H.H. Abrams, publisher of Mark Evanier's recent coffee-table tome focused on the art of Jack Kirby, has announced a new imprint dedicated to graphic novels and comic book art.
Titles in the Abrams Comic Art line will include:
* "Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out" by Adam Koford.
* "The Art of Jaime Hernandez: Secrets of Life" by Todd Hignite.
* "The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics" by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle.
* "Erotic Comics: A Graphic History" by Tim Pilcher and Gene R. Kannenberg.
* "Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow," a graphic novel by Brian Fies.
And, a surprise to me:
"Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster" by Craig Yoe.
I had no idea of this aspect to Shuster's career.
More Dylan rarities on the way
Another batch of unreleased Bob Dylan recordings is due out Oct. 7, Billboard reports.
Tell Tale Signs is the eighth volume in Dylan's "Bootleg Series." The triple-CD set will include a variety of live and studio recordings, mostly from the past 20 years.
Here's the track list:
Disc one:
"Mississippi" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"Most of the Time" (Alternate version, "Oh Mercy")
"Dignity" (Piano demo, "Oh Mercy")
"Someday Baby" (Alternate version, "Modern Times")
"Red River Shore" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"Tell 'Ole Bill" (Alternate version, "North Country" soundtrack)
"Born in Time" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"Can't Wait" (Alternate version, "Time Out of Mind")
"Everything is Broken" (Alternate version, "Oh Mercy")
"Dreamin' of You" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"Huck's Tune" (From "Lucky You" soundtrack)
"Marching to the City" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"High Water (For Charley Patton)" (Live, Niagara, 2003)
Disc two:
"Mississippi" (Unreleased version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"32-20 Blues" (Unreleased, "World Gone Wrong")
"Series of Dreams" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"God Knows" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"Can't Escape From You" (Unreleased, December 2005)
"Dignity" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"Ring Them Bells" (Live at the Supper Club, 1993)
"Cocaine Blue" (Live, Vienna, Va., 1997)
"Ain't Talkin'" (Alternate version, "Modern Times")
"The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore" (Live, 1992)
"Lonesome Day Blues" (Live, Sunrise, Fla., 2002)
"Miss the Mississippi" (Unreleased, 1992)
"The Lonesome River" (With Ralph Stanley, from "Clinch Mountain Country")
"'Cross The Green Mountain" (From "Gods and Generals" soundtrack)
Disc three:
"Duncan And Brady" (Unreleased, 1992)
Cold Irons Bound" (Live, Bonnaroo, June 2004)
"Mississippi" (Unreleased version #3, "Time Out of Mind")
"Most Of The Time" (Alternate version #2, "Oh Mercy")
"Ring Them Bells" (Alternate version, "Oh Mercy")
"Things Have Changed" (Live, Portland, Oregon, 2000)
"Red River Shore" (Unreleased version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"Born In Time" (Unreleased version #2, "Oh Mercy")
"Tryin' To Get To Heaven" (Live, London, 2000)
"Marchin' To The City" (Unreleased version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"Can't Wait" (Alternate version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"Mary And The Soldier" (Unreleased, "World Gone Wrong")
Tell Tale Signs is the eighth volume in Dylan's "Bootleg Series." The triple-CD set will include a variety of live and studio recordings, mostly from the past 20 years.
