Like Marvel Heroes like we do? Enjoy the Mega Man series in all their 8-bit glory? Then you’re going to love the Marvel Megas. Brought to you by Deviant member Suzuran. They have taken 52 Marvel heroes and villains and given them the Mega Man treatment. Can you name them all?
LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 5, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that Witchblade #137 will land in stores August 11, 2010, and guest-stars the Necromancer, a recent official addition to the Top Cow Universe.
From the series’ critically acclaimed team of writer Ron Marz and artist Stjepan Sejic, Witchblade #137 finds Detective Sara Pezzini, bearer of the Witchblade, gaining an important ally in Abby van Alstine, the Necromancer, but only if Sara can keep her alive! Abby’s visit to New York City is interrupted by a demonic attack, and her only chance for survival is entering the world of the Witchblade.
August 4th – Los Angeles, CA – BOOM! Studios & Evil Ink Comics are proud to announce the release of THE AMORY WARS: ULTIMATE EDITION, bringing you the entirety of the epic original saga, THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE in one stunning hardcover. Written and conceived by accomplished musician and writer, Claudio Sanchez, the series is based on the album of the same name by Sanchez’s hugely successful band Coheed & Cambria. THE AMORY WARS: ULTIMATE EDITION is a must-have for fans and for the first time, a place for the uninitiated to experience the entire story in one book.
Archaia and the Jim Henson Company announce new, original graphic novel written by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl. Never-produced, feature-lenght script from the Jim Henson Company archives to be adapted into a hardcover.
Los Angeles, CA (August 4, 2010) – Seeking to ignite imaginations and spark curiosity, The Jim Henson Company and Archaia announced they will publish an original graphic novel hardcover based on A TALE OF SAND, a never-before-seen screenplay written by Jim Henson and his friend and longtime collaborator Jerry Juhl that the two had worked on for many years in the 1960s. The project will be undertaken under the approval and supervision of The Jim Henson Company’s CEO Lisa Henson, and will be guided through the production process by Archaia Editor-in Chief Stephen Christy.
Just when you thought it was safe to wander through the woods and go skinny dipping at the beach, Jason Howard (THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN) and Ryan Ottley (INVINCIBLE) showed you otherwise with the sold out SEA BEAR & GRIZZLY SHARK.
Due to overwhelming fan response Darkwing Duck #3 has outsold issue #1 and has also been added as an ongoing title!
August 3, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – BOOM Kids! is proud to announce that DARKWING DUCK #1 has sold out, sending everyone’s favorite masked mallard into 2nd printing.
BOOM!’s latest smash hit has received tremendous fan support with sales of DARKWING DUCK #3 surpassing the sales of issue #1. DARKWING DUCK #2 is also on the verge of a sell-out and BOOM! is looking into a second printing of issue #2.
Alright Mouse fans, coming to us from Archaia Press is a list of their October Releases which we’re sure to review a few of them on the site. Archaia has a rich portfolio titles ranging from the kid friendly Mouse Guard series all the way to the adult themed Killer series. In October you’ll find several single issues from their current miniseries along with several hardcovers and trade paper backs collecting their previous miniseries. Let’s get started by going through Archaia’s October hits!
DAYS MISSING: KESTUS #2 (of 5)
Retail Price: $3.95 U.S.
Page Count: 32 pages
Format: saddle bound, 6.625″ x 10.25″, full color
Written by Phil Hester
Illustrated by David Marquez
Cover by Jorge Molina
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 28, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that copies of Artifacts #1, have sold out at the distributor level. A second printing of Artifacts #1 is being sent to Diamond Comics Distributors to meet the demand for the publisher’s 13-issue mega-event series and will be available in upcoming weeks.
Written by Ron Marz (Witchblade, Green Lantern) and featuring the art team of Michael Broussard (The Darkness), Rick Basaldua (The Darkness), Sal Regla (Magdalena) and Sunny Gho of IFS (Velocity), the Artifacts event series promises to be Top Cow’s most ambitious art series to date and will weave together story lines from a number of Top Cow titles. The first issue kicks off with the abduction of Hope, the daughter of Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado and quickly spirals into a conspiracy, which threatens to destroy the entire Top Cow Universe.
Los Angeles, CA (July 27, 2010) – At the Archaia: Black Label panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Archaia Entertainment and Roddenberry Productions proudly announced the all-star lineup of cover artists contributing to the second volume of the critically acclaimed comic book series Days Missing.
A different artist will illustrate each of the five upcoming covers of Days Missing: Kestus, which launches in September. As previously announced, Alex Ross (Kingdom Come, Astro City) will be creating the cover for issue #1. Jorge Molina (Marvel Superhero Team-Up, What If? Spiderman: House of M) will design the cover of issue #2, and Ryan Benjamin (Grifter/Midnighter, New Mutants) will lend his talents to the cover of issue #3. David Mack (Daredevil, Atomika) has signed on to draw issue #4’s cover, and Dale Keown (The Darkness, Pitt), who illustrated all of the covers for Days Missing volume 1, will return to illustrate the cover to issue #5.
BERKELEY, CA – July 26, 2010 – Image Comics and Concept Art House announced plans to release a series of Daomu comics based on one of China’s best-selling novel series. This will be Daomu’s debut in the U.S., following a successful graphic novel launch in China earlier this year. The upcoming comic book series is the first of several Daomu releases planned to include games, an animated series, and a feature film.
Daomu, which translates to “tomb raider,” explores an underground world that has been active in China for thousands of years. After witnessing his father’s violent murder, Sean Liu discovers that his family belongs to a secret society of tomb raiders. Led by his uncle, Sean joins an elite team of Daomu to go deep underground in search of answers. Who are they? Who—or what—killed Sean’s father? And what horrors await beneath the earth’s surface? With a distinctive digital art style and high-energy adventures steeped in Chinese tradition and superstition, the comic series will follow Sean’s coming of age as a modern-day tomb raider and his quest to uncover the truth behind his father’s death.
