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Thinking About Think Tank
I read Think Tank volume four (subtitled Creative Destruction) recently Think Tank, a comic about a DARPA-employed scientist called Dr David Loren growing a conscience while playing with the toys of the U.S military has five collections, and while I haven't read volume five yet; I've read the first four. The cover of Think Tank[...]
Top Cow Teams With Humble Bundle For Science And Sex
The collection features some of Top Cow's more recent and best-selling titles including Sunstone, Aphrodite IX, Think Tank, Symmetry and more And part of the proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) You can check out the bundle here. The first tier of the[...]
Think Tank: Animal #1 – Cutting Edge Technology Gets Scarier And Scarier
Think Tank is a Top Cow title created by Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal It focuses on Doctor David Loren, a genius who was recruited by DARPA at the age of 14 to build weapons for the government Loren to feel the guilt from his actions and refused to build any more killing machines, acting[...]
Matt Hawkins Addresses The State Of Top Cow
Both series have ended and replaced by titles like Think Tank, Sunstone and Tales of Honor That's because the company sees the industry growing in new ways This is the same thing it did back in 1995 when it was obvious that the superhero scene was dominated by Marvel and DC Books like Cyberforce that[...]
The Rise Of Eden's Fall – Matt Hawkins Talks Top Cow Crossover
This crossover pulls together Think Tank, Postal and The Tithe, three comics grounded in a very real feeling universe Matt Hawkins has been creator / co-creator on all three of the titles and I got a chance to speak with him about bringing these three very unique books together into Eden's Fall. DAN WICKLINE: One of Top[...]
Eden's Fall Is Coming – Read Think Tank #1 For Free
Three different non-superhero titles: Think Tank, The Tithe and Postal Each title was created by Matt Hawkins (co-creating the first two with Rahsan Ekedal) and come together in a tale of revenge and consequence. To help promote the new series, the publisher has sent us the first issue of the three series that feed the new[...]
The Art Of Rahsan Ekedal
The new offering form Top Cow features the artists work from books like Echoes, Think Tank and The Tithe along with non-Top Cow books like Creepy and Solomon Kane It's in the same format as the 25th anniversary Art of Witchblade hardcover the publisher put out. I've gotten to see the whole book and it is[...]
Quantum Cryptography And Long Distance Relationships
Tomorrow sees the release of the next installment of Top Cow's return to the genius world of David Loren and the TALOS Project. Think Tank: Creative Destruction #2 is by Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal and focuses on the vulnerable U.S infrastructure that the government is doing almost nothing to address. THINK TANK: CREATIVE DESTRUCTION #2 Story By:[...]
Hawkins And Ekedal Return To Think Tank With New Color Series
Think Tank is one of the smartest science fiction titles on the market This April, the Top Cow series from Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal returns with Think Tank: Creative Destruction #1 The new story arc, now in color, deals with the U.S infrastructure (electric grid, water, roads, etc) and how vulnerable we are… it[...]
Are You Ready For Top Cow's Critically Acclaimed Series Think Tank This September?
From Image Comics, bestselling writer Matt Hawkins (Tales of Honor) and artist Rahsan Ekedal comes Think Tank: Creative Destruction #1 The story centers on an unknown enemy who savages the technological infrastructure of the US Panic and conspiracy theories spread as David Loren and his misfit science team continue work on the TALOS project, trying[...]
Are Think Tank And Postal Being Made Into TV Shows?
And both written by Hawkins. A copy of the standard Postal #1 sold on eBay yesterday for $2.60 after two bids while a copy of Think Tank #1 went for $5 For now.. Matt Hawkins of Top Cow posts on Facebook, // Well, well, so it seems we'll have not ONE but TWO announcements for TV series[...]
Matt Hawkins Talks About Robbing Churches & Religion In The Tithe
By William Wright Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal, the duo responsible for the criminally underrated Think Tank, have release the issue #2 of their modern twist on a heist story in The Tithe in shops this week The story tracks a pair of FBI agents tasked with tracking down a morally ambiguous hacker group known as[...]
Exclusive: Top Cow's Think Tank To Return In Color And On-Going
Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal's series Think Tank is coming back in September as an on-going series, and this time it will be in color The original series focused on Dr David Loren, a super-genius that worked for a government agency creating weapons. He decides he no longer wants to do that any more and tries[...]
31 Thoughts About 31 Comics – Avengers Undercover, Secret Avengers, Returning, Rust, First Born, Wraith, All New X-Men, Bee & Puppy Cat, Batman Eternal, Uber, Royals Masters Of War, Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu, Batgirl, JLU, TMNT, Deceivers, Lumberjanes, Next Testament, Sons Of Anarchy, Judge Dredd, Miss Fury, Transformers, Star Trek, GI Joe, Ash And The Army Of Darkness, Tales From The Con, Shutter, Minimum Wage, Starlight, Shadow, Think Tank
One that Bob Monkhouse suffered from it seems. Whereas The Shadow is struggling with his own moral dilemmas… And Think Tank gives us the weaponised concept of the decade Evil and unstoppable How come Doctor Doom never came up with that? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London With a Michael Golden/James O'Barr signing today…   [...]
