Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 8 2011

MARVEL COMICS

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IDW from Diamond Distributors for June 8 2011

IDW PUBLISHING

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Dark Horse from Diamond Distributors for June 8 2011

DARK HORSE COMICS

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Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 8 2011

IMAGE COMICS

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Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for June 8 2011

COMICS
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Jim Woodring Touring to Support "Congress of the Animals"

Jim Woodring Convenes Congress of the Animals Northwest Book Tour

June 1, 2011 – Seattle, WA. Iconoclastic cartoonist Jim Woodring will be touring the Northwest in June behind the release of his latest masterpiece, Congress of the Animals. Woodring will appear in Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle to sign books and illuminate the allusions in his second full-length graphic novel.

In Congress of the Animals we are treated to the pitiful spectacle of Woodring’s signature protagonist Frank losing his house, taking a factory job, falling in with bad company, fleeing the results of sabotage, escaping in an amusement park ride, surviving a catastrophe at sea, traveling across hostile terrain toward a massive temple seemingly built in his image, being treated roughly by gut-faced men and intervening in an age-old battle in a meadow slathered in black and yellow blood. We trust the artist’s book tour will be more sedate.

Woodring’s journey begins at midnight on Saturday, June 5 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. Woodring will demonstrate his giant pen, discuss his work, and sign books as part of the unorthodox “Nightshift” festival of art. The tour continues on Friday, June 10 with a book signing at the illustrious Powell’s City of Books in Portland, OR at 7:30 PM. Woodring returns to Seattle on Saturday, June 11 where he will appear at 1:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery as part of the amazing Georgetown Carnival. He concludes the Northwest leg of his tour with a signing at Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill in Seattle on Thursday, June 30 at 7:00 PM.

Don’t miss an opportunity to meet America’s most visionary cartoonist. Look for more public appearances by this remarkable artist as the summer progresses.

Slam Dunk Survival Game

I read Slam Dunk, Vol. 16 (Slam Dunk (Viz))

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

Bleach Higher than the Moon

I read Bleach, Vol. 35

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

Vampire Knight: Yuki Cross Will Go Kervorkian on Your Ass

I read Vampire Knight, Vol. 12

I  posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

X-Men: First Class Film Gets Reviewed

I saw X-Men: First Class yesterday, and I loved it.  If you're curious, you can read my review at my blog, Negromancer.

Valiant Entertainment Announces Return of Valiant Comics

VALIANT COMICS TO RETURN; FORMER MARVEL CEO BECOMES CHAIRMAN

Company Announces Investment and Expansion of Management Team

New York, NY – June 2, 2011 – Valiant Entertainment, the character-based entertainment company with more than 1,500 characters in its library, announced it will reintroduce the critically acclaimed Valiant Universe in print and digital comics in 2012. Valiant has hired accomplished industry executives and creative talent to expand its management team. The first announcement is that former Marvel CEO and Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo has assumed the role of Chairman of Valiant.

Valiant Entertainment, co-founded by Jason Kothari and Dinesh Shamdasani, has received a capital infusion from private investment company Cuneo & Company, LLC. Peter Cuneo, Managing Principal of Cuneo & Co., recently concluded ten years of leadership at Marvel Entertainment, which achieved one of the most extraordinary turnarounds in entertainment history during that period. His tenure with Marvel concluded with Marvel’s sale at the end of 2009 to The Walt Disney Company for over $4 billion. Gavin Cuneo, Principal of Cuneo & Co., was an investment banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch prior to the founding of Cuneo & Co. He has spent over ten years working in investment banking and investment management and has been appointed to Valiant’s Board of Directors. Peter and Gavin Cuneo are working closely with Valiant’s expanded management team to usher in the new era of Valiant.

“I am excited to be partnering with Peter and Gavin,” said CEO Jason Kothari. “Peter’s decade of leadership at Marvel, Gavin’s decade of experience on Wall Street, and their highly active roles with Valiant will be integral to our expansion.”

