{"id":3524,"date":"2012-06-10T19:28:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T19:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/06\/10\/stuff-received-61012-2\/"},"modified":"2012-06-10T19:28:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T19:28:51","slug":"stuff-received-61012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/06\/10\/stuff-received-61012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff received 6\/10\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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John Carter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.<\/p>\n

Special Features
\n\u2022 Blu-ray Feature Film + Bonus
\n\u2022 DVD Feature Film+ Bonus
\n\u2022 Disney Second Screen
\n\u2022 360 Degrees of John Carter
\n\u2022 Deleted Scene with Option Commentary by Director Andrew Stanton
\n\u2022 Barsoom Bloopers
\n\u2022 100 Years in the Making
\n\u2022 Audio Commentary with Film Makers<\/p>\n

I reviewed John Carter<\/span> for RevSF<\/a>, calling it “a lush, yet uneven film.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Building Stories<\/span><\/a>
\nby Chris Ware<\/span><\/p>\n

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After years of sporadic work on other books and projects and following the almost complete loss of his virility, it\u2019s here: a new graphic novel by Chris Ware.<\/p>\n

Building Stories<\/span> imagines the inhabitants of a three-story Chicago apartment building: a 30-something woman who has yet to find someone with whom to spend the rest of her life; a couple, possibly married, who wonder if they can bear each other\u2019s company another minute; and the building\u2019s landlady, an elderly woman who has lived alone for decades. Taking advantage of the absolute latest advances in wood pulp technology, Building Stories is a book with no deliberate beginning nor end, the scope, ambition, artistry and emotional prevarication beyond anything yet seen from this artist or in this medium, probably for good reason.<\/p>\n

I received just a teaser, but as expected it\u2019s gorgeous.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Land Without Stars: Valerian Vol. 3<\/span><\/a>
\nby J. C. M\u00e9zi\u00e8res &amp; P. Christin<\/span><\/p>\n

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When a rogue planet threatens a new Human colony, Valerian and Laureline are sent to investigate and discover a barren, rocky surface\u2026 and a whole world beneath it! The people who live inside Zahir have never seen the stars. Divided along gender lines, torn by a senseless and bloody war, they are unaware that their planet is hurtling towards disaster. To stop it, the two agents of Galaxity will have to infiltrate both sides and force a reconciliation.<\/p>\n

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The Hive<\/span><\/a>
\nby Charles Burns<\/span><\/p>\n

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Much has happened since we last saw Doug, the Tintin-like hero from X\u2019ed Out<\/span><\/a>. Confessing his past to an unidentified woman, Doug struggles to recall the mysterious incident that left his life shattered, an incident that may have involved his disturbed and now-absent girlfriend, Sarah, and her menacing ex-boyfriend. <\/p>\n

Doug warily seeks answers in a nightmarish alternate world that is a distorted mirror of our own, where he is a lowly employee that carts supplies around the Hive. The second part of Charles Burns\u2019s riveting trilogy, this graphic narrative will delight and surpass the expectations of his fans.<\/p>\n

I named the previous volume X\u2019ed Out<\/span> as my favorite graphic novel of 2010<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Burns, the creator of Black Hole<\/span><\/a> and famed contributor to the legendary anthology series Raw, returns to graphic storytelling with the first chapter of the surreal X\u2019ed Out<\/span>. Doug awakens one night to find a huge hole torn out of the bricks in his room. Within his beloved dead cat Icky beckons. Doug journeys into a bizarre apocalyptic world of alien creatures, dwarves, and princesses. Equal parts Herg\u00e9 and William Burroughs, Burns\u2019 beautifully disturbing, non-linear tale leaps effortlessly from the real and unreal of the troubled Doug\u2019s disquieting existence. X\u2019ed Out succeeds as both a beginning and a satisfactory event unto itself. Like a good meal, the book leaves the reader contented yet longing for more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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