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News Archives: August 2009
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FRANK CHO AND DOUG MURRAY TEAM UP WITH IMAGE COMICS AND NEWSARAMA TO FIND THE NEXT COMIC SUPERSTAR WITH 50-GIRLS-50!
LIBERTY MEADOWS' Frank Cho and THE NAM legend Doug Murray announce talent search with Newsarama!
As announced at this year's San Diego Comic Con, LIBERTY MEADOWS creator Frank Cho and THE 'NAM writer Doug Murray are teaming up with Newsarama to seek out new talent for their upcoming Image Comics project, 50-GIRLS-50!
"When creating 50-GIRLS-50, Doug and I knew we wanted to go with a very different look than we've had on any previous collaboration," Cho said. "Given the immense wealth of talent online, we decided an open call would be the best way to find someone. We're open to seeing all styles for our prospective illustrator and look forward to the results."
50-GIRLS-50 will be a science fiction, action adventure miniseries conceived and written by Cho and Murray with the artist working off Cho's designs. Newsarama and Image Comics will keep contenders updated on their respective sites, with Newsarama giving you an exclusive inside look at the process and Image Comics' brand-new 50-GIRLS-50 message board playing host to the submissions. Artists will also have the opportunity to get one-on-one feedback from Murray at this year's Baltimore Comic Con, October 10th & 11th.
Murray added, "I can't say we have a definitive style in mind, which is what makes this whole process all the more exciting. We're eager to see what the emerging artists of the world have to offer."
For full details and rules on The 50-GIRLS-50 Talent Search please see www.newsarama.com and www.imagecomics.com/messageboard.
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JONATHAN HICKMAN MAKES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIGNING DEBUT WITH CANOGA PARK'S COLLECTOR'S PARADISE!
NIGHTLY NEWS & PAX ROMANA creator to sign in Southern California for the very first time!
NIGHTLY NEWS and PAX ROMANA's Jonathan Hickman will be making his Southern California signing debut this Saturday, August 29th at Canoga Park, CA's Collector's Paradise!
"Coming down to Southern California for a signing has been a long time coming," Hickman said. "There's an amazing amount of great stores in Southern California and I'm very excited about my first signing. Edward and the crew at Collector's Paradise have already gone a long way to make me feel welcome."
Collector's Paradise has been a mainstay of the Southern California retail community for over fifteen years and featured signings with some of comics biggest names. Like all their signings, Collector's Paradise adds a twist to the event, with famed comic book podcast ComicsOnComics.com recording their first-ever live show at Collector's Paradise, featuring Hickman and several well known comedians.! From there, Hickman will begin a signing session for his legion of Collector's Paradise fans.
Collector's Paradise owner Ed Greenberg added, "We've been home to a great roster of signings over the years, especially in recent months, but Jonathan is a creator we've been hoping to have since NIGHTLY NEWS was initially released. All of his Image work is constantly in our top ten sellers, so we're highly looking forward to the event."
Jonathan Hickman will be signing at Collector's Paradise Saturday, August 29th from 3:00 - 6:00 PM, preceded by the Comics on Comics taping 1:00 - 3:00 PM. More information is available at http://comicsandcards.net.
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COWBOY NINJA VIKING DEBUTS A HERO FOR THE SCHIZOPHRENIC IN US ALL!
Image Comics and Shadowline introduce a brand new series featuring a concept that's just crazy enough to work; COWBOY NINJA VIKING!
This October Image Comics’ newest hero shows just one personality may not be enough to save the world in the all new series from AJ Lieberman, writer of BATMAN: HUSH RETURNS, and PROOF artist Riley Rossmo: COWBOY NINJA VIKING!
"COWBOY NINJA VIKING is everything I look for in a series to bring to Image," Image Vice-President Jim Valentino said. "There is absolutely nothing else on the stands that looks or reads remotely like COWBOY NINJA VIKING, especially given its Golden Age dimensions and format. I certainly can’t think of any other titles featuring schizophrenic heroes combating evil with no less than three personalities.”
COWBOY NINJA VIKING is the birth child of Doctor Sebastian Ghislain, a psychotherapist who recruits Multiple Personality Disorder patients to create a unit of counter-intelligence agents called the Triplets. But what happens when those guys become out of control assassins? That’s when the deadliest Triplet of them all, COWBOY NINJA VIKING, is called in to take down his own brethren.
