Tuesday 11 July 2006

SNAP! Returns

Good news! The good folk at Green Brain Comics have announced that SNAP! will be back for a second go around, once again bringing a taste of a mini-comix and small press festival to our little corner of southeast Michigan (Dearborn, to be precise). I went last year and it was a great show; I met lots of good artists and picked up some good comix too. (recap 1, recap 2, recap 3, recap 4)

If you're in the area, circle Saturday, November 4, 2006 on your calendars and plan on attending!

New This Week: July 12, 2006

ShatterBased on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond, here are a few things to look for at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is Ait/PlanetLAR's collection of the early issues of Shatter by Peter Gillis & Mike Saenz. Back in 1985 Shatter was the very first comic with artwork completely done on computer (a first-gerneation Mac) which gives it a novelty factor, but it's a darn good action/cyberpunk yarn too. (preview)


In other comics:

Antarctic have a 2-DVD set collecting every Gold Digger story ever done by Fred Perry. That's well over 100 issues of fun adventure!

Archie have a new issue of Sabrina (#77).

Boom! have the second issue of the Hero Squared Ongoing.

Dark Horse have the bargain-priced first issue of The Escapists.

DC have the debut of Garth Ennis's A Man Called Kev; and new issues of 100 Bullets (#74), 52 (week 10), DMZ (#9), Fables (#51), Firestorm (#27), and Superman (#654).

Drawn & Quarterly have two hardcover GNs from French cartoonists Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian: Get a Life (preview) and Maybe Later (preview).

Illusive Arts have the sixth issue of Dorothy.

Image have a new issue of The Walking Dead (#29) and the long-awaited final issue of Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort (#4).

Marvel have a digest collection of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane; and new issues of Kabuki Reflections (#6), Squadron Supreme (#5), Thunderbolts (#104), and Ultimate Spider-Man (#97).

Oni have a new edition of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Lost at Sea.

Vertical havea paperback edition of the second volume of Tezuka's Buddha.

Viper have a collection of Oddly Normal.


As always, you're sure to find something to suit your tastes this week!