Buy Top Cow's Think Tank: Fun With PTSD And Help A Charity
On stands this Wednesday is Think Tank: Fun With PTSD #1 from Top Cow The book is an over-sized flip book with the other side debuting a new series called WildFire The important thing to note here is that for every copy of the book sold, $0.25 will be donated to the Wounded Warriors Project[...]
Thirty-Three Thoughts About Thirty-Three Comics – Superior Spider-Man, All- New X-Men, Avengers, Justice League Of America, Secret Avengers, Batgirl, Royal Masters Of War, Star Wars, She-Hulk, Wolverine & The X-Men, Gravel, Crosse, Stitched, Abe Sabien, X, Clown Fatale, Letter 44, Revolutionary War: Death's Head II, Sixth Gun, X-Men Legacy, X-Factor, Robocop, Regular Show, Think Tank, Egos, Bunker, X-Files, Red Sonja, Protocol Orphans, Memory Collectors, Transformers, City: The Mind In The Machine, Uncanny And Sons Of Anarchy
Like when you're infecting hundreds of people with a horrible disease in Think Tank #12 Still, good try Now, pick an orifice,m any orifice. Thank you, Uncanny #6 And some rather fun panel work there Any more insults to play with? Red Sonja Beserker gives us a few And yes, you might have thought by now that[...]
Preview of Think Tank #12 – The End Of Season One
Well, for Think Tank season 1… this is the end Matt Hawkins and Rashan Ekedal wrap up both the first year and the Outbreak storyline here before switching focus to a one-shot and then the full-color relaunch this summer. Here we get a preview of the 12th issue: We told[...]
Thirty Thoughts About Thirty Comics – Iron Man, Earth 2, Superior Spider-Man, Bionic Man, Batman/Superman, X-Men Legacy, Batwing, Green Arrow,  Phantom Stranger, Fearless Defenders, Detective Comics, Elephantmen, Khan, Spawn,  Burn The Orphanage, Happy Kitty, Judge Dredd, The Revenger, Velvet, Carbon Grey, Great Pacific, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Secret Avengers, Think Tank, Doctor Who, Black Bat, Deadworld, Dinosaurs Attack, Transformers And TMNT Shredder (UPDATE)
But Secret Avengers fills a nice gap… Is that Eric Sykes, British comedy legend and writer/star of the infamous The Plank short film? Should Think Tank be renamed Think Plank? You know it makes sense… and as for that T-shirt of choice… such language could get a man into trouble. Or, not using such language[...]
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.   [...]
Image's Think Tank To Relaunch In Full Color In 2014 (UPDATE)
The book is Think Tank published by Minotaur Press/Top Cow and listening two these two talented men speak about the series, it was obvious this was a project they loved You can also tell how frustrated they were. Think Tank is the story of Dr David Loren, a child prodigy with a 205 I.Q[...]
Twenty-One Thoughts About Twenty-One Comics, Chew, Suicide Squad, Batgirl, Archer & Armstrong, Ghostbusters, Forever Evil, Judge Dredd, Red Sonja, Lord Of Mars, Memory Collectors, Triple Helix, Superboy, Wolverine, X-Men, Green Lantern Corps, Coffin Hill, Eternal Warriot, Captain America, Superior Spider-Man Team Up, Transformers And Think Tank
He is, after all, Superior. In Think Tank, for every hallucination, there is an equal and opposite hallucination I'm currently imagining I'm 30,000 feet up on the air and flying. I'm coming for you, New York, I'm coming for you… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently exhibiting the work of Esad Ribic. So what's on the menu[...]
How To Make A Cover – Think Tank #13
  This is the cover to Think Tank #13 by Rahsan Ekedal 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[...]
Twenty Thoughts About Twenty Comics Today – Morning Glories, Secret, Justice League, Itty Bitty Hellboy, Super Dinosaur, Angel And Faith, Mind The Gap, Skullkickers, Lazarus, Massive, Think Tank, Sex, Peanuts, Steed And Mrs Peel, Fanboys Vs Zombies, Regular Show, Uncanny X-Men, New Avengers, Wolverine & The X-Men, Uncanny Avengers
Looking forward to the toy already. Think Tank gives you philosophy and theology along with your action adventure, from up top of a tree How many other comics can say that? While the most welcome return of Secret plays it safe with this rather well portrayed traffic, starting off so simply and beautifully I do hope they[...]