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SDCC’09: Days Missing retails for 99-cents

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With an eye toward recruiting top creators as part of their exclusive partnership, Archaia and Roddenberry Productions have brought on writer Phil Hester (Firebreather, The Darkness, Green Arrow), artist Frazer Irving (forthcoming Batman and Robin arc, Seven Soldiers of Victory) and cover artist Dale Keown (The Incredible Hulk, Pitt) to create the first issue of Days Missing, a new five-issue mini-series continuing Roddenberry’s tradition of producing sophisticated, intelligent and entertaining science fiction.

In an effort to give as many readers an opportunity to discover this exciting new mini-series, Archaia will offer the full-length, full-color issue #1 for just 99 cents when it arrives in stores this August. An exclusive, limited-edition version of the issue, with a variant cover drawn by Keown, will be on sale for $5 at the Archaia and Roddenberry Productions booths at San Diego Comic-Con (July 23-26).

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Something big happens in today’s Invincible #63

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In an unprecedented move, writer Robert Kirkman and illustrator Ryan Ottley have made a cryptic, semi-confident promise that INVINCIBLE #63 might be kind of a big deal for reasons they wouldn’t say and plan to back it up with a special Wednesday shipment direct to comic shops!

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Heroes Con ’09: Boom! Studios schedule

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Boom! Studios has released the show exclusives for Heroes Con 2009, taking place this weekend in Charlotte, NC.

Mark Waid (IRREDEEMABLE), Keith R.A. DeCandido (FARSCAPE) and Michael Alan Nelson (FALL OF CTHULHU, HEXED) will all be signing at booth #514/613. Come by the booth for a signing schedule!

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Art Appreciation Moment of the Day: Joe Pekar

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I’m a huge fan of Joe Pekar’s work, and I just found out he’s almost done with his creator owned Brandi Bare comic book.  I loved his variant covers to Boom! Studios Hexed series, so why not feature the teaser image to the Brandi Bare first issue?

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More zombie flicks on the way as Deadworld shambles to the screen

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Dark Hero Studios and Pandemonium are teaming to bring the zombie comic book Deadworld, to movie theaters sometime in the future (unless of course you are reading this after the movie is already out… HELLO FUTURE PEOPLE!).

“Deadworld” picks up four months after that event, where the Dead overtake the Earth, with humans few and far between. Protag is King Zombie, a Harley-riding corpse who holds a grudge against the survivors who made him an outcast.

The film is expected to go into production in 2010.

via Variety

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Friday Sing-along: Back to the Beginning

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There’s always been a very close relationship between gaming and comics, and while this site doesn’t cover a lot of gaming stuff (we probably should), we can at least throw the gamers a bone with this week’s Friday Sing-along from Kirby Krackle.  With E3 wrapping up, the comic book rock band takes a look at the early 64-bit gaming world.

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Rumor Mill: Captain America hint dropped, Marvel secret spoiled?

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Kyle Baker posted this image of Isaiah Bradley from Baker and Morales’  Truth: Red, White & Black series.  Baker tagged the image with “For an upcoming Marvel gig”.  Could this be the answer to the big secret of Reborn #1 and Captain America #600 that has everyone in a twitter lately?  There has been a lot of speculation about a black Captain America since the first star-on-black-background image was pushed out from the House of Ideas a couple of months ago.

The speculators have further claimed the July 13 early release date is also going to tie into the announcement that Will Smith will play Cap in the coming Captain America movie.

Interestingly no one has made any mention to the publicity bit featuring Rikki Barnes.  Maybe she’ll be the new sidekick? And what if all of this plays out to be true, what then of the current Bucky Cap?

It’s all rumor and speculation, mixed in with a bit of truth that gets everyone up in arms.  All of the hints being dropped about is a great example of viral marketing.

It’s just too bad all the chatter is being bandied about throughout the comic book Intardwebz, and not in other media.  This kind of speculation and talk could have a lot of positive long term impact for comics in general, instead of the the two day coverage coming from one select mass media outlet on July 13, 2009 to get one company a crap load of money in the short term.

The real story in all of this is, “Who is Marvel teaming up with for this “breaking” story?” Newsweek, The New York Times, Steve Colbert?

I’ll let the Major Spoiler Legion use the comment section below to shout out their thoughts, rants, and ideas.  Keep it civil.

via Kyle Baker

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Boom! Studios Sneak Peek of the Week

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Boom! Studios has a bunch of titles arriving in stores this week,and we’ve got a sneak peek. Take the jump for Dead Run #1, Irredeemable #3, Farscape: Strange Detractors #3, The Muppet Show Comic Book #3, and the first trades of Eureka and Farscape.

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Magneto hardcover features original story

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X-Men: Magneto Testament  hardcover is on sale now, and features extra content including end notes and a teacher’s guide for those wanting to learn more about what happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany during World War II.  The premiere hardcover also contains an extra, never before published story.

The Last Outrage, written by Dr. Rafael Medoff, director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and illustrated by comic book luminaries Neal Adams & Joe Kubert.  Learn the true life story of Dina Babbit, a Holocaust survivor who was forced by Nazis to paint portraits during her captivity in Auschwitz, and her continuing struggle with a Polish museum to reclaim her works from their possession.

X-Men: Magneto Testament is on sale now for $24.99.

via Marvel

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Madman Atomic Comics ends in August

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MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS comes to an end this August as creator Mike Allred wraps up an entire series’ worth of stories in a final blockbuster issue and his new album, THE GEAR: LEFT OF CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, both featuring the return of characters from his highly praised hit RED ROCKET 7.

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Review: Invincible #62

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What’s missing from some of the super hero comics out there? A huge smack down drag out fight that spans an entire issue? No, as there have been a few titles recently that feature this kind of action (Power Girl). A villain that is much stronger than the hero? Again, it’s been done in other titles. The notion that the hero may finally be out-powered with his life on the line? It’s a comic book, and when the title character is fighting it out for his life, there is little chance he’s going to die, but in the case of Invincible #62, one gets the feeling that Mark Grayson is in real jeopardy.

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