Preview: Chew #46
Chew #46
Story By: John Layman
Art By: Rob Guillory
Cover By: Rob Guillory
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: DEC140631
Published: February 25, 2015
“BLOOD PUDDIN’,” Part one New partner, new boss, new problems! Also: A new storyline!
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Preview: Curb Stomp #1 (of 4)
Curb Stomp #1 (of 4)
Author: Ryan Ferrier
Artist: Devaki Neogi
Three gangs. Five girls. No way out. Machete Betty leads a small gang of women under the self-appointed task of protecting their home of Old Beach, one of three boroughs surrounding a rich metropolitan city. When Betty takes the life of a rival gang member in an act of self-defense, she sets off a chain reaction of retaliation, gang warfare, and unlikely allies. It’s up to the The Fever—Machete Betty, Derby Girl, Bloody Mary, Daisy Chain, and Violet Volt—to defend their turf at all costs.
Writer Ryan Ferrier (D4VE) is a creator on the rise, and newcomer Devaki Neogi’s art will hook you with its aggressiveness but keep you coming back with its heart. Curb Stomp is an unflinching, visceral look at the lengths one woman will go to protect her friends, her family, and her home—perfect for fans of Rat Queens and the seminal ‘70s cult-favorite film The Warriors.
Three gods cut loose in Valhalla Mad by Joe Casey and Paul Maybury
Bestselling writer Joe Casey and artist Paul Maybury team up for an all-new high fantasy series in Valhalla Mad. The series launches from Image Comics on May 20.
Their names are legend: the Glorious Knox! Greghorn the Battlebjörn! Jhago the Irritator! Three warrior gods vacationing on Earth, just looking to get their drink on and have a good time! Join the drunken festivities—a new mythology begins in Valhalla Mad.
Valhalla Mad #1 hits stores on May 20. Cover A (Maybury) and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code MAR150484. Cover B (Nick Pitarra) can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code MAR150485.
A Corps of Thors Unleashed on Battleworld in Thors #1!
This June, meet Battleworld’s steadfast police force, the Thors! Gods of Thunder, doling out justice at the end of a hammer in Thors #1 – the brand new Secret Wars series from blockbuster writer Jason Aaron and Eisner-award winning artist Chris Sprouse!
In an interview with Marvel.com, Jason Aaron said:
This is basically me doing a cop story, but with hammers instead of guns. It’s every version of Thor you can imagine, all walking beats, solving murders, getting yelled at by their commissioner and blowing off steam at their local Thor-cop bar.
The chaos of Secret Wars requires a different kind of lawman. Welcome to the force. Whenever there’s trouble on Battleworld, the Thors answer the call. Gods of Thunder from every world, united in their quest to uphold the law. Keeping the peace, closing cases, and dispensing judgment with the crash of thunder and the crack of lightning!
Yet when the Thors pick up a puzzling murder case on Battleworld, the rules change. And the entire corps is sent scrambling to find the murderer. But when some Thors begin asking the wrong questions, they’ll begin to pull at strings that could unravel the very fabric of reality!
Throg the Frog of Thunder, Beta Ray Thor, Thor Stormborn and many, many more hammer wielders from across the Marvel Universe take center stage to mettle out a new kind of justice. Prepare yourselves for a hard-hitting Marvel Comics police drama the likes of which you’ve never seen before. Bring the thunder this June!
THORS #1
Written by JASON AARON
Art & Cover by CHRIS SPROUSE
On Sale in June!
An Icon Returns in Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1
In September, there’s a whole new way to enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s beloved Astro Boy: in omnibus form!
Boasting nearly seven hundred pages of content for only $19.99, Dark Horse Comics’ Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1 features Tezuka’s most popular and influential work, detailing Astro Boy’s jet-powered, superstrong, evil-bashing adventures. Exciting, whimsical, and touching, Astro Boy brings back a classic era of comics and animation, featuring tales that readers both young and old will enjoy.
Collecting rare and out-of-print material, the oversized Astro Boy omnibus collection is the first in a series that brings back Tezuka’s beloved character for a whole new generation to enjoy.
Everything is Material by Ales Kot and Image Comics
Bestselling writer Ales Kot, artist Will Tempest, designer Tom Muller and letterer Clayton Cowles come together for an all-new thought-provoking suspense series that explores the ephemeral state of humanity in Material. The series launches from Image Comics on May 27.
In Material, a man comes home from Guantanamo Bay, irrevocably changed. An actress receives an offer that can revive her career. A boy survives a riot and becomes embedded within a revolutionary movement. A philosopher is contacted by a being that dismantles his beliefs.
Look around you. Everything is material.
In a release, Kot said:
Making Material keeps me sane. It’s a story that begins in America and spreads everywhere. It defies easy categorization. Our chief aim is to be truthful about LIFE as it is NOW through a vast VARIETY of explored HUMAN EXPERIENCE. Material also marks the return of 9-panel grid as a standard tool in a comic series. Expect backmatter files by excellent artists, writers, journalists and other beings. Expect new readers coming to comic book stores asking for it. Ideally, Material will be our ‘Cerebus’—in that we intend to keep this one going for a long, long time.
Material #1 hits stores on May 27 and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code MAR150477.
KickStarting: Comics
It’s a new week and KickStarting: Comics is back with a look at how much was raised/pledged for comic projects on Kickstarter for the past week!
