and one-disk
versions of the new, straight-to-DVD Wonder Woman film out March 3.
Wonder Woman animated DVD cover art revealed
Here's the cover art for the two-disk
and one-disk
versions of the new, straight-to-DVD Wonder Woman film out March 3.
and one-disk
versions of the new, straight-to-DVD Wonder Woman film out March 3.
New comics Dec. 10, 2009
Here's what looks interesting this week. Click links to order discounted titles from Amazon. Proceeds help support this site.
Herbie Archives Vol. 2
Black Canary 1/6-scale Deluxe Collector Figure
Brave and the Bold Lords of Luck TPB
Alex Toth: Edge of Genius Vol. 2
Doctor Who Classics Series 2 #1
Uncle Scrooge #383
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #698
Herbie Archives Vol. 2
Black Canary 1/6-scale Deluxe Collector Figure
Brave and the Bold Lords of Luck TPB
Alex Toth: Edge of Genius Vol. 2
Doctor Who Classics Series 2 #1
Uncle Scrooge #383
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #698
Paperback cover parade: Let's go to the movies pt. 3
Rope
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Giant
The Maltese Falcon
Village of the Damned
Mildred Pierce
DVD and Music new releases Dec. 9, 2008: Dark Knight, Lost season 4, Happy Days, Gunsmoke, Motown number ones, Dr. Horrible soundtrack and more
Here's what looks interesting this week. Click links to order from Amazon. Proceeds help support this site.
DVDs
The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Lost - The Complete Fourth Season
The Wire: The Complete Series
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Happy Days - The Fourth Season
Sin City [Blu-ray]
Gunsmoke - The Third Season, Vol. 1
Rawhide - Season Three, Vol. 2
Glenn O'Brien's TV Party: The Sublimely Intolerable Show
Glenn O'Brien's TV Party: The Everything for Sale Show
Music (on CD, unless otherwise noted)
This Christmas by Aretha Franklin
The Dark Knight-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(2 CD Special Edition) by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition by Pavement
Surrender by Diana Ross
The Complete Motown #1s Box by Various Artists
Dark End of the Street by Cat Power (LP Record - 2008) - EP
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog by Various Artists
Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull
Live in Australia by Chris Isaak
Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs by Charlie Louvin
The Phil Spector Collection by Phil Spector
Quadrophenia by The Who (LP Record - 2008)
Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley (LP Record - 2008)
The Singles Collection by Queen
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks
DVDs
The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Lost - The Complete Fourth Season
The Wire: The Complete Series
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Happy Days - The Fourth Season
Sin City [Blu-ray]
Gunsmoke - The Third Season, Vol. 1
Rawhide - Season Three, Vol. 2
Glenn O'Brien's TV Party: The Sublimely Intolerable Show
Glenn O'Brien's TV Party: The Everything for Sale Show
Music (on CD, unless otherwise noted)
This Christmas by Aretha Franklin
The Dark Knight-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(2 CD Special Edition) by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition by Pavement
Surrender by Diana Ross
The Complete Motown #1s Box by Various Artists
Dark End of the Street by Cat Power (LP Record - 2008) - EP
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog by Various Artists
Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull
Live in Australia by Chris Isaak
Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs by Charlie Louvin
The Phil Spector Collection by Phil Spector
Quadrophenia by The Who (LP Record - 2008)
Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley (LP Record - 2008)
The Singles Collection by Queen
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks
Pop links: More Dr. Who Advent(ures), Brigadier interviews
The BBC's Doctor Who site features another game as part of it's Doctor Who Advent(ure) calendar.
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More Doctor Who: Digital Spy interviews Nicholas Courtney, who is reprising his role as Brigadier Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart on Who spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
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More Doctor Who: Digital Spy interviews Nicholas Courtney, who is reprising his role as Brigadier Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart on Who spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
Gifts for comic book and pop culture fans 2009
Here's our annual look at cool things folks who read this blog might be interested in giving or receiving this year. Click the links for info from Amazon.
