Well, no reviews last week because my motivation ebbs when I've nothing new to tell the world. Last week I picked up the excellent B.P.R.D Killing Ground collection which has no surprise in the sense that it's excellent. However, it does contain plenty of twists with the characters, the whole story taking place at 'home' in Colorado. If you're reading it already, there's nothing to tell as you know it's great, and if you're not picking it up, you're missing one of the best monthly books currently published. Guy Davis' art just gets creepier and creepier and the freaky monsters just get freakier. On a side note I picked up his own series the Marquis a little while back which he wrote and drew: black, white and lots of great zipper tone... and cracked-out monsters too. It's collected by Oni in two books but tricky to find.
The only floppy comic I picked up was Action Comics 864, which I must have ordered based on how much I was enjoying the previous run with Gary Frank. While I'm now much more up to speed on the Legion Of Superheroes, this issue left me lost with a big reveal of a villain who I don't know but suspect I'm supposed to. Also leads into the Legion of Superheroes Crisis thingy which I won't be reading. Art-wise, nothing to show, and I’m feeling that if I've nothing nice to scan then don't scan anything at all. I feel used...
This week, however, I had comics to buy! First up, to show no hard feelings, Action Comics Annual 11 which I believe we've waited a year for. Though I don't know what happened to Adam Kubert to make him run SO late on this, I don't overly care. There've been plenty of good Action Comics and Busiek Superman(s) in the meantime and some iffy fill-ins which I just skipped :) Although Dave Stewart's not on the colours, Edgar Delgado fills in fine, mostly matching the style and maintaining the unique finish. Also fun is that Richard Donner and Geoff Johns manage to surprise with the story, but I don't do spoilers. A great read that, if you've not been keeping up, will stand alone happily as a trade paperback.
The softcover of New Avengers Illuminati came out, which I'd been waiting a while for. I really like Jimmy Cheung, and have done since Iron Man and Maverick, back before he was a "Marvel Young Gun". There's something straight but fun about his art that I can't put my finger on. I sometimes feel he makes everyone look like a teenager, but that’s not really true (see the collection's cover). It did make him the perfect choice for Young Avengers where, with great inker John Dell and perfectly suited colourist Justin Posner, I decided to keep my eye on what he was up to in the future. I wouldn't pick up everything he does...but this series fits.
It's a retrofitted Marvel history telling of how a few key Marvel players have manipulated things from behind the scenes. Secret Wars and the Kree Skrull War are good, but my personal fave was that they put a punctuation mark at the end of Morrison's Marvel Boy run, which was a great cosmic trilogy cut short by Bill Jemas worrying that he couldn't make a movie of it. The book also coincided with an all-Skrull, Secret Invasion tie-in that follows on from Illuminati.
The third part of Risso and Vaughan's Logan mini came out and while overall the series was a little light, it was good fun that didn't stray from the character, though perhaps featuring a slightly dated version of him. Risso's art is superb as always and the last page almost justifies the series alone. I imagine there's a hardcover coming of it but for three issues, I'd be careful...
Following my last post I found out that the Hellboy Golden Army preview comic I got for free was perhaps not very liberally distributed so I've taken the liberty of scanning the thing. My logic, and I hope it'd stand up in court, is that 1) the comic was free and 2) it was meant to be read by the masses to promote the movie and comic. It's at the end of this post at its original location here. Low-res so you can't print it but complete so you can enjoy it. So: enjoy it!
- Billy
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Sunny Days Indoors 12/05/08
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Due to Arrive 22/05/08
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week:
All New Atom Vol 3 The Hunt For Ray Palmer TP
Amazing Spider-Man #560
American Dream #2 (Of 5)
Archie Digest #244
Avengers Classic #12
Avengers Initiative #13
Batman And The Outsiders #7
Batman Vs Two Face TP
Birds Of Prey #118
Black Adam The Dark Age TP
Black Panther #36
Brave And The Bold #13
Caliber #2 (Of 5)
Captain America #38
Catwoman #79
Checkmate #26
Countdown To Final Crisis Vol 1 TP
Countdown To Mystery #8 (Of 8)
Dark Ivory #2 (Of 4)
DC Special Cyborg #1 (Of 5)
DC Wildstorm Dreamwar #2 (Of 6)
Dynamo 5 #13
Eden Vol 07 TP
Elephantmen #12
Fantastic Four #557
Firebreather Series #1
Flash #240
Gargoyles Bad Guys #3
Ghost Rider #23
Godland #23
Grendel Behold The Devil #7 (Of 8)
Gutwrencher #3 (Of 3)
Hawaiian Dick #4
Hellblazer #244
Hercules #2 (Of 5)
Hulk Visionaries John Byrne Vol 1 TP
Incredible Hercules #117 Secret Invasion
Invincible Universe Primer #1
Iron Man Director Of Shield #29
Jack Kirby’s OMAC One Man Army Corps HC
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files #2 (Of 4) Judenhass GN
Justice League Of America #21
Justice Society Of America #15
Justice Society Vol 1 TP
Loveless #24
Madame Mirage #6
Marvel Adventures Avengers #24
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four Vol 8 TP
Marvel Illustrated Iliad #6 (Of 8)
Mighty Avengers #14 Secret Invasion
Pax Romana #3 (Of 4)
Pigeons From Hell #2 (Of 4)
Pilot Season Twilight Guardian
Programme #11 (Of 12)
Project Kalki #1 (Of 4)
Resurrection #5
Robin #174
Scalped #17
Showcase Presents Green Lantern Vol 3 TP
Simpsons Comics #142
Spawn #178
Spirit #17
Star Wars Legacy #24
Starman Omnibus Vol 1 HC
Super Friends #3
Superman Batman #48
Superman World Of Krypton TP
Tangent Superman's Reign #3 (Of 12)
Ultimate Fantastic Four #54
Ultimate X-Men #94
War Is Hell
First Flight Phantom Eagle Max #3 (Of 5)
Wolverine Origins #25
World Of Warcraft #7
X-Factor #31 Divided We Stand
X-Men Divided We Stand #2 (Of 2)
The Gosh! Authority 15/05/08
Hello! It’s rough justice week here at Gosh Comics, so prepare for a column so raw, so extreme, that it had to be brought to you in the magic of monochrome text. Kings of rough justice this week are comic creators Bryan Talbot, Mark Buckingham, Sean Phillips, Charlie Adlard, Mark Stafford, Hunt Emerson, Ian Edginton, D’israeli and Gilbert Shelton, who were kind enough to sign, and in some cases sketch, a big load of trade paperback collections for us! The products of these unions are now for sale in the shop for not a penny more than cover price! Check it out.
