Do the new year right! Make a resolution to laugh more and snag this issue! [Written and Illustrated by The Usual Gang Of Idiots]
Thirty-six posters commemorating thecrossover event of 2008!
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots Take a trip down memory lane with these reprinted stories! Heck, move the whole family down to memory lane! Just enjoy this new issue! Scheduled to arrive March 18 96 pages, Full-Color.
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots This March, MAD celebrates its fifth 100th issue by doing what it does best - punching your funny bone in the face! Get ready for a celebration like no other. Scheduled to arrive March 18 48 pages, Full-Color.
The ultimate collection for comics fans, the DC Superhero Collection Figurine Magazine brings together DC Comics' greatest heroes and villains, providing a unique chronicle of the characters that made comics history! Official figurines of the characters, both good and evil, are cast in lead, individually hand-painted and numbered to form an authentic collector's edition. In addition, each comes with a 20-page magazine providing detailed history and background on the featured characters, including exclusive images and interviews. Choose this month from Green Arrow (#7), Wonder Woman (#8), Deathstroke (#27), and Sinestro (#28)!
Meet the greatest villains of the DC Universe! Fully authorized figurines with a fact-filled magazine make this series a must-have for comic fans everywhere! Handcrafted and painted, each figurine presents the ultimate representation of DC's most dangerous characters. Each magazine accompanying the figurine provides detailed history and background on the featured characters, including a look at the character's classic stories. Each magazine is filled with stunning artwork pulled straight from the very best DC comics. Characters available this month include Deathstroke (#27), Sinestro (#28), and Black Adam (#29)!
The ultimate collection for comics fans, the DC Superhero Collection Figurine Magazine brings together DC Comics' greatest heroes and villains, providing a unique chronicle of the characters that made comics history! Official figurines of the characters, both good and evil, are cast in lead, individually hand-painted and numbered to form an authentic collector's edition. In addition, each comes with a 20-page magazine providing detailed history and background on the featured characters, including exclusive images and interviews. Choose this month from Green Arrow (#7) and Wonder Woman (#8)!
Get all the latest on season four as Heaven-sent Misha Collins gives readers an angelic insight into his character, Castiel. Genevieve Cortese talks about her role as Ruby. Plus, take a closer look at Supernatural's killer set and costume design! Available in Newsstand and PREVIEWS Exclusive editions.
Your Marvel companion ece to the regular issue of PREVIEWS! Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel's upcoming releases - it's your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This March issue features items Scheduled to arrive in May 2009.
Fully authorized figurines, teamed up with an amazing magazine put this series in a super-league of its own! The hand-painted lead figurines are sculpted by master craftsmen and based on original eces of Marvel artwork. Measuring 3 1/2"-4" tall, each figurine is individually numbered, comes stamped with the Marvel official logo, and comes packaged in its own box. The magazine accompanying each figurine will provide a detailed history and background on the featured character, including exclusive images and interviews. The fabulous characters featured this month are Valkyrie (#93), Mandarin (#94), and the Impossible Man (#95)!
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS It's Wolverine from cover to cover as Marvel's feral mutant leaps into his very own magazine! In addition to full-length comic-book stories, this issue features puzzles and games, nups, and a pull-out poster! 96 pages. All Ages ... 6.99
(W/A) Various More pulse-pounding excitement from the world of Judge Dredd! The weight of the Justice Department comes down on one poor citizen in 'Judge Dredd: Borrowed Time' by John Wagner and Mike Collins, mutants wage war in the Cursed Earth in 'Citi-Def: Field Trip' by Tony Lee and Jackademus, and the ground assault begins on the colony of Liberty in 'Insurrection' by Dan Abnett and Colin MacNeil! Plus, more manic fun with Tank Girl, interviews, reviews, and much more! And in the bagged graphic novel this month, there's skysurfing drama in 'Chopper: Soul on Fire' by Wagner and MacNeil.
This special edition of our popular Naruto Collector series will focus on the Shippuden anime release (older Naruto), featuring explosive editorial coverage; in-depth looks at the Naruto video games, card game, anime, manga and toys; exclusive interviews; and tons of bonus material, such as exclusive cards, puzzles and board games.
