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Volume 12 #4 “News, reviews and opinions from the world of ” September 2008

Then ready your wallets for these crossovers

It’s season and there’s writing a killer arc in Well at least he’s writing about Final : no apparent end in sight. . And I guess he ’ villains. Art by Scott Beyond It seems like pretty much every had so much fun (I know I did) Kolins, who isn’t as good as And the piece de resistance, Marvel book these days is a Secret that he’s back for more. The George Perez. ’s “hyperdelic” Invasion crossover — the idea Legion try yet again to stop two-part Superman mini-series. being that you’ll try a new title, the Time Trapper from erasing : Revelations This one features art by Doug because it’s a crossover, and then Superman from the timeline, (having just Mahnke (awesome and under- get hooked. And as usual, that only this time he has a new secret written a great arc rated), including a special 3-D trick is starting to wear thin ... weapon: - (I guess for Marvel) is back writing his section. Don’t worry, 3-D glasses Enter DC. Having kept the Final DC they got their legal issues favorite characters from Gotham are included. Crisis crossovers to a minimum so sorted out with Superboy). Plus Central, Crispus Allen and Renee far, they’re unleashing a few on us art by George Perez! Montoya. Only now Allen is The DCU: Last Will and now and they’re all must buys by Spectre, meting out vengeance Testament top writers. Final Crisis: Rogues’ to sinners, and Montoya is The Or is this one the piece de resis- Revenge (in case you hadn’t been tance? Even though it doesn’t have Final Crisis: Legion of Speaking of , he’s keeping up). Art by Philip Tan, Final Crisis in the title, this one is Three Worlds also back working on his other who got a whole lot better when still hard to beat. and Geoff Johns just got done favorite character, . I wasn’t looking. ! Buy it.

Good local conventions in your future Baltimore Comic-Con www.comicon.com/baltimore Small Press Expo www.spxpo.com Saturday Sept. 27 and Sunday, Sept. 28. Guests include Brian Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday Oct. 5. Guests include Joost Swarte, Michael Bendis, Lee, , , Adam Bryan Lee O’Malley, Tom Tomorrow, , Lauren Wein- Hughes, Andy Runton, , , , stein, Raina Telgemeier, Keith Knight, Ted Rall, Steve Leiber, Becky Geoff Johns, , , and more. Cloonan, Josh Cotter, Paul Hornschemeier, Greg Hyland and more. 2 | www.bigplanetcomics.com Hotline: 301.718.1890

too.... Is it Venom month, and no one told us? I thought it was The Age of the #1 month at Marvel.... Or maybe is the most under-rated comics writer. #68 Did you read Agents of Atlas? The third part in the eight The Interman? Heck, even his part Old Man Logan storyline kid-friendly comics are going on right now, Wolverine awesome! Promises to be what #68 is sure to the original Sentry mini-series be as amazingly should have been — retro and brutal and epic cool. ‘Nuff said. as the first two parts. Logan (an War #1 old man now, of In case you were wondering course) travels what had planned for across a waste- III — here it is. Super- land that was powered soldiers once America to carry out the but is now the dominion of super U.S. government’s villains. Will the Spider-mobile foreign policy. Spider-Man Loves Mary run out of gas? How did Paste Pot Millar is a rock Jane #1 the super-fun Amazing Spider- Pete gain control of a portion of star, so this book #1 Man: Extra One-Shot and the Colorado? I must know! must get pretty I t ’ s intense Paper Doll story- dark later in the T e r r y line we get Wolverine: Saudade run, or I assume M o o r e and John Romita, Jr. Violent old-school Wolverine Marvel would have let him do m o n t h on a six-part Venom (just how you like it) with art Ultimates III instead of taking the a t story that is bound to by Jean-David Morvan (an book to Image. Art by Tony Harris Marvel! be awesome. You will amazing French , that (Starman, Ex Machina). T h a t ’ s all eat your words and you’ve prob- right, besides Spider-Man will reign ably never heard Special #1 writing and !! of). Written by Don’t let your crossover drawing his Guerillas #1 Phillipe Bouchet fatigue make you miss this own new series Echo (which sees T h i s (a really good one. It does tie-in with Rann- its first trade out this month), comic is French writer Thanagar War, but Terry Moore is also writing TWO c a l l e d that you’ve actually found time to write and new Marvel series. That means G u e r i l l a s . definitely never draw this one. If only they’d find that our subscriber who gets It is about heard of). Hope him another . Seriously, Al four copies of every Terry Moore a group of the translation’s decent. Milgrom? Oh well. book will now be buying approxi- s p e c i a l l y mately 8,000 comics a month. t r a i n e d Sub-Mariner: The Depths The Stand: Captain Trips c h i m p a n - #1 #1 Amazing Spider-Man zees fighting is possibly : Treachery #568-570 in Vietnam!! most under-rated comics writer in #1 I love being I hear in the second issue Magilla the biz these days. This is the man fans rejoice! There the only person Gorilla battles Pol Pot in a who wrote the epic : The are now two comics for you to buy that thinks machete fight. Changing Man, taking the char- every month. And as good as the A m a z i n g acter to heights that Dark Tower comics S p i d e r - M a n Ultimate Spider-man never dreamed of (young Chris have been, I think The Stand might is way better #126 Bachalo’s art also helped). The be even better. Peter David is a now than it Not to be left out, Brian Bendis with good super-hero/fantasy writer, was during the is also writing about Venom this — another classic. Just wait until but Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writes S t r a c z y n s k i month. Actually there’s a new you see what he does with Sub- great horror (and a pretty decent run. Just look at it! Coming off of Venom series starting this month Mariner.... super-hero book too).

