Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 19 2011

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAY118370 ALIENS OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 (NEW PTG) $24.99

DEC100094 BETTIE PAGE PINT GLASS SET $24.99

AUG110036 BPRD HELL ON EARTH RUSSIA #2 $3.50

DEC100093 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER PINT GLASS SET $24.99

AUG110027 CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #9 $3.50

AUG110045 DARK HORSE PRESENTS #5 $7.99

AUG110046 DARK HORSE PRESENTS #5 GREENE VAR CVR $7.99

JUN110065 DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES CHARACTERS #2 DAISY DUCK $49.95

JUN110041 GANTZ TP VOL 19 $12.99

JUN110039 GATE 7 TP VOL 01 $10.99

AUG110013 MASS EFFECT INVASION #1 (OF 4) CARNEVALE CVR $3.50

JUN118157 RAGE AFTER THE IMPACT TP $10.99

JUL110050 RAGE AFTER THE IMPACT TP $10.99

AUG110028 ROBERT E HOWARDS SAVAGE SWORD #3 $7.99

AUG110019 STAR WARS KNIGHT ERRANT DELUGE #3 (OF 5) $3.50

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 19 2011

IMAGE COMICS

MAY110488 68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #4 (OF 4) CVR A NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS (MR) $3.99

APR118196 68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #4 (OF 4) CVR B NAT JONES (MR) $3.99

AUG110507 ALL NIGHTER #5 (OF 5) $2.99

AUG110533 NEAR DEATH #2 $2.99

AUG110537 SAMURAIS BLOOD #5 (OF 6) $2.99

MAY110527 SAVAGE DRAGON #174 $3.50

AUG110450 SCIENCE DOG OVERSIZED HC $19.99

AUG110544 TEEN WOLF BITE ME #2 (OF 3) $3.99

JUL110505 WALKING DEAD LOGO T/S LG $24.99

JUL110504 WALKING DEAD LOGO T/S MED $24.99

JUL110503 WALKING DEAD LOGO T/S SM $24.99

JUL110506 WALKING DEAD LOGO T/S XL $24.99

JUL110507 WALKING DEAD LOGO T/S XXL $27.99

AUG110455 WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE TP $12.99

AUG110550 WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #42 (MR) $2.99

MAY110484 WITCHBLADE REDEMPTION TP VOL 03 $19.99

AUG110412 XENOHOLICS #1 (MR) $3.50

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distrubutors for October 19 2011