VIZ Media's monthly manga magazine, Shojo Beat, offers vast quantities of serialized shojo manga appearing in the United States for the first time. In addition to tons of beautiful artwork and compelling storylines from well-known manga creators, Shojo Beat offers quality editorial on Japanese trends, art, news, fashion, and culture, plus interviews, how-tos, and more! Shojo Beat is a hip, fun, informative read that will appeal to newbies and manga fans alike.
THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR MANGA! One of the world's biggest comics, containing the original manga versions of some of the most popular anime ever made! Each issue includes tons of full-color information about toys, TCGs, CCGs, video games and anime, plus amazing manga stories!
(W/A) Various Yen Plus is a monthly anthology magazine that brings readers the best in manga! Yen Plus is unique in that you can read it by opening it from the front or the back - open it from the front and you will get great manhwa from Korea and original American manga. Open it from the back and you will get the absolute best manga from Japan! Yen Plus is a great way to give the very eager fans of manga a look at the best titles coming from Japan, Korea, and the Western world!
THE VIDEOGAME ISSUE! It's not enough to watch anime--sometimes you need to play it, too! Our videogame issue will be filled to bursting with: Exciting coverage of all the latest and best anime-related videogames Game Giveaways Exclusive interviews with the creative staff behind your favorite games and more! Plus, all the anime and manga coverage you'd expect from Anime Insider. Don't miss out! Magazine (Videogame Issue cover)
COVER ART: The latest projects from Image Comics and DC Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics & merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the toys, treasures and tales in your future! This issue features items scheduled to ship from May 2009 through July 2009.
Behind a previously-unseen Jim Aparo cover featuring Aquaman, John Schwirian talks with Silver Age writer Steve Skeates about his early comics work - from 1965 to the early 1970's - for DC, Charlton, Marvel, and Warren, illuminated with art and artifacts by Adkins, Aparo, Aragonés, Boyette, Ditko, Giordano, Kane, Keller, Morisi, Orlando, Sekowsky, Stone, Thomas, Wood - and the great Warren Savin! Plus, Jim Amash interviews writer Charles Sinclair about his own career - and his partnership with Batman co-creator Bill Finger!
Get ready for action, angst, and acne as Teen Heroes crash Back Issue! Cover-featured are the Teen Titans, examined in their 1970's adventures and their fan-favorite 1980's revival, featuring the talents of Eduardo Barreto, Nick Cardy, José Luis Garcia-Lopez, George Pérez, Bob Rozakis, George Tuska, and Marv Wolfman. Also, Mike Baron and Butch Guice talk 'Pro2Pro' about The Flash' an interview with television's Billy Batson, actor Michael Gray; the second part of the Steve Skeates interview (continuing from Alter Ego #84); histories of Firestar, Kitty Pryde, Nova, and Power Girl; a star-studded art gallery of the Legion of Super-Heroes; and more! All this comes behind an incredible New Teen Titans cover by George Pérez, colored by Gene Ha!
Marvel mash-up! It's a 'War of Kings' as Secret Invasion meets Annihilation meets X-Men this spring and CBG has your scorecard! All this, plus news, views, reviews, and a price guide you can't get elsewhere!
TCJ #297 contains a career-spanning interview with Mort Walker, the creator of the long-running comic strips Beetle Bailey and Hi & Lois. Graphic designer, editor and cartoonist Jordan Crane discusses his groundbreaking anthology NON, his internationally acclaimed all-ages graphic novel The Clouds Above and his Uptight series. Plus: An essay and comics gallery focusing on the work of the famous 17th-century caricaturist Thomas K. Rowlandson.
Comics Revue is a monthly magazine that reprints old newspaper strips in chronological sequence, and features about ten different series, such as Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Steve Canyon, Little Orphan Annie, The Phantom, Krazy Kat, Gasoline Alley, and others! It gives readers anywhere from a few days to a few week's worth of each series.
Relive the Golden Era of Horror Comics with From the Tomb's articles on pre-code grave robbign, Dracula, the Jive era, EC Comics, the Dell horror heroes, small presses, and a Ronn Sutton interview.
