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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
FEB131026 3 NEW STORIES ONE SHOT $3.99
MAR131337 ARCHER & ARMSTRONG (VU) #1 ONE DOLLAR DEBUT ED $1.00
FEB130721 ARCHIE #643 ARCHIE MEETS GLEE PT 3 [DIG/P+] $2.99
FEB130723 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #239 [DIG/P+] $3.99
FEB130972 ARMY OF DARKNESS OMNIBUS TP VOL 03 $29.99
FEB130971 ARMY OF DARKNESS ONGOING #13 $3.99
JAN131089 ARMY OF DARKNESS TP VOL 01 HAIL TO THE QUEEN BABY $19.99
MAR131159 ASTRONAUT ACADEMY ZERO GRAVITY GN $9.99
FEB130683 BIG NATE GAME ON TP $9.99
DEC121037 BIONIC MAN #19 $3.99
MAR131000 BLACK BAT #1 CVR A CAMPBELL $3.99
MAR131001 BLACK BAT #1 CVR B BENITEZ $3.99
MAR131002 BLACK BAT #1 CVR C SYAF $3.99
MAR131003 BLACK BAT #1 CVR D TAN $3.99
MAR131336 BLOODSHOT (VU) #1 ONE DOLLAR DEBUT ED $1.00
FEB131059 BLOODY MONDAY GN VOL 10 $10.99
JAN131169 CASTLE WAITING HC VOL 02 DEFINITIVE ED $29.99
MAR130833 CHARISMAGIC VOL 2 #1 ASPEN RESERVED CVR $1.00
MAR130832 CHARISMAGIC VOL 2 #1 DIRECT MARKET CVR [DIG] $1.00
MAR131272 CHINESE LIFE GN $27.50
MAR131161 COLOR EARTH GN VOL 02 COLOR OF WATER $16.95
FEB131023 COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS TP VOL 05 HAPPY HIPPY (NEW PTG) (MR) $19.99
DEC120791 CROODS PREQUEL DIGEST GN $6.99
FEB130713 CYBORG 009 CHAPTER 000 ONE SHOT $1.00
MAR130887 DAN THE UNHARMABLE #12 (MR) $3.99
MAR130888 DAN THE UNHARMABLE #12 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JAN131134 DF SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 STAN LEE SGN ED $399.99
FEB131060 FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 25 $10.99
MAR130876 FASHION BEAST #9 (MR) $3.99
MAR130877 FASHION BEAST #9 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
FEB131015 FEYNMAN TP $19.99
FEB130673 FUBAR SC VOL 03 AMERICAN HISTORY Z $16.95
NOV121111 GAME OF THRONES #14 (MR) $3.99
MAR130957 GARFIELD #13 [DIG] $3.99
FEB131222 GFT JUNGLE BOOK LAST O/T SPECIES #3 A CVR NUNES (MR) $3.99
FEB131223 GFT JUNGLE BOOK LAST O/T SPECIES #3 B CVR SALGADO (MR) $3.99
MAR131355 GOGO MONSTER GN $27.99
MAR130988 GREY MUSEUM GN $20.00
MAR131335 HARBINGER (VU) #1 ONE DOLLAR DEBUT ED $1.00
MAR131317 HARBINGER WARS (VU) #2 PULLBOX LAROSA $3.99
MAR131316 HARBINGER WARS (VU) #2 REG HENRY $3.99
FEB131133 HOLIDAY WARS GN $14.95
MAR130937 HYPERNATURALS #11 [DIG] $3.99
MAR131215 LITTLE PRINCE GN VOL 07 PLANET OF OVERHEARERS $7.95
MAR131216 LITTLE PRINCE GN VOL 08 PLANET OF TORTOISE DRIVER $7.95
JAN131094 LONE RANGER SNAKE OF IRON TP $16.99
MAR131023 MISS FURY #2 CVR A BENITEZ $3.99
MAR131024 MISS FURY #2 CVR B RENAUD $3.99
MAR131025 MISS FURY #2 CVR C TAN $3.99
MAR131026 MISS FURY #2 CVR D REIS $3.99
FEB131063 NEGIMA GN VOL 38 (MR) $10.99
DEC121117 PETER BAGGE OTHER STUFF TP $19.99
FEB131052 PIETROLINO HC $29.95
MAR130939 PLANET O/T APES CATACLYSM #9 [DIG] $3.99
FEB138546 POLARITY #1 (2ND PTG) $3.99
