Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Adventure Comics #8
Age Of Reptiles Journey #3 (Of 4)
Amazing Spider-Man #623
Astro City The Dark Age Book Four #2 (Of 4)
Authority #20
Batman Confidential #42
Black Widow Prem HC Deadly Origin
BTVS Season 8 TP Vol 6 Retreat
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #33
Chew #9
Cinderella From Fabletown With Love #5 Conan The Cimmerian #19
Crossed #9 (Of 9)
Daffodil #3 (Of 3)
Dead Ahead #3 (Of 3)
Deadpool Team-Up #895
Demo Vol 2 #2 (Of 6)
Detective Comics #862
Fall Of Hulks Savage She-Hulks #1 (Of 3) FOH
Final Crisis Aftermath Ink TP
First Wave #1 (Of 6)
GI Joe #15
Girl Comics #1 (Of 3)
God Complex #4
Great Ten #5 (Of 10)
Greek Street #9
Invincible Iron Man #24
Invincible Iron Man HC Vol 1
Jack Kirby Collector #54
Jack Of Fables #43
Jonah Hex #53
JSA All Stars #4
Justice League Cry For Justice #7 (Of 7)
Last Days Of Animal Man TP
Mighty Avengers #34
Milestone Forever #2 (Of 2)
Nemesis The Impostors #1 (Of 4)
New Avengers Reunion TP
Prelude To Deadpool Corps #1 (Of 5)
Punisher Max Butterfly One-Shot
Realm Of Kings Son Of Hulk #2 (Of 4)
Sparta USA #1 (Of 6)
Spawn #196
Spider-Man American Son TP
Spider-Man Noir Eyes Without A Face #4
Starr Slayer TP A Starr Is Born
Stephen King’s N #1 (Of 4)
Sweet Tooth #7
Sword #22
Transmetropolitan TP Vol 6 (New Edition)
Ultimate Comics Avengers #5
Ultimate Comics New Ultimates #1
Underground #5 (Of 5)
Warlord #12
Witchblade #135
Wolverine Weapon X #11
X-Men Forever TP Vol 2 SX-Men Hope #1
X-Men Noir Mark Of Cain #4 (Of 4)
Zorro #20
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Due To Arrive 04/03/10
The Gosh! Authority 24/02/10
Norwegian cartoonist Jason can always be relied on for a damn fine looking book and his latest is no exception. Slightly thicker than his recent Low Moon but not as orange, Almost Silent is a big bumper hardcover collection of four old Jason graphic novels - three of which have been out of print for nigh on two years.
“As the title says, a lot of the comics are without text. In the beginning it was something I did to reach outside of Norway, to skip the whole problem of language. Then I realised it was something I liked doing, it was easier for me to work without text, it was easier to improvise stories.”
More of that in his Newsarama interview, some pictures over at Fantagraphics’ Flickr, a video of a man and a review if you fancy it. Uninformed you are not.
While we’re on the subject of reprinted classics you can find a whole lot more of them in the Judge Dredd Restricted Files Volume 1 which collects rare bits and pieces that have been out of print for about thirty years or so. There’s stuff by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brett Ewins and more so if you like a bit of 2000AD you can’t really go wrong with this one.
By far the oddest thing to arrive this week is Static Revolver #1 by Kevin Ward (his website) and Lord Hurk (his blog), together known as The Fancy Butcher (them). It’s the first parts of two serialised stories – one about a dentist uncovering the mysteries of Enchanted Island under sugar prohibition and one a late-night B-movie caper about aliens and disappearing tea. Hurk’s a favourite ‘round these parts and was last seen on the Gosh! Blog when his Urgent Telex arrived; those are all gone now but we do have some Liberty Pug if you’d like one.
The latest volume of the critically acclaimed graphic mixtape Popgun has hit the shelves and it’s a doozy. The list of creators is (as usual) far too enormous to stick mid-blog but you can see the full credits over at their site. It includes the likes of Jeffrey Brown (Clumsy), Jock (The Losers), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), and Ben Templesmith whose new ongoing series Choker begins on Thursday too (see?). Have a preview of Tom Scioli’s (Godland) contribution, and Frank Stockton’s lovely looking Hamburgers For One the 24-page centrepiece of the book. Over at Newsarama they give you the lowdown on what this thing is all about (in short, all sorts of things) and CbR gives you preview pages ‘til you can take no more.
Hamburgers For One
Paul Grist has Popgun previous but this week you can see him doing his usual Jack Staff stuff, which according to Comics Alliance is stuff you should most definitely read. We’ve now got the fourth Jack Staff trade-paperback Rocky Realities which collects everything that hasn’t yet been collected thus bringing you bang up to date and ready for the rebranded Weird World of Jack Staff #1.
“The intention is to cue readers into the idea that the comic isn't just about Jack Staff, but also the story of the other characters who inhabit that environment, such as Tom Tom the Robot Man, Becky Burdock and Q. I think readers sometimes expected Jack Staff to be the main focus of the story and were initially confused by the jumping around from character to character. I'm still going to be doing that -- but this time, the title will reflect the comic a bit more!” says Grist in an interview with CbR. Have a preview too.
Back last year when we heard that King Tut from the 1960s Batman TV show was going to be making an appearance in Batman Confidential we made sure you all knew about it. If you missed it, that story arc is now collected in a trade called Batman: King Tut’s Tomb written by Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis and illustrated by the reliably brilliant Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Kevin Nowlan. Here’s a preview of Batman Confidential #26, the first bit in the book. Highly recommended despite the lack of shark repellent.
In comics this week the grim doings continue in Blackest Night #7 written by Geoff Johns. Johns was also, oddly, a special guest co-writer on last week’s Tiny Titans #25. Apparently you have to read it right after Blackest Night #7 to get the in-jokes in the issue which Johns is calling Blackest Night #7.34 in brightly coloured letters. We’ve still got a few on the shelf if you fancy it.
In this week’s Walking Dead #70 you’ll find another piggy-backed preview - this time in full colour! TURF is a four-issue miniseries written by none other than Jonathan Ross and drawn by Tommy Lee Edwards (Marvel 1985) which Kirkman reckons is a must read for any Walking Dead fan. It’s a hard boiled crime thriller set in Prohibition-era New York only there’s vampires and aliens added to the usual mix of booze, broads and bullets. You can expect TURF #1 in April.
