Comics News: Gillen & Kubert Team For Wolverine: Origin II

Announced at Marvel's Cup of Joe panel in SDCC 2013, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Andy Kubert will team together for a sequel to Wolverine: Origins called Wolverine: Origins II. The sequel miniseries, according to an interview Gillen had with CBR and from the panel, the story will start several years from the end of the original miniseries which was written by Paul Jenkins. 

This time, the miniseries will focus on Wolverine, after years with living amongst the wolves, gets literally dragged back to society during the dawn of the 20th Century. And as it deals with Logan looking at civilization at the time, it will also deal with classic X-Villain, Mr. Sinister, at the dawn of his career. 

Gillen stated that it is very much inspired by Jack London's novel, White Wolf  and will also see how Nathan Essex started down his road to becoming Mr. Sinister. 

Wolverine: Origins II, written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Andy Kubert (who also did art for the origin miniseries) will hit shelves this November.

Comic News: Aspen SDCC 2013 Exclusives Reveals All New Fathom # 1

Aspen Comics Reveals All New Fathom #1 SDCC 2013 Exclusives

Press Release

07-11-13

Aspen Comics continues to unveil more Comic Con International: San Diego 2013 exclusives and today announced the world premiere of their sixth “10 for 10” title, Michael Turner’s Fathom, next week at the convention. The publisher will feature two SDCC 2013 exclusive covers, a Fathom #1 cover by series artist Alex Konat along with Peter Steigerwald limited to 250 copies, and a rare Fathom #1 Aspen Century Edition by J. Scott Campbell and Steigerwald, highly limited to 100 editions.

In addition to the exclusive books, Aspen today revealed the latest Aspen Tour Print 2013 Anniversary Print by Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald. This Comic Con International: San Diego 2013 edition features a classic Turner and Steigerwald image re-mastered, and is limited to only 75 signed editions.

Aspen Comics recently revealed two new Aspen Splash 2013 exclusives for Comic Con International: San Diego 2013. The publisher will feature a special Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald SDCC cover limited to 250 copies, in addition to an exclusive SDCC cover by Mike DeBalfo and Peter Steigerwald, limited to 200 copies. Both Mike DeBalfo and Peter Steigerwald will be appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321 all weekend long as well.

Earlier in the week, Aspen revealed an exclusive Comic Con International: San Diego 2013 BubbleGun #2 cover by Pasquale Qualano and Peter Steigerwald, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321 and limited to 200 copies, with quantities made available on the AspenStore.com as well. BubbleGun creator and writer Mark Roslan will be appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth all week long during the con as well.

The publisher also has previously revealed a Fathom: The Elite Saga #1 cover by Joe Benitez and Peter Steigerwald, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321, with quantities made available on the AspenStore.com as well. This Comic Con exclusive cover for Aspen’s weekly Fathom event commemorating 15 years of Fathom will be limited to 250 copies, and the publisher will be featuring appearances by both Benitez and Steigerwald at the Aspen Comics Booth throughout the weekend.

Aspen will be unveiling more SDCC exclusives throughout the week in addition to some major announcements regarding their upcoming projects to be shown at the “Ten Years of Aspen Comics” panel on Friday at Comic Con.

 

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ABOUT ASPEN COMICS:

Aspen MLT, Inc. is an entertainment publishing company founded in January 2003 by superstar comic artist Michael Turner. Priding itself on producing entertainment properties of the highest quality visual and storytelling elements Along with their own successful properties such as Fathom, Soulfire, Executive Assistant: Iris,  Charismagic, Broken Pieces and more. Aspen also collaborates with the comic industry's most successful companies and endeavors including Marvel Comics and DC Entertainment. Aspen has collaborated with Marvel for various hit projects, including cover work for the best-selling events Civil War, World War Hulk, and Ultimatum. Aspen collaborated with DC Comics to provide covers for such best-selling titles as Superman/Batman: The Return of Supergirl, The Justice League of America, and Eisner-nominated covers for the critically acclaimed, best-selling Identity Crisis series. In 2006, Aspen joined forces with television giant NBC to create the online comic adaptations for the hit television series Heroes. In 2012, Aspen teamed up with Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment to produce the horror-adventure series Dead Man’s Run, as well as collaborating with director McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision to produce the horror comic Haunted City. Aspen also produced the one-of-a-kind Anarchy digital graphic novel for the popular body spray company, Axe. Currently, Aspen is celebrating their tenth anniversary in the industry with their “10 for 10” initiative and more original properties forthcoming later in the year.

