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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 2 2013

DARK HORSE COMICS

AUG130086 1 FOR 1 STAR WARS $1.00
AUG130057 CATALYST COMIX #4 (MR) $2.99
MAY130079 GOOD LUCK TROLLS MYSTERY BOX SERIES 3 PI
AUG130097 GRINDHOUSE DOORS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT #1 $3.99
NOV120086 MASS EFFECT 18 INCH SOVEREIGN REAPER SHIP REPLICA $349.99
JAN130137 MASS EFFECT ALLIANCE NORMANDY SR1 SHIP REPLICA $34.99
AUG130051 OCCULTIST #1 $3.50
AUG130082 STAR WARS #2 LUCAS DRAFT $3.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 2 2013

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 2 2013

Digital Comics: Digital new releases available from your local comic book shop are marked below. [DIG] = Digital version available. [DIG/P+] = Print-Plus digital/print combo pack available. For more information, go to www.digitalcomicsreader.com.

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
AUG131075 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #4 (MR) $3.99
AUG131077 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #4 FINAL JUSTICE CVR (MR) $3.99
AUG131078 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #4 HAPPY KITTY PREMIUM CVR (MR) $9.99
AUG131076 ABSOLUTION RUBICON #4 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JUN131261 ALICE I/T COUNTRY CLOVER CHESHIRE CAT WALTZ GN VOL 06 (MR) $13.99
JUL130797 ARCHIE #648 REG CVR [DIG/P+] $2.99
JUN130758 ARCHIE COMIC SUPER SPECIAL #4 [DIG/P+] $9.99
JUL130799 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #244 [DIG/P+] $3.99
JUL130801 ARCHIES EVEN FUNNIER KIDS JOKE BOOK TP [DIG] $6.99
JUN138210 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 07 $10.99
MAY131181 BACON AND FRIENDS GN $19.95
JUL131181 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA LAST ORDER TP VOL 18 $10.99
AUG131402 BEN 10 OMNIVERSE GN VOL 01 GHOST SHIP $7.99
JUL130802 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #216 [DIG/P+] $3.99
AUG131191 BLACK BAT #6 $3.99
AUG131192 BLACK BAT #6 TAN SUBSCRIPTION CVR $3.99
JUL131339 BLACK BIRD GN VOL 17 $9.99
JUL131332 BLEACH TP VOL 58 $9.99
JUN130725 CAVEWOMAN PRIMAL ONE SHOT $3.75
JUN130726 CAVEWOMAN PRIMAL ROB DURHAM SP ED PI
JUL131336 CLAYMORE TP VOL 23 $9.99
AUG131167 CODENAME ACTION #2 $3.99
JUL130858 CROSSED BADLANDS #37 (MR) $3.99
JUL130860 CROSSED BADLANDS #37 TORTURE CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL130859 CROSSED BADLANDS #37 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JUN131182 CTHULHU GN VOL 02 (MR) $11.95
JUL131340 DAWN OF THE ARCANA TP VOL 11 $9.99
JUL131341 DEVIL & HER LOVE SONG GN VOL 11 $9.99
JUN131262 DICTATORIAL GRIMOIRE CINDERELLA VOL 01 (MR) $13.99
MAR131279 DPD DOKTORMENTOR JAIL BABE SURGEON #0 ORIGIN SPECIAL (MR) $9.95
JUL130739 EHMM THEORY #3 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
JUL131182 FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 30 $10.99
JUL131155 FAIRY TALE COMICS HC $19.99
JUN131283 FIRST KINGDOM HC VOL 01 (MR) $24.99
JUN131202 FLESH AND BLOOD GN VOL 03 (MR) $14.99
AUG131126 GARFIELD #18 [DIG] $3.99
JUL131390 GFT GIANT SIZE 2013 (UNLEASHED PT6) A CVR QUALANO (MR) $5.99
JUL131391 GFT GIANT SIZE 2013 (UNLEASHED PT6) B CVR REYES (MR) $5.99
JUL131392 GFT GIANT SIZE 2013 (UNLEASHED PT6) C CVR SEJIC (MR) $5.99
JUL131393 GFT GIANT SIZE 2013 (UNLEASHED PT6) D CVR LAISO (MR) $5.99
JUL131403 GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE #5 A CVR CHEN $2.99
JUL131404 GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE #5 B CVR SALGADO $2.99
JUL131405 GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE #5 C CVR GARZA $2.99
