CCL Podcast #173 - Diamond mining with Brian Kelly, Detroit Comics
Collected Comics Library Podcast #173
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This week marks a special week in the world of comic books and podcasting, along with several other shows, the CCL is covering Diamond Distribution and the Direct Market. All of the participating podcasts are focusing on this one very important and often understood (or misrepresented) company and system. For my part, I went on location to Detroit Comics and sat down with owner Brian Kelly to talk about what it takes to open a new comic book store including the good and bad and his relationship with Diamond. I want to thank Brian for being so candid in his assessment. I found it to be insightful, straight forward and honest. To find a listing of all the other shows and their exact take, please visit our unofficial host, Comics Related.
Also in this week’s installment, I give a quick rundown of some books scheduled to be coming out in August and throughout the 4th Quarter and even some DC Comics Collected Editions for 2009 which includes a Deluxe Hardcover of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing.
Lastly, I want to congratulate Jeffery Grill of Miami, FL who won the Annihilation Conquest Book 1 giveaway contest. My oversight is his advantage. All this and the New Releases of the Week.
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Chris
Links of Note:
2008 Eagle Awards
Image and Red Rocket 7
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CCL Podcast #173 - Diamond mining with Brian Kelly, Detroit Comics [61:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadCCL Podcast #172 - Motor City Con 2008 Wrap-Up
Collected Comics Library Podcast #172
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The Motor City Con has come and gone and today on the show I go over what I saw, what I bought and who I met. With all that in mind, I have a brand new giveaway of Annihilation Conquest Book 1 HC; details on how to enter are in the show.
Also, today I go over some major Marvel shipping changes and new solicitations from both DC and Marvel. I also have an e-mail from Joe, Forbidden Planet International, introduce you to two new collected edition themed podcasts and give a tease as to what you can expect on the next TwoMorrows Tune-In, all this and the New Releases of the Week.
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Chris
Links of Note:
Marvel Noise
Waiting For The Trade
Shawn Amberger
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CCL Podcast #169 - Iron Man Collected Editions
Collected Comics Library Podcast #169
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It’s that wonderful time of year again - Summer Blockbusters!
The 2008 season kicks off today with Iron Man - one of my favorite characters of all time. In fact if you take a listen you’ll find out how I first got acquainted with Tony Stark. Not only do I go over the publishing history of Iron Man and all the limited amount of his collected editions, but I also tell you how he has gotten screwed by Captain America throughout Marvel history.
Also on the show today, I go over some news regarding a new Marshal Law Omnibus from Top Shelf, a rundown of upcoming Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase Presents and Archives and I answer an e-mail from Denis from California.
All this, plus a rundown of The New Releases of the Week and my plans for the upcoming Motor City Comic Con (May 16-18).
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Chris
Links of Note:
Rob Helmerich’s List of Iron Man Collected Editions
Marvel.com: Required Reading Iron Man Collections
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Collected Edition news from NYCC
Here is all the collected edition news that I could dig up from the New York Comic Con (courtesy of Newsarama and Comic Book Resources). If you know of any more, please send me the story with a source. And you can discuss all this on the Forum.
- DC Comics
- Absolute Sandman Vol. 4 in November
- James Jean’s covers for Fables will be collected in a coffee table book titled The Fables Cover Book.
- Hardcover editions of Paul Pope’s Heavy Liquid and Y: the Last Man. The Y editions will collect two softcover books into a single, oversize volume
- Possible Absolute Preacher
- Marvel Comics
- Brian Hitch explained that 1987 at 16 years old, the first job he got was on a GI Joe title–”Why I got hired I have no idea. I assume they were drunk. That went into some Transformers stuff and then Death’s Head. Then I took over She-Hulk after John Byrne quit.” “That was the highlight, right?” Barber joked. “I think it’s available in trade paperback.” Hitch joked, “I encourage everyone to buy one and burn it.” - I found that funny (Chris)
- Dark Horse Comics
- In second volume of the Hellboy Library edition, Mignola said that he wrote a text piece about not setting out to be a writer. In high school, he wrote a piece that was read aloud, which embarrassed him into not writing for a long time, “until John Byrne told me I was ready write Hellboy myself.”
