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SDCC Wishlist | Hard-Bullied Comics Volume 2: Dead Zep
Steve Earnhart writes to let us know he’ll have 150 advanced copies of Hard-Bullied Comics Volume 2: Dead Zep, the “first musical graphic novel in the history of the medium” available this week at Comic-Con, Small Press Table P-9.
Here are the details on the book, courtesy of Steve:
Hard-Bullied Comics Volume 2: Dead Zep
Los Angeles 2024: Six months after wrapping up the Torchsong case at the business end of a Woolly Mammoth’s tusk, Private Eye Billy Blackburn is the portrait of success. His business is flourishing, his gorgeous assistant might be hot for him, and he’s closing cases left and right. Too bad the same can’t be said of his partner, Knuckles. He’s being haunted by gruesome memories of WWIII, and they’re threatening to overtake his sanity. So when a little old lady pays Billy a visit claiming her rock star son, Dirt/Nap lead
singer Zeppelin Monroe has been murdered, the past and present are set on a collision course that will test old loyalties, uncover buried truths about the war, and bring long-simmering bad blood to boil. Spanning five years and moving between Shanghai, Los Angeles and Las Vegas comes Dead Zep, the first graphic in comics history to include a fully integrated soundtrack that ties directly to the mystery contained within. Comics? Meet Rock n’ Roll.
- July 19, 2010 @ 02:31 PM by JK Parkin
Food or Comics? | This week’s comics on a budget
Chew #12
Welcome once again to Food or Comics? Every week your friendly neighborhood Robot 6 crew details what comics we’d buy at our friendly neighborhood comic shop if we had $15 to spend, if we had $30 to spend and if we had extra money to spend on what we’re calling a “Splurge” item. So join Brigid Alverson, Chris Mautner, Kevin Melrose and myself as we run down what we’d buy, and check out Diamond’s release list for this week to play along.
Kevin Melrose
If I had $15 to spend, I’d buy …
Chew #12 ($2.99)
John Layman and Rob Guillory’s delightfully quirky series about a police detective turned FDA agent who gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats continues with the return of Poyo, the killer cock. (Image)
The Sixth Gun #1 ($3.99)
The Sixth Gun #2 ($3.99)
The Free Comic Book Day edition of the first issue of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s new supernatural Western was the big hit of this year’s event — and with good reason: It sold readers on what promises to be a thrilling yarn about the bloody quest for a cursed gun in an Old West markedly different from the one shown in our history books. (Oni Press)
- July 13, 2010 @ 09:15 PM by JK Parkin
Amanda Conner’s new cover for the Two-Step collection
Two-Step
On his blog, writer Warren Ellis reveals an impressive new cover that Amanda Conner and colorist Paul Mounts created for the trade paperback collection of Two-Step, which is finally being collected this November. The comic was published in 2003 by WildStorm, under their Cliffhanger imprint, I believe, and was written by Ellis and draw by Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.
“You know how this project started? I’d worked with Amanda before — on a Vampirella thing, just because I wanted to write something for Amanda, because she’s brilliant,” Ellis wrote on his blog. “And a couple of years later I got an email from Jimmy that read, I swear: ‘Wanna write something for Amanda and I? We both think you don’t suck.’”
- July 13, 2010 @ 10:00 AM by JK Parkin
Send Us Your Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn! Today’s submission comes from Pat Loika, a writer and illustrator who lives in San Diego and is the artist on The Villain, among other works.
If you’d like to submit your Shelf Porn, drop me a line at jkparkin@yahoo.com.
To see Pat’s killer studio, click below …
- June 30, 2010 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
Send us your Shelf Porn!
Hello and welcome to Send Us Your Shelf Porn, where fans can show off what they’ve got, so long as what they’ve got involves comic book collections. Would you like to show off your shelves? Drop me an email and let’s see what we can do.
Today’s shelves come from Chad Nevett, who reviews comics for CBR and also contributes to Comics Should Be Good. Take it away, Chad …
- May 12, 2010 @ 01:00 PM by JK Parkin
Send us your Shelf Porn!
Today’s edition of Shelf Porn is another special celebrity edition, as Marc Guggenheim, writer of Amazing Spider-Man, Resurrection and many other comics titles (and who has also worked on a few television shows and movies, including the upcoming Green Lantern film), gives us a tour of his home office — complete with spinner rack, action figures and much more.
Remember, if you’d like to see your shelves featured here, just send your write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com. And now here’s Marc …
- May 5, 2010 @ 12:55 PM by JK Parkin
Send us your Shelf Porn!
Today’s edition of Shelf Porn is an update on some shelves that Chris showed you back in November. Dave Tobin in Limerick, Ireland already had a really cool set-up, but he’s done some renovations to make it even cooler. Take a look after the jump.
Remember, if you’d like to see your shelves featured here, just send your write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com. And now here’s David …
- April 28, 2010 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
Send us your Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn, our weekly look at one fan’s shelves. Would you like to show off your shelves? Drop me an email and let’s see what we can do.
Today’s edition of Shelf Porn comes from book reviewer Joshua Hill. While he has a small-but-growing comic shelf, he more than makes up for it with his collection of science fiction books. So let’s turn it over to Josh …
- April 21, 2010 @ 03:30 PM by JK Parkin
Send us your Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn, our weekly visit inside the walls of a fan’s collection. Today’s collection belongs to one Chaos McKenzie, who shows off his comics, trades, graphic novels, original art, action figures and stuffed animals. As you can see in the picture above, he’s agot a nice collection of Power Girl-related art and comics.
If you’d like to contribute to Shelf Porn, just send a write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com.
Take it away, Chaos!
- April 7, 2010 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
What Are You Reading?
