Comics hitting the racks here at Neptune tomorrow are:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 589
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST 197
AVENGERS INITIATIVE 1
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL COMMISSIONER GORDON 1
BATMAN BRAVE & THE BOLD 3
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT 11 (OF 12)
BATTELSTAR GALACTICA CYLON WAR 3 (OF 4)
CAPED 1 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN AMERICA 48
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN 9
CROSSED 4 (OF 9)
DAREDEVIL 117
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA 1-SHOT
DARKNESS 76
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL 4
ELEPHANTMEN 17
FANTASTIC FOUR 565
FUTURAMA COMICS 42
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIEDS DEAR BILLY 3
GEARS OF WAR 5
GI JOE ORIGINS 2
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY 12
IMMORTAL IRON FIST 24
INCREDIBLE HERCULES 127
INCREDIBLES FAMILY MATTERS 1 (OF 4)
INDIANA JONES & TOMB OF THE GODS 4 (OF 4)
JACK OF FABLES 32
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 31
MADAM XANADU 9
MERCY SPARX 3
MIGHTY AVENGERS 23
MS MARVEL 37
MUPPET SHOW 1 (OF 4)
NEW AVENGERS 51
NOVA 23
ORACLE 1 (OF 3)
PROOF 18
RESISTANCE 4 (OF 6)
RUNAWAYS 3 8
SKAAR SON OF HULK 9
SONIC UNIVERSE 2
SPAWN 190
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 9
STAR TREK LAST GENERATION 5
STAR TREK MISSIONS END 1
STAR WARS LEGACY 34
SUPERMAN 686
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE 55
TERMINATOR SALVATION MOVIE PREQ 3 (OF 4)
THUNDERBOLTS 130
TOP TEN SPECIAL 1
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON 9
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PREQ DEFIANCE 4
TRINITY 43
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS 5 (OF 6)
UNKNOWN SOLDIER 6
WAR MACHINE 4
WAR OF KINGS DARKHAWK 2
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT 11 (OF 12)
WILDCATS 9
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS 13
WONDER WOMAN 30
X-FORCE CABLE MESSIAH WAR 1-SHOT
X-INFERNUS 3 (OF 4)
X-MEN KINGBREAKER 4 (OF 4)
X-MEN SWORD OF BRADDOCKS 1-SHOT
X-MEN TIMES AND LIFE OF LUCAS BISHOP 2 (OF 3)
A new Wizard and a new Overstreet price guide also come out tomorrow. Another great Tick collection will also be out tomorrow, which is always fun and sells quickly.
The late books have gotten much better this week. Only a couple late arrivals, and they're not WAY late. Indiana Jones & Tomb of the Gods has taken forever to come out. The final issue, #4 comes out today, and the issue before it arrived Christmas Eve 2008. Mercy Sparx #2 came out on January 7, with the current issue coming out tomorrow. Both are indie books, which isn't an excuse for lateness, but is sometimes an explanation.
Showing posts with label Devil's Due. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Devil's Due. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Free Comic Book Day
It's Coming!! Only 4 days away now. We're crazy busy here, between getting ready for Scott McCloud last week and then FCBD this week, plus the new Magic: The Gathering set releases on Friday and there's New Comics Day tomorrow. (We're getting MORE new action figure toys - I've got NO IDEA where to go with these anymore.)
I like to read some of the FCBD books in advance, so I can help people choose. But with everything going on I've only had time for a couple.
"The Blue Diamond Detective Agency - The Train was Bang On Time" started slow, especially since the art was really a black & white sketch style that made it hard for me to figure out who was who at first. But once I got that sorted out and the mystery started to unfold, it got good - just in time for the book to end. The full version is a graphic novel that should come out sometime this summer.
"Writing the Unthinkable Activity Book" is kind of interesting if you are looking for a how-to-write book. Not even so much how to write comics, but more just how to write. There are a bunch of exercises to guide one in writing and lessons to help writers keep writing. Plus it has lots of weird art too (all black and white).
"The Legion of Superheroes" is very similar to the episode of the cartoon I watched a few weeks ago. It's a cute kids book based on the cute TV cartoon - kids will love it and adults who like the Legion or cute stuff will like it too.
Now that's all I've read so far. But, lucky for me, Kelly - who works at our store - happened to read a bunch. Click here to read her reviews.
One thing she pointed out that really made me scratch my head - Devil's Due paired Hack/Slash, a fairly adult comic of a violent and sexual nature with Family Guy, a comic book that a lot of tweens and teens would like. I thought last year's pairing of Star Wars and Conan was bad, but this one is even worse. I'm half tempted to rip the two in half! I have even told a couple of kids who were looking for Family Guy comics that there will be one for FCBD - but now when they ask for it I'll have to explain that it might not be for them because of the Hack/Slash comic it's attached to. Family Guy with G.I. Joe would have been fine, even pairing it with one of the Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms books would have worked, even Buffy or Hellboy. Sure, Family Guy isn't really for kids - and we tell parents that. But many parents are fine with the comic if their child is already watching the TV show. I could see kids 12 and up reading it. But pairing it with Hack/Slash now makes it more of a 16+ item. Who runs that place?
I like to read some of the FCBD books in advance, so I can help people choose. But with everything going on I've only had time for a couple.
"The Blue Diamond Detective Agency - The Train was Bang On Time" started slow, especially since the art was really a black & white sketch style that made it hard for me to figure out who was who at first. But once I got that sorted out and the mystery started to unfold, it got good - just in time for the book to end. The full version is a graphic novel that should come out sometime this summer.
"Writing the Unthinkable Activity Book" is kind of interesting if you are looking for a how-to-write book. Not even so much how to write comics, but more just how to write. There are a bunch of exercises to guide one in writing and lessons to help writers keep writing. Plus it has lots of weird art too (all black and white).
"The Legion of Superheroes" is very similar to the episode of the cartoon I watched a few weeks ago. It's a cute kids book based on the cute TV cartoon - kids will love it and adults who like the Legion or cute stuff will like it too.
Now that's all I've read so far. But, lucky for me, Kelly - who works at our store - happened to read a bunch. Click here to read her reviews.
One thing she pointed out that really made me scratch my head - Devil's Due paired Hack/Slash, a fairly adult comic of a violent and sexual nature with Family Guy, a comic book that a lot of tweens and teens would like. I thought last year's pairing of Star Wars and Conan was bad, but this one is even worse. I'm half tempted to rip the two in half! I have even told a couple of kids who were looking for Family Guy comics that there will be one for FCBD - but now when they ask for it I'll have to explain that it might not be for them because of the Hack/Slash comic it's attached to. Family Guy with G.I. Joe would have been fine, even pairing it with one of the Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms books would have worked, even Buffy or Hellboy. Sure, Family Guy isn't really for kids - and we tell parents that. But many parents are fine with the comic if their child is already watching the TV show. I could see kids 12 and up reading it. But pairing it with Hack/Slash now makes it more of a 16+ item. Who runs that place?
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