“The strength of the management team which Jason has created and the quality of the characters owned and controlled by the company have made this an extremely attractive and exciting investment,” said Peter Cuneo.

“We see a great opportunity in today’s comic book industry for the emergence of a brand that combines the power of a strong legacy with a first-class creative and business team,” said Gavin Cuneo.

Originally founded in 1989, Valiant Comics quickly became one of the most successful comic book publishers by creating unique and compelling heroes and villains and focusing on storytelling. Valiant characters have been written and illustrated by many of the industry’s most famous creative talents, including Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, Barry Windsor Smith, Joe Quesada, Jim Lee, Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Steve Ditko, Mike Mignola and Neal Adams, among many others. Previously named Publisher of the Year by Diamond Comics Distributors, Valiant characters have sold over 80 million comic books. After creating some of the most popular comic book characters, Valiant was acquired by video game company Acclaim Entertainment. Acclaim used the characters as the basis for a number of successful video game franchises. Acclaim went out of business in 2005 due to issues unrelated to Valiant, including the loss of key sports video game licenses. This enabled Valiant Entertainment to acquire all the rights to the Valiant Comics library at the end of 2007. Valiant Entertainment began operations in 2008 and has made significant progress in the licensing and development of major motion pictures that will be communicated in the coming months. Valiant now expands into publishing.

“We have been planning the reintroduction of the Valiant titles for some time and I’m excited to announce our scheduled launch for 2012,” said Director Dinesh Shamdasani. “Cutting-edge characters and stories were the core tenants of the original Valiant and are the core tenants of the new Valiant.”

“Valiant owns and controls a universe of some of the most recognizable characters in the comic world,” added Peter Cuneo. “To this day, despite interruptions in its history, Valiant has retained an extremely passionate fan base. We are keenly focused on bringing the original Valiant Universe back for these fans as well as introducing these powerful characters and stories to new readers.”


About Valiant Entertainment
Valiant Entertainment is a character-based entertainment company that owns and controls some of the most cherished comic characters ever created across all media, including film, television, video games, new media, publishing, and consumer products. Since their creation in 1989, Valiant characters have sold 80 million comic books and have been the basis of a number of successful video game franchises. Valiant’s extensive library includes over 1,500 characters, such as X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, and Ninjak. Visit http://www.valiantentertainment.com/.

Sakura Hime, Why Did You Choose Me?

I read Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura, Vol. 2

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has some FREE smart phone apps).

VIZ Media Fights Illiteracy and Fosters Manga Love

VIZ MEDIA OFFERS LIBRARIANS FREE HEROES OF MANGA LIBRARY KITS

New Kits Highlight Popular VIZ Media Manga Properties And Help Foster Literacy And A Love Of Japanese Pop Culture Among Library Patrons Of All Ages

San Francisco, CA, June 2, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, gives librarians across the country a useful new tool to promote reading, literacy and love of manga (graphic novels). The company has made available Heroes of Manga Library Kits, full of items to entice patrons to explore the exciting world of Japanese pop culture and comics.

Manga is one of the most requested categories in libraries today. The Heroes of Manga Library Kit features some of VIZ Media’s most popular properties, such as NARUTO, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN and POKÉMON, designed for a range of readers from All Ages to Young Adult. Each library kit contains 50 book covers, 300 bookmarks, 50 buttons, 5 assorted VIZ Media bags, and a full-color poster featuring NARUTO, and is available for FREE to library professionals. For more information, or to receive a kit, please submit information here before June 8, 2011. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

“VIZ Media celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year and throughout our history, we have made it our mission to help fans of all ages foster a love of reading through manga,” says Candice Uyloan, Director of Marketing. “Our latest campaign provides librarians with a free Heroes of Manga Library Kit that contains a variety of fun premiums that highlight some of our most popular properties. Our first efforts to promote the kits resulted in such an enthusiastic response that we have decided to extend the program and increase the number of kits produced. We invite librarians to send in for their free kit today and use the goodies exclusively created for them to inspire their patrons to explore the exciting world of comics from Japan!”

