{"id":484,"date":"2009-11-14T21:24:19","date_gmt":"2009-11-14T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/11\/14\/graphic-novels-received-111409\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:47","slug":"graphic-novels-received-111409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/11\/14\/graphic-novels-received-111409\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic novels received 11\/14\/09"},"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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/1401224253\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51nFBE0vCgL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Superman-Red-Deluxe-Mark-Millar\/dp\/1401224253\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1258232674&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Superman: Red Son (Deluxe Edition)<\/span><\/a> Written by  Mark Millar  Art by Dave Johnson and Killian Plunkett<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Strange visitor from another world who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands\u2026 and who, as the champion of the common worker, fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, Socialism and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact.<\/p>\n<p>In this startling twist of a familiar tale, a certain Kryptonian rocketship crash-lands on Earth carrying an infant who will one day become the most powerful being on the planet. But his ship doesn\u2019t land in America. He is not raised in Smallville, Kansas. Instead, he makes his new home on a collective in the Soviet Union!<\/p>\n<p>From the mind of Mark Millar, the best-selling writer of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">THE AUTHORITY<\/span> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wanted-Movie-Mark-Millar\/dp\/1582409935\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1258233626&amp;amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Wanted<\/span><\/a>, comes this strangely different take on the Superman mythos. Featuring art by Dave Johnson, Kilian Plunkett, Andrew Robinson, and Walden Wong, with an introduction by film producer Tom DeSanto (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">X-Men<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">X2: X-Men United<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Transformers<\/span>), this Deluxe Edition also features an extensive sketch gallery by Johnson, Plunkett and Alex Ross.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/1606991655\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51vPR1c%2BSJL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Like-Dog-Zak-Sally\/dp\/1606991655\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1258232923&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Like A Dog<\/span><\/a> by Zak Sally<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zak Sally is best known for his career as a musician in the band Low. He also is an acclaimed cartoonist. Like a Dog collects the very best of Sally&#8217;s acclaimed short comics from the past 15 years for publications like <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Mome<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Dirty Stories<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Recidivist<\/span> and more. Stories like &quot;Don&#8217;t Move,&quot; &quot;The War Back Home,&quot; &quot;Two Idiot Brothers,&quot; and &quot;Killing Screws&quot; share little in common on the surface but are united by Sally&#8217;s forbidding style. Nonfiction comics include &quot;At the Scaffold,&quot; about the trial of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and &quot;The Man Who Killed Wally Wood,&quot; a story about Sally&#8217;s brush with a former publisher of the legendary comic artist (who, contrary to the title of this strip, took his own life). <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Like a Dog<\/span> will also include extensive &quot;liner notes&quot; by the artist, previously unpublished material, and other surprises.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/media\/product\/1\/3\/13384_180x270.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/dcu\/comics\/?cm=13384\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Batman\/Doc Savage Special #1<\/span><\/a>  Written by Brian Azzarello  Art by Phil Noto<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Doc Savage returns to DC Comics\u2026and comes face-to-fist with the Batman! Superstar scribe Brian Azzarello (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">100 BULLETS<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Joker-Brian-Azzarello\/dp\/1401215815\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1258233342&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">JOKER<\/span><\/a>) and the breathtaking art of Phil Noto combine to shine the first light on a shadowy new version of the DC Universe, where the thugs run rampant, corruption runs deep, and even heroes can&#8217;t be trusted! Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, hates what he&#8217;s heard about the connections between a grisly murder and Gotham City&#8217;s violent new vigilante. But the Batman can&#8217;t abide do-gooders getting in his way\u2026and his .45 just won&#8217;t stay in its holster!<\/p>\n<p>Be here for this vital prologue to an upcoming 6-issue miniseries by Azzarello and Rags Morales (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Identity-Crisis-Comics-Brad-Meltzer\/dp\/1401204589\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1258233426&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">IDENTITY CRISIS<\/span><\/a>), which will pull back the curtain to reveal the full width and breadth of DC&#8217;s new pulp-influenced universe. This special issue also features sketchbook material by Rags Morales that will show you just what you&#8217;re in for! You might think you&#8217;re ready \u2013 but you&#8217;re very, very wrong\u2026<\/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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