DVD News: Halloween Comes Early! Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat to Screen at Comic-Con International

Writer of Superman Returns & X2 Mixes Fun with Fear in Critically-Acclaimed Feature-Length Directorial Debut


Director/writer Michael Dougherty’s creepy, darkly comic celebration of the scariest night of the year – Trick ‘r Treat – comes to Comic-Con International with a special screening and panel on Thursday, July 23 at 10:00 p.m. in Balllroom 20 of the San Diego Convention Center.

Trick ‘r Treat takes the Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt approach to nefarious new depths with four interwoven tales set on Halloween night: a high school principal who moonlights as a vicious serial killer; a young virgin whose quest for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens who carry out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man who battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.

Comic-Con International credentials are required for admittance to the 4,000-seat room.

Prior to the screening, Ain’t It Cool News mogul Harry Knowles will moderate a panel featuring Dougherty (Superman Returns, X2) and members of the cast. The movies stars Anna Paquin (True Blood, X-Men), Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity, X2).

A collection of creepy stories that mixes fun with fear, candy with poison, and laughter with screams, the critically-acclaimed Trick 'r Treat will be released on Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def and DVD and On Demand by Warner Home Video in October 2009.
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DVD News: Warner Home Entertainment Group Hosts Landmark Live Community Event via BD Live at SDCC on July 25

See the Watchmen Director’s Cut!
Hear Zack Snyder’s Commentary Live!
at Comic-Con International & at Home

Director Zack Snyder provides Real-Time Director’s Commentary;
Pre-Screening Panelists Include Dave Gibbons, Jackie Earle Haley

Event Also Spotlights Batman: Arkham Asylum from Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment featuring Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy & Paul Dini

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will give fans the ultimate inside track on two landmark releases at Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 25 with a Live Community Screening of Watchmen: Director’s Cut via BD-Live, and a first-look panel for the breakout Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment game, Batman: Arkham Asylum.
The event begins at 8:30 p.m. in Room 6BCF of the San Diego Convention Center. Comic-Con International credentials are required for admittance to the 2,000-seat room.

Watchmen director Zack Snyder, legendary illustrator Dave Gibbons and actor Jackie Earle Haley will discuss the nuances of the film’s Director’s Cut – which streets on July 21, 2009 – in a panel prior starting at 9:00 p.m. As the film rolls at 9:30 p.m., Snyder will host a Live Community Screening – providing a real-time, in-person director’s commentary for Comic-Con attendees, while BD-Live viewers at home will have the ability to follow receive Snyder’s insights via their internet-enabled Blu-ray players.

Audience members at Comic-Con and at home will have the opportunity to ask questions of Snyder during the screening – via computer kiosks within the room, and through their internet connections at home, making for an entirely interactive viewing experience. Home audience members will need to have purchased the Watchmen Director’s Cut Blu-ray edition, and have an internet-enabled Bly-ray player.

The evening’s festivities will open at 8:30 p.m. with a first-look at the highly-anticipated WBIE video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. The panel will be led by the benchmark voices of Batman and the Joker, Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars), as well as award-winning writer Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) and Rocksteady Studios game developer Sefton Hill. Batman: Arkham Asylum is co-published in North America by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Eidos, Inc.
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So I Married A Fanboy - My Marriage To A Comic Collector

You’d never know it by looking at me but, I’m married to a comic book geek.


All those years ago, when I met my husband, I thought “How cute, he reads comic books.” I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. We were in college, so I did not know the amount of issues his collection entailed.

He was smart by introducing me to his passion in small doses. I’d see a book here or there and he would play them off as a casual pastime. I did not realize the full extent of his love of comics until we had been together for a few months. I went to his house to meet his parents and his collection.

I had never seen anything like it in my life. In his parents’ basement were boxes and boxes of comics. He would leave me alone so that he could search through the “stacks” for what he wanted to read. It was then that I realized that I was in love with a comic book geek.

It definitely evolved from there. He would take me to the comic shop and occasionally, I would be enlisted to pick up his weekly stash. (I have to admit, at times that was scary, some of the guys in the stores would act as if they’d never seen a girl before). One thing was for sure, I never had trouble getting help there.

I have and will continue to go to comic book conventions with him (please remember to shower and use deodorant if you go). He tries to “pimp” me out, encouraging me to wear makeup when I go. Artists and writers have introduced themselves to me and I have been the go between when my husband has been too shy to talk to people himself.

