Tuesday, September 30, 2014

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

DC COMICS
AUG140256     ACTION COMICS #35 (DOOMED)     $3.99
JUN140299     AMERICAN VAMPIRE SECOND CYCLE #5 (MR)     $2.99
AUG140247     AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #6     $2.99
AUG140314     BATMAN 66 MEETS GREEN HORNET #5     $2.99
JUN140262     BATMAN 75TH ANNIVERSARY TP COLLECTION     $49.99
AUG140324     BATMAN ESSENTIALS THE BLACK MIRROR SPEC ED #1     $1.00
AUG140263     BATMAN ETERNAL #26     $2.99
JUN140211     BATMAN SUPERMAN #14     $3.99
JUN140214     BATMAN SUPERMAN #14 COMBO PACK     $4.99
JUL140237     BATMAN TP VOL 04 ZERO YEAR SECRET CITY (N52)     $16.99
AUG140279     DETECTIVE COMICS #35     $3.99
AUG140282     DETECTIVE COMICS #35 COMBO PACK     $4.99
JUN140304     FABLES DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 09 (MR)     $29.99
AUG140362     FAIREST #30 (DEFY) (MR)     $2.99
JUL140278     FAIREST TP VOL 04 OF MEN AND MICE (MR)     $14.99
JUN140306     FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS TP VOL 02 (MR)     $14.99
AUG140310     FLASH SEASON ZERO #1     $2.99
AUG140201     GOTHAM ACADEMY #1     $2.99
AUG140272     GRAYSON #3     $2.99
AUG140211     GREEN ARROW #35     $2.99
AUG140298     GREEN LANTERN #35 (GODHEAD)     $2.99
AUG140300     GREEN LANTERN #35 COMBO PACK (GODHEAD)     $3.99
AUG140296     GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD #1     $4.99
AUG140368     HINTERKIND #12 (DEFY) (MR)     $2.99
AUG140320     INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO ANNUAL #1     $4.99
MAY140375     INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO HC VOL 01     $22.99
AUG140222     JUSTICE LEAGUE #34     $3.99
AUG140225     JUSTICE LEAGUE #34 COMBO PACK     $4.99
AUG140241     JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #10     $2.99
JUL140251     JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND 2.0 POWER STRUGGLE TP     $16.99
AUG140207     LOBO #1     $2.99
AUG140345     LOONEY TUNES #221     $2.99
AUG140367     NAMES #2 (MR)     $2.99
AUG140217     NEW 52 FUTURES END #22 (WEEKLY)     $2.99
AUG140308     SWAMP THING #35     $2.99
JUL140263     TEEN TITANS GO TITANS TOGETHER TP NEW PTG     $12.99
AUG140347     TINY TITANS RETURN TO THE TREEHOUSE #5     $2.99
JUN140191     WONDER WOMAN #34     $2.99
JUN140273     WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 05 FLESH (N52)     $24.99
JUL140247     WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 04 WAR (N52)     $14.99

DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
MAR140311     ARKHAM ORIGINS 3 PACK DEATHSTROKE JOKER COPPERHEAD     $54.95
MAR140304     DC COMICS ICONS SUPERMAN 1/6 SCALE STATUE     $99.95
MAR140303     WONDER WOMAN ART OF WAR STATUE BY ADAM HUGHES     $79.95

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

MARVEL COMICS

JUL140735     ALL NEW GHOST RIDER TP VOL 01 ENGINES OF VENGEANCE     $15.99
APR140767     ALL NEW X-MEN HC VOL 01     $34.99
AUG140840     BLACK WIDOW #11     $3.99
AUG140755     BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER #1     $3.99
AUG140742     CAPTAIN AMERICA #25     $4.99
AUG140867     DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE PRISONER #3     $3.99
JUN140602     DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3     $4.99
JUL140739     DEATHLOK DEMOLISHER TP COMPLETE COLLECTION     $39.99
AUG140802     EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #4     $3.99
JUL140647     FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1     $4.99
AUG140866     FIGMENT #5     $3.99
AUG140771     GUARDIANS 3000 #1     $3.99
JUL140715     IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 05 RINGS OF MANDARIN     $24.99
AUG140815     LEGENDARY STAR LORD #4     $3.99
JUN140739     MAGNETO TP VOL 01 INFAMOUS     $17.99
AUG140890     MEN OF WRATH BY JASON AARON #1 (MR)     $3.50
AUG140856     MIRACLEMAN #11 (MR)     $4.99
AUG140822     MOON KNIGHT #8     $3.99
JUL140724     MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION TP BAD MOON RISING     $39.99
JUL140728     MOON KNIGHT TP VOL 01 FROM DEAD     $17.99
JUL140740     NEW MUTANTS X-FORCE TP DEMON BEAR     $24.99
JUN140684     SILVER SURFER #6     $3.99
AUG140807     SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4     $3.99
JUL140722     SPIDER-MAN KRAVENS LAST HUNT PROSE NOVEL HC     $24.99
AUG140777     THOR #1     $3.99
AUG140716     UNCANNY AVENGERS #25 AXIS     $3.99
AUG140884     X-MEN #20     $3.99

