Broken Frontier

The "We Create" panel, brought to you by Top Cow, was started by an interesting teaser campaign, and truth be told, Top Cow made good on that exciting promiss.

The teasers involved all are part of new projects, be it the revival of the Minotaur-imprint or as part of the new Pilot Season starting up, as reported by Major Spoilers.

Pilot Season 2010:

Pilot Season 2010 will begin anew with the following titles:

Pilot Season: Forever #1
Created by Matt Hawkins and written by screenwriter Brad Ingelsby with art by Thomas Nachlik with a cover by Bagus Hutomo of IFS, Pilot Season: Forever #1 focuses on a pharmaceutical company, Longevity, and their development of a drug that extends human life and counters the debilitating effects of aging almost indefinitely.

Pilot Season: 39 Minutes #1
Created and written by William Harms and debuting art from Jerry Landon with a cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Pilot Season: 39 Minutes #1 turns a heist story on its head when a bank robber’s only solution to getaway from a surrounded bank full of customers and employees is to kill everyone in town.

Pilot Season: Crosshair #1
Created and co-written by Marc Silvestri and co-writer Jeff Katz with art by Allan Jefferson, Pilot Season: Crosshair #1 centers on former assassin for the CIA, Justin Weller, who just settled into the life of a loving husband and devoted father in the suburbs, coping with the discovery that he has been brainwashed to kill the President of the United States.

Pilot Season: The Asset #1
Created and written by Filip Sablk and debuting art from David Marquez with a cover by Jenny Frison, Pilot Season: The Asset #1 redefines the femme fatale for the digital age when you’re matched with the woman of your dreams; the same woman who’s trying to get you killed.

Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell #1
Created and co-written by the team behind Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box, Bryan Edward Hill and Rob Levin, with jaw dropping art from industry legend Brian Stelfreeze, Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell #1 finds ex-pat turned mercenary John Bishop mortally wounded, but spared from Hell by a renegade demon seeking redemption.

Pilot Season: Midway Earth #1
Created and co-written by Marc Silvestri and David Wohl with art from Stjepan Sejic, Pilot Season: Midway Earth #1 sees our home planet as the strategic prize in a brutal war between two alien races.

There will also be a Top Cow Bible Addendum to be released and  Pitt will become part of the Top Cow Universe, with reprints as well as new comics on the horizon.


Minotaur Press Returns with Echoes and Last Mortal


Minotaur Press is the Top Cow imprint for more indy style series.

Echoes; written by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Tumor, Alibi) with toned art by Rahsan Ekedal.
The series follows a man, who discovers his dead father may have been a serial killer and when new bodies begin to surface he’s left to wonder if he has inherited his father’s tendencies.


Last Mortal; co-created and written by Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik (Pilot Season: Asset) and newcomer John Mahoney and co-created and drawn by Thomas Nachlik (Pilot Season: Forever). It tells the story of a small time criminal who discovers after trying to kill himself that he is immortal.


Mysterious Ways:

Jason Rubin returns to comics with a brand new series entitled Mysterious Ways. Rubin made his initial splash in comics with The Iron Saint (originally published under the title Iron and the Maiden).

Mysterious Ways features art Tyler Kirkham, inker Sal Regla, and colorist Arif Prianto of IFS. The series follows the story of washed up ex-cop Sam, who has slid into a pit of despair and drinking his life away after killing his corrupt partner. When a serial killer begins killing innocent women around town, the police suspect Sam. As Sam races to clear his name he discovers that the Lord works in very Mysterious Ways indeed. Mysterious Ways is slated for release in late 2010/early 2011.


Rest:

Top Cow Productions and DiVide Pictures make REST newly available.

Originally published by Devil’s Due Publishing, Rest chronicles the adventures of John, a man who becomes one of the first human test subjects for a drug, which removes the need for sleep. Imagine what you could do if you had an extra eight hours every day and always felt awake and refreshed. The dream soon becomes a nightmare as John discovers that he may not be the first subject and the drug may have unforeseen side effects.

Three issues of Rest, issues #0, #1, and #2, have been released previously. Issues #3-5, which complete the series, will be released exclusively digitally in single-issue form, along with making issues #0-2 available digitally. The issues will be released leading up to the release of the trade paperback in October at New York Comic-Con.