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Media release — Valiant is proud to present your first look inside BLOODSHOT REBORN #15! On July 13th, it’s sun, surf, and suicide missions when new York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT, Moon Knight) and Valiant-exclusive superstar-in-the-making Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN) plunge headlong into the next shocking chapter of “BLOODSHOT ISLAND”! As the unstoppable killing machine codenamed Deathmate hunts Bloodshot and his fellow castaways from project Rising Spirit, all hope hinges on surviving the seemingly endless cycle of tortures that this tropical paradise turned killing field has to offer…
Live. Die. Rejuvenate. Each day, Bloodshot and his predecessors awake to find themselves hunted by the unstoppable engine of destruction called Deathmate. and each day, they die…only to begin their escape once more after the nano-technology inside them repairs their fatal injuries. As Bloodshot and his new teammates begin to understand the brutal logic behind their seaside prison, will the biggest threat to their survival be the horrors that await in the jungle around them…or each other?

On July 13th, no one escapes “BLOODSHOT ISLAND” unscathed as Jeff Lemire and Mico Suayan bring a new dawn, a new day, and a new death to Valiant’s nanite-enhanced powerhouse! featuring covers by Tomas Giorello (Conan), Ben Oliver (The Multiversity), Stephen Segovia (Action Comics), Ryan Bodenheim (The dying & The Dead), Darick Robertson (The Boys), and Jeff Lemire (A.D.: After Death), the summer’s bloodiest blockbuster sets “BLOODSHOT ISLAND” ablaze, only in BLOODSHOT REBORN #15!

Plus: Coming this October, THE FUTURE OF VALIANT boils over in BLOODSHOT U.S.A. #1 (of 4) – a pivotal new standalone comics event from new York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men) and Valiant-exclusive superstar Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS, Justice)!

In the tradition of THE VALIANT, the big Apple turns blood red when project Rising Spirit releases a top-secret contagion onto the streets of America’s greatest metropolis: new York City. As mayhem engulfs Manhattan, Bloodshot must lead the most dangerous invasion ever waged on American soil and keep a runaway pandemic from toppling armies and governments…and threatening to destroy humanity itself.

Beginning in July with faith #1, THE FUTURE OF VALIANT will extend throughout 2016 with a total of seven epic series – each introducing an innovative array of new concepts and characters…and firmly establishing Valiant’s place as the premier publisher of creative storytelling in comics today:

FAITH #1 by Jody Houser, Pere Perez & Marguerite Sauvage in July
GENERATION ZERO #1 by Fred Van Lente & Francis Portela in August
BRITANNIA #1 (of 4) by Peter Milligan & Juan Jose Ryp in September
BLOODSHOT U.S.A. #1 (of 4) by Jeff Lemire & Doug Braithwaite in October
HARBINGER RENEGADES #1 by Rafer Roberts & Darick Roberston in November
SAVAGE #1 (of 4) by B. Clay Moore, Clayton Henry & Lewis LaRosa in November
DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE #1 (of 4) by Matt Kindt & Trevor Hairsine in December
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BLOODSHOT REBORN #14 (NEW ARC! “BLOODSHOT ISLAND” – part 1)
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by MICO SUAYAN
Cover A by TOMAS GIORELLO (APR162027)
Cover B by BEN OLIVER (APR162028)
Cover C by KANO (APR162029)
Cover D by STEPHEN SEGOVIA (APR162030)
Valiant x CGC Variant by CLAYTON HENRY (APR162031)
Interlocking Variant by RYAN BODENHEIM (APR162032)
Variant Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON (APR162033)
B&W Sketch Variant by TOMAS GIORELLO (APR162034)
Valiant Linewide Variant by JEFF LEMIRE (APR162035)
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | on sale JUNE 29 (FOC – 6/6/16)