One more bit and then we’re done: over the last week no less than three creators popped in and signed some books for us. We’ve now got the 45 (previously mentioned here) signed by Andi Ewington, Chase Variant One-Shot (Is All I Need) signed by Rich Johnston (who talks about it with CbR – the comic that is, not the experience of popping into Gosh! and scribbling his name on things), and A Study in Scarlet signed by Gosh! Favourite Ian Edginton. Why not grab a Hound of the Baskervilles Bookplate Edition to go with it? Come get ‘em before they go!
-- Hayley
In Store 19/02/10 - 25/02/10
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
2000 AD Prog #1673
Judge Dredd Restricted Files Vol 1
Rogue Trooper Tales Of Nu Earth GN Vol 1
28 Days Later #7
Airfighters #1 (Chuck Dixon)
Almost Silent HC (Jason)
Avengers Initiative #33 Siege
Avengers Korvac Saga Prem HC
New Avengers #62 Siege
New Avengers Prem HC Vol 12
AvP Three World War #2 (Of 6)
Batman And Robin #9 (G. Morrison)
Batman Chronicles TP Vol 9
Batman King Tut's Tomb TP (Garcia-Lopez/K. Nowlan)
Ben Ten Alien Force Doom Dimension GN
Billy Batson & Magic Of Shazam #13
Black Lantern Green Arrow #30 BN
Black Terror #8
Blackest Night #7 (Of 8) (G. Johns)
Blackest Night JSA #3 (Of 3)
Broken Trinity Pandora's Box #1
Buck Danny Vol 2 TP
Buck Rogers #9
Captain America Theatre Of War HC
Marvel Masterworks Captain America TP Vol 1
Captain Swing #1 (Of 4) (W. Ellis)
Choker #1 (Ben Templesmith)
Chronicles Of Wormwood Last Battle #3 (Garth Ennis)
Cowboy Ninja Viking #4 (Of 4)
Spaceship Away #20 (F. Bellamy)
Daredevil Lone Stranger TP
Dark Tower Battle Of Jericho Hill #4 (Of 5)
Deadworld Frozen Over #4 (Of 4)
Doctor Who Special #24
Enders Game Mazer In Prison Special One Shot
Fantastic Four #576
Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman HC Vol 1
Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four HC Vol 12
Final Crisis Aftermath Run TP
Flash Rebirth #6 (Of 6)
GI Joe Operation Hiss #1
Gotham City Sirens #9
Gravel #17 (Warren Ellis)
Halo Blood Line #3 (Of 5)
Halo Helljumper Prem HC
Hitman TP Vol 2 10,000 Bullets New Ptg (Garth Ennis)
Fall Of Hulks Red Hulk #2 (Of 4)
Incredible Hulk Prem HC Vol 1 Son Of Banner
Image United #0 (Of 6)
Immortal Weapons TP
Incredible Hercules HC Sacred Invasion
Iron Man I Am Iron Man #2 (Of 2)
Iron Man Vs Whiplash #4 (Of 4)
Jack Staff TP Vol 4 Rocky Realities
Weird World Of Jack Staff #1(Paul Grist)
Jet Scott GN Vol 1
Justice Society Of America #36
Juxtapoz Vol 17 #3 Mar 2010
King City #5
Luke Cage Noir Prem HC
Madame Xanadu #20
Marvel Previews March 2010
Marvelous Land Of Oz #4 (Of 8)
Marvels Project #6 (Of 8) (E. Brubaker/S. Epting)
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Daring Mystery HC Vol 2
Models Inc TP
Ms Marvel #50
Northlanders #25
Official Handbook To The Marvel Universe A To Z Update #1
Official Index To Marvel Universe #14
Pandora’s Box Vol 3 TP
Popgun GN Vol 4 (Jeffrey Brown/Ben Templesmith Et Al)
Previews #258 March 2010
Project Superpowers
- Chapter Two #7
- Chapter Two TP Vol 1
PvP #44
Realm Of Kings Inhumans #4 (Of 5)
Requiem TP Vol 2 Vampire Knight
Scalped #35 (Jason Aaron)
Secret Warriors #13
Bart Simpson Comics #52
Soulfire New World Order #5 (Of 5)
Soulfire Volume Two #2
Sparrow HC Vol 14 Ashley Wood
Amazing Spider-Man #622 Gauntlet
Spider-Man Anti-Venom TP
Spider-Man Clone Saga #6 (Of 6)
Marvel Adventures Iron Man/Spider-Man Digest
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #60
Splendid Magic Of Penny Arcade 11.5 Anniversary Ed HC
Star Trek Movie Adaptation #1
Star Trek TNG Ghosts #4
Static Revolver #1 (K. Ward/Hurk)
Star Wars Legacy #45
Superman #697
Tales Of The Dragon Guard #1 (Of 3)
Talisman Road Of Trials #4
Tarzan The Jesse Marsh Years HC Vol 5
Teen Titans #80
Thor #607 Siege
Thunderbolts #141 Siege
Transformers Ongoing #4
Turok Son Of Stone Archives HC Vol 5
Ultimate Comics Enemy #2 (Of 4)
Ultimate Comics Iron Man Ultimate Collection TP
Unknown Soldier #17
Usagi Yojimbo #126 Nukekubi
Victorian Undead #4 (Of 6)
Viking #5
Voyage To Bottom Of The Sea Complete Series Vol 2 HC
Walking Dead #70 (TURF Preview)
Web #6
Werewolves On The Moon Versus Vampires TP
Wildcats #20
Wizard Magazine #223
Wonder Woman #41
Dark Wolverine #83 Siege
Deadpool #20
Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection TP Vol 1
Nation X #3 (Of 4)
Wolverine Dark Wolverine TP Prince
X-Factor #202
X-Force #24 XN
X-Men Forever #18
X-Men Legacy #233 XN
MANGA
Blood + Vol 5 Kowloon Nights
Gundam 00 GN Vol 3
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service TP Vol 10
Mega Man Megamix GN Vol 1
Negima GN Vol 25
Soul Eater Vol 2
Welcome To Wakaba-Soh Vol 2
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Due To Arrive 25/02/10
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Amazing Spider-Man #622 Gauntlet
Astro City The Dark Age Book Four #2
Avengers Initiative #33 Siege
AVP Three World War #2
Batman And Robin #9
Billy Batson And The Magic Of Shazam #13
Black Lantern Green Arrow #30 Blackest Night
Blackest Night #7
Blackest Night JSA #3
Broken Trinity Pandora's Box #1
Captain Swing #1
Chronicles Of Wormwood Last Battle #3
Dark Tower Battle Of Jericho Hill #4
Dark Wolverine #83 Siege
Deadpool #20
Enders Game Mazer In Prison Special One-Shot
Fall Of Hulks Red Hulk #2 FOH
Fantastic Four #576
Flash Rebirth #6
GI Joe Operation Hiss #1
Gotham City Sirens #9
Gravel #17
Halo Blood Line #3
Iron Man I Am Iron Man #2
Iron Man Vs Whiplash #4
