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New Comics for April 27th, 2011

Vince’s Recommendations BOOM! Studios Incorruptible #17 Traveler #6 DC Comics Action Comics #900: I haven’t been following this title, but I’ve heard it’s been pretty good lately. A big milestone like this may be worth checking out. Brightest Day #24: A week later than anticipated, but the final issue. Flash #11 Justice League: Generation Lost #24: The last issue, as well. Scalped #48: An interesting (mature) title dealing with life on an corrupt Indian reservation. Xombi #2 Image Comics ’68 #1: Zombies + Vietnam = Good? Marineman #5 Morning Glories #9 The Walking Dead #84 Marvel Comics Age of X Universe #2 Amazing Spider-Man #659 Captain America #617 FF #2 Incredible Hulks #627 The Mighty Thor #1 New Mutants #24: The sixth and final chapter of “Age of X.” Osborn #5 Ruse #2: I really enjoyed the first issue of this comic. Secret Avengers #12 & Secret Avengers #12.1: Ed Brubaker finishes his run on the title and passes the torch to Nick Spencer. Thunderstrike #5 Uncanny X-Men #536 Venom #2 X-Men #10...

X-Men: First Class Trailer

We got a new trailer for X-Men: First Class, and I must say, the more I see of this movie, the more excited I am about it. I am well aware of the fact that it has the potential to fall flat on its face, as did X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Still, I want to believe this will be good. They’re taking liberties with the actual origins, and that’s cool with me, so long as the result of such changes is a good mutant movie....

New Comics for April 20th, 2011

Vince’s Recommendations Dark Horse Comics Mass Effect: Evolution #4 DC Comics … No Brightest Day this week and I’ve pretty much given up on the Green Lantern titles right now. Image Comics Invincible #79 Super Dinosaur #1: The latest creation from the mind of Robert Kirkman Marvel Comics Avengers Academy #12 Hulk #32 Invincible Iron Man #503 Thunderbolts #156 Uncanny X-Force #8 Wolverine #8 X-Factor #218...

Fancy Meeting You

Yes… I loved Tangled. I am not too proud to admit it. I love watching animated movies with (or without) my children, and this was one of the best Disney’s to come out in quite some time (in my opinion). So when I spotted this illustrations, I just had to contact the artist and ask for her permission to display it on the site here. It’s just full of so much win. The artist is one Brianna Garcia. She does a lot of Disney illustrations, and is quite obviously good at them. I’d sure love to see her create more of these cross-over illustrations… maybe some Jack Skellington fighting off Batman or Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) squaring off against Wolverine. If you’re reading this, Brianna, consider it a personal challenge! Make certain to check out Brianna’s site for tons more illustrations....

Ultimate Spider-Man Gets New Costume

We still have three more Ultimate Spider-Man issues to go before we finally get to find out what is happening with Peter Parker. That said, Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso gave the New York Post a teaser/spoiler that very soon, Peter Parker won’t be wearing the Spider-Man costume. Just last week, we saw Parker take a bullet meant for Steve Rogers. We found out in “Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates” that the Punisher’s bullet was only meant to take out Rogers’ kneecap, however in the “Death of Spider-Man” issue, they made it seem as if it was going to be a head-shot. Parker quickly decided to take the bullet instead, which leads me to believe that he’s either going to truly be dead, or it will cause him to hang up the suit for good. However that still doesn’t explain the new webslinger. Now, I’m all for change in comic books. Changes that are permanent as well. I’m ok with Parker biting the big one and there no longer being a Spider-Man in the Ultimates Universe. But someone else as a new Spider-Man? That just isn’t sittin’ pretty with me, right now. I guess we’ll have to see how it’s handled. Official Press Release Marvel has announced that after the shocking events of Death of Spider-Man, the sold out storyline currently running through Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics Avengers Vs Ultimates, there will be a new Spider-Man and a new character under the mask. Something’s happened to Peter Parker and here comes an all-new Spider-Man…in an all-new costume! “We called this story Death of Spider-Man for a reason,” said Axel Alonso, Marvel Editor In Chief. “This is a huge story that’ll have fans around the world talking for a long time as we set the stage for the debut of our new Spider-Man.” The Ultimate Universe is irrevocably changed with the conclusion to Death of Spider-Man in June’s polybagged Ultimate Spider-Man #160…...

Looking for Group 452

I’ve never hidden my love for Ryan Sohmer and all of his comic strips. I follow them all religiously, never missing a strip. I’m especially fond of Looking for Group. It’s a gamer’s dream in beautiful illustrations (Lar Desouza, you’re a genius)… and the fact that the humor is so far bent out of whack appeals to me in my happy place. I’ve gotten used to the characters. I actually care about them. So imagine my surprise when I pointed my browser to the LFG site and found this! OMGWHA-?!? As I told Sohmer on Twitter, it’s not often that my eyes widen from reading a comic strip. They did with this one. That said, thinking back now, certain things make sense… especially strip 422. That one had started my mind wondering what was up with that look and statement, however enough time had passed that I’d kinda forgotten about it. Then this happened and now I’m shaking my open hands at my monitor screen demanding more information. Apparently though, it does not respond to, “Oh my effin’ god, what’s goin’ on?!?” We’ve talked about these guys on the podcast before. If you’re not reading their strips, do et. Nao!...

