We were lucky enough to get a chance to interview the king of Top Cow himself, Ron Marz, writer of: Artifacts, Witchblade,Velocity mini-series, Magdalena, Angelusand many other Top Cow titles. He has also collaborated with Marvel and DC in the past and created the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner.
We embarked on our journey at 8:00 am. The odd duo of a comic book geek and a professional cosplayer. Our destination Puerto Rico convention center, in San Juan. Our objective, Puerto Rico ComicCon. It’s an unlikely event given that this is not a place renown for big comic conventions; in fact this is the second annual convention of this magnitude. Last year the con did not have a good publicity run, it was the first time that a convention was done in a big venue. The truth of the matter was nobody knew if this was going to work.
When I heard that Marvel had relaunched Alpha Flight, I have to admit I was intrigued. Then I found out that Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente where the guys that were writing the book so I could not refuse to pick it up and give the first issue… eh, point one issue a shot. The new series of Alpha Flight takes place after the events of Chaos War, where some of Earth’s mightiest heroes were brought back to life. Among them were members of Alpha Flight and now the original members of the team are reunited and have taken the call of protecting Canada from any and all dangers that might come their way including parking tickets!
Welcome to Cyber Monday! So far we’ve had the Savage Dragon form Image comics (up to issue 20) and from Dark Horse weve had the first volume of theExecutioner for all those Lone Wolf and Cub fans out there. DC has released Batman: Arkham City, with two first installments the regular first issue and a exclusive digital one. Marvel comics has Annihilation Conquest: Starlord. Boom! Studios offers us more Farscape. You can also get the Days Missing mini series as single issues or a collected edition or you can catch up to whatever comic book you’ve missed.
Archaia Entertainment has set July 25th for the release of Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes, its first illustrated novel, through its new book trade distributor Publishers Group West (PGW). Written by celebrated author, artist, and digital producer Andrew E.C. Gaska, and adapted from a story by Gaska, Rich Handley, Christian Berntsen and Erik Matthews, Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes recounts what happened between the scenes of the classic 1968 Twentieth Century Fox film, centering on the astronaut John Landon, Chimpanzee scientists Dr. Milo and Dr. Galen, and Gorilla Security Chief Marcus.
Dark Horse Comics is extremely proud to announce Beasts of Burden creators Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson have been nominated for the 2011 Anthony Award for Best Graphic Novel! The award-winning comics creators Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) first introduced these heroic characters in the anthologies The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, Witchcraft, the Dead, and Monsters, for which they won coveted Eisner Awards for Best Short Story and Best Painter.
Welcome to the world of LUCID,
the action-packed pop-fantasy that draws inspiration from the spy
genre, Arthurian legend and 21st-century folklore! Dark forces are
conspiring to prevent humankind from reaching its true potential.
Thankfully, as newly appointed “Protector of the Realm,” Agent Matthew
Dee uses his skills as a covert spy and Combat Mage to ensure America’s
freedom from the grip of evil. Written by “True Blood” actor Michael
McMillian and illustrated by newcomer Anna Wieszczyk, LUCID is
Archaia’s first title published in association with Zachary Quinto
(“Heroes,” “Star Trek”) and his company, Before the Door. Collects the
four-issue LUCID miniseries and includes a Foreword written by
Alan Ball (creator of “True Blood”), cover gallery, sketchbook and a
guide to the sigils in the book.