BLOODSHOT REBORN #15 (“BLOODSHOT ISLAND” – part 2)
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by MICO SUAYAN
Cover A by TOMAS GIORELLO (MAY161875)
Cover B by BEN OLIVER (MAY161876)
Cover C by STEPHEN SEGOVIA (MAY161877)
Interlocking Variant by RYAN BODENHEIM (MAY161878)
Variant Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON (MAY161879)
Variant Cover by JEFF LEMIRE (MAY161880)
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | on sale JULY 13 (6/20/16)

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Valiant presents advance preview of BLOODSHOT REBORN #14Media release — Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of BLOODSHOT REBORN #14 – the first issue of “BLOODSHOT ISLAND” by new York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Old man Logan, Descender) and Valiant-exclusive superstar Mico Suayan…
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ComicList Preview: BLOODSHOT REBORN #15Media release — escape from BLOODSHOT ISLAND! Live. Die. Rejuvenate. Each day, Bloodshot and his fellow castaways from project Rising Spirit awake to find themselves hunted by the unstoppable engine of destruction called Deathmatnull

dream Sequence takes the next step beyond previous volume Talisman in dealing with alternative realities. users with direct-interface brain jacks visit Elsewhere, the world inside Magri White’s head, to process their subconscious into dream-like visions in lieu of sleeping. It’s a virtual reality with all senses engaged, and because it’s the vision of a single creator, it’s a better experience than the corporate, computer-designed alternatives.

Magri’s life is his art, and he’s building worlds literally shared by his audience (even though he dislikes other people). However, his artist’s dream becomes a nightmare when someone begins torturing the visitors to elsewhere and mutilating his creations.

Carla speed McNeil has taken our world, where her comic success was in part influenced by her visibility on the internet, and once again moved it one step beyond in this story. anyone who’s found friends online can relate to the ideal elements of Elsewhere, and it’s easy to empathize with her characters’ descriptions of its benefits. Plus, the dreaming metaphors give her room to create dense panels of stunning imagery that rewards study and reflection. There’s plenty of room for interpretation, as with a cloudy sky or your own dreams.

The conflict between the physical and the mental is a classic science fiction theme, ringing up such questions as how we escape when so much of modern, technological life is over-crowded, controlled, and constructed? how do you tell the difference between reality and a fantasy where all your senses are involved? If your dreamworld lets you do what you can’t otherwise and is better than your waking world, does it matter?

McNeil also incorporates many ideas here about the nature of art, made more potent in a world where the artist is the art. Magri feels responsible for what others do with his creations, but where to draw the line is complicated, once others start interacting with them. Similarly, he can’t differentiate between his life and his work, because each feeds and influences the other. He’s sacrificed himself for his art, and that’s becoming literal.

Magri is an artist consumed by the demands of his creation and his fears of psychosis, unoriginality, and being thought a fraud. He’s a symbol of mind/body duality; his world gets sicker as a psycho roams through it, and Magri’s physical body reflects the destruction. He’s been locking his emotion inside to prevent disturbing anyone else. Where should the line be drawn between excessively creative and societally non-functional?

As well, there’s some other cultural commentary snuck in. The image of the workers putting up with terrible conditions in return for the best broadband access was uncomfortably accurate, as were the shrunken cubicles that visually extrapolate from today’s corporate world. some of the characters are addicted to being online, which contributes to the whole problem.

My favorite scene was that where a group of writers gather to talk about their work. I found the scene, dense with quotes and allusions, more insightful than a year’s worth of critical analysis. It’s one of those that I will reread it in months or years and get completely different things out of it. It also deals with the question of a creator’s responsibilities to his fans, even the disturbed ones who’ve taken their love too far.

There are questions raised about the bias of originality, the sources of inspiration, the validity of fan fiction and criticism, and the distinction between plagiarism and influences. They’re all ringmastered by a character who himself evokes the lead of Colleen Doran’s A distant soil combined with bits of Gilbert from Sandman. (And it’s not now, until my sixth? more? reread, that I’ve realized that his name evokes Magritte, the artist who played with the nature of reality.)