And don’t tell anybody, I’ve read a few titles myself…..
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Comic Review: Farscape: D'Argo's Lament #4 Review by Lisa L.

Comics have a lot of bonuses. One of the bonuses I've come to discover is they create endless story possibilities. Especially in the case of stories that seem to have ended. I've already mentioned my love of the t.v. series Farscape, and my sadness at its end. Boom! Studio's new series carries on with the stories of Moya and her crew.




Farscape: D'Argo's Lament, written by Keith R.A. Decandido and illustrated by Neil Edwards, is a 4-part series before the Peacekeeper Wars. When a deal made by Rygel to obtain orujna (a vital oil needed to keep Moya's collar-damaged skin from flaking away) dissolves, D'Argo and Jool must travel to Egrof to find it right at the source. Once there, they are caught in the middle of two warring crime lords under the impression that D'Argo is the Luxan general hired as a mercenary to shift the balance of power. When the mercenary in question turns out to be a face from D'Argo's past his mission and Moya are in jeopardy.

Issue #4 picks up with the carnage released by a mercenary Luxan and D'Argo's former superior, General Fin Sterikk. Kitrap's distillery is in flames, a move made by Sterikk to swing the balance of power in rival crime lord Esseret's favour. And now Sterikk stands between D'Argo and the orujna he needs to help Moya. Kitrap tries to convince D'Argo the answer is to strike back at Esseret, but D'Argo knows the answer is to face the General in combat.

The really great thing about this series is it focuses solely on D'Argo and Jool and opens up a little background on D'Argo in a way that couldn't really be explored in the t.v. series. The soul of the characters is there and the series is really well drawn. It's a great companion to the other comics in the Boom! Farscape series.
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Comic Review: The Unknown#3 (BOOM! Studios) By John H

What you don’t know can’t hurt you, can it?

Belief is a weird thing. You either have it or you don’t. It can change or evolve over time, but it never completely goes away. To acknowledge a higher power requires a certain leap of faith, to believe in something you cannot see, a little like particle physicist‘s did before C.T.R. Wilson invented the cloud chamber, and proved the existence of atoms and nuclei. When proof will finally surface about life on other planets, what will the god fearing masses think then? What would a fact finding atheist do when shown insurmountable evidence of the supernatural?




Would you, like Catherine Allingham in The Unknown #3, try and disprove the various theories on the after life or would you just let the mystery lie, especially if you only had 6 months to live? As an atheist detective whose “faith” resides solely in the realm of science, Catherine happens unto certain individuals and events that begin to shake her beliefs.

A certain box, with the ability to judge the value of human existence, leads her and her companion on an adventure that will put her on a path fraught with danger. The path leads her to an orthodox priest who claims to have lived three hundred years since discovering a door to the underworld, while seeking treasure in a chasm.Demanding a price for intruding upon their realm, the spirits grant the unlucky spelunker immortality in exchange for being the door’s eternal guardian. This old priest believes that any form of proof of the existence of the afterlife, from the esoteric to modern science, must be destroyed. Problem is the highly sought after box is in the possession of the maniacal priest.

All this leads our dear heroine to the fabled door to the Underworld, and when she finds herself trapped on the other side with the encroaching darkness creeping upon her, questions are raised as how can she not believe what is happening around her.

A surprisingly entertaining read which I can’t wait to see the conclusion to next month.

8/10

Goes on sale July 15th

John H
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Comic Review: Fallen Angels: Reborn #1(IDW Publishing) By John H

In a time before night and day.

Was there ever Time before time itself began? A place where the primordial powers strewed the vastness of nothing, with thoughts of life and dreams and of suns and stars? Perhaps, those Gods are gone and the one we worship is just the last of his kind? Perhaps he is a tyrant rearing us in time to be his replacements. If so, what if he wasn’t the last? What if some of his brethren were locked away in some dimensional dungeon, waiting and plotting for the seals to fall? How would they react, if they saw what once belonged to them completely usurped and changed? How would you react?




In Fallen Angels: Reborn #1, one of the Old Ones ,Illyria, returns to mourn her lost godhood, powers and her worshippers. Being set in a time before Not Fade Away (the season five series finale), Illyria remembers her last fading moments being sliced open by her own weapons, and seeing a single blade of grass standing proudly and defiantly on that plain, surviving where demon, human and deity had fallen in the Godwar.