COWBOY NINJA VIKING #1 (AUG090294), a 24-page full color Golden Age-format comic book for $3.50, will be in stores October 7, 2009.
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MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY DESTINED TO KEEP PRICE LOW!
Mike Oeming and Bryan J.L. Glass' MICE TEMPLAR maintains $2.99 cover price point, despite error!
Despite erroneous pricing on THE MICE TEMPLAR #2, the series will maintain a $2.99 price point through its entire run!
"In this challenging economic time, we certainly know it's always a shock when your favorite book raises its price point unexpectedly," writer Bryan J.L. Glass said. "As regular comics buyers who understand the importance of consistent pricing, we're dedicated to keeping MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY at $2.99 for the foreseeable future. We apologize for the very regretful error on the cover of issue #2."
While retailers were charged regular price for MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY #2, the cover featured an erroneous price of $3.99 and are advised to charge their shoppers no more than the regular price. Future regular size issues will return to the $2.99 price point for the run of 'DESTINY'.
MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY #3 (JUL090401), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in stores September 2nd, 2009.
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CHEW BITES THROUGH SELL OUTS REPRINTS, ONE FOR THE FINAL TIME!
First three issues of CHEW all sold out, reprinted in time for fourth!
Since CHEW’s release, John Layman and Rob Guillory’s ongoing crime series with a disgustingly delicious twist has faced a series of distribution-level sellouts despite extremely healthy reprints. Next month, Issues One, Two and Three will each be reprinted in time for Issue Four's release, with Issue One reprinted for a fourth (and final!) printing, a ‘Last Bite’ edition for people who are still hungry for a copy of one of the most talked about debuts of the summer.
“I continued to be stunned and staggered by response to this book, and I don't understand it one bit.,” Layman said. “CHEW is about a cannibal cop, set post bird flu alternative reality. Nobody should want to read it, and, yet, it continues to sell out. I’m told we’re now three times as successful as THE WALKING DEAD’s initial launch and, even better, the fans and retailers I’ve heard from are excited for more. So I'm not even going to try to understand it, I'm just going to be grateful to all the readers and retailers and reviewers who have responded so, so, so positively. Thanks!"
CHEW's star, Detective Tony Chu, is a cop with a secret. As a Cibopath, Detective Chu gets a psychic impression from whatever he eats. While it means he's a hell of a Detective if he can stomach the evidence, once his secret gets out the government makes plans for him, whether he likes it or not. CHEW blends horror, mystery and the strangest ability of them all in an ongoing series of horrific crimes solved in the most horrific way possible. With the sell outs continuing on a regular basis, Image will be once again increasing each printing’s quantities in hopes of keeping them available. The fourth printing of issue one will mark the final time the comic will be reprinted in a special ‘Last Bite’ edition.
CHEW #1-4, all 32-page full color comic books for $2.99, will be available in-stores on September 2nd, 2009.
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FRANK DARABONT RESURRECTS THE WALKING DEAD AT AMC!
AMC and Frank Darabont bring Robert Kirkman's epic tale of human survival to the small screen!
As announced in Variety and Hollywood Reporter, AMC has signed on to bring THE WALKING DEAD to television screens. Image Comics' epic tale of human survival in the face of a zombie apocalypse by writer Robert Kirkman and illustrator Charlie Adlard is being adapted as an ongoing television series by Shawshank Redemption and Stephen King’s The Mist director Frank Darabont.
“I’m a huge fan of Frank Darabont’s body of work and AMC has impressed me to no end with Breaking Bad and Mad Men,” Kirkman said. “I couldn’t be happier with THE WALKING DEAD ending up here.”
THE WALKING DEAD deal will bring Darabont in not only as Executive Producer, but also as writer and director on the adaptation. Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert from Circle of Confusion will also produce. While further information is under wraps, the plan is to keep the show extremely faithful to the Kirkman and Adlard’s comic book series.
More details on AMC’s adaptation of THE WALKING DEAD will be announced shortly.
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WALKING DEAD FLIPS IMAGE'S POPULAR CRIME SERIES FOR THE 9TH CENTURY, VIKING!
Popular Image Series, THE WALKING DEAD, to feature to complete first issue of Ivan Brandon and Nic Klein's latest debut, VIKING!
