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Aspen Comics’ 2013 Convention Schedule

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brett

Aspen Comics has announced their complete convention schedule for the year, with more details to follow for each respective show. To help celebrate their tenth anniversary, the publisher has planned an extensive schedule of convention appearances to help usher in their new “10 for 10” initiative which began this February and runs through this November.

Aspen’s next stop will be at the Emerald City Comic Con on March 1^st-3^rd with Aspen creators Frank Mastromauro, Peter Steigerwald, Siya Oum and David Wohl appearing all weekend long at the Aspen Comics Booth #2206. Aspen will also be debuting a special Legend of the Shadow Clan #2 Emerald City Comic Con exclusive cover by Oum as well, in addition to an all-new Aspen Tour Print 2013 Anniversary Edition limited to 125 editions, and a new series of Aspen prints for the show.

Review – Legend of the Shadow Clan #1

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Brett

Aspen Comics is celebrating ten years and they are celebrating it with ten new series over ten months, their “10 for 10” initiative. The first of those series hit shelves this week, Legend of The Shadow Clan #1.

Meet the Himura family. They are like any other family living in the city: kids in school, parents working to make ends meet. But unbeknownst to even them, their ancestors held a dark secret: they were a clan of ninja in feudal Japan, in the employ of a prominent leader. But when that leader was murdered under mysterious circumstances, the Himura Clan was blamed, and forced to flee, going into hiding. Over the centuries, the descendants lost track of the ancient ways. They came to America, abandoning their sordid past to distant memory. However, recently, their secret has been discovered–their ancient enemy has returned, and won’t rest until every member of the Himura clan is killed. Now, the Himura family must rediscover their long-forgotten birthright if they hope to have any chance of surviving the onslaught to come, and along the way, they will learn the Legend of The Shadow Clan.

The first issue is a great set up and something I didn’t expect at all. The first issue starts off with a great action sequence, like a high octane movie looking to hook you right away. There’s some very cool art at this point, with a two page spread that’s panels are cut in a catchy way. From there we shift to a quieter story of the Himura family, getting to know each of the characters and the mystery building. From high octane to a slow build of mystery, an interesting shift in speed and action.

And it’s all entertaining. How the Himura family interacts, and their reactions to each other is realistic. It gives you a great sense of who everyone is and their personality types quickly.

Then the issue wraps up with more of a mystery, returning us to the assailants from the beginning, but shedding no more light as to who they are or what they want.

The art is backed up with excellent art. There’s some nice sequences and uses of panels and page. I expect solid art from Aspen Comics and this issue is exactly that.

This is the beginning of a big initiative for Aspen and a hell of a start. Here’s hoping the rest of the comics are of this quality, because it’ll be a great year in comics. The fact that all of the first releases are $1 is just icing on the cake. There’s no excuse to not get each of these first issues and try something new.

Story: David Wohl Art: Cory Smith Color: John Starr

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8 Recommendation: Buy

Aspen Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Around the Tubes

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Brett

It’s a new week, what are folks looking forward to this week?

Around the Tubes

The Mary Sue – Rogue, Kitty Pryde, and Iceman Returning For X-Men: Days Of Future Past – Can’t wait for this movie.

Around the Tubes Reviews

The Beat – Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps #16

NJ.com – The High Ways #1

Talking Comics – Judge Dredd #3

Bleeding Cool – Last Days of an Immortal

Bleeding Cool – Legend Of The Shadow Clan #1

Talking Comics – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret History of the Foot Clan #2

The Beat – Unfair

Bleeding Cool – Witch Doctor Mal Practice #3

Comics Nexus – Star Trek Countdown to Darkness #1/Young Avengers #1

Preview – Legend of the Shadow Clan #1

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Brett

LEGEND OF THE SHADOW CLAN #1

David Wohl – Story / Cory Smith – Art / Jon Starr – Colors

Aspen’s Ten Year Anniversary kicks off with the debut of LEGEND OF THE SHADOW CLAN!

Writer David Wohl is joined by the artistic talents of Cory Smith and colorist John Starr, as they bring to you the thrilling new adventures of the LEGEND OF THE SHADOW CLAN!

LEGEND OF THE SHADOW CLAN #1 is in stores February 6^th, 2013!

FC 32 pages $1.00

Legend of The Shadow Clan #2 Gets J. Scott Campbell Incentive Covers & More!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Brett

Aspen Comics continues to tease their upcoming Legend of the Shadow Clan with J. Scott Campbell Retailer Incentive cover amongst other incentive offers for fans and retailers for their second issue.. The series was created by David Wohl and Brad Foxhoven and written by Wohl with art by Cory Smith and John Starr.

The Arashis believed themselves to be just an average family, but everything changed the night that Dr. William Arashi inadvertently found himself in a battle with well-armed assassins, and he not only survived, but he defeated them! Exhilarated and confused, Arashi now discovers that this attack was not random, and that he and his family are anything but ordinary–they are members of an ancient and powerful ninja family known as the Shadowclan. But now that their secret has been discovered, they realize they are ALL in great danger!