VIZ Media manga titles are regularly recognized by leading library associations for their imaginative stories and high quality. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) recently recognized several notable VIZ Media manga titles recommended for those ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teen readers. For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the U.S. leader in selecting books, videos, and audio books for teens.

For more information on VIZ Media manga titles, please visit www.viz.com/manga.

Matthew Vaughn's "Stardust" the Review

I'm still in the process of reposting reviews that were on my old site, Negromancer, to the the new, blog version.  Since X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn, is in theatres today, I posted my review of Vaughn's film adaptation of Stardust, the illustrated novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.

Leroy Douresseaux on ABATTOIR #5

ABATTOIR #5 (OF 6)
RADICAL PUBLISHING

CREATOR: Darren Lynn Bousman
CONCEPT: Michael Peterson
WRITERS: Rob Levin and Troy Peteri
PENCILS: Hugo Petrus
COLORS: Andrei Pervukhin and Drazenka Kimpel
LETTERS: Troy Peteri
COVER: Tae Young Choi
28pp, Color, $3.50 U.S.

American filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman directed Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV. His latest creation is Abattoir, a horror comic book miniseries from Radical Publishing.

Set in the late 1980s, Abattoir follows real estate agent, Richard Ashwalt, who was struggling to sell a house where a brutal massacre took place. Richard falls into a murderous conspiracy involving a strange old man named Jebediah Crone who buys the house in spite of Richard’s best efforts to stop him. Soon, Richard is also the lead suspect in a homicide investigation.

In Abattoir #5, Richard’s friend and former colleague, police Detective Al Sperry, continues his investigation of Crone. Sperry receives a visit from a very strange old man with intimate knowledge of just how much darkness is behind Crone. Meanwhile, Richard finds the horrible mansion Crone has built, or has he?

I said before that Abattoir is a comic book that reads like a horror novel or suspense thriller. I’ve also said that the series improves with each issue, but #5 is the least of the series yet. The part of #5 that deals with the old man recounting his past with Crone to Detective Sperry is riveting and intriguing, and I wanted more. The half of the story that belongs to Richard’s surreal journey into manse Crone is part good and part story padding. Still, it does set up for a potentially great final issue.

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Rasetsu the Final Volume

I read Rasetsu, Vol. 9

I posted a review in the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

Library Wars the Phony Do-Gooders

I read Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 5

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

Leroy Douresseaux on HATE ANNUAL #9

HATE ANNUAL #9
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

CARTOONIST: Peter Bagge
COLORS: Joanne Bagge
28pp, Color, $4.95

It’s one of my favorite times of the year, whenever it is that it happens during the year. It’s time for our annual dose of Hate because the new Hate Annual is out!

Hate Annual #9 opens to find Buddy Bradley and his wife, Lisa Leavenworth-Bradley, enjoying the American dream… or some off-kilter, but nonetheless sweet version of it. In “Heaven,” Buddy is a thriving businessman with Buddy & Jay’s Scrap Metal Emporium, a business he owns with his pal, Jay. Lisa is happy (or as happy as she is capable of being) and their son, Harold, is a thriving, red-bloodied American boy.

Next up is “Hell,” which depicts a trip to Seattle to visit Lisa’s parents. They find Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, perverted relatives, swinging neighbors, a shady “brother,” and more dysfunction than the law should allow. Plus, Bagge takes on the modern state of the state in “The Home of the Brave,” and he gives readers the all-you-need-to-know about Belgium in “Stuff I Know About Belgium.”

Readers needing their Peter Bagge and/or Hate fix will always get it, to some degree, in the Hate Annual. Hate Annual #9, however, is one of the better editions, and that’s probably because of what Bagge presents here. “Heaven” and “Hell” appeases by giving us a peak at what’s going on in Buddy’s life right now, but we also get a hefty narrative that gives us something akin to the classic madness that was Buddy and Lisa’s life in Seattle.

