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 .

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for March 7, 2012

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Red Spike from our pals at Benaroya Publishing brings the Super Soldier motif to the modern age. One the two surviving test subjects’ implant goes awry and terrorizes D.C.. Will his super strong chum Greg stop the madness? Art by Ghost Rider’s Mark Texiera. … Check out the last generation of heroes with Hell Yeah! from Image Comics. Preview at iFanboy. … The New 52 Swamp Thing run from Scott Snyder is the best since the Alan Moore days. Swamp Thing #7 out today! Picks pruned by LeaguePodcast.com.

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OUR #COMICS COLUMN’S OUT THIS MORNING! CLAY CHATS WITH GRACE RANDOLPH, CREATOR OF SUPURBIA—THE BOOK SOLD OUT A WEEK BEFORE IT’S RELEASE TODAY (TALK ABOUT LEADING LADIES!) —-> EARTH PRIME TIME: ‘REAL HOUSEWIVES OF…SUPURBIA’ WITH GRACE RANDOLPH.

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 29, 2012

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Terry McGinnis, Batman of 2019, faces an onslaught of 10,000 Jokerz in Batman Beyond Unlimited #1. This future tale is drawn by legendary 90s Batman artist Norm Breyfogle and introduces Justice League Beyond! Preview here. … Samurai’s Blood is finally collected into trade paperback from Image Comics this week. Three teenage samurai must defend their family honor and take revenge on the evil force threatening their clan. Read our interview with writer Owen Wiseman HERE AT DIGBOSTON: EARTH PRIME TIME! … Gamers and comic fans can rejoice over the release of Darkness II and Darkness #100. Written by Phil Hester and variant cover by legendary Todd McFarlane, Jackie must stare in to the face of the Darkness itself! Button mashing comic picks this week from LeaguePodcast.

SAMURAI’S BLOOD: OWEN WISEMAN INTERVIEW here!

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 22, 2012

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Jonah Hex teams up with Amadeus Arkham to fight a giant bat to the death in All-Star Western #6! … Great movie ideas are being developed in comics every month, and we can only hope that a book called Nazi Zombies has been snatched up by a major studio. … Avast, readers, you get what you pay for, and you didn’t pay for this solicitation of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Annual #1! … Will the LeaguePodcast weekly comic picks continue to ram boyhood soldier fantasies down your throat? The answer is yes!

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 15, 2012

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Sci-fi author Harlan Ellison (Star Trek; I, Robot) returns to his comic book roots with Phoenix Without Ashes set on a farm in 2785. What mysterious force sends rogue farmer Devon on a quest before the world is devastated? … Cobra Commander is back, baby. And so is the G.I. Joe movie franchise. Jon Chu takes the reigns for the promising sequel. Snake Eyes & Roadblock star in G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation #1. … Amazing Spider-Man entices new readers with a confusing numbering. It’s Peter vs. Morbius the Living Vampire in ASM 679.1. LeaguePodcast picks the winners this week!

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 8, 2012

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Did you ever want to lead a double life? How about a wife and kids coupled with a penchant for high stake heistery? Thief of Thieves #1 from our favorite writers Robert Kirkman and Nick Spencer is on store shelves today. … While the big blue boy scout was out fighting the War of the Supermen, Lex Luthor took over the pages of Action Comics. Fueled by a lust for the Orange Lantern power of Avarice, the anti-hero’s journey teams him up with Sandman’s sister Death in Superman: The Black Ring. … Does the Merc with a Mouth bite it by meeting up with the Family Guy’s Death played by Norm McDonald, or is Deadpool’s demise brought on by his own body parts gone rogue? Deadpool #50 is listed as CLASSIFIED, but he’s gonna die (spoilers). Spoilers from LeaguePodcast. Pass the Daily Dig along! Your friends can sign up here!

LeaguePodcast and DigBoston Comic Book Picks for January 25, 2012

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Bat Boy, Leonardo, Optimus, and Snake-Eyes had best have a great Dungeon Master to guide them through the second IDW crossover event, Infestation #2. Lovecraftian demons have invaded IDW once again, could Cobra’s dark experiments be behind it all, or are other evil machinations in place? … It’s 60 years after the oil has dried up, a massive recession has crippled the economy, and civil war has broken out! The ancestors of Navy Seals protect the city of New San Diego in Marksmen #5 from Image Comics. … We’re no strangers to crippling coffee addiction at Dig & The League. Can there ever be too much? New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler’s Too Much Coffee Man #2 is added to the increasingly impressive BOOM! Studios catalog. … Picks by LeaguePodcast.

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

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The controversial and gifted storyteller Grant Morrison released an analysis of super heroes and autobiography Supergods last year. Check out his take on British TV’s Avengers in Steed and Mrs. Peel #1. Best read in your worst Scottish accent aloud on the bus with one eyebrow raised! … If you’re trapped in the prison of Hell, you had best outsmart the mysterious Warden to escape. Greg Pak (Hulk) and Tony Parker (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) debut Dead Mans Run #1 this week. Preview here. … We hate repeating ourselves but, come on! This Mark Waid Daredevil book is what everyone is talking about, plus Daredevil #8 features The Amazing Spider-Man and Black Cat! Don’t miss the astounding classic art style of Paolo Rivera and Matt Murdock being happy for once! Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.

