VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER 09/30/07-10/07/07
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JUST ANOTHER FUTURE SONG-Welcome back for another dose of Velocity news and subtle political commentary. Let’s dive right in before I lose my buzz and wander off.
IN THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER-Velocity Comics is once again taking the lead in blazing new trails of community service. We’re
PROUD TO ANNOUNCE that we have agreed to sponsor River City Roller Girl COCO CARNAGE. If you see Coco at a match, be sure to ask her what she thought of Civil War. Maybe she’ll elbow you in the throat. RADICAL!
I’LL GIVE YOU A MAN WHO WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD- Break out the colored pencils and complicated erasers, it’s time for a contest! We’re anxiously awaiting YOUR entries for the BRING ON THE BAD GUYS art contest. The winner gets a whole heap of store credit at Velocity Comics and a profile in STYLE WEEKLY (profile in Style Weekly is unconfirmed at press time). As an added bonus, Papa Bear PATRICK GODFREY has decided that if we get MORE THEN 25 ENTRIES from more than 25 individual contestants, THE PRIZE WILL BE EVEN BETTER. I don’t know how the prize COULD be any better, quite frankly, but I can’t wait to see what he has up his wizard-like sleeve.
TAKE YOUR PROTEIN PILLS AND PUT YOUR HELMET ON-All ESSENTIALS, SHOWCASES AND OTHER PHONE BOOK SIZED COLLECTIONS are 25% off for one more week! Why would you let this slip by? is it self loathing? If so, allow me to say: you are a good person and you deserve a treat. You’ve been working SO hard.
PICKS and POLITICAL COMMENTARY
COMIC ART MAGAZINE #9-The long wait is over for the new issue of the most excellent Comic magazine there is. That’s right, Wizard. You heard me, Alter Ego. This issue is chock-filled with quality, including a new article on Chester Gould by Richmond’s own Tom De Haven and an insert by Ivan Brunetti. It’s the only magazine with a clear exit strategy-from the store into your hands!
EMPOWERED VOL. 2-The second volume in Adam Warren’s clever, sexxxy superhero romp. This is exactly the kind of thing that men like Senator Gluberton think you shouldn’t be able to have access to. Prove that you can think for yourself and that YOU’RE the best judge of what’s appropriate for you.
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #1-Acclaimed hipster novelist JONATHAN LETHEM and less acclaimed hipster artist FAREL DALRYMPLE present an all new 10-issue miniseries focusing on Steve Gerber’s most forgotten creation. This is one of the most highly-anticipated series of the year, so check it out before Presidential candidates start taking credit for it themselves.
HOWARD THE DUCK #1-Steve Gerber’s least forgotten creation is back, too! Writer TY TEMPLETON and artist JUAN BOBILLO present an all new tale in the life of a Duck stuck in a world where he just couldn’t quack it. I don’t know what his Visa status is, but if he’s planning on getting a job he better get that straightened out FAST.
VINYL UNDERGROUND #1-An all new super gritty supernatural crime thriller from VERTIGO! Writer SI SPENCER is joined by artists SIMON GANE, CAMERON STEWART, AND SEAN PHILLIPS. Make a campaign contribution in the form of BUYING THIS BOOK.
ALSO NOTABLE THIS WEEK-GL CORPS #16, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #7, EXTERMINATORS VOL 3 LIES OF OUR FATHERS TP and METAMORPHO YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6).
SHIPPING 10/3/07:
100 BULLETS VOL 2 SPLIT SECOND CHANCE TP
ACTION COMICS #856
ALIENS VS PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOL 2 TP
ALL NEW ATOM #16
AMELIA RULES #18
ANITA BLAKE VH GP HC VOL 1 2ND PTG ANITA VAR (PP #
AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #56
ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM ASHES #2
ATOMIK MIKE (DP) #1 (OF 4)
BACK ISSUE #24
BATMAN CHRONICLES VOL 4 TP
BEOWULF #1
BETTIE PAGE RULES TP
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #155
BLACK DIAMOND #4 (OF 6)
BLADE SINS OF FATHER TP
BOMB QUEEN IV #2 (OF 4) (MR)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #7
CARTOON SUCCESS SECRETS HC
COMIC ART MAGAZINE #8
COMIC ART MAGAZINE #9
COMPLETE JON SABLE FREELANCE VOL 8 TP
COMPLETE PEANUTS VOL 7 1963-1964 HC
CONAN #44 (MR)
CONAN THE PHENOMENON HC
COUNTDOWN 30
COUNTDOWN SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER CRIME SOCIETY #1
