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Comic Book Shipping List July 16 2008: Misprints, KY, Tie-Ins, The Bush Administration

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on July 16, 2008

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Shipping This Week: JULY 16, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #1

Nick: On a serious note, this is fantastic timing by Dark Horse. The new Conan movie teaser poster was just released (presumably due to some sort of secret promotion / announcement at SDCC next week) and now there's a brand new Conan #1 on the stands. Nothing funny here -- just good business.

GHOST TALKERS DAYDREAM TP VOL 01
HELM #1 (OF 4)

DC COMICS

ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE HC BOOK 01
BATGIRL #1 (OF 6)
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #9
BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE STATUE NEAL ADAMS
BATMAN FACES NEW ED TP

Nick: I'm not sure who this "New Ed" character is but I hope he's a formidable foe for Batman...

BIRDS OF PREY #120
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #27

Nick: Misprint by Diamond. Should read: "CARTOON NETWORK SIX-PACK #27"

CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #3 (OF 6)
CHECKMATE #28
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS TP VOL 02
DARK KNIGHT BATMAN STATUE
DARK KNIGHT THE JOKER STATUE
DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR #4 (OF 6)
DOROTHEA VOL 02
FINAL CRISIS ROGUES REVENGE #1 (OF 3)
FLASH #242
HELLBLAZER #246
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 05

Nick: Volume five of my epic autobiography has arrived.

JOKERS ASYLUM POISON IVY #1
SCALPED #19

Nick: Nineteen issues deep and I still can't believe that Head & Shoulders has a licensed series published by DC Comics.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS HAWKMAN TP VOL 02
SIMON DARK #10
SUPERMAN AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES HC
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #5 (OF 12)
TEARS OF A LAMB VOL 03

Nick: You may be a bit confused by the title of this book because the first two volumes were titled "TEARS OF A CLOWN." However, if you remember, the clown was killed off at the end of volume two after he got raped by Dr. Light. Ahh DCU continuity, I love you.

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Comic Book Shipping List July 10 2008: Peep Show Janitors, College Fart Parties, Porn

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nick marino

on July 9, 2008

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Don't forget -- books on Thursday this week due to the July 4th holiday.

Shipping This Week: JULY 10, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLOOD PLUS NOVEL VOL 02 CHEVALIER

Neal: So.... will there be variant blood? Type A, B, O, AB+, etc?

BPRD THE WARNING #1 (OF 5)
GOON #26

Neal: This book is about the rapper Plies and how he is trying to make "goon" into the 2008 version of "thug."

GOON #26 TOP SECRET ERIC POWELL VAR CVR
HELLBOY ODDEST JOBS TP

Nick: This infamous story features a down-on-his-luck Hellboy working as a janitor at a peep show.

INDIANA JONES & TOMB OF THE GODS #1

Nick: I can already guess where this story goes -- Dr. Jones shows up somewhere historically significant and breaks shit.

DC COMICS

100 BULLETS #93
ACTION COMICS #867
AMERICAN VIRGIN TP VOL 04 AROUND THE WORLD
BATMAN AND SON TP

Nick: If this comic has anything to do with the kind of "action" Batman and Robin see in their days spent out of costume, I want nothing to do with it. At. All.

BATMAN BLACK & WHITE BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT STATUE
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #19
BATMAN STRIKES #47
BOOSTER GOLD #1000000

Neal: That should read Boosted Gold $1,000,000.

CHUCK #2 (OF 6)

Nick: Chuck Dixon's epic autobiography about getting fired from DC Comics continues... oddly enough, published by DC Comics.

DETECTIVE COMICS #846 RIP
FINAL CRISIS REQUIEM #1

Nick: Finally! The DCU / Requiem for a Dream crossover I've been waiting for. Martian Manhunter dies from a heroin overdose while Marlon Wayans becomes a New God.

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Comic Book Shipping List July 2 2008: Beards, Summer Vacation, She-Cable

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on July 2, 2008

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Sorry, super fans. Thanks to my lateness, I didn't get Neal's comments this week. He'll back next week with some real zingers.

Shipping This Week: JULY 2, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #16
COMPLETE K CHRONICLES TP

Nick: Not to be confused with this week's "SPECIAL K CHRONICLES TP" from Kellogg's Comics.

HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #1 (OF
USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 22 TOMOES STORY
WONDERMARK BEARDS OF OUR FOREFATHERS

Nick: This must be that epic I've been waiting for about the history of beards. Finally! I thought this would never come out.

DC COMICS

ALL NEW ATOM #25
BATMAN #678 RIP
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #1
BLUE BEETLE #28
COUNTDOWN PRESENTS SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER TP
DARK KNIGHT BATARANGS PROP REPLICA

Nick: Impress and possibly frighten your friends by bringing these Batarang replicas to the park instead of your Frisbee.

DARK KNIGHT GRAPPLING LAUNCHER PROP REPLICA

Nick: Impress and possibly frighten your friends by bringing this fancy-named Bat Rope on your next rock-climbing excursion.