Here's the track list:
Disc one:
"Mississippi" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"Most of the Time" (Alternate version, "Oh Mercy")
"Dignity" (Piano demo, "Oh Mercy")
"Someday Baby" (Alternate version, "Modern Times")
"Red River Shore" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"Tell 'Ole Bill" (Alternate version, "North Country" soundtrack)
"Born in Time" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"Can't Wait" (Alternate version, "Time Out of Mind")
"Everything is Broken" (Alternate version, "Oh Mercy")
"Dreamin' of You" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"Huck's Tune" (From "Lucky You" soundtrack)
"Marching to the City" (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
"High Water (For Charley Patton)" (Live, Niagara, 2003)
Disc two:
"Mississippi" (Unreleased version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"32-20 Blues" (Unreleased, "World Gone Wrong")
"Series of Dreams" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"God Knows" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"Can't Escape From You" (Unreleased, December 2005)
"Dignity" (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
"Ring Them Bells" (Live at the Supper Club, 1993)
"Cocaine Blue" (Live, Vienna, Va., 1997)
"Ain't Talkin'" (Alternate version, "Modern Times")
"The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore" (Live, 1992)
"Lonesome Day Blues" (Live, Sunrise, Fla., 2002)
"Miss the Mississippi" (Unreleased, 1992)
"The Lonesome River" (With Ralph Stanley, from "Clinch Mountain Country")
"'Cross The Green Mountain" (From "Gods and Generals" soundtrack)
Disc three:
"Duncan And Brady" (Unreleased, 1992)
Cold Irons Bound" (Live, Bonnaroo, June 2004)
"Mississippi" (Unreleased version #3, "Time Out of Mind")
"Most Of The Time" (Alternate version #2, "Oh Mercy")
"Ring Them Bells" (Alternate version, "Oh Mercy")
"Things Have Changed" (Live, Portland, Oregon, 2000)
"Red River Shore" (Unreleased version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"Born In Time" (Unreleased version #2, "Oh Mercy")
"Tryin' To Get To Heaven" (Live, London, 2000)
"Marchin' To The City" (Unreleased version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"Can't Wait" (Alternate version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
"Mary And The Soldier" (Unreleased, "World Gone Wrong")
DVD new releases July 29, 2008
Stargate - Continuum Buy New: $16.99
Shine a Light Buy New: $18.99
Witchblade - The Complete Series Buy New: $44.99
Freakazoid Buy New: $18.99
Dark Shadows Buy New: $44.99
Masters of Horror Buy New: $64.99
Space Angel Collection 1 Buy New: $12.99
CD new releases July 29, 2008
U2 Deluxe Edition Box Set [Amazon.com Exclusive] Buy New: $63.97
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Buy New: $13.97
Nudge It Up A Notch by Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere Buy New: $13.99
Eddie Loves You by Eddie Floyd Buy New: $14.97
Marvel Comics solicitations October 2008
Here are my belated picks from Marvel's October 2008 offerings.
Click the title links to pre-order discounted titles from Amazon.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE & VARIOUS
Penciled by GENE COLAN, RUSS HEATH, JOHN ROMITA, JERRY ROBINSON, DICK AYERS, JOE MANEELY, TONY DiPRETA, ED WINIARSKI, JACK ABEL, PAUL REINMAN, JOHN FORTE, MORT LAWRENCE, SAM KWESKIN, CAL MASSEY, MAC PAKULA, VIC CARRABOTTA, JAY SCOTT PIKE, HOWARD POST, CARL HUBBELL, DICK BRIEFER, ED GOLDFARB, BILL BENULIS, AL LUSTER, C.A. WINTER & VARIOUS
Cover by RUSS HEATH
The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are taking a macabre JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY this October, and you’re invited! It’s a ten-issue fright fest from the pre-Code days when the scare reigned supreme, and the only thing more horrific than not having a dime in your pocket were the stories inside! Featuring artwork by a collection of the Atlas Era’s finest, you’ll be wowed by the gruesome turns of future Marvel Age greats Gene Colan, John Romita and Dick Ayers, and taken into a whole new world of horror by such titans of the 1950s as Joe Maneely, Tony DiPreta, Paul Reinman, Jay Scott Pike and more! So take one foot out of the grave, wrap your hands around a murderous intent to scare, and reserve your copy today! Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #1-10.
272 PGS./All Ages ...$59.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 7 HC
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, STAN LEE & ARCHIE GOODWIN
Penciled by TOM SUTTON, GIL KANE, HERB TRIMPE, BOB BROWN, MARIE SEVERIN & JIM STARLIN
Cover by GIL KANE
Continuing the story of Marvel’s original mutant adventurers, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS brings you the rarest X-Men appearances collected together for the first time ever! When the merry mutants hit the skids, they don’t buckle under — they hit the road, and you’re riding shotgun. So sit back and get ready for a set of stories that rock the X-Men world to this day! Pushed undercover by mutant paranoia run amok, the Beast sets off on his own, taking a genetic research job with the Brand Corporation. But Hank McCoy’s scientific curiosity will come to curse him forever as an experiment gone horribly wrong turns him truly into a beast. Fanged, covered in head-to-toe fur, hunched over and driven to bouts of furious bloodlust, McCoy must struggle to retain his humanity as he struggles against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Quasimodo the Living Computer, Juggernaut, the mutant Mimic and the emerging menace of the Secret Empire that seeks to rend the X-Men asunder. Meanwhile, you’ll see Havok and Polaris head to the desert Southwest — but somehow excitement doesn’t stray far when the green-haired magnetic mutant encounters the green goliath himself, the Incredible Hulk! Iceman engages in aerial battle with someone who might not call him “friend,” the Amazing Spider-Man — but all is forgiven when the combined X-Men team-up to aid the wall-crawler against the living vampire, Morbius! Collecting AMAZING ADVENTURES #11-17, INCREDIBLE HULK #150 and 161, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #92, MARVEL TEAM-UP #4, and the rare X-MEN #67-80 and ANNUAL covers, this volume is a must-have for every mutant madman.
