Top Cow At San Diego Comic-Con
Top Cow Productions announced its schedule today for this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, the nation’s biggest and best comics and pop culture extravaganza to be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California from July 23 - 27.
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Marvel Announces Comic-Con Signing Schedule
Marvel unveil's the official San Diego Comic-Con signing schedule for the Marvel Booth (#2429). This is your chance to meet your favorite creators and have them sign your most treasured comic books, collections and posters!
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Robert Kirkman Becomes Image Partner
As reported by the New York Times earlier today, The Walking Dead and Invinvible's Robert Kirkman has become a corporate partner of Image Comics. More information on this will be given at The Image Comics Show, 4-5 PM Friday July 25th at the San Diego Comic Con.
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Marvel Comics On-Sale 7/23/08
Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on July 23rd, 2008. Stay tuned each week for a brand new list of Marvel releases so that you’ll never miss your favorite heroes in action!
Posted on: July 21st, 2008
IDW Releases Welcome to Hoxford, Ben Templesmith's New Miniseries
Written and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, Welcome to Hoxford is a horrific new series that features a unique and nasty take on werewolves. In the debut issue, Raymond Delgado is the newest inmate at the Hoxford Correctional Facility and Mental Institution.
Posted on: July 17th, 2008
Radical Publishing Welcomes Arthur Suydam To San Diego Comic-Con
Radical Publishing will host creator Arthur Suydam, as he signs his work on the new release of Steve Niles’ City of Dust #1. Arthur Suydam will be present at the Radical Booth (#2806) on Saturday, July 26th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Posted on: July 17th, 2008
Dark Horse Announces SDCC 2008 Events
Dark Horse announced their talent Signing and Panel Schedule for this years San Diego Comic-Con, with talent that includes Mike Mignola, Matt Wagner, David Lloyd, Joshua Dysart, Stan Sakai, Yasuhiro Nightow, Steve Niles, Eric Powell and many more.
Posted on: July 17th, 2008
Boom! Studios Announces The Remnant
BOOM! Studios announces The Remant, a new project created by Stephen Baldwin with a story by Baldwin and Eureka TV series creator Andrew Cosby. BOOM! Studios will have a special-edition preview book priced at San Diego later this month.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
Zombie-fy Yourself During SDCC
Run, don't shamble! Renowned monster makeup artist John Wrightson will turn you into a zombie at this year's San Diego Comic-Con! Every fan that buys a BOOM! Studios Zombie t-shirt will get a chance to have Wrightson transform them into a zombie!
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
IDW Releases Snaked Collection
The Snaked comic series, is being collected in a new graphic novel with plenty of extras. A cleverly concocted political thriller, Snaked tells the story of Bill Timmons, who is born with scales and a latent ability for bloody outburst.
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
New Printing For Captain Britain & The MI #3
Marvel announces that Captain Britain & The MI: 13 is now three-for-three. To meet this overwhelming demand, Marvel is going back to press a new cover featuring the stunning interior art of Leonard Kirk!
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
October Horror Goes Savage
After illustrating covers with many of the best and brightest superheroes in comics, Mike Mayhew returns to interiors as 30 Days of Night writers Steve Niles and Dan Wickline craft a horrific tale of man's primal nature unleashed in October's Savage.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Boom! Studios Launches Free Webcomic Site
BOOM! Studios today launched the BOOM! Studios Webcomic Site, allowing readers online access to select BOOM! titles for free! They will be releasing a page a day from six different series beginning with the site's July 14th launch.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Jim Steranko Joins Radical’s Comic-Con Panel and Signing Schedule
With the recent addition of Yoshitaka Amano to their signing schedule, Radical Publishing announces that Jim Steranko will be at the San Diego Comic-Con 2008, exclusively for Radical Publishing.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Secret Invasion #2 Returns With Third Printing Variant
The biggest comic book event of the year, Secret Invasion, is red-hot (or is that “green-hot”?) and, to meet the overwhelming demand, Marvel is going back to press with Secret Invasion #2 Third Printing Variant.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Marvel Comics On-Sale 7/16/08
Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on July 16th, 2008. Stay tuned each week for a brand new list of Marvel releases so that you’ll never miss your favorite heroes in action!
