Disneyland matchbooks

What beats lighting up in the Magic Kingdom? Save me a stool at the Monorail Bar!

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New comics shipping Aug. 20, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

JUN080027 CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 $2.99
MAY080054 FEAR AGENT #23 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 2 OF 6) $2.99
JUN080062 HELM #2 (OF 4) $3.50
JUN080096 REX MUNDI DH ED #13 $2.99

DC COMICS

JUN080200 BATGIRL #2 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080213 BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #10 $2.99
JUN080214 BIRDS OF PREY #121 $2.99
JUN080217 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16 $2.99
JUN080264 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #28 $2.25
JUN080277 CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #4 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080191 DC SPECIAL CYBORG #4 (OF 5) $2.99
JUN080284 DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR #5 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080180 FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 (OF 5) $3.99
JUN080219 FLASH #243 $2.99
JUN080226 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24 $2.99

0060519568 Midnighters #2
Author: Scott Westerfeld;
Buy New: $8.99JUN080186

RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #4 (OF 8) $3.50
JUN080207 ROBIN #177 $2.99
JUN080267 SCOOBY DOO #135 $2.25
1401218482 Showcase Presents The Atom VOL 02
Author: Gardner Fox;
Buy New: $11.55JUN080231

SPIRIT #20 $2.99
JUN080271 STORMWATCH PHD WORLDS END #13 $2.99
JUN080261 SUPER FRIENDS #6 $2.25
JUN080212 SUPERMAN BATMAN #51 $2.99
1401218512 Superman Chronicles, Vol. 5
Author: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster;
Buy New: $10.19

JUN08019 TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #6 (OF 12) $2.99
JUN080177 TRINITY #12 $2.99
JUN080282 WORLD OF WARCRAFT #10 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

MAY082238 ART OF MARC SILVESTRI DLX ED HC $29.99

1582408629 The Astounding Wolf-Man Volume 1
Author: Robert Kirkman, Jason Howard;

JAN082066 BRIT #8 $2.99
JUN082253 CHARLATAN BALL #3 $2.50
MAY082198 DARK IVORY #3 (OF 4) $2.99
APR088314 DARKNESS #1-3 READER ED (PP #821) $3.99
JUN082254 DEAD SPACE #6 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN082255 DYNAMO 5 #16 $3.50
FEB082157 MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #10 $2.99
JUN082236 NEW WORLD ORDER DAWN OF A NEW DAY TP $16.99
JUN082239 SURREAL ADVENTURES OF EDGAR ALLAN POO GN VOL 02 $12.99
JUN082290 WITCHBLADE #120 HALEY & NOWLAN CVR B $2.99
JUN082289 WITCHBLADE #120 SEJIC CVR A $2.99
MAR082088 YOUNGBLOOD TP VOL 01 FOCUS TESTED $9.99

MARVEL COMICS

MAY088079 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 JRJR SKETCH VAR (PP #823) NWD $3.99
JUN082306 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 NWD $3.99
JUN082319 CAPTAIN AMERICA #41 $2.99
JUN082329 GHOST RIDER #26 $2.99
MAY088315 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #3 2ND PTG PELLETIER VAR (PP #827) $2.99
JUN082359 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #4 SI $2.99
JUN082361 INCREDIBLE HERCULES #120 SI $2.99
JUN082333 IRON FIST ORIGIN OF DANNY RAND $3.99
JUN082334 IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #32 $2.99
JUN082327 MARVEL 1985 #4 (OF 6) $3.99
JUN082342 MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #14 $4.99
JUN082311 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY $2.99
JUN082370 MOON KNIGHT #21 $2.99
JUN082440 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL CLASSIC TP VOL 01 $24.99
MAY088298 SECRET INVASION #2 (OF 8) 3RD PTG YU VAR (PP #827) $3.99
MAY088314 SECRET INVASION #3 (OF 8) 2ND PTG YU VAR (PP #827) $3.99
MAY088354 SKAAR SON OF HULK #1 3RD PTG GARNEY SKETCH VAR $2.99
JUN082372 SKRULLS VS POWER PACK #2 (OF 4) $2.99
JUN082384 SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #2 $2.99
JUN082451 STEPHEN KING DARK TOWER TREACHERY POSTER $7.99
JUN082450 STEPHEN KING THE STAND POSTER $7.99
JUN082325 TRUE BELIEVERS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
JUN082301 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #57 $2.99
MAY088336 ULTIMATE ORIGINS #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG GUICE WRAPAROUND VAR $2.99

0785129618 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 20
Author: Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen...;
Buy New: $10.39

MAY088299 ULTIMATES 3 #4 (OF 5) 2ND PTG MADUREIRA VAR (PP #827) $2.99
JUN082386 UNCANNY X-MEN #501 MD $2.99
JUN082364 X-FACTOR #34 SI $2.99
JUN082396 X-FACTOR SPECIAL LAYLA MILLER $3.99
JUN082398 X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #15 $2.99
JUN082434 X-MEN TP DIVIDED WE STAND $12.99
JUN082437 YOUNG INHUMANS TP $24.99
JUN082390 YOUNG X-MEN #5 DWS $2.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

JUN083592 WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #60 ROBOTECH CVR $4.99