Comic News: Aspen Splash 2013 Rains Down During SDCC

ASPEN SPLASH 2013 SWIMSUIT SPECTACULAR ­ ANNIVERSARY EDITIONMichael Turner / Peter Steigerwald / Joe Benitez / Alex Konat / Beth Sotelo
/ Micah Gunnell / Siya Oum / John Starr / Marcus To / Francis Manapul /
Talent Caldwell / Ale Garza / Khary Randolph / Mike DeBalfo / and many more!
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07-10-13

Aspen Comics revealed two new Aspen Splash 2013 exclusives for Comic Con International: San Diego 2013 today. The publisher will feature a special Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald SDCC cover limited to 250 copies, in addition to an exclusive SDCC cover by Mike DeBalfo and Peter Steigerwald, limited to 200 copies. Both Mike DeBalfo and Peter Steigerwald will be appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321 all weekend long as well.

Earlier in the week, Aspen revealed an exclusive Comic Con International: San Diego 2013 BubbleGun #2 cover by Pasquale Qualano and Peter Steigerwald, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321 and limited to 200 copies, with quantities made available on the AspenStore.com as well. BubbleGun creator and writer Mark Roslan will be appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth all week long during the con as well.

The publisher also has previously revealed a Fathom: The Elite Saga #1 cover by Joe Benitez and Peter Steigerwald, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321, with quantities made available on the AspenStore.com as well. This Comic Con exclusive cover for Aspen’s weekly Fathom event commemorating 15 years of Fathom will be limited to 250 copies, and the publisher will be featuring appearances by both Benitez and Steigerwald at the Aspen Comics Booth throughout the weekend.

Aspen will be unveiling more SDCC exclusives throughout the week in addition to some major announcements regarding their upcoming projects to be shown at the “Ten Years of Aspen Comics” panel on Friday at Comic Con.

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ABOUT ASPEN COMICS:

Aspen MLT, Inc. is an entertainment publishing company founded in January 2003 by superstar comic artist Michael Turner. Priding itself on producing entertainment properties of the highest quality visual and storytelling elements Along with their own successful properties such as Fathom, Soulfire, Executive Assistant: Iris,  Charismagic, Broken Pieces and more. Aspen also collaborates with the comic industry's most successful companies and endeavors including Marvel Comics and DC Entertainment. Aspen has collaborated with Marvel for various hit projects, including cover work for the best-selling events Civil War, World War Hulk, and Ultimatum. Aspen collaborated with DC Comics to provide covers for such best-selling titles as Superman/Batman: The Return of Supergirl, The Justice League of America, and Eisner-nominated covers for the critically acclaimed, best-selling Identity Crisis series. In 2006, Aspen joined forces with television giant NBC to create the online comic adaptations for the hit television series Heroes. In 2012, Aspen teamed up with Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment to produce the horror-adventure series Dead Man’s Run, as well as collaborating with director McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision to produce the horror comic Haunted City. Aspen also produced the one-of-a-kind Anarchy digital graphic novel for the popular body spray company, Axe. Currently, Aspen is celebrating their tenth anniversary in the industry with their “10 for 10” initiative and more original properties forthcoming later in the year.

Comic News: Aspen Comics Reveals BubbleGun # 2 SDCC Exclusive

Aspen Comics Reveals BubbleGun #2 SDCC Exclusive

Press Release

07-08-13

Aspen Comics has revealed their second Comic Con International: San Diego 2013 exclusive item, a BubbleGun #2 cover by Pasquale Qualano and Peter Steigerwald, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321 and limited to 200 copies, with quanitites made available on the AspenStore.com as well. BubbleGun creator and writer Mark Roslan will be appearing at the Aspen Comics Booth all week long during the con as well. Solicitation copy for BubbleGun #2 reads:

When the gang realized the “package” they painstaking retrieved could possibly be the most high-tech performance machine on the planet—and more importantly, a young, kidnapped cyber boy—the weight of their crime quickly comes into focus. Secrets are revealed, alliances shattered, and one of the team could literally never recover her psyche as the stakes have grown far greater than they could have ever imagined!

Aspen Comics revealed their first exclusive SDCC item recently, a Fathom: The Elite Saga #1 cover by Joe Benitez and Peter Steigerwald, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321, with quantities made available on the AspenStore.com as well. This Comic Con exclusive cover for Aspen’s weekly Fathom event commemorating 15 years of Fathom will be limited to 250 copies, and the publisher will be featuring appearances by both Benitez and Steigerwald at the Aspen Comics Booth throughout the weekend. Solicitation for Fathom: The Elite Saga #1 reads:

The publisher will be unveiling more SDCC exclusives throughout the week in addition to some major announcements regarding their upcoming projects to be shown at the “Ten Years of Aspen Comics” panel on Friday at Comic Con.

