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VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER: 09/15/07-09/22/07
A brittle wind blows in off the river in late summer and chases some unknowable quarry along the city streets. Streets clogged with lovers walking hand in hand, enjoying each other’s company and the fading daylight. They cling to one another to block the chill, they cling to one another to feel the warmth of another human body, to find peace in the unconditional acceptance of another person. It seems impossible to me now that I used to be one of them-walking hand in hand with someone who felt as close to me as my own flesh, someone who felt like an extension of myself. These days I can hardly remember what it was like to feel another person touch my skin. How do we get so far away from one another?
Anyway.
WEBSITE LAUNCH: For the last few months we’ve been working around the clock in the utmost secrecy-sometimes to the detriment of our personal lives-on a project that’s going to launch Velocity Comics into the 31st century. Now, THE TIME HAS COME to invite all of you to come along and join us as we RELAUNCH THE VELOCITY COMICS WEBSITE OCTOBER 1ST(ISH). The new and improved site is going to include all kinds of new interactive features including FORUMS where you can share bon mots, BLOGS where you can see what your fellow fans are talking about, and an EVENT CALENDAR to keep you in touch with the community. MORE DETAILS COMING SOON.
SALE! All Essentials, Showcases, and other black-and-white phone book sized collections are still 25% off for a limited time. This is a great opportunity to pick up a book as a gift for someone. I think that’s important- that we find little ways to show the people that matter the most to us that we appreciate them while we still can.
DRAW! WATCHMEN- Make sure you remember to vote for your favorite Watchmen drawing now on display, because voting is about to close and THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEDNESDAY. Make somebody feel like they accomplished something AND exert your will over a chaotic world all with one vote. PLUS, don’t forget that we’re just on the verge of beginning our DRAW! BRING ON THE BAD GUYS CONTEST.
PICKS 09/19/07
GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL- It’s funny, the way people play games with each other. These two have been dancing around making a commitment to one another for years. Why is it so much harder to fight and run than it is to let someone in, to let someone see who we really are underneath all the armor? I guess it’s because we all feel like if we do that we leave ourselves open to being completely destroyed. I know I am. But I want to believe. I want to feel like making that connection is possible. Maybe, if it’s possible for these two- then it could be possible for me and you and all of us.
JLA/HITMAN 1- Sometimes the people we care about the most have to leave us for some reason. And those reasons can be unknowable, so it’s hard to accept and let go. But what’s important is that we leave the door open for a return, if that’s the path that the road of life has in store. Tommy Monaghan is an example of that. Last seen in the final issue of HITMAN, he’s back for another adventure and he’s being brought to you the same team of Garth Ennis and John McCrea that made the HITMAN series so great.
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE 1 (OF 6)- The long awaited first issue written by big-time rock star GERARD WAY of MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. Way describes the book as “modern superhero meets Tin-Tin or European comics.” I always enjoy it when seperate entities come together and have that kind of unmistakable chemistry. It’s a rare thing these days.
STREETS OF GLORY 1- An all new Western by Garth Ennis. That should be enough.
