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Around the Tubes

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

It’s a new day for comics! What’s everyond getting? Excited for Divergence and DC You?

Around the Tubes

The Beat – Listen to all the panels, facts and figures from last week’s conference on French Comics – Very cool and you should check this out!

CBLDF – Cartoonist Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Mocking Birth Control Bill – Horrible to see this happen.

Huffington Post – Carnegie Mellon Students Create Interactive Graphic Novel To Teach How To Stop Sexual Assault – Excellent.

International Business Times – Meet Pakistan’s ‘Guardians’: Trio, One of Whom Almost Joined Jihad, Uses Comic Books to Keep Children Away from Extremism – Great to see comics used this way.

Around the Tubes Reviews

CBR – Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1

Newsarama – Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1

CBR – Groot #1

ICv2 – Pablo TP

Around the Tubes

At last, Batman Beyond gets his own ongoing series in THE definitive future of the DCU! But this isn’t the Beyond you think you know! With the Justice League missing and without Bruce to guide him, this new Batman will need to explore this bizarre world on his own while fighting to raise humanity from an opponent that’s already won.

The heroes Batman knew have failed, the world he knew has been turned on its head, and every step he takes will lead him either toward finding home – or further down the road of disaster!

In Batman Beyond #1, Tim Drake is now the future Batman, and the future DC Universe Future’s End has been changed, but the Eye still exists. I read only bits of DC’s weekly even Future’s End, so I have a general idea of the story, but missed Tim Drake being the new future Batman, so that’s pretty cool!

Where Batman is somewhat of a detective story, this future version is a bit more action in the first issue. We have a few battles as new and old readers are eased into this future vision. Drake is a man out of time, and learning about the world around him, just like we are too. And, it’s done in an action packed, fast paced way, all courtesy of writer Dan Jurgens.

Joining Jurgens on art is Bernard Chang who adds solid visuals that give us a future world that’s at times technologically advanced, and at other times a destroyed wasteland. His rendering of the future Gotham is awesome, and has you lingering on the page checking out the details. The design is really cool and each character is very unique, and that’s helped with a small cast. But even when the crowd expands a bit, the characters all have a style to their own, as well as varied shapes and sizes.

Batman Beyond #1 brings the character into the main DCU, and it looks like it’ll be one fun ride. Everything is on the table here, opening up a hell of a lot of possibilities in a familiar but strange world. The first issue was one that got more on my radar as time went on, and it looks like it’ll be a series I’ll be following for a while, especially after that ending.

Story: Dan Jurgens Art: Bernard Chang
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.65 Recommendation: Read

DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Preview: Archie Comics Double Digest #261

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

ARCHIE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #261

Script: Gorf
Art: Fernando Ruiz
Cover: Dan Parent
On Sale Date: 6/3
160-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.

Summer’s here and that means it’s time for some summer camp adventures! Archie and his friends are all counselors at Camp Witwicky—but Archie’s determined to be the BEST one this year! Of course, Archie can only be as good as his campers—and they’re not nearly as excited about summer camp as Archie is! Will Archie impress all his campers and be the best counselor Camp Witwicky has ever seen—or will his summer be a wash out? Find out in “All Camped Out!” the all-new, all-fun lead story to this comics double digest!

Review: Midnighter #1

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

Spinning out of Grayson comes a solo series starring the man who can predict your every move… but no one will be able to predict what he’ll do next! A theft at the God Garden has unleashed a wave of dangerous biotech weapons on the world, and Midnighter intends to put that genie back in the bottle by any means necessary. But something else was stolen from the Garden as well…the secret history of Lucas Trent, the man Midnighter once was!

Midnighter #1 throws you right into the action, not really explaining a lot of some of the details until well into the comic. Instead, the focus is Midnighter, the psychopathic hero who also would like a real life. Writer Steve Orlando delves into the personal life of Midnighter as he attempts to date, and do the super hero thing. Going that route helps define the character for new readers as it delves into the type of person we’re dealing with, and the fact that he’s a super hero who happens to also be gay. All of that is thrown out there in a fun way introducing us slowly.

That approach is both good and bad. For the first quarter of the comic or so, I felt like I was missing something, but eventually Midnighter explains to his date a bit more about himself and the world that they exist in. It introduces us to it as well. By the end of the comic, you get the whole picture, and the feeling like I was missing backstory was gone.

Orlando is helped by Aco who handles the art duties. I really enjoyed the art which enhanced the chaotic nature of Midnighter and at the same time showing off how much precision goes into the character’s life. There’s highlights of details with blow out panels, taking us into what Midnighter sees. It’s all very cool, and a style that stands out on its own. The use of panels in the comic is really cool.

I’ll admit at first I was a bit lost in the comic, but as Midnighter explained things, I realized I wasn’t missing anything and that Orlando has crafted a first issue that’s solid for both new and old readers. This is a comic I was really looking forward to out of DC’s “relaunch” and it definitely delivers.