Justice Society Of America #36
Madame Xanadu #20
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #60
Marvel Previews March 2010 Extras
Marvelous Land Of Oz #4
Marvels Project #6
Ms Marvel #50
Nation X #3
New Avengers #62 Siege
Northlanders #25
Official Handbook Marvel Universe A To Z Update #1
Official Index To Marvel Universe #14
Previews #258 March 2010
PvP #44
Realm Of Kings Inhumans #4
Scalped #35
Secret Warriors #13
Song Of Saya #1
Spawn #196
Spider-Man Clone Saga #6
Star Trek Movie Adaptation #1
Star Trek TNG Ghosts #4
Star Wars Legacy #45
Superman #697
Tales Of The Dragon Guard #1
Teen Titans #80
Thor #607 Siege
Thunderbolts #141 Siege
Transformers Ongoing #4
Ultimate Comics Enemy #2
Unknown Soldier #17
Usagi Yojimbo #126
Victorian Undead #4
We Will Bury You #1
Web #6
Weird World Of Jack Staff #1
Wildcats #20
Wizard Magazine #223
Wonder Woman #41
X-Factor #202
X-Force #24 XN
X-Men Forever #18
X-Men Legacy #233 XN
The Gosh! Authority 17/02/10
Lots of weird bits and pieces in this week so here’s the first of ‘em:
McSweeney’s #33 is a one-time only, huge Sunday-edition-sized newspaper much like Wednesday Comics but bigger, thicker, and packed with stuff that isn’t comics except for the bits that are. The San Francisco Panorama is like a proper newspaper with news, sports, a magazine and a weekend guide, only it’s stuff you’d (I’d) actually read. There are sixteen pages of full-colour comics by the likes of Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine and more so it’s definitely worth a look even if you’re going to chuck out the sports section as per usual. You’ll also find stuff by Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) and my favourite Nicholson Baker, whose novel about one man’s lunch hour (The Mezzanine) I try and foist on just about everyone. The whole thing is McSweeney’s attempt at demonstrating why newspapers and print media are still relevant and can never be fully replaced by the internet.
"We started this six months ago with an eye to reinventing the form,” says Eggers in an interview. “When I was hearing about the death of newspapers, it hit me viscerally: What if I don't have a newspaper in the morning? If newspapers are going to survive, they're going to have to do things the Internet cannot do."
The internet is still better at previews though and you can find one of them here.
(Images on the Gosh! Blog stolen from this chap’s flickr with deepest apologies)
Also busily reviving things is Big Hairy Alan Moore whose second issue of Dodgem Logic is already awaiting you at the front counter. You’ve got three ladies to choose from and here they are:
There’s even a bonus Crumb-esque stippled undergroundy minicomic by Moore called Astounding Weird Penises starring our hero Astro D*ck who we met briefly in the corner of a panel in Dodgem Logic #1. Maybe Moore should just pack it all in and a get a job at the Viz. All this, your Daily Mustard and more for £2.50.
Birdsong/Songbird is a comics anthology collecting stuff by people you probably haven’t heard of yet. It’s an attractive looking A5 small-press thing, the first in a series of twice-yearly collections. The artists have been displaying their work on their LiveJournal community as they go; it’s mostly to show their progress to other artists in the book but you can treat it as a sort of internet preview for now.
We’ve also got a bunch of unexpected arty things brought in this week by a nice French guy. Apparently the Collection Dans La Marge books have been coming out for some years in France but these are the first I’ve seen. They’re slightly larger than A5 and showcase the work of young artists such as Blex Bolex, Daniel Johnston, Moolinex, and Jochen Gerner so if you like No Brow and its ilk you’ll probably like these. There are photos over at Arts Factory and plenty of information on the people involved but alas, it’s all in bloody French.
My pick(s) of the week is a small pile of lovely little hardcover books by the brilliant Edward Gorey. They’re not new stories (obviously) but as with most of his stuff they’ve been unavailable for ages except as part of the Amphigorey collections or sometimes not at all. We’ve got The Hapless Child, a cheery tale about a girl who is picked on and sold into slavery where she is forced to make artificial flowers and finally run over by a car; The Jumblies, because no life is complete without some of Edward Lear’s nonsense; The Dong With the Luminous Nose who falls in love with a Jumbly girl who went to sea in a sieve; The Wuggly Ump and The Wuggly Ump & Other Stories Colouring Book. Pick ‘em all up at once this Sopping Thursday.
There’s more macabre funnies to be found in The Addams Family: An Evilution HC by Kevin Miserocchi (director of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation) which gives you the history of the New Yorker’s most eccentric family in the years before Hollywood took them under wing and gave 'em a theme song. There’s more than 200 cartoons in the book many of which have never been published before (says the publisher, though I’m not sure if this means they never appeared in the other than the New Yorker or if they’ve raided Addams’ forgotten cupboards). Its release coincides with the new Addams Family Broadway musical which I knew nothing about until just now.
Last of the noteworthy books this is Chocolate Cheeks by Steve Weissman at his most disgusting and delightful.
