It’s Top Cow’s biggest crossover story since First Born, and someone is going to die at the end! Will it be The Darkness, The Angelus, or Witchblade? All is revealed in the final pages. The issue arrives in stores this week, and you can catch a sneak peek after the jump.
Top Cow Productions has announced it will print a limited-edition variant cover to The Darkness #7 with all sales from the book going to The Hero Initiative. The cover will be drawn by Phil Hester and will only be available at Wizard World Texas, November 7-9, in Arlington, Texas.
“Phil Hester is not just an amazing writer and top-flight artist, but a heckuva nice guy,†beamed Jim McLauchlin, president of The Hero Initiative. “We’re very pleased that Top Cow has helped us out in creating this killer cover.â€
“The Hero Initiative does a great service to the comics community by helping creators in need,†said Mel Caylo, Top Cow’s VP Marketing and Sales. “We are more than happy to help keep their mission going.â€
If you aren’t going to WWT, The Hero Initiative will sell remaining issues through the Hero Initiative section on the Atomic Comics website.
Major Spoilers had a few minutes to talk with Matt Hawkins, President and Chief Operating Officer of Top Cow Productions, about the announcement the company was releasing the Darkness: Accursed Volume 1 trade paperback for $4.99.
Major Spoilers: How do you respond to those who say, “I’ve wasted my money when I could have waited for the trade?”
Matt Hawkins: I say, “No you didn’t.” You got to read it a lot earlier than everyone else did. You got something that has some [lasting] value.  For me, when I get a trade, I often find I’m a year behind…”
Matt had a lot more to say about this incentive program, in our interview. If you want to check out the entire conversation Major Spoilers had with Matt Hawkins, be sure to listen to episode #45 of the Major Spoilers Podcast, hitting the Internets near you, next week.
I know, I’m such a tease, aren’t I?
For those who have hesitated on picking up the new Darkness series, might have reason to make the jump as Top Cow announced the first trade of Darkness: Accursed will have a $4.99 price point.
“Just like we did when Ron Marz first took over writing Witchblade, we want to reward longtime readers of The Darkness and at the same time entice new readers to come and check out Phil Hester’s storytelling, and you just can’t beat $4.99 for six, full-color quality issues of a comic series,†proclaimed Top Cow VP Marketing and Sales Mel Caylo in a prepared statement.
The Darkness: Accursed Vol. 1 will contain the initial storyline by current series writer Phil Hester (Green Arrow, Firebreather) and artist Michael Broussard (Unholy Union). The six-issue story, entitled “Empire,†kicks off the third and most current volume of The Darkness, which Hester took over writing in December 2007. It is an ideal jumping-on point for readers interested in discovering the modern Darkness series. The collection will also contain a cover gallery featuring pieces by Dale Keown and Stjepan Sejic.
The Darkness: Accursed volume 1 arrives in November.
via Top Cow
The first Phil Hester and Michael Broussard story arc for The Darkenss comes to a close next week in the pages of The Darkness #6. Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue, that you can see after the jump.
Arriving in stores this week is the second installment of the Broken Trinity series from Top Cow. The series has the connection between the Witchblade, The Darkness and The Angelus broken, only to be rejoined by all new artifacts.
Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue, that you can see after the jump.
It’s Wednesday, which means for many of you around the country, new comic books are arriving at your LCS. This week, Top Cow is releasing Darkness #5, and the company sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek at today’s issue.
Arriving in stores today is Top Cow’s The Darkness #1-3 Raw Edition. The company has sent Major Spoilers the entire first issue for you to check out as you head to your LCS to pick up the trade.
Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Broken Trinity: The Darkness that arrives in stores this week.
Top Cow Entertainment has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Broken Trinity, that arrives in stores this week.
Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the upcoming Darkness issue. Take the jump for the goodness by Phil Hester and Michael Broussard.
Top Cow Productions has announced Jorge Lucas will take over the art duties for issues #7 and #8 of The Darkness.
“I’m looking forward to working on The Darkness because he is my favorite Top Cow character,†said Lucas, who remembers reading The Darkness issues in Spanish in Argentina, where he still makes his home. “I like the horror genre a lot, and the darker the character, the better. Jackie Estacado is a soul tortured by his demons, a cursed being, and I love this about him.â€
Take the jump for the cover and a two page sneak peek of the art changes to come.