Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for August 25 2010

IMAGE COMICS
MAY100510 BROKEN TRINITY PANDORAS BOX #2 (OF 6) VAR CVR $10.00

MAY100437 CRUSADES HC VOL 01 KNIGHT (MR) $29.99

MAY100515 DARKNESS #84 BRIGGS C2E2 VAR CVR $10.00

JUN100504 DARKNESS FOUR HORSEMEN #1 (OF 4) $3.99

JUN100457 DYNAMO 5 SINS OF THE FATHER #3 (OF 5) $3.99

JUN100410 EXISTENCE 2.0/3.0 TP (MR) $14.99

JUN100391 GUARDING THE GLOBE #1 (OF 6) $3.50

APR100409 HACK SLASH VOL 03 FRIDAY THE 31ST TP (IMAGE ED) (MR) $18.99

APR100461 INVINCIBLE #74 (MR) $2.99

MAR100467 IRON SAINT TP VOL 01 $14.99

JUN100464 LADY ROBOTIKA #2 $3.50

JUN100429 NOBLE CAUSES TP VOL 10 EVER AFTER $12.99

JUN100468 SAVAGE DRAGON #163 $3.50

JUN100439 SAVAGE DRAGON UNITED WE STAND TP $16.99

JUL100411 SCIENCE DOG SPECIAL #1 $3.50

JUN100403 TANK GIRL HAIRY HEROES (ONE SHOT) (MR) $3.99

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for August 25 2010

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
JUL101818 GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #127 PI

JUL100005 PREVIEWS #264 SEPTEMBER 2010 PI

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
JUL100720 WIZARD MAGAZINE #230 SPIDER MAN SD $5.99

COMICS
APR100795 10TH MUSE GALLERY (ONE-SHOT) $6.99

MAY100819 10TH MUSE LOST ISSUE #1 $3.99

MAY101107 2000 AD PACK JUL 2010 $18.00

JUN101076 A D NEW ORLEANS AFTER DELUGE SC $16.95

JUN100923 ANI-MAX ONE SHOT $4.99

JUN100975 AVATAR OF THE FUTURIANS #2 (OF 4) $3.99

JUL101114 BANIMON #2 (OF 3) $2.50

JUN100827 BART SIMPSON COMICS #55 $2.99

JUN100756 BETTY & VERONICA #249 $2.99

JUN100961 BULLET TO THE HEAD #3 (MR) $3.99

JUN100861 CARS HC VOL 01 ROOKIE $24.99

JUN100707 CEREBUS HC VOL 02 ALTA SOCIEDAD SPANISH ED $40.00

JUN101147 CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 02 $13.95

JUN100836 CODEBREAKERS TP $16.99

MAY101019 COMPLETE PEANUTS BOX SET 1975-1978 $49.99

MAY101018 COMPLETE PEANUTS HC VOL 14 1977-1978 $28.99

SEP090816 DF ASSAULT ON NEW OLYMPUS PROLOGUE PAK SGN ED $19.99

MAY101006 DF ERIC POWELL SDCC SKETCHBOOK $4.99

MAY101007 DF ERIC POWELL SDCC SKETCHBOOK SGN ED $29.99

APR100939 DF KS GREEN HORNET #1 CAMPBELL RET SHARED EX CVR $16.99

APR100940 DF KS GREEN HORNET #1 CAMPBELL RET SHARED EX CVR 2-PACK $19.36

MAY100996 DF KS GREEN HORNET #2 SEGOVIA RET SHARED EX CVR $16.99

MAY100997 DF KS GREEN HORNET #2 SEGOVIA RET SHARED EX CVR 2-PACK PI

FEB100892 DF MAGDALENA #1 EX VAR CVR MARZ SGN ED $10.00

APR100949 DF MARVEL-OUS 25-BOOK STARTER SET PI

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DEC090845 DF THOR #607 BILLY TAN SGN ED PLUS 21 $29.99

DEC090844 DF ULTIMATE COMICS X #1 LOEB SGN ED PLUS TEN $39.99

JUN100864 DISNEYS HERO SQUAD #8 $2.99

APR100821 DO ANDROIDS DREAM DUST TO DUST #4 (OF 8) $3.99

JUN100841 DRACULA COMPANY OF MONSTERS #1 $3.99

APR100797 FAME #3 KRISTEN STEWART $3.99

MAY100821 FAME #4 TAYLOR SWIFT $3.99

APR100798 FEMALE FORCE #16 ANNE RICE $3.99

MAY100822 FEMALE FORCE #17 MARGARET THATCHER $3.99

JUN100820 FEMALE FORCE #9 STEPHENIE MEYER FOIL ED $19.99

MAY100799 FEVRE DREAM #5 (OF 10) (MR) $3.99

MAY100800 FEVRE DREAM #5 (OF 10) WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99

JUN100959 GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS #9 (OF 9) (MR) $3.50

