Dark Horse has released their solicits for March 2010
AGE OF REPTILES: THE JOURNEY #3 (of 4)
Ricardo Delgado (W/A) and Jim Campbell (C)
On sale Mar 3
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Things seem like they’re looking up for the herd of prehistoric herbivores forced from their home by plummeting winter temperatures. Their migration has taken them through barren lands and across the paths of deadly predators, but now, in the wake of last issue’s vicious raptor attack, they’ve found what might be a promising new home—an old- growth forest with plenty of food and shelter for all. But a hungry tyrannosaurus rex still stalks the herd, and the journey’s not over yet!
Ricardo Delgado—a prolific development and storyboard artist—returns once again to his critically acclaimed, Eisner Award–winning comic series!
THE BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 2
Roy Thomas (W) and Barry Windsor-Smith (A)
On sale May 19
FC, 288 pages
$49.99
HC, 7" x 10"
Nearly forty years have passed since Barry Windsor-Smith began his historical run on Conan the Barbarian—never had anyone conveyed Conan’s gigantic melancholies and great mirth in a more masterful way. Barry Windsor-Smith became the standard by which all other Conan comic-book artists have since been measured. In order to commemorate Barry Windsor-Smith’s lasting legacy and honor one of the most influential Conan artists of all time, Dark Horse presents The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives Volume 2. This, the second of two handsome hardcovers, collects the final half of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith’s collaboration on Conan the Barbarian and includes such classic tales as “Red Nails” and “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter”! Featuring the updated colors from Dark Horse’s Chronicles line, this book is a can’t miss for new and old readers alike!
• This volume reprints the second half of Barry Windsor-Smith’s run on Conan the Barbarian and includes his adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “Red Nails”!
• The two Barry Windsor-Smith archives collect all of the historic and influential Conan the Barbarian comics drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith!
BETTIE PAGE
On sale May 5
Bettie Page Horizon Journal
5 1/2" x 8 1/2" spiral bound journal, 128 pages
$9.99
Bettie Page Sticky Note Book pink
6" x 8", 3 sizes of sticky notes, 8 different designs
$8.99
Bettie Page Sticky Note Book orange
6" x 8", 3 sizes of sticky notes, 8 different designs
$8.99
Bettie Page Floaty Pen
$12.99
We never get tired of looking at Bettie Page! Those sexy, sultry, perky, pleasing poses are always breathtaking to behold. In honor of Bettie’s everlasting appeal, we’ve taken multiple images and applied them to three new products: a journal, a sticky note book (with two different covers to choose from!), and a flirty floaty pen, where Bettie reveals all!
B.P.R.D.: KING OF FEAR #3 (of 5)
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), John Arcudi (W), Guy Davis (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Mar 10
FC, 32 pages
$2.99
Miniseries
While scouring the Tibetan caverns to obliterate the monstrous frog colony, Liz and Abe face the King of Fear—who’s found a powerful new ally in his quest to destroy the surface world!
The B.P.R.D. take on frogs, subterraneans, and giant squid-bots!
B.P.R.D.: WAR ON FROGS
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Guy Davis (A), Karl Moline (P), Peter Snejbjerg (A), and others
On sale May 19
FC, 144 pages
$17.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense’s ongoing war against the frog monsters explodes in five short stories set before Roger’s death in B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame.
• Collects B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs #1–#4, “Revival” from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #8–#9, and an original eight-page story by Guy Davis.
• The covers of all new volumes of B.P.R.D. include the line “From the pages of Hellboy” above the title.
• Series writer John Arcudi and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola join up with an incredible team of artists: John Severin (Two-Fisted Tales), Karl Moline (Fray, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Peter Snejbjerg (Starman, The Books of Magic), Herb Trimpe (The Incredible Hulk), and multiple Eisner Award–winning series artist Guy Davis!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #33: TWILIGHT part 2 (of 4)
Brad Meltzer (W), Georges Jeanty (P/Cover), Andy Owens (I), Michelle Madsen (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale Mar 3
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Acclaimed novelist and comics writer Brad Meltzer (The Book of Lies, Identity Crisis) continues his pivotal story arc! The Slayer army has suffered heavy losses throughout Season Eight and faced all kinds of threats new and old, but the one mystery connecting it all has been the identity of the Big Bad: Twilight. In this issue, Buffy finally confronts Twilight one on one, setting the stage for Twilight’s unmasking in Buffy #34!
Brad Meltzer, series artist Georges Jeanty, and executive producer Joss Whedon up the stakes as Buffy’s most epic season yet races to a climax!
CHOBITS OMNIBUS BOOK 2
CLAMP (W/A)
On sale May 26
b&w, 720 pages
$24.99
TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
In a world where people rely on computers to escape loneliness, the logical conclusion is the persocom—attractive robot companions that are becoming everyone’s boyfriend and girlfriend. Chi is a persocom, but she is also one of the legendary “Chobits,” experimental persocoms built to acquire full awareness and emotion.
As Hideki and his friends search for the abducted Chi, others are watching them—others who know who built Chi, and why . . . and what went terribly wrong. It is already known that the affectionate persocom can in fact be quite dangerous . . . but the real danger is what the soul of this new machine means for the future of the human heart. Because it was never the computers who were weak, it was the people who made them . . . and if Hideki wants to truly save Chi, he needs the courage to truly love her! The conclusion of the best-selling Chobits saga!
• “Chobits is perhaps CLAMP’s most mature work to date, and not just ‘mature’ in the fan service sense. This time, they take love into the twenty-first century, exploring humans’ relationship with technology . . . The series is not only one of the sexiest manga in its genre, it is also one of the most endearing.”—Manga: The Complete Guide
• The Dark Horse series of CLAMP omnibus editions has truly raised the bar for manga collections!
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #20: KOZAKI part 2 (of 3)
Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (A), José Villarrubia (C), and Cary Nord (Cover)
On sale Mar 24
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
In part two of “Kozaki,” both Sergius the pirate and the sadistic Shah Amurath decide to confront Conan’s group of bandits, who are encroaching upon their territories and threatening the outlying granaries, farms, and villages of the proud country of Turan. King Yildiz quickly orders the Shah to annihilate all Kozaki riders, and Sergius arranges a parley with our favorite Cimmerian. In a tense meeting, Sergius explains how commerce works around the Vilayet Sea and offers that their two imposing forces work together against the Shah. With those in Conan’s hungry crew growing wild and impatient, Conan’s not even sure how long he can keep his own men together—but he’ll slit the throat of any who try to defect!