DVDs
2008 was a big year for comic book movies, and now those big features are coming out on DVD.
Here's a batch of fresh-to-disk superhero titles and other DVDs of interest:
Batman - The Complete Animated Series
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Incredible Hulk
The Dark Knight
Lost - The Complete Fourth Season
Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series
Get Smart - Season 1 (The Original TV Series)
James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set
The Original Christmas Classics (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town/Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol/Little Drummer Boy/Cricket on the Hearth)
Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 9 - Classic Holiday Stories (The Small One/Pluto's Christmas Tree/Mickey's Christmas Carol)
CD box sets
In this age of downloads, it's still nice to get a big bundle of music, lovingly packaged and annotated.
The Soul of Rock and Roll ~ Orbison, Roy
Love Train:The Sound of Philadelphia ~ Various Artists
The Unreleased Recordings ~ Hank Williams
Time Life Oldies But Goodies 10 CD Set ~ Various
Picture Book ~ The Kinks
The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971~ Various Artists
Anthology 1966-1972 ~ The Move
The Golden Era of Rock 'n' Roll: 1954-1963 ~ Various Artists
Rare Rock 'N' Roll Rampage ~ Various
Pop culture books
Here's a selection of newish books about movies, comics, music and more.
"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films ~ David Thomson
Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts ~ Rob Smith
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story ~ Richard Schickel
Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom ~ Brian Chidester
The Near Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus ~ Fred Hembeck
Marvel Chronicle ~ Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson
The DC Vault ~ Martin Pasko
Best American Comics ~ edited by Lynda Barry
The Adventures of Tintin Collector's Edition
Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan ~ Chip Kidd
The Best Music You've Never Heard ~ Nigel Williamson
Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles' Recorded Legacy ~ John C. Winn
Books about comic book artists
This has been a banner year for tomes about some of America's greatest comic book and comic strip artists. Here's a selection of some of the most notable:
Man of Rock: Joe Kubert ~ Bill Schelly
Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles
Brush with Passion: Dave Stevens
Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko ~ Blake Bell
Kirby: King of Comics ~ Mark Evanier
Retro toys
Wii? Bah, Humbug! Let's go back to the classics:
Retro/Mego Star Trek Figures
Star Trek Retro/Mego Bridge Playset
Retro/Mego Planet of the Apes Figures
Bozo Bop Bag
G.I. Joe Kung Fu Grip figures
Comic book reprints
This decade has been a golden era for reprints of classic comics, with the various Showcase, Essentials, Archives, Masterworks and other reprint lines from DC and Marvel going strong.
Click on the links to go to Amazon's listings of each:
DC Showcase Presents
DC Archives
Marvel Omnibus
Marvel Essentials
EC Comics Archives
Dark Horse Comics Archives
Dark Horse Comics Omnibus books
Action Figures
It seems like you can find nearly every mainstream superhero in action figure form these days. Click the links to see entries in the following popular toy lines:
Marvel Legends Action Figures
DC Direct Action Figures
DC Universe Classics Figures
Hot Wheels Batmobile toys
Hot Wheels has launched a series of toys based on the 1960s Batman TV show vehicles. Take a look at what's available.
DVDs
2008 was a big year for comic book movies, and now those big features are coming out on DVD.
Here's a batch of fresh-to-disk superhero titles and other DVDs of interest:
Batman - The Complete Animated Series
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Incredible Hulk
The Dark Knight
Lost - The Complete Fourth Season
Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series
Get Smart - Season 1 (The Original TV Series)
James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set
The Original Christmas Classics (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town/Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol/Little Drummer Boy/Cricket on the Hearth)
Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 9 - Classic Holiday Stories (The Small One/Pluto's Christmas Tree/Mickey's Christmas Carol)
CD box sets
In this age of downloads, it's still nice to get a big bundle of music, lovingly packaged and annotated.
