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Top Cow at Flordia Supercon

TOP COW AT FLORIDA SUPERCON
LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 16, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that they will be exhibiting at Florida Supercon in South Florida this weekend. Three three-day comic book, anime, animation, video game, fantasy and sci-fi convention will be open to the public on Friday, June 18 running through Sunday, June 20, 2010, at the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Convention Center in Miami.

Fans who stop by the Top Cow booth will be among the first to get a glimpse and purchase Velocity #1 by Ron Marz (Witchblade, Artifacts) and Kenneth Rocafort (Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer, Madame Mirage). The story centers on the Carin Taylor, the fastest woman in the world. At least, she’d better be if she wants to save her own life and the lives of her Cyberforce teammates. When a former Cyberdata scientist – and test subject – seeks revenge against the members of Cyberforce, only Velocity can save her friends before the clock literally runs out. Velocity #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday, June 30th.

Bagged and Boarded: Ultimate Avengers 2 #3

Welcome to “Bagged and Boarded”, a series of articles by Kevin Beckham and Dustin Cabeal. In “Bagged and Boarded” two comic fans express their thoughts/opinions about an issue or comic event.

“Nick Fury’s Avengers have assembled: Black Widow, The Punisher, a new Hulk, War Machine and Hawkeye are souped-up and ready to face Hell…literally. Evil’s emissary comes in the form of The Ghostrider, a mysterious new villain sent to collect Satan’s debts: human lives. But how do you fight the devil and his men? With big guns and even bigger cojones. Who lives, who survives? Who knows? But it’ll be one hellish ride!! Join superstars MARK MILLAR and LEINIL FRANCIS YU in another heart-pumping adventure!” – Marvel.com

Image Comics – Liquid State Vol. 2 Coming

Image Comics to release second volume of critically acclaimed LIQUID CITY anthology in September

Berkeley, CA – 17 June 2010 – In September, you’ll be able to explore the mutable landscapes of LIQUID CITY, VOL. 2, an anthology collecting work from celebrated Southeast Asian creators. Editor Sonny Liew promises unforgettable tales of cities and the people who live in them.

LIQUID CITY, VOL. 2 once again brings together creators from Southeast Asia to offer an amazing diversity of stories. From Lat’s vignette of a soccer game in Malaysia, to Ivan Song’s poignant near-future tale of childhood memories, to Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thahn Phong’s account of his adventures in South Korea, this collection showcases an incredible variety of styles and genres. War, fantasy, drama, road trips and Robot Rabbits — you’ll find it all and more in LIQUID CITY, VOL. 2.

Wall-E #7

With Boom! Studios holding the comic book rights to all of Disney’s franchises, you may begin to wonder how things like Cars, Muppets, Uncle Scrooge and Wall-E turn out. How do you capture the magic of Pixar characters on the page? What stories do you tell that won’t bastardize the films?

For Wall-E you simply go back to before the movie started, back before Wall-E knew what to call himself. In the seventh issue the story arc, “Out There” comes to a conclusion. Wall-E and Andy, his first human visitor/friend, are on the hunt for a computer chip that will get Andy back in space.

Darkwing Duck #1

The terror that flaps in the night is back! Boom! Studios continues to adapt some of Disney’s greatest franchises. Finally the afternoon cartoon block gets the respect it deserves with Darkwing Duck coming to comics.

Darkwing’s new story begins with his alter-ego, Drake Mallard, waiting in line at Starducks for coffee. Then a strange power surge occurs that only affects Starducks. DW and Launchpad smell something fishy and decide to investigate. Low and behold it’s Megavolt behind the attack.

Ned The Chainsaw Guy #1

Ned is just your ordinary monster killer! Today he has been given the job of hunting down tentacle-type monsters that pose as little girls to lure their victims in. Of course there’s an easier way to dispose of them, you simply chop off their heads. This really isn’t a problem for Ned considering he carries a giant sword with a chainsaw edge surrounding it. He and his friend Toadie (a Minotaur) converge on a busy city street to make quick work of the little monsters.

Afterwards, they catch a train to a hopping nightclub named the Drip to deliver the severed heads. Ned is pretty famous, what with his bulging muscles, hockey mask and blood soaked clothes, but that doesn’t stop the bartender from swooning him. Yes it’s a very different world that Ned lives in with Blue waitresses and demonic looking bouncers, so it’s easy to see why the ladies find him attractive.

Hack/Slash: My First Maniac #1

Hack/Slash returns to Image with a brand new miniseries. The title has had quite an interesting past starting off with Devil’s Due Publishing when they were still under the Image banner. Then the series started over once Devil’s Due became its own Publisher. Sadly DDP isn’t doing so hot after losing the rights to G.I. Joe to IDW and so Hack/Slash returns home. So how does this new series compare to a franchise six years in the making?

This series is more of an origin story for Cassandra Hack and begins before she becomes a Slasher-killer. Cassie has gone to live with foster parents after her mother turned into a Slasher and killed a bunch of students that were picking on her at school. Cassie found out what her mom was doing and was forced to stop her… dead! This series begins with Cassie’s mom in the process of killing two girls in the kitchen of the school. Even at a new school Cassie can’t seem to escape being bullied. She’s once again forced to kill her mom a second time, with a gun shot to the head.