“Best New Series of 2008” –Wizard magazine
“…writer Tim Truman is a perfect choice to adapt the oeuvre of Robert E. Howard into comics form.” - Comics Buyer’s Guide
Cover by Cary Nord and Dave Stewart!!
CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #4
Mike Mignola (W), Cary Nord (P), Dave Stewart (C), and Frank Frazetta (Cover)
On sale Mar 10
FC, 48 pages
$5.99
Ongoing
The fourth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features Frank Frazetta’s stunning painting, “The Destroyer,” and includes an adaptation of “The Hall of the Dead”—an unfinished tale left by Robert E. Howard and fleshed out by Mike Mignola, Cary Nord, and Dave Stewart.
Pursued by a small army, Conan heads for shelter in the ancient ruins of a forgotten city, lured by a flimsy rumor of treasure. Instead, he finds the fallen idols of twisted gods and a lot of croaking creatures. Luckily, frogs are no match for an armed Cimmerian . . . right? Conan soon finds himself battling a slithering monstrosity and an onslaught of undead warriors! Retainers to a lord long forgotten awaken to protect a treasure so sizable even the dead can’t bear to see it stolen. Can a cunning Cimmerian and a foe-turned-ally withstand the power of such dark sorceries long enough to escape with some loot and their lives?
CONAN VOLUME 8: BLACK COLOSSUS
Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (A), and José Villarrubia (C)
On sale May 5
FC, 152 pages
$24.99
HC, 7" x 10"
Conan, once a wandering thief, tries his luck as a professional warrior, joining Amalric’s mercenary forces to live as a rank-and-file soldier. However, something much more than luck will lead Conan on a collision course with the strongest, strangest army he’s ever faced! Princess Yasmela—the city of Khoraja’s remaining sovereign—has been haunted by terrifying apparitions of the wizard Natohk, and when Natohk threatens to bring his demonic hordes to Khoraja, Yasmela prays to the god Mitra for help. Mitra actually responds and tells her to place the fate of her entire kingdom into the hands of the first man she meets out in the city streets—and that man is a drunk, hesitant barbarian! Conan may turn out to be Khoraja’s best hope for survival, but his distrust of the soft upper classes and their disdain for his common station may derail any possibility of working together to halt Natohk’s bid for world domination. Timothy Truman adapts Robert E. Howard’s powerful “Black Colossus” short story and sets Conan off on what will be his bloodiest battle yet, when the mercenaries of Amalric clash with the massive powers of Natohk!
• Collects Conan the Cimmerian #8-#13.
• “The artists team up to create a pitch-perfect sword and sorcery aesthetic which easily ranks the book amongst the best of comparable books on the stands.” —ign.com
CREEPY #3
Various (W/A)
On sale Feb 24
b&w, 48 pages
$4.99
Ongoing
Uncle Creepy is back with the third thick and icky issue of Creepy! This issue Doug Moench and Angelo Torres team up to tell a tale of demonic devotion and organized crime, Joe Harris and Jason Shawn Alexander wrap their warped three-parter, “The Curse,” and a weird revisionist look back at the fall of the Nazi empire reveals a shocking truth—evil never dies! Plus an all-new Loathsome Lore, a bonus Creepy classic story, and more!
• Creepy debuted to rave reviews in July 2009, and the first issue sold out!
“Terrifyingly good!” — Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net
DEVIL #2 (of 4)
Torajiro Kishi (W/A) and Madhouse Studios (W/A)
On sale Mar 17
FC, 24 pages
$2.99
Miniseries
Could there ever be such thing as a vampire virus? Sounds like the stuff of sci-fi and horror all wrapped up in one, and that’s what makes Devil such an interesting story. Answers unfold about the government program that created this nasty disease of superhuman power and hunger for blood in the second frantic issue. Who is this Mariko creature? Is she a victim, or is she proud of her new, superevolved existence? And can the government really contain the beautiful monster they’ve created?
Manga artist Torajiro Kishi (Maka-Maka) and blockbuster anime studio Madhouse (Trigun, Paprika, Ninja Scroll) love comics. So much so that they’ve decided to publish an original, Western-style comic exclusively with Dark Horse! Enter Devil, a thrilling, sci-fi take on the vampire genre.
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ JOHN CARTER OF MARS: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS
Paul S. Newman (W) and Jesse Marsh (A)
On sale May 26
FC, 120 pages
$29.99
TPB, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
In 1947, Jesse Marsh—an artist who would inspire generations of comics creators and earn the esteem of professional peers such as industry legends Russ Manning and Alex Toth—won over millions of readers with his four-color vision of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ beloved character Tarzan. To the delight of his readers, Marsh would continue to draw Tarzan comics for the following nineteen years. But his passion for Burroughs’ creations wasn’t limited to the legendary writer’s jungle lord, and in the early 1950s he teamed up with prolific comics writer Paul S. Newman to breathe life into another of Burroughs’ beloved heroes: the courageous adventurer John Carter of Mars!
• Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years reprints all three issues of Dell’s Four Color Comics: John Carter of Mars series in their entirety and is sure to delight fans of science fiction and Golden Age comics alike!
GANTZ VOLUME 11
Hiroya Oku (W/A)
On sale May 26
b&w, 224 pages
$12.99
TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
The blue phase is here! Gantz creator Oku Hiroya seems to have based his popular Gantz series on a season-based cycle, and now that we’re entering the second set of ten books, we’re all blue here at Dark Horse as Hiroya boldly takes us into the increasingly scary world of Gantz. Kei’s been dealing with a handsome schoolmate who seems obsessed with all things Gantz, and in volume 11, we’ll find out how frightfully obsessed this guy is. It’s a whole new world of Gantz’s alien urban warfare, and things are certainly not settling into any kind of comfort. Be ready for a dizzying new volume of Gantz!
• Gantz has proven to be one of the most popular adult anime in recent years, with over 190,000 copies sold in the U.S. alone!
• Each volume of Gantz comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.
