Wednesday, October 19, 2005
IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Oct. 26, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Age of Bronze #21, Fear Agent #1, Flaming Carrot Comics #4, Noble Causes #14, Season of the Witch #1, ShadowHawk #6, Small Gods #11, The Stardust Kid #3 and Strange Girl #4.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Oct. 26, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Captain America #11, Defenders #4, Drax the Destroyer #2, New X-Men #19, The Sentry #2 and Wolverine #35.
For covers and six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Oct. 26, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Amazing Fantasy #14, Amazing Spider-Man #525, Young Avengers #8 and Marvel Monsters Monsters on the Prowl.
RUNES OF RAGNAN AT IMAGE COMICS
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Starting with #2, the mini-series Runes of Ragnan moves to Jim Valentino's Shadowline imprint at Image Comics.
Taking place over a period of a thousand years, the story of two warring Viking brothers and their quest to collect the Runes of Ragnan travels from the rocky terrain of a 9th century Nordic land to the urban decay of today's cities. Complete with action and intrigue, Runes of Ragnan is an epic fantasy/high adventure in the tradition of recent successes Conan and Red Sonja.
"This is the kind of epic sword-and-sorcery, son of Frazetta story I love!" said Valentino. "Every page is a masterpiece; the story is rich and compelling. This is what comics are supposed to be! Wešre proud to be representing Runes of Ragnan to the buying public."
Runes of Ragnan #2 will arrive in stores in January. Featuring story by Ty Gorton, art by Josh Medors, Ryan Wynn and Jay Fotos, the second issue continues the story: After a Viking warlord uses an ancient ritual to unleash a powerful demon, his twin brother races against time to stop his quest for world domination. As the battle rages on, the people of the land are caught in the middle/ An Order of Druids steps into the middle of the fray, and the epic battle for world domination ensues.
Silent Devil published #1, and is working with Shadowline to bring the title to a larger audience. The production studio also recently released the Dracula vs. King Arthur mini-series.
Click on the thumbnails above for covers to #2 and #3 and pages from #2.
ERIK LARSEN TALKS SAVAGE DRAGON RETURN
Image Comics publisher Erik Larsen is bringing Savage Dragon back to the shelves for the first time in eight months with Savage Dragon #122 in November.
"The publisher gig has taken up a lot more time than I ever expected and starting off I was incredibly hands on. So much so that I ended up doing a lot of work on other books - most of it uncredited,"
Larsen said. "Learning to delegate hasn't been easy, but I learned a lot in the process and that knowledge will, ultimately, be put to good use on Savage Dragon.
"That being said, Savage Dragon#122 is just wrapping up, #123 is well on its way and by the time January rolls around, I should be pretty far along. Well into #125, if I keep going as I have been. And there's no good reason that that shouldn't be the case, so the book will ship on time, every month."
Coming months will see some
radical changes in the Dragon's life.
"Savage Dragon has always been a sort of epic book," Larsen said. "Things start small and build to a huge cataclysmic event and the issues coming up really kick things into high gear. There's a character in the book now, Mister Glum, that has appeared to be rather harmless and cute,
but he takes on a vastly different role over the next few issues.
Ultimately, the result will be a book which is vastly different from
what it has been in the last few years and more like it was in the
start."
BRIEFLY
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* Above is a first look at the completed covers to Cable/Deadpool #22, Daredevil: Father #4, Exiles #72, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2, New Warriors #5, The Pulse #12, Fantastic Four Wedding Special and New Thunderbolts #15.
* Coming Thursday: Television news -- and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Friday, Oct. 14: Sin City DVD, September sales, Maximum Fantastic Four, The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror," The Batman, Scott Allie talks The Fog and First Looks.
* Thursday, Oct. 13: IDW Publishing for February, Marvel and Image First Looks and Superman DVDs.
* Wednesday, Oct. 12: Kirsten Dunst on Spider-Man future, Smallville, City of Villains, Marvel and DC First Looks and Moonstone Books' February soliciations.
* Tuesday, Oct. 11: Teen Titans' Kid Flash, Geoff Johns exclusive to DC and First Looks.
* Monday, Oct. 10: Dark Horse solicitations for November, Marvel movies, Alan Moore's DCU collection, DC trade paperbacks, Dwayne McDuffie on Fantastic Four and Tom Welling in The Fog.
* Saturday, Oct. 8: Elektra and Spider-Man 2 on Cinemax, more Franklin Richards, House of M trade paperbacks, The Batman and Smallville.
* Friday, Oct. 7: Teen Titans, Smallville, Star Wars: Purge and First Looks.
* Thursday, Oct. 6: IDW Publishing's soliciations for January and Smallville.
* Wednesday, Oct. 5: Batman Begins and The Flash on DVD, Marvel and DC Comics First Looks, Blade: Trinity on Starz and Neal Adams covers All Star Superman.
* Tuesday, Oct. 4: Smallville's Aquaman, Marvel and DC First Looks, Superman Returns video game, New X-Men and Claypool for January.
* Monday, Oct. 3: Top Cow and WildStorm/Vertigo panels at Wizard World Boston and Heroic Publishing's January solicitations.
* Sunday, Oct. 2: Marvel and DC panels at Wizard World Boston and Heroic Publishing's January solicitations.
* Saturday, Oct. 1: Ultimate Avengers Panel at Wizard World Boston, Smallville and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Friday, Sept. 30: DC's Crisis Panel at Wizard World Boston, Scott Pilgrim preview and The Batman.
* Thursday, Sept. 29: Scary Godmother on Cartoon Network, Blade TV, Justice #1 second printing, WildStorm vs. Aspen and First Looks.
* Wednesday, Sept. 28: Cartoon Network for October, Marvel First Looks and Peter Cuneo talks Marvel movies.
* Tuesday, Sept. 27: Mark Hamill voices The Trickster, X-Men 3 movie, The Batman, Aspen soliciations for December, DC and Image First Looks and Pete Woods exclusive to DC.
* Monday, Sept. 26: The Batman, Teen Titans, Spawn: The Animation and Arcana's December solicitations.
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