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Around the Tubes

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Champions #1

It’s a new week! What geeky things did you all do this weekend? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

KFDX – Man sentenced after guilty plea for $100,000 worth of stolen comic books – Enjoy the five years in jail.

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics – The Beautiful Art Nouveau-inspired Fantasy of Melissa Pagluica’s Above the Clouds – Free comics.

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics – Friendship and Noise Music Drenched in Pink in Katie Hicks’s Noise – More free comics.

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics – Comedy and Drama about Anxiety in Vicky Leta’s Generic Lottery – And more free comics.

Reviews

Comics Bulletin – Bloodshot: Rising Spirit #1
Talking Comics – Champions #1
Atomic Junk Shop – Cloud Hotel
Talking Comics – Conan the Barbarian #1
Atomic Junk Shop – Eight Million Ways to Die
Newsarama – Heroes in Crisis #4
The Beat – Parallel Lives
Atomic Junk Shop – Trespasser

Preview: Eight Million Ways to Die

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Eight Million Ways to Die

John K. Snyder III (w & a & c)

In crime-ravaged 1980s New York, a troubled ex-cop turned unlicensed detective takes on his most dangerous case, hunting down a serial killer-hitman, and ultimately coming face-to-face with his deadliest enemy, himself, in John K. Snyder III’s graphic novel adaptation of the celebrated story by Lawrence Block.

Steeped in traditional pulp, Block’s writing has a true gift for capturing the art of conversation between his characters. These are the lowlifes of society, for whom Block occasionally finds redemption, but who are more often among the vilest beings in human existence. Snyder’s art both encapsulates and elevates these rough-cut gems in a graphic, grainy, and moody setting that evokes the dark, noir magazine covers of the period.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 144 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-884-5

Eight Million Ways to Die Arrives This June From IDW Publishing

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In crime-ravaged 1980’s New York City, troubled ex-cop-turned-unlicensed-detective Matthew Scudder takes on his most dangerous case, hunting down a serial killer-hitman and ultimately coming to face-to-face with his deadliest enemy—himself—in this graphic-novel adaptation of best-selling crime novelist Lawrence Block’s Eight Million Ways To Die.

Adapted in highly detailed noir fashion by Eisner-nominated artist John K. Snyder III, with letters by Frank Cvetkovic, this marks the first graphic-novel adaptation of Block’s work and his character Matthew Scudder, who has appeared in seventeen novels since his debut over four decades ago and has remained popular ever since, inspiring two feature film adaptations.

The book was originally published in 1982 and depicts New York City as it was in that time—a very violent city with an astronomical crime rate, as shown through Scudder’s eyes. A seemingly simple assignment turns into a deep mystery and trail of bodies ending in a series of life-changing (and for some, life-ending) conclusions.

A powerful new entry in the IDW library following in the footsteps of the groundbreaking Parker series, Eight Million Ways To Die is now available for pre-order and will go on sale June 2018.