The blade of grass had prophesized that Illyria would one day be reborn, although it forgot to mention into what form she would be revived. Who knew grass would not be omniscient? Returning from her thoughts, Illyria is greeted by a man who claims to work for old clients of the Wolfram & Hart team. He promises Illyria to return her to her former godlike self, if only she could kill someone for his clients. Illyria only has to retrieve the old blades and helm to return her powers to their proper glory. She is sent to the town of Bete Noir where the first blade lies, but soon she will come to realize she has perhaps finally met her match.

The authors of the Whedonverse never cease to amaze with great storytelling, because filling out a character like Illyria is no easy task. Keep up the good work!

8.5/10

Goes On sale July 15th

John H
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Comic Review: Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse TPB (BOOM! Studios) By John H

When the Gods war…

How would you comprehend the unknowable? How would we as mortals fight back when out of the vastness of nothing, would appear the horror that is our collective nightmares, here to end our very existence? When the vast hordes of the Ether seek to fight amongst themselves in a race to oblivion on our home planet, how could we possibly hope to survive?




In Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse TPB, a rag tag groups of survivors seek to do just that. But not only just to survive, but beat the Gods at their own games. Nyarlothep is a godling who seeks to welcome back the Great Cthulhu from his long slumber, by destroying our world before his godhead awakens. There are a variety of factions, who although they are not human, nevertheless try to help our down on their luck heroes.

A Poseidon like Elder God named Noden, is responsible for the last magical slumber of the Great Cthulhu. Noden is first in line in attempting to stop Nyarlothep at his rush for planetary annihilation. A fierce struggle ensues, with the crawling chaos which is Nyarlothep being victorious by destroying the water dwelling deity’s vast army.

A cryptic and crone-like demon, by the name of the Harlot the Keeper of Secrets, offers her aid to the characters, whom both fear and mistrust her. With the Keeper’s aid, the courageous protagonists are able to travel to another dimension in order to carry out their mission…but at what cost?

This book brings all the mythos of the Lovecratian genre to bear remarkably well. Each individual panel is full of oddities, beasts and demons straight out of any nightmarish hell. It sets the tone for when the reader is finally face to face with the vastness that is Cthulhu…an event which does not disappoint!

This collection is great …or is it but a beginning to a new saga?

9.0/10

Goes on sale July 15th

John H
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Comic review: Poe #1(BOOM! Studios) by John H

When Haunted by the past…

To see death, and those that reside on the other side, could be considered a dream to some and a nightmare for others. What if you can’t control the visions? If the dead come to talk and ask for favors, or ask for revenge? And amidst all this, what if you were haunted by the vision of your passing wife, the love of your life, called on by the Grim Reaper? Would you stay sane? Could you? Would you even want to?




In Poe #1, this series of unfathomable circumstances occurs to one of America’s most beloved authors, Edgar Allen Poe. In the first issue, we are set upon the path of a young man who has just lost his wife, and he cannot rest for fear I believe of missing her soul. Locked in an insane asylum, he is constantly haunted by the figure of a small girl, who took her life several years before his own internment.

Having grown tired of Edgar Allen Poe’s bothersome attitude, the nuns request Edgar’s younger brother to please take their patient away. This is where we are treated to Edgar savvy and intellect, for you see Edgar’s brother is a constable for the city of Baltimore and the police have discovered a slew of new murders. Having written a few books on a certain detective, Edgar is surprised to notice things he constables seem to take for granted.

After demonstrating to the assembled police corps several piece of evidence they had not taken into account, Edgar asks his brother if he may help him on the case. Eventually his brother acquiesces, and the two are off quickly following the path of clues Mr. Poe had assembled at the murder scene. However, very soon they realize this case is much more than it seems, when supernatural elements seem to pop up more and more frequently. The murders it seems are centered on five roman coins of the Augustus Denarus denomination, and all but one of the owners is dead.

It's always nice to be surprised by a book, and this one with its Sherlock Holmes overtones is my new favorite of the moment. This is an awesome story that kept me turning the pages till the very end. The artist uses his colors to full gloriously lugubrious effect. A must have for murder and mystery enthusiasts!

9/10

Goes On sale July 15th

John H.
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Comic News: THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK'S ROGER LANGRIDGE TO ATTEND COMIC-CON '09

EISNER, HARVEY, IGNATZ AND REUBEN AWARD NOMINEE TO SIGN...

