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It's been announced that THQ and SOTA (State of the Art) Toys are partnering up to release multiple Darksiders figurines. The first figure will a 14" War riding Ruin and the prototype will be shown during Comic Con on July 22nd. For more info check out the news on SOTA Toy's website . Joe Madureira, Creative Director at Vigil Games commented. “I am happy to see Darksiders brought to life with such a wide range of high-quality collectibles, and look forward to meeting the game’s fans in person at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego.” source: PR-Inside.com Joe Madureira will be at the San Diego Comic Con July 22nd-25th signing copies of a limited edition hardcover version of the art book. If anybody wants to ship one to me I'd greatly appreciate it :)

Over at Udon Entertainment they have some preview pages of the upcoming Darksiders Artbook. It's going to be 288 pages of hundreds of full-color illustrations, character & environment designs, development sketches, unused concepts, promotional artwork, and more. I'm pretty excited to get my hands on this art book, the game was really well done for Joe Madureira's first published work. The book will be released October 2010!

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is currently underway in LA and with it comes some big news from THQ. Over at 1UP.com they had an interview with Core Games VP Danny Bilson who revealed that the sequel to Darksiders will be released in 2012!

I've got some great news for Joe Madureira fans. Udon Entertainment (Publisher of Street Fighter comics and other art books) will be releasing a 288 page Art Book for Darksiders! You can pre-order the book at Amazon.com .

It's been announced that Joe Madureira will be attending the Philadelphia and Chicago Comic Con's this year. You can get more information at wizardworld.com . The Philadelphia Comic Con runs from Friday June 11th until Sunday June 13th while Chicago Comic Con will be from Friday August 19th until Sunday August 22nd. Get Philadelphia Comic Con Tickets or Get Chicago Comic Con Tickets

There's a new collection being released in July that contains Joe Madureira's Ultimates Vol. 3 issues 1-5 and Ultimatum #1-5. Here's hoping it's a large format. ULTIMATUM HC MADUREIRA COVER Written by JEPH LOEB Penciled by DAVID FINCH & JOE MADUREIRA Covers by JOE MADUREIRA & MICHAEL TURNER The complete Ultimatum event packed into one massive hardcover! For what they’ve done, they must pay the ultimate price! Eastern Europe is frozen over in a new Ice Age. The Amazon is on fire with volcanic eruptions. A massive tidal wave drowns Manhattan. Heroes will rise. Heroes will fall. All will face the Ultimatum. Also, plunged into a world of shifting alliances and unknown motives, where few are who they appear to be and all are on edge wondering what will happen next, the Ultimates must feel their way through the dark maze of a conspiracy that will inevitably rock the entire world! Collecting ULTIMATUM #1-5 and ULTIMATES 3 #1-5 272 PGS./Parental Advisory...$39.99 ISBN: ...

Over at Newsarama.com they've revealed that Wonder Woman is getting a new creative team in July (Don Kramer and writer J. Michael Straczynski) beginning with the 600th issue. The Oversized issue will also include stories by Gail Simone and Geoff Johns, with art by George Perez, Phil Jimenez and Joe Madureira! Here's DC's solicitation: DC just announced Joe Madureira's name in their new solicitation: WONDER WOMAN #600 On sale JUNE 30 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, GEOFF JOHNS, GAIL SIMONE & others Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, PHIL JIMENEZ, JOE MADUREIRA & others Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ 1:25 “DC 75th Anniversary” variant cover by ADAM HUGHES 1:75 “DC 75th Anniversary” variant black and white cover by ADAM HUGHES You’re invited to the gala celebration featuring WONDER WOMAN talent from the past and present to commemorate this landmark issue! Renumbered to reflect Wonder Woman’s starring role in 600 issues, this book features the industry’s top talent...

Unfortunately Joe Madureira is not attending the Toronto Comic Con this year. On the wizardworld website it says: "Due to professional or personal commitments, the following recently confirmed guests have had to cancel their appearance at Toronto Comic Con: Ted DiBiase; Christian Serratos; Peter David; Margot Kidder; Joe Madureira ; Eliza Dushku" Thanks to Julian for the heads up.

