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Dynamite Heads to Emerald City Comiccon

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Brett

Dynamite has announced their creative guest line-up for this weekend’s Emerald City Comicon, along with their talent-packed signing schedule, three panels spotlighting some of the industry’s most beloved creators, a full selection of ECCC convention exclusives, and the foreshadowing of a surprise guest superstar who will reveal groundbreaking news!

Located at Booth #1802, Dynamite will be a flurry of activity with sixteen established industry veterans and up-and-coming talent greeting fans nearly every hour of the convention.

Garth Ennis will be on-hand to celebrate Red Team, his Dynamite follow-up after the thrilling conclusion to The Boys. Mark Waid makes his Dynamite convention debut as the brainchild of the all-new, all-explosive Green Hornet, while Matt Wagner celebrates the launch of the revealing Shadow: Year One series. Superstar artist Jae Lee will be happily signing his ECCC convention exclusive of Masks #1, featuring pulp hero, The Spider.

Dynamite also happily welcomes Francesco Francavilla, Joe Harris, Ron Marz, Brandon Jerwa, Robert Napton, Chris Roberson, Mark Rahner, Brennan Wagner, Eric Trautmann, and Jim Zub to the booth. The signing times for all guests can be found below.

Dynamite Entertainment will also welcome a Mystery Superstar Creator to their booth to make a huge announcement, as they triumphantly unveil a bold new comic series revitalizing a classic comic character! Keep your ear to the ground on Friday, as the announcement goes live.

Three panels will be held on-site to celebrate Dynamite Entertainment and its superb creators. Two Spotlight events will be hosted by television sensation Blair Butler, providing revealing glimpses into the creative process of Garth Ennis and Jae Lee.

“ECCC Spotlight Lounge Presents: Secret Origins with Garth Ennis” takes place on Saturday, 3/2, from 2:40pm – 3:35pm, in the Emerald City Spotlight Lounge, Room 604.

“ECCC Spotlight Lounge Presents: Secret Origins with Jae Lee” takes place on Saturday, 3/2, from 3:40pm – 4:35pm, in the Emerald City Spotlight Lounge, Room 604.

“Dynamite is Ready to Explode” takes place on Saturday, 3/2. It runs from 6:10pm – 7:05pm and will be held in Hall B, Room 608-610, and includes a whopping dozen creators, including Mark Waid, Ron Marz, Francesco Francavilla, our Surprise Mystery Guest, and more!

The Emerald City Comicon will feature fans’ first opportunity to pick up six spectacular exclusive variant comics, including the following:

The Shadow: Year One #1 Eccc “Emerald Green” Exclusive by Matt Wagner

Limited to 500 copies

Garth Ennis’ Red Team #1 Eccc “Emerald Green” Exclusive by Ryan Sook

Limited to 1000 copies

Garth Ennis’ Red Team #1 Eccc “Black & White” Exclusive by Howard Chaykin

Limited to 200 copies

Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars #1 “Emerald Green Risque” Exclusive by Mel Rubi

Limited to 500 copies

Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars #1 “Emerald Green Risque” Exclusive by Ale Garza

Limited to 100 copies

Masks #1 Emerald City Comicon “Spider” Exclusive by Jae Lee

Limited to 5000 copies

Dynamite has also produced four Limited Prints, available for free at Booth #1802. Two prints are designed to promote MARK WAID’S GREEN HORNET, so be sure to visit the booth during Waid’s scheduled signing time on Saturday between 2:00pm and 3:00pm, and get your prints signed! Dynamite’s other two prints are top secret, but can be signed throughout the weekend by the company’s Surprise Guest.

The complete signing schedule for all of Dynamite’s guests is:

Dynamite’s MYSTERY SUPERSTAR CREATOR, working on an Awesome, Top Secret Project!