240 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99
ESSENTIAL MARVEL HORROR VOL. 2 TPB
Written by STEVE GERBER, TONY ISABELLA, VAL MAYERIK, LEN WEIN, JOHN WARNER, DOUG MOENCH, MIKE FRIEDRICH, ROY THOMAS, BILL MANTLO, MARV WOLFMAN & SCOTT EDELMAN
Penciled by RICH BUCKLER, VAL MAYERIK, TOM SUTTON, GENE COLAN, JIM MOONEY, TONY DEZUNIGA, BILLY GRAHAM, PABLO MARCOS, SONNY TRINIDAD, JOHN BUSCEMA, BOB BROWN, ED HANNIGAN, YONG MONTANO, JOHN BYRNE, RON WILSON, RICO RIVAL & RUBEN YANDOC
Cover by JOHN ROMITA SR.
A voodoo virtuoso. A devil-tainted demi-druid. A half-mad minister. A creature of the crypts, a man-mountain of marble and a giddy giggling ghoul — these are the horrific heroes who protect the world from forces even more frightening than themselves! Demons, zombies, warlocks and terrorists — all in these nightmarish narratives from the shocking scarefest of the seventies! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and the Thing! Collecting SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS #5 and #7-15 (Living Mummy); STRANGE TALES #169-173, TALES OF THE ZOMBIE #6 and #10 and MARVEL TEAM-UP #24 (Brother Voodoo); HAUNT OF HORROR #2-5 and MONSTERS UNLEASHED #11 (Gabriel the Devil Hunter); STRANGE TALES #174 and #176-177, and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #11 (Golem); MARVEL CHILLERS #1-2 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #33 (Modred the Mystic); and DEAD OF NIGHT #11, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #26 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #18 (Scarecrow).
616 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$16.99
Click the title links to pre-order discounted titles from Amazon.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE & VARIOUS
Penciled by GENE COLAN, RUSS HEATH, JOHN ROMITA, JERRY ROBINSON, DICK AYERS, JOE MANEELY, TONY DiPRETA, ED WINIARSKI, JACK ABEL, PAUL REINMAN, JOHN FORTE, MORT LAWRENCE, SAM KWESKIN, CAL MASSEY, MAC PAKULA, VIC CARRABOTTA, JAY SCOTT PIKE, HOWARD POST, CARL HUBBELL, DICK BRIEFER, ED GOLDFARB, BILL BENULIS, AL LUSTER, C.A. WINTER & VARIOUS
Cover by RUSS HEATH
The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are taking a macabre JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY this October, and you’re invited! It’s a ten-issue fright fest from the pre-Code days when the scare reigned supreme, and the only thing more horrific than not having a dime in your pocket were the stories inside! Featuring artwork by a collection of the Atlas Era’s finest, you’ll be wowed by the gruesome turns of future Marvel Age greats Gene Colan, John Romita and Dick Ayers, and taken into a whole new world of horror by such titans of the 1950s as Joe Maneely, Tony DiPreta, Paul Reinman, Jay Scott Pike and more! So take one foot out of the grave, wrap your hands around a murderous intent to scare, and reserve your copy today! Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #1-10.
