Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #3
(W) Robbie Thompson (A/CA) Javier Rodriguez
Rated T+
In Shops: Dec 28, 2016
SRP: $3.99
One of the Sorcerers Supreme dies at the hands of the Forgotten! The biggest magical threat to the world is on the rise, and none of the Sorcerers have ever felt this weak before!
Deadpool: Too Soon #3
(W) Joshua Corin (A) Todd Nauck (CA) Pepe Larraz
Parental Advisory
In Shops: Dec 28, 2016
SRP: $4.99
Deadpool and Howard the Duck investigate why their friends keep losing their heads. Literally! Someone is chopping off their friends’ heads! Maybe Doctor Strange can sniff out the culprit with his magic?
Carnage #15
(W) Gerry Conway (A) Mike Perkins (CA) Michael Walsh
Rated T+
In Shops: Dec 28, 2016
SRP: $3.99
It’s all been leading to this…Chthon rises!! Carnage’s odyssey has finally taken him to the mother of all dark gods. Will he survive long enough to meet the maker of the Darkhold?
Captain America: Steve Rogers #8
(W) Nick Spencer (A/CA) Jesus Saiz
Rated T+
In Shops: Dec 28, 2016
SRP: $3.99
With Steve searching desperately for Kobik, he reaches out to a hero that can help – Avril Kincaid, the all-new Quasar! A threat from beyond the stars pushes an already-weakened S.H.I.E.L.D. to the brink.
The X-Files #9
Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • menton3 (c)
“Came Back Haunted,” Part 4 of 4: Mulder finds himself deep in a haunted forest where he uncovers a conspiracy with strong ties to some old foes. Will Scully reach Mulder before he’s lost for good?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Marvel Comics continues to present this year’s breakout Marvel Super Hero – the Black Panther – through a monthly video series that continues to link the world of comics and hip-hop blending animated comics along with commentary from Black Panther writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates. Additionally, “Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet – Part Eight” is launching the brand new track, “100 Black Panthers” by Kipp Stone.
Within Marvel Comics’ Black Panther, written by The Atlantic national correspondent and National Book Award winner, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Black Panther’s surrogate mother, Ramonda, walks closer to death as her injuries from a bombing worsen and recovery is starting to seem like an impossibility. Plus: Shuri, Black Panther’s sister returns from the Djalia…but is she still herself? Something more? Or something of legend?
Continuing the excitement surrounding Marvel’s celebrated Super Hero T’Challa, the Black Panther, the latest episode of this revolutionary multi-artist hip-hop-inspired video series samples a brand new track, “100 Black Panthers” by Kipp Stone.
Then, the event-level blockbuster of the season continues in Divinity III: Stalinverse #2! This January, Russia rules the New Year as the Valiant Universe continues its transformation into a Soviet-ruled super-state…one where the world’s most powerful heroes now serve and protect the Motherland from all threats to the USSR’s global Iron Empire!
Then, on January 25th, the Valiant Universe as we know it rages on in Divinity III: Stalinverse #2 (of 4)! Bear witness to the Valiant Universe’s sadistic new status quo as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and superstar artist Trevor Hairsine plunge Valiant’s new world order into a blood-red rebellion!
Welcome to the year 2017…where the Soviet Union has spent decades as the world’s reigning superpower and the Iron Curtain now encircles a planet riddled with war, strife, and oppression. Freedom is a thing of the past in the Stalinverse… So why can’t Russian intelligence officer Colin King shake the feeling that something has gone terribly wrong? He’ll put his freedom and life on the line to uncover the truth… Even if that means finding out whatever happened to the long-missing cosmonaut Abram Adams – the one man who just might hold the key to unraveling the dystopian world of today…
Featuring covers by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Tom Muller, Jeffrey Veregge, Greg Smallwood, and Adam Gorham.
Diamond Comic Distributors has revealed the artwork created by The Fairly Odd Parents and Danny Phantom creator Butch Hartman for Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2017. This T-shirt, as well as 2017 commemorative poster, are featured in the January issue of Diamond’s PREVIEWS catalog and are available for pre-order at comic shops in January. The bookmark was featured in the December issue of Diamond’s PREVIEWS catalog and will be available at comic shops in the coming months.
