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===2010s=== In an effort to make their titles more accessible to new readers, Top Cow rebooted the continuity of its comic book line in 2012 in an event called "Rebirth." The company's flagship titles, ''The Darkness'' and ''Witchblade'', relaunched with new creative teams as part of the reboot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diestch |first=T. J. |date=2012-07-03 |title=Talking Top Cow's Rebirth With Matt Hawkins |url=https://www.cbr.com/talking-top-cows-rebirth-with-matt-hawkins/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> Top Cow held its first annual talent hunt in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ching |first=Albert |date=2015-05-26 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Top Cow Talent Hunt 2015 Winners Revealed |url=https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-top-cow-talent-hunt-2015-winners-revealed/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> The program seeks to recruit artists and writers who have never been published by a major comics publisher before. Past winners and runners-up include [[Isaac Goodhart]], [[Tini Howard]], and [[Stephanie Phillips (writer)|Stephanie Phillips]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-12-09 |title=Top Cow’s Talent Search 2022 Is Announced |url=https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/top-cows-talent-search-2022-is-announced/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=TRIPWIRE MAGAZINE |language=en-GB}}</ref> Top Cow published the first collection of Šejić's romance/erotica webcomic ''[[Sunstone (comics)|Sunstone]]'' in 2014. The title's success led Top Cow to publish more erotica, romance, and slice of life comics, including ''Swing,'' written by Matt Hawkins and Jenni Cheung with art by [[Linda Šejić]], and ''Sugar'', written by Hawkins and Cheung with art by [[Yishan Li]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilds |first=Stephen |date=2018-10-05 |title=INTERVIEW: Matt Hawkins Talks Top Cow, The Darkness & Witchblade |url=https://culturedvultures.com/interview-matt-hawkins-talks-top-cow-the-darkness-witchblade/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Cultured Vultures |language=en-US}}</ref> The original ''Witchblade'' series ended with issue 185 in 2015. The series was relaunched in December 2017, written by Caitlin Kittredge with art by Roberta Ingranata. It was the first time ''Witchblade'' was both written and drawn by women.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staley |first=Brandon |date=2017-09-18 |title=Witchblade Returns with Female Writer, Artist |url=https://www.cbr.com/witchblade-female-creative-team/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> The series was followed a new ''Cyber Force'' series in March, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nieves |first=Davey |date=2018-03-29 |title=CYBER FORCE is back with a transhuman revolution. |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-starting-line-cyber-force-is-back-with-a-transhuman-revolution/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref> and the ''Aphrodite V'' series in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cardona |first=Ian |date=2018-06-21 |title=Bryan Hill and Jeff Spokes Relaunch Top Cow and Image's Aphrodite V |url=https://www.cbr.com/aphrodite-v-bryan-hill-jeff-spokes-interview/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> A new ''The Darkness'' series was also announced for 2019, but never published.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kogod |first=Theo |date=2020-11-08 |title=The Darkness: What Happened to Top Cow's Missing Icon? |url=https://www.cbr.com/top-cow-the-darkness-missing-comeback/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>
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