Against Pain HC in How to Love — another great Ron Rege’s anthology work is anthology from Israeli comics collected for the first time. collective, Actus Tragicus. Includes stories from McSweeney’s, the New Slam Dunk Volume 1 GN York Times, Kramer’s Even if you’re not a sports Ergot, Non, and Drawn fan, you & Quarterly. Sadly should check does not include his this one out. unauthorized Spider- A w e s o m e man story from 1997.... b a s k e t - & Other Stories. This collection of ball comics Jamilti & Other Stories HC short stories from the last five from Take- How to Love HC years runs the gamut from polit- hiko Inoue, Drawn and Quarterly brings ical to slice-of-life to serial-killer the genius us Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan’s murder mystery. Recommended. creator of follow-up to Exit Wounds — Jamilti Ms. Modan also has a new story Vagabond! Hotline: 301.718.1890 www.bigplanetcomics.com | 3

Straczynski, and . 12 issues always managed to feel Assembling that much talent on completely fresh and different one book meant that the issues from one another while still tying were all really late, but here’s the together as one solid story. complete story in one handy volume. Janes in Love TP The sequel to the fantastic book Plain Janes. This time the Janes are blowin’ up in the art community! draws this and it’s a Minx book so it’s pretty much a guaranteed awesome.

The Portable Omega: The Unknown Yet another repackaging of HC ’s incredibly surreal What happens when novelist Frank comics, But if you don’t teams up with already have ‘em, check this book indy artists and out. Uniquely weird — very Paul Hornschemeier to work on Stinky GN popular in Japan.... an obscure 1970s Raw Junior, the publisher character? This does. Super- behind Silly Lilly and various weird and super-cool! Highly other books, has managed to put out an amazing group of kids’ comics over the last few months. It looks like they’re keeping that tradition alive with Stinky, a new story about swamp monsters and the meaning of friendship. Like all the Raw Junior books, Stinky is designed for emerging readers Logan HC but is great for anyone who likes Brian K. Vaughan and 100 great stories. Bullets artist take a look at Wolverine’s early years in Y: The Last Man Deluxe Japan. It’s bloody and Wolverine- Edition Book 1 HC y and has lots of flashbacks. Oh. Sure, you already bought all And it rules. of the issues of this. You prob- ably bought the trades as well. Local HC This, my , is a hardcover! T h e s e It features an all new….cover! comics are This aforementioned new cover now stacked in is much less floppy than previous Herbie Archive Vol.1 HC various areas covers. If you haven’t read Y: The (of Flaming Carrot of my house, Last Man, though, this couldn’t fame)’s favorite comic is finally recommended. so I’ll be glad be more highly recommended. given the archive treatment. TP to read Local Stephen King says it’s the best Herbie, The Fat Fury, triumphs The Ultimate Universe vs. the all in one go. comic he’s ever read and he wrote over evil using magic lollipops. Supremeverse. Brought to you by The stories AND directed Maximum Over- So weird. So cool. Brian Bendis, , J.Michael spanning these drive, so…yeah.