David Petersen, the creator of Archaia Studio's best-selling Mouse Guard series, is profiled in the new issue of Sketch Magazine. Plus, Sketch continues to offer numerous 'how-to' instructional articles from industry professionals, covering pencilling, computer coloring, and marketing. Artists wanting to improve their techniques will want Sketch Magazine!
WIZARD #210 WIZARD: THE MAGAZINE OF COMICS, ENTERTAINMENT AND POP CULTURE #210 COMICS' BEST TEAM-UPS Wizard digs through the long boxes to rank its list of the best comic team-ups to ever grace the page, from Spider-Man/Wolverine to...Ambush Bug and Zatanna?!? 'WOLVERINE' UNLEASHED Fanboys are foaming at the mouth waiting to sink their teeth into the Canucklehead's solo flick, 'X-Men: Origins-Wolverine' when it hits on May 1, 2008. We've got all the behind the scenes info you're craving. THE BEST OF 'BUFFY SEASON 8" Joss Whedon's comic spinoff continues to stake its claim as one of the top books on the racks. We'll go deep inside the series to present our favorite 100-percent pure Whedon moments-and give you the scoop on what's to come! ARTISTS TO WATCH What up-and-comers stand poised to make the jump to superstar penciling status? We profile half a dozen 'pencil pushers' whose work deserves to be on your pull list. DELIVERING 'FLASH: REBIRTH' Silver Age icon Barry Allen races back into the comics spotlight with Flash: Rebirth, courtesy of the superstar team of Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver. Find out what's in store for this momentous comeback! __Cover (Spider-Man/Wolverine by John Cassaday) __Cover (Wolverine photo)
PosterMania packs 40 full-color n- ups into one powerful issue giving you the best heroes, drawn by the biggest names in comics, in removable POSTER FORMAT. Includes beautiful images by industry favorites such Joe Quesada, Alex Ross, Frank Cho, John Cassaday, Marc Silvestri, Leinil Yu, Steve McNiven, David Finch, Bryan Hitch and dozens more. One issue has all you need to redecorate your room, in true Wizard style.
Geek Monthly is dedicated to anything and everything that geeks obsess about, like the latest toys, anime, television shows, movies, games and DVDs. But there is more to the modern geek, so expect the lowdown on all sorts of things from the latest apply-to-the-forehead headache cure to how technology is being used in haute cuisine in the magazine that takes a lifestyle approach to geek culture!
Play Magazine, the premier lifestyle magazine of video game culture, brings readers Girls of Gaming, a celebration of the female form in video games, anime, comics, and more! More than just a n-up book, Girls of Gaming celebrates gaming's vast line-up of heroines, from the cute, to the sexy, and everything in-between! From Lara Croft to Aerith Gainsborough, from Vanessa Schneider (P.N.03) to Farmer (Dungeon Siege), the 'girls of gaming' are brought to life through CGI renders, concept artwork, and commissioned and exclusive original artwork. Each volume of Girls of Gaming features hundreds of full-color images, interviews with creators, gamers, and the girls themselves, plus game information and more. If you love games, you'll love Girls of Gaming!
This issue of Illustration features the spectacular pulp artwork of Graves Gladney, most famous for his covers for The Shadow magazine. The extensive feature showcases many original Shadow paintings, shot directly from the original art, and presented in full-page reproductions. Most of these paintings have not been reproduced in any other book or magazine for over fifty years, and will be new to even the most jaded pulp art aficionado. The second major feature is on the work of Sandy Kossin, famous for his many paperback and magazine illustrations. Finally, children's artist Nan Pollard displays the paper doll and color book illustrations that made her a legend in the field.
Amazing Figure Modeler is going spastic for plastic this issue - and modelers will, too, once they get a whiff of the petroleum-packed line-up of rock-n-roll, horror, sci-fi, superhero, and car kits that's on tap. AFM's plastic parade gets off on the right note with a couple of reissued rockers from Hawk's Weird-Oh line, The Frantics. Next, greak out with Revell's flying Man of Steel, Superman, and then it's on to some sci-fi modeling with Monogram's Flying Sub and the Mobius Lost in Space: Space Pod. Horror fans can look forward to Nosferatu, The Invisible Man, and the Monster Scenes kits. Get set for another cool issue chock full of the usual modeling mayhem!
