DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 20, 2013

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YO JOE! Clay’s so excited about the release of this book, and a recent conversation he had with scribe Fred Van Lente that he got the Arashikage tattoo on the 27th anniversary of his first G.I.Joe comic book (#46!). Dig favorite comic writer Van Lente puts the team in the public eye in the age of WikiLeaks and Twitter combat in G.I.Joe #1. It’s an extra-sized extra-wierd Action Comics #17 from Grant Morrison and Rags Morales. Morrison’s New 52 Superman run ends here, as Kal-El must save all of creation, natch! … Billy Martin of Good Charlotte enters the ring of spooky comic writers with his debut book, Vitriol The Hunter from IDW. Knowing our soft spot for guitars and vampire comics, it’s a safe bet we’ll stake this one out for at least a few issues. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 13, 2013

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An Uncanny X-Men book returns to the Marvel Universe with a new #1, this time with Cyclops as the leader of the X-Men. A great companion book to The All New X-Men timeline by Bendis, Uncanny is a drawn by the amazing and polarizing Chris Bachalo. … Another Marvel NOW! book dominates the picks with Nick Spencer’s Secret Avengers #1 drawn by Luke Ross. These Avengers are so secret, they hardly know they are on the team! … TwoMorrows Publishing delivers a series of books journaling the history of comics and the origin of our favorite heroes. Here’s a great one including Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Marvel Madness and the formation of the Justice League of America with the revolution of the 60s as a backdrop. This edition of American Comic Book Chronicles covers 1960-1964. Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for February 6, 2013

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Toyo Harada, Head of Harada Global Conglomerates leads the young psiots and hyper-telekinetics in the Harbinger Foundation. Sometimes his motivations are for the betterment of all, other times for profit. For the first time, learn of Toyo’s survival of Hiroshima and his first encounter with the Bleeding Monk in the highly collectible Harbinger #0. … We couldn’t possibly fall for such a ridiculous marketing stunt from DC Comics that produces a different state flag cover for each state to debut Justice League #1, right? We won’t even mention the rare MA state variant. Megatron returns to find the Decepticons under control of Starscream. All is revealed in this unseen tale about Megatron’s reaction to the coup and how Starscream endures the wrath in Spotlight: Megatron. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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EARTH PRIME TIME: MARA INTERVIEW WITH MING DOYLE

Ming Doyle is a Boston-based illustrator and comic book artist whose amazing Mara is now on sale from Image Comics (Issue #2 out today!). Writer Brian Wood (DMZ, Northlanders, Wolverine and the X-Men, Star Wars) pens the tale of a superstar athlete, Mara Prince, and the manifestations of her superpowers to the public eye. Ming is here with us to talk about Mara and her start in comics, that includes milestone contributions to Womanthology, Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four #600, and Marvel’s 2010 Girl Comics.

DIGBOSTON: Thanks for joining us to talk today, Ming. Boston has a great community of comic book artists and writers. Congratulations on the success of Mara. Issue #2 is out today. How has the reaction been to your work on this title since issue one came out last month?

MING DOYLE: Thanks so much, and I do agree that the Boston area is lucky enough to be home to a lot of talented people in the comic industry. It’s kind of a fun hidden perk for nerds in the know to discover whenever they go to local events like Comicazi’s Drink ‘n’ Draw or the Boston Comics Roundtable meetings, not to mention shows like MICE (the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) and Boston Comic Con.