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Welcome Back To The Hot Zone
Rick Veitch (Swamp Thing, Can’t Get No) and Gary Erskine (The Filth) begin another tour of duty with Army@Love:The Art of War their satirical take on the future of warfare that’s part soap opera and part political commentary.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Top Shelf in San Diego
Top Shelf will have its biggest San Diego this year, with more cartoonists signing than ever before. Visit them at booth #1721 and meet Alex Robinson, Andy Runton, Christian Slade, Corey Barba, Eddie Campbell, James Kochalka, Jeff Lemire and many more.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
MyCup o’Joe, Secret Invasion #5
That’s right true believers; you get to be privy to the debut of MyCup O’ Joe Video Letters! Speaking of guest appearances, Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort sits down to answer questions on the pressing issues at Marvel and throughout comics.
Posted on: July 11th, 2008
Ian Churchill Covers Jack Staff!
This October Britian's number one superhero, Jack Staff, gets covered by fellow Englishman Ian Churchill. The award-winning superhero series centers around Castletown, the epicenter for superhuman activity in the UK.
Posted on: July 11th, 2008
Heavy Metal: Fluorescent Black
The story of Fluorescent Black is set in a dark, futuristic Singapore dominated by the biotechnology industry. A world polarized by genetics, where the haves and the have-nots are literally becoming new races of human.
Posted on: July 29th, 2008
True Blood: The Great Revelation
HBO and Top Cow Productions have partnered to release the comic series, True Blood: The Great Revelation, which serves as the prequel to the upcoming HBO series “True Blood” by Alan Ball and based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Echoes of the Damned #1
When a killer begins a new reign of terror from beyond the grave, even one of the FBI's most experienced profilers will be begin to doubt what living human beings are capable of.
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Secret Invasion: Thor #1
Matt Fraction, the acclaimed scribe behind Thor: Reign of Blood and Ages of Thunder returns to Thor for this Secret Invasion tie-in and this time he’s teaming up with fan favorite, and newly Marvel exclusive, artist Doug Braithwaite!
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Broken Trinity #1
Broken Trinity brings together the Witchblade, The Darkness and The Angelus once more, but this time the stakes are even higher as a new artifact is discovered, forever upsetting the balance of power.
Posted on: July 22nd, 2008
Daredevil #109
Daredevil and Dakota North have investigated all angles of the brutal murders that Big Ben Donovan sits on Death Row for, and all they've come up with is more questions and conspiracies. Why does Big Ben want to be executed for a crime he probably didn't commit?
Posted on: July 21st, 2008
New Avengers #43
Spider-Man versus Captain America in the jungles of the Savage Land! But who is who and what is what?? At least one of these people isn't who they say they are. Plus a huge chapter in the Secret Invasion story.
Posted on: July 21st, 2008
Black Panther #38
Rumble in the jungle, as the Black Panther squares off against the one foe he’s never defeated: Killmonger. And the stakes have never been higher: Wakanda.
Posted on: July 21st, 2008
Immortal Iron Fist #17
Think you know everything there is to know about the traditions of the Immortal Iron Fist? If you do, then why’s Danny sweating bullets over an inescapable legacy that’s haunted the Iron Fists for centuries, huh?
Posted on: July 21st, 2008
Warhammer 40,000: Exterminatus #1
The most insidious and dangerous threat in the 41st Millennium is the one you cannot see. It is this thought that spawned the Inquisition, an organization devoted to rooting out traitors, heretics, mutants and aliens that undermine Humanity.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
Omega: The Unknown #10
Nothing, not The Mink, not The Nowhere Man, not hordes of zombified robots or robotified zombies, not even poisoned hamburgers can possibly stop Omega The Unknown from concluding his story in this tenth issue of this precedent-smashing miniseries.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
Screem Queen #2
BOOM!’s first horror-romance continues! The Terror of Rumson continues to stalk high-schooler Molly, intent on making her dreams come true—and eager to use a chain saw to do it!
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
X-Force #5 (SI)
It began with one simple mission: Kill the Purifier leader Matthew Risman before he kills any more mutants. But everything went to hell…and now it gets worse. Wolfsbane’s decent continues. War rages between Risman and Bastion. The Choir rises.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
Foolkiller: White Angel’s #1
Los Angeles. The City of Angels. For a town that thinks it's pretty, there's plenty of ugly to go around. That's where the Foolkiller comes in -- taking a scalpel to warts, expurgating the cancer that grows in society's gut.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
Blood Bowl #2
"Retired" assassin Kalter Mörder seeks redemption for the only contract he ever blew when his team, the Bad Bay Hackers, battles the feared Dwarf Giants. Mörder finally gets his shot at star Giants blitzer Snazkazi Ungrim, and he's going to take it.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
Ghost Rider #25
Johnny Blaze goes behind bars looking for answers, but instead finds only The Deacon -- a merciless killer and mountain of a man armed with giant daggers that will cut through anything, including the Ghost Rider.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
X-Factor Special: Layla Miller
She was lost to us in Messiah Complex, now see Layla Miller in her very own extra-sized one-shot! That’s right, the girl “who knows stuff” triumphantly returns this August in X-Factor Special: Layla Miller!
