A SMALL SECTION OF OUR STOCK-ROOM IN HALIFAX. WE HAVE TOWERING STACKS OF COMICS WAITING TO BE GIVEN OUT ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE A MOUSE IN A MAZE WHEN I GO BACK THERE.
ITEM!: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
MAY 2ND – THIS SATURDAY! BE THERE OR BE SAD! FOR MORE INFO ON THE EVENT, CLICK HERE OR CALL YOUR LOCAL STRANGE ADVENTURES!
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ITEM!: HOLY DOPPELGANGER!
I AM A UK MUSICIAN:
HTTP://WWW.SOUNDCLICK.COM/BANDS/DEFAULT.CFM?BANDID=946759
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ITEM!: LOGAN OUT OF ORDER!
MARVEL COMICS HAS ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THE PUBLISHING TIMELINE OF WOLVERINE
MARVEL WILL RELEASE WOLVERINE #73 BEFORE WOLVERINE #72, THE CONTINUATION OF MARK
MILLAR AND STEVE MCNIVEN’S “OLD MAN LOGAN” STORYLINE. ISSUE #73 WILL ARRIVE ON
MAY 13, WHILE ISSUE #72 WILL GO ON SALE MAY 20.
THIS IS DONE BECAUSE ISSUE #73 FROM WRITERS JASON AARON & DANIEL WAY AND ARTISTS
ADAM KUBERT & TOMMY LEE EDWARDS FEATURES THE START OF TWO TWO-PART STORIES FOCUSING
ON THE CHARACTER, THUS PROVIDING THE PERFECT JUMPING ON POINT FOR NEW READERS THE WOLVERINE
FILM COULD HELP PRODUCE. BOTH STORIES WILL BE CONCLUDED IN THE PAGES OF WOLVERINE #74,
SCHEDULED TO LAND IN STORES ON MAY 27.
THE “OLD MAN LOGAN” STORYLINE CONTINUING IN MAY 20’S WOLVERINE #72 WILL NOW CONCLUDE
IN A GIANT SIZE OLD MAN LOGAN SPECIAL
ALSO JUST ANNOUNCED ARE NEW PRINTINGS FOR WOLVERINE #66 4TH PRINTING, WOLVERINE #67 3RD PRINTING,
WOLVERINE #68 3RD PRINTING, WOLVERINE #69 2ND PRINTING, AND WOLVERINE #70 4TH PRINTING.
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ITEM!: PARKER PREVIEW!
IN THE PREVIEWS CATALOGUE THAT ARRIVES THIS WEEK, THERE IS ONE BOOK YOU SHOULD TAKE A GANDER AT….
“THE HUNTER” BY RICHARD STARK, ADAPTED INTO COMIC FORM BY DARWYN COOKE. CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW.
IN THE LATE 1960S, WRITING UNDER THE PSEUDONYM RICHARD STARK, DONALD WESTLAKE CREATED AND USED THE COMPLEX CHARACTER OF PARKER IN AN ENDURING SERIES OF CRIME NOVELS. NOW EISNER AWARD-WINNING WRITER/ARTIST COOKE (NEW FRONTIER, THE SPIRIT) BRINGS THE JARRING CRIMINAL AND HIS STORIES TO COMICS, BEGINNING WITH THE HUNTER.
FROM THE PREVIEW, YOU SHOULD GET A TASTE OF DARWYN’S SIGNATURE STORYTELLING STYLE, THIS TIME BEING UTILIZED TO SEAMLESSLY TELL INTRODUCE READERS TO THIS CHARACTER AND HIS WORLD.
THE HUNTER IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON JULY 29.
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ITEM!: IPHONE…FIND COMICS!
THERE’S AN IPHONE APP UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMIC SHOP LOCATOR SERVICE! HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PIGILKPWX54
THAT’S THE NEWS…..AND I AM OUT OF HERE
