Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 6 2010

DARK HORSE COMICS

AUG100028 BALTIMORE PLAGUE SHIPS #3 $3.50

AUG100039 BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER #37 LAST GLEAMING PT 2 (OF 5) JEANTY CV $2.99

AUG100038 BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER #37 LAST GLEAMING PT 2 (OF 5) JO CHEN $2.99

JAN100194 CHOBITS DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED VOL 02 $24.99

MAY100026 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 08 $19.99

AUG100016 STAR WARS OLD REPUBLIC #4 (OF 6) BLOOD OF EMPIRE PT 1 (OF 3) $2.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 6 2010

IMAGE COMICS

JUL100412 FRANKIE STEIN HC $14.99

AUG100425 IMAGE FIRSTS HAUNT $1.00

AUG108012 MORNING GLORIES #2 VAR CVR 2ND PTG (PP #938) $3.50

JUL100419 PERHAPANAUTS TP VOL 00 DARK DAYS $17.99

AUG100506 PILOT SEASON CROSSHAIR #1 $3.99

AUG100519 TOP COW FIRST LOOK TP $4.99

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for October 6 2010

COMICS

JUL101099 14TH DALAI LAMA GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY PUTNAM ED $15.00

JUL100860 28 DAYS LATER #15 $3.99

APR100814 ANCHOR TP VOL 02 $16.99

AUG100775 ARCHIE & FRIENDS TP VOL 06 ARCHIES CHRISTMAS STOCKING $9.95

JUN101145 ART OF NEAL ADAMS SC $24.95

JUL100781 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #208 $2.69

JUL101180 BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO SHONEN JUMP ED GN VOL 05 $9.99

AUG100959 BUCK ROGERS TP VOL 02 $19.99

JUN101210 CHARMED #3 A CVR SEIDMAN $3.50

JUN101211 CHARMED #3 B CVR SHASTEEN $3.50

JUL101257 DC SUPER HEROES ULTIMATE POP UP BOOK $29.99

JUL101168 DENGEKI DAISY GN VOL 02 $9.99

AUG100997 DF GRIMM FAIRY TALES #50 EXC LTD CVR $6.99

JUL100989 DF INVADERS #1 EXCL CVR $10.00

JUN101065 DISNEY FAIRIES HC $9.99

APR100819 DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP HC VOL 03 (OF 6) $24.99

JUL101181 EYESHIELD 21 TP VOL 33 $9.99

MAY100980 FAFNER DEAD AGGRESSOR GN VOL 01 $9.95

AUG100915 FISH N CHIPS TP VOL 01 $12.95

AUG100828 FIST STICK KNIFE GUN PERSONAL HIST OF VIOLENCE GN $14.00

AUG101046 FLUORESCENT BLACK GN $24.95

JUN101204 GFT INFERNO #4 (OF 5) $2.99

JUL101039 GOOD NEIGHBORS GN VOL 02 KITH $12.99

JUL101167 GRAND GUIGNOL ORCHESTRA TP VOL 01 $9.99

JUL100930 GREEN HORNET GOLDEN AGE REMASTERED #3 $3.99

MAY101210 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #51 $2.99

JUL101089 HOPELESS SAVAGES GREATEST HITS TP VOL 01 $19.99

AUG101049 HULK 100 PROJECT TP (O/A) $10.00

JUL100870 INCORRUPTIBLE #10 $3.99

JUN100853 IRREDEEMABLE TP VOL 04 $16.99

APR100890 JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES STORM FRONT VOL 02 #3 (RES) $3.99

JUL100784 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #164 $3.99

JUL100797 LADY MECHANIKA #0 CVR A BENITEZ $2.50

JUL100798 LADY MECHANIKA #0 CVR B BENITEZ $2.50

JUL100786 LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #3 $3.99

JUL100950 LONE RANGER #24 $3.99

JUN101053 MATHESON KOLCHAK NIGHT STRANGLER (ONE SHOT) $5.99

JUN100710 MEN OF MYSTERY #83 $29.95

AUG101138 MODESTY BLAISE TP VOL 01 GABRIEL SET UP NEW PTG (O/A) $19.95

JUL101178 NARUTO TP VOL 49 $9.99

JUL101184 NATSUMES BOOK OF FRIENDS TP VOL 04 $9.99

JUN100987 NIPPER TP VOL 01 1963-1964 $16.95

JUL101179 ONE PIECE TP VOL 55 $9.99

MAY100739 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR #1 (OF 4) $3.95

JUL100755 POCKET GOD #1 $3.95

JUL101185 POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 09 2ND ED $7.99

APR100803 POLITICAL POWER TP VOL 01 PRESIDENTS $15.99

JUL101186 PRINCE OF TENNIS GN VOL 39 $9.99

JUL100760 REDBALL 6 GN VOL 01 $14.95

JUL100753 SCRATCH 9 #2 (OF 4) $3.95

JUL101169 SEIHO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TP VOL 02 $9.99

