Vince Hernandez

Fathom’s Kiani Comes Back For Her 4th Series With A New Look

Nov 10th

Shortly after celebrating her 10th anniversary, Fathom’s popular anti-hero, Kiani, will be back for a fourth volume. Kiani first appeared in 2004′s Aspen mini-series that bridged the gap between Fathom volume 1 and 2. The popular Michael Turner character has since had a huge effect on the Fathom universe, having been tied to many major antagonists of the series through blood (the DNA kind) and blood (the spilled kind), and she’s even been the star of her own mini-series three times in the past. In February of 2015 she’ll bring that number to 4 with the newest volume of Fathom: More >

Free Comic Book Day Reviews

May 2nd

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, perhaps one of the greatest days of the year for comic book fans. This year there will be a lot of incredible offerings for FCBD, but we might not all be able to grab every single one of the books. So if you have to choose, we thought we’d give you a quick review guide of some of the cooler and more popular titles available in stores tomorrow.

Street Fighter #0

This one is a new Capcom themed offering from the beloved Udon Entertainment, a company known for its stunning Asian influenced art. Later this year More >

Wondercon ’14: Aspen MLT

Apr 15th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Aspen MLT, fresh off celebrating their 10th anniversary at the show last year, is showing up to Wondercon in an even bigger way for 2014! If you thought last years celebration was big, wait until you read what they’re doing now. First off, throughout the weekend you’ll find Aspen creators Frank Mastromauro (Overtaken), Peter Steigerwald (The Zoo Hunters), Vince Hernandez (Fathom: Kiani), Mark Roslan (BubbleGun), Siya Oum (Lola XOXO), J.T. Krul (Soulfire), Nei Ruffino (Soulfire), David Wohl (Fathom), Ale Garza (Fathom), and Oliver Nome (Fathom: Kiani) appearing throughout the weekend at the Aspen Comics Booth (Booth #601). Speaking of Siya More >

Executive Assistant: Assassins #17 Preview

Dec 31st

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Blood Origin continues to rock on in today’s new issue of Executive Assistant: Assassins, which features more deadly training of femme fatales than you can shake a katanna at! Leading up to today’s 17th issue Hana (codenamed Daffodil), along with her sister Mayu, struggled to survive. Growing up on their own, the pair began to drift down opposite paths as they reached adulthood. However, following the murder of their loved one, Li, they discovered their connection would forever be intertwined-as Mayu’s attempted robbery has made them the perfect target for blackmail from a powerful businessman, and his accomplice within the More >

Trish Out of Water #1 - Indie Review

Oct 15th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.

The Info Bit

Title: Trish Out of Water #1

Genre/s: Drama/Fantasy

Writer: Vince Hernandez (Fathom:Kiani, Charismagic)

Penciler: Giuseppe Cafaro (Extinction Seed, Soulfire)

Colorist: Ruben Curto (Grimm Fairy Tales) & Andrea Dotta of Studio Parlapà (Higher Earth)

Letterer: Josh Reed (Bugglegun, Fathom)

Publisher: Aspen MLT

Number of Issues: 1 (of 5)

Page Count: 22

Price: More >

Trish Out Of Water #1 Preview

Oct 5th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Aspen’s most unique 10th anniversary 10 for 10 series makes it debut in a little under two weeks and it looks beautiful! Titled Trish Out Of Water, this new comic is the brain child of Aspen EiC Vince Hernandez and beautifully drawn by artist Giuseppe Cafaro. What would you do if your life was turned upside down before it even really started? Trish Powell is about to find out, as she discovers that everything she thought she knew about being a teenager-friends, parents, and, most importantly, her own body-is all a lie. When her physical form begins to take on More >

December 2013 Solictis For Aspen MLT

Sep 10th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

This December ends Aspen MLT’s spectacular 10th anniversary year, winding down several of the remaining 10 for 10 initiative titles that are still being published. Two of the series, All New Executive Assistant: Iris and Overtaken, hit their 4th issue, which gets them 4 awesome, interlocking covers. All New Soulfire gets its second issue, which means a J. Scott Campbell variant, and Executive Assistant Assassins wraps up the Blood Origin storyline. Check out all this and some stunning covers down below.

ALL NEW SOULFIRE #2

JT Krul Story / V. Ken Marion Art / Kyle Ritter - Colors

Let the mayhem More >

SDCC ’13: Aspen MLT Releases Their Entire Comic Con Schedule

Jul 15th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Aspen MLT has released their full schedule of events for this week’s upcoming San Diego Comic Con and it is certainly worth looking over. The publisher will be hosting their largest ever gathering of Aspen creators at the Aspen Comics Booth #2321. Creators Frank Mastromauro, Peter Steigerwald, Vince Hernandez, Mark Roslan, Mike DeBalfo, Paolo Pantalena, Siya Oum, Alex Konat, J.T. Krul, Ale Garza, Joe Benitez, Eric Basaldua, Nei Ruffino, David Wohl, Tony Parker, Beth Sotelo, Lori Hanson, Jonathan Marks, and Josh Reed will all be appearing throughout the weekend at the booth for signings, free sketches, and more. The full More >

Fathom: The Elite Saga #4 Preview

Jul 10th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Fathom: The Elite Saga is an epic new mini-series from Aspen MLT, connecting the recent end of Fathom volume 4 with the upcoming All-New Fathom, out later this summer. Issues #1, 2, & 3 hit stores late last month, and issue #4 is out today, as Aspen continues to celebrate Michael Turner’s long running oceanic adventure series in its 15th Anniversary. The Elite Saga does this by bringing back some of Fathom’s most iconic writers for the 5-issue weekly miniseries that even returns classic Fathom artist, Talent Caldwell, back to the bristol board for some amazing covers!

So far, Aspen Matthews has More >

Fathom: The Elite Saga #3 Preview

Jun 30th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Fathom: The Elite Saga is an epic new mini-series from Aspen MLT, connecting the recent end of Fathom volume 4 with the upcoming All-New Fathom, out later this summer. Issue #1 hit stores during the middle of last month, and issue #2 came out just last week, as Aspen continues to celebrate Michael Turner’s long running oceanic adventure series in its 15th Anniversary. The Elite Saga does this by bringing back some of Fathom’s most iconic writers for the 5-issue weekly miniseries that even returns classic Fathom artist, Talent Caldwell, back to the bristol board for some amazing covers!

So where More >