272 PGS./All Ages ...$59.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 7 HC
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, STAN LEE & ARCHIE GOODWIN
Penciled by TOM SUTTON, GIL KANE, HERB TRIMPE, BOB BROWN, MARIE SEVERIN & JIM STARLIN
Cover by GIL KANE
Continuing the story of Marvel’s original mutant adventurers, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS brings you the rarest X-Men appearances collected together for the first time ever! When the merry mutants hit the skids, they don’t buckle under — they hit the road, and you’re riding shotgun. So sit back and get ready for a set of stories that rock the X-Men world to this day! Pushed undercover by mutant paranoia run amok, the Beast sets off on his own, taking a genetic research job with the Brand Corporation. But Hank McCoy’s scientific curiosity will come to curse him forever as an experiment gone horribly wrong turns him truly into a beast. Fanged, covered in head-to-toe fur, hunched over and driven to bouts of furious bloodlust, McCoy must struggle to retain his humanity as he struggles against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Quasimodo the Living Computer, Juggernaut, the mutant Mimic and the emerging menace of the Secret Empire that seeks to rend the X-Men asunder. Meanwhile, you’ll see Havok and Polaris head to the desert Southwest — but somehow excitement doesn’t stray far when the green-haired magnetic mutant encounters the green goliath himself, the Incredible Hulk! Iceman engages in aerial battle with someone who might not call him “friend,” the Amazing Spider-Man — but all is forgiven when the combined X-Men team-up to aid the wall-crawler against the living vampire, Morbius! Collecting AMAZING ADVENTURES #11-17, INCREDIBLE HULK #150 and 161, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #92, MARVEL TEAM-UP #4, and the rare X-MEN #67-80 and ANNUAL covers, this volume is a must-have for every mutant madman.
240 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99
ESSENTIAL MARVEL HORROR VOL. 2 TPB
Written by STEVE GERBER, TONY ISABELLA, VAL MAYERIK, LEN WEIN, JOHN WARNER, DOUG MOENCH, MIKE FRIEDRICH, ROY THOMAS, BILL MANTLO, MARV WOLFMAN & SCOTT EDELMAN
Penciled by RICH BUCKLER, VAL MAYERIK, TOM SUTTON, GENE COLAN, JIM MOONEY, TONY DEZUNIGA, BILLY GRAHAM, PABLO MARCOS, SONNY TRINIDAD, JOHN BUSCEMA, BOB BROWN, ED HANNIGAN, YONG MONTANO, JOHN BYRNE, RON WILSON, RICO RIVAL & RUBEN YANDOC
Cover by JOHN ROMITA SR.
A voodoo virtuoso. A devil-tainted demi-druid. A half-mad minister. A creature of the crypts, a man-mountain of marble and a giddy giggling ghoul — these are the horrific heroes who protect the world from forces even more frightening than themselves! Demons, zombies, warlocks and terrorists — all in these nightmarish narratives from the shocking scarefest of the seventies! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and the Thing! Collecting SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS #5 and #7-15 (Living Mummy); STRANGE TALES #169-173, TALES OF THE ZOMBIE #6 and #10 and MARVEL TEAM-UP #24 (Brother Voodoo); HAUNT OF HORROR #2-5 and MONSTERS UNLEASHED #11 (Gabriel the Devil Hunter); STRANGE TALES #174 and #176-177, and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #11 (Golem); MARVEL CHILLERS #1-2 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #33 (Modred the Mystic); and DEAD OF NIGHT #11, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #26 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #18 (Scarecrow).
616 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$16.99
DC Comics solicitations October 2008
I was out when these were released last week, so here's my slightly delayed roundup of what looks interesting from DC in October.
Click the title links to pre-order discounted books from Amazon.
BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS TP
Written by Darwyn Cooke and Paul Grist
Art by Darwyn Cooke, Tim Sale and Bill Wray
Cover by Darwyn Cooke
The volume collecting Darwyn Cooke’s greatest Batman stories is now available in trade paperback! Includes the complete epics BATMAN: EGO and CATWOMAN: SELINA’S BIG SCORE, plus tales from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #23 and 33 and SOLO #1 and 5.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 12 • 200 pg, FC, $17.99 US
JLA/AVENGERS TP
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art and cover by George Pérez
The once-in-a-lifetime crossover that brought two super-teams together and rocked the comics world is at last available in trade paperback! Own the entire 4-issue co-publishing event between DC and Marvel and written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, Marvels) with stunning art by George Pérez (final crisis: legion of three worlds, Avengers). This collection also features introductions by original Avengers writer/editor Stan Lee and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA editor Julius Schwartz.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 12 • 208 pg, FC, $19.99 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL VOL. 2 TP
Written by Jerry Siegel and Leo Dorfman
Art by Jim Mooney
Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein
Kara Zor-El takes center stage in the stories that presented her to the world, collected from ACTION COMICS #283-321.
