Hey Comic Impact! Are you ready for one HELL of a Podcast? I hope so because this was the Pick for the week of January 2, 2013 and Sheldon,Antonio & Pat are here to rock your little comic world!! Sheldon had the pick this week and he chose Hellboy in Hell #2 from Dark Horse Comics! Don’t like Hellboy?
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Are you tired of the overused “We are them, they are us” philosophizing associated with many of today’s post-apocalyptic zombie stories? If so, you would do yourself well to pick up the manga series Reiko The Zombie Shop by Rei Mikamoto, the first 6 volumes of which are available in the U.S. from Dark Horse Comics.The emphasis here is on injecting massive amounts of imagination into stories of reanimated corpses, demonic creatures, child murderers and the seemingly innumerable ways the human body can be ripped, slashed and shredded to pieces.
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I think it’s safe to consider that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Joss Whedon’s baby. Even since the cancellation of the show 2003 the world has continued to have new Buffy stories, including the spin off show Angel, and a slew of comic books, video games, and books. I came into the Buffy party late, really late. I didn’t make my way through the series until 2008, way after both Buffy and Angel were off air and both comics series continuing the story after each show’s cancellation were half a year, maybe more, into their runs.
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This week Pat and Adam welcome Jeff Parker back to the show! We catch up on his various projects, including Hulk and Dark Avengers! We talk about the upcoming Bucko hardcover collection from Dark Horse, and get into his thoughts on the ending of that story. Plus, we talk about an upcoming crime project…and some Man-Thing talk.
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You want the horror? Well it’s your lucky day because it’s that time of the month where we point our fingers in the direction of the gore and set you loose in the world to find it. Doubtless you’re familiar with the recently released movie Prometheus by director Ridley Scott? If not then you probably need to get out more. This film has been bringing in a fair amount of mixed reviews lately; some hate it, some love it. But I’m not here to talk about Prometheus, oh no, I’m here because I can tell that you fine people want more bloody Alien goodness. I can see the hunger in your eyes. It’s saying you don’t just want science-fiction, but you want some well written science-fiction horror!
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As we enter mid-January and 2011 becomes more and more of a memory, I’d like to close out my look at the most notable releases of the past year so that those who may have missed the following can seek them out, or those who have read these be reminded that they are very worthy of a second (or third) read. So, without further ado let’s begin with…
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As 2011 comes to a close, I can say with a bit of relief that the amount of quality content being published within the world of comics continues to increase steadily. The interest in recent years in high-end, lavish, oversized archival editions and spiffy comic related art books signifies that people are not just reading comics for their obvious entertainment value, but also seeing the medium more and more as the valid literary and artistic arena it’s been since day one. As such I’ve assembled a list of 2011’s best that includes titles from across the increasingly eclectic (yet all welcoming) world that are the comics of today.
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AH! What a lovely day for blood and terror. I feel like “June Gloom” is a missed opportunity for a lot of horror to be watched and read. It has an added benefit of the sun breaking through, much the way it does at the end of a vampire or monster movie, providing the main characters with hope. Personally, I find it adds to the kitsch factor, which is not always a bad thing. Sometimes clichés are clichés for a reason. Welcome to Horror on the 13th – the “June Gloom” edition! Once again, I’m forced to choose between a number of excellent horror titles, but – since June also happens to be my birthday month – I decided to go with some personal favorites. I will touch on more of the recent June books in my horror segment on “Did You Catch All That?” On to the horror that makes me tingle with happy!
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Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ken tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of December 8th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video below. Don’t forget to subscribe for even more comic related videos five days a week.
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In last week’s installment of Sequential Sunday we took a look at the work of the great Al Williamson who passed away on June 12. As an addendum to that article I’d like to give some suggestions to those who’d like to explore the work of this comic art master via some of the books currently in print as well as those that are soon to be released.
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It is always exhilarating to discover an artist whose output is such a visceral rush that viewing their work is like going from 0 to 60 in two seconds. This is just the rush I felt recently when, in my favorite comic shop, I opened Mesmo Delivery to a random page as for me, my mind was already made up: this one’s coming with me and moving straight to the top of my (perpetual and ever daunting) “to read” pile. Mesmo Delivery by Rafael Grampá tells the deceptively simple story of Rufo, an ex-boxer and truck driver, hired to deliver an unspecified and highly secret shipment to an unnamed destination point. Along with him is an associate named Sangrecco, an aging Elvis impersonator who claims to not only know karate, but to have “five other styles” amongst his abilities.
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Now that 2010 is in full swing I’d like to wish all of our Comic Impact readers all the best in the new year and charge right back into my Best of 2009 list. Up, up and away we go….
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I initially thought the task of compiling a list of the best in comics and related art books released in 2009 would be relatively easy. Boy was I wrong. We saw a wealth of amazing output from the indie press, mainstream publishers and collected works of illustrative artists of the past and present.2009 has been a fantastic year overall for sequential art, the best of the last several, with my only real problem being finding the time (and money) to take them all in. So without further ado here is Part I in my two-part series for the Best Comics and Comic-Related Releases of 2009…
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Many of the best creative endeavors are bound to be short lived. An artist will usually know when he’s said all he has to say before running the risk of going stale or to simply move on to the next phase of his artistic career. This certainly happens in the world of comics and seems to now apply to the brilliant strip The Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch.
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With Halloween right around the corner and all the spooky connotations that come with it hanging in the air it seemed like a good time to scour the shelves of my favorite comic book store for some seasonally appropriate material. The store in question is Comics Factory in Pasadena, CA where, if you’re an indie reader like me, you’re in luck as their selection of independents is so wide it almost rivals all the stock of the Big Two put together.
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