JUN101113 SHAUN OF THE DEAD TP (TITAN ED) $14.95

JUL101188 SLAM DUNK GN VOL 12 $9.99

JUL101331 STAR TREK TNG NIGHTSHADE SC $7.99

JUN100955 STARGATE DANIEL JACKSON #3 $3.99

JUL101189 STEPPING ON ROSES GN VOL 03 $9.99

JUL101190 STRAWBERRY 100 % TP VOL 14 $9.99

AUG101127 STRAWBERRY PANIC OMNIBUS ED GN $14.99

APR100848 TOY STORY #7 $2.99

AUG108028 VERONICA #202 2ND PTG (PP #938) $2.99

JUL101101 VLAD THE IMPALER MAN WHO WAS DRACULA TP $16.00

JUN101041 WHISPERS IN WALLS #3 (OF 6) $3.50

JUL101182 YU GI OH GX GN VOL 05 $9.99

MAGAZINES

JUL101244 BACK ISSUE #44 $7.95

AUG101252 HI FRUCTOSE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY #17 $6.95

JUL101284 RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE #105 $9.95

AUG101133 STAR WARS CLONE WARS MAGAZINE #1 $4.99

MAY101764 WHITE DWARF #367 PI

JUN101771 WHITE DWARF #368 PI

JUL101826 WHITE DWARF #369 PI

Vertigo Unleashes Horror Avalanche for Halloween

This October Vertigo is publishing a slew of titles to send chills down readers’ spines including, AMERICAN VAMPIRE Volume 1, original graphic novels: THE GREEN WOMAN and A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY, a new mini-series: HELLBLAZER-City of Demons, and the ongoing series: iZOMBIE, AMERICAN VAMPIRE, HELLBLAZER, HOUSE OF MYSTERY and the HOUSE OF MYSTERY Halloween ANNUAL #2.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE Vol. 1
This first hardcover volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues #1-5 and follows two stories: one written by Scott Snyder and one written by Stephen King, both with art by Rafael Albuquerque. Snyder’s tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, while King’s story is set in the days of America’s Wild West and tells the origin of Skinner Sweet, the first American vampire—a stronger, faster creature who can walk in the sun.

(Vertigo, Hardcover, 192pg., $24.99, ISBN: 978-14012-2830-5, on sale September 29 comic stores, October 5 book stores)

THE GREEN WOMAN
New York Times bestselling horror novelist Peter Straub resurrects his most sinister creation, Fielding "Fee" Bandolier, the unstoppable serial killer from his acclaimed “Blue Rose Trilogy.” Co-written by Michael Easton, most notably John McBain on ABC’s One Life to Live and illustrated and painted by the award winning comic artist John Bolton, THE GREEN WOMAN is a graphic novel of horror and unrelenting suspense that takes readers deep into the minds of both a serial killer and the police detective whose mission is to bring this monster to justice.

(Vertigo / 152 pgs / color / $24.99 HC / ISBN: 978-1-4012-1100-4 / on sale October 6, 2010 comic store, October 12, 2010 book stores)

A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY
Internationally acclaimed crime novelist Denise Mina and Italian artist Antonio Fuso make their debut with the Vertigo Crime novel A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY. The Usher family struggles to keep up a facade of normalcy that cannot mask a deep and disturbing dysfunction. As they gut their house in the U.K. during a remodeling designed to increase the home’s value, their tenuous family ties quickly tear apart as well. And when the Ushers start dying one by one, of most unnatural causes, A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY takes the reader on a bizarre and often gruesome path leading to a profoundly shocking twist that will haunt you long after the book is done.

(Vertigo / 184 pgs / B&W / $19.99 HC / ISBN: 978-1-4012-1081-6 / On sale October 13, 2010 comic stores, October 19 book stores)

JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER-City of Demons
A 5-issue miniseries from writer Si Spencer and red-hot artist Sean Murphy (JOE THE BARBARIAN). When John Constantine is run over by a truck, it takes a little while for England's nicotine-fueled magus to realize that he's perched between life and death. After a few weeks of hospital rehab, Constantine finds the London streets VERY different from when he left them behind as a series of occult murders and mutilations demands his attention. The common denominator points back to the ER where he was admitted…

(Vertigo / 32 pgs / color / $2.99 / Issue #1 on sale October 13, 2010, Issue #2 on sale October 27, 2010)

I, ZOMBIE
Author Chris Roberson (Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love) and illustrator Michael Allred (Madman) give their unique take on the Zombie Mythos. Told from a female zombie’s perspective I, ZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn “Gwen” Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats the next brain. Along with her best friend Eleanor, a swinging 60s ghost, a posse of vampires who play paintball, a smitten weredog, and a sexy but demented mummy, Gwen ‘zombie girl detective’ sets out to fulfill the dead person’s last request, solve a crime, or right a wrong.

