Comix Corner

OBAMA, CLINTON, KENNEDY & PALIN JOIN FORCES IN "FEMALE FORCE" GRAPHIC NOVEL

Following successful launch of the Female Force biography comic series, Bluewater Productions announced the release of a graphic novel collection containing the first four issues.

Female Force: Volume I, scheduled for release September30th, includes the unabridged issues featuring Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, and Caroline Kennedy. It also includes a forward written by Debbie Walsh, the director of the Center for American Women and Politics.

Marvel is proud to announce the debut of Agents of Atlas #0 today, available free to all fans courtesy of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited! Collecting three new-reader friendly short stories from Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust, Dark Reign: New Nation and Agents of Atlas #7, all written by critically-acclaimed scribe Jeff Parker, you’ll get the answers to your questions! Who are the Agents of Atlas? What role did they play in Secret Invasion? What’s their new mission during Dark Reign? And just what’s it like to take a peek inside the mind of the enigmatic Mr. Lao?

Submitted by Russ Cohen

Philadelphia – Wizard World Philadelphia has one day left and yet I feel like I spent a week there. I was there on Friday and I was in search of show exclusive comics, older comics, and show exclusive action figures. All of that was easy to find and I found a lot more than that.

HALO – UPRSING (Hardcover Graphic Novel)
$24.99
Published by Marvel
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Alex Maleev
Colors: Matt Hollingsworth, Jose Villarrubia, & June Chung
Lettering: Ruwan Jayatilleke

I have to start by admitting that I am not a fan of the Halo games. That being said when I began reading Uprising I was hooked to the Halo story line. Halo Uprising fills the gap between the second and third video games.

SECTION EIGHT COMICS PREVIEW #1
2008
$6.00 US
Published by Section Eight Comics
Writer: Wilson Ramos Jr., Eric Rivera, Jason Antolik
Artist: Gene DiCicco, D. Douglass, Wilson Ramos Jr., Nadir Balan, Erik Williams
Inks: Wilson Ramos Jr., Mostafa Moussa
Lettering: Section 8 Studios, Wilson Ramos Jr.
Cover Art (1-5): 4.5 – Meet all the characters on the cover looks like a classic X-Men or Avengers cover.
Art (1-5): 3.5 – The black & white is ok but the shadding needs some work
Story (1-5): 4 – unique and worth a look at.

Deadpool: Suicide Kings Sells Out and Returns with New Printings!

UNCLE SCROOGE STATUETTE SELLS OUT

IN ADVANCE OF RELEASE!

JUNE 16, MILWAUKIE, OR–Dark Horse Comics has announced that its forthcoming limited-edition statuette of Disney’s Uncle Scrooge character has sold out its edition.

The Oregon-based publisher is giving one of the comic book medium’s most revered casts of characters the Syroco-style treatment in a new series of sculpted statuettes based on Carl Bark’s Uncle Scrooge stories. There are six statuettes scheduled for the initial series.

CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN!

The one true Captain America, Steve Rogers, returns in

Captain America Reborn #1

Five-Issue Series Chronicling the Return Begins July 1, 2009

ACE BOOKS AND DABEL BROTHERS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO PUBLISH NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR PATRICIA BRIGGS IN COMIC BOOK AND GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMATS

Briggs’s popular Alpha and Omega series to debut as Dabel Brothers comic books in August 2009 followed by the graphic novel from Ace in November 2009

Rev It Up with Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.’s Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TRADING CARD GAME STARTER DECK

Deck Includes Cards Never Before Released in North America

El Segundo, CA – (June 9, 2009) – The competition has just shifted into overdrive with the release of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) 2009 Starter Deck, from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE). Comprised of a mix of common and opponent-crushing foil cards, the 2009 Starter Deck is the latest release of the #1 trading card game in the world, now available at hobby and retail stores nationwide.