IDW Publishing from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

IDW PUBLISHING
AUG140426     ANGRY BIRDS COMICS #5     $3.99
AUG140418     BEN 10 CLASSICS TP VOL 03 BLAST FROM THE PAST     $17.99
JUN140459     COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD DICK TRACY HC VOL 17     $39.99
MAR140458     FLESH & STEEL ART OF RUSS HEATH HC     $49.99
JUL140033     HCF 2014 MY LITTLE PONY     PI
JUL140409     KILL SHAKESPEARE MASK OF NIGHT #4     $3.99
AUG140509     POPEYE CLASSICS ONGOING #27     $3.99
JUL140430     PUCK WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE HC     $59.99
AUG140492     ROGUE TROOPER CLASSICS #6     $3.99
AUG140416     SAMURAI JACK TP VOL 02 SCOTSMANS CURSE     $19.99
JUL140415     SILENT HILL DOWNPOUR ANNES STORY #2     $3.99
AUG140408     SKYLANDERS THE KAOS TRAP HC     $9.99
AUG140498     SQUIDDER #4     $3.99
JUL140393     STAR TREK GOLD KEY ARCHIVES HC VOL 02     $29.99
JUL140381     TMNT ONGOING #38     $3.99
AUG140399     TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 09 MONSTERS MISFITS MADMEN     $17.99
AUG140466     TRANSFORMERS WINDBLADE TP     $17.99
JUL140329     X-FILES YEAR ZERO #3     $3.99

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

DARK HORSE COMICS
AUG140089     ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #7 MAIN CVR     $3.50
MAY140058     ART OF BOOK OF LIFE HC     $34.99
JUN140055     ART OF NAUGHTY DOG HC     $39.99
JUN140040     CONCRETE PARK HC VOL 01 YOU SEND ME     $12.99
AUG140081     CONCRETE PARK RESPECT #2     $3.99
JUL140099     DREAM THIEF ESCAPE #4     $3.99
JUN140018     EDGAR ALLAN POE SPIRITS OF DEAD HC     $24.99
MAY140101     EERIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 17     $49.99
APR140090     GAME OF THRONES HOUND BUST     $150.00
JUN140071     LOVERBOYS HC     $19.99
JUN140070     STAR WARS DARTH MAUL SON OF DATHOMIR TP     $16.99
JUN140064     STAR WARS ONGOING TP VOL 03 REBEL GIRL     $16.99
AUG140086     USAGI YOJIMBO SENSO #3     $3.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

IMAGE COMICS

JUL140531     ALEX + ADA #9     $2.99
AUG140574     BLACKHAND COMICS HC (MR)     $19.99
JUL140534     BURN THE ORPHANAGE REIGN OF TERROR #5 CVR A GRACE (MR)     $3.99
JUL140535     BURN THE ORPHANAGE REIGN OF TERROR #5 CVR B DAMOOSE     $3.99
AUG140544     CUTTER #1 (MR)     $3.99
JUL140545     FADE OUT #2 (MR)     $3.50
AUG140651     GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #2 CVR A BROWNE (MR)     $3.50
AUG140652     GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #2 CVR B RUGG (MR)     $3.50
AUG140653     HACK SLASH SON OF SAMHAIN #4 (MR)     $3.50
AUG140550     LIL DEPRESSED BOY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #1 CVR A GRACE     $3.99
AUG140659     MADAME FRANKENSTEIN #6     $2.99
JUL140498     MANHATTAN PROJECTS HC VOL 01     $34.99
AUG140555     MASTERPLASTY ONESHOT     $5.99
MAR140583     MORNING GLORIES #41 (MR)     $3.50
AUG140663     NAILBITER #6 (MR)     $2.99
AUG140593     NAILBITER TP VOL 01 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (MR)     $9.99
AUG140664     NIGHTWORLD #3     $3.99
JUL148428     OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #3 2ND PTG (MR)     $2.99
JUN140493     PETER PANZERFAUST #21 CVR A UPCHURCH     $3.50
JUL140568     PROTECTORS INC #9 (MR)     $2.99
JUN140495     RAT QUEENS #8 CVR A JENKINS (MR)     $3.50
AUG140597     SKULLKICKERS TP VOL 05 DOZEN COUSINS & A CRUMPLED CROWN     $16.99
JUL140517     SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 01 HERE WAS A MAN (MR)     $9.99
AUG140686     TECH JACKET #4     $2.99
AUG140566     WALKING DEAD #132 (MR)     $2.99
JUL148487     WAYWARD #1 2ND PTG (MR)     $3.50
JUL140594     WITCHBLADE #178 CVR A BRAGA     $3.99
JUL140595     WITCHBLADE #178 CVR B CHRISTOPHER     $3.99

