Saturday, July 29, 2017

New Comics For Wednesday 2nd of August


What a week, what a week!  New comics aplenty and next Monday the 7th, we've got something a little extra special for you with...

IN-CONVERSATION WITH "THE ANIMATORS" AUTHOR KAYLA RAE WHITAKER
MONDAY 7TH AUGUST 6PM-8PM

Try something a little different on a Monday evening and join us for an "up late" in store event with a difference.

Thanks to Scribe Publications, Kayla Rae Whitaker, international author of the newly released 'The Animators' will be here for a meet and greet! 

Triple R presenter and podcaster, Marian Blythe will also be hosting a Q and A.


Soon after that we'll have another great in store event, celebrating a very important day. Best keep your eyes peeled!

NOW! Let's get to dem comics!!!

Old meets the new in Marvel's GENERATIONS BANNER HULK & TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1 as Amadeus Cho comes face to face with Bruce Banner. Will they actually get along and more importantly who will be the strongest of them all?

More from Hulk writer, Grek Pak. Once a year kids from around the world are chosen by Robots from space to study at the prestigious Sky Corps Academy. This year they picked the wrong kid in the story of a robot and his boy with BOOM's, MECH CADET YU #1 (OF 4).

Did you enjoy the FCBD TMNT issue? Continuing from then the Dimension X event begins in TMNT DIMENSION X #1. Will the Turtles prevail before Krang's assassin Hakk-R kill all viable witnesses?

What ever happened to Amelia Earhart? Jay Faeber (COPPERHEAD) and rising artist Sumeyye Kesgin spin a fantastical what if in ELSEWHERE #1.

Harley's determined to cross off all hero's and villain's in her little black book for the ultimate team-up mash up! Collected for the first time in HARLEYS LITTLE BLACK BOOK HC.

A world without Superman? What about multiple worlds without Superman? Find out who's behind this mystery in the next volume of SUPERMAN TP VOL 03 MULTIPLICITY (REBIRTH).

The murderous social experiment is finally coming to an end in UNFOLLOW TP VOL 03 TURN IT OFF. How will Akira finally defeat Larry Ferell's 140?

Did you miss out the first time round? Well you better get in quick for this hit crossover BATMAN ELMER FUDD SPECIAL #1 2ND PTG!

It's a King Kirby triple threat!
It's Jack Kirby's 100th anniversary! So what better way to celebrate than with more cosmic bubbles! as Shane Davis and Walter Simonson bring us new and old tales of otherworldly gods in NEW GODS SPECIAL #1.
See Kirby's work in all it's greatness in this (huge as in lots of pages and giant in size) Fantastic Four classic, OMG it's JACK KIRBY FANTASTIC FOUR WORLDS GREATEST ARTIST EDITION.
Spend the weekend learning about comic book icon Jack Kirby with the newly revised 

Grump VS Sass when two of the surly cats in history go paw to paw, to give you buckets of giggles in GRUMPY CAT GARFIELD #1 (OF 3).

Only one man is willing to stand up against a half man, half dinosaur army and that guy is Turok in his all new adventures from Dynamite in TUROK #1.

From one of the most epic tabletop game ever comes the adventures of Sparky the Apocalypse wonder dog...wha? Rock Candy Mountain, writer Kyle Starks takes a bite out of the DEAD OF WINTER #1 for ONI.

Rock n' roll all night and travel through space everyday. Brendon Small- Musician behind the animated band Dethklock brings us the comic, GALAKTIKON #1 based on his new album. BOSS!

Life is rough for Lark, living on the streets of LA and things are about to get worse. Lark is being transported to an alien world where everyone wants her dead. Time to learn some sword skills. From the mind of Fables creator Bill Willingham in LARKS KILLER #1 (OF 7).

From fan favourite writer of DMZ and Northlanders, Brian Wood comes a brand new Robotech series following the adventures of Minmei, Rick and Lisa... and most importantly sweet robo-jets in ROBOTECH #1.

For convicted murderer Kinju there is only one outcome, transfer of her consciousness into a state programmed labor robot, in the ghost in the machine story with a difference, SPIRITUS #1 (OF 5).

Emmett has just had a tornado ruin his home, but a sword gathered from the eye of the storm gives him the power to battle otherworldly creatures. GOD COUNTRY TP

From the creator of Gotham Academy Natasha Alterici comes the collection of the sell out series about the Nordic adventures of Aydis, a young viking on a quest that will define her in HEATHEN TP VOL 01

A love story like no other. Two iconic musicians attempting to live a quiet domestic life together.  
Catch up with the Paper Delivery gang and try to figure out where and when they are in the third volume in this Eisner award winning series from Saga's Brian K, PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 03.

Find out what happens when you die. Perhaps there is no heaven or hell. Maybe a world like no other where you have to fight to survive the afterlife to defend those who you love that have passed before you in DC Metal's Greg Capullo and Mark Millar's, REBORN HC.

Time to lace up your skates and velcro on those knee pads. Slam tells a beautiful story of friendship, derby and stacking it with rad art by Veronica Fish. SLAM TP VOL 01.
Also from Veronica Fish, after surviving a car accident that killed one of her brothers, Wendy is thinking a little bit differently about life. But when she tells her family that her brother is in fact alive and in custody by a flying boy her family thinks she's off in Neverland in the stunning, WENDY PROJECT GN.

