The weekend is here! Yay! What’s everyone’s plans?
Around the Blogs:
Kotaku – Why the Internet Gave This Man $1 Million. In a Single Day. – 2012 is the year of disruption….
The Beat – Steve Niles’ views on piracy are “evolving” – Interesting….
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Spandexless – Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand
CBR – Thief of Thieves #1
CBR – Wolverine & The X-Men #5
IGN – Comic Book Reviews for 2/8/12
Kotaku – The Darkness II: The Kotaku Review
Again, the news is pretty light over the last 24 hours. Here’s the news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
Kotaku – The Darkness II Weathers the Hellish Attentions of Game Reviewers – Seems like some good reviews to me.
Fox News – New York man found dead after subway fire wrote graphic novel of life in tunnels – Kind of sad.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Comics Alliance – Fantastic Four: Season One
IGN – Fantastic Four: Season One
Geeks of Doom – Key of Z #4
The weekend is here! Yay sleep! That’s where I’m a pirate!
Around the Blogs:
Bleeding Cool – Will You Sign The Petition For Rob Granito To Come Back To Comic Cons? – No, I won’t.
Bleeding Cool – Avengelyne And Skullkickers Give It Away For Free – Great to see creativity in how to profit from comics.
GeekWeek – THE GOON Adaptation Isn’t Dead Yet– I want to see this so bad!
Comics Alliance – Why Piracy is Not Responsible for ‘Ruining’ Comics [Op-Ed] – One persons opinion.
Comediva – Personals: Super Seeking Sidekick – And you thought online dating was difficult.
PSU – The Darkness II Preview – Haven’t played the first, any good?
Bleeding Cool – Some Superhero Re-Construction Needed by Darin Wagner – An interesting read..
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – Flash #5
CBR – The Walking Dead #93
It’s the weekend, which I’m spending catching up on three weeks worth of reviews (and attempting to fit in other things). What’s everyone else up to?
Around the Blogs:
The Beat – The Flaws of Kickstarter, part 1 – Absolutely disagree with this post and I’ll have my reasons next week.
Spinoff Online – The Hulk TV Series Won’t Tie Into Marvel Films, Del Toro Says – Not sure my thoughts about this.
Mashable – 14 Million U.S. Adults Used QR Codes in June [STUDY] – We’re seeing more and more QR codes in comics and at conventions.
GamePolitics – Swiss Police Association Calls for Ban of The Darkness II – Sigh….
Kotaku – Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Pokémons – I picked up on this during the debate. He had another quote too from the movie.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – Batman and Robin #26
Info Press – The Never Weres
Giant Fire Breathing Robot – Phonogram, Rue Britannnica
Official Press Release
TOP COW ANNOUNCES COMIC-CON SIGNING SCHEDULE
JAM PACKED FOUR DAYS INCLUDES SIGNINGS, PANELS, & PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Comic-Con International in San Diego is days away and Top Cow Productions, Inc. is excited you’ll be spending time with us. Below are several creators who are just as thrilled that you’ll be making a stop at the Top Cow Booth #2629:
San Diego Signing Schedule
Wed Jul 20, 2011
6pm – 7pm Artifacts with Jeremy Haun & Michael Broussard
Where: Top Cow Booth #2629
7pm – 8pm Echoes hard cover with Joshua Hale Fialkov & Rahsan Ekedal
Where: Top Cow panel #2629
8pm – 9pm The Darkness with Sheldon Mitchell & Rick Basaldua
Where: Top Cow Booth #2629
Thu Jul 21, 2011
10am – 12pm Echoes hard cover with Joshua Hale Fialkov & Rahsan Ekedal
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
11:30am – 12:30pm Michael Broussard & Jeremy Haun (Image Booth)
Where: Image Comics booth #2729
12pm – 1pm Spreading The Darkness panel
Where: Panel Room 9
1pm – 2pm Artifacts with Whilce Portacio, Jeremy Haun & Eric Canete
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
2pm – 3pm Magdalena with David Marquez & William Farmer
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
3pm – 4:30pm Darkness with Sheldon Mitchell & Rick Basaldua
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
3:30pm – 4pm Portfolio Reviews
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
4:30pm – 6pm Darkness II: Confession signing with Marc Silvestri, Michael Broussard, Filip Sablik, & Sunny Gho
Where: Top Cow Booth #2629
6pm – 7pm September Mourning with Marc Silvestri & Emily Lazar
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
Fri Jul 22, 2011
9:30am – 10:30am Echoes hard cover with Rahsan Ekedal
Where: Image Comics booth #2729
10am – 11:30am Magdalena with David Marquez & William Farmer
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
11:30am – 12:30pm September Mourning with Marc Silvestri & Emily Lazar
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
12:30pm – 2pm Artifacts with Whilce Portacio & Jeremy Haun with Eric Canete &
Ro bLevin
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
2pm – 3:30pm Darkness II: Confession with Marc Silvestri, Michael Broussard, Filip Sablik, & Sunny Gho
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
4pm – 6pm Echoes hard cover with Joshua Hale Fialkov & Rahsan Ekedal
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
4:30pm – 5pm Portfolio Reviews
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
6pm – 7pm Darkness with Sheldon Mitchell & Rick Basaldua
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
Sat Jul 23, 2011
10am – 11am Top Cow Universe with David Marquez & Rob Levin
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
11am – 12pm Darkness with Sheldon Mitchell & Rick Basaldua
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
11am – 12pm MTV Comics panel
Where: Room 7AB
11:30am – 12:30pm Top Cow: We Create… Excitement panel
Where: Room 8
12:30pm – 1:30pm September Mourning with Marc Silvestri & Emily Lazar
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
1:30pm – 3pm Pilot Season 2011 Signing
Where: Top Cow Booth #2629
3pm – 4pm Darkness II: Confession with Marc Silvestri, Michael Broussard &
Filip Sablik
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
4pm – 5pm MTV’s Teen Wolf
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
5 – 5:30pm Portfolio Reviews
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
5:30pm – 6:30pm Artifacts with Jeremy Haun & Eric Canete
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
5:30pm – 6:30pm Echoes hard cover with Joshua Hale Fialkov & Rahsan Ekedal
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
Sun Jul 24, 2011
11am – 12pm Darkness with Sheldon Mitchell & Rick Basaldua
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
12pm – 1:30pm Echoes hard cover with Joshua Hale Fialkov
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
1:30pm – 3pm Artifacts with Whilce Portacio, Jeremy Haun & Rob Levin
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
3pm – 4:30pm Darkness II: Confession with Marc Silvestri, Michael Broussard &
Filip Sablik
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
4:30pm – 5pm Portfolio Reviews
Where: Top Cow booth #2629
Top Cow will also be accepting art sample submissions (penciling, inking, coloring, and full art) every morning from show opening until 12noon. Three samples will be selected every day, and posted at the booth, for a one-on-one portfolio review with Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik at the end of the day (see schedule for specific times).
PLEASE NOTE: All dates/times are subject to change. Lines may be cut off prior to the end time listed to ensure a timely completion of each signing. Number of items signed may be limited at the signings.
Free sketch tickets will be available in very limited quantities at the beginning of each day of the show on a first come, first served basis. Sketch tickets are limited one per fan per day. Fans must be present at the appointed signing time to redeem their sketch ticket. Not all artists appearing at the Top Cow booth will offer free sketches and fans should inquire at the booth on the morning they plan to get a sketch for availability.
For up-to-date information on Top Cow’s plans at Comic-Con International in San Diego, please visit www.topcow.com or follow us on Twitter (@TopCow).
About Top Cow Productions Inc.
Top Cow Productions, Inc. (www.topcow.com), a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, was founded in December of 1992 by artist Marc Silvestri, who also co-founded Image Comics earlier that same year. Top Cow currently publishes its line of comic books in 21 languages in over 55 different countries. The company has launched 20 franchises (18 original and two licensed) in the industry’s Top 10, seven at #1, a feat accomplished by no other publisher in the last two decades. Its flagship franchise, WITCHBLADE, was TNT’s #1 original film of 2000 and the subsequent TV series was released on DVD on July 29, 2008. WITCHBLADE is also the first American property to be fully adapted in Japan as an original anime and manga by Studio GONZO in 2006. Top Cow’s other flagship property, THE DARKNESS, was developed into a
It’s that week and we’re just days away from San Diego Comic Con 2011. That is all….
Around the Blogs:
The State – The case for comic books – An interesting article about movies, comics and education.
Kotaku – Sunday Comics – Each week Kotaku brings some of the week’s best web comics.
USA Today – ‘Graphic Elvis’ illustrates The King’s love of comics – Will Elvis be the next Obama when it comes to comics?
Con Coverage:
Bleeding Cool – San Diego Debut: Supernatural Law: The Life Partner Of Frankenstein by Batton Lash
ITP – Darkness II playable at Comic Con
WDBJ7 – 14th Annual Comic Book Show comes to Salem Civic Center
Bleeding Cool – San Diego Debut: A Zoo In Winter by Jiro Taniguchi
I Am Rogue – SDCC 2011: Sunday Schedule
I Am Rogue – SDCC 2011: Friday Schedule
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Seattle PI – The Griff
On October 4 expect to see the video game The Darkness II: The Confession hitting store shelves. The game based on the popular Top Cow comic book series picks up two years where the original video game ended. The game will be available for the PS3, Xbox and PC. Check out the trailer below.
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The world continued to comment on Action Comics and Superman yesterday. We’re not going to cover the coverage much anymore, but expect actual commentary as to the politics of what Superman did. Check out below the rest of the news you might have missed, since I’m sure your day was spent watching the Royal wedding.
Around the Blogs:
Kotaku – Captain America Weighs in on Wikileaks – I haven’t read the issue yet, I’m sure I’ll have some opinions and coverage.
Wired – Prolific Comic Writer Bendis Tackles Marvel Universe MMO – This is an MMO I can get into.
Kotaku – Dark Horse Digital Comics Debuts with Dungeon Siege III – Whatever happened to their press list I was on? I swear I was at one point….
Kotaku – The Murderous Math of The Darkness II’s “Quad Wielding” – Some details of the upcoming video game.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Seattle PI – Action Comics #900
Comic Book Resources – Batman Incorporated #5
Comic Book Resources – Detective Comics #876
The Herts Advertiser – New Ultimates: Thor Reborn
Scifi Mafia – Project London
IGN – Scalped #48
Seattle PI – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Paste Magazine – Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (4/27/11)