The Soul of Rock and Roll ~ Orbison, Roy
Love Train:The Sound of Philadelphia ~ Various Artists
The Unreleased Recordings ~ Hank Williams
Time Life Oldies But Goodies 10 CD Set ~ Various
Picture Book ~ The Kinks
The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971~ Various Artists
Anthology 1966-1972 ~ The Move
The Golden Era of Rock 'n' Roll: 1954-1963 ~ Various Artists
Rare Rock 'N' Roll Rampage ~ Various
Pop culture books
Here's a selection of newish books about movies, comics, music and more.
"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films ~ David Thomson
Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts ~ Rob Smith
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story ~ Richard Schickel
Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom ~ Brian Chidester
The Near Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus ~ Fred Hembeck
Marvel Chronicle ~ Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson
The DC Vault ~ Martin Pasko
Best American Comics ~ edited by Lynda Barry
The Adventures of Tintin Collector's Edition
Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan ~ Chip Kidd
The Best Music You've Never Heard ~ Nigel Williamson
Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles' Recorded Legacy ~ John C. Winn
Books about comic book artists
This has been a banner year for tomes about some of America's greatest comic book and comic strip artists. Here's a selection of some of the most notable:
Man of Rock: Joe Kubert ~ Bill Schelly
Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles
Brush with Passion: Dave Stevens
Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko ~ Blake Bell
Kirby: King of Comics ~ Mark Evanier
Retro toys
Wii? Bah, Humbug! Let's go back to the classics:
Retro/Mego Star Trek Figures
Star Trek Retro/Mego Bridge Playset
Retro/Mego Planet of the Apes Figures
Bozo Bop Bag
G.I. Joe Kung Fu Grip figures
Comic book reprints
This decade has been a golden era for reprints of classic comics, with the various Showcase, Essentials, Archives, Masterworks and other reprint lines from DC and Marvel going strong.
Click on the links to go to Amazon's listings of each:
DC Showcase Presents
DC Archives
Marvel Omnibus
Marvel Essentials
EC Comics Archives
Dark Horse Comics Archives
Dark Horse Comics Omnibus books
Action Figures
It seems like you can find nearly every mainstream superhero in action figure form these days. Click the links to see entries in the following popular toy lines:
Marvel Legends Action Figures
DC Direct Action Figures
DC Universe Classics Figures
Hot Wheels Batmobile toys
Hot Wheels has launched a series of toys based on the 1960s Batman TV show vehicles. Take a look
at what's available.
Pop links: Fables TV series, Famous Monsters publisher dies, deal on Lost DVDs, Golden Age Flash and Green Lama, mod videos
ABC is interested in developing DC Comics' "Fables" as a TV series, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
David Semel has come on board to direct "Fables," which revolves around characters from fairy tales and folklore living in exile in modern-day New York.
"Their lives become interconnected in vary big way," Zicherman said. "They share a secret and a bond."
Zicherman and Metzner wouldn't elaborate which fairy tale characters will be featured in the TV series, but noted that Big Bad Wolf and Snow White, who are central to the comics, will have a similar role on the show.
The comic book series' first storyline followed Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, who investigates the murder of Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red.
"We set up a structure to allow any fairy tale character to show up in any one episode," Metzner said.
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Famous Monsters of Filmland publisher Forrest J Ackerman, passed away late last week, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Ackerman, a writer, editor and literary agent who has been credited with coining the term "sci-fi" in the 1950s, died Thursday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, said John Sasser, a friend who is making a documentary on Ackerman.
As editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, Ackerman wrote most of the articles in the photo-laden magazine launched in 1958 as a forum for past and present horror films.
"It was the first movie-monster magazine," Tony Timpone, editor of horror-movie magazine Fangoria, told The Times in 2002.
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Today only at Amazon: Season 1-3 of "Lost" for $58.99, regularly $120.98.
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The Fortress of Fortitude presents a Mac Raboy-illustrated Green Lama tale from 1945.
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Awesome! Mojo magazine has posted a "video playlist" to go along with the Heavy Mod compilation CD attached to it's latest issue. Click here for video performances by The Creation, The Pretty Things, The Move, The Small Faces and other way cool bands.
