Northwest Passage - Scott ChantlerNorthwest Passage - Scott Chantler
Most westerns have traditionally
dealt with the rough and tumble life on the high plains and deserts of
America. Yet a greater territory with an even more inhospitable climate
rests to the North, in what is now Canada. Rupert's Land was a vast expanse
held by the Hudson Bay Company under a charter issued by the British Crown.
It is amongst these beautiful and harsh lands surrounding the Hudson Bay
that this great epic unfolds. After Fort Newcastle is brutally captured
by invading French mercenaries, Charles Lord and a band of his surviving
soldiers, trackers, and explorers embark on one last great adventure to
unite the people of Rupert's Land to reclaim their home. This rollicking
historical adventure fights its way on land and sea, all in search of
and control of the mythic Northwest Passage.
Northwest
Passage.
Hier heb ik al serieus mee gevloekt. Reeds tot tweemaal toe kreeg ik
exemplaren die aan de zijkant verkeerd gesneden waren, hatelijk. Toch
zeker als de uitgever "moeite" doet om een mooie hardcover
op de markt te brengen. Dus het derde verkeerd gesneden exemplaar heb
ik dan maar zo gelaten. Zitten ze op het einde van hun eerste print-run
en hebben ze nog enkel left-overs, zinj dit de dumpertjes voor continental
Europe, ik heb geen flauw idee. In ieder geval ben je bij deze gewaarschuwd,
want het is alleszins het aanschaffen waard.
Genoeg geleuterd.
Letterlijk in één
ruk verslinde ik deze leuke, spannende en intrigerende Graphic Novel.
De tekeningen deden mij een beetje denken aan "Bone" van Jeff
Smith en eigenlijk zat het qua sfeer ook in diezelfde richting. Natuurlijk
is dit fantasy verhaal en geen western. Komt dit door het cartoonesque
tekenstijl of ... Voor mij doet het er niet.
Voor een snelle hap in between. Gezond en luchtig. Mmmmmmm
Scott Chantler
staat hoog op mijn verlanglijstje van aan te schaffen
stuff.
Publisher's Weekly: "While being hyped as the greatest Canadian western
comic book ever may sound like faint praise indeed, in the case of Chantler's
thrilling historical adventure, it definitely is not. Categorized as
young adult historical fiction, the book is a James Fenimore Cooperstyled
thriller set in remote Rupert's Land, circa 1755. Fort Newcastle, an
English-run trading post commanded by the stout-hearted hero Charles
Lord, is overrun in a vicious sneak attack by French mercenaries looking
to get rich off the fur trade. Lord and the survivors of the massacre
wander the wilderness, looking for allies and plotting their revenge,
while inside the captured fort, the villainous Guerin Montglave plots
evil deeds. Chantler's sharp black and white artwork (replete with dramatic
closeups and muscular action choreography) has a welcome precision to
it, while the writing has a pulp immediacy which brings history to life.
This collected edition of the three-issue original comes with copious
and welcome annotations at the back, where Chantler discusses various
plot points and historical references as well as the different styles
used from one frame to the next.
Will the REAL Wolverine please stand up? - By "The Ace of Knaves"
Will the REAL Wolverine please stand up?
Will the REAL Wolverine
please stand up?
By "The Ace of Knaves"
Considering the large selection of Marvel comics featuring "the old canucklehead",
you'd expect a Wolverine fan like me to be spoilt for choice. This is
unfortunately not so, as in my opinion the quality of the produced stories
tends to vary al lot. The past years have seen an enormous increase in
Wolverine titles (he even has two solo books now) but to be honest, there
hasn't been a lot of "WOW!" for me. So imagine my surprise when Wolverine
#62 actually managed to give me the "Wolverine feel" for the first time
in nearly four years. The last good Wolverine "run" for my tastes was
Greg Rucka's, ending with #17 (nov. 2004). Mark Millar's subsequent "enemy
of the state" was a good story, but I feel it would have been more effective
as an out-of-continuity mini series or as a graphic novel. Some of the
stand alone issue's were also quite good (#32 and #41) and Guggenheim's
'Civil War" follow up story wasn't that bad, but Loeb's run was in my
opinion absolutely disastrous. I absolutely hate the "let's retcon a shadowy
mystical super villain into the background and involve all sorts of mystical
crap" approach. I know Batman used to have a split fanbase, some loving
the more gothic / magic approach and some preferring the scientific /
human stories.
Personally, I find that heroes should be presented as befits their origin.
Doctor Strange, Doctor Fate, Thor, Captain marvel, their powers and
natures are magical so I would expect the stories to turn that way. Spider-man,
Batman, Iron man, Wolverine, are "science" heroes and should avoid the
arcane. That is not to say they can never ever be involved in arcane plots,
but it should be limited to single occasional story arcs and it definitely
should NOT be retconned into the origin stories (Strazynski's Spider-man
/ Morlun / Ezekiel arc still brings me out in a rash. How would Thor fans
respond if they would try to retcon his origin in continuity to having
him really being a mutant who just has an overactive imagination and delusions
of grandeur?). So you can imagine that when Loeb was finished and Guggenheim
took over again, but with yet another "fight for the soul mystic doo-dah"
arc I felt all hope was lost. By the way, that reminds me: if you're going
to do a magical-spiritual story like Loeb did, you shouldn't kill off
Sabretooth as he is an essential counterpart to Wolverine. It's not like
they have mutants to spare at the moment! Yin-Yang, Batman-Joker, Wolverine-Sabretooth.
If you want to make the mystical point you should reinforce this, not
end it! Anyhow, this to explain that I didn't have much hope when I began
reading #62, figuring that "Get Mystique" would turn out to be an unnecessary
prolongation of the in my opinion hideously flawed "Messiah complex".
However the new creative team and writer Jason Aaron managed to put together
an exiting issue that didn't give me the feeling that I'd seen it all
before. Aaron has also just started writing a new arc on Ghost rider (so
he can do both the "science" and the "magic"! I'm impressed!), so I'm
definitely going to keep my eye on him and browse some of his earlier
works. His flashback scenes with Mystique and Wolverine in Mexico and
Kansas are just the sort of stuff I would have hoped to see in "Wolverine
Origins".
Which brings me to probably the saddest Wolverine series. There hasn't
been a good issue of "Wolverine Origins" yet in my opinion, and I can't
understand why (other than that I'm a nit picking snob fanboy with delusions
of grandeur, but hey, I'm allowed as much self deception as the next guy).
It had such promise: "Wolverine Origins"! I would have imagined it to
be like "legends of the dark knight" started out, bringing self-standing
arcs featuring Wolverine at sometime in his hidden past. In fact, the
just released (and very promising) "Logan" mini series featuring Wolverine
in WWII Japan is just the sort of stuff I would have wanted to see in
"Origins". So why not? Way and Dillon did a great job on other stuff (Punisher
Vs Bullseye for one), but somehow they just don't work for me on "Origins",
and that's a damned shame. It's expressed best by Wolverine himself in
X-force #1: " as it turns out, I knew more about myself BEFORE I got
my memories back. Ain't that a bitch."
I wasn't sure about this new X-force series; yet another "Messiah complex"
spin-off. And yet I'm getting a good feeling here. Kyle and Yost have
managed an intriguing set-up involving the Wolverine-X23 father-daughter
relation (she's even more of a loose cannon than he ever was). Add to
this some of the most loathsome villains ever created (the purifiers and
bastion) and Wolverine in an outfit reminiscent of his "brown" uniform
(for covert ops) and things are looking up. "X-Force Logan" has a little
too much muscle and hair-gel in the pencils for my tastes but I don't
really mind. It's better to see the "old soldier" Wolverine trying to
steer X23 than to see the "John Wayne mono dimensional" Wolverine ("Let's
grab a brew") in Uncanny X-men.
