Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for April 23 2014

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

DEC130884 ALL NEW SOULFIRE #4 DIRECT MARKET CVR A $3.99
DEC130885 ALL NEW SOULFIRE #4 DIRECT MARKET CVR B $3.99
DEC130886 ALL NEW SOULFIRE #4 DIRECT MARKET CVR C $3.99
DEC130887 ALL NEW SOULFIRE #4 DIRECT MARKET CVR D $3.99
FEB141326 ANIMAL LAND GN VOL 09 $10.99
FEB141213 ASH & THE ARMY OF DARKNESS #6 $3.99
DEC130860 BETTY & VERONICA #270 REG CVR $2.99
JAN140832 BO PLUSHY GANGSTA #2 (MR) $3.99
FEB141092 BRAVEST WARRIORS #19 MAIN CVRS $3.99
FEB148128 BUNKER #2 2ND PTG (MR) $3.99
FEB141357 BUNKER #3 $3.99
FEB141534 BUNNY DROP GN VOL 10 $14.00
JAN140908 CROSSED ANNUAL 2014 (MR) $5.99
JAN140910 CROSSED ANNUAL 2014 TORTURE CVR (MR) $5.99
JAN140909 CROSSED ANNUAL 2014 WRAP CVR (MR) $5.99
JAN140901 CROSSED BADLANDS #50 DLX COLL BOX SET (MR) $99.99
FEB140972 CROSSED BADLANDS #52 (MR) $3.99
FEB140975 CROSSED BADLANDS #52 FATAL FANTASY CVR (MR) $3.99
FEB140974 CROSSED BADLANDS #52 TORTURE CVR (MR) $3.99
FEB140973 CROSSED BADLANDS #52 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
FEB148249 DAY MEN #3 (2ND PTG) $3.99
AUG131286 DF EAST OF WEST #1 JONATHAN HICKMAN SIGN ED $19.99
DEC131137 DF ORIGIN II #1 GOLD SIGNATURE STAN LEE SGN $699.99
NOV131056 DF ORIGIN II #1 STAN LEE SGN $399.99
FEB141032 DUFFMAN ADVENTURES #1 $3.99
FEB141482 ETERNAL WARRIOR #8 REG LAROSA $3.99
FEB141043 EVIL EMPIRE #2 (MR) $3.99
FEB140955 FATHOM KIANI VOL 3 #2 DIRECT MARKET CVR A $3.99
FEB140956 FATHOM KIANI VOL 3 #2 DIRECT MARKET CVR B $3.99
FEB141493 FLOWERS OF EVIL GN VOL 09 (MR) $10.95
JAN140823 FRACTURE #4 $2.99
OCT131038 FRANK THORNE RED SONJA ART ED HC $150.00
AUG131251 GAME OF THRONES #20 (MR) $3.99
FEB141220 GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS HC VOL 03 $24.99
FEB141550 GFT CODE RED #5 A CVR JOHNSON (AOFD) (MR) $2.99
FEB141551 GFT CODE RED #5 B CVR CALDWELL (AOFD) (MR) $2.99
FEB141552 GFT CODE RED #5 C CVR KROME (AOFD) (MR) $2.99
FEB141553 GFT CODE RED #5 D CVR MASSAFERA (AOFD) (MR) $2.99
FEB141568 GFT HELSING #1 A CVR MILLER $3.99
FEB141569 GFT HELSING #1 B CVR MYCHAELS $3.99
FEB141570 GFT HELSING #1 C CVR LILLY $3.99
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FEB141565 GFT WONDERLAND #22 A CVR GOH (MR) $3.99
FEB141566 GFT WONDERLAND #22 B CVR ERRICO (MR) $3.99
FEB141567 GFT WONDERLAND #22 C CVR PANTALENA (MR) $3.99
JAN140834 GHOST TOWN TP $11.99
FEB141007 GRAVEL COMBAT MAGICIAN #3 (MR) $3.99
FEB141009 GRAVEL COMBAT MAGICIAN #3 HORROR CVR (MR) $3.99
FEB141008 GRAVEL COMBAT MAGICIAN #3 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
FEB141065 HACKTIVIST #4 $3.99
FEB141480 HARBINGER #22 ORDERALL MONTOYA $3.99
FEB141479 HARBINGER #22 REG WALSH $3.99
FEB141078 HEROBEAR AND KID SAVING TIME #1 $3.99
FEB141536 IM NOT POPULAR GN VOL 03 $11.99
FEB141537 INU X BOKU SS TP VOL 03 $11.99
JAN140825 JACK HAMMER #3 $2.99
JAN141303 JUDGE DREDD COMP CASE FILES TP VOL 22 $32.99
OCT131127 LADY RAWHIDE #5 $3.99
FEB141360 LETTER 44 #6 $3.99
FEB141069 MIDAS FLESH #5 $3.99
MAR141132 OVER EASY HC (MR) $24.95
FEB141097 PEANUTS VOL 2 #17 $3.99
FEB141048 PLANET OF THE APES CATACLYSM TP VOL 03 $14.99
JAN141031 REGULAR SHOW #12 MAIN CVRS $3.99
FEB141219 ROBOTECH VOLTRON #3 $3.99
FEB141202 SHADOW NOW #6 $3.99
FEB141221 SHERLOCK HOLMES MORIARTY LIVES #3 $3.99
FEB141512 SHONEN JUMP PACK 2014 #2 $19.99
JAN140831 SKYWARD TP VOL 02 STRANGE CREATURES $8.99
JAN140882 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #259 REG CVR $2.99
FEB141058 STEED & MRS PEEL TP VOL 03 $14.99
JAN141346 STREET FIGHTER CLASSIC HC VOL 03 PSYCHO CRUSHER $54.99
FEB141375 THANIEL #2 (MR) $3.99
JAN140934 UBER #11 (MR) $3.99
JAN140936 UBER #11 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR (MR) $3.99
JAN140935 UBER #11 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99
MAR140899 UBER #9 WAR CRIMES CVR (MR) $5.99
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FEB141538 UMINEKO WHEN THEY CRY GN VOL 06 BANQUET GOLDEN WITCH PT 2 $22.00
JAN141137 VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES HC VOL 09 (MR) $49.99
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FEB140875 VAMPLETS UNDEAD PET SOCIETY #1 MIDDLETON CVR $4.99
OCT131103 WARLORD OF MARS #35 (MR) $3.99
FEB148213 X-O MANOWAR #23 2ND PTG (AH) $3.99

