Jonah Hex
Food or Comics? | This week’s comics on a budget
Joe the Barbarian #8
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we’d buy on Wednesday based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we’d get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on what we call our “Splurge” item.
Check out Diamond’s release list or ComicList if you’d like to play along in our comments section.
Chris Arrant
$15:
This week’s a big week for me, so with only $15 I’d have to leave a lot of things back and make some hard choices. My five under $15 would start with Joe The Barbarian #8 (DC/Vertigo, $3.99) by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy. I’m a big fan of both guys, but I have to admit the story went over my head the same way The Filth did in serialization. Be that as it may, I’ve kept buying the issues just to amaze myself with Murphy’s art. Now that the complete series is out, I’ll re-read it all in one sitting and hope for the best. Second would be the fourth issue of Incognito: Bad Influences (Marvel/Icon, $3.50) because, well, Brubaker and Phillips can do no wrong. After that I’d get Secret Warriors #25 (Marvel, $3.99) because Hickman’s writing here plays up to all the things I like — espionage, secrets, and overly-complicated story arcs. Over on the DC side I would pick up Brightest Day #21 (DC, $2.99). This series has ebbed and flowed for me, depending on which story arcs are brought to the fore in each issue… but I’m excited to see what happens and that’s what it should be about, right? My last pick is a cheat — I only have some change left, but thankfully the Fear Itself Sketchbook (Marvel) coming out is a free promotional item. I’ll take Stuart Immonen sketches any day!
- March 1, 2011 @ 04:00 PM by JK Parkin
Food or Comics? | This week’s comics on a budget
Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we’d buy on Wednesday based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we’d get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on what we call our “Splurge” item.
Check out Diamond’s release list or ComicList if you’d like to play along in our comments section.
Michael May
If I had $15:
I’d start with Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever #1 ($2.99). I love weird western tales and can’t imagine a better creative team for one than the writers of BPRD and artist John Severin, who illustrated so many of Atlas’ classic westerns. Then I’d grab The Muppet Show, Volume 5: Muppet Mash ($9.99) because hey, Roger Langridge, Muppets and classic monsters.
If I had $30:
I’d add a couple of Big Two all-ages comics to the pile. If Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Spectacular #1 ($3.99) is half as fun as the show it’s based on, it’ll be worth taking home and reading to the boy. I’ll just have to keep ignoring the irritating, unnecessarily three-fingered character designs. I’m even more confident that we’ll enjoy DC’s Super Friends, Volume 4: Mystery in Space ($12.99) because we’ve been so delighted with the first three collections. David just turned nine and by way of celebration, he wanted to go back and re-read the Superman’s Birthday story from volume two.
- February 1, 2011 @ 04:26 PM by JK Parkin
Fiona Staples saddles up to Jonah Hex
DC’s blog The Source just posted news (and art!) that up & coming artist Fiona Staples is drawing an upcoming issue of Jonah Hex.
Staples will be illustrating Jonah Hex #66, which is expected to hit shelves the first week of April. Staples has been rising in the comics world, with her most recently working with Steve Niles on IDW’s Mystery Society, and she also did the North 40 miniseries for Wildstorm as well as covers for DV8: Gods & Monsters.
Staples is just the latest in a long line of stellar artists that writers Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and the editors at DC have been able to wrangle. In its five year run, it’s had Tony DeZuniga, J.H. Williams 3, Darwyn Cooke, Jordi Bernet, Luke Ross, John Higgins, Phil Noto, Paul Gulacy, Brian Stelfreeze, Eduardo Risso, Russ Heath, David Michael Beck, Dick Giordano, Billy Tucci and more.
Wow. I get tired — and excited — just saying those names.
- January 11, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by Chris Arrant
What Are You Reading?
Saturn Apartments
Welcome once again to What Are You Reading?, our weekly look at what the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately. Our special guest today is Faith Erin Hicks, creator of the graphic novels Zombies Calling, The War at Ellsmere and the upcoming Friends with Boys. She also drew the recent First Second release Brain Camp and has a comic strip in her local weekly newspaper The Coast called The Adventures of Superhero Girl.
To see what Faith and the Robot 6 crew have been reading, click below …
- November 28, 2010 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
The comics writer who wants to be his own man: Jimmy Palmiotti
Photo by Seth Kushner
Jimmy Palmiotti has been a lot of things in the world of comics: inker, publisher, editor, writer and even journalist and interviewer at times. A veteran inker who transitioned to writing and editing, back in the late 90s and early 2000s he and Joe Quesada helped turn around then-beleaguered Marvel Comics giving the publisher a new style and swagger. But when Quesada became Editor-In-Chief, Palmiotti famously decided to jump back into the freelance world and carved out a niche for himself as a go-to writer for superhero titles and also a strong voice in independent comics.
