Velocity News 05/20/2007
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Hello, all…
You know, all things considered, it’s a pretty good time to be a fan of comics, and genre fiction in general. Comics haven’t been this good in a decade or better, with tons of diverse, quality product coming out. On TV, did you ever expect to see a number of genre shows like Lost, Heroes, and Battlestar Gallactica on at the same time? And doing well? And I remember a time when we didn’t have three freakin’ Marvel Comics movies coming out in one year to scrutinize.
Forgive my reflectiveness…it’s been a weird couple of weeks, and sometimes taking a step back and thinking about some of the good stuff going on can help bring some peace of mind and clarity. Ahhh.
WATCHMEN! All right already, I’m going to hang up the ones that I’ve gotten, but it’s a fraction of the ones I expected. If even half of you folks who told me you were working on them get around to finishing we’ll have a nice showing, so finish them already! I want you to potentially get free comics!
TOP 5 PICKS!
1. CAPTAIN AMERICA #26 (Marvel) Hmmm, I seem to remember the previous issue of this comic being a big deal, but I can’t for the life of me remember why. I guess I’ll have to read this one to figure it out.
2. THE OTHER SIDE TP (Vertigo) Nominated for the best mini-series Eisner this year, this great story tells the tale of two rookie soldiers on each side of the Vietnam War. Not for the faint of heart, it’s a wonderful examination of the effects of war on people-individually and culturally.
3. GUTSVILLE #1 (OF 6) (Image) This is one of my picks of the year, and I hope my spider sense about it is on the mark. Great high concept: Survivors living in the belly of a gaint sea monster that swallowed their cruise liner, great Fraser Irving art…what more do you want?!?
4. CASANOVA VOL 1 LUXURIA HC (Image) Multi-reality spy action romance. It moves quick, and doesn’t take much time to explain it to you on the way. Huge fun.
5. DOCTOR STRANGE OATH TP (Marvel) Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin delivered the finest Doctor Strange tale in many a year, giving the Sorcerer Supreme a personality, humanity, and a huge dilemma: what happens when you discover the mystical cure to all disease? Maybe some major pharmaceutical companies will not look too kindly upon you.
SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming in this WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD:
AMERICAN VIRGIN #15
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #179
ARF FORUM SC
BACK ISSUE #22
BERSERK VOL 17 TP
BIRDS OF PREY #106
BLACK PANTHER CIVIL WAR TP
CAPTAIN AMERICA #26
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #33
CASANOVA VOL 1 LUXURIA HC
COUNTDOWN 49
COYOTE VOL 5 TP
CRIMINAL #6
CSI CASE FILES VOL 2 TP
DEVI #11
DOCTOR STRANGE OATH TP
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 2 DRAGONS OF WINTER
DYNAMO 5 #3
ELEPHANTMEN #9
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICBOOK HEROES VOL 1 BATMAN TP
FALL OF CTHULHU #3
FANTASTIC FOUR #546 CWI
FELL VOL 1 FERAL CITY TP
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
FUTURAMA COMICS #31
GI JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS BRAZIL
GODLAND #18
GUTSVILLE #1 (OF 6)
HELLBLAZER #232
HELLSTORM SON OF SATAN EQUINOX TP
HEROES FOR HIRE #10
HOMELESS CHANNEL
INFINITE CRISIS SER 2 DONNA TROY AF
INFINITE CRISIS SER 2 INNER CASE ASST
INFINITE CRISIS SER 2 MASTER CASE ASST
INFINITE CRISIS SER 2 WONDER WOMAN AF
IRON MAN HYPERVELOCITY #5 (OF 6)
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #8
JUNJO ROMANTICA VOL 3 GN (OF 7)
JUXTAPOZ JUNE 2007 VOL 14 #6
LEFT ON MISSION #2 (OF 5)
LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOL 7 TP
LOADED BIBLE 2 BLOOD OF CHRIST
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #2
MARVEL 1602 FANTASTICK FOUR TP
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #1
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR SILVER SURFER
MEGATOKYO VOL 5
NEWUNIVERSAL #6
NINJA SCROLL #9
OTHER SIDE TP
OUTER ORBIT #4 (OF 4)
PVP #33
RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #7 (OF 12)
ROBIN #162
SAVAGE DRAGON ARCHIVES VOL 2 TP
SHADOWPACT #13
SHE-HULK 2 #18 CWI
SILVER SURFER OMNIBUS VOL 1 HC
SNAKEWOMAN SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION #0
SPIDER-MAN 3 SPIDER-MAN VS SANDMAN TP
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL 3 MY SECRET LIFE TP
SPIRIT #6
STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #2
STAR WARS LEGACY #12
STARGATE SG1 PX AVALON VALA AF
STREET FIGHTER ALPHA VOL 1 GN (OF 2)
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #30
SUPERMAN BATMAN #35
SUPERMAN BATMAN VS ALIENS PREDATORS TP
TESTAMENT #18
TRANSFORMERS ESCALATION TP
UNCLE SCROOGE #366
UNIQUE #3 (OF 3)
WALK-IN #6
WARHAMMER 40K DAMNATION CRUSADE CVR B #4
WETWORKS #9
WISDOM #6 (OF 6)
WIZARD BASIC TRAINING HOW TO DRAW GETTING STARTED
WONDER WOMAN #9
WONDER WOMAN LYNDA CARTER STATUE
WONDER WOMAN METALIX SYMBOL WOMENS T/S LG
X-MEN #199
That’s it for now…see you soon!
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