Broken Frontier: Top Cow at Phoenix Comicon

Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that they will be exhibiting at Phoenix ComiCon in Phoenix, Arizona over the Memorial Day weekend. The four-day event will open to the public on Thursday afternoon, May 27 and run though Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the Phoenix Convention Center. Fans are encouraged to stop by the Top Cow booth (#200-201) to meet their favorite creators, receive free samples comics, and shop for limited edition convention exclusives as well as their favorite Top Cow comics.

Among the creators appearing at the booth will be pencilers Nelson Blake II (Pilot Season: Murderer, Magdalena), Sheldon Mitchell (Pilot Season: Stealth, The Darkness), Eric Basaldua (Witchblade: Annual, Hunter-Killer) and inker Ryan Winn (The Darkness). Stop by the Top Cow booth (#200-201) for signing times.

Phoenix ComiCon kicks off at 6PM on Thursday, May 27th and runs to 9PM. The convention will open Friday, May 28th from 12PM to 8PM, Saturday, May 29th from 10AM to 7PM, and Sunday, May 30th from 10AM to 5PM.

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What The Con: C2E2 Signing Times & Panels

Heading to C2E2 this weekend, herders? Be sure to stop by the Top Cow booth #551. Grab some free swag. Get your hands on Magdalena #1 before anyone else does. Say hey to your favorite creators. Give @TopCow (Filip) a high five. And offer @chrissypedia (Christine) a jello snack pack!

But of course, the real reason you stopped on by:

Friday
1:30 - 2:30pm: Eric Basaldua
2:30 - 3:30pm: Bryan Edward Hill & Alessandro Vitti
3:30 - 4:30pm: Phil Hester & Ryan Winn
4:30 - 5:30pm: Ron Marz & Nelson Blake II
5:30 - 6:30pm: Joshua Hale Fialkov


Saturday
10:30 - 11:30am: Joshua Hale Fialkov & Jeremy Haun
11:30 - 1:00pm: Ron Marz, Nelson Blake II & Troy Peteri
1:00 - 2:30pm: Phil Hester (1:30p) & Ryan Winn
2:30 - 4:00pm: Bryan Edward Hill & Alessandro Vitti
4:30 - 6:00pm: Eric Basaldua


Sunday
10:30 - 11:30am: Joshua Hale Fialkov & Jeremy Haun
11:30 - 12:30pm: Ron Marz & Nelson Blake II
12:30 - 1:30pm: Bryan Edward Hill & Alessandro Vitti
1:30 - 2:30pm: Phil Hester & Ryan Winn


AND DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY OUR PANEL!

Saturday, April 17: 7:15p - 8:15p in E450:
Join Sablik as the publisher launches Magdalena #1 with Marz and Blake II. Special guest, Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs will also stop by to discuss his love of Top Cow’s comics including his favorite character, The Darkness. Additional guests of the panel include Hester, Basaldua, Hill and more as they share with fans what’s coming from Top Cow in 2010, including exclusive early looks, exciting announcements, and special gifts for every panel attendee.

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What The Con: WonderCon Signing Schedule

WonderCon's upon us, Herders!

I hope you join us at Images' Booth (#407)!

Here's the signing schedule for the weekend:

Friday
2:00 - 3:00 Rick Basaldua
3:00 - 4:00 Nelson Blake II
4:00 - 5:00 Michael Broussard
4:30 - 5:30 Ryan Winn

Saturday
11:00 - 12:00 Sheldon Mitchell
12:00 - 2:00 Joshua Hale Fialkov, Rahsan Ekedal
2:00 - 4:00 Michael Broussard, Ryan Winn
4:00 - 6:00 Nelson Blake II, Rick Basaldua

Sunday
11:00 - 12:00 Ryan Winn
12:00 - 1:00 Michael Broussard, Rick Basaldua
1:00 - 2:00 Joshua Hale Fialkov, Rahsan Ekedal
2:00 - 3:00 Nelson Blake II
3:00 - 4:00 Sheldon Mitchell

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Top Cow Nominated for First Annual Comic Monsters Horror Comics

ComicMonsters.com is hosting it’s first annual Horror Comic Awards. The awards fans of Horror Comics have been waiting for. Voting is open via the ComicMonsters.com site on December 24th, 2009 and ends on December 31st, 2009. Best of Luck to the Nominees……May the most brutal comic prevail!!!