Legend of the Shadow Clan #2 will feature a direct cover by series artists Smith and Starr, and will also feature an Aspen Reserved Edition cover by guest superstar penciler Billy Tan with colors by Aspen’s Peter Steigerwald. Fans and new readers who add the series to their local comic shops’ subscription service are eligible to receive the special Aspen Reserved Edition cover. Those customers who add all ten new Aspen “10 for 10” number one issues to their store’s pull box will then be eligible to receive the free full-size Aspen “Perfect 10’s” jam poster featuring all ten Reserved Edition covers on one image colored by Steigerwald.

Aspen’s Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 Tops 35K Copies & Retailer Covers Revealed

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Brett

Aspen has announced that the first release for their “10 for 10” initiative, Legend of the Shadow Clan #1, has been ordered in excess of over 35,000 copies and will feature a large array of retailer exclusive covers personalized for each individual store.

Aspen Owner and President Frank Mastromauro thanked fans and stores for the success:

We are tremendously thankful to our fans and retail partners who helped make our first “10 for 10” release a huge success. Legend of the Shadow Clan is an exciting new property for us, and we’re honored to have such a great response to the launch. We worked extremely hard to make sure to contact each and every retailer who participated in the exclusive cover incentive, in order to ensure that their cover was unique and personalized to their own retail shop’s logo design. No two covers turned out alike, and I think they all look amazing.

Aspen is pricing each debut #1 “10 for 10” issue for the affordable price of only $1 and is also offering other incentives for each release such as original hand-drawn sketch covers, CGC editions, and special retailer incentive covers by popular artists J. Scott Campbell and Eric “Ebas” Basaldua.

Fans and new Aspen readers who add each of the “10 for 10” titles to their comic shop’s local subscription service will be eligible to receive the special Aspen Reserved Edition variant covers. Those fans who collect all ten Aspen Reserved Edition #1 covers will receive a free full-size Aspen “Perfect 10’s” Jam Poster featuring all ten “10 for 10” covers on one image colored by superstar colorist Peter Steigerwald.

Graphic Policy encourages everyone to check out the release of Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 for only $1 on February 6^th.

Aspen Comics Kicks Off Their 2013 and their “10 for 10” Initiative at Amazing Arizona Con

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Brett

Aspen Comics is looking forward to attending their first convention of the new year, the upcoming Amazing Arizona Con 2013 on January 25^th-27th, and the publisher is launching their all new “10 for 10” initiative over a week early at the show with the release of Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 and an appearance by series creator and writer David Wohl.

Starting on February 6th, Aspen will be launching their “10 for 10” initiative featuring an all new series release for ten consecutive months, with each debut #1 issue offered for only $1. Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 will be the first offering for Aspen’s “10 for 10”, and is created by Wohl and Brad Foxhoven with art by Cory Smith and John Starr.

Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 will be released nearly a week prior to its release date, featuring an exclusive cover by Soulfire artist Mike DeBalfo and colorist Peter Steigerwald, the Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 Amazing Arizona Con 2013 will be available at the Aspen Comics Booth all weekend long and is limited to 200 copies.

The Aspen Comics Booth will see a host of Aspen’s creators and artists all weekend long including Frank Mastromauro (Shrugged, Dellec), Peter Steigerwald (Soulfire, Fathom), David Wohl (Legend of the Shadow Clan, EA: Iris), Mike DeBalfo (Soulfire), Nei Ruffino (Soulfire), Tony Parker (Dead Man’s Run) and Vince Hernandez (Charismagic, Executive Assistant: Assassins)

Aspen will also be featuring all new editions of their industry-leading art prints available at the Aspen Booth all weekend long, including the year’s first edition of their anniversary flashback Aspen Tour Print 2013, featuring Aspen Matthews by Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald, limited to 100 editions. The publisher will also be offering a new Fathom print by Mike DeBalfo and Peter Steigerwald (Limited to 75), and two new Executive Assistant: Iris prints by Elizabeth Torque (Limited to 50).

Aspen encourages fans to check out the release of Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 for only $1 on February 6^th.

J. Scott Campbell Join Aspen’s “10 for 10” Initiative

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Brett

Aspen Comics continues to add more incentive for fans and new readers to join in on the publishers’ tenth anniversary initiative with the announcement of superstar artist J. Scott Campbell coming aboard to provide covers for all ten “10 for 10” issue #2 releases.

All of Aspen’s issue #2’s as part of their “10 for 10” initiative will feature the retailer incentive exclusive edition by J. Scott Campbell, and Aspen encourages fans and new readers to check with their local retailer for details on how to reserve their copy. Below is the full list of Aspen’s “10 for 10” issue #2 titles featuring J. Scott Campbell covers, and release dates provided by the publisher:

March 6th – Legend of the Shadow Clan #2 (New Aspen Series)
April 10th – Shrugged #2 (Volume 2)
May 22nd – Jirni #2 (New Aspen Series)
June 5th – Charismagic #2 (Volume 2)
July 10th – BubbleGun #2 (New Aspen Series)
August 21st – All New Fathom #2
September 18th – Awaken Skies/Overtaken #2 (New Aspen Series/s)
October 2nd– Executive Assistant: Iris #2 (Volume 4)
November 6th – Trish out of Water #2 (New Aspen Series)
December 18th – All New Soulfire #2

Aspen has already released the J.Scott Campbell exclusive covers for the first two “10 for 10” releases: Legend of the Shadow Clan #2, and Shrugged (Volume 2) #2. Future Campbell covers for later “10 for 10” titles will be revealed soon.