New Comics for April 13th, 2011

Vince’s Recommendations DC Comics Batman & Robin #22 Flash #10: “Flashpoint” is right around the corner. Justice League: Generation Lost #23: Please don’t screw this up like Brightest Day T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #658 Iron Man 2.0 #3: I’m still waiting for this series to grab me. I hope this is the issue that does it. Journey into Mystery #622: Thor returns to its ORIGINAL title after 40 years, focusing less on the Thunder God and more on the supporting cast. The Mighty Thor #1 will launch in two weeks. New Avengers #11 Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates #3 Ultimate Spider-Man #157 Uncanny X-Force #7 Uncanny X-Men #535: After a solid Point One issue, Breakworld threatens the X-Men once more. X-Men Legacy #247: “Age of X” Chapter 5 Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus: Expensive, but sexy as hell. These are the comics I grew up reading, and this is a fantastic collection of almost 50 issues....

Will Eisner Nomination List

The nominations for the Will Eisner awards have been released and posted on the official Comic-Con site. We’ve got the full list here for y’all to peruse as well. This year, we see a shift away from superhero nominations, which is quite refreshing. SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2011. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from heartfelt autobiographical works to books aimed at kids and teens to deluxe hardcover archival editions. Unlike in past years, superheroes are very much in the minority in this year’s selections. Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominees, 2011 Best Short Story “Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo) “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC) “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image) “Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image) “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image) “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW) Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC) Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse) Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: “Sparrow,” by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW) Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa,” by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC) Best Continuing Series Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image) Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio) Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW) Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image) Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media) Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC) Best Limited Series Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse) Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC) Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC) Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC) Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni) Best New Series American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC) iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC) Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image) Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image) Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC) Best Publication for Kids Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion) Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster) Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press) Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse (Ape Entertainment) Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC) The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier (First Second) Best Publication for Teens Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel (Scholastic Graphix) Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books) Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia) Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix) Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low) Best Humor Publication Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse) Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo) Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown) I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!) Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios) Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second) Best Anthology The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press) Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare•Ponent Mon) Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image) Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia) Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books) Best Digital Comic Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc The Bean, by Travis Hanson, www.beanleafpress.com Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler, www.lackadaisycats.com Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall, http://occasionalcomics.com Zahra’s Paradise, by Amir and Khalil, www.zahrasparadise.com Best Reality-Based Work It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics) Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly) Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics) Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM) Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart) You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics) Best Graphic Album—New Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG) Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis’ Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.) Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly) Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia) Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Graphic Album—Reprint The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse) Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse) Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse) The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts) Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia) Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC) Best Adaptation from Another Work Dante’s Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury) The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel) 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement’s Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical) Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW) 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel) George Heriman’s Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books) Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW) Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics) Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW) The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart) The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids) Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America) Thirteen “Going on Eighteen,” by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly) Best U.S. Edition of International Material It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics) The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia) King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics) The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics) Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM) Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical) Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press) A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics) House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media) Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media) Best Writer Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo) Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW) John Layman, Chew (Image) Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia) Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0 (Image) Best Writer/Artist Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly) Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW) Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC) Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio) James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly) Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media) Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse) Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man’s Story (Fantagraphics) Rob Guillory, Chew (Image) Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW) Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel) Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly) Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly) Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse) Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia) Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM) Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics) Best Cover Artist Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image) Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel) Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse) David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia) Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC) Best Coloring Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster) Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad (Metaphrog) Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC) Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon’s Thieves (First Second) Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Lettering Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW) Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly) Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster) Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical) Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix) Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com) ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com) ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com) The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com) USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index) Best Comics-Related Book Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press) Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics) The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books) Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts) 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN) Best Publication Design Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW) Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW) Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia) 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN) Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart) Hall of Fame Judges’ Choices: Ernie Bushmiller Jack Jackson Martin Nodell Lynd Ward Source: Comic-Con 2011...

Kapow: Cosplayers

What would a comic con be without cosplayers. This weekend’s Kapow Comic Con was no exception. This image, posted at CBR, caught my eye however. I count seven things wrong with it… however only one will haunt me. Can you guess which? /shivers...

Kapow: Cloak and Dagger Announced

At this weekend’s Kapow Comic Con in London, Marvel announced a three-part mini-series for Cloak and Dagger. Nick Spencer will write while Emma Rios will handle the art. This makes me unbearably giddy. I remember when Cloak and Dagger were first introduced in 1982’s Spectacular Spider-Man #64. I would have been 11 years old. I also remember when they got their own series, which I collected religiously. I never missed a single issue. I always found the characters thoroughly engaging, even as a pre-teen, and that opinion has not changed over the years. If anything, I am now better able to grasp a lot of the subtext that exists between the characters. For those who never bothered following them, Cloak and Dagger are Ty Johnson and Tandy Bowen, a couple runaways who became friends on the streets. The pair was abducted and experimented upon, which led to them to become forces of light and fear. Cloak and Dagger was an important series as it dealt with teenage homelessness, drug abuse and other serious topics. CBR reports: “These were some of the first characters I wanted to work on when I came to Marvel,” said Spencer to a packed auditorium at the inaugural Kapow convention. “The book is about their relationship and that they don’t like living without each other. They will find that there are forces vested in pulling them apart,” Spencer explained, going on to say that “I want fans to fall in love with the characters.” Cannot wait....