Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Agents Of Atlas #6 DKR
Alter Ego #86
Anita Blake Laughing Corpse Necromancer #2
Astonishing Tales #5
Astro City The Dark Age Book Three #2 (Of 4)
Authority #11
Bang Tango #5 (Of 6)
Batgirl Redemption TP
Batman And Robin #1
Battlestar Galactica Final Five #3 (Of 4)
Black Panther 2 #5 DKR
Boys #31
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales Of The Vampires One-Shot
Captain America: Fighting Chance TP Vol 1
Captain Britain And MI13 Annual #1
Cartoon Network Action Pack #38
Conan The Cimmerian #11
Daredevil Noir #3 (Of 4)
Dark Avengers #5 DKR
Dead Irons #4 (Of 4)
Dead Romeo #3 (Of 6)
Deadpool Suicide Kings #3 (Of 5)
Exiles #3
Farscape Strange Detractors #3 (Of 4)
Final Crisis Aftermath Run #2 (Of 6)
Green Lantern Corps Sins Of The Star Sapphire TP
House Of Mystery #14
House Of Mystery TP Vol 2
Irredeemable #3
Jersey Gods #5
Jonah Hex #44
Justice League Of America TP Vol 3
Mighty #5
Mighty Avengers #25 DKR
New Avengers Reunion #4 (Of 4) DKR
New Mutants #2
Ocean TP New Edition
Official Index To Marvel Universe #6
Prototype #3 (Of 6)
Punisher Max Naked Kill #1
Scalped #29
Seaguy The Slaves Of Mickey Eye #3 (Of 3)
Secret Six #10
Sentry TP Age Of Sentry
Shaman Warrior TP Vol 7
She-Hulk TP Vol 9 Lady Liberators
Simpsons Summer Shindig #3
Skaar #11
Solomon Grundy #4 (Of 7)
Spawn #192
Amazing Spider-Man #596 DKR
Strange Adventures #4 (Of 8)
Superman World Of New Krypton #4 (Of 12)
Timestorm 2009/2099 Spider-Man
Trojan War #2 (Of 5)
Ultimate Spider-Man #133
Ultimatum #4 (Of 5)
Uncanny X-Men Lovelorn TP
Universal War One Revelations #3 (Of 3)
War Of Kings #4 (Of 6)
Warlord #3
Werewolves On The Moon Versus Vampires #1
Witchblade Darkness Angelus Blood On Sands
Wolverine Revolver #1
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Due to Arrive 04/06/09
The Gosh! Authority 28/05/09
Brace yourself - there’s going to be far too much stuff to carry home this week!
Last Friday Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 officially hit the shelves. Many of you have already nabbed one in the past few days so this is just a gentle prod for those of you who were looking the other way when this post went up.
This week you’ll see another handsome Seth design wrapping itself around the latest D&Q hardcover collection. It’s John Stanley’s Melvin Monster, the first of three volumes collecting the nine-issue children’s comedy comic about the little monster boy from Monsterville who was far too much of a good lad be the bad guy (much to his parents chagrin). Over the coming months D&Q will be collecting all of Stanley’s non-Little Lulu work, and Melvin’s definitely worth a read, nostalgic or otherwise. Preview here!
More old stuff is reprinted in Century 21 Volume 2, which you’ll be needing if you’re a Gerry Anderson fan. Down the Tubes have a list of everything in this and the previous volume (we’ve still go copies of that one too if you missed it).
Pixar fans listen up! 
The Art of Up is in our shop. Right now. And it’s lovely. It’s got over 250 bits of concept art, storyboards, full-colour pastels, digital and pencil sketches and more, plus a foreword by Pete Doctor (director of UP and Monsters Inc, and the co-writer of and Toy StoryToy Story 2). You can read all about its conception and construction on the Pixar blog, where they also have an interview with Tim Hauser, the writer of this hardcover compendium of astonishingly brilliant artwork. The film’s not out ‘til October in the UK so perhaps this may help tide you over.
Speaking of animation and such, Will Kane’s latest oddity in the shop is the first graphic novel by Ben Balistreri, currently a storyboard artist for Dreamworks and previously an award-winning character designer at Nickelodeon and Disney TV. It’s called Seaweed: A Cure for Mildew and it’s feckin’ huge so you’ll find it by Little Nemo and Kramers Ergot. Seaweed’s a pelican who’s lost his ability to fly, and together with a hypochondriac bat called Mildew they embark on an adventure to find The Devil’s Cookbook which can cure everything - even death. Lots of brilliantly designed characters thwart their plans along the way and if you’re a fan of stuff like Bone you’ll probably like this too. As a special bonus there’s an original pencil sketch on the title page.
In new comics this week we’ve got a self-contained storyline in Northlanders #17 and not only is Andrew very excited about it, Warren Ellis is too. This issue’s a good jumping on point for newbies, and probably a good test to see if you’d like the rest of the series. Lots of preview pages and fighting here! In an unrelated aside, Wolverine #72 – part 7 of 8 of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Old Man Logan story – has finally arrived.
A couple of big one-shots are dragging their late and lazy selves onto the shelves this Friday. Batman in Barcelona: Dragon’s Knight sees the pre-Battle for the Cowl Caped Crusader end up in Spain after a string of puzzling murders rocks the city. Writer Mark Waid says it’s moody, but “…it's not a Brian Azzarello comic, [nor is it] a Bronze Age pastiche. It's really a sort of hardcore pulp adventure.” And why Barcelona? “Essentially, what has happened is Killer Croc has been brainwashed by Scarecrow and the Mad Hatter into believing he is the reincarnation of the dragon that slew St. George in the original myths.” Not up on your Spanish mythology? Never mind, Waid explains it all for you. It’s illustrated by Spaniard Diego Olmos (Supernatural: Rising Son) and features a Jim Lee cover. Preview pages and more here!
If you’re after some cheering up I’d recommend picking up Spider-Man: Short Halloween (like Loeb/Sale’s Batman: The Long Halloween, geddit?), the first foray into comics by Saturday Night Live writers Bill Hader and Seth Mayers. Our hero conks out after a knock to the head and a drunkard in a Spidey costume steps in to take his place. It’s not the most original premise, but it’s what they do with it that’s important (and very funny), says this reviewer. There’s also a bunch of previews on that page featuring the art of Kevin Maguire (Justice League).
In trade-paperback this week we’ve got Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: Dear Billy of which there is a preview if you missed it, and a review too.
Then there’s Kyle Baker’s Special Forces, which you must read because everyone loves Kyle Baker. This hit series is a comedy following the lives and deaths of misfit soldiers who by rights should not be in service but have nevertheless been sent off to fight in Iraq because the US is desperate for troops. “First and foremost, this book is about teenage hot-bodies blowing sh*t up," said Baker back in 2007. “The best comic books are about fights and teenage angst. You want messages, buy a phone. This story is more about teenagers growing up in the 21st century. A world where kids post suicide manifestos on YouTube before shooting up their school with easily obtained automatic weapons. A world where the hot underground drugs are Adderall and Xanax. You can't make this stuff up." The trade collects the first four (and so far only) issues of the series which is partly reviewed here.
Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s Incognegro (out in softcover) sees a 1930s pale-skinned African American reporter passing for white in the Deep South investigate lynchings. It got loads of much deserved attention when it was published and if you like a hardboiled mystery it’ll be right up your street.
Bayou is set in the same place and the same time as the above only it’s weirder.
A white girl is kidnapped by an evil creature called Bog and an innocent black man is accused of the crime. When his daughter follows the stolen girl’s trail to solve the mystery and save her dad she enters a world of gods and monsters. It’s a fairly unsettling story by Jeremy Love and one I’m sure Andrew will be rabbiting on about in the coming weeks. You can see it here!
This is a Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint and Shirley Lee is a brand-spanking anthology in the tradition of the Tori Amos Comic Book Tattoo and Put The Book Back On The Shelf, (the Bell & Sebastian one).
Loads of creators have reinterpreted the songs of the Britpop band in an LP-sized book of over 200-pages of stuff and stories. If you’re a fan of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Phonogram), or Chynna Clugston-Flores (Blue Monday) this should most definitely be included in your weekly swag. You can see some of the pages here and editor Eric Stephenson talks about it here.
And last of all, Christian Ward came in yesterday afternoon and sketched on the covers of his new comic Olympus. Come and get one before they’re all gone!
- Hayley
In Store 21/05/09 - 28/05/09
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
Archie Digest #254
2000 AD #1637
Judge Dredd Megazine #285
Alex Toth Reader TP Vol 1 2nd Ptg
Aliens #1 (Of 4)
Art Of Up HC
Astounding Wolf-Man #16
Avengers Initiative #24 DKR
Avengers Invaders #11 (Of 12)
New Avengers #53 DKR (B. Bendis)
Back To Brooklyn #5 (Of 5) (G Ennis)
Batman In Barcelona Dragons Knight One-Shot
Batman The Brave And The Bold #5
Garth Ennis Battlefields Tankies #2
Garth Ennis Battlefields TP Vol 2 Bayou TP Vol 1
Century 21 Vol 2
Chicken With Plums SC (M. Satrapi)
Clover Omnibus TP Vol 1
Comics Journal #297
Conan TP Vol 7 Cimmeria
Connective Tissue HC (B Fingerman)
Crossed #5 (Of 9)
Dames, Doll And Gun Molls SC
Dark Reign Elektra #3 (Of 5) DKR
Dark Reign Hood #1 (Of 5) DKR
Darkness #77
DC Library Roots Of The Swamp Thing HC
Dead At 17 Ultimate Ed TP
Dead Of Night TP Devil-Slayer
Death Defying Devil TP Vol 1
Dr Who Magazine #409
Elephantmen HC Vol 2 Fatal Diseases
Enders Shadow Battle School #5 (Of 5)
Fall Of Cthulhu Nemesis #2 (Of 4)
Marvel Adventures FF #48
Farscape D'argo's Lament #2 (Of 4)
Fathom #7
Final Crisis Aftermath Ink #1 (Of 6)
Fringe #5 (Of 6)
Futurama Comics #43
Ghost Rider #35
Ghost Rider Danny Ketch TP Addict
Glamourpuss #7
Godland #28
Gotham Gazette #1 Batman Alive
Green Lantern #41
Guardians Of Galaxy #14
Guardians Of Galaxy Prem HC Vol 2
Hero Squared Love & Death #3 (Of 3)
Ignition City #3 (Of 5) (W. Ellis)
Immortal Iron Fist #26
Impaler #3
Incognegro SC
Incredible Hercules #129
Incredible Hercules TP Love And War
Inhumans TP
Jan's Atomic Heart GN
John Stanley Library: Melvin Monster HC
Justice League Of America #33
Justice Society Of America #27
Juxtapoz Vol 16 #5 May 2009
Knights Of The Dinner Table #150
Last Days Of Animal Man #1 (Of 6)
Likewise TP
Literals #2 (Of 3)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910
Lords Of Avalon Knights Of Darkness #6
Madame Xanadu #11
Manchu Sketchbook
Marvel Apes Grunt Line Special
Marvel Free Previews June 2009
Moomin: Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip Vol 4 (Of 4)
Moon Knight #30
Mouse Guard Winter 1152 #6 (Of 6)
Ms Marvel #39 DKR
My Inner Bimbo TP (Sam Kieth)
Northlanders #17 (Brian Wood)
Nova #25
Official Handbook To The Marvel Universe A To Z Prem HC Vol 8
Power Up GN
Previews #249 June 2009
Rapture #1 (Mike Avon Oeming)
Red Sonja #44
Resistance #6 (Of 6)
Robin Teen Wonder TP
Runaways 3 #10
Seaweed (Ben Balistreri)
Sparrow: John Watkiss HC
Special Forces TP Vol 1 (K. Baker)
MMW Amazing Spider-Man TP Vol 2
Amazing Spider-Man #595 DKR
Spider-Man Noir Prem HC
Spider-Man: Short Halloween
Spirit #28
Squadron Supreme 2 #11
Stand American Nightmares #3
Star Trek Countdown Movie Prequel
Star Trek Omnibus TP Vol 1
Star Wars Legacy #36
Static Shock Rebirth Of The Cool TP
Superman #688
Sword #17
Teen Titans #71
This Is A Souvenir GN
Marvel Adventures TP Thor Digest
Transformers Revenge O/T Fallen #2
Trinity #52
Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk #6 (Of 6)
Union Jack TP
Unknown Soldier #8
Usagi Yojimbo #120
Vatine Sketchbook #2
War Machine #6
Wildcats #11
Witchblade #124
Witchblade Origins TP Vol 2
Wizard Magazine #213
Wolverine #72
Wolverine First Class #15
Wolverine Origins #36 DKR
Wonder Woman #32
Wonder Woman Love And Murder TP
X-Force #15 XMW
X-Force Premiere HC Vol 2 Old Ghosts
Essential X-Men TP Vol 9
X-Men Future History Messiah War Sourcebook
X-Men Legacy #224
X-Men Magneto Testament HC
X-Men Worlds Apart HC
MANGA
Berserk TP Vol 29
Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D GN
MPD Psycho TP Vol 9
Pluto Urasawa X Tezuka GN Vol 3
Vagabond TP Vol 29
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910
Hi folks,
Just a quick note to say that the next installment of the League is hitting the shelves tomorrow morning! We'll have loads of copies so don't panic and camp out or anything. That would be silly.