Here is a high quality picture of Joe Madureira's Wizard #221 cover thanks to Saejin Oh who did the colours for the piece. Check out the rest of his artwork on Deviant Art; it's really good.

Here's a new interview with Joe Madureira about what's next for Darksiders with Joe's thoughts on a possible movie. Enjoy! Darksiders at IGN.com

***UPDATE** Unfortunately Joe Madureira is not attending the Comic Con.... Wizard 221 hit stands on Wednesday featuring a darksiders cover by Joe Madureira. Unfortunately I can't find Joe Mad's cover anywhere... only the Iron Man 2 movie cover. The interview inside is short and sweet, nothing really new to talk about... However the very last page of the magazine has an advertisement for Toronto Comic Con ... As you can see on the page Joe Madureira is advertised to be a guest! Wizard World Toronto Comic Con runs from March 26-28th and you can get tickets here .

I've had the chance to play Darksiders and I'm really enjoying it so far. The graphics are really sharp and the gameplay is a lot of fun. I hope it does well for Vigil Games first release and that they'll be working on a sequel ASAP. There has been plentiful news on Darksiders today after it's release yesterday... here's the rundown: First it sounds as though Hollywood is interested in bringing Darksiders to theaters as Joe Madureira told VG247,"We've gotten some interest from Hollywood, we've talked about doing a comic series." and Joe added "It's really a THQ thing, but I know they are definitely talking to people and I would be surprised if some of that stuff didn't happen." The movie interest is a no brainer, it usually comes with every major video game release. I would love to see a comic series if Joe Madureira would be the artist behind it. Second, Eurogamer had an hour long fan Question and Answer with Joe Madureira where...

Game Informer has just put up a fantastic article on the character development of War. There is a TON of artwork, some not seen before. I highly recommend checking it out. *Thanks to Rene for the link

Time for a breath of fresh air, Vigil Games (Joe Madureira's Video Game Company) has released their first game to market. After 3 years of development Darksiders is officially out on store shelves today. Being a Joe Madureira fan for so many years and witnessing his up and downs in the video game industry with games such as Dragonkind, Exarch, Dungeon Runners and Tabula Rasa it's nice to see him be successful with the release Darksiders. He's poured his heart into this game and has fulfilled his dream of creating a video game from concept to reality. I'm really excited to get my hands on a copy in the next few hours. Do yourself as a Joe Madureira fan a favor by going out and buying Darksiders: Wrath of War today. Amazon.com (xbox360) Amazon.com (PS3)

I was searching around the web and was pointed in the direction of new Darksiders artwork by Joe Madureira. Some of it might be old and some are questionable to being done by Joe Mad but enjoy them none the less! Here is the cover to the Darksiders Gamestop pre-order bonus graphic novel.

Here's what Wizard Magazine has to say about January's issue. JOE MAD'S LATEST! We hook up with fan-fave artist Joe Madureira for a look at his latest project: the forthcoming THQ video game release, Darksiders! Get an exclusive look at Joe Mad's designs as we catch up with the one-time X-Men superstar. Available in comic book stores: 01/06/10 I'll have the cover up as soon as it's released.

Darksiders Xbox 360 Interview - IGN Developer Interview #1

This is almost a month old but it's a great video showing off new Joe Madureira artwork and some story behind the development of the characters in Darksiders. Enjoy! Joe Madureira Talks Darksiders

The Darksiders Community Team have invited me to a Darksiders Event in London, England for this Thursday (October 29th). Unfortunately I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada so I cannot attend. If you live in the London area please email ASAP as I can put your name on the guest list to go on my behalf. email: mikemcmahon [at] gmail.com Thanks, Mike *UPDATE* Sadly no one got back to me in time for the event, it was a missed opportunity for sure.

Just an FYI that Joe Madureira will be at the Big Apple Comic Con. If you can make it, I'd highly suggest going! Joe Mad hasn't had a signing like this in a long time. "Joe Madureira is making a rare convention appearance at the Big Apple Comic Con October 16-18. 2009 to greet fans and sign autographs. Don’t miss your chance to meet this legendary comic artist!" source: Wizard World