The core questions are what makes an artist and the difference between writing and world-building. Pure creativity is overrated, according to McNeil, as she explores the nature of artistic influence, homages, and inspiration. ideas on their own don’t matter, but as she says, “It’s what you do with them that counts.”

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Media release — The 25th annual will Eisner Comic industry awards (“The Eisners”) were held last week at Comic-Con international in San Diego, Calif., showcasing the best in comics published in 2012 and BOOM! Studios is happy to announce adventure TIME was honored with the award for best publication for kids (Ages 8-12).
This is the second straight year that BOOM! has won the best publication for kids (Ages 8-12) category. BOOM! also won in 2012 for SNARKED, the first year the category was added to the Eisners. Previously, the category was best Title for younger Readers/Best Comics publication for a younger audience and was split in 2008 into best publication for kids and best publication for Teens. then in 2012, best publication for kids was split again into best publication for early readers (up to age 7) and best publication for kids (ages 8-12). BOOM! Studios is happy to be on the forefront of the growing all-ages market as The Eisners continue to expand the number of categories, highlighting quality comics for younger readers.

Only three other licensed properties have been honored with an Eisner award in the 25-year history of the awards. the most recent was Gumby in 2007 in the best Title for younger Readers/Best Comics publication for a younger audience category.

ADVENTURE TIME, written by Ryan North (DINOSAUR COMICS) and drawn by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (ICE AGE) is a monthly comic series based on the top-rated cartoon Network animated series of the same name.

“I’m so extremely happy of my team on this book…we put so much love into adventure Time every month, it’s terrific that the readers can see it!,” says Shannon Watters, senior Editor at BOOM! Studios.

The Eisners, named for popular cartoonist will Eisner (creator of THE SPIRIT and various award-winning graphic novels), are widely considered the highest honor in the comic book industry. The finalists on the ballot are selected by a blue-ribbon committee that considers thousands of entries submitted by publishers and creators. The nominees are then voted on by all parts of the comic book industry: writers, artists, and other creators; publishers; editors; and sellers and distributors.

About BOOM! Studios
Founded by Ross Richie in 2005, diamond Gem Award-winning “Best Publisher” BOOM! Studios (boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of best-selling Eisner and Harvey Award-winning original and licensed comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent. BOOM! Studios is the home of Mike Carey’s suicide RISK, Clive Barker’s next TESTAMENT and HELLRAISER, Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos’ FAIRY QUEST, planet OF THE APES, Max Bemis’ POLARITY and mark Waid’s IRREDEEMABLE. Steven Grant’s graphic novel 2 guns will be released as a feature film from universal pictures onAugust 2nd, starring Denzel Washington and mark Wahlberg. BOOM!’s all-ages imprint KaBOOM! publishes Charles Schulz’ PEANUTS, Jim Davis’ GARFIELD, cartoon Network’s adventure TIME and regular SHOW, Mike Kunkel’s HEROBEAR and THE KID, and Roger Langridge’s Eisner Award-winning SNARKED. In June 2013, BOOM! acquired niche publisher Archaia home entertainment (archaia.com), which was founded in 2002 by mark Smylie. Archaia is the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novel publisher of mouse GUARD, COW BOY, GUNNERKRIGG COURT, RUST, SPERA, JIM HENSON’S tale OF SAND, RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN, and other terrific titles.

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Sometimes, three reasons just don’t feel enough. Some books I could go on about for days. Guerillas, a speculative war story set in the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, by cartoonist and animator Brahm Revel, is one such book.

Currently in its third monster-sized volume, Guerillas successfully challenges the reader’s perceptions of war on a number of different, interlocking levels. told from the point of view of cherry private John Clayton, Guerillas chronicles the exploits of a rogue troop of scientifically-enhanced primates as they fight their way through the Vietnamese bush, using the same vicious tactics as their enemies.

Although in numerous ways, Guerillas is a tale of survival, it possesses a strong, important emotional heart that considers its themes with genuine sensitivity and objectivity. It would be easy to call Revel’s comic a parody or satire of war but to do so would water down its power.