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Pappy presents a Golden Age Flash tale from 1948.
David Semel has come on board to direct "Fables," which revolves around characters from fairy tales and folklore living in exile in modern-day New York.
"Their lives become interconnected in vary big way," Zicherman said. "They share a secret and a bond."
Zicherman and Metzner wouldn't elaborate which fairy tale characters will be featured in the TV series, but noted that Big Bad Wolf and Snow White, who are central to the comics, will have a similar role on the show.
The comic book series' first storyline followed Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, who investigates the murder of Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red.
"We set up a structure to allow any fairy tale character to show up in any one episode," Metzner said.
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Famous Monsters of Filmland publisher Forrest J Ackerman, passed away late last week, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Ackerman, a writer, editor and literary agent who has been credited with coining the term "sci-fi" in the 1950s, died Thursday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, said John Sasser, a friend who is making a documentary on Ackerman.
As editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, Ackerman wrote most of the articles in the photo-laden magazine launched in 1958 as a forum for past and present horror films.
"It was the first movie-monster magazine," Tony Timpone, editor of horror-movie magazine Fangoria, told The Times in 2002.
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Today only at Amazon: Season 1-3 of "Lost" for $58.99, regularly $120.98.
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The Fortress of Fortitude presents a Mac Raboy-illustrated Green Lama tale from 1945.
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Awesome! Mojo magazine has posted a "video playlist" to go along with the Heavy Mod compilation CD attached to it's latest issue. Click here for video performances by The Creation, The Pretty Things, The Move, The Small Faces and other way cool bands.
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Pappy presents a Golden Age Flash tale from 1948.
Paperback cover parade: Let's go to the movies pt. 2
Lost Horizon
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Psycho
The Invisible Man
Pop links: Online Dr. Who game, animated Dr. Who, Barbara Feldon sings, Disneyland posters, Jeff Jones art
Today's entry on the BBC Doctor Who Advent(ure) calendar: A cool game where you steer the TARDIS through a black hole!
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More Doctor Who: An attempt to animate "The Moonbase," one of the show's "lost" adventures.
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Barbara Feldon of "Get Smart" sings!
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Gorilla's Don't Blog presents more Disneyland attraction posters. We posted our own batch here a few years back.
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Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents some early stories by the great artist Jeffrey Jones.
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More Doctor Who: An attempt to animate "The Moonbase," one of the show's "lost" adventures.
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Barbara Feldon of "Get Smart" sings!
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Gorilla's Don't Blog presents more Disneyland attraction posters. We posted our own batch here a few years back.
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Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents some early stories by the great artist Jeffrey Jones.
X-Men Omnibus Alex Ross cover preview
Via the Marvel Masterworks Message Board: Here's a preview of Alex Ross' cover to the upcoming X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1, which collects the first 31 issues of the classic series.
See more Marvel Omnibus books.
See more Marvel Omnibus books.
Dark Horse to reprint Gold Key Boris Karloff comics, Jesse Marsh-illustrated Tarzan, Spirit New Adventure Archives
Here are some highlights from Dark Horse Comics' solicitations for March 2009. Click the title links to pre-order the books, at a discount, from Amazon.
BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY ARCHIVES
Various (W/A)
On sale May 12
FC, 256 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
A circus performer terrorized by mysterious powers from beyond . . . a jade idol of a monkey that carries a curse on a South Pacific island drives a man to the brink of madness . . . an art gallery haunted by paintings that come to life at night . . . a dictator who sees enemies around every corner, but who can't see the threat right before his eyes.
For nearly twenty years, the comic-book series Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery wove stories of intrigue, suspense, and macabre drama. Hosted by renowned actor Boris Karloff, the comic featured contributions from some of comics history's most well-known creators: Alex Toth, Joe Orlando (EC artist and editor), Mike Sekowsky (Justice League of America artist), Frank Thorne, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Arnold Drake, Len Wein (co-creator of Swamp Thing and Wolverine), Al Williamson, Jerry Robinson (creator of the Joker), Dan Spiegle, and many others.
