Michael Turner, creator of Fathom and Soulfire for his company Aspen MLT, died on June 27 in Santa Monica, CA at the age of 37.
Turner was a fan-favorite artist. His notable early comics work was for Image Comics/Top Cow Productions, where he co-created Top Cow’s flagship title Witchblade. His art has appeared on numerous covers for Marvel, DC and other publishers.
His recent work includes covers for top-selling titles such as Identity Crisis, Justice League of America, Superman/Batman, Wolverine: Origins, Civil War, Fantastic Four, and many more.
Turner had been fighting cancer and related health complications since 2000.
Those wishing to extend their own condolences to the Turner family may send them to:
Aspen MLT, Inc.
c/o Michael Turner
5855 Green Valley Circle, Suite 111
Culver City, CA90230
Aspen also encourages charitable donation to the American Cancer Society or the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Halloween It may seem a little early to be thinking about your plans for this year, but the July Previews that just arrived is asking us to place our orders this month for costumes and inexpensive comic book give-a-ways. Check page 21 for some Halloween related “ashcans” (those smaller sized comics) that can be purchased in bundles of 25 for only $3.00 per bundle. We are not making a cent on these, in fact, we lose the cost of shipping, but if it helps send out the message that comic books are fun … Here’s the catch: you MUST place your order and pre-pay this month.
Also, you will find some relatively inexpensive costumes for adults listed. Have you ever wanted to dress up as Supergirl? Princess Leia? (no, no, forget that - one of our members already did that on national TV and it wasn’t pretty) Speaking of not pretty, how about a Hellboy costume?
Speaking of Hellboy, it’s our
Christmas in July, Heckapalooza Sale connected with the Hellboy Day, July 2nd Phew! What a stretch for that seque! Anyway, the monster sale starts that day and the signs say that “some” green tags will be included. Here are some specifics: ALL green-tagged comics and trades NOT in the showcases will be included in this sale!! That’s right, ALL of those green-tagged silver age comics and modern age keys in the bins just to the left of the new comics section, ALL of the green-tagged comics in the bins in front of the register (war, westerns, Disney, TV/Movie, etc) and ALL of the green-tagged trades that are already deep-discounted!! Remember, for best selection, buy early. There will be NO lay-a-ways.
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Just in case you haven’t figured it out from our single minded barrage of related posts, Helboy Day and the new Hellboy movie are soon upon us and that seemed like a perfect excuse for us to ask Supercollector Myles to bust out his Hellboy collection for display.
Myles is no stranger to our SuperCollector spotlight as he was our inaugural contributor with his Universal Monsters museum back in October. However Myles toy collecting OCD is not limited just to supernatural bric-a-brac and idolatry. Oh, no! We already have Myles’ Joker and James Bond collections scheduled for later this year and that’s still only the tip of the iceberg for his amazing collection of collections. The one thing this man does not need is a hobby.
It’s a looong list- I hope you brought a snack and drink.
New Comic Day will also be Hellboy Day! And, more importantly, your first shot at all the amazing stuff in the Heckapalooza Sale! Bust out your Vera Wang ’cause it’s gonna be THE social event of the season!
New Comics will arrive on Wednesday, July 2.
CBH will be closed on Friday, July 4, and new comics will arrive on THURSDAY, July 10, the following week.
Now, the List:
Its simple: 10,000 back issues, including 3,000 from a new collection need to go to make room for other things. Most start at $1.00 each and will decrease in price everyday.
Hundreds of Trade Paper Backs (some out of print) will also need to go! They will also decrease from original cover price every day!
Green Tags? Yeah, we’ll be throwing some of those in as well!
Who knows what else? There will be some great things thrown in as we make room for new stuff!
July 2nd - First chance at the Heckapalooza Sale items on Hellboy Day!
July 3rd - Heckapalooza Clearance Sale Begins! 10% Off
July 4th - The Fourth of July, CBH is closed for the Fireworks!
July 5th - 20% Off!
July 6th - 30% Off!
July 7th - 40% Off!
July 8th - 50% Off!
July 9th - 60% Off!
July 10th - 70% Off!
July 11th - 80% Off!
July 12th - 90%Off!
July 13th—90% Off!
After July 13th they GO AWAY FOREVER, to make room for a new collection!
No Layaway, No Holds, All Sales Final!
CBH reserves the right to verify sales and limit quantities of all purchases.
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Signing copies of their comic and doing sketches
Random Hellboy Prizes will be given out throughout the 12 day of the Heckapalooza Sale!
Earn chances at Hellboy loot with purchases of Hellboy or donations to Heroes Initiative.
We have an original piece of Hellboy art from Buz Hasson, a Hellboy PVC set, Hellboy Art from the Movie,
and much more!
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0 - Hop on board this new ongoing series with this introductory 99-cent issue.
INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES TPB VOL 01 - Kid-friendly Indy action in an animated style, this book is in digest form, so it’ll fit in your pocket.
MARVEL 1985 #2 - Somehow the Marvel Universe’s baddest bad guys have crossed over into the real world, and only a 13-year old comic fan knows about it.
SUPERMAN #677 - This is the beginning of a new era for Supes as writer James Robinson (Starman) begins his run with plans to revitalize the Man of Tomorrows rogues gallery and the supporting cast.
WALKING DEAD TPB VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER (MR) - If you can stand to wait for the trade (this book has a major cliffhanger at each chapter’s end), it has finally arrived.
Well let me just say, sorry about not posting lately. Was sick last week and didn’t feel like doing much of anything. But here is some great news.
Marvel is making 2011 an even bigger year by announcing with Sony that Spider-man 4 will be released in May 2011.
Sony has also launched the teaser site for “the Green Hornet” check it out here. Set to be released June 25, 2010.
Continuing the viral market of the Dark Knight, you can now check out a nice clip of Two-Face here.
G.I.Joe movie will now include the subtitle “Rise of Cobra”.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #2
The writing team of Abnett and Lanning are on fire and the art team of Pelletier and Magyar aren’t cooling things down any. This title is fun and inventive. It is a spin-off from Annihilation: Conquest and Starlord, but you need not have read those books to enjoy this one.
GotG is all-out superhero space adventure with its roots in Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. It reminds me of the best of the Micronauts (the killer Marvel toy tie-in from the late ’70s and early ’80s). Don’t know that one? What about Star Wars (the one you kids call Episode IV - A New Hope)? Like team books? Enjoy the current Nova? Are you a Bill Mantlo fan? Do you get a kick out of the cosmic corner of the Marvel Universe? If you answered ‘yes’ to any or all of these questions, you will love GotG.
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