DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for July 25, 2012

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Higher Earth #3 from Sam Humphries (Ultimate Comics Ultimates, Our Love Is Real) and BOOM! Studios deals with a series of parallel worlds — each serving the other for the good of Higher Earth. Heidi and Rex fight dinosaurs and Higher Earth tech on this world and you will wonder it they’ll make it! … Jeff Lemuire (Animal Man, Sweet Tooth) follows runs by Grant Morrison and Daredevil’s Ann Nocenti on a New 52 version of the classic Vertigo weirdo Kid Eternity in the new National Comics ongoing title. … Kevin Keller goes to the 2012 London Olympics with pal Veronica in issue #4. Is she going to ruin Kevin’s game with an old friend?… Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for July 18, 2012

The League of Ordinary Gentlemen never wants to forget that there is a serious lack of lead female heroes and creators in mainstream comics. This week’s top pick is Captain Marvel #1 from Kelly Sue DeConnick. The Avenger Carol Danvers trades in The ‘Ms.’ title for the Captain rank alongside Captain America! … Covert action team of female agents tangles with real American heroes G.I. Joe in Danger Girl / G.I. Joe #1. … Amanda Conner and Darwyn Cooke are providing backstory for the Watchmen’s Silk Spectre with issue 2 of Before Watchmen Silk Spectre. Trained by her Mom, the original Silk Spectre, to be a superhero at 17, Julie runs away to San Fran. Find out how her path leads her to meeting her omnipotent husband, Doctor Manhattan.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for July 11, 2012

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Bloodshot #1 from Valiant Comics debuts, continuing the summer of awesome comics from the 90s publisher. Project Rising Spirit has created the ultimate weapon, but the voices in his head conflict and confuse his motivations! … The comic who shall not be spoiled, The Walking Dead reaches #100 and this variant cover by Invincible’s Ryan Ottley has sparked a message board debate, can you believe it? Congrats, boyos! … Scratching the itch you didn’t know you had is the Transformers comic from 1984. #81 of a Four Issue Limited Series is regenerated from IDW this week. Taking a cue from Hama’s G.I. Joe run, Transformers Regeneration One #81 hits the shelves. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for July 4, 2012

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Continuing his graphic adaptations of Richard Stark’s ‘Parker’ series of late 50s gangster crime novels, Darwyn Cooke takes on The Score. Recommended if you like Mad Men, loose women and loose cigarettes. All of our favorite creators populate the picks this week. Mike Norton’s Battlepug webcomic is collected for fans of the barbarian and his trusty gigantic pug. Check out the series weekly here. The book will include tons of bonus puggage! Man of Action Studios is back with another all ages pick Batula! Livingston the fruit bat is bitten by a vampire and the transformation takes hold. Your kids will love to join Batula on his adventures …. “Not a single Captain America book shipped this week. That’s weird.” — LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for June 27, 2012

 



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Hypernaturals #1 is a brand new cosmic book from BOOM! Studios and the minds of superstar British writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Abnett and Lanning are best known for reigniting the power cosmic at Marvel with Annihilators, Guardians of the Galaxy and Thanos Imperative. Issue #1 is sold out, meaning your store only has limited copies, fans are eating this up. What’s harder than being funny week after week with these glib recommendations? Drawing ‘funny’, of course! Train yourself or your kid to be the next Don Martin with Terry Moore’s How to Draw Funny. Marvel and Archie have been stealing headlines with gay marriages, but what happens when a 50 Foot Lesbian attacks your city? Call in the rainbow brigade from the hilarious Spandex- Hard and Fast by Martin Eden. … Equal opportunity picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for June 20, 2012

 






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Quack! Mars Attacks was an amazing comedy sci-fi film from auteur Tim Burton, a Topps Trading card set from 1962, and now our pals from IDW are bringing Mars Attacks #1 to the comic book shelves. Written by Chew’s John Layman. … Speaking of Chew, do Chew remember when they published issue #27 right after issue 18? If you skipped the issue then, numbering has caught up with the time jump and Layman has generously included extended bonus features in Chew #27 Second Helping Edition. … Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams with award winning children’s writer Christopher Golden to continue the tale of Baltimore, a lone soldier hunts vampires—and the surgeon responsible for unleashing the vamps on a small Croation town in Baltimore: Dr. Leskovar’s Remedy #1 … Comics du jour from your pals at LeaguePodcast.com

