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Written by Al Feldstein, Gardner Fox, and others<\/strong> Promo copy:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Horror and crime shockers from the EC vaults, illustrated by a comics grandmaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wallace Wood applied his preternaturally lush brushwork to over two dozen stories in the thematically overlapping (\u201cdreadful things happen to people, both innocent and guilty\u201d) horror, crime, and suspense genres. This work is the subject of one of the two premiere releases in Fantagraphics\u2019 highly-anticipated new EC reprint line.<\/p>\n Taking its title from one of Wood\u2019s all-time classics, the evil little paranoid thriller \u201cCame the Dawn,\u201d this collection features page after page after page of Wood\u2019s sleek and meticulously crafted artwork put in the service of cunning twist-ending stories, most often from the typewriter of EC editor Al Feldstein.<\/p>\n These tales range from supernatural shockers from the pages of\u00a0Tales From the Crypt<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Haunt of Fear<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cThe Living Corpse,\u201d \u201cTerror Ride,\u201d \u201cMan From the Grave,\u201d \u201cHorror in the Freak Tent\u201d) to often pointedly contemporary crime thrillers from\u00a0Crime SuspenStories<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cThe Assault,\u201d \u201cThe Whipping,\u201d and \u201cConfession,\u201d which was singled out for specific excoriation in the anti-comics screed\u00a0Seduction of the Innocent<\/em>, thus giving it a special cachet), but the breathtaking art and whiplash-inducing shock endings are constants throughout.<\/p>\n Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC line, \u201cCame the Dawn!\u201d will feature extensive essays and notes on these classic stories by EC experts \u2014 but the real \u201cmeat\u201d of the matter (sometimes literally, in the grislier stories) will be supplied by these ofted lurid, sometimes downright over-the-top, but always compelling and superbly crafted, classic comic-book masterpieces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WOW! OH WOW!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n by Ben Katchor<\/strong><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n From one of the most original and imaginative American cartoonists at work today comes a collection of graphic narratives on the subjects of urban planning, product design, and architecture\u2014a surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in the twenty-first century.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ben Katchor, a master at twisting mundane commodities into surreal objects of social significance, now takes on the many ways our property influences and reflects cultural values. Here are window-ledge pillows designed expressly for people-watching and a forest of artificial trees for sufferers of hay fever. The Brotherhood of Immaculate Consumption deals with the matter of products that outlive their owners; a school of dance is based upon the choreographic motion of paying with cash; high-visibility construction vests are marketed to lonely people as a method of getting noticed. With cutting wit Katchor reveals a world similar to our own\u2014lives are defined by possessions, consumerism is a kind of spirituality\u2014but also slightly, fabulously askew. Frequently and brilliantly bizarre, and always mesmerizing,\u00a0Hand-Drying in America<\/em>\u00a0ensures that you will never look at a building, a bar of soap, or an ATM the same way.<\/p>\n Written by\u00a0Skip Brittenham<\/strong> Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n EARTH 2717: THE 3RD GOLDEN AGE<\/p>\n Building a better tomorrow today\u2026<\/p>\n The planet we call home slowly dies beneath us.<\/p>\n Most humans now live in teeming surface \u201cTerrarium Cities,\u201d off world colonies or orbiting space stations. All of earth\u2019s resources have been depleted.<\/p>\n All corporations, nations and technologies have merged into THE CONGLOMERATE, whose Enforcer Battalions now conquer whole planets to feed its shareholders\u2019 insatiable appetites.<\/p>\n THE CONGLOMERATE,\u00a0 which began with the spirit of the best mankind had to offer, saved humanity from itself by taking us to the stars and has become the most ruthless profit machine to ever exist.<\/p>\n Never use a robot when a human will do\u2026<\/p>\n Dishonorably discharged from the Conglomerate\u2019s elite Enforcer Corps, Jon is doing a job too lowly for a robot. He leaps at the chance to go on a peaceful, first contact mission to an untainted world. Playing armed babysitter to Samantha, the daughter of a powerful Conglomerate executive, shouldn\u2019t be too hard.<\/p>\n What could go wrong?