Friday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Friday, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:30pm

GARTH ENNIS, writer of The Boys, Red Team, Battlefields, and The Shadow

Saturday, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Saturday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Sunday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm

FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA, cover artist of The Shadow, The Spider, Dark Shadows, and Masks

Saturday, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

JOE HARRIS, writer of Vampirella vs. Dracula

Saturday, 5:00pm – 6:00pm

BRANDON JERWA, writer of Vampirella and Red Sonja

Friday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Saturday, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Sunday, 10:00am – 11:00am
Sunday, 3:30pm – 5:00pm

JAE LEE, cover artist of Masks and Thun’da

Friday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Friday, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Saturday, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Sunday, 10:00am – 1:00pm

RON MARZ, writer of Prophecy

Friday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Saturday, 11:00am – 12:00pm

ROBERT NAPTON, writer of Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris

Friday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Saturday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

MARK RAHNER, writer of Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars

Saturday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

CHRIS ROBERSON, writer of Masks

Friday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Saturday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

ERIC TRAUTMANN, writer of Flash Gordon and Red Sonja

Friday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Sunday, 11:00am – 1:00pm

BRENNAN WAGNER, colorist of The Shadow: Year One

Friday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Saturday, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

MATT WAGNER, writer of The Shadow: Year One, Zorro, and Green Hornet: Year One

Friday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Saturday, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

MARK WAID, writer of Green Hornet

Saturday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

JIM ZUB, writer of Pathfinder

Saturday, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Sunday, 11:00am – 12:00pm

If you’re attending Emerald City Comicon in Seattle this coming weekend, make sure to visit Booth #1802 and join in on the festivities!

Review – Son of Merlin #1 and Think Tank #5

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Brett

Son of Merlin #1

Simon Ambrose is a brilliant young professor at MIT. Always somewhat out of sync with the rest of the world, Simon is a man of science and does not put much stock in faith. When he discovers that he is the bastard son of the world’s greatest wizard Merlin, he is forced to put his skepticism aside and embrace a world of magic and the mayhem it embodies. Science and magic collide in this introductory priced first issue!

I enjoyed the first issue of this series. There’s some cool action, some nice art, but can’t say it’s anything that feels really new or different. That doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s entertaining and for $1 there’s no excuse to not pick up this first issue.

There’s some nice twists in the first issue, at least one thing I haven’t seen before. But, the idea of taking Merlin and placing him in modern days or having him have some descendent in modern times that has to learn magic seems like something I’ve seen before.

But this issue is all about the set up. And it does that well. It’s a fun read, again $1, there’s no excuse to not get it. I think the series will have to be judge as a whole and when that’s done, this first issue will rise up a bit in it’s standing.

Story: Robert Napton Art: Zid

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Buy

Think Tank #5

Genius slacker Dr. David Loren outsmart the government, the military, and the all of the brightest minds in science to escape the think tank he used to call his home and his job. But his tropical retreat isn’t as secluded as he would hope!

I loved the first volume of this series and the fact it went from a mini-series to an ongoing makes me so happy. How much did I like it? I bought two pages of original art. So yeah, I’m coming to this from a fan perspective. This first issue of the second arc though blew me away. I thought the first four issues were good? Yeah, just wait until you read this one.

David is back working for “the man” and how he wound up doing that is teased in flashbacks, but even then we don’t get the full story. In the present though, he presents a new weapon idea that had me saying “holy shit.” It’s something I didn’t think of.

And that leads to the theme of this second story arc, race and genetics. It’s prevalent in this first issue with a lot of discussion as to what makes us, us. Some pretty heady stuff for a comic book. Plus a weapon, which is possible, is discussed that will make you cringe.

The first story arc really focused on David Loren the person and his being a slacker. It had some mentions about the ethics of what he was doing, but that wasn’t the focus. Here though, it’s thrust to us and a hell of a topic for a comic to take on.

Writer Matt Hawkins has a great chance to really put forth an excellent discussion about war, weapons, technology, invention, ethics and more. Here’s hoping he goes where I think he does and discusses it all, while still giving us an entertaining read, just like he has with this issue.

