Hot Damn #4 (of 5)
Ryan Ferrier (w) • Valentin Ramon (a & c)
Reunited and it feels so gross! Teddy gives ol’ Satan the slip, and attempts to atone for his past sins. Peeved off Costello, however, burns away in Hell with a peeved off Satan, while a peeved off God goes old school. Believe the peeve.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
James Bond #8
writer: Warren Ellis
artist: Jason Masters
cover: Dom Reardon
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
James Bond is trapped in Los Angeles with a MI6 agent under fire and a foreign intelligence service trying to put them both in bags… and possibly more than one foreign intelligence service. And things may not be any safer in Britain, with bodies dropping and ghosts moving in the political mist…
Micronauts #4
Cullen Bunn (w) • Max Dunbar (a) • J.H. Williams III (c)
The MICRONAUTS are caught between a rock and a hard place—or, in this case, a FORCE COMMANDER and a BARON KARZA. With their universe collapsing around them, the MICRONAUTS must survive a deadly civil war while the cataclysmic Entropy Storm keeps expanding. And whatever enters the Entropy Storm is never seen again!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Hot Damn #4 (of 5)
Ryan Ferrier (w) • Valentin Ramon (a & c)
Reunited and it feels so gross! Teddy gives ol’ Satan the slip, and attempts to atone for his past sins. Peeved off Costello, however, burns away in Hell with a peeved off Satan, while a peeved off God goes old school. Believe the peeve.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
It’s new comic book day tomorrow! We’ll have out picks in a few hours, but what are you all excited for? Sound off in the comments below!
While you decide, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.
Around the Tubes
Kotaku – PSA: Pokémon Go Gets Full Access To Your Google Account On iOS – As a heads up.
Yibada – Chinese Comic Books Displayed at the National Museum of China – Anyone going?
CNBC – Is Marvel’s diversity strategy paying off? – Is it? Don’t read the comments.
Kotaku – Pokémon Go Fan Trolls Westboro Baptist Church, Church Fires Back – Not really related to anything, just awesome.
The Comichron – Civil War II #1 sells 381k copies, Batman #1 280k; June comic unit sales best since 1997 – For those interested in the estimates.
Around the Tubes Reviews
The Outhousers – The Bounty #1
Fandom Post – Pariah, Missouri Vol. 2
About a month ago, there was a huge controversy when Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 revealed that Steve Rogers was a HYDRA agent and had always been one. A lot of people, myself included, really didn’t like this retcon. Some other people rather condescendingly said that this was just comic books, it was clearly mind control, or false memories, or some other trick, it’s all been done before, and you’re all getting mad over nothing. Now, that kind of missed the point – that Nazism is maybe something more serious that shouldn’t be handled like a Silver Age Superman story where Jimmy Olson is forced to marry a gorilla – but now Issue #2 is out…
…and lo and behold, the Red Skull did indeed use the Cosmic Cube to rewrite Steve Rogers’ memories. So were all us who didn’t like the change a bunch of SJWs who need to Get Good at comics?
DC Entertainment has announced that this 80-page blockbuster, written by Geoff Johns with art by Ethan Van Sciver, Gary Frank, Phil Jimenez and Ivan Reis is headed into its second printing, featuring updated cover art (by Gary Frank) and a new, square bound format at a price of $5.99. This version will be produced in limited quantities and are sure to go fast once they hit retailers on Wednesday, June 8!
ACTION LAB: DOG OF WONDER #2
Writer(s): Vito Delsante and Scott Fogg
Artist Name(s): Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt
Cover Artist(s): Cover A- Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt; Cover B- Sam Ellis
32 pgs. / Rated. A / FC
$3.99 (reg.)/ $4.99 (var.)
Who do you call when your dog is unjustly imprisoned? Action Lab, of course! In this issue, Percy and the Action Lab League agree to help Marguerite prove her brother’s innocence. But can they break him out of St. Roch’s in time?
Features a variant cover by Sam “Archer” Ellis, limited to 1,500 Copies!!
Oni Press is returning to the 14th Annual Emerald City Comicon! This year’s gathering is being held in Seattle, WA from Thursday, April 7th through Sunday, April 10th.
ECCC EXCLUSIVE VARIANTS AVAILABLE ONLY AT ONI PRESS BOOTH (#216):
ANOTHER CASTLE #1 Emerald City Comicon Exclusive Variant
Illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage
(W) Andrew Wheeler
(A/C) Paulina Ganucheau
ECCC variant cover illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage
Price: $10
HEARTTHROB #1 Emerald City Comicon Exclusive Variant
Illustrated by Babs Tarr
(W) Christopher Sebela
(A) Robert Wilson IV
(C) Nick Filardi
Price: $10
CONVENTION DEALS AT ONI PRESS BOOTH (#216):
Attendees will receive a FREE Oni Press Starter Pack 2016 with purchase of $20 or more!*
This 200-page trade paperback includes sevens first-issues of our flagship creator-owned titles:
*Sales tax not included. Available while supplies last.
