Courtesy of Ambrosia Publishing
Beginning in early May is the online serialization of Ben Fisher and Mike Henderson’s horror - action graphic novel SMUGGLING SPIRITS at Ambrosia Publishing. An early look at the dynamic, monster-filled tale is now available at the Ambrosia Publishing web site.
Courtesy of Dark Horse
Shizuka has problems. Not only is she an introverted girl, dealing with schoolwork and boys, but she feels invisible. In reality, she is victim to a disease that is making her literally translucent!
Shizuka finds support with Mamoru, a boy who is falling for her despite her appearance, or lack thereof. Another friend, Keiko, suffers from the same illness and has turned completely invisible.
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Courtesy of Jam Packed Productions
This month, in a store near you, the coming of The Super Naturals #2 from Jam Packed Productions will be finally released. “It took awhile for us to finish issue 2, but now its totally done and we are totally happy with this issue! The Jam Packed Crew put a lot of time and effort to help get this going. Our artist for issue #2, Diego Candia, has made this issue just stunning in the artwork category.” says Toney Tapia, President of Jam Packed Productions, LLC. “Now we are moving full steam ahead with #3 and #4.”
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Courtesy of Masterpiece Comics
Masterpiece Comics released information today concerning the June release of the ultimate issue of the Wild Boys: Dawn of the Wild mini-series. Issue four of the mini-series is currently available for order and is listed in the April 2007 Preview Catalog on page 326, with the order code APR073862 and a cover price of $2.99. Wild Boys: Dawn of the Wild is written by Ace Masters and illustrated by Irapuan.
Courtesy of Image Comics
The Luna Brothers’ sci-fi masterpiece GIRLS comes to a close with issue #24. The issue is 40 pages of edge-of-your-seat thrills for just $2.99! That’s right, the issue is a special extra BIG issue for no extra charge!
“We wanted the conclusion of this story to be special,” says co-creator Jonathan Luna. “The fate of Pennystown’s citizens couldn’t be told in just 24 pages, so we decided to add more pages and give fans some more bang for their buck.”
GIRLS has been praised by everyone from Brian Bendis to Joss Whedon and has received rave reviews from the likes of Variety and Wizard. The epic tale chronicles the small town of Pennystown as it’s invaded by a giant sperm creature and murderous egg-laying women. The conclusion to the wildly popular and utterly disturbing series has been eagerly awaited for months.
It’s mind-blowing! It’s beautiful! It’s a bargain! It’s GIRLS #24, a 40-page comic book priced at $2.99. It is available for order now (FEB071907) in through Diamond Previews. It will be on sale April 18th.
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Courtesy of Top Cow Productions
Long out of print trade paperback, Aphrodite IX returns with a brand all-new painted cover by original series artist David Finch (Moon Knight, New Avengers).
Aphrodite IX Trade Paperback collects issues #1-4 of the series of the same name as well as the hard to find issue #0 plus incredible bonus art by Marc Silvestri (Civil War: The Initiative, Hunter-Killer), Joe Benitez (Supergirl), and Michael Turner (Superman/Batman, Ultimate Wolverine). Aphrodite IX is the perfect weapon, only she doesn’t know it. She’s programmed to kill and then erases all memory of her mission and her former life, like a reset button was hit in her mind. Now the ideal assassin wants to know who programmed her and she won’t stop until she finds out!
Courtesy of Top Shelf
2007-2008 PUBLISHING SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!
The complete Top Shelf 2007 Publishing Schedule has been firmed up and is available to preview online. Just click on the 2007 RELEASES link below to see covers, descriptions, and preview pages of every book being released this year (organized by month of release). And if you want to look even further down the road, click on the 2008(+) RELEASES link below for a sneak peak at some big projects — from Alan Moore, Craig Thompson, and more! — that are slated for 2008 and beyond.
View the 2007 Releases
View the 2008(+) Releases
Upcoming Releases Thru Summer include:
– KORGI (BOOK 1): SPROUTING WINGS! by Christian Slade - April
– OWLY (VOL 4): A TIME TO BE BRAVE by Andy Runton - April+
– MICROGRAPHICA by Renee French - May
– SUPER F*CKERS #4 by James Kochalka - May
– FOX BUNNY FUNNY by Andy Hartzell - June
– DEATH BY CHOCOLATE: REDUX by David Yurkovich - June
– INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS by Jeffrey Brown - July
– BLACK GHOST APPLE FACTORY by Jeremy Tinder - July
– SUPER SPY by Matt Kindt - August
ONLINE COMIX UPDATE!