Concluding: "Wolverine" is on the map again and "X-force" and "Logan"
also offer a good yarn in my opinion (I'm looking forward to see what
"The amazing immortal man and other bloody tales " is going to bring),
but "Uncanny X-men" and "Wolverine Origins" need to brush up their act.
(Oh, and then there's still Wolverine in the "avengers " and "first class",
but I don't read those so it would be unfair of me to comment. I will
say this though: me not reading them is comment enough).
This
is a story that runs parallel to continuity. It's an option. It's an opinion.
This is me taking a world I love, taking the characters I love and making
them hurt. I want to be very clear that this is not an alternate reality.
This is my reality and I invite you all to explore it with me. At one
point in my life, my whole existence was Spider-Man. Now, for a little
while at least it's true again.- Kaare Andrews
Dit
is hetgeen wat de schrijver zelf zegt over
Spider-Man
Reign.
Bij mij kwam het een beetje over als "The Return of the Dark Knight"
van Spiderman. Alhoewel door een beetje teveel hun best te doen verliest
het wel wat aan kracht.
We leren Peter Parker kennen als een in zich zelf terug getrokken oud
futloos mannetje met de nodige waanbeelden ten gevolge van zijn immer
kwellende morele plichtsbesef en de daar bijhorende schuldgevoelens. Deze
keer is de dood van Ben Parker niet de aanleiding maar heeft het iets
te maken met Mary Jane.
De tijdsetting is donker en grauw, vertoond veel knipoogjes met de huidige
politieke toestand in de States. Give up your freedom and we will protect you.
Het is nu al dertig jaar dat er geen spandexen rondhangen of -vliegen
in NY. Het verhaal komt in een stroom versnelling als J. Jonah Jameson
Spiderman in zijn quest for truth and liberation voor zijn kar wil spannen.
Ze hadden overgang tussen de dementerende Peter en de
back-in-action Spiderman toch iets beter mogen uitdiepen, Sandman's gedeelte
kwam precies wat uit de lucht vallen en de slot-finale was toch maar snel
gedaan.
Mijn inziens hoort dit deeltje toch echter wél thuis in de rij
van typische Spidey klassiekers.
Kraven's Last Hunt blijft echter de onbetwistbare nr. 1.
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Tony
Harris From Wizard Magazine's Top Ten writer Brian K.
Vaughan (Y: THE LAST MAN) and Eisner Award-winning artist
Tony Harris (STARMAN) comes a collection of one of the
most critically acclaimed new series of the year, featuring
a gorgeous new cover by Harris! THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
collects the first five issues of this stellar ongoing
political thriller, including the extra-sized origin
of the super-heroic Great Machine, as well as the 4-part
"State of Emergency."
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Tony
Harris The second volume of the Eisner Award-nominated
series, collecting issues #6-10! What forced Mayor Hundred
to make one of the most controversial decisions in the
history of New York politics? Featuring an introduction
by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix) and a new cover
by Tony Harris!
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Tony
Harris Collecting three unique storylines of the Eisner
Award-winning series from issues #11-16! Mayor Mitchell
Hundred must make a difficult decision about his own
future, becomes part of a shocking trial complicated
by the unexpected arrival of an all-new superhero, and
leaves New York City for the first time since his election
to embark on a strange adventure!
Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Tony
Harris & Tom Feister and Chris Sprouse & Karl Story;
Cover by Tony HarrisA shocking tragedy strikes an Iraq
War protest in downtown Manhattan in this collection
featuring EX MACHINA #17-20! Plus, in the 2-part "Life
and Death," superstar artist Chris Sprouse illustrates
an adventure from Mayor Hundred's super-heroic past
from EX MACHINA SPECIAL #1-2!
Dont Say the M Word: The Strange Story of Miracleman
Column by Tony Ingram, 2008.
There are some characters whose names become well known because
they simply fire the readers imagination, and become best
sellers or at least cult figures as a result.
And then theres Marvelman.
In the early 1950s, British publishers Len Miller & Sons
specialized in reprints of US comic books, and their best
selling titles for awhile were those reprinting Fawcetts
Captain marvel and associated characters. So when, in 1953,
Fawcetts much publicized legal problems with Superman publishers
DC forced them to discontinue the Marvel Familys adventures,
Millers had a problem.
Len Millers solution was inspired. He had an audience for
superhero adventures, but no superheroes. So, he hired writer/artist
Mick Anglo to create some, and in 1954, Millers Captain Marvel
became Marvelman!
The changes were superficial enough for the title to retain
its readership-Caps alter ego, young Billy Batson, became
Micky Moran. Shazam, the wizard who empowered him, became
astrophysicist Guntag Borghelm, who taught Micky the magic
word Kimota (atomic spelled backwards, near enough). Captain
Marvel Junior became Young Marvelman, while Mary Marvel underwent
a more conspicuous change and morphed into Johnny Bates AKA
Kid Marvelman! The Marvelman titles retained the sense of
whimsy which had made Captain Marvel so popular, and they
sold well for almost a decade before fading away in 1963.
End of story, it seemed.
Who SHOULD be a Skrull?
Column by J.P. Dorigo, 2008.
All the comic message boards are all a flutter with one thing
lately: Skrulls. Who is a Skrull, who isnt a Skrull, whos
been acting Skrully, et cetera. Well I cant see the future
any more then you folks can. I have a couple theories who
might be Skrulls, but who wants to make guesses any more?!
Im here to lay down the law for you nerd boys and nerd girls.
Heres who I think Marvel should make Skrulls and why.
Lets start at the top: Tony Stark. Man, is that guy a jerk
or what. I never really cared for Iron Man, but since the
startup of New Avengers and then Civil War you cant get rid
of the guy! I mean, sure, hes definitely more interesting
then he sued to be, but he is the epitome of everything we
should be against. Hes a billionaire AND he runs S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hes like George W. Bush in a super suit! At least he uses
some of his science for good. I think they should out him
as a Skrull and then lock him up. Undo all the madness from
Civil War and let things go back to normal a bit. Sadly, from
reading both of the Avengers titles, I think its highly unlikely
that Stark is a Skrull.
Another big reveal would be the Hulk. Lets face it kids,
colorists have a tough job. Can you imagine the difficulties
of having to relearn how to color and existing character but
now with green skin? The Hulk is already there! I think Marvel
should give all the colorists a break and make the Hulk a
Skrull.
Edmond Le Cochon - posted on Forum "Getekende Reep"
Excuseer,
Modest wil iets zeggen.
Modest heeft de eer voor het eerst een nieuw onderwerp aan te snijden.
Omdat Modest het niet uitgesloten acht dat er toch nog intelligente lezers op
dit forum zitten, wil hij graag voor hen iets speciaals doen, en het hier enkel
hebben over hoogstaande literaire strips. Pas op, Modest heeft absoluut niets
tegen de iets dommere lezer of beter de iets minder begaafde lezers,
Modest heeft respect voor
iedereen!
Ook voor Moslims. Ook voor
Chinezen.
Zelfs voor Jan Bosschaert.
Modest wil alvast een eerste stripreeks aanprijzen: 'Edmond le Cochon' van Rochette en Veyron.
(er bestaat zelfs een deel in het Nederlands)
Deze superieure strip gaat over (de intelligente lezer raadt het reeds) een
varken!
Edmond, het varken, beleefd allerlei spannende en grappige avonturen...
Als hij naar een ronddraaiende vlieg slaat, rost hij per ongeluk zijn vrouw
meteen ook af...
Edmond gaat door het leven als een soort Robin Hood...
Hij steelt van de armen en geeft het aan de rijken...