- Originally published by Gold Key and unavailable for three decades, more than thirty spine-chilling stories are compiled in a new collection.
- Features a new introduction by Boris Karloff's daughter Sara Karloff.
TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 1
Robert P. Thompson (W), Gaylord DuBois (W), and Jesse Marsh (A)
On sale Feb 25
FC, 256 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
Dark Horse Archives is proud to present the first four issues of this influential Golden Age series in a handsome hardcover--kicking off a comprehensive program that will collect the first nineteen years of the classic title!
In 1947, artist Jesse Marsh left Walt Disney Studios--where he had worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and various animated shorts--to work for Western Publishing full time. Tarzan was one of his first assignments, with the iconic character's first original comic-book appearance in Dell Four-Color Comics #134. Tarzan #2 would begin Marsh's long-term collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois. Their terrific work drew admiration and respect from readers and peers--Russ Manning among them--and Marsh's art inspired future comics creators from Richard Corben to Los Bros. Hernandez!
TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 2
Gaylord DuBois (W) and Jesse Marsh (A)
On sale May 20
FC, 224 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
The original Tarzan comics are finally back in print after sixty years! This second volume reproduces six big Golden Age issues for readers new and old to enjoy, and all stories are by the dynamite team of Gaylord DuBois and Jesse Marsh.
DuBois and Marsh's nineteen-year collaboration on Tarzan produced a legendary body of work and an enduring vision of one of the world's foremost adventure icons. Marsh's art enthralled an entire generation of comics readers, influencing future creators the Hernandez brothers and earning the acclaim of such fellow professionals as Russ Manning and Alex Toth!
- Reproducing the now hard-to-find and pricey issues for fans and collectors alike, this archive series will collect the entirety of Jesse Marsh's career-defining work for the first time.
- "If I collected anybody, it was Jesse Marsh's Tarzan books. I collected those for years, and he was one of my stars." --Richard Corben
WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT: THE NEW ADVENTURES ARCHIVES
Various (W/A)
On sale May 20
FC, 200 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
In 1997, almost six decades after the character's first appearance in 1940, legendary artist and writer Will Eisner gave permission for a new series of stories to be commissioned featuring his signature creation, resurrected detective Denny Colt, also known as the Spirit, written and drawn by the most famous names in the comics industry. The call went out, and the response was nothing short of remarkable, with contributions from such creators as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (in one of their rare collaborations since Watchmen), Neil Gaiman (The Sandman), Paul Chadwick (Concrete), and Eddie Campbell (From Hell), amongst others.
In these pages you'll find new tales of Central City's protector versus familiar villains such as the Octopus and Sand Saref; witness his undying love for Ellen Dolan, daughter of Commissioner Dolan, the only man to know his secret identity; and glimpse what might be the Spirit's fate in an uncertain future.
- This collection features stories from the following best-selling, multi-award-winning creators from around the world: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Neil Gaiman, Eddie Campbell, Mike Allred, John Ostrander, Tom Mandrake, Paul Chadwick, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Joe R. Lansdale, John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, and many others.
- Designed to tie-in with DC's critically-acclaimed twenty-six volume Spirit Archives series.
- Cover by Watchmen artist and co-creator Dave Gibbons.
BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY ARCHIVES
Various (W/A)
On sale May 12
FC, 256 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
A circus performer terrorized by mysterious powers from beyond . . . a jade idol of a monkey that carries a curse on a South Pacific island drives a man to the brink of madness . . . an art gallery haunted by paintings that come to life at night . . . a dictator who sees enemies around every corner, but who can't see the threat right before his eyes.
For nearly twenty years, the comic-book series Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery wove stories of intrigue, suspense, and macabre drama. Hosted by renowned actor Boris Karloff, the comic featured contributions from some of comics history's most well-known creators: Alex Toth, Joe Orlando (EC artist and editor), Mike Sekowsky (Justice League of America artist), Frank Thorne, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Arnold Drake, Len Wein (co-creator of Swamp Thing and Wolverine), Al Williamson, Jerry Robinson (creator of the Joker), Dan Spiegle, and many others.
