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Antarctica has been extended into an ongoing series

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Due to the positive response, Top Cow Productions’ latest sci-fi adventure series, Antarctica by Simon Birks and Willi Roberts has been greenlit to be an ongoing series. The sci-fi comic was originally solicited as a five issue series.

Though Antarctica has been a unique blend of Stargate and His Dark Materials, the second arc will throw readers back to a time before Hannah’s father, Jerome, disappeared. The creators will continue to deliver twists and turns, introduce new characters—both good and bad—and the excitement and mystery will continue to play out against the backdrop of snow and ice. 

Antarctica #6 Cover A by Willi Roberts and Antarctica #6 Cover B by Lyndon White will be in comic shops on Wednesday, December 13 and also available on digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST. It’s Christmas Eve. Hannah is seven years old and looking forward to spending the holidays with her father, but when she wakes on Christmas morning, things don’t seem right. Jerome is acting suspiciously; the windows are showing the same scenes over and over again, and someone, or something, is waiting for her on the other side of the wall…

Antarctica #1 kicks off a mystery you need to just roll with

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Antarctica #1

Hannah’s life imploded the day her father failed to return from the secretive Smith-Petersen Research Station in Antarctica. Alone and on the street, she’s at her lowest ebb when a friend offers help. Retrained as an engineer, Hannah secures a job at the same Antarctic station to search for her father and stumbles headfirst into a conspiracy that threatens everything she’s ever believed. Antarctica #1 kicks off an intriguing mystery, you just need to ignore some things to enjoy it.

Written by Simon Birks, Antarctica #1 is an interesting start. We’re given a bit of an emotional ride as we learn about Hannah and her father and her slide after he disappears. It’s a hell of a slide that’s not really explained. While her emotional fallout makes sense, she also becomes homeless living on the streets. None of that is explained, it overall feels like a rather unneeded journey for Hannah. She is befriended by a bar owner, is encouraged to go to school, and then gets hired by the same company her father worked for. What? It’s a journey that feels a bit like a stretch. It’s never explained how she can afford school. The company not connecting her to her father feels a bit odd as well. It’s small details that feel like a bump on the journey to the morse interesting Antarctica.

The art by Willi Roberts is good. With lettering by Lyndon White, there’s a nice emotional ride in the first 2/3 of the comic as we’re taken through Hannah’s rough journey.. When we eventually get to Antarctica, there’s a coldness not in the white snow, but in the blacks, greys, and reds of the location. It’s all decent art but nothing quite jumps out or really uses its locations to deliver a bit more to the journey.

Antarctica #1 is an ok start. It takes a while to get going and there’s some odd distractions along the way but the end of the comic delivers. It’s enough to want to see what happens next, let’s hope it gets more to the point going forward.

Story: Simon Birks Art: Willi Roberts Letterer: Lyndon White
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read

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A Young Swordless Samurai Seeks Vengeance on the Masked Bandits Who Killed His Family. Blade in the Dark returns this August!

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Watching as his childhood home is burnt to the ground, Rook of the Hidden Song strikes out to seek vengeance upon the masked bandits who destroyed his village. Along the path he is met by a monstrous foe masquerading as a farmer and must fight for his life in order to seek the answers his conscience demands.

Blade in the Dark is written by Morgan Quaid who also handles the lettering, the art and cover is by Willi Roberts, and cover by Emanuele Ercolani, and edited by Andrea Lorenzo Molinari.

Top Cow reveals Antarctica by Simon Birks and Willi Roberts

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Top Cow Productions, Inc. has announced Antarctica by Simon Birks and Willi Roberts, set to release on July 12th, 2023. Antarctica is a unique blend of Stargate and His Dark Materials, with an emotionally driven story that is sure to captivate readers.

Conceptualized and written by award-winning screenwriter Simon Birks, Antarctica follows the journey of a young engineer named Hannah, whose life imploded the day her father failed to return from the secretive Smith-Petersen Research Station in AntarcticaAlone and on the street, she’s at her lowest ebb when a friend offers help. Retrained as an engineer, Hannah secures a job at the same Antarctic station to search for her father and stumbles headfirst into a conspiracy that threatens everything she’s ever believed.

Explore a mysterious new world that Birks and Roberts created and unlock the secret of Antarctica. 

Antarctica #1 Cover A by Willi Roberts and Cover B by Lyndon White will be in comic shops on July 12 and also available for purchase on digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play. 

Antarctica #1

Get New Yen Press and AAM-Markosia on comiXology

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There’s two new releases from Yen Press and AAM-Markosia available now. Check out what you can get below!

So I’m a Spider, So What? #55.2

Written by Okina Baba
Art by Asahiro Kakashi
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Read the next chapter of So I’m a Spider, So What?!

So I'm a Spider, So What? #55.2

The Blood Below #2

Written by Morgan Quaid
Art by Willi Roberts
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Inspired by the revelations his new lens has opened up, Detective Holden continues his investigation into a curious double homicide. The purloined lens causes curious hallucinations which hint at a dark, paranormal world which surrounds the case. Holden and Grey delve deeper into the case, finding more questions than answers and feeling the edges of a conspiracy of titanic proportions.

The Blood Below #2

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