Milo Ventimiglia Pimps Comic Books on NBC

Milo Ventimiglia, from NBC’s Heroes, was on the Today Show this week pimping the return of the television show, and in the process talking about his interest in comic books, and more specifically, his own Berserker series from Top Cow.


Top Cow Sneak Peek of the Week

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Arriving in stores this week from Top Cow are The Darkness #75 and Berserker #0.  Berserker is produced by Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia through his DiVide Pictures.  It received a lot of hype at New York Comic Con, and Top Cow has sent a sneak peek of both issues, that you can see after the jump.

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Top Cow Announces NYCC’09 Schedule

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LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 30th – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announce its schedule today for this weekend’s New York Comic-Con, the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention brought together in the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan, NY from February 6-8.

Top Cow will set up in booth #1407 and barrels into the convention with exclusives, preview books and free goodies to augment their headlining celebrity guests.

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Top Cow Announces First Ever Witchblade Annual

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I’ve been reading Top Cow’s Witchblade for years, and it never crossed my mind that the title had never seen an annual.  Top Cow has announced it will release its first Witchblade Annual written by Jay Faerber.

This 40-page epic will include a supernatural detective story, featuring everyone’s favorite Witchblade bearer, Sara Pezzini and her partner, Patrick Gleason. The talented Jay Faerber, writer of Noble Causes and Pilot Season: Urban Myths, delivers this first tale, alongside Top Cow’s very own Eric Basaluda, the innovative artist behind Magdalena and Witchblade/Devi.

“I think Eric’s one of the best guys working in the Top Cow stable and I was thrilled when I found out he was going to be illustrating this story,” explained Faerber in a prepared statment, “I think it really plays to his strengths, and Witchblade fans are going to love what he brings to the table.”

Take the jump to see the two covers by Eric Basaldua and Sami Basri.

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Top Cow Sneak Peek: Broken Trinity: Angelus

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Set to arrive this week is the final tie-in book to Top Cow’s Broken Trinity series.  Angelus is written by Ron Marz, with art by Brian Stelfreeze.  Top Cow has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue, that you can read after the jump.

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Top Cow Wants to Win You Over, Company to Give Away Thousands of Comics

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In an attempt to show the world how great its titles are, Top Cow has announced an new initiative to begin in February of 2009, which will see the company give away thousands of comics throughout the year.

“We feel strongly that Top Cow titles are the best they’ve ever been and it’s important for to invite readers and retailers to discover why,” explained Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik. “While our competitors are straining the wallet of the average fan, Top Cow is making it easy to try new comics.”

“Our stores always looks for great ways to promote comics and connect readers to new stories they might not have given a second thought to before in the past,” said Michael Malve, owner of Arizona-based chain Atomic Comics and a member of ComicsPRO. “So when we heard of this very progressive marketing idea that Top Cow was coming up with, well, let’s just say we were one of the first to dive in.”

Retailers who want to get in on this event, need to sign up through Diamond Comics Distributors under the ComicPro campaign.

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Top Cow Unveils Darkness #75 Covers

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Even with the volume restarts, The Darkness, from Top Cow, is poised to hit its 75th issue*.  To commemorate the milestone event, the company invited a list of artists to contribute to the oversized issue.

The list of artists includes: Michael Broussard (current series artist), Jorge Lucas (Pilot Season: Ripclaw), Dale Keown (Pitt), Joe Benitez (Justice League of America), Ryan Sook (Superman/Batman), Steve Firchow (Ultimatum), Frazer Irving (Silent War), Lee Carter (2000 AD), Stjepan Sejic (Witchblade) and Matt Timson (Impaler). The story, which will examine what a possible future would be like for current Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado, will be penned by current series writer Phil Hester.

The double-sized issue will feature four different covers, that you can see after the jump.

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