GELASKINS: FRANK MILLER
On sale Mar 24
13" Laptop
$29.95
15" Laptop
$29.95
iPhone
$14.95
Over the years, Dark Horse has been committed to incorporating art into our everyday lives through prints, T-shirts, mugs, and a variety of other items that help make this world more colorful. Now Dark Horse is proud to collaborate with GelaSkins to bring some fresh, new designs to their line of protective and decorative skins for laptops and phones.
This month we feature Frank Miller’s glorious art taken directly from the pages of two of his most revered works, Sin City and 300, these all new iPhone and laptop Gelaskins are the perfect way to protect your technology while showing off your signature style.
Sin City: Having A Ball 13" and 15" laptop
Sin City: The List 13" and 15" laptop
Sin City: Worth Dying For iPhone
Sin City: Nancy iPhone
300: Moon 13" and 15" laptop
300: Spartans 13" and 15" laptop
300: Moon iPhone
300: Spartans iPhone
GIANT SIZE LITTLE LULU VOLUME 1
John Stanley (W/A) and Irving Tripp (A)
On sale May 5
b&w, 664 pages
$24.99
TPB, 6" x 9"
John Stanley and Irving Tripp’s long run on Little Lulu is a milestone in American comics, as hilarious to grownups as it is to their children. With Stanley’s popularity at an all-time high, Dark Horse is proud to take you back to the beginning of this legendary run.
Collecting some of the earliest, out-of-print volumes of Dark Horse’s acclaimed reprint series, this massive 664-page omnibus contains the first fourteen issues Little Lulu appeared in—featuring Lulu Moppet and her friends in all sorts of clever schemes and silly situations.
• Priced at only $24.99 and containing fourteen comic books’ worth of material, this is the most affordable way to build a library of John Stanley’s masterpiece!
664-pages of Lulu fun!
THE GUILD #1 (of 3)
Felicia Day (W), Jim Rugg (A), Dan Jackson, Georges Jeanty (Cover), and Cary Nord (Cover)
On sale Mar 24
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Internet phenomenon The Guild comes to comics, courtesy of series creator, writer, and star Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)!
Chronicling the hilarious on- and offline lives of a group of Internet role-playing gamers, the Knights of Good, The Guild has become a cult hit and is the winner of numerous awards from SXSW, YouTube, Yahoo, and the Streamys. Now Day brings the wit and heart of the show to this three-issue miniseries. In this origin tale of the Knights of Good, we learn about Cyd’s life before joining the guild, how she became Codex, and how she began to meet the other players who would eventually become her teammates. This storyline fills in details never before revealed on the web show, making it a delightful new chapter for existing fans as well as a perfect jumping-on point for new fans!
• The Guild is “perhaps the smartest (and definitely the funniest) webisodic series of the year.”
—The Los Angeles Times
• The web series is the winner of three 2009 Streamy Awards: Best Comedy Web Series, Best Ensemble, and Best Actress for Felicia Day.
• See the web series at watchtheguild.com.
The Internet phenomenon The Guild comes to comics!
THE HARVEY COMICS TREASURY VOLUME 1: CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST AND FRIENDS
Larz Bourne (W), Izzy Klein (W), Warren Kremer (A), Dave Tendlar (A), Martin Taras (A), Howard Post (A), Steve Muffatti (A), and others
On sale May 12
FC, 200 pages
$14.99
TPB, 6" x 9"
Here comes Casper the Friendly Ghost, starring in the first of the new Harvey Comics Treasury compendiums! Following on the heels of Dark Horse’s fabulously successful five-volume Harvey Comics Classics comes this new series of books, each containing two hundred pages of stunning, full-color reprints from Harvey’s golden years! Since the 1950s, the famous Harvey Comics family of cartoon stars has charmed and delighted children and grownups alike. And no wonder: Harvey employed some of the best writers and artists in the business, and their work has an enduring quality that has turned these timeless tales into true classics!
• Harvey comic books, cartoons, and television shows have touched millions and truly helped define the word classic while remaining popular!
• Two hundred pages of stunning, full-color reprints for under fifteen dollars!
LITTLE LULU VOLUME 23: THE BOGEY SNOWMAN AND OTHER STORIES
John Stanley (W/A) and Irving Tripp (A)
On sale May 26
FC, 200 pages
$14.99
TPB, 6" x 9"
Lulu Moppet and the neighborhood kids are let loose on Main Street once again, in a compilation of never-before-reprinted stories!
Featuring several wintertime tales, this collection from funnybook pioneers John Stanley and Irving Tripp bursts at the seams with snowball fights, pranks involving snowdrifts and icy doorsteps, and other winter delights, like the hilarious story of the Bogey Snowman. As always, laughs abound in every panel for humor lovers of any age!
• Collecting Marge’s Little Lulu #112 through #117, The Bogey Snowman is the latest in Dark Horse’s new series presenting Little Lulu in all its full-color glory—a hysterical selection of goodies for any season!
• These full-color volumes pick up where Dark Horse’s black-and-white Little Lulu collections left off!
MADE WITH 90% RECYCLED ART: A COLLECTION OF BASIC INSTRUCTIONS VOLUME 2
Scott Meyer (W/A)
On sale May 12
b&w, 120 pages
$10.99
TPB, 7" x 7"
Comic and cartoonist Scott Meyer is back with yet another book of bad advice wrapped in good intentions. Learn such important skills as How to Talk to a New Parent, How to Engage in Prefight Smack Talk, How to Complain about Work, How to Properly Perform a High Five, and more!
A former stand-up comedian, Meyer channels his extensive and varied wit into four panels of side-splitting culture commentary every other day or so and posts them to his website, basicinstructions.net. Our second collection of those Basic Instructions, Made with 90% Recycled Art, will likely spend some time on the copy machine before certain pages find themselves on cubicle walls worldwide.
• A Basic Instructions strip was sighted taped to the wall on Food Network’s Ace of Cakes!
• 10,000 website readers every day!
MASS EFFECT: REDEMPTION #3 (of 4)
Mac Walters (W), John Jackson Miller (W), Omar Francia (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Daryl Mandryk (Cover)
On sale Mar 3
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Liara T’Soni finds herself both pursuing Commander Shepard’s abductors and on the run herself as Mass Effect: Redemption nears its explosive conclusion—revealing secrets crucial to the story of Mass Effect 2 along the way!
