Comics Should Smell Good!! ep. #72
It's ECCC Wednesday and we have lots of COMICS!! On this very specialnew comic day, the CSSG monkeys are here to guide you through the tumultuous tides of this ever changing industry with the best books this week has to offer!!
(W/A/CA) Ryan Ottley
The sold out, cult hit black-and-white issue is back, now in full color! Followed by all-new issues that continue the bloody adventures of the world's most feared animal, the Grizzly Shark!
(W) Ta-Nehisi Coates (A/CA) Brian Stelfreeze
A new era for the Black Panther starts here!
Written by MacArthur Genius and National Book Award winner TA-NEHISI COATES (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend BRIAN STELFREEZE, "A Nation Under Our Feet" is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther's struggle to do right by his people as their ruler. The indomitable will of Wakanda -- the famed African nation known for its vast wealth, advanced technology and warrior traditions -- has long been reflected in the will of its monarchs, the Black Panthers. But now the current Black Panther, T'Challa, finds that will tested by a superhuman terrorist group called The People that has sparked a violent uprising among the citizens of Wakanda. T'Challa knows the country must change to survive -- the question is, will the Black Panther survive the change?
Rated T+
The king of Wakanda returns to his own adventures in style courtesy of art gangster BRIAN STELFREEZE!!
(W) Rob Williams (A/CA) Jim Lee & Others, Scott Williams
Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, M.D., welcomes you to Evil Anonymous, the support group for super villains in need; where no problem is too insane or homicidal, and where discretion is assured as only a clown princess of crime can-which is to say, not at all. But when Harley Quinn starts using her patients' own evil schemes against them, it turns out that a much bigger, far more dangerous, and truly life-altering joke is being played on her.
(W) Chris Samnee, Mark Waid (A/CA) Chris Samnee
IT'S S.H.I.E.L.D.'s FUNERAL
• As S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top brass gather to bury one of their own, they make an attractive target.
• Lucky for Maria Hill, the agency's persona non grata, Black Widow, is still watching over them.
• But that could mean Natasha will have a hard time watching her own back!
Rated T+
(W) Peter Milligan (A/CA) Leandro Fernandez
Melissa gets drawn deeper into a strange hidden world and realizes that her affair with Orlando isn't just about sex. She discovers more about the Discipline, their weird enemy known as the Stalkers, and her own frightening potential.
(W) S.A. Check, J. C. Vaughn (A) Brendon Fraim & Various (CA) Greg LaRocque
Watch The Three Stooges come to life right on the cover of this first issue! Just use your smart phone to click on the QR code and you'll see the classic short "Disorder in the Court" playing for your viewing pleasure on the boys' space age television. What other comic book can also deliver a live action Three Stooges short film along with all the wacky comic book goodness? Don't miss it, you knucklehead!
Wayward Studios takes over the shelves of our local/indy section with 13!! new comics from this determined duo from Renton, WA and Baltimore, MD! Emily R. Gillis and Crystal M. Robins met in college while pursuing degrees in graphic design. While they both had been working on comics since high school, it wasn't until after graduation when they had moved to opposite ends of the US that they decided to combine their powers to create the best comics they could come up with.
Since creating Wayward Studios, Em and Crystal have creating three ongoing series, four 24-hour comics, created two successfully crowdfunding campaigns, appeared at numerous conventions, spoken on panel about their work and comics as a whole, and helped to found the Washington, DC-based collective Square City Comics.
Make sure to check out their website and stop into the store to browse the diverse selection of awesome indy comics here at Zanadu!!
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(W/A) Emily R Gillis
A farmer is visited by monks and informed that the gods have chosen him for a sacred quest. The quest, however, may be more sinister than he had imagined.
16 pages, black & white.
(W/A) Emily R Gillis
A farmer is visited by monks and informed that the gods have chosen him for a sacred quest. The quest, however, may be more sinister than he had imagined.
16 pages, black & white.
It's fifth Wednesday of the month and you know what that means??!! MORE COMICS!! On this very special 'bonus round' new comic day, the CSSG monkeys are here to guide you through the tumultuous tides of this ever changing industry with the best books this week has to offer!!
Zanadu is very proud to announce a new batch of comics from Illinois based creator Kat Tuesday has hit the shelves of our ever expanding local and indy section!!
(W/A) Kat Tuesday
An ongoing story about a boy overcome by his own imagination.
(W/A) Kat Tuesday
An 8 foot fold out comic lovingly crafted by Kat and assembled with a little help from her friends.
(W/A) Kat Tuesday
An excellent collection of allegorical tales with a punch.
