Penny Arcade Year 2005

I read Penny Arcade 6: The Halls Below

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has smart phone apps and they're FREE!).

Sequart's Upcoming "Watchmen" Book Now Available for Preorder

PRESS RELEASE:

Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen is now available for order through comic shops (use Diamond order code AUG101288). The book, edited by Richard Bensam, is currently listed in the books section of August's Previews catalog (page 344) and is set to hit stores in late October.

Minutes to Midnight offers 12 concise essays that examine the legendary graphic novel from varied, sometimes surprising viewpoints:

* Reassembling the Components in the Correct Sequence: Why You Shouldn’t Read Watchmen First, by Walter Hudsick

* Bringing Light to the World: Watchmen from Hiroshima to Manhattan, by Peter Sanderson

* The End Is Nigh: The Limits of Watchmen, by Geoff Klock

* The Smartest Man in the Morgue: Watchmen and “Twelve Notes on the Mystery Story,” by Chad Nevett

* Somebody Has to Save the World: Captain Metropolis and Role Playing Watchmen, by Tim Callahan

* 58 Varieties: Watchmen and Revisionism, Julian Darius

* Some Different Sort of Time: Watchmen as Cinema, by Patrick Meaney

* At Play Amidst the Strangeness and Charm: Watchmen and the Philosophy of Science, by William Ritchie

* The Last Laugh: Understanding Watchmen’s Big Joke, by John Loyd

* How the Ghost of You Clings: Watchmen and Music, by Mary Borsellino

* Blotting Out Reality: Questioning Rorschach, by Gene Phillips

* Nothing Ever Ends: Structural Symmetries in Watchmen, by Jon Cormier

No Watchmen fan or comics scholar should go without this critical analysis of the greatest graphic novel of all time. (Softcover, 6”x9”, 184 pgs, B&W, $19.95 cover price, ISBN 978-0-578-06076-7.)

NOTE: Don't assume your comics store will order copies – some stores might not even notice it in the catalog. The best thing you can do is tell your local retailer ASAP (they have to place orders before the end of August) that you want them to order you a copy. And because we're buried in the catalog, it might help to give them the book's order code, which is AUG101288.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Watchmen and related characters are trademarks of DC Comics. This book is not endorsed by DC Comics.

Morning Glories #1 Sells Out from Distributor

GLORIOUS MORNING


Image Comics announces same-day sellout of MORNING GLORIES #1 at distribution level

Image Comics proudly announces the distribution-level sellout of the first issue of Nick Spencer's MORNING GLORIES, drawn by Joe Eisma with covers by Rodin Esquejo. The second printing of the book Newsarama calls "a trippy, foreboding read that is definitely something unique on the stands" will be available September 1.

"I feel so lucky that MORNING GLORIES has gotten such stupendous support," exclaims Spencer. "Joe and Rodin are doing a bang up job with the art and covers, and the response is beyond compare. I hope that readers stick with the series -- I promise an abundance of electrifying twists and turns!"

MORNING GLORIES: Morning Glory Academy is one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country. But behind its hallowed doors, something sinister and deadly lurks. When six brilliant but troubled new students arrive, they find themselves trapped and desperately seeking answers in a place where nothing is what it seems to be!

MORNING GLORIES #1 Second Printing, a 44-page full-color comic book for $3.99, will be available September 1, 2010.


Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

20th Century Boys the Faceless Boy

I read Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Vol. 10

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

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for August 11 2010

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