Advance-solicited; on sale December 3 • 512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 2 TP
Written by Robert Kanigher
Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath and Jerry Grandenetti
Cover by Joe Kubert
More World War II tales of Sgt. Rock and Easy Company, in stories from OUR ARMY AT WAR #118-148.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 19 • 520 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
THE SPIRIT VOL. 1 TP
Written by Darwyn Cooke and Jeph Loeb
Art by Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone
Cover by Darwyn Cooke
The first volume of the award-winning series is collected in trade paperback, featuring BATMAN/THE SPIRIT and THE SPIRIT #1-6!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 3 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US
THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 26 HC
Written by Will Eisner
Art and cover by Will Eisner
The very last SPIRIT ARCHIVES volume brings this award-winning series to a spectacular end! This amazing collection features nearly impossible-to-find post-1952 Spirit material by legendary creator Will Eisner including stories originally published by companies including Harvey Comics, Kitchen Sink Press, The New York Herald Tribune and many more!
Closing the door on DC’s massive republishing effort of classic comics spotlighting the Spirit, this volume is a genuine collector’s treasure trove. Old fans and new readers alike won’t want to miss this farewell edition!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 31 • 252 pg, FC, $59.99 US
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #4
Written by Mike Kunkel
Cover and art by Mike Kunkel
This is it: the exciting conclusion to the face-off between Captain Marvel and Black Adam! With Black Adam back to full power and four of the seven Evils still at his side, Billy and Mary need to team up to figure a way to defeat him. All this, plus a trip to the Rock of Eternity!
On sale October 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US
SLOTH TP
Written by Gilbert Hernandez
Art and cover by Gilbert Hernandez
Eisner Award-winning creator Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets) dazzles with this dark coming-of-age tale available for the first time in trade paperback. One year after slipping into a coma, teenager Miguel Torres awakens to a new world where everything has literally slowed down. Hernandez deftly crafts a hypnotic tale Playboy calls “a slyly magical tale of troubled teens in suburbia.”
Advance-solicited; on sale November 26 • 6.875” x 9”
128 pg, B&W, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
Click the title links to pre-order discounted books from Amazon.
BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS TP
Written by Darwyn Cooke and Paul Grist
Art by Darwyn Cooke, Tim Sale and Bill Wray
Cover by Darwyn Cooke
The volume collecting Darwyn Cooke’s greatest Batman stories is now available in trade paperback! Includes the complete epics BATMAN: EGO and CATWOMAN: SELINA’S BIG SCORE, plus tales from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #23 and 33 and SOLO #1 and 5.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 12 • 200 pg, FC, $17.99 US
JLA/AVENGERS TP
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art and cover by George Pérez
The once-in-a-lifetime crossover that brought two super-teams together and rocked the comics world is at last available in trade paperback! Own the entire 4-issue co-publishing event between DC and Marvel and written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, Marvels) with stunning art by George Pérez (final crisis: legion of three worlds, Avengers). This collection also features introductions by original Avengers writer/editor Stan Lee and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA editor Julius Schwartz.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 12 • 208 pg, FC, $19.99 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL VOL. 2 TP
Written by Jerry Siegel and Leo Dorfman
Art by Jim Mooney
Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein
Kara Zor-El takes center stage in the stories that presented her to the world, collected from ACTION COMICS #283-321.
Advance-solicited; on sale December 3 • 512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 2 TP
Written by Robert Kanigher
Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath and Jerry Grandenetti
Cover by Joe Kubert
More World War II tales of Sgt. Rock and Easy Company, in stories from OUR ARMY AT WAR #118-148.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 19 • 520 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
THE SPIRIT VOL. 1 TP
Written by Darwyn Cooke and Jeph Loeb
Art by Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone
Cover by Darwyn Cooke
The first volume of the award-winning series is collected in trade paperback, featuring BATMAN/THE SPIRIT and THE SPIRIT #1-6!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 3 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US
THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 26 HC
Written by Will Eisner
Art and cover by Will Eisner
The very last SPIRIT ARCHIVES volume brings this award-winning series to a spectacular end! This amazing collection features nearly impossible-to-find post-1952 Spirit material by legendary creator Will Eisner including stories originally published by companies including Harvey Comics, Kitchen Sink Press, The New York Herald Tribune and many more!
Closing the door on DC’s massive republishing effort of classic comics spotlighting the Spirit, this volume is a genuine collector’s treasure trove. Old fans and new readers alike won’t want to miss this farewell edition!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 31 • 252 pg, FC, $59.99 US
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #4
Written by Mike Kunkel
Cover and art by Mike Kunkel
This is it: the exciting conclusion to the face-off between Captain Marvel and Black Adam! With Black Adam back to full power and four of the seven Evils still at his side, Billy and Mary need to team up to figure a way to defeat him. All this, plus a trip to the Rock of Eternity!
