Comic News

Top Cow at Project: Comic Con 2

Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that they will be making their debut appearance at Project: Comic Con 2 in Maryland Heights, MO, this weekend, September 18-19, 2010 at the Maryland Heights Centre.

Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik will be joined by writer Phil Hester (The Darkness) and Bryan Edward Hill (Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box, Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell) along with artists Kenneth Rocafort (Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer, Velocity) and Jeremy Haun (Berserker) at the show.  Hester, Hill, Rocafort, Haun and Sablik (Pilot Season: The Asset, Last Mortal) will be on hand for signings both days at the Top Cow booth.  In addition, Sablik will be available throughout the show for portfolio reviews for aspiring artists.

Image News and Teasers

Morning Glories – Can’t Stop Selling Out

The first issue of Image Comics’ MORNING GLORIES has sold out twice, so it’s only natural that MORNING GLORIES #2 is also a sell out at the distribution level! Image Comics is prepping a second printing of the second issue of the hit series written by Nick Spencer and drawn by Joe Eisma, with covers by Rodin Esquejo.

“This is amazing!” declares Spencer. “Never in our wildest dreams did Joe, Rodin, and I ever expect something like this. We’re both thrilled and honored by the enthusiastic response to this story, and we can’t wait to show our new audience what’s in store for the Glories in the months ahead.”

Archaia – All-star Artists go ‘Dapper’

As the buzz for the upcoming Archaia original graphic novel RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN continues to grow, so does the roster of Dapper men and women who are contributing to the book Examiner.com has called “groundbreaking” and iFanboy.com says is “shaping up to be the ‘it-book’ of New York Comic Con.”

In addition to award-winning designer Todd Klein providing the cover and interior design work, an incredible array of artists have put on their best bowler hats and pinstripes to create a remarkable gallery of pin-ups that will be appearing in the book. From some of today’s hottest comic book and graphic artists comes a variety of takes on the incredible world and characters of RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN (hardcover, full color, 128 pages, 9.5″ x 11″, $24.95), created from the minds of Jim McCann (Hawkeye & Mockingbird) and acclaimed visual artist Janet Lee. 

Guarding the Globe Back for Seconds

Image has reported that Guarding the Globe #1 has sold out at the distribution level meaning they’re going back for seconds. A second printing that is.

Cowritten by Robert Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD) and Benito Cereno (INVINCIBLE PRESENTS: ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE) and drawn by newcomer Ransom Getty, the second printing of GUARDING THE GLOBE #1 will be in stores September 29.

Boom! Pow! Reveal 7 Traveler Covers

BOOM! Studios and POW! Entertainment unveiled Stan Lee’s THE TRAVELER at a press conference during Comic-Con International 2010. It was there that fans learned that Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer Mark Waid and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN artist Chad Hardin would be joining Stan as writer and artist on the ongoing series,THE TRAVELER.

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Top Cow – Minotaur Press Lives Again

Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced that the publisher will re-launch Minotaur Press, an imprint for independent-styled series, with the publication of two new titles debuting later this year. The first two titles debuting in the upcoming Top Cow First Look trade paperback in October are: Echoes (written by Joshua Hale Fialkov with art by Rahsan Ekedal) and Last Mortal (written by Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik and John Mahoney with art by Thomas Nachlik). Both titles will come out in single issues under the Minotaur Press in late 2010 and 2011.

Top Cow – Darkness #86 Preview

It’s the month of previews here at Player Affinity Comics (PAC for short) and today we have yet another preview for our readers, this time from Top Cow comics. It’s the conclusion of the Alkonost storyline in Darkness. We reviewed the first issue of the storyline so you can expect a review of the second chapter. Here’s an link to the first chapter’s review for a refresher on the issue.

Boom! – Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers Return in December

Boom! Studios is back with yet another comic based on Disney’s afternoon block of animation. This time it’s Chip’n’Dale’s Rescue Rangers. Arguably not the best of the afternoon block, but still a great cartoon that brings back fonds memories. 

It’s the return of your favorite furry flatfoots in an all new original ongoing series! Coming on the heels of BOOM!’s bestselling and multiple sell out DARKWING DUCK series, BOOM! brings you another piece of the Disney Afternoon revolution with CHIP ‘N DALE RESCUE RANGERS in their own ongoing series debuting this December.