The Mass Effect saga has revolutionized science fiction, and Mass Effect 2 lead writer Mac Walters brings all the same intelligence, drama, and action to this riveting adventure that tests the limits of what one friend will do to save another.
• Read a preview of the first issue at masseffect.com, and in Buffy the Vampire Slayer #30 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #48!
• An ad for Mass Effect: Redemption—with the comic shop locator—will appear inside every copy of Mass Effect 2!
PEANUTS THEN AND NOW FIGURE SETS
On sale Apr 21
Snoopy Then and Now Set
$24.99
Charlie Brown Then and Now Set
$24.99
The year 2010 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Charles Schulz’s enduring creation Peanuts.
When the strip debuted in 1950, the look and style of the characters were different than today. All of the many licensed products have reflected today’s look; few, if any, are in the original style.
As Dark Horse’s contribution to the anniversary, we decided to bring the original look back with these twin-packs of small vinyl figures. Each set shows the characters as they were in the old days and what they are like now.
We found poses taken straight from the strips, and these specific panels will be depicted on the packaging. All four are in a running pose, which makes them look well placed together as a set.
Each figure measures close to four inches in height and is on a grass-green base (not pictured). Sculpted by the great talents at Yoe! Studio.
PREDATOR: PREY TO THE HEAVENS
John Arcudi (W), Javier Saltares (A), and Wes Dzioba (C)
On sale May 19
FC, 96 pages
$15.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
The world’s attention is focused painfully on a brutal third-world civil war, a merciless sectarian conflict sparing neither soldier nor civilian, grandmother nor child. But amidst the terror and carnage, where great nations and powerful interests jockey for position and advantage, another blood feud rages in the shadows, one no more humane but decidedly less human. Two warring tribes from the stars have chosen Earth’s killing fields as their arena, with each clan sworn to eradicate the other . . . and all who stand between them. Each is the other’s prey, each the other’s Predator.
The hunt resumes as Dark Horse Books unleashes Predator once again into the graphic-fiction jungle. Features the creative team of writer John Arcudi (Aliens, B.P.R.D., Doom Patrol) and artist Javier Saltares (Aliens vs. Predator, Ghost Rider).
• Collects the hit 2009 Predator miniseries.
SOLOMON KANE: DEATH’S BLACK RIDERS #3 (of 4)
Scott Allie (W), Mario Guevara (P), Juan Ferreyra (C), and Darick Robertson (Cover)
On sale Mar 10
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
When you’re trapped inside an inn that’s been the scene of multiple murders and is now surrounded by a pack of evil, gruesome demons, the last thing you want to find out is that there’s something equally gruesome trapped inside with you! Solomon Kane and a frightened priest may not live through the night! One will rely on his guts and guile, while the other will feel that consecrating the building with prayer will be enough to protect them. The Cleft Skull tavern seems to attract the deadliest sort of troubles Germany’s Black Forest can offer—and the dangers found within and without the Cleft Skull threaten to destroy our strange hero and his frightened, new companion! Scott Allie (The Devil’s Footprints, Exurbia) expands upon Robert E. Howard’s classic Solomon Kane tale “Rattle of Bones” and the unfinished “Death’s Black Riders” fragment, as Mario Guevara (Lone Ranger and Tonto) and Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi, Small Gods) join him to illustrate another horror-tinged adventure.
• Covers by Darick Robertson!
“Solomon Kane is a welcome addition to the other excellent Howard properties produced by Dark Horse…” —Comics Bulletin
STAR WARS: INVASION VOLUME 1—REFUGEES
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale May 12
FC, 144 pages
$18.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
Twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin, Luke Skywalker and the galaxy are facing their first real threat since the Sith were defeated: an invasion of hostile warriors from another galaxy—the Yuuzhan Vong!
The peaceful planet of Artorias is in the path of the alien armada. Finn Galfridian, his spunky sister Kaye, and their parents find themselves separated and fighting for their lives when the surprise invasion occurs. But their ordeal is just beginning . . .
• Collects Star Wars: Invasion #1–#5 and #0.
• This new series ties in to—and fits between—the nineteen novels of Del Rey’s New Jedi Order series.
• Features some of the first visual representations of this turbulent era of the Star Wars saga, including Han and Leia’s Jedi children!
STAR WARS: LEGACY #46—MONSTER part 4 (of 4)
John Ostrander (W), Dan Parsons (I), Brad Anderson (C), and Chris Scalf (Cover)
On sale Mar 31
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Cade Skywalker’s vow, “No one dies for me,” is put to the ultimate test. Cade, who has long been on the run from his family legacy, has reached a crossroads with heavy personal consequences no matter which way he chooses.
Meanwhile, an opportunity for peace has turned into a three-way battle between Jedi, Sith, and the Imperial Knights!
• A turning point for Cade Skywalker and the entire Legacy story line!
SUPERSIZED: STRANGE TALES FROM A FAST-FOOD CULTURE
Morgan Spurlock (W), Jeremy Barlow (W), Lukas Ketner(A), Tony Milionaire (A), Ron Chan (A), Ron English (Cover), and others
On sale May 5
FC, 88 pages
$12.99
TPB, 6" x 9"
Do you dare find out what’s happening behind the counters of your neighborhood fast-food joint? Then grab a bucket and dive into one of the creepiest graphic novels of the year! Supersized: Strange Tales from a Fast-Food Culture is an entertaining—and at times gut-wrenching—series of stories focusing on America’s ubiquitous and potentially destructive fast-food culture. A perfect companion to Super Size Me, the graphic novel will bridge the gaps between humor, fact, and heart, while peering behind the scenes of the fast-food world.
• Written by Morgan Spurlock with writer Jeremy Barlow and drawn by a variety of creators, Supersized: Strange Tales from a Fast-Food Culture is an original graphic-novel companion to the Academy Award–nominated movie and expands on some of the bizarre stories not featured in the original film.
• The creative brain trust behind The Simpsons chose Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?) to direct the Simpsons’ twentieth- anniversary documentary.
THE TERMINATOR #1 (of 3)
Zack Whedon (W), Andy MacDonald (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)
On sale Mar 31
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
The year is 2029. It’s the year that John Connor, leader of the Resistance, sends Kyle Reese to 1984 to save Sarah Connor from a T-800 with a grudge.
