02-2007: Annihilation: Conquest – Quasar
That stars Phylia who is the daughter of the original Captain Marvel, a sister of Genis, and successor of the now legendary Wendell Vaughn, the original Quasar who’s missed by a lot of people, both in the stories, and among the fans. Phylia is finding it really hard to follow in this guy’s footsteps and also to follow in the Mar-Vell family’s footsteps. So this story is all about her trying to handle this power, and seeing if she can contain it.
That’s written by Christos Gage, penciled by Eric Basaldua from Top Cow, who’s worked on Witchblade and Magdelena, so he’s got a really good, dark, almost gothic style, which really works as we’re approaching Phylia as a sci-fi Joan of Arc. She’s on a quest, and the object of the quest has real importance, not only to her, but to the entire, larger storyline.
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03-2006: ERIC BASALDUA TO DRAW MARVEL COMICS
Among the bigger New York Comic-Con 2006 announcements by Marvel was a “packaging deal” the publisher has agreed to with Top Cow Productions, the first product of which will be artist Tyler Kirkham’s upcoming two issue stint on Amazing Spider-Man #530-531.
According to Top Cow’s President and COO Matt Hawkins, Top Cow will get the rights to publish eight Top Cow/Marvel crossover titles during the term of the deal, and discussion between the publishers has ranged from one-shots to limited series, with Marvel holding approval over whatever eventual form they make take and characters used.
On the Marvel side, pencilers that will eventually provide art as part of this deal include Kirkham, Eric Basaldua, Mike Choi, and Top Cow founder and CEO Marc Silvestri.
”All four of these guys use the same inking and coloring teams and they're teams will most likely stay with them on the Marvel projects,” explained Hawkins. “Some names would include Joe Weems, Steve Firchow, John Starr, Sonia Oback, Jay Leisten, and Sal Regla.”
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