Het leven gaat aan hem voorbij...
Wat is er dan zo geweldig aan deze strip zal de lezer zich afvragen...
Dit lijkt wel de eerste
de beste Jommekesstrip!
Maar daar vergist de lezer zich wel degelijk...
Het gaat over de diepgang, beste lezer, de achterliggende boodschap!!!
Als je tot de essentie van de strip doordringt blijkt dat Edmond eigenlijk maar
een paar dingen wil: vreten, zijn behoefte doen, de liefdesdaad vervullen en
alcoholische dranken tot zich nemen.
Nooit eerder was een dergelijke
psychologische studie verricht van de essentie van het zwijn.
Het zal nooit meer hetzelfde zijn als Modest varkensvlees geserveerd krijgt.
En hier krijgt Modest zowaar nog een gedachte! En wat meer is, Modest zal ze
met jou delen, waarde lezer!(zonder dank, graag gedaan)
De vraag die Modest zich
vooral stelt: is er eigenlijk wel een verschil tussen varkens en mensen?
'Edmond le Cochon' zet de mens aan het denken.
Maar Modest wil nu afronden, het is vandaag kaartavond.
Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this
valiant tale vividly told. Now, enter Terry Goodkind's world, the world
of The Sword of Truth. In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his
father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's
forest sanctuary seeking help...and more. His world, his very beliefs,
are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In
their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and
loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword-to invoke
within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of
battle have just changed...or that their time has run out. This is the
beginning. One story. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.
Written by
Terry Goodkind
Superhard genoten van de eerste boek. Vooral van het SM-gedeelte ; ) Binnekort op vakantie effe rap de tweede verslinden.
Ben benieuwd wat ze hiervan gaan maken ... ??? Het verheugende is al vast en zeker dat het een mini-serie wordt ipv alles in een veel te korte film te willen proppen !!!
Nu zou Modest deze waarheid
niet verkondigen aan eender wie,maar jij, beste stripvriend, bent niet eender
wie. Maar aangezien Modest niet botergeil is, maar gewoon geil, gaat hij toch
nog eerst een paar boekjes bespreken.
Modest heeft zich deze keer
in het 'Small Press' genre verdiept. Modest moet zeggen dat hij er niet vrolijk
van werd. Scheef gedrukte waardeloze onleesbare rommel! Niet waard om Modest
zijn XXX mee af te kuisen! Voor zover er iets te lezen valt in die boekjes (de
meeste auteurs zijn te lui om zelfs een scenario te schrijven) is het merendeel
moeilijkdoenerij die op niets slaat! Neem Modest het niet kwalijk dat hij het
zegt: de helft van die Small Press-tekenaartjes zijn het niet eens waard om
'Kiekeboe' of 'Suske en Wiske' te tekenen! Maar nu we het toch over 'Suske en
Wiske' hebben.
Eén van die boekjes viel
Modest op in positieve zin. Heeft er namelijk iemand in zijn hoofd gekregen
om een soort 'handleiding' voor stripfiguren te tekenen. Op de eerste pagina
lees je een avontuur van een punker.
'Kurt Mad Dog Bosmans' speelt in zijn vrije tijd..
Wiske!!!!
Het is echt grappig
om die punker te zien transformeren naar een soort Wiske met stoppelbaard. En
als er even verderop in zijn Wiskes kont geknepen wordt door een of andere geilaard
moest Modest echt schaterlachen. Maar het is niet deze scene waardoor Modest
geil geworden is. Want Modest valt niet op punkers, zelfs al hebben ze het kleedje
van Wiske aangetrokken. Neenee, Modest wordt enkel geil van mooie vrouwen. Zoals
Manara ze tekent. Maar, Modest dwaalt af...
Het boekje waarover Modest het hierboven heeft heet 'Stripdepressies'
en is uitgegeven EN getekend door ene Bart Croonenborghs.
Omdat Modest het toch wel
een verdienstelijk werkje vond ging hij op zoek naar nog meer werk van deze
auteur die Bosschaert nog naar de kroon zal steken. Hoewel, het is niet moeilijk
om Bosschaert naar de kroon te steken. Zeker niet moeilijk als Bosschaert op
het toilet zit. Want dan kan hij daar niet weg. En als je dan het geluk hebt
dat hij zijn kroon opheeft, en je komt voorzichtig langs boven het toilet gluren
kun je hem zo naar de kroon steken. Je kunt meteen zien of Bosschaert wel degelijk
een pokdalige Brusselmans-kont heeft zoals in een vorige mail vermeld.
Maar goed, Modest dwaalt
weer af.
Bart Croonenborghs dus.
En wat hij nog heeft getekend. Blijkt dat de man nog een stripboekje heeft dat
hij samen met zijn broer Rob gemaakt heeft. BLAM! Er staan een
hoop korte verhaaltjes in het boekje. Getekend in verschillende stijlen. De
tekeningen zijn van een totaal ander gehalte. Hier is veel werk van gemaakt.
Mooi. Beide boekjes zijn aanraders. Eindelijk een Small Presstekenaar die een
duwtje in de rug waard is.
Verhalen als 'Ruige varkens dijen het beste', daar kan Modest zich wel
in vinden. Er staat ook een Zombie verhaaltje in over een geile vrouwelijke
zombie.
Leuk.
Maar ook hiervan werd Modest niet geil. Want Modest valt niet op vrouwelijke
Zombies. Modest vindt vrouwelijke Zombies vies. Modest vindt pokdalige konten
ook vies, en zeker als het over de pokdalige kont gaat van Bosschaert. Ofwel
was het die van Brusselmans, daar is Modest niet zeker meer van. Het is ook
zo moeilijk voor Modest om alles bij te houden. Modest is nu 63 en dan lost
er wel al eens een steekje...
Maar Modest
weet wel nog waarom hij geil is.
Modest heeft ' 'n net meisje' van Fred De Heij gelezen. Uitgeverij
Divina.
Verantwoord naakt.
Want het is een goed getekende strip en soms gaat het nog over iets anders
dan seks. Soms. Niet dikwijls. Eén keer gelooft Modest. De ene poepslag
na de andere wordt hier gemaakt. Verantwoordde poepslagen natuurlijk!
Er wordt ook behoorlijk wat scheefgepoept in dit boekje.
Schoon getekend.
Mooie vrouwen met dikke borsten.
Heel dikke borsten.
En nu gaat Modest afsluiten
want hij gaat in bad.
Een ijskoud bad zal Modest
goed doen.
Stel het goed,
waarde stripvrienden,
en tot de volgende keer.
Writer: Brian Wood Artist: Brian Wood
In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come
true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down
the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly
neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment
militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping
giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes
its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill
at the line in the sand Manhattan or, as the world
now knows it, the DMZ. Matty Roth, a naïve young man
and aspiring photojournalist, lands a dream gig following
a veteran war journalist into the heart of the DMZ.
Things soon go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself
lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television.
There, he is faced with a choice: try to find a way
off the island, or make his career with an assignment
most journalists would kill for. But can he survive
in a war zone long enough to report the truth?
Written by Brian Wood; Art by Riccardo
Burchielli; Cover by WoodDon't miss this volume collecting
issues #6-12 of the acclaimed series by Brian Wood!
Roth's star power lands the break of a lifetime: an
interview with the infamous leaders of the Free Armies.
"Looking for the next FABLES or Y: THE
LAST MAN? Look no further than...DMZ." Wizard Magazine
Written by Brian Wood; Art by Riccardo
Burchielli; Cover by Wood"If residents of Manhattan
often feel at odds with the rest of the country, the
comic book series DMZ magnifies that anxiety with its
radical premise." THE NEW YORK TIMESDon't miss the
latest volume collecting the red-hot Vertigo series
from Brian Wood! In Volume 3, collecting issues #13-17,
Matty severs his ties to The Liberty News and becomes
a free agent. He soon finds himself in over his head
as he goes undercover and infiltrates a terrorist cell
determined to disrupt any and all construction sites
trying to rebuild the city.
