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The Most Unlikely Success Story – The Sunstone Hardcover
He's been working on it for years while doing a lot of work for Top Cow and some side work for Zenescope, Dynamite and more But he didn't put the book out as individual issues Instead he posted it for free on his DeviantArt page That move built up a huge following so when Top[...]
No Superheroes Here! Top Cow At ECCC 2017
The Top Cow panel was quick and easy featuring Production President Matt Hawkins Hawkins gave fans a quick glance on upcoming series such as:   Out of all of them, Genius seems to be the most ambitious From the Top Cow website: "What if the greatest military mind of our generation was born to a people who are[...]
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[...]
Witchblade In The Works At NBC
Even though their last attempt didn't work, NBC is jumping back into the comic book world… but this time with a property from Marc Silvestri and Top Cow. The plan is to reboot Witchblade, the story of police detective Sara Pezzini who ends up possessing an ancient artifact of supernatural origin called the Witchblade[...]
Comic Publishers Using Facebook Live For Promotion
Now this was a much more organized and planned streaming event using Twitch, but its a similar idea. And now Top Cow is getting into the act with a short live stream from Matt Hawkins The message was simple, he wanted to show off the books they have coming out next week as any good publisher[...]
Breaking Down The Types Of Comic Coloring
Aspen Comics And Top Cow colorist Jasen Smith has posted this handy image that helps breakdown the different styles of coloring Now it's been many years since I did any comic coloring, but to break this down even further… the Flat-Style is also the basic first step in most of these Flatting the image, like[...]
Tales Of Honor: Bred To Kill – 24 Trades Of Christmas
It's classic science-fiction meets military fiction. Top Cow got the rights to do comics based on the series of novels The first series they did is called Tales of Honor: On Basilisk Station which is also the title of the first novel and that's because Matt Hawkins adapted the Weber novel along with artists Jung-Geun Yoon,[...]
Top Cow's Groupees Bundle Offers 39 Digital Trades for $15
The new Top Cow bundle starts at $1 dollar and goes up to $15… but of course you choose to pay what you want. At the first buying tier of $1, you get 26 digital comics The first two issues of each of the following series: Postal, Think Tank, The Tithe, Magdalena, Aphrodite IX, Artifacts, The[...]
Tom Judge: The Rapture – 24 Trades Of Christmas
For Top Cow and for Tom Judge The publisher is probably best known for the characters of Witchblade and the Darkness, but those characters represent just 2 of the 13 Artifacts represented in the Top Cow universe A third one, and a personal favorite of mine, is The Rapture It's a double cross or patriarchal[...]
How Many Secret Societies Are Too Many? – Advanced Review Of Romulus #2
Now to be fulling transparent, I write for Top Cow occasionally So you may think I'm biased But I liked the first issue of this series and have been waiting for the second. The story picks up shortly after the last issue left off, Ashlar is explaining to Nicholas why the Order of Romulus was after[...]
A Typo By Any Other Name… Can Be Really Funny
But if it's an important piece of information like part of a web address or the title of a book… then you're pretty much out of luck. And then there are typos that just make you laugh. Case in point, this weekend at the New Jersey Comic Expo, Top Cow is on sight and they have a[...]
Hulu Picks Up Top Cow's Postal For Series
Postal, the Top Cow comic series based on a criminal version of the witness protection program, has been picked up by Hulu for a live-action adaptation from  Matt Tolmach Productions and Legendary TV It's being written by The Walking Dead executive producer Seth Hoffman. The comic series by Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill and Isaac Goodhart tells of[...]
Matt Hawkins Addresses The State Of Top Cow
Once a year Top Cow's President & COO Matt Hawkins likes to give a State of the Union type of address showing where the publisher is and where it's going And I can tell you, after chatting with Matt for an hour or so the other day, the state of the Top Cow is good. When[...]
Matt Hawkins Teases Upcoming Magdalena Statue
XM Studios and Kan Supabanpot recently made a Darkness statue for Top Cow. You can see more of it here. Now the two have combined again for an upcoming Magdalena statue to go withe a series relaunch by Tini Howard, Ryan Cady and Christian DiBari The below images was posted by Top Cow's President/COO Matt[...]
Writer's Commentary – Zack Kaplan Talks Eclipse #1
When I recently interviewed Zack Kaplan about his Top Cow series Eclipse, there were things he couldn't say because of the mystery involved Now that the book is on the shelves (check your local retailer for a copy), Zack is back with a writer's commentary for those who have already read it. Commentary Track for Eclipse[...]
Murdered By The Sun… An Exclusive Extended Preview Of Eclipse
I recently interviewed writer Zack Kaplan about his new Top Cow series Eclipse It's a science fiction story set on a future Earth where the Sun is no longer our friend The series is drawn by Giovanni Timpano and we've seen a couple preview pages, but here we have an exclusive extended preview of the[...]
"Our World Isn't Free" – Bryan Hill Talks Romulus
This is the second time I've gotten a chance to interview Bryan Hill, writer and editor at Top Cow The previous time is when he took over the full writing chores on Postal Hill is a writer's writer He has a great understanding of the craft and every decision he makes seems to have a[...]
Everything You Need To Know About Eden's Fall
Top Cow has a new series coming out called Eden's Fall It pulls together a handful of books created or co-created by their COO and writer Matt Hawkins The Edenverse consists of the characters from Think Tank, Postal and The Tithe all coming together in the small town of Eden. Over the last few weeks I've[...]
Betrayed By The Sun – Zack Kaplan Talks Eclipse
Top Cow has become a home for really good science fiction comics and that continues with the new series Eclipse from Zack Kaplan and Giovanni Timpano The series focuses on a very different Earth after a cataclysmic event and how humans continue to survive I talked with Kaplan about the new series this week. DAN WICKLINE: One[...]
The Rise Of Eden's Fall – Matt Hawkins Talks Top Cow Crossover
This month sees the release of a new crossover comic from Top Cow But it doesn't feature characters like Witchblade, Aphrodite IX or the Darkness 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[...]
Comics In The Class Room – Symmetry And Future Race Relations
A professor at Florida Gulf Coast University has assigned the first volume of the Top Cow series Symmetry to his sociology classes for a discussion on race relations in the future Science fiction has always been a medium that could broach subjects like racial inequality and class systems Similar to the way Gene Roddenberry tackled some of[...]
Eden's Fall Is Coming – Read The Tithe #1 For Free
Top Cow's newest series, Eden's Fall, is unique in that it pulls together three different titles into one 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[...]
Eden's Fall Is Coming – Read Postal #1 For Free
Top Cow's newest series, Eden's Fall, is unique in that it pulls together three different titles into one 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[...]
Eden's Fall Is Coming – Read Think Tank #1 For Free
Top Cow's newest series, Eden's Fall, is unique in that it pulls together three different titles into one 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[...]
How To Get Investigated By The FBI And Other News From The Top Cow Panel (Updated)
By Mike Sangregorio Saturday morning saw the Top Cow panel where moderator, writer, and editor, Matt Hawkins discussed the upcoming, and ongoing projects from the company In attendance were owner, and legendary creator, Marc Silvestri, writer Bryan Hill ("Postal"), artist Isaac Goodhart, editor Ashley Robinson, musician and writer Emily Lazar ("September Mourning"), and editor Ryan Cady[...]
Exclusive Early Review Of Eden's Fall #1
A few months back I coined the phrase Hawkinsverse… that would be Top Cow series created in part by Matt Hawkins Those books are The Tithe, Think Tank and Postal This August we get to see those three worlds collide in Eden's Fall I just finished reading the first issue by Hawkins, Bryan Edward Hill[...]
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:[...]