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Archie Comics head to PSP
There is other news today, but I have a feeling it will be overlooked. Still, the world moves forward, as does Archie Comics with its announcement that it is offering digital versions of its comics on the PlayStation Portable.
Review: Escape from Wonderland #1
Calie travels through the looking glass one last time on a desperate mission to rescue her daughter.
If you don’t know anything about Zenescope’s best selling Wonderland series, I would advise that you go to your local comic store and pick up the Return to Wonderland hardback along with back issues of Beyond Wonderland (the Tales from Wonderland trade paperback is also a great read which contains individual stories on characters such as the Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts). You don’t necessarily have to read the first two chapters to enjoy Escape but it will add to your reading pleasure. If you’re new to the series, this is pretty much all you need to know: Alice’s daughter Calie has traveled back to Wonderland to save her baby girl Violet, who was kidnapped by the Mad Hatter (Calie’s brother, Johnny).
Comixology launches iPhone app
I think we’re going to see a lot more announcements like this before the end of the year. The press release contains a lot of market speak and sales pitch pull quotes, but it is interesting regardless.
Press Release
Today at Comic-Con International, Iconology Inc. announced the launch of its Comics by comiXology App on the App Store. The Comics by comiXology App is a digital comic store, library and reader for iPhone and iPod touch that is launching with over 100 titles available from twenty popular comic publishers and many independent comic writers.
“The stunning display and innovative multi-touch user interface of iPhone and iPod touch have finally made comics appealing in a digital format,” said David Steinberger, CEO of Iconology, Inc. “By combining great comics with iPhone OS 3.0′s In-App Purchasing and location awareness features we are creating a revolution in the way comics are sold and read which could only happen with iPhone and iPod touch.”
DVD Review: Fanboys
Once upon a year in 2006,
In a galaxy not so far, far away…
… I settled down to watch a newly rented copy of Clerks II, preparing for a fun-filled night of aptly titled “dick and fart†jokes. Before the film started, a slew of trailers rolled past, and I remember one of them sticking out above the rest. It had, quite possibly, the best premise I had ever heard – four friends travel cross- country to steal a work print of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. It looked absolutely awesome, and I eagerly awaited its release.
And I waited.
Marvel Sneak Peek: The Stand: American Nightmares #4
In stores today is the latest installment of Marvel’s adaptation of The Stand. Take the jump for a peek, and if it gets you excited, be sure to visit your local comic store to pick up a copy.
Classics Illustrated Gets Axe from Diamond Comic Distributors
Another comic publisher didn’t make it through the minimum order cuts through Diamond Comic Distributors. Classics Illustrated will however continue to be printed and distributed, it will just go through other venues.
Complete press release follows the jump.
Western Massachusettes Fal-Con This Weekend
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, check out the First Annual Springfield Fal-Con in Springfield, Mass. With the current economy, one might think launching a new convention might not be such a good idea, but with attendance high at other cons across the country, those in the northeast might be looking for something to occupy their time.
Check out the press release following after the jump for more information.
Review: glamourpuss #2
Or “Puzzling… Intriguing… Entertaining… A Little Infuriating… Must Be Dave Sim.”
Most of you, our Faithful Spoilerites, are too young to remember the black and white independent comics boom of the 80′s, a time when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were more than a color-coded merchandising phenomenon, where being able to actually draw wasn’t really a prerequisite, a time when having a unique artist’s perspective was not only not uncommercial, it was practically de rigeur. It was a time where names were made and reputations created, a time which really and truly changed comics as we know them (for good or ill.) One of the reps coined during this time was that of Dave Sim, the guy who drew that cute Conan parody with the aardvark. Now, two decades on, the aardvark is gone, the “funny animal parodist” perception has been forever altered, and Dave Sim is back with something truly unique…
First DK2 Entries Roll In, Major Spoilers Fan Knows How to Kick off a Contest
I posted a quick update about the Major Spoilers Dark Knight 2 Limited Edition Contest the other day, allowing contestants to enter as many times as they like, providing there is someone different in each picture. Julian took us up on the new deal and has turned in a few pics from San Diego Comic Con.
I gotta give Julian credit, he had the balls to go up to some well known names, take a photo, and enter the contest.
Who did Julian get his pics taken with? Take the jump to find out, and see who you are up against in the Major Spoilers Dark Knight 2 contest.
Hero History: Monstress
Or – “Bruce Banner Malibu Barbie, Anyone?”
Astute Spoilerites may have noticed that at the very bottom of each Hero History, tucked under the seemingly endless links, there’s a coming attraction for the next episode. It’s my old-school television roots showing… In any case, the last Hero History promised a little bit a Tinya in your life, and I was well into gathering my research for her story, when something happened. Something important, something that caused an immediate change in plans. In order to explain the significance of this event, I need to tell you the story of “The Hero History That Did Not Want To Be Told.” Many weeks ago, I broke down my outline of Legionnaires and the order in which I wanted to indoctrinate them to their moment in the sun. Way back in March, I completed my Sun Boy history, and turned to the next hero in rotation… only to find that I didn’t own her last appearance. But of course, I WORK in a comic store, so this shouldn’t be too hard, right? Nope. The issue was neither in our back issue bins or in the storage area we call the cave. I asked Deon to order me the collected TPB, but it’s out of print. I then went to my second line of the defense, a fellow comic store owner in Lawrence. No dice. Having checked my friendly local comic book shop, I went to Mile High Comics online. Out of stock. Then, wonder of wonders, I found a copy on Ebay…
…only to lose the auction at the last minute. Another ray of hope came when a new agent came to my team in June, and he, a fellow comic fan, mentioned in passing that he had a copy…
…but when he went to find it, he found that his home had been broken into and many of his comics stolen, including the one I needed. Yesterday, I spent SIX hours in the comic shops of Kansas City, only to find my efforts in vain. This issue was destined to evade me. Last night, I bumped into an old friend online, and lo and behold, she had the issue, and within twenty minutes had given me the images I needed. After all this folderal, I felt that I must immediately put together her much-delayed and seemingly cursed Hero History before a catastrophic hard drive failure or a plague of locusts struck. She joined the team on a lark, and soon made herself beloved amongst her fellows, standing by the team in one of their darkest hours, and dying like she lived, as a champion of hope. This, then, is your Major Spoilers history of Candi Pyponte-Le Parc III of Xanthu… Monstress!
Review: Project Superpowers #4
Or – “Strong Instincts Got Me Where I Am Today…”
Which is to say, the position of “Ineffectual Middle Management Suckup” with a part-time job at a comic store and a gig writing on the intarwebs. I will not say that I’m always right about whether or not a comic series will succeed. I rooted for Martian Manhunter, after all, and was a big fan of the recently deceased Shadowpact series. But, barring the occasional title for which I have an inexplicable fondness, my comic-picking thought process has a not-too-terrible batting average. When this book was advertised, I suspected that we’d be in for one of two possible rides: either we’d have the Alex Ross ‘Marvels’ experience (in which we were treated to loving examinations of iconic characters) or the Alex Ross ‘Universe X’ experience (in which we were inundated with hundreds of masked characters who were well-designed but essentially ciphers.) I hoped for the first, but expected the second… and one of my instincts was dead on.