Anna was LAZY this week!! OK, well not lazy but sitting in the sweat lodge that is her attic apartemtn is not conducive to writing, working or, well, anything other than melting to be honest. Nevertheless, she persevered to bring you fine comic folks of internet land, another set of stuff you NEED TO BUY!! OBEY! CONSUME!! (that's right, we're not done with that yet...)
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(W) Joshua Hale Fialkov (A) Gabo
In an infinite city built on infinite sadness, there is one man capable of breaking free. He will go through Heaven and Hell to save us all. Literally. A fantastical coming of age journey through the afterlife and beyond from Joshua Hale Fialkov (THE BUNKER, THE ULTIMATES) and breakout artist Gabo, with covers by Nick Pitarra (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, THE RED WING).
Finally emerging from the back pages of Elephantmen, Gabo, who has been honing his chops in secret for the past few years is about to take center stage and blow your mind in this transcendental new ongoing from Oni Press!! Have you ever tired of the daily grind? Thought about deviating from the norm, but never had the guts to do so? Perhaps there is something more sinister behind this monotony, something that you can only see out of the corner of tyour eye, or in the moments before waking and if you did confront it--would you have the balls to fight the unexplained? One man does. One man will risk it all and travel through realms beyond to find himself and of course save the world in the process!
(W) Justin Jordan (A) Kyle Strahm
Ten years ago, we dug too deep. We unleashed something ancient that couldn't be controlled. Something that couldn't be stopped, twisting everything it touched into more of itself.
The Spread.
Humanity was nearly destroyed before we found a way to slow the Spread to a crawl. Now, deep inside the quarantined zone, one man has found the key to stopping it forever: a baby girl. And if he can save her, he might save the world.
(W) Harvey Pekar (A) J.T. Waldman
In Harvey Pekar's final memoir, he recounts the entire history of the Jews to explain how he lost his faith in the state of Israel. Pekar grew up a staunch supporter of the Jewish state, but as he grew up he confronted more and more questions his parents couldn't answer. Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me interweaves Pekar's gradual disaffection with the modern state of Israel with a comprehensive history of the Jews, from biblical times to the present, as Pekar and the book's illustrator, JT Waldman, wrestle with the mythologies and realities surrounding the Jewish homeland.
(W) Jamie Delano (A) Steve Pugh & Various
In these stories from ANIMAL MAN #51-63, after being killed in a car crash, Animal Man struggles to return to life by climbing the evolutionary ladder one step at a time. But can he reincarnate himself as a creature with any power in time to help his kidnapped son?
(W) Tim Seely (A) Mikel Janin
Dick Grayson. Former sidekick. Former Super Hero. Former dead man. And now...agent of Spyral?!
A thrilling new chapter of Dick Grayson's life begins in this new, ongoing series. It's a super-spy thriller that will shock you and prove one thing: You might think you know Nightwing - but you don't know Dick.
Holy crap it's July already and the city is sweatin!! Clearly summer is here or at least what passes for summer here in Seattle, but Anna has a cooler full of recommendations for this week, chilled and ready to be paired with a nice beverage while sitting out in the sun!!
(W/A) James Stokoe
James Stokoe's crazy space trucker cooking epic returns to print bigger and badder than ever before! Join Johnny Boyo and Deacon as they cruise the intergalactic superhighways in search of legendary ingredients and amazing adventure. Collects Wonton Soup volumes 1 and 2.
Now that Stokoe has hit it big drawing the Avengers and Godzilla, Oni Press is finally reprinting Stokoe's first book and my personal favorite, the absolutely insane WONTON SOUP!! Imagine an Iron Chef manga remixed through the lens of Cowboy Bebop, Paul Pope, Geoff Darrow and featuring a guest appearance by Brandon Graham himself (well, kinda) all injected directly into the bloodstream in a flash of psychedelic gradients and naughty parts!! (sooooo many naughty parts) This is truly a wonderful comic and I guarantee it will leave a warm, fuzzy feeling deep down inside...
(W) Ed Brisson (A) Simon Roy
Our protagonist faces down Christian, the ex-bible salesman turned hedonist, to find out what's really going on. The Smoke Eaters square off against the Tomorrow Men for the right to kill our plucky hero. Blood! Murder! Mayhem! Bikers and cosplayers fighting to the death!
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Declan Shalvey
An abandoned hotel in New York contains a single abductee and upwards of twenty armed mob enforcers. Moon Knight is going to go inside and rescue the abductee. Alone.
(W) Ed Brisson (A) John Christmas
In the final issue of the second arc, things take a dark turn for the children of Safe Haven. Not all will survive the issue!
(W/A) Skottie Young
ALL-NEW, IN-CONTINUITY SERIES! As defenders of the cosmos go, Rocket Raccoon has faced his fair share of galactic battles. He's been a hero to the weak, a champion of good, a protector of the innocent, a heartthrob to the many intergalactic female species and now--a raccoon on the run?! ( I'm sorry, I'm sorry, a 'formidable-and-expert-Guardian' on the run. Rocket is NOT a raccoon, okay?) Rocket's high-flying life of adventure and heroism may soon be a thing of the past when he becomes a wanted man-and the authorities are not the only one on his TAIL! (We'll definitely be overusing that pun!) Superstar creator Skottie Young brings his A-game as writer and artist on the series we've been waiting decades for. Because let's be real, this is the only Guardian of the Galaxy you actually care about. Am I right?
(W) Sam Humphries (A) Paco Medina
From the pages of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!
A brand new series from SAM HUMPHRIES and PACO MEDINA! In this exciting first issue, Peter Quill battles the Badoon, fights to save an orphanage, and still finds time for some flirting with Kitty Pryde--but it's all in a day's work for the STAR-LORD!
(W) Will Pilgrim (A) Andrea Di Vito
Rocket Raccoon and Groot-your favorite cosmic bounty hunters (and soon to be world-famous movie stars)-leap into action in an all-new adventure! Could it possibly happen? Is Groot attempting to arrest...his best bud Rocket? Plus: Reprinting THOR #314, featuring the Thunder God in cosmic combat with the mean, green Guardian known as Drax!
Gahh!! We are so so so very late this week!!! Our Video Monkey had to work at his job that actually pays him (amazing, I know) and wasn't able to do his hairy homo-sapien magic until the next day and then... casey dropped the ball. That's right, blame Casey (everyone does.) Anywayzzzz, the comics are still fresh and the excitement only ages like fine wine here at CSSG!!
After taking a week off due to being trapped under a pile of old Eros books in the Fantagraphics warehouse for a few days, Anna Pederson returns to bring you adjective filled paragraphs that will HYPE! YOU! UP! about this week's comics!!
(W/A) Malachi Ward
The biggest, baddest Sin City ever is here, just in time for fall's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For! This imposing volume, suitable for home defense, contains all seven of Frank Miller's landmark Sin City yarns! In these tales of Marv, Dwight, Gail, Miho, Hartigan, Nancy, and the Yellow Bastard, no corner of Basin City is left unturned, and no bloody deed is left undone. Written with unmatched intensity and drawn in the starkest black-and-white imaginable, with blood-red bits of color, among others, the Sin City books make up the greatest crime saga in comics history, and Big Damn Sin City is the best way to rediscover the whole darn shootin' match!
I first came across Malachi Ward's stuff when sifting through the old consignment books at the store, figuring out what to do with those that had not sold. His comic was called "Utu" and had a great gold metallic sharpie color on the cover with a shaman. I flipped it open and was amazed by the seemingly effortless landscapes and murky atmosphere that instantly transported me to the damp, magical, and mysterious jungles of South America. Upon this sacred stage is thrust a shaman who, upon receiving news of an impending war from his mysterious, possibly dubious god, seeks to warn a small village about an impending war in order to save them from destruction. The way Ward handles the perception of belief is fascinating, showing both angles of the story on equal footing and really delving into the heart of human understanding of "higher beings" as well as tossing in some time travel shit as a driving beat that keeps you hooked until the very end. Hopefully this will be a lot like that, but let's face it--this dude doesn't make bad comics.
(W/A) Frank Miller
The biggest, baddest Sin City ever is here, just in time for fall's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For! This imposing volume, suitable for home defense, contains all seven of Frank Miller's landmark Sin City yarns! In these tales of Marv, Dwight, Gail, Miho, Hartigan, Nancy, and the Yellow Bastard, no corner of Basin City is left unturned, and no bloody deed is left undone. Written with unmatched intensity and drawn in the starkest black-and-white imaginable, with blood-red bits of color, among others, the Sin City books make up the greatest crime saga in comics history, and Big Damn Sin City is the best way to rediscover the whole darn shootin' match!
(W) Rick Remender (A) Wes Craig
Hunted through the streets of Las Vegas, Marcus is about to learn a valuable lesson: sometimes the only way to wash away your past is with blood. Stylized violence featuring teenage assassins on acid! Don't miss the climax of the first arc of the smash-hit series DEADLY CLASS by RICK REMENDER & WES CRAIG.
(W/A) Nick Bertozzi
Ernest Shackleton was one of the last great Antarctic explorers, and he led one of the most ambitious Antarctic expeditions ever undertaken. This is his story, and the story of the dozens of men who threw in their lot with him, many of whom nearly died in the unimaginably harsh conditions of the journey. It's an astonishing feat - and was unprecedented at the time - that all the men in the expedition survived. Nick Bertozzi has documented this remarkable journey with such wit and fiendish attention to detail that it's impossible not to get caught up in the drama of the voyage.
(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Paul Azaceta
NEW HORROR SERIES FROM THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN! Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it.
The band is back together again!! The CSSG mech robot attack squad is back at full strength with a kirby fist punch to the face full of shiny new funnybooks!! We apologize in advance for the length of the video this week, but we could just not contain ourselves from gushing and gushing (and gushing) for many minutes to the point where you are probably tired of listeinig and will just hit stop, but the energy could just not be quelled!! At least Casey and Morgan provide some fun comic relief this week (including punching)...
And we are rockin' BARTKIRA this week cuz that sh*t is F*****ING awesome!!!
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