My near superhero free week of comic reviews continues with a book that has been around before, and is coming around again. If working in video production for the last 15 years has taught me anything, is that it takes more than once for someone to pay attention to the message. I’m paying attention now.
Oni Press sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Resurrection #12, Frenemy of the State #2, and The Sixth Gun #2 arriving in stores today.
Oni Press has a brand new series premiering at C2E2 (and arriving in stores on April 14, 2010) called Spell Checkers. The company sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the first volume by Jamie S. Rich, Nicolas Hitori de and Joelle Jones.
Oni Press sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Possessions Volume 1: Unclean Getaway that arrives in stores on March 17, 2010.
Oni Press sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Ghost Projekt #1 by Joe Harris and Steve Rolston.
If you haven’t read the complete Scott Pilgrim series written by Bryan Lee O’Malley, and available from Oni Press, then you only have a few more months to get through it all, as Universal Pictures has started the countdown clock to the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World movie.
The movie studio announced last week that the Edgar Wright film will be released on August 13, 2010. The film stars Michael Cere, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Chris Evans, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead to name a few.
Sadly, my copies have long since disappeared since there’s one member of the Major Spoilers Crew who “borrowed” the copies and has flat out stated he will not be returning them to me.
Oni Press is set to release Crogan’s March, the second volume of the Crogan Adventure Series, this week. The company sent us a sneak peek of the series over the weekend, but weekends being weekends we only just got around to posting this sneak today.
Lola – A Ghost Story arrives in comic shops on January 13, 2010. Oni Press sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the story that you can read after the jump.
Oni Press also has some new issues hitting the stands this week, and the company sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of The Resurrection #6, Stumptown #2, and Wasteland #27.
Comic nerds in love. Sounds like the perfect story for a movie, a web comic, or a graphic novel. Oni Press snagged the graphic novel concept and is releasing Love Buzz this week. The company provided us with a sneak peek of the 168 page graphic novel, that you can read after the jump.
While I’m not a die hard film noir fan, I’ve seen my fair share of flicks that feature the duped detective, devious damsels, and dire dilemmas that usually end with someone dying. Whether it is Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Dave Bannion, or Jeff Markam, the tales never have a happy ending where the hero rides off into the sunset with the girl. Oni Press’ You Have Killed Me is no different, and for those who are unfamiliar with the genre, it’s a perfect primer for pulp plotting.
“The Mercury”, Portland Oregon’s weekly alternative newspaper, is in the midst of their Annual Charity auction and bidding just started on this smoking comic book lot! Two Portland comic shops, Bridge City Comics and Things from Another World, threw some awesome books in the stack as well as publisher donations from Fantagraphics and Top Shelf. Portland based indie comic powerhouse publisher Oni Press sweetened the pot by adding an entire year on their companies comp list!
LET THE BIDDING BEGIN!
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Page?id=HolidayAuction&item=251
DETAILS FROM PORTLAND MERCURY
Get all of your graphic novel needs for 2010 taken care of in one fell swoop! Local comics publisher Oni Press (onipress.com)—the geniuses who’ve brought us comics like Wasteland and the Scott Pilgrim series—have donated a spot on their comp list, meaning the winner of this auction will get copies of every book Oni publishes next year! You’ll also get selected comics from artsy comics publisher Fantagraphics , including books like Peter Bagge’s Buddy Does Seattle and a hardcover copy of Joe Sacco’s Palestine. Plus you’ll get a collected edition of Jeff Lemire’s beloved Essex County trilogy from local publisher Top Shelf! Plus you’ll get a stack of books from two of Portland’s best comic shops: Bridge City Comics (3725 NE Mississippi), including books like The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore and José Villarrubia and The Goon Fancy Pants Edition Volume 2 by Eric Powell, and Floating World Comics (20 NW 5th, Ste 101), including books like David Mack’s Kabuki: The Alchemy, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, and issues of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror and Criminal)! Those kazillion books will make the shelves in your nerd-lair mighty impressive—and we’ll help you tie the room together by giving the winner a photograph of Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, autographed by actress Katee Sackhoff!