OH, WE'LL TELL YOU LATER…BUT TRUST US, YOU’LL WANT THIS!

Only At The BOOM! Studios Booth #2543

First Comic-Con Appearance Since 2006
Flying all the way from London!


Critically acclaimed THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK cartoonist Roger Langridge will be attending Comic-Con ’09 and only at the BOOM! Studios booth #2543.

A late-breaking addition Comic-Con ’09, Roger Langridge will be present at the BOOM! Studios booth for the entire show — and at special times, he will be signing… oh, we’ll tell you later… but trust us, you’ll want this!

Roger will also be hosting THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC PANEL Sunday, July 26th at 10am in Room 32AB to talk about his work on the well-loved franchise.

THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK took the industry by storm this spring with a raft of critical praise, which was only surpassed by multiple sell-outs on nearly every issue. With the last issue of THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK hitting store shelves this past month, Roger Langridge returns for another soon to be sold out in a store near you run with your favorite Muppet characters in THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK: THE TREASURE OF PEG-LEG WILSON.

Roger Langridge has worked for most of the major comic publishers in the English-speaking world, as well as sustaining a parallel career as an illustrator. His title FRED THE CLOWN, published by Fantagraphics Books, has been nominated for Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz and Reuben Awards.




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Comic News: TYRESE GIBSON'S MAYHEM SHATTERS SINGLE STORE SALES RECORD

TYRESE GIBSON'S MAYHEM yields big results from grassroots efforts combined with a world-wide press junket by one of Hollywood's biggest superstars!


TYRESE GIBSON's MAYHEM and Image Comics announce their presale efforts through a partnership with Los Angeles, CA's Meltdown Comics have exceeded single store records not seen since the early nineties with over ten thousand units sold.

"The success of MAYHEM is a golden opportunity for all retailers to tap into this new influx of readers and in-store foot traffic that Tyrese brings with him,” Meltdown owner Gaston Dominguez said. “Tyrese is a 2.0 celebrity who is a marketing workhorse and whose brand spans across movies, music, and TV. Team MAYHEM are in it to win it! They are sincere and want to put out good products that cater to their fan base and beyond. Believe me when I tell you that if Tyrese Twitters your store name you will get calls and in-store orders.”

Image Comics President SPAWN creator Todd McFarlane added, "With the current state of the comic book industry, any new infusion of excitement or customers would be a welcome relief. Tyrese brings both of those to the table along with his unbridled enthusiasm. Image is looking forward to having a long sustained run with him on MAYHEM and some of the other ideas he's talked about for the future."

TYRESE GIBSON'S MAYHEM has not only been pushed by Gibson's own efforts through Twitter and his personal outreach to comics retailers, but its also been the center of a world wide publicity campaign tied into his starring role in the recent blockbuster film, Transformers 2. Thus far MAYHEM has been featured by CNN, MTV, The Today Show, Complex, USA Today, E!'s Chelsea Lately, Access Hollywood, Essence, among many others. The tour continues as Gibson, along with MAYHEM's artist, Tone Rodriguez, and co-writers, Mike Le and Will Wilson, will be in attendance during this month's San Diego Comic Con International at Image Comics, booth #2729. He will also be discussing the future of MAYHEM along with the long awaited unveiling of the eventual collection's cover by Image Founder and the superstar artist of ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, Jim Lee, during The Image Comics Show on Friday, July 24th at 11:30 in Room 5AB.

Lee added, "There's nothing more compelling about a bold, original character than an impassioned team of creators. MAYHEM's boundless energy starts from the top as whirlwind dynamo creator Tyrese Gibson singlehandedly makes you love the character as if he were your very own betrayed, tragic son seeking redemption. MAYHEM is fresh, fun and most importantly, from the heart."

“I am humbled by the love and support MAYHEM has received from all the legendary comic veterans and trend-setters,” Gibson said. “To have the personal endorsements of Jim Lee, Avi Arad, Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman, Grant Morrison and so many others ... it just blows my mind. I am excited to bring MAYHEM to the die-hard comic book fans, but I am most excited at this opportunity to expose this world to the new generation of comic book fans, who, like me until now have never read a comic book in their lives. They will find new heroes to embrace and enjoy escapism at it's best! This is only the beginning!"

TYRESE GIBSON'S MAYHEM #1 (JUN090321), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in-stores August 5th, 2009. For real time MAYHEM updates, please follow Tyrese on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/Tyrese4Real.


