Preview: CURSE OF THE WENDIGO by Mathieu Missoffe and Charlie Adlard
Although you'd think he was busy enough drawing THE WALKING DEAD every month, artist Charlie Adlard occasionally has time to toss off something like CURSE OF THE WENDIGO (reviewed here) a horror comic written by French screenwriter Mathieu Missoffe and released in France in 2009. The story is set in World War I and finds French and GErman soldier teaming up to fight a greater horror. An American edition is out today from Dynamite, and here's a preview:
Continue ReadingKyle Baker is working on something called HOTWIRE
Multi-talented Kyle Baker has been a little under the radar for a while. He's working on some comics and animation proects, including, it seems something called HOTWIRE written by Kevin McCarthy (EPOCH). Or as Baker put it: I think this is the cover. Looks like a comic about a flying girl with pink hair...we're in.
Continue ReadingFirst look: Charlaine Harris’s Grave Sight Part 3
Dynamite has provided us with the cover to the third part of their Charlaine Harris adaptation, by Benoit Springer.
Continue ReadingPREVIEW: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes
This month's release of the first volume of Fantagraphics' Carl Barks reprints is call for rejoicing. There have been many reprint projects centered on Barks' work, but they must have been designed by the three bears: one was too expensive, one was too cheap, one had garish color, and so on. This new effort -- reprinted in handsome hardcovers with simple coloring by Rich Tommaso that recalls the original limited coloring without a lot of fanfare. I think a lot is going to be said as more of Barks' work becomes available in a world where the bodies of work of the great cartoonists are becoming increasingly available -- it is the golden age of the comics reprint, after all. For now, this conversation between James Romberger and Gary Groth will serve as a good introduction. Fantagraphics has a 17-page pdf preview available on their site. In the meantime, here's a seven-page preview of that preview. And these may be the seven of the greatest comics pages ever. Enjoy.
Continue ReadingNice art: Lynda Barry’s younger years
Slate has a preview of the autobio material in the upcoming Lynda Barry collection Everything Vol. 1. More in link.
Continue ReadingPREVIEW: Memorial by Chris Roberson and Rich Ellis
This December, MEMORIAL by Chris Roberson and Rich Ellis comes out from IDW. The six issue mini-series is the story of Em, a young woman who arrives at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, with no memory of her past. A year later, her newly-rebuilt life is thrown into turmoil after she inherits a magical shop, the kind that appears in an alley one instant and disappears the next. Em is drawn into a supernatural conflict between beings that not only represent, but are, fundamental elements of the universe itself. All of existence is at stake, so there’s only a little pressure on Em, the magical shop, and a talking cat.
Continue ReadingWhat to buy from Image Comics in December 2011
An all-star Madman anniversary collection and a Super Dinosaur coloring book highlight the month, plus a Jingle Belle collections, the first Witch Doctor trade, a comic about ancient Rome by Tito Faraci and Dan Brereton, and the second issue of Paul Grist's MUDMEN.
Continue ReadingWhat to buy from Dark Horse in January 2012
Dark Horse has just released its January solicitations -- a new reprint of a classic European comics by Hermann tops the list for us, along with a series of Mike Mignola variant covers in his monster year, and the Compleat Terminal City.
Continue ReadingDC in January: Complete solicitations
What the heck, everyone else does it. A XOMBI collection with all five issues of the John Rozum/Frazer Irving romp and GONE TO AMERIKAY, the Derek McCulloch/Colleen Doran GN about the Irish immigration would top our wish list. Lots o' fill-ins in the New 52 creatives as deadlines take their toll. But it was all in the plan.
Continue ReadingExclusive preview of the comic that took 25 years to make: TEEN TITAN GAMES
With all the hubbub going on about the New 52, it's ironic that this week also sees the release of a graphic novel that readers have been waiting for for over 25 years: New Teen Titans: Games Marv Wolfman and George Perez revolutionized DC's superhero line with their work on Teen Titans 30 years ago, and they were tapped to create an original graphic novel about the Titans -- one of the first such projects at DC. Unfortunately, first came writer's block on Wolfman's part, then artist's block on Perez's, then various illnesses and publishing scheduling changes came and...bam! 25 years have passed. Perez drew the first 60 pages of the book pack in the 80s, and it languished in a drawer for all this time, until over the last few years, he was able to get back to work on it. However, eye surgery last year caused one last delay...until this very day.
Continue ReadingPreview Craig Thompson’s HABIBI
Craig Thompson'ss incredible graphic novel HABIBI is coming out next week, and while very different thematically from BLANKETS, it shares Thompson's emotionally resonent storytelling in which every line and word is part of the overall effect. For a peek, Guernica magazine has a preview of 11 pages. HABIBI goes on sale everywhere next week.
Continue ReadingPreview: THE BIG LIE #1
While the re-you-know-what by you-know-who has been sucking all the air and dollars out of the room, there are lots of other great comics on sale from other publishers this month, and it's high time to get back to previewing them. One such book is THE BIG LIE #1 by Rick Veitch and Gary Ersksine, a highly provocative book about a woman who goes back in time to rescue her husband from the destruction of the World Trade Center. Along the way she uncovers some startling questions. Creator Veitch says he's not a Truther -- as are those who believe the 9/11 attacks were a government conspiracy -- but as in this Huffington Post interview he believes in skepticism:
Continue ReadingPREVIEW: Diane Duane’s The Misadventures of Prince Ivan
Back when the deeds of Kyrax2 were making the rounds, we'd tagged a post we never got around to spotlighting by author Diane Duane, who lists her bio as "30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond"--the kind of long-lasting, multi-media resume that superior writers build up. In a post on her blog about DC's women troubles, Duane talked about being a comics reader and creator over the years:
Continue ReadingExclusive CHEW #20 preview and BIG LEAGUE CHEW cover
From today's just concluded Image panel, Chew #20 includes 8 extra pages at no extra cost. We've been given an exclusive preview of pages from the issue, below. In addition, Chew #23 has been announced with the title "Big League Chew" -- it's out in October and includes a zombie-fied front cover.
Continue ReadingBOOM! suggests you reserve and read SNARKED
Via BOOM!'s mailing list, Chip Mosher has a pretty clear suggestion that shows just how publishers are living on a copy here and a copy there. With DC's massive relaunch coming up a lot of retailer dollars are going to be tied up elsewhere so a book like Roger Langridge's SNARKED needs every little boost:
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