Tripwire creators Joel Meadows and Gary Marshall, who recently completed their book Studio Space, were good enough to get copies to us ahead of the release date! These guys are so daring that they actually infiltrated the inner sanctums of such dangerous dudes as Mike Mignola, Brian Bolland, Frank Miller, Joe Kubert and many, many more to retrieve confidential information about the creators’ working process. There’s also reprints of some of the creators’ prettiest and most obscure work, so grab yourself a copy while they’re still early!
DC have shown their familiarity with tough love by threatening to knock off two of their classic Bat characters! First up, there’s the first part of the supposedly groundbreaking storyline Batman RIP, by the series’ current regular writer, Grant Morrison. Though the story is going to have some knock-on effect for concurrent issues of Detective, Nightwing and Robin, they won’t be essential to the main plot, which will be totally self contained in the monthly Batman title. The Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul this ain’t, so hop on board and don’t sweat the crossovers. Unless you want to, in which case that’s fine too.
Secondly there’s Bat Lash #6, the final issue of the miniseries that has thrilled us, chilled us and, through candlesticks in the shoulder and arrows through the neck, embodied the true spirit of rough justice. A suggestive cover and some unsubtle solicitation hints tell us that we might be so unlucky as to never see Bat or his compadres alive again! But who can say for sure in this wacky comics world of ours? For myself, I’m hoping that DC gives Bat a break, because some more adventures of the West’s weirdest hero from Aragonés, Brandvold and Severin would be much welcome.
Marvel joins in the party as well, with the latest issue of Garth Ennis’ final Punisher Max story. While Ennis’ run has had its weak patches, his recent arcs have been firing on all cylinders, both metaphorically and literally. If the phrase ‘firing on all cylinders’ was a reference to guns and not cars, that would have been brilliant what I did just there, but never mind. Not only has Ennis brought more captivating drama to a Punisher series than you might expect, he’s also presented a convincingly human cast of characters and an over-arcing story that deals with cycles of violence and revenge’s erosion of the soul. But don’t worry, there’s lots of guns and shooting and stuff too. The series plays off its own past history cleverly, and this looks to be the most action-packed arc yet, sending Ennis off with a bang. Rough justice.
Also worth noting from Marvel this week are the final issue of Jason Aaron’s Wolverine run and the first issue of Dan Slott’s second arc on the thrice-monthly Amazing Spider-Man. This time, Slott is backed up by the most excellent Marcos Martin of Batgirl Year One and Doctor Strange The Oath fame. Like Zeb Wells’ recent run, this is one even for those who hate the Brand New Day and everything it stands for, because it’s just plain good Spidey.
There’s no justice rougher than that of a psychotic sister, and Roger Langridge knows it, which is why his character, Knuckles the Malevolent Nun, is making a long overdue return to comics in a new special issue. While the majority of it is drawn by Langridge himself, there’s the odd fill-in by top New Zealand talent and some beautiful pin-ups by Bob Fingerman and Mike Mignola to round out the package. And all for only two pounds. Why, that’s such a bargain that I’d accuse us of being soft on the customers during rough justice week. Oh, also it’s really funny. Pick it up, you!
There are two more comics I want to push this week, those being The Goon #24 and Screamland #3 respectively. You’ve heard me bang on about Screamland before, but trust me, it’s worth the reading, and if my comely contemporary Matt’s recommendation of The Goon’s back catalogue the other day didn’t persuade you, think again. It’s a complete package of a comic which, especially lately, has balanced plot with humour and art brilliantly. Grab it and witness the magic.
Seeing that comics and the art of graphic storytelling have received little-to-no attention in the halls of British colleges, the co-ordinators at Newi College in North Wales have sorted it out. The college now offers a course which ‘enables students to specialise in writing and developing extended narratives (images and characters) for graphic novels through practical experience and detailed knowledge and techniques’. So watch out, Kubert!
Fans of cartoons and excellent paintings should check out Cherubs artist Mark Stafford’s new exhibition at the Railway Tavern at Station Rise in Tulse Hill, Lambeth. The exhibition itself is called Mark Stafford’s Pandemonium Carnival: A Series of Unfortunate Paintings, and is running from this Saturday 17th May. Mark’s paintings are rough glories of lowbrow art justice, and are going for bargain prices. Take a look and you might well find it impossible not to buy one to fill a space on your wall. You have been warned.
And now for this week’s competition! To celebrate this roughest, toughest of weeks, we’ve got two hardcover editions of Virgin Comics’ Garth Ennis’ John Woo’s Seven Brothers to give away. It’s a blood-drenched, mythic yakuza epic in a style that could only be brought to you by the one-two punch of Ennis and Woo. To win, you need only answer the following question:
John Woo has served as producer for exactly one Hollywood comic book movie – what was that movie called?
If you think you know the correct answer, just comment on this post on our blog. If you can’t sign in to a personal account, you can comment anonymously – but don’t forget to leave your name in the comment itself! The first two people to comment with the correct answer win a copy of the book. Please note that the judge’s rough justice is final and that it is the responsibility of prize-winners to arrange collection of the prize within a period of 14 days, after which any non-collected prizes will be offered to the runner-up.
That’s all for now – but please remember to observe rough justice week in your own personal way.
