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Oni Press Is Pleased To Announce The Promotion Of Jill Beaton & Charlie Chu To Editor

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ONI PRESS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF JILL BEATON & CHARLIE CHU TO EDITOR

Critically acclaimed, creator-centric graphic novel publishing house Oni Press, Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Jill Beaton and Charlie Chu to Editor.

“For the last year both Jill and Charlie have given their all to Oni Press as associate editors and integral parts of our editorial team,” editor in chief James Lucas Jones proclaimed. “They each have taken on added responsibility, working with established Oni creators on stellar books and reaching out to bring new creators into the Oni fold.”

“I believe we have one of the strongest editorial departments in comics,” added publisher Joe Nozemack. “Jill and Charlie are a big part of that. These new titles recognize their hard work to date and present them with new challenges that will only continue to grow their editorial prowess.”

Founded in 1997, Oni Press, Inc. is a leading publisher of creator-owned comics and graphic novels. Not content to focus on any one genre or format, Oni Press believes that sequential art is for everyone and that there’s a comic out there for every type of reader.

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Boom! Studios @ Emerald City Comicon’11

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BOOM! STUDIOS @ EMERALD CITY COMICON ’11
MARCH 4–6
BOOTHS #402 & #502
 

DON’T MISS THE EXCLUSIVE
INTERLOCKING STAN LEE TRYPTIC
MADE UP OF STARBORN #3
THE TRAVELER #4 & SOLDIER ZERO #5

AND REMEMBER TO
GET YOUR OWN CUSTOM
“GET-A-SKETCH” COVER
EXCLUSIVE TO EMERALD CITY COMICON!

BOOM! STUDIOS GUESTS INCLUDE:
Eisner & Harvey Award-nominated
IRREDEEMABLE & INCORRUPTIBLE’s Mark Waid
STAN LEE’S STARBORN’s Chris Roberson
IRREDEEMABLE’S Peter Krause
DARKWING DUCK comic series artist James Silvani
28 DAYS LATER’s
Michael Alan Nelson
MUPPET SNOW WHITE’S Shelli Paroline
DISNEY PIXAR’S CARS & TOY STORY’s Travis Hill
CBGB’S SAM HUMPHRIES

BOOM! Studios Booths #402 & 502

ECCCExclusive Covers
STAN LEE’S STARBORN #3 (Tryptic Cover)
STAN LEE’S THE TRAVELER #4 (Tryptic Cover)
STAN LEE’S SOLDIER ZERO #5 (Tryptic Cover)
DARKWING DUCK #9 “GET-A-SKETCH” Cover
THE MUPPET SHOW #11 “GET-A-SKETCH” Cover
CARS: THE ADVENTURS OF TOW MATER #4 “GET-A-SKETCH” Cover

SCHEDULED SIGNINGS & PANELS
Friday, March 4, 2011

All Day Signing – 28 DAYS LATER writer Michael Alan Nelson

All Day Sketching – DARKWING DUCK artist James Silvani, MUPPET artist Shelli Paroline and CARS artist Travis Hill

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Mark Waid, Peter Krause, Chris Roberson signing

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Mark Waid, Peter Krause, Chris Roberson signing

Saturday, March 5, 2011

All Day Signings – 28 DAYS LATER writer Michael Alan Nelson

All Day Sketching – DARKWING DUCK artist James Silvani, MUPPET artist Shelli Paroline and CARS artist Travis Hill

11:00 AM – 12:00PM Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM BOOM! Studios: Big. Bold. BOOM! in 2011Panel — Room 4C3-4

4:00 PM- 5:00 PM CBGB’s signing with Sam Humphries

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

Sunday, March 6, 2011

All Day Signings –28 DAYS LATER writer Michael Alan Nelson

All Day Sketching – DARKWING DUCK artist James Silvani, MUPPET artist Shelli Paroline and CARS artist Travis Hill

11:00 PM – 12:00 PMMark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

About BOOM! Studios
Award-winning “Best Publisher” BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of bestselling comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent, including Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE, Stan Lee’s SOLDIER ZERO, THE TRAVELER, and STARBORN (the first new series in print from the industry icon in 20 years), new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker as well as 20th Century Fox’s PLANET OF THE APES, 28 DAYS LATER, and DIE HARD, Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, and The Henson Company’s FARSCAPE. BOOM!’s recently rebranded all-ages imprint, kaboom! will see publication of  PEANUTS, SPACE WARPED, Roger Langridge’s SNARKED!, Scholastic’s WORD GIRL and DUCK TALES, as well as continuing to publish fan-favorite Disney Afternoon series DARKWING DUCK, CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS along with Disney standards MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE, and WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES.

