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[...]
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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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Aphrodite IX #7 hits the shelves tomorrow and if you are looking for classic sci-fi excitement, then pic this one up. Matt Hawkins and Stjepan Sejic are
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[...]
Up until that procedure, I was working at Top Cow Productions, Inc in marketing I had an amazing time over there and learned so much Matt Hawkins is a great teacher, on top of being a great writer, and I highly recommend you pick up the books Top Cow puts out.
While resting, my friend, Omar[...]
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[...]
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,[...]
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.
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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[...]
A few months back I ran into Matt Hawkins, CEO of Top Cow, at a small convention in Ventura, California He told me that the publisher had been changing its focus to more science fiction storylines At that point it had been a while since I had read anything from Top Cow, since before the[...]
Larime Taylor is the creator of the new Top Cow comic, A Voice In The Dark, that has been burning up the advance reorders He's started a new blog, from the point of view of a disabled comic book creator visiting comic conventions He writes of his pleasure dealing with Wondercon and San Diego Comic[...]
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[...]
You ever see a cover of a comic and realize it looks a lot like another cover... and another cover... and yet still another cover... Matt Hawkins shot
The Witching Hour is a no-brainer for fans of Vertigo and horror comics, and promises to be as entertaining and varied as it is a mood-setter for the spooky season.
Top Cow publishes the first issue of Bushido: The Way of the Warrior this week, written by Rob Levin, with art by Jessada Sutthi, complete with[...]
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 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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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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[...]
Time for another run through the week's comic books, in the most most popular weekly column at Bleeding Cool, X Thoughts About X. Every neighbourhood
From William Harms and Jerry Lando, an original graphic novel out this Wednesday from Top Cow, after winning the Pilot Season competition two and a half years ago.
Which means hardly any retailers will have ordered it in any numbers, even though it looks really good.
Here's the bumf;
The brainchild of acclaimed writer William Harms, and 2010[...]
Matt Hawkins also announced a new comic at the Top Cow Panel, Control The Clock with Colleen Doran about a world with a exponential rising population
There's also Wildfire by Hawkins and Linda Sejic about eugenics.
And Team Witchblade, an alternative universe story where a sixteen year old kid gets a Darkness heritage early, is hunted by[...]
At the Top Cow panel, Marc Silvestri announced The Magi, a new comic to launch on Free Comic Book Day next year, a search for a supernatural solution to save the world No art, or even any more details yet…
At the Top Cow panel, Marc Silvestri announced The Magi, a new comic to launch[...]
This is Matt Hawkins' first work-for-hire project and it will be launched monthly from January from Top Cow/Image Comics, with a big media push.
Matt Hawkins is writing a series of comics and graphic novels based on the David Weber Honor Harrington sci-fi military novels, as Tales Of Honor, in conjunction with a movie studio,[...]
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,[...]
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,[...]
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[...]
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.
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