From JewCE 2024, two MAD contributors, two comic strip artists, and an Israeli cartoonist walk into a panel…. Join professional funnypeople Arie Kaplan (MAD Magazine, The Day I Became a Potato Pancake), Chari Pere (MAD Magazine, Corona Mama), Hilary Price (Rhymes With Orange), Terry LaBan (Edge City, Mendel the Mess-Up), and Uri Fink (Zbeng!) for a serious(ly fun) discussion about humor.
Just as the Predators make their Marvel debut, fans can experience their original comics legacy in Predator: The Original Years Omnibus Vol. 1. Following the landmark 1987 film, the Predator franchise thrilled comic book readers with various series depicting terrifying encounters with the extraterrestrial hunters and exploring the dark history of their species. Both Predator aficionados and newcomers will be able to enjoy these classic tales in a hardcover format this July.
Nowhere is safe when the remorseless alien killers stalk the concrete jungle of New York City, leave a trail of death across the American Southwest and ignite the Cold War by landing in Siberia! Find out if the Predators came to Earth during Vietnam or World War I and see the hunters make a new enemy in Dutch’s brother, Detective John Schaefer. Read on as an Arizona prison becomes a slaughterhouse and witness a Predator vs. psychotic Predator showdown in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey! Finally, take a trip to 1950s Hollywood, where only a child with special glasses can see the monster in the midst of Tinseltown! It’s total carnage, Predator-style!
This unprecedented collection includes: Predator (1989) #1-4, Predator 2 #1-2, Predator: Big Game #1-4, Predator: Cold War #1-4, Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time #1-2, Predator: Race War #1-4, Predator: Bad Blood #1-4, Predator: Invaders From the Fourth Dimension, Predator: Dark River #1-4, Predator: Strange Roux, and Predator: Kindred #1-4 — plus material from Dark Horse Presents (1986) #46, #67-69 and #119; Dark Horse Comics #1-2, #4-7, #10-14, #16-18 and #20-21; and A Decade of Dark Horse #1.
Writers include Mark Verheiden, Franz Heinkel, John Arcudi, Dan Barry, Andrew Vachss, Randy Stradley, Evan Dorkin, Jerry Prosser, Brian McDonald, Jason R. Lamb, Scott Tolson, Neal Barrett, Jr., Chuck Dixon, Charles Moore, Terry Laban, and more. Artists include Chris Warner, Ron Randall, Dan Barry, Mark Bright, Evan Dorkin, Jordan Raskin, Lauchland Pelle, Derek Thompson, Jim Somerville, Mitch Byrd, Brian O’Connell, Roger Petersen, Leo Duranona, Enrique ALcatena, D. Alexander Gregory, Howard Cobb, and more.
Check out the cover by artist Iban Coello below, the direct market variant cover by artist Chris Warner.
All kinds of comic book related news is flying around the tubes. We can’t cover everything, but doesn’t mean we can’t link to others.
Around the Blogs:
The Comics Chronicle – February 2011 comics sales: A rebound, a record low, and a pricing retreat – We’re not experts in sales numbers, luckily other sites are.
Icv2 – Publishers to Borders: ‘We Want Our Books Back’ – I’d hope they’d get their books back if they’re not paid for them.
Comics Alliance – 11 of the Most Hilariously Unlicensed Pieces of Bootleg Super-Hero Merchandise – How come I never find this crap when I look for it? What are dollar stores worth, if not purchasing things like this?
Bleeding Cool – Spider-Man Shocker: Highest Graded Copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 Goes For $1.1 Million – Yeah, we had some change in our couch we felt like spending.
The Daily Cartoonist – Terry Laban launches new online graphic novel – A mystic story taking place in Siberia? Ok then!
First Comic News – Casper the Friendly Ghost returning to comic books – Do we finally get to find out if he’s the ghost of Richie Rich and when’s the eventual X-Files crossover?
