{"id":128,"date":"2011-09-04T21:09:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T21:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/04\/graphic-novelscomics-received-9411-dark-horse-ed-part-i\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:27","slug":"graphic-novelscomics-received-9411-dark-horse-ed-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/04\/graphic-novelscomics-received-9411-dark-horse-ed-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novels\/Comics received 9\/4\/11 Dark Horse ed. Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n

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Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus<\/span><\/a>
\nby Shannon Wheeler<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shannon Wheeler is an ambitious cartoonist who turned a minicomic character into a long-running newspaper strip, Eisner-winning comic book series, Converse shoe commercial, one of the first webcomics, and an opera. His dedication includes hand-stapling 20,000+ mini-comics and shooting 3,000+ comics with a .22 rifle. It’s been a 20+ year adventure with Too Much Coffee Man.<\/p>\n

The semi-autobiographical, hyper-intellectual, high-concept comic appeals to both inside and outside the comic book world. Even Henry Rollins says Too Much Coffee Man is \u201cthe only comic I would really pay attention to, because I like the idea. Too Much Coffee Man has a lot to say. He’s a great apocalyptic philosopher for our very troubled times.\u201d Holy crap. That\u2019s Henry Rollins.<\/p>\n

The Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus<\/span>, at over 500 pages, was a pain in the ass to put together. It was solicited and cancelled multiple times – becoming one of the most anticipated books around. Many editors were fired and a few of them went insane. Wheeler said \u201cI stopped going to conventions and slept in my closet because too many people asked me about the Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus<\/span>.\u201d Wheeler is once again making public appearances. The book is real, it is in stores, weighs as much as a small child, and it\u2019s getting attention. <\/p>\n

Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus<\/span> collects five books previously published by Dark Horse:
\n– Too Much Coffee Man: Parade of Tirade<\/span>
\n– Too Much Coffee Man: Guide for the Perplexed<\/span>
\n– Too Much Coffee Man: Amusing Musings<\/span>
\n– Too Much Coffee Man: How to Be Happy<\/span>
\n– Screw Heaven, When I Die I’m Going To Mars<\/span>
\n– as well as a number of unpublished brand new Too Much Coffee Man stories!<\/p>\n

I revealed the events surrounding the first appearance of TMCM in a Nexus Graphica column<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back in 1991, Dallas was where I attended my first convention as a professional. I went to the Dallas Fantasy Fair with Shannon Wheeler to promote his first collection and my first editing gig, Children with Glue<\/span>. To promote the book, Wheeler created and sold the first Too Much Coffee Man<\/span> minicomic. He theorized, correctly, that if a person pays, however little, for something, they will treasure it more. The mini, which sold for 75 cents, far outsold Children With Glue<\/span> and helped to elevate Shannon Wheeler to star status. The initial Too Much Coffee Man (TMCM) story spawned a pop culture phenomenon with a newspaper syndicated strip, a regularly produced comic book, a pop culture magazine, four collections, an animated Converse commercial, merchandising paraphernalia galore (mugs, coffee, t-shirts, and even toilet paper!) and most recently, an opera. Before the con, Wheeler initially produced fifty copies of the comic, which sold out long before the end of the first day. That night, we went to a Kinkos and made literally hundreds more. Wheeler ran out before the show ended on Sunday. Eventually, the original Too Much Coffee Man <\/span>minicomic sales reached into the tens of thousands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Watch RevolutionSF for a contest to win a copy of the Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hellboy: The Fury<\/span> #2<\/a>
\nWritten and cover art by Mike Mignola
\nArt by Duncan Fegredo<\/span><\/p>\n

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While Hellboy makes one last stand against the Queen of Blood the war between the forces of good and evil rages on the battlefield with heaps of dead monsters and knights!<\/p>\n

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Star Wars: Invasion\u2014Revelations<\/span> #1<\/a>
\nWritten by Tom Taylor
\nArt by Colin Wilson
\nCover art by Chris Scalf<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the invading Yuuzhan Vong penetrate deeper into the galaxy, the Jedi fight back!<\/p>\n

But one Jedi in training has taken a different path: Finn Galfridian, under the guidance of the mysterious Master Dray, infiltrates Coruscant and discovers revelations about the leaders of the New Republic that could lead to disaster!<\/p>\n

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Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series<\/span> #8<\/a>
\nWritten by Timothy Truman
\nArt by Tom Giorello
\nCover art by Frank Frazetta<\/span><\/p>\n

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Running from the army of Turan, Conan and fellow fugitive Olivia hide out on a small island in the Vilayet Sea, but they soon find themselves stalked by a huge, unseen terror in the jungles and threatened by a group of pirates! These may be the least of their concerns, though, because the ruins of a lost civilization stir when a full moon rises over the isle–and even deadlier creatures awaken!<\/p>\n

A modern adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s beloved "Iron Shadows in the Moon"<\/a> tale.<\/p>\n

\nMore in Part II<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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