- Tom
In Store 15/05/08
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week:
Pals N Gals Double Digest #121
52 Aftermath The Four Horsemen TP
Anita Blake Guilty Pleasures #11
Army Of Darkness #9
Bat Lash #6 (Of 6)
Batman #676 RIP (G. Morrison)
Batman Confidential #17
Batman Strikes #45
Batman The Joker’s Last Laugh TP
Batman The Resurrection Of Ra’s Al Ghul HC (Morrison Et Al)
Booster Gold #9
Booster Gold Vol 1 52 Pick Up HC
BPRD 1946 #5 (Of 5)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Vol 2 No Future For You TP
Captain Britain And MI:13 #1 Secret Invasion (P. Cornell)
Casanova #14
Checkmate Vol 3 The Fall Of The Wall TP
Cinema Retro #11
Civil War Chronicles #11
Clandestine #4 (Of 5) (Alan Davis)
Cthulhu Tales #2
Dead Of Night Featuring Man Thing #4
Death Grub (One Shot) (R. Ottley)
DMZ #31 (Brian Wood)
Erotic Comics A Graphic History HC
Everybody’s Dead #3
Final Crisis Sketchbook
Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein #1
FX #3 (Of 6) (John Byrne)
Gamekeeper Series 2 #3
Gen 13 #20
Ghost Whisperer #3
Giant Size Incredible Hulk #1
Goon #24 (Eric Powell)
Gotham Underground #8 (Of 9)
Green Arrow Black Canary #8
Green Lantern Corps #24
Green Lantern No Fear TP
Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 (Abnett/Lanning)
Huntress Year One #1 (Of 6)
All New Iron Manual
Iron Man Legacy Of Doom #2
Iron Man And Power Pack TP
Kaput & Zosky GN (Trondheim)
Knuckles The Malevolent Nun #1 (Langridge)
Last Defenders #3 (Of 6) (Casey)
Legion Of Super Heroes In The 31st Century #14
Life Sucks GN (Jessica Abel Et Al)
Little Vampire GN (Joann Sfar)
Locke & Key #4
Lost Boys Reign Of Frogs #1 (Of 4)
Amor Y Cohetes SC (Hernandez)
Mad Magazine #490
Maintenance #10
Marvel Adventures Hulk #11
Marvel Spotlight Hulk Movie
Mome Vol 11 GN
Newuniversal Shockfront #1 (Of 6) (Ellis)
North Wind #5 (Of 5)
Number Of The Beast #3 (Of 6)
Essential Official Handbook Marvel Universe Master Ed Vol 1 TP
100 Bullets #91 (Eduardo Risso)
Perhapanauts #2
Phantom #23
Potential GN (Ariel Schrag)
Project Superpowers #3 (Of 7)
Punisher #57 (Ennis)
Red Sonja #33
Return Of The Gremlins #3 (Of 3)
Rex GN (Daniel Zezelj)
Salt Water Taffy Vol 1 Legend Of Old Salty GN
Absolute Sandman Vol 3 HC
Screamland #3 (Of 5)
Secret Invasion Fantastic Four #1
Serenity Better Days #3 (Of 3)
Simon Dark #8 (Scott Hampton)
Big Brilliant Book Of Bart Simpson TP
Spawn Collection Vol 5 TP
Amazing Spider-Girl #20
Amazing Spider-Girl Vol 3 Mind Games TP
Amazing Spider-Man #559 (Slott/Martin)
Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic #28
Studio Space SC
Superman #676
Thunderbolts #120 (Warren Ellis)
Tiny Titans #4
Titans #2
Toyfare #131
Transformers Best Of UK Space Pirates #3
Transformers Devastation TP
Best Of Transformers Vol 1 GN UK
Transhuman #2 (Of 4)
Twelve #5 (Of 12) (Chris Weston)
Ultimate Hulk Vs Iron Man Ultimate Human Prem HC
Un-Men #10
Vertigo First Cut TP
Wacky Packages HC
Walking Dead #49
Warhammer Condemned By Fire #1 (Of 5)
Wasteland #17
Welcome To Tranquility Vol 2 TP
Wolverine #65 DWS (J. Aaron)
Wolverine Amazing Immortal Man Bloody Tales #1 (D Lapham)
Wonder Woman #20
World War Hulk Gamma Corps TP
World War Hulk X-Men TP
Genext #1 (Of 5)
New Exiles #6
X-Men Legacy #211 DWS
New X-Men By Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection TP
X-Men Origin Colossus
Young Liars #3 (Dave Lapham)
Zombie Tales #1
Zorro #3
MANGA
Blood Plus Vol 2 GN
Parasyte GN Vol 03 (Of 8)
Piq Magazine Jun 2008
Prince Charming Vol 3 GN
Tsubasa Vol 17 GN
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Gosh Recommends... Eric Powell's The Goon
Story and Art: Eric Powell
Dark Horse Comics
There exists an interesting dichotomy in the comics world. You cannot often have a continuing series that is consistently both a superb read and a feast for the eyes. Don’t get me wrong, there are fantastic comics with very good art (Invincible being a notable example) but it is rare where both the writing and the art are incredible.
For five years now, Dark Horse have had such a comic in Eric Powell’s The Goon. The story follows Goon, a street tough who runs his local town under the guise of an enforcer for Mafia don Labrazio. In reality Goon’s murdered the don and is running the show using the dead mobster’s name as mythical tool to scare people into paying up. Goon is joined on his endeavours by Franky, a pint-sized degenerate who enjoys nothing more than violence and infidelity.
Goon’s gang fights to keep his turf safe from all manner of hoodlums and monsters, with his arch nemesis being a nameless zombie priest and his horde of slack-jawed zombies.
The series is insane and hilarious; Powell is a master of comic timing. His artistic mastery accentuates his side-splitting dialogue, in an almost cinematic way. He manages to create genuinely likable characters, and you’ll undoubtedly fall in love with The Goon’s myriad of supporting cast members. My personal favourites are Spider (a small time criminal, who’s also a giant spider) and Willie Nagel (a zombie con-man.)
Early on in the series the audience is told in passing of a tragic, unspoken-of event in Goon’s past which occurred in Chinatown and four years later, Powell revealed the secret in the original graphic novel named, appropriately enough, Chinatown. A departure from the usual comedic flair, this wholly serious story is beautifully crafted, with some of the artist’s best work to date. The story itself is incredibly moving, bringing a lump to your throat as you see the Goon’s heart ripped asunder. Powell uses a slow build, allowing the reader to know there’s no happy ending in sight, but still delivers a punch to the gut in the final pages. Eric Powell demonstrates the depth of his creation by showing that this funny book can transcend its comic horror stable, and move into the more serious dramatic arena. If you’ve enjoyed the regular series, don’t be put off.
What’s brilliant about this series, and became evident in re-visiting the beginning issues, is that Powell has been crafting a long plot from the very beginning. Where issues have seemed incongruous to the overall workings, they’ve later been revealed as part of a larger whole. With the series soon to hit its quarter century, revelations are sure to abound.
The Goon is easily one of the most enjoyable reads in comics today. It is consistently entertaining, filled with thrills, chills and laughs. Having just re-read from the beginning, through the original graphic novel Chinatown, to the latest issue (#23), I remembered that comics can still be moving and astonishing. If you enjoy solid stories with a comic edge, and some of the most gorgeous and finely crafted art being produced in the medium, then make yours Goon.
Goon is currently in book form up to and including #18 of the current series, as well as the separate Chinatown OGN. There is also a collection of Powell’s first Goon work called Rough Stuff, this doesn’t play into the current series.
