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When Your Event Gets Too Big For Your Shop – Launching Phat Con
No, I'm talking about free comics from Valiant, Top Cow and IDW, Green Lantern rings, Mind MGMT buttons, promotional posters and packs of trading cards, and figurines. I was more than a little curious about how this con got its start because it felt like it was standing room only, half expecting the Fire Marshall to[...]
Marc Silvestri Draws The Magi In High Res
Clicky for biggy. That's the cover to Rise Of The Magi #1, out in May, from Image/Top Cow, after the Free Comic Book Day #0 issue… Marc is writing the book, with interior art by Sumeyye Kesgin, though Marc has createdthe character designs and gives Kesgin art direction. Rob Liefeld called Marc Silvestri the best artist out[...]
Michael Oeming's Art From Artifacts
There's a bond there. Which is why I'm happy to be the first to share some artwork by Michael Oeming from Tabu's upcoming issue of Artifacts #35 from Image/Top Cow, after Tabu won their Talent Hunt competition in 2012. It's a busy couple of months for Tabu, he also has a story in the new Watson And[...]
Exclusive First-Look At Top Cow's Aphrodite IX #11 Cover
Top Cow sent over an exclusive first look at the cover for Aphrodite IX #11 by Stjepan Sejic This will be out in May and hasn't even been solicited yet So you are getting to see it way early The sci-fi hit series is written by Matt Hawkins with interiors by Sejic. Top Cow sent[...]
Stjepan Sejic May Have Too Much Free Time
Now the work he's been doing for Top Cow has been gorgeous, but maybe he's trying to get someone's attention Either way… these are entertaining.         Witchblade, Aphrodite IX and Artifacts artist Stjepan Sejic has a deviant art page where he has been posting a lot of new work[...]
Exclusive – Top Cow Goes Weekly In April With Shotgun Wedding
Got an email from Matt Hawkins over at Top Cow about a new weekly four-issue series they have kicking off this April and he wanted to let us at Bleeding Cool announce it It's called Shotgun Wedding by William Harms (Impaler, 39 Minutes) and newcomer Edward Pun The book is about revenge, jilted lovers, loyalty and[...]
Looking For A Gift For That Original Art Collector Or Marc Silvestri Fan?
With the holidays approaching, there are just some people on our list that are difficult to buy for… if you have one of those who happens to love original comic book art… and your pockets are pretty deep… then this might be the thing for you. Marc Silvestri, co-founder of Image Comics, founder of Top Cow,[...]
Sneak Peek At Top Cow's Think Tank #11
This week we'll see issue #11 of Top Cow's Think Tank hit stores and we've got a few preview pages for you The series by Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal will be concluding it's initial black & white run with next month's issue twelve only to be relaunched during the summer in full color.   [...]
A Brief Look At A Voice In The Dark by Larime Taylor, Out Tomorrow
I've been drawing by mouth since I was little, and have a professional background as a caricature artist. A Voice In The Dark #'1 is published by Image Comics/Top Cow tomorrow. We've featured the work of comic creator Larime Taylor a number of times, and have folllowed the creation of his new comic, out tomorrow, A[...]
Image's Think Tank To Relaunch In Full Color In 2014 (UPDATE)
The only knock against it I could find anywhere on the web is that the interiors are black and white. The creators are Matt Hawkins, a twenty-year industry vet and the President and COO of Top Cow, and Rahsan Ekedal, a Harvey nominated artist The book is Think Tank published by Minotaur Press/Top Cow and listening[...]
How To Make A Cover – Think Tank #13
He shares his process, and reference for colour, in this email to Top Cow. Hi guys, here are the inks for the #13 cover My color notes are below and reference is attached: – The hexagons in the background should be glowing lights that look like the scanners in the medical laboratory reference photo 01 – The background[...]
Top Cow's 2013 Talent Hunt Is Looking For Unpublished Writers And Artists
Top Cow announced this week that they will be conducting a new Talent Search where in they will be looking for 4 unpublished writers and 4 unpublished artists that will then get paying work from the company Another 10 runner-ups of each will get the chance to participate in an anthology There is a seven[...]
Late Night Teaser – Cyberforce By Silvestri
Over on his Facebook page comic artist and Image co-founder Marc Silvestri posted a tease for Cyberforce #10 from Top Cow. Here's why I love Sunny Gho Check out this utterly mind-crushing coloring job he did over my pen and ink cover Oh, and he's not even done yet…Cyber Force #10… CRUSHHHH! So here is the color version 'work in[...]
Eight Pages Of Think Tank #9
From Matt Hawkins, Rahsan Ekedal and Image/Top Cow Comics. FIELD TEST,' Part One Dr David Loren used to worry about the deadly consequences of his creations from the safety of his laboratory? but now he's been deployed to Taiwan to oversee a field test gone awry Will having the mysterious SEAL Team 6 as his bodyguards[...]
A Perception Of Japanese Culture – Bushido #2 Review
Alex Wilson writes; Bushido (published by Top Cow) issue 2, written by Rob Levin and featuring the art of Jessada Sutthi, follows the misfortune of Kichiro, a western boy thrown into the life of a Japanese family in the time of the samurai after the ship his family sailed on was taken by vampires Kichiro was[...]
The Darkness Film From Top Cow To Feature Witchblade
Top Cow just announced in their San Diego Comic Con panel that a new Darkness feature film being developed with New Regency, Mandeville and Sketch Film which will include Darkness, Witchblade and The Ngelus Marc Silvestri stated that despite starting with the Darkness, they always kept heading towards Witchblade Because there should be a cop,[...]
Top Cow San Diego Comic Con Exclusives Kick Off With Cosplay Cover
Okay, so what are Top Cow doing, that you can only buy if you go to San Diego Comic Con and line up for hours? There's the cosplay variant above! There's the ultra-limited THINK TANK Volume 1 Hardcover, limited to 1000 with only the first 100 getting bookplated.   Limited to 200 is the mini-lithograph by Marc Silvestri,[...]
Speculator Corner: Think Tank
In April, copies of non-slabbed copies of Think Tank #1 from Top Cow were getting up to $25 on eBay Now they've softened to $20 or less. Expect them to hard up again very shortly I understand that the property is in development as a feature film. Of late Top Cow have had a lot of success[...]
Viva Las Aphrodite IX
Here#s  a look at Top Cow's upcoming Aphrodite IX exclusive cover, for the upcoming Las Vegas Comic Con. Here#s  a look at Top Cow's upcoming Aphrodite IX exclusive cover, for the upcoming Las Vegas Comic Con. Here#s  a look at Top Cow's upcoming Aphrodite IX exclusive cover, for the upcoming Las Vegas Comic Con. [...]