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Brian Michael Bendis’ Fortune and Glory returns with a New Edition

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Dark Horse Books and Brian Michael Bendis’ Jinxworld present a new edition of Fortune and Glory Volume 1, updated with new cover art and plenty of bonus materials.  

Before co-creating Miles Morales, Wakanda Forever’s Ironheart and the Peabody award winning Jessica Jones, before the triumphant successes with Secret Invasion, Daredevil, Superman, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Invincible Iron Man,… before the groundbreaking original series Powers, Scarlet, Cover, and The Ones…

Before all these, Brian Michael Bendis was a hungry young cartoonist about to take his first step into the shark-filled swimming pool that is the American motion picture industry. The harsh lessons that he learned along the way–and the unforgettable people that he met–are set down for the ages in Fortune and Glory, his hilarious autobiographical account of Hollywood development hell.

Written and illustrated by Brian Michael Bendis, with colors by Matthew Wilson, this new edition of Fortune and Glory collects the three-issue miniseries and includes an introduction by Paul Dini, a gallery of promotional art, and interviews from Bendis’ archives. 

Fortune and Glory Volume 1 TPB will be available in comic shops April 5, 2023 and in bookstores April 18, 2023. It is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore.

Fortune and Glory Volume 1 TPB

SPX 2010

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This was my first Small Press Expo comic book show and I have to say I’m impressed, for the $10 or $15 dollars, it’s absolutely worth the trip, especially if you’re looking for smaller press comic books.  Most of the time, you can meet and talk to the writer and/or artist right there which is a nice touch.

The bad things were the show was a bit crowded, causing me to not stay too long.  The other issue is things are a bit expensive.  I have no problem paying for books, but it limits how many purchases I can make when I’m dropping $20 for a graphic novel.

Even so, I still walked away with a pile to review (there’s a nice back up and lots to come after this and Baltimore Comic Con).  Below are what I walked away with.

SPX 2010

Dad! – story and art by Scott King

Drinking at the Movies – story and art by Julia Wertz

Fortune and Glory: A True Hollywood Comic Book Story – by Brian Michael Bendis

Hellcity – story Macon Blair, art Joe Flood

Jewish Memoir goes Pow! Zap! Oy! – written and art by Miriam Libicki

jobnik! – written and art by Miriam Libicki

Market Day – written and art by James Sturm

Space Doubles – written numerous, art numerous

Towards a Hot Jew: the Israeli Soldier as fetish object -written and art by Miriam Libicki