The complete list of currently available collections is as follows:
Vol 0 SC Rough Stuff
Vol 1 SC Nothin’ But Misery
Vol 2 SC My Murderous Childhood
Vol 3 SC Heaps of Ruination
Vol 4 SC Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof
Vol 5 SC Wicked Inclinations
Chinatown HC
Recommended by Matt
Due to Arrive 15/05/08
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week:
100 Bullets #91
52 Aftermath The Four Horsemen TP
All New Iron Manual
Amazing Spider-Girl #20
Amazing Spider-Man #559
Anita Blake VH Guilty Pleasures #11 (Of 12)
Archie & Friends #119
Army Of Darkness #9 Long Road Home
Bat Lash #6 (Of 6)
Batman #676 RIP
Batman Confidential #17
Batman Strikes #45
Batman The Jokers Last Laugh TP
Batman Vs Two Face TP
Betty & Veronica Digest #184
Booster Gold #9
BPRD 1946 #5 (Of 5)
Casanova #14
Checkmate TP Vol 03 The Fall Of The Wall
Civil War Chronicles #11
Clandestine #4 (Of 5)
Dead Of Night Featuring Man Thing #4 (Of 4)
DMZ #31
Drafted TP Vol 01
Dragonlance Chronicles Vol 3 #11 (Of 12)
Essential Off Hb Marvel Univ Master Ed TP Vol 02
Final Crisis Sketchbook
Firebreather Series #1
Gamekeeper Series 2 #3
Gargoyles #3
Gen 13 #20
Genext #1 (Of 5)
Goon #24
Gotham Underground #8 (Of 9)
Green Arrow Black Canary #8
Green Lantern Corps #24
Green Lantern No Fear TP
Hulk WWH TP Gamma Corps
Huntress Year One #1 (Of 6)
Iron Man And Power Pack TP Armored Digest
Jack Kirby’s Omac One Man Army Corps HC
Jughead’s Double Digest #140
Last Defenders #3 (Of 6)
Legion Of Super Heroes In The 31st Century #14
Lost Boys Reign Of Frogs #1 (Of 4)
Marvel Adventures Hulk #11
Marvel Spotlight Hulk Movie
New Exiles #6
Newuniversal Shockfront #1 (Of 6)
Number Of The Beast #3 (Of 6)
Phantom #23
Project Superpowers #3 (Of 7)
Punisher #57
Red Sonja #33
Return O/T Gremlins #3 (Of 3)
Screamland #3 (Of 5)
Serenity Better Days #3 (Of 3)
Showcase Presents Green Lantern TP Vol 03
Simon Dark #8
Star Wars Knights Of Old Republic #28 Vector Part 4
Starman Omnibus HC Vol 01
Superman #676
Tiny Titans #4
Titans #2
Twelve #5 (Of 12)
Un-Men #10
Welcome To Tranquility TP Vol 02
Wonder Woman #20
Worlds Of Dungeons & Dragons #2
X-Men Origin Colossus
Young Liars #3
Zorro #3
The Gosh! Authority 09/05/08
Hello, The Internet! Since we’ve moved to a blog format with these columns, I feel a real impetus to make an effort to put the truly exceptional comics first and foremost, so that they’re properly spotlighted to really show the authors that their efforts and their work are appreciated. As such, I feel no more justification is needed to make Jack Staff #16 my absolute, number one, tip-top tip of the week. Since making the leap of going monthly, Paul Grist has kept to an admirably disciplined release schedule at no sacrifice to the quality of the material being produced. The storytelling is still inspired, the characters are as sympathetic as ever, and the art’s still oh-so pretty in that quintessential Grist style. If you’ve never picked up Jack Staff or Grist’s other title Kane before, this is the week it all changes. Do yourself a favour and grab a trade, you won’t regret it.
You’d almost think there’d been some kind of Iron Man film released in the last week, because Marvel’s brought out not one, not two, but three new releases featuring ol’ Shellhead, all at once! Funny, isn’t it? The two that will be getting the most attention are Viva Las Vegas and Invincible Iron Man, both being very clearly painted in the image of Hollywood. Viva Las Vegas is even drawn by the designer of the film’s suit, Adi Granov, and written by director Jon Favreau! Invincible Iron Man, however, is planned as an ongoing title, and seems more accessible than the still-running Iron Man Director of SHIELD comic while remaining in continuity. Whatever that means. More importantly, Invincible Iron Man #1 makes for a fun read, written, as it is, by upcoming-and-actually-good comics scribe Matt Fraction, and chock-full, as it is, of technological paranoia.
However, without a doubt the best in Marvel’s Iron-tastic release pantheon is Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin in paperback, collecting Joe Casey and Eric Canete’s six-issue miniseries from last year. This is cheating a bit, as it hardly has anything whatsoever to do with the movie, but it provides some well-written, pacy, beautifully-drawn robot-suit beat-upping, and frankly that should be enough for any Iron Fan. If you missed this the first time around, I strongly recommend that you pick up this handy, affordable gem of a trade paperback. While some people may find Canete’s artwork a bit wild and not exactly to their taste, those people are wrong, and they know that they are wrong.
Hey, look, it’s Secret Invasion #2! This is what happens when you hire an artist who gets stuff done for your big event comic, amirite? While I would recommend Secret Invasion even to the event-skeptical given its strong and deeply teasing first issue, I would also recommend that you pick up last week’s New Avengers #40. This skipped straight past my radar at first, but on second look, it’s quite the issue! It gives you just about all of the Skrull political back-story, explains how the Skrull sleeper agents are undetectable, and even drops a huge Skrull unmasking on the end, all drawn absolutely beautifully by Jim Cheung.
DC parries with a slew of new titles reinvigorating old licenses! Tor #1 stands out as being written and drawn by Joe Kubert – a rarity in this day and age, I’m sure you’ll agree. However, it’s a welcome and pleasantly old-school return as Kubert straps us in for more prehistoric adventure with the primitive human who, in the company of his chimpanzee buddy Chee-Chee, searches for meaning in a wild world where everybody’s got something to hide, except for him and his monkey. Also releasing is an in-Vertigo rebirth named House of Mystery #1, repainting the House as a haven for stories reminiscent of Spider Robinson’s Callahan’s series (and anybody who gets that reference deserves a biscuit). Jack of Fables writers Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges are the perfect subjects to handle such a premise, so this title should be one worth keeping an eye on.
Another book worth mentioning is the collection at long last of JLA Presents Aztek The Ultimate Man. This is a gem from back in the day of Grant Morrison’s tenure JLA, co-written by Mark Millar – a character who lived, was briefly beloved, and then instantly disappeared without a trace. Perhaps he’ll find a place in Morrison’s post-Final Crisis DC Universe. Who can say?
