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Life #6 is a clunker of a finale

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Will Bobby and his crew pull off the heist of the galaxy, or will C.J. and his deathless band of homicidal maniacs finally have the last word? You’ll flip for this pulse-pounding finale!

Story: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips
Art: Danijel Zezelj
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics

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Life #5 is full of double crosses and twists as it leads into the finale next issue

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In the penultimate issue of the hit series, after Queen Jesus reveals her dark plans, a vicious firefight between the Pros and the Cons brings them all to the brink. But when one side of the conflict can’t die, what chance do Jax and her crew really have?

Story: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips
Art: Danijel Zezelj
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

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Zeus Comics

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Life #4 gets a misprint and a new printing

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Life #4, out this week from DSTLRY, has a misprint and will be getting a corrected version. In the comic there’s world balloons that are upside down and backwards.

DSTLRY is reprinting the comic and correcting the issue and getting them to shops. Those who would like a corrected version, you can contact your local shop.

The comic from writers Stephanie Phillips, Brian Azzarello and art by Lee Loughridge and Danijel Zezelj is a flipbook telling the same story from different perspectives.

Bobby and his crew are determined to get off the planet at any cost, but the thieves aren’t leaving without their score. As Jax leads a team into the prison compound to find the vault, Bobby will be waiting for her. The two sides violently collide as alliances are formed, traitors are revealed, and the limits of immortality are tested.

The new printing of Life #4 comes to stores on March 5th.

Life #4

Life #3 has some twists and turns and predictable moments but overall it’s solid sci-fi

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Infamous thief Bobby Flame and his crew meet an unexpected hurdle while trying to rob a former prison planet… the prisoners are still alive more than 200 years later and immortality is not all that it’s cracked up to be! Ravaged by time, the prisoners look like the monsters they were always accused of being, and they want Bobby’s spaceship. With a way off the planet finally presenting itself after centuries, CJ and the other prisoners will stop at nothing to gain their freedom.

Story: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips
Art: Danijel Zezelj
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics

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Life #2 adds a nice dose of shock and horror as the two stories become clearer and collide

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Infamous thief Bobby Flame and his crew meet an unexpected hurdle while trying to rob a former prison planet the prisoners are still alive more than 200 years later and immortality is not all that it’s cracked up to be! Ravaged by time, the prisoners look like the monsters they were always accused of being, and they want Bobby’s spaceship. With a way off the planet finally presenting itself after centuries, CJ and the other prisoners will stop at nothing to gain their freedom. LIFE is presented as a flip book, housing one story from two different points of view. A prison break and a heist both offer interlocking narratives, creating an immersive experience that will challenge your perceptions of justice while begging the immortal question, ‘Who really wants to live forever?

Story: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips
Art: Danijel Zezelj
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Life #1 is an interesting blend of genres with two stories that collide in a flip book

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In the future, a death penalty will be considered an act of kindness, as covert experiments have forced criminals with multiple life sentences to live all their time to full term. For the ‘Casanova Killer,’ that means living out the nearly 2,400 years of his 32 life sentences mining on a distant prison planet alongside some of humanity’s most heinous offenders. Years pass Decades turn to centuries, abandoned, the prisoners are shocked to see a ship approaching-filled with thieves hoping that their next big score is on the planet’s long dead mine. They have no idea that the prisoners-are still alive. While the prisoners scheme to find a way off planet, the thieves plan the biggest score of their careers. Each issue of ‘LIFE’ is a flip book, housing one story from two different perspectives. A prison break and a heist both offer interlocking narratives, creating an immersive experience that will challenge your perceptions of justice while begging the immortal question: Who really wants to live forever?

Story: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips
Art: Danijel Zezelj
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Sesame Street #1

Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Aliens vs. Avengers #1 (Marvel) – Really the title says it all.

Archie: The Decision (Archie Comics) – Betty or Veronica? We finally find out!

BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B #1 (BOOM! Studios) – The latest story of B has him the 13th Century and serving as the ultimate weapon of the legendary Ghenghis Khan!

Convert #1 (Image Comics) – A science officer is stranded on a distant planet and makes an astonishing discovery. We want to see what that is!

Eye Lie Popeye #1 (Massive Publishing) – Popeye goes manga!

Life #1 (DSTLRY) – Stephanie Phillips and Brian Azzarello are writing this comic which is a flip book and features the art of Lee Loughridge and Danijel Zeselj.

Nice House By the Sea #2 (DC Comics/DC Black Label) – It’s another group whisked away during the apocalypse by an alien, except they’re in on the situation. It’s similar to the first volume but like a new season of Real World, a whole new group of personalities.

Recognized (Good Trouble Productions) – An anthology series that celebrates LGBTQ+ heroes like Alain Locke, Sylvia Rivera, Bayard Rustin, and Larry Kramer, with contributions from top comic creators.

Register (Good Trouble Productions) – A captivating journey through American constitutional amendments, focusing on the 26th and 15th.

Sesame Street #1 (Oni Press) – A new series featuring the Sesame Street gang for all ages! Grover wakes up to another beautiful day on Sesame Street! But he soon discovers that his friends each have a problem to solve before they can enjoy it.