MAR130916 POLARITY #2 [DIG] $3.99
FEB130955 RED SONJA UNCHAINED #2 $3.99
FEB130894 RED TEN #3 (MR) $3.99
NOV121352 SATANIKA ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (MR) $4.95
FEB130702 SESAME STREET #1 IMAGINATION CVR A $3.99
FEB130703 SESAME STREET #1 IMAGINATION CVR B $3.99
FEB130704 SESAME STREET #1 IMAGINATION CVR C $3.99
FEB130705 SESAME STREET #1 IMAGINATION CVR D $3.99
FEB130706 SESAME STREET #1 IMAGINATION CVR E $3.99
MAR131328 SHADOWMAN (VU) #0 PULLBOX EVANS $3.99
MAR131327 SHADOWMAN (VU) #0 REG JOHNSON $3.99
MAR131338 SHADOWMAN (VU) #1 ONE DOLLAR DEBUT ED $1.00
FEB131121 SHAME GN VOL 02 PURSUIT (MR) $9.99
JAN131085 SHERLOCK HOLMES LIVERPOOL DEMON #4 $3.99
FEB130823 SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #6 $3.99
FEB130737 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #248 REG CVR [P+] $2.99
MAR130918 SUICIDE RISK #1 [DIG] $3.99
FEB130940 THE SPIDER #11 $3.99
FEB131203 TWILIGHT SAGA NEW MOON HC VOL 01 (RES) $19.99
MAR131339 VALIANT ONE DOLLAR DEBUT BUNDLE (VU) WAVE 1 $4.95
MAR131057 VAMPIRELLA STRIKES #5 CVR A JOHNNY D $3.99
MAR131058 VAMPIRELLA STRIKES #5 CVR B NEVES $3.99
JAN131227 WASTELAND #44 (MR) $3.99
FEB131053 WHAT LIES BENEATH HC (MR) $79.95
MAR131334 X-O MANOWAR (VU) #1 ONE DOLLAR DEBUT ED $1.00
MAR130893 ZEBRAFISH TP $7.99
MAGAZINES
JAN131396 BACK ISSUE #64 $8.95
DEC121342 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #196 FIRELORD $14.00
MAR131438 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1350 PI
FEB131248 COMICS REVUE PRESENTS APR 2013 $19.95
JAN131391 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #5 DETECTIVE #400 $20.00
FEB131050 HEAVY METAL #262 NEWSSTAND ED (MR) $7.95
FEB131051 HEAVY METAL #262 PX ED (MR) $7.95
MAR131427 JUXTAPOZ #148 MAY 2013 $5.99
MAR131503 SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 72 $14.95
FEB131313 STAR WARS INSIDER #141 NEWSSTAND ED $7.99
FEB131314 STAR WARS INSIDER #141 PX ED $7.99
BOOKS
JAN131433 ART OF EPIC HC $34.95
MAR131457 DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIV MMPB ED DREAMS OF EMPIRE $12.99
MAR131461 DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIV MMPB ED PLAYERS $12.99
MAR131462 DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIV MMPB ED REMEMBRANCE OF DALEKS $12.99
MAR131456 DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIV MMPB ED TEN LITTLE ALIENS $12.99
JAN131377 GARY BASEMAN DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN HC $45.00
MAR131429 MARK RYDEN PINXIT HC $69.99
JAN131407 SUPERMAN ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MAN OF STEEL HC $24.99
MAR131493 TREASURES OF BRUCE LEE HC $45.00
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Stepping on Roses: The Final Volume
I read Stepping on Roses, Vol. 9
I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics).
I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics).