Overall, I think reaction to the story’s been positive! It’s my first miniseries and largest project in mainstream comics so far, but the story is only just beginning so there’s still lots to learn before it wraps up in issue #6.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for January 30, 2013

 



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Ming Doyle (Womanthology, FF# 600) and Brian Wood (Star Wars, DMZ) have teamed up for the story of Mara Prince-a super athlete in the future in a society where the only heroes are sports heroes. Issue #2 of the Image series is out today, and so is our interview with Ming about the book at EARTH PRIME TIME: MARA INTERVIEW WITH MING DOYLE. There wouldn’t be DailyDig Comic picks if it were not for Larry Hama’s G.I.Joe #21, The Silent Issue (1984). IDW caps off their run with Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow #21 by Chuck Dixon and Cobra Commander artist Robert Atkins. Both creators were mum about the issue for after interview requests, so quietly pick this one up! … Classic Eisner Award winning Silver Surfer tale Parable is reprinted this week, written by Stan “The Man” Lee and drawn by the late great Mœbius featuring an alternate Norrin Radd facing a ravenous Galactus … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for January 23, 2013

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With a hit TV show and graphic novels flying off of the shelves, it’s amazing that Robert Kirkman and his beard can keep Mark Grayson and his Viltrumites heritage on a monthly schedule over in Invincible! It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years in to the Superboy/Spidey analogue superhero book that is our favorite superhero book. Issue #100 of the chronically punctual Invincible hits shelves today - and everyone dies! It’s part three of “The Death of Everyone”, EXTRA-SIZED! … What’s The Answer? It’s Mike Norton (It Girl, Battlepug) and Dennis Hopeless (Avengers Academy, Cable and X-Force) selling books for Dark Horse this time. A sleepless librarian and an anonymous faceless crime fighter team up to solve the secret of the sinister speaker! … Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #10 is quite simply the comic that goes along with the TV show, for kids. It’s your kid’s Peter Parker for the show you’re gonna Thwipt it with on Saturday AM. Check out our coverage of the Season 2 debut episode today over at EARTH PRIME TIME: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN - DISNEY XD. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for January 16, 2013

 

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Frank Cho takes Wolverine to the Savage Land in Savage Wolverine #1. Will Logan become BFFs with a voluptuous Shanna the She-Devil or will he be at odds with pulp hero Ka-Zar in the prehistoric land? This is the latest from Marvel NOW!. … What happens when you put Comedian of Comedy Brian Posehn at the helm of Deadpool with Gerry Duggan? You get a Canadian Deadpool as a vigilante out to battle scads of zombie undead U.S. Presidents in Deadpool #4. It’s Deadpool vs. Daniel Day Lewis —whoops we mean—Lincoln this ish! … We love us some pulp in the comics and it’s even better if it is fresh squeezed from the mind of Italian writer/artist Francesco Francavilla in The Black Beetle - No Way Out mini-series from Dark Horse. Issue #1 out today and more at Francesco’s blog. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for January 9, 2013

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Today’s the day that Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman release Superior Spider-Man #1. Doc Ock is in Peter’s body and there’s nothing any of us Spider-Fans can do about it. Slott promises another trick up his sleeve for the debut of Superior Spider-Man #1 today! Preview here. It’s no trap, it’s just a new Star Wars series from Dark Horse featuring Han, Luke, Leia and the gang in Star Wars #1. … Our all-ages pick this week is Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex’s Chus Day. Chu is a cute little panda with a big sneezing problem. Keep him away from the pepper! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for January 2, 2013

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Last week was the death of Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #700, making news headlines and making way for Superior Spider-Man #1 next week with an upgraded webhead assuming the mantle. This all ties into Marvel NOW!’s Spider-spinoff book, Morbius The Living Vampire #1 this week. Can Michael Morbius keep the bloodlust at bay and be a real hero? … Franco and Art Baltazar are STILL delivering the best Superman stories for kids these days! Aw Yeah, it’s Superman Family Adventures #8 where the Superfamily takes on an alien menace…or menaces. Find out for yourself or have your kids read this one to ya! The Heretic returns and Bat-Robots face off against the Man-Bat armies in Batman Incorporated #6. It’s the firs Bat-Comic of the year from Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for December 19, 2012

