New Comics Arriving WEDNESDAY, March 5

| February 29, 2008

24 COLD WARRIORS – $7.49 ALL NEW ATOM #21 – $2.99 ALTER EGO BEST OF LEGENDARY COMICS FANZINE SC – $21.95 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #552 – $2.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #552 GRANOV VAR ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #1 3RD PTG – $3.99 BACK IN STOCK ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #2 2ND PTG – $3.99 BACK IN STOCK [...]

‘Justice League’ Movie Back on Track

| February 28, 2008

Warner Bros. put the Justice League project on hold in mid-January citing script problems. Since the writers’ strike was still on, the script fixes could not be made. Now that the writers’ strike is over, the studio has put the movie on the fast track in order to add another “tent-pole” film to the studio’s [...]

Brubaker Criminally Good, Millar Kicks @$$, and Usui Colors Outside the Lines – Dave’s Picks of the Week (2/27-3/4)

| February 26, 2008

CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL 01 (MR) – Adult Swim’s hit show came from this manga that is for fans of Southpark and Family Guy. CRIMINAL 2 #1 (MR) – Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil) brings true noir to comics. Each story arc features a new set of characters. DOCTOR WHO #1 – New stories featuring the [...]

Top 100 Graphic Novels & TPBs for January 2008

| February 25, 2008

1. ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 17 SENTINELS 2. SAVAGE SWORD O/CONAN VOL 1 TP 3. BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 03 4. HULK PREM HC END. 5. KABUKI REFLECTIONS #9 (MR)

New Manga List is ready! Plus more trades!

| February 24, 2008

I managed to go through that large assortment of manga that I just picked up and have a list available at the shop. These represent the remaining inventory of a recently closed comic shop. They are new, unread volumes that were on the racks at that store, but are ALL being discount priced at only [...]

Top 100 Comics for January 2008

| February 24, 2008

1. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 BRAND NEW DAY 2. HULK #1 3. CAPTAIN AMERICA #34 4. PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #0 5. ASTONISHING X-MEN #24

New Comics Arriving WEDNESDAY, February 27

| February 22, 2008

ACTION COMICS #862 – $2.99 ACTION COMICS #862 VAR ED ALL ACTION CLASSICS TOM SAWYER GN – $6.95 ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN #9 VAR ED ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #9 – $2.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #551 BRAND NEW DAY – $2.99 BACK IN STOCK ANITA BLAKE VH HC FIRST DEATH – [...]

Wolverine Movie Cast

| February 21, 2008

Titled X-Men Origins: Wolverine and slated to hit theaters May 1, 2009, the Marvel Enterprises and Twentieth Century Fox film now has a huge cast of characters. Gavin Hood (Rendition) directs and Hugh Jackman stars as the title character. Sabretooth, Deadpool, Gambit, Wraith, Kayla Silverfox, and Stryker have been added. Black Eyed Peas leader will.i.am [...]

Grant Morrison and Other New York Comic Con Guests Announced

| February 21, 2008

Grant Morrison, the renowned writer of The Invisibles, All Star Superman, JLA, New X-Men, Batman, and the upcoming Final Crisis will be a Guest of Honor at the New York Comic Con, which will be held at the Jacob Javits Center from April 18-20th, 2008. The New York Comic Con has also announced a number [...]

Battlestar, Nascar, and the Green Skar – Dave’s Picks of the Week (2/20-26)

| February 20, 2008

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS #3 – What makes Gaius Baltar tick? BSG Origins explores the background of what is arguably the most fascinating character from the Sci-Fi Network series. BRAVE AND THE BOLD #10 – The mighty team of Waid and Perez bring team-up DC characters from across time in this storyline: Superman & Shining Knight [...]

Dynamo 5 and Holiday Bonus All-Winners Squad

| February 19, 2008

Captain Dynamo, Earth’s greatest superhero, has passed away. His wife discovers he was not a particularly faithful husband. So, to defend her now unprotected city, she gathers together five of Dynamo’s illegitimate children. Each possessing one of their late father’s powers and heretofore unaware of their lineage or each other’s existence, these strangers must come [...]

Fall Out Boy Does Comics With Dabels

| February 19, 2008

The Dabel Brothers are developing a new comic book project with pop/emo-rock band Fall Out Boy (fans of the band and The Simpsons know the band’s name is based on the sidekick of Bart’s favorite superhero, Radioactive Man). The project will be produced in collaboration with the band with heavy involvement in particular from bassist [...]

Star Trek Movie Release Pushed Back

| February 18, 2008

Paramount has moved the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie, which was originally scheduled to debut on Christmas Day, to May 8th, 2009. Paramount says that the Star Trek film is on schedule and could have opened at Christmas, but is being moved because it has real “tent-pole” potential. -From an icv2.com announcement Can’t wait until [...]

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Movie in Theaters on August 15th

| February 17, 2008

Star Wars hits the big screen again as the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature film premieres in theaters on August 15th. The Lucasfilm Animation film features state-of-the-art computer animation, and will be followed up with the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series this fall on the Cartoon Network and TNT. [...]

Comics writer Steve Gerber, 1947-2008

| February 16, 2008

Mark Evanier is reporting at his site that comics writer Steve Gerber died Feb. 11 after “a long, painful illness. For the last year or so, he was in and out of hospitals and had just become a ‘candidate’ for a lung transplant. He had pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that literally turns the lungs to [...]

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