Story: Matt Hawkins Art: Rahsan Ekedal

Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review

Preview – Son of Merlin #1

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Brett

Son of Merlin #1

Story by: Robert Napton Art By: Zid Cover By: Zid Variant Cover by: Stjepan Sejic
Price: $1.00

THE BATTLE BEGINS ANEW
Simon Ambrose is a brilliant young professor at MIT. Always somewhat out of sync with the rest of the world, Simon is a man of science and does not put much stock in faith. When he discovers that he is the bastard son of the world’s greatest wizard Merlin, he is forced to put his skepticism aside and embrace a world of magic and the mayhem it embodies.

Science and magic collide in this introductory priced first issue! For $1, you can’t afford to miss this next step in a battle that has been waged for ages!

Dynamite Entertainment Launches Warriors Of Mars Next February 2012!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES WARRIORS OF MARS NEXT FEBRUARY 2012!
THE NEWEST HIT-SERIES IN DYNAMITE’S WARLORD OF MARS LINE OF COMICS!

November 9, 2011, Runnemede, NJ – After the incredible critical and commercial success of Dynamite’s Warlord of Mars, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris, and Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom series, comes Warriors of Mars #1! Before John Carter another earthman visited the Red planet: Lt. Gullivar Jones. Now these legendary warriors are brought together for the first time! When Lt. Guillivar Jones happens upon a mysterious old man with a beautiful carpet he soon finds himself transported through space and time to the planet Mars where he meets the beautiful Princess Hera and a ferocious tribe of Red Martians bent on capturing her! Warriors of Mars is written by Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom writer Robert Napton, drawn by Jack Jadson, with covers by the legendary Joe Jusko and will hit comic stores February 2012!

“Gullivar was written first, but Carter cornered the market and became a legend,” says writer Robert Napton. “It’s Gullivar Vs. John Carter-let the battle begin! It’s a thrill to bring these two southern gents together on the same stretch of red turf and let them have at it. But it won’t be all blood and guts. There’s a story to be told. Many have heard of Gullivar of Mars, but don’t know who he is and how he’s a different sort of man from Carter despite being caught in the same otherworldly circumstances. This is one mash-up fans of pulp won’t want to miss.”

“We’ve found a smart and clever way to tie these two pulp heroes together and rescue Gullivar from relative obscurity and place him up on the dais among the greats,” adds Dynamite Editor Joe Rybandt. “We’re going to explore more of the eras of Mars with Gullivar, the past, present and future and Robert Napton has proven himself more than capable of spinning some excellent Barsoomian tales and we’ve paired him with a great new artistic find in Jack Jadson.”

Princess of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the first of his famous series, which initially began publication in serialized form within the pages of All-Story Magazine in February 1912. It is also Burroughs’ first novel, predating his Tarzan stories. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the story is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction.

Edwin Lester Arnold’s Gullivar of Mars novel, originally published as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation in 1905, bears a number of striking similarities to Burroughs’ Princess of Mars. Both Gullivar and Burroughs’ protagonist John Carter are Southern United States soldiers who arrive on Mars by apparently magical means (magic carpet in the case of the former, astral projection in that of the latter) and have numerous adventures there, including falling in love with Martian princesses. Gullivar is a more hapless character, however, paling beside the heroic and accomplished Carter. Gullivar, in contrast, stumbles in and out of trouble and never quite succeeds in mastering it.

Robert Napton has written hundreds of comics. He is currently writing WARLORD OF MARS: THE FALL OF BARSOOM for DYNAMITE. In 2008, he adapted Terry Brooks’ DARK WRAITH OF SHANNARA as a graphic novel and wrote the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.

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About Dynamite Entertainment:

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, Green Hornet, Vampirella, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, Game of Thrones and more!

In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and best selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Michael Avon Oeming, Mel Rubi, Marc Guggenheim, Stephen Sadowski, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner and a host of up and coming new talent!

DYNAMITE is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their titles – including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger’s PROJECT SUPERPOWERS – have debuted in the Top Ten lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. Several of their titles have also hit The New York Times Best-Sellers list: The Boys, Vampirella Archives, Robert Jordan’s New Spring and Wheel of Time graphic novels. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%). The company has also been nominated for several industry awards, including the prestigious Eisner Award.