{"id":331,"date":"2010-08-11T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/08\/11\/graphic-novelscomics-received-81110-radical-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:38","slug":"graphic-novelscomics-received-81110-radical-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/08\/11\/graphic-novelscomics-received-81110-radical-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novels\/Comics received 8\/11\/10 &#8211; Radical edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/time_bomb\/COVERS\/timebomb1_main.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/time-bomb?series_id=42&amp;amp;issue_id=156\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Time Bomb<\/span> Issue 1<\/a> Written by Jimmy Palmiotti &amp;amp; Justin Gray Art by Paul Gulacy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A group of international scientists and archeologists on a publicly funded dig discover a hidden city beneath the streets of Berlin. Constructed as a failsafe option for the Nazi party should they lose the war, the city is also home to Hitler\u2019s ultimate doomsday weapon \u2013 an Omega bomb designed to wipe out the human race \u2013 and it\u2019s just been activated. Now, crews of scientists with state-of-the-art weapons and equipment must travel back in time to 24 hours before the disaster to stop the bomb from going off. However, they soon discover that, rather than going back in time for 24 hours as intended, they\u2019ve been sent back 65 years to the height of Hitler\u2019s Germany.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Looks like fun. Nice to see that Gulacy still has it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/deep_cut\/deepcut1_main.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/hotwire\/hotwire-deep-cut?series_id=44&amp;amp;issue_id=162\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Hotwire: Deep Cut<\/span><\/a> Issue 1 Created by Steve Pugh &amp;amp; Warren Ellis Written and illustrated by Steve Pugh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alice Hotwire is Back!<\/p>\n<p>Detective Exorcist Alice Hotwire is back! After the events of Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead, the city\u2019s only supernatural investigator is taking some much needed R&amp;amp;R. But when a Blue Light from her colored past appears in front of her door, it sparks a series of events that lead Hotwire and Mobey across the city attempting to stop the results of a secret government project from turning the city into another living nightmare. With backup from Coroner Love and Metro Police, can Hotwire and Mobey save the day one more time? Join groundbreaking creator\/writer\/illustrator Steve Pugh for a glimpse into Alice Hotwire\u2019s past and peer through a gateway into her future.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/ryder\/covers\/ryder_premiere_main.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/ryder-on-the-storm?series_id=16&amp;amp;issue_id=106\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ryder on the Storm<\/span> &#8211; Radical Premiere<\/a> Written by David Hine Art by Wayne Nichols<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ryder on the Storm follows Ryder, a private eye hired by the beautiful femme fatale Katrina Petruska to investigate the horrifically bizarre suicide of her lover, Michael Hudson. Ryder\u2019s journey to solve the case and finish Hudson\u2019s work leads him to discover a truth more sinister and terrifying than he could ever have imagined \u2013 daemons walk among us. Now, he must team up with the last daemon hunter, Charles Monk, to take down the cabal of ancient evil controlling the city while struggling to reconcile the dark side of his own nature.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/rising\/covers\/rising_premiere_main.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/the-rising?series_id=41&amp;amp;issue_id=155\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Rising<\/span> &#8211; Radical Premiere<\/a> Written by E. Max Frye Art by J. P. Targete<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Creator\/Writer E. Max Frye (HBO\u2019s <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Band of Brothers<\/span>) and artist J.P. Targete (illustrator for Pixar\u2019s <span style=\"font-style: italic\">John Carter of Mars<\/span> film adaptation) present a very special $1.00 introduction to launch the upcoming miniseries. <\/p>\n<p>After years of war, economic chaos, and mankind, itself, teetering on the verge of thermonuclear extinction, an alien force invades the planet.  When a deadly virus is released, this militaristic empire massacres the world\u2019s defense forces and most of the human population. The survivors are forced into slavery, helpless as they watch this new enemy plunder the remaining natural resources of Earth. Jarrett Jakes, chosen to fight and die as a gladiator, escapes from Zone R.X. 84 (formerly New York City) to lead a ragged band of guerrilla warriors in hopes of inspiring a downtrodden world to rise up against their alien oppressors.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/hubris\/covers\/main\/shrapnel_hub2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/shrapnel\/hubris?series_id=38&amp;amp;issue_id=151\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Shrapnel: Hubris<\/span> Issue 2<\/a> Created by Mark Long &amp;amp; Nick Sagan Written by Nick Sagan &amp;amp; Clinnette Minnis Art by Concept Art House<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Consumed with advancing their War of Unity on multiple fronts, the Solar Alliance may be vulnerable to an audacious, high-risk assault on one of their most valued possessions.  So rests the hopes of oppressed Helots across the System as a plot against the oldest extraplanetary colony moves forward.  Once loyal marines now turned freedom fighters, Captain Narayan, Colonel Rossi and their troops have a golden chance to slow down the enemy war machine\u2026but at what cost?<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/afterdark\/covers\/afterdark1_main.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/after-dark?series_id=18&amp;amp;issue_id=161\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">After Dark<\/span> Issue 1<\/a> Created by by Antoine Fuqua &amp;amp; Wesley Snipes Written by Peter Milligan Art by Jeff Nentrup with Sara Biddle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guided by an amoral drifter, a crew of jaded mercenaries must travel into the dark places of the ruined planet, and the even darker places of their own pasts, on a journey to find a woman who might just save the world. But maybe the world is past saving. And maybe the people who still inhabit that world aren\u2019t worth saving. <span style=\"font-style: italic\">After Dark<\/span> is a story of hidden demons and the passion for survival, set in a future that could very well be ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. 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