IMAGE COMICS/MCFARLANE TOYS

MAY140761     RABBIDS INVASION PLUSH WITH SOUND SER 1     PI

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

MAY141546     ACG COLL WORKS ADV INTO UNKNOWN HC VOL 09     $47.99
JUN141386     ACG COLL WORKS ADV INTO UNKNOWN SLIPCASE ED VOL 09     $64.99
JUL141004     ADVENTURE TIME #32     $3.99
JUN140986     ADVENTURE TIME MATHEMATICAL ED HC VOL 04     $34.99
JUL141044     ALONE GN VOL 02 MASTER OF KNIVES     $11.95
JUL141051     AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE #3 (MR)     $3.50
JUL141045     ANTARES TP VOL 05     $11.95
JUL141483     ARMOR HUNTERS #4 CVR B FOWLER (AH)     $3.99
AUG141710     ARMOR HUNTERS AFTERMATH #1 REG CVR BERNARD     $3.99
JUN141284     BABY SITTERS CLUB GN VOL 02 TRUTH ABOUT STACEY NEW PTG     $10.99
JUL140928     BAD KIDS GO TO HELL TP VOL 02 (MR)     $14.99
JUL141281     BIRD & SQUIRREL GN VOL 02     $8.99
JUN141339     BLACK METAL OMNIBUS GN     $24.99
AUG141341     BLOOD QUEEN #5 CVR A ANACLETO (MR)     $3.99
AUG141342     BLOOD QUEEN #5 CVR B YONAMI (MR)     $3.99
AUG141731     BLOODSHOT #24 REG CVR SANDOVAL     $3.99
AUG141658     BLUE MORNING GN VOL 01 (MR)     $12.99
AUG141659     BLUE MORNING GN VOL 02 (MR)     $12.99
AUG141660     BLUE MORNING GN VOL 03 (MR)     $12.99
AUG141661     BLUE MORNING GN VOL 04 (MR)     $12.99
AUG141576     BRIDES OF HELHEIM #1 (MR)     $3.99
JUN141136     CHAOS #1 CAMPBELL FIRST PTG SGN TIM SEELEY     $29.99
AUG141295     CHAOS #6 CVR A SEELEY     $3.99
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AUG141149     CLOAKS #2     $3.99
JUN140919     CRITICAL HIT #1 (MR)     $3.99
JUL140886     CROSSED BADLANDS #62 (MR)     $3.99
JUL140889     CROSSED BADLANDS #62 FATAL FANTASY CVR (MR)     $3.99
JUL140888     CROSSED BADLANDS #62 TORTURE CVR (MR)     $3.99
JUL140887     CROSSED BADLANDS #62 WRAP CVR (MR)     $3.99
JUL141266     CRUZADER AGENT OF THE VATICAN HC (MR)     $19.99
AUG141291     CRYPTOZOIC MAN TP VOL 01     $17.99
AUG141281     DAMNATION CHARLIE WORMWOOD #1     $3.99
JUL141331     DASH #1     $3.99
JUL141162     DAWN VAMPIRELLA #1 SILVER ELITE ED LINSNER SGN     $69.99
JUN141137     DEJAH OF MARS #1 ULTRA RARE RISQUE SGN RAHNER (MR)     $50.00
JUL148296     DELINQUENTS #1 2ND PTG     $3.99
JUN141427     DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 REG GLASS     $3.99
JUN141428     DOCTOR WHO 11TH #3 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO     $3.99
JUL141218     DOCTORS GN     $16.99
JUN141450     EVIL INC ANNUAL REPORT TP VOL 01     $14.99
JUN141451     EVIL INC ANNUAL REPORT TP VOL 02     $14.99
JUL141307     FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 42     $10.99
JUL140850     FEARLESS DAWN EYE OF THE BEHOLDER ONE SHOT (MR)     $3.99
AUG141153     FICTION SQUAD #1 MAIN CVRS     $3.99
AUG141216     GARFIELD #30     $3.99
JUL141597     GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 A CVR MALSUNI (MR)     $5.99
JUL141598     GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 B CVR MYCHAELS (MR)     $5.99
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JUL141600     GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2014 D CVR ANDOLFO (MR)     $5.99
AUG141832     GFT MASUMI #3 A CVR TOLIBAO (MR)     $3.99
AUG141833     GFT MASUMI #3 B CVR PANTALENA (MR)     $3.99
AUG141834     GFT MASUMI #3 C CVR CARDY (MR)     $3.99
JUN141327     GIVE TO THE HEART GN VOL 01 (MR)     $11.99
AUG141105     GOD IS DEAD #21 (MR)     $3.99
AUG141106     GOD IS DEAD #21 CARNAGE WRAP CVR (MR)     $3.99
AUG141107     GOD IS DEAD #21 END OF DAYS CVR (MR)     $3.99
AUG141108     GOD IS DEAD #21 ICONIC CVR (MR)     $3.99
MAY141548     HARVEY HORRORS BLACK CAT MYSTERY SOFTIE TP VOL 04     $24.99
JUL140046     HCF 2014 ANGRY BIRD COMICS MINI COMIC PACK     PI
JUL140040     HCF 2014 ARCHIE BETTY & VERONICA MINI COMIC PACK     PI
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JUL140050     HCF 2014 LITTLE BATTLERS EXPERIENCE MINI PACK     PI
JUL140048     HCF 2014 MERMIN MINI PACK     PI
JUL140044     HCF 2014 PLANTS VS ZOMBIES TIMEPOCALYPSE MINI PACK     PI
JUL140038     HCF 2014 VAMPLETS UNDEAD PET SOCIETY MINI COMIC PACK     PI
AUG141470     HIP HOP FAMILY TREE GN BOX SET 1975-1983     $59.99
AUG141286     HOLMES VS HOUDINI #1 A CVR CAMPBELL     $3.99
AUG141287     HOLMES VS HOUDINI #1 B CVR WORLEY     $3.99
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JUL141183     HOSPITAL SUITE GN (MR)     $22.95
JUL141047     IRS TP VOL 03 SILICIA INC     $11.95
AUG141356     JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES WAR CRY #5     $4.99
AUG141177     JIM HENSON MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW HC     $24.99
JUL141422     LAIKA SC     $10.99
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FEB142548     MINECRAFT OFFICIAL MOJANG CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK HC     $7.99
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JUN141170     MOOMIN ON THE RIVIERA GN     $9.95
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AUG141385     NEW VAMPIRELLA #5 MAIN DODSON     $3.99
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AUG141537     PIRATES OF THE SILVER COAST HC     $17.95
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MAY141608     POWER OF TANK GIRL OMNIBUS TP     $24.99
JUN141390     PRE CODE CLASSIC STRANGE WORLDS SLIPCASE ED HC VOL 02     $64.99
MAY141552     PRE CODE CLASSICS STRANGE WORLDS HC VOL 02     $47.99
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JUL140999     REGULAR SHOW #15     $3.99
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APR140993     SECRET HISTORY OMNIBUS HC VOL 03 (MR)     $34.99
JUL140940     SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #13     $3.99
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JUL140751     SING NO EVIL HC GN     $24.95
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MAGAZINES
JUN140925     BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #12 (MR)     $4.99
JUL141740     CINEFEX #139     $12.50
AUG141955     COMIC SHOP NEWS #1424     PI
JUN141681     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #41 THE RETURN #1     $20.00
JUL141703     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #42 NEW ADV OF BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES     $20.00
JUL141704     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #43 BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES MARK II     $20.00
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APR141671     NEWTYPE JUL 2014     $16.00
MAY141874     RUE MORGUE SPECIAL #2 HORROR MOVIE HEROES     $14.95
AUG141968     SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #94     $8.95

