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. Comic Book Nerd Pete Von Sholly TwoMorrows Publishing 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 $8.95 www.twomorrows.com Magazines aren't typically featured in our book...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Green Lantern #24 DC Comics Johns, Reis & Albert Green Lantern #24 is part 8 in the Sinestro Corps War. This issue doesn't disappoint in any way. This issue not only continues the story from GL #23, but it also ties in elements seen in the one-shot special for Cyborg...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Superman #668 DC Comics Busiek, Leonardi & Green The first installment of the “Third Kryptonian” explores two separate tracks. First, we see Superman’s parenting skills. Second, we have the existence of new Kryptonian. Earth is being watched by some aliens who were lead there to find a Kryptonian. They find...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Hiding In Time #3 Shadowline/Image Comics Long, Winn, Noronha & Hanley The closing issue of this little mini-series is a real page turner. To recap, a man named Abe was sent into the witness protection program to live in the past. The man he testified against sent three men back...
Suspended Animation Review Graphic Classics: Gothic Classics/$11.95 and 144 pages/from Eureka Productions/various writers and artists/available in book stories, comics shops, and at www.graphicclassics.com. Compared to our microwave world of 30 second hot dogs, much of the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries seems to plod. The plodding 14th volume in...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Storm Shadow #4 DDP Hama & Robinson Storm Shadow 4 concludes the opening series arc for this GI Joe spin-off. It is no surprise that in an age where GI Joe is a spy-type comic with covert operations that the Storm Shadow spin-off follows suit. Storm...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Star Wars Dark Times #5 Dark Horse Harrison, Wheatley, Pattison The conclusion to the Path to Nowhere sees two stories wrap up. Bomo's wife and child were taken from him by the Empire and Jedi Dass Jennir is faced with trying to live with himself...
October 12, 2007, Runnemede, NJ - DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT released images and information today concerning the next all-new Red Sonja mini-series event, The Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods. Doom of the Gods is the follow-up to last years' immensely powerful Red Sonja versus Thulsa Doom mini-series by co-writers Peter...
Everyone’s talking about the dynamic new Captain America costume designed by Alex Ross, as announced at Marvel.Com yesterday, and now you can take a look at the evolution of his costume with a brand new trailer! The all-new Captain America: Through The Ages trailer is now online at http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1582, featuring the most memorable costumes from...
Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond the week of 10/17/2007, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. SUPPLIER/TITLE NEW DATE DARK HORSE COMICS Perry Bible Fellowship Trial of Colonel Sweeto HC 10/31/07 DC COMICS ACTION COMICS #857 10/24/2007 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #9 11/7/2007 BATMAN...
Los Angeles - BOOM! Studios' hard cover collection of their critically acclaimed WARHAMMER 40,000: DAMNATION CRUSADE can now be purchased exclusively through the BOOM! Studios web store. This edition is limited to 350 copies and costs $49.99. BOOM! Studios is currently in discussions about offering a signed and numbered edition of 100 copies later this...
October 11, 2007, Runnemede, NJ - DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT today released images and information announcing the all-new Sci-Fi comic book series Battlestar Galactica: Origins. Following in the tradition of Dynamite's powerful BSG: Zarek series by Brandon Jerwa, the new Origins comic book series will reveal the early years of the hit Sci-Fi...
October 11, 2007, Runnemede, NJ - DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT announced today that their re-launch of creator Don Chin's Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters will feature the writing talents of Keith Champagne with art by Tom Nguyen! Dynamite announced in March that they would be publishing a new comic book series and collections (and collectibles) featuring the...
My friend Michael Doran from Newsarama graciously answered some questions I had for him regarding the purchase by Imaginova of Newsarama.com. What changes can be expected at the Newsarama site? I think it’s more about growing than changing. Since Comiclist is one of the great long-time presences in our industry, Charles, let me say...
Six months after the death of Steve Rogers captured national attention, Marvel is proud to unveil the new Captain America as designed by renowned, award winning artist Alex Ross! This bold new look, seen here for the first time, also serves as the variant cover to January’s Captain America #34, featuring the first appearance of...
ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 17, 2007, by Charles LePage. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. This is the *preliminary* list and is not complete. The complete, and much more accurate, list will be published next week. This information is primarily compiled from Diamond Distribution who...
Our friends at MangaCast write The latest Comics List is out and there is one book you have to buy this week - Manga ~the Complete Guide~. Pick this up at the comic shop and immediately use it to find out what series you are missing out on. Personally I would recommend using it every...
THE VARIANT EDITION GUYS SAY: Variant Edition Tuesday is the 5 minutes you need to spend before you step into the comic book shop this week: the best books hitting the stands and the latest headlines. This week expect to find Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man #24 and Wonder Woman #13! And our Pick of the Week:...
The Reserve Bank of India, as a part of its financial literacy strategy, has devised an innovative way of promoting financial literacy by adopting comics. The first comic book, "Raju and the Money Tree", on basics of banking was launched today in Delhi on the platform of Disha Financial Counselling. The idea behind the initiative...
Kansas City, MO and Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 10, 2007 -- Devil's Due Publishing has announced an agreement with uclick, a leader in digital entertainment, that will bring several titles from their dynamic line of original comic book properties to mobile phones. The Devil's Due titles will debut next year on uclick's GoComics Mobile Comic...