JUL130740 GHOST TOWN #3 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
AUG131046 GOD IS DEAD #2 (MR) $3.99
AUG131047 GOD IS DEAD #2 END OF DAYS CVR (MR) $3.99
AUG131048 GOD IS DEAD #2 ICONIC CVR (MR) $4.99
AUG131517 HANA KIMI 3IN1 ED TP VOL 06 $14.99
AUG131516 HAPPY MARRIAGE GN VOL 02 (MR) $9.99
JUL130979 HAUNTING REFRAIN GN (MR) $7.99
JUL131343 HELLO KITTY HERE WE GO GN $7.99
AUG131371 HENRY AND GLENN FOREVER AND EVER #2 (MR) $5.00
JUN131256 HERO ENVY GN $14.99
AUG130936 HICKEE ANTHOLOGY TP (MR) $12.95
AUG131144 HIT #2 [DIG] $3.99
JUL131505 JIM HENSON BIOGRAPHY HC $35.00
JUL130889 KNIGHTINGAIL SHADOW DIVISIONS #3 $3.99
JUL131041 LADY RAWHIDE #2 $3.99
JUN130868 LEGEND OF OZ THE WICKED WEST ONGOING #11 $3.50
JUL131021 MARK WAID GREEN HORNET #6 $3.99
JUL131371 MELANCHOLY OF SUZUMIYA HARUHI CHAN GN VOL 07 $13.00
AUG131201 MISS FURY DIGITAL #2 $3.99
JUL131329 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ORIGIN HC VOL 03 RAMBA RAL $29.95
JUL138390 MOCKING DEAD #1 YELLOW HAZARD 2ND PTG $3.99
AUG131206 MOCKING DEAD #2 $3.99
APR131247 MONSTER MASSACRE HC VOL 01 $22.99
AUG130934 MONSTROSITY GN (MR) $14.99
JUL130770 MUTTS TREASURY CAT CRAZY SC $19.99
AUG131512 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO PICTURE BOOK HC NEW ED $19.99
JUL130875 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD AFTERMATH #11 (MR) $3.99
JUL130877 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD AFTERMATH #11 GORE CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL130876 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD AFTERMATH #11 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL131333 NURA RISE O/T YOKAI CLAN GN VOL 17 $9.99
JUL131335 ONE PIECE COLL TP 3IN1 VOL 07 $14.99
AUG131249 PATHFINDER GOBLINS #3 $3.99
MAY130965 PEANUTS VOL 2 #6 EMERALD CITY COMIC CON CVR $9.99
JUL130771 PEARLS BEFORE SWINE TP RATS WARS $12.99
JUL130891 PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL DEATH #2 (MR) $3.50
AUG131265 PIPPI LONGSTOCKING HC VOL 02 FIXES EVERYTHING $14.95
JUL130737 PIRATE EYE MURDER AT TEN KNOTS ONE SHOT [DIG] $2.99
JUL131347 POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN $9.99
JUL131346 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 12 $4.99
JUL131345 POKEMON POCKET COMICS BLACK & WHITE GN $9.99
AUG131486 QUANTUM & WOODY #4 REG SOOK $3.99
JUN131286 RAZORJACK COLL HC (RES) (MR) $19.99
AUG131141 ROBOCOP LAST STAND #3 (MR) [DIG] $3.99
JUL131334 ROSARIO VAMPIRE SEASON II TP VOL 12 $9.99
JUL131342 SAKURA HIME LEGEND OF PRINCESS SAKURA GN VOL 11 $9.99
AUG131155 SHADOW NOW #1 $3.99
AUG131479 SHADOWMAN #11 REG MARCUS TO $3.99
APR131249 SHARKY HC $19.99
JUL131330 SICKNESS UNTO DEATH GN PART 01 $11.95
JUL131337 SLAM DUNK GN VOL 30 $9.99
JUN131287 SOLID STATE TANK GIRL #4 $3.99
JUL130812 SONIC SAGA TP VOL 04 HOUSE OF CARDS [DIG] $11.99
JUL130813 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #253 REG CVR [P+] $2.99
JUL130785 SPERA HC VOL 03 $24.95
JUN131255 STRONTIUM DOG DIGEST TP PORTRAIT OF A MUTANT (MR) $12.00
AUG131150 SUICIDE RISK #6 [DIG] $3.99
AUG131149 SUICIDE RISK TP VOL 01 $9.99
JUN130884 TAROT WITCH KEY DELUXE SET W/ LITHO (MR) $23.99
JUN131289 THRUD THE BARBARIAN HC (MR) $19.99
JUL131338 TORIKO GN VOL 18 $9.99
AUG131042 UBER #6 (MR) $3.99
AUG131044 UBER #6 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR (MR) $3.99
AUG131043 UBER #6 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
JUL131344 UGLYDOLL SHHHHHHHH GN $7.99
JUL130893 URSA MINOR ONGOING #1 (MR) $3.50
AUG131515 VOICE OVER SEIYU ACADEMY GN VOL 01 $9.99
JUL131265 WE WONT SEE AUSCHWITZ GN $22.95

