Comic Book Previews for October 7th, 2009
Before you punch your ticket to Baltimore, Maryland for this weekend’s Baltimore Comic-Con, be sure to stock up on plenty of reading material for your plane, train or automobile travel! You certainly won’t lack for pages and pages of action this week, and DC kicks things off with an explosion of Bat-titles! Kicking this off is the first issue of new limited series Batman: Unseen, which promises us a new supervillain to add to Batman’s formidable rogues’ gallery. Batman Annual #27 and Batman and Robin #5 also drop into stores this Wednesday, and fans should look for a new printing of the landmark graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, the book that redefined former Batgirl Barbara Gordon’s role in the DCU. Read more
Baltimore Comic-Con Promises Massive Guest List and Fan Fun!
In just one short week, the city of Baltimore, Maryland will once again play host to one of the biggest domestic comic book shows around when Baltimore Comic-Con kicks off on October 10th. This year mark’s the convention’s tenth anniversary, and in just that short period of time the show has grown exponentially and has added features over those years to make the show even more engaging for fans and attendees. A feature being added this year is a costume contest, complete with a $1,000 cash prize for the winner!! ”We wanted to take Sunday (October 11th) up a notch, which is normally the more laid-back day,” said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. “We’ve been asked for years and years to have a costume contest - so we’re kicking it off with a bang!” Read more
Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Adds Ray Wise to Cast!
The Dollhouse may need an addition! Veteran actor Ray Wise (Reaper, Twin Peaks) will be joining the cast in what Entertainment Weekly is calling a “potentially recurring role” as Howard, an employee of the Dollhouse who works in the upper-levels of authority in the shadowy organization. Wise will be the latest addition to a burgeoning list of high-profile guest stars who will join Dollhouse in its second season, which premiers September 25th on Fox. Alexis Denisof (Buffy, Angel) and Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama on Battlestar Galactica) are notable guest stars, as well as the popular Summer Glau from Firefly. Read more
Comic Book Previews for September 2nd, 2009
Before you hit the beach, the mountains or some other locale for the Labor Day holiday, don’t forget to swing by your local comic book shop and pick up this week’s new releases! Image Comics continues to serve up plenty for fans of their runaway hit series Chew. Issue four bows this week, along with reprints of the first three issues! This is your chance to catch up on the adventures of Detective Tony Chu all in one week! Pete Wentz, frontman for the band Fall Out Boy, sees his co-creation debut this week with the first issue of Fall Out Toy Works, the first in a five issue limited series! Mice Templar: Destiny #3 also lands in stores this week, giving fans of Image even more to be excited about! Read more
New Angel Series Coming from IDW
Now that the IDW Publishing series Angel: After the Fall has established itself in story, focus and direction, a new spinoff from the popular series has been announced! Starting this Wednesday, August 12th, Angel: Only Human #1 debuts, chronicling the stories of Gunn, who has elements of darkness within him and Illyria, with her own touches of humanity plaguing her.
Fresh off of the recent events in After the Fall involving Illyria’s impact on Wesley, this new, four-issue series will have these two characters exploring a new path together, hoping to find peace along the way. The series will be written by Scott Lobdell with art from David Messina. Don’t forget to pick up your copy tomorrow!
Comic Book Releases for August 5th, 2009
August is here! This first week of our eighth month has lots of comic book action and goodness, so hold on, here we go!
Marvel releases several big issues this week, with Captain America: Reborn #2 continuing the surprising events and twists from Captain America #600 and Reborn #1. Ultimatum’s finale sees the release of two one shots, wrapping up the stories of the Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four in two separate Requiems. Black Panther kicks off it’s second arc with issue seven, and expect an interesting run on the limited series Ghost Rider: Heavens Fire, which starts this week as well. Luke Cage is given an interesting solo story in the creative Luke Cage Noir #1, which sees the hero back home in the Prohibition era! Read more
Comic Book New Releases for July 1st, 2009
Before you rush off to that Fourth of July barbecue or picnic, be sure to swing by your local comic book shop this Wednesday and pick up these explosive issues from all your favorite publishers, guaranteed to cause plenty of fireworks on their own!
It’s finally here! For Marvel, the biggest release this week is certainly Captain America: Reborn #1. The book, with multiple variant covers, is set to be a bestseller, and Marvel has been relatively quiet on what impact this return will have on a Marvel universe currently dealing with the events of Dark Reign. On the lighter side, Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth debuts, with our anti-hero on a quest to retrieve his own head. Read the book to find out what that means! We can’t ruin all the fun! Not letting the boys have all the fun, Marvel Divas #1 drops into stores, focusing on four of Marvel’s lesser-used female characters. Also, don’t miss the second chapter in the Dark Avengers/X-Men arc Utopia; get Uncanny XMen #513 Wednesday! Read more
New Batman Ongoing Series “Streets of Gotham” Hits Stores!
One of the newest ongoing series that spun out of the events of Battle for the Cowl, Batman: Streets of Gotham, drops onto comic book store shelves today. It’s a new day in Gotham City, with a new Batman and, perhaps surprisingly, a new Robin patrolling the rooftops. The team of Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen launches with a recurring backup feature focusing on Manhunter, one of the more mysterious figures of the DC Universe. A new adversary for this Batman emerges in this series, and many questions are raised by the police regarding their relationship with the new man behind the cowl.
Writer Marc Andreyko, known for his work with the character Manhunter, will write the backup feature, with noted Buffy the Vampire Slayer illustrator Georges Jeanty providing the artwork. Another feature to not with this series will be its cover price of $3.99, an increase supposedly mirrored by added pages to this series, 40 instead of the standard 32. The creative power behind this series promises to make it one of the hot new titles of the year for DC!
Barroom Brawlers: Seven Comic Book Tough Guys (and Gals) We’d Want in a Fight
While we here at comicbook.com are generally a peaceful, live and let live kind of lot, we also enjoy a good drink now and then! Saying that, even we recognize the need now and then to have people around who, if the occasion ever called for it, would definitely be the ones who we would want to have our back if a barroom brawl were to ensue. Here are some characters that could certainly fill that role, and a few doorframes. Read more
A Satisfied Feeling: Good Endings To Comic Book Shows
The passing of a TV show can elicit similar reactions to the death of a beloved relative. For some there is anger: “They cancelled WHAT? I’ll kill those %*@&”, denial: “This has to be some rumor, what blog did you read?” bargaining: “If you just read these 50,000 fan letters, oh powerful producers, I’ll watch it on the network and not YouTube”, and variations with all the classic stages of grief. When the final episode airs, mourners may wear attire appropriate for the occasion and the deceased, it’s usually a big event with everyone staring ahead at a box, and sometimes food and drink can add a comfort.
After the final credits roll, there can be a feeling of peace and fond memories of DVD viewings to come, but only if the deceased was given a proper farewell. If it was a careless burial by the TV network, the fans will wring their hands and forever wear black, cursing the day the show was taken. Comic book fans have experienced both sides of this cruel coin, but take comfort friends. Many times, comic book TV shows suffer the dreaded “unresolved finale”, and therefore, clear closure is lost. Listed below are five comic book TV shows that got a proper good-bye on their trip to TV hereafter.