The Online Comix section of the site has just been completely updated. Click on the ONLINE COMIX link below to see the latest weekly installment from Matt Kindt’s summer release, SUPER SPY, as well as five brand new stories: BURNING BUILDING by Jeff Zwirek, CRUSOE by Steven Dhondt, MISC. STRIPS by Zeno Sworder, PINOKKIO by Brecht Evens, and THE CATMAN OF DONELSON by J.D. Wilkes.
JEFFREY BROWN’S UK SIGNING TOUR
If you live in the United Kingdom, please join cartoonist, Jeffrey Brown, as he signs books, answers questions, tells stories, and acts generally sociable in his first ever signing tour of the UK. Catch him at one or more of these dates:
– Saturday, May 5th, 3-5pm, Gosh! Comics (London)
– Monday, May 7th, 4-7pm, OK Comics (Leeds)
– Wednesday, May 9th, 5-7pm, Page 45 (Nottingham)
– Thursday, May 10th, 4:30-6:30pm, Travelling Man (Bristol)
– Saturday/Sunday, May 12th-13th, 10AM-6PM, Comic Expo (Bristol)
– Tuesday, May 15th, 1-3PM, Travelling Man (Leeds)
Learn more about the Jeffrey Brown Tour.
10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY — SATURDAY JUNE 23RD NEW YORK!
And even though there will be a lot more 10th Anniversary announcements to come this year, let one of the first ones be the announcement of our 10th Anniversary Party to be held the weekend of MoCCA in New York City. If you live in New York, or will be coming to the MoCCA Art Festival this June, be sure to come join us for food and drinks and more to celebrate the fact that we’re STILL HERE 10 years on!
Saturday, June 23rd
6PM - After Hours @ GSTAAD
43 West 26th Street
New York NY 10010
Food and drinks from 6pm-9pm, but the club and bar will stay open all night until we close the place down!
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Courtesy of Septagon Studios
The “Imagination Creativity Pad” launched today on the Septagon Studios Inc. website. Presented in English, the web page of the Imagination Creativity Pad allows visitors to enter text which is immediately published with simple registration to prevent unwanted spam. The site is powered with Wikimedia, which includes simplicity of use and well-designed user tools. The significance, accuracy, or amount of written text are not at issue: the purpose of the Pad is, as its name suggests, to allow visitors to the site to best express their creativity. This concept presents the comic book community with a unique web project offering an opportunity to allow users to express themselves creatively without any boundaries to complete user freedom. Want to rant? Comment? Post anything you desire. Septagon invites anyone to use the Pad whether they are comics’ fans or otherwise, and creative content not related to comics is certainly as welcome as comics-related content.
Courtesy of Image Comics
From the demented mind of Rob Zombie, comes THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, a comic about the strangest crime-fighters you’ve ever seen. With the animated feature film starring Paul Giamatti, Rosario Dawson and Brian Posehn soon to be released, Image Comics is collecting the entire hit series in one volume. Now is your chance to pick up the madness right where it all began! THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO is a 288 page trade paperback that collects all of the adventures of Monsterland’s avenger.
Reviewed by Chris Beckett / Writer for Independent Propaganda
Published by Oni Press
Written by Antony Johnston
Art by Christopher Mitten
covers by Ben Templesmith
one-shot issues drawn by Carla Speed McNeil
WASTELAND Book 1: CITIES IN DUST
$11.95
160 pp.
reprints issues #1-6
ISBN: 1932664599
www.thebigwet.com
One of the best new series of 2006 came from Oni Press in the form of WASTELAND, birthed by the creative mind of Antony Johnston (THE LONG HAUL, ALAN MOORE’S THE COURTYARD) and the artful brush of Christopher Mitten (QUEEN & COUNTRY: DECLASSIFIED VOL. 3, LAST EXIT BEFORE TOLL). A company known for literate and diverse comics and graphic novels, this is the second continuing series published by Oni - alongside Greg Rucka’s critically-acclaimed QUEEN & COUNTRY - and it is a great read. Smartly written with beautiful art, this book is a must-have for any fan. With the second story arc beginning in April’s issue #8 and the first collection - “Cities in Dust” - arriving soon, I thought it time to take a closer look at this exciting new series.
100 years after the Big Wet, a cataclysmic flood that devastated the Earth, very little remains. Small hamlets - and a very few large cities - are spread out over the vast, arid plains where life resembles that of the mid-1800s in the American Old West. Technology has been lost to these people; what few artifacts they discover seem to owe more to magic than reality. There is no central government, and if one is to survive in this harsh world they must learn to trust those around them and return this faith in kind, for danger always lurks at the edges of these scraps of civilization.