On sale October 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US
SLOTH TP
Written by Gilbert Hernandez
Art and cover by Gilbert Hernandez
Eisner Award-winning creator Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets) dazzles with this dark coming-of-age tale available for the first time in trade paperback. One year after slipping into a coma, teenager Miguel Torres awakens to a new world where everything has literally slowed down. Hernandez deftly crafts a hypnotic tale Playboy calls “a slyly magical tale of troubled teens in suburbia.”
Advance-solicited; on sale November 26 • 6.875” x 9”
128 pg, B&W, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
Pop links
From Postmodern Barney: The Story of the Batmobile.
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One of this blog's favorite cartoonists, Darwyn Cooke, will be adapting a series of Richard Stark for IDW Publishing.
Cooke is set to adapt the first four volumes in the Parker series, The Hunter (the source for Point Blank), The Man With the Getaway Face, The Outfit, and The Mourner. Cooke’s adaptation of The Hunter will debut in late 2009 with subsequent volumes slated for two-year intervals. IDW plans on publishing its Parker adaptations in black-and-white (with single color highlights) and in a smaller format than traditional comic book size in order to make the volumes more bookstore friendly.
Should be some good stuff...
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From Classic TV Showbiz: 26 minutes of "Dick Van Dyke Show" bloopers.
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See a trailer for the upcoming "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" animated series.
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See the winners of the 2008 Eisner Awards.
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The Daily Telegraph reports on a newly discovered Beatles outtake tape from 1964.
John Lennon is heard saying: "I'm playing baby. I know I can't stop laughing because I can see them two. I'm not looking at you."
Paul McCartney replies: "You were."
John Lennon says: "It's just going to get funnier and funnier as the evening goes on. It's 11o'clock you know."
Paul McCartney says: "Let's just try this once more and if it's the last one that's hard lines."
The pair are then heard trying to record the track a number of times before collapsing in a fit of laughter.
Eventually they get it right as on the second side of the tape there is a completed recording of Follow The Sun.
The newly discovered Beatles recording also includes hits, Don't Put Me Down Like This, I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Honey Don't, I'll Follow The Sun, I'm A Loser, Too Much Monkey Business, Nitty Gritty, Somethings Gotta Hold Of Me and I Shall Not Be Moved.
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One of this blog's favorite cartoonists, Darwyn Cooke, will be adapting a series of Richard Stark for IDW Publishing.
Cooke is set to adapt the first four volumes in the Parker series, The Hunter (the source for Point Blank), The Man With the Getaway Face, The Outfit, and The Mourner. Cooke’s adaptation of The Hunter will debut in late 2009 with subsequent volumes slated for two-year intervals. IDW plans on publishing its Parker adaptations in black-and-white (with single color highlights) and in a smaller format than traditional comic book size in order to make the volumes more bookstore friendly.
Should be some good stuff...
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From Classic TV Showbiz: 26 minutes of "Dick Van Dyke Show" bloopers.
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See a trailer for the upcoming "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" animated series.
-----
See the winners of the 2008 Eisner Awards.
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The Daily Telegraph reports on a newly discovered Beatles outtake tape from 1964.
John Lennon is heard saying: "I'm playing baby. I know I can't stop laughing because I can see them two. I'm not looking at you."
Paul McCartney replies: "You were."
John Lennon says: "It's just going to get funnier and funnier as the evening goes on. It's 11o'clock you know."
Paul McCartney says: "Let's just try this once more and if it's the last one that's hard lines."
The pair are then heard trying to record the track a number of times before collapsing in a fit of laughter.
Eventually they get it right as on the second side of the tape there is a completed recording of Follow The Sun.
The newly discovered Beatles recording also includes hits, Don't Put Me Down Like This, I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Honey Don't, I'll Follow The Sun, I'm A Loser, Too Much Monkey Business, Nitty Gritty, Somethings Gotta Hold Of Me and I Shall Not Be Moved.
Comics shipping July 23, 2008
Here's a look at new comics for July 23, 2008. Click the links to order discounted titles from Amazon.
DARK HORSE COMICS
MAR080020 BERSERK TP VOL 24 (MR) $13.95
MAY080065 STAR WARS LEGACY #26 $2.99
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