by Wayne Markley
When I was young, a very long time ago, I loved DC Comics; Flash, Green Lantern, Dial H for Hero, Land that Time Forgot and, of course, Superman and Batman. But even as a youth, I wanted a change now and then from the superheroes and I would turn to Archie Comics. Archie in the ‘50 & ‘60s had a style that was clean, colorful, entertaining, and almost always five or six pages with a gag at the end. Or they were one page gag strips. As an adult, I learned who was behind all these wonderful stories; Dan DeCarlo, Stan Goldberg, Frank Doyle, and others. (Archie rarely give credit to the creators back then even though Marvel and DC did.) To this day I can re-read stories from that time period and it still makes me feel happy, brings a smile to my face, and lifts my spirits. We are fortunate that we live in a time when there is a revival of interest in these classic strips and there are a number of excellent collections for those that may not have had the pleasure of reading these classics when they were first published.
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by Josh Crawley
It’s that time of the month already?! Let’s get to it!
Artifacts Volume 1 Trade Paperback.
Less than $10 (USD, SRP) for four issues of this gorgeous, awesome event from Top Cow? It’s a little mind-boggling, I know. Sit down, sip a little warm milk – and if you’re one of those people who still insists Top Cow is just about T&A, throw that misconception out the window and take a chance on this book. Ron Marz is on his game, and Michael Broussard’s artwork has never looked better, in part thanks to the amazing contributions of Sal Regla, Rick Basaldua, and Sunny Gho.
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Thanks to everyone who came by on Saturday, August 28 for the Westfield Comics retail store’s “Philapalooza” event! The “Two Phils” said they had a great time and that they might be back in the spring.
Phil Yeh kept attendees entertained with stories while Phil Ortiz signed Simpson comics and “Simpsonized” a number of lucky patrons.
Mr. Yeh graciously signed a sizeable amount of the current issue of Simpsons Comics #169 for us, so if you couldn’t make it, you can still get a reminder of their visit for the book’s regular cover price. But, supplies are limited!
Check out more photos from “Philapalooza”:
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by Beau Smith
The title of this week’s Beauology 101 says it all. The three always “hot” topics in comics that will set most message boards aflame. Notice I said message boards and not the world. That’s because the direct market of comics is a very small world and not as massively global as most would like to think. Granted, every now and then there’s a small blip in the bigger world when it’s announced that a mainstream comic book character is gay or announces that this year they’re going to say “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays.” Trust me, these spikes in publicity are small on the scale outside the city of New York or possibly Los Angeles. Even then, the only reason they’re noticed is because the major part of the population still thinks that just kids reads comics and that they’re still twelve cents.
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Due this week’s Labor Day Holiday, new books will be available at 10am on Thursday, September 9.
Comic highlights this week
If you’re looking for something new, check out all of these new titles: Ratchet And Clank #1, based on the video game franchise; Transformers Drift #1 from IDW Publishing; Shrek #1 and Scratch 9 #1 from Ape Entertainment’s Kizoik kids’ line; Billy The Kid Ghastly Fiend London #1 by Powell & Hotz; Invaders Now #1 from Alex Ross & Dynamite Entertainment; Daken Dark Wolverine #1 by Way, Liu & Camuncoli; Weird War Tales #1, another war one shot from DC Comics; and there’s always a plethora of other great comics in stock, too!
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Scott Thompson is an actor and comedian who is best known as one of the founding members of The Kids in the Hall where he played such characters as Buddy Cole, Francesca Fiore, Queen Elizabeth II, secretary Cathy, and many others. Their latest series, Death Comes to Town, is currently running on IFC. Now, he brings one of his other KITH characters, businessman Danny Husk, to comics in Danny Husk: The Hollow Planet with Frozen Beach Studio’s Stephan Nilson and artist Kyle Morton. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently spoke with Scott to learn more about the book.
Listen to an audio version of the interview below, or click through to continue reading.
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by Robert Greenberger
I have to admit, it was the Frank Frazetta covers that convinced me to order the complete series of John Carter of Mars books from the Science Fiction Book Club. The visuals were so compelling as was the pedigree, that of Edgar Rice Burroughs, who I knew created Tarzan. I had seen movies and read the comics, but had never read ERB’s prose so I had to have these. And I still do. On the other hand, I only managed to make my way through the first two because as imaginative as Burroughs was, he was not that great a prose stylist.
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by KC Carlson
Well, Christmas is over! Hope you had a great holiday season!
Of course, in the real world, the holidays are still several months away! But in the wacky world of comic book advance ordering, pretty much all of the industry’s major wares have already been offered up. Since the last three months have been SO packed with goodness, this month’s offerings pale a bit in comparison. Still, there’s plenty of great stuff if you dig around a bit, so here are my picks, along with a bit of commentary here and there since I haven’t had much chance to talk about current comics lately. On to it…
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The latest delayed items.
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