BOOKS
JUL141700     ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS HC VOL 03 SHOULDNT YOU BE IN SCHOOL     $16.00
JUL141626     ART OF JIM BURNS HYPERLUMINAL HC     $34.95
AUG141847     ART OF PINTURERO SC (MR)     $14.95
AUG141752     ART OF VAMPIRE KNIGHT HC     $24.99
APR141077     ART OF VAMPIRELLA DYNAMITE YEARS HC     $39.99
JUL141641     BATMAN YEAR BY YEAR VISUAL CHRONICLE HC     $50.00
AUG141885     COMPENDIUM OF FANTASY ART TECHNIQUES STEP BY STEP GUIDE SC     $29.99
AUG141886     DIGITAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES SC VOL 06     $49.99
MAY141825     GREMLINS GIZMO MINATURE KIT     $9.95
JUL141701     I AM ALBERT EINSTEIN YR HC     $12.99
JUL141678     JAMES BOND ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATED ED HC     $40.00
AUG141906     NICOLAIDES NATURAL WAY TO DRAW SC NEW PTG     $16.95
AUG141471     SUPERTRASH SC HERMAPHRO CHIC MOVIE FETISH ART (MR)     $29.99
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JUL141696     WALKING DEAD MMPB VOL 03 FALL OF GOVERNOR PT 1     $7.99
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JUL142582     WARHAMMER 40K FALSE GODS MMPB NEW ED     $9.99
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Saturday, September 27, 2014

I Reads You Review: SUPREME BLUE ROSE #1

SUPREME BLUE ROSE #1
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics

WRITER: Warren Ellis
ARTIST: Tula Lotay
LETTERS: Richard Starkings
28pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (July 2014)

Rated M / Mature

Supreme created by Rob Liefeld

It's true.  About two decades ago, I read a few comic books featuring Supreme, Rob Liefeld's version of Superman, produced for his company, Extreme Studios, and published by Image Comics.  Actually, until I recently read that Supreme was Liefeld's version of Superman, but more aggressive than the Man of Steel, I did not remember much of anything about the character or his comic books.