Twenty-five years on, and we still love the 1980's! This issue is a celebration of that decade in articulation action. Plus, new action figures and die-casts coming for Spring 2009. Also, the famous Lee's Guide to Collecting installment looks at some classic 1980's action figure lines - Silver Hawks, Visionaries, C.O.P.S. 'n Crooks, Captain Power, Remco Conan, and more! Also, find vintage toy reviews, McFarlane's Sports cks, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Teen Titans, DC Comics Super Heroes, Hot Wheels, trading figures, market reports, and more!
TOYFARE: THE TOY MAGAZINE #141 LOGAN'S RUNWAY o Everyone's favorite short, hairy, insanely violent mutant will be getting the solo movie treatment this May with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So, to celebrate, we're going running down the craziest Wolverine toys of all time...and trust us, there's plenty to choose from. Hasbro's (non-crazy) Wolverine movie toys appear on one of the covers for this issue. SPACE TREKKING o May will also see the big screen debut of a bold new direction for the Star Trek franchise with the launch of J.J. Abrams' pretty awesome looking new Trek film. Playmates has big plans for relaunching their Star Trek line based on the new movie,including a ton of new action figures and vehicles (we're hoping for a pre-teen Kirk with stolen car). We'll be talking to the company about what brought them back to the Trek fold. Playmates' new Star Trek figures appear on one of the covers for this issue. TOP SECRET MATTEL PROJECT o Shhh, don't tell anyone, but Mattel's got a great new toy line they'll be announcing at New York Toy Fair this year. We can't tell you about it now, but once you hear about it, you'll be all like, 'Holy crap, how did they do that?' And lucky for you, we've got the inside scoop! Check out in-production images and interviews with the masterminds behind this brand new line that will blow you away. TOYFARE AT NEW YORK TOY FAIR o The big dance of the toy industry descends on New York City's Jacob Javits Center, and we'll be there! If it's coming from a major toy company next year, you'll be able to check it out in this special jam-packed issue! Get the latest news and cs from all your favorite companies! Or at least the ones that will talk to us. TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE o Everybody dies! Eventually. But probably not in this issue of 'Twisted ToyFare.' After all, the only things certain in life are death, taxes, and that 'Twisted ToyFare Theatre' will be pretty darn hysterical. _Magazine (COVER: Hasbro's X-Men Origins: Wolverine Movie figures) _Magazine (COVER: Playmates's Star Trek Movie figures)
Terminator is one of the most lucrative film franchises of all time, with the first three films grossing more than 1 billion dollars worldwide, and the cover will feature an image from Terminator: Salvation, the new film starring Christian Bale, followed by an in-depth article on the film! While collectors anxiously await Inkworks' Doctor Who trading cards, readers can peek behind the Doctor Who curtain with the new producer, Steven Moffat! Plus, New Card Review, Non-Sport Shorts Timeline, Finders Keepers, the Promo Column, and Cards Online!
Tomart's coverage of the New York Toy Fair continues with exclusive interviews and photos from the annual show. This year, the Hot Wheels display at the show is covered for the first time. The New York Toy Industry is still the largest single event for new announcements from the major companies, plus the smaller companies that attend no other shows. If you want to know what's coming to toystores in 2009, Tomart's Action Figure Digest is the magazine you need.
The story of Kenner Products is told in 18 chapters tracing the company from its formation in 1947 until it was completely absorbed into Hasbro shortly after the turn of the century. The Star Wars story continues in the second six chapters as the Kenner empire grows with Star Wars: The Power of the Force, Droids, Ewoks, Super Powers, MASK, Bone Age, Silverhawks, and The Real Ghostbusters. Interviews with key Kenner players illuminate the company's growth during the 1980's, and photographs reveal prototypes and unproduced figures.
The premier magazine of special effects in today's films returns with features on Watchmen, Coraline, The Spirit, and more. Widely acclaimed as the greatest graphic novel of all time, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comes to theaters in March in Zach Snyder's highly-anticipated adaptation. Visual effects supervisor John DesJardin explains how he and the visual effects team as Sony ctures Imageworks brought the alternate 1985 to the screen. Director Henry Selick