Fast forward to today, and he’s riding high on the success of his longest running series ever, DC’s Jonah Hex, is doing some editing for publishing newcomer Kickstart, and has a bevy of projects on both sides of the Big Two on the verge of announcement. But despite his success as writer, or perhaps because of it, his name is often bandied about as a viable candidate for top jobs at both Marvel and DC — but as of yet, Palmiotti continues to freelance. Why? That’s because he likes it.
- October 5, 2010 @ 11:00 AM by Chris Arrant
From the bin: Andrew Robinson’s Jonah Hex
Unused Jonah Hex cover by Andrew Robinson
Here is an illustration by Andrew Robinson done as an inventory cover for DC’s Jonah Hex series. I’d love to hold this in my grubby hands, or get a whole issue of Jonah Hex by Palmiotti, Gray and Robinson, for that matter. What do you say, DC?
If you’re attending New York Comic Con, make sure you stop by the Essential Sequential booth to meet Robinson. He’ll have several of his self-published books like Androx, the Dusty Star Sketchbook, Andrew Robinson Goes To Zanyzonkerville and Ten Paintings. He’ll also be doing inked sketches and watercolor pieces for con-goers. And Saturday is his birthday, so make sure you tell him I said “happy birthday!”
- September 27, 2010 @ 02:30 PM by Chris Arrant
Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes
Comic-Con International
Conventions | A limited number of four-day memberships for Comic-Con International will go on sale at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST today as part of hotel-stay packages. [Comic-Con]
Conventions | Michael Cieply looks at Comic-Con as a destination for filmmakers to promote their next big projects, and convention attendees as “consummate insiders” who don’t always pick the box-office winners. [The New York Times]
Legal | As a Brussels court decides whether Tintin in the Congo should be banned in Belgium, Pallavi Aiyar provides some background on the book’s history and on the civil case. [Business Standard]
- June 28, 2010 @ 08:27 AM by Kevin Melrose
Straight for the art | Aw, Hex Yeah!
Ah, Hex Yeah!
We’ve seen Jonah Hex in a faux Justice League recently, so why not the Tiny Titans? Artist J. Bone offers a glimpse at what a Tiny Titans version of DC’s cowboy movie star might look like, squirt guns and all.
- June 1, 2010 @ 09:30 AM by JK Parkin
First images from animated ‘Jonah Hex’ animated short hit the web
Jonah Hex
Warner Bros. sent out the first three images from the Jonah Hex animated short that can be found on the upcoming Batman: Under the Red Hood DVD.
This is the second DC Showcase animated short, following the Spectre one that appeared on the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths DVD earlier this year. “Jonah Hex “is scripted by author Joe Lansdale and features the voices of Thomas Jane, Linda Hamilton, Michelle Trachtenberg and Michael Rooker.
According to the press release, “In the DC Showcase story, the tough-as-nails bounty hunter Jonah Hex
always gets his man – until someone else gets to him first – in this case a murderous madam who wants to steal more than just her bounty from Jonah Hex.”
Batman: Under the Red Hood arrives in stores July 27. Check out a couple more images after the jump.
- May 27, 2010 @ 10:00 AM by JK Parkin
Venture Bros., Jonah Hex figures debut at Toy Fair 2010
The Monarch
The Venture Bros. are here — or, at least, are in New York. UGO.com has posted several photos of Bif Bang Pow’s upcoming Venture Bros. ’70s-style’ figures, including Dr. Venture, Brock Samson and the Monarch. But wait — there’s more!
- February 15, 2010 @ 09:33 AM by JK Parkin
Straight for the art | Darwyn Cooke’s Jonah Hex covers
Jonah Hex #50
DC Comics posts two covers by Darwyn Cooke for the upcoming 50th issue of Jonah Hex. And yes, Jonah Hex has made it to 50 issues, which is both surprising and delightful for a book that features cowboys, no crossovers and mostly “done in one” issues. No doubt the rotating cast of talented artists has helped, but the real secret sauce is the writing team.
You can see the other cover by following the link.
- August 19, 2009 @ 10:50 AM by JK Parkin
SDCC | Friday’s programming schedule
Comic-Con
Friday’s programming schedule for the San Diego Comic-Con is up; you can check out right here. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights …
- Friday at the San Diego Comic-Con is Star Wars day, with seven panels themed around the space epic. It includes the “Lucasfilm: Star Wars Spectacular” panel, which will be aired on G4.
- The Brave & the Bold episode “Mayhem of the Music Meister” featuring the voice of Neil Patrick Harris, will be shown at the con. Harris isn’t listed as being at the panel, but hey, it’s San Diego — anything can happen.
- Warner Bros. will show off footage from a number of upcoming movies, including Jonah Hex.
- July 10, 2009 @ 11:40 PM by JK Parkin