“Heaven” is fluffy and sweet, and I must admit to being happy that Buddy is happy and doing fairly well. “Hell” offers what Bagge has always been good at – character writing. He can nail down a character in just a few panels, so even bit players can have a major impact in shaping the story. The “Hell” installment of Buddy and Lisa Bradley’s adventures is simply good stuff and makes me miss Hate even more.

Meanwhile, Bagge’s sharp wit and knack for social commentary and criticism (one of the hallmarks of the original Hate) is evident in “The Home of the Brave.” In eight single-panel cartoons, Bagge skewers the attitudes born of our past decade of hatreds and fears. Bagge can spin satirical gold and poke fun at our national nightmare as well as people paid much more than him for doing it (John Stewart, Stephen Colbert).

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June Reads You

Happy Juneteenth!  Welcome to I Reads You, my blog about the things I read (comics and related books) and about the things I come across worth reading (mostly about comic books, politics, and entertainment). Sometimes I’ll comment on “real” books and the mass media.

I’m Leroy Douresseaux, and I have another blog: http://www.negromancer.com/. I also write for the Comic Book Bin (which has smart phones apps).

All images and text appearing on this blog are copyright © and/or trademark their respective owners.

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 1 2011

DC COMICS

APR110172 ADVENTURE COMICS #527 $2.99

APR110160 BATMAN BEYOND #6 $2.99

APR110189 DC COMICS PRESENTS SUPERMAN INFESTATION #1 $7.99

APR110144 DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #9 $2.99

APR110101 FLASHPOINT #2 $3.99

APR110110 FLASHPOINT ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #1 (OF 3) $2.99

APR110106 FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1 (OF 3) $2.99

APR110108 FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #1 (OF 3) $2.99

APR110112 FLASHPOINT THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #1 (OF 3) $2.99

MAR118259 GREEN LANTERN #64 2ND PTG (WAR OF GL) $2.99

MAR118263 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #58 2ND PTG (WAR OF GL) $2.99

MAR118261 GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #8 2ND PTG (WAR OF GL) $2.99

MAR110403 GREEN LANTERN MOVIE HAL JORDAN BUST $85.00

MAR110402 GREEN LANTERN MOVIE SINESTRO BUST $85.00

NOV100299 GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH COLLECTORS SET $45.00

OCT100342 HEROES OF THE DCU BLACK LANTERN BATMAN BUST $70.00

APR110241 HOUSE OF MYSTERY #38 (MR) $2.99

APR110250 IZOMBIE #14 (MR) $2.99

APR110176 JONAH HEX #68 $2.99

APR110225 LOONEY TUNES #199 $2.99

FEB110210 PLANETARY BATMAN DELUXE HC $22.99

APR110226 SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #10 $2.99

APR110181 SECRET SIX #34 $2.99

APR110184 STATIC SHOCK SPECIAL #1 $2.99

MAR110390 STUCK RUBBER BABY SC NEW EDITION (MR) $17.99

APR110167 SUPERBOY #8 $2.99

MAR110347 SUPERMAN NEW KRYPTON TP VOL 04 $17.99

APR110252 SWEET TOOTH #22 (MR) $2.99

APR110183 WEIRD WORLDS #6 (OF 6) $3.99

MAR110315 WONDER WOMAN #611 $2.99

FEB110205 WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 01 ODYSSEY $22.99

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 1 2011

MARVEL COMICS

APR110595 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #663 $3.99

APR110632 ASTONISHING X-MEN #39 $3.99

APR110576 AVENGERS ACADEMY #14 POINT ONE $2.99

APR110604 AVENGERS THOR CAPTAIN AMERICA OFF INDEX MU #14 $3.99

DEC100649 CAPTAIN AMERICA SERVE AND PROTECT PREM HC $24.99

DEC100650 CAPTAIN AMERICA SERVE AND PROTECT PREM HC DM VAR ED 65 $24.99

MAR110770 CAPTAIN BRITAIN HC VOL 01 BIRTH OF LEGEND $39.99

APR110668 CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #1 (OF 4) (MR) $3.50