Written by Brian Wood Cover by Wood Art
by Riccardo Burchielli, Vikto Kalvachev and Nathan Fox
Collecting issues #18-22 of the acclaimed series by
Brian Wood! Matty Roth reluctantly lands an interview
for Liberty News with an enlisted U.S. solider who's
found guilty of a massacre within the DMZ. What follows
is a look at how the DMZ came to be, from the perspective
of a kid who came from the Midwest and walked right
into a nightmare.
After more then eight months Lost has finally returned, and
in just five episodes its already reminded me why its my
favorite show.
This season picks up right where the last one left off. There
are two enormous twists in the storyline that have altered
the show dramatically. The first is that "rescuers" have managed
to land on the island. I say rescuers in quotes because theyve
made it clear that saving the survivors of the crash is not
their main objective. The second major change is that instead
of splicing the island storyline with flashbacks of the survivors,
theyve changed it to flash-forwards, in which six of the
survivors, appropriately named the Oceanic Six, are back
in the real world. Not all of the members of the Oceanic Six
have been revealed yet, and they all share a common secret
that hasnt been revealed yet. Some speculations are that
there are survivors still on the island and the Oceanic Six
are lying about them all being dead for some reason. Whether
or not thats what the people on the island want them to say
is yet to be determined.
Get
Ready for Webcomics Column by Tyler Chin-Tanner - 2008
I came across this childrens book a few years ago while
teaching in Costa Rica. The school, while excelling in its
location, was short on supplies and got by mostly on hand-me-downs
from the U.S. So its safe to say the library wasnt exactly
up to date.
It was there that I discovered Get Ready for Robots, published
in 1986 for the purpose of preparing the youth of that day
and age for their inevitable future of living amongst robots.
Seriously, they were everywhere! In our homes, cooking our
food and washing our clothes, on the streets directing traffic,
doing repair work. Basically they had replaced the entire
service industry. There was no mention of the internet, cell-phones
or navigational systems. The future was all about robots.
Personally, I feel a bit gypped. Sure, you wouldnt be reading
this if it werent for the internet, but then my personal
robo-servant would be making me a smoothie right now.
I feel the same way about webcomics. Sure, its great that
we can view and download comics on the internet, but it doesnt
necessarily mean that weve now seen the future of comics
and that the printed form will be abandoned. We cant even
be sure that webcomics wont develop further into better versions.
Since I Found Serenity .
Column by William Gatevackes, 2008.
To me, Firefly was a show so good that I could kick myself
for not watching it when it first came on. Maybe if I did,
its original run might have lasted more than 11 episodes (3
unaired episodes were added to its Sci-Fi run). The show definitely
was one of the best, if not the best, genre based shows in
the last ten years. And yes, I am counting Heroes, Lost and
Battlestar Galactica on that list.
But instead, Firefly and its big screen sequel Serenity reside
in the land of the cult favorite. The chance of another TV
series or movie is remote at best. However, the franchise
lives on, as do all of Whedons creations, in the realm of
comic books. Tomorrows Serenity: Better Days is the second
miniseries to come from Dark Horse and takes place, like Serenity:
Those Left Behind, between the end of the TV series and the
start of the feature film.
Les Baranys Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles
This one will be in English due to the effort the people behind Carnivora did. This book would never got as much personal attention from me as it does now. On my site they noticed that their book was available for preorder so they were so kind to provide me some material to work with.
Oh boy, I 'm so glad they did it. Because their artwork is truly amazing.
This one definitely rules !!
About the book Carnivora is a shadowy place where the dark communion of flesh and
machine coalesce into the 20th Centurys most influential creation-The
automobile.As an indispensable extension of ourselves, this metallic
doppelganger can be as dark and destructive as the men and women who
drive them. Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles is a chilling
joyride with some of the most noir artists from the last half of the
20th century.
About Les Barany
Putting to good use his many years as an award winning advertising art
director and graphic designer, in the early 90s Leslie Barany shifted
his full attention to working as the representative of a unique group
contemporary fine artists and photographers. In recent years Les has
published several limited edition sculptures and art prints with H.R.
Giger and the James Dean portfolio with photographer Roy Schatt. He has
curated numerous art and photo exhibitions in galleries in the USA and
in Switzerland.
GHOST TALKER'S DAYDREAM VOLUME 1 Sankichi Meguro (W) and Saki Okuse (A) On sale July 22 b&w, 216 pages $10.95 TPB, 5 1/8' x 7 1/16' Ghost Talker's Daydream is a horror anime created by Saki Okuse and Sankichi Meguro. It tells the story of Misaki Saiki, a young woman with a troubled past, who is a professional dominatrix in one of Tokyo's most exclusive S&M clubs. However, her real money is something she likes even less than being a dominatrix. Ever since childhood, Misaki has had the ability to see and communicate with ghosts, and that talent is put to use by the Livelihood Protection Agency, who pairs Misaki with Souichiro Kadotake, a martial artist who happens to be deathly afraid of ghosts. Using her gifts, Misaki is able to help troubled departed spirits resolve what is troubling them and allow them to move on to the afterlife. If all THAT isn't odd enough, Misaki is an albino AND a virgin. Sexy and dark story from writer Saki Okuse (Twilight of the Dark Master) and artist Sankichi Meguro. Fans have been waiting for this book to be released in English. There is a very successful Anime based on this series of books. Volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL #1 (of 2) George Lucas (W), David Koepp (W), John Jackson Miller (W), Luke Ross (P), Fabio Laguna (I), Dan Jackson (C), Drew Struzan (Cover), and Hugh Fleming (Cover) On sale May 22 FC, 56 pages $5.99 Miniseries The man who single-handedly defined 'adventure' for an entire generation returns-hat and all-in this action-packed adaptation of this summer's silver-screen megahit! Dr. Henry Jones Jr. is at it again, this time on the trail of a discovery unlike any in his illustrious career. Yet more than one player is out to win this game, and with stakes this high, not everyone is going to play fair! Will Indiana Jones's greatest adventure be his last? The biggest movie event of 2008 comes to comics!
