If you’re anything like me, you’ve been craving the next installment of North 40 as soon as you finished reading the first issue. You DID read it, right? If not, these pencils by Fiona Staples from issue #2 should make you want to go back and catch up. I mean, really. Zombies!

The WildStorm & DC Comics offices are closed on Friday - we’ll be returning to our normal schedule on Monday. Have a good weekend!

San Diego ‘09 has come and gone, but we’re still recovering from the whirlwind of the convention. We went in with a lot of big announcements this year, many of which I’ve touched on here on The Bleed. WildStorm’s panel was huge this year - which you can see by the photos here. (We start 12 rows down.)

Want more? CBR and Newsarama both have coverage of the WildStorm panel - or you can you listen to our podcast of the panel here. (Caution: Contains some explicit language.) Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of fans who weren’t able to spend five days in sunny San Diego this past week have been asking when they’ll be able to get their hands on the This Is Wildstorm Universe #0 giveaway book I’ve been previewing.

Here’s the good word: TIWU #0 (which I’ve so elegantly abbreviated) will be hitting
comic shops this week, so make sure you grab it along with your copy of WildCats #13 - as well as your Cassaday Planetary #27 promo poster, if you haven’t picked one up yet!

San Diego Comic-Con has wrapped for another year, and we’re all exhausted. My body is quickly shutting down from exhaustion, after days of meeting fans and freelancers at the booth and rushing from panel to panel through the crowded floor.

I’ve managed to crawl to my computer and lift myself up long enough to type out this blog post, with one more piece of art from the beautiful This Is WildStorm Universe #0. In this piece, Drew Johnson lends his amazing talents to The Authority - I’ll let the art speak for itself while I crawl back to bed.

For those of you who aren’t partying it up out here in good ol’ San Diego, we’ve got a ton of news coming. We had so much to talk about on the panel this year that I’m only able to cover some of the WildStorm Universe highlights:

- WildCats has a new regular team with issue #19 - none other than Adam Beechen, writer of WildStorm’s own Killapalooza, and artist Tim Seeley.

- Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman take on The Authority with issue #17. Artist Al Barrionuevo joins the team a month later with issue #18.

- Phil Hester and Cruddie Torian jump in on the Gen13 action with issue #33.

- Welcome to Tranquility is back with a new miniseries! Gail Simone and Horacio Domingues revisit Tranquility in One Foot In The Grave - with covers by the always top-notch Neil Googe.

So much to say, so little time. Tune in next week for more details!

Two down, three more days of Comic-Con to go. Those of you who made it to the Con have likely already picked up your copies of This Is WildStorm Universe #0 over at our booth. (Maybe you’ve even gotten a few pages signed?)

For those of you who aren’t here, here’s are some amazing Howard Porter WildCats art to hold you over until you get a chance to see the awesomeness that is This Is WildStorm Universe #0 for yourselves.

As I promised last week, here’s another sneak peek inside This Is WildStorm Universe #0, which we’ll be giving away starting tonight at San Diego Comic-Con.

This time we’ve got the great Pete Woods taking on the kids from Gen13.

Wow, I can’t believe San Diego Comic-Con is already here. It’s no longer on the horizon, we are actually T-Minus ZERO. Months of plotting and planning — hopefully it will all pay off and the show will go off without a hitch. I’m heading out early to attend Preview Night — that is usually a great indicator of how the rest of the show will go!

We’ve been teasing you with things for a while now, leading into the convention. “Show, don’t just tell” is our policy, and you can now add “give” to that phrase. There are some GREAT items that you can pick up by visiting us at the booth this year, as well as the booths of our partners. In addition to the many free sample WildStorm comics, here’s a handy checklist of everything else you’ll want:

• THIS IS WILDSTORM UNIVERSE #0: Austin’s been teasing you with imagery this last week, but there’s nothing like holding a printed book in your hands, right?

• GOD OF WAR Poster: The Sony booth will be distributing the GOD OF WAR poster, featuring the stunning cover artwork by Andy Park.

• TRICK ’r TREAT Preview: The Original Graphic Novel will be in store the first week of October, but if you stop in the Warner Home Video booth, you can pick up a preview chapter (by Marc Andreyko and Fiona Staples) of this awesome adaptation. Be sure to check out tomorrow’s panel and screening of the film, too!

• DANTE’S INFERNO Lithograph and #0 Preview Book: The amazing Diego Latorre will be signing an EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED EDITION lithograph at the EA booth, plus he and writer Christos Gage will be signing the #0 book at the EA and the WildStorm booths.

• PLANETARY POSTER: You’ve heard the news — #27 is coming this October! Until then, enjoy the impressive 27” x 34” poster, featuring the entire triple-sized final cover by John Cassaday and Laura Martin! I know I’m biased, but this is really a beautiful sight to behold.

If you see me at the WildStorm table, please introduce yourself. If I rush right by you, don’t take it personally — I am sure I’m running late to my next appointment.

And I’ll definitely see you at our panel this Saturday, Room 4, at 3:30!

For those of you following this three-way battle royale, issues 2, 3, and 4 of the epic Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors will have connecting covers by Mr. Shane Davis.

Check out the full image below, or start your own by grabbing the Jason cover in comic stores tomorrow.

Sony Online Entertainment and WildStorm have teamed up with fantasy author J.S. Lewis to adapt their smash hit MMORPG Free Realms (www.FreeRealms.com) to the comic page. Look for it to first hit your comic shop’s shelves next week.

So, Free Realms fans, minimize your game window and check out this CBR-exclusive preview of the first issue below, featuring the colorful artistic skills of Jon Buran.