Here's what you'll be looking for:
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Due to Arrive 28/05/09
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Aliens #1 (Of 4)
Avengers Initiative #24 DKR
Avengers Invaders #11 (Of 12)
Back To Brooklyn #5 (Of 5)
Batman In Barcelona Dragon's Knight One-Shot
Batman The Brave And The Bold #5
Dark Reign Elektra #3 (Of 5) DKR
Dark Reign Hood #1 (Of 5) DKR
Darkness #77
Dead Of Night TP Devil-Slayer
Death Defying Devil TP Vol 1
Enders Shadow Battle School #5 (Of 5)
Essential X-Men TP Vol 9
Fall Of Cthulhu Nemesis #2 (Of 4)
Farscape D'argo's Lament #2 (Of 4)
Final Crisis Aftermath Ink #1 (Of 6)
Fringe #5 (Of 6)
Futurama Comics #43
Garth Ennis Battlefields Tankies #2
Garth Ennis Battlefields TP Vol 2 Dear Billy
Ghost Rider #35
Ghost Rider Danny Ketch TP Addict
Glamourpuss #7
Gotham Gazette #1 Batman Alive
Green Lantern #41
Guardians Of Galaxy #14
Immortal Iron Fist #26
Impaler #3
Incognegro SC
Incredible Hercules #129
Justice League Of America #33
Justice Society Of America #27
Last Days Of Animal Man #1 (Of 6)
Literals #2 (Of 3)
Lords Of Avalon Knights Of Darkness #6 (Of 6)
Madame Xanadu #11
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #48
Marvel Adventures TP Thor Digest
Marvel Apes Grunt Line Special
Marvel Previews June 2009
Moon Knight #30
Ms Marvel #39 DKR
New Avengers #53
Northlanders #17
Nova #25
Previews #249 June 2009
Rapture #1
Red Sonja #44
Resistance #6 (Of 6)
Robin Teen Wonder TP
Runaways 3 #10
Secret Invasion Chronicles #3 (Of 9)
Special Forces TP Vol 1
Amazing Spider-Man #595 DKR
Spider-Man Short Halloween One-Shot
Spirit #28
Squadron Supreme 2 #11
Stand American Nightmares #3 (Of 5)
Star Wars Legacy #36 Renegade
Static Shock Rebirth Of The Cool TP
Superman #688
Sword #17
Teen Titans #71
Trinity #52
Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk #6 (Of 6)
Unknown Soldier #8
Usagi Yojimbo #120
War Machine #6
Wildcats #11
Wizard Mag #213
Wolverine #72
Wolverine First Class #15
Wolverine Origins #36 DKR
Wonder Woman #32
X-Force #15 XMW
X-Men Future History Messiah War Sourcebook
X-Men Legacy #224
The Gosh! Authority 20/05/09
I rather like its cover so Flinch gets top billing this week. No one seems to be able to pinpoint exactly what this book’s about without ‘resorting’ to too many ‘inverted commas’ so everything reads like Dr Evil said it. What it boils down to is an anthology of stories from creators established and otherwise which tie into the title of the book itself – Flinch. In it you’ll find new work by Shaun Tan (The Arrival, Tales From Outer Suburbia) who also did the cover, Justin Randall (30 Days of Night, Silent Hill), Colin Wilson (Star Wars, 2000AD) and Thomas Bonin whose story 96, 000 started off as a proposal for 2000AD but found its home here.
The Lowbrow Reader is New York-based zine of and about comedy that was previously only available in Rough Trade but can now be found on our counter of goodies next to Mustard, The Chap and the like. It’s a so-called quarterly that’s amounted to six issues in eight years, and if this issue’s anything to go by the previous ones are definitely worth tracking down (especially as they include stuff by Jonathan Richman and a bunch of other writers, comedians, and cartoonists you’ve undoubtedly heard of). Their current one features a piece by Sam Henderson (Magic Whistle) on Overlooked Comedies from 1961-67 such as Jack Lemmon’s feckin’ brilliant How To Murder Your Wife which, I think, is worth the price of entry alone. That’s two quid to you, buck-o.
The fifth issue of Tales Designed to Thrizzle is in and it’s even weirder than the last one. See aliens give a bloke sexy lady legs! Twain plus Einstein plus enraged badger! Hobo fashion! If you’ve not read any of Michael Kupperman’s stuff before now’s yer chance and we’ve got previous issues to boot. Even Graham Linehan (you might remember him from such posts as this one) likes it. He says "Seriously, go to your local comics shop and buy this. In fact, buy everything Michael Kupperman's ever done. Not only is he hysterical, he's a major influence on my comedy." So there you have it. Fantagraphics have done a PDF preview for you too.
Batman: Mad Love & Other Stories is a hardcover featuring the 1994 Eisner-award winning origin story of Harley Quinn by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (both of Batman: The Animated Series). How did it all begin? Psychiatrist Dr. Harleen Quinzel is completely besotted after just 15 minutes with the Joker in Arkham Asylum and that was that. Other stories in this collection star the Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr Freeze, Batgirl and a bunch of other baddies from the pages of Batman Black & White and more. It’s the conclusion of Battle for the Cowl this week so why not pick it up while you’re hanging about the Bs?
G-Man by Chris Giarrusso (creator of the incredibly popular Mini-Marvels) gets his very first digest collection this week, Learning To Fly. It collects the sold-out G-Man one-shot, the Christmas story, as well as a pile of Comic Bits strips and more – all setting the stage for the G-Man miniseries Cape Crisis which is out in August. He says "Working Mini-Marvels was cool, but G-Man: Leaning to Fly is what I've been wanting to do for years. It's the story I was wanting to write and draw the entire time doing Mini-Marvels so I'm happy those fans are psyched by the collection. G-Man and company are going to be taking up all my attention for the foreseeable future and I aim to make the long-time Mini-Marvels readers happy!"
In New Things This Week we’ve got Olympus #1 (Of 4), a comic that should most definitely be in your shopping basket come Thursday. Written by Nathan Edmondson and illustrated by the lovely Christian Ward, it’s about this: (sort of): Back in Ancient Greece Zeus granted eternal life to two brothers which meant that they became his Repo Men for the next 3000 years or so. In modern times they’re hunting an exiled god when someone horrible gets let loose from Hades. Go have a look at this preview and then read this interview with Edmondson and Ward in which they discuss exploded brains, dogs and whatnot. Why, even Newsarama have something to say about it.
Here’s one a lot of you have been waiting for: Garth Ennis and John McCrea’s (Hitman) The Boys spin-off Herogasm. Something somewhere goes horribly wrong and Earth’s mightiest heroes have to team-up to save us all. But what really happens in those comicbook crossovers? Ennis has some idea:"Well, a massive alien invasion force has entered our solar system, intent on wreaking havoc upon our fair planet Earth – at more or less the same time that something similarly apocalyptic happened the year before. What else can the world's supes do but team up to battle the threat as one force, etc etc etc. Once they're safely over the horizon, however, we get to see what really happens at these yearly get-togethers. It's quite rude – not that the supes have much in the way of manners to begin with, but what they do have definitely goes on hold for this little shindig." Cue cover. And that’s only the first issue. It has been reviewed, previewed, and blathered about.