COMICS

JUL111289 AFTERSCHOOL CHARISMA TP VOL 04 $12.99

JUL110882 ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON HC (MR) $27.99

JUL110881 ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON TP (MR) $19.99

AUG110794 AMNESIA TP (O/A) $14.95

AUG110816 ARCHIE OBAMA & PALIN IN RIVERDALE TP $12.95

AUG110947 AROUND THE WORLD HC $24.99

JUL111216 ATOMIC ROBO GHOST OF STATION X #2 (OF 6) $3.50

AUG110819 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #195 $3.99

JUL111248 BLACK RIVER ONE SHOT (MR) $2.99

AUG111183 BONNIE LASS #2 (OF 4) $2.95

JUN111163 BOOK SMART GN $8.99

AUG110998 BOYS BUTCHER BAKER CANDLESTICKMAKER #4 (MR) $3.99

JUL111129 BRIMSTONE A/T BORDERHOUNDS CONTEST ONE SHOT $5.00

JUN111187 BUBBLES & GONDOLA HC $16.99

JUN110933 CALLING CTHULHU CHRONICLES TP (O/A) $14.99

AUG110805 CRITICAL MILLENNIUM HC VOL 01 DARK FRONTIER (RES) (MR) $24.95

AUG110851 CROSSED WISH YOU WERE HERE ASHCAN SET (MR) $5.99

AUG110894 CTHULHU TALES OMNIBUS MADNESS TP $19.99

AUG111184 DAMAGED #3 (OF 6) (MR) $3.50

AUG110925 DARKWING DUCK #17 $3.99

JUN110967 DARKWING DUCK TP VOL 02 CRISIS ON INFINITE DARKWINGS (O/A) ( $14.99

JUL111244 DEAR CREATURE GN $15.99

JUL111075 DF BIONIC MAN #2 ROSS VIRGIN EXC CVR $14.99

JUL111069 DF GAME OF THRONES #1 ROSS B&W EXC CVR $14.99

JUL111186 DISNEY FAIRIES BOX SET VOL 1-4 $29.99

JUL110808 DIVINE INTERVENTION GN $14.95

AUG111193 DPD DOKTORMENTOR JAIL BABE SURGEON COLL SET (MR) $29.95

AUG110928 DUCKTALES RIGHTFUL OWNERS TP $14.99

AUG110902 FARSCAPE #24 $3.99

JUN110831 FEEDING GROUND EN ESPANOL HC (MR) $24.95

JUL110888 FREAKANGELS HC VOL 06 (MR) $27.99

JUL110889 FREAKANGELS HC VOL 06 ELLIS & DUFFIELD SGN ED (MR) $39.99

JUL110887 FREAKANGELS TP VOL 06 (MR) $19.99

JUL111206 GANDHI MANGA BIOGRAPHY GN $15.00

AUG111144 GARFIELD & CO HC VOL 04 CAROLING CAPERS $7.99

AUG111102 GON GN KODANSHA ED VOL 02 $10.99

AUG111080 GOOD NEIGHBORS GN VOL 03 KIND $12.99

AUG110742 INDIE COMICS MAGAZINE #3 (MR) $6.49

AUG110980 KEVIN SMITH BIONIC MAN #3 $3.99

AUG110892 KEY OF Z #1 (OF 4) (MR) $3.99

JUL111291 KINGYO USED BOOKS TP VOL 04 $12.99

JUN110806 KUNG FU PANDA #3 (OF 4) $3.95

AUG110821 LIFE WITH ARCHIE #14 $3.99

AUG110797 LIL HELLIONS GN $14.95

JUN111161 MEOW HC VOL 01 $21.00

JUL111130 METABARONS ULTIMATE COLL SLIP CASE (MR) $129.95

JUL110794 MUTTS OUR LITTLE KAT KING MUTTS TREASURY SC $18.99

AUG110755 NOVO GN VOL 04 WASTE $9.99

AUG111068 NURSERY RHYME COMICS 50 TIMELESS RHYMES HC $18.99

JUL110810 OLD SCHOOL GN (MR) $14.95

AUG111069 ORCS GN VOL 01 FORGED FOR WAR $17.99

JUL110989 PHINEAS & FERB EARLY COMIC READER #6 BEAK STRIKES $4.99

JAN110931 POCKET GOD DIGEST GN VOL 01 $9.95

JUN111046 QUEEN SONJA #22 $3.99

NOV100747 SCOURGE #5 COVER A BATTLE $2.99

NOV100748 SCOURGE #5 COVER B GARZA $2.99

AUG110883 SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #4 $3.50

JUN111162 SHE ONLY LIKED ME FOR MY BRAINS ONE SHOT GN $16.00

AUG110979 SHERLOCK HOLMES YEAR ONE TP $19.99

AUG110885 SIMPSONS COMICS #183 $2.99

AUG110932 SPACE WARPED #4 (OF 6) $3.99

AUG111157 SPONTANEOUS #5 (OF 5) $3.99

JUN110805 STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BERRY FUN #2 (OF 4) $3.99

JUL110969 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #70 DLX ED (MR) $19.99

JUL111293 TENJO TENGE GN VOL 03 (MR) $17.99

MAR111330 TEZUKAS BLACK JACK TP VOL 16 $16.95

AUG111197 THE PACK #1 (OF 3) (MR) $4.50

AUG110767 TIME LINCOLN TP SGN ED $29.95

JUL111296 TWILIGHT MANGA GN VOL 02 (OF 2) $19.99

AUG111276 ULTIMATE 7 #2 (OF 12) (MR) $3.99

JUN111140 VAMPIRE KISSES GRAVEYARD GAMES GN VOL 01 $9.99

JUN111009 WARLORD OF MARS #11 $3.99

AUG110967 WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS TP VOL 01 COLOSSUS OF MARS (MR) $16.99

AUG110999 ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #4 (OF 12) $3.99

MAGAZINES
AUG111358 DIABOLIQUE #6 $9.98
AUG111359 FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #258 $9.99
JUL111386 FREAKY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #5 $9.95
AUG111429 GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 21 $14.95
JUL111404 HOBBY JAPAN OCT 2011 #94 $16.60
AUG111424 LOCUS #609 $6.95
MAY111366 NEWTYPE AUG 2011 $16.00
JUL111391 RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE #116 $9.95
JUL111415 SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #28 NEWSSTAND ED $6.99
JUL111416 SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #28 PX ED $6.99
JUL112154 WHITE DWARF #381 PI

Kingyo Used Books: Devil Power

I read Kingyo Used Books, Vol. 4

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin.


Monday, October 17, 2011

Geof Darrow Brings "Shaolin Cowboy" to Dark Horse Comics

GEOF DARROW’S SHAOLIN COWBOY RETURNS IN AN ALL-NEW THREE ISSUE SERIES FROM DARK HORSE!

Five years after it’s initial run ended, Geof Darrow’s (Hard Boiled, Big Guy and Rusty) returns in 2012!