And that is that! Spot something there that you just got to have, let us know before close of business Tuesday night and we'll be sure to get it sorted for you. Until next time we catch you, have a great week and stay rad.

MARVEL
ALL NEW GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #7
AVENGERS #10 SE
BLACK BOLT #4
CHAMPIONS #11 SE
DAREDEVIL #24
GENERATIONS BANNER HULK & TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1
HAWKEYE #9
IRON FIST #6
JESSICA JONES #11
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ULTRON REVOLUTION #12
MARVELS THOR RAGNAROK PRELUDE #3 (OF 4)
NICK FURY #5
SPIDER-MAN #19
SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #20
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #4
STAR WARS ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION #5 (OF 6)
UNSTOPPABLE WASP #8
VISION DIRECTORS CUT #3 (OF 6)
X-MEN GOLD #9

DC COMICS
BANE CONQUEST #4 (OF 12)
BATMAN #28
CYBORG #15
DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #32
DEATHSTROKE #22
GREEN ARROW #28
GREEN LANTERNS #28
INJUSTICE 2 #7
JUSTICE LEAGUE #26
NEW GODS SPECIAL #1
NIGHTWING #26
SHADE THE CHANGING GIRL #11 (MR)
SUPERMAN #28

VERTIGO
EVERAFTER FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES #12
SAVAGE THINGS #6 (OF 8)

BOOM
AMORY WARS GOOD APOLLO #5 (OF 12)
GIANT DAYS #29
MECH CADET YU #1 (OF 4)
OVER GARDEN WALL ONGOING #16
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #6
WOODS #34

DARK HORSE
LOBSTER JOHNSON MANGEKYO ONE SHOT
PREDATOR HUNTERS #4
SHAOLIN COWBOY WHOLL STOP THE REIGN #1

DYNAMITE
ASH VS AOD #2
GREATEST ADVENTURE #4
GREEN HORNET 66 MEETS SPIRIT #2 (OF 5)
GRUMPY CAT GARFIELD #1 (OF 3)
JAMES BOND #6
SWORDQUEST #2
TUROK #1

IDW
ARCHANGEL #5 (OF 5)
HASBRO HEROES SOURCEBOOK #2 (OF 3)
SKYLANDERS SPYRO & FRIENDS QUARTERLY FULL BLAST
STAR TREK WAYPOINT #6
TMNT DIMENSION X #1
TMNT ONGOING #73 CVR A SMITH
X-FILES ORIGINS II DOG DAYS OF SUMMER #2 (OF 4)

IMAGE
EAST OF WEST #34
ELSEWHERE #1
EXTREMITY #6
GHOST STATION ZERO #1 (OF 4)
HADRIANS WALL #8 (OF 8)
INJECTION #14
ROCKET GIRL #8
SAMARITAN VERITAS #3
SEVEN TO ETERNITY #8
SEX CRIMINALS #20
STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #26
WALKING DEAD #170

ONI
DEAD OF WINTER #1

MISC
ALL TIME COMICS BLIND JUSTICE #1
ALTERS #6
CATALYST PRIME NOBLE #4
GALAKTIKON #1
HILLBILLY #7
JAZZ MAYNARD #3
LARKS KILLER #1 (OF 7)
MARVEL COMICS DIGEST #2 THE AVENGERS
PHANTOM PRESIDENT KENNEDYS MISSION #1
ROBOTECH #1
SPIRITUS #1 (OF 5)
STAINED #4 (OF 5)
WORLD READER #5

MAGAZINES
LOVE & ROCKETS MAGAZINE #3

TRADES
ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM GN VOL 17
BLACK PANTHER HC VOL 01 A NATION UNDER OUR FEET
BTVS SEASON 11 TP VOL 01 SPREAD OF EVIL
CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS TP VOL 03 EMPIRE BUIL
CINEGEEK HC
CLOUD STORIES GN
COLOR YOUR OWN MARVEL MASTERS TP
CONAN OMNIBUS TP VOL 03 ANCIENT GODS AND SORCERERS
DARK SOULS LEGENDS O/T FLAME TP
DC COVER GIRLS ZATANNA STATUE
DOCTOR WHO 10TH FACING FATE HC VOL 01 BREAKFAST AT
DOTA 2 COMIC COLLECTION HC
FETCH HOW A BAD DOG BROUGHT ME HOME GN
FRUITS BASKET COLLECTORS ED TP VOL 12
GARY GIANNI MONSTERMEN & OTHER SCARY STORIES TP
GOD COUNTRY TP
GRAND PASSION TP
GREEN ARROW TP VOL 03 EMERALD OUTLAW (REBIRTH)
GREEN HORNET OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
HAPPINESS GN VOL 05
HARLEYS LITTLE BLACK BOOK HC
HEATHEN TP VOL 01
HENRY AND GLENN ADULT COLORING BOOK
HENRY AND GLENN FOREVER AND EVER HC
JACK KIRBY FANTASTIC FOUR WORLDS GREATEST ARTIST E
JOJOS BIZARRE ADV STARDUST CRUSADERS HC VOL 04
KIRBY KING OF THE COMICS ANNIV ED SC
LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED GN VOL 04 MINISH CAP
LEGO DC COMICS SUPER HEROES BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTU
LIFE & DEATH OF FRITZ THE CAT HC
LOCKJAW DOG DAYS TP
LOKI JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY BY KIERON GILLEN OMNIBUS
MATT WAGNER GRENDEL TALES OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
MONSTERS HC VOL 02 MARVEL MONSTERBUS BY LEE LIEBER
OTHERWORLD BARBARA HC VOL 02
PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 03
REBORN HC
REVOLUTIONARIES TP VOL 01 CRISIS INTERVENTION
ROAD TO RIVERDALE TP VOL 03
SHE AND HER CAT GN
SLAM TP VOL 01
SPENCER & LOCKE TP VOL 01
SUPERMAN TP VOL 03 MULTIPLICITY (REBIRTH)
SURFSIDE GIRLS GN VOL 01 SECRET OF DANGER POINT
THOR EPIC COLLECTION TP IN MORTAL FLESH
TOMBOY TP VOL 03 NO ABSOLUTION
TORCHWOOD STATION ZERO TP
UNFOLLOW TP VOL 03 TURN IT OFF
WENDY PROJECT GN
WWE ONGOING TP VOL 01