Explosive New Releases From Boom! Studios!

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3/2/11 Releases!

DARKWING DUCK ANNUAL #1 (A)
DARKWING DUCK ANNUAL #1 (B)
It’s an oversized extra issue of DARKWING DUCK, in this first ever annual event! Who doesn’t love a clown? Those happy smiles, those bloodshot eyes…those exploding toys? You guessed it, it’s the return of Quackerjack! And this time, he wants a play date with a new line of action figures: the unsuspecting citizens of St. Canard! Can Darkwing and Launchpad derail the deranged dollmaker? Or is it “game over” for the entire city? Featuring a cover and backup adventure written by Darkwing Duck creator Tad Stones, making this a collector’s item that DW fans everywhere will not want to miss!

Join DARKWING DUCK writer Ian Brill and MARVEL SUPERHERO SQUAD artist Leonel Castellani for the return of your favorite furry flatfoots in an all-new original ongoing series! The first arc comes to an end as Fat Cat’s plans come to fruition and the Rescue Rangers fall victim to the power of the corrupt Animal Rescue Signal. Will they snap out of it before the fiendish feline turns Mother Nature into “Mother Danger?” Find out in the finale of “Worldwide Rescue!”:

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? #20
Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi masterpiece heats up as it begins its final arc! After making a life-altering decision, Deckard embarks on his final journey to exterminate the remaining Nexus-6 androids. A must-read issue of the Eisner-nominated series that foreshadows a shocking reveal that you won’t see coming!
IRREEDEEMABLE #23 (A)
IRREEDEEMABLE #23 (B)
The secrets of Survivor’s dead twin brother, Scylla, are revealed! Meanwhile, Plutonian’s off-world imprisonment comes to a climactic and violent turning point when the balance of power shifts. Join us for an issue of psychological terror and ghosts of the past in this continuation of Mark Waid’s Eisner- and Harvey-nominated superhero series that’s breaking all the rules of the genre!
UNCLE SCROOGE #401
It’s Uncle Scrooge’s turn to honor the 70th Anniversary of Walt Disney’s Comics, and what better way to do it than with one of the most sought-after stories by Disney legend Don Rosa? Enjoy the hijinks as Scrooge McDuck and the gang follow Gyro Gearloose’s new invention to the center of the earth in Rosa’s unforgettable tale, “The Universal Solvent,” collected in one issue for the first time ever! With art, story and cover by Rosa himself, how could you possibly resist the penny-pinching ways of Scrooge McDuck?
HEXED TPB
FIRST TIME IN TRADE PAPERBACK! Blood. Theft. Sex. Magic. The critically acclaimed fan-favorite is now in trade paperback! It’s said there’s no honor amongst thieves. Add to that a thief operating in the occult underground, and it’s a whole different kind of nasty! Luci Jennifer Inacio Das Neves — Lucifer for short — takes a new job that will expose her to the macabre underbelly of the city, and a secret that she’d rather nobody know. By Michael Alan Nelson, the critically acclaimed writer of 28 DAYS LATER and DINGO, and hot new art talent Emma Rios (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, RUNAWAYS) and colorist Cris Peter. Special cover by Paul Pope!



DC Digital Comics On Sale Now!

