Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 13, 2021

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

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#IReadsYou Review: USAGI YOJIMBO #1

USAGI YOJIMBO No. 1 (2019)
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

CARTOONIST: Stan Sakai
COLORS: Tom Luth
LETTERS: Stan Sakai
EDITOR: Bobby Curnow
COVER: Stan Sakai
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer; Walter Simonson with Laura Martin; Kevin Eastman with Tomi Varga; Maria Caligari; Chris Johnson; Mike Choi; J. Scott Campbell with Nei Ruffino; J. Scott Campbell; Alex Kotkin with Ivan Nunes; Mike Vasquez; Charles Vess; Tessa Rose; Buzz with Brittany Peer; Ian Nichols; Stan Sakai and Tom Luth; Stan Sakai with Tom Luth; Stan Sakai and Tom Luth with Emi Fujii and Matt Enterline; Linh Nguyen
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2019)

Usagi Yojimbo created by Stan Sakai

“Bunraku” Part One

Usagi Yojimbo, which means “rabbit bodyguard,” is an anthropomorphic rabbit ronin who is sometimes hired as a bodyguard.  His adventures take place in Edo-era Japan (specifically the 17th century).  Created by Stan Sakai, Miyamoto Usagi first appeared in the small press comic book, Albedo Anthropomorphics #2.  He is the star of a long-running comic book series, Usagi Yojimbo, which has previously been published by Fantagraphics Books (1987-1993), by Mirage Publishing (1993-1995), and by Dark Horse Comics (1996-2018).

Now, Usagi Yojimbo has a new publisher, IDW Publishing.  This 2019 iteration of the venerable creator-owned comic book title is also the first ongoing Usagi Yojimbo comic book series to be published in full-color.  Once again the series is written, drawn, and lettered by creator Stan Sakai, and is colored by Tom Luth.

Usagi Yojimbo #1 opens with Sasuke, the fox who is a demon hunter, swordsman, and archer.  He is in the middle of a battle against “the demons of Mount Funai.”  Then, Lord Shoki the Demon Queller (the ghost who is also Sasuke's mentor) appears and sends Sasuke to the town of Kuroyama Mura.  Meanwhile, Usagi (“Usagi Yojimbo”) is already in town and is enjoying a “Bunraku” (a classical form of Japanese puppet theater), unaware of how close he is to the evil that Sasuke seeks.

Every single time I have read a Usagi Yojimbo comic book or story, I have enjoyed it – sometimes immensely.  Yet I cannot explain why I have read Usagi Yojimbo so little over the past three decades.  So I thought that this series relaunch at IDW was the perfect time to reengage this beloved samurai rabbit.  So how is the new comic book?

It's good, of course.  I am quite intrigued by this opening chapter in what will be an introductory three-issue arc, apparently before a longer story arc begins.  I don't think I'm telling people who have previously read Usagi Yojimbo something they don't already know.  Stan Sakai is an accomplished comic book creator, artist, and illustrator, and his comic books have always shown that.  Tom Luth, himself and accomplished comic book illustrator and colorist, also does good work here, of course.

What I can say is that readers unfamiliar with Usagi Yojimbo will find, in this new series, high-quality and delightful comic book storytelling.  Usagi Yojimbo often has the timeless quality that classic fantasy literature has.  If you are only interested in superhero comic books, dear reader, you may find that Stan Sakai and his samurai rabbit can still capture your imagination.

8 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 13, 2019

DC COMICS

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I Reads You Juniors November 2018 - Update #70

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From TripWire:  Here is an video interview of Mike Mignola conducted by TyRuben Ellingson.

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics offers discounts on its initial "Ink" and "Zoom" imprint titles.

From BleedingCool:  Brett Warnock, co-founder of Top Shelf Productions, is returning to comic books.  He left Top Shelf after it was bought by IDW Publishing.