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Review: B.P.R.D. VAMPIRE #2
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics
STORY: Mike Mignola, Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon
ART: Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon
COLORS: Dave Stewart
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Fábio Moon
EDITOR: Scott Allie
28pp, Color, $3.50 U.S. (April 2013)
Agent Simon Anders’ quest for vampires takes him deep into Czechoslovakia in the second issue of B.P.R.D.: Vampire.
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (the B.P.R.D. or BPRD) protects America and the rest of the world from the occult, the paranormal, and the supernatural. The B.P.R.D. first appeared in the debut Hellboy comic book miniseries, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1994). The Bureau received its own title with B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth (2002).
B.P.R.D.: Vampire is a direct sequel to B.P.R.D.: 1948 and is separate from the main B.P.R.D. series. This five issue miniseries is also set in 1948. It follows an apparently doomed Agent Simon Anders and his quest for revenge against a clan of vampires and its Gorgon-eyed queen, Hecate.
B.P.R.D.: Vampire #2 opens with Agent Anders traveling by train to Cesky Krumlov, Czechoslovakia. Twelve days prior to this trip, at B.P.R.D. Headquarters in Fairfield, Connecticut, Anders and Professor Trevor Bruttenholm consulted “witch maps.” This decides Anders’ destination.
Arriving in Cesky Krumlov, Anders meets his guide, Hana Novarov, from the Krumlov History Museum. The village is as strange as its history, which is what interests Anders. He has come to track the history of the mid-18th century figure, Eleonora von Schwarzenberg. Through Hana, Anders travels the long and winding road that is local history and the lineage of Wilhelm von Rosenberg, former Lord of Krumlov Castle.
In my comic book review of the first issue of B.P.R.D.: Vampire, I wrote that the basic plot, written by Mike Mignola, Gabriel Bá, and Fábio Moon, is straightforward and simple. The second issue begins to add more elements, and Agent Simon Anders’ personality seems less like that of a stoic hero and more like that of a complicated, anti-hero type. Even Hana Novarov is a (delightfully) unknown quantity.
I like that Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon’s art fits nicely within the general graphic sensibility of the Mike Mignola universe (the Mignola-verse). The art is creepy, as befits a horror comic, but has the qualities of a magical folk tale or enchanted fairy tale. Yes, B.P.R.D.: Vampire is indeed a good read.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Review: STAR WARS: LEGACY Volume 2 #2
STAR WARS: LEGACY VOLUME 2 #2
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics
["Star Wars Central" review page is here.]
SCRIPT: Corrina Bechko and Gabriel Hardman
ART: Gabriel Hardman
COLORS: Rachelle Rosenberg
LETTERS: Michael Heisler
COVER: Dave Wilkins
EDITOR: Randy Stradley
28pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (April 2013)
Prisoner of the Floating World Part Two
Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 is a new series set in the Legacy era. In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Legacy is a time period that begins 40 years after the end of the original Star Wars (or Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) and continues to some indeterminate time.
The events depicted in Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 take place “approximately 138 years after the events of A New Hope.” Legacy Volume 2 focuses on the character, Ania Solo, the great-great granddaughter of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo. Young Miss Solo is also the owner of a junkyard.
As Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 #2 opens, Ania Solo and her friend, Sauk, a refugee from Mon Calamari, are on the run in the sewers of Carreras Minor. Meanwhile, the captors of Imperial Knight Yalta Val make him an offer they don’t want him to refuse. Then, a younger Imperial Knight, Jao Assam, starts to think that Val is in trouble, but now, he must convince the Imperial Court. Also, the lightsaber she found brings Ania more trouble, but AG-37 comes to the rescue.
My review of Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 #2 does not hold any new praises. The second issue offers more of the same, and ain’t it grand that issue #1, which provides the same, is so wonderful?
Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 creators, co-writer Corrina Bechko and co-writer/artist Gabriel Hardman, are spinning one hell of a Star Wars yarn. They have an excellent character in Ania Solo, and the supporting cast is pretty good, too. If Star Wars by Brian Wood and Carlos D’Anda is the best new Star Wars comic book in some time, then, Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 is determined to be more than next-best.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
Friday, April 26, 2013
#IReadsYou Graphic Novel Review: LOST IN THE WASH
CANDLE LIGHT PRESS – @candlelightpres
WRITER: John Ira Thomas
ARTIST: Will Grant
ISBN: 978-0-9766053-9-3; paperback (February 2013)
214pp, B&W and Color, $19.95 U.S.