Revel’s method to the story, while documentarian in nature, is never ambivalent about the feelings and motivations of any of his characters. It’s like reading a really great piece of investigative journalism. There’s a certain required distance in the reportage but a core desire to represent its subjects honestly.

See? Didn’t I tell you I could go on for days? Without even more fanfare then, here are your three apeshit-crazy reasons why you need to read Guerillas…

#1 Chimps are people too – aren’t they?

In Guerillas, Revel builds upon the humanizing of previous ape-themed characters in an interesting way by casting them in the roles of proxy soldiers. Not only does he invest each member of his simian guard with distinct personalities but he’s forced upon them the role of humankind’s agents of destruction.

This added layer of emotional danger simmers underneath the scenes of brutal violence peppered throughout each volume. Revel’s anthropomorphisation of his chimps is all the much more striking considering he mostly evokes this feeling through silent panels or through the troop’s human hostage, private Clayton, himself a proxy documenting their story in his journal.

#2 Brahm Revel ain’t no chimp.

With an comprehensive history in storyboarding and animation, it’s safe to say Brahm Revel knows how to tell a story. He possesses a amazing understanding of the peculiarities of visual storytelling in general, and comics in particular.

This is particularly apparent in Revel’s choice of format for Guerillas. By choosing to tell his story in three large volumes, the cartoonist allows himself ample breathing room to explode out essential scenes and explore his central themes in greater depth.

The restraint Revel displays by letting his story unfold seemingly at its own pace is a testament to his maturity as a storyteller. even action sequences, despite a required choreographed framework feel like they’re also sprawling across a panel or a page, drawing our eyes from one dynamic beat of grisly warfare to the next.

#3 Funner than a barrel full of…

Everybody knows that deep down, whether we admit it or not, we all love monkeys. From King Kong to curious George, we can’t seem to get enough primate in our entertainment.

Remember when you were a kid and you played army with your friends? Or hauled out the Joes for another mission to take down Cobra? now imagine if you and friends (or the Joes) were apes…How cool would that be?

Despite their apparent predisposition towards violence, there’s a fantastic exuberance in Revel’s depictions of his troop in action. That’s not to say the violence in Guerillas occurs without consequence, because that is many certainly not the case. Rather, Revel celebrates his subjects’ natural strength and agility and delights in finding innovative applications in which to show them off in battle.

And what better – funner – place to show off a troop of armed primates in battle? Well if you haven’t figured that out yet, you shortly will, once you crack the spine on your first volume of Guerillas.

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Media release — Prepare for a whole new team to handle the vile underbelly of the marvel Universe. It’s time for BLACK PANTHER & THE team – Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight as well as Manifold band together to handle a harmful wave of risks in this new continuous series by co-writers Ta-Nehisi Coates (New York Times very popular author of between the world as well as Me as well as Marvel’s Black Panther) as well as Yona Harvey (Black Panther: world of Wakanda) paired with legendary artist Butch Guice!
Speaking with TIME, Coates explained exactly how this new collective of heroes is distinct across all the corners of the marvel Universe, “There’s this idea in comic books of street characters—characters who mainly offer with street-level stories—those are your Daredevils, your Luke Cages, things that are thought about lower-tier. as well as then you have your much more cosmic level heroes, like The X-Men, the great Four, Avengers, that kind of thing. What we have in this book is a group of characters that operate on both levels.”

Paired with Coates’ present very popular as well as award-winning Black Panther series, the death of a Harlem lobbyist kicks off a secret that will expose unexpected new tricks about the marvel Universe’s past as well as set the stage for a huge story in the marvel Universe’s near future.

“The book’s action stems, in part, from exactly how stealth these heroes should be when operating in Harlem,” stated Harvey. “Misty as well as storm are required to improvise as well as take cues from one another, for instance, as well as that type of give-and-take makes for a fantastic adventure. The characters gown somewhat in a different way as well as don new monikers, however their powers are recognizable as well as their heroic dilemmas persist. The villains may be fooled, however the visitors are hip to what’s happening. as well as that’s part of the fun.”