(Vertigo / 32 pgs / color / $2.99 / Issue #6 on sale October 6, 2010)

HOUSE OF MYSTERY Halloween Annual #2
The haunting began last Halloween, but this year, Matt Sturges, Peter Milligan, Mike Carey, Jill Thompson and a hoary host of guest creators deliver even more spine-tingling thrills in the HOUSE OF MYSTERY HALLOWEEN ANNUAL #2! The annual House of Mystery Halloween Party is in full swing when the doorbell rings, which is unusual because a) it's never happened before and b) there isn't a doorbell at the House of Mystery! What does Fig find when she opens the door? A warped trio of kids cursed to trick or treat until the end of time who will spin a tale spanning the years involving many Vertigo favorites such as Hellblazer, Lucifer, Madame Xanadu, iZombie and loads of others!

(Vertigo / 48 pgs / color / $4.99 / on sale October 13, 2010)

Babymouse Want to Be a Cupcake Tycoon

I read Babymouse #13: Cupcake Tycoon

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

VIZ Media Celebrates Naruto's Birthday

JOIN VIZ MEDIA TO CELEBRATE NARUTO’S BIRTHDAY WITH NEW MANGA AND ANIME, SPECIAL CONTESTS, AND FUN EVENTS IN OCTOBER

It’s Naruto’s birthday October 10th, and VIZ Media invites fans to help celebrate the birth of the world’s most popular ninja with the release of the latest volume of the NARUTO manga series, the next NARUTO SHIPPUDEN box set, special coverage in SHONEN JUMP magazine, and a series of fun events planned around the 2010 New York Comic Con and Anime Festival.

NARUTO Volume 49, the latest manga installment, hits retailers on October 5th (rated ‘T’ for Teens, MSRP $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN). In this volume, The Gokage Summit commences, and the five leaders of the strongest villages in the ninja world meet to discuss the fate of their universe and how to deal with the ever-looming threat of the rogue organization, the Akatsuki. Plans are made that will affect Naruto deeply. The new Hokage, the leader of Naruto's village, is not afraid to make the final end move against Naruto's old pal, Sasuke!

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 4 (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) will be available October 19th in Special (MSRP $69.97 U.S. / $99.99 CAN and includes Sasuke figure) and Standard editions (MSRP $49.95 U.S / $71.99 CAN). Team Kakashi's spying mission brings them face to face with the Leaf's most deadly enemy, Orochimaru. Naruto's rage brings forth the Nine-Tailed Fox, but at great risk to both himself and those he cares for the most. With Naruto's rampage quelled, the team continues on to Orochimaru's lair to find Sasuke, but the mysterious Sai has disappeared. Could one of their own be planning the ultimate betrayal?

VIZ Media’s SHONEN JUMP magazine also celebrates NARUTO in its October edition, available now on newsstands, and online! A NARUTO Birthday Sweepstakes is offered where ten lucky fans will win a very special Pakkun backpack filled with exciting premiums including patches, DVD box sets, a collectable figure and more! Also featured is a story on how Naruto will celebrate his birthday, and fun ideas for fans to celebrate theirs. More info is available at: http://shonenjump.viz.com/features/index.php?id=410.

Finally, fans in the New York City area on October 8th are invited to catch the VIZ Media NARUTO Street Team in action. The team will be stationed throughout Times Square during the day and at the 2010 New York Comic Con and Anime Festival at Jacob Javits Convention Center in the afternoon. Come dressed in NARUTO gear to win a prize!

Created by Masashi Kishimoto, NARUTO was first introduced in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan in 1999 and quickly became that country’s most popular ninja manga targeting tweens and teens with more than 100 million copies in circulation to-date. The manga series (rated ‘T’ for Teens) and animated counterpart (NARUTO rated ‘T’ for Teens, and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) are among VIZ Media’s most successful properties and have captivated millions of fans across North America, Europe and South America.

The latest NARUTO SHIPPUDEN anime episodes from Japan are currently available for free viewing at www.VIZAnime.com and Hulu.com. Dubbed episodes are available for download to own through iTunes, PlayStation Network, Amazon, Xbox and more.

For more information on NARUTO please visit the official NARUTO website at http://www.naruto.com/.

Grant Morrison Documentary Tours the Right Coast and the Left Coast

PRESS RELEASE:

This is your chance to see the GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS documentary live with other fans! If you’re near any of these cities, make it your mission to buy a ticket to see this exciting doc:

San Francisco – October 8th through October 13th at the Roxie
NYC – October 9th at Cinema Village (scroll down) with Director / Producer Q&A
Philadelphia – October 15th at the Johnsville Centrifuge with Director / Producer Q&A
Boston – October 17th at the Magic Room with Director / Producer Q&A
LA – October 21st at Meltdown Comics with Director / Producer / Special Guest Q&A

TALKING WITH GODS examines Morrison’s 30-year career and the real-life events that inspired his stories. Featuring extensive interviews with Morrison himself, the film delves into his early days growing up in Scotland, the start of his career in comics, the crazy years of the '90s as his life and his comics became enmeshed, and his recent attempts to turn social darkness and personal troubles into compelling comics. The film also gives insight into his creative process, including a look into his vaunted idea notebooks. Complementing Morrison's own words are interviews with many of his collaborators and colleagues, including Frank Quitely, Warren Ellis, Geoff Johns, Phil Jimenez, Mark Waid, Cameron Stewart, Douglas Rushkoff, Frazer Irving, Jill Thompson, Dan DiDio, and more.