(W/A) Jeff Smith
Enter Kwarell! The adventure continues in Tuki's third action packed issue when he rescues three hostages from the clutches of a giant! But one of the creatures he frees just may be someone he'd like to forget. Surprises fill this game-changing issue of Tuki: Save the Humans (Winner National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award)!
(W) Xavier Dorison (A) Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson
What happens when America's greatest hero...is a Russian Spy?
Soviet Agent Vera Yelnikov is sent to 1977 Los Angeles by the Kremlin to become an American Superhero and spread communist values in the land of Uncle Sam in a funky superhero romp straight out of a Tarantino film by TERRY & RACHEL DODSON (Uncanny X-Men, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Harley Quinn) and XAVIER DORISON (Long John Silver, The Third Testament).
As I'm sure you've gleamed from the first few seconds of this video, our venerable Video Monkey is not here this week, but we here at CSSG persevere!! It's usually at this point where we realize just how much our little Video Monkey actually does each week (other than y'know, fling poo and eat flies) and should be given due recognition for all his hard work. Yeah, right...what the hell kinda place you think we're runnin' here, boyo? Anyway, here's Morgan and Casey with COMICS!!!
Also, since there are no pictures this week, here are links to some of the books we talk about in this here motion video thingy.
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11th we will be holding our monthly meeting of all things comics from 6:30-8pm! This month we will be discussing the first three issues of Kelly Sue Deconnick and Valentine de Landro's BITCH PLANET!! There is still time to pick up the series if you have been a little slow on the uptake and see what all the hype is about!!
Check out our event page for more info!
You could win this Limited Edition, Signed copy of Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club just for coming in and pre-ordering the first issue of Fight Club 2, his comics sequel. Severed arm not included (or is it?)
(W) Ales Kot (A) Langdon Foss, Jordie Bellaire
What would happen if Moebius and District 9 had a baby? Maybe THE SURFACE!
Welcome to Africa. Ebola is no longer a problem. The West and the East are moving in-and three hacker lovers are searching Tanzania for the place that can change everything: THE SURFACE!
The first issue of a mind-bending action SF epic drawn by the esteemed LANGDON FOSS (Get Jiro!, Winter Soldier) and colored by the Eisner-winning JORDIE BELLAIRE (everything)! THE SURFACE!
I've noticed that in almost every solicit for a new book from pretty much any publisher, the book is described as BLANK meets BLANK with a BLANK twist or some other sort of dribble. And while yes, this book's solicit does start with that, I trust in something bigger than hype solicits, I trust in Ales Kot. This guy has been coming up with the craziest, multi-layered, meta heavy mind f*ck comics on the racks today and THE SURFACE looks to be another trip! Kot also has a great knack for collaborating with artists that really enhance the mood and metaphors of the book which brings us to Langdon Foss. Seriously, this guy draws every grain of rice in a piece of sushi. Damn. Plus y'know colors by Jordie Bellaire because if you can get her, why get anyone else?
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Joe Quinones
• HOT off the pages of the ... the post-credits scene at the ... the end of a ... popular movie ... HOWARD THE DUCK is back! Join him as he takes on the weird cases that only a talking duck can crack as the Marvel Universe's resident private investigator!
• Let Sex Criminals' CHIP ZDARSKY (a writer known mostly as an artist) and JOE QUINONES (an artist known mostly as a lover) guide you through his new world as he takes on THE BLACK CAT and MYSTERIOUS FORCES FROM OUTER SPACE!
• WAUGH!
(W) Becky Cloonan (A) Andy Belanger
NOW BOARDING: Southern Cross, tanker flight 73 to TITAN!
Alex Braith is on board retracing her sister's steps to the refinery moon, hoping to collect her remains and find some answers. The questions keep coming though-how did her sister die? Where did her cabin mate disappear to? Who is that creep across the hall? And why does she always feel like she's being watched?
Inspired by classic mysteries and weird fiction, SOUTHERN CROSS is a crucible of creeping anxiety and fear as Braith struggles with the ghosts of her past on board a ship that holds secrets best kept buried.
(W/A) David Peterson & Various
WHY WE LOVE IT: 2015 marks the 10-year anniversary of David Petersen's Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Mouse Guard, and what better way to celebrate than with a new collection of short stories centered around a storytelling contest at the local bar, featuring work by some of the best writers and artists in comics paying homage to this beloved all-ages series.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: It's Mouse Guard as interpreted by some of the most celebrated storytellers in all of comics, including Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon), Ramón K. Pérez (The Amazing Spider-Man), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Becky Cloonan (Gotham Academy), Dustin Nguyen (Batman), and many more!
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Following two award-nominated volumes, once again, mice of all furs and trades have gathered at the June Alley Inn to swap tales of courage, adventure, and craftsmanship. The storytellers can't help but try to outdo one another, as the mouse who tells the best tale gets their bar tab cleared. This issue features stories by Skottie Young, Mark Buckingham, and Hannah Christenson (Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Novelization).
(W) Alejandro Jodorowsky (A) Jose Ladrönn
Visionary storyteller Jodorowsky returns to the epic mythology he created with the late Mœbius over 30 years ago. This volume concludes the piritual space adventures of everyman, John DiFool, as the universe faces the threat of an all-devouring metallic virus. This regular sized hardcover contains the complete 3-volume series Final Incal illustrated by Eisner-winning artist Ladrönn as well as an interview with both creators.
Note: This edition does not include MÅ“bius's After the Incal material.
(W) Matt Kindt (A) Clay Mann, Butch Guice
For the first time, Ninjak's past and future collide in the pages of an all-new ongoing series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (RAI, Mind MGMT) and superstar artists Clay Mann (X-Men: Legacy, Gambit) and Butch Guice (Captain America, Action Comics)!