Also new and exciting is Alan Grant (Tank Girl) and Shane Oakley’s (Cthulhu Tales) Channel Evil #1 about a sleazy chat show host channeling an ancient evil and unleashing horrors upon the world. There’s many a grim doing in this new series and Alan Grant will tell you all about them in this interview and also at Sex Gore Mutants which I put in just so I could type Sex Gore Mutants. "The idea originally came to me while I was reading a book by a guy who had formed a 'channeling' group to contact the spirits of the dead. I did some research and found that, although it's ignored by the mainstream media, channelling has a huge audience all over the world. I wondered what would happen if, instead of channelling one of the boring spirits who advocate peace and love, somebody managed to channel the spirit of some long-forgotten scion of evil…” More of that here, and over here Oakley’s showing off some pages.
Alex Fitch interviewed Leah Moore and John Reppion recently as part of his continuing adaptation and inspiration month. You can find them talking about Dracula (the first of five issues is out this week) and Sherlock Holmes online at the Panel Borders website.
Grandville is an anthropomorphic steampunk detective-thriller and the latest offering from Bryan Talbot of Luther Arkwright fame. But it’s not out yet. The YouTube trailer has been doing the rounds this week but if you’ve somehow missed it you should go directly here without passing go.
There are no less than three upcoming appearances you should all stick in yer diaries. In page order we’ve got Rutu Modan in conversation on the 26th of May talking about her award-winning graphic novel Exit Wounds, the recent Jamilti, and more. Details at JCC London.
Then on Saturday the 30th it’s Manga Shakespeare Day at the Cartoon Museum. Emma Vieceli (Much Ado About Nothing) is joining ILYA (bloke wot done Mammoth Book of Best New Manga) as he touts his latest work King Lear in an afternoon of exhibits, talks, competitions and prizes. All the information you need is over at the Cartoon Museum’s website.
And then if you haven’t had enough of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill you’ll probably find yourself at the ICA on the 2nd of June. They’re in conversation with Sir Christopher Frayling, rector of the RCA and a man who knows stuff about things, as part of Paul Gravett’s ComICA. Tickets are available now so go ahead and book ‘em. You should also have a poke about on the ComICA website so you don’t end up sitting at home in your pants eating beans when you could be seeing Emile Bravo and Emmanuel Guibert.
And finally, thanks to the bank holiday on Monday your comics are going to be late by one day next week. So come in Friday to avoid embarrassment.
That is all.
- Hayley
In Store 15/05/09 - 21/05/09
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
Betty & Veronica Digest #194
Jughead's Double Digest #150
2000 AD #1636
Agents Of Atlas #5 DKR
Air #9
Angel #21
Marvel Adventures Avengers #36
Batman Battle For The Cowl #3 (Of 3)
Batman Mad Love & Other Stories HC (Paul Dini/Bruce Timm)
Ben Templesmith's Dracula GN
Big Book Of Barry Ween Boy Genius TP (Judd Winnick)
Black Panther TP Who Is Black Panther?
Black Terror #4
Booster Gold TP 52 Pick Up
Boys: Herogasm #1 (Of 6) (G. Ennis)
Brave And The Bold #23
Buffy Omnibus TP Vol 7
Captain America #50
Channel Evil #1 (A. Grant/S. Oakley)
Clover Omnibus TP Vol 1
Codeflesh Definitive Edition HC
Complete Dracula #1 (Of 5) (Leah Moore/John Reppion)
Criminal Macabre Cell Block 666 #4 (Of 4)
Doctor Who Special #22
Ex Machina #42 (B.K. Vaughan)
Fantastic Force #2 (Of 5)
Dark Reign Fantastic Four #3 (Of 5) DKR (Jonathan Hickman)
Fantastic Four #566 (Millar/Hitch)
Final Crisis Aftermath Dance #1 (Of 6)
Flinch GN Vol 1 (Shaun Tan Et Al)
Four Eyes #3 (Joe Kelly)
Gears Of War #7
GI Joe #5
Gigantic #4 (Of 5)
G-Man TP Vol 1 Learning To Fly
Great Unknown #2 (Of 5) (Duncan Rouleau)
Green Arrow Black Canary #20
Heavy Metal Magazine July 2009
Hellblazer #255 (Peter Milligan)
Heroes TP Vol 2
Hotwire #3 (Of 5) (W. Ellis/Pugh)
Hulk #12
Illustration Magazine #26
Invincible #62
Invincible TP Vol 10 Who's The Boss
Iron Man TP Legacy Of Doom
Jack Of Fables #34
Jim Butcher's Dresden Files Storm Front HC
Johnny Hiro TP Vol 1
Killapalooza #1 (Of 6)
Locke & Key Head Games #5
Marvel Mystery Comics #1 70th Anniversary Edition
Mysterius The Unfathomable #5 (Of 6)
Modern Toss #5
Olympus #1 (Of 4) (Christian Ward)
Outsiders #18
Pedro & Me TP New Ed (J. Winnick)
Planet Skaar Prologue One-Shot
Plastic Man Street Red T-Shirt
Punisher #5 DKR
Punisher War Journal TP Vol 5 Secret Invasion
Rann Thanagar Holy War TP Vol 1
Resident Evil #2 (Of 6)
Simpsons Comics #154
Skrull Kill Krew #2 (Of 5) Dark Reign
Amazing Spider-Man #594
Star Trek Aliens Spotlight Romulans
Star Wars Knights Old Republic #41
Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen #5 (Of 5)
Stonecutter HC (Jon J. Muth)
Supergirl #41
Superman Batman #60
Superman Ending Battle TP
Tales Designed To Thrizzle #5
Terror Inc Apocalypse Soon #2 (Of 4)(Dave Lapham)
Thor By J Michael Straczynski HC Vol 2
Thor Visionaries Walt Simonson TP Vol 2 New Ptg
Thunderbolts #132
Timestorm 2009 2099 #2 (Of 4)
Tiny Titans #16
Tiny Titans TP Vol 2 Adventures In Awesomeness
Transformers All Hail Megatron #11
Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen Movie Adaptation #1
Transmetropolitan TP Vol 2 Lust For Life (New Ptg)
Trinity #51
Ultimate Galactus Trilogy TP
Uncanny X-Men #510 (M. Fraction)
Vigilante #6
War Of Kings Road To War Of Kings TP
Witchblade #127
NYX No Way Home Prem HC
Wolverine Noir #2 (Of 4)
Wolverine Weapon X #2 (J. Aaron)
X-Men Forever Alpha One-Shot(Chris Claremont/Jim Lee)
Young X-Men TP Vol 2 Book Of Revelations
Ythaq No Escape #2 (Of 3)
MANGA
Blood Plus Adagio GN Vol 1
Case Closed Vol 29
DragonBall VIZBig Ed Vol 4
Full Metal Alchemist Vol 18
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service TP Vol 9
Kekkaishi Vol 17
Oishinbo: Ramen & Gyoza GN
Pluto Urasawa X Tezuka Vol 3
Step GN Vol 1
Vagabond Vol 29
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Due to Arrive 21/05/09
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Agents Of Atlas #5 DKR
Air #9
