Pilot Season
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Pilot Season is an annual initiative begun in 2007 by comics publisher Top Cow Productions. Readers are able to vote on the future of six one-shot pilot comics released throughout the year. Voting takes place on the Pilot Season MySpace page[1] and the highest vote-getters later become ongoing series.[2] [3]
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[edit] 2008
The entrants for the 2008 season are:
- Twilight Guardian #1,[4] (W) Troy Hickman[5] [6] (A) Reza (Cov) Hendry Prasetyo
- Lady Pendragon #1 (W) Matt Hawkins[7] (A) Eru (Cov) Drew Struzan
- Alibi #1 (W) Joshua Hale Fialkov (A) Jeremy Haun (Cov) Jeremy Haun
- Genius #1 (W) Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman (A) Afua Richardson (Cov) Afua Richardson
- The Core #1 (W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Kenneth Rocafort (Cov) ?
- Urban Myths #1 (W) Jay Faerber (A) Jorge Molina (Cov) ?
The 2008 season includes 4 original properties. This is in contrast to the previous year, in which all six Pilot Season issues had been based upon pre-existing Top Cow characters.
[edit] 2007
The entrants for the 2007 season are:
- Ripclaw #1,(W) Jason Aaron[3] (A) Jorge Lucas (Cov) Tony Moore
- Cyblade #1 (winner)[8] (W) Joshua Hale Fialkov[9] [10] (A) Rick Mays (Cov) Rick Mays
- Velocity #1[11] (winner)[8] (W) Joe Casey[12] [13] (A) Kevin Maguire (Cov) Kevin Maguire
- Necromancer #1 (W) Joshua Ortega[14] [15] (A) Jonboy Meyers[16] (Cov) Francis Manapul
- The Angelus #1 (W) Ian Edginton[17] (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic
- Aphrodite IX #1, (W) Dan Jevons (A) Eric Basaldua (pulled from schedule, never published as part of Pilot Season)[18]
Over 4.1 million votes were received over the space of one month. Voters were allowed to vote as many times as they wanted.
[edit] Collections
The first season is being collected into a trade paperback:
- Pilot Season 2007 (144 pages, June 2008, ISBN 1582409005)
[edit] Notes
- ^ WW Chicago: Top Cow Teams With MySpace For Pilot Season Voting, Newsarama, August 12, 2007
- ^ Top Cows Pilot Program - Talking About Pilot Season, Newsarama, June 27, 2007
- ^ a b Top Cow's Pilot Season with Rob Levin and Jason Aaron, Comic Book Resources, August 9, 2007
- ^ Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian #1 (preview|), Comic Book Resources
- ^ Hickman talks "Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian", Comic Book Resources, May 28, 2008
- ^ Shedding Light on the Twilight Guardian with Troy Hickman, Newsarama, May 15, 2008
- ^ Knights of the Red Planet: Hawkins talks "Lady Pendragon”, Comic Book Resources, June 2, 2008
- ^ a b Velocity & Cyblade Wins Top Cow's Pilot season, Newsarama, February 19, 2008
- ^ Life Before Cyberforce: Fialkov talks "Cyblade", Comic Book Resources, September 12, 2007
- ^ Joshua Hale Fialkov on Pilot Season: Cyblade, Newsarama, September 12, 2007
- ^ FIRST LOOK: "Velocity: Pilot Season" #1, Comic Book Resources, October 2, 2007
- ^ Joe Casey Hits Terminal "Velocity", Comic Book Resources, August 31, 2007
- ^ Joe Casey on Pilot Season: Velocity, Newsarama, October 15, 2007
- ^ Believe in Magic: Ortega Returns to "Necromancer", Comic Book Resources, October 24, 2007
- ^ Necromancing: Joshua Ortega on Pilot Season: Necromancer, Newsarama, October 5, 2007
- ^ Drawing The Necromancer: Talking to Jonboy Meyers, Newsarama, October 19, 2007
- ^ Divine Retribution: Edginton talks Angelus: Pilot Season #1, Comic Book Resources, November 26, 2007
- ^ Top Cow Pulls Pilot Season: Aphrodite IX From Schedule (press release), Newsarama, September 25, 2007
[edit] References
- Pilot Season at the Comic Book DB
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
- Ripclaw, Comics Bulletin
- Velocity, Comics Bulletin
- Twilight Guardian, Broken Frontier
- Twilight Guardian, Comics Bulletin
- Twilight Guardian, IGN
