Be sure to stop by to hear about a special announcement about our first licensed comic! News will follow here soon.

We will also be doing portfolio reviews for artists. Bring your creator owned titles by, too! We’re looking for some for potential publication.

The following creators will be at our booth doing signings:

We Kill Monsters
- Laura Harkcom and Christopher Leone (Writers) – Saturday 11 AM – 1 PM, 3 PM – 5 PM
- Brian Churilla (Artist) – Friday 11 AM – 1 PM

Box 13
- David Gallaher (Writer) – Saturday 1 PM – 3 PM

Neozoic, Afterburn, Midknight
- Paul Ens (Writer) – Wednesday through Sunday All Day

Afterburn, Drone
- Scott Chitwood (Writer) – Wednesday through Sunday All Day

Laura Harkcom and Christopher Leone (We Kill Monsters) will also be participating on the “Totally Rad Show” panel on Friday night, July 23rd, at 7:45 PM:

7:45-9:15 The Totally Rad Show: Live— Hosts Alex Albrecht (Diggnation), Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata (Weekend Confirmed, Reviews on the Run) bring their Webby and Podcast Award-winning geek culture show back to Comic-Con for the third straight year. Join the guys for an explosion of movie, video game, TV, and comic book news and reviews, and see what makes this Revision3 show such an Internet phenomenon. Room 5AB

Paul Ens (Neozoic, Afterburn) is scheduled to appear on the Masters of the Web panel (though he’s currently not listed):

3:00-4:00 Masters of the Web— Hollywood Writer/Producer Roberto Orci (Star Trek 2, Cowboys & Aliens, Transformers, Star Trek, Alias, Mission Impossible 3) and writer/director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs the World) moderate and AMC Theatres Blog Editor John Campea (AMCTheatres.com/network/scriptscreen) hosts a panel of the most popular movie website personalities as they come together to discuss how new media has influenced moviemaking and marketing, what it takes to run a popular site, and much more in a panel discussion and Q&A session. The panel consists of Jen Yamato (former senior editor of Rotten Tomatoes, now writing for Cinematical, Hitfix, Film.Com and FEARnet), Edward Douglas (Coming Soon.net), Vic Holtreman (Screenrant.com), Mike Sampson (Joblo.com), George “El Guapo” Roush (Latino Review.com), Erik Davis (Cinematical.com), and Devin Faraci (CHUD.com). Passes to the annual, highly anticipated “From Dusk til Con” party will be given out to a few lucky attendees, and one attendee will win a pass good for one year of free movies at any AMC Theatres location. Room 32AB

Check back for more updates. And if you’re at the show, come by and say Howdy!

Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur

* Ronda Pattison – Star Wars: The Clone Wars #4 (Cover), Star Wars: The Clone Wars FCBD 2009, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan, Star Wars: Purge – Seconds to Die, Unbound Saga (Dark Horse), Angel vs. Frankenstein (IDW), Killer of Demons #1-3 (Image Comics), Dark Reign: Mister Negative #1-3, Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Marvel Comics), Atomic Robo and Friends FCBD 2009, Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #1-5, We Kill Monsters #1-5 (Red 5 Comics)

Visit the link above for the full press release and nomination list!

You say that “We Kill Monsters” was an idea you had, but was that idea initially conceived as a comic book, or was it more like, “This is cool – now what do we do with it?”

Laura Harkom: It was an idea, and we thought about what would be the best way to tell it. We originally created “The Lost Room” because we had only done features, and we initially thought of ["The Lost Room"] as a feature film. But as soon as we started to write down the ideas, we thought my God, this could never be a movie, it couldn’t even fit in a trilogy. Likewise with “We Kill Monsters.” We started writing our ideas and thought, look, the best medium for this would be a comic book.

We had just finished the TV show, and we were thinking TV, but realized budget-wise, you’d have to do almost an X-Files thing where you see the monster in one scene, at the very end of the episode. Or a piece, or a face. We didn’t want this to be that. We really wanted to do the monsters the way we want to do them, and the best way to do that is to draw them.

Did you approach Red 5 Comics, or did they approach you?

Leone: Our agent knew them a little bit and suggested we meet with them. We met with a bunch of publishers, but I think they had everything we wanted. It just kinda clicked, our style, and what they are about.

Harkom: They got it in a way that not everybody did. They understood the tone right off the bat, and what we were going for. [The series'] art is a little more old school than some of the more photo realistic stuff that is out there now. And they totally got that, and appreciated it.

For readers who may not be familiar with it, can you tell us what “We Kill Monsters” is about?

Leone: It’s about two brothers in this small town, who are mechanics. One night, stumbling out of a bar, they are attacked by a monster. One of the brothers, Jake, is bitten on his arm. When he wakes up the next morning, it’s transformed into this super-strong monster arm. And he’s addicted now to this brain fluid from monster brains.

Harkom: Because the monster DNA has mingled with his human DNA.