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COMICS

JUN083657 ARCHIE #588 $2.25
JUN083731 BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS #2 (RES) $3.99
MAY083760 DEAN KOONTZS FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 #3 (OF 5) PRODIGAL SON $2.99
JUN083853 DRAFTED #10 $3.50
FEB083422 GARGOYLES BAD GUYS #4 $3.50
JUN083732 GEARZ #3 $3.99
JAN083442 JASON & THE ARGONAUTS KINGDOM OF HADES #5 $3.99
JUN083665 KATY KEENE SPECIAL TP VOL 01 $10.95
MAY083907 MARTIAN CONFEDERACY GN VOL 1 REDNECKS RED PLANET $15.00
JUN083666 PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #124 $3.69
JUN083733 PISTOLFIST #2 (OF 4) $3.99
APR083788 PS238 #33 $2.99
JUN083734 RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS BACK MYSTERIOUS ISLE #2 $3.99
JUN083730 RET ROMANNE #1 (OF 4) $3.99
JUN083617 REX LIBRIS #12 $3.50
JUN083741 SIMPSONS COMICS #145 $2.99
JUN084309 STRANDED HC VOL 01 LIMITED ED $29.99
APR083621 TIGER & CRANE #3 (OF 4) $3.99
APR083622 VIOLET ROSE #2 $3.99
JUN083857 VOLTRON A LEGEND FORGED #2 $3.50

Red scare comics!

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And how about an anti-Red Scare cover to round things out?

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Star Wars: Clone Wars review roundup

Roger Ebert:

Has it come to this? Has the magical impact of George Lucas' original vision of "Star Wars" been reduced to the level of Saturday morning animation? "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," which is a continuation of an earlier animated TV series, is basically just a 98-minute trailer for the autumn launch of a new series on the Cartoon Network.

The familiar "Star Wars" logo and the pulse-pounding John Williams score now lift the curtain on a deadening film that cuts corners on its animation and slumbers through a plot that (a) makes us feel like we've seen it all before, and (b) makes us wish we hadn't.


San Francisco Chronicle:

The movie's tone will probably send original-trilogy loyalists over the edge, the final shove that sends their Hoth Ice Planet action play sets into exile on eBay. Meanwhile, children will thrill at the notion that the latest part of the saga was made especially for them.

So who's right? That's a more complicated conversation. "Clone Wars" looks fantastic, and the production bodes well for the forthcoming animated Cartoon Network series, which should be one of the more impressive kid shows in Saturday morning cartoon history. Dave Filoni, who directed "Avatar: The Last Airbender," was a good choice to shepherd the project, and the battle scenes have a vibrant and adventurous style. But the film suffers from the TV-to-feature transition, as if a couple of episodes were stretched and tweaked but never intended for theater exhibition. The visuals are worthy, but the big screen brings the movie's script shortcomings and pacing problems into sharper relief.


Chicago Tribune:

"Clone Wars" was executive-produced by George Lucas, who may be feeling a tad sheepish about the results. The film's purpose is clear. It is a full-length teaser for the forthcoming TV series of the same name. The animation style, according to Lucas and director Dave Filoni, owes debts to Japanese anime and manga and the marionettes of the old "Thunderbirds" series. What we see in this grinding bore, however, resembles photographs of woodcuts, moving herky-jerky, swinging their light sabers here and there while the battle sequences pound on and on and on and on and on, as surly young Anakin Skywalker and lippy young Ahsoka Tano trade the flattest exposition and the most witless witticisms in the galaxy. There's a Hutt in this thing by the name of Ziro with a voice like Truman Capote, and he appears to be a bit of a cross-dresser. There. You now know the most interesting thing about "Clone Wars."

Washington Post:

This one shucks off all pretense that "Star Wars" has a wonderfully universal appeal and instead unfolds with all the entertainment value of watching somebody else play a video game.

Lucas fulfills his lifelong dream of completely dehumanizing his space opera, replacing it with a digitally animated style that is somewhere between cartoons, Christmas specials and panoramic paintings on the side of a van. One thing is definitely intact from the most recent prequel episodes: From the first frame, all but the learned geeks in the audience won't know what the heck is going on.


Los Angeles Times:

Despite excellent animation, 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' fails with bad dialogue and plot machinations.

Pop links

The Archie Comics superheroes--The Shield, Steel Sterling, The Fly and the like--are set to start appearing in DC Comics' Brave and the Bold soon. In preparation, Newsarama provides a primer on who all these guys are. And you can get a lot more info here.

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The Fortress of Fortitude presents a cool old Secret Files of Doctor Drew by the great Jerry Grandenetti.

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Man from U.N.C.L.E. comic book covers pt. 3

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Pop links

Deal alert: For today only, Amazon is offering the "James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set" for $95.99, a 67 percent savings.

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Watch The Who on Shindig!

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How Jack Kirby created high-def.

New Star Trek movie posters

I believe this is the complete set of character posters released so far for the J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" flick. Nice graphics.

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Book collects Stan Lee's Soapbox columns

Any self-respecting Marvel Comics fan is gonna want this:

For the first time ever, ALL of Stan Lee's groundbreaking, legendary
“Stan's Soapbox” columns from 1967 to 1980 are collected in one
edition, published by The Hero Initiative. Stan’s Soapbox: The
Collection will be available in both comic stores and bookstores
everywhere in November, 2008.

The Soapbox columns will even be presented in a historical context, so
you can immerse yourself in the flavor of the day, and get a sense
what was happening right outside Stan's window when he penned 'em.
Some are poignant, some informative, some touching, and some funny.
But they're all memorable! In addition, a bountiful bevy of celebs
also write about their most memorable columns, including:
• Marvel Editor in Chief Joe Quesada

• Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige

• Former Marvel Editor in Chief and comics historian Roy Thomas

• And a vast variety of great names from the fields of comics,
literature, politics and academia.

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Man from U.N.C.L.E. comic book covers pg. 2

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