MAGAZINES
JUL131496 CINEFEX #135 $12.50
AUG131705 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1372 PI
JUN131441 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #17 BATMAN #37 JOKERMOBI $20.00
JUN131443 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #41 FLASH WHITE BISHOP $16.00
JUN131444 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #42 CAPTAIN COLD BLACK PAWN $16.00
MAY131410 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #42 $15.00
APR131428 MEGAMI JUL 2013 $16.60
APR131429 NEWTYPE JUL 2013 $16.00
AUG131718 SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #89 $8.95
APR131435 VIDEO WATCHDOG #175 (MR) $8.95

BOOKS
APR131363 BATTLE MILK 3 TP $29.95
JUL131462 DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN YR TP DEEP SPACE HIJACK $4.95
JUL131461 DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN YR TP SHRINKING CITY $4.95
JUN138110 DOCTOR WHO DEVIANT STRAIN SC $7.99
JUN138112 DOCTOR WHO KRILLITANE STORM SC $7.99
JUN138113 DOCTOR WHO SLITHEEN EXCURSION SC $7.99
JUN138116 DOCTOR WHO WINNER TAKES ALL SC $7.99
MAY131407 FRANK FRAZETTA ART AND REMEMBRANCES LTD S/N ED $125.00
AUG131513 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO NOVEL $17.99
MAY131412 PUNCH DRUNK MOUSTACHE SC $24.95
AUG131577 RAGNAR APHORISMYTH COLL ART & DESIGN SC $24.95
AUG131578 SLAYERS WOMEN OF WAR ART OF JOSE DEL NIDO SC $14.95
JUN131504 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS EXPERIENCE $50.00
AUG131664 STAR WARS EMPIRE & REBELLION HC VOL 01 RAZORS EDGE $27.00
JUN131447 SUPER STORIES OF HEROES & VILLAINS SC $15.95
MAY131413 TALES ART OF CHRISTIAN ALZMANN SC $24.95
JUL131476 TALES FROM LOVECRAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL #4 $13.99
JUN138119 TORCHWOOD ANOTHER LIFE SC $11.99
JUN138118 TORCHWOOD EXODUS CODE SC $12.99
JUN138120 TORCHWOOD INTO THE SILENCE SC $11.99
JUN138121 TORCHWOOD TRACE MEMORY SC $11.99
APR131369 TRAJECTORY HC $19.95
JUL132292 WARHAMMER 40K IRON GUARD SC $14.00
JUL132293 WARHAMMER 40K SALAMANDERS OMNIBUS SC $17.50
AUG131596 WHOS 50 50 DR WHO STORIES TO WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE SC $22.95
JUL131300 WORLD OF WARCRAFT TRIBUTE SC $44.99
JUL131472 WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS SC $15.00

Monday, September 30, 2013

Claymore: Mark of the Warrior

I read Claymore, Vol. 23

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics - which you can also buy).

Sunday, September 29, 2013

I Reads You Review: T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #2

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #2
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing

WRITER: Phil Hester
ARTIST: Andrea Di Vito
COLORS: Rom Fajardo
LETTERS: Shawn Lee
COVER: Phil Hester and Eric Gapstur with David Baron
COVER RIA: The Sharp Brothers
COVER RIB: Dave Sim
SUBSCRIPTION VARIANT COVER: Dave Sim with David Baron
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (September 2013)

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents was a team of superheroes that appeared in comic books originally published by Tower Comics from 1965 to 1969. The original T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents were an arm of the United Nations. Their name, T.H.U.N.D.E.R., is an acronym for “The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves.”

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents the comic book series ran for 20 issues. Two of the most popular T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Dynamo and NoMan, had short lived series. After the demise of Tower Comics, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents characters did not appear in new comic book stories until 1983. For the next four or five years, five different entities published T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comics. Except for a brief appearance in the 1990s, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents did not appear in new stories until DC Comics published a short-lived ongoing series and a miniseries beginning in 2010.