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ABOUT ASPEN COMICS:

Aspen MLT, Inc. is an entertainment publishing company founded in January 2003 by superstar comic artist Michael Turner. Priding itself on producing entertainment properties of the highest quality visual and storytelling elements Along with their own successful properties such as Fathom, Soulfire, Executive Assistant: Iris,  Charismagic, Broken Pieces and more. Aspen also collaborates with the comic industry's most successful companies and endeavors including Marvel Comics and DC Entertainment. Aspen has collaborated with Marvel for various hit projects, including cover work for the best-selling events Civil War, World War Hulk, and Ultimatum. Aspen collaborated with DC Comics to provide covers for such best-selling titles as Superman/Batman: The Return of Supergirl, The Justice League of America, and Eisner-nominated covers for the critically acclaimed, best-selling Identity Crisis series. In 2006, Aspen joined forces with television giant NBC to create the online comic adaptations for the hit television series Heroes. In 2012, Aspen teamed up with Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment to produce the horror-adventure series Dead Man’s Run, as well as collaborating with director McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision to produce the horror comic Haunted City. Aspen also produced the one-of-a-kind Anarchy digital graphic novel for the popular body spray company, Axe. Currently, Aspen is celebrating their tenth anniversary in the industry with their “10 for 10” initiative and more original properties forthcoming later in the year.

Comic News: IDW Goes All Out on SDCC 2013 Con Exclusives

San Diego, CA (July 2, 2013) - IDW Publishing is renowned for having great exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con International every year, but 2013 finds them taking it to the next level. See below for a complete list of SDCC exclusives, which promise to be the most sought after of the show!

Some of the items will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store beginning today, July 2nd. Fans that preorder will be able to pick up their books from the IDW booth (These items will be noted below with an *asterisk).

IDW's web store can be found here: IDW Con Exclusives

A limited edition product not available anywhere else, theARTIST'S EDITION: BEST OF EC COVERS PORTFOLIO will be on hand. Featuring eight amazing prints of class EC covers by such luminaries as Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman and more, this edition will be limited to 250 copies and priced at $50. It will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, and there is a limit of 3 to a customer.

Speaking of EC and Artist's Editions, an exclusive edition of the BEST OF EC ARTIST'S EDITION will be premiered at Comic-Con as well! Signed by the legendary Al Feldstein, numbered, and limited to 250 copies, this edition will feature a variant cover and be priced at $200. This title will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, and there is a limit of 3 to a customer.

That's not the only big Al Feldstein news at this show. Also debuting is, FELSTEIN: MAD LIFE & FANTASTIC ART.  IDW is celebrating the release of this beautiful book with a deluxe, slip-cased version, complete with hand sketches and signatures from Feldstein himself! It will be limited to 100 copies, and be priced at $150, will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, and there is a limit of 3 to a customer. This book is literally at the printer as this is being written, and will be dashed to the show for a last-minute release!

AND, there's another exclusive EC Artist's Edition this year! ARTIST'S EDITION: JACK DAVIS EC STORIES SIGNED & LIMITED is signed by Jack Davis himself and has a variant cover by the incomparable artist. This edition will be limited to 250 copies and priced at $200. It will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, and there is a limit of 3 to a customer.

A special convention exclusive edition of MARK SCHULTZ'S XENOZOIC TALES: ARTIST'S EDITION will also be available, featuring a variant cover by Mark Schultz! This edition is limited to just 250 copies, priced at $200, will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, and there is a limit of 3 to a customer.

For My Little Pony fans, IDW has a special surprise! An exclusive glitter variant cover of MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #9. But, here's the trick: it contains 8 pages of material that isn't in the regular edition, featuring the Equestrian Girls! Fans worldwide will be clamoring to get a copy of this, and the ONLY place to read this story is in this exclusive, and the ONLY place to get it is the IDW booth at SDCC! This item is limited to 1,000 copies, with a limit of 5 to a customer. **Note - Watch for the Diamond Comics variant, available to Comics Retailers at SDCC.

Another My Little Pony treat is the MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC VARIANT EDITION HC. This is the only way to get this material in a hardcover format! With a variant cover by fan-favorite J. Scott Campbell, this edition is limited to 500 copies, priced at $25, with a limit of 3 to a customer, and only available at the IDW booth.