Story: Steve Orlando Art: Aco
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.35 Recommendation: Read

DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Preview: Red Sonja: Vulture’s Circle #5

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

Red Sonja: Vulture’s Circle #5

Nancy A. Collins, Luke Lieberman (w)
Fritz Casas (a)
Jay Anacleto, Walter Geovani (c)
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FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
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The confrontation between the rejuvenated, goddess-infused Red Sonja and the merciless Sutekh, the half-human son of the serpent-god Set, is finally at hand! The battle lines have been drawn outside the walls of Zingara’s capital city, and the fate of the Hyborian Age hangs in the balance. But could Scáthach—the divine Queen of Swords—be an even greater threat to mankind than Sutekh’s legions of ghouls and demon beasts?

Preview: Feathers #6 (of 6)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

Feathers #6 (of 6)

Imprint: Archaia

Author: Jorge Corona
Artist: Jorge Corona

Final issue! When he tracks the Scarf Man to his secret lair, and with Bianca, R, and Z’s lives at stake, Poe comes face-to-face with the man who’s been kidnapping the Mice from the Maze.

Preview: Sonic Boom #8

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

SONIC BOOM #8

Script: Ian Flynn
Art: Dan Schoening, Tracy Yardley, Terry Austin, Jack Morelli and Luis Delgado
Cover: Patrick “SPAZ” Spaziante
“Happy fun-time crossover” Variant Cover: Ryan Jampole, Gary Martin and Steve Downer
Covers Unite Variant (2 of 12): Ben Bates
On Sale Date: 6/3
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

It slices! It dices! It joins line-wide crossover events: it’s SONIC BOOM! “Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Unite” Part Two: It was just another day at the races—y’know, the ones with the giant spider-mechs? Things start to get weird, even for the lovable, paranoid Sticks, when X and the Maverick Hunters arrived! Meanwhile, the epic bromance of the century is rekindled as the captured Drs. Eggman and Wily are forced to turn their life-long nemeses—Sonic and Mega Man—into minions for the terrifying Sigma! After the history-making “WORLDS COLLIDE” crossover event, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man unite once more—and this time Sonic Boom and Mega Man X are joining the fray! Featuring cover art from the legendary Patrick “SPAZ” Spaziante, a special “happy fun time crossover” variant by Ryan Jampole and part 2 of the epic 12-part connecting variant cover series by artist Ben Bates!

Preview: Swords of Sorrow #2

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brett

Swords of Sorrow #2

Gail Simone (w)
Sergio Dávila (a)
Tula Lotay, Emanuela Lupacchino (c)
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FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
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Tula Lotay ‘Virgin” Art retailer incentive cover
Emanuela Lupacchino B/W Art retailer incentive cover

Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja) and rising star Sergio Davila (Legenderry) team to bring you this epic tale, featuring the most amazing, most beloved, and fiercest pulp heroines of all time! All the great Women of Dynamite are united against an unbeatable horror, and this historic issue features, for the first time ever, characters from the worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard as Dejah Thoris and Red Sonja clash! The SWORDS OF SORROW series is also supported by several companion one-shots, written by some of today’s hottest talents, like G.Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, and Erica Schultz!

Preview: Bravest Warriors #33

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Brett

Bravest Warriors #33

Imprint: KaBOOM!

Author: Kate Leth
Artist: Ian McGinty

The Bravest Warriors are on the case in this special “whodunnit” issue! Jelly Kid has been murdered! But he regenerates…and is murdered again! Can the Bravest Warriors figure out who keeps killing Jelly Kid?

Preview: Archie #666

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Brett

ARCHIE #666

Script: Tom DeFalco
Art: Dan Parent, Fernando Ruiz, Pat and Tim Kennedy
Cover: Dan Parent
Connecting Variant Cover Part 1 (Betty): Dan Parent
Connecting Variant Cover Part 2 (Veronica): Dan Parent
Connecting Variant Cover Part 3 (Jughead): Dan Parent
Connecting Variant Cover Part 4 (Kevin): Dan Parent
Connecting Variant Cover Part 5 (Reggie): Dan Parent
On Sale Date: 6/3
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

On the eve of the game-changing ARCHIE #1, an all-star cast of Riverdale’s finest creators join forces to celebrate one of the longest-running comic series ever in the much-loved Archie style! Take a look back at Archie’s wonderful life and the many lives he’s lived in a zany, heartfelt and hilarious adventure that will be a must-have for fans old and new—and a can’t-miss, one-of-a-kind collector’s item. A dazzling journey through the world of Archie with plenty of winks and nods to what’s come before, ARCHIE #666 caps off a legendary run of comic excellence while opening the door to the next thrilling chapter—featuring six covers celebrating Archie’s vibrant history.