Ravine

Stjepan Šejić is perhaps one of my most favorite comic artists of today's age. He is an artist employed at Top Cow and has worked on several titles such as Witchblade, Artifacts and recently Rat Queens.  His constant drive to develop his own stories and share them is nothing short of miraculous as he shares his triumph of a comic book he has developed in his own time: Ravine 

Having Ron Marz as his editor and writer Stjepan illustrates the tale through both Adobe Photoshop and Zbrush modeling in a epic tale of a young man traveling in search of riches and a life made easy for him. However there is more then he reveals and powers within the world work their own plots and he and unlikely companions are swept up in the crossfire. 

In a world of dragons, half breeds and magic, wanderers are epic warriors who harness fate and by unspoken law have power to change the course of history. No matter what happens Fate always selects this champions to work on some mysterious plan. But in today's time the new Wanderers are thrown into something that even the gods fear of what might happen when things come full circle.

Currently there are two published volumes and his work on the title has slowed but he has promised his fans and readers that he will publish this tale. 

Ava's Demon

Recently a friend of mine outside of Ringling pointed me in the direction of a Webcomic called Ava's Demon, which can be found here: http://www.avasdemon.com. It's artist and writer is  Michelle Czajkowski and has devoted most of her time to creating this tale. I remember sometime ago where this started as a kickstarter and got funded but i never paid attention. However taking a second look I browsed the panels in the simple click scroll though option on the site and loved how the story unfolded in both a high fantasy and sci-fi way. Also the use of color and simple composition of each character/panel is quite unique and draws the eye to the initial focus then to its surroundings creating a dynamic mood and sense of drama in the story. 

The story takes place of a girl named Ava Ire and has a nasty "demon" in her head constantly causing trouble. However its seems to be more then that and it involves revenge, love, loss and life that has yet to be with a second chance. danger lurks about in every corner and Ava is set on a path that intertwines her fate with others like her. Perhaps destiny? or is this a bigger scene then we can see only more can be revealed as the comic continues and i look eager to it. Currently the comic is on it's kickstarter for book to and the webpage updates every monday and thursday. 

Superior Spiderman

As an avid Spiderman fan I have quite a collection of The Amazing Spiderman comics since i was a kid. Recently I fell out of the touch with the comics and when i returned I found that Doc Ock had taken Peter's mind and killed his old body, with Peter's mind in it died. Thus the audience was shock the arc over spiderman was over and we were turned over to a new arc called the Superior Spiderman where Doc Ock now was Spiderman and proved to show the world that he was the better spiderman. 

The story was written by Dan Slott and goes through a 6 volume series where this new spiderman faces all Peter had to go through. The brilliant artwork and driven story leads to an interesting tale that is a must read! 

I will admit I was pissed when this happened but as I read the arc I was quickly hooked, definitely a must have in any collection of comics a spiderman lover needs!