For anybody interested in the Centre For Recent Drawing is hosting an exhibition and panel discussion on diary comics from the 8th-23rd May, Wednesday-Friday, 12-6pm. Both the exhibition and panel will have the input of such luminaries as Gabrielle Bell, Ariel Schrag and Rutu Modan. The panel discussion will take place on the first day of the exhibition, from 6:15-7pm and will be hosted by comics historian Paul Gravett. More information can be found at www.c4rd.org.uk
It’s come a bit late, but there’s still time for Previews watch – remember, this is one way we determine how much of something comes in, so if you want it – speak up! Firstly: next to Scary-Go-Round and The Perry Bible Fellowship, Chris Onstad’s Achewood is one of the most consistently entertaining webcomics around, and it’s finally getting its mainstream publishing debut in the Great Outdoor Fight hardcover. Collecting a pivotal storyline of what was declared Time magazine’s Greatest Graphic Novel of 2007, this book will appeal hugely to fans of Tony Millionaire, Chris Ware, Sam and Max and just any comics that are funny.
Embracing the fact that one of the best things by far about Batman is his villains, DC’s releasing a series of one-shots, all in July, each telling a story epitomising a villain’s particular brand of wickedness, under the banner The Joker’s Asylum. For my money, the most fun edition should prove to be The Penguin, drawn by DC’s talented go-to cartoonist Jason Pearson and written by Gosh favourite Jason Aaron! Also covered are Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Two-Face and The Joker himself. Worth noting as well is Jonah Hex #33, a special one-off issue drawn by Darwyn Cooke and set in his own backyard of sunny Canada.
The new Wildstorm universe makes its debut in the pages of WildCATS World’s End #1, written by Christos Gage and with appealing art by Neil Googe, bringing back such favourites as Zealot, Grifter, and my own personal favourite metal-jawed rocker, Ladytron.
Image Comics’ oddest solicitation of the month must be for Tori Amos’ Comic Book Tattoo, which runs to a full 480 pages of Amos-inspired short stories by the likes of Jonathan Hickman, Eric Canete, Colleen Doran and Jock! First in the ‘cool’ stakes is Liberty Comics, a one-shot benefit book produced for the promotion of the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund. However, your patronage of Liberty Comics won’t be without its rewards, containing as it does brand new The Boys and Criminal stories, as well as original work by Darwyn Cooke, John Paul Leon and Sergio Aragonés!
Marvel’s industry ads answer a question as old as time, namely: whatever happened to Newuniversal? That answer comes in the form of two new titles: Newuniversal: Shockfront and Newuniversal: 1959. While the former is written by Ellis as you’d expect, the latter is written by Phonogram scribe Kieron Gillen in his first mainstream Marvel writing gig. Coolest ad of the month, however, is the unexpected return of Kathryn Immonen’s interpretation of Patsy Walker: Hellcat. It was cool in Marvel Comics Presents, it’ll be cool now! Sadly, her husband Stuart Immonen is not signed on for art duties, but Spanish cartoonist David Lafuente should provide ample compensation in his stead.
And now for this week’s competition! To coincide with Marvel’s current Alan Davis fever, with a new Clandestine on the shelves and X-Men covers aplenty, we’re giving away three copies of the premiere hardcover of his recent Killraven series for Marvel. And since it’s a Secret Invasion week, the killer question is:
Which tragically memorable moment in Skrull history was rendered by Alan Davis in X-Men #90?
If you think you know the correct answer, just comment on this post on our blog. If you can’t sign in to a personal account, you can comment anonymously – but don’t forget to leave your name in the comment itself! The first three people to comment with the correct answer win a copy of the book. Please note that the judge’s decision is final and that it is the responsibility of prize winners to arrange collection of the prize within a period of 14 days, after which any non-collected prizes will be offered to the runner-up.
Best of luck, and see you next week!
- Tom
In Store 09/05/08
Click the full post link below for a list of items in-store this week:
Archie Double Digest #188
Tales From Riverdale Digest #28
2000 AD #1585 & 1586
2000 AD Extreme Ed #29
Abe Sapien The Drowning #4 (Of 5)
Abject Expressionism SC Art Of Ron English
Adam Strange Archives HC Vol 03
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #3
All New Atom #23
American Dream #1 (Of 5)
American Splendor Season Two #2 (Of 4)
Angel After The Fall #7
Atomic Robo #6 (Of 6)
Avengers Invaders #1 (Of 12)
Mighty Avengers #13 SI
New Avengers Illuminati TP
Batman Death Mask #2 (Of 4)
Batman Vs The Scarecrow
Detective Comics #844
Battlestar Galactica Origins #5
Best Of Draw Magazine TP Vol 03
Big Badz #1 (Of 4)
Bizarre New World Population Explosion GN
Black Magic 2nd Ed TP
Black Summer #6 (Warren Ellis)
Boys #18 (Garth Ennis)
Buck Godot Psmith HC & SC
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #14
Caliber #1
Captain America Prem HC Vol 02 Death Of Captain America
Cavewoman Reloaded #5 & Sp Ed
Color Of Rage TP Vol 01
Comic Art Now
Conan #50
Countdown To Mystery #7 (Of 8)
Crossing Midnight #18 (M. Carey)
Dark Tower Long Road Home #3
DC Special Raven #3 (Of 5)
DC Universe Special JLA
Dead Space #3 (Of 6)
Deadworld TP Bits & Pieces
Delayed Replays GN
Uncle Scrooge #375
Disney’s Comics & Stories #690
Dummys Guide To Danger Lost At Sea #2
Dynamo 5 Annual #1
Exterminators #29
Exterminators TP Vol 04
Fantastic Four TP New FF
Flash Symbol New Frontier T/S By Darwyn Cooke
Foolkiller #5 (Of 5)
Forgotten Realms The Legacy #2
Foundation #5 (Of 5)
Franklin Richards Not So Secret Invasion
Gary Panter HC Slip Case
Gemini #1 (Of 5)
George R R Martin’s Wild Cards #2
Hercules #1
House Of Mystery #1
Hulk TP World War Hulk (JRJR)
Infinity Inc #9 (Peter Milligan)
Invincible Iron Man #1 (Fraction)
Iron Man TP Enter The Mandarin
Iron Man Viva Las Vegas #1 (Of 4)
Iron Man War Machine TP
Jack Staff #16 (Paul Grist)
JLA New Frontier By Cooke T/S
JLA Presents Aztek TP (M Millar)
Jonah Hex #31
Justice League Unlimited #45
Local #11 (Of 12) (Brian Wood)
Lonesome Puppy HC (Y. Nara)
Lords Of Avalon SOD #4 (Of 6)
Love On The Racks HC
Lucha Libre #4
Madman Atomic Comics #8
Magic Pickle GN (Scott Morse)
Man With No Name #1
Metal Men #8 (Of 8) (D. Rouleau)
Midnighter #19
Moon Knight #18
New Dynamix #3 (Of 5)
Nightwing #144
Nova #13
Omega Unknown #8 (Of 10)
Otto’s Orange Day HC
Punisher War Journal #19
Question TP Vol 02
Rann Thanagar Holy War #1 (Of 8)