Barefoot Gen Vol. 7
Welcome to another edition of What Are You Reading?, our weekly look into the reading habits of your friendly neighborhood bloggers. As I mentioned on Wednesday, Chris Mautner has stepped back to concentrate on stuff like Comics College and won’t be doing What Are You Reading? anymore, so I’ll be playing the role of host every week.
Our guest this week is Raina Telgemeier, creator of the graphic novel Smile. She’s also worked on the Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, Flight, Bizarro World, X-Men: Misfits and Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery.
To see what Raina and the rest of the Robot 6 crew have been reading, click on the link below …
- March 28, 2010 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
More vampires, Asgardians and ‘Forevers’ in this week’s comics
Welcome once again to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, our weekly look at what you can expect to find in your local comic shop tomorrow. To see what Kevin, Chris and I have to say about this week’s comics, read on …
JK Parkin’s pick of the week: American Vampire #1
American Vampire #1
Typically when we make our picks of the week we’re pretty much hypothesizing about how good a comic will be, based on previews, previous issues, the creators involved, interviews and whatever else has appeared on the ‘net about a comic before it is actually available.
In the case of American Vampire, though, Vertigo sent me a copy of the first issue, so I don’t have to guess — I know that I really, really like this comic. Scott Snyder and Stephen King each pen related tales set decades apart, both sharing a common character and drawn by Rafael Albuquerque — actually, let’s stop right there. This book has gotten some decent media coverage due to the fact that best-selling author Stephen King is involved, but the real shining star in this first issue is Albuquerque. His artwork is pretty incredible, and I particularly like how he gives each of the tales and the time periods in which they take place their own distinct visual flair.
- March 16, 2010 @ 04:00 PM by JK Parkin
A week of firsts, as First Wave, Girl Comics and Green Hornet arrive in stores
Welcome once again to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, our weekly look at what you can expect to find in your local comic shop tomorrow. To see what Kevin, Chris and I have to say about this week’s comics, read on …
First Wave #1
Kevin Melrose’s pick of the week: First Wave #1 (of 6)
I have little to no interest in Doc Savage, or a Spirit by anyone other than Will Eisner (or Darwyn Cooke). Yet I’m still intrigued by DC’s “shocking new pulp universe” in which there’s no supermen — or, more specifically, Superman — largely, if not entirely, because it’s written by Brian Azzarello. In addition to being a fan of 100 Bullets, I hold an unwavering belief that Batman: Broken City, by Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, is superior in every way to the “Hush” storyline that preceded (and overshadowed) it. I’ll fight anyone who says different. So I’m thrilled to read Azzarello again write Batman — excuse me, “The Bat-Man” — especially as a “brash, cocky, inexperienced and daring” vigilante. Also: the under-used, and under-appreciated, Blackhawks! (DC Comics)
- March 2, 2010 @ 04:41 PM by JK Parkin
Blackest Night, Jack Staff, Alan Moore and more hit comic shops this week
Welcome once again to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, our weekly look at what you can expect to find in your local comic shop tomorrow. To see what Kevin, Chris and I have to say about this week’s comics, read on …
The Weird World of Jack Staff #1
Kevin Melrose’s pick of the week: The Weird World of Jack Staff #1
Britain’s Greatest Hero returns in a much-anticipated monthly series that creator Paul Grist promises will prominently feature Jack Staff’s wonderfully offbeat supporting cast, among them Tom Tom the Robot Man, the investigators of Q branch, and Becky Burdock, Vampire Reporter. The new series also will see the return of Charlie Raven, the greatest escapologist of the Victorian Age — “No door is locked to him! No chains can bind him! No trap can hold him!” — and Lynda Jones, Calendar Girl! Good, or at least weird, times ahead for John Smith & Co. (Image Comics)
- February 23, 2010 @ 01:22 PM by JK Parkin
This week Hercules falls, Voodoo ends and Shiga lets you choose your own adventure
Captain America #603
Welcome once again to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, our weekly look at what you can expect to find in your local comic shop tomorrow. To see what Kevin, Chris and I have to say about this week’s comics, read on …
Kevin Melrose’s pick of the week: Captain America #603
Given all the controversy surrounding the previous issue, is it safe to presume there will be a run on Part 2 of “Two Americas” as political pundits and members of right-leaning message boards search for hidden messages and perceived slights? Perhaps instead of those they’ll simply find the kind of engaging, complex and slow-burning story for which Ed Brubaker & Co. — in this case, artist Luke Ross — have become known in the past five years on Captain America. (Marvel)
- February 16, 2010 @ 03:03 PM by JK Parkin
DMZ, Mesmo, Choker, Human Target and more fight the snow to get to shops this week
Welcome once again to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, our weekly look at what you can expect to find in your local comic shop tomorrow.
Although a snowstorm caused some problems at Diamond Comics Distributors‘ headquarters this week, I hear through the grapevine that they aren’t expecting any delays in getting comics shipped out to shops. Good news indeed.
To see what Kevin, Chris and I have to say about this week’s comics, read on …
Hicksville
Chris Mautner’s Pick of the Week: Hicksville Definitive Edition
One of the most important comics to come out of the art comix scene of the 1990s, Hicksville was the finest love song ever written to the medium at that time. A mystery set in a quaint New Zealand town where everyone just happens to be an ardent comics junkie and no one wants to talk about its most famous resident, superhero artist Dick Burger. It’s such a significant and beloved work that it’s hard to believe it’s languished out of print for so long. Thank goodness Drawn and Quarterly has seen fit to reissue it and get it out in front of people’s noses again. If you haven’t read this yet, you’re missing out on a real treat. (Drawn and Quarterly)
- February 9, 2010 @ 02:30 PM by JK Parkin