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IDW Publishing Releases Wally Wood EC Stories Artist’s Edition

The Taylor Network — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:31:59 +0000

Press Release

Wally Wood EC Stories Artist’s Edition out

IDW releases loving tribute to one of the finest comics artists ever

San Diego, CA — Few comics creators have been lauded as the kind of iconoclast and innovator Wally Wood was. So, what more fitting a tribute than an a lovingly exacting, mega-sized Artist’s Edition of his seminal work?

“Wally Wood is absolutely one of my all-time favorites,” said Artist’s Edition editor Scott Dunbier, “I love all these Artist’s Editions but this is the one I’ve been dying to have!”

As far as fan reaction to the book, Ain’t It Cool News’ head honcho Harry Knowles tweeted “HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD! Just got the IDW Wally Wood EC Stories ARTIST’S EDITION… it’s the greatest anything ever…”

Since their inception, IDW’s Artist’s Editions have been intended as eye-popping, brain-frying, must-have books for diehard comics fans; true artifacts and testaments to the artistic greatness of their subjects. As is often the case, IDW has upped the ante in order to pay proper tribute to the late, great Wally Wood. This particular volume has been kept to the high, precise standards of previous Artist’s Editions, but due to the larger size of the original art, fans will be treated to a 15” x 22” monolith of illustrative achievement. Just like Wally Wood’s legend, this book is just a little bigger than the rest.

What is an Artist’s Edition? Artist’s Editions are printed the same size as the original art. While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for example, you are able to clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes, art corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Previous Artist’s Editions include DAVE STEVENS’ THE ROCKETEER: ARTIST’S EDITION and WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR: ARTIST’S EDITION JOHN ROMITA’S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ARTIST’S EDITION, and WALLY WOOD’S EC STORIES: THE ARTIST’S EDITION.

The ROCKETEER ARTIST’S EDITION won two Eisner Awards last year, for Best Archival Project and Best Design.

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books.

About IDW Publishing

IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Toho’s Godzilla; Wizards of the Coasts Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, and Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.

IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, while Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.

Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #1 now in the IDW May Solicits

The Taylor Network — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:33:55 +0000

Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #1
Scott & David Tipton with Tony Lee (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Woodward, David Messina (c)
They said it would never happen! Nearly five decades and 1500 episodes in the making! The two greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history, in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2!
When the Federation’s most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy alliance with one of the Doctor’s most hated antagonists, the result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!
Written by Scott and David Tipton, the authors of the critically acclaimed Star Trek: Infestaion, and featuring the beautiful painted artwork of J.K. Woodward (Fallen Angel), this is the adventure that both Trekkers and Whovians have waited for all their lives! Geronimo? Make it so!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant wrap-around photo cover!
Joe Corroney “TARDIS crew on the Enterprise” cover
Star Trek TNG: A New Frontier TPB (A $19.99 retail value!)

The first Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover ever!
Featuring fan-favorite villains the Borg and the Cybermen!
Fully painted artwork by J.K. Woodward!
Ask your retailer about the rare wraparound photo cover!
Ask your retailer about the super-rare Joe Corroney cover featuring the Doctor and friends aboard the USS Enterprise!

New additions added to Boston Comic Con 2012

The Taylor Network — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:06:05 +0000

Press Release:

Boston Comic Con is pleased to announce several new additions to the guest list for the 2012 convention! Joining an already stellar line up are Joe Sinnott, Kevin Eastman, Eric Canete, Keu Cha, Todd Dezago, Ian Glaubinger, Daniel Govar, Mark Morales, Sara Richard, Stephane Roux, Matteo Scalera, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Charles P. Wilson III, and Dexter Vines. This year’s event is shaping up to be the biggest in our five year history!

Silver Age legend Joe Sinnott’s inks have embellished the pages of innumerable titles including Thor, Silver Surfer, Captain America, and The Avengers. His favorite character to draw is The Thing of the Fantastic Four, the comic for which he is best known. Don’t miss this opportunity to shake hands with an industry giant!

Kevin Eastman is best known as the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a comic book phenomenon which was founded in Northampton, MA! For the past twenty years Eastman has owned, edited, and published the magazine Heavy Metal. Boston Comic Con is thrilled to bring this comic book icon back to the Bay State!

Eric Canete is an illustrator and designer working in the animation and comic book industries. As an animator he has worked on shows including Aeon Flux, Exo Squad, and X-Men. He has drawn many titles for Marvel and DC Comics such as Amazing Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and Iron Man. Currently he is working on a creator-owned project for Image Comics.