- Originally published by Gold Key and unavailable for three decades, more than thirty spine-chilling stories are compiled in a new collection.
- Features a new introduction by Boris Karloff's daughter Sara Karloff.
TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 1
Robert P. Thompson (W), Gaylord DuBois (W), and Jesse Marsh (A)
On sale Feb 25
FC, 256 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
Dark Horse Archives is proud to present the first four issues of this influential Golden Age series in a handsome hardcover--kicking off a comprehensive program that will collect the first nineteen years of the classic title!
In 1947, artist Jesse Marsh left Walt Disney Studios--where he had worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and various animated shorts--to work for Western Publishing full time. Tarzan was one of his first assignments, with the iconic character's first original comic-book appearance in Dell Four-Color Comics #134. Tarzan #2 would begin Marsh's long-term collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois. Their terrific work drew admiration and respect from readers and peers--Russ Manning among them--and Marsh's art inspired future comics creators from Richard Corben to Los Bros. Hernandez!
TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 2
Gaylord DuBois (W) and Jesse Marsh (A)
On sale May 20
FC, 224 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
The original Tarzan comics are finally back in print after sixty years! This second volume reproduces six big Golden Age issues for readers new and old to enjoy, and all stories are by the dynamite team of Gaylord DuBois and Jesse Marsh.
DuBois and Marsh's nineteen-year collaboration on Tarzan produced a legendary body of work and an enduring vision of one of the world's foremost adventure icons. Marsh's art enthralled an entire generation of comics readers, influencing future creators the Hernandez brothers and earning the acclaim of such fellow professionals as Russ Manning and Alex Toth!
- Reproducing the now hard-to-find and pricey issues for fans and collectors alike, this archive series will collect the entirety of Jesse Marsh's career-defining work for the first time.
- "If I collected anybody, it was Jesse Marsh's Tarzan books. I collected those for years, and he was one of my stars." --Richard Corben
WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT: THE NEW ADVENTURES ARCHIVES
Various (W/A)
On sale May 20
FC, 200 pages
$49.95
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
In 1997, almost six decades after the character's first appearance in 1940, legendary artist and writer Will Eisner gave permission for a new series of stories to be commissioned featuring his signature creation, resurrected detective Denny Colt, also known as the Spirit, written and drawn by the most famous names in the comics industry. The call went out, and the response was nothing short of remarkable, with contributions from such creators as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (in one of their rare collaborations since Watchmen), Neil Gaiman (The Sandman), Paul Chadwick (Concrete), and Eddie Campbell (From Hell), amongst others.
In these pages you'll find new tales of Central City's protector versus familiar villains such as the Octopus and Sand Saref; witness his undying love for Ellen Dolan, daughter of Commissioner Dolan, the only man to know his secret identity; and glimpse what might be the Spirit's fate in an uncertain future.
- This collection features stories from the following best-selling, multi-award-winning creators from around the world: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Neil Gaiman, Eddie Campbell, Mike Allred, John Ostrander, Tom Mandrake, Paul Chadwick, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Joe R. Lansdale, John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, and many others.
- Designed to tie-in with DC's critically-acclaimed twenty-six volume Spirit Archives series.
- Cover by Watchmen artist and co-creator Dave Gibbons.
Burn your own Christmas music CD - great holiday downloads
There are a lot of great Christmas albums out there. But there's also something to be said for rolling your own. Thanks to--legal, actually--downloads, you can compile your own awesome collection of holiday favorites.
Here are songs that would make it on mine:
Louis Armstrong:
Here are songs that would make it on mine:
Louis Armstrong:
Gene Autry:
Beach Boys:
Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Vince Guaraldi / Peanuts
Burl Ives
Spike Jones
The Kinks
Eartha Kitt
Frank Sinatra
The Supremes
Stevie Wonder
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