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June 05 

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Here’s looking at Elfsar’s picks for Comics starting to ship in August!

DARK HORSE

REVELATIONS #1 by Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos.

  Dark Horse Comics says this is a sophisticated murder

mystery set in the most unlikely of places – The Vatican. 

 How is the Vatican unlikely to have murders or mysteries?

 Isn’t everything some kind of Catholic cover up these days? 

But here, have a six page preview: http://www.darkh

orse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=10-078

BPRD THE BLACK FLAME #1 of 6 by Mike Mignola,

John Arcudi and Guy Davis.  The BPRD are sure

having a hard time with these frogs.  Mignola’s doing

the covers.  I wonder why he hates frogs so much.

AEON FLUX #1 of 4 by Mike Kennedy and Timothy

Green.  From MTV cartoons to comics to the big

screen later this fall, Aeon Flux returns.  Aeon Flux

 is a freedom fighter who is trying to liberate the people

of her pseudo-Utopian colony from mood altering

propaganda.  Only her superiors have instructed her to

train a new agent, and of course that agent’s going

 to screw everything up.

CONAN THE GOD IN THE BOWL AND OTHER

STORIES HC by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord. 

The second lovely hardcover collection of Conan stories.

THE AMERICAN TP by Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner,

Frank Miller, Mike Mignola and Jim Lee.  He’s the

ultimate American hero.  Since the fifties, he has

been a symbol of hope and courage for the entire

nation, an indestructible one man army standing

tall for freedom, justice and the American way

– but what about Truth?  When reporter Dennis

Hough is assigned to cover his boyhood hero,

he begins to see cracks in the legend.  Does

the American have feet of clay?  Or is he himself

a victim of a larger conspiracy?

NEW RECRUITS TP by various newbies.  Want to see

what it takes to break into comics?  Check out this

anthology done by rookies to this glorious medium we

call comic books.

LADY SNOWBLOOD VOL 1 TP by Kazuo Koike and

Kazuo Kamimura.  This is a story about pure revenge. 

Lady Snowblood was born with a singular purpose,

to avenge the death of her family at the hands of thugs,

 a purpose woven into her soul at the time of her gestation. 

 From the writer of Lone Wolf and Cub, Crying Freeman

and Samurai Executioner.

DC COMICS

BATMAN JOURNEY INTO KNIGHT # 1 of 12 by

Andrew Helfer and Tan Eng Huat.  You know, I’m kind

 of sick about everyone replacing “night” with “knight”.

  “Knightmare”   “Good Knight” Yeah, it’s clever, but get

over yourselves already.  Pat Lee provides the covers to

 this series, and three cents of every dollar goes towards

 him starting up another comic company.

DETECTIVE COMICS # 809 – 810 and BATMAN

# 643 - 644 by Andersen Gabrych, Bill Willingham,

Pete Woods and Guiseppe Camuncoli.  For reasons

 that are unknown to me, David Lapham’s CITY OF

CRIME story is taking a little break for August and

instead we get this four part follow up to last year’s

 WAR GAMES story.  Someone is supposed to

die – FOREVER!

CATWOMAN WILD RIDE TP by Ed Brubaker and

Cameron Stewart.  Catwoman goes on a road trip! 

Guest starring Wildcat, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Captain

Cold and more.

SUPERGIRL #1 by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill. 

Special origin issue!  Who is the new Supergirl? 

Why is she fighting Power Girl?  You know,

there are some misanthropes out there who think

 you fanboys are perverts and losers.

Don’t believe me? Read this article: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-

1636789,00.html)

SUPERGIRL #0 by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill.  If you

missed it the first time, here is a repackaged SUPERMAN/

BATMAN #19, a reintro for the new Supergirl.  And you could

 have missed it, because Superman Batman sells like crap. 

No one reads it.  Really.  It’s sad.

 IDENTITY CRISIS HC by Brad Meltzer and Rags Morales. 

 I am buying this book.  Because when it came out, Wizard

said “It’s a good comic, James” and I said, “Screw you,

Wizard Magazine, I have free will and determination! 