MAY101085 GHOST PROJEKT #4 (OF 5) $3.99

MAY100731 GOLD DIGGER BOOKS OF MAGIC #1 $3.99

APR100716 GOLD DIGGER II POCKET MANGA TP VOL 10 $14.99

APR100719 GOLD DIGGER TIFFANY & CHARLOTTE PKT MANGA TP $14.99

MAR100743 GRAVEL #20 (MR) $3.99

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JUN100704 HAVEN GN $15.95

MAY100885 INCREDIBLES HC VOL 01 FAMILY MATTERS $24.99

JUN100758 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #163 $3.99

JUL101053 KODT BAG WARS SAGA GN $14.99

JUN100742 LOOSELY BASED GN $14.95

JUN100872 MUPPET SHOW #9 $2.99

MAY100893 MUPPET SHOW HC VOL 01 MEET THE MUPPETS $24.99

MAY100890 MUPPET SNOW WHITE #4 $2.99

JUN100708 NIGHT BOOKMOBILE GN $19.95

APR100966 NORMAN PETTINGHILL BACKWOODS HUMORIST HC $39.99

JUN100885 OZ WONDERLAND CHRONICLES #0-3 SET $8.99

APR100802 POLITICAL POWER #12 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER $3.99

MAY101119 PRIEST PURGATORY #1 (OF 4) (RES) $3.99

JUN100744 RIPPED GN $14.95

APR100914 ROBOCOP #6 (MR) $3.50

APR100804 ROCK N ROLL COMICS #1 JOAN JETT & RUNAWAYS (MR) $3.99

JUN101200 SALEMS DAUGHTER #5 CVR A LIEFELD (RES) $2.99

JUN101201 SALEMS DAUGHTER #5 CVR B SEIDMAN (RES) $2.99

JUL101118 SECRET ASIAN MAN THE DAILY DAYS TP $20.00

JUN100761 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #216 $2.99

JUL100730 TANGO COLLECTION TALENT FROM AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND $26.95

NOV090790 TEENS AT PLAY SPOILED BRATS GN (O/A) (A) $9.95

JUN100709 TERRY MOORES ECHO #24 $3.50

MAY101145 THE ART OF RESIDENT EVIL 5 SC $39.99

MAY100826 TONY & CLEO #1 $3.99

JUN100875 TOY STORY MYSTERIOUS STRANGER HC $24.99

APR100806 VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS #19 (MR) $3.99

MAY100828 VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS #20 (MR) $3.99

JUN101035 WHAT IF FANTASTIC FOUR TRIBUTE TO MIKE WIERINGO (O/A) $4.99

JUN100878 WIZARDS OF MICKEY #8 $2.99

JUN100791 WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99

JUN100793 WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) BLOOD THIRST CVR (MR) $3.99

JUN100794 WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) PAINTED CVR (MR) $3.99

JUN100792 WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99

JUN101056 ZEROIDS #1 SHORT CVR A $3.99

JUN101057 ZEROIDS #1 SPARACIO CVR B $3.99

MAGAZINES
MAY101238 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #127 GORGON $12.00

MAY101239 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #128 X-MAN $12.00

MAY101237 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL CLOAK & DAGGER $32.00

MAR101294 NEWTYPE JUN 2010 $13.99

MAY101267 SCI FI & FANTASY MODELLER VOL 18 $26.95

MAY101283 SFX #199 $9.99

MAY101284 SFX SPECIAL #45 $18.99

JUN100983 SUPER KAWAII MAGAZINE #1 $14.99

JUN101294 SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #19 SPECIAL NEWSSTAND ED $9.99

JUN101295 SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #19 SPECIAL PX ED $9.99

JUN101235 TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #191 $5.95

JUN101296 VIDEO WATCHDOG #158 $8.95

Dave Cooper Tours to Support Upcoming "Bent"

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS PRESENTS...

DAVE COOPER GETS BENT

THE 2010 WEST COAST TOUR

Featuring the premiere of Dave Cooper's new book of paintings, BENT, from Fantagraphics Books.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 7-9PM
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90232
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/
(323) 666-7667

OCTOBER 1-3
Babytattooville
Riverside, CA
http://www.babytattooville.com/

TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 7-9PM
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.cartoonart.org/
(415) CAR-TOON

THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 6-9PM
Lucky's Comics
3972 Main Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.luckys.ca/
(604) 875-9858

SATURDAY, OCT. 9, 6-9PM
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S. Vale St.
Seattle, WA 98108
www.fantagraphics.com/bookstore
(206) 658-0110

SUNDAY, OCT. 10, 5-7PM
Cosmic Monkey Comics
5335 Northeast Sandy Boulevard
Portland, OR 97213
http://www.cosmicmonkeycomics.com/
(503) 517-9050

August is the Month for Anniversaries

First, the Comic Book Bin turned 8 on August 8th.  And today, August 24th, is the 7th anniversary of my first article posted there, which was a review of Powers #33.  Don't forget the apps for the iPhone and Palm.

