Coming in July from 12 Gauge Comics are two brand new titles and they look like they’re bringing the action! It looks like 12 Gauge is going to keep pumping out the action books which I really enjoy. They have R.P.M. and Boondock Saints already delivering the goods and it mixes up the market and I can’t think of another company other than Avatar that keeps a theme to the books they publish so check these books out in July.
Until today I didn’t know that this book exsisted, but now that I do I have to say it looks very interesting. Check out what Dark Horse had to say: The 2011 Hugo nominees have been announced, and our own Grandville Mon Amour is up for Best Graphic Story! Initiated in 1953, the Hugo is presented each year by the World Science Fiction Society for achievements in science fiction and fantasy storytelling. The Best Graphic Story category was first included in 2009. Previous nominees include Fables, Serenity, Y: The Last Man, Batman, and more.
BOOM! Studios is excited to announce that PLANET OF THE APES #1 is sold out…days before release! Fans everywhere have been buzzing with Apes-mania since the recent unveiling of the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES movie trailer, leading comic book retailers to make a phenomenal amount of late-breaking advanced reorders for BOOM! Studios’ PLANET OF THE APES #1 and creating this unprecedented pre-release sell out! BOOM! Studios will be working closely this week with Diamond Comic Distributors and Haven Distributors in evaluating demand for a second printing.
From Marvel’s ComiXology app, half price sale Monday features the first season of The Ultimates for .99 cents each! If you haven’t read the Ultimates this is a great oppurtunity to pick it up and cheap! For more on the story of the Ultimates you can check out my and Neil’s Top Ten comics since it made its way on both lists. In the meantime check it out on either Chrome store or on the Comixology App for Apple or Android.
Rick Geary tackles the most controversial case of the 20th century. Anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti were accused of robbery and murder but so many supposedly damning pieces of evidence were questionable their guilty verdict elicited massive protests around the world. Geary presents us with all the twists and turns, appeals and dubious evidence after presenting us the human face of the two men, demonized by many, turned to martyrs by many others in his usual unflappable way. 6 x 9, 80pp., B&W, jacketed hardcover: $15.99, ISBN 978-1-56163-605-1
Dark Horse is coming to the digital market in a big way. Not only launching on multiple devices, but also on your computer as well. They’re asking people to sign up for their newsletter for a chance to win $100 in store credit and also an iPad 2. If they reach their goal they’ll also throw in five free books for everyone. So far four titles have been unlocked including: Criminal Macabre, Abe Sapien: The Drowning, Joss Whedon’s Fray and most recently The Umbrella Academy.
Nearly a decade ago Nicolas Cage’s prized possession, an original copy of Action Comics
#1 worth $1.5 million because it was Superman’s first appearance, was
stolen from him. The comic book was recently found in a storage locker
in San Fernando Valley.
Cage
is a huge comic book fan, so much so he changed his name to Nicolas
Cage after his favorite comic book character Luke Cage. He was
scheduled to play Superman in Tim Burton’s Superman movie in the 90’s,
close to the time when his rare comic book was stolen.
Here’s another preivew, but not the last of the day. This is Robert Kirkman’s (The Walking Dead, Invincible) new book Super Dinosaur about a little boy who’s a genius. His grandfather and his business partner find dinosaurs alive underneath the earth and well you know what I can’t continue talking about it. I’ve already read the book and thankfully I’m not review it otherwise it would get an ear-full and probably a “2” on the scale and only because the art is decent. Any ways, check it out for yourself since you’re probably a mindless Kirkman zombie… enjoy!
You are in luck since I just wrapped up my review of this issue today! You’ll get that later today, in the meantime enjoy the first five pages of Twilight Guardian #4 which hits stores this week. The series has been really good and the fourth issue wraps up the mini-series nicely. Be sure to check back today for the review, but in the meantime catch what you missed in the third issue here.
We have an advanced review of this book already, but here’s a preview of the first issue from Image. As for what the book is about, I’ll let Kevin’s review say it: Welcome to 1968 and welcome to hell. In US Firebase Aries Central Highland, Vietnam. A Chinese-American by the name of Kuen (Sweet-Potato) Yam and a small platoon of solders are sent to investigate a series of attacks from a Vietnamese mortar pit. Before they head out, the base it attacked by a VC sniper, the same sniper that Corporal Love killed earlier. As Love takes aim he is shocked to see the same VC he killed is the one doing the shooting. Now half a klik from base camp Aries, Yam and his platoon are in the midst of taking out the enemy mortar team. After the carnage they discover a fox hole and due to his size, Yam volunteers to clear it out. Finsh reading the review here.
