IDW Announces Rocketeer Oversized Artist Edition

IDW Publishing and the estate of Dave Stevens are pleased to announce a very special book honoring the work of this esteemed creator. Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition will be a mammoth 12” x 17” hardcover book printed in glorious black and white. Nearly every page in The Rocketeer has been scanned from Stevens’ original art to ensure the best possible reproduction and highest degree of accuracy. Printed on uncoated stock and at the same size as the original art, Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition will be the next best thing to holding the actual art by Dave Stevens.

“This is the Dave Stevens book I’ve been chomping at the bit to do,” said IDW Special Projects Editor cott Dunbier. “As an art lover, I can’t imagine a finer book on Dave’s work.”

Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition will be available exclusively through IDW Publishing and will launch at San Diego Comic Con International on July 21, 2010. Rocketeer fans can pre-order this one-of-a-kind collection now at IDWPublishing.com, and choose to pick up their book at the IDW booth or have it mailed after the convention. Quantities will be extremely limited, so fans are encouraged to order early.

Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition ($100, 136 pages; 12” x 17”; hardcover; black and white) will be available from IDW in July. To pre-order for pick up at San Diego Comic Con, click here. To pre-order for shipment, click here. Visit IDWPublishing.com to sign up for updates and learn more about the company and its top-selling books.

Iron Man 2 News from SDCC

The first Iron Man film made a huge impact at the San Diego Comic Con in 2007. With the high anticipated sequel set to be released on May 7th, Marvel Studios hoped for a repeat performance at this year’s show. By all accounts from Saturday’s panel, it seems like the Iron Man 2 hype machine is firing on full repulsor power.

Speaking of those accounts here are a bevy of links for you to check-out for all of your relevant Iron Man 2 news from the San Diego Comic Con.

Super Hero Hype! has written coverage of the Iron Man 2 panel and awesome audio interviews from Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. Plus a gallery of pictures from the press releases for the film and a bunch of pics of various things from SDCC.

At Newsarama they talk to Matt Fraction about writing the Iron Man 2 video game, and they also have detailed coverage of the Q&A session. Wired has similar panel coverage and some great pics from the Iron Man displays at the convention.

If you don’t want to just read about the panel, Ropes of Silicon has video of the Q&A portion as well as a pretty detailed breakdown of the footage shown from the movie.

The official site for the film has also been (slightly) updated.