Social Media Powers Black Science Fiction and Fantasy

Black Web 2.0 has an interesting piece on Black science fiction and fantasy authors who use social media to reach readers.  The authors mentioned:

1. Nalo Hopskinson

2. Nora K. (N.K.) Jemisin
3. Minister Faust
4. Charles Saunders
5. Nnedi Okorafor

Chew #13 Gets a Second Printing with New Cover

GOING BACK FOR SECONDS

CHEW #13 sold out at distributor, follows the trend for other issues in incendiary "Just Desserts" story arc

You can't stop the Eisner Award winning series CHEW, written by John Layman and illustrated by Rob Guillory. The first two trades were instant bestsellers, and the individual issues of CHEW are just as hot! CHEW #13 has sold out at the distribution level, just like previous issues in the "Just Deserts" story arc, and Image Comics is taking the issue back to press with a special variant cover!

"I had a feeling #13 was going to go quick," Layman says. "Even when we were putting this together, the cover just jumped out at you, even more so than Rob's other excellent covers. Normally, I'm against slapping variant covers on reprints as exploitative and gratuitous, but we had an idea for a second homage cover that would really compliment the first, plus I think readers would think it was really cool. At least *I* think the idea was really cool, so we decided to do it."

CHEW #13 is part three of the "Just Desserts" story arc -- Unlucky Number Thirteen, in which we see the return of rogue cibopath Mason Savoy, a double agent is revealed, and a narrative dirty trick is played upon an unsuspecting readership!

CHEW #13 Second Printing (JUL108129), a 32 full-color comic book, will be in stores September 15, 2010. Don't miss CHEW #14 (JUN100454), available September 29, and CHEW #15 (JUL100395), a special issue introducing all-new characters and featuring a tri-fold poster cover, available November 10. Now available: CHEW VOL. 1 TP (SEP090288), collecting issues 1-5; CHEW VOL. 2: INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR TP (FEB100354), collecting issues 6-10; and CHEW: OMNIVORE EDITION HC (MAY100435), collecting issues 1-10 in an oversized hardcover.


Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

Comici Updates on "Justice Direct"

Press release:

Comici update: The "First" Independent super hero to return? And quick name change for "Mickey the Z"

Justice Direct, first seen on the independent circuit of conventions and books from independents in the early to mid eighties, is getting a revamp. Plus Mickey gets another "Z"

PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 17, 2010 – Before leaving the independents in the mid eighties to work for the majors, and a career in commercial art and marketing, illustrator Vince Argondezzi contributed a great share of his talents to the independents, with artwork, and even the founding and co-founding of several imprints. Contributing to companies from Pacific to a company called Comico and everywhere in-between, Argondezzi was conceiving and drawing, with a successful track record that has given him a client list that stretches from the EPA to Time Warner, to Reed Elsivier.

Before leaving Comico completely due to creative and business differences in 1986 (as an artist doing Next Man with Roger Mc Kenzie; Argondezzi left several years earlier as the co-founder and an ostensible partner) he had given a hand in a variety of projects for the independents...Next Man, Comic Company A (now being rechristened Comici), as well as offerings for Pacific and Reggie Byers' (much missed) Victory Publications, among others. These projects have been near and dear to his heart, along with his latest, Mickey the Z.. At the very start of it all, and happy to say with a proven influence on many youngsters reading comics at the time (Argondezzi was a youngster himself), was the character coined "Justice Direct", from the first issue of the Comico early edition of Primer. Only ten pages long, Justice was done by the only working professional there at Comico at the time, Argondezzi, who was already storyboarding for ad agencies and getting work from DC Comics in their apprentice program. It told the story of Doug Direct, secret agent, who stumbled into a world of even higher high tech gadgetry and intrigue. It was simple for it's time, the first alternative independent super hero visually and continuity wise from the miasma of characters and concepts in that time period...but it got the attention of most readers as the only thing close to professionally produced material in the early Primers, and made a mark in the now famous "Presents" covers and posters, and basically, helped kick started the whole thing.

Fast forward twenty plus years. With several series under his belt, and tempered from years of medical and commercial illustration, Argondezzi is sizing up his first creation, and will be releasing brand new artwork for a possible revival. Argondezzi states: "Several Comico redos have been going on recently online, and while I'm wishing them well, they are nice, it looks like its not quite what I want.. The spirit of the company I came up with all those years ago was fun, spontaneity and excitement, and while I like the super mature stuff, and esoterica, and I can sort of keep up, I won't pretend that I'm a leader in that forte', or that I know everything. Only clowns pretend to know everything. I'm toying with possibly my own Comico redo...maybe that'll finally fill any void."

On a different note, a correction. Recently, several press releases were sent out, with some art and info on the above mentioned project "Mickey". In our haste, we did not do due diligence and check to see Mickey the Z was used properly. While the use of the name Zenith is involved in the story, we won't be using the name "Zenith" with this character. It was an oversight, and we're sorry if we confused anybody.