We also have David Monteith stop by to tell us what to expect from the upcoming London Super Comic Con!

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Dark Horse

Afrika HC
Chronicles Of Kull TP Vol 05 Dead Men O/T Deep & Other Stories
Dark Horse Presents #9
Star Wars Dark Times Out O/T Wilderness #4 (of 5)

DC Comics

All Star Western #6
American Vampire #24
Aquaman #6
Batman #4 2nd Ptg
Batman #6 Combo Pack
Batman The Dark Knight #6
Blackhawks #6
Flash #6
Fury Of Firestorm The Nuclear Men #6
Green Lantern New Guardians #6
I Vampire #6
Justice League Dark #6
Mad Magazine #514
Ray #3 (of 4)
Savage Hawkman #6
Superman #6
Teen Titans #6
Voodoo #6

IDW

Cobra Ongoing #10
Danger Girl Revolver #2 (of 4)
Dead Rising Road To Fortune #4 (of 4)
Godzilla Legends #4 (of 5)
Infestation 2 Dungeons & Dragons #2 (of 2)
Popbot Big Beautiful Book
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing #7
Transformers Robots In Disguise Ongoing #2
Wally Wood Ec Stories Artist Ed HC

Image

Bulletproof Coffin Disinterred #2 (of 6)
Chew #24
Lil Depressed Boy #9
Mondo #1 (of 3)
Morning Glories #16
No Place Like Home #1
Prophet #22

Marvel

Avengers Academy #26
Avengers Solo #5 (of 5)
Deadpool #51
Deadpool Max 2 #5
Dorothy And Wizard In Oz #5 (of 8)
Fantastic Four #603
Magneto Not A Hero #4 (of 4)
Mighty Thor #11
New Mutants #38 Xregb
Secret Avengers #23
Spider-Man #23
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #7
Uncanny X-Force #22 Xregg
Venom #13.3
Wolverine #300 2nd Ptg Kubert Var
Wolverine And X-Men #4 2nd Ptg Bradshaw Var Xregg
Wolverine And X-Men #6 Xregg
Wolverine Punisher Ghost Rider Off Index Mu #7 (of 8)
Wolverine X-Men Alpha Omega #1 (of 5) 2nd Ptg Brooks Var
X-Men #25 Xregb
X-Men Legacy #262

Independents

2000 Ad #1771 £2.60
Archie #630 (Archie Meets Kiss Pt 4 )
Archie & Friends Double Digest #13
B & V Friends Double Digest #222
Bart Simpson Comics #68
Broken Pieces #2
Dead Or Alive #2 (of 4)
Garth Ennis Jennifer Blood #9
Gft Alice In Wonderland #2
Heroes Of The North Dark Origins One Shot
Incorruptible #27
Jim Butcher Dresden Files Fool Moon #5
Jurassic Strike Force 5 #2
Patricia Briggs Alpha & Omega Cry Wolf Vol 01 #5
Rasl #13
Red Sonja #64
Red Sonja Witchblade #1
Sixth Gun #19
Soulfire Vol 3 #7
War Of The Independents #2

Magazines

Alter Ego #107 £6.99
Clint #14 £4.25
Dc Chess Coll #2 Joker Black King
Marvel GN Coll Vol 5 Spider-Man Birth Of Venom HC £9.99

Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Avengers Assemble TP Vol 02
Batman Vs Bane TP
Between Gears TP
Captain America And Bucky #627
Captain America Prisoner Of War TP
DC Universe Secret Origins HC
Explorer The Mystery Boxes Sc
Fear Itself Uncanny X-Men Prem HC
GI Joe Disavowed TP Vol 05
Goliath HC
Invincible Ultimate Coll HC Vol 07
Iron Man 2.0 TP Vol 02 Asymmetry
Lady Death (Ongoing) HC Vol 01
Lady Death (Ongoing) TP Vol 01
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Tangled Web Digest TP
MMW Incredible Hulk TP Vol 02
Near Death TP Vol 01
Night O/T Living Dead TP Vol 03
Phoenix Without Ashes TP
Possessions GN Vol 03 Better House Trap
Powers Prem HC Vol 04 Supergroup
Quasar Classic TP Vol 01
Sandman TP Vol 08 Worlds End New Ed
Spider-Man Fights Substance Abuse TP
Strikeforce Morituri TP Vol 02
Thunderbolts Classic TP Vol 02
Too Much Coffee Man Cutie Island TP
Torso GN HC
Transformers Last Stand Of The Wreckers HC
Superior Prem HC
Wolverine And Captain America TP
X-Men Age Of Apocalypse Omnibus HC
X-Men Ff Prem HC