DC SPECIAL RAVEN #5 (OF 5)
FLAT EARTH EXCHANGE VOL 01

Nick: Finally! Some good hard evidence to debunk those morons that think the Earth is round. And since this is in comic book form, people will take it seriously.

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Comic Book Shipping List June 25 2008: Hellfowl, Erotic Camelot, DC Comics in Crisis

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on June 25, 2008

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Shipping This Week: JUNE 25, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

BPRD ECTOPLASMIC MAN ONE SHOT

Nick: If the name "Ectoplasmic Man" isn't sweet enough for you, then you must have an inner fan made out of jagged spikes of poison ice.

Neal: So... Slimer stars in Pinnochio?

CHRONICLES OF CONAN TP VOL 15 CORRIDOR OF MULLAH KAJAR
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0

Nick: Diamond Distributors %#cks up yet again! This book was originally solicited as "CONAN THE CINNAMON #0" and I pre-ordered it because it sounded delicious.

FEAR AGENT #22 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 1 OF 6)
GANTZ TP VOL 01

Nick: Justique loves this anime and it's one of the few newer shows I've been able to get into. I might pick this up.

INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES TP VOL 01
OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 09
PIGEONS FROM HELL #3 (OF 4)

Nick: What?! I already missed two issues of a comic about street birds possessed by Satan? I am really behind the curve.

Neal: This isn't news. Everyone knows pigeons are hellfowl.

STAR WARS DARK TIMES #12 VECTOR PART 6

Neal: Honestly, when has the Star Wars Universe NOT been in dark times?

DC COMICS

ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER HC VOL 01

Nick: HAHAHA! "VOL 01" is just coming out. Wow, I remember back when this series started... ahhh, to be 5-years-old again. Those were the days.

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Comic Book Shipping List June 18 2008: Grundles, Peanut Butter, Swimsuits

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on June 18, 2008

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Shipping This Week: JUNE 18, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

ALIENS OMNIBUS TP VOL 04
CLASSIC COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS #12 ROCKETEER
CONAN BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD SC

Neal: Next week: Krull C-Section on the Battlefield.

GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL #8 (OF 8)

Nick: I always thought that this series would be way more enticing if the title was spelled just a little bit differently. Doesn't GRUNDLE BEHOLD THE DEVIL #8 have a much more entertaining ring to it?

HELLBOY II ART OF THE MOVIE SC

Neal: Basically, it's the Pan's Labyrinth bonus features disc.

HELLBOY II MMPB GOLDEN ARMY

Nick: "MMPB"? I have no idea what that could stand for. Maybe it stands for Mmm Mmm Peanut Butter. Or maybe Major Motion Picture Butter. Only Wednesday knows...

Neal: CAN NOT WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE.

POSTAGE STAMP FUNNIES HC

Nick: Collecting your favorite hilarious postage stamps from across the decades in this USPS sponsored book. Man, what will they think of next?

REX MUNDI DH ED #12
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #30 EXALTED PART 2 (OF 2)
STAR WARS LEGACY #25
STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 03

Nick: A series following the exploits of George Lucas as he plunders the once-great reputation of the Star Wars franchise. This is a non-fiction comic book.

UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE TP

DC COMICS

BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #8
BIRDS OF PREY #119
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #14
CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #2 (OF 6)
CATWOMAN #80
CHECKMATE #27

Nick: Chess greats Bobby Fisher and Anatoly Karpov volunteer for a secret government program to give them enhanced senses and super powers. Hilarity ensues. Now in its landmark 27th issue.

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Comic Book Shipping List June 11 2008: PVC Pipes, Variant Covers, Small Business Loans

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on June 11, 2008

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This is a new AudioShocker weekly feature (or whenever the @#$% we feel like doing it) that is a complete ripoff of this hilarious blog post from last week. (Note: We have emoticons enabled, which turns any mini series with 8 total issues into a smiley face with sunglasses. I think it's funny so I'm leaving it. See, 8 + ) = 8) .)

Shipping This Week: JUNE 11, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

BPRD WAR ON FROGS #1

Nick: I hope that the letterer of this book uses "BPRD!" as SFX if anyone steps on a frog in this issue.

FEAR AGENT #21 HATCHET JOB (PT 5 OF 5)
FLUFFY HC

Nick: The touching story about a fluffer and his meteoric rise through the porn industry.

Neal: Sounds odd.

GOON #25
GUNGRAVE BUST
HELLBOY 3 PIECE PVC SET

Nick: A collection of three PVC pipes with Hellboy logos printed on them. Custom plumbing is the new variant cover.

Neal: Kinky!

HELLBOY BOOK & FIGURE SET
JOURNAL DOMO FLOCKED

Nick: To come up with the title of this book, the author fanned through the dictionary and randomly slammed a finger down to select the words.

PENNY ARCADE TP VOL 05 THE CASE OF THE MUMMYS GOLD
SAVAGE SWORD COLLECTION BUST #2 KING KULL
STAR WARS REBELLION #14 SMALL VICTORIES PART 4 (OF 4)

DC COMICS

ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 03

Nick: Sandman flavored vodka. Also the new variant cover.

