{"id":15810,"date":"2018-06-05T13:54:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T20:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=15810"},"modified":"2018-06-05T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T20:54:38","slug":"a-contemporary-spin-on-a-classic-comic-witchblade-vol-1-will-hit-stores-this-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/a-contemporary-spin-on-a-classic-comic-witchblade-vol-1-will-hit-stores-this-july\/","title":{"rendered":"A contemporary spin on a classic comic\u2014WITCHBLADE, VOL. 1 will hit stores this July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new story is packed with Buffy-esque action and Jessica Jones-like character drama<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Writer Caitlin Kittredge (THROWAWAYS, Coffin Hill) and artist Roberta Ingranata put a contemporary spin on the classic WITCHBLADE\u2014first co-created by Image Comics co-founder and partner, Marc Silvestri, with Brian Haberlin, Michael Turner, and David Wohl\u2014WITCHBLADE, VOL. 1 trade paperback will collect issues #1-6. It will hit stores this July.\"\"<\/p>\n

Gunned down and left for dead on a New York rooftop, Alex Underwood’s life should have ended there\u2014but instead, at the moment of death, she became host to The Witchblade, a mystical artifact that grants the woman wielding it extraordinary powers. But those powers come with a heavy cost, and Alex soon finds herself thrust into the center of an unseen battle raging on the snowy streets of NYC.<\/p>\n

WITCHBLADE, VOL. 1 will hit comic book stores on Wednesday, July 11th and bookstores on Tuesday, July 17th. It can be pre-ordered on\u00a0Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a>, Books-a-Million,\u00a0IndieBound<\/a>, and Indigo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Select praise for the new WITCHBLADE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI dug the hell out of this first issue and am excited to see where this series goes. I guess I\u2019m a\u00a0Witchblade\u00a0<\/em>fan now.\u201d \u2014Nerdist<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe work that Kittredge and Ingranata have put into this issue is more than obvious and may end up being more memorable than the original\u2019s legacy. They have captured and injected a world of emotion into these pages bringing this property out of the 90s and into the modern times.\u201d \u2014Comicosity<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSharp, powerful and cutting urban fantasy…What Ingranata and Valenza are creating is a fusion of minimal indie comics-style art and high energy urban action comic book storytelling.\u201d \u2014Monkeys Fighting Robots<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWitchblade<\/em>\u00a0is back in action but with a modern day Image Comics glow!\u201d \u2014Snap Pow<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“There\u2019s enough of the original mythos present that longtime readers can find their way around, but this new beginning is also accessible enough that brand new readers…this is exactly what the series needed to move forward.\u201d \u2014ComicCon.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt does an excellent job creating a story that is intriguing and allows readers to ease into the legend of the Witchblade… the future is bright for the franchise.\u201d \u2014Rogues Portal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery panel has a sense of urgency to its composition and the splash of bright colors is restrained until a bloody explosion is shown with a vibrancy for emphasis. It’s a very post-Jessica Jones<\/em>\u00a0comic, but the juxtaposition of the trauma-centric themes with the urban fantasy setting make this a comic with a lot of potential.\u201d \u2014Newsarama<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIngranata and Valenza\u2019s art is stellar. They\u2019ve set this story in a very realistic New York City, that\u2019s also the setting of a horror movie. The deep shadows, the strange angles, all contribute to a story that\u2019s more ghost story than the supernatural superhero of the previous volume of\u00a0Witchblade<\/em>.\u201d \u2014ComicBuzz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The new story is packed with Buffy-esque action and Jessica Jones-like character drama Writer Caitlin Kittredge (THROWAWAYS, Coffin Hill) and artist Roberta Ingranata put a contemporary spin on the classic WITCHBLADE\u2014first co-created by Image Comics co-founder and partner, Marc Silvestri, with Brian Haberlin, Michael Turner, and David Wohl\u2014WITCHBLADE, VOL. 1 trade paperback will collect issues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ajs-side-panel","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-470","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2915,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/scent-of-a-witchblade\/","url_meta":{"origin":15810,"position":0},"title":"Scent of a… Witchblade?","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"November 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Take a whiff of these scents based on Top Cow's\u00a0Witchblade\u00a0comic book series. 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