I realize some projects are not in US dollars, but they all will count the same regardless of origin, for now. $1 US will be the same as $1 CAD, $1 AUD, etc.
Over the past week 9 projects were successfully funded.
For the past week from February 16 to February 22 the statistics are:
Average goal: $7,229.41
Average pledged: $10,089.29
Average number of backers: 193.59
Average pledge: $52.12
Average percent raised: 139.56%
Most common given amount: $25 (611 times)
Most money from pledge level: $100 level brought in $23,100
Total pledged for the week: $171,518
For the week, the top projects were:
The top grossing project: Finder Vol. 1-6 Restock – $60,000
Most backers: Hooking Up & Staying Hooked: The Comic Book -533 backers
Highest percent above goal raised: Slurricane #8 – 563.60%
Highest average pledge: Finder Vol. 1-6 Restock – $131.87
Lowest average pledge: Mixmancer – $17.06
For the month of February, for the 35 successful projects, the statistics are:
Average goal: $5,241.86
Average pledged: $10,297.43
Average number of backers: 205.14
Average pledge: $50.20
Average percent raised: 196.45%
Most common given amount: $20 (1036 times)
Most money from pledge level: $100 level brought in $28,600
Total pledged for the month: $360,410
For the month, the top projects were:
The top grossing project: HJ-Story Vol. 1, 2 and NOW 3! – $85,558
Most backers: HJ-Story Vol. 1, 2 and NOW 3! – 873 backers
Highest percent above goal raised: Metal Made Flesh (Second Edition) – 704.60%
Highest average pledge: Finder Vol. 1-6 Restock – $131.87
Lowest average pledge: Mixmancer – $17.06
That wraps up this week’s data! I’ll be making tweaks to this as more are done, so let me know what you want to see!
Around the Tubes
It’s a new week for comics! Hope everyone is staying warm. Here’s some news and reviews you might have missed to start off your day.
Around the Tubes
Kotaku – Batman’s 7-Step Guide To Being A Great Detective – Ha!
Sequart Organization – Amazon Did Not Kill the Comic Shop (or, How My Daughter Saved the Shop) – A really good read.
Philly.com – An online comic dealer with a superpowered sales platform – A nice write-up
Bradenton Herald – Ruined rare comic books turned into unique art by Brandon storeowner – Very cool.
Kotaku – Indie Dev Cancels PAX East Booth Over Security Concerns – Shame to hear this.
Around the Tubes Reviews
Talking Comics – Batgirl #39
The Outhousers – Death of Wolverine HC
CBR – Justice League #39
Talking Comics – The Multiversity: Mastermen #1
The Beat – Secret Identities #1
The Beat – She-Hulk #12
CBR – Silk #1
CBR – Storm #8
Free Comic Book Day Breaks Records
Sounds like it’ll be an impressive Free Comic Book Day if the initial numbers are any indication. The orders for this year’s books have reached record breaking numbers. 5.6 million free comic books have been ordered. That’s an increase of 21% compared to 2014’s number.
Also, the number of participating stores has increased as well. 2,340 shops in the United States, Canada, and internationally have signed up to participate. That’s an increase of 8% from last year.
Dark Horse Comics, DC Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Image Comics and Marvel Comics are among the many sponsors offering 50 special comic book titles for Free Comic Book Day 2015.
Free Comic Book Day is on May 2, 2015.
Mark Waid takes on Justice Inc.: The Avenger
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Mark Waid, one of the comic book industry’s most accomplished writers, will be scripting the upcoming Justice, Inc.: The Avenger series. Joined by Dynamite artist Ronilson Freire, Waid will expand the Justice, Inc. universe of pulp heroes that include Condé Nast’s The Shadow and Doc Savage. The new series will debut with a #1 issue in June 2015 and focus on wealthy industrialist Richard Henry Benson, the tragic, relentless vigilante and master of disguise known as The Avenger.
In Justice, Inc.: The Avenger #1, Waid and Freire continue the adventures of Richard Henry Benson, a victim of a criminal attack that left his facial features forever deadened, gray in color and incapable of showing genuine emotion. And yet, the harsh stroke of fate gave him the ability to mold his face to match the appearance of anyone… a skill he could employ as the ultimate master of disguise. Driven to mete out retribution against those who would prey on the innocent, The Avenger finds himself on a collision course with a villain even more secretive, brutal, and unrelenting than himself: an Invisible Man.
Justice, Inc.: The Avenger #1 will feature variant editions by Alex Ross, Walter Simonson, Francesco Francavilla, Marc Laming, and Barry Kitson.
The Avenger originally debuted in September 1939 as the lead character in an eponymous pulp magazine, published by Street and Smith Publications. Writer Paul Ernst is credited with creating many of the earliest Avenger tales (published under the house writer pseudonym “Kenneth Robeson”), blending the qualities of contemporary pulp heroes like Doc Savage and The Shadow, as well as his own creations that included Seekay, The Wraith, Dick Bullitt, Old Stone Face, the Gray Marauder, and Karlu the Mystic. The Avenger appeared in numerous prose novels, radio programs, and comic books throughout the decades, most recently in Dynamite Entertainment’s 2014 revival of the Justice, Inc. series written by acclaimed author Michael Uslan and illustrated by Giovanni Timpano.
