From: [dor 1] at [woodlawn.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: Previews-O-Rama I. Aardvark-Dark Horse -LE SPOILEUR! Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc Date: Fri, 01 Sep 95 05:21:13 GMT Reply-To: [dor 1] at [midway.uchicago.edu] Today's secret phrase is: "figure it out!" You know what to do whenever anyone says the secret phrase, right? Scream real loud! *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. I. Aardvark--Dark Horse *********************************************************** Spanning the globe to bring you plugs, snipes, and assorted nonsensical gibberings for comics shipping in November 1995! Here Be Spoilers, Matey! Arrrr! Fill up the spoiler space. Honk if you know it: "Down in the park where the damn L.A.P.D. incarcerates tent city vagrants The mood is dark and the atmosphere seedy more than a trace of an unwholesome fragrance in the dew." Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! -------------------- Opening Volleys: -------------------- Dave Sim interview. Not much new here, mostly Dave's take on the industry and publishing. "I think the industry is probably going down like the Titanic, but the medium is fine." Diamond is the exclusive distributor of: DC, Dark Horse, Image, Maximum, Acclaim, and Broadway. After October, Mirage will cease publishing comics. The Archie versions of TMNT will continue. Jim Shooter/Lorne Michaels's Broadway Comics line-up: The Powers That Be. Featuring: -Star Seed. Son of a human mother and an alien father, gifted with powers and abilities and such. -Fatale. A woman who can steal the strength, skill, and intelligence of any man she touches fights a secret coun- cil of 13 men who rule the world...and the woman who rules them. 1996 Broadway titles: -Till Death Do Us Part. He gained superpowers to loot and plunder. He gave *her* superpowers to stop *him*--it's a love story. -Knights on Broadway. Morgan Le Fey reincarnated as a 12 year old girl, empowers 5 knights to stop the end of the world and prepare for the coming of Arthur. -Spire. "The Hunchback of Hell's Kitchen." -The Hell I Am. Hell is contained in the body of a man by the name of Malachy Reilly. He's not happy about it. -Technomancers. Electric seers walk among us, creating the future. Not on the schedule: -Shadow State -Electropolis -Spirit of Freedom -Makeshift -Shrink Hmm, let's see, rapid expansion, more books than the market can support...yep, he's right on schedule to get the rug yanked out from under him by next summer. Figure it out. --------------- HUNH! Break it down now! --------------- AARDVARK-VANAHEIM: ================== Cerebus #200 (Sim & Gerhard). Aftermath to October's "injury to eye" issue. ACCLAIM: ======== Bloodshot: Last Stand (Moretti & Zeck). 48 page annual. BS vs. his father. Eternal Warrior #50 (Ostrander & Guice). The Geomancer returns to stop Gilad from destroying the Earth. PunX Special #1 (Giffen & St. Aubin) Great big monsters trample Acclamation, OR. Secret Weapons 2 issue mini, by Berdinka & Luke Ross. Timewalker #0 (Hall & Perlin). Turok the Hunted 2 issue mini, by Grell & Deodato. MtG: Shandalar #1(of 2) (D. Quinn & Maleev). Sequel to Ice Age, set in the world of the Microprose CD-ROM game. MtG: Legend of Jedit Ojanen #1(of 2) (Bell & Rodriguez). The tale of the mightiest Cat Warrior, and why he aban- doned the forests. Free Chronicles card. AMAZE INK: ========== Scarlet Thunder #1 (16 pg, $1.50) (Dan Vado & Forgus). In the 1940's, two super-speedsters--Red Bolt and Blue Streak--begin a rivalry that will last 30 years. ARIA: ===== 101 Things Your Publisher Doesn't Want You to Know. Colleen Doran guides you through the rough waters of art and entertainment law. Knights of the Angel collects A Distant Soil #3-11. ART & SOUL: =========== Tug & Buster (Marc Hempel). Real Men. He-Men. Lusty, zesty, four-fisted Men. Men men men. Marc Hempel's men. BONGO: ====== Best of Bartman tpb. Simpsons #14. Homer becomes the Duff Brewmeister. Broadway: ========= Powers That Be #1 (Shooter & Wendel/J.G. Jones). Featuring Star Seed and Fatale. See above. COSMIC COMICS: ============== Caged Heat 3000 #1 (Jerry Prosser & Matt Thompson). Roger Corman. For over 30 years the leader in Chicks in Prison stories. COTTONWOOD: =========== Bodacious Kid (Lynde). Hardcover Western GN by Stan "Latigo" Lynde. DARK HORSE: =========== Hellboy: The Wolves of St. August (Mignola). One-shot reprint of the DHP strips. Martha Washington Stranded in Space (Miller & Gibbons). One-shot. Reprints strip from DHP #100, plus all-new story guest starring The Big Guy. Grendel: Devil Quest (Wagner). One-shot. Reprints (are ya seeing a pattern here?) the Grendel-Prime backups from War Child. Cud Comics #1 (LaBan). Cud, under new management. Sin City: Silent Night (Miller). One-shot Xmas tale, starring Marv. DHP #103. Featuring a preview of Dark Horse's portfolio of Jack Kirby biblical sketches. Tpbs: Another Chance to Get It Right SC, Madman, Ghost in the Shell. to be continued.... -- Thad Doria Defending the indefensible |Keeper of the Barry Horowitz flame! since 1994. |Go Barry!! BARRY!!! BARRY!!! BARRY!!!