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: APOCALYPSE SUITE Gerard Way (W), Gabriel Bá (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C On sale July 2 FC, 192 pages $17.95 TPB, 6' x 9' In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again. Umbrella Academy is the comics debut of Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance! This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way. ' flawless stylish, imaginative '-NEWSARAMA
Written by Grant Morrison & Geoff Johns Art by George Pérez, Tony Daniel, J.G. Jones, Aaron Lopresti, Ivan Reis, Philip Tan and Carlos Pacheco Cover by various This is it! The greatest DC characters! Your favorite writers and artists! Everything leading to Final Crisis and beyond starts here for just 50¢! Take a journey through the past and present of the DCU, and witness the emergence of the greatest evil in the universe - and the stunning return of a force for good! You dare not miss DC Universe: Zero! Retro-solicited; on sale April 30 32 pg, FC, $0.50 US
Written by Grant Morrison Art and covers by J.G. Jones Witness the historic start of the final chapter in the Crisis trilogy that could only spring from the mind of Grant Morrison - Final Crisis, featuring stunning art by J.G. Jones (52 Covers)! Worlds will live and heroes will die in this epic tale spanning the beginning and end of the DC Universe! The entire Multiverse is threatened as the mysterious Libra assembles an army of the DCU's most terrifying super villains. But what is the ultimate plan, and who will live to find out? Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by J.G. Jones that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale May 28 1 of 7 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by Jim Starlin Art and variant cover by Ron Lim & Rob Hunter Cover by Starlin & Hunter After a seemingly endless war, things are getting even worse for the planets of Rann and Thanagar. A long-forgotten religious cult has resurfaced on Thanagar, and the people of Rann still worship the deadly Lady Styx. To make matters worse, a fanatic strapped with explosives threatens to upset the delicate balance between the two planets, setting in motion events that will once again bring together DC's greatest cosmic heroes: Adam Strange, Comet, Starfire, Hawkman, Starman, Chief Justice Max, Tigorr, the Weird and many more! Written by the legendary Jim Starlin (Death of the New Gods, Infinity War) with art by Ron Lim (Silver Surfer) and Rob Hunter (Teen Titans), Rann/Thanagar: Holy War is an interstellar adventure that can't be missed! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Jim Starlin & Rob Hunter), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Ron Lim & Hunter). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale May 7 1 of 8 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US
Written by Grant Morrison Art by Frank Quitely & Jamie Grant Cover by Quitely Superman dead? What is the secret behind the Daily Planet's ominous headline from the future? And what does Clark Kent have to say about it? All the pieces of Lex Luthor's master plan to kill Superman begin to come together, building up to the All Star big bang in story's finale! On sale May 14 FC, 32 pgs, Monthly, $2.99 US
Written by Hans Rodionoff Art by Joel Gomez & Don Ho Cover by Jonathan Wayshak Before Buffy before Blade there was one name that was whispered in fear and awe among the undead: The Frog Brothers. Edgar and Alan Frog, the no-nonsense vampire slayers from the cult film The Lost Boys, are back with a vengeance in a 4-issue miniseries that bridges the gap between their adventures in the original film and the upcoming feature THE LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE, due to be released this summer. Find out what's happened since the first film, brought to you in various shades of crimson by Hans Rodionoff (Mnemovore) and Joel Gomez (Wetworks)! On sale May 14 1 of 4 32 pg, FC, $3.50 US MATURE READERS
Written by Peter Milligan Art and cover by C.P. Smith Collecting issues #1-6 of the acclaimed maxiseries! In 1991, the Cold War ended without the two primary players ever facing each other in direct conflict. But now a long-forgotten Soviet weapon is awakened on one of America's many battlegrounds, threatening the global balance of power. Does America have an answer to...The Programme? Advance-solicited; on sale June 11 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US
Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Luca Rossi Cover by Sam Weber Variant cover by Bernie Wrightson Matthew Sturges, writer of the Eisner-nominated JACK OF FABLES, and his JACK co-writer Bill Willingham, proudly unlock the doors to the HOUSE OF MYSTERY, a new ongoing series that reinvents a classic DC Comics concept. HOUSE OF MYSTERY focuses on five characters trapped in a supernatural bar, trying to solve the mystery of how and why they're imprisoned there. Each one has a terrible past they'd like to forget, and with no books, newspapers or TV allowed in the House, they face an eternity of boredom. But stories become the new currency, and fortunately, the House attracts only the finest storytellers. In addition to the ongoing trials and struggles of the five unfortunate souls trapped within the HOUSE OF MYSTERY, illustrated by superstar artist Luca Rossi, each issue in the first storyline also includes a short tale, as told by one of the customers, written by Willingham and illustrated by a host of fine guest artists, including two-time Eisner Award nominee Ross Campbell (WATERBABY, Wet Moon), SANDMAN fan favorite and multiple Eisner winner Jill Thompson, and classic horror artist Bernie Wrightson, whose first published work was in House of Mystery #179. This series is topped off with ethereal, jaw-dropping covers from Sam Weber (The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time Magazine)and a stunning variant cover by Wrightson on the debut issue. 'This is a book where you can have a pirate, a psychic detective, a spaceman, a French romantic poet and an NYU film student sitting at a table having a beer together. It's a writer's dream come true.' - Matthew Sturges 'Let's be perfectly clear: There isn't just one mystery in the new House of Mystery. It's actually chock-full of mysteries, all of which will be thrilling and exciting as they unfold over the course of the series.' - Bill Willingham Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Sam Weber), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Bernie Wrightson). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale May 7 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS
Written by Si Spencer Art by Simon Gane & Cameron Stewart Cover by Sean Phillips Don't miss this volume collecting the first 5 issues of the fast-paced, ultra-cool ongoing crime-noir series by television writer Si Spencer (EastEnders) and the art team of Simon Gane & Cameron Stewart! Advance-solicited; on sale June 11 128 pg, B&W, $9.99 US MATURE READERS
Written by David Lapham Art and cover by Lapham I suppose you were wondering what happened when we left you hanging at the end of issue #1. Well, wait no longer. The hunt for a priceless painting begins! See a grown man cry. See a grown man light himself on fire. And finally, see a grown man cry again! In between, Sadie abandons everyone, Danny shoots people, Don Diego O.D.s, and Runco can't find shampoo. There'll be more running, hitting, chopping and shooting than you would've thought possible without attracting the military. Come and find out why it's such a Hard Knock Life for this gang of would-be not losers. On sale May 14 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS
Written by BARBARA CANEPA Art & Cover by ALESSANDRO BARBUCCI (Exclusive U.S. ONLY Variant also available) The internationally acclaimed best-seller is now finally presented in English! Meet Noa, a so-called Sky Doll; a life-like female android without rights, who exists only to serve the State's needs and desires. But when Noa meets two so-called 'missionaries' who aid in her escape from her tyrannical master, all hell breaks loose for our cyborg siren as she uncovers clues that she may be much more than just a robotic toy. The first release in a new partnership between Marvel and cutting-edge French publisher Soleil! 64 PGS./Mature Content $5.99 The Soleil Comics may only be sold in English North America: United States, Canada, Mexico and their territories and possessions.