Fear, hate, as well as violence loom, however don’t worry, there is a brand new team prepared to handle a secret that may begin in the streets, however plans to include a universe. get prepared for BLACK PANTHER & THE team showing up in comic shops this April!

BLACK PANTHER & THE team #1
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Art by BUTCH GUICE
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
On Sale in April!

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Marvel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s many popular character-based home entertainment companies, developed on a proven library of much more than 8,000 characters featured in a range of media over seventy-five years. marvel uses its character franchises in entertainment, licensing as well as publishing.

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Valentine’s Day is yet once again upon us as well as as enthusiasts prepare the exchange of gifts as well as make appointments to spend time together, I want to spend a long time taking a look at a long neglected genre of comics: the romance genre.

You’ll see copies of romance comics up for sale on eBay or sometimes in milk crates at garage sales or in some cases for sale at thrift shops.

Although the heyday of the romance comics is long past, for collectors searching for important overlooked titles as well as unusual comics there are a few romance comics available that are historically significant as well as even valuable.

The subject of the romance genre can be defined as follows:

Romance comics are comic stories that offer with strong emotional relationships, typically between the sexes, as well as their attendant problems. The typical romance comic has a tendency to focus on: unrequited love, jealously as well as where a connection is present, the risk or truth of divorce as well as the dissolution of love, together with all way of heartache as well as problems surrounding dating as well as courting, etc.

The heyday of the romance comic genre was most likely the early 1950s however publication of solely romance themed stories really begins even earlier To my understanding the very first full as well as appropriate romance comic goes back to the late 1940s, when prize publications published:

Young romance #1 (September 1947) – The very first romance Comic

With a cover by the King Jack Kirby as well as a story by Kirby as well as Joe Simon, you’d be forgiven for believing these are the credit scores to an Atlas Captain America comic. However, you would be wrong. With the end of the War, war as even super-hero comics experienced a decline in sales, the time was for that reason ripe for other genres to discover their method into the spotlight. That occurs right here with this romance themed comic. With only 13 on the CGC census, if you discover a copy of this book, you ought to get hold of it. In 2009 a lowly 1.0 sold for $71.00 on ComicLink in a March 19th auction. because then the costs have remained stable with higher grades fetching all over from $567.63 (Heritage Auction of an 8.0 on February 23, 2013) to $573.60 (Heritage Auction of a 7.5 on Feb. 25, 2017).

Love Romances #97 (January 1962) – Stan Lee written, Jack Kirby drawn like story

Atlas Comics gives us this charming feast, however this time with Stan Lee offering the story in the Silver Age as we discover Lee teaming up with Jack Kirby for an early non-Super-hero affair. like Romances #97 in certified 6.5 grade sold for $317.00 on April 18, 2016 in an eBay auction. much more recently, this comic sold in certified 5.0 grade in December of 2018 for $112.50. With all of 5 copies on the CGC census, some Lee-Kirby enthusiasts will most likely pay some huge money for this early pre-Super-hero team up.

Girl’s Romances #109 (June 1965)- guest appearance by the Beatles

She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah. This DC comic may look like it belongs on a ‘Comics that Rock’ blogpost list, however it’s set squarely in the Silver Age romance genre. What occurs when a woman in like with the Beatles gets a date with a genuine boy? She ditches the Beatles. What’s unusual is why the gene Colan & John Romita art for this problem makes the Beatles look so weird. They get Paul much more or less right, on the cover, however John (or Ringo???) appears like Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones. In any type of case, once again a unusual comic with few copies on the CGC census (so few that in this situation it’s a Census data pending book), sells continuously for high costs when it emerges. So far, that’s happened twice; on June 2013 when it sold in 7.0 certified grade for $217.00 as well as in April of 2016, when, in 4.5, it sold for $245.00.

