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June 4, 2008

CCL Podcast #174 - Al Capp’s Complete Shmoo Archives

Filed under: Dark Horse, Podcast, jack kirby, starman - 04 Jun 2008

Collected Comics Library Podcast #174

44,768Kb; 37m 59s

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I mentioned on last weeks show (#173) that sometime in the upcoming weeks I would be reviewing Al Capp’s Complete Shmoo: The Comic Books (Dark Horse Archives). That idea got the better of me and I decided, why wait? So I’m presenting it for you today. Let me start by saying that this book is truly exceptional. Readers of this blog and podcast know the value of a well packaged collected edition. This book sets a new standard as far as backups and extra features go. It is a solid lock for a place on the CCL Top 10 Books of the Year. Come listen and hear about all the goodness the Shmoos will bring you.

Secondly, I touch on two other great hardcovers that I received from DCBS on Monday: The Starman Omnibus and Jack Kirby’s OMAC. I was curious to know just exactly what is collected in these books and what sorts of extras are included. I share that information with you today, as well.

Not much in the way of news this week, but I did manage to find an interview Newsarama did with Dark Horse regarding their Archive program and the results from David Stepp’s DC Archive Survey are available. All this and the New Releases of the Week.

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Chris

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February 24, 2008

Wonder Con Wrap-Up

Filed under: DC Comics, Dark Horse - 24 Feb 2008

ronin1.jpgHere is a rundown of Collected Edition news from Wonder-Con this past weekend. If you know of anymore, please e-mail them to me.

  • DC Comics
    • Absolute Ronin and Absolute Justice
    • Ambush Bug, is being considered as some sort of collected edition
    • No plans to bring out trades of the earlier issues of Birds of Prey
  • Vertigo
    • James Jean’s covers to Fables will be collected in a coffee table book next year
  • Wildstorm
    • Absolute Planetary and Absolute Authority may get reprinted
  • Dark Horse
    • Creep Magazine Archives Creepy magazine will collect the entire 20 year run in either 13 or 14 volumes and should be released by Comic-Con International. None of the original artwork will be altered. The first volume will come out in July, and three volumes a year are planned, with Eerie due to start next year.
    • Bernie Wrightso’s Frankenstein (1983). The Dark Horse 25th anniversary edition of the illustrated novel will be in hardcover
    • The K Chronicles in an omnibus collection of the first four collections by Keith Knight. The collection will be 8 ½ x 11 and over 500 pages long. The collection will feature an introduction by Kyle Baker.
    • Re-publishing the first volume of The Perry Bible Fellowship with new material in a new reprint edition. Other Dark Horse webcomics will be both Achewood and Wonder Mart later this year in a similar format to Perry Bible Fellowship.
    • The second collection of Emily the Strange will be coming in the fall
  • Aspen
    • Fathom Vol 2 in June, and the Definitive Edition is still in the works.
      Iron and the Maiden trade is coming soon
  • February 20, 2008

    CCL Podcast #160 - Grendel Archives and More

    Collected Comics Library Podcast #160
    27,347Kb; 28m 54s

    As I wrote on Monday’s blog, I went to Chicago this past weekend and sat in with the guys from the Around Comics podcast. While I was there I picked up a few books. One shall remain nameless since I’ll be covering it for next week’s show and I don’t want to give anything away, the other two were Jeffery Brown’s Be A Man for only $3 and The Grendel Archives by Matt Wagner; which is what I feature for today’s show. Like I say in the podcast, there is so much to the history and mythology of the character(s) that I can’t do it justice. But I can go over, in detail, all the collected editions that have been published throughout the years and some upcoming books, too.

    Also covered in the show is some podcasting news at this weekends Wonder-Con, shipping updates for upcoming books, TwoMorrows Publishing’s Press release on discounting their entire catalog and finally, The New Releases of the Week.

    Chris

    Links of Note:
    Vivat Grendel - The Devil’s Homepage Grendel Fansite

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    February 14, 2008

    Comic Book Blog browsing on a Thursday afternoon

    Filed under: Blogging, Dark Horse - 14 Feb 2008

    If any of you listened to my podcast for this week, you’ll know that a sore throat was coming on. We’ll it hit me full bore this morning. Coughing, redness and I even feel run down. This is not unusual for me. It seems for as long as I can remember I always get till – really ill - around my birthday (January 25). This year it just came three weeks late. The kids are off of school until Tuesday for mid-winter break. I’ll probably take it easy and spend the day away from the computer. In fact, I may be off all weekend. The whole family is going to Chicago for the weekend and with that I am suppose to be meeting up with Chris (Around Comics) and John (Wordballoon). I hope I’m up for it. On with today’s links:

    November 9, 2007

    Comic Book Blog browsing on a Friday afternoon

    Lot’s on my plate this weekend. Patty and I are going to try to take the kids ice skating Saturday and then we have to drop them off at the grand parents home so we can go to some sort of neighborhood bowling/ beer league. On Sunday, I’m sure we have something going on and in between it all I have to get some football in and try to read half of the Fourth World Omnibus Volume 2. Did I mention today, Friday, I’m updating the entire site?; from Books, Checklists and the Release Schedule (including the DVDs). Next weeks I plan on being even more busy with projects that will benefit everyone that comes to the CCL. On to today’s links:

    July 18, 2007

    CCL Podcast #130 - 4th World Companion

    Filed under: Dark Horse, EC Archives, crossgen, image, jack kirby, omnibus, sdcc - 18 Jul 2007



    Collected Comics Library Podcast #130
    33,811Kb; 36m 03s

    First up I want to thank everyone who nominated me for a Podcast Award. I’ll have more news on that on this Blog later in the week. I also hoped all of you had a chance to download and listen to the latest CCL Comic Book Page May 2007 Stats Podcast. Comments are always welcome!
    On today’s show I go over a small bit of news from Image, Dynamic Forces and the CrossGen/Checker Book Collected Edition Reprint Team-Up. It’s nice to see those finally getting published.
    The CCL interior website has two new Checklists for you to download: The EC Archives and The Dark Horse Archives. I also hope to have all the individual pages for the DC Archives, Marvel Masterworks, Showcases, Essentials and everything else all updated by the end of the week And don’t forget to check out the Release Schedule; it’s all updated with the latest solicitations from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and others.
    For the feature today, I cover Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Epic, but not in the usual way. I do go over the Omnibus editions a bit, but really it’s a rundown of the monthly and collected edition publication history for all the Fourth World related titles from 1971-2005!
    Time to enter the Boom Tube! Hop on in!
    Chris

    Music by Hot Club of Detroit

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    May 9, 2007

    CCL Podcast #120 - Free Comics! Now What?

    Filed under: Dark Horse, Free Comic Book Day 2007, Star Wars - 09 May 2007


    Collected Comics Library Podcast #120
    31,531Kb; 33m 37s

    You went out to the LCS on Saturday and you picked up your free comics. But now that you have them, where can you go to find out more about the Titles, Characters, Artists and Writers? This is the CCL episode for you. I go over every title from this past Free Comic Book Day and I give recommendations on what to get next. The Complete Show Notes, so you can read along, are on the Forum.
    There is not a whole lot of news this week, so I go over some of my Blog posting from Friday. However, Dark Horse has released their August solicitations, which includes one very cool Star Wars Omnibus.
    Lastly, I always rundown the New Releases of the Week.
    Chris

    Music by Hot Club of Detroit

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