Comic News

Planet of the Apes Comes to Boom!

A bold new vision of the acclaimed sci-fi classic debuts this April as BOOM! Studios brings you an all-new, all-original ongoing PLANET OF THE APES comic series! Based firmly in Twentieth Century Fox’s PLANET OF THE APES franchise, this series written by award-winning sci-fi novelist Daryl Gregory (Dracula: The Company of Monsters, Pandemonium) and drawn by sensational artist Carlos Magno (Green Lantern Corps) transports you to a tumultuous time where man and ape stand at the uneasy brink of war! This April, don’t be the last to get your hands on these damn dirty apes! The PLANET OF THE APES comic series is produced under license by Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products.

Fear Itself: Hits The Raft

Well it wasn’t like the world of the Thunderbolts at The Raft could ever really be called stable but now any sense of order has pretty much been thrown out the window. Marvel’s newest event, Fear Itself has hit the home of the Thunderbolts and hit them hard when one of the mysterious beings known as The Worthy shows up to wreak havoc. With talks that one team may just not be enough as one of the members goes out of control and unleashes the wrath of the God of Fear upon the team. With the heroes of the Marvel Universe already tied up with everything else going on what is going to happen now that some of the villains are escaping The Raft and going back out onto the streets?

Papercutz FCBD The Smurfs & Geronimo Stilton

GERONIMO STILTON & THE SMURFS arrives from Papercutz in comic book stores around theUnited States and Canada. Papercutz is participating as a Gold Level Member in Free Comic Book Day, bringingtwo of its most popular titles to an even larger audience with this promotion. Since launching in September 2009, GERONIMO STILTON graphic novels from Papercutz have sold over400,000 copies. This series has been a huge hit in bookstores with less of a presence in comic shops. TheGERONIMO STILTON chapter books have sold over 12 million copies for Scholastic. With GERONIMOSTILTON & THE SMURFS Papercutz looks to bring plenty of Geronimo kid fans into comics shops, schedulingauthor and illustrator appearances at Barnes and Noble stores in the San Francisco Bay area during the weekleading up to Free Comic Book Day and at “Lee’s Comics” and “Atlantis Fantasy World” in the bay area on thatday.

This Week on Marvel Omnibus

This week on Marvel Omnibus, Captain America lives! Don’t miss it! By Ed Brubaker featuring the return of Steve Rogers, this book collects Captain America # 43-50, #600-601 and Captain America Reborn #1-6 and continues Brubaker’s Eisner winning saga. Also this week, don’t miss the Atlantis Attacks omnibus. In the collection: Silver Surfer Annual #2, Iron Man Annual #10, Marvel Comics Presents #26, Uncanny X-Men Annual #13, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23, Punisher Annual #2, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9, Daredevil Annual #4, Avengers Annual #18, New Mutants #76, Annual #4, X-Factor Annual #4, Web of Spider-Man Annual #5, Avengers West Coast #56, Annual #5, Thor Annual #14, and Fantastic Four Annual
#22. This late 80s book deals with Atlantis attacking the surface, and
not only that… they are taking the women with them! This one features
work from the likes of Bob Layton, John Byrne, Peter David, Rob Liefeld,
Paul Smith, Roy Thomas, and Steve Englehart, amongst others.

Alpha Flight is Back… Again!

Ironically only a few days after I professed my love for
Alpha Flight in Alpha
Flight Changed My Life on the site I found out some important news on my
favorite Marvel Team that was announced a while ago on Comic Shop News. Alpha Flight is returning in a mini-series
that will be a crossover into the Marvel event “Fear Itself.”

This new Alpha Flight mini-series will consist of eight
issues. There will be a prelude to
this new series, one of Marvel’s Point One
issues that provide the reader with the perfect starting point into the series. The mini-series will begin where Chaos
War: Alpha Flight left off with the newly reformed Alpha Flight featuring the
previously deceased members Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman and Marrina. It was suggested that Puk would also
be making an appearance in the new mini-series also.

Support Japan With Benefit at Meltdown Comics

If you live in the LA area then you need to head to Meltdown Comics for a benefit for Japan. They’ll be a lot of big names in the world of Movie, Comics and Anime/Manga there and tons of cool stuff going on. I will be on a damn plane going to Chicago and will completely miss it so someone should go for me and lend their support in my absence. In response to the calamitous events unfolding in Japan, individuals and organizations around the world are bandinghave banded  together to show their support and concern with the, and thus,  WE HEART JAPAN was born.project.  More information can be found at www.weheartjapan.com.

Threadless to Launch New Comic On Tees Noir Series at c2e2

Last year Threadless, who’s famous for making limited edition printed shirts that are submitted by the users of the site, started a line of Comic On Tee’s. The goal was to use the shirts as a panel of a story and to have different artists create one writers vision. They continue that this year with writer Brian Azzarello and artists Lee Bermejo, Dave Johnson, and Eduardo Risso creating a series of shirts. Artists and shirt creators of the site can also participate as one contestant will be chosen to have their work included in the series. So when’s the big reveal? Friday night at c2e2… might just see you there.

Keeping the World Strange in March Previews

I for one will be checking this out since I’m very curious about what others have to say about Plaentary so you may see future coverage of this on the site. If you’re interested in knowing what Planetary is check out our review for the final issue. For others you may want to pre-order this book with you’re comic shop since it doesn’t look like its going to be an in-stock item on their shelves. Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide is now available for order through comic shops (use Diamond order code MAR111401). The book is currently listed in the books section of March’s Previews catalog (page 347) and is set to hit stores in late May.

Lady Action at Midtown Comics for Two Moonstone Releases

Moonstone Entertainment, Inc. Runemaster Studios, Inc., and Captain Action Enterprises pulled out all the stops on Wednesday, March 16th at New York City’s Midtown Comics on Times Square. Lady Action, ally to Captain Action and heroine in her own right put an appearance at this top of the line comic venue to welcome the debut of CAPTAIN ACTION WINTER SPECIAL, featuring a team up between the good Captain and the Green Hornet.  Lady Action was also on hand to celebrate the debut of a different type of heroine with SAVAGE BEAUTY #1 hitting the stands today!  Special thanks to Midtown Comics and to Lady Action for joining everyone at Moonstone in celebrating two of the best heroes today-CAPTAIN ACTION and SAVAGE BEAUTY!

Li’L Depressed Boy Is A Sell Out

The latest sell-out first issue from Image Comics, THE LI’L DEPRESSED BOY #1, has already been sent back to press for a second printing! S. Stephen Struble and Sina Grace’s alt romance comic set to indie music, THE L’IL DEPRESSED BOY #1, will be back in stores again on March 23 with an all new cover. Writer S. Steven Struble said, “We’ve been working on the The Li’l Depressed Boy for a long time. All this love really fills our hearts and proves the hard work was worth it.” Up and coming artist Sina Grace commented, “If someone were to tell me that the book not only sold out as fast as it did, but also warranted a second printing, I would have called them a mean liar.”