I don’t have to buy this!”  But I was wrong.  It sold like a

 bazillion copies and everyone was laughing and clapping

and having fun without me.  So now, in a last, scrambling

attempt to be cool like Wizard, I’m getting the hardcover.

ADAM STRANGE PLANET HEIST TP by Andy Diggle and

 Pascal Ferry.  Adam Strange is a lot like Captain Kirk. 

They both like to make sweet love to hot alien babes. 

The only difference is that Adam Strange is a responsible

 family man and a pillar of his community.  Whereas Kirk is

 an intergalactic man-whore. 

DC’S GREATEST IMAGINARY STORIES TP by various

 writers and artists.  This title is misleading.  Because aren’t

 ALL of DC’s stories imaginary by default?  I mean, no one

out there thinks that Batman and Superman are real right?

Right? http://www.unecaseenmoins.com/galerie3/pages

/batman.htm

Right? http://www.frikis.org/images/frikis/superman.jpg

RIGHT? http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~canoe/2005/

2005%20Team/Brianna%20Cash%20-%20Wonder%2

0Woman.jpg

RIGHT??? http://www.kineticduo.com/photos/holiday

s/halloween

_2004/Rob_GreenLantern3.jpg

Right?????? http://jrichardstevens.com/thebradleyfiles

/images/25026.jpg

RIGHT? http://www.halloweencostumes4u.com/hallo

wee/closeups/38841.jpg

RIGHT??? http://www.mdifilm.com/joker/graphics/and

y-nightwing/Untitled-6.jpg

RIGHT? http://applegarden.fi/albumi/%2313555476.2

/Batman%20&%20Robin.jpg

RIGHT??? http://www.worth1000.com/entries/21000

/21487_w.jpg

*whimper* http://www.scifidimensions.com/Sep04/d

c2004_shazam.jpg

JACK CROSS #1 by Warren Ellis and Gary Erskine.

  A scary world demands a scary man – and that man

 is Jack Cross.  Cross is a one man solution to direct

 threats to America’s freedom.  Hired by the enigmatic

Karen Huang of the National Security Council, Cross

is placed into flashpoint situations with carte blanche

to solve problems.  Here is a rare peak at Jack Cross’s

 military mentor,

Super Mario, play this game…. It’s fun!: http://www.burstfilms.com/

games/mario.php

JUSTICE #1 of 12 by Jim Kreuger, Alex Ross and Doug

Braithwaite.  Yay!  Alex Ross is back!  Wizard will be

SO happy.  Alex Ross is right about

 everything you know.  Damn Kevin Smith for only

crediting Stan Lee as the creator of

Marvel’s beloved heroes!   Here is a twelve issue series

about whatever Alex Ross

wants, because we do not say no to Alex Ross. 

Here is an exclusive peek at one of the model Alex used to

 paint Batman (Scroll down a little):

^{http://www.livejournal.com/users/_tekwh0re_/440356.html}

JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE VOL 1 TP by Joe Kelly and

Doug Mahnke.  Reprints Action Comics #775, JLA #100,

JLA Secret Files 2004 and JLElite #1-4.  Is the world safe

 with the sissy and pantsless Justice League?  Is it not time

 for a more pro-active Justice League to kick ass for freedom?

WATCHMEN THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC by Alan Moore

and Dave Gibbons.  Okay.  So I like Watchmen.  I have the TP. 

 And then I found the old, hard to find Graphitti Designs Hardcover

(It’s a sleek, black slipcase HC) and I bought it.  For a

 pretty penny.  I was feeling all proud of myself that I have

 another expensive and useless item in my geek collection,

when NOT TWO DAYS LATER they announce this. 

Absolute Watchmen.  Which reprints the Graphitti Designs

 book PERFECTLY.  As well as being recoloured by

Gibbons, WildStorm FX and original colourist John Higgins. 

But the sick part?  I might buy this.  Is it wrong to own three

versions of Watchmen?

