FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2007
WITCHBLADE'S FIRST BORN ARTISTS
Top Cow Productions announced on Friday that the three Witchblade issues tying into this summerıs First Born will each feature a special guest penciler.
Witchblade #110 will be penciled by Matt Haley, #111 by Stephen Sadowski and #112 by Rick Leonardi.
All three issues will be written by Ron Marz, with inks by Kevin Nowlan and covers by Mike Mayhew.
"We wanted to make these issues something special, since they tie in to a storyline in First Born that is really going to reshape the Top Cow universe," said writer Ron Marz. "Getting pencilers like Matt Haley, Steve Sadowski and Rick Leonardi qualifies as pretty special in my book, but then to have Kevin Nowlan agree to ink all three ... well, that was beyond any of our wildest dreams. These issues are going to be absolutely beautiful."
"The effects of First Born will be most readily felt in Witchblade, due to the nature of the story and the characters involved," said Rob Levin, Top Cow's vice-president of editorial. "To drive home the importance of the event, we decided to pull out all the stops and get three of the best pencilers in the game today in Haley, Sadowski and Leonardi. Not done there, we managed to sign up Kevin Nowlan, a fantastic artist in his own right and one of the all-time great inkers to tackle the whole arc. And Mike Mayhew... He knows a thing or two about how to grab attention with a cover."
Show above is the cover to Witchblade #110. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and two- to six-page previews of upcoming Marvel Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include New Warriors #1, Mystic Arcana: Magik, Mystic Arcana: The Book of Marvel Magic and Spider-Man Fairy Tales #1.
HBO IN JULY
HBO has released its schedule for July.
Below are air times for comics-inspired programming:
* My Super Ex-Girlfriend: Saturday, July 14 at 7:15 p.m.; Sunday, July 15 at 4:10 a.m.; Tuesday, July 17 at 12:15 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 22 at 12:45 p.m. and 11 p.m.; Thursday, July 26 at 8 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.; Saturday, July 28 at 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, July 31 at 3:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
* Batman Begins: Tuesday, July 3 at 1:30 p.m.; Monday, July 9 at 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; Saturday, July 21 at 12:30 p.m. and midnight; Wednesday, July 25 at 9 a.m.; and Sunday, July 29 at 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
* Fantastic Four: Monday, July 2 at 8 a.m.; Saturday, July 7 at noon; Wednesday, July 11 at 8 p.m.; Friday, July 15 at 7:45 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday, July 19 at 1:30 p.m.; Friday, July 27 at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
* Transfomers: HBO First Look: Tuesday, July 3 at 11:30 p.m.; Monday, July 9 at 12:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 15 at noon; and Friday, July 20 at 3 p.m.
BRIEFLY
* Fox celebrated the upcoming 400th episode of The Simpsons with a block party on the Fox Lot in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Pictured here are cast members Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria, 20th Century Fox Television president Gary Newman, Fox Entertainment president Peter Liguori, executive producer Al Jean, creator and executive producer Matt Groening and cast member Yeardley Smith.
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* Marvel Comics has released the cover for August's Nova #5.
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* The first trailer for 30 Days of Night will likely be attached to Hostel: Part II, The Continuum has learned.
* Spider-Man 3 brought in $6.7 million on Wednesday to push its domestic total to $176.1 million.
* Devil's Due Publishing has announced sell-outs for Chucky #1, Hack/Slash vs. Chuck and G.I. Joe: America's Elite #23. According to Devil's Due, it will be restocking Diamond Distributors within the next two weeks to meet demand.
* Silent Devil's Dracula vs. King Arthur, the graphic novel created by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno, will be featured as part of the Is It Real: King Arthur special for National Geographic Channel.
The special airs next on Sunday, May 13 at 6 p.m. (ET).
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Sunday, May 6: Spider-Man 3 and Heroes.
* Saturday, May 5: Spider-Man 3, The Batman, The Simpsons and Heroic Publishing for August.
* Friday, May 4: Spider-Man 3's James Franco, Liv Tyler cast in Incredible Hulk, Marvel First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Thursday, May 3: Spider-Man 3's Thomas Haden Church, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Marvel First Looks and Superman Returns on Cinemax.
* Wednesday, May 2: Spider-Man 3, Iron Man movie, Marvel First Looks, DC First Looks, Spawn Animated DVD, TwoMorrows Publishing for August, IDW's The Claws Come Out.
* Tuesday, May 1: Spider-Man 3's Sam Raimi, Moonstone Books for August, First Looks, Painkiller Jane and Jonah Hex.
* Monday, April 30: Spider-Man 3, The Batman, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Family Guy.
* Sunday, April 29: The Simpsons, Spider-Man 3, Image Comics First Looks and IDW's Scarface: Devil in Disguise.
* Saturday, April 28: Spider-Man 3's Tobey Maguire, Heroes and Smallville.
* Friday, April 27: Spider-Man 3, Iron Man, BlueWater Productions for August and First Looks.
* Thursday, April 26: Spider-Man 3's Topher Grace, Smallville, Marvel First Looks, Peter Tomasi exclusive writer for DC Comics and Heroes.
* Wednesday, April 25: Marvel First Looks, Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Family Guy.
* Tuesday, April 24: Spider-Man 3, First Looks, Top Cow's Unholy Union and Heroes.
* Monday, April 23: Spider-Man 3's Bryce Howard, The Batman, Painkiller Jane, Desperado Publishing for July, Dark Horse First Looks, Image First Looks and Marvel First Looks.
* Sunday, April 22: Legion of Super Heroes, Spider-Man 3, Dark Horse First Looks.
* Saturday, April 21: Spider-Man 3, Smallville and Marvel First Looks.
* Friday, April 20: Spider-Man 3, Smallville, Painkiller Jane and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, April 19: Spider-Man 3, Smallville, Painkiller Jane, Devil's Due Publishing for July, Avatar Press for July and Teen Titans.
* Wednesday, April 18: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Mirage Studios for July, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 17: Marvel Comics for July, Image Comics for July, Top Cow Productions for July, Archie Comics for July, Smallville and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Monday, April 16: DC Comics for July, Edward Norton in Incredible Hulk and IDW Publishing for July.
* Sunday, April 15: Spider-Man, The Batman, DC Comics for July preview and Marvel Comics for July preview.
* Saturday, April 14: Painkiller Jane, Smallville, Devil's Due First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Friday, April 13: Painkiller Jane, Virgin Comics for July and First Looks.
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