Now, there is a new Supreme comic book, Supreme Blue Rose written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Tula Lotay.  It is like nothing any of the original Image Comics founders could have imagined one of their comic book would be.

Supreme Blue Rose #1 introduces a young woman named Diane Dane.  We first meet her in her dream world, where a wheelchair-bound young man warns her not to trust someone named Darius Dax.  Back in reality, Diane is an unemployed journalist with no job prospects or even expected freelance assignments.  Diane visits National Praxinoscope Company, where she meets Darius Dax.  He has a job for her – find Ethan Crane, and the payout for doing so could be as high as one million dollars.

I am intrigued by Warren Ellis' concept, as I usually am by his comic books.  However, I sometimes find my intrigue turning into disinterest when “this sounds cool,” turns into “where are you going with this.”  Honestly, I don't know if I want to make an effort to keep reading Supreme Blue Rose, but then again, may I will read more.  I find that Ellis keeps me curious, and there are not too many comic book creators that make me curious and intrigued.

I love Tula Lotay's art and graphics for this series, especially the illustration-design combination that yields the cover for Supreme Blue Rose #1.  On the interior art, the combination of traditional inking and digital inking creates graphical storytelling that engages the imagination, so I could not help but want to read this art.  There is also a sketchbook section in this first issue that opens the door on the illustrative thought process behind Supreme Blue Rose.

I think some people will like Supreme Blue Rose, obviously.  Others may be surprised, once again, by what imaginative comic book creators can do with Rob Liefeld's creations.

B

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Review: WAYWARD #2

WAYWARD #2
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics

STORY: Jim Zub – @jimzub
ART: Steve Cummings @stekichikun
COLORS: John Rauch @John_Rauch and Jim Zub
LETTERS: Marshall Dillon @MarshallDillon
COVER: Steve Cummings and Ross A. Campbell
VARIANT COVER:  Riley Rossmo
28pp, Color, $3.50 U.S.

Additional material by Zack Davisson (@ZackDavisson)

The second issue of Wayward, the intriguing new fantasy comic book series from Image Comics, was just published.  Written by Jim Zub (Skullkickers) and drawn by Steve Cummings, Wayward focuses on Rori Lane, a half-Irish/half-Japanese teen girl who is trying to start a new life in Japan, only to find herself confronted by the ancient creatures that lurk in the shadows of Tokyo.

As Wayward #2 (“Chapter Two”) opens, Rori arrives home late, after a night of craziness in Tokyo, in which she encountered monsters with swords and a warrior-girl.  Now, she has to get ready for her first day at school, which she knows will be difficult.  How difficult will that first day be?  One of her classmates has a secret for which he is willing to kill.

After praising Wayward #1 around the beginning of August, I was a bit concerned that I would be disappointed in Wayward #2.  Writer Jim Zub sent a PDF copy of #2 to the ComicBookBin, and I approached it with trepidation.  I didn't need to worry because #2 kept #1 from being a fluke.  So far, Wayward does indeed look to be one of the year's best new comic book series and one of the best fantasy comic books period.

Advertising copy and promotional material describe Wayward as Buffy the Vampire Slayer for a new generation.  That may be true, but it is certainly a damn good comic book for any generation that can read.  It has the kind of intrigue and sense of mystery that permeate Mike Mignola's Hellboy universe, and it crackles with the kind of magic that fills Harry Potter.  I imagine that quite a few comic book readers will be eagerly awaiting each new issue.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

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MAY140992     WOMEN OF GOLD DIGGER SUMMER VACATION SPL ONE SHOT     $3.99
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JUL141312     XXXHOLIC OMNIBUS TP VOL 03     $19.99
JUL141683     ZOMBIES ON FILM DEFINITIVE STORY OF UNDEAD CINEMA HC     $40.00

