Dark Horse from Diamond Distributors for February 9 2011

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAY100100 60TH ANNIV CLASSIC PEANUTS STATUE #3 LUCY $49.95

DEC100062 BPRD HELL ON EARTH GODS #2 (OF 3) $3.50

MAY100101 CLASSIC UNCLE SCROOGE STATUE VOL 02 #3 CASH N CARRY $49.95

NOV100028 CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 09 $49.99

OCT100044 FEMINA AND FAUNA ART OF CAMILLA D ERRICO HC $22.99

SEP100120 OCCULT FILES DOCTOR SPEKTOR ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 $49.99

AUG100062 OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 37 $10.99

NOV100020 STAR WARS OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 01 BLOOD OF EMPIRE $15.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for February 9 2011

IMAGE COMICS

NOV108244 27 (TWENTY SEVEN) #2 (OF 4) VAR CVR 2ND PTG (PP #953) $3.99

NOV100455 27 (TWENTY SEVEN) #3 (OF 4) $3.99

AUG100446 DARK IVORY LTD ED HC $34.99

SEP100462 HACK SLASH MY FIRST MANIAC HC VOL 01 S/N LTD ED (MR) $29.99

DEC100429 HACK SLASH ONGOING #1 LARSEN CVR (MR) $3.50

DEC100428 HACK SLASH ONGOING #1 SEELEY CVR (MR) $3.50

NOV100461 HAUNT #13 (RES) $1.99

NOV100429 HAUNT TP VOL 02 (RES) $16.99

DEC100434 LIL DEPRESSED BOY #1 $2.99

OCT100472 ON THE LINE HC $12.99

DEC108009 SPAWN #200 2ND PTG (PP #955) $3.99

FEB100348 SPAWN #202 $2.99

DEC100446 TYRANNOSAURUS REX ONE-SHOT CVR A $3.99

NOV100472 WALKING DEAD #81 (MR) $2.99

DEC100451 WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #6 (MR) $2.99

DEC108021 WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #1 VAR CVR 2ND PTG (PP #955) $2.99

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for February 9 2011

COMICS

DEC100805 28 DAYS LATER TP VOL 03 HOTZONE $12.99

DEC101041 AMNESIA LABYRINTH GN VOL 01 $10.99

NOV100802 AMORY WARS KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH 3 #8 (OF 12) $3.99

NOV101009 ATOMIC ROBO DEADLY ART OF SCIENCE #3 (OF 5) $3.50

NOV100731 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #211 $3.99

NOV101065 BAKUMAN TP VOL 03 $9.99

NOV100732 BETTY #190 $2.99

NOV101058 BIOMEGA GN VOL 05 (MR) $12.99

NOV101071 BLACK BIRD GN VOL 07 $9.99

DEC100875 BUCK ROGERS ANNUAL #1 (MR) $4.99

DEC100756 CHARISMAGIC #0 COVER A RANDOLPH $1.99

DEC100757 CHARISMAGIC #0 COVER B OUM $1.99

AUG101114 CHE GUEVARA GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY PUTNAM ED $15.00

NOV100697 CHIP SECOND CRACK #3 (OF 3) $3.99

OCT100731 CRYPT OF HORROR #10 $29.95

NOV101077 D GRAY MAN GN VOL 20 (MR) $9.99

DEC100942 DF GRIMM FAIRY TALES MYTHS #1 CAMPBELL EXC CVR $14.99

SEP101010 DF SPIDER-GIRL #1 TOBIN SGN ED $29.99

DEC100704 ELF #1 $3.99

DEC101019 EYE OF THE GODS GN (MR) $10.95

DEC100815 FARSCAPE #16 $3.99

DEC100818 FARSCAPE SCORPIUS TP VOL 02 $12.99

DEC100816 FARSCAPE TP VOL 03 GONE & BACK $12.99

MAR100722 FATHOM BLUE DESCENT #2 CVR B BILLY TAN $2.99

JUL101088 FRENEMY OF THE STATE #4 (OF 5) $3.99

NOV101066 GENKAKU PICASSO GN VOL 02 $9.99

NOV101078 GIN TAMA TP VOL 21 $9.99

DEC101010 GLACIAL PERIOD GN 3RD PTG (O/A) (MR) $14.95

NOV100696 GOLD DIGGER #125 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99

NOV101069 GRAND GUIGNOL ORCHESTRA TP VOL 02 $9.99

DEC100884 GREEN HORNET #13 $3.99

DEC100899 GREEN HORNET GOLDEN AGE REMASTERED #8 (OF 8) $3.99

DEC101042 GUNSLINGER GIRL OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (OF 2) $15.99

