Monthly Archives: July 2012

SuperPowerCast 1: Joe Martino and the Mighty Titan

  By Nick Ahlhelm | July 31, 2012 - 7:52 am | ,
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For our inauguaral episode, host Nicholas Ahlhelm and cohost Caine Dorr are joined by Joe Martino, comic book writer/artist of such titles as Shadowflame and Ripperman. Joe has a new project on Kickstarter called The Mighty Titan. He discusses the Kickstarter project, his career in comics and more in a great sitdown interview. Joe even brings in project colorist Keith J. Betancourt to share a few of his thoughts on the project.

With only two weeks to go on the Kickstarter, Joe tells us all why Mighty Titan is a project to support.

Featured image is the cover to Mighty Titan issue 2 by Jamal Igle (used with permission)!

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Features music from Neuroleptic Trio “2nd heroic improvisation”. Used under Creative Commons license.

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Prose: Blackthorn returns

  By Nick Ahlhelm | July 30, 2012 - 1:30 pm |
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Press Release:
White Rocket Books proudly announces the release in trade paperback and Kindle e-book formats of I. A. Watson’s BLACKTHORN: DYNASTY OF MARS, a new novel that reveals the shocking secrets of Princess Aria while continuing the bold and exciting adventures of John Blackthorn, PulpArk Award winner for “Best New Character of the Year.”

Eldest child of her world’s ruling dynasty, Aria is also the daughter of the evil Black Sorcerer—one of the dreaded First Men of Mars—and has been imbued with his sorcerous might. Rebelling against her father’s tyranny, Princess Aria has joined forces with a human soldier and a savage Mock-Man, and now dares to challenge the First Men’s rule. Will Aria’s power be enough to tip the balance in John Blackthorn’s favor, and free her world—or will she betray the rebels to her father—or worse—and bring all they have fought for crashing down?

BLACKTHORN: DYNASTY OF MARS, by award-winning author I. A. Watson (Robin Hood; Sherlock Holmes) and with a spectacular cover painted by Adam Diller, takes the saga of John Blackthorn and his brave companions to the next level—and beyond—with a grand adventure stretching down the centuries and across the war-torn face of post-apocalyptic Mars!

Created by Van Allen Plexico (Sentinels, Lucian) in the spirit of “Thundarr the Barbarian” and “John Carter of Mars,” the Blackthorn Saga has already been nominated for seven PulpArk Awards and one Pulp Factory Award.  Now, says Plexico, “ Ian Watson has pulled back the curtain and given readers the chance to dig into the rich history of future Mars, and to witness the rise of Princess Aria from pampered aristocrat to powerful leader of a planet-wide rebellion—along with a couple of guys named Blackthorn and Oglok. If you thought you knew the Blackthorn story, you ain’t seen nothing yet!”

White Rocket Books is a leader in the New Pulp movement, publishing exciting action and adventure novels and anthologies since 2005, in both traditional and electronic formats.   White Rocket books have hit the Amazon.com Top 15-by-Genre and have garnered praise from everyone from Marvel Comics Vice-President Tom Brevoort to Kirkus Reviews.

On sale as of July 28, 2012, BLACKTHORN: DYNASTY OF MARS is a 250-page, $15.95, 6×9 format trade paperback from White Rocket Books, and a $2.99 e-book for Kindle.

ISBN-13: 978-0-61567-654-8  (paperback)

ASIN: B008NYCVLQ  (Kindle)

Comics: Thanos cancelled

  By Nick Ahlhelm | July 30, 2012 - 10:30 am |
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The cover to the cancelled first issue. (Click to enlarge.)

Just a day after soliciting it in Diamond’s Previews magazine, Marvel has cancelled Thanos: Son of Titan, the five issue miniseries that delves into the origins of the character in the Marvel Mailer to retailers. Writer Joe Keatinge and artist Rich Elson have already been moved to other projects. Editor Steve Wacker downplayed the announcement on his Twitter: “For those interested, plans have indeed changed on Thanos. Nothing too dramatic, we just jumped the gun a bit. Joe Keatinge and Rich Elson both have projects coming up in the Spidey office that we’ll be announcing soon. They’re bloody great!”

Thanos was created by Jim Starlin, who is on record as being unhappy with Marvel’s exploitation of his character without any compensation.

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