Manga

Bakuman Vol 09
Bleach Vol 38
Blue Exorcist Vol 06
Certain Scientific Railgun GN Vol 03
Durarara Vol 01
Gentlemens Agreement Rabbit & Wolf GN
Kizuna GN Vol 05 (of 6) Dlx Ed
Mardock Scramble Vol 04
My Boyfriend Is A Vampire GN Coll Ed Vol 02
Nura Vol 07
Oh My Goddess Rtl TP Vol 20
Tegami Bachi Vol 08
Toriko Vol 08
Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds Vol 02

T-Shirts

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Kurtis Wiebe - Definitely the concept. It came about from an email game Tyler Jenkins and I played over three years ago where we were tossing comic concepts back and forth at each other. He’d sent me this idea about a crew of resistance fighting kids in the Vietnam War, tossing in the reference of the Lost Boys. I didn’t entirely take to it at first, but it was the seed that got everything rolling.

I was big into Band Of Brothers at the time, that and I’ve always been a bit of a history nut, so all the pieces fell into place for the basic concept fairly quickly.

CT - Why do you think comic books keep going back to fairy tales for inspiration? Are comics the modern version of folk stories or is there something more behind it?

KW - I’m not entirely sure, it definitely happens a lot more frequently. Fables is a wildly successful series and there’s something really exciting about taking the characters everyone knows about and adapting them to new situations, modern or completely foreign. Any time I hear of a reimagining of a popular folk hero or mythology, I always think, “Why didn’t my brain come up with that?”

CT - Each of your books is vastly different in tone and style, so I was curious as to how much your artists shape a project. Do you look for someone to match a concept or do you develop a concept to match them?

KW - I’ve approached different projects in both ways you mentioned. With The Intrepids, I didn’t have an artist attached when I wrote the first 12 pages (the pitch), but with Green Wake I was tailoring the story to Riley’s style because he’d wanted to try his hand at a straight up mystery horror series.

It really is a complete mixed bag of styles and I generally try to find an artist that will best convey a concept when I haven’t thought of it before hand. Once the illustrator is attached, I definitely approach the story in a way that they will find enjoyable to bring to life, so I keep them very involved in the story creation process. Basically, I ask them what they like to draw and do the best I can to make it happen in the series.

CT - Green Wake feels like a wonderfully immersive video game environment to me. Do you consider these multi-media opportunities when creating your properties, and is there anything in the pipeline right now?

KW - Truthfully, not really. I tell the story the way it needs to be told and if that makes for other creative interpretations, great! First and foremost, my stories are comic focused and that is where I place all my energy into creating it.

There’s been interest in a variety of my projects, but nothing solid as of yet. The nice thing about Hollywood interest is that it brings more awareness to the original series and, hopefully, new comic readers in general.

CT - What’s coming up in your various books, and what can we expect to see from you next? Is Image your homebase for the time being?

KW - Most of my 2012 projects have been announced or been leaked out through a variety of sources. I have Peter Panzerfaust coming out February 15th, Grim Leaper in May and a new series with Green Wake illustrator Riley Rossmo in July called Debris. I’m always putting together new pitches and assembling creative teams, so I’ll probably have something new to announce in Fall.

Yes, right now, Image Shadowline is my home base. All three of those above announced titles will be coming through Jim Valentino’s publishing house and I’ve really enjoyed the experience working with his team. I’m always open to new endeavours and if there’s interest, I’d love to branch out and work with as many people as possible!

Thanks for chatting with us, Kurtis. You can follow Kurtis and his work via his blog, Writer in the Balance: kjwiebe.blogspot.com.