But before all of that happened, Kyle Reese was just another man fighting to survive in a world overrun by a technology that had taken on a life of its own and annihilated civilization.
Who was Kyle before he met John Connor and was thrust through time to face off with a T-800 and fall for a waitress with a destiny? And who were his comrades in arms?
In this three-issue series we’ll meet Kyle Reese and his closest allies as they take on T-600s, T-800s, and HKs, in a world where there is little in the way of food, water, or hope.
Written by Zack Whedon!
USAGI YOJIMBO #127: THE SWORD OF NARUKAMI part 1 (of 1)
Stan Sakai (W/A)
On sale Mar 31
b&w, 24 pages
$3.50
Ongoing
The rabbit ronin joins a disgraced samurai on a tragic mission in this brand-new standalone tale! Since the kidnapping of Lord Masaki’s son, clan retainer Inuyoshi has a tarnished reputation. The ransom was paid and the victim returned, but it was Inuyoshi’s responsibility to protect Lord Masaki’s son. Ordered to commit seppuku—ritualized suicide—to atone for his negligence, Inuyoshi has vowed to first recover the ransom, the Sword of Narukami. Usagi chooses to help Inuyoshi on his mission, but develops reservations, as success will mean death for Inuyoshi!
• Look for our Usagi Yojimbo Plush on page 00!
USAGI YOJIMBO PLUSH FIGURE
On sale May 5
12" tall
$24.99
This highly detailed 12" cuddly, plush figure of Usagi Yojimbo is sure to impress kids and kids-at-heart. We have worked closely with Stan Sakai to perfect the look and shape of this plush figure. This ronin rabbit is ready to snuggle!
Dirty Sexy Money star William Baldwin slides easily into the famed cowl as the voice of Batman in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, an all-new DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie from Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation.
A fan of the super hero genre since his youth when the Baldwin brothers would role play in their backyard, William Baldwin has proudly, enthusiastically undertaken the deep, gravelly vocal tones of the Dark Knight. While Baldwin has crafted a fine career in live-action film and television, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths represents only his second foray into voiceover for animation, having recorded a few episodes on the Nickelodeon series Danny Phantom.
Beyond ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money television series, Baldwin has offered memorable turns in the feature films Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Flatliners, Backdraft and The Squid and the Whale, the latter of which earned (ironically) a Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is an original story from award-winning animation/comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League). Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday) is executive producer, and the film is co-directed by Lauren Montgomery (Green Lantern: First Flight) and Sam Liu (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies). The full-length animated film will be distributed by Warner Home Video on February 23, 2010 as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def, as well as single disc DVD, and On Demand and Download.
Baldwin took time after his recording session to chat about visualization techniques in the sound booth, his children’s influence on his choice of roles, the super hero roughhouse role play by the Baldwin brothers (particularly Alec Baldwin) in their youth, and his very nearly being cast in the live-action role of Batman. Now let the man speak …
QUESTION:
What are your thoughts about joining the list of actors from Adam West and Michael Keaton to Val Kilmer and George Clooney to Kevin Conroy and Christina Bale – that have played Batman?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
I almost did join that group – I was one of Joel Schumacher's top choices when Val Kilmer wound up playing Batman. Tim Burton and Michael Keaton had left, so Joel had the luxury of replacing Michael Keaton and he told me that his four choices – which was an eclectic, diverse array – were Daniel Day Lewis, Ralph Feinnes, Val Kilmer and me. I didn’t even know it at the time – he told me when I had a meeting with him later. The next time, when George Clooney did it, (Schumacher) said, “You were on my original short list with those other three actors, but the studio went with Val and this time I'd like to go with you.” And that Friday afternoon, I thought I was playing Batman – and then Monday morning, the headlines in the trades said that George Clooney had gotten the part. So apparently, I did actually come very close.
I was very excited to do this. I wasn't really thinking about any past Batmans, but more of letting the material sort of dictate the choices that I make as an actor. What's happening physically, what's happening emotionally, what's happening in the writing. That’s what really drives your performance.
QUESTION:
How did you choose to interpret the character? And was there anything you wanted to do differently than what had preceded you.
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
I was mostly influenced by whom I perceive Batman to be, with the possible exception that I think sometimes I allow a certain sensitivity or an emotional dynamic to give (the character) maybe a likeability or an accessibility. That's almost an insecurity of mine as an actor – to want to breathe a little bit of those types of emotions into characters. I think I find them more appealing and more likeable and more human. What I didn't choose to do is to go towards the darkness of the way the original Batman series was intended. Because Batman, in the original comic series, was a lot darker than the character that was brought to life in television.
Batman stands tall in the face of danger – brought on by the powerful Superwoman – in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the next DC Universe animated original movie. The film will be distributed February 23, 2010 by Warner Home Video. William Baldwin (Dirty Sexy Money) provides the voice of Batman.
QUESTION:
Are there any personal attachments to Batman that make voicing this role special for you?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
It’s a number of things – certainly the history of the character. The people that have been lucky enough to portray Batman on screen, or provide his voice, is a short list and it's pretty cool. I'm in good company. I enjoyed it as a child, and the character still resonates for me. And I'm a father of an 8-year-old, a 7-year-old, and a 4-year-old – my boy is sandwiched between his sisters, and he just loves the super heroes. We watch Justice League together. I try not to let him overdo it too much with television, but there's great, wholesome messages that come out of that series. When I told him that I was playing Batman, his jaw dropped. I almost took him out of school today to have him come down here (for the recording session).
QUESTION:
How many times have you said “I'm Batman” in the past week?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
Probably about a half a dozen, usually just joking with my kids and my wife. I was in the studio about a 9-iron from here, where my wife (Chynna Phillips) was recording, and all the band members were giving me different lines to say as Batman. Or having me improvise some lines. And we were having some wicked, twisted fun with it (he laughs).