Robin Hood (Frank Bellamy)
Rogue Angel Teller Of Tales #3
Savage Tales #7
Scud Disposable Assassin #24
Secret Invasion #2 (Of 8) SI
She-Hulk Premiere HC Jaded
Silent Hill Sinners Reward #3
Smallville Series 2 Action Figures
Amazing Spider-Man #558
Marvel Adv Spider-Man #39
Star Wars Legacy #23
Suburban Glamour TP Vol 01
Supergirl #29
Action Comics Annual #11
Superman Classic Symbol 2008 T-Shirt
Tales From The Crypt Vol 3 HC & SC
Thunderbolts Reason In Madness
Tor #1 (Of 6) (Joe Kubert)
Transformers Best Of The UK Dinobots TP
Transformers Movie Sequel #1
Trigan Empire: Red Death
Ultimate X-Men #93
Vinyl Underground #8
War That Time Forgot #1 (Of 12)
Where Madness Reigns Art Of Chris Grimly SC
Wizard Magazine #200 Platinum
X Omnibus TP Vol 01
Cable #3 Divided We Stand
Logan #3 (Of 3) (BKV /Risso)
X-Factor Quick And Dead (David)
Young X-Men #2 Divided We Stand
MANGA
Absolute Boyfriend Vol 6
Black Cat Vol 14
Crimson Hero Vol 8
D Gray Man Vol 9
Dr Slump Vol 15
Gin Tama Vol 6
Hunter X Hunter Vol 20
Kaze Hikaru Vol 9
Kurohime Vol 5
Naruto Vol 29
Nodame Cantabile GN Vol 13
Sa Vol 4
Shaman King Vol 16
Skip Beat Vol 12
Whistle Vol 19
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Gosh Recommends... Sam & Max Surfin' The Highway
Story and Art: Steve Purcell
Telltale Press
The various stand-out entries in the genre of late-20th-century independent humour comics shared a number of similar characteristics. They were usually the product of a creator’s singular vision, they were usually deeply demented, and five-odd years after the fact, they were usually almost impossible to find. Thankfully, now, a century later (sort of), this final point has been remedied. Evan Dorkin’s Bill and Ted and Dork comics were republished by Slave Labor, Roger Langridge’s Arc D’Ecco and Fred the Clown were resurrected by Fantagraphics, and now, at long last, Steve Purcell’s Sam & Max: Surfin’ The Highway is back in print in a lush new edition from Telltale Press.
Some people may already know the dog-and-rabbity-thing combo from their other incarnations in video game or Saturday morning cartoon form, but it was the sheer strength of Purcell’s early self-published works that snagged these later expansions to the franchise. Even from the first issue (originally published in 1987), these comics are possessed of an anarchic and lightly satirical vibe all their own, a unique signifier that survives in all the duo’s adventures right up to this day.
The characters’ perennial adaptability is evident in this collection, as they hop, skip and blast their way through full-length comic books, single-page gag strips and colour splash pages in consistently guffaw-inducing style. What’s more, while the characters may have emerged fully-formed, the artwork certainly didn’t, and seeing Purcell’s artistic leaps and bounds through the years adds another dimension of enjoyment to this compilation.
Ignoring the duo’s other appearances over the last 20 years, the material in this collection (some of which is reprinted here for the very first time) stands up brilliantly just as a collection of humour comics. Every page of Surfin’ the Highway is packed full of personality, sight gags and ravishingly pretty/shockingly disgusting pictures. The only downside is that these pages are far too few. Kudos to Steve Purcell on this gorgeous new edition, and here’s to another 20 years of Sam and Max! You crack me up, little buddy.
Recommended by Tom
Some images courtesy of Telltale Games, see more beautiful Steve Purcell artwork on his blog.
Sunny Days Indoors 04/05/08
reviews by Will Shyne
A slow week last week. I'm starting to come to terms with the idea that I'm in an abusive relationship with Morrison's Batman. No matter how bad the art gets, I keep coming back.
I could handle Andy Kubert - to my mind the lesser of the two Kubert brothers - as inked by Jesse Delperdang, who has done nice things for Kubert's art since Ka-Zar. The text story was heavy going but still had promise. JH Williams is a personal favourite so I was very happy for those three issues. But for about a year now, it's been relentless bad art. On Batman 675, which years back would have been one of those special issues, Ryan Benjamin takes that ball and runs with it. Even Tony Daniel will have to work hard to achieve the level of thoughtless, amateurish rubbish that Grant Morrison gets to work with here. I don't know what kind of editor gets to see this stuff in black and white before the colourist comes in and has to try to save it.
Ryan Benjamin came onto the scene shortly after Tony Daniel in about '94 as a part of one of Jim Lee's talent searches, along with Travis Charest, J Scott Campbell and Aaron Weisenfeld, all of whom have gone on to better things. I can only hope for his sake, as I'm not malicious, that he had about an hour to draw these 22 pages. Storywise Morrison moves Batman more and more towards the breakdown he keeps referring to in interviews and we get to see that it's not Talia who's behind these various future Batmen or the murder attempts on Bruce Wayne. Someone else is out to get him and knows his identity. Shoulda been good!
Marvel make sure their A-list writers get the appropriate level of artist, or at least the artist they want. Mark Millar seems to get whatever he wants. Bendis too. Yet one of DC's, hands down, best writers on their flagship title gets...this. I think all of the above is what's gettng me really interested in Final Crisis. I've never read any of the other Crisis books and I'm sure it won't matter but at least I'll be able to pore over the art.
Moving on...
Spirit #16 came out and I loved it. I really enjoyed the breezy story - Spirit wandering around a film set - the Spirit splash was great and Paul Smith's art was excellent and less 'on model' than his previous issue. Lee Loughridge's colours are good and it's all wrapped up in a Bruce Timm cover. If the last two issues were a little shakey and made you feel Darwyn Cooke took all the good stuff with him, I recommend checking out this issue.
My local comic shop here in BCN gave me some free comics for Free Comic Book Day which was a nice thought. One nice surprise in there was Hellboy and the Golden Army. An annoying film still cover, which I won't bother scanning, but a really nice story which is a comic ad-ap-ta-tion of the prologue to the second movie. Guillermo Del Toro says in the introduction that this is in the movie but told with puppets. Cool! The art is by Francisco Ruiz Velasco who drew Lone Wolf 2100 and apparently also works on designs for the second Hellboy movie. There's not really any Hellboy in it but Mignola scripts Professor 'Broom' telling the story to Hellboy Jr. All good.
