{"id":3706,"date":"2011-04-22T00:32:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T00:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/04\/22\/comics-received-42111-radical-edition-2\/"},"modified":"2011-04-22T00:32:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T00:32:45","slug":"comics-received-42111-radical-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/04\/22\/comics-received-42111-radical-edition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Comics received 4\/21\/11 Radical edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freecomicbookday.com\/catalog_images\/STK_IMAGES\/STK420001-440000\/STK434605.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecomicbookday.com\/preview.asp?ItemNo=JAN110028\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Jake the Dreaming<\/span> Special Preview<\/a><br \/>\nWritten by Adam Freeman &amp;amp; Marc Bernardin<br \/>\nArt by Andrew Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Slumberton, population 5,000 and boring \u2013 but not to 12-year-old Jake. Every day during his mundane tasks of school, homework and chores, Jake falls into daydreams powered by his imagination of untold adventure where he battles fantastic creatures in an epic dreamscape. Life is normal for imaginative Jake until Slumberton\u2019s children start falling into permanent sleep. As Jake expands his imagination and discovers his hidden ability to travel through the dreams of others, it becomes clear that something is keeping the Slumberton children asleep. Whatever it is, Jake must master his newfound ability and harness his imagination to stop it before the whole of Slumberton is trapped in a perpetual nightmare. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">An advance copy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecomicbookday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Free Comic Book Day<\/a> edition is not a comic book story but actually a preview of the forthcoming illustrated young adult prose novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jake-Dreaming-Marc-Bernardin\/dp\/1935417509\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1303430838&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Jake the Dreaming<\/span><\/a>. Not familiar with the artist or writers, but the images are gorgeous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/abattoir\/covers\/abattoir4_main.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/titles\/comics\/abattoir?series_id=20&amp;amp;issue_id=190\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Abattoir<\/span> Issue #4<\/a><br \/>\nCreated by: Darren Lynn Bousman<br \/>\nConcept by: Michael Peterson<br \/>\nWritten by: Rob Levin &amp;amp; Troy Peteri<br \/>\nIllustrated by: Bing Cansino and Rodell Noora<br \/>\nCover Art by: Kyushik Shin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After refusing to sell a house with a violent history to an eerie old man, Richard Ashwalt\u2019s life is coming apart at the seams under mysterious circumstances. Now separated from his family and falsely accused of murder, Richard is at his wits\u2019 end. Trying to make sense of what\u2019s happening around him, Richard seeks Jebediah Crone, the man who began the course of events that have left Richard\u2019s life in shambles and driven him to the brink of insanity. As Richard investigates Crone and the mysteries that surround him, the pieces of a horrifying puzzle begin to fall into place\u2014 but does he truly want to solve it?<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/ryder\/covers\/ryder3_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=179\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ryder on the Storm<\/span> Issue 3<\/a><br \/>\nWritten by: David Hine<br \/>\nIllustrated by: Wayne Nichols<br \/>\nCover Art by: Francesco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ryder, Katrina and Monk are only a few steps away from eliminating the Daemon threat and the only thing that stands between Ryder and the Drone Queen is his mother, the Daemon Rebecca Danton. Can Ryder choose between his family and the human race before the Drone Queen unleashes her curse upon the entire world? The stunning conclusion to David Hine\u2019s newest horror mystery ends here!<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/04\/22\/comics-received-42111-radical-edition\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Comics received 4\/21\/11 Radical edition<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. 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