Aspen Comics Unveils Full Slate of “10 for 10” titles and Jam Poster

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Brett

Aspen Comics is ready to kick off the new year—and also celebrate their tenth anniversary year in the industry—by announcing their full slate of titles in their ambitious “10 for 10” initiative, beginning this February.

For Aspen’s “10 for 10”, the publisher will be debuting a new series each month for ten straight months, featuring five all new properties and five well-known returning series, with each debut #1 issue offered for only $1. The full list of titles is as follows:

February – Legend of the Shadow Clan (Brand New Series)
March – Shrugged Volume 2
April – Jirni (Brand New Series)
May – Charismagic Volume 2
June – BubbleGun (Brand New Series)
July – All New Fathom
August – Awaken Skies/Overtaken (Brand New Series)
September – Executive Assistant: Iris Volume 4
October – Trish out of Water (Brand New Series)
November – All New Soulfire

Aspen is also offering special Aspen “Reserved Edition” covers for each new “10 for 10” release. New readers and fans who add each “10 for 10” release at their local comic shop’s subscription service will be eligible to purchase the “Reserved Edition” covers. Fans who purchase all ten “10 for 10” releases will then be eligible to receive the full-size Aspen “Perfect Tens” poster featuring all ten Reserved Edition covers by the series artists and colored by Peter Steigerwald. Aspen suggests those interested in acquiring the “Perfect Tens” poster and “Reserved Edition” covers to inquire about this special offer with their local retailer today. Aspen also encourages fans and retailers alike to check out the host of other special incentives for their “10 for 10” titles including special CGC signed editions, original hand-drawn covers, and exclusive comic shop variant covers featuring the store’s respective logo on the cover.

Fans and new Aspen readers will also be able to choose their adventure for August’s “10 for 10” release between two all new series: Awaken Skies and Overtaken. Aspen will feature an online voting poll, as well as an in-store voting ballot at comic shops in the coming weeks to allow the public to vote on which property they would like to see in August. The publisher will reveal more details about the voting process soon.

Aspen Comics Kicks Off “10 For 10” with Legend of The Shadow Clan and Added Incentives for Fans and Retailers

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Brett

Aspen is planning to celebrate the publisher’s tenth anniversary this February in a big way, with their largest offering of new titles in their history.

Launching their special “10 for 10” initiative that will feature ten new series releases, one each month over the span of ten months. Aspen’s “10 for 10” will debut with the launch of Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 on February 6^th, 2013. From creators David Wohl and Brad Foxhoven and the art team of Cory Smith and John Starr, Legend of the Shadow Clan marks Aspen’s first all new property of 2013.

Meet the Arashi family. They are like any other family living in the city: kids in school, parents working to make ends meet. But unbeknownst to even them, their ancestors held a dark secret: they were a clan of ninja in feudal Japan, in the employ of a prominent leader. But when that leader was murdered under mysterious circumstances, the Arashi Clan was blamed, and forced to flee, going into hiding. Over the centuries, the descendants lost track of the ancient ways. They came to America, abandoning their sordid past to distant memory. However, recently, their secret has been discovered–their ancient enemy has returned, and won’t rest until every member of the Arashi clan is killed. Now, the Arashi family must rediscover their long-forgotten birthright if they hope to have any chance of surviving the onslaught to come, and along the way, they will learn theLegend of the Shadow Clan.

To celebrate the first release of the “10 for 10” initiative and to thank fans and retailers for their support in getting Aspen Comics to the milestone decade mark, Aspen is releasing the first issue of Legend of the Shadow Clan for the highly affordable price of only $1. As well, every subsequent #1 issue for each new release in Aspen’s “10 for 10” program will be offered at the same low $1 price.

To help support comic shops’ push for Legend of the Shadow #1 and the Aspen “10 for 10” titles to follow, Aspen is offering a multitude of special incentives for stores to choose from on the debut issue, priced at a near Free Comic Book Day level to retailers:

Every fan or new reader who lets their local retailer know to add Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 to their subscription box is eligible to receive the special “Aspen Reserved Edition” cover for each “10 for 10” #1 title. Fans who collect all ten Reserved Edition covers at their local comic book store will then be eligible to receive the free Aspen “10 for 10” Jam Poster (to be revealed soon!) featuring characters from all ten titles and colored by superstar colorist Peter Steigerwald.

Any retailer who orders 50 copies of the $1 priced Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 will receive a signed and numbered copy of the direct cover edition, along with a certificate of authenticity.