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The New 52 has been hinting at reintroducing Jack Kirby’s Fourth World since Justice League #4. Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang drop the second son of Darkseid, Orion, into Wonder Woman #15 likely picking up some new readers on the Amazonian title. … Silly, superfluous and searching for a sense of purpose is Michael Kupperman’s Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 2 is available from Fantagraphics today featuring never before published materials the likes of “The Odd Couple of Draculas” and “Skull Groin”. …Batwoman #15 from the venerable J.H. Williams III guest stars Wonder Woman as the ladies return to Gotham to take down Medusa. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for December 12, 2012

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Move over Battle Royale and the toxophilite Hunger Games, we’re trapping Darkhawk, The Runaways and Avengers Academy students on an island in Avengers Arena #1. Well played, Marvel Now!. … Stark Drones are after Tony, but luckily Ultimate War Machine is there to shoot those robots out of the sky in the 3rd issue of a four issue limited series Ultimate Comics Iron Man. Learn more about Howard Stark and the evil Mandarin in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe—the first two issues are great! We were there, reporting Live at the IDW Publishing panel at New York Comic Con in October when we heard the gasps and applause for the announcement of Star Trek Newspaper Strip Vol. 01. All phasers on stun, can you imagine if there was an Into Darkness comic strip in the paper these days? Khan you? … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for December 5, 2012

 

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Much to the chagrin of everybody, the 50 year run of The Amazing Spider-Man is coming to an end at issue #700, and you had best believe we’re being dragged kicking and screaming to the finale. This week in ASM #699 we find out how Doc Ock has been pulling the strings on Peter’s life as he himself lay dying in the hospital. Don’t let this get omitted from your collection! … You can’t tell a book by it’s cover unless Todd McFarlane drew a parody of his own classic Hulk #340. Check out issue #226 of Spawn this week and hang it proudly on your wall. Darklon, Destro and Dreadknocks deftly dabble at defeating the Joe’s in the classic G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #185 by original Joe scribe Larry Hama! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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

 

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Alex Ross is a master of the fully painted interior comics page. He returns to the storytelling with Chris Roberson (Superman, Monkeybrain Comics) to tell the tales of masked vigilantes The Green Hornet, Kato, Zorro, and The Spider in Masks #1 set in New York circa 1938! … Last week, we had our followup interview with Grace Randolph, creator of Boom! Studio’s Supurbia. This ‘Real Housewives’ of superhero story was so successful as a mini-series, that Boom! picked it up as an ongoing. The best part was getting talking to Grace about the development of the characters that get a change to grow in the second art. Like gossip and reality TV with loads of robot smashing and demonic interference? Supurbia Vol. 1 Trade Paperback is out today, collecting the hard to find sold out issues. Grace Randolph EARTH PRIME TIME interviews Part one here and Part Two here. … Bronies, your comic dreams have come true! IDW Publishing will now be delivering your monthly dose of My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic starting this week with issue #1. Ponyville talent includes Katie Cook (Gronk, Star Wars) and Stephanie Buscema. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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

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Captain America #1 comes out from Marvel NOW! this week, with All-Star scribe Rick Remender (Fear Agent, X-Force) and artist John Romita Jr. Rick is sending Cap into space in his first arc in the The Saga of Dimension Z. … Want more from your super smart “enormous green rage monster”? How about if he’s an of Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Mark Waif gives us his Marvel NOW! Indestructible Hulk #1 this week with artist Lenil Yu (Ultimates, Super Crooks), variant cover from Walt Simonson. … Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Rachel Rising) continues his art educational series with How to Draw - 5 Lessons for the Serious Comic Artist. From pen to PDF, this book is a great gift for anyone interested in drawing comics *hint hint*. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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