Originally published by Burlyman Entertainment, Shaolin Cowboy is a loaf of wry in a wonder bread world, a nicotine patch in a ten pack-a-day universe. He wonders as he wanders through a world where yesterday, today and tomorrow exist in a collage of carnage of his own making!

“Geof Darrow's relationship with Dark Horse goes back to the early days of the company. I can't tell you how excited I am to again be publishing his amazing work” said Dark Horse president, Mike Richardson. “Geof's art literally stopped me in my tracks when I first met him more than two decades ago and his work is every bit as stunning today. Geof has influenced a generation of artists and I am proud and excited to have him back partnered with Dark Horse.”

Shaolin Cowboy returns with all-new stories in 2012!

Review: MORIARTY VOLUME 1: The Dark Chamber

MORIARTY VOLUME 1: THE DARK CHAMBER
IMAGE COMICS

WRITER: Daniel Corey
ARTIST: Anthony Diecidue
COLORS: Anthony Diecidue and Perry Freeze (issues 3 and 4)
LETTERS: Dave Lanphear
ISBN: 978-1-60706-450-3; paperback
128pp, Color, $14.99 U.S.

Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is the most famous literary detective. Such an illustrious protagonist needs an illustrious adversary, and Holmes had one in Professor James Moriarty. Although referenced in various Holmes short stories, Moriarty first appeared in “The Final Problem,” an 1893 short story. Moriarty played a direct role in the Holmes novel, The Valley of Fear, but is apparently unseen.

Moriarty is a recently launched comic book series from Image Comics. This mystery thriller focuses on Professor James Moriarty, as its title character and central protagonist. In late September of this year, the first trade collection of Moriarty was published.

Moriarty Volume 1: The Dark Chamber is set at the dawn of World War I. It is also 20 years after the death of Sherlock Holmes at the hand of Moriarty, and the master villain is a lost man, with his once-vaunted criminal empire now just a pitiful shadow of its former self. Still, Moriarty is a formidable man, which is why Section 5 (MI5) is blackmailing him to find Sherlock Holmes’ missing brother, Mycroft Holmes.

What at first appears to be a routine case turns out to involve someone Mycroft was investigating, another person who is now missing, Rupert Thomason. Both men have apparently fallen into the clutches of a dangerous new villain, the mysterious Tartarus. With the help of the Jade Serpent, who also has her own criminal empire, Moriarty doggedly pursues his quarry across England and finally to a showdown that will decide the fate of London and perhaps, the world.

I was not exactly pleased when I received a copy of Moriarty Volume 1: The Dark Chamber for review. I was not interested in another Holmes pastiche. Feeling obligated, I eventually started reading and then couldn’t stop. This is every bit as fun as Guy Ritche’s fantasia, Sherlock Holmes, with a Moriarty every bit as interesting and as fun to follow as Holmes. Sometimes, we have to learn to love a great villain (Iago, Hannibal Lecter), and in writer Daniel Corey’s clever story, I found myself loving Moriarty, even if he is a murderous bastard.

Something else that grew on me is Anthony Diecidue’s art with its woodblock sensibilities and expressionistic inking. You may think of Kevin O’Neill when you see this; I did. If you’ve been waiting for a real Sherlock Holmes comic book, you’ll be delighted by the fact that Moriarty is the one to give it to you.

A-

Sunday, October 16, 2011

New Star Wars Comic Book Goes Back to the "Dawn of the Jedi"

DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES STAR WARS: DAWN OF THE JEDI

TAKING YOU BACK TO THE BEGINNINGS OF THE JEDI

Direct from New York Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics announces its most exciting Star Wars title for 2012! A brand-new series that establishes the beginnings of the Jedi!

Series creators John Ostrander and Jan Duursema have gone from the future of Star Wars (Legacy) to the beginnings of that galaxy far, far away to reveal the mythic age of the Jedi’s origin. This is the Star Wars era of legend! Launching with a #0 issue, which will serve as the official guide for readers - Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi is the perfect jumping on point for any fan of Star Wars!

Here’s your first look at the Star Wars of 25,000 years ago—before there were lightsabers, when the ties to the Force were new, and before the Jedi spread out into the galaxy. It began with the mysterious pyramid ships—the Tho Yor—scattered to the eight corners of the galaxy, and ended with the establishment of an Order that would change the universe forever.

On the planet Tython, in the center of the galaxy, an order of warrior monks strives to maintain peace and to balance the mysterious power known as the Force. But a stranger is coming—one who will destroy both peace and balance, and open the galaxy to exploration and conquest. This is where it all begins!

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi #0 is on sale 1 February 2012

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi—Force Storm #1 is on sale 15 February 2012


About Dark Horse Comics
Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and comics legend Will Eisner, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of licensed comics material.

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