Angel #21
Batman Battle For The Cowl #3 (Of 3)
Ben Templesmith's Dracula GN
Black Terror #4
Boys: Herogasm #1
Brave And The Bold #23
Captain America #50
Complete Dracula #1 (Of 5)
Criminal Macabre Cell Block 666 #4 (Of 4)
Dreamer #6
Ex Machina #42
Fantastic Force #2 (Of 5)
Dark Reign Fantastic Four #3 (Of 5) DKR
Fantastic Four #566
Final Crisis Aftermath Dance #1 (Of 6)
Four Eyes #3
Gears Of War #7
GI Joe #5
GI Joe Best Of Hawk TP
Gigantic #4 (Of 5)
Great Unknown #2 (Of 5)
Green Arrow Black Canary #20
Hellblazer #255
Hulk #12
Impaler #3
Invincible #62
Invincible TP Vol 10 Who's The Boss
Jack Of Fables #34
Killapalooza #1 (Of 6)
Locke & Key Head Games #5
Marvel Adventures Avengers #36
Marvel Mystery Comics #1 70th Ann. Special
Marvel Triple Action #2
Mysterius The Unfathomable #5 (Of 6)
Outsiders #18
Planet Skaar Prologue One-Shot
Punisher #5 DKR
Rann Thanagar Holy War Tp Vol 1
Resident Evil #2 (Of 6)
Simpsons Comics #154
Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove #4
Skrull Kill Krew #2 (Of 5) DKR
Amazing Spider-Man #594
Amazing Spider-Man Family #6
Star Trek Aliens Spotlight Romulans
Star Wars Knights Old Republic #41
Strange Adventures Of HP Lovecraft #2 (Of 4)
Supergirl #41
Superman Batman #60
Superman Ending Battle TP
Terror Inc Apocalypse Soon #2 (Of 4)
Thor Visionaries Walt Simonson TP Vol 2 New Ptg
Thunderbolts #132
Timestorm 2009 2099 #2 (Of 4)
Tiny Titans #16
Tiny Titans TP Vol 2 Adventures In Awesomeness
Transformers All Hail Megatron #11
Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen Movie Adapt #1
Trinity #51
Ultimate Galactus Trilogy TP
Uncanny X-Men #510
Vigilante #6
War Of Kings Road To War Of Kings TP
Witchblade #127
Wolverine Noir #2 (Of 4)
Wolverine Weapon X #2
World Of Warcraft #19
X-Men Forever Alpha One-Shot
Young X-Men TP Vol 2 Book Of Revelations
Ythaq No Escape #2 (Of 3)
The Gosh! Authority 13/05/09
Afternoon, all. After last week’s new comic day confusion you’ll be happy to know that everything’s back to predictable normality. Except for this week’s Wolverine comic that is, but I’ll get to that later.
As you darken our doorstep this Thursday you may find that you’re momentarily blinded by an offensively shiny red hardcover. More so if it’s sunny, though I’d bet my pocket money it won’t be. Said shiny red book is The Collected Doug Wright: Canada’s Master Cartoonist, designed and co-edited by that wag Seth whose graphic design you will have seen on the Peanuts collections. It’s the first of two volumes presenting a comprehensive look at the life and career of the incredibly popular 1960s cartoonist. Wright’s family are in on this one and had complete access to his journal and archives so expect all sorts of never-before-seen pictures and whatnot. In his essay (also in the book) journalist Brad MacKay says:
If you grew up in Canada during the 1960s or 1970s, then you likely need little introduction to Doug Wright or his masterpiece of Canadian cartooning, Doug Wright’s Family. Created on the cusp of the 1950s under its birth name Nipper, the semi-autobiographical strip epitomised the competing joys and agonies of family life for millions of readers, and earned Wright a reputation as Canada’s equivalent to Charles Schulz.
Drawn & Quarterly have a PDF preview for you here.
There’s two more big hardcovers of note this week; Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives Volume 1 which is full of the sorts of things you’d see after having cheese before bedtime, and Creepy Archives Volume 3 which is more or less as horrifying and eerie as the last two that seemed to go down so well. Tales of Mystery has been unavailable for almost thirty years so it’s about time someone dragged it howling from the vaults. In its twenty-year run the suspenseful series featured some of the most renowned creators in the business including Alex Toth, Joe Orlando, Arnold Drake, Len Wein , Al Williamson, Jerry Robinson and more, who you’ll no doubt recognise in this first volume. It collects the highly sought-after first two issues of Boris Karloff Thriller as well as the first two of Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, topped off with an introduction from Karloff’s daughter Sara. Dark Horse have promised three more volumes in the series so you’ve much to look forward to!
Adrian Tomine’s 32 Stories have also been out of print (for a bit), but they’re back in a nifty wee box set presenting the rare, early edition Optic Nerve mini-comics. In the box are seven faithful reproductions of the photocopied and stapled things he made back in the day when he was about 17 before anyone had ever heard of him.A new Vertigo series from Mike Carey and Pete Gross (the team behind the Eisner-nominated Lucifer) starts this week! Unwritten #1 is all about Tom Taylor, a Christopher Robin of sorts living a life completely overshadow by his father’s popular novels about the boy wizard Tommy Taylor. The boys talk about their new conspiracy mystery over at Newsarama and the LA Times. Preview too!
Bob Fingerman’s (Minimum Wage) brand-spanking From the Ashes #1 is a post-apocalyptic vision of New York and a ‘f*ck you! to memoir comics’. “I figure, if you’re going to do a memoir, let’s make it an interesting story. Who said that memoirs have to have already happened?” he says. There’s more of that interview over at The Daily Cross Hatch and also a great preview at Heidi McDonald’s The Beat, from whom I have purloined this picture. Keep up to date on Fingerman’s blog. It’s full of sketches and stuff.Speaking of post-apocalyptic, also out is the Dark Reign tie-in All New Savage She-Hulk #2 (Of 4) by fan-favourite Fred Van Lente with Peter Vale and Robert Atkins. We’ve still got a few copies of the first issue in the shop which is reviewed here and here. Van Lente says, “I love the post-apocalyptic genre, and a while back editor Mark Paniccia turned me on to Kirby's Kamandi, which I really enjoyed. So dealing with the culture, all the back-engineered, scavenged technology, commenting on the state of the current Marvel Universe...all that stuff is right in my wheelhouse. In many ways this is "our Kamandi," and we're having a blast doing it, cutting between that savage era and our modern 'Dark Reign'.”