APR110559 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BATTLE OF TULL #1 (OF 5) $3.99

APR110736 DEADPOOL CLASSIC TP VOL 05 $29.99

APR110739 ESSENTIAL X-FACTOR TP VOL 01 NEW ED $19.99

APR110534 FEAR ITSELF #3 (OF 7) FEAR $3.99

APR110544 FEAR ITSELF DEEP #1 (OF 4) FEAR $2.99

APR110546 HERC #4 FEAR $2.99

APR110625 HEROES FOR HIRE #8 $2.99

APR110586 HULK #34 $2.99

MAR118209 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #503 2ND PTG LARROCA VAR FEAR (PP #969) $3.99

MAR110794 IRON MAN WAR OF IRON MEN TP $16.99

MAR110695 MARVEL ZOMBIE CHRISTMAS CAROL #1 (OF 5) $3.99

APR110622 MOON KNIGHT #2 $3.99

DEC100644 NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 06 $29.99

APR110732 OSBORN TP EVIL INCARCERATED $16.99

APR110562 OZMA OF OZ #7 (OF 8) $3.99

APR110626 SHIELD #1 $3.99

APR110599 SPIDER-MAN POWER COMES RESPONSIBILITY #3 (OF 7) $3.99

APR110690 THOR TP THUNDERSTRIKE $24.99

APR110554 THUNDERBOLTS #158 FEAR $2.99

APR110657 UNCANNY X-FORCE #11 $3.99

APR110654 WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS MONSTERS AND MUTANTS #4 (OF 4) $2.99

APR110649 X-23 #11 $2.99

APR110659 X-FACTOR #220 $2.99

APR110642 X-MEN #12 $3.99

APR110641 X-MEN GREAT POWER #1 $4.99

APR110697 X-MEN TO SERVE AND PROTECT TP $14.99

IDW from Diamond Distributors for June 1 2011

IDW PUBLISHING

APR110354 30 DAYS OF NIGHT NIGHT AGAIN #2 (OF 4) $3.99

APR110371 DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #5 SEVENTH DOCTOR $3.99

APR110343 GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #2 $3.99

APR110303 JURASSIC PARK TP DEVILS IN THE DESERT $17.99

APR110389 SUICIDE FOREST TP $17.99

APR110313 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #20 $3.99

APR110376 WYNONNA EARP YETI WARS #2 $3.99

Dark Horse from Diamond Distributors for June 1 2011

DARK HORSE COMICS

FEB110023 ALIENS VS PREDATOR THREE WORLD WAR $19.99

APR110033 BPRD DEAD REMEMBERED #3 (OF 3) $3.50

FEB110027 CITIZEN REX HC (RES) $19.99

APR110031 HELLBOY THE FURY #1 (OF 3) MIGNOLA CVR $2.99

APR110026 SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #3 (OF 4) GUY DAVIS CVR $3.50

APR110035 WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #5 (OF 5) $2.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 1 2011

IMAGE COMICS

APR110392 50 GIRLS 50 #1 (OF 4) $2.99

MAR110545 BREED COL VOL 01 BOOK OF GENESIS TP (MR) $17.99

DEC100524 DARKNESS #91 (MR) $2.99

JAN110606 HALCYON #5 (OF 5) $2.99

FEB110460 HAUNT #16 $2.99

MAR118247 INFINITE VACATION #2 (OF 5) VAR CVR 2ND PTG $3.50

APR110508 INTREPIDS #4 $2.99

APR110518 RED SPIKE #2 (OF 5) $2.99

APR110403 REED GUNTHER #1 $2.99

APR110409 SHINKU #1 (MR) $2.99

JUN100473 TURF #5 (MR) $2.99

FEB118160 TURF #5 FORBIDDEN PLANET EXC CVR (MR) $2.99

APR110530 WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #3 (OF 4) (MR) $2.99

