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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 22 2013

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAR130028 AKANEIRO #1 $3.99

MAR130012 DARK HORSE PRESENTS #24 (MR) $7.99

MAR130013 DEEP SEA ONE SHOT $2.99

MAR130051 HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #2 ALEXANDER CVR $3.99

MAR130050 LOBSTER JOHNSON SATAN SMELLS A RAT ONE SHOT $3.50

MAR130016 MASSIVE #12 $3.50

MAR130017 MIND MGMT #11 $3.99

MAR130068 STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI PRISONER OF BOGAN #5 (RES) $2.99

MAR130058 STAR WARS LEGACY #3 $2.99

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 22 2013

Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for May 22 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

JAN130838 A NINJA NAMED STAN SC [DIG/P+] $14.95

MAR130908 ACCELERATORS #1 $3.99

MAR130943 ADVENTURE TIME #16 MAIN CVRS $3.99

MAR130953 ADVENTURE TIME FIONNA & CAKE #5 MAIN CVR $3.99

MAR130979 ANTARES TP VOL 01 EPISODE 1 $15.95

SEP121209 ANTI #4 $3.99

MAR130813 ARCHIES 1000 PG COMICS DIGEST TP $14.99

JAN131206 AVENGER ROARING HEART NOVEL HC LTD $32.95

JAN131205 AVENGER ROARING HEART NOVEL SC $18.95

MAR130910 BART SIMPSON COMICS #83 $2.99

MAR130980 BETELGEUSE TP VOL 02 CAVES $11.95

FEB130719 BLACK LIST GN [DIG/P+] $14.95

MAR130981 BLAKE & MORTIMER GN VOL 12 ATLANTIS MYSTERY $15.95

MAR131280 BOOYAH GN $7.99

MAR130773 CAVEWOMAN UNCOVERED PINUP BOOK (MR) $3.99

FEB130777 CROSSED BADLANDS #28 (MR) $3.99

FEB130779 CROSSED BADLANDS #28 TORTURE CVR (MR) $3.99

FEB130778 CROSSED BADLANDS #28 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99

JAN131060 DAMSELS #7 $3.99

MAR131086 DARK SHADOWS YEAR ONE #2 $3.99

JAN131132 DF AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700 STAN LEE SGN ED $700.00

FEB130995 DF MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #1 SIX COPY SET $100.00

FEB130994 DF MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #6 EXC CVR $10.00

FEB130992 DF MY LITTLE PONY MICRO #3 EXC CVR $10.00

MAR131122 DF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #21 EXC CVR $10.00

FEB131136 DMC DEVIL MAY CRY VERGIL CHRONICLES #1 $3.99

JAN130802 DOUBLE JUMPERS #4 (MR) [DIG] $3.99

AUG121030 FLASH GORDON TP VOL 01 ZEITGEIST $29.99

MAR131399 GFT HUNTERS SHADOWLANDS #1 A CVR SPAY (MR) $2.99

MAR131400 GFT HUNTERS SHADOWLANDS #1 B CVR SIQUEIRA (MR) $2.99

MAR131397 GFT WEREWOLVES HUNGER #1 A CVR SPAY (MR) $3.99

MAR131398 GFT WEREWOLVES HUNGER #1 B CVR KROME (MR) $3.99

FEB130688 GOLD DIGGER #200 SERIES SPECIAL [DIG] $3.99

MAR130923 HELLRAISER DARK WATCH #4 MAIN CVRS (MR) [DIG] $3.99

MAR130840 JIRNI #2 ASPEN RESERVED CVR $3.99

MAR130839 JIRNI #2 DIRECT MARKET CVR [DIG] $3.99

JAN130837 KONI KONFIDENTIAL GN $9.95

MAR130982 LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 29 GRAND DUKE $11.95

MAR130983 LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 30 DALTONS ESCAPE $11.95

