Archive for the ‘Robert Kirkman’ Category
Pilot Season 2009 is set to kick off in November, and the first issue out of the gate will be Pilot Season: Murderer #1.
Take the jump for a special message from Top Cow and the creators.
Press Release
Robert Kirkman and Todd McFarlane’s HAUNT has hit shelves today to face an instantaneous distributor level sell out despite massive preorders and a significant overprint! A second printing is being rushed to fulfill the continued sales velocity, but first printings may still be available at your local comic book store.
No, this isn’t an exclusive, nor would we claim that this sneak peek of Haunt #1 from Image Comics is exclusive to the Major Spoilers site. What we will say, is we have a sneak peek of Robert Kirkman and Todd McFarlane’s latest, that you can see after the jump.
Maybe not so invincible after all
Mark Grayson has been run through the wringer more than enough times these last couple of months, so it’s about time the team of Kirkman and Walker gave Invincible a break as the duo kick off the next big Invincible event – Viltrumite War!
AMC has been doing some big things in the cable realm over the last couple of years. The Mad Men series took off like wildfire, and now it looks like AMC is looking to adapt Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead for the small screen as well.
Frank Darabont is on board to write, direct and exec produce the project, with Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion also executive producing.
I’m glad a cable network picked up the rights to this property instead of a movie studio, which really couldn’t do justice to the comic book in a single movie. While Darabont is a fine writer, it would be even better if Kirkman were on board to help write the screenplay.
Image Comics made a couple of announcements over the last couple of days, so once again, here’s your rapid-fire roundup of news from the company. For fans, take the jump to see what’s ahead for Invincible, especially with the announcement that Atom Eve isn’t dead, but is very naked.
I like the flipbook concept, unless of course I’m stupid enough to pull two copies off the shelf thinking they are different without flipping through the issue first. Anyhoo, Image Comics is taking the sold out #1 issue of Chew and packaging it with The Walking Dead #63. This isn’t some half issue, or two page preview gimmick, Image is putting the full issue in the book, giving readers 2 comics for the price of one.
“As a creator, there’s nothing more satisfying than hearing that a lot of people are interested in reading your book. The flip side of this is there’s nothing more frustrating than hearing how people can’t get a hold of your book to read,” John Layman said in a prepared statement. “So, Image and Robert Kirkman concocted this great plan to put CHEW in a lot of people hands– and for the unbeatable low, low price of ‘free’.”
The only drawback is the entire issue will be black and white, meaning the cool colors of Rob Guillory will be missing – at least until you go out and buy issue #2.
Walking Dead #63 arrives July 17, 2009 for $2.99.
Well, we all saw that comin’
For anyone who can pick up and read Previews, I don’t think it came as any surprise that this issue featured the death of a character a lot of readers, including the title character himself, had fallen in love with. Unlike other comic book deaths, this one was turned out to be extremely brutal, and the method in how it happened makes this a huge milestone for the series.
Conquest: Part One
After the Earth shattering events of the previous issue, Mark and the rest of the survivor’s have been tasked with cleaning up in the aftermath. There’s a lot of rebuilding to do, but sometimes the weight of the world are too much to bear.
If you missed the done in one crossover epic from Image Comics, Invincible #60 makes a return to stores next week, according to the company.
“Telling an entire inter-company crossover in a single issue is something I’ve had my eye on for awhile,” Kirkman said. “It wasn’t easy to do, but the results are totally kick ass! I got the chance to play with Image’s full line of superheroes, including a few you haven’t seen in awhile, like PITT! It was a lot of fun for me to put INVINCIBLE and company through the ringer in a fight that completely devastated the planet, but poor INVINCIBLE has no idea the worst is yet to come as ‘The Invincible War Aftermath: Conquest!’ begins next issue!”
The issue features nearly every single character from the Image pantheon as they battle against an army of Invincibles from alternate dimensions.
the 40-page $3.99 reprint will be in stores on April 8, 2009, with Invincible #81 (32-pages $2.99) arrives April 22, 2009.
Image steps up again with another teaser image to promote the Astounding Wolf-Man series by Robert Kirkman.
Image Comics is taking a cue from Marvel by sending out a one sheet promo for the upcoming Walking Dead.
Now this is more like it
I don’t know what happened in the second part of that two-part crossover issue that began in Invincible #57, and frankly, I don’t care. What I do care about is the intricate universe Robert Kirkman has created in Invincible and the myriad of characters in it. The latest issue returns readers to the good ol’ days of a young superhero and all the people in it.
There are comics scheduled to arrive on December 24, and Image has a couple you’ll want to check out. Take the jump for a sneak peek of Invincible #57, the Parade (with Fireworks) trade paperback, Savage #3, and The Walking Dead Omnibus Volume 2.
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