Top Cow and Myspace Comics Announce 'Pilot Season' Winners

Wed Feb 20, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich

Top Cow and Myspace Comics Announce 'Pilot Season' Winners

And the Winners are . . .

Recently, Top Cow Productions and MySpace Comic Books announced the winners of their Pilot Season contest, the first annual event which encouraged established comic book writers to create a pilot for a potential series using characters already well-known by comic fans. During the contest, five potential winners were submitted and the MySpace Comic Book community was told to "Take Control" and vote to determine which two charactes would get their own series in 2008.

The winning titles chosen by over four million voting fans were Velocity and Cyblade, two of the dynamic female characters from Marc Silvestri's Cyberforce. Both new series are slated to debut in the fall of 2008, just in time for Cyberforce's 17th anniversary.

The new Velocity series will be written by Joe Casey, whose previous credits include The Last Defenders and Youngblood, with art by an as-yet undetermined artist. When told of his new gig, Casey was, as you might expect, excited.

"I couldn't believe the voting topped four million votes," said Casey. "Better than a New Hampshire primary! If only that many folks would buy the comics...! In any case, the Pilot issue was only the beginning of what we're going to make sure is a wild ride when the new series hits in the fall."

The other winning series featuring the character Cyblade will be written by Joshua Hale Fialkov of Marvel Comics Presents and Punks The Comic Book and Rick Mays, writer of Kabuki and Gen 13. Flalkov was also very excited about his latest project and eager to get started.

"I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who voted for the book, and I'm positive they won't be disappointed with where the series goes," said Fialkov. "It's going to be balls-to-the-wall explodo, and I'm psyched to be along for the ride."

For more on the contest and the winning series, head on over to the Pilot Season official site.

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