PDA

View Full Version : TOP COW'S WW:PHILLY NEWS


MattBrady
05-21-2004, 03:35 PM
At its WizardWorld panel, Top Cow lined up creators for its upcoming projects, as well as announced the return of a creator who’s been away for far too long.

First up, Tony Daniel’s <b>Humankind #1</b>, shipping in August, will have three covers, one by Daniel, one by Greg Land, and one by Marc Silvestri.

Also in August, Ian Edginton will start a two-part <b>Withblade</b> arc, drawn by Daniel. Issue #78 will have two covers, one by Land, and one by Daniel. Retailers will be able to order the covers separately.

The publisher’s other notable book in August is a new Magdalena/Vampirella crossover, by Robert Kirkham and artist Francis Manapul.

September sees Top Cow launching a new property called <b>Myth Warriors</b>. The 128 page graphic novel will be written by Robert Place and drawn by a new talent from the Phillipines.

The solicitation copy for <b>Myth Warriors</b> reads:

Eric Volker is a typical skateboarding Los Angeles teenager. But everything changes when he discovers the amulet that controls an ancient, gigantic mecha warrior. Eric takes the pilot seat and becomes embroiled in an intergalactic war against the Anibus and Osiris mechs, in a battle that will decide the fate of the Earth! Manga master Robert Place Napton (Appleseed, Macross) delivers "manga trade" action wrapped in a beautiful cover by Francis Manapul (Witchblade)!

September also sees the beginning of a three issue <b>Tomb Raider</b> storyarc drawn by Eric Basaldua.

October sees a new direction for <b>Witchblade</b> with #80, as Ron Marz takes over as regular writer of the book, and Top Cow artist Michael Choi takes the reins.

In November, David Lapham of <b>Stray Bullets</b> fame will start a four-part arc of the <b>Darkness</b> with #17.

On tap for a late 2004 release is a <b>Pitt/Darkness</b> special by Dale Keown, and a new <b>Battle of the Planets: Princess</b> miniseries written by David Wohl, with art by Wilson Tortosa.

stlfan79
05-21-2004, 06:43 PM
WOW, WOW, WOW-----Lapham on the Darkness!!!!! This is great. Human Kind looks good because I love Daniels work. On top of this I am going to start getting Witchblade as well with Hickman, Edington, and Marz doing arcs it is the first time I have been interested in the character since Turner stopped working on it. Top Cow has been really been impressing me over the last 6 months or so.

Zadillo
05-21-2004, 11:14 PM
Hrmmm, I've never read the Darkness, and barely even know what it's about, but with Lapham on it, I'll have to check it out.

Please more Stray Bullets soon though!

-Zadillo

gOgIver
05-21-2004, 11:50 PM
So that's what Lapham has been up to!

Noam Choseed
05-22-2004, 01:59 AM
I was at that panel, a good one, but the article left out the announcement that they have recieved scripts for the long delayed conclusion to Rising Stars and they will be drawn as soon as Brent Anderson has time on his schedual. Also J.G. Jones is at work on Wanted #4 and it will hopefully come out in June.:cool: :D

stlfan79
05-22-2004, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by gOgIver
So that's what Lapham has been up to!

He has been doing his independent book Stray Bullets for awhile now.

gOgIver
05-22-2004, 11:57 AM
Originally posted by stlfan79
He has been doing his independent book Stray Bullets for awhile now.

I know, I've been waiting for the next issue to ship and you must be psychic because Stray Bullets #33 will be in stores this week!!!:D:D:D

stlfan79
05-22-2004, 08:30 PM
Sorry read your post to quickly-thought you said "sowhat has Lapham been up to".

scott

gOgIver
05-23-2004, 10:25 AM
Originally posted by stlfan79
Sorry read your post to quickly-thought you said "sowhat has Lapham been up to".

scott

S'alright:)

GODDARD
05-25-2004, 02:14 PM
Damn It All!!!!
Lapham got "the Call"
if waiting a year between Stray Bullets wasn't bad enough

now he's going to be picked up by the big two and completely alienate all his old fans who bought his stuff back when he was working behind a counter at a NJ comic book store

i'm sick and tired of seeing this happen to my favorite creators

i realize this will probably be a huge salery boost for him, which make this even sadder, knowing that more people will buy the Darkness then Stray Bullets
and he can't even use the "i used to dream of writing this character when i was growing up" excuse that Bendis has

worse part?
he'll be seen as a writer now and he won't be able to draw for the big publishers



EDIT
i guess this was a little harsh, i'm just pretty ticked off about what i think will probably happen

Zadillo
05-25-2004, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by GODDARD
Damn It All!!!!
Lapham got "the Call"
if waiting a year between Stray Bullets wasn't bad enough

now he's going to be picked up by the big two and completely alienate all his old fans who bought his stuff back when he was working behind a counter at a NJ comic book store

i'm sick and tired of seeing this happen to my favorite creators

i realize this will probably be a huge salery boost for him, which make this even sadder, knowing that more people will buy the Darkness then Stray Bullets
and he can't even use the "i used to dream of writing this character when i was growing up" excuse that Bendis has

worse part?
he'll be seen as a writer now and he won't be able to draw for the big publishers



EDIT
i guess this was a little harsh, i'm just pretty ticked off about what i think will probably happen

Umm, I figure he's free to do whatever he wants. Wasn't his "El Capitan Press" stuff sort of a change of pace for him anyway (I don't know much about his past but I thought he had already been somewhat big from Valiant or something)?

Aside from that, he had gotten "the call" before........ it was announced that he and Bill Sienkiewicz were going to be doing a Batman story together (originally it had seemed like this was going to be in the main Batman book, but I have't heard anything recently about what happened to it, other than some hints that it might be releases as a miniseries or OGN or something).

I hope he continues to make time to do Stray Bullets, but I don't see why his fans should get upset if he takes on larger projects too..... I'm happy for anything that keeps him comfortable and happy.... and I'll treasure every new issue of Stray Bullets that comes out, whenever it comes out.

-Zadillo

playa hater
05-29-2004, 02:42 PM
i use to read stuff from Top Cow... I now remember why I stopped

stlfan79
05-29-2004, 05:13 PM
what makes you say that?