Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - Tom
MICHAEL TURNER: 1971 - 2008
Fighting a long battle with cancer since March 2000, superstar aritist Michael Turner died late last week.
Turner was first dicovered at a comic convention by Marc Silvestri and hired by Top Cow Productions. He co-created Witchblade at Top Cow and then created Fathom, he then moved on to create his comic company Aspen Comics were he created Soulfire. Over the pass few years Michael found time to do artwork covers for the big two; Marvel - Fantastic Four, Civil War (variants) and Fallon Son: The Death Of Captain America (variants); DC - Flash, Justice League Of America (variants) and Superman/Batman. Michael Turner will be missed by his fans.
Unfortunately it's with great sadness that I must inform everyone that Michael Turner tragically passed away last night, June 27th at approximately 10:42 pm in Santa Monica, Ca. Turner had been dealing with recent health complications arisen in the past few weeks. More details concerning Turner's passing, and services, will be given shortly - ASPEN COMICS.
From Image Comics comes a new four part mini-series called Hyperkinetic - which plays out as a science-fiction, action-comedy. Follow the story of four female intergalactic bounty hunters and their robot. They are on a hot pursuit of an elusive alien that needs to be captured. There are bigger problems when they crush land on an alien planet were they have to fight killer robots and strange aliens to survive. Story by Howard M. Shum; Art by Matteo Scalera and Oscar Celestini; Covers by Scalera & variant by the late Mike Wieringo.
Five one-shots in five weeks, doesn't seem unusual for DC - Their new series The Joker's Asylum will spotlight five of Batman's greatest villains in each issue, beginning with the Joker. As the title suggests, playing the host/narrative will be the Dark Knight's number one archenemy the Joker. Cover by Andy Kubert.
From the house of Ideas, the Secret Invasion continues with Secret Invasion: Frontline a five part mini-series. As Skrull warships fill the skies, and heroes battle for their very survival in the Savage Land, the citizens of New York struggle to survive the worst day of their lives. Follow Ben Urich story as he tries work out the whole invasion situation. Brian Reed (CAPTAIN MARVEL) and Marco Castiello bring you a stunning ground-level look at Secret Invasion!
He was the world's greatest hero, but Captain Dynamo was not a faithful husband. Now he's dead and his family is trying to piece their lives together. As his enemies descend on his unprotected city, Captain Dynamo's widow rounds up his five illegitimate children, each of whom have inherited one of their father's super-powers. Can these total strangers come to terms with their powers, their father's legacy and each other as total chaos erupts?
Collects Dynamo 5 #1 – 7; written by Jay Faerber, art and cover by Mahumd A. Asrar and Ron Riley. 176 pages, published October 2007
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