APR110525 WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #22 (MR) $2.99

FEB110476 WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #4 (MR) $2.99

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for June 1 2011

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
APR112031 GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #136 PI
APR110001 PREVIEWS #273 JUNE 2011 PI

COMICS
FEB111126 2000 AD PACK APR 2011 $20.00

MAR111235 ABATTOIR #5 (OF 6) (MR) $3.50

MAR111237 ABYSS FAMILY ISSUES #4 (OF 4) $3.50

MAR110869 BETTY #192 $2.99

MAR110871 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #191 $3.99

APR110957 BOYS #55 (MR) $3.99

MAR111335 BRIDES STORY HC GN BOOK 01 (MR) $16.99

APR110894 CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #7 $3.99

JAN110967 COMEBACK KINGS #1 $2.99

MAR111104 CONSTRUCTIVE ABANDONMENT HC $15.95

APR110988 DEAN KOONTZ FRANKENSTEIN PRODIGAL SON TP VOL 02 $16.99

APR110973 DEATH OF ZORRO #4 $3.99

NOV100918 DF INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #500 FRACTION SGN ED $19.99

FEB110836 DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #23 (OF 24) $3.99

DEC100802 DON LAWRENCE WESTERNS LTD HC WELLS FARGO & PONY EXPRESS $50.99

MAR110962 DRACULA COMPANY OF MONSTERS #10 $3.99

DEC100759 FATHOM PRIMER #1 $1.00

FEB110766 FATHOM VOL 4 #0 CVR A KONAT $2.50

FEB110767 FATHOM VOL 4 #0 CVR B KONAT $2.50

OCT100793 FLASH GORDON INVASION O/T RED SWORD #2 $3.99

NOV100741 FLASH GORDON MERCY WARS #0 $2.99

MAR111238 FOSTER BROUSSARD #1 (OF 5) DEMONS O/T GOLD RUSH $3.50

NOV100877 GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #10 $3.99

FEB110755 GRIM GHOST #2 $2.99

MAR111194 HACK SLASH MEETS ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS #1 $3.99

MAR111336 HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY OMNIBUS ED GN DEMON EXPOSING ARC $18.99

NOV100973 HONEY WEST #4 $3.99

APR110879 IRREDEEMABLE #26 $3.99

NOV100879 KEVIN SMITH KATO #10 $3.99

MAR111099 KING OF RPGS GN VOL 02 $10.99

MAR110873 LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #10 JULY 2011 (RES) $3.99

MAR111331 LIFE WITH MISTER DANGEROUS GN (RES) $22.00

MAR111337 MELANCHOLY OF SUZMIYA HARUHI CHAN GN VOL 02 $11.99

MAR111013 MERCHANT OF VENICE CAMPFIRE GN $9.99

JAN110968 MINX #1 $3.99

JAN111175 MOOMIN COMPLETE LARS JANSSON COMIC STRIP HC VOL 06 $19.95

MAR111239 MOON GIRL #2 (OF 5) $3.50

APR111154 PATRICK IN A TEDDY BEARS PICNIC & OTHER STORIES HC $12.95

FEB110757 PHOENIX #2 $2.99

MAR118220 PLANET OF THE APES #1 2ND PTG (PP #969) $3.99

FEB111201 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE ACTIVITY KIT $11.99

DEC100920 QUEEN SONJA #17 $3.99

MAR111339 RAIDERS GN VOL 06 $11.99

MAR111240 RICHELLE MEAD DARK SWAN #1 STORM BORN (MR) $3.99

MAR111012 ROMEO AND JULIET CAMPFIRE GN $9.99

FEB111130 SLAINE LORD OF MISRULE TP $24.99

MAR110876 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #225 $2.99

MAR111340 SPICE AND WOLF GN VOL 04 (MR) $12.99

MAR111341 SUMOMOMO MOMOMO TP VOL 08 $11.99

FEB111118 TOOTH HC $24.99

APR110908 UNCLE SCROOGE #404 $3.99

FEB110873 WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES ARCHIVES TP VOL 01 $14.99