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Comic Review: Red Robin #2(DC Comics) By Eddie R

Dealing with loss..

Red Robin #2 continues the four part “The Grail” storyline, where Tim Wayne is on the hunt for his missing adoptive father, Bruce Wayne. Of course Tim isn’t the only one looking for Bruce. Now joining in the hunt is Ra's al Ghul, whose motives are still unclear.




But now, another group has taken interest in Tim’s adventure. It seems the rest of the Batman Family has realized Tim has gone on this quest, and is trying to contact him via any means necessary, in order to stop Tim in this pursuit. They even send an emissary to try to convince Tim to come home and talk. But in Tim’s mind, the time for talk is over, and action is what’s needed. And there is defiantly enough of that to go around in this issue.

On the other hand, the talk which I do find affective is the self narrative Tim does throughout the book. It gives us an insight into the mind of a man, who is just trying to preserve what is left of the world he knows, after such a tragic loss. grief does strange things to people. It can make them irrational, unpredictable, and unreceptive to what’s really going on around them. But grief can also be a healing process, a time where one goes and looks for answers, both inwards and outwards, and allows a person to find the inner strength to deal with situations, which they never thought they had in the first place. I find this book is showing both sides of the effects of grief on equal footing. I feel Red Robin is Tim’s way of dealing with the loss of Bruce. But is also the means to find the answers, so Tim can have some sort of closure.

I just hope Tim doesn’t lose himself while on this quest. Because I defiantly loose myself every time I read this book.

8.5/10

Eddie R
Review Co-Editor
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Shipping This Week - 7/15/09

PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases

Shipping This Week: 7/15/2009

Every Monday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop.

Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.



DARK HORSE COMICS

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DC COMICS

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IMAGE COMICS

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COMICS

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Comic News: KILL AUDIO PREVIEW BOOK SDCC'09 EXCLUSIVE

These will be available only during Comic-Con '09 at the BOOM! Studios booth (#2543)

Series to be release in October


KILL AUDIO COMIC-CON ‘09 EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW BOOK
Written by Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert
Drawn by Mr. Sheldon
Only Available at the BOOM! Studios Booth #2543 during Comic-Con ‘09
Price: $5

KILL AUDIO follows the adventures of an immortal little troll who struggles to find purpose in a land where creativity is a controlled substance. When musical creativity spirals into chaos, KILL AUDIO discovers his life mission.

Supported by a wildly eccentric posse and a nemesis hell-bent on proving his mortality, KILL AUDIO takes on non-sensical musical sub-genres while traipsing across a vivid landscape, all of which could only come from the intense mind of Claudio Sanchez.

The KILL AUDIO PREVIEW BOOK and the KILL AUDIO VINYL FIGURE will be available at the BOOM! Studios booth (#2543) with Claudio signing on Friday and Saturday from 4pm - 5pm.



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Comic News: IDW Announces Yoe! Books

Publishing company to release Craig Yoe books under new imprint

First book releasing in fall, 2009


Yoe is coming to IDW! On the heels of the media frenzy surrounding his highly-acclaimed new book, Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster, IDW is proud to announce Yoe! Books, a new imprint that will publish numerous books by the author, editor and designer Craig Yoe, beginning with The Art of Ditko, a large-format book and The Complete Milt Gross Life Story and Comic Books, both releasing this fall. Ditko features little-seen stories and original artwork and an introduction by Stan Lee. Milt Gross sports a FOLD-INtroduction by Mad magazine's Al Jaffee and scarce ephemera and comics. These first two offerings foretell the genre-spanning range of Yoe! Books.

"IDW is committed to expanding our book collections, and continuing to offer readers a wide variety of unique and historical material," said Greg Goldstein, IDW's chief operating officer. "We're excited to be the home of Craig's imprint, Yoe! Books, highlighting unknown geniuses and revelatory books on well-known names."

Co-founder of YOE! Studio, Eisner Award-winner Yoe is highly-regarded throughout the entertainment industry for his creative and out-of-the-box books, which often focus on historical comic art. Yoe! Books at IDW will release many such books, starting with The Art of Ditko, which boasts an introduction by Lee. Ditko showcases the best of this seminal artist, who co-created Spider-Man and Dr. Strange with Lee and includes the artist's most innovative and rare stories, original art presented in full color and essays by Jerry Robinson, John Romita, and P. Craig Russell.