DC 100-Page Super-spectacular #5 (April 1971) – Scarce DC romance special

By the Bronze Age, the romance comic was still around however on its last legs. That makes this DC Super-special all the much more unusual as well as valuable. The cover to this comic boasts that, at 100 pages, it is “the most significant like mag ever”, however I question for visitors uninterested in the romance genre that adding so much material was a strong selling point. It was most likely an original little print run (only 69 provided on the CGC census), in tandem with the problem in keeping the square bound Giant-Size comics in great condition, which make high-grade copies of this book so expensive. exactly how expensive? I’m thankful you asked, on 10/23/2018 an 8.0 sold for $761.00 at a ComicLink auction. In higher grades, this book has likewise damaged the $1000.00 mark on a number of occasions. A 9.4 sold for $1,575.00 on a Comic link auction from June of 2015, as well as before that, the exact same grade sold for $1,865.00 on June 5, 2014. costs seem to be trending donull

here at Berkeley Place, we’ve been supporting Zilla Rocca for years.  Beatgarden records’ crew of underground, unusual rappers may not always be perfect, but they’re always surprising.  and fresh voices are what we need the most in these days of carbon copy hip-hop and corporate lyrical placement.  and I’m delighted to say that “Broken Clocks,” might just be the very best thing Zilla has ever been responsible for.

Last year’s slow Twilight was a solid release by the 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers, and fortunately, broken Clocks isn’t just a bunch of B-sides that weren’t quite good enough for that release.  Yes, there’s some remixes, but these aren’t your (Puff) Daddy’s remixes.  The music beds, the guest spots, it’s all vastly different.  For example, “Bottom Feeders,” one of my favorite tracks off of slow Twilight, may be immediately recognizable by it’s name and the phenomenal lyrics by the rap Jack Bauer, but small Professor’s remix makes it pop with an intense seriousness that isn’t on the original track.  He actually made it better.  and the blue collar anthem, “It’s always 5 O’Clock Somewhere,” chops up Fela Kuti to great effect.  This is the song you want to hear in the club, no doubt.  You’ll find verses by all of Beatgarden’s best: Elucid, Nico the Beast, and my current fave, Curly Castro (on “Weak Stomach”).

Best EP of the year so far.

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JEFF LEMIRE – Black Hammer #1-6 (Dark Horse), Descender #9-17, Plutona 4-5 (Image)
FANNY BRITT – Louis parmi les spectres (La Pastèque)
GORD DOWNIE – trick path (Simon & Schuster)
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BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY – Snotgirl#1-5 (Image), Scott Pilgrim (Oni Press)
CLAUDE PAIEMENT ET JEAN-PAUL EID– La femme aux cartes postales (La Pastèque)
CHIP ZDARSKY – Sex Criminals (Image), Jughead #4-8 (Archie), Civil war II: selecting Sides #5 (Marvel)

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MICHAEL CHO – Batman: The golden Age Omnibus TP Vol. 1 (DC)
NICK BRADSHAW – Alters #1v-2v (Aftershock) Titans #6v (DC Comics) Rocketeer at war #1v, 2v, 3v, 4v (IDW), Spidey #2-4, 6 (Marvel), army of Darkness/Xena: Warrior Princess: Forever… as well as a Day (Dynamite)
MIKE DEL MUNDO – Carnage #4-11, guidebook to the marvel Cinematic world – Marvel’s Agents of shield season One #1 (Marvel)
GISELE LAGACE – Archie satisfies the Ramones #1, Josie as well as the Pussycats #1v (Archie), Jem as well as the Holograms #20v, 21v (IDW) street competitor unlimited #4v (UDON)
FRANCOIS MIVILLE-DESCHENES – Reconquêtes, Tome 4, La mort d’un roi (Le Lombard)
YANICK PAQUETTE as well as NATHAN FAIRBAIRN – Batgirl as well as the Birds of Prey #1-5, Batman #49, Batman #7-8, Batman/Superman #28-32 (DC), Lake of terminate #2v (Image)
RAMON K. PEREZ – Betty as well as Veronica #1v, Jughead #6v (Archie), all-new Hawkeye #3-6 (Marvel)
MARGUERITE SAUVAGE – Archie #6v, 7v, 12v, Josie as well as the Pussycats #1v (Archie), Goldie Vance #1v (Boom!), Spell on Wheels #3 (Dark Horse), Red Sonja #1-6 (Dynamite), Glitterbomb #2v (Image), Black Panther #7v (Marvel), belief #1v, 2v, belief II #3v, (Valiant)