It’s more of his Little Rascals-type gang who just happen to be monsters. This time ‘round it’s all about “Sweet” Chubby Cheeks and Pullapart Boy (a Frankenstein’s Monster for kids), two enemies thrown together after their parents start dating. Here's a review and because it’s from Fantagraphics regular Goshers will know what’s coming next: the video of the man flipping through the book. Watch enough of these things and it becomes oddly gripping, I tell you. Or alternatively, don’t risk wasting your afternoon watching video after video and just have a PDF preview instead.
In comics we’ve got Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood’s Zombies Vs Robots Aventures #1 (of 4) - you read that right, aventures, because apparently Wood likes the French sound of it (?). This time round you’ll only see Wood’s work on the covers – the innards were handed over to artists of their choosing who are all very different from Wood's and each other. Over at Comicbook Resources they have a few preview pages and Ryall has a few words on the subject of ridiculousness.
"The ridiculousness of the idea is what works for me - I mean, zombies need human brains/flesh to survive, robots have neither, so the sheer idea of throwing them together is a pretty limiting idea on the surface. Which I like, since it forces me to really take the stories in interesting directions.”
Ryall’s clearly found his niche in outright ridiculousness with the second issue of Weekly World News hitting the shelf this Thursday too.
And lastly, make sure you grab the second issue of Grant Morrison’s Joe the Barbarian, previously mentioned on the Gosh! Blog about a month ago. It’s shaping up to be a great eight-part series and if you missed #1 you can still grab one (for only 75p!) at the shop.
In other news, Kevin Smith is getting mouthy after being ejected from a flight for being too fat.
And I’m out.
-- Hayley
In Store 12/02/10 - 18/02/10
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
Betty & Veronica Double Digest #178
2000 AD Prog #1672
Strontium Dog: Blood Moon TP
Addams Family Evilution HC
Adventures Of Simone & Ajax GN
Air #18
Angel #30
Angel Only Human TP
Army Of Two #2 (Peter Milligan)
Astounding Wolf Man TP Vol 3
Astounding Wolf-Man #21
Atomic Robo: Revenge Of The Vampire Dimension #1 (Of 4)
Authority The Lost Year #6 (Of 12)
Avengers Vs Atlas #2 (Of 4)
Dark Avengers #14 Siege
Dark Avengers Prem HC Vol 2 Molecule Man
Mighty Avengers Prem HC Unspoken
Azrael #5
Batman #696
Batman Streets Of Gotham #9
Batman The Brave And The Bold #14
Battlefields Happy Valley #3 (Of 3)(Garth Ennis)
Birdsong Songbird SC
Black Panther Power TP
Black Widow & Marvel Girls #4 (Of 4)
Black Widow Deadly Origin #4 (Of 4)
Blackest Night The Flash #3 (Of 3)
Blake & Mortimer Vol 7 SC The Affair Of The Necklace
Bluecoats Vol 3 SC Skyriders
Broken Trinity TP
Buckaroo Banzai Hardest Of The Hard #2 (Of 2)
Captain America #603 (E. Brubaker)
Chap #49
Chase Variant One-Shot
Chimpanzee Complex Vol 2 SC The Sons Of Ares
Chocolate Cheeks GN (S. Weissman)
Collection Dans La Marge:
- Blex Bolex
- Daniel Johnston
- Moolinex
- Jochen Gerner
Daredevil #505
DC Universe Origins TP
Deathlok #4 (Of 7)
Devil #1 (Of 4)
Die Hard Year One #6
Doctor Voodoo Avenger Of The Supernatural #5 (Last issue?)
Dodgem Logic #2 (Alan Moore)
Don Bluth Space Ace #6 (Of 6)
Doomwar #1 (Of 6)
Edward Gorey Books:
- Hapless Child HC
- Jumblies HC (E. Lear)
- Dong With The Luminous Nose HC
- Wuggly Ump HC
- Wuggly Ump Colouring Book
Enders Shadow Command School #5 (Of 5)
Fantastic Four In Search Of Galactus HC
Farscape Ongoing #4
Final Crisis Aftermath Dance TP
GI Joe Cobra II #2
GI Joe TP Vol 2
Good Neighbors HC Vol 2 Kith
Green Lantern #51 Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps #45 BN
Guardians Of Galaxy #23
Heavy Metal Spring 2010
Hellblazer #264 (P. Milligan)
Howard Lovecraft & Frozen Kingdom GN
Hulk #20 FOH
Hulk Prem HC Vol 4 Hulk Vs X-Force
Ignition City HC & TP Vol 1
Incorruptible #3
Incredible Hercules #141
Incredible Hulk #607 FOH
Invincible #70
IR$ Vol 3 Silica, Inc.
Joe The Barbarian #2 (Of 8)(Grant Morrison)
Justice League Of America #42
King Aroo HC Vol 1
Kobra Resurrection TP
Largo Winch Vol 5 See Venice...