QUESTION:
It seemed you were quite focused in the booth, conveying all the physical and emotional traits as Batman. How immersed in the role did you feel?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
I take it seriously. And I enjoy it, especially recreating the sound effects of the fight sequences and stuff like that. One thing that was interesting to me was how clean they need the lines and, thus, how specific I had to keep my relationship to the microphone, and making sure there weren't any other sort of ancillary sounds. When I'm doing looping for a film, I guess it's sort of a method approach. I'll put things inside my mouth and try to recreate the circumstances or the emotions that existed while I was performing. There's nothing better than when you're grunting from lifting something to try and create that sensation. I do a lot of visualization, too. So when you’re having the confrontation with Lex Luthor or Superwoman, sometimes I'll look through the mike into the booth to somebody in the room. I'll look at them and just sort of imagine it in my mind, to just pick somebody and lock into that, giving off this energy to them. It's very helpful for me to have that specificity to lock into.
Batman ponders the misguided plot of Owlman – and formulates his move to foil owlman’s plan – in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the next DC Universe animated original movie. The film will be distributed February 23, 2010 by Warner Home Video. William Baldwin (Dirty Sexy Money) provides the voice of Batman.
QUESTION:
Did the Baldwin brothers play super hero games growing up?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
You’ll have to get my brother Alec in here sometime – he's got the scars to prove it. Back in the early ‘60s, he tied a bathroom towel around his neck as a cape and was doing his Superman (impression), and he went through a plate glass sliding door. He ran right through it. He has these big V-shaped scars under his bicep and his forearm from all the stitches that he took when he was five or six years old.
So yeah, we did play super hero games. And my family was pretty rough. I mean, when we were playing super heroes, if there was a cartoon where somebody got thrown off the roof and they landed on the ground with a thud, then Stephen or I got thrown off the roof – into a pile of leaves, or into somebody's swimming pool.
QUESTION:
You rode along with the Chicago Fire Department to prepare for Backdraft. What kind of research went into this performance?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
First of all, some parts lend them self to that type of research and preparation more than others. Secondly, I had a fairly deep understanding of this character because I've been watching the shows and films and the character for 40 years. So if I felt like I didn't have enough of an understanding, I probably would have postponed (the recording session). But when I was looking at the script on a plane a few days ago, I felt it was kind of a piece of cake based on my understanding of the character, and really fueled my attraction to the character and the piece. There's a lot of two- and three-line exchanges rather than two- and three-paragraph exchanges. There weren't a lot of monologues that required a lot of line memorization, or anything incredibly challenging emotionally. I just had to get into the rhythm of how the character speaks.
Batman’s spectrum of emotion is fairly narrow – for a number of reasons. He's always in command, he's always in control, he's always holding it together, and he's pretty tough relative to the rest of us in this room.
QUESTION:
Does the Gotham City/New York connection hold anything special for a lifelong New Yorker?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
There's always been something cool about (Gotham City) being based on New York – it’s where I'm from, where I grew up, and I’ve spent my whole career there. I remember referring to it as Gotham – not Gotham City, either – more often than I called it Manhattan or New York. I'd be on the West Coast finishing a meeting, and somebody would ask, “Where you going?” And I’d always say “Back to Gotham.”
QUESTION:
Did having children that enjoy the genre influence your desire to give voice to an animated character at this point in your career?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
That definitely motivates a lot of the choices that I make as an actor now. I'm looking to be involved with projects that are family oriented. Not exclusively, but I'd like to do some things that my children can see. My brother Alec has done a series of films over the last couple years – Madagascar and Thomas (the Train) and things like that – and the kids got really, really excited about that. And we're good friends with Chazz Palminteri, and Chazz does a lot of animated voiceover work. When they hear his voice, they really get excited.
I was doing a television series for two seasons, so we would watch that together as a family. Sometimes I would let the kids stay up, and they really got a kick out of it. I did a film last year with Henry Winkler called A Plumm Summer that won a couple of family film festival audience awards. So yes, I'm definitely looking for some choices. Because the films in my past, like Flatliners and Internal Affairs, Three Of Hearts and Backdraft and Sliver, Fair Game and The Squid And The Whale and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, these are all films that my kids aren't quite ready to see.
QUESTION:
You've tackled this legendary comic character. What other roles would you like to fill?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
I'd like to surprise some people maybe and do the voice of something that's much more charactery. It could be much more ethnic. Jewish or Irish or a New Yorker. I have a lot of fun with that stuff. I'd even like to sing. I wouldn't want to sing in the way that you would need Mariah Carey to sing, but just have a character sing and have fun with that, too.
Batman launches a batarang attack on Owlman during a brutal battle between equally-matched (and equipped) foes in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the next DC Universe animated original movie. The film will be distributed February 23, 2010 by Warner Home Video. William Baldwin (Dirty Sexy Money) provides the voice of Batman.
QUESTION::
What were your impressions of this animation experience versus some of your previous experiences?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
I'm getting better at it. I'm very tough on myself, so I'm never quick to say that I felt like it was great when it wasn't. I usually have my own sort of standards that I set for myself. It felt like I was able to achieve my objectives more quickly. I think that comes with maturity as a performer and, uh, it's nice to know. Because there's been times where I've done voiceover work where they would normally allot two hours for someone who can bang it out, and they would have to allot three or three and a half or four hours. It’s not that I couldn't do it quickly, it's just that I'm such a perfectionist. I tend to be saying “Let me try that again. Let's do one more … one more … one more.” I think I said, “Let me do one more” about 10 times today, which wasn't a lot. Sometimes I say it 100 times. I think everybody thought that it felt right, it felt good, it sounded great. It’s always fun, but I want to get it right.
QUESTION:
Is it difficult acting alone in the booth?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
It forces you to hone in and focus on the performance aspects and the emotional aspects of what you're trying, and visual them in your head. Acting is not acting, it's reacting. You're reacting to what somebody's saying and how they're saying it. That was great about the television show that I just did (Dirty Sexy Money) because the props department would tie me in when we would do something like a telephone conversation. When I had one with Donald Sutherland, I didn't have to come into the studio to do it. They would just have me call on my cell phone from my home in Santa Barbara, and I would call in when the camera was rolling and I would literally have the conversation with him. In the old days, sometimes you would have the other actor come in on his off day just to read that telephone conversation off camera. Then that changed and you would wind up reading this telephone conversation with the script supervisor who (A) is not an actor, and (B) does not know what the choices of the actor are going to be when they shoot his side of the telephone conversation in two weeks. That can be very difficult and very stilted when they cut that telephone conversation together – sometimes you can tell by the way someone's reacting to a line that they weren't hearing the actor do it on that day. They just interpreted what they thought the actor was going to do on that day, and they were wrong. I'm talking about stuff that's very subtle, like someone raising their voice a little bit in the reaction to the other person. Little things. But that’s acting. You’re not just reacting to the words, you're reacting to the way the words were said. Was it threatening? Was it menacing? Was it intimidating? Was it submissive? It's all based on little layers and subtleties.