MAR131049 MASKS #7 $3.99

MAR130992 MY DIRTY DUMB EYES GN (MR) $22.95

FEB130692 NAZI ZOMBIES TP $14.95

MAR131239 NINJAGO GN VOL 07 STONE COLD $6.99

MAR131240 NINJAGO HC VOL 07 STONE COLD $10.99

MAR130907 OCCUPY COMICS #1 $3.50

MAR131199 PATRICIA BRIGGS CRY WOLF GN VOL 02 $24.95

NOV121206 PHANTOM COMP SERIES HC CHARLTON YEARS VOL 02 $49.99

FEB130982 PROPERTY HC (MR) $24.95

JAN131207 RED MENACE NOVEL SC $6.99

OCT121022 RED SONJA #75 GEOVANI CVR $3.99

OCT121021 RED SONJA #75 JONES CVR $3.99

OCT121020 RED SONJA #75 RUBI CVR $3.99

FEB130829 REGULAR SHOW #1 COMPLETE CVR BOX SET $24.99

MAR131202 ROCKY & HUDSON GAY COWBOYS $19.95

FEB130731 SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH MAGIC WITHIN TP VOL 02 $10.99

FEB131174 SATURN APARTMENTS TP VOL 07 $12.99

FEB130883 SCHOOL BITES INDEPENDENT STUDIES COLL TP [DIG] $19.99

JAN131224 SCOTT PILGRIM COLOR HC VOL 03 $24.99

MAR131253 SIXTH GUN #31 $3.99

FEB131138 SOLID STATE TANK GIRL #1 $3.99

MAR130827 SONIC UNIVERSE TP VOL 05 TAILS ADVENTURE $11.99

MAR131193 SPACE HUSTLERS GN $9.95

MAR130786 STEAMPUNK SNOW WHITE ONE SHOT [DIG] $5.99

FEB130867 STEED AND MRS PEEL ONGOING #8 [DIG] $3.99

MAR131353 SUNNY HC VOL 01 $22.99

MAR130984 THORGAL GN VOL 07 MASTER OF MOUNTAINS $11.95

MAR131062 VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES HC VOL 07 (MR) $49.99

JAN130819 VICTORIAN SECRET COLLECTION TP [DIG] $14.95

OCT121247 WALLY WOOD EERIE TALES OF CRIME & HORROR DLX SLIPCASED $69.95

OCT121246 WALLY WOOD EERIE TALES OF CRIME & HORROR HC $39.95

NOV121348 WALLY WOOD EERIE TALES OF CRIME & HORROR SC $24.95

FEB131091 WASTELAND #45 (MR) $3.99

MAR130817 WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #29 [DIG/P+] $3.99

MAR131249 XENOGLYPHS #2 $3.99

MAR130770 ZOMBIES CALLING GN $9.95

FEB130720 ZOO DOT COM GN [DIG/P+] $9.95

MAGAZINES
MAR130698 CARS MAGAZINE #14 $4.99

FEB131241 COMIC HEROES MAGAZINE #18 $17.99

MAR131441 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1353 PI

JAN131430 HOBBY JAPAN APR 2013 $16.60

MAR131500 LOCUS #628 $7.50

MAR131435 NON SPORT UPDATE VOL 24 #3 $5.99

BOOKS
AUG121384 ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE DLX SLIPCASED ED $69.95

AUG121385 ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE HC $39.95

SEP121230 ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE SC $24.95

MAR131426 DRAWN TO NEW YORK ILLUS CHRON OF 3 DECADES IN NYC $29.95

MAR131480 HORROR SHOW GUIDE ULT FRIGHTFEST OF MOVIES 2ND ED $19.95

FEB131250 IVAN BRUNETTI AESTHETICS MEMOIR HC $25.00

OCT121243 JEFFREY JONES DEFINITIVE REFERENCE DLX SLIPCASED ED $69.95

APR131204 KRAMERS ERGOT HC VOL 08 (OCT111193) (MR) $32.95

MAR131448 LONE RANGER GOLDEN BOOK CLASSIC $3.99

MAR131496 NEIL GAIMAN MAKE GOOD ART HC $12.99

FEB131190 NOBLE V GREYLANCER NOVEL $14.99

FEB131261 TERRY NATION MAN WHO INVENTED DALEKS SC $14.95

FEB131280 WORLD WAR Z MOVIE TIE IN ED TP $14.95

Monday, May 20, 2013

Review: SILVER #1 – Finnigan

SILVER #1 – FINNIGAN
DARK PLANET COMICS

CARTOONIST/CREATOR: Stephan Franck – @stephan_franck
32pp, B&W, $3.50 U.S.

