Which for all intents and purposes looks like the kind of comic book that Top Cow just isn't publishing anymore.The series is as "an original series set in a dystopian world where special abilities run wild Metalshade is a lethal strike team of exotic, weirdly-powered antiheroes Their reckless, anarchistic nature is balanced only by the[...]
(Top Cow/Image Comics, creative team: Matt Hawkins, Colleen Doran, Bryan Valenza, Troy Peteri)The sneaky thing about this work -- and some other near future science fiction cautionary tales from writer Matt Hawkins, like Wildfire, -- is that this is actually a horror story Instead of jump scares and bloody blades wielded by relentless psychopaths, the[...]
Veterans' Day is on Monday in the United States, but Top Cow is getting a head start on thanking veterans for their service with a new Kickstarter for a comic book anthology called Soldier Stories: Veteranthology.With a portion of profits going to the United States Veterans' Artists Alliance, the Veteranthology will be edited by Ken[...]
The Clock #1 by Matt Hawkins and Colleen Doran, for January 2020, from Top Cow/Image Comics.
CLOCK #1
(W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Colleen Doran
MINISERIES PREMIEREWithin three weeks, hundreds of millions of healthy people worldwide contract various forms of aggressive cancer, and the proliferation, seemingly a viral outbreak, stumps the best scientific minds available But after a leading[...]
Back in 2016, Top Cow Publisher and President Matt Hawkins posted;
What would happen if people started dying around the world in record numbers from cancer? It appears to be spreading like a virus and it’s fast By the time it’s diagnosed it’s too late… An eugenics conspiracy thriller about overpopulation, scarce resources and survival as[...]
He assembled a panel of comic creators who now deal regularly with Hollywood to give tips on how to prepare for dealing with Hollywood.[caption id="attachment_1100186" align="alignnone" width="2000"] Photo by Adi Tantimedh[/caption]The panelists were:Matt Hawkins, comics writer, screenwriter and the head of Top Cow He has sold dozens of properties to Hollywood, and got paid to[...]
He assembled a panel of comics creators who have regular dealings with Hollywood to give advice.They were:Matt Hawkins, comics writer, screenwriter and the head of Top Cow He has sold dozens of properties to Hollywood, and got paid to write dozens of hours of scripts.Jeff Gomez, of Starlight Runner, writer and consultant[...]
WEBTOON boasts partnerships with Legendary, Lucasfilm, POW!, Top Cow/Image, and more WEBTOON takes the comic experience to the next level by providing readers with daily curated content and giving creators an intuitive platform designed to help them easily publish and publicize their own original comics WEBTOON creators have been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards –[...]
Legendary, Lucasfilm, POW!, Top Cow/Image, and others have partnered with the service Creators have been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards – three in 2019; as well as winning several Ringo Awards – seven in 2018. WEBTOON, the world’s most successful webcomics publisher – and comics publisher in general – has released their first animated series:[...]
Paradox Girl is a superheroine whose power is time travel. She has done it so many times in her own timeline that she doesn't even have a beginning or end any more. There are so many of her past and future selves littered about that they're tripping over each other. She causes as much trouble […]
The swell folks over at Top Cow are selling digital comics at a massive bargain through Humble Bundle with the goal of raising money for victims of the California Wildfires, as well as two other charities (which the user can choose when purchasing the bundle) A press release provides more details on The Darkness Sci-Fi[...]
Partnering with indie studio Sony Pictures TV and led by Rick Jacobs (Dirk Gentl), Skybound Galactic will create and develop projects financed by Sony, with the studio selling series' rights on the international market.For their first two announced projects, Skybound Galactic isn't wandering too far from Kirkman's Image Comics home with his Thief of Thieves comic being adapted[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Martin Carver, a tech billionaire, is trying to use a terrorist attack to sell the idea of a privatized police force to the mayor of Los Angeles. The mayor isn't willing to acquiesce, and Carver and his bodyguard, Hui-Men, leave. On the way to the car, a large armored assassin tries to kill […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Seneca is attacked by a minotaur-like creature beneath the church, but he survives. He explores the catacombs beneath the church, and Apollo, Hermes, and Hephaestus begin to lose contact with him. Apollo is ready to write him off and detonate his enhancements, but Trinity is near. The signal interference turns into a boon, […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The television interview with ESA Director Tom Rutgers continues, and the anchorwoman questions how well the ESA agents performed considering the events. She reveals the history of Agent George Rice, and we return to the scene where Rice and McIntyre continue to try to pacify the alien assassin. The ESA HQ suffers heavy […]
Top Cow and Image Comics are launching an Aphrodite V series this Summer, from writer Bryan Hill and artist Jeff Spokes Hitting stores in July, Aphrodite V offers a simple and universal premise: "One machine wants to destroy the city Another has come to save it Only one will survive." And according to Hill, the[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Seneca is still struggling with his augmentations. He returns to Hermes and Hephaestus who tell him that he can go into the Stream at any time. He does so and is assaulted by Deltoids, but this allows him to have some insight into the Trinity. Afterwards, he leaves to meet with Apollo and […]
Top Cow has been doing some pretty amazing stuff over the last few years when it comes to science fiction Not only have the turned some of their long-running characters like Aphrodite IX more into the sci-fi world, but books like Think Tank, Symmetry, Eclipse, and Port of Earth have really show the publisher knack for[...]
This issues has Dynamite's She Devil with a Sword meet with Top Cow's current bearer of the Witchblade, written by Doug Wagner with art by Cezar Razek.
Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, pursues a cannibalistic monstrosity into the heart of a dead, black mountain Meanwhile, Sara Pezzini, modern day bearer of the Witchblade and NYPD Detective, investigates[...]
Get ready for another Comic Book Wins and Losses list, this time for the week of March 28th, 2018. This was actually a great week for comics reading — or at least the chunk of content I read was great. That made it a little harder to find what really stood out from the week, […]
