SDCC’10: Turok, Son of Stone gets first look on Friday

Dark Horse announced it will be showing off art and will provide other information regarding the October release of the Turok, Son of Stone series.  The book was originally announced at Comic Con International 2009, and we had not heard anything else about it since then.  While we don’t have any art right now, we do know that Jim Shooter will write with Eduardo Francisco on art duties.

“Turok was one of my favorite comics in my youth,” said Mike Richardson, president of Dark Horse Comics. “We’re having great fun re-imagining the series with Jim and we are building up to some great surprises for those familiar with the character as well as new readers.”

“One continuum over from ours, Earth is still in its Cretaceous Period,” Jim Shooter explained. “However, a drifting rift in spacetime is sweeping things from anywhen here to there. It’s a dangerous place. How strong, how tough, how smart would you have to be to survive, to thrive, to become a force to be reckoned with? This is a story about about a fearless man who will find a way. I love this series.”

Dark Horse will reveal more during their publishing panel on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:30 AM in Room 3.

via Dark Horse

Turok, Son of Stone

turok052.jpgIf you haven’t read the very fast interview I did with Tad Stones yesterday, you really need to read it. Like now would be good (I’ll wait).

Back? Did you catch the bit about Turok, Son of Stone? The Animation Guild (TAG) official blog has a quick quip about Turok as well.

Another project in the building is Turoc, Son of Stone, a property that’s seen service as a Gold Key comic and video game. Well, it’s now boing to be a 70-minute DVD produced for Classic Media being supervised by animation veteran Tad Stones.

Cool, a full on feature. With what Marvel and DC are doing with their direct to DVD animated features, I have a feeling more companies will jump on board with their characters as well. If Tad does to Turok, what he did with Hellboy, I think we will all be very very happy campers.

via TAG Blog (link)