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for June 13, 2012

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Celebrating 50 years of web slinging and self-doubt, the Spider-Man we know and love meets new Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales for the first time in Spider-Men #1 this week by Brian Michael Bendis and Miles’ designer Sara Pichelli. “This is one of the biggest stories in Marvel history,” said Axel Alonso, Editor in Chief, Marvel Entertainment. … International best selling crime author Jason Starr gets revenge on Frank Castle’s enemies with a new limited series Untold Tales of Punisher Max #1. Expect bloodshed. … Pantha, shapeshifting killer pal of Vampirella, burns white hot on the pages of her new #1 from Dynamite. … Comic books cooked and curated with care from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for June 6, 2012

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Todd McFarlane returns to his flagship book as the writer and cover artist for the Image Comics 20th Anniversary in Spawn 220. Jim Downing uses his hell-born powers to unlock secrets twenty years in the making! … Way back in January we told you about the Infinite breakup of Kirkman and Liefeld. The trade of issues 1-5 has been printed and we we’ve been waiting for The Infinite issue 6 to find out just how the evil time-traveling Imperius is! … The summer of Valiant Comics continues with the debut of Harbinger #1 from NYT best-selling author Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier) and Harvey Award nominee Khari Evans!. Peter can read minds and alter matter, but what is the true price of such power? … Mind altering picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for May 30, 2012

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Aw Yeah, Superman Family! Superman fans rejoice as our favorite Tiny Titan creative team gives us a full issue of Superman Family Adventures #1 — first seen earlier this month at Free Comic Book Day! Art Baltazar and Franco debut a fun look at the first family of superheroes and superpets. Aw Yeah, Krypto! … Last week was the epic and meta conclusion of Mark Waid’s Irredemmable. The companion book, concentrating on bad dude Max Damage turned superhero, Incorruptible concludes at issue 30. … Money! Get back. It makes the world go round, innit? Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Bacchus) presents a fascinating look into currency “how does it work?” in Lovely Horrible Stuff hardcover. Your money is well spent when you follow the weekly LeaguePodcast comic book suggestions!

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for May 23, 2012

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Sookie Sookie now! Vampires, mindreaders and Daredevil’s Ann Nocenti are more than enough reasons to pick up the new ongoing True Blood series from IDW. Issue #1 sucks your wallet dry of $3.99. … Youngblood is Rob Liefeld’s team superhero book held over from Image Comic’s inception 20 years ago. Issue #71 is an all-new look at the team from screenwriter John McLaughlin and Liefeld. Get caught up on the front lines of the Image Revolution 20 years on. … Conspiracy theorists are right, we are watching you so put down that coffee! Get paranoid with the debut issue of Mind MGMT from Matt Kindt (3 Story). Talking dolphins and weaponized psychics haunt and bewilder a young journalist on search for the truth. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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Ya like comics? Check out Clay’s interview with Richard Stevens of the Diesel Sweeties webcomic! EARTH PRIME TIME: DIESEL SWEETIES: INTERVIEW WITH RSTEVENS.

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for May 16, 2012

 

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Hardcore gets people’s attention, especially here in Boston. What about a book about an assassin brain waves taking over your body? Hardcore #1 is a Pilot Season book from Image heavyweights Kirkman (Walking Dead) and Silvestri (X-Men, Cyberforce). … Stoked by the new Hulk in the Avengers movie? So were we, and Marvel wants you to bite on this “7.1” issue. That strange number means ‘Buy me, please’. Incredible Hulk 7.1 will smash your puny brain. … A retired assassin and a ballerina are hunted by a sniper in Nathan Edmonson’s Dancer #1 from Image Comics. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for May 9, 2012

