"Blog War" may be a bit melodramatic for what this actually is, but as Craig Thompson notes on his site, it's more of a Blog Crossover. Considering how prodigious of talents Thompson and Fábio Moon are, this is the "Crisis of Infinite Earths" of blog x-overs. The two renowned creators are posting updates in the form of mini-comics (blending both creators works), so far detailing their attendance of a release party for Portland's own Menomena and a brilliant evening of comicking and conversation with the Allred's, a Dark Horse editor, and Joe Sacco.
0: Uwe Boll will direct the adaptation of this comic
0.1 - 1: Burn upon touching
1- 1.9: Abysmal
2.0 - 2.9: Art. Writing. Editing. All bad.
3.0 - 3.9: You'd be a masochist to pick this up.
4.0 - 4.9: "I'll give it another month...but that was not good."
5.0 - 5.9: "Really? The Watcher? In the face? I guess it was fun."
6.0 - 6.9: "Hmm. That was decent."
7.0 - 7.9: Well made but a few problems
8.0 - 8.9: Nearly flawless
9.0 - 9.9: Outstanding
10: Perfection. Issue of the year contender
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.
0: Uwe Boll will direct the adaptation of this comic
0.1 - 1: Burn upon touching
1- 1.9: Abysmal
2.0 - 2.9: Art. Writing. Editing. All bad.
3.0 - 3.9: You'd be a masochist to pick this up.
4.0 - 4.9: "I'll give it another month...but that was not good."
5.0 - 5.9: "Really? The Watcher? In the face? I guess it was fun."
6.0 - 6.9: "Hmm. That was decent."
7.0 - 7.9: Well made but a few problems
8.0 - 8.9: Nearly flawless
9.0 - 9.9: Outstanding
10: Perfection. Issue of the year contender
0: Uwe Boll will direct the adaptation of this comic
0.1 - 1: Burn upon touching
1- 1.9: Abysmal
2.0 - 2.9: Art. Writing. Editing. All bad.
3.0 - 3.9: You'd be a masochist to pick this up.
4.0 - 4.9: "I'll give it another month...but that was not good."
5.0 - 5.9: "Really? The Watcher? In the face? I guess it was fun."
6.0 - 6.9: "Hmm. That was decent."
7.0 - 7.9: Well made but a few problems
8.0 - 8.9: Nearly flawless
9.0 - 9.9: Outstanding
10: Perfection. Issue of the year contender
0: Uwe Boll will direct the adaptation of this comic
0.1 - 1: Burn upon touching
1- 1.9: Abysmal
2.0 - 2.9: Art. Writing. Editing. All bad.
3.0 - 3.9: You'd be a masochist to pick this up.
4.0 - 4.9: "I'll give it another month...but that was not good."
5.0 - 5.9: "Really? The Watcher? In the face? I guess it was fun."
6.0 - 6.9: "Hmm. That was decent."
7.0 - 7.9: Well made but a few problems
8.0 - 8.9: Nearly flawless
9.0 - 9.9: Outstanding
10: Perfection. Issue of the year contender
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.
HOTWIRE: DEEP CUT #1 (1 of 3)
Created by: STEVE PUGH and WARREN ELLIS
Writer and Illustrator: STEVE PUGH
Letterer: STEVE PUGH
Cover Artist: STEVE PUGH
$3.50
32 Pages
Full Color
Detective Exorcist Alice Hotwire is back! After the events of Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead, the city’s only supernatural investigator is taking some much needed R&R. But when a Blue Light from her colored past appears in front of her door, it sparks a series of events that lead Hotwire and Mobey across the city attempting to stop the results of a secret government project from turning the city into another living nightmare. With backup from Coroner Love and Metro Police, can Hotwire and Mobey save the day one more time? Join groundbreaking creator/writer/illustrator Steve Pugh for a glimpse into Alice Hotwire’s past and peer through a gateway into her future.
Artifacts #1 (of 13)
Writer: Ron Marz
Artist: Michael Broussard
Cover: Top Cow’s Finest, John Tyler Christopher, Dale Keown
Full Color
32 pages
$3.99
limited series
The Event FIVE Years in the Making!