TESTAROTHO VOL 1 TP by Sanbe Kei.  Lots of people

 run around and burn people at the stake.  And roast marshmallows. 

YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL 1 TP by Narushima Yuri. 

A young magician is summoned home to stop a clan of

Necromancers from killing girls to read the future in their

entrails.  Some helpful terms if you’re thinking of becoming

some kind of hippie freak:

Ichthyomancy is the divination from the heads and entrails of fish. 

Sphexomancy is the divination by means of wasps.

Gyromancy is divination by spinning around in circles

(helps if you predict giggling and vomit)

Tyromancy is divination by cutting cheese.  I’m not sure how

literal you’re supposed to take that.  Experiment.

WILDSIDERZ #1 by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. 

Five young friends tap into a radical new technology that

transforms and empowers them with animalistic abilities! 

 Did you know that the sex of a crocodile is determined by

the temperature during the egg incubation?  Did you know

that elephants can’t jump? Did you know that the hippopotamus

 has pink sweat?  Did you know Octopi have three hearts? 

I’ll wager J. Scott Campbell doesn’t know either.

THE AUTHORITY REVOLUTION BOOK ONE TP by Ed

Brubaker and Dustin Nguyen.   Just when you thought

Bush was bad, the Authority overthrows the US government. 

THE WINTER MEN #1 of 8 by Brett Lewis and John Paul

Leon.  Whatever became of the USSR’s super soldiers

after the Soviet Union collapsed?  The answer is in here.

TOP 10: BEYOND THE FARTHEST PRECINT #1 of 5 by

Paul DiFilippo and Jerry Ordway.  Catch up with Toybox,

Kemlo Caesar, Smax, King Peacock, Joe Pi and everyone

else in this new limited series, set five years after the

EXCELLENT Smax mini series.

V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION HC by Alan Moore and

David Lloyd.  Just in time to be butchered in a new movie,

this classic comic is given a brand new hardcover. 

But the movie’s got Natalie Portman, so I’m there.

IMAGE COMICS

ANT #1 by Mario Gully.  This chick who thinks she’s an

ant is committed to an insane asylum.  She gripes about

how life isn’t fair. 

DUSTY STAR #1 by Andrew Robinson and Joe Pruett. 

 It’s a different time and a strange place.  It’s burlesque

shows and all-night poker games.  It’s robots and flying

ships.  It’s tattooed horses and new wave cowboys with

bad attitudes.  This is the world of Dusty Star. 

FERRO CITY by Jason Armstrong.  His partner is dead. 

The cops are out to pin it in on him.  And the only solid proof

he has to clear himself is a tiny gadget that could grant ten

million sentient robots their freedom: the Medusa Key. 

Too bad the Ferro City mob wants it too.

THE FACELESS A TERRY SHARP STORY OGN by Robert

Tinnell and Adrian Salmon.  By day, Terry Sharp directs horror

movies but by night he fights a relentless crusade against a

satanic conspiracy.

INDIGO VERTIGO by Katie-Jane Garside and Dan Schaffer. 

This book is described as the comic equivalent of a David Lynch

 having carnal relations with Sylvia Plath. 

Here is David Lynch: http://www.nndb.com/people/720/000

024648/david-lynch.jpg

Here is Sylvia Plath: http://www.hypatia-trust.org.uk/images/plath1.jpg

I leave the rest to your sick imaginations.  And Photoshop.

SEASON OF THE WITCH #0 by Jai Nitz and Kevin Sharpe.  

Jessica Suddreth was a normal high school freshman until she

was magically transported to the fairytale world of Asamondo. 

There she trains to be a mystical warrior called a Spell Sword. 

 I’m sorry, but there’s no such thing as a “normal” high school kid. 

They look like this: http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/

2003/08/29_ap_virusarrest/images/parson_large.jpg

And this: http://www.insoc.org/graphics/Kurt32.jpg

WINGS OF ANANSI by Michael Avon Oeming and Greg Titus. 

This is the story of a stripper, a drug lord, a loser and a spider. 