About six years ago, writer John Ira Thomas (Zoo Force) and artist Will Grant (The Scrounge Was Here!) first presented Lost in the Wash, a graphic novel in progress. The duo had been publishing Lost in the Wash in chapters and segments in various single-issue editions since 2007. Some of the Lost in the Wash publications were also released as convention exclusives. Now, the gothic horror tale is complete.
Candle Light Press recently released Lost in the Wash as a complete, paperback original graphic novel. In the end, the story, spread out over 189 pages, comes together as an epic of fever dreams and surreal visions. Lost in the Wash is one of the best comic books of the year 2013, and it is also a most uncommon comic book. Readers are unlikely to have seen anything similar to it.
Lost in the Wash is set in the town of Francisco, Colorado, a name the residents changed to “Isco,” in order to remove the suggestion of “France” from the town’s name. As its lead character, Lost in the Wash offers Darin Miles, a down and out loser type who retuned to Isco, the site of hardship and tragedy for his family, looking for a new start. Darin works at his Uncle Sal Miles’ “Laundromat,” which Darin calls “Laundroma” because the light on the letter “t” has gone out. Sal Miles lives in an ominous castle just up the road from the Laundromat. The castle is like a Winchester House construction project onto which Sal keeps building.
Not only does Darin have to deal with his uncle (an unpleasant man, gleefully proud of his offensiveness), but he also has to put up with jerky customers. Then, one day, something wet, wicked, and monstrous pops out of a washer and devours a contrary customer. Darin wonders if this monster in the washers is a good thing, especially if it will rid him of rude customers.
Meanwhile, there are two people, watching from the sidelines. Terisa Salazar, owner of the Asp Motel (formerly Aspen Motel), has a past with Darin. What are her feelings for him, now? Walter “Walt” Arganbright owns the Phoenix and frightens tourists with his scary stories. What does he want and what does he know? It all heads for a showdown at the event called Gothic Colorado.
From the first time I read Lost in the Wash, I found that it reminded me of the horror comics published by Warren Publishing and, especially, by EC Comics. I could see John Ira Thomas and Will Grant as a 21st century iteration of a Harvey Kurtzman-Graham Ingels team-up. If EC Comics had published graphic novels, I think that they were more likely to look like Lost in the Wash than pretty much any horror or dark fantasy titles from Vertigo or IDW.
Thomas transports us into the mind of Darin Miles, an unreliable narrator (of sorts) and then, also makes the point of view of either of three other characters: Sal Miles, Terisa Salazar and Walt Arganbright just as important. However, Thomas doesn’t cheat the reader by confusingly focusing equally on four characters. Just the opposite, he challenges and engages the readers with necessary alternate perspectives of the situation and action and of all characters.
Will Grant, who is an unknown comic book creator, proves that he deserves to be known. In Lost in the Wash, Grant’s art is a testament to the fact that a comic book artist must understand design and page layout just as much as he needs to know how to draw figures and objects. Grant’s M.C. Escher-like graphics and “Ghastly” Ingels-like compositions are a series of mosaics that will challenge your mind into vertigo. However, it is worth the effort to find what’s what in this beautiful comic book art.
Obviously, I like this book… a lot. I’m somewhat mixed about the ending, because I think this graphic novel should only be the end of a chapter, not of the entire story. Lost in the Wash is the beginning of a beautiful fictional world.
I am surprised that neither Thomas nor Grant is producing comic books for DC Comics or Marvel or even the mid-majors like Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, and IDW Publishing. Perhaps, neither Thomas nor Grant is interested, or neither has been approached. Still, Lost in the Wash is the calling card; Thomas and Grant are ready, Mr. DeMille, for their close-ups.
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www.candlelightpress.com
http://candlelightpress.com/litw.html
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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