Written by CHRISTOS GAGE Pencils & Cover by STEVE UY There's a contract out on The Taskmaster, and no shortage of villains willing to fulfill it. But what'll kill him first -- the bad guys, or his latest class of recruits? Welcome Annex, Prodigy, Gorilla Girl, Sunstreak and Batwing to the Initiative. But are they -- is anyone -- ready for the coming of...Butterball?? 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by ED BRUBAKER Pencils and Cover by STEVE EPTING THE SAGA OF THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA CONTINUES! Bucky Barnes never wanted to be Captain America, but he's doing his best to carry on the legacy of Steve Rogers, in his own way, while trying to save Sharon Carter from the Red Skull and his minions. But maybe he's not the only one running around in a Captain America outfit! Part Two of 'The Man Who Bought America' by the acclaimed team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting. 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by ED BRUBAKER & GREG RUCKA Penciled by MICHAEL LARK Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC MATT MURDOCK TAKES A NEW CASE! Still reeling from the conclusion of his battle with Mr. Fear, an old friend drags Matt Murdock back into the light of day by bringing him the last-minute appeal of a Marvel villain now sitting on DEATH ROW. What will Matt do, is the question, when confronted with a bad guy who is completely innocent of the crime he was convicted of? 'OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS' Part One! 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by BRYAN HITCH 'World's Greatest' concludes! It's the ultimate engine of peace pitted against Reed Richards' most lethal invention, for all the marbles! And a shocking final page that'll have you feeling every minute of the thirty-day wait until the next issue! 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER Cover by CLINT LANGLEY Launching out of ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST, Marvel's sci-fi heroes unite to protect the cosmos! Back-to-back Annihilation wars have weakened the boundaries of our universe. Dark gods and monsters are seeping through the cracks, reigning horror upon those still reeling from the recent calamities. In the face of terror, who stands to defend a desperate universe? Star-Lord and his squad of butt-kickers - the modern day Guardians of the Galaxy! You've heard that ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST rocks - the guy at the comic shop keeps telling you to try NOVA - well, now's your chance to experience the glory that writers Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning and artist Paul Pelletier can unleash! All this plus a wise-cracking raccoon and a telepathic dog! C'mon, people, time to lock and load! 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO Variant by STEVE MCNIVEN Sketch Variant by STEVE MCNIVEN The Invasion is here!! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire's plan has birthed itself into perfection. It is hero versus hero!! Resurrections and reunions!! Is Tony Stark a Skrull? And is that actually Captain America leading the heroes into a new era?? EXPECT CHANGE!! 32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99
Written by WARREN ELLIS Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Initially, there were four: A Starbrand. A Nightmask. A Justice. A Cipher. They are manifestations of god-like power on Earth, chosen by the Universe. In the wake of the cosmic phenomenon that empowered them, they have been threatened, hunted, and attacked. And now, they're about to discover that they're not alone. Acclaimed writer WARREN ELLIS (THUNDERBOLTS) and artist STEVE KURTH (LAST OF THE MOHICANS) bring you the return of this new universe: one experiencing superhuman power for the first time. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory $2.99
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Penciled by CHRIS WESTON Cover by PAOLO RIVERA Tensions rise and heroes come to blows as the time-lost Twelve from the Golden Age find their fundamental beliefs challenged in the world of the 21st Century. Plus; the Origin of the Witness-he's seen what you've done! 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by PABLO RAIMONDI Cover by GLENN FABRY Never has a title said it all quite like 'The Middle East Side is Burning.' X-Factor's battle with Arcade may be over, but the former Mutant Town is now paying the price. Walled in, cut off from any possible aid, the residents of the Middle East Side are hemmed in by flames on all sides, and their only hope of survival are the embattled members of X-Factor. 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99
Written by Mark Millar Pencils & Cover by John Romita Jr. The most exciting new character of the year debuts as Hit-Girl slashes her way into the pages of Kick-Ass. She's nine years old, loves Hello Kitty and could rip out your windpipe before you even get a chance to plead for mercy. But where did she come from? And who is Big Daddy? Plus, Kick-Ass starts to find out what happens when you tick off the real-world criminals who have ignored him until now. Things turn ugly and that can mean only one thing...God, this comic is so good I could cry. And I'm very butch. 32 PGS./Mature Content $2.99
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Pencils and Cover by AL MILGROM Kitty travels to Japan to help her father and ends up face-to-face with the granddaddy of all ninjas, Ogun! The man in the dire mask is dead-set on remaking Chicago's favorite mutant teen into an intangible assassin! But Ogun's plans for Kitty's future pale before the role he played in Wolverine's past, and the clawed Canadian vows to bring down his former teacher even if it means his death...or Kitty's! Collecting KITTY PRYDE AND WOLVERINE #1-6. 152 PGS./All Ages $19.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3089-5 Trim size: standard
Written by GRANT MORRISON Penciled by FRANK QUITELY, ETHAN VAN SCIVER, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, IGOR KORDEY & TOM DERENICK Cover by FRANK QUITELY Sixteen million mutants dead - and that was just the beginning! In one bold stroke, writer Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman) propelled the X-Men into the 21st century - masterminding a challenging new direction for Marvel's mutant heroes that began with the destruction of Genosha and never let up. Regarded as the most innovative thinker of the current comic-book renaissance, Morrison proceeded to turn the mutant-hero genre on its ear. Gone were the gaudy spandex costumes - replaced by slick, black leather and an attitude to match. Now, his entire Eisner Award-nominated run on NEW X-MEN is collected across three titanic trade paperbacks! Collects NEW X-MEN #114-126 and ANNUAL 2001. 376 PGS./Rated T+ $34.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3251-6
by Jeff Smith The biggest, coolest Bone book of all is back, featuring an all new Jeff Smith cover! The complete 1300+ page epic adventure from start to finish in one deluxe trade paperback! Three modern cartoon cousins get lost in a pre-technological valley, spending a year there making new friends and out-running dangerous enemies!
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by Christos Gage & Wellington Diaz From its iconic imagery, stars and score, MGM's 'Man With No Name' trilogy is a modern masterpiece of cinema! And now, the legend comes to life once again as the next new series from Dynamite! Starring the ultimate anti-hero, and under the helm of writer Christos Gage (New Avengers) and artist Wellington Dias, Man With No Name: The Good, The Bad and the Uglier #1 follows in the powerful wake of such Dynamite titles as The Lone Ranger and Zorro in its faithful and successful genre-defining Western comics! Plus: Man With No Name: The Good, The Bad and the Uglier #1 follows the characters and plots of the film serving as a sequel to the critically acclaimed series! Featuring series covers by Richard Isanove (Dark Tower) as well as a special 'zombie' cover by Arthur Suydam, Dynamite's Man With No Name: The Good, The Bad and the Uglier #1 is the next bullet in the chamber for 2008!
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by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson 'Good For The Soul' concludes with a bang - or a splat! - as a reluctant Hughie takes on the resurrected Blarney Cock in a no-holds barred brawl for it all! Annie January tells A-Train the long and the short of things, Mother's Milk continues to mystify, and Butcher provides some much-needed advice on funeral arrangements. And will Hughie ever be allowed to forget his 'facial incident'?
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by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger & Carlos Paul Dynamite Entertainment and Alex Ross unleash Project Superpowers as the 'dynamite' launch of the year continues in our new flagship title! The saga continues as we focus this issue on The Flame and Hydro as they have the attention of the Dynamic Family, who have been forced to flee New York city - now transformed into New Shangri-La! Plus: The fate of the Yank! Black Terror goes hero hunting! Samson and Scarab make a gruesome discovery about the true nature of the F-Troop and more! This powerful series is overseen by Alex Ross - who provides cover art and who has redesigned every hero within these pages - along with writer Jim Krueger and artist Carlos Paul, this is the most powerful comic book event of the year! Plus, each issue of the series features original character design art from Alex Ross himself!
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Designed and edited by one of today's most popular cartoonists, Adrian Tomine, Good-Bye is the third volume in a groundbreaking new series that collects Tatsumi's short stories about Japanese urban life. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt directly as a result of World War II - a prostitute loses all hope when American GIs go home to their wives; a man devotes twenty years of his life to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, it is hardly the overriding theme. A philanthropic foot fetishist, a rash-ridden retiree, and a lonely public onanist are but a few of the characters etching out darkly nuanced lives in the midst of isolated despair and fleeting pleasure.
by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria & Warren Pleece Dave's in love with a girl who doesn't know he exists. He hates his job. His boss just turned him into a vampire. Life sucks. Undead life in its uncoolest incarnation yet is on display in this cinematic, supernatural drama told with gallons of humor and hemoglobin.
by Scott Morse Magic Pickle, or 'Weapon Kosher,' as his creator, Dr. Jekkel Formaldehyde likes to call him, is the product of a top-secret U.S. Army lab. Unfortunately, the 1950's experiments to turn vegetables into soldiers went wrong. Sure, they created Magic Pickle, the flying dill soldier, but they also let loose a bunch of rotten vegetables, like the Romaine Gladiator, Chili Chili Bang Bang, the Phantom Carrot, and Peashooter. This Brotherhood of Evil Produce is out to take over the world and they've started with art museum heists and bank robberies! Dr. Formaldehyde frees Magic Pickle from his cryogenic snooze so that Weapon Kosher can fight the Brotherhood. Unfortunately, Dr. F. forgot to tell MP he had been frozen in a lab hidden down below the home of young Jo Jo Wigman. Jo Jo's a feisty little girl who doesn't like flying pickles bursting up through her bedroom floor. But once she goes down to visit the secret lab, she realizes what's at stake - and once she talks to the Magic Pickle, she realizes this pickle is going to need some help saving the world, or at least getting around in it!
by Kevin Eastman & Simon Bisley Casey Jones and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Raphael, find themselves caught up in the middle of an international family murder/revenge/assassination plot, complete with gansters, thugs, secret agents, double agents and more spent shell casings than the D-Day invasion!
