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.
In general I don’t like to describe books by comparing them to other stories, but for this series I feel I must. My description will either put you off form the book, or it will peak your curiosity. The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde is part Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (obviously), part Jack the Ripper and part Silence of the Lambs. It’s an interesting combination that not only works, but makes you wonder why no one ever did it before.
This article’s main objective is to
share a thought and an opinion on comic a comic publisher. It is in
no way a promotional piece, a commercial, a plug or an advert. If it
happens to be taken that way I apologizes, for it was not my goal. So
when I was asked to share my opinion on any comic book publisher, it
was fairly easy decision. My choice was Avatar Press. Avatar Press is an independent
publisher of comic books based out of Rantoul, Illinois. It was
started by the E.I.C, William A. Christensen in 1996. Their first
release was in November and was William’s very own, Pandora. The book
is considered by many to contain be one of Avatar’s flagship
characters.
Ever wonder how a Player Affinity writer get their ideas to do their feature articles? This article will explain, mostly it starts with a question. What I read last week? Now that is a good question. What did I read last week? As Jorge sat down in a bench somewhere in Detrioit city– you know that place where Robocop is set. People started to look at him in a strange manner, mostly because he was talking to himself. But that is ok with Jorge, this is not the first time he had talked with himself, in fact he is quite fond of talking to himself; you see young Jorge had developed a mind within his mind and this other mind goes by the name of George.
This past weekend I stopped by the Long Beach Comic Expo and basically used it as an opportunity to grab a bunch of very indie comics. One of those that caught my attention was Zombie Tramp. It seemed a little strange to have a sexy zombie so I took the bait and bought the graphic novel containing all three issues of the series. In hindsight I kind of wish I had bought the singles instead, but oh well the price was right.
I remember back in 1993, a lot of people began collecting comic books mostly because the death of Superman was such a maintream hit. Some of my friends bought a couple of books in hope that they could sell them double the price. To some, it was good business to others not so much. We would sell them among ourselves. Sometimes I would get lucky and could get away with a couple of hidden gems, sometimes we would trade comics for comics. It was in those days that I stumble upon The Savage Dragon. I think I got issues five through nine. In those days I only would get the books that had the most amazing art; after all it was the dawning of Image Comics, everything was art in those days. But something about the Dragon was different, the art was great not as amazing as WildCats or Spawn but every time I look at the comic I just wanted to see more.
Death and Comic Books: On the 21st of this month, Wired.com ran a story about a
man’s spare bedroom of comics being worth roughly $2 million dollars. That
article talks about his humble life as a collector and about his death in a
fire. The reason the story is such big news, is that the fire never made it to
the comics and the family that once questioned his hobby is sitting on a gold
mine. This article really made me sad. Here’s this man’s life
summed up as a Star Trek and comic collector that is killed in a fire of the
house he just paid off by selling a comic. His family clearly didn’t understand
him since they mocked his hobby and yes I’m reading into that a bit. If your
family said you were wasting your time and money with comics to the press you
would feel mocked as well.
