Race to Artifacts

Top Cow is using that "Twitter" to host a "contest" it would seem.

Starting today, July 8th, and running until July 21st, one winner will be chosen for each of the thirteen days leading up to Comic-Con. The winners will receive the Artifacts #1 San Diego Comic-Con variant cover and Artifacts poster signed by Ron Marz and Michael Broussard, as well as an Artifacts lead-in pack spanning several titles.

Entry can be completed in three easy steps (and none of them involve cutting a hole in the box). First step is have Twitter and follow TopCow on said Twitter. Second, write a unique statement related to the Top Cow Universe, the 13 Artifacts, and/or the Artifacts series. Third prof...I mean, use the tag “#Artifacts” and direct the message to “@TopCow”. That's it.

Full details after the jump.

13 Artifacts. 13 Days to San Diego Comic Con 2010. 13 Winners.

TOP COW URGES YOU TO RACE TO #ARTIFACTS

LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 8, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. is proud to announce today The 13th Hour: Race to #Artifacts Twitter contest. The contest is for all the fans who have jumped into the Top Cow Universe at one point or another.

Beginning today, July 8th, and running until July 21st, there will be one winner announced each day in the 13 days leading up to Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. There will be 13 winners total. Winners will receive the Artifacts #1 San Diego Comic-Con variant cover and Artifacts poster signed by Ron Marz (writer; Artifacts, Witchblade, Magdalena, Velocity) and Michael Broussard (artist; Artifacts, The Darkness), as well as an Artifacts lead-in pack spanning several titles.

How to Enter:

1. Sign up for a Twitter account and follow Top Cow Productions, Inc. on Twitter.com. Winners must be following @TopCow to be eligible.

2. Write a unique statement related to the Top Cow Universe, the 13 Artifacts, and/or the Artifacts series.

3. Use the tag “#Artifacts” and direct the message to “@TopCow”. Each entry must include “#Artifacts” and “@TopCow” to be eligible.

One winner will be chosen at the end of each day for the duration of the contest on the Top Cow Twitter account and on the Top Cow website (www.topcow.com). Winners should email fanmail (at) topcow (dot) com with their full name, Twitter link and mailing address to receive their prize.

No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Top Cow will accept multiple entries per person as long as each entry is unique.

Artifacts promises to be Top Cow’s most ambitious art series to date and will weave together storylines from a number of Top Cow titles, including Witchblade, The Darkness, Angelus and Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box. It has been known that thirteen mystical Artifacts guide the fate of the Top Cow Universe. For centuries, it’s been whispered that bringing together all 13 artifacts would bring upon mankind’s destruction. The series will begin with a mysterious figure who seeks to put Armageddon into motion.

The 13-issue mega series will make its debut in stores on July 28; however, a variant cover of Artifacts #1 will be available in advance during Comic-Con International at the Top Cow booth #2629.


About Top Cow Productions Inc.

Top Cow Productions, Inc. (www.topcow.com), a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, was founded in December of 1992 by artist Marc Silvestri, who also co-founded Image Comics earlier that same year. Top Cow currently publishes its line of comic books in 21 languages in over 55 different countries. The company has launched 20 franchises (18 original and two licensed) in the industry’s Top 10, seven at #1, a feat accomplished by no other publisher in the last two decades. Its flagship franchise, WITCHBLADE, was TNT’s #1 original film of 2000 and the subsequent TV series was released on DVD on July 29, 2008. A feature film, co-produced by Platinum Studios, Inc. and Arclight Films, is slated to begin production in Australia with director Michael Rymer. WITCHBLADE is also the first American property to be fully adapted in Japan as an original anime and manga by Studio GONZO in 2006. Top Cow’s other flagship property, THE DARKNESS, was developed into a major next-generation video game release by Starbreeze and 2K Games and achieved platinum sales status. WANTED, an Eisner-nominated miniseries published by Top Cow from 2003-2005, is now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. Virtually all of Top Cow’s other properties are in development as feature films, live-action television, animation or video games. Top Cow has also successfully licensed and merchandised its franchises into toys, statues, clothing, lithographs, puppets, posters, magnets, shot glasses, lighters, lunch pails, wall scrolls, mouse pads, die-cast cars, calendars, Christmas ornaments, Halloween masks, trading cards, standees, video games and roleplaying games.