Locke & Key Crown Of Shadows #3
Lucky Luke Vol 21 SC 20th Cavalry
Magog #6
Marvels Eye Of Camera #6 (Of 6)
McSweeney’s #33 (C. Ware/D. Clowes/A. Spiegelman/M. Chabon Et Al)
Mice Templar Destiny #7
Outsiders #27
Perhapanauts Mollys Story One-Shot
Phantom Generations #8
Power Girl #9
Punisher #14
Resurrection Vol 2 #8
Savage Dragon Back In Blue TP
Simpsons Comics #163
Amazing Spider-Man #621 Gauntlet
Spider-Man 1602 #5 (Of 5)
Spider-Man Gauntlet Prem HC Electro Sandman
Web Of Spider-Man #5 Gauntlet
Spider-Woman #6
Stand Soul Survivors #4 (Of 5)
Star Trek
- DS9 Fools Gold #3
- Romulans Pawns Of War TP
Star Wars Knights Old Republic #50
Starman Omnibus HC Vol 4
Supergirl #50
Superman Batman #69
Supernatural Beginnings End #2 (Of 6)
Thor By Dan Jurgens & John Romita Jr TP Vol 2
Tiny Titans #25
Torchwood #20
Transformers
- Bumblebee #3
- Last Stand Of The Wreckers #2
Deadpool #19
Deadpool Merc With A Mouth #8
Psylocke #4 (Of 4)
Uncanny X-Men #521
Weekly World News #2
Zombies Vs Robots Aventure #1(C. Ryall/A. Wood)
MANGA
Hikaru No Go Vol 18
Red Haida Manga GN
Skim GN
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Due To Arrive 19/02/10
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Air #18
Amazing Spider-Man #621 Gauntlet
Angel #30
Army Of Two #2
Astounding Wolf-Man #21
Authority The Lost Year #6
Avengers Vs Atlas #2
Azrael #5
Batman #696
Batman Streets Of Gotham #9
Batman The Brave And The Bold #14
Beyond The Wall #4
Black Widow And The Marvel Girls #4
Black Widow Deadly Origin #4
Blackest Night The Flash #3
Captain America #603
Dante's Inferno #3
Daredevil #505
Dark Avengers #14 Siege
Deadpool #19
Deadpool Merc With A Mouth #8
Deathlok #4
Devil #1
Die Hard Year One #6
Doctor Voodoo Avenger Of Supernatural #5
Doomwar #1
Enders Shadow Command School #5
Farscape Ongoing #4
Free Realms #6
Garth Ennis Battlefields Happy Valley #3
Ghostbusters Holiday Special Tainted Love One-Shot
GI Joe Cobra II #2
Green Lantern #51 Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps #45 Blackest Night
Guardians Of Galaxy #23
Hellblazer #264
Hulk #20 FOH
Incorruptible #3
Incredible Hercules #141
Incredible Hulk #607 FOH
Invincible #70
Joe The Barbarian #2
Justice League Of America #42
Locke & Key Crown Of Shadows #3
Magog #6
Marvels Eye Of Camera #6
Mice Templar Destiny #7
Modern Warfare 2 Ghost #3
Outsiders #27
Perhapanauts Mollys Story One-Shot
Power Girl #9
Psylocke #4
Punisher #14
PvP #44
Resurrection Vol 2 #8
Simpsons Comics #163
Spider-Man 1602 #5
Spider-Woman #6
Stand Soul Survivors #4
Star Trek DS9 Fool's Gold #3
Star Wars Knights Old Republic #50
Supergirl #50
Superman Batman #69
Supernatural Beginning's End #2
Talisman Road Of Trials #4
Tiny Titans #25
Transformers Bumblebee #3
Transformers Last Stand Of The Wreckers #2
Uncanny X-Men #521
Web Of Spider-Man #5 Gauntlet
Weekly World News #2
Zombies Vs Robots Adventure #1
The Gosh! Authority 10/02/10
I’ve swiped a Pogo-themed page from this one so naturally it gets top billing so I can use it. Newave! Underground Mini-Comix of the 80s is a hardcover from Fantagraphics collecting some of the best small press cartoonists that came after your classic Crumb, Shelton and Spiegelman stuff in the 60s. Inspired by the DIY spirit of those chaps, people like Dan Clowes, Sam Henderson (Magic Whistle), and Rick Geary (Treasury of Victorian Murder) visited their local photocopy shop to make their A4 twice-folded mini comics. By the 1980s these had become known as Newave Comix (taken from the UK’s New Wave music scene) and their manifesto went thusly:
“Newave is not about artsploitation. Newave is about ideas. Nothing is taboo. Nothing is censored. No one is told what or what not to draw... Newave is social, political, rebellious, humorous, irreverent, libellous, inane, argumentative, blasé, blatant, belligerent, blasphemous, insane, kinky, ridiculous, absurd, loving, sleazy, and topical. Newave is back talk... Newave is the child of instant printing. Anyone can learn it. Anyone can participate. There are no aristocrats of newave, no comix stars. Newave is communication returned to people. It is out of the control of the mind manipulators...”
– From Clay Geerdes’ Newave Manifesto, 1983
Here’s a 36-page (!) PDF preview for you and an early review if you’re so inclined. But more importantly, over here is one of those videos of a man flipping through a book that we Gosh! folk like so much. It’s worth watching because up until I hit ‘play’ I was under the illusion that the book was going to be massive given that it’s 900 pages long. Thick it may be, but unless this bloke has enormous hands it’s definitely minicomix size. And to be honest I should have seen that coming.
Also a product of the ‘80s is the ever-popular chain-smoking John Constantine. 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the his first appearance back in Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing and to celebrate Vertigo have got Jamie Delano – the very first Hellblazer writer – to pen an original Constantine graphic novel.
Hellblazer: Pandemonium is illustrated by Jock (The Losers) and set in Iraq, where we find Constantine in war-torn areas and detainment centres. Delano missed writing Hellblazer “kinda like how you miss banging your head on a wall when you stop” but jumped at the chance to make Constantine engage with some of the moral ambiguities of the war on terror, he says in an interview with USA Today. Here’s another huge preview for you.
Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen’s Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. Ultimate Collection TP has arrived. Never read it? Nextwave are a bunch of potty-mouthed Z-list superheroes who’ve discovered that their former employers and so-called anti-terrorist organisation are actually evil terrorist masterminds. So they proceed to blow a lot of stuff up. It’s a series that lampoons the Marvel Universe, fruity tights and funnybook tradition and it’s very, very good. This collection reprints everything including the original letters pages that are just as funny as the comic itself.
Dylan Horrocks’ acclaimed Hicksville is finally back in print in a definitive edition paperback from Drawn & Quarterly. If you’ve never read it you’re in for a treat. A Canadian writer arrives in the tiny New Zealand town of Hicksville to research the early life of a world famous cartoonist called Dick Burger. Everyone there is an expert on comics (their local library stocks Action Comics #1) and everyone hates Burger. It’s a fictionalised history of comics and as this reviewer said, the book can be summed up by one of the Hicksville mob:
“The official history of comics is a history of frustration. Of unrealised potential. Of artists who never got the change to do that magnum opus. Of stories that never got told – or else they were bowdlerised by small-minded editors… A medium locked into a ghetto and ignored by countless people who could have made it sing… Well, here it is. The other history of comics. The way it should have been.”
Here’s a PDF preview.
Also back in print (though more surprisingly so) is the Marat/Sade Journals of Barron Storey. First published by Tundra near the end of their existence and limited to just 1000 copies, you’d be hard-pressed to find a copy that didn’t cost you your right kidney. This edition is reconstructed by re-scanning the original journals and has section-sewn binding so it’s more journal-y that the original glued edition. Storey’s work most notably influenced Dave McKean and Bill Sienkiewicz so if you like either of them you should stick you nose in this. David Mack (Kabuki) provides the introduction and if you head over to Storey’s blog you can see some of his artwork.
