Archive for the ‘Star Wars’ Category
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
The final issue of Star Wars: Invasion – Revelations has been solicited and that means a new cover from the always impressive Chris Scalf. Kaye Galfridian and Arbeloa teaming up (?) with stormtroopers.
Could this be Kaye’s last stand?
Check it out people.
Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Colin Wilson
Colorist: Wes Dzioba
Cover Artist: Chris Scalf
Release: November 16, 2011
32 pages, issue 5 of 5
Queen Nina and Princess Kaye have successfully rescued the refugees from the Battle of Shramar, but the Yuuzhan Vong invaders may still have another win for their tally. Or is there another revelation in store? Meanwhile, on Coruscant, Jedi-in-training Finn Galfridian finds that in trying to prevent an assassination, he may be complicit in one! The next revelation may be about Finn’s new mentor!
Also, today you can get issue #2 of Revelations from Dark Horse’s Digital Store for your iPad.
Click the picture to buy.
Tags: Arbeloa, Chris Scalf, Colin Wilson, Dark Horse, Finn Galfridian., Kaye Galfridian, Revelations, Star Wars, Star Wars on iPad, Star Wars: Invasion, Tom Taylor, Yuuzhan Vong
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Yes, this Wednesday, as well as being able to pick up the print version of Star Wars: Invasion – Revelations #2, the digital version of #1 will be available via the Dark Horse App.
This will be the first comic I’ve written which will be properly formatted for reading on the iPad. I’m looking forward to seeing the results with a lot more of my work set to feature in this format very soon.
And, with the exclusive preview of Revelations #2 being up at CBR, that means more incredible Colin Wilson images will soon appear on the iPad like this…
So, be sure and pick up Revelations #2 and get downloading.
And please remember to pick up The Deep: Here Be Dragons if you haven’t already. It came out last week. It’s good. People say so. And people are always right.
Tags: Colin Wilson, Dark Horse, Finn Galfridian., iPad, Kaye Galfridian, preview, Star Wars, Star Wars on iPad, Star Wars: Invasion, Stormtrooper
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Saturday, July 9th, 2011
This hit Newsarama today. Do I really need to comment. No. Let Chris Scalf’s cover speak for itself.
STAR WARS: INVASION—REVELATIONS #4 (of 5)
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Chris Scalf (Cover)
On sale Oct 12
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Queen Nina and Princess Kaye’s attack on the Yuuzhan Vong collaborators on Shramar has brought Warmaster Tsavong Lah and his armada to the scene.
But the New Republic has some special forces in reserve: namely, every free ship in the sector! It’s a space battle of epic proportions as pirate ships, freighters, and Imperial vessels join the New Republic’s fleet against the invaders from another galaxy!
Chris and I are working on two (possibly three) new series at the moment, including the previously announced ‘Voice of a Dragon’. More news soon…
Tags: Chris Scalf, Colin Wilson, Dark Horse, Star Wars, Star Wars Invasion Revelations, Star Wars: Invasion, Tom Taylor
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Yes. Star Wars: Invasion has arrived with the new story arc ‘Revelations’.
And the official Star Wars site has an exclusive preview of issue #1 where Colin Wilson sends Luke Skywalker into battle against impossible odds.
Right here – StarWars.com
Epic battles. Betrayal. The Yuuzhan Vong. The Empire. The Galfridians. A secret weapon that could spell the end of the galaxy and more twists than you could poke a double-bladed lightsaber at.
So big we had to do it twice. Yes, two covers! Revelations #1 comes with a cover by our new cover artist, the always brilliant Chris Scalf (artist on Star Wars: Blood Ties), and a special variant by the great Dave Dorman, to mark the 25th anniversary of Dark Horse comics.
And don’t forget, coming in the next few weeks – The Deep!
Tags: Chris Scalf, Colin Wilson, Dark Horse, Dave Dorman, Finn Galfridian., Kaye Galfridian, Luke Skywalker, preview, Revelations, Star Wars, Star Wars: Invasion, Tom Taylor, Yuuzhan Vong
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Just saw the top 100 Graphic Novel sales for May 2011 and Star Wars: Blood Ties has come in at number 12! This on top of Star Wars Invasion: Rescues coming in at number 11 for April. Two trades in the top 15 in two months? I’ll take that.