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JUN141393     2000 AD PACK AUG 2014     PI
JUN141694     BACK ISSUE #76     $8.95
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JUL141744     LOCUS #644     $7.50
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MAY141628     AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES HC 1970S     $41.95
JUN141620     ART OF GREG SPALENKA HC     $34.95
AUG141858     DARK RISING ART OF ALY FELL SC (MR)     $14.95
AUG141864     DIVAS DAMES & DAREDEVILS LOST HEROINES OF GOLDEN AGE TP (O/A     $16.95
JUL141658     DOCTOR WHO K-9 LIGHT & SOUND FIGURINE & BOOK KIT     $12.95
JUL141643     GI JOE COBRA HISS TANK WITH BOOK KIT     $12.95
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JUL141673     LEGO NINJAGO VISUAL DICTIONARY HC     $21.99
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

I Reads You Review: GRENDEL VS. THE SHADOW #1

GRENDEL VS. THE SHADOW #1 (OF 3)
DARK HORSE COMICS with DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – @DarkHorseComics and @dynamitecomics

WRITER/ARTIST: Matt Wagner
COLORS: Brennan Wagner
LETTERS: Michael Heisler
COVER:  Matt Wagner with Brennan Wagner
VARIANT COVER: Matt Wagner
48pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (September 2014)

Acclaimed comic book writer, artist, and creator Matt Wagner has been producing work that is unique and inventive for just over three decades.  His signature creation is Grendel, which Wagner debuted back in 1982 in the black and white comic book, Primer #2, published by COMICO The Comic Company (or simply Comico).  The most popular iteration of the character is the novelist, assassin, and crime lord, Hunter Rose, the original Grendel.

Recently, Wagner has been writing The Shadow: Year One (Dynamite Entertainment), a miniseries that depicts the beginnings of The Shadow and his war on crime in New York City.  Now, Wagner brings Grendel-Hunter Rose and The Shadow together in Grendel vs. The Shadow, a three-issue miniseries from Dark Horse Comics.

Early in Grendel vs. The Shadow #1, Hunter Rose obtains a mystic artifact, an urn of Chinese origins.  Inside, he finds a scroll, upon which is written the “Eternity Codex.”  Reading the codex somehow causes Rose to be transported to 1930s New York City, and he almost immediately decides that this is a new world to conquer.

Meanwhile, in a crime war brews with news of the impending demise of Don Carlo Luppino.  The “Five Families,” which rule NYC crime are trying to decide who will take over Luppino's operations, and crime boss Lorenzo Valenti sees this as an opportunity to become more powerful.  Meanwhile, The Shadow is trying his best to stop a crime war from happening after Luppino dies.  Into this power keg steps Grendel, a grim reaper slashing his way through mob foot soldiers and lieutenants.  He is sending a message, and The Shadows knows he must stop this mysterious new killer before his actions start a gang war more vicious than any imagined.

I have been a fan of The Shadow for longer than I can remember, probably as long as I've been in love with the Hunter Rose Grendel (and I loved me some Hunter Rose).  Matt Wagner does not disappoint.  I really like this comic book.  Strangely, it seems more like a Shadow comic book than a Grendel comic book or even a Shadow-Grendel comic book.  It is as if Grendel is a guest star in The Shadow's world of pulp-noir violence.

I had planned on reading the first issue and likely not reading the other two issues.  Now, the Shadow knows I plan on reading this entire three-issue, prestige-format series.  Besides my love of the title characters,  Grendel vs. The Shadow is simply a fun comic book to read.  As a kid, I probably would have “creamed my pants” to see this on the table of the little comic book store where I once shopped.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Friday, September 19, 2014

Review: THE VISITORS by Sally Beauman

THE VISITORS
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS/Harper – @HarperCollins

AUTHOR: Sally Beauman
ISBN: 978-0-06-230268-7; hardcovcer (July 8, 2014)
544pp, B&W, $27.99 U.S.

The Visitors is a 2014 historical novel from New York Times bestselling author, Sally Beauman (Rebecca's Tale).  The novel is a re-creation of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter's hunt in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, which eventually led them to Tutankhamun's tomb.  The search is seen through the eyes of a preteen English girl who is visiting the Valley of the Kings.

The Visitors opens in January 1922.  Eleven-year-old Lucy Payne has been in a Cairo for a week with her guardian, Miss Myrtle Mackenzie aka “Miss Mack.”  Lucy is recovering from typhoid, which killed her mother, and Miss Mack hopes that seeing the wonders of Ancient Egypt will stimulate Lucy and help her reengage with the world.

Through her friendship with Frances Winlock, the daughter of an American archaeologist, Lucy enters the inner circle of George Edward Stanhope Molyneaux Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, aka Lord Carnarvon, and Howard Carter, the English archaeologist in charge of Carnarvon's excavations in the Valley of the Kings.  She also meets and befriends Rose and her younger brother, Peter, the children of the beautiful divorcée, Poppy d'Erlanger.  Through these friendships, Lucy becomes a first-hand witness to the intrigue, politics, and passions surrounding Carnarvon and Carter's quest.  Lucy also forms the intimate bonds that will help her survive childhood and later, adult heartbreak.