MAR111003 WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #719 $3.99

MAR110880 WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #7 $3.99

FEB110756 WULF #2 $2.99

FEB111298 YOU MIGHT BE A ZOMBIE & OTHER BAD NEWS SC $14.00

FEB111092 ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS #3 $3.99

MAGAZINES
FEB111285 FANGORIA #304 JUN 2011 $8.99
MAR111421 FREAKY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #1 $9.95
FEB111127 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #310 $11.99
JAN111450 SCREAM MAGAZINE #2 $9.00
MAR111444 SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #25 NEWSSTAND ED (NOTE PRICE) $9.99
MAR111445 SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #25 PX ED $9.99

Kamisama Kiss Someone Else

I read Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 3

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

Grand Guignol Orchestra Ma Cherie

I read Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 3

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).

Google eBookstore Has Digital Manga Publishing Titles

Digital Manga Publishing launches on to Google Books!

Gardena, CA (May 25, 2010) - Digital Manga, one of the manga industry's most unique and creative publishers, is proud to announce its digital distribution expansion on to Google Books! http://books.google.com/ebooks

Digital Manga has so far launched over 90 titles from their DMP, Juné, and 801 Media imprints into the Google ebookstore, with more to follow in the coming weeks and months, including popular manga titles like Vampire Hunter D and Maiden Rose. Kindle blocked titles like The Color of Love, Weekend Lovers and The Selfish Demon King, are also available in the Google ebookstore.

Digital Manga believes in the “More the better…” concept where digital distribution to every available online storefront, platform, device or digital distributor can provide easier accessibility and availability to readers who own alternative e-reading devices.

Average pricing for most DMP titles is between $5.95 to $7.95 downloaded to your device. You can find a direct listing of current available Digital Manga titles in the Google ebook store here: http://www.junemanga.com/digitaledition/

Google eBooks is compatible with just about any dedicated ebook reader as it stores your library in their digital cloud. Access, your ebooks using your favorite e-reading device like the Barnes & Noble Nook™ and Reader™ from Sony. Follow the link for an overview of Google’s wide array to read your favorite ebook on your favorite device or platform: http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/overview.html

Google Books also provides FREE online eReading applications to help you browse, purchase and download directly off their sites to your preferred device. Apps for PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, and Android smartphones and tablets are available now.

http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/devices.html

Sample some of the DMP’s titles below now or go to Google eBooks http://books.google.com/ebooks (best keyword search: digital manga, yaoi, manga)

Sample links:
Vampire Hunter D vol.1: http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=uLb7M1yvHNoC#v=onepage&q&f=false

Love Water: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=Q2uwSRq_IxgC&dq=digital+manga&as_brr=5

Same Cell Organism: http://books.google.com/books?id=MlP8mzc9OWwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=same+cell+organism&hl=en&ei=GxXXTeXOHY-WsgO1zfCwBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Digital Manga currently also publishes manga through other storefronts like the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo books and their very own eManga.com. Check back for new manga title releases which will be up on sale over the next few weeks and months through our newsletter, blog, and our other social networking links below.


About Digital Manga Publishing
Located in Gardena, CA, Digital Manga Publishing is one of the industry's most unconventional and innovative companies, specializing in building corporate and cultural bridges from Japan to the Western Hemisphere - specifically through the licensing, importation and preparation of anime (Japanese animation), manga (Japanese comic books) and related merchandise for the North American mainstream and subculture markets. In this capacity, DMI serves as a catalyst for the expansion of Japanese pop culture institutions into global arenas. The company's imprint line includes DMP: its mainstream imprint, DMP PLATINUM: its classic manga imprint, JUNE´: its boys love imprint, 801 MEDIA: its adult boys love imprint, and DokiDoki: its exclusive co-publishing imprint with Shinshokan Publishing.

