Newsarama: THE DARKNESS: ORIGINS VOLUME 2 Coming This Month

DARKNESS FANS CAN DIVE INTO JACKIE ESTACADO’S BEGINNING WITH THE WITCHBLADE

THE DARKNESS: ORIGINS VOLUME 2 TRADE PAPERBACK

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 8, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that the long sold-out early issues of The Darkness will be re-released as The Darkness: Origins Volume 2. Scheduled to be in stores June 30, 2010, The Darkness: Origins Volume 2 continues the rebranding presented as part of the publisher’s “Origins” trade paperback line reprinting of classic Top Cow Universe stories that includes the recently released Witchblade: Origins Volume 1 and 2, and The Darkness: Origins Volume 1 trade paperbacks.

Read the full release here.
Source: Newsarama

Get Onboard with Image Comics/I'd Buy Those For A Dollar

As reported by ifanboy and Bleeding Cool, Image Comics is releasing reprints of their most popular titles for $1 leading up to Free Comic Book Day for people looking to try new comics.

Among the 10 first issues being reprinted is Witchblade #1 by David Wohl, Christina Z. & Michael Turner.

Here are the all the titles and their issue dates:

Youngblood #1 by Rob Liefeld & Joe Casey - 03/31/10
The Walking Dead #1 by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore - 03/31/10
Spawn #1 by Todd McFarlane - 04/07/10
Chew #1 by John Layman & Rob Guillory - 04/07/10
Savage Dragon #1 by Erik Larsen - 04/14/10
Age of Bronze #1 by Eric Shanower - 04/14/10
Witchblade #1 by David Wohl, Christina Z. & Michael Turner - 04/21/10
Girls #1 by the Luna Brothers - 04/21/10
Invincible #1 - by Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker - 04/28/10
Proof #1 - by Alex Grecian & Riley Rossmo - 04/28/10

"You will have no excuse not to finally check out The Walking Dead or Chew or Witchblade. "

Source: ifanboy | Bleeding Cool

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Marc Silvestri Discusses Witchblade with Newsarama

If there's one comic book property that has been most associated with Top Cow publishing since its origins, that comic is Witchblade.

Based on the wielder of an ancient weapon with supernatural beginnings, Witchblade was launched by Image founder Marc Silvestri in 1995, with writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z and artist Michael Turner. Since then, the character has gone through a lot of changes and the comic has seen several spin-off titles and crossovers. There was a TV show several years ago, and an upcoming feature film is expected next year from producer Michael Rymer of Battlestar Galactica fame.

In the first part of a series looking at the Witchblade and Angelus characters at Top Cow, we talked to Marc Silvestri about how Sara and the Witchblade character has evolved over the years, and what comes next as we head into 2010.

Newsarama: Marc, just to start out, why all the attention on Witchblade recently? Are there big plans coming for the character?

Marc Silvestri: We've been talking internally about where we want to go with her, which you're not getting out of me, by the way. [laughs] We have some really cool ideas for Sara and the whole Witchblade mythology. We're planning some big event stuff for next year.
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