Artist

YANICK PAQUETTE – Batman #49-50, Nightwing regeneration #1, question Woman: earth One (DC)
ISABELLE ARSENAULT – Louis parmi les spectres (La Pastèque)
JEAN-PAUL EID – La femme aux cartes postales (La Pastèque)
DAVID FINCH – Batman #1-5, question lady #48-50 (DC)
STUART IMMONEN – Empress #1-6 (Millarworld/Marvel)
GISELE LAGACE – Archie satisfies the Ramones #1 (Archie), die Kitty die #2-3 (Chapterhouse), Betty Boop #1-3 (Dynamite)
JEFF LEMIRE – trick path (Simon & Schuster)
FIONA STAPLES – Saga #33-40 (Image)

Cartoonist

GUY DELISLE – S’enfuir, récit d’un otage (Dargaud)
KAARE KYLE ANDREWS – Renato Jones The 0ne % #1-5 season One (Image)
CAB – Hiver nucléaire, tome 2 (Front Froid)
TEVA HARRISON – In between Days: A Memoir of Living With cancer (House of Anansi Press)
MICHEL HELLMAN – Nunavik (Pow Pow)
COOKIE KALKAIR – Les 9 derniers mois de ta vie de petit con (Les Arènes BD)
REGIS LOISEL – Mickey Mouse: Café “Zombo” (Glénat BD)
FRANCIS MANAPUL – Trinity #1-2 (DC)

Webcomics designer

TY TEMPLETON – Bun Toons
BOUM – Boumeries
EMILY CARROLL – Some other Animal’s Meat
NICOLE CHARTRAND – Fey Winds
GISELE LAGACE as well as DAVID LUMSDON – Pixie Trix Comics
SAM LOGAN – Sam & Fuzzy
WINSTON ROWNTREE – Subnormality

The Dragon award (Comics for Kids)

This award recognizes the works which catch the interest as well as fascination of young readers, as well as assist to produce a enthusiasm for life-long reading. works thought about for this award are comic books as well as graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at visitors 14 as well as under. Nominees for this award are chosen by a team of educators led by Jennifer Haines, MA, B.Ed., who is likewise the proprietor of Guelph, Ontario’s The Dragon comic book shop.

ERIC ORCHARD – Bera the One-Headed Troll (:01 very first Second)
ALEX A. – Les experiences de Mini-Jean tome 1 (Presses Aventure)
FANNY BRITT, ISABEL ARSENAULT – Louis parmi les spectres (La Pastèque)
SCOTT CHANTLER – three Thieves Vol. 7: Iron Hand (Kids Can Press)
FAITH ERIN HICKS – Nameless City Vol. 1 (:01 very first Second)
GUILLAUME PERRAULT – Le facteur de l’espace (La Pastèque)
J. TORRES, SEAN K. DOVE – Brobots Vol. 1 (Oni Press)

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2008 Joe Shuster award Results6/15/2008 – Winners of the 2008 Joe Shuster awards were revealed at a public ceremony on June 14th in Toronto with Master of ceremonies Rick eco-friendly (Prisoners of Gravity, The Frantics). The awards were the final event at the Sequential Anull

The strange as well as brilliant Life of Robert “Believe It or Not!” Ripley

I hadn’t believed about “Ripley’s believe It or Not!” in years. I keep in mind reading it as a kid, before the Web made it much easier to discover these type of weird factoids as well as info about different cultures.

