New Spring Compics May 1, 2006
Posted by BDcomics in : Adrasteia, Comics ,Episodes 1-5
Authors: Robert Jordan and Chuck Dixon
Publisher: Red Eagle Publishing / Dabel Brothers, Inc.
Issue #1: July 14, 2005
Cover Art: Andrea Di Vito
Penciler(s): Mike S. Miller and Andrea Di Vito
Inker(s): Mike Crowell
Produced in partnership with comic book studio Dabel Brothers Production (DB Pro), New Spring tells of a time when wars rage and dark forces threaten the survival of mankind. In the midst of this chaos and uncertainty, an infant is born who is prophesied to change the world. Thus begins the story of Moiraine, a young woman with special powers, and Lan, a courageous warrior of royal blood, and their desperate journey to seek out and save the child so that he might fulfill his destiny and save the world.
“Fifteen years after publication of the first volume of The Wheel of Time cycle,” said Robert Jordan, “I’m excited to put New Spring, part of the backstory, into the visual medium of comic books and graphic novels, providing readers of the cycle with new insights into the major characters, settings and plotlines of The Wheel of Time. There are things in New Spring that will never be told in the main sequence novels.”
“We are taking Robert Jordan’s masterwork to an entirely new level,” said Rick Selvage, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Red Eagle Entertainment. “The quality of the artwork and storyline have greatly benefited from Jordan’s close, personal involvement in the development of the comic series.” “We expect the New Spring comic series will expand the reach of Jordan’s work to new fans throughout the world, said Larry Mondragon, Executive Vice President of Red Eagle Entertainment.
The comic book adaptation has been co-written by Robert Jordan and comic book veteran Chuck Dixon (writer, Batman, Nightwing, Savage Sword of Conan, adapter, The Hobbit, 2002, writer/creator, Way of the Rat). It will feature art by Mike S. Miller (Justice League of America , Wolverine, Adventures of Superman, The Hedge Knight) with colors by Étienne St. Laurent, letters by Dave Lanphear of Artmonkeys, and book design by Lithium Pro Design.
To find out the location of the nearest comic retailer, fans may go online to www.comicshoplocator.com. To further serve worldwide demand for this latest work by Robert Jordan, Red Eagle has announced that subscriptions to the entire comic series will be directly available from Red Eagle at www.red-eagle-entertainment.com/shop and through selected affiliate websites in The Wheel of Time online community.
Red Eagle Entertainment intends to release a graphic novel based upon the New Spring prequel in the first quarter of 2006. Red Eagle Entertainment is also developing a live-action feature film based upon The Eye of the World, the first full-length novel in Jordan’s The Wheel of Time saga.
Further information regarding the New Spring comic book and graphic novels, and other Red Eagle projects are available at www.red-eagle-entertainment.com and at major websites maintained by fans of Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time series. New comic book series based upon internationally and critically acclaimed author Robert Jordan’s New Spring: The Novel, the prequel to his bestselling epic series The Wheel of Time.™
New Spring Compics
Episodes 1 to 5
http://rapidshare.de/files/19305545/The.Wheel.of.Time-New.Spring.01._2005_.cbr.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/19305851/The.Wheel.Of.Time-New.Spring.02__2005_.cbr.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/19306119/The.Wheel.of.Time-New.Spring.03._2005_.cbr.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/19306399/The.Wheel.of.Time-New.Spring.04._2005_.cbr.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/19306712/The.Wheel.of.Time-New.Spring.05._2006_.cbr.html
Thanks to Adrasteia for mailing these in! (Thanks!)
Batman: War on Crime May 1, 2006
Posted by BDcomics in : Batman, Comics, ProjectW.org ,
The amazing craftsmanship of art truly does transcend words. a piece of art can speak volumes and in many different languages all together. The little subtle details truly makes the difference between that kind of art and that which is in truth can be rightfully called a masterpiece. Batman: war on Crime, albeit not a literary wonder, is a gem of a work of art.
Alex Ross popped into the comic world with MARVELS. A project so ambitious that it catapulted Ross into comic book stardom and helped bring in the world of realistic painted art and that of comic book storytelling. Ross became a very crucial and influential player in the comic book scene, where comic book fans would purchase a whole comic just to look at a cover he had painted without caring who really is drawing or writing the comic itself. His approach to characters was one of a kind and his take on certain heroes truly helped define them into the mainstream.
With this work, Ross teams up Paul Dini, the producer of the critically acclaimed animated Batman show. Though the story and plot is not thought-provoking and searing as one might want it to be, the art compensates for that. Here you look at Batman, with the most human of all attributes. He never looked more human, even in his movies. The physique is drawn just right with no bulging muscles ready to tear apart from the skin. The detail works into such that you can actually feel what the cape’s material is even, which is more of a polyester, nylon look rather than the rubber associated with the movies. Ross excels in bringing out the right facial expressions with the right kind of actions. Any reader would feel he or she is reading through a photography book of a man wearing a Halloween costume of a large Bat, patrolling the streets of Gotham.
All in all, the book truly reads like a graphic novel. No dialogue bubbles to ruin the artwork which is a plus. Dini tries hard making the reader notice his story and what he’s trying to say by it, but in the end, it is Ross who manages to pull things together and creates magic with painting brush.
Thanks to !!Rawr from ProjectW for this.
Batman: War on Crime
Download links:
http://rapidshare.de/files/18908488/BM-WoC1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/18909068/BM-WoC2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/18909527/BM-WoC3.rar.html