Keu Cha is an artist who has worked extensively with Top Cow Productions on titles including The Darkness, Fathom, Rising Stars, and Witchblade.

Todd Dezago is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his collaborations with penciller Mike Wieringo on Sensational Spider-Man and their creator-owned fantasy series Tellos. Dezago is also know for co-creating Young Justice with artist Todd Nauck in the one-shot Young Justice: The Secret. His other Young Justice work includes the miniseries JLA: World Without Grown-ups.

Ian Glaubinger is an illustrator inspired by all things in pop culture: the cartoons of the 1950′s, Walt Disney, movies, comics, typography, vintage advertising, all things retro, his wife Kim, and his cat to name a few. He is a featured artist at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, a very popular pop-culture based art gallery.

Daniel Govar is the co-founder of ThereAndBackAgain.net, a Tolkien and Lord of the Rings website dedicated to illustrating all facets of the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. In 2010, Daniel’s sci-fi epic comic Azure was published by DC Comics, now available via DC and ComiXology’s digital apps.

Mark Morales is an inker best known for his works at Marvel Comics such as Secret Invasion, Siege, and Thor. Most recently he embellished the pages of Young Avengers over the pencils of fellow Boston Comic Con guest Jim Cheung.

Sara Richard’s work has appeared in Atomic Robo, Pre-Historic Times Magazine, several Marvel trading card sets, Zombie Bomb, and in her new children’s book Kitty and Dino. She has also worked as a toy designer for Hasbro.

Stephane Roux comes all the way from France as an illustrator of great renown. His sexy pinup-style art has graced the covers of Birds of Prey, Savage She-Hulk, and Countdown to Crisis. He has also illustrated Zatanna for DC Comics and is currently working on Star Wars: Agent of the Empire for Dark Horse.

Matteo Scalera is an Italian artist who was one of twelve discovered in Marvel’s worldwide talent search in 2005. He is best known for his work with the character Deadpool and has drawn the titles Deadpool Team-Up, Deadpool Corps, and Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth. Additionally he has worked on Hyperkinetic, Dynamo 5, and PopGun for Image Comics.

Thomas E. Sniegoski is the writer of the New York Times best-selling The Fallen: Vol. 1 & 2, as well as Remy Chandler. He is also the only writer ever invited to work on Jeff Smith’s award winning series Bone, working with Smith on Bone: Tall Tales. Sniegoski has just finished writing Bone: Quest for the Spark, and a new additions to The Fallen series, The Fallen: End of Days and The Fallen: Forsaken.

Charles Paul Wilson III is the acclaimed illustrator and co-creator of the New York Times Best-Selling Graphic Novel, The Stuff of Legend, published by Th3rd World Studios. His work has also graced the covers and pages of the comic industry’s top publishers such as IDW, DC, and Marvel Comics.

Dexter Vines is a comic book artist and inker best known for being one half of the “eDex” team, along with fellow Boston Comic Con guest Ed McGuiness. Dex has worked on titles for Marvel and DC including Civil War, Superman/Batman, JLA Classified, and Wolverine: Old Man Logan.

Previously announced guests include Al Feldstein, Paul Coker Jr., Al Jaffee, Brian Azzarello, Jeremy Bastian, Joe Benitez, Simon Bisley, Mark Brooks, Stephanie Buscema, Jim Cheung, Cliff Chiang, Becky Cloonan, Amanda Conner, Katie Cook, Geof Darrow, Renae De Liz, Steve Epting, Jamal Igle, Phil Jimenez, Alex Maleev, Ed McGuinness, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, David Petersen, Tom Raney, Ivan Reis, Paolo Rivera, Tim Sale, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jill Thompson, Ben Templesmith, Joe Quinones, Bernie Wrightson, Skottie Young, Chrissie Zullo, and more!

Boston Comic Con is also happy to announce that we have SOLD OUT all artist alley tables. Anyone who submits a registration form from this point on will be added to a waiting list.

The Boston Comic Con is a 100% independently run comic book show committed to bringing the biggest and best comic creators to New England. Run by fans for fans, Boston Comic Con is not affiliated with any other convention tour or corporate interests. Hosting over 40,000 square feet of vendors selling comic books, toys, posters, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia, this is a destination event for geeks of any stripe. The convention will be held Saturday April 21st and Sunday April 22nd at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA from 10am to 5pm each day. For more information please go to our website at www.bostoncomiccon.com and follow us on Twitter (@BostonComicCon) and Facebook!