- Completing 2008’s round of major Hellboy releases is May’s Hellboy: The Companion, an exhaustively researched timeline and encyclopedic handbook to the characters and world of Hellboy, featuring new material by Mignola.
- First project announced was “The Great Outdoor Fight,” by Chris Onstad, which, similar to “Perry Bible Fellowship,” is a collection of an online comic. Also Wondermark by David Malkie, Nothing Nice to Say, and the first six months of Dark Horse MySpace Presents.
- Allie said the “Umbrella Academy” collection, including the FCBD comic and DHP strip, will ship in July. There will be extensive behind-the-scenes extras with the artists. An oversized hardcover will follow this fall, “similar to the ‘Hellboy Library Editions.’”
- Image Comics
- Brandon Graham is writing the intro to the ‘Loaded Bible’ [Tim Seeley’s series for Image comics] trade.
- Top Cow
- A hardcover edition of Freshman (first series) is coming, Philip Sablik announced, which launched Seth Green into a litany of reasons why people needed to buy it and get it on their bookshelves next to their other hardcovers.
- Matt Hawkins said that Top Cow will be collecting “nearly all” of his original Lady Pendragon series, except for the final six issues, which he was unhappy with, and has essentially removed them from the larger story.
- BOOM! Studios
- The biggest news for comic fans attending the panel was that BOOM! just landed a licensing deal that will allow them to publish a new Farscape comic book series based on the television show. The comic will be released as a series of four-issue mini-series, with each four issues collected into trade upon completion. No creators have been announced yet, but BOOM! is hoping to have a series started by the end of this year.
- When asked about more Hero Squared, Waid said: “I have three plots in from J. Marc DeMatteis.” He said the series will be called Hero Squared: Love and Death. “Joe Abraham is going to start drawing it Monday,” he said. Mosher said the series will be six issues and will be collected in a trade paperback. Volume 2 of Hero Squared is in solicitations this month. “After we finish wrapping it up, there will be three trades plus Planetary Brigade,” he said.
- Devil’s Due Publishing
- The Drafted Vol. 1 is a trade paperback that collects the series’ first story arc, where aliens arrive on Earth, Jerusalem is destroyed and the human race is urged to initiate a draft to have enough troops to fight an intergalactic war.
- “We’re doing a 99 cent special [for the new series “RESTED”] so it’s cheap. I want you to order ten copies each. Then we’re doing a four issue miniseries that we’re collecting into a trade paperback.”
- Valiant
- A whole lot on Harbringer and X-O Manowar: Birth
- Both The Grackle and Armed & Dangerous are getting recolored for a possible collected edition
Comic Book Blog browsing on a Monday afternoon
So how did you like the movie trailers last night? I liked Iron Man, although I felt it was too short. As far as Wanted goes, I guess I’m just sick of Angelina Jolie. She doesn’t do anything for me. Could be her acting; could be her pregnancy’s; could be her obsession to conquer world strife; or it could be her and Brad Pitt together. Beats the hell out of me. I’ll have to read the book first and then make my decision to go and see the movie. On with today’s links:
- Via the FLOG! Blog: Wilfred Santiago has posted previews of 21, his forthcoming Fantagraphics graphic novel about baseball great Roberto Clemente
- If you’re in Dearborn, Michigan, February 13, stop on by Green Brain Comics. They are having their The Green Brain Comics Jam from 7-10PM. I won’t be able to make it, I’ll be in Chicago.
- Johanna Carlson catches up with a few AIT Graphic Novels from 2006-2008. I’ve never heard of any of them.
- DVD Review: Pop Syndicate on The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition, which may be the greatest movie ever to be filmed in the state of Michigan
- Review: Collected Editions on Robin: Teenage Wasteland TPB. Three words: Read More Robin!
