Philip Hayes of PaperbackReader.com recently posted a favorable review for the SIRE after picking up the first issue at Wizard World Chicago. He wrote: "The Sire is a book I’ve seen advertised all over the internet," Hayes wrote. "Thankfully, I can say this book is worth the advertisement." Hayes went on to add: "The first issue is pretty fun. You can really put yourself into the characters shoes and relate to how you would react if you had these abilities. [...]

Mikebooks and After Shock Comics is proud to announce their most successful convention ever last weekend at Wizard World Chicago. Between the number of debuts and variants sold, the fans that came out in droves to support the SIRE. "We were completely overwhelmed with how positive everyone was at the show," said creator Mike Dolce who, along with artist Dan Leister, signed autographs and met with eager fans. "We just want to say thanks to everyone and hope anyone who [...]

What if you were forced to be a superhero by a costume you're now mysteriously bonded to? In the SIRE, by After Shock Comics, you'll meet Donald Wright, a lowly secretary for the beautiful TV news reporter J.J. Waterston, who's stuck in this very predicament and must somehow go from being a man to superman. And now you can meet writer/creator/colorist Michael Dolce and penciler Dan Leister, the creative team behind the SIRE, this weekend at Wizard World Chicago and [...]

With a hefty amount of conventions already planned, it was decided that the crew behind The SIRE would forgo The San Diego Comic-Con in favor of other shows. But thanks to Newsarama.com, San Diego is coming to the SIRE...sort of. For the second straight year Newsarama, in an attempt to give smaller independent companies a chance to showcase their talents and projects, posted their SDCC non-panel panel reports featuring The SIRE and After Shock Comics as part of the run-down [...]

The wait is OVER! The SIRE #1 - mentioned on such prominent sites such as WizardUniverse.com, Silverbulletcomics.com, The Pulse, BrokenFrontier.com and more, will finally make its in store debut July 12th across stores nationwide!. And according to Writer/creator/colorist Michael Dolce this has been a long time coming: "Dan (Leister) and I have been bombarded with emails and questions about when it was going to be available to order and believe me, I was as anxious as everyone else - if [...]

The book that's lighting up message boards across the country made its debut this weekend at Wizard World Philadelphia and boy what a start! Writer/creator Michael Dolce and series artist Dan Leister were on hand for the premier debut of the full color 32-page first issue of The Sire and with only a limited supply of copies on hand sold out of the entire stock! "We were as shocked as anyone when the weekend was over and we had no [...]

Aspen and DC/WILDSTORM superstar TALENT CALDWELL has signed on to draw the first two covers to the SIRE! Check out the image to your right (colored by series creator Mike Dolce) and it will blow you away

Aspen and DC/WILDSTORM superstar TALENT CALDWELL has signed on to draw the first two covers to the SIRE! Check out the image to your right (colored by series creator Mike Dolce) and it will blow you away

As the header indicated the SIRE has been accepted into the Diamond Previews Catalog for books shipping in June 2006. That's right, the SIRE will be available for order in your favorite local comic shops across the country! Now all you have to do is let your local store know this and hound he or she to order a bazillion copies. Or five. It'd be cool if they all ordered at least five. So get to work! Issue one will [...]