WITCHBLADE #116

**MattBrady** · 02-29-2008, 06:46 AM

Top Cow has provided Newsarama with a first look at March's Witchblade #116, the first issue in the new Ron Marz/Stjepan Sejic run.

The solicitation for the issue reads:

Witchblade #116
(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic, Greg Horn

The team that brought you the epic FIRST BORN limited series begins their historic run on WITCHBLADE! Longtime writer Ron Marz (SAMURAI: HEAVEN & EARTH, PANTHEON CITY) is joined by painter Stjepan Sejic (THE DARKNESS: LEVELS), and both creators have committed to the title until at least issue #150! This issue provides a perfect jumping-on point for new readers, as Sara Pezzini and Dani Baptiste begin a new chapter as joint bearers of the Witchblade.

The issue is scheduled to be in stores on March 12th.

PrimalSlayer · 02-29-2008, 07:19 AM

Looks great! Cant wait to read teh whole thing.

aquilar · 02-29-2008, 07:28 AM

jeez jumpin around with the pages huh guys lol

BKole · 02-29-2008, 08:03 AM

Looking pretty good there;

Even if it does "Jump around" a bit. Probably a great jumping on point.

aquilar · 02-29-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BKole

Looking pretty good there;

Even if it does "Jump around" a bit. Probably a great jumping on point.

lol by jumping around i mean this is pages 1,2,3 ... than 5... then far later ones XD

Marius665 · 02-29-2008, 10:12 AM

looks like I'm back on Witchblade

finnegan · 02-29-2008, 10:16 AM

Ron Marz is awesome! I had a chance to get to know him a little bit years back via Broken Frontier. He is a stand-up guy! How many writers stay on books past 10 issues anymore, much less 40! I admit I buy anything Ron is working on, but this looks amazing! Beautiful art and sounds like a really great story. I can't wait!

samnoir · 02-29-2008, 10:24 AM

I didn't realize that Witchblade had cracked 100 issues, let alone gunning for 150.

That is quite an accomplishment in this market.

Image should be proud that they have a few titles numbering in the 100s.

Not many publishers can say that in this day and age.

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aquilar · 02-29-2008, 10:48 AM

damn just realised i gotta recalibrate my workdstaion monitor, pages end up havin too much purple

mhawkins · 03-01-2008, 10:23 AM

This is the dream team! I'm very excited about this book =)

Matt

Frankfurt · 03-03-2008, 08:44 AM

He's a great cover artist. But his sequential storytelling is really bad.

Not Top Cow would care about that.

Rob Levin · 03-03-2008, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankfurt

He's a great cover artist. But his sequential storytelling is really bad.

Not Top Cow would care about that.

You know, you're absolutely right. Ron flat out cannot draw. That's why we let Stjepan do the heavy lifting.

aquilar · 03-03-2008, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankfurt

He's a great cover artist. But his sequential storytelling is really bad.

Not Top Cow would care about that.

you see thats the really cool part about it, i plan on never leaving top cow so with my really bad story telling ill be telling top cows crappy stories, this is the fun part of the industry somehow people find their places