MERCH
DC COVER GIRLS ZATANNA STATUE

BACK IN STOCK

BATMAN ELMER FUDD SPECIAL #1 2ND PTG

New Comics For Wednesday 9th of August


Exciting times!
Last week we announced our plans for KIRBY 100 : Jack Kirby Appreciation Day of Saturday 26th of August. Check our event page for all the details but you can expect FREE Kirby comics, FREE Kirby sketches and Kirby giveaways and that's just to begin with!


But long before then, we better look at this week's comics, which stars a new Kirby classic character returning to the shelves with what might be the book of the year...

The industry is a buzz with this new release from Tom King and Mitch Gerads, introducing a whole new generation to the character of Scott Free in MISTER MIRACLE #1 (OF 12).
This is a heavy and raw character book and will definitely stay with you after it's read. We are giving this the highest possible recommendation.
Then follow that with a Jack Kirby chaser of  two classic Kirby gangs, with all kid members together in one comic. Crime fighting newsboys on the crazy streets of New York in the
NEWSBOY LEGION & BOY COMMANDOS SPECIAL #1.

Two once were friends and heroes go head to head when there is only room for one with the title of CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 SE.

Jean Grey is looking to do anything to change her future after coming face to face with a older her but newly possessed Phoenix in GENERATIONS PHOENIX & JEAN GREY #1.

Before they were sworn enemies, Black Bolt and Maximus were brothers. A tale of pre-King and Queen Black Bolt and Medusa in their younger years with a back up Lockjaw tale from Squirrel Girl's Ryan North in INHUMANS ONCE FUTURE KINGS #1 (OF 5).

Learn all about one of the top agents and a super cool reprogrammed security droid in the galaxy in this one shot adventure, STAR WARS ROGUE ONE CASSIAN & K2SO SPECIAL #1.

A massive explosion has huge repercussions that set in motion GI Joe, Mask and Transformers uniting to save the world in IDW's FIRST STRIKE #1.

Small town rural terror strikes from the Eisner award winning creator, Jordie Bellaire when a coven of witches takes over the town of Redlands, Florida in Image's new, REDLANDS #1.

Award winning comic creators Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev take on the complex world of Iron Man. Tony Stark is on a mission to discover his true history in INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN TP

One of the most iconic vampire movies of all time gets invaded by cool leather wearing, saxophone playing vampire hunters in an all new story as giving us the sequel we always wanted to the LOST BOYS TP.

The streets of Manhattan are much quieter than when the Shadow first roamed the streets. And when a lady named Mary has a horribly burnt man arrive in her care, she learns that the past is never forgotten, could this man be the one they called The Shadow in Dynamite's new, SHADOW #1.

There is always money to be found and in the year 2020 a group of Military veterans have their eyes on the purse of a beautiful billionaire in the stunning new release from Lion Forge,
GHOST MONEY #1.

Alan Moore's epic tale of Lovecraftian horror collected into a hardcover for your spooky pleasure with the ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON HC.

Just in time for you to read before the Netflix series hits our screens. Chuck Forman's END OF F$$$ING WORLD HC tells the story of nihilistic teenagers on a road trip.

The vigilante better watch his back as the NYPD know there is a masked man killing around town in the next chapter of Brubaker and Phillip's outstanding psychological, social justice thriller, KILL OR BE KILLED TP VOL 02.

This moody, sexy horror comic tells the story of a young vampire named Clover who is lamenting over the days before she lusted for human blood from Fantagraphics, MY PRETTY VAMPIRE HC.

The Bible is filled cover to cover with unique and incredible stories. This is a wacky take on some of the best the Bible's Old Testament has to offer in STORY OF JEZEBEL GN

Original scans in giant size from the very first issue of this indie classic. This is TMNT like you've never seen it before with TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ARTISAN ED HC.

Well, that it's for another week of great reads. If you have spotted something extra you need us to stash, it's no trouble just let us know before close of business Tuesday and we'll do our best to make that happen. Until the next time we catch you, have a great week!



