Beauology 101: Comic Books: The Four Color World Turns Gray
Amazing Spider-Man #129
Beau Smith talks about Wolverine, The Punisher, and the future of comics.
New In-Store Releases For Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Highlights This Week: Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s Justice League #5 is released a week later than scheduled, and continues the origin of the team as they come together to battle the New 52 version of Darkseid; IDW’s Infestation event now spawns Infestation 2 #1 (of 2) that begins another crossover of its licensed titles to fight a threat of Lovecraftian proportions; Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force) and Patrick Zircher (Mystery Men) are the new creators beginning with Secret Avengers #21.1 as Hawkeye is made the team leader; Bone: Quest For the Spark Book 2 continues the prose trilogy by creator Jeff Smith and Tom Sniegoski; The Walking Dead #93 begins the new A Larger World story arc that will lead up to the highly anticipated issue #100; Transformers: Robots In Disguise #1 is another ongoing series telling of Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots struggle to maintain control without the leadership of Optimus Prime;
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Fixing a Hole…
Steve Canyon Vol. 1
Westfield’s Wayne Markley discusses the comics industry and recommends some comics you may enjoy.
Roger’s Comic Ramblings: My Favorite Things
Walt Disney Comics Digest #1. The cover of my copy of this issue is pretty tattered.
Westfield’s Roger Ash talks about his love of funny animal comics.
NEW DEJAH THORIS SERIES DELVES INTO HER RICH HISTORY !
Deja Thoris & The White Apes of Mars cover by Ale Garza
Dynamite Entertainment announces a new Dejah Thoris series.
Marvel Unveils Cover To AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #1!
Avengers Vs. X-Men #1
Marvel reveals Jim Cheung’s cover to Avengers vs. X-Men #1.
THE SHADOW #1 ONGOING SERIES BY GARTH ENNIS!
Shadow #1 Cover by John Cassaday
Garth Ennis writes The Shadow at Dynamite Entertainment!
Bob’s News About Stuff!!!
*Lots of DC News this week! DC/Vertigo is adapting Stieg Larsson’s International best-selling mystery series, The Millennium Trilogy into graphic novels, beginning with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo this November.
*Sadly, the first cancellations of the New 52 titles have been announced. The six books ending with their April issues include: Men of War, Mister Terrific, O.M.A.C., Hawk and Dove, Blackhawks and Static Shock. Then, May will see the launch of 6 new titles including: The return of Batman Incorporated, Earth 2, featuring the Justice Society, Worlds’ Finest, starring Huntress and Power Girl, The Ravagers, Dial H and G.I. Combat.
*In Justice League news, issue #5 will be released 1 week late on Wednesday, January 25 and then Jim Lee will be taking 3 issues off. After Gene Ha’s 2 fill-in issues of #6 and 7, Batman: Arkham City artist Carlos D’Anda provides the art for the Green Arrow-centric issue #8 and then Mr. Lee returns for new arc “The Villains Journey” in #9.
THE SHADOW: BLOOD & JUDGMENT TPB, COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS!!!
The Shadow: Blood & Judgment
Dynamite Entertainment to bring back The Shadow: Blood & Judgment by Howard Chaykin in a new collection.