The other Fantagraphics offering this week is King, a hardcover special edition of Ho Che Anderson’s biography of Martin Luther King.
Originally published in three volumes, this edition includes the original 240-page graphic novel plus the usual bevy of special DVD features they like to include in this sort of thing: pages of script, preliminary sketches, essays, etc. Here’s another of those cracking videos we like to watch plus an 18-page PDF preview if you don’t like to see a man mauling a book with his big sausagey fingers.
This week you’ll also get another instalment of Lewis Trondheim’s Little Nothings which he himself has described as a whole lotta not much. Volume 3: Uneasy Happiness gives you more daily anxieties, funny observations, and obsessive hypochondria, all of which will undoubtedly be brilliant because it’s by Lewis Trondheim. I stole this Little Nothings page from his website and chose it because it was silent and therefore not French, just like they do with foreign film trailers in the UK. You should head that way so I feel like less of a thief.
Ramayana Divine Loophole is another book from veteran Pixar animator Sanjay Patel whose Little Book of Hindu Deities has always been a big hit here at Gosh! In this hardcover picture book he illustrates one of the best-loved stories from Hindu mythology (which is explained here if you’re not familiar with it) in over 100 full-colour full-page illustrations. It’s a lovely looking thing. Pictures abound over at Pardon My Hindi.
Bob Fingerman’s apocalyptic From the Ashes is collected in trade-paperback this week. I wrote about it back when #1 arrived in June last year so head this way for a recap and a preview of the first issue.
And finally, in comics we’ve got the first issue of a brand new Human Target six-issue miniseries (no doubt because the big exciting Fox TV series). Written by Len Wein and illustrated Bruno Redondo (Push), it also features a backup story illustrated by Chris Sprouse (Tom Strong). Don’t forget Peter Milligan’s original Human Target trade was reprinted not so long ago and is definitely worth a read.
Also out is Adventure Comics #7 which I know nothing about because all DC Comics say about it is “TOP SECRET!” Two words, that’s all they’re giving me. It’s got Black Lantern Superboy in it so you’ll probably want to pick it up if you’re following Blackest Night. Have a preview.
And if you’re liking Hit Monkey’s appearances in Deadpool and you want to know his origin story, you’re in luck. Hit Monkey #1 tells you all you need to know about the pink-faced simian assassin. Preview.
Abadee abadee, tha-tha-that’s all, folks!
-- Hayley
In Store 05/02/10 - 11/02/10
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
2000 AD Prog #1671
ABC Warriors Volgan War Volume 2 HC
Judge Dredd Mega City One Archives Volume 1 HC
28 Days Later HC Vol 1
Action Comics #886
Adventure Comics #7 With Black Lantern Superboy
Anchor #5
Anchor TP Vol 1
Angelus #2 (Of 6)
Anita Blake LC Executioner #4 (Of 5)
Batgirl #7
Batman And Robin #8
Blackbeard Legend Of The Pyrate King #3
Booster Gold #29
Bprd King Of Fear #2 (Of 5)
Brave And The Bold Milestone TP
Complete Dracula HC (L. Moore/ J. Reppion)
Essential Daredevil TP Vol 5
Dark Tower Battle Of Jericho Hill #3 (Of 5)
Daytripper #3 (Of 10) (Moon/Ba)
Dennis The Menance HC 1959-1962 Box Set (Hank Ketcham)
Die Hard Year One #5
DMZ #50
Dr Who Magazine #418
Enders Game Command School #5 (Of 5)
Farscape D'argo's Quest #3 (Of 4)
From The Ashes TP Vol 1
Gen 13 #34
Good The Bad & The Ugly #8
Green Arrow Black Canary #29
Groo Hogs Of Horder #3 (Of 4)
Haunt #5
Hellblazer Pandemonium HC(J. Delano/Jock)
Hicksville Definitive Ed GN (D. Horrocks)
Hulk TP Vol 03 Hulk No More
Human Target #1 (Of 6) (C. Sprouse)
Invincible Presents Atom Eve & Rex Splode #3 (Of 3)
John Sable Freelance Ashes Of Eden #5
JSA All Stars #3
King Special Edition HC
Little Nothings GN Vol 3 Uneasy Happiness(Lewis Trondheim)
Madame Xanadu TP Vol 2 Exodus Noir
Marat/Sade Journals Ultimate Revised Edition HC
Marvel 1602 TP New Ptg(N. Gaiman/A. Kubert)
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #20
Marvel Boy Uranian #2 (Of 3)
Newave! Underground Mini Comix Of The 80s HC(D. Clowes, S. Henderson, R. Geary, et al)
Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E TP Ultimate Collection
Phantom Double Shot #2 (Of 6)
Phonogram 2 #7 (Of 7) Singles Club
Preacher HC Volume 2(G. Ennis/S. Dillon)
PunisherMAX #4 (J. Aaron/S. Dillon)
Queen Sonja #4
Ramayana Divine Loophole HC
Realm Of Kings Imperial Guard #4 (Of 5)
R.E.B.E.L.S. #13
Scooby Doo #153
Secret Six #18 Blackest Night
Shield #6
Solomon Kane Death’s Black Riders #2 (Of 4)
Amazing Spider-Man #620 Gauntlet
Amazing Spider-Man Presents Jackpot #2 (Of 3)
Spider-Man 24/7 TP
Spider-Man & Secret Wars #3 (Of 4)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #7
Starstruck #6
Strange #4 (Of 4)
Super Friends #24
Super Hero Squad #2
All Star Superman TP Vol 02
S.W.O.R.D. #4 (Marvel)
Tails Of Pet Avengers #1
Titans #22
Toyfare #152
Tracker #3 (Of 5)
Transformers Animated TP Vol 13
Ultimate Comics Armor Wars #4 (Of 4)
Unwritten #10 (M. Carey)
Vengeance Of Moon Knight #5
War Machine TP Vol 2 Dark Reign
Wasted Magazine #3
Witchblade #131
World War 3 Illustrated #40
Dark X-Men #4 (Of 5)
Hit-Monkey #1
New Mutants #10
Uncanny X-Men First Class #8 (Of 8)
X-Men Forever #17
X-Men Legacy Prem HC Emplate
X-Men Pixie Strikes Back #1 (Of 4)
Zombies That Ate The World #8 (Of 8)
Zorro Matanzas #1 (Of 4)
MANGA
GA: Geijustsuka Art Design Class GN Vols 1 & 2
Octopus Girl GN Vol 1
Times of Botchan GN Vol 4
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Due To Arrive 11/02/10
Click the full post link below for a tentative list of titles due to ship next week.