Official Press Release

Featuring the week of March 2, 2011
Spotlight:“100 Words”

Written by: Neil Gaiman; Art by: Jim Lee

Two giants of the industry come together for a great cause! Written by Neil Gaiman with art by Jim Lee, all proceeds from the purchase of this very special download go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Action Comics #866 Lily of the Valley #1 Fables #48 Green Lantern Corps #48 Green Lantern #53
Other DC Comics on sale this week:

  • “100 Words”
  • 100 Bullets #24
  • Action Comics #866-870
  • Azure #5
  • Batman Beyond – Vol 2 #18-19
  • Batman Beyond – Vol 4 #3
  • Batman: Streets of Gotham #12
  • Birds of Prey #108
  • Birds of Prey: Manhunt #1-4
  • Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1
  • Brightest Day #9
  • Celadore #2
  • DC Universe Online Legends #3
  • Ex Machina #33
  • Fables #48
  • Green Arrow #33
  • Green Lantern #53-54
  • Green Lantern Corps #36-38, 48
  • Hawkman #10-11
  • Hellblazer #37-38
  • JLA #49-54
  • Justice #8
  • Justice League of America #20
  • Legends of the DC Universe #9
  • Lily of the Valley #1
  • Preacher #24-25
  • Promethea #4
  • Sandman #37
  • Scalped #7
  • Superman/Batman #52
  • Swamp Thing #37
  • The Authority Vol 1 #21
  • Tom Strong #4
  • Transmetropolitan #29
  • Wonder Woman #41
  • World of Warcraft #16
  • World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen #4
  • Y: The Last Man #31

Around the Tubes


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The tubes were blogging with comic fans, writers, artists, fanboys and girls, your mom, thoughts about Tuesday’s The Daily Show (and Charlie Sheen).  We linked to our version of the video, go check it out, you know you want to.  Ok, other than that, it’s new comic book day.  Did you go?  We haven’t yet, maybe today, if work doesn’t get in the way (stupid work).  Well, below is all the articles we found interesting that we’ll never get to covering.  Enjoy!

Around the Blogs:

Comics BeatSpider-Man: Turn off your brain – The Beat caught Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and gives their review.  We hope to check it out before it eventually shuts down.

Monsters and CriticsFirst comic book superhero celebrates his 75th birthday – The Phantom is turning 75 this year and he totally doesn’t look a day over 30.  What’s the secret Phantom?

Comics Alliance ‘Batman Live’ Writers to Include Allan Heinberg, Stan Berkowitz and Alan Burnett – So, DC is turning Batman into a musical.  I’m sure that’s prompted from the success of Spider-Man (see above).

Comics AllianceBehind the Scenes at ‘The Daily Show’: My Day at the Fake News Headquarters – Chris Sims talks about his experience on The Daily Show.

Comic Book Movie Diane Lane Signed On For Superman Reboot! – Who knew Superman’s mom was hot!?

TBN WeeklyGulport Library seeks donations – Do some good and donate those extra comic books you have laying around collecting dust.

Mother JonesWould Superman Pass the Birther Test? – Mother Jones interviews the guys behind the Law and the Multiverse blog.

AsiaOne NewsIndians mourn loss of father of comic books – The title says it all to this article.

Around the Tweets:

Fantastic Four #588 Heads Back To Press With A Little Extra!

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Fantastic Four #588 Heads Back To Press With A Little Extra!

Marvel is pleased to announce that Fantastic Four #588 has sold out at Diamond (although copies may still be available at retail) and will be going back to press with Fantastic Four #588 Second Printing Variant. From the superstar creative team of Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta and Mark Brooks comes the end of the Fantastic Four, except this time – Marvel is including the entire script in the back of the issue, free of charge! Now fans can get an exclusive behind the scenes look at one of the most talked about issues of the year! Following up on the sold-out hit Fantastic Four #587, all the heroes of the Marvel Universe come together and pay tribute to one of their own. But the story isn’t over yet because where one door closes, another opens. It’s now up to Reed, Sue, and Ben to make life-changing decisions of their own volition that set them on a course destined to change the Marvel Universe in Johnny’s honor! Say your final farewells to the Fantastic Four, this February in Fantastic Four #588 Second Printing Variant!

