Comments Off | Posted: March 21st, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized
March 2006 Previews Rundown 2: The Re-Rundowning, covering all of the various “smaller” publishers.
Starting off this month’s section is an ad from Graphitti Designs, who are putting out a prequel to Richard (Donnie Darko) Kelly’s feature Southland Tales. Written by Kelly with art by Brett Wiedle, this three-issue mini expands on the background for the film’s characters. I’m a big, big fan of Donnie Darko and Brett Wiedle’s work, so even with the View Askew name being attached to it, I’m going to give this a shot.
ADV
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days promises to take the supremely fucked-up anime’s twisted take on human relations and destiny and turn it into a lighthearted romp. While I’m curious, I’m not $10 of curious. I’m more like $5 of curious. Interesting idea, though.
Amaze Ink / Slave Labor
There’s a Rex Libris t-shirt coming out, and that’s nice, but Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew are doing a post-Wonderland story featuring Alice. Despite the Disney brand being drizzled all over this, Sonny Liew’s art always impresses, so I’m giving this a shot.
Antarctic Press
Apparently, “world-renowned historian” T. Campbell is getting a lot of flack from the people he’s written about in the upcoming A History of Webcomics. The back-pedaling on his blog is fairly amusing if you like that sort of thing.
Avatar
The third and final issues of the long-delayed Holed Up see print and the lack of thunderous applause is deafening.
Boom! Studios
Everyone’s favorite small publisher sees a new series launch with a typically media-tastic hook: Jurassic Park meets H.R. Giger. X-Isle is by Andrew Cosby, Michael Alan Nelson, and Greg Scott and I’m pretty damned sure it’ll be more than readable.
Keith Giffen’s got another horror/suspense book out this month from Boom! as well: Tag. It’s about zombification from the victim’s point of view and it sounds fairly interesting, even if Giffen’s occasional dabblings in shock have left me fairly cold.
Broadsword Comics
Christ almighty, this ad for Tarot. What the fuck is wrong with you, Balent?
Dabel Brothers Publishing
This company finally stopped buying double-page spreads and got around to telling us more about their comics. It looks like an uncensored version of XIII will finally be out in the states thanks to them. This is a good thing.
Dynamite Comics
They’re doing a Battlestar Galactica comic. My affection for the new series, which is about a billion times better than anything with that title should be, is well known. I’m breaking my embargo against this company because of this. I tell myself that’s fine because I’m only buying one cover, the one by McNiven, not the photo cover featuring Six in a tiny red dress.
DMP
The “Edu-Manga” story of Anne Frank, narrated by Astro Boy, comes out June 7th.
That is all.
Fantagraphics
Joe Sacco’s rock n’ roll reportage and fiction gets a comprehensive release with But I Like It, a $25 hardcover-with-CD set. I don’t know if I can justify the cost for 120 pages, but this is a great idea.
Linda Medley’s complete Castle Waiting collection, though, looks exactly like something I can get on board for: the complete run of her series with a new concluding chapter in a 448 page hardcover for $29.95. That a heckuva bargain for a series I’ve seen compared (favorable) to Bone and Gormenghast.
:01 First Second
I should soon have review copies of the brutal Deogratis: A Tale Of Rwanda and Joann Sfar’s much-lighter Vampire Loves and will be able to go into more detail about these. Considering that this company looks determined to make sure the European-styled graphic novel succeeds here, I’m 99% sure that you can order these in advance if they look remotely in your league.
Gemstone Publishing
While I may take exception to the branding, an easy-to-grab collection of Carl Barks Duck Stories is something that I could never pass up, so I will be getting Greatest DuckTales Stories Volume 1.
New Reliable Press
True Loves Volume 1 looks like my sort of thing, with a difficult romantic entanglement set against the backdrop of Vancouver with nary a sign of pandering or goofiness. Sometimes, I like a little “real” drama between my bouts of cockpunching and giant robots.
Oni Press
A new book comes out from Portland’s other publisher: Borrowed Time, which looks to follow Neal Shaffer’s tradition for stories of alienation in everyday life.
There’s also an omnibus collecting the first three Love As A Foreign Language volumes, which is certainly a good thing if you like cute and funny with your romance.
Rebellion
The words “complete” and “Alan Moore” appear in the title of their latest collection from 2000AD, so I’ll be getting it, of course. Alan Moore: The Complete Future Shock may be a little spendy – $22 for 160 pages, but getting to see the man’s earlier works is worth it.
Top Shelf Productions
Two graphic novels from the little publisher that could: 110 Per� has Tony Consiglio exploring the whole Soccer Moms Who Love Boy Bands phenomenon while Johnny Tinder’s debut tome Cry Yourself To Sleep looks to capture the angst of early adulthood with a robot and a bunny to help you along.
Yeah, I like this company.
And that’s it for comics. I figure you’re grown up enough to figure out which magazines, toys, t-shirts, and DVDs you want to buy.