MAGAZINES
DEC130958 BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #9 (MR) $4.99
FEB141655 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1401 PI
JAN141302 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #346 $12.25
OCT131538 MEGAMI JAN 2014 $16.60
OCT131539 NEWTYPE JAN 2014 $16.00
MAR141625 STAR TREK MAGAZINE #49 NEWSSTAND ED $9.99
MAR141626 STAR TREK MAGAZINE #49 PX ED $9.99
FEB141676 STAR WARS INSIDER #149 NEWSSTAND ED $7.99
FEB141677 STAR WARS INSIDER #149 PX ED $7.99

BOOKS
DEC131308 DMC DEVIL MAY CRY VISUAL ART SC $39.99
FEB141457 GURREN LAGANN ART WORKS SC $39.99
DEC131436 LAST OF US POSTER COLLECTION $24.99
FEB141592 SKETCHBOOK CASSEGRAIN #2 (MR) $30.00
FEB141593 SKETCHBOOK MEYNET #1 (MR) $30.00
FEB141595 SKETCHBOOK PRESING #1 (MR) $30.00
DEC131306 SOULCALIBUR NEW LEGENDS OF PROJECT SOUL SC $39.99
FEB141539 SPICE AND WOLF NOVEL VOL 11 (MR) $12.00
FEB141540 SWORD ART ONLINE NOVEL VOL 01 AINCRAD $13.00
FEB141602 WALKING DEAD MMPB VOL 02 ROAD TO WOODBURY $7.99
MAR141567 WALKING DEAD NOVEL HC VOL 04 FALL OF GOVERNOR PT 2 $25.99
JAN142330 WARHAMMER GOTREK & FELIX THE SERPENT QUEEN SC $14.00
JAN141484 WORLD ACCORDING TO SPIDER-MAN HC $24.95
FEB141605 X-MEN ORIGIN STORY YR HC $8.99

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Sunday, April 20, 2014

I Reads You Review: THE SANDMAN: Overture #2

THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE #2 (OF 6)
DC COMICS/VERTIGO – @DCComics and @vertigo_comics

WRITER:  Neil Gaiman
ART: J.H. Williams, III
COLORS: Dave Stewart
LETTERS: Todd Klein
EDITOR: Shelly Bond
COVERS: J.H. Williams, III (Cover A); Dave McKean (Cover B)
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (May 2014)

“Suggested for Mature Readers”

Chapter Two

The second issue of The Sandman: Overture finally arrives after a few months delay.  Overture is a six-issue miniseries based on The Sandman, a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by numerous artists, including Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, and Shawn McManus, among others.  The Sandman chronicled the adventures of a character called Dream (or Morpheus), created by Gaiman and artists, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg.  Dream was one of “The Endless,” and he ruled over the world of dreams.