FANTASTIC FOUR #588 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JAN118112)

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Penciled by NICK DRAGOTTA & MARK BROOKS

Cover by ALAN DAVIS

Rated A …$3.99

FOC – 3/14/11, On Sale – 4/6/11

FANTASTIC FOUR #588 Second Print Cover

Review – Hoax Hunters


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Hoax Hunters Teaser1Three short pages, that’s all this back up comic has to hook you.  And after reading it, give it it’s own damn comic.  Hoax Hunters written by Steve Seeley and Michael Moreci and art by JM Ringuet the back up is running through 2011 in Image Comics’ Hack/Slash.

Chupacabra. Yeti. The Montauk Monster. All the creatures of folklore, legend, and Internet fame–what if they were real? They’d be made to appear fake by a reality TV show, of course! HOAX HUNTERS is that show, though to their viewing audience, their goal is the exact opposite: seeking out YouTube sensations, tabloid creatures, and reported monsters and proving them to be false. The HOAX HUNTERS demonstrate that the truth isn’t out there.

Three short pages, that’s all it has.  A general plot needs to be laid, characters introduced and a hook to bring us back needs to wrap it up.  Hoax Hunters does pull it off.  Take the current “busters” series on television and mash them together and you get this series.  Mythbusters + Ghost Hunters + Ghost Adventures and you pretty much have what this series is.  The leader, the scientist, the goth/spooky hot chick, they’re all here and it seems pretty entertaining.

Three pages, that’s all this has to set it up and get you hooked, and I think it pulls it off.

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Archaia: May 2011 Solicitations

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CYCLOPS #5 (OF 8)

Cyclops 005 CoverRetail Price: $3.95 U.S.
Page Count: 32 pages
Format: saddle bound, 6.875” x 10.25”, full color
Written by Matz
Illustrated by Jamin de Meyere
Cover by Jamin de Meyere

The Rebel, Part One. Douglas Pistoia is a new kind of soldier, his missions broadcast live on television for ratings and profit, and he’s becoming a media star. After a few days relaxing in Mexico City, Doug and his unit return to the field, arriving at a deserted village on the border between Argentina and Chile—deserted, because its inhabitants have been methodically massacred… New artist Jamin de Meyere takes over for Luc Jacamon in the second half of this critically acclaimed miniseries.

Mature Readers (series contains Nudity, Graphic Violence and Adult Content)

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FEEDING GROUND #6 (OF 6)

Feeding Ground 006Retail Price: $3.95 U.S.
Page Count: 64 pages
Format: saddle bound, 6.625” x 10.25”, full color
Created by Swifty Lang, Michael Lapinski and Chris Mangun
Written by Swifty Lang
Illustrated by Michael Lapinski
Cover by Michael Lapinski

Sheep’s Clothing. The epic conclusion to the story Ain’t It Cool News calls “one of the most interesting werewolf [tales] in years.” Blood has been spilled and now is the time for vengeance. As the Border Patrol invades the Blackwell Industries compound, young Flaca is forced to choose between her father and her dark benefactor, Alejandro Blackwell. The rest of her family have won a new life in the United States, but, will the hunger overtake them as well? The outcome will forever change the American landscape. Included is the story told in Spanish at no extra cost!

Mature Readers (Contains graphic violence)

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THE SECRET HISTORY BOOK SEVENTEEN

The Secret History 017Retail Price: $5.95
Page Count: 48 pages
Format: perfect bound, 6.625” x 10.25”, full color
Written by Jean-Pierre Pécau
Illustrated by Igor Kordey
Colors by Leonard O’Grady
Cover by Manchu & Olivier Vatine

Operation Kadesh. 1956: In the Egyptian desert, Curtis settles accounts and conducts his personal crusade to avenge the death of this wife Nimue, the mother of Pandora, putting him on a collision course with General Nasser and the Condor as they try to retrieve the secrets buried in the Red Fort, where it all began. But the Archons do not control events they way they once did. Meanwhile, in Budapest, a new player arrives and changes the course of history. The critically acclaimed historical fiction series with an occult bent continues!

