Archive for the ‘The Darkness’ Category
Top Cow Entertainment announced that Nelson Blake II will be the artist for The Darkness #78. The issue is still being written by regular The Darkness scribe, Phil Hester.
The issue, with is scheduled for a June 2009 release, will explore what happens when current Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado becomes fed up with the mysterious Sovereign, who has kept Jackie on a wild goose chase to recover his full power for the past few issues.
Blake was discoverd during a portfolio review by Filip Sablik and Rob Levin, at the the New York Comic Con.
“Phil Hester is a rare breed of storyteller in that he gets both the literary and visual side of the medium. You combine that with the fact that he absolutely gets the Darkness and Jackie’s universe and you have a dream project that any artist would be lucky to work on. In the issue we did together, he managed to stuff it full of action, and deliver on character. An absolute blast to draw,” said Blake in a prepared statement.
Take the jump to see some of Blake’s pencil work for the issue.
This week, Top Cow Entertainment offers up a sneak peek of The Darkness #76, on sale today at your local comic book shop.
Top Cow has announced Josh Medors is providing the variant cover to The Darkness #76.
“I had a great time working on this. Jackie has always been one of my favorite Top Cow characters, so to get a chance to work on a Darkness cover was amazing,” explained Medors, “I was a bit nervous going in to it, but the gang over at Top Cow was great. I think the finished piece turned out fantastic.”
Arriving in stores this week from Top Cow are The Darkness #75 and Berserker #0. Berserker is produced by Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia through his DiVide Pictures. It received a lot of hype at New York Comic Con, and Top Cow has sent a sneak peek of both issues, that you can see after the jump.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 29, 2008 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. announced today that their “Let Us Win YOU Over” initiative would begin in February and the inaugural title in the program would be highly anticipated anniversary issue – The Darkness #75.
The “Let Us Win YOU Over” initiative is a yearlong campaign by Top Cow Productions to give out free copies of its regular comics to potential fans in the U.S. and Canada through participating comic book stores. Each month, a different set of stores, each month a different free comic. The stores vary by geography and demographics. Top Cow has partnered with ComicsPRO to bring this promotion to fans and all of February’s retailers are members of ComicsPRO.
This week Top Cow delivers sneak peeks of two titles. The first, The Darkness #10, is in stores now, and the other is Dragon Prince #4, which arrives next week.
Even with the volume restarts, The Darkness, from Top Cow, is poised to hit its 75th issue*. To commemorate the milestone event, the company invited a list of artists to contribute to the oversized issue.
The list of artists includes: Michael Broussard (current series artist), Jorge Lucas (Pilot Season: Ripclaw), Dale Keown (Pitt), Joe Benitez (Justice League of America), Ryan Sook (Superman/Batman), Steve Firchow (Ultimatum), Frazer Irving (Silent War), Lee Carter (2000 AD), Stjepan Sejic (Witchblade) and Matt Timson (Impaler). The story, which will examine what a possible future would be like for current Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado, will be penned by current series writer Phil Hester.
The double-sized issue will feature four different covers, that you can see after the jump.
Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of The Darkness #9 (or #73 if your are keeping track that way) and Cyblade #2 (or #2 if you are keeping track that way). Both issues arrive in stores this week (December 24, 2008).
Top Cow Entertainment has announced The Witchblade Compendium Vol: 1 (collecting issues 1-50) and The Darkness Compendium (collecting issues 1/2-40 and a bunch more) are back in print after a two years and will be back in stores next week.
“It’s taken us a bit longer to get the Compendium’s back into print, but the redesigned look was well worth the wait,” said Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik. “Plus, the price cannot be beat. Fifty comics for 60 bucks! Just another way Top Cow is giving you more than the competition.”
Softcover versions of the book will set you back $59.99, while the hardcover versions are a mighty $99.99.
Arriving in stores this week are brand new issues of The Darkness: Lodbrok’s Hand, and Witchblade #122. Top Cow Entertainment has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of both issues that hit the comic shops on December 10, 2008.
It’s a big week for Top Cow. The publisher has four titles hitting stores on December 4, 2008. The company has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Jingle Belle: Santa Claus vs. Frankenstein, the Darkness #8, Broken Trinity: Witchblade, and Zero-G #3 from Spacedog Entertainment.
The Darkness #7 marks the 71st issue of The Darkness in its entire run of volumes. As this issue builds to issue #75, Top Cow sent us a sneak peek at the issue that arrives this week.
It’s Top Cow’s biggest crossover story since First Born, and someone is going to die at the end! Will it be The Darkness, The Angelus, or Witchblade? All is revealed in the final pages. The issue arrives in stores this week, and you can catch a sneak peek after the jump.
Top Cow Productions has announced it will print a limited-edition variant cover to The Darkness #7 with all sales from the book going to The Hero Initiative. The cover will be drawn by Phil Hester and will only be available at Wizard World Texas, November 7-9, in Arlington, Texas.
“Phil Hester is not just an amazing writer and top-flight artist, but a heckuva nice guy,” beamed Jim McLauchlin, president of The Hero Initiative. “We’re very pleased that Top Cow has helped us out in creating this killer cover.”
“The Hero Initiative does a great service to the comics community by helping creators in need,” said Mel Caylo, Top Cow’s VP Marketing and Sales. “We are more than happy to help keep their mission going.”
If you aren’t going to WWT, The Hero Initiative will sell remaining issues through the Hero Initiative section on the Atomic Comics website.
Major Spoilers had a few minutes to talk with Matt Hawkins, President and Chief Operating Officer of Top Cow Productions, about the announcement the company was releasing the Darkness: Accursed Volume 1 trade paperback for $4.99.
Major Spoilers: How do you respond to those who say, “I’ve wasted my money when I could have waited for the trade?”
Matt Hawkins: I say, “No you didn’t.” You got to read it a lot earlier than everyone else did. You got something that has some [lasting] value. For me, when I get a trade, I often find I’m a year behind…”
Matt had a lot more to say about this incentive program, in our interview. If you want to check out the entire conversation Major Spoilers had with Matt Hawkins, be sure to listen to episode #45 of the Major Spoilers Podcast, hitting the Internets near you, next week.
I know, I’m such a tease, aren’t I?
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