Action Comics #886
Adventure Comics #510
Adventure Comics With Black Lantern Superboy #7
Amazing Spider-Man #620 Gauntlet
Amazing Spider-Man Presents Jackpot #2 (Of 3)
Anchor #5
Anchor TP Vol 1
Angelus #2 (Of 6)
Anita Blake LC Executioner #4 (Of 5)
Batgirl #7
Batman And Robin #8
Booster Gold #29
BPRD King Of Fear #2 (Of 5)
Brave And The Bold Milestone TP
Dante's Inferno #3 (Of 6)
Dark Tower Battle Of Jericho Hill #3 (Of 5)
Dark X-Men #4 (Of 5)
Daytripper #3 (Of 10)
DMZ #50
Enders Game Command School #5 (Of 5)
Essential Daredevil TP Vol 5
Farscape D'argo's Quest #3 (Of 4)
From The Ashes TP Vol 1
Gen 13 #34
Good The Bad & The Ugly #8
Green Arrow Black Canary #29
Groo Hogs Of Horder #3 (Of 4)
Haunt #5
Hit-Monkey #1
Hulk TP Vol 3 Hulk No More
Human Target #1 (Of 6)
Invincible Presents Atom Eve & Rex Splode #3 (Of 3)
John Sable Freelance Ashes Of Eden #5
JSA All Stars #3
Madame Xanadu TP Vol 2 Exodus Noir
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #20
Marvel Boy Uranian #2 (Of 3)
New Mutants #10
Nextwave Agents Of Hate TP Ultimate Collection
Phonogram 2 #7 (Of 7) Singles Club
Punishermax #4
Queen Sonja #4
Realm Of Kings Imperial Guard #4 (Of 5)
Rebels #13
Secret Six #18 Blackest Night
Shield #6
Solomon Kane Deaths Black Riders #2 (Of 4)
Spider-Man 24 7 TP
Spider-Man And Secret Wars #3 (Of 4)
Starstruck #6
Strange #4 (Of 4)
Super Friends #24
Super Hero Squad #2
S.W.O.R.D. (Marvel) #4
Tails Of Pet Avengers #1
Titans #22
Toyfare #152
Transformers Animated TP Vol 13
Ultimate Comics Armor Wars #4 (Of 4)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #7
Uncanny X-Men First Class #8 (Of 8)
Unwritten #10
Vengeance Of Moon Knight #5
War Machine TP Vol 2 Dark Reign
X-Men Forever #17
X-Men Legacy Prem HC Emplate
X-Men Pixie Strikes Back #1 (Of 4)
The Gosh! Authority 03/02/10
After the book-heavy blog you were dealt last week you’re definitely due a comics one. There’s a few bits of note but first here’s a word from our very own Barnaby Richards on the new shipment of American indie rarities. It should be noted that Barney’s own colourful indie delights are readily available here at Gosh! and we reckon you should have a look at them. Eddie Campbell (Alec: The Years Have Pants) recommends them too.
Without further ado, here’s him:
The newspaper print-sized zine is a format favoured by these guys. We have a load in. Let me point out Ken Kagami’s SnooPee, an innocently drawn snigger-fest which might well provoke a wistful blush or two – you might remember Kagami from his collaboration with the excellent Deerhoof. We have many similar paper marvels for you, each for a paltry £2.
Also in newspaper format comes Comics Comics, a really brilliant comic book review which features stuff like Sammy Harkham interviewing Guy Davis (issue 3) and a great Mike Reddy comic, last seen in the bumper 3-1 Buenaventura Press Collection from the other week. Comics Comics appears to be predominantly online these days. If you like this stuff you’ll want to click here and add it to your favourite blogs.
And if like me you can hardly wait for the next instalment of C.F.’s Powr Mastrs you’ll want to get hold of Core of Caligula, which comes in at a whopping £1.50. If you don’t know Powr Mastrs, ask me - I’ll show you and evangelise. The Ganzfeld is a beautifully produced anthology for smart people who like to look at the world (and comics) correctly.
Finally, we really must mention our own Jon Chandler. Okay, so he’s from Saxmundham but PictureBox stock him and if you like Brinkman, C.F. and Chippendale then you’ll want to know him too. We have issues 3, 4 and 5 of Boobytrap. A good title to end on.
And you’re back in the room.
Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan follow up their hugely popular DEMO with another chunk of short stories. Demo Volume 2 #1 sees a woman haunted by a recurring premonition but don’t expect any old characters to recur in the series. “They’re all original. That’s actually a line I don’t think I’ll ever really cross. I feel like that really undermines the integrity of not only the actual concept of DEMO, but also the integrity of the old stories,” says Wood in an interview with Comic Book Resources. There’s a few preview pages there for you as well.
The Question #37 is the final of the Blackest Night Resurrected titles, a week late but still very welcome. Written by Greg Rucka (Detective Comics), it’s talked about at length over at Newsarama with the legendary Dennis O’Neill who revamped the series in 1987 with Denys Cowan who provides the art on this new one too, with Bill Sienkiewicz on inks.
Gosh! Favourite Ian Edginton’s (Hound of the Baskervilles) offering this week is Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost #1 (of 3) which you can see previewed here. It takes the old classic and turns it into ‘a thundering sword and sorcery epic’, or so CbR tells me.
"This isn't really an adaptation as such. I've used the core story from the original Middle-Eastern folk tale as a springboard, and then expanded it out from there. The story of Aladdin, the evil sorcerer, the search for the lamp and the discovery of the Djinn and so on, is covered in the first two issues. What follows afterwards is a much larger adventure. I've been something of a magpie, pulling in influences from other myths and fables as well as my favourite pulp fantasy novels and movies." More of that here.