The Sandman: Overture, written by Gaiman and drawn by artist J.H. Williams III, is a prequel, of sorts.  The series will explore Morpheus’ world before he was captured, which is how readers found him way back in The Sandman #1.

As Gaiman told The New York Times in a 2012 interview, “This is the one story that we never got to tell.  In Sandman #1, Morpheus is captured somehow. Later on in the series, you learn he was returning from somewhere far, far away – but we never got to the story of what he was doing and what had happened. This is our chance to tell that story, and J.H. Williams III is drawing it.  It’s the most beautiful thing in the world.”

The Sandman: Overture #2 opens with a look-in on the current Lord of Dreams.  The story then travels back to 1915 where Morpheus joins a gathering of other aspects of Dream from throughout time and space.  Why have they gathered?  It seems one of Dream’s aspects has died – or rather, been destroyed.  Who or what did it?  Morpheus intends to get answers from the First Circle, but he must first deal with some attitude.

In the first issue of The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman focused on introducing concepts over revealing plot.  With the second issue, he jumps fully into storytelling and the plot, and, of course, it is quite good storytelling.  Even the plot offers surprises.  Do I even have to say that it is good?  Well, yes, I have to because it has been a long time since Gaiman has written a long-form Sandman comic book.  “Chapter 2” is brilliant, imaginative, colorful, and expansive.  Every panel sparkles with magic.

However, much of the credit should go to artist J.H. Williams III and colorist Dave Stewart.  I like what I see on the pages of The Sandman: Overture #2 so much that I think Williams and Stewart were born to be Sandman artists.  Williams’ dazzling page design peels open structures the way Will Eisner did in his famous comic, The Spirit, turning the rooms of a house into individual comic book panels.  Stewart’s colors throb and pulse.  I felt as if the colors were pushing into my eyes, on the way to blowing my mind.  Wow, The Sandman: Overture #2 is why I like reading comic books.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Friday, April 18, 2014

John Ira Thomas of Candle Light Press Grumbles

John Ira Thomas of Candle Light Press contributed to the Indiegogo campaign for my comic book, Grumble.  Visit CLP's website to be introduced to some of the best graphic novels and books of the last two decades.

And you can give to Grumble, too:



Book Review: NYC BASIC TIPS AND ETIQUETTE


NYC BASIC TIPS AND ETIQUETTE
WILLIAM MORROW/HarperCollins – @WmMorrowBks and @HarperCollins

AUTHOR: Nathan W. Pyle – @nathanwpyle
ISBN: 978-0-06-230311-0; paperback (April 15, 2014)
144pp, B&W, $10.00 U.S.

One of the recent books that I have found myself thoroughly enjoying and even rereading is NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette.  What is the book about?

If you find yourself needing a guide to the hidden secrets and unwritten rules of New York City (NYC), you have one.  It is a small paperback book entitled NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette and is written and drawn by Nathan W. Pyle.  It is an illustrated guide for residents and visitors alike about navigating New York City.

Nathan Pyle lives and works in Manhattan and is a producer of nonfiction television shows for MSNBC and The Weather Channel (among others).  Although he lives in New York City (NYC), he is originally from Ohio.  He apparently loves living in the big city, but apparently had to learn by trial and error how to navigate life in NYC.

An illustrator, Pyle created 12 simple panel drawings/cartoons about living in NYC.  Last year, Pyle posted on his blog the following, “‘NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette’ is a new series I'm starting, as a guide for newcomers.  I've lived in the city for 4 1/2 years now, and I've decided to start writing down some of the things I've learned in my time here.”

Last year, Pyle posted “NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette” as a series of animated GIF, single-panel comics.  They became a viral Internet phenomenon.  Within the first week of their debut, these 12 comics were featured on sites like Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and Reddit, among others.

Pyle created more of these comics and now 136 of them are presented in the new paperback book, NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette (published by William Morrow, a HarperCollins imprint).  For those who like the comics in their original animated GIF form, NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette is also available in an animated e-book version.

I have never been to New York City, but, of course, I know people who live and have visited or have lived there.  I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it reminds me of things I have been told about the city and even things that I have read about or seen on television and film about the Big Apple.  I like that some of the comics in NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette applies to other cities, even smaller ones.

Simply put, I think that anyone who picks up this book, even if they don’t care for NYC, will like it.  It’s just plain funny and, at times, it seems like a book of pop wisdom.  And yeah, when I finally visit NYC, I will use NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette as a guide to navigating and visiting that city.  People looking for a unique and useful book about New York City must have NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette – simple as that.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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