Now, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are at IDW Publishing. The creative team of the 2013-launched T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comic book series is writer Phil Hester (Godzilla, Wonder Woman) and artist Andrea Di Vito (Dungeons & Dragons).

The first issue of IDW’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents had sold out by the time I made it to a comic book shop. From the information I’ve gathered from the Web, IDW’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents is a reinvention of the concept and characters, to one extent or another. I have grown weary of the term, “re-imagination,” because pop culture concepts and franchises that are re-imagined often seem as if they are not really the result of imagination. It is as if the people behind some of these new versions just make arbitrary changes and tweek some things for the sake of “modernization.”

Thus, far I can’t really tell how much T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents has been changed. Apparently the new series begins like this: The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are dead, or will soon be. It is up to new recruit Dynamo to master the incredible but lethal power of the Thunderbelt (which gives him his power) in time to rescue his teammates from the mysterious Iron Maiden, a classic T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents adversary.

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2 (The Judgment Tower, Part Two: “Embrace of the Iron Maiden”) opens as Dynamo makes his landing in “the disputed territory of Kashmir” (a sort of barren, rocky landscape that resembles parts of Pakistan or Afghanistan). He must rescue Agents NoMan and Lightning from a secret T.H.U.N.D.E.R. station that is now under the control of the Iron Maiden. Dynamo immediately meets someone who is supposed to be an ally, but seems too suspicious to trust.

There are only 20 pages of story in this 28-page comic book. Dynamo lands in Kashmir, meets someone, penetrates his target, and gets captured. Plus, some people talk and scheme. What it took writer Phil Hester fifteen pages to do with Dynamo, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko would have done in three pages – tops, and with more imagination.

This comic book is not awful; it is just a story stretched too far. It is a short story padded to be graphic novel-like. It is boring. T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents is supposed to be a superhero action comic book, but this is stiff and phony. Andrea Di Vito’s art is rigid, awkward, and clunky. I must admit, however, that I do like the art Phil Hester drew for the cover. In fact, Di Vito should go away. Hester should become at least the pencil artist and give up the writing to someone else.

I think I may try another issue of this series. I hope that IDW does not turn this T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comic book into a B.L.U.N.D.E.R.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

The text is copyright © 2013 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this site for syndication rights and fees.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Dawn of the Arcana: A Game of Thones

I read Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 11

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free comics).

Friday, September 27, 2013

Book Review: HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC. – @norton_fiction

WRITER/ARTIST: David Shrigley
ISBN: 978-0-393-24039-9; hardcover (September 23, 2013)
208pp, Color, $19.95 U.S., $26.50 CAN

British visual artist David Shrigley, B.A. (Hons) has worked as an author, cartoonist, illustrator, photographer, and sculptor. He has also directed music videos, among them a video for “Good Song” by the musical act, Blur.

How Are You Feeling? At the Center of the Inside of the Human Brain’s Mind is a new book from David Shrigley the author. It is not a graphic novel or prose novel. How Are You Feeling? has elements of a diary, sketchbook, and chapbook as a hardcover book. The book is composed of pictures with text, pages of text, or full page illustrations. But what is How Are You Feeling? about, you ask?

How Are You Feeling? At the Center of the Inside of the Human Brain’s Mind is a mock self-help book and satirical advice book. Shrigley takes his readers on a journey between the ears, offering readers his crazy and wacky notions and ideas on how the brain decides what is right and wrong. Throughout the book, Shrigley offers advice that is shocking and funny, but is also ethically dubious in a “just joshing” sort of way. Of course, readers who would take this peculiar advice to heart would find themselves living their lives disastrously, although others would find delight in that unpleasantness.

How Are You Feeling? can be a little difficult to explain. It is simply a crazy advice book about the most vexing aspects of the mind and of the psyche. The advice is so funny because it goes beyond mere crazy and into the deranged. It is all deliberately wrong, but in a way that is infectious to one’s imagination.

For instance: Shrigley’s advice about hearing voices in your head is to obey the voices for a short period and to continue if things work out. On alcoholism, he writes, “it is terrific fun, of course, but there are problems with it.” Playing neurologist, Shrigley offers this medical guidance: “We all have internal wiring. Sometimes this wiring comes loose. . . . Check for loose wires and re-fasten them with glue.” He even suggests waxing your brain for lasting, healthy-looking brain.

Readers on the lookout for anything that skewers self-help and mental health advice books must have How Are You Feeling? At the Center of the Inside of the Human Brain’s Mind.

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www.davidshrigley.com

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

The text is copyright © 2013 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this site for syndication rights and fees.

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