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ComicShocker Week 22 2008

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on May 29, 2008

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I've been pretty busy lately so the ComicShocker actually (GASP!) missed its first week ever last week. Instead, the AudioShocker got an SEO update. I think that's a fair trade.

Keeping it short and sweet this week, I'm going to pass along a link to more free comics online. Ahhh, free comics how I love you…

This week we're checking out Gemini #1 for free. I'm a big Dynamo 5 fan, a series by Jay Faerber and Mahmud A Asrar. Since Gemini is written by Faerber as well, I caught a bunch of previews in the back of my Dynamo 5 issues.

Well, I didn't get to pick up Gemini #1. But now I can read the first issue of Gemini for free over on Newsarama. I'm ashamed to say that at the time of writing this, I still haven't read the comic. But I'm a busy guy, damn it.

Speaking of which, the AudioShocker (a.k.a. just me) will be at Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend (a.k.a. just Saturday for a few hours). Email me at nick@audioshocker.com if you want to meet up and say hi. Feel free to attach nude photos to your email (ladies only, please).

ComicShocker Week 17 2008

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nick marino

on April 30, 2008

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I went to my first comic book convention this past weekend. I've been reading comic books regularly since the age of four (well, you know, as regularly as you can read comics at four…) yet I've never really been a part of communal fandom. I got into the online comic book message board thing a bit in the past few years, but I wouldn't even really consider myself a true part of that either.

So attending a comic book convention for the first time after reading comics for over 20 years was interesting. It just wasn't what I expected. Ever been to a trade show or a business convention? It's just like that except the attendees wear tights instead of suits. The booths and the salesmen are all still there, from retailers that go straight to the consumer all the way through to niche businesses geared especially towards the convention-going small press comic book creator.

And I wasn't even at one of the huge conventions. I was at the Pittsburgh Comicon, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year under some extremely unusual circumstances. I enjoyed myself in the sense that nothing went wrong. But I feel so disconnected from the convention culture. I love comics for the craft, for the stories, for the characters, and for the sweeping metaphors. I suspect, however, that if I really want to make the comic book industry my career field of choice, I need to learn to love comicons too.

As for Reads You Need, may I recommend Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45. It felt like autumn today here in the Steel City, and this comic book made me feel like October arrived early. This eerie tale is a solid example of why I've read more consecutive issues of Tales of the TMNT on a month-to-month basis than any other comic book series. Coming in a close second is Dynamo 5 #12, which finally pays off a plot tangent about the character Myriad that was introduced way back in issue #7.

Before I go, I should let everyone know that Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 3 Chapters 14 and 15 are online. I've watched both of them (a two-parter called "The Boiling Rock") and I thoroughly the episodes. Chapter 14 is mostly setup -- and Chapter 15 is doubly good when it really brings the plot home. If you're trying to find these episodes, here are links to Chapter 14 and Chapter 15. Enjoy (and check out the video description on Chapter 15 for more).

ComicShocker Week 01 2008

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on January 5, 2008

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Who owns superheroes?

Inspired by Dynamo 5 #10

For years, it seemed like comic books owned superheroes by virtue of being the introductory medium. For a long time it seemed like Marvel Comics and DC Comics exclusively owned superheroes (even going so far as to trademark the words "superhero" and "super-hero").

Nowadays, many people would claim that Hollywood owns superheroes. Lately, superheroes seem to be most lucrative as fodder for movie scripts. Then again, maybe licensing owns superheroes. Go to your local dollar discount store, Target, and Wal-Mart - Marvel and DC characters are plastered on everything from t-shirts to backpacks to mugs to bed sheets to pajamas to cake decorations.

But at the end of the day, I think fans own superheroes. The beauty of the superhero concept is that these larger-than-life protagonists are metaphorical for the latent potential we all have inside of us. The reason Dynamo 5 can be an incredible interpretation of the superhero without being published by the Big Two, without a movie, and without licensing? It's written and visualized by fans.

The passion behind the creation of the Dynamo 5 is evident in every issue. It's a testament to the creators' love for superheroes and their amazing possibilities. Without the fans, there would be no one to watch the movies, no one to buy the pens and trinkets, and certainly no one to run Marvel or DC. Just like tall tales and mythology, it takes a devoted audience for storytellers and artists to bring superhero dreams to life.

Comic Pick - Week 51 2007

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on December 21, 2007

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Mighty Avengers #6 It's the first ever AudioShocker Comic Pick two-way tie. Last week had a fairly horrid turnout but this week had copious amounts of awesome issues. It was so tough to choose the best that I had to make a compromise.

Mighty Avengers #6 ended the delayed first arc of this series with stellar results. Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho produced a wonderful team effort that reads like a dream and looks like a comics masterpiece. Standout moments include Cho's visualization of Ultron's antivirus efforts, the Wasp's heroic moment, and the Sentry's emotional revelation.

Special Forces #2 Kyle Baker's second issue of Special Forces came out one month after the first and delivered an equally rousing story in only 22 pages. Frankly, I didn't expect to see this series follow up so quickly with a part-two. I'm glad it did because Baker's interpretation of a modern day war story is thoughtful and intriguing while never slacking in action.