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F.A.C.T.S 2012 Raises The Dead For Charity

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There’s Zombie-guests galore at F.A.C.T.S. 2012 and it’s now also a Zombie-Comic! While the Mayan civilization has proclaimed 2012 to be the end of the world, F.A.C.T.S. found it appropriate to invite “zombie-guests” for October 20-21, 2012 and to celebrate the event even more F.A.C.T.S. has developed a Zombie-Comic with the help of the artists invited to the show!  You can check out more info at http://www.facts.be/dead-cold-exclusive-facts-2012-collector

Artists included are Sean Philips, Paul Duffield, Dean Yeagle, Colin Wilson, Tyler Kirkham, Lectrr, Romano Molenaar, Louis & Lamirand, XA, Emmanuel Nhieu, Popescu, Kristof Spaey and Sophian Cholet.

The cover will be provided by convention Guest Of Honor Charlie Adlard, who also provided an introduction as well as picked Greenpeace as beneficiary to the proceedings of this special edition, called “Dead Cold… zombie art”.

F.A.C.T.S Convention is the signature pop culture event of the Benelux, presenting guests and programming to cater for the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, TV, and gaming industries.

Entering its 22th edition, F.A.C.T.S. is expected to draw over 21,000+ attendees to its October 21-22, 2012 convention held at the Gent Flanders Expo Convention Center located in Gent, Belgium.

The show will sport 3,000 extra meters compared to its last edition and will now have 15,000 square meters. FACTS will host over a mile of dealers of toys, comics, movie merchandise, fantasy merchandise, manga and will see 2,500+ cosplayers and a cosplay competition, life size props, model kit exhibitions, an entire fan-village, a Japanese Village, a huge game zone with dozens of consoles, as well as loads of surprises, to brighten up the already amazing venue!

For more information, please go to http://www.facts.be

Preview – The Darkness #99

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The Darkness #99

Story by: Phil Hester Art By: Romano Molenaar Cover By: Jeremy Haun & Sheldon Mitchell
Price: $2.99

CELEBRATE THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY!
The Darkness has mustered its considerable defenses in its home dimension to crush its prodigal son and current bearer, Jackie Estacado. Long time writer PHIL HESTER (WONDER WOMAN, THE GREEN HORNET) and ROMANO MOLENAAR (THE DARKNESS II: CONFESSION) build to the crescendo that will be landmark THE DARKNESS #100 when Jackie will come face-to-face with the source of his power and misery.

Preview – The Darkness #96

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The Darkness #96

story PHIL HESTER, art ROMANO MOLENAAR, cover A JEREMY HAUN , cover B SHELDON MITCHELL
Price: $2.99

CELEBRATE THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY!
Since The Darkness first debuted fifteen years ago, the Darkness itself and its headstrong bearer, Jackie Estacado, have often been at odds. Estacado is no saint, but the Darkness has crossed a line and to protect his family, Jackie will take the fight into the heart of the Darkness itself. Leading up to the landmark issue #100, long time writer PHIL HESTER (Wonder Woman, Green Hornet) is joined by artist ROMANO MOLENAAR (The Darkness II: Confession) for the stunning conclusion of his three year run!
Featuring a variant cover by SHELDON MITCHELL!

Review – The Darkness #88

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Normally, I’m very psyched for new issues of The Darkness to come out.  The latest issue, The Darkness #88 though is a bit lacking.  Maybe it’s because I don’t know the full story of the main villain, or I don’t know the characters (other than Jackie Estacado) so I’m not quite  invested in them.  But overall I shrugged my shoulders when I finished reading this issue.

Enraged by the betrayal in the last issue from within his inner circle, Jackie Estacado moves to end his conflict with The Sovereign once and for all, and close the book on this chapter of his cursed life. Meanwhile, the Judas in Jackie’s crew learns just how much Estacado despises snakes in his midst.

Written by Phil Hester, who’s normally solid, the issue is one big fight and I never buy that Jackie is threatened or in any danger.  It’s interesting to see where things go and how they resolve and the opening page is fantastic, but the story itself is pretty blah.

If you’re a fan of The Darkness, then definitely pick it up, but it’s the end of a story arc so not good for new readers and as a whole isn’t the character or the series in the best light.

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