 It’s based off an African folk tale. 

COYOTE VOL 1 TP by Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers. 

The fine folks who brought us two great Batman stories (Strange

Apparitions and Dark Detective) bring us this collection of early

work unseen for twenty years. 

GUN FU TP by Howard M. Sum and Joe Mason.  The year is 1936.

  Cheng Bo Sen is a Hong Kong cop.  England enlists him as a

secret agent to fight the Nazis.  Also, he speaks hip hop.  For shizzle.

THE NECROMANCER #1 by Joshua Ortega and Francis Manapul.

  Abigail is a stunning 17 year old girl with a natural talent for magic. 

 She’s pretty, popular and talented so why is she on the verge of

killing herself? 

WANTED TP by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones.  Now available in softcover.

MARVEL COMICS

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 by Mark Millar

and Jae Lee.  Enter: The Ultimate Inhumans!  This is going to

tie in to a future Ultimate Fantastic Four story called “Tomb of Namor”

ULTIMATE X-MEN ANNUAL #1 by Brian K. Vaughan and

 Tom Raney.  Ultimate Juggernaut returns!  He fights

Ultimate Gambit and Ultimate Rogue for the Ultimate Gem

 of Cyttorak for Ultimate Victory of Ultimate Earth!

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 by Brian Michael

Bendis and Mark Brooks.  Ultimate Spider-Man gets a new

 Ultimate Girl Friend.  He broke up with Ultimate Mary Jane

and Ultimate Gwen Stacy is dead.  So who’s he shacking

 up with now?  Ultimate Spider-Man is the Ultimate Man-Whore.

ULTIMATES ANNUAL #1 by Mark Millar and Steve Dillon.

  Ultimate Nick Fury has two superteams!  Meet the second one!

DAREDEVIL FATHER DIRECTOR’S CUT #1 by Joe Quesada. 

Well, #1 came out over a year ago, and to celebrate,

 Marvel Comics is pleased to offer #1 again. 

With a new cover, a higher price and the promise that #2

 is ALMOST DONE!  You Marvel fans must be very, very proud.

MARVEL 1602 NEW WORLD #1 & 2 of 6 by Greg Pak and

 Greg Tocchini.  So, this mini series will divide the fanboys forever. 

 Who will get this even though Neil Gaiman has nothing to do with it?

  Who will buy it because Spider-Man is in it?  Who will buy it

 because there are dinosaurs in it? 

WHA… HUH? by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Mahfood. 

 Also reoffered because it’s very late.  Witness Marvel

comics making fun of Identity Crisis just because IC got

more press in Wizard. 

MEGA MORPHS #1 & 2 of 4 by Sean McKeever and

 Lou Kang.  (How cool is that name… insert your Mortal

 Kombat joke here) Okay, so I love giant robots.  Especially

 when the giant robots are in the shape of Wolverine, Captain

 America, Ghost Rider, The Hulk and Spider-Man.  Lots of

things explode, I bet.

EARTH X HC by Jim Krueger, Alex Ross and John

Paul Leon.  Alex Ross is great because while he likes

 to maintain the purity of the old school heroes, he has

no problem screwing them over in horrible alternate

futures.  I’d call it “hypocrisy” except that Wizard tells me Ross is cool.

RUNAWAYS VOL 1 HC by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian

Alphona.  The first 18 issue series is collected into a lovely

oversized hardcover.  Six kids discover that their parents

are actually supervillains.  Some will try and stop them and

 some might decide to join them.  You’ll have to buy the book

 to find out.  My dad’s a librarian.  It’s a different kind of evil.

ULTIMATES 2 VOL 1 GODS AND MONSTERS TP by

Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch.  Ultimate Hulk is on trial for

 his life!  Ultimate Thor goes nuts and has to get an

Ultimate Ass-kicking! 

ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 2 DANGEROUS TP by

Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.  The second half

to Whedon and Cassaday’s FIRST year

of X-Men.  That’s right, fanboys, they’ve signed on for

 a second year of 5 late comics.