NOV101079 HARUKA BEYOND THE STREAM OF TIME GN VOL 11 $9.99

OCT101098 HOTWIRE DEEP CUT #3 (OF 3) $3.50

MAY100751 INANNAS TEARS HC W/ DUST JACKET (RES) (MR) $19.95

NOV101081 INU YASHA VIZBIG ED GN VOL 06 $17.99

NOV101059 JORMUNGAND GN VOL 06 (MR) $12.99

NOV101082 KIMI NI TODOKE GN VOL 07 FROM ME TO YOU $9.99

JUL101052 KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 31 $12.99

JUL100748 LAST ZOMBIE #4 (OF 5) $3.99

NOV100714 LEAGUE OF SUPER EVIL GN (MR) $7.99

NOV100847 LEONARD STARRS MARY PERKINS ON STAGE TP VOL 08 $24.95

NOV101045 MAGUS #2 (OF 5) $3.99

NOV101083 MAOH JUVENILE REMIX TP VOL 04 $9.99

DEC100842 MICKEY MOUSE & FRIENDS TP 300 MICKEYS $9.99

DEC100933 MID-LIFE GN (MR) $19.95

NOV101064 NARUTO TP VOL 50 $9.99

NOV101062 NURA RISE O/T YOKAI CLAN GN VOL 01 $9.99

DEC101011 ON THE ODD HOURS GN (O/A) $14.95

NOV101067 ONE PIECE TP VOL 56 $9.99

NOV101072 OTOMEN GN VOL 09 $9.99

OCT100915 OZ WONDERLAND KIDS #1 (OF 3) $2.99

NOV100779 PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #5 (OF 7) CVR A (MR) $3.00

NOV100780 PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #5 (OF 7) CVR B (MR) $3.00

NOV101075 POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 11 $7.99

NOV101074 POKEMON ARCEUS AND THE JEWEL OF LIFE GN $7.99

SEP100759 PRESIDENT EVIL I HAVE A SCREAM POCKET MANGA TP $14.95

AUG100985 PS238 #48 $2.99

DEC100788 PSYCHIATRIC TALES 11 STORIES MENTAL ILLNESS HC $15.00

DEC100906 RAISE THE DEAD II #3 $3.99

OCT100774 SECRET HISTORY OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 (MR) $34.95

NOV101084 SEIHO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TP VOL 04 $9.99

NOV100862 SHERLOCK HOLMES YEAR ONE #1 $3.99

NOV101085 SLAM DUNK GN VOL 14 $9.99

NOV100738 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TP VOL 03 $11.95

DEC100801 SPONGEBOB COMICS #1 $2.99

DEC100826 STAN LEE STARBORN #3 $3.99

NOV101070 STORY OF SAIUNKOKU GN VOL 02 $9.99

NOV101086 TEGAMI BACHI GN VOL 04 $9.99

NOV100866 WARLORD OF MARS #4 $3.99

SEP101093 WASTELAND #30 (MR) $3.50

NOV100739 WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #4 $3.99

NOV100942 ZITA THE SPACE GIRL GN $10.99

MAGAZINES
NOV101105 COLOR INK DIY ART PERIODICAL VOL 08 $10.00
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SEP101231 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #32 $15.00
OCT101280 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #61 CLOUD CITY $18.00
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Leroy Douresseaux on Driver for the Dead #3

DRIVER FOR THE DEAD #3

RADICAL PUBLISHING

 

WRITER: John Heffernan

PENCILS/INKS: Leonardo Manco
PAINTS: Kinsun Loh, Jerry Choo
LETTERS: Todd Klein
56pp, Color, $4.99

Radical Comics’ action, voodoo, horror comic book miniseries, Driver for the Dead comes to an exciting, ghoulishly played ending.

Set in the heart of Louisiana, Driver for the Dead is written by John Heffernan (a screenwriter on the film, Snakes on a Plane) and drawn by Leonardo Manco (Hellblazer). The series follows Alabaster Graves, the Driver for the Dead. In his custom-made hearse, Black Betty, Graves handles dangerous (like vampires) or supernaturally-involved corpses (the not-quite-dead).

In Driver for the Dead #3, Graves prepares for his final battle against the centuries-old necromancer, Uriah Fallow. The prize is the enchanted body of beloved New Orleans-based healer, Mose Freeman, and Mose’s great-granddaughter, Marissa Freeman. The true natures of Graves, Fallow, and Marissa are also revealed.