And finally, Jeph Loeb’s Ultimate Comics X #1 is the latest in the unwieldy octopus that is the Ultimate Universe.
It’s bimonthly to adjust to the schedule of its top-flight regular artist Arthur Adams, who’s doing his first full-length comic work in years. It’s previewed at CbR and is unfortunately one of the titles affected by some bad news. Here ‘tis:
Due to a serious accident involving the truck transporting Marvel Comics titles from the printer to Diamond's Distribution Centres in the US, several Marvel titles were damaged or lost. Diamond are making sure every comic shop gets a percentage of what they ordered so that no shop goes completely without. Consequently, some tiles may sell out on the shelves quicker than expected after being swallowed up by the usual standing order customers. If there’s anything in particular that you can’t do without and don’t already have on your standing order let me know by email (info@goshlondon.com) and I’ll try and make sure there’s one aside for you. Those titles affected are:
Indomitable Iron Man Black & White One-Shot
Invincible Iron Man #23
Siege #2 (Of 4)
Siege Embedded #2 (Of 4)
Ultimate Comics X #1
Wolverine Weapon X #10
We are promised that the remaining copies will either be delivered in the next week, or the week after. So don’t worry about missing out entirely.
Ending on that would be rubbish so here’s something unexpected and good. For the first time in fifteen years the JD Salinger-style-reclusive recluse Bill Watterson (he of Calvin and Hobbes, obviously) is interviewed about the much-loved series.
“By the end of 10 years, I'd said pretty much everything I had come there to say.
It's always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now "grieving" for Calvin and Hobbes would be wishing me dead and cursing newspapers for running tedious, ancient strips like mine instead of acquiring fresher, livelier talent. And I'd be agreeing with them.
I think some of the reason Calvin and Hobbes still finds an audience today is because I chose not to run the wheels off it.
I've never regretted stopping when I did.”
-- Hayley
In Store 30/01/10 - 04/02/10
Click the full post link below for a list of items in store this week.
Betty & Veronica Digest #201
Judge Dredd Megazine #294
2000 AD Prog #1670
28 Days Later #6
Aladdin Legacy Of The Lost #1 (Of 3)
Angel Hole In The World #3
Authority #19
Batman Confidential #41
Batman Legends Of The Dark Knight Special One-Shot
Blackest Night Wonder Woman #3 (Of 3)
Boys #39 (Garth Ennis)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #32
Cartoon Network Action Pack #46
Cinderella From Fabletown With Love #4 (Of 6)
Conan The Cimmerian #18
Criminal Sinners #4 (E. Brubaker/S. Phillips)
Crogan's March HC
Daffodil #2 (Of 3)
Dark Tower Fall Of Gilead Prem HC
Demo Vol 2 #1 (Of 6) (B. Wood/B. Cloonan)
Dirty Dishes GN (A. Lockhart)
Dominic Fortune: It Can Happen Here And Now TP
Don Bluth Space Ace #5 (Of 6)
Doom Patrol #7
Echo #19 (Terry Moore)
Fables TP Vol 13 The Great Fables Crossover
Ganzfeld SC Vols 2, 3 & 4 (P. Blegvad, R. French Et Al)
Ghost Riders Heaven's On Fire #6 (Of 6) (J. Aaron)
GI Joe Origins #12
God Complex #3
Great Ten #4 (Of 10)
Greek Street #8 (P. Milligan)
Green Lantern Secret Origin TP
Grimm Fairy Tales Short Story Collection TP
House Of M TP Masters Of Evil
House Of Mystery #22
Indomitable Iron Man Black & White One-Shot
Invincible Iron Man #23
Iron Man & Armor Wars GN TP
Iron Man Tales Of Golden Avenger TP
Jonah Hex #52
Justice Society Of America Annual #2
Kill Audio #5 (Of 6)
Komiks: Comic Art In Russia HC
Legends Enchanted #0
Little Lulu TP Vol 22 Big Dipper Club
Lone Ranger #20
Maggots SC (B. Chippendale)
Marvel Heartbreakers #1
Mass Effect Redemption #2 (Of 4)
Milestone Forever #1 (Of 2)
Milo Ventimiglia Presents Berserker #4
Multiforce SC
Nova #34
PictureBox Newsprint Zines:
- 1-800-Mice #1 & #2 (M. Thurber)
- Wu Tang Comics (Paper Rad)
- The Drips (T. McKimens)
- Incanto (F. Santoro)
- The Garden (M. Williams)
- Good Life (T. McKimens)
- SnooPee (K. Kagami)
- Comics Comics #3 & #4 (Harkam, Davis Et Al)
- Core of Caligula (C.F.)
- Faded Igloo News (J. Drain)
- Crazy Town (P. Gondry)
- Pee Dog (Sh*t Generation)
Question #37 Blackest Night(G. Rucka/D. Cowan)
Realm Of Kings Son Of Hulk #1 (Of 4)
Red Robin #9
Red Sonja Wrath Of The Gods #1 (Of 5)
Red Tornado #6 (Of 6)
Savage Dragon #157
Scalped #34 (Jason Aaron)
Showcase Presents Secrets Of Sinister TP
Siege #2 (Of 4) (B. Bendis)
Siege Embedded #2 (Of 4)
Spider-Man Noir Eyes Without A Face #3
Star Comics TP All-Star Collection
Street Fighter II Turbo #11
Superman Mon El HC Vol 1
Superman: World Of New Krypton #12 (Of 12)
Sweet Tooth #6 (J. Lemire)
Tank Girl Skidmarks #3 (Of 4)
Tiny Titans Sidekickin' It TP
Torch #5 (Of 8)
Torchy TP Vol 2 (Bill Ward)
Ultimate Comics X #1 (Art Adams)
Warlord #11
Cable #23
Deadpool Prem HC Vol 3 X Marks The Spot
Deadpool Team-Up #896
Wolverine Savage One-Shot(Ed McGuinness)
Wolverine Weapon X #10
X-Babies #4 (Of 4)
X-Men Noir Mark Of Cain #3 (Of 4)
Zorro #19
MANGA
Berserk TP Vol 33
Box Man HC
Deadman Wonderland GN Vol 1