Our good friends at Skelton Crew Studio have done it again, producing not one, but two newLocke & Key high-quality pewter key replicas! 100 copies of the LOCKE & KEY: SHADOW KEYand 100 copies of the LOCKE & KEY: MUSIC BOX KEY will be available for $25 each, only at IDW's booth, with a limit of 3 to a customer.

But wait, there's more!

• THE HOLLOWS VARIANT EDITION HC - Variant cover by Sam Kieth, limited to 200, priced at $25, only available at the IDW booth, limit of 3 to a customer. Get it signed at the show by Chris Ryall and Sam Kieth!
• WORLDS OF SAM KIETH VARIANT EDITION HC - Variant cover by Sam Kieth, limited to 200, priced at $50, it will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, limit of 3 to a customer. Get it signed at the show by Sam Kieth!
• THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR VARIANT EDITION HC - Variant cover by Walter Simonson, limited to 100, priced at $25, only available at the IDW booth, limit of 3 to a customer. Get it signed at the show by Walter Simonson andMark Waid!
• THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION #1 VARIANT - Variant cover byDarwyn Cooke, limited to 500, priced at $5, only available at the IDW booth, limit of 5 to a customer. Get it signed at the show by Mark Waid!
• X-FILES: SEASON 10 #1 VARIANT - Variant cover by Joe Corroney, limited to 500, priced at $10, only available at the IDW booth, limit of 5 to a customer. Get it signed at the show by X-Files creator Chris Carter, writer Joe Harris and artistJoe Corroney!
• TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: ARTOBIOGRAPHY VARIANT EDITION HC- Variant cover by Kevin Eastman, limited to 250, priced at $50, it will be available for pre-order from IDW's web store*, limit of 3 to a customer. Get it signed at the show by Kevin Eastman!

In addition to all these exclusives, IDW will be debuting advance copies of two highly anticipated books! SUPERMAN: THE SILVER AGE NEWSPAPER DAILIES, VOL. 1 (100 copies available, priced at $50, only available in the booth) and BERKELEYWORKS: THE ART OF BERKELEY BREATHED: FROM BLOOM COUNTY AND BEYOND (100 copies available, priced at $50, only available in the booth) will be seen for the first time anywhere! Get these books signed at the IDW booth by Dean Mullaney and Berkeley Breathed!

Once again, IDW is proud to have Ashley Wood and ThreeA as a part of their booth with exclusives in tow! Ash's MACHINE SABBATH VARIANT EDITION HC (250 copies available, priced at $25, only available in the booth) and GLITTER SAUSAGE VARIANT EDITION SC (500 copies available, priced at $25, only available in the booth) promise to be exciting additions to the Ashley Wood library.

But Ash is bringing a lot more than that! For a complete list of what ThreeA has in store for SDCC this year, visit their production blog here:  http://www.threeaonline.com/blog/

IDW Limited will of course be well represented in the booth as well, bringing their incredible assortment of small-run merchandise. For a complete rundown on IDW Limited's amazing items, go here: http://www.idwlimited.com

Providing an exclusive suitable for each and every fan in the building, the IDW Booth promises to be the place to be at this year's Comic-Con International!

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. IDW can also be found at http://www.facebook.com/#!/idwpublishing andhttp://tumblr.idwpublishing.com/ and on Twitter at @idwpublishing. 

Comic News: Valiant & CBLDF Team For Exclusive QUANTUM & WOODY # 1 SDCC Variant

VALIANT and CBLDF Team for Exclusive TONY MILLIONAIRE QUANTUM AND WOODY#1 SDCC Liberty Variant

Valiant is proud to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) with the Quantum and Woody #1 Liberty Variant with a cover by Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and underground icon Tony Millionaire – debuting this July exclusively at Comic Con International in San Diego, California! Following on the heels of the release of Quantum and Woody #1 on July 10th, this Valiant/CBLDF collaboration is notably the first convention variant cover ever produced by Valiant.

 

Limited to 750 copies, Millionaire's Quantum and Woody #1 Liberty Variant will be available exclusively at the CBLDF's booth inside the San Diego Convention Center and via the CBLDF website (cbldf.org). All proceeds will directly benefit the First Amendment legal and education work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an organization that works to protect the freedom to read.

 

Coinciding with the release of the Quantum and Woody #1 Liberty Variant, Valiant is also signing on as the CBLDFs latest corporate member. Valiant joins comiXology, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Diamond Comic Distributors, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, and more in support of the CBLDF's ongoing mission.