Thank you to every single person picking up my books.
My next upcoming Graphic Novel is – The Deep: Here be Dragons on August 4 – If you like my Star Wars books, you’ll love this… and if you don’t like my Star Wars books, you’ll still love this. Tell everyone. Buy this book. Diamond order code JUN11 1131.
Tags: Blood Ties, Boba Fett, Chris Scalf, Colin Wilson, Gestalt Publishing, Star Wars, Star Wars: Invasion, The Deep, The Deep: Here Be Dragons, Tom Taylor
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
“This is, hands down, the best of the “Star Wars” comics from Dark Horse that I have read.” - Comic Book Resources
Yes, the trade paperback of Star Wars: Blood Ties is out this week. It’s not often that I go out of my way to read my own work but I am kind of excited to see this one in its collected glory. I’m still very happy with this story (which is a rare thing) and I hope I get a chance very soon to add to the Blood Ties series along with the genius that is Chris Scalf. Go get this. Lend it to your friends.
Star Wars: Blood Ties—A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett
Here begins a multigenerational tale of honor and redemption, starring two of the heaviest hitters in the Star Wars galaxy–the father-and-clone team of Jango and Boba Fett!A mission that begins with Jango Fett–before the Clone Wars–will affect the course of Boba Fett’s life some twenty years into the future. When an important assignment with a big payday from Count Dooku goes awry for Jango, Boba will be tasked with picking up the pieces . . .
* This volume full of Mandalorian mayhem collects issues #1–#4 of the comics series Blood Ties!
“Taylor seems poised to add some real depth to this enigmatic bounty hunter without sacrificing his cooler qualities. Whether in revisiting Jango’s death from Boba’s point of view or showcasing his bounty hunting methods, Taylor offers a lot for Fett fans to enjoy in this series.” - IGN
“Writer Tom Taylor has roped us into the story from the beginning, and his illumination of the forces at play in these characters’ lives is not only intriguing; it seems to touch on a universal familial truth. There is an almost scientific way to see that Blood Ties is a successful story: In it, Taylor has taken to illuminating aspects of one this fictional universe’s most mysterious characters. In the end, however, the mystery of the character has been only multiplied. It would be overly dramatic for me to say that Blood Ties is the Citizen Kane of Star Wars comics. However, I can’t deny that I found myself comparing the two works in my head as I read this final issue.” – THE SCI-FI BLOCK
Tags: Blood Ties, Boba Fett, Chris Scalf, Dark Horse, Star Wars, star wars blood ties a tale of Jango and Boba, Tom Taylor
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, Colin Wilson and I are guests of NEXUS- Festival of Animation, Comics, Graphic Novels + Moving Image.
I completely neglected to post about this, so please spread the word, all Melbournites.
Colin and I will be running a comic book Master Class on the Tuesday from 3-6pm which we’d love to see YOU at. We will also be part of a panel discussion on Sequential art and Narrative at the ungodly time of 10am on the Wednesday – For anyone who doesn’t know, I write until obscenely late at night. I don’t normally agree to do things in the morning… I will try to be coherent.
We will also be signing at a booth from 1pm (a much more reasonable time) until 5pm on the Wednesday. We will have plenty of copies of our work available, including our new Star Wars Invasion: Rescues TPB and Colin may also be doing commissions.
TUESDAY 10TH MAY
MASTER CLASS- COMICS WRITING AND DRAWING
/w TOM TAYLOR AND COLIN WILSON
3pm-6pm
$10 NMIT Student, $20 External.
Building F: Level 1
WEDNESDAY 11TH MAY
PANEL DISCUSSION- SEQUENTIAL ART AND NARRATIVE
/w COLIN WILSON, BRUCE MUTARD AND TOM TAYLOR
10am-12pm
Free NMIT Student, $5 External
Building F: Level 1
BOOK FAIR
1pm-5pm
Free
Building B: B Space Gallery
Please click the pic for more details, including other guests and activities.