Mature Readers (series contains Nudity, Graphic Violence and Adult Content)

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BERONA’S WAR VOL. 2: FIGHT FOR AMITY Original Graphic Novel Hardcover

Berona's War Vol 2 Fight for AmityRetail Price: $19.95
Page Count: 144 pages
Format: hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75” x 8.75”, full color
Written by Anthony Coffey and Jesse Labbé
Illustrated by Anthony Coffey and Jesse Labbé
Cover by Anthony Coffey and Jesse Labbé

You’ve met the characters, you’ve seen their weapons, you’ve witnessed their war in BERONA’S WAR: FIELD GUIDE. And now, you can know their stories. BERONA’S WAR VOL.2: THE FIGHT FOR AMITY brings to life the blood-hungry warriors and races of Berona and takes you deep within their individual tales. Follow the soldier as he enters his final battle. Witness the elite teams at work behind the scenes. Learn the savage ways of the Condyle warriors, and the vicious speed of the Ele-Alta Slayers. Watch as the brave struggle for glory, obtain it, then live to see it stripped from them. Will it be a glorious death, or will it be the death of a coward? The battles have just begun to rage, and the War has so much left to claim.

T +13 (Contains material suitable for teen readers age 13 and above)

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DAYS MISSING VOL. 2: KESTUS Collected Edition Hardcover

Days Missing Vol 2 KestusRetail Price: $19.95
Page Count: 144 pages
Format: hardcover with dust jacket, 6.625” x 10.25”, full color
Written by Phil Hester
Illustrated by David Marquez
Cover by Alex Ross

Archaia Black Label and Roddenberry Productions are proud to present the thrilling sequel to the critically acclaimed series DAYS MISSING. DAYS MISSING: KESTUS continues the saga of The Steward, a mysterious being whose ability to “fold” days of time has resulted in critical human events being absent from our historical record. Their existence is not remembered…but the occurrences of these days have forever changed the course of our evolution. Since humanity’s birth, The Steward has stood as a guiding force for our species. But now, he is not alone! The emergence of the ancient being, Kestus, may put everything he knows in question, and the future of those he means to protect in jeopardy. DAYS MISSING: KESTUS spans the ages, featuring adventures about ancient China, the burning of Egypt’s Alexandria, the 1969 moon launch, Y2K, and the Large Hadron Collider.

T +13 (Contains material suitable for teen readers age 13 and above)

Review – The Infidel #1


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THE INFIDEL #1 coverThe Infidel #1 is a tough comic to review.  It’s almost as if it’s a damned if you do and damned if you don’t situation.  By “liking” it you run the risk of being labeled as endorsing its politics, if you “dislike” it, then you’re a knee jerk liberal.  Written by and art by Bosch Fawstin, The Infidel is a pretty controversial comic already taking a hard stance against Islam and more specifically extremists.  But, beyond all of that noise and distractions is potentially a great story about twin brothers with different religious beliefs and world viewpoints.

THE INFIDEL, a story about twin brothers whose Muslim background comes to the forefront of their lives on 9/11. One responds by creating a counter-jihad superhero comic book called PIGMAN, as the other surrenders to Islam. Pigman’s battle against his archenemy SuperJihad is echoed by the escalating conflict between the twins.

I’ll come out and outright say it, I enjoyed the comic.  I cringed at some things, but I believe in Fawstin’s right to say them, and in fairness I cringe at other things I enjoy too.  Now, I feel like I really need to defend my opinion here.  There’s almost an autobiographical take on this story which makes it fascinating.  Fawstin was born into an Albanian-Muslim family, and raised Muslim.  He has an interesting perspective on the subject he writes.  It’s clear 9/11 has affected him, you can feel anguish in this comic lingering from that event and it’s the spark for the comic within the comic, Pigman.

But the main focus, which comes later in this first issue, is the twin brothers.  I’m sure a psychologist can make the case this is Fawstin’s own struggle with his identity.  We’ll see as the series progresses how this plays out, but taken by itself, an Islamic brother and an anti-Muslim brother is a great story to be told.  I’m hoping this is the focus of the series, the two brothers debating their beliefs.  That’s something I want to read.

The comic within a comic is humorous if not overtly phobic of Islam.  There’s beyond insulting material in there.  But to me, I don’t really care; it is what it is and is just one part of the story.

It’s nice to see a “right-wing” comic and I’m hoping to see more out there.  This is the first issue, and I actually look forward to the next.

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