There’s a preview here.
Secret Six #9 is a another tie-in this week so pick it up if you’ve been following the Battle for the Cowl! Two of the six members want the cowl for themselves and Ragdoll’s all set to be the new Boy Wonder. Check out the preview.If you haven’t been reading Incognito now’s your chance to jump on with the Incognito Must-Have one-shot! It collects the first two sell-out issues by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips which combined with #3 (also back in stock) will bring you bang up to date. Expect #4 mid-June. Here’s a review of the series thus far.
Howling Commandos by Jesse Alexander (Heroes, Lost, Alias) features the dark inky art of Gosh-favourite John Paul Leon who has recently been gracing the covers of Brian Wood’s DMZ. You’ll be wanting this one-shot for the stunning artwork and also because it sets the stage for the upcoming and highly anticipated Jeph Loeb/Tim Sale Captain America: White due out in July. Leon was interviewed by Newsarama last year here, where you’ll also find lots of pages of art to peruse.
Onto Marvel’s ‘true Howling Commandos’ (it wasn’t me) Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1 (of 4) by Eiser-nominee Chris Eliopoulos and Ig Guara! There’s a threat so huge only a teleporting puppy and his assembled team of animals can handle it. From the previews this looks nuts.The mother of all crossovers hits the shelf this week in the form of Fusion #1 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, (both Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova) and Tyler Kirkham (Ultimate Fantastic Four, Broken Trinity: Aftermath)! Top Cow’s Cyberforce and Hunter-Killer collide with Marvel’s Mighty Avengers and Thunderbolts in an event too big for one issue so expect two more to come! Preview here.
And finally, this week’s issue of Wolverine is non-chronological! Gasp! Marvel thought this one through and this is their theory: The issue you’ll see this week, Wolverine #73 by Jason Aaron and Daniel Way with art by Adam Kubert and Tommy Lee Edwards, features two two-part stories starring the modern-day version of Wolverine which would be good jumping-on point for new readers and fans of the latest Hugh Jackman film. You can expect the next bit of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Old Man Logan in Wolverine #72 next week.
In other news, this coming Saturday you can see Brendan McCarthy talking about his career in comics, film, design, TV and more (much more – this guy’s done everything) at Minet Library from 2:30pm. Details over at their website.
And that’s that.
- Hayley
In Store 08/05/09 - 14/05/09
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
Pals N Gals Double Digest #131
2000 AD #1635
Complete Ace Trucking TP Vol 2
All New Savage She-Hulk #2 (Of 4) DKR
Alter Ego #85
Amazon #3 (Of 3) (Steven T. Seagle/Tim Sale)
Angel Not Fade Away #1
Art Of Joe Jusko HC
Avengers Initiative TP Vol 3 Secret Invasion
Dark Reign Young Avengers #1 (Of 5) DKR
Azrael Death's Dark Knight #3 (Of 3)
Back Issue #34
Batman Black & White Statue: Bruce Timm
Batman Confidential #29
Batman Scarecrow And Two-Face Year One TP
Battlestar Galactica Final Five #2 (Of 4)
Best Of Simon & Kirby HC
Black Panther 2 #4 DKR
Booster Gold #20
Boris Karloff Tales Of Mystery Archives Vol 1 (Of 4) HC
BPRD Black Goddess #5 (Of 5)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 TP Vol 4 Time Of Your Life
Captain Action Comics #4
Captain Britain And MI 13 #13
Cartoon Network Action Pack #37
Clive Barker's Age Of Desire HC (P. Craig Russell/T. Bradstreet)
Cloak & Dagger Prem HC Child Of Darkness
Collected Doug Wright HC Canada’s Master Cartoonist
Complete Dick Tracy HC Vol 7
Complete Little Orphan Annie HC Vol 3
Creepy Archives HC Vol 3
Dark Reign Hawkeye #2 (Of 5) DKR
Dark Tower: Fall Of Gilead #1 (Of 6)
Demon Cleaner #2 (Of 3)
Doctor Who TP Cold Day In Hell
Echo #12 (Terry Moore)
Elephantmen #19
Fables #84
Final Crisis Aftermath Escape #1 (Of 6)
Flash Gordon 75th Anniversary Ed HC
Freakangels HC Vol 2 (W. Ellis)
From The Ashes #1 (B. Fingerman)
Fusion #1 (Of 3) (Abnett/Lanning)
GI Joe Cobra #3
Gravel #11 (Warren Ellis)
Green Lantern Corps #36
Guerillas #4 (Of 8)
Hellblazer Roots Of Coincidence TP (Andy Diggle)
History Of The DC Universe TP New Ptg
House Of Mystery #13
Howling Commandos One-Shot (J. Leon)
Hulk World War Hulk HC
I Kill Giants TP (Joe Kelly)
Incognito Must-Have One-Shot - Reprints #1 & 2(Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips)
Jack Staff #20(Paul Grist)
Legion Of Super-Heroes Enemy Manifest HC
Lillim #3 (Of 5)
Lockjaw And The Pet Avengers #1 (Of 4)
Man With No Name #10
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #51
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #11
Marvel Illustrated Iliad TP
A Mess Of Everything GN
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics HC Vol 4
New Justice Machine TP Vol 1 (Of 2)
Nexus: The Origin (Remastered Edition)
Oracle #3 (Of 3)
Potter’s Field HC (Mark Waid)
Pride & Prejudice #2 (Of 5)
Punisher Frank Castle Max #70
Rawbone #2 (Of 4) (Jamie Delano)
R.E.B.E.L.S #4 (A. Clarke)
Savage Dragon #148
Secret Six #9
Secret Warriors #4 DKR
Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter TP
Soul Kiss #4 (Of 5) (S. Seagle)
Spider-Man Family Ties Prem HC
Ultimate Spider-Man #132
Star Trek Mission's End #3
Storming Paradise #5 (Of 6)
Stormwatch PHD #21
Action Comics #877
Street Fighter II Turbo #6
Super Friends #15
Superman New Krypton HC Vol 1
32 Stories: Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics Box Set (Tomine)
Thor: Tales Of Asgard By Lee & Kirby #1
Titans #13
Toyfare #143
Trinity #50
Ultimates 3 TP Who Killed Scarlet Witch?
