BOB’S news about STUFF!!!
This post is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews and Columns, Westfield Retail store news *Well, we now know a “little” more about Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s Seconds, his followup to Scott Pilgrim. It’s a self-contained graphic novel; it should be out in about a year from now and we’ve got some cool artwork of the characters! stay Tuned! *For all you really patient readers out there, image has finally announced the walking Dead Compendium volume 2 (issues #49-96) for October 3 and here’s a promo poster for season 3 on AMC featuring The governor and Michonne! *Marvel has announced the five-issue mini-series Thanos: son of Titan discerning the origin of the mad God beginning this October ! *DC has also announced for October the six-issue anthology series Joe Kubert presents featuring new work by the legendary artist on characters like Hawkman, Angel & The Ape and Sgt Rock! *Hermes press…
KC COLUMN: A LIGHTER TOUCH
This publish is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews as well as Columns KC Carlson by Keith Wilson. by KC Carlson The Avengers Apparently, The Avengers rule, as the movie has made over a billion dollars worldwide. “Oh, my stars as well as garters!” one famous former Avenger may say. I occur to believe the film deserves it, at least a bit bit, for being one of the more totally entertaining blockbuster photos in recent memory. (Sorry, I don’t do vampires. Or sparkly, either.) Part of what made The Avengers so satisfying was that it had a bit something for everybody. Sure, there were virtually wall-to-wall action as well as spectacularly cinematic superheroic battle scenes, however what made the movie for me was all the lighter touches, from the sparkling Whedonesque dialogue to the silly bit truth that the Hulk likes to punch people when they’re not looking. The film…
VAMPIRELLA meets DARK SHADOWS’ BARNABAS COLLINS IN DARK SHADOWS/VAMPIRELLA #1 FROM DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT!
This post is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Press release IN COMIC stores anywhere THIS COMING AUGUST! Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1 May 16th, 2011, Runnemede, NJ – This coming August, Vampirella and Barnabas Collins meet for the first time ever in Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1! Written by the acclaimed Marc (Manhunter) Andreyko and drawn by Patrick Berkenkotter, with a cover by Fabiano Neves, this will be a cross-over to remember! Dark Shadows/Vampirella preview page 1 In Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1, when the disappearance of a family pal brings Barnabas Collins to new York, he is ill-prepared for the seedy underworld of clubs that awaits him! and Vampirella’s quest to find the “Big Apple Butcher” sends her on a collision course with the vampire of Collinsport! will Vampirella and Barnabas uncover the shocking identity of this madman before they kill each another? Dark Shadows/Vampirella preview page 2 “Barnabas Collins and Vampirella are two classic…
THE TITHE: A HEIST story UNLIKE any before
This post is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Press release New top Cow series will steal readers’ hearts The Tithe #1 Writer Matt Hawkins (THINK TANK, TALES OF HONOR) and artist Rahsan Ekedal team up for an all new thriller suspense series—THE TITHE—coming from top Cow this April. In THE TITHE, mega-churches are being robbed for millions of dollars by a crusader hacker group known as Samaritan who is giving the money to causes they deem a lot more worthy. This modern day “Robin Hood” is being pursued by two FBI agents who actually admire their quarry but want to stop the theft before it escalates. “If you’re fan of heist motion pictures like heat and The Town, you’ll get a kick out of The Tithe,” said Hawkins. “Instead of banks or art museums however, we’re robbing mega-churches and the morality of all involved is put to the test.”
MARKLEY’S FEVERED BRAIN: legacy (NO, NOT MINE)
This post is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews and Columns, Product reviews Wayne Markley by Wayne Markley After lots of years, multiple big event crossovers that are overly long and drawn out epics that nearly always were late, marvel has made a decision to go back to basics and try and regain their original fan base. They are doing this in a number of ways, from returning to the glory days of marvel in the 1970s with Mighty marvel value Stamps; a new issue of F.O.O.M.; a return to the original numbering of their books (which is not all of them but a lot of of them. Captain America went from #25 to #695 which is the number you get if you add up all of the various Captain America restarts over the years going back to Tales of Suspense. Alas, there are issues with this numbering as they…
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: experience into worry OMNIBUS
This publish is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews as well as Columns Robert Greenberger by Robert Greenberger Once the Comics magazine association of America revised its Comics Code guidelines in the early 1970s, marvel Comics was the very first to pounce on the new freedoms, ushering in four-color horrors from Dracula to Werewolf by Night. Title after title introduced new creatures as well as the humans they aided or preyed upon. Thankfully, one such series benefited the most. Adventure into worry Omnibus Fear was introduced in late 1970 as a 48-page reprint, along the lines of fantasy Masterpieces, collecting stories by the company’s biggest writers as well as artists – Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Christopher Rule, Carl Wessler, Sol Brodsky, Paul Reinman, Joe Sinnott, as well as George Klein — drawn from their myriad anthology titles ranging from 1949-1962. These have…
IDW PREVIEWS: FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE, ALIVE! as well as TRIO
This publish is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews as well as Columns Today we have previews of two upcoming books from IDW. Frankenstein Alive, Alive! First up is Frankenstein Alive, Alive! which features artist Bernie Wrightson’s return to the popular monster. Here’s what the solicitation copy has to say. Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim as well as reverence that Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein was satisfied with upon its original release in 1983. almost 30 years later, Wrightson returns to his enthusiasm job with a comic series that picks up at the end of the traditional novel, hailed as one of the biggest horror stories of all time. regular Wrightson collaborator Steve Niles supplies the script for this epic, decades in the making. While appearing to be in black as well as white, each page was scanned in color to…
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: MARVEL’S THE HUMAN TORCH & THE THING: unusual TALES – THE total COLLECTION
This publish is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews as well as Columns Robert Greenberger by Robert Greenberger Writer/editor Stan Lee as well as publisher Martin Goodman were not whatsoever gotten ready for the wild success of amazing Four. All Goodman saw were dollar indications as well as requested much more heroic product, in spite of being restricted to a simple eight titles a month. Lee cautiously began rolling out new concepts, stuffing them as the cover function to his anthology titles that were house to aliens, monsters, as well as things that go bump in the night. The Human Torch & The Thing: unusual Tales – The total Collection With younger visitors in mind, Lee chose to broaden the FF brand by taking teen Johnny storm as well as providing him his own function as the lead in unusual Tales. While Lee plotted, his sibling Larry Lieber dialogued as…
BEAUOLOGY 101: DOOM’S DAY
This publish is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Interviews as well as Columns “I Am Victor Von Beau, fear My Power, Insects!” by beloved Smith I can’t even discover him on Facebook or Twitter. Due to time, a failing memory, as well as money, I can’t keep up with every marvel Comic that comes out, so my hunting of physician Doom is ending up like a “Where’s Waldo” book. Correct me if I’m wrong, however to my recollection, Victor Von Doom hasn’t tried to dominate the world in a while. What the offer with that? has he retired, lost interest, or perhaps bought a condo in Florida? “Doctor Doom’s Christmas Greeting.” I miss the guy in the original iron mask making life a grind for each costumed marvel superhero on the roster. It utilized to be physician Doom was not only beating The great four liked a rented super mule,…
EXTERMINATION
This post is Filed Under: Home page Highlights, Industry News, Press release Extermination From the celebrated creative team of Ed Brisson and Pepe Larraz. Find out more this week at C2E2 during Marvel’s true Believer panel* at 12:15-1:15pm CT in room S401.