May 17 2013
Following the Dark Hose and DC Comics solicitations for August, the Image has released its full listings for August 2013. Image Comics will debut two new series in July, including The Sidekick #1 from J. Michael Straczynski and 16-bit fighter tribute in Burn the Orphange: Born to Lose #1 from Daniel Freedman and Sina Grace. Plus, Saga #13 returns after a brief …
May 17 2013
Australia’s Milk Shadow Books announced this morning that they have a new book in production, diving into the archives of Dillon Naylor’s Da ‘n’ Dill comics. Here’s what the official press says. Prior to the 1990s, a visit to a Show, Fete or Fair might result in a showbag and that would result in cheap novelties, …
May 16 2013
It’s the time of the month when the solicitations start rolling off the block, and now Dark Horse has released its solicitations for August. From the season finales of the Buffyverse, to itty bitty Hellboys, Halo adaptations, alien doctors and gorgeous hardcovers, it’s a solid month for Dark Horse. Halo, and welcome to Dark Horse …
May 16 2013
A tightly paced opening to one of Marvel’s mini-crossover brings humour and humanity to the superhuman. This is how to do a crossover. Although this first issue is ostensibly a standalone title to introduce the 5-part “The Enemy Within” story arc, the seeds for this meeting of DeConnick’s Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble have been sewn into …
May 15 2013
You might recall that one of the stand-outs from Image’s solicitations for July was Satellite Sam, a sexy new series from the all-star team of Matt Fraction (Hawkeye) and Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Black Kiss). A new press release on Image’s site has given us a few more details about this fascinating new book. Debuting in July, …
May 15 2013
Following the announcement of the French language edition of Justin Randall’s Changing Ways last month from Gestalt, the publisher has announced that Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson‘s The Example (Teczka) will receive a Polish language edition from Poland’s Wydawnictwo Komiksowe publishing house. In many ways, the European market is where some of these Australian titles can hope to get the …
May 15 2013
This week, Richard and David had the opportunity to chat with Kelly Sue DeConnick, the writer of Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble (Marvel), Ghost (Dark Horse) and the upcoming Pretty Deadly (Image Comics). She is about to launch the crossover between her two Marvel titles in Avengers: The Enemy Within, which is due out on 15 May 2013. …
May 14 2013
Free Comic Book Day gave us a tease of this new series from writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Jim Cheung, reintroducing Thanos back into the Marvel Cosmic Universe in a big way. A full review of Infinity FCBD can be found here. Now Marvel has issued the first groovy cover from that series, and the big purple dude …
May 14 2013
DC Comics has released its solicitations for August 2013, and there are definitely a few things worth noting for your next trip down to your comic book store. Before a month highlighting villains in September, lots of the solicitations promise the rise, appearance or emergence of a villain from the past/unexpected place. Highlights for the month …
May 12 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (8 May 2013) is light one, letting us off the hook after a slew of big weeks. First up, we check back with Batman #20 …
May 10 2013
Not too long ago, it was announced that Marvel’s current “event” Age of Ultron #10 would have the controversial appearance of Neil Gaiman’s Angela, in an issue co-written by the prolific author and series writer Brian Michael Bendis. It was an odd move considering the recent legal wrangling between Todd MacFarlane and Gaiman over the rights to …