Following up on the recent WALKING DEAD/CHEW flipbook, next week’s WALKING DEAD #64 will feature the entire first issue of the pre-release sell out VIKING #1, by writer Ivan Brandon and artist Nic Klein, in a special black & white edition at absolutely no additional cost!
“The response to VIKING has been absolutely flooring in every way. But the chance to expose the book to the entire massive WALKING DEAD fan base is a whole new level of exciting,” said Brandon. “Even though VIKING is normally in our full color oversized format, we were surprised by how incredible Nic’s art looked in black and white. I think people are really going to love what they see.”
VIKING, heralded as a crime comic for the 9th century, follows the story of two brothers looking to make their way up the ladder of the Norse criminal underground only to find they're quickly biting off more than they could ever hope to chew. Nic Klein's lush rendering of Ivan Brandon's hard-boiled story will be right up the alley of any WALKING DEAD fan.
Kirkman added, “I’m personally psyched to have VIKING in the back of WALKING DEAD. As both an Image Partner and a fan, I’m thrilled by the book’s success and hope to continue its growth in any way I can.”
WALKING DEAD #64 (FEB092371), a 48-page B&W comic book featuring the entirety of VIKING #1 for only $2.99, will go on sale next week, August 12th, 2009. VIKING #3 (JUN090394), a full color 32-page oversized comic book for $2.99, will be in stores August 8th, 2009.
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LIVE THE COMIC THAT YOU CAN READ AND NOW LIVE IN THE ALL-NEW G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS VIDEO GAME!
Mini-Marvels cartoonist Chris Giarrusso brings his upcoming superhero hit, G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS, to the interactive computer screen!
Due to fan demand to actually live next week's debut issue of Mini-Marvels cartoonist Chris Giarrusso's G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS, Giarrusso has brought his beloved creation to the video game world in a revolutionary Flash-based, 2D video game experience only available on The Internet!
"In developing G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS: THE VIDEO GAME we decided to work in the grand tradition of such literal blockbusters as Breakout and Arkanoid," says Giarrusso. "While it's not necessary for fans of the comic to play the game, we do promise it will expand on the series' storyline, allowing a total immersion experience into the world of G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS."
G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS: THE VIDEO GAME gives gamers the opportunity to step into the virtual shoes of G-MAN and five other beloved characters including Tanman, Sun Trooper, Billy Demon, Sparky, and G-MAN's brother Great Man. Players must use enchanted energy discs in an epic quest to retrieve the powerful remnants of G-MAN's magic cape. G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS: THE VIDEO GAME features a game engine which allows players to move both left and right while saving the world from imminent destruction.
G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS #1 (of 5) (JUN090322), a 32-page full color comic book for only $2.99, will be in stores August 12th, 2009. The video game may be played online at http://chrisgcomics.com/ccgame1.html.
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SILVERLINE BOOKS GIVES TIFFANY HER EPIPHANY IN SEPTEMBER'S TIFFANY'S EPIPHANY!
Silverline Books returns to their Blue Forest Series return in the second installment, TIFFANY'S EPIPHANY!
This September Silverline Books, the children’s book imprint from Image Comics, expands on the world made popular in BRUCE THE LITTLE BLUE SPRUCE with a story about all the downsides of being a bully in TIFFANY’S EPIPHANY by writer Kristen Koerner Simon and illustrator Jim Valentino.
“TIFFANY’S EPIPHANY presents an important moral in a humorous and lighthearted fashion that is still fun for kids to read in the Blue Forest Series tradition,” Illustrator and Silverline Publisher Jim Valentino said. “While I’ve been worked on just about every type of comic book or graphic novel you can imagine, working on children’s books such as TIFFANY’S EPIPHANY has proven to be very fun. Kristen and I look forward to continuing to visit the friends of the Blue Forest series for a long time to come.”
TIFFANY’S EPIPHANY features the return of fan-favorite characters The Four Lovable Field Mice and Jack the Rabbit, but newcomer Tiffany the Skunk is bullying all of the other critters in the forest. It is up to Jack the Rabbit to confront her and show her how lonely being a bully really is in a story that will definitely entertain and educate children of any age!
TIFFANY’S EPIPHANY (JUL090357), a 32-page full color children's book for $12.99, will be in stores September 16, 2009.
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