STRANGE TP by J. Michael Straczynski and Brandon

Peterson.  Basically, Dr. Strange gets a new coat and

an updated origin.

AIT/PLANET LAR

FULL MOON FEVER GN by Joe Casey and Caleb Gerard.

  This is a graphic novel about werewolves on the moon. 

Where they are always werewolves.  Because it’s always

a full moon.  On the moon.  Werewolves: http://www.we

rewolffeet.com/pictures/archive/illustration

/werewolves-are-cool.gif

ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC

IMAGINARIES VOL 1 LOST & FOUND  by Mike S. Miller. 

My little sister once had an imaginary friend.  On car rides,

we’d all sit in the back seat.  Me on the left, my sister on the

 right and the imaginary friend in the middle.  I kept unbuckling

 the middle seat belt and my sister kept freaking out because

 she was afraid that her imaginary friend would go flying

 through the windshield. 

ARCANA STUDIO

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES #1 by MacPherson and Acosta. 

Pirates battle for the lost relics of Christ.  Pirates and Jesus:

Two Great Tastes That Taste

Great Together!  http://www.oseland.com/albums/SWHalloween/Jesus_

threatened_by_a_pirate.sized.jpg

ASPEN MLT INC

SOULFIRE DYING OF THE LIGHT #1 by Michael Turner

and Micah Gunnell.  This new series expands the world

of Soulfire.  I present to you, an uplifting

gallery of Michael Turner artwork.

Turner on Star Wars: http://www.leiasmetalbikini.com/Michae

lTurner_04_04.jpg

Turner on Trigun: http://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/clindoeil

/trigun_michael_turner.jpg

Turner on Airplanes: http://www.kiekebusch.com/Inhaltsverzeic

hnis/Luftfahrtku

nst_Buecher/The_Aviation_Art_of_Michael_Turner_tn.jpg

Turner on Bronzed Insects: http://www.cityzones.co.uk/I

MAGES2/Tues%2016%20Nov%20Michael%20Turner.jpg

Turner on Linux: http://images.amazon.com/images/

P/0072226315.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Turner on hairstyle: http://www.fapenpals.com/mturner1.gif

Turner on Waltz: http://www.thursdaycontra.com/~

spuds/tunes/couple/MichaelTurner.png

See?  I bet that Wizard didn’t know just how versatile

an artist Turner is. 

BLUE KING STUDIOS

BLACK HEART IRREGULARS #1 by Neil Hendrick and Ulises

Carpintero.  Preview here:

http://www.bluekingstudios.com/archives/000053.html

COMELY COMIX

CAPTAIN CANUCK UNHOLY WAR 30^th ANNIVERSARY 3 PACK

  by some good Canadian kids.  All three issues of the Unholy War

mini series are now available for one low price.  Shields are for sissies.

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

RED SONJA ONE MORE DAY ONE SHOT by Jimmy Palmiotti,

Justin Gray and Liam Sharp.  A new 40 page one shot, Red Sonja

is hired by a desperate king to defend his small kingdom against an

 intractable army.  In honor of this, I give you the most sophisticated

 piece of Red Sonja the glorious Internet has to offer:

http://www.piscesallmedia.com/golden/images/red_sonja.jpg

BORDERLINE VOL 1 TP by Chris Truillo and Eduardo Risso. 

\From the excellent artist of 100 BULLETS comes the first collection

of a six hundred page work of science fiction excellence available

for the first time in English.

DEVIL’S DUE PUBLISHING

GI JOE: SNAKE EYES: DECLASSIFIED #1 by Brandon Jerwa and

Emiliano Santalucia.  The origin of the mysterious Snake Eyes. 

DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES #1 of 8 by Andrew Dabb and

Steve Kurth.  An age of despair has dawned for the world of Krynn.

  But not to fear!  After months and years of waiting, George

R.R. Martin finished that book I’ve been complaining about for

the last few months!  Details here: www.georgerrmartin.com

STRONGHOLD #1 of 3 by Phil Hester and Tyler Walpole.   Michael Grey

 thinks he deserves better than his crappy life.  After saving a child, he

 starts getting weird thoughts.  Are they a gateway to a better life or just

 crazy delusions? 

