Kitty Pryde's Reviews Artifacts #1

Do you need to be up to date? Nope. Not at all. In that case this issue works extremely well. Marz does a great job, using the characters and secondary characters to bring us up to speed. The conversation between agents of the Angelus and Darkness, explaining why they are watching the daughter of Sara Pezzini, seems natural but explains just what we need to know. The art is great. Broussard fits squarely between the work of Silvestri and the work of Kenneth Roccafort. He's got a looser line than Silvestri but not as messy as Roccafort. Good layouts, good figures. Excellant choices of viewpoints. His work has a gritty feel to it. Works for this story. The colors chosen are great as well. Really help create an atmosphere for the story.



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CBR Reviews Artifacts #1

Seven words in and this comic establishes the tone: mature readers only, please. Sara Pezzini has her gun drawn and cuts an intimidating first image in this series. From there, there’s action, violence, and suspense, including an issue-ending scene that is simply heartbreaking.

Top Cow magnificently identifies the major players in this story with two pages of quick bios describing the seven critical characters of this issue, but in the story, itself, the characters are smoothly identified by those they run into and the circumstances surrounding them. Sara Pezzini introduces herself as she comes to the rescue of a priest being attacked by a demon. Later in the issue, Tom Judge is pegged by the enigmatic Curator, who is set up to be a pivot point for the action and drama of this series.

There’s plenty of action and drama in this single issue. The Curator clues Judge (and the reader by proxy) in to what this series is going to be all about. “There are forces in motion,” he tells Judge. Those forces seek to draw together thirteen ancient artifacts -- including the Witchblade, the Darkness, and Judge’s Rapture cross -- which would result in the destruction of the universe.

The storytelling is cinematic and effective.

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Source: CBR

What the Con: Top Cow Comes to the November VA Comicon

Great news everyone! Top Cow Publisher Filip Sabilik will be coming to the VA COMICON for our BIG 2-day show on November 20-21.
He has offered to do portfolio reviews for all aspiring Top-Cow artists! This could be your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get your skills noticed by the studios that produce Witchblade, Wanted, Cyberforce and more!

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Source: vacomicon.com

Graphic Policy: Top Cow at Supercon

Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that they will be exhibiting at Florida Supercon in South Florida this weekend. Three three-day comic book, anime, animation, video game, fantasy and sci-fi convention will be open to the public on Friday, June 18 running through Sunday, June 20, 2010, at the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Convention Center in Miami.

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Source: Graphic Policy

What The Con: C2E2 Announces Top Cow's Portfolio Reviews Times

Are you an aspiring artist? Get your foot in the door with C2E2's portfolio reviews!



Top Cow will be conducting portfolio reviews at their booth on the show floor at the following times:

* Friday - 2 PM to 4 PM
* Saturday - 11 AM to 1 PM
* Sunday - 11 AM to 1 PM

Source: C2E2

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