The selling point of The Visitors in its recreation of the hunt and discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and the aftermath, and much of the novel is about that.  Beauman's account of the hunt for King Tut is, of course, based on history, but some of it is fictional.  Some of the characters are actual people, such as Carter, Carnarvon, Carnarvon's daughter (Lady Evelyn Herbert aka “Eve”), and Frances Winlock and her family.  Other characters are entirely fictional, and these include Lucy, Miss Mack, Rose and Peter, among others.

Still, both the fictional and nonfictional characters are wonderfully drawn.  When book lovers and critics use the term “rich characters,” they are talking about the kind of characters that fill The Visitors.

In a way, The Visitors is also like a girl's adventure novel, with Lucy as the curious and adventurous girl who meets all those wonderful people.  We follow her into Egypt and into the Valley of the Kings, a journey that is atmospheric and offers moments that are intensely spellbinding.

The rest of the novel is set in different time periods.  Some of it is set in 2002 in Lucy's home in Highgate, as the 90-year-old Lucy recalls her Egyptian adventures for an American Egyptologist working on a television documentary about Carnarvon and Carter's search.  The last section (or chapter) of the book, “Part 6: The Book of the Dead,” runs for just over 100 pages.  Here, Lucy of 2002 recalls her life from 1931 to the early 1940s.  In this period of Lucy's life, Beauman creates this book's most poignant storytelling and profound drama.  The rich characters offer the richest character drama in this last part of the book

Sometimes when I read The Visitors, I felt like I was reading three books.  This book is one of those novels in which there are layers of drama and subtext between the lines.  Beauman engages her readers and demands that they see past the surface text.  It is as if she offers us the chance to imagine the story beyond the one we are reading.  The highest recommendation that I can offer for The Visitors is that I did not want it to end.


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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Review: TIME KILLERS - Short Story Collection

TIME KILLERS
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia

CARTOONIST: Kazue Kato
TRANSLATION & ENGLISH ADAPTATION: John Werry
LETTERS: John Hunt, Primary Graphix
ISBN: 978-1-4215-7167-6; paperback (September 2014); Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”
244pp, B&W, $14.99 U.S., $17.99 CAN, £9.99 U.K.

Born in Tokyo in 1980, Kazue Kato is a female manga creator, writer, and illustrator.  Time Killers is a single-volume, standalone, paperback collection of manga short stories that Kato produced in the first decade of her career.  Time Killers is published under VIZ Media's Shonen Jump Advanced imprint.  Time Killers contains 11 manga short stories, mostly in black and white, but there are 13 pages of color manga and art, as well as a fold-out, full-color gate-fold poster.

The stories are whimsical, fantastic, realistic, and genre-bending.  Some are like fairy tales, while others can best be described as “shonen manga.”  “The Rabbit and Me” (a shonen-type tale) introduces Shuri Todo, a teen hit man and assassin who wears a rabbit-eared cowl/mask.  He meets high school student Taira Futamura, a boy who becomes attached to Shuri.  Before long, that connection strengthens in the worst way.

“Tomato” features anthropomorphic animals.  Usakihii Usa, a rabbit guard, and his human partner, Sasuke Futamura, are hired on by Mrs. Oka-no-an, a stout, older female rabbit, to protect her precious tomato farm.  The arrival of thieves reveals connections between the guards and their employer in surprising ways.  In “Astronerd,” 16-year-old Yoshio Fujiko is an “astronerd,” a nerd who loves astronomy.  Now in high school, he has abandoned that in order to fit in with the other kids, but the new girl in school and also an alien invasion will force Yoshio to face the truth.

The story that closes out Time Killers is “The Miyama-Uguisu Mansion Incident.”  Knight No. 387, a demon hunter of the Knights of the Blue Cross, arrives at Miyama-Uguisu mansion to save Monaka Miyama-Uguisu, a young girl who has “the spittle of a demon on her.”  No. 387 is drawn to Monaka, so he tells her the story of a demon who became a demon hunter so that he could protect a young girl who helped and then, befriended him.

I have read a few manga short story collections from a variety of genres (including adult yaoi manga).  The Time Killers manga short story collection is one of the best that I have read, and it is not just because of the variety of genres this collection offers.

The most attractive thing about these stories is that they have heart.  Kazue Kato makes them mean something beyond mere escapism, fantasy, and fantasy-hues.  “Tomato” starts as if it is just going to be a “yojimbo” tale, but Kato takes the characters on a surprising journey of spiritual growth and healing.  There is enough material to turn it into a graphic novel.

“A Maiden's Prayer” is like a beautiful poem that is also a fairy tale.  “A Warrior Born of the Red Earth” could pass for American-produced Western fiction.  “Master and I” is a convincing and effective cautionary tale.