QUESTION:
Can you compare acting on camera to acting in the booth, and how Andrea Romano was able to guide you through those differences?
WILLIAM BALDWIN:
It's sort of a mixed bag. On camera, you’re usually acting to another actor who you're looking at, who's in the room with you. Today, I was in the sound room and Andrea was behind the glass. And she’s not an actor. But for a director, from a performance standpoint, she was giving me more than enough. What really helped was the specificity of her notes. When something wasn't right, she would give me a note that would 180 it, or she would give me a little subtle note. That was great. “You're forgetting to add in this layer” or “Give me a little bit more urgency.” At one point, I throw a punch and Superwoman catches my fist and starts to squeeze my fist. And I said, “Do you want me to wince and scream in pain when she's crushing my fist? And am I supposed to fight the temptation of revealing to a woman – because wouldn't Batman wouldn't want to give away that power that a woman is causing the pain.” I mean, it would be different if Lex Luthor or Superman were doing this, right? So we sort of hashed that out and found those sort of things as we were going along.
For more information, images and updates, please visit the film’s official website at www.JUSTICELEAGUECRISIS.com.
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CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
BOOM! Studios and BOOM!’s ongoing series IRREDEEMABLE are nominated in three categories in this year’s Broken Frontier Awards. The nominees were selected by the Broken Frontier staff, but the winners will be picked by you, the comics community!
The BOOM! Studios nominees are as follows:
Best Writer – Independent - Mark Waid (IRREDEEMABLE)
Best Debut Book – IRREDEEMABLE
Best Publisher – BOOM! Studios
To vote go here now:
http://www.brokenfrontier.com/headlines/p/detail/broken-frontier-awards-2009-vote-now
Voting is completely anonymous and is open till Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11:59 pm PST. Fans, creators and industry professionals are all allowed to vote. Winners are 100% based on votes compiled from this ballot and will be announced during the week of Monday, December 28, 2009.
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John Layman and Rob Guillory's CHEW begins its new story arc with total distribution-level sell out, despite significant overprint!
CHEW, the highly acclaimed new series by writer John Layman and artist Rob Guillory, has begun its second story arc, "International Flavor" with yet another complete distribution-level sell out!
"When CHEW was first announced, many people expressed skepticism as to the longevity of a series about an investigator who gets psychic impressions from the things he eats. With the release of CHEW #6, the first issue of its second story arc, "International Flavor," we prove that CHEW has legs beyond its initial arc. In fact, we're confident CHEW won't start sucking until at least issue #7. Pick one up next Wednesday, December 23, and find out for yourself!"
CHEW's star, Detective Tony Chu, is a cop with a secret. As a Cibopath, Detective Chu gets a psychic impression from whatever he eats. While it means he's a hell of a Detective if he can stomach the evidence, once his secret gets out the government makes plans for him, whether he likes it or not. CHEW blends horror, mystery and the strangest ability of them all in an ongoing series of horrific crimes solved in the most horrific way possible. While copies may still be available at your local comic book store, there are no plans to reprint the issue at this time.
CHEW #7 (OCT090413), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in-stores December 23, 2009.
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PILOT SEASON: STEALTH #1
Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that Pilot Season 2009 will continue with Pilot Season: Stealth #1. Hitting comic book stores February 3rd, 2010, Pilot Season: Stealth #1 is a 32-page glance into the creative minds of Image Comics partners Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible) and Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri (X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia, The Darkness).
Written by Kirkman and featuring art from Top Cow studio artist Sheldon Mitchell (Trinity: Blood on the Sands, Witchblade Annual), Pilot Season: Stealth #1 centers on Todd Carey whose life is falling apart on him. While recovering from a nasty divorce, he learns that his daughter is flunking out of college and his father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Even though he is unable to really take care of himself, Todd allows his father to move in with him. What Todd doesn’t know is that his father is the masked vigilante Stealth, and has been his entire life. Stealth has many enemies and his erratic behavior could easily get him killed – and all this trouble falls squarely in Todd’s lap.
“I’m excited for our fans and new readers to pick up Stealth,” said Mitchell. “Robert really created a dynamic relationship between Todd and his father, Marc laid out a visually compelling hero and I worked hard to get this storyline to jump off the pages.”
Pilot Season: Stealth #1 features a cover by co-creator Silvestri, and will carry a price of $2.99. A total of five new properties will be introduced in Pilot Season 2009 from co-creators Kirkman and Silvestri. Previously announced titles include Pilot Season: Murderer in stores in November and Pilot Season: Demonic in stores in December. A bargain priced issue titled Pilot Season: Declassified introduces readers to all five concepts for only one dollar.
An annual Top Cow tradition since 2007, Pilot Season allows fans the opportunity to choose the next two Top Cow series based on a selection of one-shot Pilot Season “pilot” issues through online voting. The inaugural Pilot Season initiative garnered more than four million votes from fans across the globe.
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MORE GUESTS OF HONOR AND FEATURED GUESTS ARE ADDED TO GROWING LIST OF APPEARANCES AT C2E2!
Announcement Comes at Start of C2E2 Holiday Tour
Organizers of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) have announced that four more Guests of Honor and five more Featured Guests have been added to the growing list of special guest appearances by popular writers, creators and artists at the new pop culture convention which is being launched April 16 – 18, 2010 at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center. Chuck Dixon, Steve Epting, Bob Layton, and David Lloyd will appear as Guests of Honor and Gene Ha, Mark Morales, Joshua Ortega, Khoi Pham, David Uslan, and Dexter Vines will appear as Featured Guests. Officials note that this brings the total number of Guests of Honor appearing at the new show to 12. The number of Featured Guests who have been lined up is 10.
“We are incredibly grateful to all the talented individuals, many of whom are the very best at what they do, who have committed to making an appearance at our show,” notes Lance Fensterman, Group Vice President and Show Manager for C2E2. “We’re going to deliver a spectacular show, a quality, professional event that brings top artists and creators from across the country together with their many fans – and this is still early in the game! As soon as 2010 kicks in we will have plenty more guests to announce so stay tuned!”