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

MORIARTY #8FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF SHADE #5MONDO #1

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Moriarty (Image Comics) sold out the first issue, an extraordinary feat! Taken from the journals and adventures of Sherlock’s antagonist, Moriarty #8 finds the Professor investigating the murder of his student and ally in Burma. … Why not make the first science fiction monster a secret agent and pit him against O.M.A.C. (One Machine Army Corp) in a freak battle royale? The New 52 gives us Frankenstein, Agent of Shade #5! … Ted McKeever chose a black & white, Golden Age format for his latest, Mondo #1. You won’t like Mondo when he’s chicken! BTW, You should totally swing by Hub Comics on Saturday. They’re rebooting the store.

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

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Storm and Cyclops are about to lock lips, but that seems a bit off, right? Scott and Ororo don’t hang like that! Who’s fogging up the windows post-Schism and why is Logan rocking a mustache? Greg Pak delivers a solid caper worthy of Claremont in Astonishing X-Men #45! … Ron Marz has concluded his epic 71 issue run of Top Cow’s Witchblade. Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, G.I. Joe) takes over with Witchblade issue #151. This is absolutely the best time to jump on! … Lone Ranger and Tonto are classic heroes nearly 80 years old! They capture the spirit of the old west idealism while fighting injustice with perfect grammar. Lone Ranger #1 hi-ho’s onto shelves today! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

Oh, hey look! Our new comic column by Clay Fernald is up on DigBoston.com!! EARTH PRIME TIME: UNLEASH THE KRAKE’N, COBRA COMMANDER REDUX

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for December 21, 2011

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Fables 112

The closest we’ll come to a holiday edition is making Fables #112 our marquee pick this week! Snow White’s sister Rose Red glimpses at the Christmas future of Fabletown, where legends try to assimilate with our society. … Geoff Johns finally reels his Aquaman character into the Justice League in issue #4. Fish stick jokes aside, the King of Atlantis is badass in the New 52, and the legend behind his trident has yet to be revealed! … Wolverine and the X-Men #3 is part of X-Men: Regenesis. Logan’s team is forced to rely on Quentin Quire to stand up to the Hellfire Club, but does that mean more trouble in Westchester for the new headmaster Wolvie? Picks this week from the holly jolly LeaguePodcast.com!

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for December 14, 2011

JAMAL IGLE - THE RAYMEMORIAL #1 - CHRIS ROBERSON, IDW

SACRIFICE - SAM HUMPHRIES, DALTON ROSE

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Jamal Igle (Supergirl, Action Comics #900) is a superstar artist working exclusively for DC. His latest assignment is with Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (Jonah Hex) for a New 52 reimagining of The Ray. Lucien Gates is transformed from surfer dude to glowing hero The Ray to fight Godzilla-sized monsters! Want to hear more about this? We’ve got an exclusive interview with Jamal posted at LeaguePodcast here! … Memorial #1 from Chris Roberson (Superman/iZombie) features the story of Em, a young lady who inherits a disappearing magic shop and talking cat! … What happens when you are ripped from the present, bumping Unknown Pleasures in your earbuds and awaken to find yourself facing the bloodlust of the Aztecs? Sacrifice #1 illustrates just what might happen! Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for December 7, 2011

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The Defenders are back, as Architect Matt Fraction endeavors to write Marvel style with artist Terry Dodson (Harley Quinn, Uncanny X-Men). The 2011 lineup of Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Namor, Iron Fist, and Red She-Hulk is worth the price of admission any Wednesday! …Blair Butler, G4’s Mixed Martial Arts and Comic Book Correspondent (for real) has broken into the business combining her passions! Heart #2 is the origin of cage fighter Oren ‘Rooster’ Redmond. Preview the blood sport here. …Voltron #1 re-imagines the savage regime of King Zarkon, and the Voltron Force risks exposing a long forgotten secret of the Galaxy Alliance! Alex Ross Cover, For The Win. …Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for November 30, 2011

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DC’s New 52 keeps ‘em coming with T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 from Nick Spencer and Wes Craig, packed with superhero team action from rising talent in the biz. … “Riverdale, you wanted the best, you got the best!” Melding a long tradition of incongruous crossovers (see Archie Meets the Punisher) and the vital fluid of KISS marketing, we present Archie #627 - Archie Meets KISS! … For tales of the weird and absurd, look no further than Michael Kupperman’s Tales Designed to Thrizzle #7. That’s right, more tales of Snake N’ Bacon plus this ish features the comic book debut of creepy 70s TV medical examiner, Quincy, M.E. in ‘Quinception’…. Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for November 23, 2011

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Excelsior! Fifty years ago, Fantastic Four debuted as Marvel’s grounded in reality super family, sprouting from the minds of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 50 years on, the selfsame World’s Greatest Comics Magazine celebrates 600 issues, natch! We hope will we finally see the return of the Human Torch! … Families have their share of complicated history in the Marvel Universe, and as you belly up to that Thanksgiving table, be thankful your twin brother isn’t in The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Catch Avengers Origins Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch over some pumpkin pie. … Terry Moore continues his nifty art school series this week with How To Draw #2 - Expressions. Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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