Wesley Snipes lends his creativity to comics
Once in a year's while, coming back to a natural or adoptive home-town after a vacation or family reunion instills a further soul-imposing need for a day's (two, depending on the depth of visitation abrasions) break. A half sensation away, subsides the frenzy of news from last week's gala jamboree; happened on the West Coast. Fandom horde. Hasbro. DC. Marvel.
All of that big occasion had the symbols and dramatic visual effects of distantly due events closing in, on a later schedule. Following two weekdays allowance to cool down, the here and today comic books exorcise the hype turned fatigue from attendance or observance on a more-than-expected
convention.
Cineplex-looking cover by Leonardo Manco
Driver for the Dead
Fonts that lend a reminder for a cinematic style of heading marks the title and cover on a debut comic book from Radical Publishing. Louisiana environs embed as the setting for the morbid occupation of Alabaster Graves. Supernatural powers become an occupational hazard for this driver who transports the deceased for morticians and morgues. Stylishly surrealistic panels by Leonardo Manco (Hellblazer, War Machine) recreates the visual tone for Shreveport and surrounding communities.
Pilot Season: Stellar
The hardworking writer/creator from The Walking Dead that is making a move onwards to a live action program on AMC teams with industrious artist and fellow partner in Image Comics Marc Silvestri. Robert Kirkman writes the latest single-issue plot for the Pilot Season series. Kirkman presents a spacefaring tale of a superhuman exiled from Earth. Silvestri, also CEO of Top Cow, provides his usual pencilling design but with a slight break away.
Artifacts #1 creates a saga series for Top Cow
Time Bomb
Radical Publishing brings a new story arc from screenwriter and comics scribe Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Daughters of the Dragon, Hawkman). An expedition for an insidious modern day find goes looked-good-on-paper after escalating into time travel. Nazi doomsday. Hitler's Berlin. Human extinction. The three-issue series has a stand out story equal to the creative team.
After Dark
Film director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day", "Brooklyn's Finest") and Wesley Snipes ("Blade", "Undisputed") take their story concept to Radical Publishing. A-list comics scripter Peter Milligan (Human Target, Greek Street) writes the creative story into a limited comic book series. The science fiction drama endeavors for humane relevance within a star-spanning sojourn.
Artifacts
Top Cow presents a culminating project from the mix of old and current comics stories under their label. Mystical and enigmatic factors establish a threat to humanity from 13 Artifacts in a 13-issue miniseries. Characteristically fast-paced and cinematic while starring the Witchblade-wielder Sara Pezzini. Keynote figures from Top Cow's universe become involved in this epic story arc.
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