The categories and nominees for 2009 are:

Writer of the Year:
Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Tim Seeley - Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
Peter Milligan - Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Phil Hester - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Steve Niles - Batman: Gotham After Midnight - DC Comics
Jason Aaron - Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Mike Mignola - Hellboy - Dark Horse Comics
Garth Ennis - Crossed - Avatar Press

Inker of the Year:
Guy Davis - BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics
Todd McFarlane - Spawn - Image Comics
Ryann Winn - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Rob E. Brown - Bane of the Werewolf - Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Mico Suayan - Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night - Marvel Comics
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing

Best Ongoing Series:
The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
The Darkness - Top Cow
Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Grimm Fairy Tales - Zenescope Entertainment
28 Days Later - BOOM! Studios
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dark Horse Comics

Best Cross-Over:
The Living Corpse and Hack/Slash - Zenescope Entertainment
Witch Hunter and Night - Monarch Comics/Jester Press
Dethklok and The Goon - Dark Horse Comics
The Darkness and Pitt - Top Cow Productions
Freddy, Jason and Ash - - Dynamite Entertainment/Wildstorm/DC Comics
Kolchak and Barnabas Collins - Moonstone Books

Best Scene:
The Dead #3 - Shower interrupted - Berserker
Crossed #7 - Patrick talks back to his mom - Avatar Press
The Darkness #10 - A thirty foot well of what? - Top Cow Productions
Army of Darkness #20 - Ash meets Brad - Dynamite Entertainment
Jesus Hates Zombies Volume 2 - Nurses don’t get paid enough - Alterna Comics
Locke & Key: Head Games #3 - A look inside Bode's head - IDW Publishing
The Walking Dead #60 - Morgan finds some bad stuff - Image Comics
Marvel Zombies 4 #2 - Morbius is a monster - Marvel Comics

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Come Visit Top Cow at San Diego Quarterly Con This Weekend!

Hello Top Cow Herd!

Top Cow will be at this Sunday's San Diego Quarterly Con at the Scottish Rite Event Center!

Come out and join us on November 15 between 10a - 4p. The Top Cow table will be at Space #18 and we'll be joined by some awesome faces: Nelson Blake II, Rick Basaldua, and Francis Tsai.

Hope to see you there!

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Long Beach Comic Con Signings/Sketches Schedule

Hey Top Cow Herd,

Stop by the Top Cow Booth (#365) during LBCC, say hi, chat up these nifty creators, and have your merch signed.

The artists will be available to draw sketches for fans and autograph copies of their comics. Sketch tickets will be given out at the beginning of each day at the Top Cow booth on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to one per fan, per day.


Friday, October 2

3:00 - 4:00p Rick Basaldua, Eric Basaldua
4:00 - 5:00p Nelson Blake II, Rob Levin
5:00 - 6:00p Ryan Winn, Michael Broussard (Tentative)
6:00 - 7:00p Sheldon Mitchell, Joshua Hale Fialkov

Saturday, October 3

11:00 - 12:00p Randy & Sarah Queen (Tentative)
12:00 - 1:00p Ryan Winn (Tentative)
1:00 - 2:00p Ryan Winn, Nelson Blake II
2:00 - 3:00p Joshua Hale Fialkov
3:00 - 4:00p Michael Broussard, Rick Basaldua
4:00 - 5:00p Rob Levin, Ryan Winn
5:00 - 6:00p Eric Basaldua

Sunday, October 4

10:00 - 11:00a Rick Loverd, Joe Benitez
11:00 - 12:00p Rick Loverd
12:00 - 1:00p Nelson Blake II, Michael Broussard
1:00 - 2:00p Ryan Winn, Rob Levin
2:00 - 3:00p Randy & Sarah Queen
3:00 - 4:00 Eric Basaldua
4:00 - 5:00 Rick Basaldua, Sheldon Mitchell

See you there,
Top Cow

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Major Spoilers Reveals Top Cow's LBCC Convention Plans

With the Long Beach Comic-Con kicks off this weekend (October 2, 2009) Top Cow will be on hand with creators and limited edition convention exclusives.