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There’s a new book from Robert Kirkman’s (The Walking Dead, Invincible) Skybound imprint out this week. Clone #1 is written by David Schulner (TV’s The Event, Trauma) and confronts a doctor with his own clone in a conspiracy sci-fi thriller! Preview at CBR. … The cover to Star Trek Ongoing #15 has Zach Quinto’s Spock sporting a goatee. That can only mean one thing, he’s evil! This is a modern take of the classic ‘Mirror Universe’ Trek tale! … Matt Fraction is taking on Fantastic Four in a Marvel Now! #1. We’re stoked to see what cosmic craziness Fraction fantasizes for the Fantastic flagship family! Read more about Marvel Now! here at our EARTH PRIME TIME column! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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

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Valiant is rebuilding the Valiant Universe with one of it’s most popular characters, Shadowman in Shadowman #1. … Based in New Orleans, musician Jack Boniface nearly died one night, only to find he urges to fight demons at night. Fun fact, Aerosmith appeared in a past issue of Shadowman, surviving to grace the streets of Allston on Monday! … Kieron Gillen and Greg Land take on Marvel Now’s Tony Stark in Iron Man #1. What will happen to Tony’s armor to protect him from a deadly strain of the Extremis virus? … Usagi Yojimbo’s Stan Sakai illustrates Mike Richardson’s take of national Japanese legend 47 Ronin this week in 47 Ronin #1 from Dark Horse. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for October 31, 2012

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Cassie and Val had a hard knock life in the Kung Fu Orphanage and now spend their L.A. nights as bounty hunters on the strip. Freelancers #1 from Boom! Studios debuts at one dollar! … Showcasing some rare and unseen stories from the late Joe Kubert and a crop of talented writers and artists is Joe Kubert Presents #1 (of Six). This week includes a never before printed Kubert Hawkman tale. Gail Simone adds to her Barbara Gordon Batgirl run with Batgirl Annual #1. Batgirl makes an uneasy alliance with Catwoman and we find more about the Talon Babs fought in Night of the Owls. It’s the new status quo, and a year in, Barbara is still not Oracle. And we like it that way. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for October 24, 2012

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Iron Man gets a reboot after 61 amazing issues with writer Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larocca having faced Tony against his drinking, future octo-bots and his own mind. Get Invincible Iron Man #527 this week to complete an immersive run on the character that ties in nicely with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. …Wolverine MAX #1 is a new ongoing for mature readers unleashing the beast from crime novelist Jason Starr and drawn by Jock (Batman, The Losers) …The League collects comics because they are fun, not to make eBay money. BUT, if one were to judge by Pendleton Ward’s success with Adventure Time selling out all over the place, Bravest Warriors #1 from kaboom! is the book to keep in excellent condition for the resell. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for October 17, 2012

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Hungry for more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action? Creator Kevin Eastman writes and draws his first full length story in 20 years at the TMNT Annual #1 (IDW). Eastman had to ask for more pages for his story and for you and he got ‘em! Raphael and Casey investigate the NYC criminal underworld in this tale that fans have been waiting for. … Aww yeah, Marvel Zombies return for the Marvel Zombies first Halloween Special written by Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies, Spidey, Archer and Armstrong). Find out if it’s safe to go trick or treating in the zombie apocalypse (probably not a good idea). … Get psychedelic with Brendan McCarthy (Judge Dredd, 2000AD, Shade the Changing Man) and Al Ewing’s inter-dimensional magician Zaucer of Zilk #1! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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DigBoston and LeaguePodcast Comic Book Picks of the Week for October 10, 2012

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The Joker returns to Gotham City in the most highly anticipated book of the month, Batman #13 (Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo). This story kicks off the ‘Death of the Family’ storyline, we anticipate Snyder’s Joker to be particularly freaky with his face attached to his skull with straps and hooks. Preview at Newsarama. … Here’s some collected editions we think are worth checking out! Smoke and Mirrors is collected and available for pre-order. This book incorporates magic and a strange new world. Check out our interview with the creators here! … Saga from Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples is a must read sci-fi drama recommended for all Star Wars fans. New 52 Nightwing Vol. 1 and Neal Adams Batman: Odyssey Hardcover are also recommended for pre-order. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

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