{"id":4278,"date":"2012-04-17T02:40:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T06:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2012-04-17T02:40:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T06:40:38","slug":"hard-copy-legendary-comics-announces-jim-lee-as-cover-artist-for-the-tower-chronicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4278","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: Legendary Comics Announces Jim Lee as Cover Artist for The Tower Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Legendary Entertainament launched its comics division last year, it was for the<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tower-Jim-Lee-MED-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4285\" title=\"Tower Jim Lee MED-3\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tower-Jim-Lee-MED-3-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"582\" \/><\/a> opportunity to release stories like the upcoming THE TOWER CHRONICLES. With a lead character created by Legendary founder Thomas Tull, Executive Producer of 300 &amp; The Dark Knight, and developed by Tull and Matt Wagner (Grendel, Mage), THE TOWER CHRONICLES creates a new mythology on familiar worlds through a unique take on the bounty hunter storyline. The all-new IP sets the standard for future releases from Legendary.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At C2E2 this past weekend, Bob Schreck, Editor-in-Chief of Legendary Comics, revealed the cover art for the first book of the trilogy (art is attached). Created by Jim Lee the cover showcases the supernatural bounty hunter in a menacing pose following the annihilation of one of his foes. Lee is the first in a line of world famous artists who have created covers for the series, which hits stories this September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Legendary Entertainament launched its comics division last year, it was for the opportunity to release stories like the upcoming THE TOWER CHRONICLES. With a lead character created by Legendary founder Thomas Tull, Executive Producer of 300 &amp; The Dark &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4278\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1075,1098,88,14,1325,1324,1326,1323],"class_list":["post-4278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-artist","tag-comic","tag-comic-book","tag-james","tag-jim-lee","tag-legendary","tag-legendary-comics","tag-the-tower-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4286,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278\/revisions\/4286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}