Steve Niles (w); Bernie Wrightson (a & c) Legendary comic book artist Bernie Wrightson inks his own work for the first time in more than two decades! And joining Wrightson on this noir horror tale is the writer who has revitalized both genres in comics, Steve Niles. Detective Coogan knows well that there are some pretty shady freaks out there in the big city but he doesn't know that some of those freaks ain't human. He learns it the hard way, and ends up on the wrong side of a bullet, all in the first issue of this new series that mixes horror and noir into a tightly wound nightmare of twists and turns.
John Byrne (w & a & c) In the 1990s, acclaimed writer/artist John Byrne created an all-new world of superheroes and explored their impact on the planet in a realistic way, a book that quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed titles in his storied career. Now John Byrne's Next Men is being collected in its entirety in thick B&W volumes that offer 300 pages of story and art. Volume 1 collects the 2112 graphic novel, the #0 issue, and the first 12 issues of this masterful run.
by Jessica Abel The first full-length graphic novel from the acclaimed young comics artist. This is an emotional, high velocity tale of a young woman named Carla who journeys to Mexico City in search of her true identity, only to discover a self she can hardly recognize. Jessica Abel's evocative black-and-white drawings and creative mix of English and Spanish bring Mexico City's past and present to life, unfurling Carla's dark history against the legacies of Burroughs and Kahlo. A story about the youthful desire to live an authentic life and the consequences of trusting easy answers, La Perdida - at once grounded in the particulars of life in Mexico and resonantly universal - is a story about finding oneself by getting lost.
by Sam Sarkar & Garrie Gastonny In the Old American West, Whitefeather is a half-Indian/half-French shaman with tormenting visions of an apocalyptic future where mankind has doomed itself after turning away from the law. He then has a further vision of mankind's salvation. He sees Arthur, the man who is destined to bring law to the world and the weapon that will bring about this change. A mystically-emblazoned gun, that can only be fired by one man, that will never miss and when aimed will bring down the heavens, firing thunder itself from its barrel. He sets out to find the legendary Caliber. An epic Western adventure like no other!
Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and presence of death. These men and woman never question where they go to fight or why or whom, just how much they will be paid. Now the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. It is time for this bunch of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen when they must train an army to become as ruthless and blood thirsty as their reputation has become. In the dark epic vein of Frank Millar's 300, Radical reinvents the Hercules legend like never before, behind a sumptuously rendered cover by Jim Steranko. Designs by jim Steranko, Weta Workshop and Imaginary Friends Studios.
A ganja-fueled road trip through the desert turns deadly in this shocking horror tale. On one last bender with his best friend on the eve of his wedding, Rishi crashes into and kills an old mystic known as a Kapalik. Rather than confessing their crime, they burn the body on the ghats of India's famed 'city of death' Varanasi and erase all evidence of the mystic's existence. It's a perfect cover-up, except for the fact that you can destroy a Kapalik's physical body, but his soul forever lingers...and in this case seeks bloody revenge.
De eerste character pics van Watchmen The Movie zijn beschikbaar juist één jaar voor de release. Ik blijf bang afwachten .... Even goed als de Graphic Novel kan gewoon niet. Al die verborgen items zijn gewoon onmogelijk om allemaal in de film te verwerken. Maar ...Watchmen is zo'n supersterk verhaal, al toon je niet alles, toch kan je er iets mooi van maken. It gets the benefit of the doubt !!
een dertigtal geinteresseerden stuurden me een email in verband met het filmpje
op YouTube van Jan Bosschaert die even een drolletje draaide op de Antwerpse
boekenbeurs. In het toilet, wel te verstaan. Het hilarische filmpje is echter
(een dag na mijn laatste bericht) van YouTube gegooid. Een paar gelukkigen waren
er rap bij en een van hen trok in twijfel of het wel degelijk over Jan Bosschaert
ging, of ging het over een gewezen Bosschaertfan die hiermee wraak wilde nemen
op Vlaanderens beste tekenaar?
Beste stripvrienden, jullie aller Modest heeft het filmpje ook gezien. Vijftien
keer zelfs. De man zijn gezicht is inderdaad niet te zien op het filmpje. Zijn
kont wel. Dus dat maakt het al moeilijk. Het viel ook wel op dat het over een
enigszins pokdalige kont ging, die je eerder aan Herman Brusselmans zou toeschrijven
dan aan Jan Bosschaert....Ik vrees dat het een geheim zal blijven wie de eigenaar
is geweest van het zich ontlastende achterwerk op YouTube. Tenzij jijzelf, beste
stripfan, aan Jan vraagt om even zijn achterste te ontbloten in jouw bijzijn
. Maar het is niet uitgesloten dat hij dit weigert. Beetje flauw natuurlijk.
Maar je kent de Vlaamse striptekenaars... Als hij zijn hele kont niet wil tonen,
vraag dan misschien om een stukje.De rechterbil. Die was het pokdaligst. Modest
blijft graag op de hoogte hoe dit verder gaat....
En nu wat verplichte literatuur:
Van 'Alim, de leerlooier' zijn ondertussen
reeds drie delen verschenen bij Silvester. Ik moet zeggen, op het eerste
zicht sprak de reeks me niet aan...Een stripreeks over een leerlooier!!!!
Maar er wordt gelukkig erg weinig leer gelooid in deze uiterst spannende
en hartverwarmende fantasyreeks. Vlotte lectuur, geen moeilijkdoenerij,
eindelijk nog een gekartonneerde strip die zijn duur kartonnen jasje waard
is!
Bij Tokyopop verscheen een tijdje geleden het eerste deel van 'Poison
Candy'. Flauwe tekeningen maar een zeer boeiend verhaal, geschreven
door David Hine, die ook al verantwoordelijk was voor 'District X'.
'I shall destroy all the civilized planets!'(Fantagraphics) is
een herdruk van strips uit de jaren veertig, geschreven en getekend door
ene Fletcher Hanks. Enorm gedateerde Superheldenverhaaltjes die zodanig
idioot zijn dat ze weer grappig worden. Met oneliners als: 'We'll take
over the whole world!' 'This monstrous outrage must be stopped!' En wat
te denken van hetvolgende: Onze held, Stardust, heeft het hoofd van een
crimineel in handen: 'You tried to destroy the heads of a great nation,
so your own head shall be destroyed!' Vervolgens gooit hij het hoofd naar
een reus zonder hoofd. Het hoofd van de crimineel landt op de juiste plaats,
maar helaas verdwijnt het hoofd langzaam in de torso van de reus... Waanzin
ten top.
Afrader van de week:
Nylon Man van Hermann. Op de achterzijde wordt de humor van
dit album vergeleken met de humor van Monty Python. Helaas, niets is
minder waar.Saaie Flauwekul. Wat de tekeningen betreft is dit ook een
niemandalletje, haastwerk.
Naoki Urasawa doet het weer. Na 'Monster
en '20th century boys' verrast de auteur ons met 'Pluto'. Waar
zijn vorige reeksen op het einde toch wat langdradig werden, blijft 'Pluto'
verrassen. Een ijzersterke SFstrip met een merkwaardige voorgeschiedenis.
'Pluto' is namelijk gebaseerd op een verhaaltje van 'Astro Boy ' van Osamu
Tezuka. Dit verhaaltje is ook in het Nederlands verschenen. (De grootste
robot ter wereld', Astro Boy deel 3, Standaard.) Nu is 'Pluto' wel , wat
de grote lijnen betreft, gebaseerd op deze strip, maar daar houdt het
op. Astro Boy zelf speelt slechts een bijrol in 'Pluto' en de vraag rijst
al vlug: waarom heeft Urasawa de erfgenamen van Tezuka hierbij betrokken?
Mits een paar aanpassingen had deze reeks niets meer te maken met het
verhaal van Tezuka. Een absolute aanrader, het blijft echter wachten op
een vertaling, want momenteel is de reeks enkel verkrijgbaar in Japan.
Of in het Engels, heel makkelijk illegaal te downloaden via een of andere
obscure site.
Maar daar doet Modest niet aan mee!
Meestal.
Dat was het weer,
waarde stripvrienden,
bij leven en welzijn,
tot binnenkort,
de u zeer toegenegen
De BLAM! pulp-parade presenteert zombies,
ruimteslakken, de man van je dromen en nog andere kortverhalen;
met een stevige dosis testosterone geïnjecteerd. De
inkt vliegt van de pagina's en de verhalen zijn als
een kort salvo titanium kogels. Zelfs de meest geharde
Kiekeboe-fan zal de macho-man in zich terugvinden in
deze breed uiteenlopende waaier van onderwerpen. Maar
allemaal pulp, allemaal kort en allemaal vlijmscherp
entertainment.
In the mid 1970s a comics magazine was
published containing some of the most exciting epic
fantasy tales the world has ever known-The Savage Sword
of Conan. Based off of the work of renowned author Robert
E. Howard, each issue offered multiple thrilling tales
of the legendary barbarian. The magazine was also a
showcase of comics talent, headed up by Conan aficionado
Roy Thomas. Now for the first time ever, these stories
are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books,
with over five hundred pages of classic sword and sorcery-for
the complete Conan collector! Included in this volume
are tales featuring the stunning art of such comics
luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo
Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter
Simonson, and many more.
Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover
by JOHN ROMITA JR. Variant Cover by TBA Sketch Variant
by JOHN ROMITA JR. The greatest super hero comic of
all-time is finally here. WOLVERINE: ENEMY OF THE STATE's
team of MARK MILLAR (CIVIL WAR) and JOHN ROMITA JR.
(WORLD WAR HULK) reunite for the best new book of the
21st century. Have you ever wanted to be a super hero?
Dreamed of donning a mask and just heading outside to
some kick-ass? Well, this is the book for you--the comic
that starts where other super hero books draw the line.
KICK-ASS is realistic super heroes taken to the next
level.
Jeff Smith, the visionary writer and artist
behind the epic fantasy Bone and Shazam: Monster Society
of Evil, unveils his newest series, the stark sci-fi
series, Rasl! Meet Rasl, an art thief searching for
his next big score - and trying to escape his past!
Where other thieves plan their heists with breathtaking
precision, Rasl has an ace up his sleeve - he can travel
through the light between dimensions, affording him
access to museums that no ordinary thief could access!
In this issue Rasl faces an assassin's bullet and stumbles
across a mystery that not only threatens to expose his
own illicit activities, but could also uncover one of
the world's most dangerous and sought after secrets.
Smith's first major independent work since the critically
acclaimed and award-winning Bone will be 32 pages long.
Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward #1
Review by Dave Baxter, 2008.
After a movie and several comic book mini-series, all of
which replayed the sensibilities and general intent of their
source material (well, except for the movie, which was perhaps
too much of its own beast), Silent Hill at last gets a spin-off
thats strong enough to stand on its own two feet and yet
embody all that makes the games the bloody horror-filled goodness
they are, and yet its also a story that works as a story.
...
All in all, Sinners Reward is an excellent horror book, and
for once, its a book enhanced for being a franchise-related
thing rather than a pure stand alone. Waltz utilizes the legendary
status of Hill to superb effect, and when coupled with Stambs
pages, the actual comic becomes something rare to find. So
take advantage and enjoy this. We wont, likely, get another
like it anytime soon.
Old
Classics in a New Style William Gatevackes - 2008
The big news for tomorrow is that Alex Ross, Jim Krueger
and Carlos Paul take over Daredevil. I know what you might
be saying. The Marvel solicitations say that tomorrows issue
wraps up the Without Fear arc or No, youre confused.
Greg Rucka is joining Ed Brubaker for a future Daredevil arc,
not Alex Ross!
You would be right. But I am right also. Ross and company
arent taking over the red-suited, tendency for dead girlfriends,
Marvel hero. He is taking over comicdoms first Daredevil,
the one created almost 68 years ago.
...
The story revolves around Fighting Yank, now an old man.
Back in the waning days of World War II, he imprisoned his
fellow superheroes in an urn called Pandoras Box. He believed
that it was the only way to get rid of evil in the world.
He was wrong because evil has a stronger hold on the world
than ever before. Now, he must find a way to free the heroes,
before it is too late.
Marvel Zombies 2 #5.
Column by William Gatevackes, 2008.
Some people, and I was one of them, didnt think that it
was possible for the first Marvel Zombie series to have a
sequel. After all, most of the Earth was already devoured
by the Iron Man and the rest of his Zombie crew. And the few
survivors left wouldnt last an issue, let alone five. But
the zombie popularity craze that has infected the world meant
that a sequel was inevitable.
Credit goes to Robert Kirkman for making the sequel so enjoyable.
He plays on concepts and ideas established in the first series,
and took them in fresh and unexpected directions, all the
while poking just a little bit of fun at Marvels Civil War
series in the process. Pundits say the zombie trend is on
its way out. Will this be the last sequel? Well have to see.
Upon entering the magic world of Star wars, visitors are immediately immersed into the Star Wars
universe as huge landscape images are projected to recreate the
atmosphere of a particular world. Different exhibition zones walk you
through the worlds of Tatooine, Naboo, Endor, Hoth, Coruscant, Kamino,
Geonosis, Kashyyyk, Utapau and Mustafar.
In addition, visitors will find a projection room featuring a documentary on 30 Years of Visual Effects,
which reveals just how far this art has come. Optical illusions,
picture overlays, pyrotechnics, stunt tricks, and other visual and
special effects are also explained in relation to the Star Wars films.
STAR WARS: THE EXHIBITION gives visitors, movie lovers
and Star Wars fans a unique opportunity to learn and discover some of
the secrets behind the making of this epic Saga.
And meet The Rebel Legion(a.k.a. the Legion) a Star Wars fan club
celebrating the movies using costumes and props, in particular those of
the hero or good guy characters but also The 501st Legion ("Vader's Fist") a fan-based organization for
people who own and proudly wear the costumes of the Stormtroopers (and
other Imperial characters) from the Star Wars movies.
Shout it Out is een super vet nummer!! Gegarandeerd een hit !! En in het bejaardentehuis waar Rafke werkt. Al die bomma's lekker headbangen op hun dagelijkse legale XTC's. Kan het me al voorstellen !! Awel voilà, zei Vanthilt. Deze gasten zijn gewoon geweldig. Dit is het echt. Finaleplaats? Why the fuck not.
Alle sinds voor alle rockers wiens liefje verkikkert is op Eurozwans. Of ze winnen ginderachter of niet, het doet er niet toe. België kicks @ss at least, you Europussy's.
Nu nog even wachten of ze mogen gaan.
Trouwens een leuk gastoptreden van Kinky the Bear !! Heddem gezien ... ???
By:
Says: Kinky is vandaag weer mee naar Brussel
om de Paranoiacs die kutshow te helpen winnen.
