Escape from Tomorrow Reviews Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box #1

Over the past 18 months or so I've been drawn, by quality stories, writing and artwork, into picking-up pretty much every book in the Top Cow universe - that said, aside from reading an odd issue here and there in the past I'm not really familiar with Broken Trinity. Twenty-five or so pages later - I'm hooked!

If I wasn't already drawn-in by the advance publicity for the mini-series, and credit to Top Cow by the way for getting material - preview pages, interviews, teasers - out to the fans ahead of publication, then Tommy Lee Edwards magnificent cover pulled me in immediately with it's mix of adventure, danger and the mysterious.

I really enjoy tales that exist in that space between outlandish fantasy and historical fact - and for me this first issue occupies very much occupies that space ...

Read the full review here.

Source: Escape From Tomorrow

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Graze Anatomy: Alina

Meet Alina tomorrow (Wednesday) in Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box. She's a cool new, butt-kicking character created by Rob Levin and Bryan Edward Hill. She follows a guy by the name of Elias Legion, who is on a bloodthirsty quest for Pandora's Box.

Don't get on her bad side.

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Graze Anatomy: Kenshin

Allow me to introduce you to Kenshin, who you can meet in Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box #1 this Wednesday by Rob Levin, Bryan Edward Hill, Alessandro Vitti, and Tommy Lee Edwards. He's a ninja killer. You'll like him.

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CBR Exclusive Preview: Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box #1

Story by: Rob Levin, Bryan Edward Hill
Art by: Alessandro Vitti
Cover by: Tommy Lee Edwards
Publisher: Top Cow Productions
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: Wed, February 24th, 2010

The Road to ARTIFACTS Begins Here!

Finn and Glori, the bearers of the Glacier and Ember Stones, first introduced in Broken Trinity, return this month in a pulse-pounding, world-spanning adventure series. When a fanatic cult embarks on a quest to remake the world with the mythical Pandora’s Box, Finn and Glori’s individual goals of gathering the 13 Artifacts is kicked into overdrive.

From newcomers Rob Levin (The Darkness: Butcher) and Bryan Edward Hill (Broken Trinity: Aftermath) and artist Alessandro Vitti (Secret Warriors). Featuring covers by Tommy Lee Edwards (1985)!

Find more preview pages here.

Source: CBR

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CBR: Tommy Lee Edwards Opens Pandora's Box

Tommy Lee Edwards is a busy man. Aside from recently wrapping a stint doing design work for the hit film "The Book of Eli" and gearing up to launch the Image Comics series "TURF" with British TV host Jonathan Ross, Edwards contributes covers for Top Cow's February-launching "Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box" series, co-written by Rob Levin and Bryan Edward Hill with art from Alessandro Vitti. Amazingly, he also had time to share with CBR exactly how he's getting his artistic ideas together with this special step-by-step look inside the process for the first two "Pandora's Box" covers.

To read the rest of Edwards' design process, go here.

Source: CBR

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Around the Comic Town: Tommy Lee Edwards Provides Concept Art for Book of Eli Premiere

Tommy Lee Edwards with Actress Mila Kunis at the premiere of The Book of Eli

Our friend Tommy Lee Edwards attended the premiere of The Book of Eli, for which he provided concept art for.

Check out Scoop's coverage of the event.

Source: Diamond Galleries' Scoop

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Marc Bernardin & Tommy Lee Edwards mentioned in year end wrapup on the PW's The Beat

PW's The Beat concludes their Annual Year-End Survey, 2010 edition with the last installment here.

In their words,

It’s the biggest year-end survey ever! We’re going to keep going until it’s all done though. People from EVERY walk of the comics industry sounds off on what they hope for in the new year, and along the way there’s lots of news, and a few previews, too. Previous installments: one, two and three.

The Beat took some time out to ask Marc Bernardin and Tommy Lee Edwards some question:

Tommy Lee Edwards, artist

2010 projects:
TURF, my creator-owned Image comics series with Jonathan Ross.
THE BOOK OF ELI, the Hughes Brothers film I designed
PRINCE OF PERSIA, graphic novel from Disney Press

What was the biggest story in comics in 2009?
The amount of talented comics people shifting their priorities to creator-owned material.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2010?
Iron Man 2

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2010?
Riding my motorcycle on the twisty roads of the Smokey Mountains.

Marc Bernardin, writer

2010 projects:
The Authority (Wildstorm), Nightcrawler: Origins (Marvel), Genius (Top Cow)

What was the biggest story in comics in 2009?
Disney buying Marvel, by a long shot. Intellectual property has always been valuable, but it’s never been made more explicit and overt than this. My favorite sad-but-obvious anecdote of this year: a buddy of mine was pitching a big time, big budget movie producer. The producer loved the pitch, but asked “What’s it based on?” Nothing, this buddy replied. It’s an original idea. “Can’t do anything with it. Can’t get any money for it. These days, everything’s gotta be based on something, no matter how small.” In that light, the Disney-Marvel deal is a masterstroke.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2010?
Before Oprah ends her talk show, she’ll feature a graphic novel. Which one is anyone’s guess, but I think whichever one she chooses will break huge.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2010?
The Expendables. An action flick with Stallone, Lundgren, Willis, Statham, Li, Rourke, and a governor? Sign me the hell up. To bad I’ve gotta wait until next August.

When I think of comics in the 00s I think of:
Two things: the resurgence of the “Event” and Y: The Last Man. Sometimes those events worked incredibly well, creatively — like Blackest Night or Civil War or Secret Invasion — and made you glad for the serial web that only comics can weave. Other times — and you know the ones — they seemed like poorly thought-out and even worsely (is that a word?) executed cash grabs. Sure, events have been around since Secret Wars, but it felt, to me, like the ‘00s took them to a new level. A level where both good and bad could exist simultaneously.

And Y: The Last Man was, for me, the ‘00s’ zenith of long-form storytelling. The characters were phenomenal, the science in the sci-fi was valid (enough), and the cliffhangers were just fantastic. Sure, it had some lulls — what 60-part saga doesn’t? — but when it was firing on even most of its cylinders, it was inspiring work.

Source: The Beat

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Bleeding Cool's 12 Posts of Christmas: Eight Comics Previewing

1. The Victorian Undead.
2. The Legendary Tale Spinners
3. Weird Fishes 2

4. Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box #2


From Top Cow in March – here’s Tommy Lee Edwards’ cover…

5. X The Unknown
6. The Return of the Dapper Men
7. Fractured Fables
8. Wormwood Deviant Edition Hardcover: Volume 2


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Multiversity Comics: Top Cow Announces Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box

Top Cow Productions have announced another new series today, with this one being a follow up to last year's Broken Trinity titled Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box. It's written by Rob Levin and Bryan Edward Hill, but the real reason to get excited is the art talent associated with it. On interiors you have recent Secret Warriors artist Alessandro Vitti with covers by Tommy Lee Edwards. If that isn't the recipe to pretty book, I don't know what else is.

See the full press release after the jump.

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IGN Announces Top Cow's Big 2010 Event -- Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box

In the build-up to 2010's big event, Top introduces a new mini-series dealing with the aftermath of Broken Trinity.

While Marvel and DC seem to be grabbing most of the headlines these days thanks to major event storylines like Blackest Night and Siege, they aren't the only publishers in the business of big events. Top Cow has debuted several crossovers in recent years that have led to radical changes for their lineup of characters, and that trend will only continue in 2010.

For those who haven't been following Top Cow closely of late, the trend began with a mini-series called First Born. That series saw the birth of a daughter to Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado, better known as Witchblade and The Darkness, respectively.

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