MARVEL
ALL NEW WOLVERINE #23
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31 SE
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 SE
DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN #3 (OF 5)
DEFENDERS #4
EDGE OF VENOMVERSE #4 (OF 5)
GENERATIONS PHOENIX & JEAN GREY #1
HULK #9
INHUMANS ONCE FUTURE KINGS #1 (OF 5)
JEAN GREY #5
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #21
MS MARVEL #21
OLD MAN LOGAN #27
ROCKET #4
SECRET EMPIRE #8 (OF 10) SE
SECRET WARRIORS #5 SE
STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #11
STAR WARS ROGUE ONE CASSIAN & K2SO SPECIAL #1
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #23
VENOM #153
ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 2 #1 (OF 4)

DC COMICS
ACTION COMICS #985
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #13
DETECTIVE COMICS #962
FLASH #28
GOTHAM ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER #12
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #26
HARLEY QUINN #25
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #12
JUSTICE LEAGUE POWER RANGERS #5 (OF 6)
MISTER MIRACLE #1 (OF 12)
NEW SUPER MAN #14
NEWSBOY LEGION & BOY COMMANDOS SPECIAL #1
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #13
SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #16
SUICIDE SQUAD #23
SUPERGIRL #12
SUPERWOMAN #13
TITANS #14

BOOM
GRASS KINGS #6
OVER GARDEN WALL ONGOING #14
UNSOUND #3 (OF 4)
WWE SUMMER SLAM 2017 #1

DARK HORSE
GROO PLAY OF GODS #2
HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1955 SECRET NATURE ONE SHOT
SHADOWS ON THE GRAVE #7 (OF 8)

DYNAMITE
CENTIPEDE #2
JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES DOG MEN #3
KISS VAMPIRELLA #3 (OF 5)
MIGHTY MOUSE #3
RED SONJA #7
SHADOW #1
SKIN & EARTH #2 (OF 6)
SOVEREIGNS #4

IDW
BACK TO THE FUTURE #22
CLUE #3
FIRST STRIKE #1
JUDGE DREDD BLESSED EARTH #4
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #57
POWERPUFF GIRLS TIME TIE #3 (OF 3)
REAL SCIENCE ADVENTURES FLYING SHE-DEVILS #5 (OF 6
TMNT DIMENSION X #2
TMNT UNIVERSE #13
TRANSFORMERS TILL ALL ARE ONE #12
WYNONNA EARP SEASON ZERO #2 (OF 5)

IMAGE
DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA #3
KILL OR BE KILLED #11
LOW #19
MANIFEST DESTINY #30
REDLANDS #1
ROSE #5
SACRED CREATURES #2
THINK TANK VOL 5 #4
VIOLENT LOVE #7
WICKED & DIVINE #30
YOUNGBLOOD #4

ONI
NIGHTS DOMINION SEASON 2 #1

VALIANT
HARBINGER RENEGADE #6

MISC
ANNO DRACULA #5 (OF 5)
BABYTEETH #3
CATALYST PRIME ACCELL #3
DISNEY GRAVITY FALLS CINESTORY #3 SHORTS
GHOST MONEY #1
IAN LIVINGSTONES FREEWAY FIGHTER #4 (OF 4)
NORMALS #3
QUAKE CHAMPIONS #1 (OF 4)
RIVERDALE (ONGOING) #5
SHERLOCK THE GREAT GAME #1 (OF 6)
SPONGEBOB COMICS #71
STARGATE ATLANTIS HEARTS & MINDS #2
UNHOLY GRAIL #2

MAGAZINES
HEAVY METAL #287

TRADES
ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON HC
ALIEN VS PREDATOR LIFE AND DEATH TP
ANGEL CITY TP TOWN WITHOUT PITY
ANGEL SEASON 11 TP VOL 01 OUT OF PAST
ART OF POKEMON ADVENTURES SC 20TH ANNIV ILLUS
BATMAN ARKHAM CLAYFACE TP
BATMAN BY SCOTT SNYDER & GREG CAPULLO BOX SET 2
BROBOTS GN VOL 02
CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON TP VOL 05 END OF THE LINE
CAPTAIN MARVEL TP VOL 04 EARTHS MIGHTIEST HERO
CASTLE IN ENGLAND HC
CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG HC
CYBORG TP VOL 02 DANGER IN DETROIT (REBIRTH)
DOCTOR WHO 11TH TP VOL 06 MALIGNANT TRUTH
DOCTOR WHO SUPREMACY O/T CYBERMEN TP
DONALD QUEST TP HAMMER OF MAGIC
ECLIPSE TP VOL 02
END OF F$$$ING WORLD HC
FAITH TP VOL 04 THE FAITHLESS
I HEAR THE SUNSPOT GN
INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN TP
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA TP VOL 01 THE EXTREMISTS
KILL OR BE KILLED TP VOL 02
LEGEND OF ZELDA TWILIGHT PRINCESS GN VOL 02
LOST BOYS TP
MEGA PRINCESS TP VOL 01
MY LITTLE PONY TWILIGHT KINGDOM TP
MY PRETTY VAMPIRE HC
MYSTERY KNIGHT GN
OVER GARDEN WALL ONGOING TP VOL 02
PALOOKAVILLE HC VOL 23
PUNISHER MAX TP COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL 06
RED SONJA WORLDS AWAY TP VOL 01
ROCKET RACCOON GROUNDED TP
SHIELD TP HYDRA REBORN
SILK TP VOL 03 CLONE CONSPIRACY
SPAWN VAULT ED HC
STORY OF JEZEBEL GN
SUPER POWERS TP VOL 01
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ARTISAN ED HC
WORLD WAR X TP