With its wham-bam, thank-you-dead-ma’am ending, Driver for the Dead delivers what its hellishly auspicious beginning promised – a damn good horror comic book story. This mix of Hellblazer’s John Constantine and The Transporter’s Frank Martin is a thrilling read that gives B-movie horror a thumping occult upgrade.

Writer John Heffernan’s script to close out this story is darker, more violent, and certainly creepier in its occult elements. Leonardo Manco’s art, with Kinsun Loh and Jerry Choo’s perfect-for-horror-comics colors, transports readers from shadowy swamps to a cursed plantation and finally to sunny, magical New Orleans. Heffernan and Manco can take comfort in our discomfort; they’ve created ghastly magic with Driver for the Dead.

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http://www.radicalpublishing.com/

Bakuman Debut and Impatience

I read Bakuman., Vol. 3

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

The Black Eyed Peas Get Bluewater Comics' "Fame" Treatment

BLUEWATER BRINGS THE BLACK EYED PEAS TO THE COMIC PAGES

 

The Black Eyed Peas made history in 2009 when its singles I Gotta Feeling and Boom Boom Pow held the top two spots in the Billboard Hot 100. Only 11 artists, including the Peas, have managed this feat in the Hot 100's history.

The Black Eyed Peas will make history of a different sort this February. That's when Bluewater Productions will ship its latest comic, Fame: The Black Eyed Peas to comic shops and online retailers across the country.

The Peas will become the latest artists to hit the pages of a Bluewater-produced comic. The company's Fame series, which profiles the biggest of celebrities and artists, has already featured biographies of Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, David Beckham and Taylor Swift.

The Black Eyed Peas comic will trace the history of one of the country's most popular bands from its humble roots all the way to its Grammy winning successes. Along the way, readers will discover a variety of previously unknown facts about the talented musicians that make up the Peas.

“It was impossible to get away from the Black Eyed Peas in the last two years,” said Darren Davis, publisher and founder of Bluewater Productions. “This group is exactly the kind of band we want to showcase in our Fame series, one that has captured the attention of the country. This comic does a tremendous job of showcasing the band's rise, and should provide plenty of new information for even the most devoted of its fans.”

M. Zachary Sherman wrote the script for Fame: The Black Eyed Peas, while Kristopher Smith handled the pencils. Smith also contributed one of the books' two covers.

The suggested retail price (SRP) for the comic book is $3.99. To find a comic book store near you go to http://www.comicshoplocator.com/. The comic will also be on Amazon here: http://amzn.to/gbHYHu

Bluewater Productions, one of the country's leading independent comics publishers, has gained its own brand of fame for its series of biography comics, Fame, Female Force and Political Power. The company, though, also produces a line of fiction comics, including such critically acclaimed series as Insane Jane, Nanny & Hank and Styx & Stone. For more information, visit Bluewater online at http://www.bluewaterprod.com/.


About Bluewater Productions
Bluewater Productions Inc. is one of the top independent production studios of comic books, young adult books and graphic novels. Its extensive catalog of titles includes the bestsellers “10th Muse” and “The Legend of Isis” ”Bluewater publishes comic books in partnership with entertainment icon William Shatner (“TekWar Chronicles”), legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen (“Wrath of the Titans,” “Sinbad: Rogue of Mars,” “Jason and the Argonauts,” et al) and celebrated actor Vincent Price (“Vincent Price Presents”), Additionally, Bluewater publishes a highly successful line of biographical comics under the titles “Female Force” and “Political Power.”

Bluewater aims to unite cutting-edge art and engaging stories produced by its stable of the publishing industry's top artists and writers.

For more information, visit http://www.bluewaterprod.com/.

TOKYOPOP Announces New Web Documentary Series

TOKYOPOP debuts groundbreaking new series America's Greatest Otaku

Eight-episode documentary series to premiere February 24 on Hulu

TOKYOPOP, the leading manga-lifestyle entertainment company, is pleased to announce that the first episode of its weekly documentary series, America's Greatest Otaku, will debut on Hulu February 24, 2011.

America's Greatest Otaku is a revealing documentary series that searches the United States for the number one American otaku. The term "otaku" refers to any uber-passionate fan of anime, manga, games, and Japanese pop culture in which it is less of a hobby, and more of a lifestyle.

