by Jeff Meyer | September 7, 2008

Midwest Book Review September 2008 The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers.

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by Jeff Meyer | September 7, 2008

Mikey Way and Chuck Palahniuk are in discussions to write a story or stories for DC Comics.

by Jeff Meyer | September 7, 2008

Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Green Lantern #34 DC Comics Johns, Reis & Albert Part six of the retelling of Hal Jordan’s origin is probably my favorite to date. I have been looking for explanations in the oddities of his origin versus others...

by Jeff Meyer | September 7, 2008

Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews X-Men Origins: Beast Marvel Comics Carey & Woodward The premise is very simple. This comic tells the story of how Hank McCoy came into contact with Charles Xavier. It’s his basic origin story. There isn’t a ton in here that is...

by Jeff Meyer | September 7, 2008

Apparently Google created and issued a physical copy of the Chrome comic book to select members of blogs and the press. One of those fortunate bloggers is now selling their copy on Ebay.

by Jeff Meyer | September 7, 2008

Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Weekly Rankings For 09/04/08 Here are this week’s comics ranked prior to reading them: 3. X-Men Manifest Destiny #1 of 4 2. X-Men Origins: Beast 1. Green Lantern #34 I passed on Manifest Destiny as this issue had two...

by Jeff Meyer | September 6, 2008

ComicList Week In Review Volume 14, Issue 36 We finally updated the email and feed subscription page on the ComicList web site! Subscribe to ComicList Week In Review by Email. Join us on FriendFeed and the ComicList Message Board 2.0 to discuss this week's posts. COMICLISTS ComicList Extended Forecast...

by Jeff Meyer | September 6, 2008

Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond the week of 09/10/2008, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. View a dynamic version of this list, updated several times each week, leading up to its Friday release. Please let me know if any of the names...

by Jeff Meyer | September 6, 2008

Suspended Animation Review Spider-Man: With Great Power, five issues, published by Marvel Publishing, Inc., 32 pages, $3.99. I’ve always been a sucker for the classic Marvel characters, as portrayed in their infancy by the likes of Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and the rest of...

by Jeff Meyer | September 5, 2008

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 10, 2008, by Charles LePage. This is the *preliminary* list and is not complete. The complete, and much more accurate, list will be published next week. This information is compiled from a variety of sources including Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another...

by Jeff Meyer | September 5, 2008

Due to overwhelming demand, Marvel is pleased to announce that it will be going back to print with the latest chapter of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's (the team behind Civil War) biggest Wolverine story of the century! Wolverine #68 Second Printing Variant, which sold out at Diamond (but may be available at the retail...

by Jeff Meyer | September 5, 2008

Marvel is pleased to announce Amazing Spider-Man #570 has sold out at Diamond in less than 24 hours and will return with Amazing Spider-Man #570 Second Printing Variant! Join the superstar creative team of Dan Slott and John Romita Jr. as they throw your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man into a whole whirl wind of action and...

by Jeff Meyer | September 5, 2008

Our friends at MangaCast write The boss is still working in Tokyo, living out all our dreams as a drunken gaijin salaryman. Wait a minute, is that really my dream? DARK HORSE Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service TP Vol 07, $10.95 MPD Psycho TP Vol 06, $10.95 DEL REY MANGA Mamotte...

by Jeff Meyer | September 5, 2008

Thursday, September 4, 2008 - The Eisner-nominated true story behind cartoonist Michael Cavallaro's family history is finally collected this November in a full color, deluxe revised & expanded tradepaperback! "PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) makes for the perfect Shadowline book in terms of not just its quality, but it's ability to stand out...

by Jeff Meyer | September 4, 2008

Marvel is proud unveil the complete list of retailers participating in the landmark midnight opening to commemorate the release of Dark Tower: Treachery #1. Click over to http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.4746 to see which retailers are hosting this event at their stores, which features the special Dark Tower: Treachery #1 Midnight Opening Variant that has everyone talking!...

by Jeff Meyer | September 4, 2008

September 4th, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company announced today that Keith R.A. DeCandido will be scripting the FARSCAPE miniseries from an original story by FARSCAPE creator Rockne O'Bannon. Using O'Bannon's unique vision and richly detailed story, DeCandido will work with BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company...

by Jeff Meyer | September 4, 2008

Marvel is proud to announce that Black Panther #40 has sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at the retail level) and will return with Black Panther #40 Second Printing Variant! With Secret Invasion underway, the Skrulls go to war with the nation of Wakanda! Join red-hot star writer Jason Aaron (Ghost...

by Jeff Meyer | September 4, 2008

The Runaways are back in their new ongoing series and Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited is giving you the chance to read the all-new RUNAWAYS #1 for free! RUNAWAYS #1 launches the new ongoing series from legendary author Terry Moore (SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE, Strangers in Paradise) and superstar artist Humberto Ramos...

by Jeff Meyer | September 4, 2008

Our friends at MangaCast write The boss is too busy interviewing famous people, writing for OtakuUSA, and/or interviewing famous people for OtakuUSA to post lately, so I present to you two weeks’ worth of new releases back-to-back, starting with last week. ANTARCTIC PRESS Land Of Oz Manga #2 (of 4), $2.99 AURORA PUBLISHING...