Nemi Vol. 2 HC Kellerman’s Rocky is based on Owly Volume 5: Tiny Rocky Vol. 2: Strictly his life in Stockholm with his Tales GN Business TP very talkative friends — sort of One new uber-cute Owly story, Two of a Swedish Seinfeld with more plus all of the Owly stories from my favorite drinking and getting arrested. the original S c a n d i n a - mini-comics vian comic Dungeon Monstres Vol. and Free s t r i p s 2: The Dark Lord TP have new Joann Sfar and Lewis Trond- Day books collections heim continue with their hilarious — all in one c o m i n g series of tongue-in-cheek fantasy handy volume. out. Lise adventures, while keeping their Might even Myhre’s Nemi is the everywoman friends gainfully employed doing ship on time (in goth clothing); and Martin the art. for SPX.... 4 | www.bigplanetcomics.com Hotline: 301.718.1890 A preview of local cons

Comics Roundtable with Greg Bennett, Kevin Panetta and Jared Smith

JS: So it’s quickly getting towards the Washington, D.C., comic book convention season, as both Baltimore Con and the almighty SPX are almost here (end of Sept and beginning of Oct, respectively!). There’s some crazy good people coming to both, including the just-announced Brian Lee O’Malley at SPX! This guy is the new alternative-wunderkind with his super-popular (and super- good) series.

GB: I hadn’t even looked at Baltimore’s line-up for this year. Brian Bendis, Jim Lee, Mike Mignola, , Geoff Johns, , Darwyn Cooke, , , and ! Wow, I can finally get my American Flagg! hardcover signed — since it actually exists!

KP: I hear that all American Flagg hardcovers will dissolve a month and that the new ask him what he’s going to do Salon and Houdini books are GB: Speaking of Jeffrey edition is scheduled for 2015. In with the Walking Dead after still kicking — wonder what he’s Brown, did you see that they’re lieu of that totally factual piece he’s killed off all his charac- doing next ... making Change-Bots figures? I of information, I have to say ... ters. If he makes them zombies, think there’s a Paul Pope vinyl that is a great Baltimore list. Brian then the title would fit. But it’d KP: I’m hoping to see some figure coming soon too. Bendis and Geoff Johns write 90 be cooler if they were zombies new Persimmon Cup pages from percent of Marvel and DC books with superpowers. Bet there’s Bertozzi soon! are JS: No, I didn’t know about right now, so I’m sure they will some crossover appeal in that. the future! (Sure, we all laughed the Change-Bots figures — until be signing palettes full of books. Kirkman, you owe me money if at Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Kevin ordered a caseload for Those other guys are no slouches, you use my idea! Comics five years ago, but who’s himself, since he wears them either. Well, except for Mike laughing now?! ) I don’t think out staging battles in his back- Mignola. What a slouch!! GB: I keep looking at the SPX SPX needs to worry about those yard. I wish I was joking about list and expecting to see some of NYC fancy-pants, anyway. We’ve this. But I hope we do have the JS: Man, I wish Brian the old names from back in the day got our share of soon-to-be-super- descent of a swarm of Holly- Michael Bendis was coming. Is — Dean Haspiel, Nick Bertozzi, famous “sell-outs” attending SPX. wood merchandising lawyers Brian Bendis a relative of his? Jessica Abel, Matt Madden ... Let’s see ... you’ve got Bryan Lee on Baltimore and SPX. Now For you duck fans, Don Rosa will But then I remember that they’re O’Malley with the Scott Pilgrim THAT’s the kind of exposure be at Baltimore, as well as the all big NYC rock star movie, Robert Venditti with the we need. I mean, really — DC Luna Brothers of Sword/Girls/ now. Dean’s got The Alcoholic Surrogates movie (starring Bruce does have 2 of the best shows in Ultra fame (yup, they’re local (with Jonathan Ames) coming out Willis!) and ... ummm ... I don’t the world, and they are for the boys too!), and even the Robert soon, Matt and Jessica just did that know ... Jeffrey Brown with Trans- comics, and about the comics. Kirkman. Someone should go amazing how-to book, and Nick’s formers 2? Sweet.

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