Butch Hartman is a multiple Emmy and ANNIE Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning animator, writer, director, producer, illustrator, and actor, best known for creating the long-running series The Fairly OddParents, which debuted on Nickelodeon fifteen years ago. Hartman is also the creator of Nick’s two other hugely popular series Danny Phantom and T.U.F.F. Puppy.
Hartman’s artwork for the FCBD 2017 Commemorative T-Shirt captures the spirit of both comics and comic book stores. As hubs of the comic book community, comic book stores are the perfect place for fans of all kinds to come together and enjoy a wide array of books. The art showcases that diversity with the fans and comic book heroes reading together in front of a Free Comic Book Day participating store.
The FCBD 2017 T-shirt will be available in black and red in adult sizes Small to XXL (MSRP: $14.99-$17.99) and in youth sizes Small to Large (MSRP: $11.99). Women’s V-neck T-Shirts will also be available again this year in sizes Small to XL (MSRP: $14.99-$17.99).
In addition to the FCBD 2017 T-shirt, Diamond Comic Distributors is proud to present a commemorative poster and bookmark. The poster is designed by acclaimed Marvel cover artist Afua Richardson and the bookmark is designed by BOOM! Studios artist Rian Sygh. The poster is also available for pre-order at comic shops in January, while the bookmark will be available as promotional material. All proceeds go to support Free Comic Book Day’s marketing and promotional efforts.
Welcome to Graphic Policy’s spotlight on webcomics, where we take a look at one of the many comics available online every Monday: Webcomics Weekly (but don’t be fooled by the “weekly” part of the title; the feature may happen more or less frequently than that). We’re defining webcomics as any comics published online for free consumption by the general public that doesn’t require a subscription service.
This week we’re taking a look at Versus. The strip is created by Robert White, who was kind enough to answer a few questions for us about the webcomic below.
Graphic Policy: In a nutshell, can you tell us what the strip’s about?
Robert White: Versus takes genre types or types of people and pits them against each other in humorous, single panel gag strip ‘battles’.
GP: How often do you update?
RW: Five times a week, Monday to Friday.
GP: How long have you been producing the strip?
RW: Must be about six years now
GP: Where did the idea for the strip come from?
RW: It was back when zombies started becoming popular again: lots of movies, comics and games were doing ‘_________ versus Zombies’ type of stuff and I came up with my own: Pirates Versus Zombies. I wasn’t sure what to do with the idea at first but eventually decided to make up a poster in the style of the sort you’d see for boxing matches. It was whilst making that, that I came up with other ‘versus’ battles and decided to make it into a series. The style of the strips has obviously changed somewhat over the years, but the core idea of taking different genre types and putting them together in an off the wall battle was born from that initial ‘Pirates Versus Zombies’ poster.
Why it’s awesome: This site is a fantastic quick-hit laugh. Check it out each morning while you’re making your coffee, or you have a spare minute or three to read through the archives – whether that’s just clicking randomly on different days (which is what I did for the two sample strips below), or by methodically going through one at a time.
There’s absolutely no reason for you not to be reading this page.
Below you’ll find two strips that were originally posted to the site, the first from November 24th, 2014…
….and the second from August 1st of 2016
If you’d like to have your webcomic featured here, then drop us an email.
Valiant is proud to announce that Divinity III: Stalinverse #1 (of 4) – the FIRST ISSUE of Valiant’s shocking, event-level blockbuster from the best-selling creative team of New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt, blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine, Harvey Award-nominated inker Ryan Winn and master colorist David Baron, has sold out at the distributor level and will return to store shelves with the Divinity III: Stalinverse Second Printing on February 1st!
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were racing to the stars. But, while America was aiming for the moon, Russia had its eyes on the cosmos. In secret, they launched a three-man mission into the far reaches of space. In the depths, they discovered something Unknown. Something that…changed them. Imbued with god-like powers, the long-lost cosmonauts returned home…only to discover that their old ideology, communism, lost the war to western capitalism in the decades since their journey first began. But now they have the power to change it all…
Earth has a new god. The world you know is gone. Welcome to the Stalinverse, comrade.