CCL Podcast #153 - Trading Alex Ross
Collected Comics Library Podcast #153
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Think of the show today as and extension of the Around Comics Alex Ross interview that was released on New Years Eve. As I state in the show, I was to do a little rundown of all things collected that involves Ross. As you can guess the segment ran a bit too long, so I’m expanding it even further and using it as today’s feature. As you know, Ross has done just about as many major projects as you have fingers, and I’m betting that you can name them all. But as for his Collected Editions, what are all the extras? Today we take a look at a few books, like The Absolute Kingdom Come, The World’s Greatest Super Heroes Slipcase (a precursor to the Absolute line), Mythology, Marvels and the Earth X Hardcover Book Package. A big time artist with a lot of big books.
Also on the show today, I go over a few couple of conventions coming to the Detroit area. First up is the The American Comic Book - A Detroit Perspective - An Exhibit of Comic Book Art and Paintings by Detroit Area Artists on January 19 - February 16, 2008 and then the Motor-City Comic Con on May 16-18, 2008. I’ll be attending both.
Other than that, the news has been slow and the Release List is smaller than usual. No surprise in either case.
Chris
Alex Ross Art - Official Website
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Comic Book Blog browsing on a Thursday afternoon
So if you guys recall a few weeks ago I mentioned a brand new Marvel Masterworks and that it was going to be BIG! Well, the beans can now be spilled..As announced by Marvel by way of their Marvel Masterworks website, it is Ant Man/Giant Man Volume 2 (Variant Volume 91). I’ll add more info as it comes out through Marvel. I told you it would be BIG. On with some links:
- The 2008 Motor_City Comic Con has been announced for May 16-18. So far the featured guest will be Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies). I’ll be posting and talking about this more in the upcoming months.
- Even SpongeBob is effected by the writers strike and it looks really, really ugly.
- My son Patrick, isn’t that much into Lego as I thought he would be (like I was when I was his age). Looks like I won’t have to get him a subscription to the new Lego Magazine BrickJournal from TwoMorrows.. And right now you can even get a free copy of the first issue in PDF form! I’ll download a copy and see if I can gett him into it.
- Gearing up for what seems to be the Year of Speed Racer, no less than three publishers will be getting involved in the windfall. Among the material coming out will be a ton of older books that will be getting reprinted for the US market for the very first time!
- Lastly, there has been a lot of discussion (and speculation) on various message boards on upcoming Showcase Presents. Here are some of them, I’ll add more information as warranted.
- Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger Volume 2
- Showcase Presents: Booster Gold Volume 1
- Showcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown 2
- Showcase Presents: Legion of Super Heroes Volume 2
- Showcase Presents: Haunted Tank Volume 2
- Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Volume 3
- Showcase Presents: Flash Volume 2
- Showcase Presents: Batman Volume 3
- Showcase Presents: Challengers Volume 2
- Showcase Presents: House of Secrets Volume 1
- Showcase Presents: Hawkman Volume 2
CCL Podcast #122 - Star Wars Comics Celebration
Collected Comics Library Podcast #122
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This past weekend was the Motor City Comic-Con and I was fortunate to attend. My son, Patrick, received a wonderful Batman sketch from Buzz and I was able to get my Sgt. Fury and (Silver Age) Human Torch Masterworks signed by Dick Ayers. I also picked up a few monthly comics to fill in the gaps in my Star Wars and Punisher collections. I was also able to purchase two Marvel Essential Handbooks for the price of one, but now I’m regretting it. These reference books should be in color and I explain why in the Podcast.
Both DC Comics and Marvel have announced their Fall solicitations and there are some very cool books on both lists.
The main topic of the show this week in honor of Star Wars Celebration IV in Los Angeles this weekend. In it I, with help from members of the forum, give recommendations on what to buy to start or add to your collections. My sincere thanks to everyone who wrote in. As usual, I go over the New Releases of the Week. and lastly I announce the winner of the Death of Superman Trade Paperback Giveaway.
Chris
Music by Cash O’Riley and the Downright Daddies
…and not by Hot Club of Detroit
Links of note:
The Buddy Culver Show
Top Cow Collects “Endgame” Storyline
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