<\/p>\n Everything\u2026<\/p>\n For Jon, it\u2019s a relief to get away \u2013 on an easy assignment protecting a couple of do-gooders visiting a peaceful new planet. For Samantha, it\u2019s a mission to change the world. For Jasson, it\u2019s a chance to put his theories to the test.<\/p>\n Being marooned on Anomaly where technology doesn\u2019t work, the terrain is lethal and the creatures even more so, Jon quickly learns he\u2019s not the man he once was. Dark secrets surround the various species that call this world home. Jon\u2019s actions here have the potential to ripple across the void of space, and touch everything in it\u2026 Maybe even the Conglomerate\u2026<\/p>\n But when Anomaly sprouts synthetics-eating viruses, flesh-eating mutants and deadly magic, it becomes a race against which form of death will come first. Who will survive? Who will return?<\/p>\n Join us on an adventure that reclaims our humanity and saves a world!<\/p>\n Bonus: includes Anomaly UAR that integrates the print and virtual experience like never before.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contributors:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jeanne Thornton (fictioncircus.com\/Jeanne )<\/strong> Cover by Zach Taylor (gnourg.org)<\/strong><\/p>\n I picked up this interesting looking b&w strip magazine (printed on newsprint) at the Austin Comic Con<\/a>. The entire issue is available for free online<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Written by Kim Harrison<\/strong> Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n You can\u2019t tell the story of how it all began for supernatural cops Ivy Tamwood and Rachel Morgan without telling how it all nearly ended. The fiery living vampire and erstwhile earth witch never asked to be paired up in the first place. And having to work Inderland Security\u2019s crummiest beat\u2014busting two-bit paranormal street punks\u2014sure didn\u2019t sweeten the deal. But when it counts, Ivy and Rachel always have each other\u2019s backs. They\u2019d better\u2014because someone just hung targets on both of them.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t take a hotshot homicide detective to know that nearly getting flattened by a falling gargoyle or impaled by a lead pipe aren\u2019t on-the-job accidents. But it doesn\u2019t seem possible that the class of crooks Ivy and Rachel routinely collar could kill anything but brain cells. So who put Cincinnati\u2019s tough and tender twosome on their \u201cto do in\u201d list? Is Ivy\u2019s vampire master, the powerful and seductive Piscary, jealous of her growing bloodlust (and just plain lust) for Rachel? Or have forces unknown\u2014living or undead\u2014made the partners prey in a deadly witch (and vampire) hunt?<\/p>\n Before this case is cracked, Ivy and Rachel will face down vicious dogs, speeding locomotives, rogue bloodsuckers, and their own dark desires; spells will be cast and blood will be spilled; and Kim Harrison\u2019s hair-raising, heart-racing, dark urban world of magic and monsters will leap howling from the pages of her second electrifying, full-color graphic novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. “Came the Dawn” and Other Stories Written by Al Feldstein, Gardner Fox, and others Art by Wallace Wood Promo copy:\u00a0 Horror and crime shockers from the EC … Continue reading
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<\/p>\nHand-Drying in America And Other Stories<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nAnomaly<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n
\n Art by\u00a0Brian Haberlin<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2012\/11\/RockSalt.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRocksalt<\/em> Issue 5- October 2012<\/a><\/h1>\n
\nSam Hurt (eyebeam.com)<\/strong>
\nAaron Whitaker (www.aaronwhitaker.com<\/a>)<\/strong>
\nMack White (mackwhite.com)<\/strong>
\nM. Austin Bedell (skweegieisland.com\/)<\/strong>
\nGilbert Smith (crithit.org\/spooky)<\/strong>
\nK. F. Harlock (crithit.org)<\/strong>
\nNouri Zarrugh (www.nourizarrughart.com<\/a>)<\/strong>
\nGeoff Sebesta (unnecessaryg.com)<\/strong>
\nBrian Horst (http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/…<\/a><\/strong>
\nAntonius Wolfsblut (muskville.com)<\/strong>
\nJason Poland (robbieandbobby.com)<\/strong>
\nJohn David Brown (flickr.com\/photos\/jdbrow npopart)<\/strong>
\nMiracle Jones (miraclejones.blogspot.co m\/)<\/strong>
\nSimon Jacobs (simonajacobs.blogspot.co m)<\/strong>
\nMonte Hayward<\/strong>
\nMast (absolutemaster.blogspot. com)<\/strong>
\nDylan Edwards (studiondr.com)<\/strong>
\nDieter Geisler (dietergeisler.com)<\/strong>
\nKathleen Jacques (bvbcomix.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Blood](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51UgPuFjIwL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/p>\nBlood Crime<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n
\nArt by Gemma Magno<\/strong><\/p>\n