BACK IN STOCK
CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL DEADLY ED MAG
CRIMINAL SAVAGE ED MAG
DARK DAYS THE CASTING #1

DARK DAYS THE FORGE #1 2ND PTG

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

ATOMIC BLONDE DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY


The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. 

A blistering blend of sleek action, gritty sexuality and dazzling style, Atomic Blonde is directed by David Leitch (John Wick, upcoming Deadpool 2). Also starring John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones, the film is based on the Oni Press graphic novel “The Coldest City,” by Antony Johnston & illustrator Sam Hart. Kurt Johnstad (300) wrote the screenplay.


Thanks to those mysteriously sly folks from Universal Pictures and ATOMIC BLONDE IN CINEMAS AUGUST 3RD, we are giving you the chance to win 1 of 5 Double In-Season Passes to see the film!

To go into the draw for your chance to win all you need to do is tell us,
"In a world of spies and espionage, I still trust _______ with my life...or at least enough to see ATOMIC BLONDE with" filling the blank with the tag of the person you feel fits the bill and you will be entered in the draw.

Terms and Conditions:
-Only entries made via the comments on the Facebook post will be included in the draw.
-All entries will go into the All Star Barrel and winners will be drawn at random.
-Entries close 6pm Monday the 31st of July and winners will be announced Tuesday the 1st and notified soon after as to how to collect their tickets.

A huge thanks again to Universal Pictures and ATOMIC BLONDE IN CINEMAS AUGUST 3RD

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Monday, July 24, 2017

ALL STAR RECOMMENDS FOR JULY 25TH


Ahoy Matey!

Reading this week's feature comic, Christophe Chabouté's Moby Dick made me want to dig out Chris Wright's 2012 debut, Blacklung as the two books feel so thematically simpatico. Beautifully written, Wright's comic charts the journey of an unfortunate scholar, kidnapped, placed aboard a pirate ship and forced to transcribe the rantings of its blasphemous Captain, a man attempting to commit as much violence as possible to ensure he meets his beloved in hell.

Yeah. Top that for a premise.

Like Moby Dick, Blacklung features a disturbed but charismatic ship's Captain hell-bent on achieving his mad goal. Many of the crew are as equally crazed as their leader, but from syphilis rather than obsessive quest, and again like Chabouté's interpretation of Moby Dick Wright's comic contains moments of absolute unrest.


Wright's blobby monster-men figures and intricate but messy cross-hatching go along way to building reader discomfort. There's really something not quite right about these leering, roughly drawn cartoon pirates and their mammoth, three-fingered fists. Anyway, Blacklung is as good as I remember it to be. Really worth your time if grim, existential, but brilliantly poetic pirate-horror sounds like something you need in your life. And honestly why wouldn't you? It's out of print I believe, but make Blacklung your own personal white whale to hunt, no matter how long it takes...




COMIC OF THE WEEK : MOBY DICK

By Christophe Chabouté
Published By Dark Horse


Herman Melville's enduring classic of American Literature has been adapted into comics numerous times over the decades, each with its own striking, visually lush moments.

There was this effort by Norman Nodel from a 1956 issue of Classics Illustrated:


There was this effort from a 1976 issue of Marvel Comics Classics by Alex Nino:



There was even this 1990 effort from an issue of Berkley/First Comics' Classic Illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz:



The influence of Melville's Moby-Dick even worked its way into Jeff Smith's all-ages gem, Bone:


That's quite an illustrative roster.

Yet, of all attempts to squeeze the epic 1851 novel into the comics medium, it's the latest effort that's far and away the most successful. French artist Christophe Chabouté succeeds where all those before him failed for two simple, blindingly obvious reasons: expansiveness and a brave willingness to allow image to stand in place of word.

Chabouté's adaptation is easily the most cinematic comic book translation of Melville yet, jettisoning the almost slavish devotion previous attempts had to cramming in as much of Melville's striking prose as possible in favour of striking black and white image. Granted, adapting a classic is surely never an easy thing, but Chabouté's characters have the page count to move and breathe on the page, unencumbered by captions filled with text boxing them into their panels. This is not to say that Chabouté abandons the source material's narration and dialogue entirely, the book is far from silent, but instead he picks his moments to showcase Melville's words.

Chabouté's distinctly visual approach to the source material is made clear from the book's very first sequence; Ishmael leaving land for the last time, approaching The Spouter Inn for his final night on solid ground. Ishmael not only walks across and out of panel but, once exited from the right of panel, seagulls enter from his departure point, heading to the safety of the land he's leaving. It's a brilliant, beautiful opening.