ONI PRESS PANELS:
Oni Press: Post-Open Submissions
Thursday, April 7th, 3–4 PM, Room: T301
2,571 submissions later, Oni Press’s open submissions is finally over. Join the Oni Press editorial staff as they share their experience with open submissions, the pitching process, making comics, and the importance of fostering diversity in creating comics accessible to everyone. Editor-in-Chief James Lucas Jones, senior editor Charlie Chu (The Sixth Gun), managing editor Ari Yarwood (Rick and Morty), editor Robin Herrera (Invader ZIM), and editorial assistant Bess Pallares will also announce some of the titles to be published!
Rule Breakers and Risk Takers: The Best of Unconventional Comic Creators
Thursday, April 7th, 6:45–7:45 PM, Room: T301
Oni Press, proud publisher and curator of impeccable tales, invites you to join editor Robin Herrera and some of the most interesting and idiosyncratic creators working in comics as they share what goes into creating work with a unique, and individual sensibility. Join industry vanguards: Zander Cannon (Kaijumax, Heck), Erika Moen (Oh Joy Sex Toy, Bucko), KC Green (Graveyard Quest, Gunshow), Erica Henderson (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead), and Jhonen Vasquez (Invader ZIM, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac) for this once-in-a-lifetime panel about what it takes to transform a creator’s unique vision into a reality!
Monster Battle Time!
Saturday, April 9th, 12:30–1:30 PM, Room: T302
It’s MONSTER BATTLE TIME once again! Six artists team up to draw monsters described by audience members IN THE MOST EXTREME BATTLE OF 2016! Featuring the talents of Corin Howell (The Mighty Zodiac, Jem and the Holograms, Bat-Mite), Rashad Doucet (Alabaster Shadows), Zach Lehner (Junior Braves of the Apocalypse), Vicente “Vinny” Navarrete (Booger Beard, Sketch Monsters), Jake Myler (Orphan Blade, Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring), and Megan Levens (Ares & Aphrodite, Madame Frankenstein). Free comics to ALL attendees!
SIGNINGS HOSTED AT THE ONI PRESS BOOTH (#216):
FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH
NOON–1 PM Jen Van Meter and Meredith McClaren (Hopeless Savages Break)
1:30–2:30 PM Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin, Princess Ugg)
3–4 PM Zander Cannon and Jason Fischer (Kaijumax)
4:30–5:30 PM KC Green (Graveyard Quest, Invader ZIM) and Gabo
(The Life After)
SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH
10:30–11:30 AM Greg Smith, Michael Tanner, and Zach Lehner
(Junior Braves of the Apocalypse)
NOON–1 PM Andrew Wheeler and Irene Koh (Another Castle)
2–3 PM Jhonen Vasquez, Aaron Alexovich, and Dave Crosland
(Invader ZIM) *TICKETED
3:30–4:30 PM Christopher Sebela, Robert Wilson IV, and Nick Filardi
(Heartthrob)
5–6 PM Justin Greenwood (Stumptown, Stringers)
*Attendees must have a ticket for the INVADER ZIM signing.
A limited quantity of tickets will be available at the Oni Press booth (#216) on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. First come first serve, one ticket per person. There is a signing limit of three items per person.
SUNDAY, APRIL 10TH
1:30–2:30 PM J. Torres, Corin Howell, and Maarta Laiho
(The Mighty Zodiac)
3–4 PM Vicente “Vinny” Navarrete (Booger Beard) and Rashad Doucet
(Alabaster Shadows)
April 7th from 8:30pm – 11:30pm, everyone is invited to join Rosy Press founder Janelle Asselin, Geeky Hostess Tara Theoharis, and the team at Oni Press for a fun mixer!
All guests will receive one raffle ticket for giveaways that include a free subscription to Fresh Romance, an Oni Press romance comics pack, Espionage Cosmetics makeup, and Geeky Hostess tea!
In addition to all of the above, VIP ticket holders will get 2 drink tickets!
We’ll hang out, get to know each other, and maybe even play some (non-mandatory) games. It’ll be a great time!
Buy your tickets at http://freshromance.brownpapertickets.com/.
What’s inside of the Oni Press romance comics pack:
12 Reasons Why I Love Her (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Jamie S. Rich and Joëlle Jones
A Boy and A Girl
by Jamie S. Rich and Natalie Nourigat
Hopeless Savages Break
by Jen Van Meter, Meredith McClaren, and Christine Norrie
Lucky Penny
by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota
Part-Time Princesses
by Monica Gallagher
The People Inside by Ray Fawkes
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life (Color Edition)
by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Wet Moon Book One: Feeble Wanderings (New Edition)
by Sophie Campbell
Transformers Deviations One-Shot
Brandon Easton (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a) • Marcelo Matere (c)
In a World… Where OPTIMUS PRIME Never Died! One would stand and one would fall… and we all know OPTIMUS PRIME fell. But how would history have played out if he hadn’t? Would the AUTOBOTS have still stood triumphant in their darkest hour… or would UNICRON have reigned supreme?!
FC • 40 pages • $4.99