DRAWN & QUARTERLY

BAGHDAD JOURNAL: AN ARTIST IN OCCUPIED IRAQ HC by Steve

Mumford.  This book is a culmination of four journeys to war-torn Iraq by

painter Steve Mumford. 

FANTAGRAPHICS

ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL by Dan Clowes and Terry Zwigoff.  This

 is the companion book to Clowes and Zwigoff’s film GHOST WORLD. 

This book includes the uncut screenplay, some behind the scenes

sketches and drawing as well as the original “Art School” comic story

 that inspired the movie in colour!  

IDW PUBLISHING

GEORGE ROMERO’S LAND OF THE DEAD #1 by Chris Ryall and Gabriel

 Rodriguez.  This guy’s in it: http://www.childoffortune.com/zombie.1.jpg

And this guy:

THE DEVIL’S REJECTS by Rob Zombie, David Hartman, Mike

Lopez and Nick

Stakal.  You know, Rob Zombie looks a lot like Alan Moore. 

Rob Zombie: http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/news/imag

es/zombie.jpg

Alan Moore: http://www.londonist.com/image/moore.jpg

Are they the same person?  U-Decide!

SPIKE: OLD TIMES by Peter David and Fernando Goni. 

Years ago, a young poet

named William was humiliated by the woman he loved, the

elegant Cecily (he wrote

a poem about her).  Years later, Cecily is a vengeance demon

 known as Halfrek and

 Williams is the vampire Spike and he’s out to stop her from

destroying another young

 poet’s life.  Here is a poem I found for you: *ahem*

A young man whose sight was myopic
Thought sex an incredible topic.
So poor were his eyes,
That despite its great size,
His penis appeared microscopic.

ONI PRESS

LOLA GN by J. Torres and R’John Bernales. 

 I met her in a club down in old Soho/where you drink 

champagne and it tastes just like 

Cherry Cola/C-O-L-A Cola./She walked up to me and 

she asked me to dance./I asked 

her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 

"Lola"/L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo Lola/Well,

 I'm not the world's most physical guy,/but when she 

squeezed me tight she nearly broke 

my spine/Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola/Well, 

I'm not dumb but I can't 

understand/why she walks like a woman and talks like 

a man/Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola,

 lo lo lo Lola/Well, we drank champagne and danced all 

night,

under electric candlelight,/she picked me up and sat me

on her knee,/She said,

 "Little boy won't you come home with me?"/Well, I'm

not the world's most passionate guy,

/but when I looked in her eyes,/I almost fell for my

 Lola,/Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola/I

pushed her away.

I walked to the door./I fell to the floor. I got down on

 my knees./I looked at her, and she

 at me.

/Well that's the way that I want it to stay./I always

want it to be that way for my Lola./Lo

 lo lo Lola.

/Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls./It's a mixed up,

muddled up, shook up world,

/except for

Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola./Well I left home just

a week ago,/and I never ever

kissed a woman before

,/Lola smiled and took me by the hand,/she said,

"Little boy, gonna make you a man."

/Well I'm not the world's most masculine man,/but I

know what I am and that I'm a man,

/so is Lola./Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.

So, yeah I went for karaoke the other night. 

Apparently this book is about a

young man who sees demons that nobody else can see. 

 A not about people like this:

http://www.thisisthelife.com/photos/experiences/

large/karaoke-in-japan.jpg

SPEAKEASY COMICS

HERO @ LARGE #1 by Erick Hogan and

Jeremy Treece. 

Welcome to Megalotropolis where heroes battle

for the top spot on the TV news. 

 Alpha Major was the top hero of the day until an

upstart hero named Diesel came

and stole his spotlight.  Embarrassed, Alpha’s run

away and met a small boy who

promises to teach him the true meaning of heroism.

