Man, I’m behind on my emails from the publishers. Radical Comics sent a sneak peek of some of its titles arriving (arrived?) in stores. Take the jump for Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland #2, Hercules: The Thracian Wars #5, and Caliber: First Canon of Justice #5.
Press Release
August 18th, 2008, LOS ANGELES – Radical Publishing is proud to team up with Global Image Group in sponsoring Global’s Annual Summer Celebration to help raise money for Heal the Bay, a non-profit organization, dedicated to protecting California’s Santa Monica Bay.
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Radical Publishing has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in stores in October 2008.
Bryan Singer’s Bad Hat Harry Productions has made several plays in the comic book marketplace, first snagging up Rob Liefeld’s Capeshooters, and now Radical Publishing’s Freedom Formula by Edmund Shern.
Freedom Formula is a five-issue mini-series that is very mecha-esque with exo-suits replacing fighter jets, and the racer who learns his bloodline has the power to change society. Like Capeshooters, Singer will only produce this flick through his production company.
For Radicial, this is another feather in the cap of a week of major movie announcements. With the hype over Freedom Formula, the company told Variety that it has plans to expand the comic book into interactive games and anime.
Radical Publishing has been getting a lot of play this week; the small publisher has announced its five-issue Hercules: Thracian Wars series is being turned into a feature film for Universal Pictures. Today it was announced, Hancock’s Peter Berg will produce and direct the adaptation with Ryan Condal writing.
This announcement is really interesting as there are already two other movie studios producing Clash of the Titans-esqe movies set to debut within months of each other. With the addition of Hercules, we could be seeing a release slate similar to the Alexander/Troy movie battle a few years ago.
Radical Publishing has released its complete schedule for San Diego including all the booth signings and exclusives at the show.
Steve Niles will also be part of Radical Publishing’s Comic-Con panel on Friday from 2:30 - 3:30 PM promoting his 48-page prestige format City of Dust. You’ll also be able to snag a free promotional copy of the issue at the company booth.
“CITY OF DUST blew me away,” exclaimed Barry Levine, Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher. “I love the concept behind Niles’ dark, desperate, dystopian world and the characters that inhabit it. Detective Philip Khrome is a conflicted soul as only Steve can deliver. Radical is going big with this, we’ve commissioned covers from artists like Arthur Suydam, Clint Langley and Lucio Parrillo to kick off the first issue and expect our fans to reap the benefits from our unique promotional events for this title. It all starts at Comic-Con with our preview book. I’m so happy to see Steve on board, not only for signing, but to join the names of Jim Steranko and Ian Edginton for our Comic-Con panel.”
Keep checking out the site, because there’s going to be virtual tons of information about SDCC’08 coming out in the next two weeks.
Radical Publishing is getting some pretty popular creators and artists to sign at the company booth at the San Diego Comic-Con. Radical has announced popular zombie artist Authur Suydam will be signing at the company booth (#2806) on Saturday from 2:00 until 3:00 PM along with Lucio Parrillo and Steve Niles.
“Arthur’s work has continually been on the cutting edge of the industry and I’m elated to have his vision on CITY OF DUST” states Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher, Barry Levine. “Here at Radical we aim to collaborate with the best artists, writers and creators working in the medium and Arthur’s unique talent certainly puts him in that category. I’m proud to have him and his work at our booth during this year’s Comic-Con.”
Rumors are floating around that John Woo will direct the Radical Comics adaptation of Caliber. Of course it won’t be official until next week at the San Diego Comic-Con, but hey, now you know. Others are poo-pooing the idea as Woo is in the middle of his three part Red Cliff films.
The Arthurian legend as retold in the American Old West, with all of its great symbolism, magic and spirit of adventure. The Knights of the Round Table are all gunslingers bound by a code of honor to protect the weak and defend the innocent until they are undone from within by their own moral corruption. In this tale, Caliber itself is a tattooed six-gun, given to Arthur by the Indians and imbued with supernatural power. The secret of the gun is that it is never loaded with bullets, but when a man with Justice on his side is holding it, it can fire. When it does, it fires Thunder itself and never misses.
If the announcement is made, it will more than likely be part of a three picture deal Lionsgate has made with Radical that also includes Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil.
Radical Publishing has announced Jim Steranko - yes, that Jim Steranko - has joined the company’s line up of guests that will be signing at the company booth at San Diego Comic-Con. While you may be able to find Jim floating around the show floor, Radical told Major Spoilers that Jim will be signing exclusively for them.
“I don’t think it gets any bigger than having Jim Steranko along with Yoshitaka Amano on board for Comic-Con 2008” states Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher, Barry Levine. “I’m also excited over the fact that Steranko is part of our Comic-Con panel, and I greatly encourage everyone to attend. We are going to have some big announcements during Comic-Con week in addition to our FREE raffle and soon to be released signing schedule. “
Steranko is providing the covers for the first two issues of Hercules: The Thracian Wars, as well as designing the titler character.
You can find Mr. Steranko at the Radical Publishing booth (#2806) on Friday, July 25 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. And on Saturday, July 26 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
If you aren’t going to San Diego because of the expense of a hotel room and travel, you should be happy to learn you and a friend can go for free thanks to to Radical Publishing and Fusion Publishing.
“This is our way of giving back to the fans that have supported us since our debut at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con.” states Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher, Barry Levine. “The support for our debut titles, Hercules: The Thracian Wars and Caliber: First Canon of Justice has been amazing and we want to show our appreciation to all the fans. We are happy to be working with Fusion Publishing in making this contest a reality. Radical is going all out at San Diego with another contest with Fusion Publishing, a Friday Comic-Con panel, signing schedule that includes Jim Steranko, Yoshitaka Amano, Steve Niles, Arthur Suydam , a FREE daily raffle with prizes that include an iPhone, and some very special announcements.“
The convention is only a few weeks away, so you best get yourself to www.playmagazine.com or www.geekmonthly.com and enter before July 11, 2008. YES THAT IS TOMORROW!
Press Release
July 7th, 2008, LOS ANGELES – Released on April 30th to critical acclaim, Hercules: The Thracian Wars #1 and Caliber: First Canon of Justice #1 has been a big hit with both retailers and fans. Despite efforts to satisfy the public with extra copies of Hercules and Caliber printed in case of a sellout, the demand for more continues to grow. Because of this, Radical Publishing is pleased to announce that a 2nd printing is on the way for both titles.
Radical Publishing has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in September 2008.
Radical Publishing wanted to do something special for the covers of the third issues of Hercules and Caliber that hit stores in July. After a search, the company has announced British artist John Bolton will do a variant cover for Hercules: the Thracian War, with director/writer/artist Tomm Coker doing the cover for Caliber: First Canon of Justice.
“Getting John Bolton and Tomm Coker respectively for Hercules and Caliber couldn’t have been a better choice.” stated Barry Levine, Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher. “John knows a thing about a character such as Hercules, having done Robert E. Howard’s Kull the Barbarian for Marvel years ago, as well as his Marada, the She-Wolf he co-created with Chris Claremont. I really love how he brings across the glory of battle in this one scene. Tomm’s cover for Caliber is just beautiful. With Arthur on the run in the Telacoma winter countryside for issue #3, this cover brings an iconic look to Lance that fits Sam Sarkar’s story.”
Take the jump for a peek at the two covers and solicitation information.
Radical Publishing has provided Major Spoilers with the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in August 2008.
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