From Newsarama:  On December 7th and 8th, 2018, legendary DC Comics writer and editor, Dennis "Denny" O’Neil, will be honored for his “lifetime of achievements in pursuing causes of peace and justice” during an appearance at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.  O'Neil is famous for his social and political work on the title "Green Lantern/Green Arrow."

From Farlaine:  Studio Farlaine is having a "Cyber Monday" sale on the most excellent "Farlaine the Goblin" graphic novels - all 7 books for $25 with free shipping in the United States.

From BleedingCool:  "Credo - The Rose Wilder Lane Story" by Peter Bagge to be published by Drawn & Quarterly in March 2019.

From CBR:  HBO has started dropping teasers for its "Watchmen" TV series.

From Nerdist: Classic manga, "Fruits Basket" being adapted as anime series by Filmation that will be overseen by the creator of the manga, Natsuki Takaya.

From THR:  Next year will be the 100th anniversary of the debut of the character. "Zorro" (in the Aug 1919 issue of "All-Story Weekly").  American Mythology will mark the occasion with a new horror comic book series, "Zorro: Sacrilege."

From IndieWire:  After making an ass out of himself in remarks he made about comic books in the wake of the death of Stan Lee, Bill Maher tries to clarify.

From BleedingCool:  Mark Millar and Simone Bianchi's "Sharkey the Bounty Hunter," a six-issue miniseries, is due to begin in February from Netflix / Image Comics.

From BleedingCool:  Some Mark Millar / Millarworld / Netflix 2019 updates.

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics will cancel "Sideways," one of its "New Age of DC Heroes," with the issue #13, which is due in February.

From Newsarama:   Marvel Comics has a new line of trade paperback collections under the "Marvel Milestones" banner focused on the X-Men, "X-Men Milestones."

From BleedingCool:  It seems that last weeks of Stan Lee's life were not without trouble.

From PreviewWorlds:  Image Comics announces a second printing for "Bitter Root #1."

From ICv2:  Marvel Comics teases it next epic crossover event, entitled "War of the Realms," which begins in April 2019.

From BleedingCool:  There will be six five issues miniseries spinning out of "Age of X-Man" in February.  This will be done in the style of the 1990s "Age of Apocalypse."

From Forbes:  Recording artist, The Weeknd, sued over his sues of "Starboy" in a comic book collaboration with Marvel Comics.

From Newsarama:  Stan Lee, who died this past Monday, will be honored on the covers of Marvel Comics titles published in December 2018 and January 2019.

From BleedingCool:  February 2019 will see new X-Men comic books.  No word yet on what they will be - ongoing, minis, one-shots?

From Variety:  Hulu is developing a TV series based on George R.R. Martin's book series, "Wild Cards."  Once upon a time, this shared universe series made an appearance in comic books via Marvel's late Epic Comics imprint.

STAN LEE:
MEMORIAM - From TMZ:  TMZ is reporting that Marvel Comics' legendary editor, writer, and creator, Stan Lee, has died at the age of 95, Monday morning, November 12, 2018.

From TCJ:  Fantagraphics Books writes about the recently deceased Stan Lee, "Stan Lee, in Brief."

From BleedingCool:  Everyone reacts to Stan Lee's death.

From NYTimes:  A cartoon obit/memorial for Stan Lee from comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis, drawn by Bill Walko and colored by Howie Noel.

From BleedingCool:  Stan Lee protege Roy Thomas says that Lee was ready to leave this Earth.

From ComicBookBin:  Writer Andy Frisk talks about the time he met Stan Lee in an article from 2012.

From NYPost:  An update on the aftermath of the death of Steve Ditko, who created Spider-Man with Stan Lee and possibly Jack Kirby.

From InformedComment:  Author Juan Cole remembers when Stan Lee showed up at Northwestern University in 1971 to dedicate the university library's collection of comic books, which included Cole's collection.  Lee even wrote and autographed a section of dialogue from a Marvel comic book for Cole.
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From FantagraphicsBooks:  The publisher celebrates Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday with a new comics collection, "Mickey Mouse: The Greatest Adventures.