Some may mistake “The Miyama-Uguisu Mansion Incident” as a precursor to Kato's hit shonen manga, Blue Exorcist, but according to the “Author's Note” section at the end of the book, it was produced from unused material for the hit manga series.  In fact, Kato fills her author's note/afterword section with lots of interesting back story about these short stories.  She makes Time Killers a worthwhile, complete collection that has both excellent manga shorts and rewarding extra material.  By the way, the title is a reference to “killing time,” as these stories could be read as pass-times – enjoyable past-times


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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Review: Charles Burns' SUGAR SKULL

SUGAR SKULL
PANTHEON BOOKS – @PantheonBooks @AAKnopf @doubledaypub

CARTOONIST: Charles Burns
ISBN: 978-0-307-90790-5; hardcover (September 16, 2014)
64pp, Color, $23.00 U.S.

Charles Burns is the American cartoonist and illustrator best known for his graphic novel, Black Hole, which was originally published as a comic book series, first by Kitchen Sink Press, and finally by Fantagraphics Books.  His comics short stories have been collected in such book collections as Big Baby and Skin Deep.

His most recent comics work is a graphic novel trilogy that began in X'ed Out and continued in The Hive and now, comes to an end in Sugar Skull.  The long strange trip of a guy named Doug comes to an end that is both mind-bending and heart-wrenching (or pathetic, depending on how you look at it).

In X’ed Out, Burns introduces Doug, a photographic artist who has a head injury of some kind.  One night, he awakens and sees his cat, Inky, who is supposed to be dead.  Doug follows Inky through a hole torn in a brick wall, where he discovers a place called The Hive.  This place is likely an alternate reality that has been induced by the trauma Doug experienced and by the prescription medications he uses.  In the Hive, Doug's persona becomes that of “Johnny,” a version of Nitnit, his performance art alter-ego.

In The Hive, Doug begins working in that nightmarish alternate world as a lowly employee who carts supplies around the Hive.  He also strikes up a friendship with a breeder named Suzy, and that new relationship is almost like another Doug previously had.  Meanwhile, back in reality, Doug slowly transforms from an ambitious young artist into a guy who merely drifts through life, bereft of his hopes and dreams.

As Sugar Skull begins, Doug-as-Johnny is back in the the Hive.  After a troubling encounter with a sow-life creature and her thing-lets, he reunites with a his Hive-chick, Suzy.  However, she is about to undergo a bodily function that disturbs and freaks-out Johnny.  Meanwhile, back in reality, Doug is now fully a lost and ambivalent man, but he lives with Sally, a woman who clearly loves him

Doug has regrets and questions.  What does the Hive represent?  What happened to him? Where is his former girlfriend, Sarah?  As he digs for answers, he seeks out Sarah, who has a surprise for him.  We also finally learn how Doug received the head injury that has put his reality into a crazy, mind-bending, dream/nightmare loop.

I have enjoyed Charles Burns' trilogy of graphic novels.  [I don't know whether to call this “The Hive trilogy” or the “X'ed Out trilogy” or even the “Nitnit trilogy.”]  I like the publishing format for these comic books:  hardcover, large-sized at 8.9 x 11.8 (which is similar to a French album or graphic novel), with a cloth-covered spine and beautifully illustrated end papers.

I found X'ed Out to be especially intriguing and captivating; I could not help but be taken in by the mystery and reality-warping, which seemed straight out of a David Lynch movie.  The Hive was vague and sometimes seemed like filler material, which can be a problem with the middle installment of a trilogy.  I was somewhat frustrated with it.

Four years after I read X'ed Out, Sugar Skull rewards my patience.  Suddenly, the answers pour forth, and they will break your heart.  For all the surrealism of much of story prior to the final volume, this ending is surprisingly human.  Burns depicts the melancholy nature of a promising life that has decided to settle for the mundane.

This trilogy operates on so many levels and layers, and Doug and perhaps a few other characters exist in different persona.  Time, symbolism, and metaphor exist in multiple layers.  Sugar Skull is more grounded than the other books.  It forces reality and consequence, even in the alternate reality.  A “sugar skull” or calavera is a representation of the human skull made out of clay or sugar and is used in the Mexican celebration, Day of the Dead (which takes place over three days beginning on October 31st).

Is Doug dead?  Is he an unreliable narrator?  I don't think that Doug is a deceased character, who is narrating the last of his life.  Rather, he is forced to confront the truth about himself, and that can be more painful than a blow to the head.  Sugar Skull justifies this entire enterprise undertaken by Charles Burns, and it proves that Burns' stories may be strange and intense, but they are not impersonal.  They are unique depictions of the human condition, and, as Sugar Skull shows, they are deeply personal.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 17, 2014

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