Chabouté's cannibalistic harpooner, Queequeg, is everything you'd want from a visual representation of the character - towering, grimly countenanced, but with that oddly noble streak shining through.  Queequeg's charisma is apparent, but perhaps most striking is the manner in which Chabouté renders the novel's nastiness, the grisliness of the whaling trade and those who plied it. The murder (there can be no other adjective) of the whales in this book is gruesome, violent and very dark, harpooners stabbing their prey with insane glee. Captain Ahab, wide-eyed and mad, is presented more as cult leader than Captain - the fixed space of his ship, The Pequod, his entire world and those treading upon it to sail into the unknowable fluidity of the ocean are bound to him in a manner almost supernatural.  Even when the crew doubts the cause, they are easily swayed back to Ahab's mad cause - to find and extinguish the white whale Moby-Dick, the representative of all that's unknowable, foreign, alien, other.


Then there is Chabouté's incredible attention to detail. The very business of surviving aboard a ship such as this needs no words in such expert artistic hands as, from knot tying to on-board metallurgy, its all here and it all looks strikingly authentic (at least to this land lubber). Representative of the author's entire approach to adapting the text, where Melville *told* his readers of every nook and cranny of The Pequod's space, Chabouté shows us, creating a beautifully-realised but disturbing "world" aboard the ship.

Honestly, I love Moby-Dick, it can be read as horror, as SF, as philosophy, as epic Literature, but I can't recall it ever being quite as thrilling as this particular take on it. The inevitable showdown between whale and Captain is stirring, epic stuff, towering over previous efforts, hamstrung by page count, to visually depict it in comics. Here, crew perish, shipwood splinters and harpoons fly in a brilliantly constructed confrontation between whale and man.

If you've never read Moby-Dick before and struggle to see the appeal in a massive book about a crazy old man chasing down a whale, I offer you this book by Christophe Chabouté. Similarly, devotees to the novel will appreciate the manner in which Chabouté somehow respectfully pares Melville's text down to the point of the blood-baptised harpoon Ahab creates to kill his enemy. This is Moby-Dick at its most bonkers, bleak and addicting, beautifully crafted by Chabouté in noir-ish black and white. There are literally too many artistic standout moments to mention, from the huge, such as the multi-page construction of Ahab's inevitable, self-destructive demise, to the little choices Chabouté makes, such as this beautiful use of lighting:


Honestly, I've said it before, but we're living in a Golden Age of comics. Two further works by Christophe Chabouté are set for release before the year's end. The award-winning Alone could well be out by the time this column drops and Park Bench is due in a few short months, both from publishers G13. If either of those two works come close to matching the author's brave, bold adaptation of one of the all-time classics of American Literature, we could well see all three sitting on Best-Of lists by the close of 2017. A remarkable effort.



WEBCOMIC OF THE WEEK : ALTERNATE ENDINGS TO MOBY DICK
By Wes Hotchkiss


I mean, really, why not more Moby Dick comics? From The Gentleman's Armchair comes this week's effort by site proprietor, Wes Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss clearly loves him some Tom Gauld, sharing not just a simplified, stripped back cartooning style obviously patterned after the author of Mooncop, but also Gauld's quirkiness. After the expansiveness of Chabouté's take on the novel, the brevity of Hotchkiss's four panels, each depicting an alternate ending to Melville's masterpiece, may be just the thing if you're feeling a little whaled-out.

http://thegentlemansarmchair.com/comic/moby-dick/


COMICS VIDEO OF THE WEEK : MOBY DICK AND THE MIGHTY MIGHTOR CLIP 2

In case you thought that the recent Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros/DC mash-up comics were the most incongruous meetings of characters you can recall, I offer you this cartoon gem from 1967. Yep, Hanna-Barbera Studios, with comics legend Alex Toth at the design table, brought Moby-Dick in a library of characters that included The Herculoids and, Moby's show-mate, The Mighty Mightor. Here, Hanna-Barbera recognise Moby as the hero he rightly is, hanging out with a couple of underwater scuba-teens Tub and Tom and beating up more deep sea villains than Aquaman and Namor combined.
Surreal stuff.


See you in two weeks. Love your comics.


Cameron Ashley spends a lot of time writing comics and other things you'll likely never read. He's the chief editor and co-publisher of Crime Factory (www.thecrimefactory.com). You can reach him @cjamesashley on Twitter.


Sunday, July 23, 2017

New Comics For Wednesday 26th of July

 

Many thanks again to all our stall holders and everyone that made it along for last weekend's Back Issue and Toy Fair. A great day for sure and now you've got a couple more events to look forward too. 
This Sunday, the 30th from 5pm is the next ALL STAR WOMEN'S COMIC BOOK CLUB MEET UP for July. The Club is covering Terry Moore's Rachel Rising among other comic books catch ups and discussions.


A little further in the future, keep an eye out for details about another very special event with "The Animators" novel author, Kayla Rae Whitaker in early August!


So much happening and we still have this week's books to look forward too!

The team has just come out of actual Hell on Earth. Liz must now lead her team through the monster-infested ruins on a most important rescue mission, but will the new cults arising get in her way in BPRD DEVIL YOU KNOW #1.

