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Living In The Shadows: Should You Be Reading 'Trees'?
Living In The Shadows: Should You Be Reading 'Trees'?
Living In The Shadows: Should You Be Reading 'Trees'?
The last few years have been incredible for big, smart sci-fi comics. Saga, Copperhead, Kaptara, Nameless, Lazarus, Southern Cross... and those are just the ones coming out of Image. If you're a fan of anything alien, dystopic, robotic or just forward-looking, you have a lot of options. Equally, though, it can be difficult to make room for another space book, but Trees stands tall even in that crowded field. (Yes, that was a tree pun.)
'Red' Comes Out of Retirement for NBC TV Series Adaptation
'Red' Comes Out of Retirement for NBC TV Series Adaptation
'Red' Comes Out of Retirement for NBC TV Series Adaptation
It seems NBC’s unusual attempt to get back into the comic business after Constantine was just the tip of the iceberg, and the latest will literally have you seeing red. Calling all retired geriatric super-spies: Red is officially coming to TV with a new hourlong drama from the star-studded films’ creators.
James Bond Returns to Comics, Courtesy of Ellis and Masters
James Bond Returns to Comics, Courtesy of Ellis and Masters
James Bond Returns to Comics, Courtesy of Ellis and Masters
Ahead of San Diego Comic-Con 2015, Dynamite has announced that writer Warren Ellis and artist Jason Masters will be the creative team on a new James Bond ongoing series this November. Having acquired the James Bond licence last year --- it was one of Dynamite's SDCC announcements for 2014 --- the publisher will launch the series, titled James Bond 007, starting this November.
Image Unveils Projects from Ellis, Aaron, Simone, Rucka & More
Image Unveils Projects from Ellis, Aaron, Simone, Rucka & More
Image Unveils Projects from Ellis, Aaron, Simone, Rucka & More
Image Comics held its now traditional pre-San Diego one-day show on Thursday at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and unveiled an impressive roster of new titles for the coming year that includes new work by familiar names such as Warren Ellis, Jason Aaron and Gail Simone; plus an encouraging number of relative newcomers and unknowns. Check out our rundown of all the news and announcements.
Image Expo 2015: New Titles From McFarlane, Liu, Canete & More
Image Expo 2015: New Titles From McFarlane, Liu, Canete & More
Image Expo 2015: New Titles From McFarlane, Liu, Canete & More
Image held the latest in its series of one-day Image Expo events in San Francisco on Thursday, putting a spotlight on a slate of new titles for 2015, and introducing some new creators to the Image family. In concert with the expo, Image also released a new Humble Indie Bundle that includes an Image Expo Preview book containing art from the newly announced titles, plus some forthcoming books that were previously announced. Titles featured in the preview include Savior by Brian Holguin, Todd McFarlane, and Clayton Crain; Injection, by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire; No Mercy, by Alex De Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee; Island, by Brandon Graham and a whole host of artists; RunLoveKill, by Eric Canete, Jonathan Tsuei, Leonardo Olea, and Manu Fernandez; and Starve, by Brian Wood and Danijel Zezelj; the book also includes a one-page ad for Marjorie Liu's new book with Sana Takeda, Monstress, and an ad for the second season of Pretty Deadly, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios.
How Shalvey & Bellaire Cast New Light On Marvel's Moon Knight
How Shalvey & Bellaire Cast New Light On Marvel's Moon Knight
How Shalvey & Bellaire Cast New Light On Marvel's Moon Knight
Marvel’s recent relaunch of Moon Knight saw the white-clad vigilante pare things down to a bare minimum as he stalked the streets by night, taking down gangs, gunmen, and anything else that posed a threat to innocent people. In the hands of Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, the character was reinvented, stepping away from past characterizations to form a new identity. Across just six issues the creative team stamped a brand on the book that may mark how people approach the character and concept from here onward. From The Dead collects the entirety of Ellis, Shalvey and Bellaire's run on the book. It features a series of deft action sequences, and builds a convincing new world for Moon Knight to walk in, though Ellis's sparse and low-key scripts effectively cede the floor to the artists, allowing penciller Shalvey to create that world and colorist Bellaire to establish the tone. The series is a methodically structured exercise in comics storytelling, with Shalvey excelling in his depiction of a run-down, black and white world of straggling criminals.
War Rocket Ajax: Grayson #2, Genius #1,  Moon Knight #6
War Rocket Ajax: Grayson #2, Genius #1, Moon Knight #6
War Rocket Ajax: Grayson #2, Genius #1, Moon Knight #6
Each week, ComicsAlliance’s Chris Sims and Matt Wilson host the War Rocket Ajax podcast, their online audio venue for interviews with comics creators, reviews of the books of the week, and whatever else they want to talk about. ComicsAlliance is offering clips of the comics-specific segments of the show several days before the full podcast goes up at WarRocketAjax.com on Mondays. This week, Chris and Matt start off by gushing about Grayson #2 by Tim Seeley, Tom King, and Mikel Janin. Then, they do pretty much the opposite to Genius #1 by Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman and Afua Richardson. Then, it's back to gushing about Moon Knight #6 by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire!
Image Expo: 12 Auspicious Announcements For Comic-Con 2014
Image Expo: 12 Auspicious Announcements For Comic-Con 2014
Image Expo: 12 Auspicious Announcements For Comic-Con 2014
In the final few hours before San Diego Comic-Con opened its doors to the public for Preview Night on Wednesday, Image Comics Expo took place in an upstairs ballroom at the nearby San Diego Bayfront Hilton, where the publisher welcomed a group of press, creators, and fans to watch as the company announced, discussed and otherwise promote a great variety of upcoming Image titles.
UCP Picks Up Night Mary, Five Ghosts,  Warren Ellis TV Shows
UCP Picks Up Night Mary, Five Ghosts, Warren Ellis TV Shows
UCP Picks Up Night Mary, Five Ghosts, Warren Ellis TV Shows
Universal Cable Productions, the cable and digital arm of NBCUniversal, announced three new projects rooted in the comic book realm, including what will be Planetary and Transmetropolitan writer Warren Ellis' first original series developed especially for television. Additionally, UCP optioned Night Mary, a 2005 IDW drama by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer about a young woman trained to enter the dreams of serial killers; and Five Ghosts, the recent critical hit from Image Comics/Black Mask Studios and creators Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham, who tell the story of Fabian Gray, a 1930s adventurer possessed by the spirits of five literary ghosts — Merlin, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Miyamoto Musashi, and Dracula. Five Ghosts began as a miniseries but its success resulted in an upgrade to ongoing, and now, it seems, an "upgrade" (because comics are the best, obviously) to television.
Warren Ellis & Mike Allred To Depict 'The Spirit Of Bacardi'
Warren Ellis & Mike Allred To Depict 'The Spirit Of Bacardi'
Warren Ellis & Mike Allred To Depict 'The Spirit Of Bacardi'
Here's some crazy news: Writer Warren Ellis (Moon Knight) and artist Michael Allred (Silver Surfer) are teaming up for a comic about a rich industrialist who wanted to change the world and is often associated with the symbol of a bat. No, not that one! Their graphic novel The Spirit of Bacardi, about Emilio Bacardi, the son of Bacardi Rum founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó, will debut on the company's website August 6.

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