From BleedingCool:  George R.R. Martin says that he has been struggling with his next "A Song of Fire and Ice" ("Game of Thrones") novel, "Winds of Winters" for years.

From ICv2:  DC Comics will use its "Black Label" imprint to offer reprints of classic prestige and event comic books from the past, like "Watchmen," "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," and "Kingdom Come" to name a few.

From ICv2:  Marvel is celebrating its 80th anniversary next year.  In February, a series of one-shots will see old Marvel characters return, including "Ziggy Pig" and "Silly Seal" who debuted in Krazy Komics in 1942 from Timely Comics (Marvel's predecessor).

MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool:  John Rogers, the president of the San Diego Comic-Con International, died Saturday, November 10, 2018.

From Newsarama:  Who is Nate Grey and what is "Age of X-Man?"

From Previews:  DC Comics revs up for Brian Michael Bendis' revival of "Young Justice," with artist Patrick Gleason.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics maintains its share lead of the North American direct market - by a lot - for October 2018.

From BorneoBulletin:  Original drawings by manga and anime legend, the late Osamu Tezuka, fetch shockingly high prices.

From TheScottishSun:  A 10-year-old Australian boy is selling his comic book around the world.

From NYTimes:  The original art for "Master Race," one of the most EC Comics stories is up for sale at Heritage Auctions.  Written by the Bill Gains and Al Feldstein and drawn by Bernard Krigstein, "Master Race" is one of the most important stories in the history of American comics.

From BleedingCool:  See Kyle Hotz's five covers for "Man Without Fear."  This miniseries is the post-"Death of Daredevil" comic book that debuts in January 2019.

From Newsarama:  Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover will produce "Wrassle Castle," one of several kid's comics titles from Vault Comics' "Myriad" label.

From Facebook:  David Michelinie and Bret Blevins are working on new issues of their wonderful 1985 series, The Bozz Chronicles, published by Marvel's Epic Comics.

From CBR:  Is The Joker queer, straight, or something else.

From BleedingCool:  Editions Albert Rene would like big name comics artists from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to contribute to the 60th anniversary book collection for French and Belgium comics character, "Asterix."

From TCJ:  A look at the dramatic stylistic shift of 1980s/90s comic book artist Vince Giarrano.

From BleedingCool:  There is an exhibition of art by Milo Manara, the Italian comic books writer and artist, in Brussles at the Chatelain gallery.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Rob Liefeld addresses the Deadpool/Deathstroke debate... that he started.

From ANN:  Watch 37 Manga Creators Draw Magazine Poster Together in Video

From HNN:  Cullen Bunn is using Kickstarter to fun his horror comics anthology, "A Passage in Black."

From BleedingCool:  The Kentucky Kroger shooter who killed two elderly African-Americans turns out to be a racist comic book fan who often complained on social media about comic book characters of color.  Of course...

From Facebook:  Charles Vess is touring in support of his book collection of "Earthsea" art.

From ICv2:  Chinese investment bank now majority owner of Dark Horse Comics.

From KyodoNews:  "Attack on Titan" manga to become big Hollywood film.

From FiveBooks:  "Five Books" names the five best books on anime and manga.

From Newsarama:  Todd McFarlane talks about his goals for his upcoming "Spawn" movie and a return to drawing the "Spawn" comic book.

From BleedingCool: The creative teams for the anthology comic book, "Merry X-Men Holiday Special," has been announced.  Chris Claremont has written a Kitty Pryde story for the issue.

From ANN:  Manga writer-artist Kohske asks pirates to stop sharing illegal copies of his manga, "Gangsta."


NOVEMBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From ComicList:  Action Lab for November 2018
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for November 2018
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for November 2018
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for November 2018
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for November 2018
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for November 2018
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2018
From TheOuthousers:  Fantagraphics Books for November 2018
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2018
From BleedingCool:  Lion Forge solicitations for November 2018
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

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SEP181696    COMIC SHOP NEWS [90CT BUNDLE] #1641 (Net)    $PI
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Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 1, 2017

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Review: Starstruck #1 (IDW version)

[IDW Publishing did indeed publish all thirteen issues of their Starstruck re-launch slash re-packaging. Now, the publisher has collected the entire series in an oversized edition (in paperback and hardcover) collecting all thirteen issues with re-mastered art and extras. In conjunction with the release of this collection, I am reprinting my review of IDW’s first issue that I originally wrote for another site.]





STARSTRUCK #1
IDW PUBLISHING

WRITER: Elaine Lee
ARTIST: Michael Kaluta
INKS: Michael Kaluta, Charles Vess
COLORS: Lee Moyer
LETTERS: Todd Klein, John Workman
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S.

In 1980, Elaine Lee, along with her co-writers, Norfleet Lee and Dale Place, saw the off-Broadway production of her stage play, Starstruck. Lee continued the characters and stories of Starstruck in comics form. Written by Lee and drawn by Michael Kaluta (who contributed to the play’s staging), the Starstruck comics were a prequel to the events of the play and revealed the history and relationships between the various characters and introduced new characters. The Starstruck comics first appeared as comic strip series in Heavy Metal magazine in 1982.

Marvel Comics re-published the strips that appeared in Heavy Metal in 1984 as the graphic novel, Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned and Forsaked (Marvel Graphic Novel #13). The graphic novel was followed by a six-issue comic book series published under Marvel’s Epic Comics imprint. Plans by Lee and Kaluta to reprint the previously published Starstruck comics and to add new material resulted in the aborted Starstruck: The Expanded Universe (four issues from Dark Horse Comics, 1990-91), as well as a few stand-alone “Galactic Girl Guides” short story comics in Dave Stevens’s The Rocketeer Adventure Magazine (two issues, Comico Comics, 1988-89).

Now, it seems as if everything that Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta want to release as Starstruck comics will finally see publication because IDW is publishing a new 13-issue Starstruck series. The entirety of Starstruck #1 is previously published material: 15 pages of Starstruck; six pages of “Galactic Girl Guides;” and four pages of supplementary material that explains the Starstruck universe (in a rather obtuse way).

Starstruck is set in a far-flung, alternative future. One might think of it as something like the science fiction and fantasy comics of Moebius, Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! (which Starstruck predates), Zap Comix!, and Star Wars thrown into a blender. A space opera, Starstruck follows the offspring of two powerful houses as they vie for wealth and dominance in a universe that is newly freed from the Incorporated Elysian Republic. Issue one introduces several characters, but focuses on Baron Bajar and his son Kalif and daughter Lucrezia.

Lee’s story and script are complicated and challenging, but fans of space opera will want to dig through this intricate and exotic concept. Of course, having Mike Kaluta, with his decorative, illustrative style, as the artist to visualize Lee’s concepts into comics art is serendipity. Her oblique and outlandish storytelling and his intricate, Pre-Raphaelite graphic scenarios were meant to be together.

As much as I like the main story’s astonishing weirdness, “The Galactic Girl Guides” is the kind of sweet treat I’d want to have on a regular basis. Written as a playful, comic appendage to Starstruck, GGG is simply about girls having fun, playing pranks, and seeking out adventure – the kind of things that most storytelling leaves to boys. Unlike the main narrative, in which Kaluta pencils and inks the art, Charles Vess inks Kaluta’s pencils, and the resulting difference in look makes GGG seem like a more traditional kid friendly comic book than Starstruck.

Before this review ends, I must call attention to painter Lee Moyer’s glorious new coloring for this rebirth of Starstruck. I’d buy this comic book just to see more of the color splendor found on pages 6-7.

A-