Pairing a few times in the past, this is the first meeting of the current IDW Turtles and Stan Sakai's endearing bunny samurai, Usagi in the Sakai written and drawn, TMNT USAGI YOJIMBO.

Flash's infamous Rogue's have given up on Central City and looked elsewhere to pull their next big heist but have they ripped off the wrong people? Will they survive in FLASH TP VOL 03 ROGUES RELOADED (REBIRTH) without the help of the Flash himself?

Wanted to know what happened after the finale of LEGEND OF KORRA? A new quest begins as Korra and Asami's new bond leads them back to Republic city. Can they work together to stop the human vs spirit conflict in LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 01 TURF WARS PT 1.

Get your 80's fix with the first collected volume of MASK MOBILE ARMORED STRIKE KOMMAND TP VOL 01 MOBILIZE.

NOVA RESURRECTION TP kicks off by bringing Richard Rider back! But are two Nova helmets better than one and what exactly has Richard brought back with him?

Mal strikes an unlikely partnership to help rescue a missing friend in this brand new story from the world of Serenity in SERENITY HC VOL 05 NO POWER IN THE VERSE.

You better go go visit us early on Thursday or you are going to miss out on finding out the deeply personal stories of the Power Rangers first days in GO GO POWER RANGERS #1.

Come and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the green dragon with a mohawk this week and watch the ultra buff one take on the Dark Lord in a final battle in SAVAGE DRAGON #225 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

From the world of Archie comes a brand new series in classic Archie style and storytelling with a sprinkle of modern fashion, be sure to take a look at ALL NEW CLASSIC ARCHIE YOUR PAL ARCHIE #1.

Have you already picked up one this year's best, most exciting titles in Beautiful Canvas from Ryan K Lindsay? We still have copies of issue #1 that you are going to want on pick up. Seriously just read what is happening in #2. As a mind reader stumbles through Alex's piles of messy issues, the city begins to burn and Lon wonders if she really should kill that small child. BEAUTIFUL CANVAS #2. Mind explode!

The Black Sinister patrols the streets, handing out his own kind of justice as a town lives in fear. A new comic from the creator of Renato Jones, artist of Lobster Johnson and director of the upcoming Don't be afraid of the dark this the original BLACK SINISTER HC.

Becky Cloonan's award winning trilogy Wolves, The Mire and Demeter is finally been put back in print in this new collected format. Including a sketch and illustration section, this book should not be missed. It's BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE TP.

Fall head first into the dark land of the Skeksis in this whimsical new adventure from the world of Jim Henson. A tiny bird tries to find it's feet after being stuck in the Skeksis net with JIM HENSON THE DARK CRYSTAL TALES HC.

Listen along while you read with a brand new soundtrack by Dan Auerbach from the Black keys and Robert Finley. Murder Ballad's tells the story of a man fleeing a record label career and failing marriage, only to discover a couple of new musicians that might be able to pull him out of the darkness in MURDER BALLADS TP.

From the one, the only Jonathan Coulton and superstar team of Matt Fraction and Albert Monteys comes a concept album in the form of a comic book from Image, SOLID STATE TP.

The ultimate book for Steven Universe fans bursting with concept art, sketches, storyboards and so much more in the STEVEN UNIVERSE ART & ORIGINS HC.

Finally the iconic Adam Hughes statue can be yours with the beautiful re-release of the DC DESIGNER SER WONDER WOMAN BY ADAM HUGHES STATUE

Want to get ahead of the game and find out what comic surprises to look forward in the coming months? Maybe check out the comic book ordering catalog PREVIEWS #347 AUGUST 2017, which also means we'll soon have our next Preview Highlights Album up on Facebook!

Great list, great books. See something you gotta get us to stash, just let us know before close of business Tuesday and we'll make it happen. Until we see you next, have a fantastic week!


MARVEL
BEN REILLY SCARLET SPIDER #5
BLACK PANTHER #16
CABLE #3
CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #24 SE
CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #19 SE
DEADPOOL #34 SE
EDGE OF VENOMVERSE #3 (OF 5)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TELLTALE SERIES #1 (OF 5)
GWENPOOL #18
I AM GROOT #3
ICEMAN #3
INFAMOUS IRON MAN #10
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL #7 SE
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #21
OCCUPY AVENGERS #9 SE
PUNISHER #14
SECRET EMPIRE #7 (OF 10)
SPIDER-GWEN #22
STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #10
THANOS #9
WEAPON X #6 WMD
X-MEN BLUE #8 SE

DC COMICS
ACTION COMICS #984
ALL STAR BATMAN #12
BATGIRL #13
BATMAN BEYOND #10
BATMAN THE SHADOW #4 (OF 6)
BLUE BEETLE #11
DETECTIVE COMICS #961
DOOM PATROL #7
FLASH #27
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #25
HELLBLAZER #12
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11
KAMANDI CHALLENGE #7 (OF 12)
LOONEY TUNES #238
MOTHER PANIC #9
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #28
SUICIDE SQUAD #22
TEEN TITANS #10
WONDER WOMAN #27

BOOM
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #13
GO GO POWER RANGERS #1
JIM HENSON POWER OF DARK CRYSTAL #5 (OF 12)
LUMBERJANES #40
WWE #7