Each of the eight episodes will follow TOKYOPOP founder, entrepreneur, and filmmaker Stu Levy and his apprentices, the Otaku Six (six college students that are self-proclaimed die-hard otaku) as they travel across the country, searching for the one person who personifies what it means to be an otaku. The twenty-city nationwide search covers, in order of travel, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, Dallas, Kansas City, Albuquerque, Phoenix, San Diego, Oklahoma, Nashville, Baltimore, Washington D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Louisville, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Chicago.

America's Greatest Otaku features nineteen "contenders" who compete for the grand prize of a trip to otaku Mecca--Tokyo, Japan. In the season finale, America's Greatest Otaku will be revealed, and the winner's exciting trip to Japan will be spotlighted.

"My goal with America's Greatest Otaku is to pay tribute to an amazing sub-culture that many people may not be aware of," says Levy. " There are otaku living in every city and town, attending conventions of all sizes. These are fans that are entirely devoted to their passion. With this show I hope to prove that otaku are incredibly intelligent and creative fans, who are also themselves true characters."

Contenders will be judged based on six "core qualities"--pride, personality, passion, participation, expertise, and imagination. From cosplay costume designers, to manga artists, to custom anime toy designers, contenders express their otaku love in many fascinating and entertaining ways. In the season finale, four prominent industry judges vote for the winner--but fans will also be able to vote for a "Fan Favorite" winner on www.americasgreatestotaku.com after Episode Seven airs.

During the nationwide search for America's Greatest Otaku contenders, Levy and the Otaku Six visit over thirty "Otaku Spots"--locations that are rich with otaku style and appeal. Included in these Spots are: an innovative "maid café"; a hotel inspired by Japanese pop culture; a recreation of a 17th century Japanese house and garden; a ninja-themed restaurant; a bento box specialty shop; an Alice in Wonderland themed café; and many, many more.

In addition, Levy and the Otaku Six interview notable people influencing otaku culture, such as J-Pop idol Erina Mano, Three Rings games CEO Daniel James, anime voice actor and Director Eric Vale (Fruits Basket, Dragon Ball Z), FUNimation Director of Production Justin Ryan Cook, and Japanese hip-hop band and anime song writers (Bleach, Naruto) Home Made Kazoku.

To watch America's Greatest Otaku, as well as check out show clips, info, and fan favorite voting, be sure to visit the America's Greatest Otaku website: www.americasgreatestotaku.com.

Credits:
Cast
Host: Stu Levy
Otaku Six: Andre Jeanjacques, Diana Hsu, Dominique Kruse, Meera Jogani, Stephan Cho, William Sullivan Brown

Crew:
Executive Producer & Director: Stu Levy
Co-Producer: Daisuke Kinouchi
Director of Photography: Daisuke Kinouchi
Videographers: Daisuke Kinouchi, Stu Levy, Stephan Cho
Editors: Daisuke Kinouchi, Scott Shaver, Kathria Tizon
Junior Editors: Alice Park, Christina Wong
Motion Graphics: Jason Milligan, Raymond Cinemato, Andrew Guiyangco
Sound Designer: Ben Chan
Field Audio Mixers: Diana Hsu, William Sullivan Brown
Production Associates: Kasia Piekarz, Laura Benefiel, Christina Wong
Production Coordinators: Dominique Kruse, Meera Jogani, Stevie Wegrzyn
Production Assistants: Andrew Guiyangco, Erinn Conlon, Kathryn Cwynar, Lily Chau, Tida Jursudakul, Victor Luo, Jordan Julio Acosta
Production Management: John Parker, Marco Pavia
Brand Manager: Troy Lewter


About TOKYOPOP
Founded in 1997 by international media entrepreneur Stu Levy, TOKYOPOP established the market for manga in North America, introducing the term to the English language in the process. Over its history, TOKYOPOP has published over 3000 books, distributed anime and Asian films on home video and television, licensed merchandise to consumer goods companies, created graphic novels of major brands such as Warcraft, Star Trek, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Hannah Montana, and led the way digitally in social media, e-commerce and user-generated content. TOKYOPOP's brand expanded internationally with offices in Europe and Japan and a network of over 160 partners in more than 50 countries and 30 languages. Taking its Manga Revolution beyond the page, TOKYOPOP has begun producing live-action and animated film and television content based on its extensive intellectual property library, including Priest, Van Von Hunter, and another 20 projects currently in development, along with America's Greatest Otaku, an 8-episode reality show filmed during its 2010 summer-long, 28-city national tour. For more information, visit http://www.tokyopop.com/ as well as www.twitter.com/tokyopop and www.facebook.com/tokyopop.