Dominic Cooper plays Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher, based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC. © AMC Networks Entertainment LLC. and Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Ruth Negga plays the
MAY 18, 2016
FIRST ISSUE ALERT!
Here are first issues to note this week.
ACTIONVERSE #1
Publisher: ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Writer: VITO DELSANTE
Art: STEVE WALKER
Colors: WILSON RAMOS JR.
Cover: STEVE WALKER
Connecting Variant: RON FRENZ/MARC DEER
Read more…OTHER NICE STUFF
Here's are books that I haven't already talked about that the publishers are touting with press releases, previews or both.
THE BEAUTY #7
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
Writers: JEREMY HAUN & JASON A. HURLEY
Art: MIKE HUDDLESTON
Cover A:
Read more…San Diego, CA (May 9th, 2016) – IDW Entertainment (“IDWE”) announced today that the award-winning, fan-favorite property Locke & Key is being developed as a te
Read more…MAY 11, 2016
Welcome to May 11! This won't be my best week, due to some personal problems. My apologies. But I have managed to review a thing or two, and assemble a list or two. Onward!
BOOKS I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
AGATHA: THE REAL LIFE OF AG
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Captain America: Civil War, premiering May 6, stars nine previously established superheroes, plus a handful of pre-existing villains and supporting characters. But even with enough characters to qualify as
Read more…iZOMBIE: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON FROM WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ON DVD JULY 12, 2016
Warner Archive Releasing Seasons 1 & 2 of iZOMBIE on Blu-rayTM via Online Retailers
iZOMBIE: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON Features All 19 One-Hour Episodes fr
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Captain America: Civil War, premiering May 6, pits Iron Man against Captain America, two characters that the movies have established as having both philosophical and personal differences. But surely, you say
Read more…MAY 4, 2016
BOOKS OF INTEREST
AVENGERS/IRON MAN: FORCE WORKS (TPB)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TOM TENNEY, DAVID TAYLOR, STEWART JOHNSON, JIM CALAFIORE, DAVE ROSS,
JIM CHEUNG & MORE
Cover by TOM TENNEY
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Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
If you like free stuff, mark May 7 on your calendar. That Saturday is Free Comic Book Day 2016, when 2,300 participating comic shops will give out … well, free comics.
The rules vary from shop to shop, with
Read more…What's coming on Free Comic Book Day 2016? Here is all the PR that has arrived at the Comics Cave, including a list of all 50 books arriving May 7, 2016:
Alan Tudyk Covers the Whole ‘Spectrum’ of Free Comic Book Day Details in a New Video
(BALTIMORE
Read more…Alan Tudyk Covers the Whole ‘Spectrum’ of Free Comic Book Day Details in a New Video
(BALTIMORE, MD) – (January 22, 2016)- With slightly more than 100 days left until Free Comic Book Day 2016, it’s time for comic fans to start planning how they wi
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
It's a big week for Dark Horse in particular, with 10-you-count-em-10 books well worth a look. I didn't have time for them all before writing this Guide, but I'll probably get to all of 'em eventually.
ALIENS: DEFIANCE #1
Writer: BR
DARK HORSE COMICS
ALIENS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL COMICS SERIES (HC)
Writer: MARK VERHEIDEN
Art/Cover: MARK A. NELSON
B&W, 184 pages, $39.99, HC, 8” x12”
The original sequel to Aliens!
In 1988, Dark Horse’s Aliens comic debuted, with stunning art by
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BATMAN TAKES A VACATION?
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE DISCOVERS THE DIFFICULTY IN KEEPING GOTHAM CITY CRIME-FREE AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND THE LEGO GROUP RELEASE LEGO® DC COMICS SUPER HEROES -- JUSTICE LEAGUE: GOTHAM CITY BREAKOUT ON BLU-RAYTM CO
Read more…WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ACCEPTS MPAA “R” RATING FOR BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
All-New Animated DC Universe Original Movie to Authentically Reflect Best-Selling & Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Novel;
First Non-PG/PG-13 Rated Film in 9-Year Histo
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
It’s a good time to be Wonder Woman.
On the heels of Gal Gadot’s impressive turn as the Amazing Amazon in Batman v Superman comes one of the most unusual WW stories ever. Wonder Woman: Earth One Volume 1 ($
Read more…Writing about Wonder Woman this week, what I thought I knew got confused as I tried to look it up to verify. So I'm asking for help:
* First origin, 1941: I gather Diana was just another Amazon, albeit one who won the contest to go to man's world, so
Read more…FREE COMIC BOOK DAY BOOKS
There are five FCBD books listed this week -- two from Dark Horse, three from IDW -- although I don't know why. Is it just for show? Are they distributing this week, and again on May 7? DH lists a price of "free," but IDW li
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