C2E2’s announcement comes at the start of its Holiday Tour in Chicago, where Show Manager Lance Fensterman and representatives of the C2E2 team will be delivering prizes and gifts during a week-long meeting with fans, professionals, and retailers throughout the greater Chicago area. Details about the Holiday Tour are available at www.C2E2.com.
Daily, Weekend, and VIP Tickets to C2E2 are now also available at www.C2E2.com Daily and weekend tickets are currently priced at a discounted, early bird rate. Fans wishing to take advantage of his lower rate must order their tickets before December 31st, after which the cost will rise to standard pricing. For more information on tickets, guests, or C2E2 in general, beyond the official show site, fans are encouraged to visit C2E2's official blog, www.mediumatlarge.net, and follow C2E2 on Twitter at www.twitter.com/c2e2.
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Erik Larsen's uncompromising superhero series invites new readers with a collection and the series' most ground breaking issue yet!
SAVAGE DRAGON has recently made a much publicized return to the Chicago police force, seen the return of his greatest nemesis and in SAVAGE DRAGON #156 he can only pray to survive what may be his fiercest challenge yet: his own creator, Erik Larsen.
"I'm putting SAVAGE DRAGON through the ringer, this time out" Larsen said. "When it came down to executing that classic superhero cliché, the showdown with an evil twin, there was no way that I was going to do the expected--that's not the way I'm wired. Often I've heard about writer/artists doing issue-long fight scenes and it occurred to me that I've never actually done that. This was an opportunity to cut loose as I've never cut loose before and the end result is not only the most brutal comic I've ever illustrated but quite possibly the most shocking as well. I've often said that there is no status quo in SAVAGE DRAGON and that nothing and nobody is safe. For readers weened on superhero comics from other publishers this may seem like a foreign concept but SAVAGE DRAGON readers have experienced that for years. Those readers who came onboard when Dragon returned to the police force are in for the surprise of their lives. If you think you have a good idea of what's possible in a superhero book, think again. SAVAGE DRAGON #156 will make you a believer."
SAVAGE DRAGON: BACK IN BLUE collects the series' much publicized revamp featured in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Huffington Post, among others. Beginning with SAVAGE DRAGON's return to the Chicago police force, his run in with President Obama and the return of his greatest nemesis, Overlord, the collection presents the best possible jumping on point for any fan eager to try out the series.
January also sees SAVAGE DRAGON #156, the second part of the current "Dragon War" story line, featuring the long-anticipated final showdown between Savage Dragon and an otherworldly counterpart intent on taking over his identity. With this issue, Larsen looks to push the boundaries of what people think of when of a typical superhero fight, presenting something on a much bigger scale than the previous eighteen years worth of issues has ever portrayed.
SAVAGE DRAGON #156 (NOV090333), a 32-page full color comic book for $3.50, will be in-stores January 6, 2010. Additionally, SAVAGE DRAGON: BACK IN BLUE (NOV090357), a 144-page full color trade paperback for $14.99, will be in-stores January 20, 2010.
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Prepare to Meet a Conversing Caterpillar, a Mad Hatter and a Vanishing Cat as Dynamite Entertainment's The Complete Alice in Wonderland hits stores this Wednesday!!!!
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations!"
Take one politely stubborn and opinionated young girl. Add a good squeeze to an overactive imagination. Shake in a heavy mix of puzzling and bizarre guides. Reduce all morals and lessons to a nonsensical degree. And send it all on a journey to nowhere.
This is the premium blend of ingredients that in 1854 Lewis Carroll combined to create a fairy tale unlike any other in his treasured and timeless children's stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Now, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present the most complete and vivid comic book adaptation of Lewis Carroll's genre bursting tales of young Alice and her adventures in Wonderland with The Complete Alice in Wonderland.
Designed as a four-issue series (each issue a massive 40 pages) and in stores this Wednesday (December 16th), Dynamite's The Complete Alice in Wonderland will include both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, as well as the lost Looking-Glass chapter, "The Wasp in a Wig." This All-Ages adaptation is adapted by writers John Reppion and Leah Moore (the same writing team behind Dynamite's The Complete Dracula and Sherlock Holmes series), with art by Erica Awano. This creative team has taken the time to painstakingly preserve as much of the Lewis Carroll's original language and poetry as possible whilst attempting to capture the dreamlike qualities of his narrative.
Just as Wonderland is full of surprises, Dynamite's The Complete Alice in Wonderland #1 will feature a unique die-cut cover that opens to reveal an incredible image of Alice among some of Wonderland's most memorable (and bewildering) residents by none other than superstar artist John Cassaday! The entire four-issue series will be in full-color, with each issue containing 40 pages of story and art, plus Moore and Reppion will provide bonus material such as script pages, annotations and samplings of the original text by Lewis Carroll.
Take the trip down the rabbit hole with Dynamite this week!
THE COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND #1
Story: LEWIS CARROLL
Writers: LEAH MOORE, JOHN REPPION
Penciller/Inker: ERICA AWANO
Covers: JOHN CASSADAY
Rating: ALL AGES|
UPC: 725130131171
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Marvel’s New Year’s Eve Eve Party to Take Place at your local comic shop on December 30th, 2009
Stop in to receive exclusive FREE calendars, comics and more from Marvel Comics!
Marvel Comics is pleased to announce the official Marvel’s New Year’s Eve EVE Party all day Wednesday, December 30th—right at your participating local comic shop! Fans of Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, and all things Marvel are invited to come in and celebrate the new year during this all-day event. Among the giveaway items will be a free 2010 Marvel Super Hero calendar, Exclusive Avengers ID Cards to collect & trade, a free comic book - Origins of Siege – which features an all-new prologue to the 2010’s HOTTEST event by Brian Michael Bendis, and more!
“Marvel would like to thank everyone for making 2009 such a milestone year,” says Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales and Circulation Publishing David Gabriel. “As we wrap up our 70th Anniversary, we wanted to partner with local comic book shops to show our gratitude and also wish everyone a safe, happy, and marvelous 2010!”
Swing by your participating local comic shop on December 30th for your free giveaways at the Marvel New Year’s Eve EVE party and make yours Marvel in 2010!
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