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
Screamland #5 (of 5)
They totally got the band back together. The dark rat pack assembles again, at last. Who's gained the most weight? Who drives the nicest car? Questions abound as the filming of "Monsterhunter 3000" begins.
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle #5
The stunning conclusion to Garth Ennis (Punisher MAX) and Howard Chaykin’s (Punisher War Journal) gritty World War I fighter pilot saga. The body count has reached an all time high and the pressures of combat have taken their toll on Karl Kauffman.
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
Ultimate Fantastic Four #56
The Ultimate Salem’s Seven saga continues! Invisible Woman’s research into this new team sensation leads her to a major revelation –- too bad she’s trapped at the bottom of the ocean! Meanwhile, Agatha Harkness reveals her true nature!
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
Captain America #40
It's Cap versus Cap for the future of the American Dream as the Red Skull looks on in laughter! And Bucky learns the true identity of the man behind the other mask! The epic Death of Captain America continues in Part Four of The Man Who Bought America.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Sky Doll #3
As power-hungry Papess Lodovica seeks more control over the citizens of Papathea, the heretics who still honor the memory of the outcast ruler Agape rise up in protest. Suddenly, our lovely sky doll, Noa, finds herself in the middle of a Holy War.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #31
In a devastated Eastern European nation, Iron Man faces a deadly terrorist who can neutralize his armor's power! Meanwhile, high above, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Alpha Team confronts the mysterious Overkill Mind in a deadly aerial battle.
Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Y: The Last Man Volumes 1-10
The mega-review you didn’t ask for. Our reviewer bravely goes into the deep end, taking a broad look over the story that killed you (if you’re a guy anyway) in its entirety. How do you wax poetic about death? With verve.
Posted on: July 31st, 2008
PopGun Volume 2
You and I don't read anthologies that often. So are we missing something? Okay so yeah, I'm here to tell you we are. We're missing a ton of great work from great creators. And I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!
Posted on: July 23rd, 2008
The Amazing Joy Buzzards Vol. 1
Sword Wielding Race Car Drivers, Zombies, Fallen Angels, Cute Nerd Girls (with glasses no less), Killer Vampire Robots, Yeti, a healthy dose of Rock ‘n Roll, CIA Conspiracies, Giant Gilla Monster Drummers. Interested?
Posted on: July 15th, 2008
Captain America By Ed Brubaker Omnibus
A dash of superhero mixed with a large portion of some good ole spy and war stories. The hefty price tag on this Omnibus edition asks for quite a few of your dollars, but look inside and you will find a story well worth your time.
Posted on: July 11th, 2008
Invincible Iron Man #3
Does this attempt at grabbing some Iron Man movie dollars have Marvel selling out a company icon or finding their footing? Do we really need another book with Iron Man on the cover? Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca say yes.
Posted on: July 10th, 2008
Ultimate Spider-Man #123
Venom is back. Where has he been? Where is he going? Why should little dogs and people who enjoy spending time in our nation's parks be fearful of skinny blonde kids? Read on!
Posted on: July 7th, 2008
RASL #2
Jeff Smith’s welcome return to long form storytelling continues in Rasl #2, an intriguing and sublime science-fiction tale that follows the dimension hopping exploits of an art thief and his pursuit by the mysterious organization known as The Compound.
Posted on: June 20th, 2008
Conan #50
Veteren comics scribe Timothy Truman concludes the four part story arc “The Hand Of Nergal” in Conan #50, as the series prepares for a relaunch in June with Conan Of Cimmeria #0.
Posted on: June 4th, 2008
Echo #3
Best known for the indie favorite series Strangers In Paradise, Terry Moore has taken a different direction with his newest ongoing monthly series, Echo, steering into previously uncharted waters for him, with a science-fiction story.