Thirteen mystical Artifacts, including the Witchblade, the Darkness and others, guide the fate of the Top Cow Universe. For centuries, it's been whispered that bringing together all 13 Artifacts would herald mankind's destruction. But a mysterious figure has been manipulating events, laying plans to put Armageddon into motion. The final phase begins here, with the abduction of Hope, the daughter of Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado. What ensues will remake the entirety of the Top Cow Universe, from the Witchblade and the Darkness, to the Angelus, Magdalena, and countless others. Artifacts #1 is the perfect place for faithful readers to see their loyalty pay off, and for new readers to experience the Top Cow Universe.
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Every post about this news should start like this: All-Star Superman is the greatest Superman story ever told. It is quite possibly one of the most touching and moving pieces that Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely will ever do together, even more so than WE3. I'm not going to lie - every time I go back to reread All-Star Superman, I tear up quite a bit. It's just that damn good of a story.
In an exclusive dropped on Robot 6 by Grant Morrison himself, the legendary comics creator revealed that his 2010 creator owned project for Vertigo Comics Joe the Barbarian is being adapted into a film by Thunder Road Pictures.
The footage opens with scenes of Thor wailing on various people while Gregg's Agent Coulson says, "You made my men look like a bunch of minimum wage mall cops."
"Who are you?" he asks. And the camera goes in close on Hemsworth's face.
We then get a look at Asgard as the camera flies overhead. We see Odin on the throne, as well as shots of the Warriors Three, Sif, Loki, Heimdall, and Frigga. Odin condemns Thor, who responds by telling him, "You are an old man and a fool!"
Odin casts him out, and the view suddenly flies through a galaxy of stars, finally landing on a shot of Hemsworth crumpled on the ground.
After Darcy and Jane Foster discover him, Thor opens his eyes and tells them, "Oh no, this is Earth, isn't it?"
We get a few shots of Thor acclimating to Earth and talking with Foster, telling her all her questions will be answered when he finds what he's looking for on Earth.
Cue: Thor ripping a sheet of plastic off a wall, revealing his hammer. When he tries to lift his hammer, he's unable to do so — and he falls to the ground, screaming.
We then see Odin dying — a single tear falls down his cheek — and Loki ascending to the throne.
Various battle scenes unfold as Thor and The Warriors Three battle some unknown foe. It all culminates with a shot of Thor throwing a goblet into the fire as everything fades to black. A few seconds later, Agent Coulson is back on the screen, approaching some unseen object in the desert. As the dust clears, it's revealed to be DESTROYER!
"Is it one of Stark's?" an agent asks Coulson.
"I don't know," he responds. "That guy never tells me anything."
Destroyer then open fires on the agents' vehicles with a massive blast of energy from his facemask, and the screen fades to the "Thor" title — with rain dripping on the letters as they fade toward the camera.
-A voiceover repeated the famous Pearl Harbor declaration of December 7, 1941, as a "day that will live forever in infamy."
- Over clips of WWII headlines and footage, the text narration revealed that "one story has never been told," and the camera pans out to show Captain America's shield.
- "Every army starts with one man," it continues, and we're given a full-body silhouette of Captain America. The camera then offers up a close-up profile shot of Chris Evans as Cap, as he turns to face the camera.
- The "Captain America" title flashes, and then... a quick shot of Cap slinging the shield!
A castle wall is blown inward, killing one of the two men inside. As the dust settles, we see a group of Nazis emerge, with orders to open up a tomb in the center of the room. As they struggle to open it, everyone turns to face a recent arrival — a pre-scarring Red Skull.
"It's taken me a long time to find this place," he tells the caretaker.
"What you seek is just a legend," the caretaker responds.
"Why make such an effort to conceal it," responds Weaving's character.
The soldiers remove the lid form the tomb, revealing an ancient skeleton holding a sword and a transparent cube (the Cosmic Cube?). Red Skull holds up the cube, calling it a Tesseract — the gem of Odin's treasures — and drops it, breaking it.
Red Skull then locates a secret panel on the wall and removes a small box coiled with golden serpents. He opens it, and is engulfed in a blue glow.
"Ordinary men were not meant to look upon it," says the caretaker.
"Exactly," says Red Skull.
-Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
The Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection coming in 2011 San Diego, CA (July 24, 2010) – IDW Publishing, a premier publisher of graphic novels and books, today announced the Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection: The Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, offering two timeless series together for the first time. The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim will include every Sunday by Raymond from both classic strips, remastered, restored, and presented in the oversized, 12” x 16” “champagne” edition format.
“Alex Raymond’s lush art deserves this oversized, remastered series,” says Greg Goldstein, IDW’s COO. Coming in late 2011 and announced today at San Diego Comic-Con, this is the latest offering from Raymond, the quintessential adventure comic strip creator, by IDW’s imprint, Library of American Comics. The artist’s post-war modernist detective series, Rip Kirby, is currently being collected.
Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney is editing and designing the deluxe editions. “Although Flash Gordon has been previously reprinted, this—finally—is the first meticulously remastered and restored edition that prints the strip in a large size and in Raymond’s original format that includes the Jungle Jim topper. We believe this will be the definitive edition for the ages.”
As much as some might consider him to be an unpleasant character, there's a reason why John Byrne is a legend. IDW Publishing realized this when they acquired the rights to collect and reprint his series Next Men, and now they have announced that they will be printing the first new Next Men comics in approximately fifteen years, beginning in December 2010. Check behind the cut for the full details from IDW's press release.
Personally, I'm not a collector of memorabilia involving comics outside of the actual comics themselves. With that said, Mezco revealed at San Diego Comic Con that not only will they be releasing the previously announced Scott Pilgrim plushes, but they will also be releasing at least a 6" Scott Pilgrim action figure. Not only that, but it's the Bryan Lee O'Malley design, not some sort of Michael Cera recreation that would somehow find a way to outawkward Michael Cera (which is saying something). Perhaps I'll have to make an exception for this action figure.
As revealed by Geoff Johns yesterday during the DC Nation Special Edition panel, there will be a second ongoing Flash titled coming up that will be presumably written by Johns himself. This title, much to glee of yours truly, will focus on the seemingly forgotten other speedsters such as Wally West, Bart Allen, Jesse Quick, and even XS (Legionnaire as well as Bart's cousin and Barry's granddaughter).
Matz and Luc Jacamon are two of the most renowned creators in the world today thanks to their work on books like The Killer, as their titles that earned them praise in France and beyond have started making their way to America thanks to Archaia Comics. Now, their acclaimed graphic novel Cyclops will be released as a mini-series in America in the spring of 2011 by Archaia, as announced at San Diego Comic Con.
In a move that drew gasps and many mean spirited comments from comic fans around the globe, Brian Michael Bendis announced in Marvel's The Heroic Age: Avengers panel that the much lamented Red Hulk (Jeph Loeb's worst creation ever) will be joining the Avengers with November's Avengers #7.
From Bleeding Cool's Rich Johnston (who must be on his 450th cup of coffee or be near death at this point), Vertigo's Executive Editor Karen Berger confirmed that DC characters presently based in Vertigo will start reverting back to their original home. This all went down at yesterday's Vertigo panel at San Diego Comic Con, and is unsurprising given the buzz but was still poorly received amongst fans (especially in BC's forums).
From 1998 to 2004, a small comics publisher known as CrossGen quickly became a force to be reckoned with. Combining the bankroll of investor/comic fan Mark Alessi with the talents of people like Editor-In-Chief Mark Waid, writers Ron Marz and Barbara Kesel, and budding artists like Steve McNiven, this publisher developed a passionate fanbase very quickly.
San Diego, CA (July 24, 2010) – Today at 2010 Comic Con International: San Diego, IDW Publishing is proud to announce the first-ever comic series based on the ultimate Star Trek villain, Khan! Coming in October, this four-issue series answers the question that all Star Trek fans have been asking for decades: What happened to Khan and his followers on Ceti Alpha V? Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell answers just that, explaining how this once proud warrior-king turns into the grizzled maniac seen in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan. To celebrate this next phase in Khan canon, IDW is offering an exclusive plush doll, available only through select comic retail stores.
“Khan is the classic Star Trek villain, and the Tipton brothers have crafted a truly engrossing story, one that eloquently spans the gaps in Khan's history and makes his story whole,” said editor Scott Dunbier.
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