Then: Meet inexperienced MI-6 recruit Colin King on his first mission in the field as he learns the basics of spycraft and counterintelligence, and develops a volatile relationship with his first handler.
Now: Colin King is Ninjak, the world's foremost intelligence operative, weapons expert, and master assassin. And he's hunting the Shadow Seven - a secret cabal of shinobi masters with mysterious ties to his training and tragic past.
We've just added two new comics to our local section from up and coming Seattle comic artist, Kiriska! In her own words, "I draw pictures and write stories." What more do you need to know? Check out her website for more stuffs!
(W/A) Kiriska
24hr Comic Day (October) 2009. 24-page BW oneshot.
Following the previous year’s adaptation, I definitely wanted to do something original for 2009′s 24hr Comic Day. This is what came out of my head at the last minute and I’m really happy with how it turned out, given all the restraints of the event. Aside from the cover (really just page 15) which was colored at a later date, only minor clean-up edits were made to the pages after the initial 24 hours.
(W/A) Kiriska
January 2011. 8-page, BW toned oneshot.
This was my submission to the 2011 SCAD Sequential Arts Anthology, and I am pleased to report that it was accepted.
On this, the most holy of holidays--MARCH FORTH--we bring you COMICS from the venerated vault of your favorite comic monkeys!! Gaze in disbelief at the mighty marching skills of Howard as they inspire terror and loathing or reel in terror like Morgan! (see him reel!!!) Um, yeah, anyway, there are comics and stuff this week. COMICS!!! YAY!!!
(W) Eric Powell & Tim Weisch (A) Eric Powell
From ERIC POWELL (Eisner award-winning creator of The Goon) and TIM WEISCH (a guy who used to be a bricklayer) comes BIG MAN PLANS, a brutal crime drama with a shocking mystery at its heart. Even the most marginalized in society can exact revenge if they don't care how they do it.
RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!
(W) Josh Tierney (A) Afu Chan
WHY WE LOVE IT: We've published four books thus far in Josh Tierney's Spera series because we simply love his characters and storytelling. Now, he teams up with fellow webcomic creators Afu Chan (Spera) and Giannis Milonogiannis (Old City Blues, Prophet) for a new creator-owned, sci-fi adventure.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Having first collaborated on the Eisner Award-nominated Spera series, the creative team behind HaloGen is no stranger to kickbutt ladies, epic world-building, and sweeping adventures. This time they're strapping on their sci-fi boots for a series perfect for fans of Prophet, Rocket Girl, and The Fifth Element.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: There's a rumor on Cityship Q that the gigantic body of a dead god was found floating in space. Rell, an agent woking for the HaloGen organization, is tasked with finding the location of the god and retrieving it by any means necessary. Using her ability to form hyperrealistic holograms, Rell is about to take on the first mission she might not be able to finish.
Now that Prophet is in its final cycle, a new series must rise to fill the giant dead robot god shaped void left by the best sci-fi comic on the racks--and that series is HALOGEN!! Crafted from the kinetically charged, indy powerhouse creators behind Spera and Old City Blues comes a super-charged, 1997 Square RPG feelin' rollicking space adventure for the next century!
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dustin Nguyen
One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet.
A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham.
Extra-sized first issue. 30 story pages for only $2.99!
(W/A) Geoff Darrow
The Saga of one man's fight against The Walking Dead as you've never seen it before!
The action never lets up as a chainsaw of events pits the comic world's favorite Shaolin Cowboy against a legion of gourmets from the fourth level of hell, intent on turning America's finest youth into an endless Shemp buffet.
Strap on your six-guns, gas up your chainsaw, and hang on, 'cuz you aren't in Downton Abbey anymore.
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Colton Worley
All small towns have secrets. All small towns have ghosts. Blackcross, in the Pacific North West of America, has more secrets than most. And it is being haunted by something impossible. BLACKCROSS, a supernatural extension of the PROJECT SUPERPOWERS mythos, is a ghost story about something reaching out from the other side of the night, through the forest and mist of this remote town, to grasp at the hearts of a handful of people who may not find out that they're the targets of a strange killer until it's much, much too late.
(W/A) Andrew MacLean
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek swords and monsters comic.
Nomadic warrior, Norgal and his unlikely companion, the severed head of Agatha the Blue Witch, have arrived on the rocky shores of the Scottish Isle of Barra. They come prepared to slay the sea serpent but can they survive all of the island's deadly trials? And can they survive each other's company?
23 pages of story, 36 total pages of art including a pinup gallery featuring:
Toby Cypress (Rod Racer, Blue Estate)
Brian Churilla (DB Cooper)
Tradd Moore (Luther Strode)
Wariwick Johnson-Cadwell (Tank Girl)
James Harren (BPRD, Abe Sapien)
(W/A) Andrew MacLean
"The Wolves of Barra" - A HUGE 43 page story PLUS an amazing pinup gallery featuring art from:
Mike Mignola
Joe Dellagatta
Michael Avon Oeming
Simone D'Armini
Max Fiumara
Troy Nixey
Fillip Acovic
Enrique Fernandez
Paul Maybury
Janusz Pawlak
The great evil that plagues the Scottish Isle of Barra has turned its attention to Norgal and Agatha. The Wolves of Barra descend, blood spills, plot thickens, and heads... you get the picture.
The week is finally here. Spider-Gwen VS everything else on the internet for world wide web superiority!! (My money's on Gwen) Of course, there are other things happening in the comic world this week like, HELLBOY BEER!! and a severed arm signed by Chuck Palanihuk! "Why?" you ask? Watch and find out!!!
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