I finished reading Michael "Heroes" Green's Batman:Lovers and Madmen HC, collecting the story with Denys Cowan art from Batman Classified. Telling a story from Batman's early years with a new origin for the Joker, it has to be read with some suspension of disbelief; we all know the origin of the Joker, i.e. our established favourite or mixture of various. Jack Napier kills Tom and Martha Wayne and sets his ironic destiny at the hands of Batman. Desperate, unnamed, unfunny comic gets knocked into chemicals and comes out nuts and gorgeously drawn by Bolland. Those are my two. One's a film, one's a comic.
This book reads like a film in a comic and the Joker looks like the pending Heath Ledger version. Like any sensible writer, he keeps Year One in play and the story shows bored/suicidal criminal who gets a a new lease of life after meeting Batman (like a reversal of JM DeMatteis' Going Sane story). Taken on it's own terms, out of DContinuity etc, the pacing's great, the characterisation of Alfred, Bruce, Batman, the Joker is all spot on. Denys Cowan and John Floyd's art is great, nutty looking cartooning far from any previous published work by them and ILL's colouring is the best I've seen from them. Recommended!
Bristol Reminder: 10th & 11th May 2008
A final reminder from the folks behind the Bristol International Comics Expo being held next weekend, reprinted below for your edification:
One more week and the UK’s biggest comics convention hits the British Empire & Commonwealth Exhibition Hall in Bristol on 10th and 11th May 2008, and this week we wrap up our look at what’s on at the Bristol Expo with the last set of all-new announcements and announce just who has agreed to cut the ribbon for the Comics Village Fete, the event for kids of all ages.
The Bristol International Comic Expo website www.comicexpo.net has the full details of all guests and panels over the weekend – Saturday’s line-up is here: http://www.comicexpo.net/08saturday.html – Sunday’s here: http://www.comicexpo.net/08sunday.html.
Finally, the remaining sets of updates to the Virtual Bristol Anthology have taken place, meaning much can be previewed (or even advance ordered) from the VBA website: http://virtualbristol.monkeyswithmachineguns.com
MIKE McKONE (Exiles, Teen Titans, Fantastic Four) has just been added to the line-up for his 1st UK Con appearance. Upcoming and recent work includes Amazing Spider-Man #562 and #563 (out in June) and a Skrull alternative cover for Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1, covers for Wildstorm’s Number of the Beast #7 and #8 in July.
Accent UK launch their latest graphic novel ROBOTS which continues their popular line of themed anthologies. At 204 pages it’s the biggest yet with a host of indie, emerging and established comics’ talent from around the globe providing a bumper collection of exclusive robotic themed strips. Available at a special expo price of just £8 and the follow up to last year’s ZOMBIES smash. Limited stocks will also be available of a ROBOTS sketchbook and their new T- Shirt line. Many artists and contributors will also be dropping by their tables over the weekend to sign n sketch and the editors will happily meet prospective new creators and by special arrangement, copies of The Book Palace’s newly released collection of Frank Bellamy’s Complete ROBIN HOOD Adventures will also be available! (www.accentukcomics.com).
Ardden’s Flash Gordon #0 sold out of 3250 copies at the NYC con and copies have been selling for up to $15 on EBAY – they’ve reserved 150 copies of the UK edition and 100 of the NYC con edition for the Bristol show, priced at £3.00 each. They’ve also printed 25 copies of a blank cover edition and for £20 Paul Green (the Flash artist) will be sketching on these – however only 15 of these will be available on the day as 10 have been pre-bought by US fans.
Classical Comics will have Jon Haward at the Bristol Expo to sign copies of the wonderful Macbeth, as will Nigel Dobbyn. Kat and Jason will be up for signing Henry V - and the brand new, just off the press ELT version of Henry V will be on their stand. This is the 'fourth' version of the book, designed to teach English to students across the globe. The book has 2 audio CDs in the back too. It's produced by Cengage Learning. Declan will be at the Bristol Expo to talk about Frankenstein, John M Burns has his own table, so if anyone wants to know more about the very beautiful Jane Eyre, he will be delighted to have a chat. Finally, Mike Collins has had some stunning postcards printed - Scrooge at his best! A Christmas Carol is going to be one stunning book!!
The latest edition of Paul Scott’s Omnivistascope book is rolling off the printers and will available at the Bristol Expo - issue 4 is an 80-page darkly futuristic comic book featuring some of the very best talent from the British underground. Produced annually, it sets new standards in independent comics. Come and keep the Omnivistascope crew entertained on their stall at Bristol this year, see the new comic and also partake of Ben Clark's Magic Beans Comics, also sharing the stall. www.omnivistascope.com
The people from Murky Depths will not only be launching Murky Depths #4 at the reduced price of £6 (it retails at £6.99) but are also knocking an extra £2 off the subscription price from now* until the end of the Expo, so for just £22 you can receive the next four issues before anyone else. Also their first full-colour colour 28-page comic from their publishing imprint The House of Murky Depths, Death and The Maiden #4 by Richard Calder, will be on sale at the reduced price of £3.
*Currently only available via Warren Elli’s Whitechapel site at this thread: http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1847&page=1#Item_1
Cosplay Competition + Masquerade: Those Awesome people over at Orang Utan Comics are running a blog containing the rules, entry forms and details of the star presenters and judges, hurry on over to http://www.myspace.com/bicefilmnight to enter. The closing date for entries is April 26th 2008 and places are strictly limited, first come, first served. VALERIE PEREZ, star of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Tears Of The Dragon will be attending the Bristol Expo, she will be flying over from America and will be presenting the Film Night, Cosplay Competition and Masquerade. She also co-writes the Official Prequel Comic which will be available in the Film Night goody bags.
CBBC – the Children’s BBC channel – will be at the Bristol Expo as part of their search for a superhero. They’re looking for children aged between 9 and 13 to turn themselves into unique, original, never-before-seen superheroes to take part in a new CBBC show, to be hosted by Sam and Mark. Have you always dreamed of being a superhero? What would your superhero name be? What would your costume look like? What superpowers would you have? Do you think you've got what it takes to go head to head with other Superhero wannabes?
Knockabout make a welcome return to the Bristol Expo – at their table Gilbert Shelton and Hunt Emerson will be signing their books, along with special guest David Shenton and his graphic novel Get Her. David is appearing on the Gay Comics panel on Saturday.