Tags: Colin Wilson, comics, Nexus Festival, NMIT, Tom Taylor
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Monday, April 25th, 2011
I chat to The Sci-Fi Block. Star Wars, Rombies and a very special sneak peak at The Deep. Click the pic for the interview.
Tags: Chris Scalf, James Brouwer, Rombies, Star Wars, Star Wars: Blood Ties, The Deep, The Sci-Fi Block, Tom Taylor
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Voting for the Eagle Awards in the UK is now open and anyone can vote right here – http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/
Some nice person has stuck me down under ‘Favourite Newcomer Writer’ and ‘Favourite Writer’… for the record, even I can’t vote for me under ‘Favourite Writer’ but I’m sure my mum can.
If you’re planning on voting (thanks), Star Wars: Blood Ties and Star Wars: Invasion are also nominated, as is Rombies (be ready for a Rombies update soon…). Also, be sure and vote for Chris Scalf under ‘Favourite Painted Art’ and Colin Wilson under ‘Favourite Inker/Penciller’ – Colin is also on the Honour Roll – definitely vote for him there. Justin Randall is also under ‘Favourite Newcomer Artist’.
Staying in the UK, my play ‘Falling Praying’ has taken out the final of ‘Crash Test Drama UK’! Whoop!
Thanks to the director, Dan Clarke, and a big congratulations to the two cast members, Dan Clarke, who took out the ‘Best Actor’ award on the night, and Steph Weller, who won ‘Best Actress’. Also, a big thank you to organiser, Glynn Oram.
In other UK news, Star Wars Book UK have announced the winners of their ‘Fan Favourites’ for 2010 and it seems we‘ve picked up second place… twice.
“Knights of the Old Republic: Demon by John Jackson Miller et al. was your favourite comic book story of 2010 with 26% of votes cast. However, second place was tied by two different stories by the same author, also a newcomer to the Star Wars expanded universe, Tom Taylor, with his Invasion: Rescues story (with art by Colin Wilson) and Blood Ties: Jango & Boba Fett (art by Chris Scalf) – both gaining 17% of votes cast. Third place goes to another series known to be popular, Legacy by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, with its concluding arc Extremes (13%).”
Thanks to everyone at SWBOOKS.UK who voted.
Also in the UK, I believe the 5th issue of Star Wars Galaxy is out this week, reprinting Blood Ties and Invasion from the beginning along with Knight Errant. Pick it up if you’re in the UK.
Tags: 10 minute plays, Blood Ties, Chris Scalf, Colin Wilson, Crash Test Drama Uk, Eagle Awards, Falling Praying, Star Wars Books UK, Star Wars: Invasion, The Eagle Awards
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
The collected edition of Star Wars: Blood Ties is now available for pre order and the reviews are still going strong. The Washington Times even gave the book a great write up a couple of weeks ago. Click the pic for the link.
“Writer Tom Taylor has roped us into the story from the beginning, and his illumination of the forces at play in these characters’ lives is not only intriguing; it seems to touch on a universal familial truth. There is an almost scientific way to see that Blood Ties is a successful story: In it, Taylor has taken to illuminating aspects of one this fictional universe’s most mysterious characters. In the end, however, the mystery of the character has been only multiplied. It would be overly dramatic for me to say that Blood Ties is the Citizen Kane of Star Wars comics. However, I can’t deny that I found myself comparing the two works in my head as I read this final issue.” – THE SCI-FI BLOCK
“At times, this comic book had a couple of laugh out loud moments making the story stay away from the typical deadly serious Boba Fett story. But fear not, there are plenty of Boba being a badass moments if that’s what you are looking for in this comic… it tells a story that entertained me and got me interested in characters I previously had little interest in before. It doesn’t hurt to have some witty dialogue and some terrific artwork. I guess you could also say I am a sucker for endings with a twist. It’s tough to come across a good original trilogy comic book story but this one is even better than good. I definitely recommend this comic and series. 4.5 out of 5 Geek Goggles” – COMIC LIST
Tags: Blood Ties, Boba Fett, Chris Scalf, Dark Horse, Reviews, Star Wars, Tom Taylor
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