VFX Artist Alp Altiner Returns to Comics with “Team 14″

Spider-Man 3″ and “Superman Returns” VFX artist Alp Altiner talks to CBR about his new creator-owned book, “Team 14,” and what it’s like to work on some of the biggest comics films of all time, with rarely seen production artwork.

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Here’s a promo Team 14 creator Alp Altiner put together.

Look for Team 14 in comic shops in late June. You can reserve a copy with your local comic shop right now or search several online retailers. For example, Discount Comic Book Service has both Team 14 covers for pre-order at $2.79 each. Use the “Publisher” drop-down and select “Digital Webbing”.

You can visit the official Team 14 website here.

Remember that promo art we showed you back in March? The one that could rock as a online exclusive or convention cover? Well, everyone here at Digital Webbing Central has been running around passing this around saying “This rocks!”

Penciled  by Team 14 creator, the amazing Alp Altiner. Inked by roaring Rick Basaldua with eye-melting colors by the bombastic Blond.

Look for this extremely limited edition variant at SDCC and in the Digital Webbing online store this June. This book is gonna be burning hot!

Here’s a 5-page preview of Team 14
On sale: June 2008, Digital Webbing Press

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TEAM 14 #1
by Alp Altiner, covers by Alp Altiner and Eric Basaldua
A string of brutal murders take place with no witnesses, no motives, and no trace left behind. It sounds like the perfect crime but sometimes the truth is harder to believe. For the past 25 years, a secret government agency known as Team 14 has been investigating the paranormal. Using experimental technology, they’ve been able to identify supernatural beings and in some cases even capture them. Now there are more paranormal crimes than ever but this time they are using the ghosts own powers against them.

Team 14 creator and illustrator Alp Altiner was at WWLA promoting and generating buzz to mucho success. Inker Larry Welch stopped by with his portfolio and look what was in it; the pencils and inks for one of the covers for BloodRayne: Tokyo Rogue #2 featuring Ayano. Suh-weet!

Here’s a sneak peek at a page from Team 14. Sweet, eh? Beautifully colored by the very talented colorist known as Blond.

Keep checking back for a 5-page preview of Team 14 shortly.

Team 14 #1
Story/Art by Alp Altiner, Colors by Joel Chua
Cover A by Alp Altiner, Cover B by Eric Basaldua
32 pages, full color

A string of brutal murders take place with no witnesses, no motives, and no trace left behind. It sounds like the perfect crime but sometimes the truth is harder to believe. For the past 25 years, a secret government agency known as Team 14 has been investigating the paranormal. Using experimental technology, they’ve been able to identify supernatural beings and in some cases even capture them. Now there are more paranormal crimes than ever, but this time they are using the ghosts’ own powers against them.

Look for Team 14 in the April Diamond Previews catalog under the Digital Webbing section. Team 14 will hit comic shops worldwide in June.

Alp just sent me this as a promo. I think this is hot enough to be a cover,  maybe a convention/online exclusive. We’ll keep you updated on the final verdict!

In the meantime,  be prepared because in two short weeks, Team 14 will appear in Diamond’s Previews catalog. I’m taking bets it’ll receive a Spotlight On listing, I just got this feeling, actually, this book is that good! We’ll have the whole issue ready for retailers to browse through and hopefully that’ll convince them they need to stock this title. Alp is already planning on turning this into a series if sales are great, so spread the word.

On a related note, Blond has joined the Team 14 creator list and is helping out along with other creators such as Steve Firchow and Sal Regla. See, told you this book will be hot!