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Comic book master John Byrne (Superman, X-Men, Fantastic Four) subtracts one from the superhero family to bring us his creator owned Trio #1. … The stars of the show are Rock, Paper and Scissors. No room for a guy that catches on fire in this book! … The Pro from Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti pits a super-powered prostitute against the hard livin’ streets. Oh my! … Takio is our all- ages pick this week from Avengers scribe Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. Sisters Taki and Olivia deal with being the only superheroes on the planet, can they handle all of the pressure? … Picks this week from the letter T and LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for May 2, 2012

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Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) pens the triumphant return of 1990s armored barbarian X-O Manowar for the all-new Valiant Universe. Look for the talking voice variant cover of issue #1 to hear ‘The Voice of War’. … You sure hate Mondays, but Wednesdays just got a little better with the debut of Garfield #1 from kaboom!. Comics legend Mark Evanier (DNAgents, Groo, MAD Magazine) teams up with artist Gary Barker for comic gooier than 7 layer lasagna! … The less questions asked about the new-new DC continuity the better. Earth 2 #1 materializes over at DC to give us alternate versions of Batman, Superman, Power Girl and Huntress. Why? Only Starman’s James Robinson knows. It’s comics—just consume and accept! … LeaguePodcast supports your decision to bring the kids to Free Comic Book Day Saturday!

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for April 25, 2012

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100 Months was written and drawn by the late 2000AD/Judge Dredd artist John Hicklenton before his assisted death in 2010. Diagnosed with MS, John struggled with the disease and left us with this ethereal and insightful quest of Mara the Earth Goddess vs. evil Longpig. … S.H.I.E.L.D has taken over in Ultimate Comics: Ultimates #9. What does this mean for the Ultimates and the nation they are sworn to protect? … Find out all about the place Superman hangs his cape and his gigantic golden key in Superman Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude! The sheer number of visits to the Fortress of Solitude Wikipedia site is prompting another check up at the shrink before having to explain this to HR! Picks from LeaguePodcast’s Boston Comic Con After-Party are here. Thanks for coming!

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Psssst… guess what graphic novel thing is tonight at Harvard Book Store at 7pm? EARTH PRIME TIME: GUY DELISLE SIGNING FOR ‘JERUSALEM’. Don’t forget your sketch book, kehd.

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for April 18, 2012

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Peter Bagge (HATE, Strange Tales: The Incorrigible Hulk) is going to be at Boston Comic Con this weekend! … Strap on the experimental augmented reality goggles to relive the major events in your life and see just how twisted your past self can get in Peter’s new book Reset! … What if you kicked it like King Kong and could reach into buildings with your giant hand? Here’s the companion book to the Matt Kindt’s 3 Story graphic novel in 3 Story: The Secret Story of the Giant Man, reprinting the globetrotting tales from Dark Horse Presents. … Sixty years from now there is no oil after a new American Civil War, and New San Diego is being protected by Navy Seal descendants, The Marksmen. Can they defend the city against the Lone Star rangers? Find out in the collected Marksmen trade paperback from Image Comics. Come to the LeaguePodcast Comic Con After Party — Saturday at McGreevys, 6pm!

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for April 11, 2012

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What do you get when you have the creator of Kick Ass, Mark Millar, and the artist of the Watchmen, Dave Gibbons, working on a book together? A mysterious looking couple of dudes with a yellow logo on the cover, that’s what! Don’t miss Secret Service #1. …Kevin Smith wrote a screenplay for The Bionic Man reboot in the 90s that never saw the light of day so Dynamite adapted this for a successful comic! Marvel writer Paul Tobin brings female counterpart and ex-girlfriend of Steve Austin, Jaime Sommers, to life in The Bionic Woman #1 spinoff this week. …Grins were from ear to ear at Hub Comics over the weekend as collectors and fans met with classic G.I.Joe writer and Wolverine scribe Larry Hama. What happens when Cobra Commander faces the Blue Ninjas in G.I.Joe - A Real American Hero #177? … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.
Psssst… guess what’s coming up next weekend? NO! Not your chance to win a trip to Sonar Festival in Barcelona (*sigh*) even BETTER! COMIC CON. And Clay’s got a
PREVIEW: EARTH PRIME TIME: BOSTON COMIC CON 2012 PREVIEW: TYLER JAMES OF COMIXTRIBE