Peter Panzerfaust #1 is available this week from Image Comics (£2.50/$3.50)

Joe Keatinge - Well, I worked at the third largest published in the United States for over half a decade in almost every capacity or at the very least closely alongside those I didn’t, like accounting, production and management. It was an experience that has shaped the entire way I look at my career. Every single co-worker or creator I dealt with informed the way I look and deal with the industry today. I’m very thankful to Eric Stephenson and Erik Larsen for bringing me on board and keeping me there for so long. I’m looking forward to working with them in this capacity for even longer.

I learned a lot of lessons. I learned comics is the most beautiful medium our reality has to offer, even if its industry can be brutal. I saw how people fall from not keeping their nose clean or by being an asshole. I saw the importance of not freaking out about the future and accepting things like digital will be part of it. That the industry is in a state of evolution, not death. That great stores will continue to succeed as they look toward tomorrow and you need to do the same, whether you’re doing it as publisher or creator. I learned you need to pay it forward. That people will do you favors, that people will help you along your way and that you owe it to both them and the medium to help the next person in. “Don’t be a dick” is a good way to sum it up. “Be true to yourself and your beliefs” is another. “Nobody owes you anything, so work harder” does the job as well.

I learned Jack Kirby said ‘comics will break your heart.’

I learned it’s worth the risk.

CT - What’s it like working with Rob Liefeld? Did you have a lot of input in terms of who you’d be collaborating with and the direction you wanted to go?

JK - Rob’s very much a guy you want in your corner. I think people get an erroneous perception of him, but in my experience there’s not many other people I met more enthusiastic about the comics medium in all its various forms. He’s not just a guy who likes superhero comics – he likes and supports a huge variety, regardless of genre or format. I think this should be a lot more obvious in an era where Ross Campbell is drawing Glory and Brandon Graham & Simon Roy are working on Prophet.

Personally he’s been a huge part of my entire career, even before I worked at Image Comics. He’s helped out and advised a lot along the way.

Working with him as part of the Extreme line has expanded upon all this. He’s a huge cheerleader of what we’re doing. A very encouraging guy who offers a lot of great feedback and support.

As far as input – Rob and Eric Stephenson, who is editing the line, have given us a tremendous amount of freedom. They approved our pitches, read our scripts and look over our art, but they didn’t want us to maintain status quo. They wanted us to create toward tomorrow. It’s a situation not often afforded in a licensed/work-for-hire type situation. Their confidence in all of us is very much appreciated and not an honor I take lightly.

CT - Where do you stand on the whole gender in comics debate? I’ve seen you say that you don’t like the term ‘strong women’, but obviously there’s a need for those kind of role models today. Is there any concern over the fact that you and Ross are both men?

JK - I think you misunderstood what I said. I don’t dislike the term ‘strong women.’ I have a problem with it being a compliment as if it’s not the standard. Every single woman in my life is strong. I was raised by women who gave me an example of how to be a better human being, period. Every single woman character in comics or any form of entertainment should be equally ‘strong.’ I’m tired of that being an exception. It needs to be the damn rule. I want comics to reflect the diversity in gender, sexual orientation, race and so on we see in actual reality. That’s the way I want characters to be in comics I read and demand in the comics I create.

I’m not sure of the specifics involved in the ‘gender debate’ you’re mentioning. If you mean characters, well, I think I made that pretty obvious. If you mean creators, I feel the same. I want comics by every type of person in every type of genre in every type of format, because I truly believe there’s no medium better suited to allowing someone to bring out their personal vision with more intensity or intimacy than comics. So, yes, I want just as many women as men creating comics.

I don’t even get how that’s even a debate any more. Is anyone looking at the work of Sara Pichelli and not thinking it’s some of the most brilliant illustration and storytelling in mainstream comics? You know why I think Kate Beaton is one of the funniest people on the planet? Because her comic strip is one of the funniest comic strips on the planet. Look at someone like Little Thunder, who came out of no where with her series, Kylooe, and devastates everyone else creating comics with every single volume. How about Francois Mouly and the way she’s changed editing in every capacity from RAW to Toon Books to The New Yorker? I could list more names like Eliza Frye, Emi Lenox, Colleen Doran, Marian Churchland, Meredith Gran and Sarah Glidden forever. All these women and many, many more are doing great works and I love said works. Why? Because they’re by incredible creators. Gender doesn’t come into it at all for me. Are there really people in 2012 who have a problem with these brilliant creators creating because they have vaginas? If so, those people can go drown themselves. Harsh? I guess, but welcome to Get The Hell Over It.

