CBR: EXCLUSIVE: Seeley Gets Extreme with "Bloodstrike"

[CBR News]

"Hack/Slash" creator Tim Seeley handles Rob Liefeld's undead zombie soldiers for the Extreme Studios relaunch at Image in January. CBR spoke with Seeley and got an exclusive preview of the book.


Full article here.

[allwillbemine]

Sounds great, can't wait to read it!

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

I'm excited by every single one of the new Extreme books. This sounds like fun and I love that the creators involved clearly have affection for the original books.

Cabbot's continuity is a bit of a mess. We had the original run that stopped at #22. 23, 24 and 26 were supposed to finish that off. There was the #25 Images of Tomorrow book. Also, the unfinished Bloodstrike: Assassin mini which was missing the #0 setup and #4 conclusion

We also had the Cabbot: Bloodhunter series that ended abruptly and briefly continued as a Supreme backup.

Was one of the Image United backups another new Bloodstrike? Written by Avengelyne's writer, Mark Poulton?

And now we have this incarnation. I can't figure out the numbering.

But! I love Tim's work. GI Joe, Wildcats, Hack/Slash... All awesome. Can't wait for this.

[Den Frenzy]

After reading the preview material, this is the Extreme book that I'm looking forward to. The art is amazing. Can't wait.

[timseeley]

Cabbot's continuity is a bit of a mess. We had the original run that stopped at #22. 23, 24 and 26 were supposed to finish that off. There was the #25 Images of Tomorrow book. Also, the unfinished Bloodstrike: Assassin mini which was missing the #0 setup and #4 conclusion

We also had the Cabbot: Bloodhunter series that ended abruptly and briefly continued as a Supreme backup.

Was one of the Image United backups another new Bloodstrike? Written by Avengelyne's writer, Mark Poulton?

And now we have this incarnation. I can't figure out the numbering.

Yeah, that's why I'm approaching this as a very clean continuation. You won't have to have all that other stuff straightened out to read this. 26 starts relatively fresh. All you need to know is that Cabbot was a one-man undead assassin squad for a while, and that there was a team previous to this.
TIM

[Dark-Flux]

Sounds pretty awesome :)

Pickup for sure.

[JonJames]

I'm half tempted to get this. Haven't read any previous Extreme titles but it seems like a good jumping on point.

[allwillbemine]

Bloodstrike, the team, fought Brigade early on in their series. Tim, what are the chances of Brigade coming back or Battlestone having a role in this new Bloodstrike series? He is Cabbot's brother after all.

[timseeley]

Bloodstrike, the team, fought Brigade early on in their series. Tim, what are the chances of Brigade coming back or Battlestone having a role in this new Bloodstrike series? He is Cabbot's brother after all.

The chances of a BATTLESTONE appearance are REALLY GOOD.
TIM

[rasx]

Saw the previews for Prophet and Glory and didn't like it. But the art in Bloodstrike looks really good, I will be checking this out.

[MagSeven]

All I know is someone better explain what those little skulls on Cabbot and Battlestone's heads were supposed to be for. They promised answers in an old letter col and here I still wait 15 years later!

[Sharcque]

I may be most excited about this one of the Extreme relaunch titles. Huge Tim Seeley fan, Huge Extreme fan...can't wait!

[allwillbemine]

Bloodstrike, the team, fought Brigade early on in their series. Tim, what are the chances of Brigade coming back or Battlestone having a role in this new Bloodstrike series? He is Cabbot's brother after all.

You have no idea how happy that makes me! I feel like I'm the only person who remembers that book, sometimes. I love those characters!

All I know is someone better explain what those little skulls on Cabbot and Battlestone's heads were supposed to be for. They promised answers in an old letter col and here I still wait 15 years later!

Hahaha, I read that once too! I'm curious now as well.

[Rasputin9977]

Sweet. Marvel business practices have made me drop some titles which is fine cause now I can pick up Liefeld's issues without spending extra cash.

[Steve Broome]

Seeley's work is great, one of the creators I really follow so I'll give this a shot where I might not otherwise. The simple, banded, but garish colors really work here, nice move by the art team.