OF BITTER SOULS #1 by Charles Satterlee and

Norm Breyfogle.    A strange pastor in

 New Orleans grants four individuals powers based

 on their worst personality traits. 

Man, I’d hate it if someone made me into a sarcastic

and negative writer-wannabe. 

ROCKETO #1 by Frank Espinosa.  This just sounds

cool:  Set 2,000 years in a mythical

future, the world as we know it has been destroyed

in a catastrophe and its magnetic

field distorted.  The only way for mankind to now

navigate through the broken land masses

 is by the unique abilities of the Mappers,

 a genetically engineered group of men and

women who act as human compasses. 

TITAN PUBLISHING

STAR TREK COMICS CLASSICS VOL 1: TO

BOLDLY GO TP by Barr and Sutton.

  You know, Captain Kirk is a lot like Adam Strange. 

  They both like to make sweet

 love to hot alien babes. 

The only difference is that Adam Strange is a

responsible family man and a pillar of

his community.  Whereas Kirk

 is an intergalactic man-whore.  Also, Kirk is a

karaoke superstar:

http://www.eonline.com/On/101/BiggestCelebri

tyOops/GalleryOfGoofs/Images/ga

l.shatner.jpg

A lover of animals: http://www.dolphintrainer.com/Sm

all%20Scanner%20Web%2

0Ready/Shatner&KW91001.jpg

A fan of hats that are too small: http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/p

hotos/shatner_william_cp

_3537059.jpg

He’s still a karaoke star: http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/.%2

F2005%2F03%20march

%2F01%2Fscans%2F08a%20(shatner).jpg

He’s also the inventor of Heinz Ketchup: http://jweisz.or

g/images/index/shatner_

ketchup/shatner_ketchup.jpg

TOKYOPOP

WAR OF FLESH VOL 1 by Greg Hilebrandt, Justin Boring

 and Tim Smith.   

In the deep south, an ancient voodoo curse unleashes the

 War on Flesh

– a plague of voracious Ew Chott hornets that raises an

army of the dead. 

Holy crap, that’s a scary idea.  Like West Nile wasn’t

enough, wouldn’t it

suck if insect bites made you into a zombie? 

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ECOLE DU CIEL VOL 1

by Haruhiko Mikimoto. 

 I love giant robots.  The underachieving daughter of a

brilliant scientist is

going to be put through the ultimate tests as her world

spirals towards war. 

Giant robots!  http://www.neatstuff.net/space-robots

/Little-Giant-Robot.jpg

Giant robots! http://www.toyzine.com/sale/robots/

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Giant robots! http://photos1.blogger.com/img/106/

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GIANT ROBOTS!

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TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

TRICKED by Alex Robinson.  One of those artistic

 type books where

six people (a reclusive rock legend, a heartbroken

waitress, a counterfeiter,

and obsessive crank, a lost daughter and a

backstabbing lover) have their

 lives connected by one shattering act of violence. 

VIZ MEDIA INC.

JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE VOL 1 TP

 by Hirohiko Araki.  100 years ago, a vampire

slaughtered his family. 

 Now Jotarokujo has the power to fight back. 

BOOKS

DRAW THE LOONEY TUNES: THE WARNER BROS.

CHARACTER DESIGN MANUAL HC

 Offered to the public for the first time, this veritable

vault of information

and inspiration serves as the official illustration

textbook utilized by the

in-house artists to learn the ropes at Warner Brothers. 

KING OF FIGHTERS: FIGHTING EVOLUTION 10^th SC

by SNK.  The other, other fighting game from Japan

releases its own art book. 

TRANSFORMERS BINALTECH & TF COLLECTION

 COMPLETE GUIDE

by Takara.  I love giant robots. 

Transformers = teh sexy.  Witness: http://www

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Witness: http://www.microforever.com/images/

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Bling BLING!: http://www.fantofan.jp/news/toy

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(why yes, that IS a solid gold Optimus Prime)

All blame can be made to,

James Nadiger

Elfsar Collection ltd.

Vancouver’s Art, Comic and Toy Store