A ground-breaking Jewish cartoonist, Milt Gross was a celebrity in his time, capping his career with hilarious stories for the comic book industry. Yoe! Books will commemorate the life of this great cartoonist with The Complete Milt Gross Life Story and Comic Books, reprinting every one of his rare comic book tales, plus offering a career-spanning biography based on interviews with those who knew and worked with him.

"I'm looking forward to spitting on my hands, pulling on my briefs, and tag-teaming with IDW. Together, we're going to wrestle some great books to the ground," said Yoe. "With my good looks and IDW's beefy muscle, we make a winning team."

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Comic News: Stjepan Sejic Gives Live Art Demo at Meltdown Comics!

MELTDOWN COMICS FEATURES WITCHBLADE ARTIST STJEPAN SEJIC

LIVE ART DEMO WITH STJEPAN SEJIC!


Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that the exciting young artist behind Witchblade, Stjepan Sejic, will be hosting a live art demonstration and signing for fans at Meltdown Comics. Since Witchblade issue #116, Sejic has been leaving readers awe-struck with his beautiful and unique digitally painted artwork. Now, for the first time, fans will get a firsthand look into the artistic craft and process behind his work on the Witchblade series.

Sejic will present his live art demo on Sunday, July 18, at Meltdown Comics from 4:00 P.M to 6:00 P.M. in their popular gallery area. Following the art demo, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Stjepan Sejic will sign his comics including Witchblade, Broken Trinity, First Born, and more. Meltdown Comics (http://www.meltcomics.com) is located at 7522 W Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046 and can be reached at 323-851-7223.


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Comic News: COHEED & CAMBRIA'S CLAUDIO SANCHEZ ANNOUNCES NEW COMIC BOOK

Claudio Sanchez Announces New Comic Series KILL AUDIO Debuting this October From BOOM! Studios

Sanchez to Sign KILL AUDIO Preview Book at Comic-Con '09and KILL AUDIO Vinyl Figure

Friday and Saturday Only from 4pm - 5pm

Figure Only Available during Signing Times!

Comic-Con '09 - BOOM! Studios / Booth #2543


Claudio Sanchez, the celebrated creator of the COHEED AND CAMBRIA mythology, including the best selling sci-fi mini-series, THE AMORY WARS, is back with an entirely new concept! One of the most unique and powerful minds in rock and comics unleashes possibly the most provocative new comic of 2009: KILL AUDIO!

Shipping this October from BOOM! Studios, fans can get a first look at KILL AUDIO this July at Comic-Con International, when Claudio Sanchez signs the KILL AUDIO PREVIEW BOOK available only at the BOOM! Studios Booth #2543. In addition to the KILL AUDIO PREVIEW BOOK, fans will also get a chance to purchase the monotone variant of the KILL AUDIO VINYL FIGURE, limited to 1200 pieces. The KILL AUDIO VINYL FIGURE will only be available during signing times.

"This is disturbing work, and I mean that as a compliment," BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid said. "Anyone who's a fan of THE MAXX or of Robot Chicken should check this out."

KILL AUDIO follows the adventures of an immortal little troll who struggles to find purpose in a land where creativity is a controlled substance. When musical creativity spirals into chaos, KILL AUDIO discovers his life mission.

Supported by a wildly eccentric posse and a nemesis hell-bent on proving his mortality, KILL AUDIO takes on non-sensical musical sub-genres while traipsing across a vivid landscape, all of which could only come from the intense mind of Claudio Sanchez.

The KILL AUDIO PREVIEW BOOK and the KILL AUDIO VINYL FIGURE* will be available at the BOOM! Studios booth (#2543) with Claudio signing on Friday and Saturday from 4pm - 5pm.

Written by Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert, KILL AUDIO features mind-melting art by Harvey Nominated Mr. Sheldon with covers by Mr. Sheldon and Kristian Donaldson of DMZ fame. The KILL AUDIO PREVIEW BOOK will sell for $5 while the limited edition monotone variant KILL AUDIO VINYL FIGURE will sell for $40.

*Please note the Vinyl Figure will only be available during signing times.


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Toy News: Dick Tracy attends Comic-Con update and King Zombie sneak!

Booth# 3849 Dick Tracy black and white SDCC 40th San Deigo Comic-Con Indie Spotlight action figure exclusives as well as Indie Spotlight series2 showing including King Zombie who is slated for the big screen.