And that’s why Neal Thompson’s biography of Robert Ripley appealed to me — it reminded me of a long-ago time when the world was a much larger, more unusual place. Ripley lived during the days when travel was exciting, dangerous, as well as exotic. Newspapermen might modification the world … while making a great living. as well as cartoonists might make a fortune.

A hundred years ago, Ripley went from shy, young, aspiring newspaper cartoonist to globe-trotting, athletic millionaire. In A curious Man, Thompson intersperses background factoids with Ripley’s life story in a reminder of his style as well as what made him famous. He began by drawing sports cartoons, in a time before photography, before moving to new York as well as being sent overseas. He was almost 30 when he produced his famous comic strip, which established slowly, over a number of years, in between contending in handball, a short failed marriage to a showgirl, as well as an around-the-world trip, where he integrated curiosity as well as parochialism. Later, he wound up looking for women as well as drinking his method across South America, pastimes that punctuated his life.

His strip led him to radio shows, films, books, lectures, as well as star appearances, as others did the work, uncredited. later chapters begin to look like a tabloid, rolling out scandalous stories as well as freak show examples. There’s not much sense of the man; he’s depicted as something to watch, without any indicator of what may be going on in his head.

That said, the biggest flaw in this book is the lack of examples of Ripley’s work. It’s a criminal offense to talk about a cartoonist while not reprinting the art he’s understood for. The book complies with the old-fashioned approach of putting all the photos together in one short (16-page) section, with a promise that downloading an app as well as scanning the page would show videos as well as cartoons. I didn’t bother to try.

As for the famous strip, there’s one poorly reprinted example at the end of the book. It’s a disappointment. believe it or not, the comic is still running, now done by John Graziano. You can discover out more about the book at the author’s website. (The publisher provided a evaluation copy.)

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Media release — BOOM! Studios is proud to announce WILD’S END: JOURNEY’S end OGN (original graphic novel), the conclusion to the celebrated, anthropomorphic, sci-fi graphic novel trilogy, in stores June 2018. Written by Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Aquaman Rebirth) and illustrated by I.N.J. Culbard (Doctor Who), WILD’S END: JOURNEY’S end reveals powerful acts of humanity persevering in the face of war on a worldwide scale.
Despite the military’s best efforts, the alien invaders have seized a firm grip on the world. Cities have been invaded and the countryside overrun, leaving little hope for humanity’s resistance. With few options left, the survivors will need to look to the very people they once feared to make a last ditch effort to turn the tide of the war.

“Both Ian and I have loved working on Wild’s end – it’s a particularly favourite project for both of us – and we’ve been delighted by the immensely positive response from readers and critics to the first two volumes,” said Dan Abnett. “When BOOM! Studios asked for a third volume, and offered us to do it in the ‘long form’ of a graphic novel, we jumped at the chance, and we’ve been working on it with substantial pleasure for the past little while. It’s not necessarily the end of Wild’s End, but this book represents a dramatic closure to the story arc and forms the dynamic third part of the trilogy. ”

“It’s really exciting for Dan and I to have had this opportunity to bring this particular arc to a close,” said I.N.J. Culbard. “It’s been a lot of fun returning to Wild’s end and continuing the stories of Susan, Clive, Peter and Alph, and we hope readers will enjoy the book as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it all together.”

WILD’S END: JOURNEY’S end is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to a world-class group of licensed comic book series and ambitious original series, including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, planet of the Apes, big trouble in little China, Victor LaValle’s Destroyer, Mech Cadet Yu, grass Kings, and Klaus.

“We’re thrilled to bring fans the conclusion to Dan and I.N.J.’s incredible story in this new OGN. It’s an emotional finale, worthy of the iconic characters they’ve created.” said Cam Chittock, Editor, BOOM! Studios. “WILD’S END: JOURNEY’S end is a love letter to timeless science fiction and a testament to the power of the human spirit when faced with dark times.”

Print copies of WILD’S END: JOURNEY’S end will be available up for sale in June 2018 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), bookstores or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.

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