Also Notable this week: WORLD WAR HULK 4, GUTSVILLE 2, and TALES OF SINESTRO CORPS: PARALLAX ONE SHOT
BOOKS SHIPPING 09/19/07 INCLUDE:
13TH SON WORSE THING WAITING TP
30 DAYS OF NIGHT BEYOND BARROW #1
30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #2
52 VOL 3 TP
ABANDONED COLOR ED GN
ANDROMEDA STORIES GN VOL 01
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #3 (OF 4)
APOCALYPSE NERD #5 (OF 6)
AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #56
ARMY @ LOVE #7 (MR)
AVENGERS CLASSIC #4
BANYA EXPLOSIVE DELIVERY MAN VOL 5 TP
BATMAN LOBO DEADLY SERIOUS #2 (OF 2)
BETTY & VERONICA BOY TROUBLE VOL 1 TP
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #178
BILL MAULDINS UP FRONT GN
BIRDS OF PREY #110
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI
CAPTAIN AMERICA BY ED BRUBAKER OMNIBUS VOL 1 HC
CATWOMAN #71
CHECKMATE #18
COMICS JOURNAL #285
COMPASS #1
COUNTDOWN 32
COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #1 (OF 8)
CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY #1 (OF 4)
CRIMINAL MACABRE TWO RED EYES TP
CYBLADE PILOT SEASON #1
DIY SCREENPRINTING GN
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #2 (MR)
DR THIRTEEN ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY TP
DR WHO MAGAZINE #386
DYNAMO 5 #7
EMO BOY VOL 2 WALK AROUND WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN
EX MACHINA #30 (MR)
FINDER SIN EATER 10TH ANNIVERSARY HC
FLASH #232
FLCL VOL 1 PX CVR GN
GARGOYLES #3
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY FOR BETTER OR WORSE TP
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL #1
GREEN LANTERN 2ND PTG #22
GREEN LANTERN CORPS 2ND PTG #15
GREEN LANTERN CORPS 3RD PTG #14
GUTSVILLE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
HEAVY METAL NOVEMBER 2007 #113 (MR)
HELLBLAZER #236 (MR)
HELLBLAZER THE GIFT TP (MR)
HIGHWAYMEN #4 (OF 5)
INVINCIBLE SUMMER AN ANTHOLOGY SC
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #12
JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #6
JLA HITMAN #1 (OF 2)
JUNGLE GIRL CHO VIRGIN CVR INCV #1
JUNGLE GIRL PX #0
JUNGLE GIRL PX ED #1
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOL 1 THE NEXT AGE HC
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #6
MAD MAGAZINE #482
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #4
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #16
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #28
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 7 DIGEST TP
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND #4 (OF 6)
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS HC
NEW X-MEN #42
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN CLASSIC TP
PANZERTALES WORLD TANK MUSEUM ILLUSTRATED SC
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 7 TP (MR)
PENANCE RELENTLESS #1 (OF 5)
PROGRAMME #3 (OF 12)
REPO #4 (OF 5) (MR)
ROBIN #166
SABRINA VOL 2 #88
SCOOBY DOO #124
SHADOWPACT #17
SHEENA #3 (OF 5)
SHOJO BEAT OCT 07 VOL 3 #10
SILENT WAR TP
SIMPSONS COMICS #134
SPAWN #171
SPAWN COLLECTION VOL 4 TP
SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA #2 (OF 5)
STAR WARS 30TH ANNIV COLL VOL 8 HC SPLINTER OF MIN
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #20
STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL 6 PKT TP
STREETS OF GLORY #1 (OF 6) (MR)
SUPERMAN BATMAN #40
TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PARALLAX #1
TERROR INC #2 (OF 5) (MR)
TESTAMENT #20 (RES) (MR)
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE TP
THOR 2ND PTG COIPEL WRAPAROUND VAR #2
THUNDERBOLTS BY ELLIS VOL 1 FAITH IN MONSTERS PREM
TORCHWOOD ANOTHER LIFE HC
TORCHWOOD BORDER PRINCESS HC
TORCHWOOD SLOW DECAY HC
TORI AMOS 2008 WALL CALENDAR
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE #1 (OF 6)
WASTELAND #12 (MR)
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #17
WOLVERINE ORIGINS VOL 2 SAVIOR TP
WONDER GIRL #1 (OF 6)
WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5) WWH
WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #4 (OF 6)
WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #3 (OF 4) WWH
WORLD WAR HULK ROMITA JR VAR #4 (OF 5)
ZERO KILLER #2 (OF 6)
It feels like night comes earlier and earlier. Maybe it’s just the seasons changing, but there feels like there’s more to it than that. Something that comes from deep inside of me. A sort of-quiet-comes over me most evenings. I find myself taking longer and longer walks every night, just trying to avoid the solitude of my empty apartment. Sometimes it feels like I’m looking for something out there, but I can’t name it. Would I even know it if I should come across it? Will I find whatever it is and be suddenly filled with the light of revelation, or am I doomed to wander forever gazing into the skies seeking answers and finding only the abyss?
Tom Batten.