FIRST WATCH Exclusive: Ryan K Lindsey Speaks ‘Beautiful Canvas’ TPB, Listening Yet?

Beautiful Canvas, Creator/writer Ryan K. Lindsay, drawn by Sami Kivela, colored by Triona Farrell, lettered by Ryan Ferrier, was one of Lindsey’s most critically acclaimed titles and received very high acclaim from many in the comics industry and it’s getting the Beautiful Canvas TPB. I spoke to Ryan this morning about his new trade paperback of Beautiful Canvas, and he told ComicWatch…

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First Watch: Behind the Scenes of Dr. Strange: Damnation!

Magic has come to Las Vegas…or at least, what’s left of it. And it all comes to a head in Doctor Strange: Damnation, the exciting new epic that begins this February! Superstar writers Nick Spencer (Secret Empire) and Donny Cates (Doctor Strange) team up with Secret Empire artist Rod Reis and Szymon Kudranski (Daredevil/Punisher) to deliver this larger-than-life tale that will shock readers and Strange fans alike!

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First Watch: Read All Abbott It!

BOOM! Studios is excited to announce Abbott, a new, original comic book series launching in this week from Hugo Award-nominated writer Saladin Ahmed (lack Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) about a female journalist of color in 1970s Detroit named Elena Abbott who investigates a series of grisly crimes the police have ignored, crimes she recognizes to be the work of a dark magical force, the same force that murdered her husband 10 years ago.

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First Watch: Zub Promises New Team Members, New Adventures & Lots of Surprises with Champions #19!

Writer/creator Jim Zub (Avengers) and artist Sean Izaakse (Uncanny Avengers, Thunderbolts) take over the Champions in April with issue #19.  Zub and Izaakse will see the team welcome new members such as The Unstoppable Wasp and Ironheart, as well as taking on new challenges and dealing with the interpersonal super-teen drama elements of such classics as The New Mutants, New Warriors, and Generation X!

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First Watch: Two Childhood Friend’s Dreams Come True as Isola is Set to Hit Comic Book Shelves in April.

Brendan Fletcher (Acclaimed writer of Gotham Academy) and Eisner Award-winning storyteller Karl Kerschl (Gotham Academy)  have been best friends since they were 10 years old. While they cooked up ideas as youngsters for great stories they would write together as adults, which they have, they finally figured out the missing ingredients. Sprinkle a little colour in the recipe from Msassyk (Gotham Academy) and a dash of lettering from Aditya Bidkar (Motor Crush) and presto you have the perfect entrée, the lush, mind-shattering Isola.

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First Watch: Deadpool and Logan Lead the Way for R Rated Superhero Films, Now it’s Spawns Turn.

With the success of Deadpool (745.7 million worldwide) and Logan (616,795,600 million worldwide), major studios are not afraid to gamble with a big red R on their superhero movie posters anymore. Although it is not always necessary to have mature content to get your point across, especially in the superhero genre – Pretty sure Marvel/Disney is doing just fine – Fans have had their voices echo for over two decades on what they expect to see in the Spawn re-boot, and Todd McFarlane was listening to them the whole time.

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