For more information about Digital Manga Publishing, visit http://www.digitalmanga.com/ as well as:

http://www.emanga.com/
http://twitter.com/digitalmanga
http://www.youtube.com/user/junemanga
http://www.youtube.com/user/801media
http://www.youtube.com/user/digitalmanga
http://www.facebook.com/DigitalMangaInc

The Signifiers on Kickstarter

Following my review of The Signifiers #1 by Michael Neno (published by M.R. Neno Productions), I want to let you know that The Signifiers #2 is listed on Kickstarter.com. The first issue didn't sell enough copies through Diamond Distributors for them to continue distributing it.

The Signifiers #2 will also feature an exclusive interview with cartoonist Tom Scioli (Godland, The Myth of 8-Opus) on the state of comic book distribution, including unpublished art from his wicked webcomic, American Barbarian. Issue #2 will be 52 pages, B&W, with color covers and a $5.95 cover price. Money pledged for this project will be used towards the printing bill and pledgers will receive new copies of The Signifiers #2 as soon as they are printed.

The Kickstarter.com project will only be funded if the goal amount is pledged by June 5th, 2011.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1317514173/the-signifiers-2?ref=live

Leroy Douresseaux on THE SIGNIFIERS #1

THE SIGNIFIERS #1
M.R. NENO PRODUCTIONS

CARTOONIST: Michael Neno
48pp, B&W, $4.95

The Signifiers is a new comic book series from self-publisher, cartoonist, letterer, and comic book creator, Michael Neno. The Signifiers #1 takes me back to the ancient days of my first encounters with comic books.

One of the first things that captured my imagination about comic books was that the pictures they held within their flimsy covers were strange and were full of weird looking things. What has kept me reading comic books for pretty much every year of my life since I was seven (except for about three or four years) is that they are fun to read – even when I don’t completely understand what they are trying to tell me or sell me.

The Signifiers #1 embodies that. Even after two readings, I don’t quite understand it all, but I want more. This old-school, black and white comic book is set in a whacked out universe. The focus is a character named Splash, a Summer of Love-type black youth who must either obey or fight a mysterious force called The Voyst. In another story, Establishment gadfly/advocate, Landlark, the Heat-Seeking Dwarf, must escape his captors, the Polution Pioneers. What awaits him if he gains his freedom is even stranger.

If Jack Kirby and Paul Pope had gotten drunk together and produced a comic book, The Signifiers would be it. Of course, what would also be needed was Stan Lee trippin’ on something so that he could add his obtuse, sometimes fumbling dialogue. In another way, The Signifiers also seem like something that David Lynch and J.J. Abrams would have cooked up with Jack Kirby in mind.

Beyond Kirby, I can’t say for sure who or what influenced The Signifiers, but it has a free spirit and a willingness to go on a journey into the imagination without the weight of other comic books’ expectations and rules. Reading The Signifiers #1 reminded me of the first time I read Love & Rockets (either #8 or #9 of the first volume) in that, like early L&R, The Signifiers has a look that is old, but also new in a strange and exotic way.

This first issue also offers two backups. One of them features Landlark, the Heat-Seeking Dwarf. It is a lovely mixture of Jack Kirby’s New Gods with a funky take on counterculture. The story is strange, but Neno builds that story with thoughtfully drawn graphics and compositions. It is beautiful art. I could see every page of it in a gallery show.


Copies of The Signifiers can be ordered by sending a check or money order for $7.20 ppd. ($7.53 for Ohio residents), $4.95 for each additional copy, to M.R. Neno Productions, P.O. Box 151303, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Copies can also be ordered via PayPal: http://www.nenoworld.com/The_Signifiers_No.1.html

http://www.nenoworld.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/Nenofsky
http://eventized.blogspot.com/

Natsume's Pal of a Water God

I read Natsume's Book of Friends , Vol. 6

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).