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for April 4, 2012

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We’re doing an artist and fanboy edition for you starving comic fans out there this week! First up is Dursin’s favorite artist Terry Moore with another instructional book, How to Draw - Beautiful. Step by step instructions to go from drawing stick figures to Toulouse-Lautrec dancing girls in weeks! … If you can draw a box, you are halfway to drawing a robot in disguise! That’s right, friends, IDW publishes a definitive guide to drawing Transformers in How To Draw Transformers - Prime. We wish we had this book as a kid! … Wrapping up this segment showcases one of the most dynamic artists in the business Humberto Ramos (Amazing Spider-Man). Humberto and Sam Humphries drop Fanboys vs. Zombies #1 for just a buck! Save your money for art supplies! … Supportive words and pictures this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for March 28, 2012

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“Spoon!” you say? You’ve got that right, as The Tick turns #100, local New England Comics character teams up with Robert (The Walking Dead) Kirkman’s Invincible in an absurdist superhero romp through The City facing Chairface Chippendale! … The man who killed Superman teams up with the dude who penned Batman knocking out the Green Lantern in ‘one punch’ to bring us a new team on Superman in issue #7. Dan Jurgens and Keith Giffen bring new blood to the New 52 take on the last son of Krypton. … If you are too cool for another steampunk vampire/zombie comic (or as Jaush says, “Vamp-ombies” then the League wishes Consumption on your offspring! Just kidding, but seriously, if you are into that sort of thing, check out The New Deadwardians #1 from Vertigo. … LeaguePodcast.com has inspected and endorsed these periodicals!

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IT’S WEDNESDAY, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: #COMICS DAY! IN THIS WEEK’S EARTH PRIME TIME COLUMN, AN INTERVIEW WITH JAY PISCOPO, WHO’S REBIRTHING LEGENDARY GOLDEN AGE HERO CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT IN DEC 2012.

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for March 21, 2012

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My niece Macie’s favorite comic in the known universe goes away so that Aw Yeah Franco & Art Baltazar can work on the new Superman Family Adventures book! Pick up the final issue of Tiny Titans with the littles this weekend to enjoy some quality superhero bonding! … We haven’t gone all soft and family-friendly, Dad will enjoy the heist story in Supercrooks #1 from Mark Millar and Lenil Yu. … Before lightsabers was The Dawn of The Jedi! Two young students feel a disturbance in the Force, a calm before the storm that will engulf their planet and change the galaxy forever! Use the cash, dude. And pick up Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi #2 this week! … Midi-chlorian counts this week courtesy of LeaguePodcast.com.

It’s #comics day kiddies, and you know what that means! A group of the baddest DC villains is plotting to annihilate the Justice League. But hark! You can save them by reading Clay’s comic column and then watching the movie… EARTH PRIME TIME: JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for March 14, 2012

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Saga debuts this week with a spectacular double-sized issue. Brian K. Vaughn (Lost, Y: The Last Man) returns to comics with breathtaking art from Fiona Staples. Merging sci-fi and fantasy in this epic space opera. Like Star Wars? Duh! This preview is for you! … Queen Crab is an original hardcover from Jimmy Palmiotti about a newlywed Ginger. She is murdered by her husband and tossed overboard on their honeymoon. That’s all before she is rejuvenated by the sea and turns into a crab! … Buffy Season Nine continues with issue #7. Will Buffy settle down for a movie night with Spike? Semi-romantic picks from your pals at LeaguePodcast.com.

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Need some inhuman adrenaline this morning? Check out our #comics column: EARTH PRIME TIME: INTRODUCING THE RED SPIKE SUPER SOLDIERS - INTERVIEW WITH JEFF CAHN .