Nothing’s on ep 49 Darrell, Donny and Jim are sent up

The Taylor Network — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:19:45 +0000

In this episode we are joined by Legion Of Dudes podcast very own Jim Dietz to talk about the new ABC show the River. We review episode one “Magus ” and episode two “Marbeley”. To check out Legion of Dudes go to http://www.hhwlod.com/ and to checkout the entertainment news we talk about on the show go to http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/ Also leave us an itunes review. And special thanks to Gail who left us a very kind review.

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NoApologies ep 85 Zombies hate lawsuits

The Taylor Network — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:37:31 +0000

In this episode we talk share our thoughts on the premiere episode of Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men and the Walking Dead premier ep for the Second half of season two. Also Robert Kirkman’s response to the Tony Moore suit,Creators response to the Gary Friedrich. Lawsuit decision,and Nick Pitarra shares gets into his upcoming ongoing Image book Manhattan Projects written by Jonathan Hickman & Shout outs to JK Woodward on his new project the IDW Dr Who/Star Trek The Next Generation crossover and to Sam Humphries for his being the new co writer on the Ultimate Comics Ultimates. The books we review are Secret Avengers # 21,21.1,22, Winter soldier# 1,Chew # 23,Punisher # 8,Severed # 7,Black Panther : The most dangerous man alive #529,Blue Estate #9 Leave us an itunes review and go to facebook and click the like button. For more info on this podcast and others on the network go to http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/ This episode is sponsored by http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com/

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Comic Book Road Show 162 James Tynion IV

The Taylor Network — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:11:01 +0000

In this episode we are joined James Tynion IV writer of the upcoming Batman Annual #1 which is co written by Scott Snyder introducing Mr Freeze to DC’s “New 52″ universe. We talk about how he got into comics and also the backup stories‘The Fall of the House of Wayne’ featured in the main Batman book which reveal the full extent of the Owls’ control, and their history with Gotham City.Which will be drawn by Snyder’s old American Vampire collaborator, Rafael Albuquerque. If you enjoyed this episode leave us an itunes review and check out our facebook page and our website http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/ This podcast is sponsored by http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com/

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Nothings On ep 48 Donny & Darrell get real

The Taylor Network — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:29:59 +0000

In this episode Donny & Darrell talk reality shows. The reality shows covered are Hardcore Pawn,Storage Wars,Braxton Family Values,Auction Hunters,Housewives of Atlanta. Can you guess which co host likes what reality show? Email the show your feedback to nothingsonpodcast@gmail.com Also like our facebook page and for entertainment news go to the website http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/

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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter – Official Trailer

The Taylor Network — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:53:48 +0000

Katie Cassidy lands the role of Dinah “Laurel” Lance Black Canary in CW’s Arrow series

The Taylor Network — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:16:13 +0000

Cassidy, who appeared as the manipulative demon Ruby in Season 3 of “Supernatural,” will play Laurel — the alter ego of DC’s Black Canary — a crusading legal aid attorney who shares a romantic past with Oliver.

IDW announces Star Trek Doctor Who crossover titled Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2

The Taylor Network — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:37:59 +0000

IDW press release

Franchise comics publisher IDW is bringing fans the first ever meeting of Star Trek and Doctor Who this May.

Brace for impact because it’s finally happening. Two of the biggest names in US and UK science fiction will be bumping into each other for the first time in an eight-issue miniseries from publisher IDW arriving in May. Titled Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2, each issue will run to 32 pages for $3.99. That’s usually just short of three quid in the Queen’s coinage.

We don’t need to tell you that the two franchises meeting is a long time coming. BBC Worldwide Consumer Products and CBS Consumer Products are clearly hoping fans of both shows will be customers, and have teamed with IDW to launch the joint series.

Oddly, although the Who in question is Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor the Enterprise featured in the comic will be captained by Patrick Stewart’s Picard. Battle of the posh accents then. The choice of eras seems to have been partly informed by the villains – the Cybermen and their lumbering automated compatriots the Borg.

Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doc… the mouthful is being penned by Star Trek: Infestation writers Scott and David Tipton with variant covers from Star Trek ongoing series artist Joe Corroney.

Series co-writer Tony Lee and interior artist J.K. Woodward will be attending and signing at the London Super Comic Convention later this month as part of IDW’s first UK convention appearance. The US publisher will be reviewing budding writer and artist portfolio submissions.

This isn’t the only time Star Trek crews have encountered other famous space travellers in the comics medium. A crossover with DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes and James T. Kirk’s legendary crew is wrapping up in the next month. In the 90s, Kirk also briefly met Marvel’s X-Men. Past crossovers involving the Trek universe have seemed a bit forced, so perhaps a fellow sci-fi series like Doctor Who will make for a much better fit.