Its been about 10 years since I have done this. The first thing I have noticed is...no Previews!
I learned about 2 weeks ago my LCS has canceled his Diamond account. As someone who has ordered all off his comics from Previews for about 30 years. This was quite a shock. I\ve also worked there before, and I understand his problems. Hell, they haven't even had a sales associate in over 10 years.
So, all of the books will be between Penguin, Lunar, etc. Anything that is Diamond only he is trying to work out. A new dynamic for me for sure. I do understand his frustrastion. Shorted on comics, damaged comics, and just being left in limbo.
Replies
It is indeed... and the Robert Kirkman who writes them. ;)
THE COMPLETE CARL BARKS DISNEY LIBRARY Vol. 1: "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold"
This is it, man: the last volume of "The Complete Carl Barks Library"! It is also, by a strange quirk of fate, the first volume. For a long time, this was one of the few archival sets I collect that I was absolutely up-to-date on reading. Then, about half way through the series, I fell behind. I used to keep my read volumes on one shelf and my unread volumes on another, so it was easy to keep track. Then I rearranged my shelves, brought them all together and shelved them in volume order. Because they were released so wildly out of chronological order, I completely lost track of which volumes I had read and which I had not. Now that the first (and last) volume will son be released, I will be able to read/re-read them all in order.
I was thinking about this trope a while back. You could run the economy of a while other planet and redecorate Versailles or the White House with the amount of gold that fictional pirates have buried over the year and then just left for future adventurers and brave children to find.
I rarely buy "Archie" comics, nor do I buy "Jay & Silent Bob" comics, yet there's something about the perversity of combining these two diverse franchises that appeals to me.
Hopefully, it is already completed. Smith isn't known to be timely with his comics work.
Well, it's a one-shot...
I am ambivalent about these four DC releases...
SWAMP THING BY LEN WEIN AND KELLEY JONES DELUXE EDITION:
THE SPECTRE BY JOHN OSTRANDER AND TOM MANDRAKE OMNIBUS Vol. 1:
JONAH HEX: ALL-STAR WESTERN OMNIBUS (New 52):
BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE COMPENDIUM (softcover):
Any thoughts (on any of these) to sway me one way or the other?
Well if I had to rank them myself. The Spectre would be first, just such a great series. This would almsot be worth it just for the first 12 issues. Next would be All-Star Western, I was a big fan of Palmiotti/Gray's Jonah Hex which preceded this. This was really good, and it does give you more of DC's history. . Batman: Black & White, was always good. Never great, never terrible. I've rwad very little Swamp Think, so I would have to give it an Incomplete from my point of view.
Thanks, Travis.
Ever since I caught up reading Prince Valiant a couple of months ago I have been eagerly awaiting the next volume, which has now been solicited to ship August 6 (according to the catalog) or October 22 (according to the site).
PRINCE VALIANT v30:
In the latest volume of Fantagraphics' ambitious reprinting of Hal Foster's immortal masterpiece, trouble follows Prince Valiant from the Misty Isles to Guatemala to Utopia.
Premonitions of the future inform and confound Prince Valiant and his son Nathan. An earthquake rocks the Misty Isles. Val encounters danger among the Mayans in Guatemala. A druid civil war breaks out in Hibernia. Val arrives in Utopia and discovers a dark secret.
Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its creator, Hal Foster. Starring a daring and gallant young hero, the series features epic sword fights, elaborate scenes of pomp and pageantry, and breathless plotting that always leaves the reader wanting more. Fantagraphics' deluxe editions, each collecting two years' worth of Sunday strips, boast superbly restored artwork that captures every delicate line and chromatic nuance of Foster's art.
Bleeding Cool doesn't think Previews is going to last much longer.
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4
-
5
of 6 Next