 

"Valiant have been doing some of the most exciting comics on the stands, and we're thrilled to be joining forces with them for this project," said Alex Cox, Deputy Director of the CBLDF. "Between being huge fans of the brilliant Tony Millionaire, and the high quality of what Valiant has published so far, this is going to be a great project, and will be a tremendous fundraiser. The Valiant staff has been extremely generous, and we can't wait to debut this in San Diego!"

 

"Quantum and Woody have one the most crazily passionate fanbases in comics and, with our solidified support of the CBLDF now in place, they're the perfect choice to debut our first convention-exclusive variant cover – and all to benefit of the CBLDF's vitally important mission. This is a very special release for us, and one that we're incredibly proud to have produced on behalf of the CBLDF," said Valiant CEO and Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani. 

 

The CBLDF benefit cover is illustrated by Tony Millionaire, a venerable cartoonist best known as creator of the comic strips Maakies and Drinky Crow. His forays into the superhero genre have been few and far between, but the non-traditional flair of Quantum and Woody make it a natural project for his unique take.

 

Written by James Asmus (Thief of Thieves, Gambit, The End Times of Bram & Ben) with art by Tom Fowler (MAD, Venom, Hulk: Season One) and colors by Jordie Bellaire, Quantum and Woody #1, in stores July 10th, begins the adventures of estranged, underachieving brothers Eric and Woody Henderson. When their father’s murder leads them into the throes of a life-altering scientific accident, Eric and Woody will soon find themselves with a whole new purpose – and a perfectly legitimate reason to wear costumes and fight crime. Featuring covers by Ryan Sook, Marcos Martin and Andrew Robinson – as well as a "talking", QR code-enabled variant cover by Tom Fowler – go big or go home, folks! Quantum and Woody are coming!

 

You can learn more about the work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund by visiting them online atwww.cbldf.org.

 

For more information on Quantum and Woody and the rest of the Valiant Universe, visit Valiant onFacebook, on Twitter and at ValiantUniverse.com.

Rolling Review: SH Figuarts Super Saiyan Goku

SH Figuarts - DragonBall Z Kai - Super Saiyan Son Goku

He's the Terror that Flaps in the Night, He's Son Goku; and the only way you can defeat him is to buy him 2 Stuff Crust Pizzas! Anways this legendary character from Toriyama's epic tale of DragonBall Z has come gracing the SH Figuarts-line. This wonderful SHF, thou has only a few minor flaws that can be over looked. However in general this is an amazing figure for any DBZ collector.

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Film News: Godzilla (2014) gets another rewrite; casting to begin soon

According from Bloody-Disgusting.com (and original source, Variety), the upcoming Godzilla reboot's script is going through another re-write. The writer doing this rewrite is Drew Pearce. Mr. Pearce also wrote the scripts for the upcoming Iron Man 3 by Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Pictures and Sherlock Holmes 3 by Paramount Pictures.

The upcoming US Reboot of the beloved moster and originator of the genre, "Tokusatsu", was a fan-favorite at this year's San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) earlier in June.  During the Legendary Pictures panel, they showed off the teaser trailer for the upcoming film to show what direction they were going for with this "re-telling" of the radioactive lizard and the response was highly well received from it's audience.

Mr. Edwards about the film's tone:

"We're just going to take it really seriously. I've wanted to see this movie this way all my life. Imagine if this really happened – as crazy as it sounds – what would it really be like?"

The redesign of Godzilla for the upcoming reboot was describe at the panel as "a gigantic centipede-like monster", but also remaining faithful to the creature's original design.

Gareth Edwards, the director of  2010's "Monsters", is still attached as the director and casting will begin in the coming months, Variety also reported.

The reason for this rewrite, which will take 4-weeks to polish, is to:

"They [Legendary] want to age up the characters so that they would fit with the targeted aged actors"

Drew Pearce joins a long list of writers, in regards to the film's script process. 

Writers that  also gave a crack at this film were:

- David Callahan (Original draft writer/ 1st re-write)

- David S. Goyer (2nd re-write)

- Max Borenstein (3rd and recent re-write)

Godzilla made his debut back in 1954 with "Gojira" in it's native land of Japan. Two year later, in 1956, the film made it's American debut as "Godzilla: King of the Monsters!" and it's leading male actor was Raymond Burr, most famously know as TV Icon "Parry Mason".

Godzilla is still slated for release in theaters nationwide on May 16th, 2014 and the studio is expected to release it in 3d.

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