{"id":378,"date":"2010-05-31T03:54:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T03:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/05\/31\/graphic-novels-received-53010\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:41","slug":"graphic-novels-received-53010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/05\/31\/graphic-novels-received-53010\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic novels received 5\/30\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Wednesday Comics<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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This oversized hardcover edition collects the entire critically acclaimed anthology series that reinvented the classic weekly newspaper comics section. It features 16-different stories starring the World’s Greatest Super Heroes including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash, as well as lesser known characters including Metamorpho and Metal Men written and Illustrated by the comic industry’s top talents including including Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (JOKER), Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN) Eduardo Risso (100 BULLETS), Joe Kubert (SGT. ROCK) and Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR ONE HUNDRED). The 11" x 17" trim size best approximates the oversized reading experience from the weekly periodical which was spearheaded by DCU Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello, whose past editing credits include BATMAN BLACK and WHITE, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER. The full list of featured stories and creators is as follows: <\/p>\n

BATMAN, by the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso<\/p>\n

ADAM STRANGE, by writer\/artist Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR 100) METAMORPHO, written by New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman with Art by Eisner Award-winner Michael Allred (Madman)<\/p>\n

THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN, written by Walter Simonson (Thor, MANHUNTER) with Art by famed DC cover artist Brian Stelfreeze<\/p>\n

DEADMAN, written by Dave Bullock and Vinton Heuck, Art by Dave Bullock<\/p>\n

KAMANDI, written by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) with Art by Ryan Sook (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL)<\/p>\n

SUPERMAN, written by John Arcudi (The Mask) with Art by Lee Bermejo (JOKER)<\/p>\n

WONDER WOMAN, written and illustrated by Ben Caldwell (Dare Detectives)<\/p>\n

GREEN LANTERN, written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, ASTRO CITY) with Art by Joe Qui\u00f1ones (TEEN TITANS GO!)<\/p>\n

TEEN TITANS, written by Eddie Berganza with Art by Sean Galloway<\/p>\n

SUPERGIRL, written by Jimmy Palmiotti (JONAH HEX) with Art by Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL)<\/p>\n

HAWKMAN, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker (PLASTIC MAN, Special Forces)<\/p>\n

SGT. ROCK, written by Adam Kubert (SUPERMAN: LAST SON), ilustrated by legendary comics artist Joe Kubert<\/p>\n

THE FLASH, written by Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE, THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE) and Brenden Fletcher, illustrated by Karl Kerschl<\/p>\n

METAL MEN, written by Dan DiDio with Art by Ian Churchill (SUPERGIRL)<\/p>\n

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Acts of Violence: An Anthology of Crime Comics<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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ACTS OF VIOLENCE is a collection of short stories in the pulp tradition. It doesn\u2019t shy away from bullets or bloodshed. It tackles characters with flawed judgment and loose morals. The storylines are ripped from the filthy underbelly of the world in which we live. ACTS OF VIOLENCE peers into the shadows and shines a light on what scuttles on the periphery.<\/p>\n

In THE THREE PRINCES, a trio of young friends is schooled on the alcohol and blood soaked streets of Prohibition era America.<\/p>\n

A rookie lawman must protect a killer from the desperate and despairing parents of a murdered girl in SIX O\u2019CLOCK NOOSE.<\/p>\n

A drug addled ten-time loser seeks to break the chains of misery that bind him in REGGIE-TOWN.<\/p>\n

And in THE ORCHARD, two cops take a late night drive into broken morals and violence.<\/p>\n

Featuring the talents of Toren Atkinson, Ed Brisson, Chad Boudreau, Dino Caruso, Damian Couceiro, Todd Ireland, Kevin Leeson, Manoel Magalhaes, and Marvin Mann and cover art by Fiona Staples, ACTS OF VIOLENCE unveils a roster of new voices in hard-boiled crime comics.<\/p>\n

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Goats: Showcase Showdown<\/span><\/a> by Jonathan Rosenberg<\/span><\/p>\n

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Book Three of The Infinite Pendergast Cycle<\/span><\/p>\n

God is dead, reality isn\u2019t real, and the end of the multiverse is coming just a few short years from now. Most everyone is in agreement that this is problematic. Tech-geek barflies Jon and Phillip and their menagerie of mutant sidekicks are the only ones who can challenge the likes of goat demon Toothgnip, corporate demon One Death, and psycho chicken Oliver in order to stop the apocalypse. Which means everyone everywhere is almost certainly screwed. Goats: Showcase Showdown<\/span>\u2014the third collection of strips from the hit webcomic\u2014continues the pandimensional party.<\/p>\n

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A God Somewhere<\/span><\/a> Written by John Arcudi Art by Peter Snejbjerg<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a mysterious disaster, a young man named Eric finds that he has just as mysteriously developed extraordinary abilities. He starts out trying to help people, but his solitary position in the world isolates him in ways no ordinary human could understand. This original graphic novel written by John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.<\/a>, WEDNESDAY COMICS) charts the arc of Eric’s evolution from man to\u2026something else, as seen through the eyes of his family and his best friend, Sam.<\/p>\n

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The Amazon<\/span><\/a> Written by Steven T. Seagle Art by Tim Sale<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the earliest projects from acclaimed writer Steven T. Seagle and superstar artist Tim Sale returns in a gorgeous hardcover edition! The Amazon jungle is among the most ancient and biologically diverse places on earth, but it’s being plundered for its resources and destroyed at a rate of thousands of acres a day. Reporter Malcolm Hilliard travels to this remote land of mystery to investigate the disappearance of an American worker and the subsequent sabotage of a timber company. Once there, Malcolm learns about the local cultures and myths, experiences the dark underside of industrial progress, gets drugged and left to fend for himself in the jungle, and is confronted by the Spirit of the Amazon itself in Seagle and Sale’s South American Heart of Darkness<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. Wednesday Comics Promo copy: This oversized hardcover edition collects the entire critically acclaimed anthology series that reinvented the classic weekly newspaper comics section. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n