Coming out this week from Image Comics is Carbon Grey #2, if you recall this was the book we reviewed that had stunning, neigh… amazing art. Unfortunately it had little in the way of a coherant story and as such scored pretty average. But here we are with the second issue and a second chance for the book to impress. So check out the first five pages and see if its a title you want to pick up this week.
Every industry has it’s awards show. Some of them have real meaning to the award like the Oscars and Tony’s, whereas others are basically there to spotlight the newest games coming out like the Spike VGA’s. With comics these awards falling into first category of being very serious. To be nominated for an Eisner is an honor and to win is even better since Will Eisner was a very respected member of the comic industry. Each year the awards are given out at Comic Con in San Diego where they are always forgotten due to the obscene amount of Movie and TV news that’s released. Well today you can get a look at the nominations and I will say sorry there aren’t more pictures. You’ll find some links to things we have covered or talked about to for those unfamiliar with the titles and head to the forums to see my picks in the categories. Without further ado here’s this years Eisner Award nominations!
Today Boom! announced that it’s Boom Town imprint I Thought You Would Be Funnier has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the best humor publication section. What’s it up against? I have no idea, but this is an incredible feat for both Shannon and Boom. It gives a true validation to the Boom Town imprint. Sadly I haven’t finsihed reading this book yet, but I will tell you that so far I am really enjoying it and when the second print rolls around you should definitely get it. Included are some provided preview pages. BOOM! Studios is proud to announce that BOOM! Town’s debut publication I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER is nominated for a Best Humor Publication Eisner Award!
Last week at Wonder Con, IDW Publishing announced that they were doing a new series for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is in conjunction with the new CG show announced by Nickelodeon earlier last week, so it looks like we’re getting a lot of NEW TMNT in the future. IDW didn’t release any art of the series, but did say it would be out in the summer. More than 25 years after its first comic book, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return to their roots with IDW Publishing. Today at WonderCon in San Francisco, IDW and Nickelodeon announced a long-term agreement to offer an all-new installment of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and graphic novels. Starting this summer, IDW’s comic series will bring the “Heroes in a Half Shell” back into action. IDW’s new comics are part of a larger initiative to bring Turtles to a new generation of fans, starting with these new storylines from the original series. Additionally, in fourth quarter 2012, Nickelodeon will premiere a new CG-animated version of the wildly popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
You’ll probably see a review for this book once I’m done actually reading it, but I thought it was interesting enough to share the preview for it. Here’s what it’s about from Image: An original YA graphic novel, POSEURS follows three teenagers from distinctly different corners of Los Angeles who meet in the underworld of LA nightlife and Hollywood parties—and get in over their heads. From the graffiti-tagged streets of LA’s eastside to the bloated, billion dollar mansions of Bel Air, it’s a full-blown party noir.
With the awesome review we gave Nonplayer #1 I figured it would be a shame not to show you the preview of the book courtesy of Image. If you like what you see you may need to scour your comic shops or the internet this weekend as it’s sold out on the distribution level. There were several rumblings on the internet that the book was hard to find and the people that did find it loved it, me being one of them. So without further ado here’s Nonplayer!
You like contests? Of course you do. Well Image and Benaroya are doing a contest for their upcoming release Red Spike and you can win some original art from Mark Texeira, I’d list his credits but we’d be here a while. Here’s the scope curtious of Benaroya. You ever wanted to own an original piece of artwork by a legendary comic book artist but found it too expensive? Well, what if I told you that for just $1 you could be entered into a contest to win the original cover art for RED SPIKE #1 by the legendary Mark Texeira? Well you can! NO JOKE! All you have to do is pick up a copy of RED SPIKE #1 on May 4 for JUST $1, take a photo of yourself outside your local comic shop with the book and post it to the RED SPIKE Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/
What!?! The Hardy Boys have broken up? Yup it looks like in Papercutz new series of Hardy Boys graphic novels the two boys split at the end of their first case. Now in the second case file they find themselves unwillingly teamed up on a reality TV show. That’s right, this ain’t your Daddy’s Hardy Boys. Here’s the full details of the release: In case you hadn’t heard, the world-famous HARDY BOYS have ended their mystery-solving partnership! In their last adventure, THE HARDY BOYS The New Case Files #1 “Crawling with Zombies”, the brothers suffered a rift in their relationship and parted ways. But for how long? Now, PAPERCUTZ presents THE HARDY BOYS The New Case Files #2 “Break-Up!”, in which the duo are forced into working together, going undercover together as contestants on a popular television reality show.
From Relativity Media’s official press release:
(Beverly Hills, CA) April 7, 2011 – Relativity Media’s President of Worldwide Production Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the prolific producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) to direct a re-invention of The Crow, the 1994 smash hit film based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Relativity and Pressman will be teaming with Spain-based Apaches Entertainment on the production which is targeted to start in Fall 2011.
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Valve created the comic book in-house and in an interview with Valve
artist Michael Avon Oeming he said that the storyline will bridge the
gap between Portal 1 and 2 and will also feature a
“much-rumored yet never seen character.” The comic, while a
collaboration between several Valve team members, will be mostly written
by Ted Kosmatka and drawn by Valve artist Andrea Wicklund (she’salso
the owner of the hand that was used in the box cover for Valve Left 4 Dead series).