Posted on: May 27th, 2008
Too Cool To Be Forgotten
The Wyrd reviews Alex Robinson's latest, Too Cool To Be Forgotten! Why should you care? Because it's one of the best comics stories in a good long while, that's why.
Posted on: May 5th, 2008
Three Shadows
A beautifully illustrated black and white graphic novel from First Second Books, Three Shadows is a moving tale about a parents love for their child and the lengths they will go to in order to ensure their safety in an unforgiving world.
Posted on: May 1st, 2008
Chickenhare Volume 2: Fire in the Hole
Chris Grines' rabbit and chicken crossbreed and his motley group of anthropomorphic friends resurface in this sequel to his Eisner nominated 2006 graphic novel Chickenhare: The House Of Klaus!
Posted on: April 24th, 2008
Madman Atomic Comics #8
The Wyrd rediscovers its affinity for Mike Allred's mind-bending pop creation Madman in the tell-all Atomic Comics #8! Everything you ever wanted to know about Madman but were too confused to ask!
Posted on: March 25th, 2008
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born
The Wyrd is drawn to The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born! Does Stephen King translate well to the comics page? Will the Tower destroy your soul, or does Roland save the day? FIND OUT!
Posted on: March 18th, 2008
Darkstalkers, Vol. 1: Rise of the Dark Ones
From arcade classic to multimedia hit, Darkstalkers makes its way to shelves with a must have manga for fans of the land of the rising sun. Follow the Darkstalkers cast as a mysterious threat reveals itself.
Posted on: March 12th, 2008
The Darkness Vol. 3: 1 & 2
Phil Hester and Michael Broussard bring Jackie back and with peculiar company. Can Jackie play peaceful dictator of his violently claimed small country, while decapitating invading U.S. soldiers?
Posted on: February 26th, 2008
B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories
The best government-operated occult investigation team in comics has its first trade paperback reviewed! Does it leave The Wyrd feeling hollow? Or filled with Mignola-love?
Posted on: February 15th, 2008
Death Note, Vol. #5
In Death Note, Vol. #5, Light finds himself in his toughest situation yet. Locked in a jail cell under watch by L. And see what happens when someone denounces ownership of a Death Note!
Posted on: February 6th, 2008
The Annotated MANTOOTH!
Rex Mantooth kicks you in the man-candy and you will LOVE it. The regrettably short-lived adventures of the world's greatest man-ape-superspy-sex-machine in one convenient place!
Posted on: January 29th, 2008
Naruto, Vol. #27
In Naruto, Vol. #27, things are looking bleak as Naruto realizes for once he’s broken his nindo promise to a friend and see how Sakura adjust. Meanwhile we finally learn about mysterious sensei Kakashi’s past.
Posted on: January 23rd, 2008
Garth Ennis Chats Up Dan Dare
Who Is Dan Dare? Garth Ennis, Gary Erksine & Richard Branson De-‘Virgin’-Ize Americans In Regards To “The Quintessential British Hero with a new mini-series.
Posted on: November 28th, 2007
Mike Wolfer Talks Gravel Ongoing!
You loved him in the limited series, and you'll love him even more in the ongoing—find out what co-writer Mike Wolfer has to say about Avatar's new Warren Ellis-created Gravel series!
Posted on: November 1st, 2007
Battle Pope #1
When he’s not leadin’ mass, he’s out kickin’ ass! After the Rapture the sole protector of the sinning masses is Battle Pope, and his trusty sidekick, Jesus. They’re the last line of defense in a world overrun with demons and depravity.
Posted on: July 2nd, 2008
Suburban Glamour #1
Life’s tough when you’re a teenager - homework, boy trouble and meddling parents. So when Astrid Johnson has to deal with imaginary friends turned real, monster attacks and faerie magic as well - that’s just not fair, is it?
Posted on: June 11th, 2008
Hero Squared Vol. 2: Another Fine Mess (Chapter 1)
Captain Valor is trapped on a parallel world where his doppelganger is a slacked named Milo-and really isn’t much help at all against the Captain’s archvillian Calignous, the alternate-world version of Milo’s girlfriend, Stephie. Confused? It gets crazier. And deadlier.
Posted on: June 2nd, 2008
The Pirates of Coney Island #1
Rick Spears, writer of the indie hit Teenagers From Mars, and hot international artist Vasilis Lolos rock this riotous, teenage, romp through young love, car jacking and gang violence.
Posted on: May 16th, 2008