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #11 (MR)
DEADMAN #13 (MR)
DEVI VOL 2 TP
DRAGON HEAD VOL 8 GN (OF 10)
EAT THE DEAD ONE SHOT (MR)
EMPOWERED VOL 2 TP
ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT VOL 2 TP
EXILES #99
EXTERMINATORS VOL 3 LIES OF OUR FATHERS TP
FAKER #4 (OF 6) (MR)
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #4 (OF 4)
FUTURAMA COMICS #33
GAMEKEEPER JOHN CASSADAY COVER #5 (MR)
GAMEKEEPER MUKESH SINGH COVER #5 (MR)
GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX #2
GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5 HUMAN ERROR PROCESSOR TP
GI JOE DREADNOKS DECLASSIFIED TP
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #16
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #16
GROTESQUE #1
GUMBY #3 (RES)
HACK SLASH VOL 2 DEATH BY SEQUEL TP
HARVEY COMICS CLASSICS VOL 2 RICHIE RICH TP
HELMET OF FATE TP
HEY FUDGE SC
HOWARD THE DUCK ZOMBIE VAR #1 (OF 4)
INDIA AUTHENTIC SHIVA #5
INFINITY INC #2
INJURY COMICS #1 (MR)
IRON & THE MAIDEN #3
IRON MAN ENTER MANDARIN #2 (OF 6)
JACK OF FABLES #15 (MR)
JAPAN AS VIEWED BY 17 CREATORS TP
JLA HITMAN #2 (OF 2)
JONAH HEX #24
JORDAN CRANE NOW APART BUT TOGETHER SOON JOURNAL
JUDAS VOL 4 GN (OF 5)
JUNJO ROMANTICA VOL 4 GN (OF 7)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 CVR B
KINGDOMS VOL 1 COMING STORM GN
KINGDOMS VOL 2 SCIONS OF JOSIAH GN
KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE VOL 4 TP
LLOYD KAUFMAN PRESENTS TOXIC AVENGER & TROMATIC TA
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS #2 (OF 5)
LOST SQUAD TP
MAKING COMICS STORYTELLING SECRETS OF COMICS MANGA
MANGA BIBLE VOL 1 NAMES GAMES LONG ROAD TRIP GN
MANGA BIBLE VOL 2 WALLS BRAWLS & GREAT REBELLION G
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #32
METAL MEN #3 (OF 8)
METAMORPHO YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6)
MIDNIGHTER #12
MIKI FALLS VOL 3 AUTUMN GN
MODERN MASTERS VOL 13 JERRY ORDWAY SC
MOME VOL 9 GN
MS MARVEL #20
MS MARVEL ZOMBIE VAR #20
MY MOST SECRET DESIRE 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED HC
NEGATIVE BURN #13 (MR)
NEIL GAIMAN ON HIS WORK AND CAREER HC
NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO #2
NIGER #2
NIGHTWING #137
OLD BOY VOL 8 TP (MR) (C: 1-1-2)
OMEGA UNKNOWN #1 (OF 10)
OUTER ORBIT TP
PARADE WITH FIREWORKS #2 (OF 2)
PASTEL VOL 8 GN (MR)
PAUL JENKINS SUPER SUMMER SIDEKICK SPECTACULAR #2
PIRATES VS NINJAS II UP THE ANTE #3 (OF 8)
QUESTION ZEN AND VIOLENCE VOL 1 TP
REFLECTIONS #3
SADHU THE SILENT ONES #2
SAMURAI HEAVEN & EARTH VOL 2 TP
SAVAGE DRAGON #132 (NOTE PRICE)
SCALPED #10 (MR)
SCARFACE DEVIL IN DISGUISE #3 (MR)
SHANNA SHE-DEVIL SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #3
SHONEN JUMP NOV 07 #59
SNAKEWOMAN VOL 2 TP (MR)
SOCK MONKEY INCHES INCIDENT TP
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES VOL 6 TP
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL 4 DIGEST TP
SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #4
SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #4 10 COPY GALLOWAY VAR CVR
STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF CLONES PHOTO COMIC
STRANGE GIRL #18
SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP MODOKS 11 #4
SUPERGIRL #22
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #34
TALES FROM THE CRYPT VOL 1 GHOULS GONE WILD GN
TALES FROM THE CRYPT VOL 1 GHOULS GONE WILD GN
TALES OF RAPHAEL BAD MOON RISING #3 (OF 4)
TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS CYBORG SUPERMAN #1
TALES OF TMNT COLL BOOKS VOL 4 TP
THIRTEEN STEPS #2
TOMO VOL 1 I WAS AN EIGHTH GRADE NINJA GN
TOMO VOL 2 MY DOUBLE EDGED LIFE GN
TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS THE ASCENDING #1
TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS THE ASCENDING #1 10 COPY R
TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION #1
TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION #1 10 COPY INCV
UNCANNY X-MEN #491
VINYL UNDERGROUND #1 (MR)
WALT & SKEEZIX VOL 3 1925-1926 HC
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #685
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #11
WETWORKS VOL 1 TP
WHERES DENNIS MAGAZINE CARTOON ART OF HANK KETCHAM
WOLVERINE ANNUAL DEATHSONG #1
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #4
UNLESS the monkey freaks out and spills hot wax on the turtle and the turtle bites the mouse’s tail and makes his run away from home, I’ll see you next week for more informative fun.
TOM BATTEN