Umbrella Academy Dallas #6 (Of 6)
Unknown #1 (Of 4) (Mark Waid)
Unwritten #1 (M. Carey/P. Gross)
Walking Dead #61
Walled In GN (Denis Calero)
War Of Kings Ascension #2 (Of 4)
Wonderful Wizard Of Oz #6 (Of 8)
Cable Prem HC Vol 2 Back To Earth
Deadpool Suicide Kings #2 (Of 5)
GeNext United #1 (Of 5)
New Exiles TP Vol 4 Away We Go
Wolverine #73 (J. Aaron)
X-Factor #43
X-Factor TP Vol 6 Secret Invasion
X-Men Manifest Destiny HC
Young Liars #15 (D. Lapham)
Zorro #13
MANGA
Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo Vol 2
Hayate The Combat Butler Vol 11
Nana Vol 16
Sgt Frog Vol 17
Spider-Man J TP Vol 2 Japanese Daze Digest
Tezuka's Black Jack TP Vol 4
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Due to Arrive 14/05/09
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Action Comics #877
All New Savage She-Hulk #2 (Of 4) Dark Reign
Alter Ego #85
Amazon #3 (Of 3)
Azrael Death's Dark Knight #3 (Of 3)
Bad Dog #3
Batman Confidential #29
Batman Scarecrow And Two Face Year One TP
Battlestar Galactica Final Five #2 (Of 4)
Black Panther 2 #4 Dark Reign
Booster Gold #20
BPRD Black Goddess #5 (Of 5)
Captain Britain And MI 13 #13
Cartoon Network Action Pack #37
Dark Reign Hawkeye #2 (Of 5) Dark Reign
Dark Reign Young Avengers #1 (Of 5) DKR
Dark Tower The Fall Of Gilead #1 (Of 6)
Fables #84
Final Crisis Aftermath Escape #1 (Of 6)
Fusion #1 (Of 3)
Genext United #1 (Of 5)
Green Lantern Corps #36
Guerillas #4 (Of 8)
Hellblazer Roots Of Coincidence TP
History Of The DC Universe TP New Ptg
House Of Mystery #13
Howling Commandos #1
I Kill Giants TP
Impaler #3
Incognito Must-Have One-Shot (Reprints #1&2)
Jack Staff #20
Lillim #3 (Of 5)
Lockjaw And The Pet Avengers #1 (Of 4)
Man With No Name #10
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #51
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #11
New Exiles Tp Vol 4 Away We Go
Oracle #3 (Of 3)
Pride & Prejudice #2 (Of 5)
Punisher Frank Castle Max #70
Rebels #4
Savage Dragon #148
Secret Six #9
Secret Warriors #4 DKR
Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter TP Vol 2
Soul Kiss #4 (Of 5)
Spider-Man J TP Vol 02 Japanese Daze Digest
Star Wars Clone Wars #6 (Of 6)
Storming Paradise #5 (Of 6)
Stormwatch PHD #21
Super Friends #15
Super-Zombies #3
Sword #17
Thor Tales Of Asgard By Lee & Kirby #1 (Of 6)
Titans #13
Toyfare #143
Trinity #50
Ultimate Spider-Man #132
Umbrella Academy Dallas #6 (Of 6)
Unknown #1 (Of 4)
Unthinkable #1 (Of 4)
Unwritten #1
Walking Dead #61
War Of Kings Ascension #2 (Of 4)
Wolverine #73
Wolverine Weapon X #2
Wonderful Wizard Of Oz #6 (Of 8)
Deadpool Suicide Kings #2 (Of 5)
X-Factor #43
X-Men 2099 TP Vol 1
Young Liars #15
Ythaq No Escape #2 (Of 3)
Zorro #13
The Gosh! Authority 07/05/09
Hello to you from a delayed email! Delayed one day just like the comics this week (they’re in tomorrow, remember). It’s Hayley here, still slowly recovering from a nightmarish bout of jetlag that found me scoffing ham sandwiches at 4am. I was back just in time for the Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill marathon signing and a couple of days ago posted a thank you to everyone who turned up and cheerily stood in the sun. There’s a few photos from the day there and other interesting bits and pieces in the comments that you might fancy having a peek at. Also, over at the FPI blog there’s an enormous interview with the big hairy one himself I think you’d probably like too.
First up this week is one of the most anticipated books of recent time: A Drifting Life by the legendary Yoshihiro Tatsumi (The Push Man). It’s a monumental 800-page autobiographical manga from Drawn & Quarterly, designed and lettered by Adrian Tomine just like Tatsumi’s previous ones that were a big hit here at Gosh! There’s a whopping 16 preview pages for you to peruse here. It’s a personal account of the early years of the manga industry, and the development of the gekiga movement (a term coined by the chap himself in 1957). Paul Gravett tells you all you need to know about him so I’m not going to, but hear ye this from The New York Times!
‘Its pleasures are cumulative; the book has a rolling, rumbling grandeur. It’s as if someone had taken a Haruki Murakami novel and drawn, beautifully and comprehensively, in its margins.’
This week we’ve also got legendary anti-war comic Blazing Combat (‘probably the best war comic ever published,’ according to historian Richard Arndt) collected for the very first time in its entirety in a lovely 200-page Fantagraphics hardcover. Archie Goodwin’s joined by an army of creators (oh dear) including Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and Gene Colan, in the comic that was considered controversial anti-war agitprop by some who then refused to sell it thus bringing about its early demise. Much like Kurtzman’s Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat this isn’t yer cliched collection of explosions and killings. A reviewer talks about it here, and there’s a bunch of preview pages there.
Jeffrey Brown’s about as far away from a war comic as you can get but he’s up there on the new shelf this week along with the above. Funny Misshapen Body is another of his autobiographical comics like Clumsy and Unlikely, this time focusing on his time at art school when he was starting out as a comic artist. Newsarama interviewed him, and if you’ve never seen what Brown’s paintings are like you should head on over to his blog. Sneaky preview pages too!
Ed Brubaker (Incognito, Criminal) and British artist Colin Wilson’s prequel to the critically acclaimed Sleeper is out this week in a brand new edition! Brubaker’s a Gosh-favourite already so mentioning his three Eisner nominations would be unnecessary, but I did it anyway. Point Blank originally appeared as a five-issue miniseries back in 2002 as part of Wildstorm’s mature-reader line and Brubaker packed as much stuff into those five issues as he possibly could, taking established characters and sticking them in a bizarre noir-style mystery. Grifter, Marc Slayton, and Alan Moore’s Tao are all there in trade-paperback. Highly recommended an’ all.
In comics this week we’ve got Demon Cleaner #1 by Miles Gunter and Victor Santos. Someone’s come up with a genius plan which involves eating the flesh of freshly summoned demons from the bowels of Hell in a NYC black market restaurant in order to be granted powers beyond human comprehension. Oddly, when it all goes wrong no one saw it coming. Enter the Demon Cleaner. Gunter says ‘I wanted to convey an elegance to the violence, like in the films of Dario Argento and Brian DePalma but with the kind of muscular intensity of something like Die Hard or Robocop’ so he got in second-time collaborator Santos, the Quentin Tarantino of Spanish comics to illustrate the madness. He talks about it here, and there’s an early and very favourable review from a man who likes his monsters here.
Roger Langridge (another Gosh-favourite) gives you more monstrous creatures and comedic insanity in Fin Fang Four Return, a one-shot collaboration with Scott Gray. When the terrifying giants of the Earth FIN FANG FOOM! ELEKTRO! GOOGAM! GORGILLA! are reduced to human size and have to get a real job like everyone else what happens? As usual, the ever-reliable Newsarama are there with exclusive preview pages to give you a little taster.