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Comic News: SIMON & SCHUSTER DISTR. AGREEMENT W/ BOOM! STUDIO

Simon & Schuster, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a sales and distribution agreement with BOOM! Studios.


Under the agreement, Simon & Schuster will handle sales, distribution and fulfillment for all new and backlist titles to trade and specialty accounts in the United States. The agreement is effective immediately.

“BOOM! Studios has a unique line of graphic novels of wide- ranging appeal," said Michael Selleck, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Simon & Schuster. "They are an excellent fit with our existing list, and we look forward to helping them expand their presence in traditional bookselling and specialty outlets.”

"We are pleased to have BOOM! Studios join our family of distribution clients," said Joe Bulger, Vice President, Client Management and Business Development for Simon & Schuster. "We will provide them with the best support possible in order to help them grow their business.”

“Simon and Schuster is simply the best,” BOOM! Studios CEO Ross Richie said, “This is a critical step in our plan to build a mass market presence via newsstand and the book channel to represent some of the biggest and best brands in the world, such as our Pixar and Muppets comic books, as well as Farscape, Philip K. Dick's science fiction classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and upcoming blockbusters like Die Hard.”
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Comic News: Marvel Comics On-Sale 07/15/09

Hey there True Believers, here’s your official list of comic books, collections and posters arriving in comic stores on July 15th, 2009.


For more information on any of these titles, and on upcoming mighty Marvel releases, please visit http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?date=2009-07-15 or contact your local comic book retailer at 1-888-comicbook. Stay tuned each week for a brand new list of Marvel releases so that you’ll never miss your favorite heroes in action!

Comics On-Sale:
AGENTS OF ATLAS 8
ALL SELECT COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
ALL SELECT COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL MARTIN VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #599 (DR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #599 70S DECADE VARIANT (DR)
BETA RAY BILL: GODHUNTER #2
CAPTAIN AMERICA #600 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA #601
CAPTAIN AMERICA #601 BLACK AND WHITE VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA #601 DJURDJEVIC 70TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
DARK AVENGERS #7 (DAX)
DARK AVENGERS #7 BIANCHI VARIANT (DAX)
DARK REIGN: MISTER NEGATIVE #2
DEADPOOL #12 (DR)
DEADPOOL #12 60S DECADE VARIANT (DR)
DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #1 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #2 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #3 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
FRANKLIN RICHARDS: SCHOOL'S OUT!
INCOGNITO #5
IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES ONE-SHOT
IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES ONE-SHOT YOUNG VARIANT
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #3
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #3 HENRICHON VARIANT
MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #38
MIGHTY AVENGERS #27
MIGHTY AVENGERS #27 50S DECADE VARIANT
NEW MUTANTS #2 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
NEW MUTANTS #3
NEW MUTANTS #3 50S DECADE VARIANT
NEW MUTANTS #3 PIERFEDERICI VARIANT
PUNISHER #7
TIMESTORM 2009/2099 #3
X-FACTOR #46
X-MEN FOREVER #1 2ND PRINTING VARIANT

Collections On-Sale:
ANNIHILATION CLASSIC TPB
CAPTAIN BRITAIN BY ALAN MOORE & ALAN DAVIS OMNIBUS HC CLASSIC COSTUME COVER
CAPTAIN BRITAIN BY ALAN MOORE & ALAN DAVIS OMNIBUS HC ORIGINAL COSTUME COVER (DM ONLY)
DOCTOR DOOM AND THE MASTERS OF EVIL GN
ENDER'S GAME: BATTLE SCHOOL PREMIERE HC
ENDER'S SHADOW: BATTLE SCHOOL PREMIERE HC
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE VOL. 3 TPB
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE POWER OF STARHAWK PREMIERE HC
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE POWER OF STARHAWK PREMIERE HC (DM ONLY)
INCREDIBLE HERCULES: SMASH OF THE TITANS HC
SPIDER-MAN: TORMENT PREMIERE HC
SPIDER-MAN: TORMENT PREMIERE HC (DM ONLY)
THUNDERBOLTS: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE PREMIERE HC
WAR MACHINE VOL. 1: IRON HEART PREMIERE HC

*DAX= Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men:Utopia tie-in
*DR= Dark Reign tie-in
*MW= Messiah War tie-in
*WOK= War of Kings tie-in



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