The 7th Top Cow Talent Hunt finally reached its end in December 2022. However, due to a record-breaking number of submissions (almost 4,000—that is almost a 700% increase from their 2019 contest). Only now is the publisher ready to officially introduce the two winners to the comic book world: artist winner Bruno Abdias and writer winner William ‘Billy’ Muggleberg III. 

Abdias and Muggleberg III join the long line of Top Cow Talent Hunt winners turned sequential storytelling superstars like Tini Howard, Issac Goodhart, Phillip Sevy, Ryan Cady, Cecilia Lo Valvo, and Stephanie Williams. 

Top Cow Productions, Inc., the company behind The Darkness and Witchblade, has a long history of discovering new talent. Every other year, the independent publisher launches a worldwide search for new talent and gives aspiring creators a chance to show off their talent and a jumpstart into a professional career in comics. 

This year’s winners will receive $1,000 each from Top Cow, as well as guaranteed paid published work with the company afterward.

Even prior to Top Cow’s first talent hunt in 2012, the publisher has given breaks to many notable creators in the industry including Bryan Edward Hill, Michael Turner, Kenneth Rocafort, Mike Choi, and David Finch.

Be sure to stay tuned for Abdias’ and Muggleberg III’s work to show up at your local comics shop and details on the next talent hunt.