Stephan Franck has been a writer, director, and animator. The veteran filmmaker has worked for Disney, DreamWorks, and Warner Bros., among others. He was a supervising animator on The Iron Giant, contributed story to Despicable Me, and recently directed the upcoming movie, The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow for Sony Pictures Animation.

Now, Stephan Franck is creating comics and recently released Silver, a new 12-issue miniseries published by Dark Planet Comics. Silver extends the fictional world of writer Bram Stoker, the author of the Gothic novel, Dracula (1897), into the 1930s. Silver focuses on a con man who steals silver from the living-dead. He begins to assemble a crew to help him pull off the biggest heist of the last ten centuries.

Silver #1 opens in New York City, 1931. The Harker Foundation, founded by recently deceased Jonathan Harker and his late wife, Wilhelmina “Mina” (Murray) Harker, is holding an auction of rare silver pieces from the Harkers’ private collection. Tonight, there is an unwanted guest, con man and thief extraordinaire, James Finnigan. Finnigan’s “visit” is expected, however, which turns into a chase that covers practically every corner of the building.

Like Francesco Francavilla’s The Black Beetle, Silver is a stylish urban-set comic book that is part Film-Noir and part Depression-era pulp fiction. James Finnigan is not quite in the classic heroic tradition of the pulps. He’s more like Indiana Jones, a hero styled in the pulp tradition: two-fisted, smart, wily, and a lucky bastard who always escapes in the nick of time.

Graphically, Silver is a classic black and white comic book, in which the artist uses positive and negative space to not only set tone and mood, but to also pace the narrative. When done with skill, a black and white comic book can create a sense of swiftly-moving action. Black and white comic book art can also present static images that convey danger, menace, and suspense with but a lone image or in a single panel. Franck does that throughout Silver #1.

In James Finnigan, Franck has created a character that will keep the series lively and funny, making Silver an adventure tale that mixes in other genres such as action, horror, and crime fiction. Silver is a gorgeous comic book that gets more entertaining with each page. Silver is the kind of comic book that has kept me in love with comic books since I was child.

Readers looking for classic pop comics will want Stephan Franck’s Silver.

A

Readers can purchase Silver #1 on ComiXology: http://www.comixology.com/Silver/comics-series/10508

www.darkplanetcomics.com

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Otomen: Your Son Likes to Apply Makeup to Girls' Faces

I read Otomen, Vol. 15

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phone apps and comics).

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Yaoi Review: BOND OF DREAMS, BOND OF LOVE Volume 4

BOND OF DREAMS, BOND OF LOVE, VOL. 4
SUBLIME – @SuBLimeManga (Asuka Comics CL DX)

CARTOONIST: Yaya Sakuragi
TRANSLATION: Satsuki Yamashita
LETTERING: Annaliese Christman
COVER: Yaya Sakuragi with JAY
EDITOR: Jennifer LeBlanc
ISBN: 978-1-4215-5235-4; paperback (May 2013); Rated “M” for “Mature”
186pp, B&W, $12.99 U.S., $14.99 CAN, £8.99 UK

Yaya Sakuragi is a creator of yaoi manga and has produced such series as Hey, Sensei? and Tea for Two. Yaoi manga is a subset of boys’ love manga (BL) and features depictions of explicit sex between male characters.

One of Sakuragi’s recent yaoi manga series is Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love, which SuBLime Manga is publishing in a four-volume graphic novel series. The series focuses on Ao, a high school student who falls in love with Ryomei, whom Ao has known since he was a child. Ryomei, who is several years older than Ao, ignores the younger man’s advances.

As Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love, Vol. 4 (Acts 14 to 18) opens, Ryomei and Ao finally become intimate. Ao should be happy, but he starts to believe that their first time was merely pity sex. Ao has also been living with his Grandma Teruko, but now, she finally insists that Ao move in with his estranged mother. Moving also means being farther away from Ryomei. What can Ao do? Can he accept Ryomei’s newfound affection as real? Can Ryomei help Ao and finally express his love for him? The drama of not-so-unrequited love must finally reach a conclusion – happy or sad.

The Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love manga is the epitome of the seme (guy on top)-uke (guy on bottom) dynamic in yaoi manga. Ryomei is tall, dark, and handsome, and when he wears his priestly vestments (as he is a shrine priest), he looks like a dashing samurai. With his small frame, tousled hair, and large, expressive eyes, Ao is the quintessential, smitten, BL girlish teen boy – ready to stand by and to love his man.

Jokes aside, Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love Volume 4 is deeply romantic. I have not read the prior three volumes, and had not heard of the series until my SuBLime media rep sent me a copy of Vol. 4. I’m glad I read this. It is the comfort food version of yaoi manga reading material; the depictions of sex are more about lovemaking and being sweet than being raunchy, erotic, or even funny. There are two lovey-dovey side stories to spike your blood sugar even higher, but this volume is a good way to end a series.

Readers looking for sugary yaoi manga from the dessert cart will want Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love.

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

www.SuBLimeManga.com

Friday, May 17, 2013

I Reads You Review: THE ROCKETEER: Hollywood Horror #4

THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR #4
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing

WRITER: Roger Langridge
ARTIST: J Bone
COLORS: Jordie Bellaire
LETTERS: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Scott Dunbier
COVERS: Walter Simonson with Jordie Bellaire – regular cover; Walter Simonson – Cover RI; and James White – Strange Adventures Retailer Exclusive Cover
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (May 2013)

The Rocketeer created by Dave Stevens

The Rocketeer vs. Hollywood Horror, Chapter 4 “A Night at the Altar”

I’m only a little more than a week late, but I did it. I finally got around to reading the fourth and final issue of the latest Rocketeer comic book miniseries, The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror. This four-issue miniseries is written by cartoonist Roger Langridge and drawn by artist J Bone.

Created by the late artist and illustrator, Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer is stunt pilot, Cliff Secord. Secord finds a mysterious rocket backpack or jet-pack (the Cirrus X-3) that allows him to fly. Donning the jet-pack and a metal helmet, Secord becomes the adventurer and masked crime-fighter, The Rocketeer. His adventures begin in 1938 and continue into the 1940s (as of this writing), with most of his activities occurring in and around Los Angeles.

Hollywood Horror opens in the year 1939. Cliff’s girlfriend, Betty, is searching for her missing roommate, Dahlia Danvers, a newspaper reporter. Cliff is in trouble with the actual inventor of the jet-pack (Howard Hughes?), who has sent henchmen to retrieve it. Cliff’s friend, partner, and ace airplane mechanic, Peevy, learns that an old WWI acquaintance, scientist August “Augie” Lowcroft, is missing. Everything centers on impresario and mystic, Reverend Otto Rune and his Church of Cosmicism.

As The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #4 opens, Cliff as The Rocketeer arrives at the Octopus Club to rescue her from Otto Rune’s clutches. He finds Lowcroft and a monster right out of nightmares ready to stop him. And even if Cliff rescues Betty, can he repair their strained relationship? He gets by with a little help from his friends.

The fourth issue of Hollywood Horror is the best issue of the series. The previous series, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom, was like a big-budget B-movie with its sci-fi and monster (in this case, dinosaurs) elements; it was also dark in tone. Hollywood Horror is lighter in tone, talky, and resembles a screwball comedy, with the sci-fi elements being negligible, even the monster. In fact, this series is more about Hollywood than horror, with it cameos by and allusions to Hollywood legends of bygone eras.

The final issue is fun and fast-paced. The resolutions and romantic make-ups, reunions, and reconciliations give The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #4 a “Hollywood ending.” Can we imagine The Rocketeer giving us anything but a happy ending?

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux