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POWERS trade paperback
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 05-01-2002)
The third Powers trade paperback, POWERS: LITTLE DEATH, will arrive in stores in August from Image Comics. POWERS: LITTLE DEATHS will compile the three-part "Groupies" story arc from POWERS #12-14 by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, along wi... Trade Paperback Review of The Evil Dead
by Tim Janson (Sun 09-28-2008)
The Evil Dead is one on the most important and influential horror films of the past thirty years. It launched the careers of actor Bruce Campbell and director Sam Raimi and spawned dozens if imitators. Its miniscule budget is legendary and frank... Iron Man update and Smallville Trade Paperback news (Sat 01-17-2004)
Smallville creators/executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar have turned in a second draft for the Iron Man movie, which is shaping up as a possible 2005 release. "It's an awesome draft," Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige told The Continuum. "There should ...
Trade Paperback Review: All Star Superman Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 09-13-2008)
It was an off chance that I even stepped into the comic shop when this series first premiered back in 2005. I had been out doing errands with my kids and found a comic shop in a place I hadn’t seen one before so I decided to check it out and give th... Trade Paperback Review of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 09-12-2008)
History is repeating itself in the Star Wars universe or at least over at Lucasfilm Ltd. Back in 1996 a new chapter was written in Star Wars, a chapter that had long been missing. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was the revelation of what happened betwee... Trade Paperback Review: Thor Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 08-28-2008)
The third series for Thor has the difficult task of re-introducing the entire Asgard world with all its past complexities into the post Civil War setting of the Marvel Universe. While Thor had a minor role of sorts in the Civil War storyline, the most int... VIOLENT MESSIAHS trade paperback
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 04-04-2002)
VIOLENT MESSIAHS: THE BOOK OF JOB will arrive in July from Image Comics. The trade paperback will collect all eight issues of the first series, making the entire story available again following the complete sellout of the first four issues. VIOLENT MESSI... "Bruce Wayne - Murderer?" trade paperback
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 04-17-2002)
DC Comics is collecting the "Bruce Wayne - Murderer?" BATMAN arc into a 264-page trade paperback on June 12. "Many parts of this story are sold out, which is a clear indication of reader interest," says Bob Wayne, DC's vice president of sales and marketin... Trade Paperback Review of Star Wars Omnibus Early Victories
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 10-10-2008)
Before the time dark time, before the prequels, there was little left in the world that was new Star Wars. Dark Horse Comics was one of a few outlets that kept the flame alive. They had numerous Star Wars comics published over the years including Droid... Trade Paperback Review: All New Atom - The Hunt For Ray Palmer!
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-08-2008)
The third collection of the All New Atom series takes us through issues twelve to sixteen, which encapsulates the “Search for Ray Palmer” storyline before dumping us into a standalone filler storyline. The Atom has never been a really favorite... RED STAR trade paperback
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 05-31-2002)
Archangel Studios, the creative team behind the comic series THE RED STAR, has announced the release of its second trade paperback, NOKGORKA. This trade collects the second story arc, which relates the bloody conflict of Nokgorka, a republic fighting to ... BLUNTMAN AND CHRONIC TRADE PAPERBACK
by Stephanie Crawford (Thu 01-24-2002)
They hooked you up in CLERKS. They busted up the mall in MALLRATS. They offered wisdom in CHASING AMY. They saved all of Creation in DOGMA. And only recently, they Struck Back. Now, finally, Jay and Silent Bob make their graphic novel debut in the recent ... Comicscape: Waiting for the Trade: What Will Happen to Monthly Comics?
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-13-2008)
As comics increase in popularity, the conventional wisdom heralds the eventual death of the monthly format. Conventional wisdom paints the typical comic reader as a collector bent on a weekly Wednesday trip. On that trip, the reader will gather ... Comicscape - July 21, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-21-2004)
OPINION: Just a warning if you have not seen SPIDER-MAN 2 yet (though that simply boggles the imagination at this point), and you don't want the plot spoiled, read only the next full paragraph, then come back up and click hereto be taken immediately to t... Comicscape - September 22, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-22-2004)
OPINION: First of all, you're probably wondering why this week's comics reviews are so far out of date. Well, there's a good explanation for that, and it all has to do with an itty bitty hurricane named Ivan. I've occasionally mentioned the fact that I'm ... Comicscape January 19, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-19-2005)
Before I begin this week's column, I have an announcement to make: my last COMICSCAPE column will be Wednesday, February 2, and my last review for CINESCAPE for the time being will also appear that week. I'm sure there's at least one or two readers who wi... Comicscape - May 19, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 05-19-2004)
PREVIEW/INTERVIEW: Next month, David Yurkovich and Top Shelf Productions will be turning the superhero genre on its ear with LESS THAN HEROES, a collection of his stories from the hard-to-find THRESHOLD series that it's impossible to describe without usin... Comicscape - February 18, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-18-2004)
OPINION: I hope everyone has survived that drear and miserable holiday known as Valentine's Day - and that, if you're in my city celebrating Mardi Gras, you're surviving as best you can. You should pop me an e-mail if you'd like to meet for a drink, too, ... Trade Paperback Review: 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-01-2008)
While I had kept to the core series of 52 in single format, I avoided reading any of the other various little books that popped up to support it outside of the World War III series. With a book like 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen, that mentality is certa... Marvel Adds Trade Paperbacks
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 01-22-2002)
Marvel Comics has added 46 new titles to its trade paperback backlist."We've seen explosive growth both in the number of titles added to our backlist, and subsequent trade paperbacks sales," says Marvel marketing communications manager Bill Rosemann. "So ... Weekly Book Buzz: STAR WARS REPUBLIC COMMANDO
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-15-2008)
While last week was a little light, this week’s genre releases are very strong, highlighted by Karen Traviss’ fourth Star Wars Republic Commando Novel, Order 66. The New York Times” #1 bestselling author’s three previous books... HULK stomps into new trade paperback
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 02-01-2002)
Looks like the increasingly popular run of THE HULK, which started in November of last year when writer Bruce Jones, penciler John Romita, Jr., inker Tom Palmer, and cover artist Kaare Andrews took over the title, has prompted Marvel Comics to put out a c... Trade Paperback Review: Black Adam - The Dark Age
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-01-2008)
Prior to reading the 52 series, I really had little knowledge of Black Adam as the entire Marvel Family of characters were ones that I simply never cared for. His interactions with the DC Universe certainly go back a long way and the way they brought him ... Trade Paperback Review: Infinity Inc. Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 09-05-2008)
One of the things I enjoyed about the 52 series from DC Comics was that it worked the DC Universe through a lot of supporting characters and it mined that past pretty well. One area that I found to be very interesting, and amusing, was the way that the In... Trade paperback Review: Indiana Jones Omnibus Vol. 2
by Tim Janson (Wed 08-20-2008)
Dark Horse has been doing a magnificent job of digging through their 20+ year archives to present their omnibus editions for titles such as Aliens, Predator, and Indiana Jones. As it’s been over ten years since these stories first saw print the... Trade Paperback Review: Garfield Minus Garfield
by Nadia Oxford (Fri 11-21-2008)
When you remove sarcastic dead weight from a comic—even from his own comic—you leave behind a disturbing but compelling product.
Creative Talent:
Writer: Dan Walsh and Jim Davis
Artist: Jim Davis
Packaging:
If you're the type who likes ... Trade Paperback Review of Lobster Johnson: Iron Prometheus
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 08-29-2008)
The year is 1937. Adolph Hitler and his Third Reich are conquering Europe for what he called “breathing room”. Halfway around the world the Untied States of America sits and waits. Was America really safe? Did the Nazis have agents in America?... Clamoring Toward 2001
by Denise Dumars (Fri 12-22-2000)
Lucky 13 Black Cat CandleEver burn a Lucky 13 Black Cat candle? You can get them at your local occult supply store or any hipster shop in, say, Silverlake, Santa Monica, or Los Feliz (all California, natch). I get them at Botanica St. Anthony in old downt... Weekly Book Buzz: Romita Finds Himself Stranded
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-01-2008)
Welcome to Book Buzz! I’m your new host, Tim Janson. I’d like to first thank Pat Ferrara, your previous MC, for all his help in making this a smooth transition and for all of his sage advice. Many of you may know me already as I... HUNGER AND THIRST: Richard Matheson
by Denise Dumars (Fri 10-13-2000)
HUNGER AND THIRST is Richard Matheson`s first novel...sort of. And it was just published by Gauntlet Press. `I wrote a novel when I was sixteen,` says the author. `It never saw the light of day. My former agent wasn`t right about HUNGER AND THIRST, but he... Book Buzz: Opening the DC Vault
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-29-2008)
As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies of the best fantasy literature of the year, one from St. Martin&rsq... Book Buzz: The Living Dead Crawls Your Way
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-22-2008)
The bad thing about months with five release weeks is that you always get a week or two where the pickings are very slim. Such is the case this week! Everything from fiction to non-fiction is rather light but it’s really just the calm befo... Comicscape - March 31, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-31-2004)
OPINION: Before I begin this week's discussion of the comic books you most wanted to see made into movies, I'd like to share one e-mail in particular that made a very deep impression on me, sent by no less than the producer of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENT... Comicscape - August 2, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 08-02-2006)
When Boom! Studios published the first issue of WAR OF THE WORLDS: SECOND WAVE in March, the cover offered a quote from writer Mark Waid, who called the series "a sci-fi WALKING DEAD." I reviewed that very issue and, while I enjoyed it, remained cautious... Comicscape - July 7, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 07-07-2005)
If you hadn't caught on yet, COMICSCAPE didn't run yesterday because of the Fourth of July holiday. As UPS doesn't deliver on federal holidays, the new comics didn't hit the shops until today. I hope everyone had a happy holiday and didn't lose any finger... Devin Grayson on USER
by Russell Lissau (Wed 01-17-2001)
Batman: Gotham Knights writer Devin Grayson traded her Batarang for a broadsword to prepare for USER, her first project for DC Comics’ Vertigo line. The three-issue limited series about online role-playing adventure games has nothing at all to do with the... Another Trip to the Buffet
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-13-2007)
Another Trip to the Buffet
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comiscape! Your faithful correspondent finds himself sent by his day job to Alexandria, Virginia for a conference, where he has enjoyed walking aro... Comicscape May 7, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 05-07-2003)
OPINIONSo, another Free Comic Book Day has come and gone, bringing the promise of new comics readers (and for retailers, the hope for new comic store customers). Or is it? Just to satisfy my curiosity (and to get some freebies myself), I went to More Fun ... Marvel Comics: Joe Quesada
by Russell Lissau (Thu 10-26-2000)
Marvel Comics Editor in Chief Joe Quesada is, without question, the most wanted man in comics. Over the course of a typical hour, close to a dozen people knock on Quesada’s office door or ring him up on the phone, asking him about everything from story id... Comicscape February 9, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-09-2005)
Being that this is my first regular column for Comicscape, I've decided to devote an entire column to my favorite subject: me. That's right this column is all about yours truly. Settle in while I recount my earliest memories of sitting in a hospital wi... Comicscape - July 9, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-09-2003)
OPINIONI finally got to see THE HULK yesterday, and now I see why it's gotten such mixed reviews. It's a nicely thought-out movie, and it tells Bruce Banner's story in the only plausible way that it could be told in 2003. On the other hand, it takes a lot... To Be Continued: 2002 Comic Book Sequels, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 07-01-2002)
Last time, in the first part of our brief survey of 2002 comic book sequels, we took a look at the return of some old Western heroes, a new adventure for two magic-wielding witches, and the next chapter in a cosmos-spanning space epic, among others. Now l... Silent Bob Speaks on his Daredevil Cameo
by Thom Stricklin (Thu 03-28-2002)
The tables have turned: Kevin Smith, who is still raking
in cash for his crazy, cameo-filled Jay & Silent Bob Strike
Back, has landed a cameo of his own.
The film? You guessed it: Daredevil!
In a post on
View Askew message board, Smith
tells, ... Comicscape - September 24, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 09-24-2003)
OPINIONMy thanks again to everyone who wrote in regarding the "Nick Fury Question." Your responses were many and varied as you yourselves are, and I'm still getting letters about it. I guess that, despite how far we've come in this country, race as an iss... Comicscape - December 3, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-03-2003)
OPINION: Don't let the title to this column fool you: I'm well aware that the difference between Marvel and DC is actually huge, to the point that, even now, there are still people who are avid fans of one company and who refuse to buy any books published... Trusted Reviews Tackles CeBIT (Thu 03-09-2006)
The European focused trade show has a lot of interesting things going on for both format launches and Trusted Reviews has some fresh pictures and words on the event for HD DVD and Blu-Ray.Comicscape - October 20, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-20-2004)
Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli... THE OUTER LIMITS COMPANION
by Frank Garcia (Wed 03-29-2000)
`There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission...` Is anyone out there not familiar with these words, which were first enunciated with kaledioscopic black and white test patterns, s... Comicscape - August 24, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-24-2005)
Preface to the PrefaceThe following is a rant. As such, I expect some readers to agree wholeheartedly, and others to write unkind things about me and my family. For next week, feel free to step in the ring: e-mail me at comicscape@cinescape.com or at ku... Comicscape February 2, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-02-2005)
Well, folks, we've finally come to the end of a long journey or rather I have, as the main comics columnist for CINESCAPE. I hope you've enjoyed these columns as much as I've enjoyed writing them, and if you'd like to keep up with my future work, Google ... J.K. Rowling LitCrit
by Denise Dumars (Fri 10-13-2000)
Take me to your Deconstructionist On a recent trip to the book store, I noticed a stack of litcrit books stacked in the same display with the newest Rowling veri-table extravaganz-o (as the late, great Jim Varney would have said). Just seeing a liter... 2007: The Year in Review, Part Two
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 01-04-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to the second part of the Comicscape’s 2007: The Year-in Review. Last week, I touched on five of the biggest stories in comics from the past year. This week, we’ve got a few more. Thankfully, the ... CREATURE FEATURES
by Dan Cziraky (Fri 10-20-2000)
John Stanley, one-time host of San Francisco`s Creature Features show, published the first edition of The Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic, or Is There a Mad Doctor in the House? back in 1981, beating Mi... Tor Books partners with Seven Seas to form new manga imprint and announces publication of Afro Samurai, the basis for the hit Spike TV anime series! (Thu 12-06-2007)
New York, NY—Thursday, December 6, 2007: Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC—the largest publisher of science fiction in the world—has formed a new manga imprint with Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC. Seven Seas, founded i...Hulk Scribe to Write Comic Adaptation of Daredevil Film
by Dave Richards (Fri 10-25-2002)
This
January Marvel provides fans eagerly awaiting the Daredevil feature film
with a quick fix. Cinescape
reported that even though the film doesn't arrive in theaters till
February 14th, Marvel would release the Daredevil comic adaptation in Janua... Comicscape - November 24, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-24-2004)
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I wish I could say I'm thankful for all the responses I got regarding last week's question, but because of the snafu that afflicted last week's column the one from the previous week went out first, along with a blank templ... Comicscape - December 22, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-22-2004)
Wow, the big day is only three days off, isn't it? And here I am with none of my presents bought yet. (Of course, my idea of a present is an on-line gift certificate from Amazon.com, so Christmas shopping is never all that arduous. Besides, it's the thoug... Comicscape - November 3, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-03-2004)
By the time this column appears on the web site, America will either have a new President or will have re-elected a previous one. In either case, the proverbial fecal matter is probably already hitting the fan, as I don't expect either one, even the one I... Comicscape - August 4, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-04-2004)
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on... Nautical Fantasy, SC: Ghost, Jordan & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-28-2006)
Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel in the Scepter’d Isle sequence wi... Lucasfilm Gives Details on New SW Books
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 10-03-2008)
Last month, Lucasfilm Licensing and Del Rey confirmed that they renewed their Star Wars Expanded Universe contract through the year 2013. Along with the contract renewal, they announced 45 new novels (35 fiction, 10 non-fiction) being prepped as part of t... Comicscape - March 10, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-10-2004)
OPINION: I'm guessing everyone's pretty tired of the comics covers topic, based on the incredibly small response to my request for votes for the best comics covers of all time. I'm pretty tired of it, myself - but that's because I decided to go out and do... Comicscape - October 13, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-13-2004)
OPINION: As I write this, I'm on a train to visit a friend in Atlanta, my laptop perched on a pillow on my knees, a techno version of the 60s SPIDER-MAN theme blaring in my headphones, and a huge picture of a Dalek from DOCTOR WHO staring out at me from t... Comicscape - April 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-28-2004)
OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ... Comicscape - January 5, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-05-2005)
Welcome to a brand new year and what better way to start off that brand new year with a shiny spanking new controversy brewing in the world of comics? A little while ago, Marvel announced that Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award-winning writer of such works as ... Comicscape - April 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-07-2004)
OPINION: Before getting onto the topic of this week's column, I'd like to thank everyone who wrote in expressing their condolences on the death of my cat and who gave me their vote of confidence regarding the way I handled the mean-spirited e-mail from a ... Comicscape - December 7, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-07-2005)
I got a great batch of mail from last week's column about Marvel's Ultimate and DC's All-Star imprints. But before we get to your letters, a couple of things happened in the comic world upon which I must opine. The X3 trailer hit the web on Monday. You ca... Comicscape - July 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-07-2004)
OPINION: I had hoped to do a column this week on Free Comics Day or on SPIDER-MAN 2 - both of which I experienced yesterday (Saturday, July 3) but you had so much to say about last week's column on the Revolving Door of Death that instead I'm turning the... Battle of the ‘Star’ Series: Star Wars, Star Trek, & Starship Troopers
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-30-2007)
A screw-you-Pat amount of books came out this week with a little something for everyone: several anthologies for the SF reader, new fantasy / horror stand-alone novels and series installments, and even a widely neglected, early novel from George R.R. ... Comicscape - September 15, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-15-2004)
OPINION: Thank you to all those who wrote in regarding last week's column about the darkening of comics! There were easily as many people who felt that this darkening is a new trend as those who felt it's simply the continuation of a trend that started wa... Comicscape - January 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-28-2004)
OPINION: Yes, you read it correctly: Tony's Ten Best Comics of 2003. Hate me if you must, but after forcing all of you to come up with a Top Five Best and Worst Comics, I realized that it's an almost impossible task. I also got several e-mails asking "Wha... Comicscape - May 5, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 05-05-2004)
OPINION: Wow, when y'all think I'm trying to pass the buck, you really show it! Brandon Wyatt wrote in asking if I could suggest good website featuring lists of comics released in the past few years, so I passed that question on to you, my loyal readers ... Comicscape - August 18, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-18-2004)
OPINION: First of all, thanks for the continued responses to the extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2. As I figured, the strongly held opinions of our first pack of readers led to the expression of other strongly held opinions, and were I to print them all, w... Comicscape - September 8, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-08-2004)
OPINION: REMINDER: DUE TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, COMICS ARRIVE IN STORES ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9A woman is raped, after which her husband's co-workers brainwash him. Another woman, after being raped, is cut into hundreds of cubed 3D jigsaw puzzle pieces... Comicscape - August 25, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-25-2004)
OPINION: Last week we spoke to Richard and Wendy Pini, whose latest chapter in the ELFQUEST saga, THE SEARCHER AND THE SWORD, has just been released by DC as a 96-page hardcover graphic novel. (And before I forget, let me publicly say thank you to Alexand... Comicscape - September 29, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-29-2004)
OPINION: The phrase "If you build it, they will come" never resonated for me more than this week: after printing what I had of the somewhat tepid response to my first call for titles you wish had never been cancelled last week, the amount of mail this wee... Comicscape - January 12, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-12-2005)
Welcome to another fun-filled week at COMICSCAPE! Last week I asked you to write in with your thoughts regarding Marvel's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write ULTIMATE IRON MAN. The problem, according to many gay and lesbian comics fans, is that Card has w... Comicscape - November 19, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-19-2003)
OPINION: It still amazes me that, before three weeks ago, I had never heard of BitTorrent, the revolutionary (and controversial) new way of trading comics via the Web. But it wasn't until a friend told me about it at a faculty party that I checked into it... Comicscape January 26, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-26-2005)
My thanks to everyone who has already written in with well wishes for my future success, and to those who wrote in with suggestions for my last two columns. Of the many interesting ones that came in, the one that had the sort of "last word" quality that ... Comicscape - December 8, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-08-2004)
Hello again! I hope you enjoyed Kurt Amacker's guest column as much as I did especially since it gave me a much needed break from the ordeal of coming up with tacky jokes about even tackier comics! For the last three columns of 2004, I'm going to be aski... Comicscape - November 26, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-26-2003)
OPINION: Before we get started, two plugs: one, an invitation to visit CINESCAPE's comic book message forum in addition to sending e-mail to yours truly, so that you don't have to wait for me to reprint your letter before others can respond to it; and two... Del Rey Announces Two Titles (Thu 08-28-2003)
(New York, August 28, 2003)—Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, announced two new major Kodansha manga acquisitions today, both geared for release in May of 2004. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and XXXHolic are both creations o...Singles, Trades, and Hardcovers, Oh My!
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-22-2006)
After last week’s insanity over the scheduling change that wasn’t, no one responded to my column about 52. I don’t really blame you, given the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the move. But, rest assured, dear readers: ... Comicscape March 23, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-23-2005)
Somebody call the newspapers like, all of them because something happened this week that will never happen again: everyone agreed with my rant about the 1990s comic boom. Seriously, guys, I'm about to cry and send everyone those annoying Yahoo e-cards.... Exclusive: Rosario Dawson on 'O.C.T.' and 'Sin City 2'
by Alex Dueben (Fri 08-24-2007)
Whether you've been following her career since her acting debut in Larry Clark's searing 1995 film 'Kids', remember her collaborations with filmmakers Spike Lee ('The 25th Hour', 'He Got Game'), Oliver Stone ('Alexander'), Quentin Tarantino ('Death Proo... Comicscape - December 14, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-14-2005)
In the months leading to both INFINITE CRISIS and HOUSE OF M, we complained a lot about crossovers, continuity issues, and the awkward situation in which they place both publishers and readers. Oh hell, we complain about them every time Marvel or DC annou... HOPELESS SAVAGES Month at Oni
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 02-20-2002)
Oni Press is designating June as Hopeless Savages month. To celebrate, Oni is releasing both the first issue of the new HOPELESS SAVAGES: GROUND ZERO mini-series and the trade paperback collection of the first mini-series."HOPELESS SAVAGES is one of those... Comicscape - February 25, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-25-2004)
OPINION: For a publishing company that's always touted itself as the House of Ideas, Marvel sure has a nasty habit of quashing some of its better ones before they even get off the ground. The latest victim is the recently published EPIC ANTHOLOGY, the fi... 30 DAYS OF NIGHT Collected By IDW
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 11-01-2002)
30 DAYS OF NIGHT, a mini-series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, will be collected into a trade paperback by IDW Publishing in January.Even though it was overprinted by 100 percent, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT #1 sold out within two weeks and the second printing ... Comicscape - May 26, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 05-26-2004)
OPINION: Recently, Lev Grossman of TIME Magazine wrote an article called "The Problem With Superman," in which he covers this summer's "reboot" of the Man of Steel and the reasons for said re-imagining of DC's greatest icon. He explains that one of the bi... Comicscape - December 21, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-21-2005)
Last week, I proposed an interesting solution to the crossover and continuity issue that plagues the comic reading experience. In short, I suggested that Marvel and DC drastically reduce titles per character and any in excess of, say, two, should occur ou... Comicscape - November 17, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-17-2004)
It seems that the very mention of the word "reboot" was enough to rile many of you and for good reason though it seems that's not all you were worked up about this week. And speaking of being worked up about something in comics...isn't page four of IDEN... "Aphrodite IX" gets new printing and new cover
by Karl Schneider (Tue 04-10-2007)
The Top Cow comic, Aphrodite IX, will get a new printing and a brand new cover to go with it.The Press Release:Long out of print trade paperback, Aphrodite IX returns with a brand all-new painted cover by original series artist David Finch (Moon Knight, N... Comicscape - December 17, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-17-2003)
OPINION: A brief warning before we start: I had so many varied and intelligent responses to the question of how you'd characterize the main differences between Marvel and DC that I'm having to make this column extra-long. Do not try to adjust your televis... Comicscape - February 11, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-11-2004)
OPINION: First off, my thanks to Justin Campbell, who wrote in to tell me that the silent classic THE GOLEM has indeed been released on DVD. I'll have to get Brian Thomas to review that sometime... On the subject of parallel continuities, or the idea that... Comicscape - August 11, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-11-2004)
OPINION: Last week I turned the floor over to those who mostly agreed with my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2, so this week it only makes sense to let those on the other side of the carpet have their say...and some of them are quite voluble about it!For e... Comicscape - March 24, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-24-2004)
OPINION: First of all, a point of clarification: a certain web site which shall remain nameless felt the need to link to last week's column with the headline CINESCAPE BLASTS HELLBLAZER'S CONSTANTINE, with a "synopsis" line reading "Who needs to see a mov... Comicscape - January 21, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-21-2004)
OPINION: Hello again! I've just finished tabulating all the votes for the Top Five Best (And Worst) Comics of 2003, and all I can say is...whew. I've come to two conclusions in the process: 1) we comics fans may all have different tastes, but we all tend ... Comicscape - June 16, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-16-2004)
OPINION:Over the last three weeks, we've discussed the relevance (or lack thereof) of Superman to modern-day society, a discussion sparked by the recent "reboot" of the character in all the SUPERMAN books. As many have noted, though, the changes don't cou... Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Volume 3
by Frank Garcia (Wed 03-08-2000)
The paperback two-volume set of STAR TREK—STRANGE NEW WORLDS now on sale at bookstores everywhere is just a preview of things to come. Last November, John Ordover, Pocket Books’ Executive Editor for STAR TREK books announced the winning authors of the thi... The Show Must Go On
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 02-18-2008)
The year 2007 was punctuated by the release of the final Harry Potter tome, by the start of the fourteen-week WGA strike, and by the deaths of some of SF’s and fantasy’s top writers, chief amongst those Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Jordan. But as ... GROO & RUFFERTO
by Jason Henderson (Wed 08-23-2000)
I’m not sure there`s any comic that brings me more giddy joy than Sergio Aragones` Groo. Groo, that relentless and phenomenally stupid Conan-like barbarian who hacks his way through the vaguely Hyperborean paper dreams of Aragones, is like Godzilla. His c... Second LITTLE WHITE MOUSE Collection
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 01-15-2002)
This April, Blue Line Pro Comics continues to collect the history of LITTLE WHITE MOUSE with LITTLE WHITE MOUSE PERFECT COLLECTION #2.Collecting the second series, this trade paperback is filled with extra artwork and sketches never before published.This ... The Advantages of Digital Comics and Why I Will Never Like Them
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-13-2006)
No one tires of arguing about the future, even comic readers. Though we often find ourselves embroiled in the latest round of delays, controversy, and creator antics, in the back of every fan's mind looms a storm that won't veer to the east and leave us ... Crime Story
by Russell Lissau (Mon 07-16-2001)
Would you kill someone if you knew absolutely knew you'd get away with it? What if the victim in question was no victim at all, but a mobster, a rapist or another lowlife who had done you or your loved ones great harm? Could you seek revenge? Could you ... GRENDEL: BLACK, WHITE & RED
by Jason Henderson (Wed 09-20-2000)
Matt Wagner`s Grendel: Black, White & Red gives us a tour through the world of master assassin and best-selling author Hunter Rose, also known as Grendel. The trade paperback collects short stories, each of them written by Wagner and drawn by a different ... JOKER: LAST LAUGH #1-2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 10-12-2001)
Hey look kids, it's an entirely unnecessary company crossover event with the Joker causing all kinds of mayhem! Buy them all!Yes, I'm cynical, but when the publishers feed into my healthy distrust of all things, it only makes it worse. Fresh off the summe... LEGENDS OF THE WORLD'S FINEST
by Jason Henderson (Wed 12-06-2000)
Legends of the World’s Finest is a four-issue mini-series (now collected in trade paperback) that carries the title but never the conviction of its namesake series. It’s sad that we now have to look to comics based on DC’s animated series to deliver what ... GREEN LANTERN/SUPERMAN: LEGEND OF THE GREEN FLAME
by Jason Henderson (Wed 11-22-2000)
The genius of Neil Gaiman lies in his freshness of vision, in the beauty and cleverness he coaxes out of everyday comics subjects. In Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame, Gaiman shows us what it would be like to tag along with the titular he... The Books You'll Be Reading This July
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 07-10-2002)
OK, first thing's first... The DVD guys call their regular column "Vidiocy," which I think is a pretty cool title, and Sonia calls her regular TV column "Remote Patrol," also a cool title... but when our editor Scott asked me to do a regular book column I... BLACK HEART BILLY completed
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 04-19-2002)
Ait/Planet Lar publisher Larry Young has announced an August release for BLACK HEART BILLY, by Kieron Dwyer, Rick Remender and Harper Jaten. AiT/Planet Lar book designer and cover artist Brian Wood turns in his 10th cover with this project. "I have lunc... THE AMERICAN ZONE
by Chris Wyatt (Fri 09-20-2002)
Now available in a trade paperback edition is L. Neil Smith's THE AMERICAN ZONE. Smith, a capable, even ingenious, writer pushes along the adventure in this standalone sequel to 1980's THE PROBABILITY BROACH. Back again is private investigator Win Bear wh... Crossing Boundaries, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 05-15-2002)
Last time, CrossGen VP Tony Panaccio explained the strategy behind the new Comics on the Web initiative. Now we move on to examine another CrossGen launch, the compilation titles FORGE and EDGE. Are they the answer to bringing comics to the mainstream con... Comicscape - January 4, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-04-2006)
Greetings and welcome to yet another COMICSCAPE, and on a week when the books don't ship until Thursday, no less (damn holidays!). Last week, I threw together an admittedly uninspired "Best of 2005" column, but even I'm entitled to suck once in a while. R... Comicscape March 16, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-16-2005)
The comic boom of the 1990s has become a thing of legend. The industry went from being at the top of the pop culture game back to a niche thing. I'd say Marvel's declaring bankruptcy in December of 1996 qualifies as the industry's "rock bottom." Thousa... THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN Vol. 14: Shadow of the Beast
by Tim Janson (Sat 05-10-2008)
Dark Horse continues its re-printing of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian series with Chronicles of Conan Volume 12. This trade paperback collects issues #108 through #115. Conan is making his way back from the southern black kingdoms to more civilized l... Getting Raw with Thomas Jane
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-08-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting adventure into the unknown with Comicscape! San Diego Comic-Con has left me with rant material for the rest of the calendar year and beyond. Marvel’s decision to publish Amazing Spider-Ma... Comicscape: Conquering the Marvel Universe with Robert Weiner
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-11-2008)
Six years ago, Robert Weiner set out to conquer the Marvel Universe—or at least to read as much of it as he could. Being both a fan of Marvel and a librarian and instructor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, he combined his passions to create... Hellboy The Companion TPB
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 07-11-2008)
Several years ago when the first Hellboy movie came out in theaters I was intrigued by the trailer. The trailer got me into the comic shop and I picked up Hellboy Seed of Destruction in trade paperback. I picked up the next trade and the next and quickly ... THE AVENGERS: THE KREE-SKRULL WAR
by Jason Henderson (Wed 11-01-2000)
The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War collects in trade paperback a story that for many represents one of those key moments in the Marvel Universe that continuity hinges around. Examples are the creation of the Fantastic Four (the official beginning of curren... Blade #1: Vampire Revolution
by 4 Color Review (Mon 03-18-2002)
BLADE #1
Story:
Christopher Hinz
Art: Steve Pugh
Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
Colors: Atomic Paintbrush
Cover: Tim Bradstreet
Publisher: MAX (Marvel Comics)
Price: $2.99
3 Stars out... Time Out for Torture
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-13-2006)
I love The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman’s zombie epic rarely fails to impress, and I conclude each issue cursing his name for ending it. Though I’ve found the book a bit slow in the past few months, I still continue to enjoy th... Comicscape - April 26, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-26-2006)
Greetings, my seething minions, and welcome to another week of COMICSCAPE brilliance. This will likely sound boring at first, but I promise it gets better: last week, The Wall Street Journal published a disturbing little story about product placement dea... Comicscape - November 5, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-05-2003)
OPINION: Yes, you heard me right: "Part One." The response to my question about why there aren't enough female superheroes in their own books and what should be done about that problem was tremendous - and I finally got a goodly number of responses from f... Buffy's Golden Anniversary...? Part 1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 10-02-2002)
It shouldn't be a surprise that the comic book tie-in series connected with one of genre television's greatest success stories is now reaching its golden anniversary issue. After all, the saga of the Vampire Slayer has amassed an enormous fan base over th... Comicscape - November 12, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-12-2003)
OPINION: Fair warning: to get in all the great responses I got this week and to close this topic, I've had to go the SOUTH PARK route and make it bigger, longer, and uncut. (Probably not the wisest phrase to use in a column primarily about women, but ther... Comicscape - March 3, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-03-2004)
OPINION: A warning: this is likely to be the most random and unorganized column you've ever read here at COMICSCAPE. If you don't like it, you could always go over to the COMIC BOOK RESOURCES site and read randomly organized columns there - except the dif... GHOST RIDER #1
by Al Brown (Fri 09-09-2005)
GHOST RIDER relaunches this week, presumably to drum up some interest in the character before next year's crapariffic movie. Seems a bit premature though, don't it? Since this is a six-issue limited series, and the movie doesn't come out for 11 months? My... Comicscape - June 8, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-08-2005)
Happy Wednesday to all of you for comic readers, every Wednesday is a holiday. That is, of course, unless you're married then every Wednesday is an exercise in shame and deceit and brings you one step closer to an episode of DIVORCE COURT or whatever it... HEROBEAR AND THE KID collected
by Rob Allstetter (Mon 07-15-2002)
Astonish Comics is releasing the first collection of HEROBEAR AND THE KID in two formats. HEROBEAR AND THE KID VOLUME 1: THE INHERITANCE will be presented in a limited edition hardcover and a standard-sized trade paperback. The limited edition hardcover... Comicscape - October 15, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 10-15-2003)
OPINIONWhatever else you might say about the experience, reading CAPTAIN MARVEL for the past thirteen months has never been boring. Ever since the relaunch of the book last September as part of Marvel's lameduck "U Decide!" promotion, Peter David has take... X-MEN VISIONARIES: JOE MADUREIRA
by Jason Henderson (Wed 11-08-2000)
There`s something odd about Marvel`s pumping out a collection like X-Men Visionaries: Joe Madureira. Here, Marvel urges the reader to simply enjoy the art—which is remarkable—and ignore the stories, which have great gaping holes struck through them. Why? ... Comicscape - February 1, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-01-2006)
My colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, and a couple of readers suggested I write a column about comics that might appeal to women and those repelled by spandex, big guns, big muscles, and big tits. Rather than just targeting women, I've decided to... Award-Winning Image
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Tue 07-31-2001)
Citing it as "unprecedented," Image Comics proudly touted their 10 nominations at this year's Eisner Awards, held as usual at the San Diego Comic-Con. Amongst the nominees were two in the category of "Russ Manning Most Promising New Talent:" Tone Rodrigue... LINSER LIBRARY Info
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 11-21-2001)
Image Comics has announced its tentative release schedule for the LINSNER LIBRARY, a series of graphic novels, prestige format and standard comics from Joseph Michael Linsner."This is one of the single most comprehensive and ambitious projects Image has e... Liberty Meadows to Image Comics
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-14-2002)
Frank Cho's series, LIBERTY MEADOWS, has moved to Image Comics and is set to debut in July with an all-new trade paperback collection. The ongoing series will follow in August with issue #27."Image is the perfect home for LIBERTY MEADOWS," Cho says. "It's... Is the Crossover Dead?
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 12-08-2001)
Is the crossover, as a subgenre, dead?The crossover as a storytelling and marketing device has been around for decades, since the heady days of the Justice League/Justice Society crossovers that so enthralled DC fans of the time (and most of us can recogn... Comicscape - December 29, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 12-29-2004)
Welcome to the second half of COMICSCAPE's last official love fest of 2004, the Ten Worst Titles of the Year! By the way, if two of the entries on this week's list make you think you're experiencing déjà vu (or the aftereffects of too much eggnog), don't ... Comicscape - August 27, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-27-2003)
OPINIONI don't know what shocks me most: the fact that I got deluged with hate mail from a reader for not including SPAWN in our discussion last week (for space reasons, but also because no one who wrote in really said much about it); or the fact that sai... Comicscape - July 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-28-2004)
OPINION:The results are in, and it looks like I should leave the predictions game to the experts. Out of the eleven categories I made predictions about, I was only right about seven of them and at the college I teach at, 60% or thereabouts would be a D.... POWERS: Brian Michael Bendis & Mike Avon Oeming
by Trent D. McNeeley (Wed 12-27-2000)
So you’ve heard the buzz about Powers, right? The comic that crosses genres by providing crime noir stories in a superhero world? Yeah, that one. The one your comic shop—like so many others—sold out of while you sat back listening to all the hype. And now... Comicscape - January 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-07-2004)
OPINION: I'm back, and it's about time. (Wasn't that someone else's tag line a couple of years back?) After spending a relaxing two weeks' vacation first in Texas and then at home with the family (and realizing why I moved from the frozen wastes of Michig... David Hine: Comics, Manga, & More!
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Fri 11-10-2006)
I got into the indy comics scene late, so I never heard of David Hine until a few years ago when he began working for the stateside offices of Marvel Comics. In a short space of time there were a few Marvel miniseries: Daredevil Redemption, Son of M., th... When the Fall Turns Cold, Curl Up with a SF Book
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 11-13-2002)
TOR Books leads the pack this month with some superlative releases. First up is HEAVY PLANET, a trade paperback compilation edition that reprints SF Grandmaster Hal Clement's Mesklin novels: MISSION OF GRAVITY and STAR LIGHT. As nerdy as this might be, I ... Marvel Comics Changes
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-14-2002)
Marvel Comics has announced several changes for upcoming titles and trade paperbacks.Here's a rundown:The AVENGERS/DEFENDERS WAR TRADE PAPERBACK, originally solicited to run 176 pages and cost $17.95, will now be 128 pages and will cost $14.95.The BLADE: ... Salvatore, Weis, & Star Trek Ship Guide!
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-07-2006)
It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book... Post-Christmas Book-Buying Tips
by Denise Dumars (Thu 01-11-2001)
Well, it`s after Xmas; no one has any cash, except for two quarters and a coupon for a fifty-cent double cappuccino at Borders. So whaddya do, besides see if your local library has been able to afford to buy any new fiction in, like, the last decade?You c... Comicscape - August 3, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-03-2005)
I thought my crossover critique in last week's COMICSCAPE would garner mail a plenty, but to no avail. My rant about the FANTASTIC FOUR movie must've driven away my readership or something. Fortunately, I received a few thoughtful, lengthy letters that co... Comicscape - June 1, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-01-2005)
You've probably heard by now that Alan Moore has permanently dissociated himself from DC Comics, its affiliate Wildstorm, and America's Best Comics the imprint Moore started in 1998. This is significant news, and yet it's not entirely unexpected. This is... Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ... I Talked with a Zombie: Mark Kidwell on ‘68
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-10-2007)
Everyone loves zombies. They scare the hell out of you. They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.” And, best of all, they eat people. With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb... SPIKE: Asylum
by Tim Janson (Mon 08-13-2007)
What has Spike gotten himself into this time? How about an asylum filled with demons and vampires that want to kill him, and from which there is no escape? That is the plot in a nutshell for Spike: Asylum, the latest trade paperback release... Comicscape: Five Successes in Mainstream Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-04-2008)
In last week’s Comicscape, we administered a sound thrashing to the American comic industry—more specifically, Marvel and DC—for five significant problems in dire need of correction. This week, dear Maniacs, in the spirit of fairnes... Wal-Mart merits Marvel recuts; free SPIDEY promo
by Mike Whybark (Thu 10-17-2002)
Marvel is readying trade paperback editions of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN which are specific for the Wal-Mart retail market and which reflect editorial changes to the content undertaken by Marvel. The books are slated for November distribu... Comicscape - June 14, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 06-14-2006)
After a successful run with indie publisher Shooting Star Press, Tom Waltz and Casey Malone's CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE has found a new home in trade paperback form at IDW. The black and white miniseries tells the chilling story of a black ops squad of only ... SUPERPATRIOT returns
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 03-26-2002)
Image Comics' SuperPatriot returns in July in a four-issue mini-series, SUPERPATRIOT: AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCE, by BATTLE POPE creator Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker. According to Kirkman, this series will focus on the hard life SuperPatriot has e... 'Watchmen' movie boosts graphic novel sales (Mon 01-14-2008)
The 'Watchmen' movie has already had a positive effect on sales of the 'Watchmen' graphic novel, according to WatchmenComicMovie.com: As of November 2007, the Watchmen trade paperback, distributed by DC Comics, has sold approximately 58,168 units year-...Hey, Hey! That's Grandmere's Tibia You're Standing On!
by Denise Dumars (Fri 10-27-2000)
Bite MeWhile we`re still in a Hallowe`en mood, I thought we`d start the nonfiction segment of our rant (what`s with the royal we all of a sudden, DD?) with more seasonal material. Check out this brand new title: The Dracula Cookbook: Authentic Recipes fro... John Constantine Hellblazer: Reasons to be Cheerful
by Tim Janson (Wed 05-02-2007)
Hellblazer is really one of the great success stories in modern comics. Introduced as a minor character (an annoying one at that) in Swamp Thing, John Constantine got his own series in 1988 and will soon be celebrating its 20th anniversary. Cont... DC Giveaway for FABLES #6, Anthology Due
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 09-25-2002)
DC Comics continues to push its new Vertigo series FABLES, announcing a free 50 percent overship of FABLES #6 to retailers and a new trade paperback. FABLES #6, scheduled for release on Oct. 9, is the beginning of the new five-part story arc "Animal ... BASTARD SAMURAI sells out
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 05-14-2002)
Image Comics announced that Diamond Distributors has completely sold out of BASTARD SAMURAI #1. Created, co-written and inked by Michael Avon Oeming with newcomers Miles Gunter (script/co-plot) and Kelsey Shannon (pencils), BASTARD SAMURAI continues Oemi... Comicscape - September 2002
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-28-2002)
The summer doldrums appear to have gotten an extension this year, if this September's offering of titles is anything to go by. Not only do we have the usual mutant madness at Marvel, there's an "event" in which Bill Jemas reimagines the DC Universe (thoug... Epic Fantasy Fans Celebrate! This is Your Month!
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 08-14-2002)
There are a lot of great books to cover this month, so I want to get to it...but let's get business out of the way first. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the landslide of suggestions for the name of this new monthly book column. We put it to a vote ... New Vertigo Projects
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 08-09-2002)
DC Comics unveiled several Vertigo projects over the weekend at Comic-Con International, including a period piece with the Creeper and a Lady Constantine mini-series. Following is a rundown: * BEWARE THE CREEPER is a five-issue mini-series, written by J... New COURTNEY CRUMRIN collection, mini-series
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 08-22-2002)
Following up last spring's mini-series, Oni Press and Ted Naifeh have declared December as Courtney Crumrin Month. A new trade paperback will reprint the four issues of COURTNEY CRUMRIN & THE NIGHT THINGS. Following that collection, COURTNEY CRUMRIN & TH... THE OTHER NINETEETH CENTURY
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 01-13-2003)
A trade paperback collection from TOR features 23 short stories (some of them very short) from Avram Davidson, a lesser-known but very skilled author who did work that flirted with the boundaries of SF. The collection has the stated intention of once agai... Comicscape - August 2002
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-31-2002)
The beginning of yet another interminable DC crossover, starting this month in JLA, and a couple of collected volume reminders of the last one, are at least mitigated by the return of yet another '80s blast from the past, the continuation of RISING STARS,... Comicscape - July 19, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 07-19-2006)
We first encounter superheroes as children. Before we can read, we watch them in cartoons and movies. We play with their toys long before we ever learn about "mint condition" and the importance of leaving action figures in their original packaging. Thi... Vertigo offers readers a cheap FIRST TASTE
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 01-12-2005)
Six key issues from DC Comics' Veritgo imprint line of comic books will be collected at a low price in VERTIGO: FIRST TASTE, a 160-page trade paperback set for release in April. Unbelievably, the TPB will retail for just $4.99.The issues assembled for FIR... DC: THE NEW FRONTIER #6
by Tony Whitt (Tue 10-05-2004)
In the wake of the Centre's attack and its apparent destruction of the Man of Steel, Earth's new batch of heroes must band together to defeat this alien menace which threatens all life on Earth. New alliances are formed, old animosities are set aside, and... SF Author Charles Sheffield Dies
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 11-04-2002)
Beloved SF author Charles Sheffield died of brain cancer on the morning of November 2nd after a three-month period of convalescence. Sheffield was known as a prolific writer talented at world-building, as testified by his HERITAGE and PROTEUS novel series... WOLVERINE: ORIGINS
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 09-15-2006)
By this sixth issue of WOLVERINE: ORIGINS, Daniel Way and Steve Dillon have made it clear: the short, hairy guy with the claws used to be the worse person on the planet, mutant or human. Besides the usual "WEAPON X X-POSED!" hints that Marvel dropped thr... SUPREME collection announced
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 08-30-2002)
Rob Liefeld has sold the book rights to Alan Moore-scripted runs of the titles SUPREME and YOUNGBLOOD in a three-book deal with independent graphic novel house Checker Book Publishing Group. Checker has scheduled the first collection under the new agreem... ALIAS #4
by Tony Whitt (Thu 12-27-2001)
Jessica Jones was hired to find a missing girl. When she found the girl, she also discovered Captain America's true identityand not long after that, the girl was found strangled. After some searching, her estranged friend Carol Danvers has found that the ... CreeD: UTOPIATE from Image
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 10-05-2001)
Former WITCHBLADE writer Christina Z. is teaming with CreeD creator and GHOST RIDER artist Trent Kaniuga on CreeD: UTOPIATE, a four-issue series from Image Comics.Here's how she describes the story project:"CreeD is the dark, twisted tale of teenager, Mar... STAR WARS: TAG & BINK ARE DEAD #1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sun 10-07-2001)
Tom Stoppard is spinning in his grave, and he isn't even dead yet. That's right folks, I'm talking about the man who wrote one of the cleverest and funniest plays in history, the brilliant ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, which interwove its events ... DORK #9 and THE COLLECTED DORK VOLUME 1: WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 08-16-2001)
Sit down, my friend. For I am the Devil Puppet, and the Devil Puppet knows all. You're tired of the usual comic book fare, aren't you? Well then, I know what you need, and it's called DORK. Don't be put off by the derogatory title.You either get Evan Dork... 300 and Captain America: Your Mail
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-21-2007)
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another sequential art escape, courtesy of Comicscape. Last week’s column about the death of Captain America and the successful release of 300 at the movies garnered a respectable amount of mail &nd... The "final" CROW novel rises from HarperEntertainment
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 07-12-2001)
THE CROW a franchise first made popular with the original film starring the late Brandon Lee and derived from a comic book series created by James O'Barr has always lurked somewhere on the periphery of genre entertainment, enjoying cult status but often... New ALISON DARE Mini-Series
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 11-06-2001)
ALISON DARE & THE HEART OF THE MAIDEN, a two-issue mini-series, will debut on Jan. 18 from Oni Press.The mini-series, by J. Torres and J. Bone, explores the mysterious nuns that run the boarding school of St. Joan's Academy."The recent single-issue st... Oni's COPYBOOK TALES
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 12-11-2001)
Oni Press announced the March release of COPYBOOK TALES, a new trade paperback collecting the comic series from creators J. Torres and Tim Levins. Originally appearing as a six-issue mini-series from Slave Labor Graphics, this complete volume includes all... Crossing Boundaries, Part 3 (Sat 05-18-2002)
Last time, CrossGen VP Tony Panaccio detailed the challenges that faced CrossGen in setting up the COMPENDIA project and its two titles, FORGE and EDGE. In the final installment, he explains the principle underlying the omnibus trade paperback plan and th...HAMMER OF THE GODS moves to Image
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 05-24-2002)
Image Comics has announced that HAMMER OF THE GODS is moving to Image Comics. Creators Michael Avon Oeming and Mark Wheatley, are moving their property to Image with a trade paperback collection of the original mini-series in September. HAMMER OF THE GOD...