Like Kirby in the 70's, our very own Professor of Marvel, Mr. Will Harris of comicsblend.com has left the house of ideas for the gritty, in your face fist punching action of DC COMICS!
BATMAN! SUPERMAN! WONDER WOMAN! Who will survive and what will be left of them?!!
Will gets you HYPED for DC's biggest blockbuster of 2016 in this very special video from Comics Should Smell Good!!
Woooo-wee are there a lot of comics again this week!! What do the publishers think--we just sit around and read comics all day??!! Ok, well maybe some us, but others, heh, we gotta work. Either way, if you've got the day off and are lyin in bed or toiling behind a screen in your cubicle, take a sec to watch another highly informative and highly hyperbole filled videos from your favorite comic monkeys at Zanadu Comics!!
(W) Kevin McCarthy (A/CA) Kyle Baker
When the heroic robots that saved Japan during World War IV are outlawed, they turn against mankind, waging a campaign of terror across the last city on Earth. Their creator builds one more soldier-disguised as his teenaged granddaughter-and tasks her with dismantling the marauding mechanical militia. But as she begins to question her programming, will she be the last hope for humanity, or the final nail in our coffin?
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(W) Paul Allor (A/CA) Corey Lewis
In a world... where COBRA rules the planet! COBRA COMMANDER's forces have won, the entire planet Earth now submits to COBRA rule... but the burdens of ruling over billions of people make COBRA COMMANDER anxious to the good old days. And he decides there's just one group that can bring chaos back to this totalitarian order: G.I. JOE!
Featuring art from local artist COREY LEWIS!!
(W/A/CA) Jeremy Bastian
Available for the first time ever in a softcover trade paperback, Jeremy A. Bastian's beautiful, astonishingly detailed line work is on display in his magnus opus Cursed Pirate Girl, a black-and-white original graphic novel about a girl on a quest in search of her father.
It's a journey filled with adventure above and below the mythical waters of the Omerta Seas. A nautical fairytale of strange creatures, whimsical characters, swashbuckling danger, and the most bizarre pirates you could hope for. It's certain to amaze and captivate adults and children alike!
(W) Mike Johnson (A) Angel Hernandez (CA) Stephen Molnar, Tamra Bonvillain
Two iconic franchises collide for this blockbuster crossover event! The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise meets the Green Lantern Corps for the first time in an all-new adventure that spans the cosmos! Kirk and Spock make a most unusual discovery on a lost world... igniting events that will change the fate of empires!
(W/A/CA) Royden Lepp
What's to Love: First time in softcover! We were instantly captivated by Royden Lepp's first Rust original graphic novel, A Visitor in the Field. In anticipation of the release of the fourth and final installment, we want to get readers excited all over again with this new, softcover collection containing the prologues from the three previously released volumes, plus the never-before-seen prologue from the fourth volume, in an all-new reading order. Great starting point for new readers.
What It Is: Made to look like a boy, but built for battle, Jet Jones is a robot caught in the middle of an ongoing war. While trying to save countless lives, Jet discovers there is more to him than he could have imagined. His experiences in the war set him on a journey to learn what it means to be both hero and human. Rust: The Boy Soldier launches a new paperback program for the Rust series.
"A tale of war and remembrance, a gloriously rendered thrill ride . . . Rust is the best graphic novel I've read in years." - The Oregonian/Oregon Live
(W) Jeff Lemire & Various (A) Kano & Various (CA) Ryan Bodenheim
As THE ANALOG MAN takes an act break...Valiant's indestructible commando is gearing up for Valiant's first-ever annual with a 64-page bloodbath touring Bloodshot's past, present, and future!
First: Terror doesn't wait for Friday at Camp Silver Lake in an extra-sized tale of summertime mayhem from New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire and Valiant superstar Kano! A masked menace has stalked this camp for years, but what happens when one unstoppable killing machine comes up against another? Bloodshot is about to bring his bloody brand of justice to the quiet shores of Silver Lake to take on America's most notorious slasher!
Then: Jeff Lemire presents a very special Bloodsquirt solo adventure, plus all-new stories from acclaimed creators Ray Fawkes (Batman Eternal), Michel Fiffe (Copra), Benjamin Marra (Strange Tales), Paul Maybury (Sovreign), and more!
SO EXCITED ABOUT COMICS THIS WEEK!! (ahem) sorry, but there really are waaaay too many great books for me to ramble on so just hit that play button and we'll take it away!!
//and no dirty jokes about the episode number this week, kids...
(W) Justin Jordan (A/CA) Tradd Moore
Luther versus The Bound.
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