CT - In addition to Glory you’re doing Hell Yeah which sounds quite big and conceptual. Do you deliberately look for projects that allow you to speak to certain themes or issues?

JK - The only thing I look for deliberately in any project is whether or not it’s something I would enjoy doing. That’s it. I don’t go after preaching certain issues or relaying specific themes. Stories and characters that excite me always come first. I believe themes and issue should evolve naturally from there. I am writing Hell Yeah, because it’s a story thats been with me for a really long time and one I’m very passionate about. Glory was a huge opportunity to work on a project and create the type of comic I wanted my currently hypothetical daughter to read when she hits her mid-teens.

I’ll create the creator-owned titles I’m driven to create. I’ll be thrilled to work with the work-for-hire comics I’m given the opportunity to collaborate on.

I create comics because I love comics more than any other medium. That’s it. Simple as that.

CT - Where are you looking to take Glory, and what else is coming up for you next? You sound like quite a busy guy at the moment.

JK - I’d rather avoid things plot-wise on Glory. I saw Jonathan Hickman’s recent ‘non-preview’ of The Manhattan Projects and it brought up a great point in terms of how we sometimes know too much about a comic book before it’s released. I’d really like to bring more of that into my own titles. That said, Glory‘s currently being misconstrued as a Wonder Woman homage. Over the next several issues, we’ll be shattering that notion. I think it’ll be an impossible comparison after issue #25. I want her to be her own character. She’s not my pastiche. She’s something different. I think that’s what comics needs more than another take on an established character.

As for me, well, I already have a lot in the works. Which reminds me, I need to e-mail Joe Eisma…

Thanks for chatting with us, Joe. You can hear (and see) more from Joe Keatinge over at his Tumblr page.

Glory #23, the first issue of the relaunch, is available this week from Image Comics (£2.20/$2.99)

Chris Madden - I was at that panel too! ‘Twas actually my first SDCC – now *that* is an overwhelming experience! As far as Jack Avarice goes, it was out of nowhere for the audience, but the last stop in a 9-year journey for me. The story and the characters for The Courier had actually been brewing for the better part of a decade, and I worked on it in my off time. Around October 2010 I finished the final draft of the first issue and sent it to my buddy Tom Waltz, an old friend who had since become an editor at IDW and wanted to see my current stuff. I actually sent the first issue as a sample of work, not as a pitch, but Tom liked it so much he sent it upwards at IDW and before long, BAM! Five issues. Couldn’t have worked out better!

CT - Your art was immediately compared to J. Scott Campbell, but I think it has a slightly rougher, more animated feel. Who are your personal influences and where do you look for inspiration?

CM - Campbell has certainly been a big influence for me. Danger Girl was a huge kick in the butt when I first read it, and I’ve long had it in my head that if I could do a book half that cool, I’d be in business. But there are tons of great, energetic and stylised folks I put at the top of the inspiration list as well as Campbell, folks like Jeff Smith, Mike Wieringo (sad face :( ), Milt Kahl, Chris Sanders – all folks whose work just oozes energy and emotion. The sketchier stuff comes from a mixture of Milt Kahl’s pencil-style Disney cels and collecting too many artist sketchbooks at cons. I love that look!

CT - Were you always intended to do the art chores on Danger Girl or was that something which came about after the comparisons to Campbell were made?

CM - Heh, not at all! In fact, the style comparison may have been made by those fellas behind the scenes at IDW, but I never heard that sort of talk at my level. I just love the book and wanted to work on it. When I heard my buddy Tom Waltz was at IDW, I took a look at the properties they handle and told him,”Holy crap, you guys do G.I. Joe? Ghostbusters? Star Trek? You’ve got DANGER GIRL?!” I’d like to think it had more to do with just being a huge fan of the book and of that style of adventure storytelling than it did with any specific art match. But then again, I’m gullible; someone told me that once and I totally believe it.