Among the artists appearing at the Top Cow booth (#365) will be pencillers Michael Broussard (The Darkness, Unholy Union), Eric Basaldua (Witchblade Annual, Hunter-Killer), Sheldon Mitchell (Trinity: Blood on the Sands, Witchblade Annual), and Nelson Blake II (Pilot Season: Murderer, The Darkness) from the world renowned Top Cow ‘Pit.’ Top Cow inkers Ryan Winn (The Darkness) and Rick Basaldua (Witchblade Annual) will also appear for signings.

Click on the link below for more info on Top Cow's guests and LBCC exclusives.

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Harvey Awards Nominees Announced

BALTIMORE, MD (June 29, 2009) -- The 2009 Harvey Award Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented October 10, 2009 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Professionals who participate will be joining nearly 2,000 other comics professionals in honoring the outstanding comics achievements of 2008. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a nomination ballot.

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Indie Street Radio reviews The Darkness #76

This issue brings several recent arc-changing events to one big climax! With more mystery than ever, this dark, subversive arc ties every separate plot thread together for a read that solidifies my view that this is the new Spawn.

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Graze Anatomy: Sketches from Your Publisher

Last weekend I went up to San Francisco to represent Top Cow up at WonderCon along with Michael Broussard, Ryan Winn, and Eric Basaldua. Saturday night while hanging out at the Isotope Comics Lounge and watching Michael and Ryan contribute to the legendary Isotope tiolet seat gallery I started sketching.
Darick Robertson of Boys fame saw me sketching and declared he was "mad at me, because I should be drawing rather than editing." It was one of the best compliments I'd received in recent memory. Here's the sketch I did Saturday night.

This is Sketch #028.

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Image announces WonderCon plans and Top Cow will be there!

This weekend thousands of comic fans will flood San Francisco's Moscone Hall for WonderCon 2009 to meet their favorite creators and the publisher who brings it better than any other, the Bay Area's very own Image Comics!

"It’s always fun to travel to conventions, but nothing beats the hometown show," Image Comics Founder and Illustrator of the WonderCon Exclusive SAVAGE DRAGON #145 Erik Larsen said. "It may not be the biggest, but it’s certainly one of the best! Plus, it’s a particularly important con for me as this week marks the big relaunch of SAVAGE DRAGON! I’m excited to hear what the fans have to say about the big issue!”

Throughout the weekend Larsen along with VIKING's Ivan Brandon, ELEPHANTMEN's Richard Starkings & Moritat, DARKNESS' Michael Broussard and Top Cow Productions Publisher Filip Sablik and will be available at the Image Comics booth signing autographs and selling exclusive items! However, the convention doesn’t truly begin until Friday’s Image Comics Show at 3-4 PM in room 103 featuring Larsen, Starkings, THE GREAT UNKNOWN’s Duncan Rouleau and Champions Online writer John Layman with the first word on an all-new project! In addition, the already much coveted SAVAGE DRAGON #145 variant featuring President Barack Obama taking on Osama Bin Laden will be available starting Friday for a very limited amount of time with a select few fans randomly winning a copy during the Friday panel. If that’s not enough GODLAND’s Joe Casey, PHERONE’s Viktor Kalvachev, NEW BRIGHTON ARCHELOGICAL SOCIETY’s Mark Andrew Smith and many more will stop by the booth!

Image Comics can be found at booth #407 during Wondercon, February 27 - March 1st 2009, taking place in the San Francisco Moscone Center.

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