Insomnia’s Layer Zero volumes one and two are combined for the first time and to celebrate the launch of Layer Zero TPB, Special Bristol 2008 limited edition copies of the book will be available along with regular stock. Only 10 copies will be available of the limited edition, which includes a free poster (worth £4), unseen Cancertown signed concept art, and previews of Cages and Cancertown (priceless). To order your copy, costing £20, send an email quoting “No Sleep” and your details to layerzero@insomniapublications.com. What’s more, if you order your copy now you’ll be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of Cages, all the way from San Diego, signed by Xander Bennett, Melanie Cook, Jonathan Hickman, and Ben Templesmith. With over 30 creators involved; including some famous names in the industry including Simon “Cy” Dethan, Paul Green and Thomas Mauer (Starship Troopers) along with talents such as Paul Cartwright, Alasdair Duncan, Luke Hinchley, Mike Webster, Robert Robinson, Thommy Melanson and many more; and diverse creative styles on themes of Insomnia and Time, Layer Zero TPB is a book not to be missed. 120 pages full color.
In addition: Free copies of Daemon issue one will be available to the first 500 people on the Saturday morning in the Comic Expo’s goodie bag; Alasdair Duncan’s novel, The Kill Cell, will be on sale along with a selection of posters by Paul Cartwright and Paul Green; Cancertown will be available to preview over the weekend; a limited supply of Cages proofs will for sale and Portfolio reviews will also be taking place over the weekend. For more information on Insomnia Publications visit the new and improved website www.insomniapublications.com
In Podcast news, the Geek Syndicate is reformed this week as Dave rejoins the show with a small rant on Lost. Barry also discusses the pros and cons of working without a co-host for an episode. We also look forward to the Bristol Comic Expo with its organiser Mike Allwood: http://media.libsyn.com/media/geeksyndicate/GSepisode79.mp3
Also featuring: Mortal Kombat vs DC universe - is it madness or genius? Primeval season three news - it's a biggie people! The upcoming Blake's 7 remake - will it be UK's answer to BSG ? Lost - is it actually going anywhere? The Spirit/Sin City 2 teaser trailer. The Hancock trailer - is going to be the Wild Wild West of comic book movies?
Emma Simcock-Tooth's oil paintings will be best known to comic fans through the Trace of Fragile Bliss stories in Mam Tor's Event Horizon. In her “day job” as a portrait painter she's recently secured Arts Council funding for new project “Concilium Plebis” - Caravaggio-esque portraits of “chavs” and “hoodies”. She has exhibited all over the UK and in Europe, from guerilla art spaces in derelict buildings to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and at the Bristol Expo she’ll be in the Empire Room, off of the main Expo hall and next door to the Comics Village Fete.
Speaking of the Village Fete, it’s now been confirmed that at midday on Saturday the Fete will be opened by artist Mark Buckingham (Fables and so much more)….the line-up of events for kids and adults who are young are heart: Superhero/Villain Face Painting – Treasure Hunt with Exclusive Expo prizes – Stack O’Comics (guess the number of comics…win them all if you’re right) – Design-A-Character Competition (sponsored by Diamond UK), three age categories, three prizes per category – all these events are free to enter. For those looking for some cheap graphic novels, the Bric A Brac table will offer up manga for two pounds each, trades from four.
The Bristol International Comic Expo 2008 will be held over the weekend of 10th and 11th May 2008 at the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum and the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Bristol, England, with an early bird film night on Friday 9th May. Full details are available on the official website, www.comicexpo.net – including ticket ordering details, just £6 for adults for each day, accompanied children free, ages 12-16 just one pound.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Due to Arrive 09/05/08
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week:
52 Aftermath The Four Horsemen TP
Abe Sapien The Drowning #4 (Of 5)
Action Comics Annual #11
All New Atom #23
Amazing Spider-Man #558
American Dream #1 (Of 5)
American Splendor Season Two #2 (Of 4)
Avengers Invaders #1 (Of 12)
Batman Death Mask #2 (Of 4)
Batman The Joker’s Last Laugh TP
Battlestar Galactica Origins #5
Best Of Draw Magazine Vol 3 TP
Boys #18
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #14
Cable #3
Checkmate Vol 3 The Fall Of The Wall TP
Conan #50
Countdown To Mystery #7 (Of 8)
Crossing Midnight #18
Dark Tower Long Road Home #3 (Of 5)
DC Special Raven #3 (Of 5)
DC Universe Special Justice League Of America
Dead Space #3 (Of 6)
Death Grub (One Shot)
Detective Comics #844
Dragonlance Chronicles Vol 3 #11 (Of 12)
Exterminators #29
Exterminators Vol 4 Crossfire Collateral TP
Fantastic Four TP New Fantastic Four
Foolkiller #5 (Of 5)
Forgotten Realms The Legacy #2 (Of 3)
Franklin Richards Not So Secret Invasion
Gemini #1 (Of 5)
Godland #23
Green Lantern No Fear TP
Halloween Nightdance #4
History Of Violence TP
House Of Mystery #1
World War Hulk TP
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull TP
Infinity Inc #9
Invincible Iron Man #1
Iron Man Enter The Mandarin TP
Iron Man Viva Las Vegas #1 (Of 4)
Iron Man War Machine TP
Jack Of Fables Vol 2 Jack Of Hearts TP
Jack Staff #16
JLA Presents Aztek The Ultimate Man TP
Jonah Hex #31
Justice League Unlimited #45
Logan #3 (Of 3)
Lords Of Avalon Sod #4 (Of 6)
Lucha Libre #4
Madman Atomic Comics #8
Maintenance #10
Man With No Name #1
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #39
Marvel Two-In-One #11
Metal Men #8 (Of 8)
Midnighter #19
Mighty Avengers #13 Secret Invasion
Moon Knight #18
My Inner Bimbo #4 (Of 5)
Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus
New Avengers Illuminati TP
New Dynamix #3 (Of 5)
Nightwing #144
Nova #13
Omega Unknown #8 (Of 10)
Pals n’ Gals Double Digest #121
Pretty Baby Machine #1 (Of 3)
Punisher War Journal #19
Question Vol 2 Poisoned Ground TP
Rann Thanagar Holy War #1 (Of 8)
Rex Libris #11
Savage Tales #7
Scud The Disposable Assassin #24
Secret Invasion #2 (Of 8)
Shark-Man #3
Side Scrollers GN
Spooks #4
Star Wars Legacy #23
Steve Niles Strange Cases #4
Suburban Glamour Vol 1 TP
Supergirl #29
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Raising Cain #1
Thunderbolts Reason In Madness
Tor #1 (Of 6)
True Story Swear To God Image Ed #11
Uncle Scrooge #3750
Vertigo First Cut TP
Vinyl Underground #8
Walking Dead #49
Walking Dead Special Ed #1
Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #690
War That Time Forgot #1 (Of 12)
Wasteland #17
Welcome To Tranquility Vol 2 TP
X-Factor Quick And Dead
Young X-Men #2