From: [dor 1] at [midway.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA I. ACCLAIM-DARK HORSE FOR 1996 SEPT [SPOILERS] Date: Sun, 14 Jul 96 18:53:19 GMT *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. I. Acclaim--Dark Horse *********************************************************** See the archives at http://nspace.cts.com/html/Comics/Comics.html Thanx to Jerry at Negative Space! *********************************************************** The usenet equivalent of hurling a TV Guide wrapped in barbed wire at someone who says "there's nothing on!" for comics shipping Sept 1996! ----------------------------------------------------------- Dial "S" for "Spoilers" ----------------------------------------------------------- CLIP AND SAVE! Opening volleys: VIZ is once again listed in the Diamond catalog! Marc Silvestri's TOP COW studios have broken away from Image Comics. Top Cow Comics is the new home for the CyberForce/Witchblade family of titles and new creator owned series like Brandon Peterson's "Arcanum." See the Dark Horse section for exciting news about Joe Kubert. See the White Wolf section for new work by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean. -------------- HUNH! Break it down now! --------------- ACCLAIM: ======== More of Fabian's grand plan is revealed, most of which has been seen in reports from this summer's cons. Breifly, writers include Nicieza, Waid, Priest, Ellis, Ennis, Delano, Kaminski, Peyer, and Busiek. Artists include Maguire, Bright, McKone, Vokes, Kayanan, Velluot, and Ashley Wood. Fabe swears he can get Kevin Maguire to work on a monthly schedule again.All previous Valiant continuity has been abandoned. The Grackle #1 of 4 (Baron & Gulacy). A former police internal affairs investigator becomes a hard boiled vigilante. ANTARCTIC: ========== Ben Dunn's Warrior Nun Areala meets Steve Englehart's Scorpio Rose in a 4 issue mini by Englehart & Dunn. The company that launched Strangers in Paradise and Schizo gets back into the "alternative" swimming pool with two new bimonthlies: Cell #1 (Derek Kirk). In a bleak and overpopulated future, a woman saves the life of a mysterious, naked, stranger and tries to find meaning in her life. Hyped as the next SiP. Perazim #1 (Pat Kelley). A genius inventor who fled his own planet finds his new world in jeopardy. ARCHIE: ======= Cheryl Blossom Does^H^H^H^H Goes Hollywood #1 of 3 (Parent & Golliher). I meant "goes." Really I did. Honest. The past 3 Sabrina the Teenaged Witch Halloween Specials are rerel- eased. I recommend #1 and 2. If you've never seen "The Carneys," you don't know what you're missing! BEANWORLD PRESS: ================ Beanworld Book Two TPB (Marder). Most Peculiar (tm). CALIBER: ======== Calibrations #4 features the return of (Now Comics's) RUST, by S. Miller & Huddleston. Also "Atmospherics" by Ellis & Meyer. Lanfest of Troy (Arleston & Tarquin). Reprint of a popular French B&W comic. War of the Worlds #1 (Dwight Zimmerman & Horus). Based, of course, on the H.G. Wells story. DANCING ELEPHANT: ================= Kane Book 2: Rabbit Hunt (Grist). Paul Grist's detactive saga gets a second compilation. Start bothering your retailer now! DARK HORSE: =========== Fax from Sarajevo GN (Joe Kubert). An all-new 224 page novella by JOE KUBERT about the war in Bosnia. Based on a true story. DH is literally hyping this like it's the second coming of MAUS. They may be right. Hardcover, color. Grifter and the Mask #1 of 2 (Seagle & Lima). The WildC.A.T.'s lone gunman meets ol' big-head. Hijinks ensue. Decade of Dark Horse #3 of 4 has an Aliens story by Verheiden & Mark Nelson, The Mask by Arcudi & Mahnke, plus Masamune Shirow. Dark Horse Presents #113 has another deeply exciting adventure of Bill Mumy/ Miguel Ferrer/Steve Leialoha's TRYPTO THE ACID DOG!! Jonny Quest #1 (Worley & F. Lopez). This is the vanguard of the latest JQ revival. Cartoon shows up about the same time. "Race" Bannon has a daughter, apparently... TPBs: Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (second mini, "remastered"), Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths (Macan & Biukovic), Hard Looks Collection, Gunsmith Cats. to be continued... -- -Thad Doria "Wsssssshhhhhhhttt. Goldust."