Universal Monsters’ Frankenstein #1 (Image Comics/Skybound) – Skybound’s line of Universal Monsters comics have been great so far so we’re hooked to see what they can do with the classic Frankenstein.

DSTLRY announces Life from Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips, and Danijel Žeželj

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DSTLRY has announced Life an innovative six-issue series that unites co-writers Brian Azzarello and Stephanie Phillips for the first time. Joined by artist Danijel Žeželj and colorist Lee Loughridge, the team constructs an interlocking flip book, anchored by two violent stories that collide on a desolate prison planet. Life is edited by industry legend Will Dennis. Life #1 will be on sale later this summer in print and digital. 

Life presents a grim future where the most depraved prisoners face a new extreme punishment—artificial immortality that lasts the length of their combined sentences. After centuries pass, the forgotten prisoners encounter a ship filled with intergalactic thieves eyeing the planet’s long-abandoned mines. Unbeknownst to the pirates, their target is far from deserted, haunted by the remaining prisoners now mutated into grotesque monsters.   

Each story—that of the prisoners and thieves—initially unfolds independently through each end of Life’s innovative flipbook design. The stories crash and catalyze in surprising ways, as Phillips and Azzarello peel back the layered connections between the two groups and their looming brutal confrontation.  

As a flip-book, each issue of Life  features full cover art on front on and back with spot gloss on robust stock. The debut issue of Life features 56 pages while subsequent issues will have DSTLRY’s standard 48 pages with exquisite interior paper quality.

Life

Kodansha reveals its March digital releases

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Kodansha USA Publishing has announced their latest all-new digital manga licenses debuting in March 2023: The emotionally complex coming-of-age story Life, and the equally tempestuous crime thriller sequel, Life 2: Giver/Taker, both by Keiko Suenobu

March’s debut digital manga series will both be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors, including Bookwalker, Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, MyAnimeList and more!

Life

By Keiko Suenobu
Release Date: March 7, 2023
Rated: 18+

All Ayumu dreams of is making it into the same high school as her best friend. But when she gets in and her friend doesn’t, their friendship crumbles—sending Ayumu spiraling into depression. She finds relief in cutting herself, but soon realizes that her scars may interfere with her budding high school life. Can she trust her new friend, Manami, who seems too good to be true? Or will Ayumu’s apparent lack of compassion and understanding get her tossed aside like she was before? And is there anyone else out there who could possibly love her for who she is? A melancholy coming-of-age story by Keiko Suenobu!

Warning: This volume contains depictions of self harm and suicidal ideation/attempts. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings, you are not alone, and there is help. In the United States, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or go to 988lifeline.org. Otherwise, visit findahelpline.com to find support.

Life

Life 2: Giver/Taker

By Keiko Suenobu
Release Date: March 14, 2023
Rated: 16+

When the charming young boy who moves next door turns out to be a psychopath who murders her little sister, Itsuki vows to fight the injustice that allowed him a second chance at life while her sister lies dead. Blaming herself for what happened, she becomes a stone-cold cop who fears nothing to prevent others from living through a similar tragedy. But six years later, on the very same day the killer is finally set free, she finds a chilling letter in her mailbox threatening to once again steal what’s most important to her. And though she wants nothing more than to make him pay for her sister’s life that he stole, she’ll have to watch her back now that there’s a killer on the loose.

Warning:This volume contains depictions of suicide, suicide attempts and/or suicidal ideation. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings, you are not alone, and there is help. In the United States, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or go to 988lifeline.org. Otherwise, visit findahelpline.com to find support.

Life 2: Giver/Taker

Beauty and the Beast Rules the Box Office Again with Power Rangers in Second

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Even with a 49.4% drop from last weekend, Beauty and the Beast was a monster at the weekend box office. The film came in second again earning an estimated $88.3 million. That’s the fourth largest second weekend of all-time. It’s the top film of 2017 already after two weeks by a sizeable amount.  Domestically, the film has earned $317 million which is about $116 more than the second place Logan. Worldwide the film has earned $690.3 million which is about $125 million more than the second-place Logan.

In second place for the weekend was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers which opened with an estimated $40.5 million. That’s on the higher end of expectations. The film earned an “A” CinemaScore and was 60% male and 50% over the age of 25. It’ll be interesting to see how it does in the long run, but expect it to top out a little over $100 million.

In third place was Kong: Skull Island which added $14.4 million to its domestic total in its third week. The film has earned $133.5 million domestically and $392.1 million worldwide so far.

In fourth was the new film Life which brought in $12.6 million. The film worldwide brought in $28.7 million and with a $58 million budget, that’s not a disaster. The film earned a “C+” CinemaScore which does not bode well for the long run.

Rounding out the top five was Logan which brought in an estimated $10.1 million to bring its domestic total to $201.5 million. Worldwide the film has earned $565.5 million and is currently second place in domestic and worldwide earnings for the year.

Also new this week was CHiPs which brought in $7.6 million. With a $25 million budget the film should earn that back domestically when it’s done.

The LEGO Batman Movie was in ninth with $1.97 million to bring its domestic total to $170.8 million and $292.5 million worldwide so far.

In comic related movie news, Wilson debuted in 310 theaters earning and estimated $330,000. We’ll have our review later in the day.

Come back in an hour when we’ll have more comic focused breakdown of earnings.