the Spartacus of whores." Each issue will come with a music track by Morello.
• And finally on the Dark Horse front, they will publish comics set in the young vampire world of P.C. Cast's House of Night novel series. It will be co-written by Kent Dallan with art by Joëlle Jones. You can see a trailer promoting all three new books on YouTube.
• IDW announced the Wally Wood Artist's Edition, the third in a series that also includes Dave Stevens' Complete Rocketeer and Walter Simonson's The Mighty Thor Artist's Edition.
• Archaia announced Cow Boy, an all-ages graphic novel created by Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos and featuring an impressive array of guest writers.
• 12-Gauge Comics will release a southern-friend anthology called Country Ass-Whuppin' later this year to raise money for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in Alabama. Participants include Kody Chamberlain, Jason Aaron and more.
• DC Comics is doing a comic adaptation of the Uncharted video game series.
• The digital comics app Panelfly is relaunching as both a comics reader and a transmedia storytelling platform that will incorporate videos, blogs, and even Twitter.
• Marvel launched the official website for Joss Whedon's The Avengers movie, although there isn't much on it yet.
• Sony released the official trailer for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man film.
• 1970s comic Captain Canuck has apparently been optioned for film.
• Walden Media has optioned the SLG title Rex Libris, created by James Turner.
• Activision revealed release dates for X-Men Destiny -- Sept. 27 -- and Spider-Man: Edge of Time -- Oct. 4.