Leone: So now they have to keep hunting and killing monsters, in order to keep the brother alive.

Visit the link above for much more!

First up, Ideology of Madness has posted an audio interview with Laura Harkcom and Christopher Leone. Forbidden Panel has a cool audio interview with the creators, too. Check them both out!

Next, we have The Pull Box which posted a text interview with both the writers, artist Brian Churilla, and colorist Ronda Pattison. Here’s a sample:

Eric: Is the final look of the book what was originally envisioned?

CHRIS: For us, I say yeah. I wanted likeable characters, killer monsters, lots of violence along with some funny parts. So I think this look was exactly right to capture that tone.

LAURA: Chris and I had never worked with Brian, Jeff, or Ronda before this book, so I was basing my expectations on Brian’s work from “The Engineer,” and Ronda and Jeff’s work in “Atomic Robo.” And then just crossing my fingers and hoping it would all come together in a way unique to our story in WKM. It ended up turning out cooler than I ever could have dreamed.

BRIAN: It ended up looking better than I had imagined it would. Ronda is a real wizard, and makes the artwork sing.

RONDA: I feel like I have a pretty clear idea now of how the book should look, but each issue is still a bit of a learning curve as I adapt to Brian’s art style and learn what Chris best responds to visually, etc. That’s just part of learning to work together and know each other as a team. I’m sure we’ll have it nailed by the last issue.

Visit the link above for more!

We also have a positive review of Issue #5 from Comic Book Jesus:

Simple, well-written tales are a rarity in these days of multi-character epics that require many months (and dollars) of commitment. That’s where Red 5 come along. Series like their Atomic Robo and Neozoic are brilliant, because they’re entertaining and accessible.

WKM’s writing partners Christopher Leone and Laura Harkcom have taken a simple premise (two brothers fight aliens in their hometown) and put enough familial drama, action and alien mystery to create an intriguing narrative. Penciller Brian Churilla has really been getting a lot of attention lately, thanks to BOOM!’s new The Anchor series (also good) and he does magic with the few lines he uses here.

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Scalera asked the duo what could be done with a comic that couldn’t be done with a television show such as ‘The Lost Room.’ Leone responded “Yeah, I come out of a visual effects background. I understand what it takes to build a CG monster. But in this [the comic's] case, you just tell the guy to draw it.

Harkom agreed, saying “You know, very early on we thought ’should this be a TV show?’ And then we thought, with the way budgets are for television shows today, we would never get to execute the monsters the way that we wanted them to be. But whatever you can imagine, you can have drawn for the same price as drawing any other page. So we decided to go the comic route, and we’re really glad we did.

Laughing, Leone said “And the insane thing about Hollywood is that the odds are, the chances of actually making it into a movie or something are probably ten times better as a comic book. Which is insane, right? Why shouldn’t it just be a script?

Laura Harkom and Christopher Leone’s “We Kill Monsters,” published by Red 5 ComicsWhen asked if, in their experience, Hollywood is looking at the comics field as an incubator, Leone answered “A lot of people say, well, it’s got pictures, it’s more like a movie. But I think that is a rationalization. I think they like that someone published it. Validated it. ‘Well, someone published it, it must be worth something.’” he said.

Visit the link above for much more!

Also check out a new batch of interviews with WKM creators Christopher Leone and Laura Harkcom at the official website: http://www.wekillmonsters.com/news/

• Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #1 – #5
• Neozoic #2 – #5
• We Kill Monsters #1
• Atomic Robo “Free Comic Book Day” 2008 / 09

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Atomic Robo Vol 3 #4
Atomic Robo #4 // Shadow from Beyond Time (#4 of 5)
Written: Brian Clevinger
Art: Scott Wegener
Colors: Ronda Pattison
Letters: Jeff Powell
Publication Date: 2009-08-19
Format: Comic, Full Color, 6.5 x 10, Soft Cover, 32 pages
Price: $3.50
Diamond Code: MAY091013
UPC: 811316010399
Story: “Shadow from Beyond Time”
1971, Oaxaca, Mexico. THE SHADOW FROM BEYOND TIME is set to intersect with our universe once more, but this time ATOMIC ROBO is ready for it. Or at least he thinks he is. It’s the Scientific Method versus the Unknowable Horror at the edge of reality!

We Kill Monsters #2
We Kill Monsters #2 // We Kill Monsters (#2 of 6)
Written: Laura Harkcom, Christopher Leone
Art: Brian Churilla
Colors: Ronda Pattison
Letters: Jeff Powell
Publication Date: 2009-08-19
Format: Comic, Full Color, 6.5 x 10, Soft Cover, 32 pages
Price: $3.50
Diamond Code: JUN091060
UPC: 811316010429
Story: The Basher Brothers battle with a blood-thirsty monster was not an isolated incident. Now a terrifying flying insect monster is on the attack, and the boys must team with Vanessa the bartender to find it before infected Jake dies from a lack of monster juice.