CT - On Jack Avarice you handled everything – story, art, colors, lettering and design. How time consuming is that process, and is it your preferred way to work?

CM - Two questions there: preferred way to work? Yes. Time consuming? VERY YES. 10% of the time seems to be spent on the big showcase bits, like major spreads or covers, and 90% of the time is spent on what seems like little trivial things – nudging dialogue balloons, formatting file types, adjusting bleed, editing for typos. So that’s a very time consuming process. But, and this is a HUGE “but” (hehe), I absolutely love having collaborators! I’m having a blast working with Andy Hartnell (writing), Scott Dunbier (edits) and Jeromy Cox (colors) on the Danger Girl books, and getting to focus on the art completely is a really nice change of pace.

On the flipside, though, there’s something really rewarding about writing, drawing, coloring, lettering the whole shebang. For one thing, I get to work very free-form – I’ll often draw a page before I write all the dialogue, or draw and color 2/3 of an issue before I decide on an ending. It’s a much more organic process when you don’t have people waiting for your stuff just down the line so they can do their job, and it allows for much more stream-of-consciousness comic creating (that said, the whole narrative structure of the story was set in stone months before writing even starts). Of course, there’s the caveat: If it sucks, ain’t nobody else to blame!

CT - What future plans do you have for Jack Avarice – and are there any other projects you’d like to plug?

CM - Jack?  Oh, I think Jack will be around for awhile.  For one thing, issues 1-5 only told half of the opening story.  This is intermission; the crowd is currently encouraged to visit the lobby for refreshments.  But issues 6-10 are gonna bring some kickass stuff, and some pretty serious revelations!  And beyond that, I have a notebook filled to the brim with adventures for the newest Courier.  I’d say Jack, and readers, are in for a fun time!

Thanks for chatting with us, Chris. You can see more more of Chris’ work at his website, chrismaddenart.com.

Jack Avarice Is The Courier Volume 1 is available this week from IDW Publishing (£14.50/$19.99)

It features extracts from the book along with exclusive video interview segments with Mary, Bryan and comics historian Paul Gravett, as part of the Bryan Talbot documentary DVD to be released later this year.

Original artwork from the pages of Dotter of Her Father Eyes is currently on display at the Orbital Gallery during our regular opening hours, until March 02nd.

Dark Horse

BPRD Hell On Earth Long Death #1
Star Wars Dawn O/T Jedi Force Storm #1

DC Comics

Action Comics #1 4th PTG
Batman #1 3rd PTG
Batman #6
Birds Of Prey #6
Blue Beetle #6
Captain Atom #6
Catwoman #6
DC Universe Online Legends #23
DC Universe Presents #6
Detective Comics #1 5th PTG
End Of Nations #4 (of 4)
Fables #114
Green Lantern Corps #6
Hellblazer #288
Justice League #1 6th PTG
Legion Of Super Heroes #6
My Greatest Adventure #5 (of 6)
Nightwing #6
Red Hood And The Outlaws #6
Supergirl #6
Wonder Woman #6
Young Justice #13

IDW

Dungeons & Dragons Drizzt #5 (of 5)
GI Joe 2 Retaliation Movie Prequel #1
Godzilla Kingdom Of Monsters #12
Infestation 2 Dungeons & Dragons #1 (of 2)
Infestation 2 Transformers #2 (of 2)
Star Trek Legion Of Superheroes #5 (of 6)
Stephen King Joe Hill Road Rage #1 (of 4)
Transformers More Than Meets Eye Ongoing #2

Image

Activity #3
Darkness #99
Glory #23
Moriarty #9
Mudman #1 Var Cvr 2nd PTG
Mudman #2 Var Cvr 2nd PTG
Peter Panzerfaust #1
Prophet #21 Var Cvr 2nd PTG
Super Dinosaur #8
Witchblade #153

Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #679.1
Anita Blake Circus Damned Scoundrel #4 (of 5)
Avengers #22
Avengers Annual #1 2nd PTG Dellotto Var
Avengers X-Sanction #2 (of 4) 2nd PTG Mcguinness Var
Avenging Spider-Man #4 With Digital Code
Carnage Usa #2 (of 5) 2nd PTG Crain Var
Daredevil #9
Dark Tower Gunslinger Way Station #3 (of 5)
Defenders #2 2nd PTG Immonen Var
Fear Itself Fearless #9 (of 12)
Formic Wars Silent Strike #3 (of 5)
Generation Hope #16 Xregb
Halo Fall Of Reach Invasion #2 (of 4)
Incredible Hulk #3 2nd PTG Silvestri Var
Invincible Iron Man #513
New Avengers #21
Scarlet Spider #1 2nd PTG Stegman Var
Thunderbolts #170
Ultimate Comics X-Men #7 With Digital Code
Uncanny X-Force #19 2nd PTG Rodriguez Var Xregg
Uncanny X-Men #7
Venom #13.2
Winter Soldier #2
Wolverine #301
X-Factor #232 Xregg

Independents

2000 Ad #1770 £2.35
Army Of Darkness Ongoing #1
Atomic Robo Ghost Of Station X #5 (of 5)
Betty & Veronica #258
Female Force Cher One Shot
Flash Gordon Zeitgeist #3
Glamourpuss #23
Grimm Fairy Tales The Library #4
Hellraiser Masterpieces #8
Jugheads Double Digest #178
Life With Archie #17
Misadventures Of Adam West Ongoing #1
Orbit John Lennon
Planet Of The Apes #11
Political Power Mitt Romney One Shot
Quatermain #1
Queen Sonja #27
Return O/T Monsters Phantom Detective Vs Frankenstein
Richie Rich Gems #44
Robert Jordan Wheel Of Time Eye O/T World #21
Roger Langridges Snarked #5
Sherlock Holmes Victorian Knights #1
Simpsons Comics #187
Sonic Universe #37
Vampirella #14
Warehouse 13 #4
Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris #10
Wasteland #34

Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Annihilators TP
Astonishing X-Men Whedon Cassaday Ult Coll TP Book 01
Astonishing X-Men Whedon Cassaday Ult Coll TP Book 01
Avengers Omnibus HC Vol 01 JRJT CVR
Avengers Omnibus HC Vol 01 JRJT CVR
Captain America By Dan Jurgens TP Vol 03
Captain America By Dan Jurgens TP Vol 03
Daredevil Reborn TP
DC Super Pets Yr TP Amazing Mini Mutts
DC Super Pets Yr TP Backward Bowwow
DC Super Pets Yr TP Barnyard Brainwash
DC Super Pets Yr TP Battle Bugs Of Outer Space
DC Super Pets Yr TP Candy Store Caper
DC Super Pets Yr TP Hopping Hero
DC Super Pets Yr TP Salamander Smackdown
DC Super Pets Yr TP Sleepy Time Crime
DC Super Pets Yr TP Starro & Space Dolphins
DC Super Pets Yr TP Super Pets Showdown
DC Super Pets Yr TP Superpowered Pony
Deadman TP Vol 02
Essential Hulk TP Vol 01 New Ed
Fables Deluxe Edition HC Vol 04
Fear Itself Deadpool Fearsome Four Prem HC
Fear Itself Deadpool Fearsome Four Prem HC
Hellblazer Phantom Pains TP
How To Draw & Design Steampunk Supersize TP
Jack Avarice Is The Courier TP
Jack Avarice Is The Courier TP
Justice Society Of America Monument Point TP
London Calling GN
Madwoman O/T Sacred Heart GN
Marvel Zombies Supreme TP
Marvel Zombies Supreme TP
Olympians GN Vol 04 Hades Lord Of Dead
Pigs TP Vol 01 Hello Cruel World
Pigs TP Vol 01 Hello Cruel World
Power Girl Old Friends TP
Sonic Universe TP Vol 02 30 Years Later
Spider-Man Spider-Island Companion HC
Spider-Man Spider-Island Companion HC
Stand Night Has Come Prem HC
Star Trek Classics TP Vol 2 Enemy Unseen
Transformers TP Vol 06 Chaos Police Action
Transformers TP Vol 06 Chaos Police Action
Ult Comics Spider-Man By Bendis Prem HC Vol 01
Ult Comics Spider-Man By Bendis Prem HC Vol 01
Uncanny X-Force TP Vol 02 Deathlok Nation
Uncanny X-Force TP Vol 02 Deathlok Nation
Vengeance HC
Vengeance HC
Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris TP Vol 02 Pirate Queen
Whispers In The Walls GN
X-Factor Super Unnatural Prem HC
X-Factor Super Unnatural Prem HC
X-Force Necrosha TP

Manga

At Full Moon Vol 02
Bloody Monday Vol 04
Book Girl And The Corrupted Angel
Cross Game TP Vol 06
Dawn Of The Arcana TP Vol 02
Deltora Quest Vol 04
Fairy Tail Vol 17
Gon Vol 04
Haruka Beyond The Stream Of Time GN Vol 15
Inu Yasha Vizbig Ed GN Vol 10
Kamisama Kiss TP Vol 07
Library Wars Love & War Vol 07
Pokemon Adventures Platinum GN Vol 04
Shonen Jump March 2012
Shugo Chara Chan Vol 02
Slam Dunk GN Vol 20
Spice And Wolf Vol 05
Story Of Saiunkoku GN Vol 06
Wavering Of Haruhi Suzumiya Novel HC

Posters

Dead Poster
Marvel Universe By Nick Bradshaw Poster
Secret Avengers By Arthur Adams Poster

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Camila says: It’s always great to see good self-published titles being recognised and picked up by publishers, and very exciting to see Ellen Lindner’s first graphic novel now available on Soaring Penguin. It had been a little while since I first read Undertow, and what joy it was to pick it up again, now as a handsome hardcover, and let myself be taken into the life of Rhonda, a young girl in Brooklyn in the 1960s. Think Romance Comics with a bit of actual real life thrown in, and you have this cleverly written, sharply drawn novel.

Conan the Barbarian #1
By Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan
Dark Horse

Tom says: Comics publishers of North America, this is how you do it. So I had read a few Robert E Howard Conan stories but had no interest in reading comic adaptations of them. Wood and Cloonan nail it, it’s simple and beautiful, well paced and a great introduction to the character. The back matter wins on repeat as well. A short text piece telling us about Conan’s history at Dark Horse and the comics relationship with the Howard prose and an introduction to the creative team, plus a short and sweet strip about the Robert E Howard himself. It’s fun and slick, another reason DC were mad to let this guy get away and Cloonan is on fine form as ever. We sold out and had to order in more. Only a few copies left on the shelf. GET THEM FOR CROMS SAKE!

Wolverine and the X-men #5
By Jason Aaron and Nick Bradshaw
Marvel

Liz says: It may be just five issues in, but by now it must be acceptable to say that Wolverine and the X-men is the best book with an X- in the title since Joss Whedon finished writing Astonishing X-men in 2008. Drawing deep from the mind-bogglingly brilliant Grant Morrison era, with nods to classic stories across the board, this is a new direction that feels both homey and fresh at the same time. Bright, bonkers and fast-paced, the elements of danger and doom are offset by hysterically funny dialogue and great character interaction. Jason Aaron is clearly in love with writing this story and these characters, and when Jason Aaron is on point, he’s a force beyond reckoning. X-men fans, take note: this is what you should be reading.

Richie Rich: Valentine’s Day Special 2012 One Shot
By Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colo, Warren Kremer and Dustin Evans
Ape Entertainment

Chris says: Words can’t express how overjoyed I am to see Richie Rich back in print! Even more than The Phantom, Richie is the reason I’m into comics today. My Dad used to take me to the newsagent to buy a stack of Richie Rich comics every time I went to see him and I would often draw my own versions of Richie’s adventures. This week’s Valentines Special features a mix of new and classic material, and suddenly I’m that kid again – my love for comics is renewed and I’m transported to a simpler time … It’s nice to remember the innocence and purity of early comics fandom. Of course, it’s not the best book this week (that honour goes to Conan #1), but you should feel proud picking up these two comics together – I know I am!

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