Dark Horse from Diamond Distributors for February 15 2012

DARK HORSE COMICS

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I Reads You Review: THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. HYDE #2

THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. HYDE #2 (OF 4)
DARK HORSE COMICS

WRITER: Cole Haddon
ART: M.S. Corley
COLORS: Jim Campbell
LETTERS: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
32pp, Color, $3.50 U.S.

The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde is a four-issue comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. The film weaves together the Jack the Ripper legend with characters from the novella, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by author Robert Louis Stevenson. Ultimately, the series pits Mr. Edward Hyde against the Whitechapel Murderer (Jack the Ripper) with, Thomas Adye, a London police inspector caught in the middle.

Inspector Adye believes that the Whitechapel Murderer is empowered by the same serum that turned Dr. Henry Jekyll into Edward Hyde. The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde #2 finds Adye returning to the bowels of Scotland Yard to meet with Hyde’s creator, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and now, Adye has to make a deal with this devil. Soon, Adye, Jekyll, and two police officers are off to Whitechapel where violence, bloodshed, death, and a taste of Hyde are waiting for Adye.

As I wrote in my review of the first issue of The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde, this is a great read, and it remains so. I love the eye-catching visual style of series artist, M.S. Corley, which recalls woodcut engraving and Kevin O’Neill’s art on the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic book series. Corley’s unique graphics capture a down and dirty, but attractive late-century London, and convey the tension and excitement of the action sequences. Think of this as Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes in comics.

The best thing that writer Cole Haddon gives the readers in this second issue is more of Dr. Jekyll. Haddon’s supernaturally sly Jekyll has a devilish charm that would scare even the Devil himself. I found myself anticipating his every word, so much that I’ve read the pages in which he appears several times.

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"Arthur: The Legend Continues" at 2012 MegaCon

“In a time before ours his story ended and the legend was born. In a time after ours, his story begins again!”

Cosmic Times presents

Arthur: The Legend Continues Volume I - The Collected Edition

Written By Martin T. Pierro - Artwork by Cristhain "Crizam" Zamora

About Arthur: The Legend Continues:
With the world as we know it gone, mankind is on the verge of extinction yet still struggling to find purpose and hope.

From the ancient past a glimmer of light shines and a legend returns to claim his throne. Facing challenges never imagined in his time, King Arthur shall rise again and bring the mighty Excalibur to the throats of all who wish to do harm to his people.

Arthur: The Legend Continues takes the legendary king from his "death" on an ancient battlefield to a village on the brink of destruction in a post-apocalyptic future. As the once and future king tries to find his place in this strange new world, he soon discovers that danger lurks around every corner and this new world is more deadly and mysterious than he could possibly imagine

Arthur: The Legend Continues is the flagship series from Cosmic Times and originally premiered at Orlando’s MegaCon in 2009. Now to celebrate the collection of the first volume Cosmic Times has created an extremely limited MegaCon exclusive trade paperback featuring a stunning cover by Dan Mann. Volume I will collect the original 106 pages of the series along with seven never before seen pages of deleted scenes. This exclusive edition will have a limited print run of 25 copies and can only be purchased at MegaCon starting February 17th at the Cosmic Times booth - Indy Press 7. A regular edition will be released soon after.


About Cosmic Times
Established in 2009, Cosmic Times has become a small-press favorite with such diverse titles as Decisions, From Blood and Souled. Publisher Martin T. Pierro (who named Cosmic Times after a fanzine he published back in the mid 80s while still in middle school) is continuing to focus on his goal of making Cosmic Times into a true independent publishing house that focuses on quality storytelling.

More information about Cosmic Times and Arthur: The Legend Continues can be found at -

http://www.cosmictimes.net/.

Leroy Douresseaux Reviews: THE ART OF PONYO

THE ART OF PONYO
VIZ Media

WRITER: Hayao Miyazaki
ARTIST: Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Takami Nieda
ISBN: 978-1-4215-3064-2; soft cover
272pp, Color, $34.99 US, $39.99 CAN, £25.00 UK

Ponyo is a 2008 animated film written and directed by famed Japanese film director, Hayao Miyazaki, and made by the company he co-founded, Studio Ghibli. Walt Disney Pictures released the fantasy film in North America in 2009. Pixar, the American computer animation company, supervised the production of Ponyo’s English dub.

According to Miyazaki, Ponyo is a reworking of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid,” placed in a contemporary Japanese setting. Readers can learn facts like that and also get a wide open, behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of Ponyo in VIZ Media’s English-language publication of The Art of Ponyo. It’s a treat for people who love “Art of…” books that focus on animated featured films.

The Art of Ponyo features a generous selection of concept sketches, concept art, backgrounds, character sketches and designs, and film stills (of scenes from Ponyo). Readers shouldn’t think for a minute that they won’t get to see any drawings done by Miyazaki. According to the book, he drew all the concept sketches, and the book is littered with wonderful Miyazaki drawings which give us a small peek into this revered director’s creative process. One page even features a storyboard Miyazaki drew himself.

The book includes numerous examples of both Ponyo concept art, which was produced by the staff of Studio Ghibli, and character sketches and designs produced by Katsuya Kondo, the supervising animator of Ponyo. Also included are the complete voice-over script for the English-language release of the film and interviews with four of the guiding hands behind the film, including Kondo and Art Director Noboru Yoshida.

The list of people who will want The Art of Ponyo is long: animation aficionados, fans of Miyazaki, libraries, and people who’ve bought previous Miyazaki-related art books. People who remember the “Art of” books that Hyperion published in the 1990s for Walt Disney animated films (such as The Lion King) will also want The Art of Ponyo, a superbly produced book full of wonderful movie art. Chances are the movie will also be wonderful.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: The D1 Grand Prix Begins!!

I read Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Vol. 2 (Yu-Gi-Oh! (Graphic Novels))


I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has free comics).