This week, many of us at Major Spoilers are preoccupied with our jobs as educators and students. That means final exams, final projects, and of course the walk across the stage during graduation. Some will seek immediate employment, while others will go to graduate school to further their education, and some will return to their parents’ basement to live out the rest of their lives.
This week, we turn the spotlight on you and ask the all important question…
Loading ...This week, Major Spoilers takes a look at Charles Schulz’s Peanuts.
This first volume, covering the first two and a quarter years of the strip, will be of particular fascination to Peanuts aficionados worldwide: Although there have been literally hundreds of Peanuts books published, many of the strips from the series’ first two or three years have never been collected before — in large part because they showed a young Schulz working out the kinks in his new strip and include some characterizations and designs that are quite different from the cast we’re all familiar with. (Among other things, three major cast members — Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus — initially show up as infants and only “grow” into their final “mature” selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a puppy!) Thus The Complete Peanuts offers a unique chance to see a master of the art form refine his skills and solidify his universe, day by day, week by week, month by month.
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Or so says Image Comics in this teaser for what they have coming up next.
I’m not up on my martial arts anime and manga stuffs, so I don’t know if this is Tekken, Fatal Fury, Double Dragon, so for now, I’m going with Something Else, until one of you fine Spoilerites enlighten me in the comment section.
Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games.
This week on Munchkin Land a special guest drops by to replace an ailing Rodrigo, as pirates and spies take to the high seas in Munchkin: Impossible Booty!
Image Comics has announced that Sara Pichelli will provide the variant cover for Bounce #2 by Joe Casey and David Messina.
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The Archie Comics ongoing series Kevin Keller was announced as this year’s winner for Outstanding Comic Book at the final round of the GLAAD Media Awards, presented Saturday evening in San Francisco. Writer/artist Dan Parent, who introduced the world to the character in 2010, was in attendance to collect the statuette in person.
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The Vincent Price brand at Bluewater has be a staple for years. This summer will start a new mini-series entitled “Vincent Price’s Museum of the Macabre.”
If you are looking for an interesting contest to enter this week and all you have to do is strike your best Steven Seagal pose, take a picture, and send it in. It’s all part of the upcoming Deadly Crossing movie that hits Redbox today (May 14).
“Deadly Crossing” is an adrenalin-fueled crime drama that follows Elijah Kane (Seagal), leader of a Special Investigation Unit, and his skilled four-member team as they track a network of drug dealers and killers led by Russian mastermind, Nikoli Putin (Gil Bellows), in the dangerous outskirts of Seattle.
“So, what’s in it for me?”
Well dear Spoilerite, your entry gives you the chance to win an Aikidogi, MMA fight gloves, or a wooden bokken signed by Seagal.
All the important information, including how to enter can be found at the Deadly Crossing Facebook page.
Valiant Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Bloodshot #11 by Duane Swierczynski and Barry Kitson.
Monkeybrain Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Kinski #1 and High Crimes #3 that arrive in digital format this week.
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Jealousy’s a monster in the one-shot, psychological thriller The Envy, from Erica (Chronographer) Heflin, in June’s Previews, Diamond’s comic book pre-order catalog, under Aazurn Publishing.
DC Comics has released the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in August 2013. Take the jump for a look at the Trinity War, and a number of series that are ending.