And as a quick round-up of the rest of the week, here are some more things you should have a look at:
- Batman: The Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul HC by loads of people - Peter Milligan, Grant Morrison, Fabian Nicieza, Paul Dini and Keith Champagne. Art by Don Kramer, Jason Pearson, Tony Daniel, David Lopez, Freddie Williams II, Ryan Benjamin and others.
- The delayed Dave Sim’s Cerebus Archive #1. I promise you it’s in this week.
- Power Girl #1 by Amanda Conner. First issue!
- Superman: Escape From Bizarro World TP by Eric Powell and more!
- Terror Inc: Apocalypse Soon #1 (Of 5) a new ultraviolent miniseries written by Young Liars/Stray Bullets creator David Lapham.
That’s it from me. I won’t be in on new comics day but I’ve probably seen most of you today anyway. Whoopsiedaisies, eh?
- Hayley
In Store 30/04/09 - 08/05/09
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
Archie Double Digest #198
Archie High School Chronicles TP Vol 1 Freshman Year
2000 AD #1634
Ace-Face Mod With Metal Arms GN
Agents Of Atlas #4 Dark Reign
Alias Ultimate Collection TP Book 1
Angel Blood And Trenches #3 (Byrne)
Army Of Darkness #20
Astonishing Tales #4
Astro City The Dark Age Book Three #1 (Kurt Busiek)
Authority #10
New Avengers Reunion #3 (Of 4) DKR
Mighty Avengers TP Vol 4 Secret Invasion
Bang! Tango #4 (Of 6) (Joe Kelly)
Batman Battle For The Cowl The Network One-Shot
Batman The Resurrection Of Ra's Al Ghul HC (G. Morrison)
Blazing Combat HC
Boys #30 (Garth Ennis)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #25
Cerebus Archive #1 (Dave Sim)
Daredevil Noir #2 (Of 4)
Dead Romeo #2 (Of 6)
Demon Cleaner #1 (Of 3) (V. Santos)
Destroyer #2 (Of 5) (R. Kirkman)
Dr Who Magazine #408
Fantastic Four Classic Logo T-Shirt
Fantastic Four TP True Story (Cornell)
Farscape Strange Detractors #2 (Of 4)
Fin Fang Four Return One-Shot(Roger Langridge)
Final Crisis Aftermath Run #1 (Of 6)
Fire & Brimstone #5 (Of 5)
Flash Presents Mercury Falling TP
Flash Rebirth #2 (Of 5) (G. Johns)
Freakangels TP Vol 2 (W. Ellis)
Funny Misshapen Body SC (Brown)
GI Joe Movie Prequel #3 Baroness
Gold Digger Tech Manual #3
Gravel TP Vol 1 Bloody Liars (Ellis)
Green Arrow Black Canary League Of Their Own TP
Groom Lake #2 (Ben Templesmith)
Hulk Broken Worlds #2 (Of 2)
Marvel Masterworks Incredible Hulk HC Vol 5 & Var Ed 115
Human Torch Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
Ignition City #2 (Of 5) (W. Ellis)
Invincible Iron Man #13 DKR
Irredeemable #2 (Mark Waid)
Jersey Gods #4 (G. Brunswick/Dan McDaid)
Jonah Hex #43
Justice League Of America The Second Coming HC
Killer Of Demons #3 (Of 3)
Kull #6 (Of 6)
Life And Times Of Savior 28 #2
Marvel Spotlight New Mutants
Marvel Zombies 4 #2 (Of 4)
Masquerade #3
Mighty #4 (Peter Snejberg)
Monologues For Calculating The Density Of Black Holes SC (Anders Nilsen)
Noble Causes Archives TP Vol 2
Official Index To Marvel Universe #5
Oliver Twist HC
Pherone HC
Point Blank TP New Ed (Brubaker)
Power Girl #1 (Amanda Conner)
Prototype #2 (Of 6)
Punisher Classic Skull Logo T-Shirt
Seaguy: The Slaves Of Mickey Eye #2 (Of 3) (Grant Morrison)
Solomon Grundy #3 (Of 7)
Soulfire #9
Soulfire New World Order #1 (Of 5)
Spawn Origins TP Vol 1
Amazing Spider-Man #593
Essential Spider-Man TP Vol 9
Spider-Man Prem HC Death & Dating
Star Trek Crew #3 (John Byrne)
Strange Adventures #3 (Of 8)
Supergirl Cosmic Adventures In The 8th Grade #6 (Of 6)
Superman: Escape From Bizarro World TP (Eric Powell)
Superman World Of New Krypton #3 (Of 12)
Terror Inc: Apocalypse Soon #1 (Of 5) (David Lapham)
Tick Big Blue Destiny Complete Works TP
Trinity #49
Trojan War #1 (Of 5)
Ultimatum X-Men Fantastic Four HC
Underground Classics:The Transformation Of Comics Into Comix HC
Universal War One Revelations #2 (Of 3)
Venom Classic Logo T-Shirt
Walking Dead Compendium TP Vol 1
War Of Kings #3 (Of 6)
Warlord #2
Witchblade Annual 2009
Cable #14 X-Men Messiah War
Deadpool #10 Dark Reign
Exiles #2
New Mutants #1
X-Men First Class Finals #4 (Of 4)
X-Men Legacy #223 70th Anniversary Variant
Y The Last Man Deluxe Edition HC Vol 2
Zombies That Ate The World #3
MANGA
A Drifting Life TP (Y. Tatsumi)
Air Gear GN Vol 12
Body GN Vol 5
Captive Hearts GN Vol 4
Dragon Ball Z Volume 20 UK Ed
Kamichama Karin-Chu Gn Vol 4
One Piece Volume 20 UK Ed
Parasyte GN Vol 7 (Of 8)
Wallflower GN Vol 19
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
A post-signing thank you.
A big beardy thank you to everyone who came along to the Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill signing on Saturday! I hope your sunburn and/or hangovers from hours of patiently waiting outside have worn off and you’ve all had a chance to read their brand-spanking new book League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910.
Here’s you…
….and here’s them.
After their exhaustive efforts, Alan and Kevin were whisked off to dinner with the lovely Graham Linehan, Rian Hughes and Melinda Gebbie. Graham twittered an impromptu interview and even posted a couple of photos from the night. Speaking of which, here’s a couple of incredibly grainy photos from Josh’s phone which probably resemble their hazy and booze-addled memory of the evening itself.
If you missed it all Century 1910 will be officially available around the end of the month. We’ll have mountains of copies for you then and hope to persuade Mr O’Neill to sign another bunch.
See you soon,
Hayley
[Update: Click here for a cracking slideshow of photographs from the day by Ernesto Priego! More links in the comments.]
