Monthly Archives: December 2007

Comic Book Blog browsing on a Tuesday morning

December 11, 2007
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Back on track. I’ll have a new podcast up tomorrow, for now here are a few links to get you through the day.

  • Forget the kids! I want this bedroom!
  • The American Library Association and the Young Adult Library Services Association have announced their Nominations for the 2007 Great Graphic Novels. Lots of Marvel and DC on the list including Civil War, Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Last Iron Fist Story, Agents Of Atlas, Doctor. Strange: The Oath, Fantastic Four: Books Of Doom, Spider-Man: Reign, and White Tiger: A Hero’s Compulsion; All Star Superman, vol. 1, Batman: Secrets, Blue Beetle: Shellshocked and Blue Beetle: Road Trip, Batman: Ego and Other Tails, Batman: Year 100, Gotham Central, vol. 4: The Quick and the Dead, Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator, Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (2007),
  • I May Try Manga After All I: Vertical, will begin publishing the 17-volume Black Jack manga series in September with the release of a first 400-page hardcover volume ($24.95). A second Black Jack volume from Vertical is due in November. In Japan Black Jack is the third most well-known Tezuka manga property after Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion
  • I May Try Manga After All II: Del Rey, Marvel to Collaborate on X-Men, Wolverine.
  • IDW Partners With Golden Eagle (the action/pulp imprint of Harlequin) and will publish a comic around Don Pendleton’s The Executioner. If that sounds familiar, Marvel Comics’ The Punisher, was based on The Executioner.
  • Marvel by way of their Marvel Masterworks website, have announced two new books for March. Captain America Volume 4 (Variant Volume 93) will collect Captain America #114-124 and be released March 19, 2008. Atlas Era – Tales to Astonish Volume 2 (Variant Volume 94) will collect Tales to Astonish #11-20 and be released March 26, 2008. Note the $5 price hike for this book.
  • Reviews: Tom Spurgeon empties his basket

CCL Podcast #149 – The Heroes Hardcover

December 5, 2007
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #149

28,657Kb; 30m 18s

Heroes is dead! Long live Heroes!

That’s right folks, thanks to the writers strike, Heroes is done. We have no idea when the second half of the second season will be aired. I’m guessing that it’ll turn into season three. But in the meantime we have a slue of books coming out from Wildstorm/DC and NBC to keep us busy, including the newly released Heroes Hardcover. I go over that book as well as all the others you may or may not be aware of.

Secondly, I talk about the 4th Annual CCL NCAA Football Bowl Contest and I also update the prize list.

There are also some new Paul Pope reissues and I have an email from Mitch.

Lastly, not only do I go over the New Releases of the Week, but also the 2008 Showcase Presents rundown with dates.

Chris

PS If you know anyone with the Heroes helix tattoo, let me know. I need a good laugh.

Links of note:
List of Heroes graphic novels (season 1)
List of Heroes graphic novels (season 2)

Discuss this topic on the CCL forum


In the USA…
Great books from In Stock Trades
In the UK and Europe…
Pre-Orders from Forbidden Planet International

All New Atom Vol 2 Future Past TPB
All Star Companion Vol 2 TPB
Batman Superman Saga of the Super Sons TPB
The Brave and The Bold Vol 1 Lords of Luck HC
Danger Girl Body Shots TPB
Fantastic Four Visionaries John Byrne TPB Vol 8
Madman and The Atomics Vol 1 TPB
Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 9 HC
Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 9 HC Var Ed 86
New Excalibur TPB Vol 3 Battle For Eternity
Punisher War Journal Vol 2 Goin Out West Prem HC
Silver Surfer Requiem Prem HC
Transformers Premiere Edition Vol 1 HC
Warren Ellis Black Gas TPB (MR)
What If? Classic TPB Vol 4

Howard the Duck Omnibus HC – 40% off until Friday December 14th
Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century Volume 1
Lobo Portrait of a Bastich
Nightwing The Lost Year
Outsiders Five of a Kind
Exiles Volume 16 Starting Over
Iron Man Demon in a Bottle Premiere HC Cover A
Iron Man Many Armors of Iron Man (new edition)
Magician Apprentice Volume 2 HC Cover A
Grendel Devil Child HC
Therefore, Repent!
Hazed
Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition Volume 2
Jenny Finn Doom Messiah
Phantom Jungle Action

Comic Book Blog browsing on a Wednesday morning

December 5, 2007
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While I was getting the kids ready for school this today, the power went out neighborhood wide. Thank God I have a backup generator installed at the back of my home. My house is nice and warm and lit up like a firecracker.

I’ll have a new Podcast up later today. Now on with some links:

  • You’ll need a big glass of Gatorade for this one, because it has to be the most dry, boring article on hardcovers and collected editions ever. Those of you who read my Blog and listen to the Podcast will know where I’m coming from. If you want your news on trades you come here or to other comic news sites — not The New York Times. Sure, the writer, Joseph V. Tirella, is doing his best to scrape together bits and pieces of information, that we elitists know all about. But all the article does is portray that hardcore collected edition comic book collecting is really expensive. What, no mention of a DCBS discount? Read at your own risk.
  • Better Late Then Never: I first read that Scorchy Smith was being collected back in October. 30 days later, the buzz is finally picking up.
  • Better Late Then Never II: The same goes for the Indiana Jones Omnibus from Dark Horse. First announced at the SDCC last July, then it was solicited last September and now in December we get a Press Release. Damn, what a chronology that is.
  • F&W Publications has announced that it will cease publication of the trade magazine Comics & Games Retailer with the February 2008 issue. I never read one issue. Too bad for me, I like Brian Hibbs.
  • A bit of news on more Serenity including the Those Left Behind Hardcover and lunch boxes!
  • Review: Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter, on Essential Captain America Volume One. Looks like you can’t keep a good superhero dead after all.
  • Review: Gavin Ford, Star Gazette (Entertainment) on the Marvel Premier Classic Hardcover X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills. I was planning on reviewing this myself for today’s Podcast, but with the advent of the Heroes finale, I’m going to go over that Hardcover instead. I’ll get to the X-Men book in a few weeks.

The 4th Annual CCL NCAA Football Bowl Contest

December 2, 2007
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Pick the team that will win the game.

It’s that easy!

The following rules apply:

1. Your full name and mailing address MUST be included with your entry, This is necessary to notify the winner, and to arrange shipping of the prizes. Specific mailing address information will be kept confidential.

2. Only ONE entry per person, please!

3. The sweepstakes IS open to both U.S. and non-U.S. participants.

Entries will be accepted until 6:00pm Eastern time, on Thursday, December 20th, (just prior to the Poinsettia Bowl) and the contest winners will be notified via e-mail on January 7 (after the BCS Championship Game).
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All entries MUST be sent to the following e-mail address (Nn PM’s or Forum entires, please): football@collectedcomicslibrary.com

In order to qualify for the prize drawing, all you have to do is attach this text file in an e-mail with the winning team underneath the bowl.

For Example:

1 Point
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
Navy

I’ll be playing along for fun and I’ll tell you where I end up in the standings.
I had a great turnout last year and this time around I hope to make it even better, so I’m giving away the following:
In case of a tie I will pick a name from a hat.

Batman The Complete History by Les Daniels

Death of Superman prose novel
Crisis On Infinite Earths prose novel
Kingdom Come prose novel

Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice by Scott Adams (Dilbert)
Powers: Cosmic

Sorry, no Book of Fate HC by Brad Meltzer – I had to take it off the list

ENTRY FORM

Good Luck and Go Blue!

Chris