DARK HORSE
BANKSHOT #2
BLACK HAMMER #11
BPRD DEVIL YOU KNOW #1
CONAN THE SLAYER #11
JOE GOLEM OCCULT DETECTIVE OUTER DARK #3
MASS EFFECT DISCOVERY #3
REBELS THESE FREE & INDEPENDENT STATES #5 (OF 8)

DYNAMITE
NANCY DREW HARDY BOYS #5
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS HERO KILLERS #3

IDW
24 LEGACY RULES OF ENGAGEMENT #3 (OF 5)
BACK TO THE FUTURE BIFF TO THE FUTURE #6 (OF 6)
GHOSTBUSTERS 101 #5 (OF 6)
MY LITTLE PONY MOVIE PREQUEL #2
STAR TREK BOLDLY GO #10
TMNT ONGOING #72
TMNT USAGI YOJIMBO
TRANSFORMERS LOST LIGHT #8

IMAGE
BLOODSTRIKE #1
CANNIBAL #7
CROSSWIND #2
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #29
PAKLIS #3
PLASTIC #4 (OF 5)
REDNECK #4
SAGA #45
SAVAGE DRAGON #225 25TH ANNIVERSARY
SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER #2 (OF 5)
SHUTTER #30
SONS OF THE DEVIL #14
SPAWN #276
UNDERWINTER #5
WAYWARD #22

ONI
DAMNED #3
RICK & MORTY #28

VALIANT
FAITH AND THE FUTURE FORCE #1 (OF 4)
X-O MANOWAR (2017) #5

MISC
ALL NEW CLASSIC ARCHIE YOUR PAL ARCHIE #1
ARCHIE 75TH ANNIV DIGEST #12
BEAUTIFUL CANVAS #2
BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #255
BLACK #6 (OF 6)
DIE KITTY DIE HOLLYWOOD OR BUST SUMMER SPECIAL #1
MILLENNIUM GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO #2
NAMWOLF #4
NO WORLD #4
NORMALS #3
ROUGH RIDERS RIDERS ON THE STORM #5
TEKKEN #3 (OF 4)

MAGAZINES
IMAGE PLUS #16 (WALKING DEAD HERES NEGAN PT 16)
MARVEL PREVIEWS VOL 04 #1 AUGUST 2017
PREVIEWS #347 AUGUST 2017

TRADES
APAMA UNDISCOVERED ANIMAL TP VOL 02
AQUAMAN KINGDOM LOST TP
ATOMIC ROBO PRESENTS REAL SCIENCE ADVENTURES TP VO
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION OPERATION GALACTIC STORM
BATMAN SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN TRINITY TP NEW EDITIO
BLACK ROAD TP VOL 02 A PAGAN DEATH
BLACK SINISTER HC
BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE TP
DISNEY ROSA DUCK LIBRARY HC VOL 07 TREASURE 10 AVA
DOCTOR WHO 11TH SAPLING HC VOL 01 GROWTH
DOCTOR WHO TP EMPEROR OF DALEKS
EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN TP VOL 04 IVX
FLASH REBIRTH DLX COLL HC BOOK 01
FLASH TP VOL 03 ROGUES RELOADED (REBIRTH)
FLASH TP VOL 09 FULL STOP
FROSTBITE TP
GREAT DIVIDE TP
HARVEY PEKAR CLEVELAND HC
HOOKJAW TP
HOW TO WIN AT LIFE BY CHEATING AT EVERYTHING TP
JIM HENSON THE DARK CRYSTAL TALES HC
LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 01 TURF WARS PT 1
LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED GN VOL 05 FOUR SWORDS
LIFE AFTER TP VOL 04
MASK MOBILE ARMORED STRIKE KOMMAND TP VOL 01 MOBIL
MIGHTY THOR TP VOL 02 LORDS OF MIDGARD
MURDER BALLADS TP
NIGHTWING TP VOL 06 TO SERVE AND PROTECT
NOT SO SECRET SOCIETY ORIGINAL GN
NOVA RESURRECTION TP
POKEMON OMEGA RUBY ALPHA SAPPHIRE GN VOL 04
POKEMON XY GN VOL 11
QUEEN EMERALDAS HC GN VOL 02 (OF 2)
RUNAWAYS TP VOL 05 ESCAPE TO NEW YORK NEW PTG
SERENITY HC VOL 05 NO POWER IN THE VERSE
SLAPSTICK THATS NOT FUNNY TP
SOLID STATE TP
SPIDER-MAN COMPLETE CLONE SAGA EPIC TP VOL 05 NEW
STAR WARS JEDI ACADEMY YR HC VOL 05 FORCE OVERSLEE
STEVEN UNIVERSE ART & ORIGINS HC
STREET ANGEL GANG HC
SUPERMAN SAVAGE DAWN TP
UNCANNY AVENGERS UNITY TP VOL 04 RED SKULL
UNCANNY X-MEN SUPERIOR TP VOL 04 IVX
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA LEGENDS TP
WARLORDS OF APPALACHIA TP
WASTELAND COMPENDIUM VOL 01 (OF 2)

MERCH
DC DESIGNER SER WONDER WOMAN BY ADAM HUGHES STATUE
MARVEL NOW AGENT VENOM ARTFX+ STATUE

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SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG