Hues Prevues - Shipping 12/29/04
Can you believe I'm getting two of these done in two weeks? Yeah, me neither. Damn, I'm good... and good lookin'. Man, I got it all! Lots of busy developments going on... More on that in a later post. For now, we get the list no one bothers to read through, with commentary no one bothers to read either. Really, I think I just do this to improve my typing skills. I got mad typing skills biznatch! I could be one helluva secretary!
OCT042777 30 DAYS OF BLOODSUCKERS TALES #3 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
SEP042281 ACTOR TOMB RAIDER SPHERE OF INFLUENCE #1 $6.99 ACTOR
OCT042293 ACTOR TRANSFORMERS ENERGON FOIL CVR #25 $14.99 ACTOR
OCT040275 ADAM STRANGE #4 (Of 8) $2.95 DC COMICS
OCT043539 ALIAS SEASON THREE PREMIUM T/C BOX PI INKWORKS
OCT043540 ALIAS SEASON THREE T/C COLLECTOR ALBUM PI MERCHANDISE
NOV043171 ALPHABET CITY OUT ON THE STREETS BOARD BOOK $19.95 GINGKO PRESS
Keepin' it real! Gotta repreZENT! You know what I'm sayin'? You MF SOB besta step off, 'less you want me to KYA fo' real! Yeah, well FU, man!
OCT041766 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #515 $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
OCT043251 AMAZING STORIES #608 $5.99 CURTIS CIRCULATION
I want a counterpart. Mundane stories. Stories about guys who get up and get a cup of coffee and put a bagel in the toaster oven, and then maybe they spill some coffee on their shirt and curse and have to go put on a new shirt.
OCT044366 ANCHORMAN LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY WS UNRATED DVD PI VIDEOS
Which means this probably hit retail stores last week. And you can buy it for cheaper than what it costs the retailers to get it through Diamond. Honestly, I don't understand Diamond's movie strategy. They always come out the week AFTER they hit every other venue, and the retailer cost is often higher than the cost other stores sell them for. I honestly wonder if Diamond doesn't buy them in bulk from Wal-Mart. This would explain why we get it a week later (they have to wait for Wal-Mart to stock it) and why retailer prices are so high, they have to recoup the consumer cost they paid for it at Wal-Mart. If this is not how they're doing it, then someone needs to take his head out of his ass and do it right! Get the damned movies into the specialty stores at least in the same week they hit the other chains and don't charge retailers so damned much money for them. There's no room for markup if you want to be competitive at all!
AUG043464 ANIMAGE NOV 2004 $11.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG043465 ANIMEDIA NOV 2004 $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042370 AP YOU CAN DRAW MANGA #11 $4.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
OCT042358 AP YOU CAN DRAW MANGA MASTERS COURSE TP $19.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
No, really, you can't. I mean you can buy the book and you can trace the pictures and maybe even do crude copies, but you can't really draw manga. You're just fooling yourself into thinking there's a possible career for you in manga and you can make millions and millions of dollars and you won't have to work down at the Orange Julius for the rest of your life just waiting for that old bastard to croak so you can become Assistant Crew Supervisor and convince your mom to let you live in her basement a little longer because your career is advancing now... really, it is... and then you start making plans to trip the old guy or poison his orange julius so it can happen faster because your mom keeps folding your underwear even though you tell her not to and you can just picture her standing there at the ironing board spending way too much time fondling the very fabric that will be in your most private of places and ... and ... I think I'm gonna be sick ... excuse me!
OCT043446 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION I TCG BOOSTER DIS PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT043447 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION II TCG BOOSTER DIS PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT043449 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION IV TCG BOOSTER DIS PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT043451 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION QUICK FILE & TCG BOOSTER PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT042407 ARCHIE DIGEST #213 $2.39 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
JUN042074 ARSENIC LULLABY #17 $2.85 AAA MILWAUKEE PUBLISHING CO
If I do get sick, I can double bag it and ship it off to this guy and he can use it for inspiration for some of the most darkly disturbing comics you're ever gonna read. Well, not you really. You won't read 'em. See, there's no superheroes in these comics. There's fetus zombies. You like fetus zombies? Come on, who doesn't like fetus zombies? You know, anti-abortionists should really get behind this comic. If there weren't so many damned abortions, then we wouldn't have so many fetuses lying around that could be rising into an army of the undead. Voodoo Joe... a reason to stop the killing! Brought to you by the people against abortions.
SEP042772 ASPEN #3 FATHOM LTD VARIANT $19.99 JAY COMPANY
See, it's the same comic... but with a different cover... and it's limited... so you see... Look, Jay Comics publishes Rob Liefeld's Youngblood comics, so they need all the help they can get to make ends meet between issues. I mean it was a year between the first and second issue... So give 'em some money. This variant was drawn by some hobo on the street corner.
OCT041749 AVENGERS EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES #4 (Of 8) $3.50 MARVEL COMICS
SEP042678 AWAKENINGS #3 (Of 6) (MR) $2.99 EIGHTH DAY ENTERTAINMENT
OCT043064 B B EXPLOSION VOL 4 GN $9.95 VIZ LLC
OCT040351 BARNUM SC (MR) $19.95 DC COMICS
OCT040261 BATGIRL #59 $2.50 DC COMICS
OCT040257 BATMAN #635 $2.25 DC COMICS
NOV043541 BATMAN 3D MESH LOGO STRETCHFIT $13.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043563 BATMAN CROUCH T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043562 BATMAN CROUCH T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043561 BATMAN CROUCH T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043564 BATMAN CROUCH T/S XL $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043565 BATMAN CROUCH T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
Believe me, you don't want to see the prototype for the Batman Squat t-shirt! I mean a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, and luckily he has some bat-sanitary napkins in that belt of his, but some things are better left to the imagination. Or the not imagination. Why would you be thinking about that? What is wrong with you?!
OCT040334 BATMAN DANGER GIRL $4.95 DC COMICS
Yeah, you got me.
NOV044177 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA MINISERIES DVD PI VIDEOS
I heard this was pretty good, but didn't get to see it. That's what I get for moving out into the middle of nowhere and not hooking up the satellite yet. You miss out on a lot... Was it good?
OCT044116 BATTLETECH MINIATURES GOLIATH GOL2H VARIANT $9.95 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT044118 BATTLETECH MINIATURES KIMAGURE PURSUIT CRUISER $10.50 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT044120 BATTLETECH MINIATURES OSTROC OSR3C VARIANT $8.95 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT044121 BATTLETECH MINIATURES PILUM WHEELED TANK $7.50 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT042408 BETTY & VERONICA #205 $2.19 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
OCT040352 BLOOD A TALE TP NEW PTG (MR) $19.95 DC COMICS
I have a tale about blood, too. See, one time I pricked my finger and it bled.
OCT040329 BOUNCER RAISING CANE TP (MR) $17.95 DC COMICS
I don't think it's legal for bouncers to have canes. But if one did have one and was raising it at me, you can bet your ass I'd be hightailing it out of that male strip club... uh... not that I frequent such establishments... er... frequently... not that there's a problem with them in general... just that... uh... it's not my... uh...
NOV043441 BRODIE MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
OCT042875 BRUTAL PLANET #4 $2.95 NEKO PRESS
NOV042997 BUCK ROGERS COLOR SUNDAY MINI PACK #7 $50.00 TONY RAIOLA
It better not be THAT mini for fifty dollars!
AUG043484 BUG BUG CG NOV 2004 (A) $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042479 CAVEWOMAN MERIEMS GALLERY SP ED #4 (MR) PI AMRYL ENTERTAINMENT
NOV042497 CAVEWOMAN MERIEMS GALLERY SP ED NUDE COVER #4 (MR) PI AMRYL ENTERTAINMENT
OCT043612 CHRIS BAILYS MAJOR DAMAGE COMBO SIGNED COMIC CON ED PI GRAPHITTI DESIGNS
OCT042627 CHRONICLES OF LUCKY ELLO GN (MR) $9.95 DRAWN & QUARTERLY
OCT042492 CITY OF HEROES #8 $2.95 BLUE KING STUDIOS
Didja hear that Image is picking this up... Top Cow maybe, who the hell can remember stuff that was read like a few days ago already. For real! Still, I expect that if that move turns out alright, then these issues will go up in value. See, there's about 412 people ordering this book right now, and one can only guess that under Image that number would go up (don't get me started on company loyalty in comics!)... so then you've got yourself a small print run indy sensation brewing... of a licensed video game. Okay, it might not work... but if it does, I'm gonna pretend I swore it would and "I told you so" all over the 'net.
AUG043485 COMIC AUN NOV 2004 (A) $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
MAY043054 COMIC BOOK ARTIST VOL 2 #5 $7.50 TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
AUG043486 COMIC POTPOURRI CLUB NOV 2004 (A) $6.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043198 COMIC SHOP NEWS 100CT BUNDLE #915 PI COMIC SHOP NEWS INC
OCT043199 COMIC SHOP NEWS 50CT BUNDLE #915 PI COMIC SHOP NEWS INC
SEP043325 COMICKERS QUARTERLY #41 $22.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043305 COMO DIBUJAR ANIME VOL 1 HOW TO DRAW ANIME SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043306 COMO DIBUJAR ANIME VOL 2 HOW TO DRAW ANIME SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043307 COMO DIBUJAR ANIME VOL 3 HOW TO DRAW ANIME SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043438 COMO DIBUJAR MANGA VOL 1 HOW TO DRAW MANGA SPANISH ED $20.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043439 COMO DIBUJAR MANGA VOL 2 HOW TO DRAW MANGA SPANISH ED $20.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043440 COMO DIBUJAR MANGA VOL 3 HOW TO DRAW MANGA SPANISH ED $20.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
Now our Spanish speaking brethren can learn to mimic the Japanese stylings. What a truly international movement. It also looks like our Spanish speaking brethren are expected to be somewhat independently wealthy... Like 123 bucks wealthy! That's like 6,394,061 pesos... or is it 6,394,069... Man, I always get confused on the conversion.
AUG044237 CONAN RPG FREE COMPANIES $24.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
Don't look free to me.
OCT040013 CONCRETE HUMAN DILEMMA #1 (MR) $3.50 DARK HORSE COMICS
He's back... Concrete was one of Dark Horse's original work(*ahem*)horses and remains one of the most critically acclaimed properties in all of comics. It's nice to see Chadwick back with another run on this classic creation... see, nothing smartass at all.
OCT042583 COSMIC GUARD #5 $2.99 DYNAMIC FORCES
SEP043323 COSMODE #6 $23.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
Short for COSMIC COMMODE! For bowel movements that are truly stellar! Man, I should work in marketing...
NOV042363 COURAGEOUS PRINCESS TP $15.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
I missed these and Rod Espinosa when this originally came about, but stumbled on him when Neotopia launched and found that I really enjoyed his manga-esque, all-ages, computer-aided storytelling and artistic approach. I picked this up (a good price for a lot of comic) and can't wait to see it. Espinosa is one of our ambassadors to that elusive youth audience we bitch about and yet do nothing about.
JUN043723 CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON POSTER $5.49 SCORPIO POSTERS
AUG043842 CROW DANCE OF THE DEAD 12-IN RED NIGHTS ED $149.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV044198 CSI COMPLETE THIRD SEASON DVD SET PI VIDEOS
NOV044199 CSI MIAMI COMPLETE SECOND SEASON DVD SET PI VIDEOS
OCT042778 CVO COVERT VAMPIRIC OPERATIONS ROGUE STATE #2 (MR) $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
SEP042984 DAISY KUTTER #4 (Of 4) $3.99 VIPER COMICS
It's scary to me how many publishers are becoming completely comfortable with the four dollar price point for a standard-sized comic. It just seems too soon to be moving into this price categroy. Some of us have mortgages. I'm not knockign the publishers or the books, but it still feels pretty steep. Okay, maybe I am knocking some of them. Can't IDW still make a profit with pricing that is slightly more user friendly. Especially if they're gonna drop like 95% of their monthly books in the same week? Wait, this is Viper Comics. Daisy Kutter. Sorry, I dropped Dead(at)17 in the second mini for monetary reasons. It was okay... but I've heard great things about Daisy and am looking to keep sampling Viper's books. Their two new books look pretty good... and Daisy... well, I'm sorry, Daisy. I didn't give you a fair shake and you don't deserve the ire that I have reserved for IDW (SEVEN-FIFTY FOR A FORTY-EIGHT PAGE BOOK!!!!)... Please forgive me.
NOV043754 DAREDEVIL & ELECTRA LASER CEL $10.99 LASERMACH
OCT042830 DAWN 15TH ANNIVERSARY S/N PRINT $25.00 LINSNER.COM
SEP043312 DBZ COMPLETE GD THE TENKAICHI LEGEND $24.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043332 DENGEKI ANIMAGA #13 $18.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG043468 DENGEKI GS MAG NOV 2004 $12.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043438 DENGEKI HOBBY DEC 04 JAN 05 $19.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042775 DESPERADOES BANNERS OF GOLD #1 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
See, this is what I'm talking about. Now, I love Desperadoes. LOVE IT. Have all the Homage Comics books. And I'll get this (so I'm a hypocrite and supporting pricing tactics that I don't agree with, at least I'm doing the full disclosure thing), but this doesn't have to cost four bucks. Surely IDW pulls in enough dough on all those Steve Niles books to drop to at least $3.50 a book. Come on, throw us a bone. Of course, it does raise the interesting notion that for all our bitching about cover price, it rarely seems to benefit a book or hurt a book for it's price to drop or rise. In fact, some retailers have pointedly said they are skeptical of books that are priced what they consider too low (case in point: Beckett's aggressive $1.99 pricing stragety). And customers don't even seem to notice. The only exception are the obvious marketing prices (quarter, dime, fifty cents, etc.).
SEP043284 DETECTIVE CONAN CASE CLOSED 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
APR042599 DF ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN DR OCTOPUS PX DIORAMA STATUE $149.99 MERCHANDISE
APR042600 DF ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN DR OCTOPUS PX DIORAMA STATUE AP ED $199.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043309 DI GI CHARAT DIE CUT STICKER ASST $7.96 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
SEP042701 DILDO #7 (A) $3.95 EROS COMIX
NOV043793 DISNEY DONALD DUCK CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043795 DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043796 DISNEY MINNIE MOUSE CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043797 DISNEY PRINCESSES ARIEL CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043803 DISNEY PRINCESSES ARIEL PEWTER KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043798 DISNEY PRINCESSES BELLE CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043799 DISNEY PRINCESSES CINDERELLA CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043805 DISNEY PRINCESSES CINDERELLA PEWTER KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043800 DISNEY PRINCESSES SLEEPING BEAUTY CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043806 DISNEY PRINCESSES TINKER BELL PEWTER KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT040279 DOOM PATROL #7 $2.50 DC COMICS
I don't care what Byrne says. I think he's full of crap. I think that this book is canceled and that's why he has agreed to pencil Superman on top of this and Blood of the Demon. He just doesn't want to admit it because the anemic sales on this book will only get worse. It's a shame this was such a disaster, considering it spun out of one of DC's top books. It's just such a shame that his run on JLA was such complete and utter crap. Vampires? Are you kidding me? It sucked and this series hasn't been much better. I would rather get more of the Arcudi/Huat DP from a couple years ago. At least that was unpredictable and interesting.
JUN042444 DORK TOWER COLL TP VOL 7 DORK SIDE OF THE GOON $15.99 DORK STORM PRESS
SEP043308 EL HOBBIT SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
Talk about a niche within a niche. First off, there are only so many thousands of comics readers who go into comics shops. Now, we're separating out the Spanish speaking ones, which has to be an even smaller number. Well, at least now they can adapt and draw their own manga of The Hobbit.
OCT041785 ELEKTRA THE HAND #5 (Of 5) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041779 ELEKTRA THE MOVIE $5.99 MARVEL COMICS
Why pay seven or eight bucks for the movie when you can save like... a dollar... and get a poorly drawn, rushed adaptation that skips half of the scenes and crowds all of the others so it can fit two hours of action and dialogue into 36 pages or so. Truly the movie adapations are the illustrated cliff's notes, bereft of any heart or literary value in and of themselves. And they're not even a bargain. But it will take less time to get the gist of the story.
OCT040320 ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER #2 (Of 4) (RES) (MR) $5.95 DC COMICS
NOV043840 EMILY THE STRANGE FOLD & MAIL STATIONARY $7.95 CHRONICLE BOOKS
NOV043841 EMILY THE STRANGE I WANT YOU JOURNAL $9.95 CHRONICLE BOOKS
NOV043842 EMILY THE STRANGE WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE DOOR SIGN $9.95 CHRONICLE BOOKS
Now I would watch a Wheel of Misfortune television series. "Alright, give the wheel a spin... Ooh, I'm sorry. It looks like your family will be devoured by crocodiles on live television right now. Can we get the family from the audience. Security bar the doors. Open the crocodile pit. Now we can do this the easy way or I can bring in Steve Irwin."
NOV043256 ENRIQUE BRECCIA DRAWINGS SC $12.99 ANCARES EDITORA
OCT041741 EXILES #57 $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
AUG042925 EXTINCTIONERS TALES OF THE ENDANGERED #2 $4.99 SHANDA FANTASY ARTS
They're endangered of becoming extinct... see how clever this is... Do you see it? Yeah, me neither.
NOV043809 FAMILY GUY LICENSE PLATE FRAME $5.49 RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043810 FAMILY GUY MAGNETIC DARTBOARD $21.99 RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043811 FAMILY GUY PICTURE FRAMES ASST PI RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043813 FAMILY GUY SWITCH PLATES ASST PI RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043814 FAMILY GUY WASTE PAPER BASKET $10.99 RIX PRODUCTS
Get it all set up and ready for the return of Family Guy with all new episodes. I was gonna hold my breath until it premiered but then I passed out and forgot who I was for a couple of days and when I remembered that, it just didn't seem so important. I still can't remember how to hold it until I can get to the bathroom... oh crap!
NOV043755 FAMOUS FIRSTS BY ALEX ROSS LASER CEL $30.99 LASERMACH
SEP042739 FANTASTIC & PRACTICALLY TRUE ADV OF CAPT GREEDY #1 $2.95 GEOFFREY S COMICS
OCT041809 FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE VOL 3 TP $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
Subtitled: "Remember When John Byrne Was Good?"
SEP042272 FEMFORCE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION 2004 PACK $41.95 AC COMICS
OCT043264 FEMME FATALES JAN FEB 05 VOL 13 #10 (MR) $9.99 CINEFANTASTIQUE
AUG040039 FIERCE #4 (Of 4) $3.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
JUL043636 FIGURE KING ENCYCLOPEDIA #82 $18.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043285 FIST OF THE NORTH STAR 2005 CALENDAR $33.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
JUN043219 FIVE STAR STORIES ENG LANG MANGA #25 (MR) $9.98 PARCEL INC.
JUL043624 FIVE STAR STORIES ENG LANG MANGA #26 (MR) $9.98 PARCEL INC.
NOV044115 FLAME OF RECCA VOL 2 DVD PI VIDEOS
NOV043310 FLCL P MUG $8.99 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
NOV042844 FLESH AND METAL GN (O/A) (A) $9.95 NBM
If this is adult then you know it means flesh and metal going at it... and I don't know about you, but metal is not generally a friend in the bedroom. Maybe you know something I don't. I just think of chafing and scraping and cold and... now I'm not in the mood!
OCT043644 FOAMY THE SQUIRREL WRATH OF MY NUTS T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043645 FOAMY THE SQUIRREL WRATH OF MY NUTS T/S XL $21.95 MERCHANDISE
And just like that, I'm in the mood again! The wrath of Foamy the Squirrel's nuts! Are you kidding me! I don't even know who the hell Foamy the Squirrel is or why his nuts have wrath, nor have I seen this t-shirt, but DAMN do I want one! I have a feeling the image I'm picturing will be better than the actual product anyway... :)
SEP043320 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST STYLE A 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
JUL043091 FURRLOUGH #141 $3.50 RADIO COMIX
OCT043079 FUSHIGI YUGI VOL 13 GN $9.95 VIZ LLC
OCT043078 FUSHIGI YUGI VOL 5 2ND ED TP $9.95 VIZ LLC
SEP043341 G DOLL #6 (MR) $23.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT044276 GAD GUARD VOL 4 COLLECTIONS DVD PI VIDEOS
OCT041737 GAMBIT #5 $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
Hey, look Gambit has his own series. Let's see, who does that leave? I think the janitor who cleans up the mansion at night doesn't have his own series yet. Marvel? Joe? You listenin.' Night Janitor #1 for $3.99. I smell... WINNER! Or maybe that's just Wolverine's boxers he left lying under his bed.
SEP042436 GARTH ENNIS 303 #2 (Of 6) (MR) $3.99 AVATAR PRESS
SEP042437 GARTH ENNIS 303 #2 WRAPAROUND COVER (MR) $3.99 AVATAR PRESS
SEP042438 GARTH ENNIS 303 INCENTIVE COVER #2 PI AVATAR PRESS
NOV043235 GET YOUR WAR ON II TP (MR) $12.00 PUTNAM PUBLISHING GROUP
NOV043703 GETTER ROBO 1 PLASTIC MODEL KIT $18.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043699 GETTER ROBO EAGLE MACHINE PLASTIC MODEL KIT $11.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043700 GETTER ROBO JAGUAR MACHINE PLASTIC MODEL KIT $11.99 MERCHANDISE
SEP048313 GHOST IN THE SHELL 2 INNOCENCE WIDESCREEN DVD (MR) PI VIDEOS
SEP043736 GHOST IN THE SHELL SERIES TWO FIG ASST (RES) PI MERCHANDISE
SEP043313 GHOST IN THE SHELL STAND ALONE COMPLEX VISUAL BOOK $29.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042304 GIRL GENIUS VOL 3 TP $20.95 STUDIO FOGLIO
OCT043646 GOLD DIGGER LIKE A HOOKER JUST SMARTER WMN T/S MED $19.99 MERCHANDISE
That's real nice. What a stereotype. There's probably some really smart hookers... they're just hooked on crack so that's why they do what they do. They're victims of a cruel society. VICTIMS!
SEP043287 GOLDEN GASH BELL 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043950 GOTHIC TAROT OF VAMPIRES $19.95 LLEWELLYN PUBLICATIONS
JUL044760 GRAND SLAM 2004 CONVENTION DVD PI VIDEOS
NOV043704 GREAT MAZINGER JET PILDER PLASTIC MODEL KIT $11.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043193 GREAT WOMAN CARTOONISTS TP $12.99 BUD PLANT
Is that a typo? Woman... as in singular. Or is Bud Plant telling me that there is only one woman cartoonist who is great. Is it Cathy Guisewite? My money would be on Lynn Johnston, though I'm digging what Paige Braddock does over in Jane's World. Or maybe it's Diamond's fault. Maybe Steve Geppi is trying to remind women cartoonists the world that they will never be recognized in THIS industry... not so long as Diamond has a stranglehold on distribution! Not over his DEAD BODY!! ... Or, maybe it's just a typo. But, that's no fun. Or just a phrasing choice and it's correct, but it sounds awkard. You wouldn't say Great Man Cartoonists.
NOV043680 G-TASTE PVC FIGURE SERIES 4 ASST (O/A) PI MERCHANDISE
JUN043678 G-TASTE PVC FIGURE SERIES 5 ASST PI MERCHANDISE
NOV042845 GULLIVERA TP (STAR03103) (A) $13.95 NBM
SEP043314 GUNGRAVE OD OFF FORMAT ARCHIVES $49.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043315 GUNGRAVE THE BACKYARD $41.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
We had a grave in our backyard once. Buried some of our pets there. No guns, though.
SEP044245 GUNPARADE MARCH COMPLETE DVD SET W STEEL CASE (MR) PI VIDEOS
I bet the NRA is sponsoring this. FoxNews will cover it, at least.
OCT043547 HARLEY QUINN III T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043546 HARLEY QUINN III T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043545 HARLEY QUINN III T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043548 HARLEY QUINN III T/S XL $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043549 HARLEY QUINN III T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043930 HARRY POTTER PRISONER OF AZKABAN BUCKBEAKS FLIGHT PRINT $34.99 DIAMOND COMIC DIST--ENGLAND
OCT043931 HARRY POTTER PRISONER OF AZKABAN EXPECTO PATRONUM PRINT $34.99 DIAMOND COMIC DIST--ENGLAND
Buy these to celebrate the announcement of Harry Potter Year 6's publication date. July 16, 2005 (one day before I turn 30!)...
SEP042361 HEAVEN SENT #6 $2.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS
Aw, shucks. I'm blushing here. Really, I'm flattered but... what? ... It's not about me? Well that's a bunch of crap. I'm heaven sent goddammit!
OCT042774 HELL HOUSE VOL 1 TP $6.49 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
Sounds like a nice vacation destination.
OCT040356 HELLBLAZER #203 (MR) $2.75 DC COMICS
AUG043446 HELLBOY BABA YAGA Y OTROS RELATOS CHAINED COFFIN SPANISH ED $12.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043445 HELLBOY DESPIERTA AL DEMONIO WAKE THE DEVIL SPANISH TP $24.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043309 HELLBOY LA CAJA DEL MAL BOX FULL OF EVIL SPANISH ED $12.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043311 HELLBOY MANO DERECHA DESTINO RT HND DOOM SPAN ED $12.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043444 HELLBOY SEMILLA DE DESTRUCCION SEED OF DESTRUCTION SPANISH T $24.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
Gives 'em something to read when they need to take a break from their Spanish Manga adaptation of El Hobbit.
AUG043476 HOBBY JAPAN DEC 2004 $12.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043241 HOLLYWOOD PICKS THE CLASSICS TP $24.95 WARNER BOOKS/Spec. Sales
Classic what? They do such a good job with political issues, I can't wait to see what their picks are on what constitutes great literary achievements! I expect that their own autobiographies will go over quite well. And adaptations of the films they've been in. Everyone knows that novelized film adaptations is the pinnacle of literary excellence!
NOV043764 HOMESTAR RUNNER & STRONG BAD POSTER $5.99 HARMLESS JUNK INC
NOV043487 HOMESTAR RUNNER BEANIE CAP $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043489 HOMESTAR RUNNER CHEAT COMMANDOS T/S LG $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043488 HOMESTAR RUNNER CHEAT COMMANDOS T/S MED $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043490 HOMESTAR RUNNER CHEAT COMMANDOS T/S XL $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043491 HOMESTAR RUNNER STRONG BAD FULL BODY T/S LG (O/A) $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043492 HOMESTAR RUNNER STRONG BAD FULL BODY T/S XL (O/A) $15.00 MERCHANDISE
OCT041556 HUMANKIND #4 (Of 5) $2.99 IMAGE COMICS
I thought this was an ongoing series. Maybe Diamond has it wrong. Wouldn't be the first time. They did the same thing with Top Cow and The Darkness (Volume 2). Or maybe Top Cow was hedging their bets in case it wasn't a hit. Me, I can't stand Tony Daniels' art. He did a Witchblade cover where it looked like she had a polio shortened arm. It was supposed to be foreshortened, but man did he blow that. All of his women are stilted and always posing with their asses sticking out while his men are always flexing. The worst of nineties Image-led art excess.... Okay, Rob Liefeld is the worst, but Daniel is giving him a run for his money. Far less cross-hatching and gritting of teeth, though.
OCT043679 HUNGRY HOMER ANIMATED DIGITAL WATCH $19.50 MERCHANDISE
OCT041811 IDENTITY DISC TP $13.99 MARVEL COMICS
In case you missed out on this crap the first time... it's still crap.
NOV043748 INCREDIBLES BLASTING EVIL POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
NOV043749 INCREDIBLES DASH POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
NOV043750 INCREDIBLES FAMILY DYNAMIC POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
SEP043290 INU YASHA 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043459 INU YASHA SESSHOMARU T/S LG $19.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043458 INU YASHA SESSHOMARU T/S MED $19.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043460 INU YASHA SESSHOMARU T/S XL $19.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043082 INU YASHA VOL 20 TP $8.95 VIZ LLC
AUG041569 INVINCIBLE #18 $2.95 IMAGE COMICS
I wonder if he'll ever actually catch up. Each time he seems to come close, he slips again. He's got a lot of ground to cover here, in all honesty, and keeps soliciting. Larsen laid the smack (beyotch!) down on McFarlane and he's President. Kirkman is paste if it comes down to it. Still, it's a good book, and worth the wait. This and Savage Dragon still manage to make comics fun again.
OCT041745 IRON MAN #2 (Note Price) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
NOV042538 JACK THE LANTERN SGN SET $19.95 CASTLE RAIN ENTERTAINMENT
NOV043440 JAY MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
AUG043795 JNYLTNG STAR TREK DIE-CAST ASST PI MERCHANDISE
Jnyltng! Do you hear me, trekkie fatboys! You can take your Jnyltng and shove it up your collective asses!
OCT043408 JORGE ZAFFINO SKETCHBOOK $12.99 ANCARES EDITORA
AUG043844 JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER DAWN ORNAMENT $22.99 MERCHANDISE
Hey look... an ornament! Just in time for... New Year's! Damn, he can't get a book out quarterly and he can't even get a damned ornament out in time for Christmas with half a year lead time!
OCT040296 JSA STRANGE ADVENTURES #5 (Of 6) $3.50 DC COMICS
As opposed to all their normal adventures facing monsters from other dimensions and would be mad dictators in clashing armor and capes, whom, I might add, they all fight in brightly colored spandex.
SEP041798 KABUKI #3 (MR) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
By the third issue, he's already behind. And it wasn't even solicited monthly. Hey, here's an idea. Let's institute it across the industry. Don't solicit an issue until it is completed. And don't solicite a short mini-series until the whole thing is completed. Damn, that's brilliant, dude. I know. That would work. I know! Will they do it? Hell no.
SEP043334 KAMEN RIDER OFFICIAL FILE MAG #0 $9.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV044183 KING ARTHUR DIRECTORS CUT WS DVD EXTENDED UNRATED (MR) PI VIDEOS
SEP042469 KIZUNA BONDS OF LOVE BOOK 3 GN (A) $15.99 CENTRAL PARK MEDIA CORP
OCT042458 LADY DEATH 10TH ANNIV ED LEATHER #1 $29.99 AVATAR PRESS
See, I have the regular edition, but LEATHER! I guess Lady Death is back, as she was the originator of the leather cover. Fork over your thirty bucks. Get enough of them and you can make yourself a kewl leather jacket!
OCT042702 LADY DEATH MOVIE SIGNED DVD $40.00 VIDEOS
NOV042518 LASH OF LADY LOVELOCK #2 (A) $9.95 BON-VUE ENTERTAINMENT
SEP043076 LEES GT G I JOE VEHICLES & ACCESSORIES 1982 85 VOL 1 $19.95 ACTION FIGURE NEWS &TOY REVIEW
Can we... uh... be a bit more specific there. What do you cover?
NOV044122 LEGEND OF CONDOR HERO VOL 1 DVD PI VIDEOS
OCT040295 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 $2.95 DC COMICS
YAY! I still miss the Five Years Later... incarnation, but had fallen in love with the DnA version and now I get another version. With parallel realities back in vogue at DC, maybe those other versions are out there (supposedly, at least, the DnA version is out there somewhere). I'm an old school Legion junkie and you won't find me bashing it here. Instead, I'll invite you to pick up the first issue and try it. You're getting extra story pages for the same price as most comics (and a buck less than IDW and Viper--*heehee*).
AUG043487 LEMON CLUB NOV 2004 (A) $7.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV042999 LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE PACIFIC COMIC CLUB PACK #2 $30.00 TONY RAIOLA
NOV042998 LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE THE EARLY ADVENTURES $9.50 TONY RAIOLA
OCT042782 LURKERS #3 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
NOV043243 MAGIC BEHIND THE VOICES TP $25.00 UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP
NOV044184 MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE WS COLLECTORS ED DVD (MR) PI VIDEOS
SEP042708 MANGA CALIENTE #3 (A) $3.95 EROS COMIX
NOV042522 MANGA MOVER #1 (MR) $5.99 BOYCHILD PRODUCTIONS
SEP042363 MANGAZINE #60 $9.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS
OCT041776 MARVEL AGE FANTASTIC FOUR #10 $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041771 MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #4 $1.75 MARVEL COMICS
Here's an example of what I was talking about with pricing. A comic geared to that elusive younger market with a really damned friendly price point, and it still sells for crap to retailers. Did they notice it was cheaper? A great tool to use to entice younger readers? I haven't figured out the retailers in this industry yet. Not sure really what they want. I know what they SAY they want, but it doesn't seem to be what they really want. Maybe they just want to bitch...
OCT041814 MARVEL MASTERWORKS INCREDIBLE HULK VOL 2 NEW ED HC $49.99 MARVEL COMICS
AUG042287 MARVEL MILESTONES DAREDEVIL STATUE $175.00 MERCHANDISE
JUL043632 MEGAMI MAG NOV 2004 $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
JUN043228 MEGAMI MAG OCT 2004 $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
APR043262 MENS ADVENTURE MAGAZINES IN POSTWAR AMERICA TP $39.99 TASCHEN AMERICA L.L.C.
OCT042785 METAL GEAR SOLID #4 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
See, how many IDW books have we had so far? And all at four bucks a pop. A supporter of IDW is likely to starve this week to afford all this. Reminds me of when Tokyopop used to drop all their manga in one week. Man was that bad business. As someone who's been on the publishing side, I can understand why publishers do it, because it does cut their costs, but it also cuts their revenues as these smaller publishers are then competing against themselves. They have enough to compete against the big boys; they sure as hell don't need to cannibalize their own sales potential. And some forget that comics fans are very fickle. Each week, the gloss of the new makes them forget all about what shipped even a week ago. It's a delicate tightrope of cost and demand and I don't think most fans of IDW are demanding this much product this week. That's all I'm saying.
MAY044155 MIGHTY ARMIES UNDEAD BOX SET $24.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
JUN044024 MIGHTY ARMIES UNDEAD DEATH KNIGHT CAVALRY $9.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
JUN044025 MIGHTY ARMIES UNDEAD GIANT $12.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
Because let's face it, undead giants are a lot more intimidating than those undead fetuses up in Arsenic Lullaby. Cost more, but your paying for volume, baby. Volume!
SEP042680 MONKEY TALE VOL 1 HELLO AGAIN TP $9.99 EIGOMANGA
But it's Volume 1... how can it be hello AGAIN? I don't understand. Have we met. I thought this was your first time here. Did you go by a different name? Are you just trying to confuse me? It worked, by the way.
OCT040301 MONOLITH #11 $2.95 DC COMICS
AUG044188 MUTANTS AND MASTERMINDS NOIR $17.95 OSSEUM ENTERTAINMENT
SEP043291 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043092 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO VOL 3 GN $9.99 VIZ LLC
SEP042688 MYSTERY OF WOLVERINE WOO-BAIT (MR) $4.95 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
OCT043999 NBX BLUE TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT044000 NBX BROWN TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT044001 NBX GROUP TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT044002 NBX RED TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
But I just bought all those Disney mugs. I'm sorry, NBX.
OCT042876 NEKO DOUBLE SHOT $3.99 NEKO PRESS
OCT041747 NEW AVENGERS #1 DIRECTORS CUT $3.99 MARVEL COMICS
Does it have director's commentary? Who is the Director of a comic book anyway? How do I know this is his/her cut? I want commentary from the characters and writer and artist throughout as I read it. Does that come included?
NOV048028 NEW AVENGERS #1 FINCH VARIANT $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
AUG043471 NEWTYPE NOV 2004 $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043346 NGE FIG ARCHIVE $29.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042569 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD BARBARAS ZOMBIE CHRON #3 (Of 3) (MR) $4.95 DEAD DOG COMICS & ENT
SEP042621 NOTHINGFACE GN (MR) $12.95 DIGITAL WEBBING
SEP043295 ONE PIECE 2005 CALENDAR $25.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG043488 PA PI PO NOV 2004 (A) $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042369 PANZER 1946 #2 $5.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
NOV042301 PEACEMAKER T/S LG $19.99 A. D. VISION
NOV042302 PEACEMAKER T/S XL $19.99 A. D. VISION
SEP043606 PEANUTS SNOOPY FLOWERS WATCH $105.00 MERCHANDISE
AUG043489 PENGUIN CLUB SANZOKU NOV 2004 (A) $6.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043812 POKEMON BASIC 2-PK ASST WAVE 1 PI MERCHANDISE
My nephew tells me that Yu-Gi-Oh! briefly supplanted Pokemon as the cool thing among younger boys, but that Pokemon has reclaimed the crown. He's eight so I know better than to argue with him. He's my pulse on what the kids are into these days. Apparently, they are still into picking their noses and still think farts are funny, so not everything changes.
SEP043326 PRETTY GUARDIAN SAILOR MOON MANGA #11 $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042977 PRIEST VOL 14 (OF 15) GN (MR) $9.99 TOKYOPOP
AUG043480 QUANTO MAG NOV 2004 $9.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT040342 RAZORS EDGE WARBLADE #3 (MR) $2.95 DC COMICS
NOV043443 RENE MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
OCT043666 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE FISH GO POOK WMN T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043665 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE FISH GO POOK WMN T/S MED $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043668 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE ONE CUTE LITTLE DEAD GIRL WMN T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043667 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE ONE CUTE LITTLE DEAD GIRL WMN T/S MED $21.95 MERCHANDISE
AUG043692 ROMAN DIRGE PIRATE BOOK BAG $27.95 MERCHANDISE
AUG043693 ROMAN DIRGE PIRATE WALLET $18.95 MERCHANDISE
SEP043299 SAKURA WARS 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG041578 SAVAGE DRAGON #119 $2.95 IMAGE COMICS
Speaking of behind... Can Larsen really smack anyone around when his book falls behind like this? I mean, sure Spawn was a year behind and Larsen will bitch that he's busier now being Publisher of Image, but Todd had all those lawsuits and his multimillion dollar toy empire and hockey club and... well, he's even busier. And he got his book shipping on time again. Come on, Erik. Lead by example!
NOV042532 SCAVULLO PHOTOGRAPHS 50 YEARS HC (O/A) (MR) PI BUD PLANT
JUN043543 SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK IM JUST A BILL T/S LG $16.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043240 SCRYE #80 $5.99 KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS
SEP043694 SENTINEL MINI BUST $45.00 MERCHANDISE
They're not nearly so intimidating when they're not four stories tall and about to stomp all over you.
NOV043758 SHARK TALE CAST POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
OCT040326 SHIMURA TP (MR) $19.95 DC COMICS
NOV043439 SILENT BOB MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
OCT042296 SKYSCRAPERS OF THE MIDWEST #1 $5.00 ADHOUSE BOOKS
Despite popular beliefe. We do have them. A few. Not counting Chicago, I think we have... at last count... seventeen. That's pretty good, huh?
OCT042415 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #144 $2.19 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
OCT041530 SPAWN #141 (RES) $2.50 IMAGE COMICS
See, look at that. On time. Resolicited, yes. But on time. Did you notice that his didn't start with an AUG, Erik? Maybe you should cancel and resolicit your book?
NOV043613 SPEED RACER MACH 5 PLAYSET (O/A) $24.99 MERCHANDISE
SEP043470 SPIDERMAN BLUE III BY SALE T/S LG (O/A) $17.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043824 SPIDER-MAN THRU THE YEARS LASER SCULPTURE $35.99 LASERMACH
NOV044168 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS HOME SWEET PINEAPPLE DVD PI VIDEOS
AUG048101 SRDX GUILTY GEAR INO FIG $24.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV042621 STACKS GN (MR) $9.95 DRAWN & QUARTERLY
AUG043916 STAR OCEAN FAYT LINEGOD PVC STATUE $16.99 MERCHANDISE
AUG043917 STAR OCEAN NEL ZELPHER PVC STATUE $16.99 MERCHANDISE
AUG043918 STAR OCEAN SOPHIA ESTEED PVC STATUE $16.99 MERCHANDISE
OCT040052 STAR WARS EMPIRE #28 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
OCT040054 STAR WARS OBSESSION #2 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
OCT040053 STAR WARS REPUBLIC #72 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
Look, Dark Horse is catching up all their Star Wars books in one fell swoop. Now it's all caught up and ready to move forward. Gotta get all your ducks in a row before Episode III hits because after that, it's all downhill for this franchise. What will keep the fans interested, then? Huh, Dark Horse? How's that Buffy comic doing? Angel? Predator? Aliens? That's what I thought...
OCT041790 STRANGE #3 $3.50 MARVEL COMICS
SEP042588 STREET FIGHTER CVR A #12 $2.95 DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
SEP042589 STREET FIGHTER CVR B #12 $2.95 DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
NOV044166 STRONGBAD EMAIL.EXE 3 DISC DVD SET PI VIDEOS
Sounds like a virus.
SEP043300 STUDIO GHIBLI 2005 CALENDAR $42.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043705 SUPER ROBOT BEST POSING COLLECTION TRADING FIG SER 2 $69.90 MERCHANDISE
Do you think the robots wear posing straps like the bodybuilders do?
OCT040268 SUPERMAN #212 $2.50 DC COMICS
OCT040273 SUPERMAN BATMAN #16 $2.95 DC COMICS
Holy crap, this book came out when it was due!
OCT043573 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043572 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043571 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043575 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043578 SUPERMAN MESH CAP $11.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT041792 SUPREME POWER #14 (MR) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
NOV043530 SW BOBA FETT BASEBALL JERSEY LG $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043531 SW BOBA FETT BASEBALL JERSEY XL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043534 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY LG $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043533 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY MED $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043535 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY XL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043536 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY XXL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043540 SW YODA BASEBALL JERSEY XXL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
Now come on, people. You know Star Wars geeks don't know what baseball is. Please.
NOV043951 TAROT OF OZ $24.95 LLEWELLYN PUBLICATIONS
OCT040304 TEEN TITANS #19 $2.50 DC COMICS
FEB040328 TEEN TITANS RAVEN MAQUETTE $89.95 DC COMICS
SEP043302 TETSUJIN 28 GO 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT040015 THE INCREDIBLES #2 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
OCT040323 THUNDER AGENTS ARCHIVES VOL 5 HC (MR) $49.95 DC COMICS
I hope DC reprints this stuff in an affordable format for the rest of us some day. You know, DC, those Essentials over at Marvel sell pretty well. And there was a slick CD-ROM set of Amazing Spider-Man that wasn't bad either. They were readable and affordable. Maybe something like that? Throw me a bone, here. As an old school Legion fan, you have no trade collections for me and I can't afford the five hundred dollars or so it would cost to get all of the Legion Archives...
OCT044369 THUNDERBIRDS THE MOVIE WS DVD (NET) $21.99 VIDEOS
SEP041575 TOKYO KNIGHTS GN $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
Giant robot manga fun from the fine folks at Top Cow. Look for Witchblade/Tokyo Knights/Tomb Raider/The Darkness in early 2005.
OCT040346 TOM STRONG #30 $2.95 DC COMICS
NOV042540 TOMB RAIDER #43 CINEQUEST EXCLUSIVE ALT CVR $5.00 CINEQUEST.COM
NOV042541 TOMB RAIDER #44 CINEQUEST EXCLUSIVE ALT CVR $5.00 CINEQUEST.COM
SEP043371 TOPPS 2004 SIGNATURE EDITION NFL T/C BOX PI TOPPS COMPANY
OCT043231 TOY SHOP #349 $4.99 KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS
OCT040327 TRANSGENESIS 2009 VOL 1 FIDES TP (MR) $14.95 DC COMICS
NOV043316 TRIGUN KURONEKO BLACK CAT SHOTGLASS $6.99 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
SEP043327 TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE MANGA #6 $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT044327 TSUKIHIME LUNAR LEGEND VOL 2 LUNAR DANCE DVD PI VIDEOS
AUG043470 UCHUSEN MAG NOV 2004 $18.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043385 UDA NFL JERSEY NUMBERS COLLECTION RAIDERS TEAM PI UPPER DECK AUTHENTICATED
OCT041722 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #14 $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
AUG042285 ULTIMATE MR FANTASTIC BUST $50.00 MERCHANDISE
I'm getting bored. See, watch me make a bad pun... Man, I can't stretch my wallet enough to afford this... yuk-yuk-yuk!
SEP041760 ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE #4 (Of 5) $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
SEP043301 ULTRAMAN 2005 CALENDAR $16.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043706 ULTRASEVEN MAGMA RISER PLASTIC MODEL KIT $9.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043707 ULTRASEVEN ULTRA HAWK 01 PLASTIC MODEL KIT $8.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043708 ULTRASEVEN ULTRA HAWK 02 PLASTIC MODEL KIT $8.99 MERCHANDISE
OCT043609 UNCLE SAM FU T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043608 UNCLE SAM FU T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043607 UNCLE SAM FU T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043610 UNCLE SAM FU T/S XL $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043611 UNCLE SAM FU T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
Maybe all our GIs could wear this shirt while over in Iraq, or our relief workers who go to Asia could wear this. Nothing seeks to repair tattered international relations like a big bird flipped to the rest of the world!
SEP043622 UNIVERSAL MONSTERS FRANKENSTEIN WATCH $105.00 MERCHANDISE
SEP043623 UNIVERSAL MONSTERS WOLFMAN WATCH $105.00 MERCHANDISE
I didn't even know they had watches. What with all they went through, chased by mobsters, set on fire, building collapses, transformations, they must be Timexes.
SEP043391 UPPER DECK 2004 05 LEGENDS NHL T/C BOX PI THE UPPER DECK COMPANY
You remember hockey? You know, their on ice skates and they... no, that's the ice capades... they have sticks and they play... well, you might see some on ESPNClassic... no, they don't play anymore. Yeah, contract disputes. They're on strike. No, really, hockey used to be one of the four major sports in the US. I think they're been supplanted by Celebrity Poker now.
SEP043318 UZUMAKI NARUTO ILLUS SC $23.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042776 VERY BIG MONSTER SHOW GN $7.49 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
OCT043292 VIDEO WATCHDOG #115 $7.95 VIDEO WATCHDOG
JUN043491 VOLTAIRE THE BUNNISHER PX T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
JUN043492 VOLTAIRE THE BUNNISHER PX T/S XL $21.95 MERCHANDISE
SEP042583 VOLTRON VOL 2 #11 $2.95 DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
NOV044191 VOUDOUN BLUES LTD ED DVD W/ POSTER AND 8X10 (A) PI VIDEOS
SEP041550 WALKING DEAD #14 (MR) $2.95 IMAGE COMICS
Yay! Every week that brings me a Walking Dead comic is a good week. Man, I just loves me some good zombie story. Actually, this has become a pretty fascinating exploration of a post-Romero world teeming with the undead. Rife with rich characterization and the classic (better!) slow-moving zombies, there's something for everyone. And if it being black and white pisses you off that much, i'll tell you what. I got boxes and boxes of crayons at my house, so you mail 'em to me and I'll color 'em all up nice and pretty and send 'em back to you.
OCT041760 WARLOCK #4 $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
SEP042426 WARREN ELLIS QUIT CITY #1 (MR) $3.50 AVATAR PRESS
SEP042427 WARREN ELLIS QUIT CITY #1 INCENTIVE COVER PI AVATAR PRESS
Look, it's Apparat Week. Part Two. Boy did this experiment blow up in Warren's face. Maybe all four will ship in different weeks and instead of it being a one week experiment (as it were), we can call it four one-shots. Wow. Cutting edge.
NOV042745 WESTERN TALES OF TERROR #2 (MR) $3.50 HOARSE AND BUGGY PRODUCTIONS
OCT041753 WHAT IF AUNT MAY HAD DIED INSTEAD OF UNCLE BEN $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041754 WHAT IF DR DOOM HAD BECOME THE THING $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041756 WHAT IF GENERAL ROSS HAD BECOME THE HULK $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041750 WHAT IF JESSICA JONES HAD JOINED THE AVENGERS $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041752 WHAT IF KAREN PAGE HAD LIVED $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041755 WHAT IF MAGNETO HAD FORMED THE X-MEN WITH PROFESSOR X $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
See Marvel got most of their skip week event books out. The only one missing is Wha Huh? The parody one. You know. And by not shipping this week, I bet you dollars to donuts it is cannibalizing its own sales. It will not sell as well at the retail level as it would have had it hit with the rest of these. That said, these could be fun. I think that overall I was disappointed with the 2099 stories. They just lacked the magic of the originals. Spider-Man 2099's first several issues remain one of the best things to come out of the glut of the early to mid-'90s.
OCT041540 WILDGUARD FIRE POWER CVR A NAUCK #1 $3.50 IMAGE COMICS
OCT041541 WILDGUARD FIRE POWER CVR B EHOUSE #1 $3.50 IMAGE COMICS
Can this book maintain its appeal now that the "reality show" gimmick has been played out? Who knows. I suspect it will still be good old-fashioned superhero team fun. It kind of had the attitude of a modern-day Legion of Super-Heroes in that there were so many different heroes with different powers and it was a bunch of overenthusiastic kids playing at superhero. Lots of potential in the overall universe of characters, that might be too limited now that he has a much smaller team.
NOV043442 WILLIAM MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
NOV043870 WINNIE THE POOH POOH BRASS KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
I don't remember this character? Is this some kind of Dollar General cheap knockoff, because these people had better watch out they don't get their pants sued off.
SEP044143 WPT MASTERS SET 1000CT PI U.S. PLAYING CARDS
SEP044144 WPT OFFICIAL TOUR SET 300CT PI U.S. PLAYING CARDS
AUG042286 X-MEN MODERN ERA PROFESSOR X MED STATUE $75.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV041847 X-MEN PHOENIX ENDSONG #1 POSTER $5.95 MARVEL COMICS
Look. Phoenix. Does this mean she's not dead... this time... either.
SEP043328 XXXHOLIC MANGA #3 $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043329 XXXHOLIC MANGA #4 $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
Heh-heh. That's someone who's addicted to porn. That means you.
JUL043660 YUI SHOP MINI KURO (A) $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
APR040402 ZATANNA ANIMATED STATUE $89.95 DC COMICS
OCT042733 ZOMBIE COMMANDOS FROM HELL TP DEATH & DESTRUCTION (MR) $9.95 FRIGHTWORLD STUDIOS
Just in case you thought Zombie Commandos from Hell might be looking to join you for tea, it is made very clear that they're far more interseted in Death and Destruction. That's a shame. I heard you make excellent tea.
OCT042777 30 DAYS OF BLOODSUCKERS TALES #3 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
SEP042281 ACTOR TOMB RAIDER SPHERE OF INFLUENCE #1 $6.99 ACTOR
OCT042293 ACTOR TRANSFORMERS ENERGON FOIL CVR #25 $14.99 ACTOR
OCT040275 ADAM STRANGE #4 (Of 8) $2.95 DC COMICS
OCT043539 ALIAS SEASON THREE PREMIUM T/C BOX PI INKWORKS
OCT043540 ALIAS SEASON THREE T/C COLLECTOR ALBUM PI MERCHANDISE
NOV043171 ALPHABET CITY OUT ON THE STREETS BOARD BOOK $19.95 GINGKO PRESS
Keepin' it real! Gotta repreZENT! You know what I'm sayin'? You MF SOB besta step off, 'less you want me to KYA fo' real! Yeah, well FU, man!
OCT041766 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #515 $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
OCT043251 AMAZING STORIES #608 $5.99 CURTIS CIRCULATION
I want a counterpart. Mundane stories. Stories about guys who get up and get a cup of coffee and put a bagel in the toaster oven, and then maybe they spill some coffee on their shirt and curse and have to go put on a new shirt.
OCT044366 ANCHORMAN LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY WS UNRATED DVD PI VIDEOS
Which means this probably hit retail stores last week. And you can buy it for cheaper than what it costs the retailers to get it through Diamond. Honestly, I don't understand Diamond's movie strategy. They always come out the week AFTER they hit every other venue, and the retailer cost is often higher than the cost other stores sell them for. I honestly wonder if Diamond doesn't buy them in bulk from Wal-Mart. This would explain why we get it a week later (they have to wait for Wal-Mart to stock it) and why retailer prices are so high, they have to recoup the consumer cost they paid for it at Wal-Mart. If this is not how they're doing it, then someone needs to take his head out of his ass and do it right! Get the damned movies into the specialty stores at least in the same week they hit the other chains and don't charge retailers so damned much money for them. There's no room for markup if you want to be competitive at all!
AUG043464 ANIMAGE NOV 2004 $11.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG043465 ANIMEDIA NOV 2004 $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042370 AP YOU CAN DRAW MANGA #11 $4.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
OCT042358 AP YOU CAN DRAW MANGA MASTERS COURSE TP $19.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
No, really, you can't. I mean you can buy the book and you can trace the pictures and maybe even do crude copies, but you can't really draw manga. You're just fooling yourself into thinking there's a possible career for you in manga and you can make millions and millions of dollars and you won't have to work down at the Orange Julius for the rest of your life just waiting for that old bastard to croak so you can become Assistant Crew Supervisor and convince your mom to let you live in her basement a little longer because your career is advancing now... really, it is... and then you start making plans to trip the old guy or poison his orange julius so it can happen faster because your mom keeps folding your underwear even though you tell her not to and you can just picture her standing there at the ironing board spending way too much time fondling the very fabric that will be in your most private of places and ... and ... I think I'm gonna be sick ... excuse me!
OCT043446 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION I TCG BOOSTER DIS PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT043447 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION II TCG BOOSTER DIS PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT043449 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION IV TCG BOOSTER DIS PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT043451 AQUARIAN AGE JUVENILE ORION QUICK FILE & TCG BOOSTER PI BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OCT042407 ARCHIE DIGEST #213 $2.39 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
JUN042074 ARSENIC LULLABY #17 $2.85 AAA MILWAUKEE PUBLISHING CO
If I do get sick, I can double bag it and ship it off to this guy and he can use it for inspiration for some of the most darkly disturbing comics you're ever gonna read. Well, not you really. You won't read 'em. See, there's no superheroes in these comics. There's fetus zombies. You like fetus zombies? Come on, who doesn't like fetus zombies? You know, anti-abortionists should really get behind this comic. If there weren't so many damned abortions, then we wouldn't have so many fetuses lying around that could be rising into an army of the undead. Voodoo Joe... a reason to stop the killing! Brought to you by the people against abortions.
SEP042772 ASPEN #3 FATHOM LTD VARIANT $19.99 JAY COMPANY
See, it's the same comic... but with a different cover... and it's limited... so you see... Look, Jay Comics publishes Rob Liefeld's Youngblood comics, so they need all the help they can get to make ends meet between issues. I mean it was a year between the first and second issue... So give 'em some money. This variant was drawn by some hobo on the street corner.
OCT041749 AVENGERS EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES #4 (Of 8) $3.50 MARVEL COMICS
SEP042678 AWAKENINGS #3 (Of 6) (MR) $2.99 EIGHTH DAY ENTERTAINMENT
OCT043064 B B EXPLOSION VOL 4 GN $9.95 VIZ LLC
OCT040351 BARNUM SC (MR) $19.95 DC COMICS
OCT040261 BATGIRL #59 $2.50 DC COMICS
OCT040257 BATMAN #635 $2.25 DC COMICS
NOV043541 BATMAN 3D MESH LOGO STRETCHFIT $13.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043563 BATMAN CROUCH T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043562 BATMAN CROUCH T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043561 BATMAN CROUCH T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043564 BATMAN CROUCH T/S XL $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043565 BATMAN CROUCH T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
Believe me, you don't want to see the prototype for the Batman Squat t-shirt! I mean a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, and luckily he has some bat-sanitary napkins in that belt of his, but some things are better left to the imagination. Or the not imagination. Why would you be thinking about that? What is wrong with you?!
OCT040334 BATMAN DANGER GIRL $4.95 DC COMICS
Yeah, you got me.
NOV044177 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA MINISERIES DVD PI VIDEOS
I heard this was pretty good, but didn't get to see it. That's what I get for moving out into the middle of nowhere and not hooking up the satellite yet. You miss out on a lot... Was it good?
OCT044116 BATTLETECH MINIATURES GOLIATH GOL2H VARIANT $9.95 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT044118 BATTLETECH MINIATURES KIMAGURE PURSUIT CRUISER $10.50 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT044120 BATTLETECH MINIATURES OSTROC OSR3C VARIANT $8.95 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT044121 BATTLETECH MINIATURES PILUM WHEELED TANK $7.50 IRON WIND METAL CO LLC
OCT042408 BETTY & VERONICA #205 $2.19 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
OCT040352 BLOOD A TALE TP NEW PTG (MR) $19.95 DC COMICS
I have a tale about blood, too. See, one time I pricked my finger and it bled.
OCT040329 BOUNCER RAISING CANE TP (MR) $17.95 DC COMICS
I don't think it's legal for bouncers to have canes. But if one did have one and was raising it at me, you can bet your ass I'd be hightailing it out of that male strip club... uh... not that I frequent such establishments... er... frequently... not that there's a problem with them in general... just that... uh... it's not my... uh...
NOV043441 BRODIE MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
OCT042875 BRUTAL PLANET #4 $2.95 NEKO PRESS
NOV042997 BUCK ROGERS COLOR SUNDAY MINI PACK #7 $50.00 TONY RAIOLA
It better not be THAT mini for fifty dollars!
AUG043484 BUG BUG CG NOV 2004 (A) $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042479 CAVEWOMAN MERIEMS GALLERY SP ED #4 (MR) PI AMRYL ENTERTAINMENT
NOV042497 CAVEWOMAN MERIEMS GALLERY SP ED NUDE COVER #4 (MR) PI AMRYL ENTERTAINMENT
OCT043612 CHRIS BAILYS MAJOR DAMAGE COMBO SIGNED COMIC CON ED PI GRAPHITTI DESIGNS
OCT042627 CHRONICLES OF LUCKY ELLO GN (MR) $9.95 DRAWN & QUARTERLY
OCT042492 CITY OF HEROES #8 $2.95 BLUE KING STUDIOS
Didja hear that Image is picking this up... Top Cow maybe, who the hell can remember stuff that was read like a few days ago already. For real! Still, I expect that if that move turns out alright, then these issues will go up in value. See, there's about 412 people ordering this book right now, and one can only guess that under Image that number would go up (don't get me started on company loyalty in comics!)... so then you've got yourself a small print run indy sensation brewing... of a licensed video game. Okay, it might not work... but if it does, I'm gonna pretend I swore it would and "I told you so" all over the 'net.
AUG043485 COMIC AUN NOV 2004 (A) $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
MAY043054 COMIC BOOK ARTIST VOL 2 #5 $7.50 TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
AUG043486 COMIC POTPOURRI CLUB NOV 2004 (A) $6.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043198 COMIC SHOP NEWS 100CT BUNDLE #915 PI COMIC SHOP NEWS INC
OCT043199 COMIC SHOP NEWS 50CT BUNDLE #915 PI COMIC SHOP NEWS INC
SEP043325 COMICKERS QUARTERLY #41 $22.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043305 COMO DIBUJAR ANIME VOL 1 HOW TO DRAW ANIME SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043306 COMO DIBUJAR ANIME VOL 2 HOW TO DRAW ANIME SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043307 COMO DIBUJAR ANIME VOL 3 HOW TO DRAW ANIME SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043438 COMO DIBUJAR MANGA VOL 1 HOW TO DRAW MANGA SPANISH ED $20.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043439 COMO DIBUJAR MANGA VOL 2 HOW TO DRAW MANGA SPANISH ED $20.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043440 COMO DIBUJAR MANGA VOL 3 HOW TO DRAW MANGA SPANISH ED $20.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
Now our Spanish speaking brethren can learn to mimic the Japanese stylings. What a truly international movement. It also looks like our Spanish speaking brethren are expected to be somewhat independently wealthy... Like 123 bucks wealthy! That's like 6,394,061 pesos... or is it 6,394,069... Man, I always get confused on the conversion.
AUG044237 CONAN RPG FREE COMPANIES $24.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
Don't look free to me.
OCT040013 CONCRETE HUMAN DILEMMA #1 (MR) $3.50 DARK HORSE COMICS
He's back... Concrete was one of Dark Horse's original work(*ahem*)horses and remains one of the most critically acclaimed properties in all of comics. It's nice to see Chadwick back with another run on this classic creation... see, nothing smartass at all.
OCT042583 COSMIC GUARD #5 $2.99 DYNAMIC FORCES
SEP043323 COSMODE #6 $23.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
Short for COSMIC COMMODE! For bowel movements that are truly stellar! Man, I should work in marketing...
NOV042363 COURAGEOUS PRINCESS TP $15.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
I missed these and Rod Espinosa when this originally came about, but stumbled on him when Neotopia launched and found that I really enjoyed his manga-esque, all-ages, computer-aided storytelling and artistic approach. I picked this up (a good price for a lot of comic) and can't wait to see it. Espinosa is one of our ambassadors to that elusive youth audience we bitch about and yet do nothing about.
JUN043723 CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON POSTER $5.49 SCORPIO POSTERS
AUG043842 CROW DANCE OF THE DEAD 12-IN RED NIGHTS ED $149.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV044198 CSI COMPLETE THIRD SEASON DVD SET PI VIDEOS
NOV044199 CSI MIAMI COMPLETE SECOND SEASON DVD SET PI VIDEOS
OCT042778 CVO COVERT VAMPIRIC OPERATIONS ROGUE STATE #2 (MR) $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
SEP042984 DAISY KUTTER #4 (Of 4) $3.99 VIPER COMICS
It's scary to me how many publishers are becoming completely comfortable with the four dollar price point for a standard-sized comic. It just seems too soon to be moving into this price categroy. Some of us have mortgages. I'm not knockign the publishers or the books, but it still feels pretty steep. Okay, maybe I am knocking some of them. Can't IDW still make a profit with pricing that is slightly more user friendly. Especially if they're gonna drop like 95% of their monthly books in the same week? Wait, this is Viper Comics. Daisy Kutter. Sorry, I dropped Dead(at)17 in the second mini for monetary reasons. It was okay... but I've heard great things about Daisy and am looking to keep sampling Viper's books. Their two new books look pretty good... and Daisy... well, I'm sorry, Daisy. I didn't give you a fair shake and you don't deserve the ire that I have reserved for IDW (SEVEN-FIFTY FOR A FORTY-EIGHT PAGE BOOK!!!!)... Please forgive me.
NOV043754 DAREDEVIL & ELECTRA LASER CEL $10.99 LASERMACH
OCT042830 DAWN 15TH ANNIVERSARY S/N PRINT $25.00 LINSNER.COM
SEP043312 DBZ COMPLETE GD THE TENKAICHI LEGEND $24.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043332 DENGEKI ANIMAGA #13 $18.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG043468 DENGEKI GS MAG NOV 2004 $12.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043438 DENGEKI HOBBY DEC 04 JAN 05 $19.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042775 DESPERADOES BANNERS OF GOLD #1 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
See, this is what I'm talking about. Now, I love Desperadoes. LOVE IT. Have all the Homage Comics books. And I'll get this (so I'm a hypocrite and supporting pricing tactics that I don't agree with, at least I'm doing the full disclosure thing), but this doesn't have to cost four bucks. Surely IDW pulls in enough dough on all those Steve Niles books to drop to at least $3.50 a book. Come on, throw us a bone. Of course, it does raise the interesting notion that for all our bitching about cover price, it rarely seems to benefit a book or hurt a book for it's price to drop or rise. In fact, some retailers have pointedly said they are skeptical of books that are priced what they consider too low (case in point: Beckett's aggressive $1.99 pricing stragety). And customers don't even seem to notice. The only exception are the obvious marketing prices (quarter, dime, fifty cents, etc.).
SEP043284 DETECTIVE CONAN CASE CLOSED 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
APR042599 DF ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN DR OCTOPUS PX DIORAMA STATUE $149.99 MERCHANDISE
APR042600 DF ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN DR OCTOPUS PX DIORAMA STATUE AP ED $199.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043309 DI GI CHARAT DIE CUT STICKER ASST $7.96 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
SEP042701 DILDO #7 (A) $3.95 EROS COMIX
NOV043793 DISNEY DONALD DUCK CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043795 DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043796 DISNEY MINNIE MOUSE CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043797 DISNEY PRINCESSES ARIEL CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043803 DISNEY PRINCESSES ARIEL PEWTER KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043798 DISNEY PRINCESSES BELLE CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043799 DISNEY PRINCESSES CINDERELLA CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043805 DISNEY PRINCESSES CINDERELLA PEWTER KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043800 DISNEY PRINCESSES SLEEPING BEAUTY CERAMIC RELIEF MUG $9.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
NOV043806 DISNEY PRINCESSES TINKER BELL PEWTER KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT040279 DOOM PATROL #7 $2.50 DC COMICS
I don't care what Byrne says. I think he's full of crap. I think that this book is canceled and that's why he has agreed to pencil Superman on top of this and Blood of the Demon. He just doesn't want to admit it because the anemic sales on this book will only get worse. It's a shame this was such a disaster, considering it spun out of one of DC's top books. It's just such a shame that his run on JLA was such complete and utter crap. Vampires? Are you kidding me? It sucked and this series hasn't been much better. I would rather get more of the Arcudi/Huat DP from a couple years ago. At least that was unpredictable and interesting.
JUN042444 DORK TOWER COLL TP VOL 7 DORK SIDE OF THE GOON $15.99 DORK STORM PRESS
SEP043308 EL HOBBIT SPANISH ED $19.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
Talk about a niche within a niche. First off, there are only so many thousands of comics readers who go into comics shops. Now, we're separating out the Spanish speaking ones, which has to be an even smaller number. Well, at least now they can adapt and draw their own manga of The Hobbit.
OCT041785 ELEKTRA THE HAND #5 (Of 5) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041779 ELEKTRA THE MOVIE $5.99 MARVEL COMICS
Why pay seven or eight bucks for the movie when you can save like... a dollar... and get a poorly drawn, rushed adaptation that skips half of the scenes and crowds all of the others so it can fit two hours of action and dialogue into 36 pages or so. Truly the movie adapations are the illustrated cliff's notes, bereft of any heart or literary value in and of themselves. And they're not even a bargain. But it will take less time to get the gist of the story.
OCT040320 ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER #2 (Of 4) (RES) (MR) $5.95 DC COMICS
NOV043840 EMILY THE STRANGE FOLD & MAIL STATIONARY $7.95 CHRONICLE BOOKS
NOV043841 EMILY THE STRANGE I WANT YOU JOURNAL $9.95 CHRONICLE BOOKS
NOV043842 EMILY THE STRANGE WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE DOOR SIGN $9.95 CHRONICLE BOOKS
Now I would watch a Wheel of Misfortune television series. "Alright, give the wheel a spin... Ooh, I'm sorry. It looks like your family will be devoured by crocodiles on live television right now. Can we get the family from the audience. Security bar the doors. Open the crocodile pit. Now we can do this the easy way or I can bring in Steve Irwin."
NOV043256 ENRIQUE BRECCIA DRAWINGS SC $12.99 ANCARES EDITORA
OCT041741 EXILES #57 $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
AUG042925 EXTINCTIONERS TALES OF THE ENDANGERED #2 $4.99 SHANDA FANTASY ARTS
They're endangered of becoming extinct... see how clever this is... Do you see it? Yeah, me neither.
NOV043809 FAMILY GUY LICENSE PLATE FRAME $5.49 RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043810 FAMILY GUY MAGNETIC DARTBOARD $21.99 RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043811 FAMILY GUY PICTURE FRAMES ASST PI RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043813 FAMILY GUY SWITCH PLATES ASST PI RIX PRODUCTS
NOV043814 FAMILY GUY WASTE PAPER BASKET $10.99 RIX PRODUCTS
Get it all set up and ready for the return of Family Guy with all new episodes. I was gonna hold my breath until it premiered but then I passed out and forgot who I was for a couple of days and when I remembered that, it just didn't seem so important. I still can't remember how to hold it until I can get to the bathroom... oh crap!
NOV043755 FAMOUS FIRSTS BY ALEX ROSS LASER CEL $30.99 LASERMACH
SEP042739 FANTASTIC & PRACTICALLY TRUE ADV OF CAPT GREEDY #1 $2.95 GEOFFREY S COMICS
OCT041809 FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE VOL 3 TP $24.99 MARVEL COMICS
Subtitled: "Remember When John Byrne Was Good?"
SEP042272 FEMFORCE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION 2004 PACK $41.95 AC COMICS
OCT043264 FEMME FATALES JAN FEB 05 VOL 13 #10 (MR) $9.99 CINEFANTASTIQUE
AUG040039 FIERCE #4 (Of 4) $3.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
JUL043636 FIGURE KING ENCYCLOPEDIA #82 $18.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043285 FIST OF THE NORTH STAR 2005 CALENDAR $33.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
JUN043219 FIVE STAR STORIES ENG LANG MANGA #25 (MR) $9.98 PARCEL INC.
JUL043624 FIVE STAR STORIES ENG LANG MANGA #26 (MR) $9.98 PARCEL INC.
NOV044115 FLAME OF RECCA VOL 2 DVD PI VIDEOS
NOV043310 FLCL P MUG $8.99 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
NOV042844 FLESH AND METAL GN (O/A) (A) $9.95 NBM
If this is adult then you know it means flesh and metal going at it... and I don't know about you, but metal is not generally a friend in the bedroom. Maybe you know something I don't. I just think of chafing and scraping and cold and... now I'm not in the mood!
OCT043644 FOAMY THE SQUIRREL WRATH OF MY NUTS T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043645 FOAMY THE SQUIRREL WRATH OF MY NUTS T/S XL $21.95 MERCHANDISE
And just like that, I'm in the mood again! The wrath of Foamy the Squirrel's nuts! Are you kidding me! I don't even know who the hell Foamy the Squirrel is or why his nuts have wrath, nor have I seen this t-shirt, but DAMN do I want one! I have a feeling the image I'm picturing will be better than the actual product anyway... :)
SEP043320 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST STYLE A 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
JUL043091 FURRLOUGH #141 $3.50 RADIO COMIX
OCT043079 FUSHIGI YUGI VOL 13 GN $9.95 VIZ LLC
OCT043078 FUSHIGI YUGI VOL 5 2ND ED TP $9.95 VIZ LLC
SEP043341 G DOLL #6 (MR) $23.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT044276 GAD GUARD VOL 4 COLLECTIONS DVD PI VIDEOS
OCT041737 GAMBIT #5 $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
Hey, look Gambit has his own series. Let's see, who does that leave? I think the janitor who cleans up the mansion at night doesn't have his own series yet. Marvel? Joe? You listenin.' Night Janitor #1 for $3.99. I smell... WINNER! Or maybe that's just Wolverine's boxers he left lying under his bed.
SEP042436 GARTH ENNIS 303 #2 (Of 6) (MR) $3.99 AVATAR PRESS
SEP042437 GARTH ENNIS 303 #2 WRAPAROUND COVER (MR) $3.99 AVATAR PRESS
SEP042438 GARTH ENNIS 303 INCENTIVE COVER #2 PI AVATAR PRESS
NOV043235 GET YOUR WAR ON II TP (MR) $12.00 PUTNAM PUBLISHING GROUP
NOV043703 GETTER ROBO 1 PLASTIC MODEL KIT $18.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043699 GETTER ROBO EAGLE MACHINE PLASTIC MODEL KIT $11.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043700 GETTER ROBO JAGUAR MACHINE PLASTIC MODEL KIT $11.99 MERCHANDISE
SEP048313 GHOST IN THE SHELL 2 INNOCENCE WIDESCREEN DVD (MR) PI VIDEOS
SEP043736 GHOST IN THE SHELL SERIES TWO FIG ASST (RES) PI MERCHANDISE
SEP043313 GHOST IN THE SHELL STAND ALONE COMPLEX VISUAL BOOK $29.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042304 GIRL GENIUS VOL 3 TP $20.95 STUDIO FOGLIO
OCT043646 GOLD DIGGER LIKE A HOOKER JUST SMARTER WMN T/S MED $19.99 MERCHANDISE
That's real nice. What a stereotype. There's probably some really smart hookers... they're just hooked on crack so that's why they do what they do. They're victims of a cruel society. VICTIMS!
SEP043287 GOLDEN GASH BELL 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043950 GOTHIC TAROT OF VAMPIRES $19.95 LLEWELLYN PUBLICATIONS
JUL044760 GRAND SLAM 2004 CONVENTION DVD PI VIDEOS
NOV043704 GREAT MAZINGER JET PILDER PLASTIC MODEL KIT $11.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043193 GREAT WOMAN CARTOONISTS TP $12.99 BUD PLANT
Is that a typo? Woman... as in singular. Or is Bud Plant telling me that there is only one woman cartoonist who is great. Is it Cathy Guisewite? My money would be on Lynn Johnston, though I'm digging what Paige Braddock does over in Jane's World. Or maybe it's Diamond's fault. Maybe Steve Geppi is trying to remind women cartoonists the world that they will never be recognized in THIS industry... not so long as Diamond has a stranglehold on distribution! Not over his DEAD BODY!! ... Or, maybe it's just a typo. But, that's no fun. Or just a phrasing choice and it's correct, but it sounds awkard. You wouldn't say Great Man Cartoonists.
NOV043680 G-TASTE PVC FIGURE SERIES 4 ASST (O/A) PI MERCHANDISE
JUN043678 G-TASTE PVC FIGURE SERIES 5 ASST PI MERCHANDISE
NOV042845 GULLIVERA TP (STAR03103) (A) $13.95 NBM
SEP043314 GUNGRAVE OD OFF FORMAT ARCHIVES $49.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043315 GUNGRAVE THE BACKYARD $41.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
We had a grave in our backyard once. Buried some of our pets there. No guns, though.
SEP044245 GUNPARADE MARCH COMPLETE DVD SET W STEEL CASE (MR) PI VIDEOS
I bet the NRA is sponsoring this. FoxNews will cover it, at least.
OCT043547 HARLEY QUINN III T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043546 HARLEY QUINN III T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043545 HARLEY QUINN III T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043548 HARLEY QUINN III T/S XL $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043549 HARLEY QUINN III T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043930 HARRY POTTER PRISONER OF AZKABAN BUCKBEAKS FLIGHT PRINT $34.99 DIAMOND COMIC DIST--ENGLAND
OCT043931 HARRY POTTER PRISONER OF AZKABAN EXPECTO PATRONUM PRINT $34.99 DIAMOND COMIC DIST--ENGLAND
Buy these to celebrate the announcement of Harry Potter Year 6's publication date. July 16, 2005 (one day before I turn 30!)...
SEP042361 HEAVEN SENT #6 $2.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS
Aw, shucks. I'm blushing here. Really, I'm flattered but... what? ... It's not about me? Well that's a bunch of crap. I'm heaven sent goddammit!
OCT042774 HELL HOUSE VOL 1 TP $6.49 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
Sounds like a nice vacation destination.
OCT040356 HELLBLAZER #203 (MR) $2.75 DC COMICS
AUG043446 HELLBOY BABA YAGA Y OTROS RELATOS CHAINED COFFIN SPANISH ED $12.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043445 HELLBOY DESPIERTA AL DEMONIO WAKE THE DEVIL SPANISH TP $24.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043309 HELLBOY LA CAJA DEL MAL BOX FULL OF EVIL SPANISH ED $12.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
SEP043311 HELLBOY MANO DERECHA DESTINO RT HND DOOM SPAN ED $12.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
AUG043444 HELLBOY SEMILLA DE DESTRUCCION SEED OF DESTRUCTION SPANISH T $24.95 PUBLIC SQUARE BOOKS
Gives 'em something to read when they need to take a break from their Spanish Manga adaptation of El Hobbit.
AUG043476 HOBBY JAPAN DEC 2004 $12.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043241 HOLLYWOOD PICKS THE CLASSICS TP $24.95 WARNER BOOKS/Spec. Sales
Classic what? They do such a good job with political issues, I can't wait to see what their picks are on what constitutes great literary achievements! I expect that their own autobiographies will go over quite well. And adaptations of the films they've been in. Everyone knows that novelized film adaptations is the pinnacle of literary excellence!
NOV043764 HOMESTAR RUNNER & STRONG BAD POSTER $5.99 HARMLESS JUNK INC
NOV043487 HOMESTAR RUNNER BEANIE CAP $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043489 HOMESTAR RUNNER CHEAT COMMANDOS T/S LG $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043488 HOMESTAR RUNNER CHEAT COMMANDOS T/S MED $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043490 HOMESTAR RUNNER CHEAT COMMANDOS T/S XL $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043491 HOMESTAR RUNNER STRONG BAD FULL BODY T/S LG (O/A) $15.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043492 HOMESTAR RUNNER STRONG BAD FULL BODY T/S XL (O/A) $15.00 MERCHANDISE
OCT041556 HUMANKIND #4 (Of 5) $2.99 IMAGE COMICS
I thought this was an ongoing series. Maybe Diamond has it wrong. Wouldn't be the first time. They did the same thing with Top Cow and The Darkness (Volume 2). Or maybe Top Cow was hedging their bets in case it wasn't a hit. Me, I can't stand Tony Daniels' art. He did a Witchblade cover where it looked like she had a polio shortened arm. It was supposed to be foreshortened, but man did he blow that. All of his women are stilted and always posing with their asses sticking out while his men are always flexing. The worst of nineties Image-led art excess.... Okay, Rob Liefeld is the worst, but Daniel is giving him a run for his money. Far less cross-hatching and gritting of teeth, though.
OCT043679 HUNGRY HOMER ANIMATED DIGITAL WATCH $19.50 MERCHANDISE
OCT041811 IDENTITY DISC TP $13.99 MARVEL COMICS
In case you missed out on this crap the first time... it's still crap.
NOV043748 INCREDIBLES BLASTING EVIL POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
NOV043749 INCREDIBLES DASH POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
NOV043750 INCREDIBLES FAMILY DYNAMIC POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
SEP043290 INU YASHA 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043459 INU YASHA SESSHOMARU T/S LG $19.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043458 INU YASHA SESSHOMARU T/S MED $19.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043460 INU YASHA SESSHOMARU T/S XL $19.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043082 INU YASHA VOL 20 TP $8.95 VIZ LLC
AUG041569 INVINCIBLE #18 $2.95 IMAGE COMICS
I wonder if he'll ever actually catch up. Each time he seems to come close, he slips again. He's got a lot of ground to cover here, in all honesty, and keeps soliciting. Larsen laid the smack (beyotch!) down on McFarlane and he's President. Kirkman is paste if it comes down to it. Still, it's a good book, and worth the wait. This and Savage Dragon still manage to make comics fun again.
OCT041745 IRON MAN #2 (Note Price) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
NOV042538 JACK THE LANTERN SGN SET $19.95 CASTLE RAIN ENTERTAINMENT
NOV043440 JAY MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
AUG043795 JNYLTNG STAR TREK DIE-CAST ASST PI MERCHANDISE
Jnyltng! Do you hear me, trekkie fatboys! You can take your Jnyltng and shove it up your collective asses!
OCT043408 JORGE ZAFFINO SKETCHBOOK $12.99 ANCARES EDITORA
AUG043844 JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER DAWN ORNAMENT $22.99 MERCHANDISE
Hey look... an ornament! Just in time for... New Year's! Damn, he can't get a book out quarterly and he can't even get a damned ornament out in time for Christmas with half a year lead time!
OCT040296 JSA STRANGE ADVENTURES #5 (Of 6) $3.50 DC COMICS
As opposed to all their normal adventures facing monsters from other dimensions and would be mad dictators in clashing armor and capes, whom, I might add, they all fight in brightly colored spandex.
SEP041798 KABUKI #3 (MR) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
By the third issue, he's already behind. And it wasn't even solicited monthly. Hey, here's an idea. Let's institute it across the industry. Don't solicit an issue until it is completed. And don't solicite a short mini-series until the whole thing is completed. Damn, that's brilliant, dude. I know. That would work. I know! Will they do it? Hell no.
SEP043334 KAMEN RIDER OFFICIAL FILE MAG #0 $9.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV044183 KING ARTHUR DIRECTORS CUT WS DVD EXTENDED UNRATED (MR) PI VIDEOS
SEP042469 KIZUNA BONDS OF LOVE BOOK 3 GN (A) $15.99 CENTRAL PARK MEDIA CORP
OCT042458 LADY DEATH 10TH ANNIV ED LEATHER #1 $29.99 AVATAR PRESS
See, I have the regular edition, but LEATHER! I guess Lady Death is back, as she was the originator of the leather cover. Fork over your thirty bucks. Get enough of them and you can make yourself a kewl leather jacket!
OCT042702 LADY DEATH MOVIE SIGNED DVD $40.00 VIDEOS
NOV042518 LASH OF LADY LOVELOCK #2 (A) $9.95 BON-VUE ENTERTAINMENT
SEP043076 LEES GT G I JOE VEHICLES & ACCESSORIES 1982 85 VOL 1 $19.95 ACTION FIGURE NEWS &TOY REVIEW
Can we... uh... be a bit more specific there. What do you cover?
NOV044122 LEGEND OF CONDOR HERO VOL 1 DVD PI VIDEOS
OCT040295 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 $2.95 DC COMICS
YAY! I still miss the Five Years Later... incarnation, but had fallen in love with the DnA version and now I get another version. With parallel realities back in vogue at DC, maybe those other versions are out there (supposedly, at least, the DnA version is out there somewhere). I'm an old school Legion junkie and you won't find me bashing it here. Instead, I'll invite you to pick up the first issue and try it. You're getting extra story pages for the same price as most comics (and a buck less than IDW and Viper--*heehee*).
AUG043487 LEMON CLUB NOV 2004 (A) $7.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV042999 LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE PACIFIC COMIC CLUB PACK #2 $30.00 TONY RAIOLA
NOV042998 LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE THE EARLY ADVENTURES $9.50 TONY RAIOLA
OCT042782 LURKERS #3 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
NOV043243 MAGIC BEHIND THE VOICES TP $25.00 UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP
NOV044184 MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE WS COLLECTORS ED DVD (MR) PI VIDEOS
SEP042708 MANGA CALIENTE #3 (A) $3.95 EROS COMIX
NOV042522 MANGA MOVER #1 (MR) $5.99 BOYCHILD PRODUCTIONS
SEP042363 MANGAZINE #60 $9.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS
OCT041776 MARVEL AGE FANTASTIC FOUR #10 $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041771 MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #4 $1.75 MARVEL COMICS
Here's an example of what I was talking about with pricing. A comic geared to that elusive younger market with a really damned friendly price point, and it still sells for crap to retailers. Did they notice it was cheaper? A great tool to use to entice younger readers? I haven't figured out the retailers in this industry yet. Not sure really what they want. I know what they SAY they want, but it doesn't seem to be what they really want. Maybe they just want to bitch...
OCT041814 MARVEL MASTERWORKS INCREDIBLE HULK VOL 2 NEW ED HC $49.99 MARVEL COMICS
AUG042287 MARVEL MILESTONES DAREDEVIL STATUE $175.00 MERCHANDISE
JUL043632 MEGAMI MAG NOV 2004 $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
JUN043228 MEGAMI MAG OCT 2004 $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
APR043262 MENS ADVENTURE MAGAZINES IN POSTWAR AMERICA TP $39.99 TASCHEN AMERICA L.L.C.
OCT042785 METAL GEAR SOLID #4 $3.99 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
See, how many IDW books have we had so far? And all at four bucks a pop. A supporter of IDW is likely to starve this week to afford all this. Reminds me of when Tokyopop used to drop all their manga in one week. Man was that bad business. As someone who's been on the publishing side, I can understand why publishers do it, because it does cut their costs, but it also cuts their revenues as these smaller publishers are then competing against themselves. They have enough to compete against the big boys; they sure as hell don't need to cannibalize their own sales potential. And some forget that comics fans are very fickle. Each week, the gloss of the new makes them forget all about what shipped even a week ago. It's a delicate tightrope of cost and demand and I don't think most fans of IDW are demanding this much product this week. That's all I'm saying.
MAY044155 MIGHTY ARMIES UNDEAD BOX SET $24.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
JUN044024 MIGHTY ARMIES UNDEAD DEATH KNIGHT CAVALRY $9.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
JUN044025 MIGHTY ARMIES UNDEAD GIANT $12.95 MONGOOSE PUBLISHING
Because let's face it, undead giants are a lot more intimidating than those undead fetuses up in Arsenic Lullaby. Cost more, but your paying for volume, baby. Volume!
SEP042680 MONKEY TALE VOL 1 HELLO AGAIN TP $9.99 EIGOMANGA
But it's Volume 1... how can it be hello AGAIN? I don't understand. Have we met. I thought this was your first time here. Did you go by a different name? Are you just trying to confuse me? It worked, by the way.
OCT040301 MONOLITH #11 $2.95 DC COMICS
AUG044188 MUTANTS AND MASTERMINDS NOIR $17.95 OSSEUM ENTERTAINMENT
SEP043291 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043092 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO VOL 3 GN $9.99 VIZ LLC
SEP042688 MYSTERY OF WOLVERINE WOO-BAIT (MR) $4.95 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
OCT043999 NBX BLUE TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT044000 NBX BROWN TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT044001 NBX GROUP TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
OCT044002 NBX RED TRAVEL MUG $6.99 MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
But I just bought all those Disney mugs. I'm sorry, NBX.
OCT042876 NEKO DOUBLE SHOT $3.99 NEKO PRESS
OCT041747 NEW AVENGERS #1 DIRECTORS CUT $3.99 MARVEL COMICS
Does it have director's commentary? Who is the Director of a comic book anyway? How do I know this is his/her cut? I want commentary from the characters and writer and artist throughout as I read it. Does that come included?
NOV048028 NEW AVENGERS #1 FINCH VARIANT $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
AUG043471 NEWTYPE NOV 2004 $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043346 NGE FIG ARCHIVE $29.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042569 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD BARBARAS ZOMBIE CHRON #3 (Of 3) (MR) $4.95 DEAD DOG COMICS & ENT
SEP042621 NOTHINGFACE GN (MR) $12.95 DIGITAL WEBBING
SEP043295 ONE PIECE 2005 CALENDAR $25.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG043488 PA PI PO NOV 2004 (A) $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP042369 PANZER 1946 #2 $5.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS
NOV042301 PEACEMAKER T/S LG $19.99 A. D. VISION
NOV042302 PEACEMAKER T/S XL $19.99 A. D. VISION
SEP043606 PEANUTS SNOOPY FLOWERS WATCH $105.00 MERCHANDISE
AUG043489 PENGUIN CLUB SANZOKU NOV 2004 (A) $6.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT043812 POKEMON BASIC 2-PK ASST WAVE 1 PI MERCHANDISE
My nephew tells me that Yu-Gi-Oh! briefly supplanted Pokemon as the cool thing among younger boys, but that Pokemon has reclaimed the crown. He's eight so I know better than to argue with him. He's my pulse on what the kids are into these days. Apparently, they are still into picking their noses and still think farts are funny, so not everything changes.
SEP043326 PRETTY GUARDIAN SAILOR MOON MANGA #11 $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042977 PRIEST VOL 14 (OF 15) GN (MR) $9.99 TOKYOPOP
AUG043480 QUANTO MAG NOV 2004 $9.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT040342 RAZORS EDGE WARBLADE #3 (MR) $2.95 DC COMICS
NOV043443 RENE MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
OCT043666 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE FISH GO POOK WMN T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043665 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE FISH GO POOK WMN T/S MED $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043668 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE ONE CUTE LITTLE DEAD GIRL WMN T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043667 ROMAN DIRGE LENORE ONE CUTE LITTLE DEAD GIRL WMN T/S MED $21.95 MERCHANDISE
AUG043692 ROMAN DIRGE PIRATE BOOK BAG $27.95 MERCHANDISE
AUG043693 ROMAN DIRGE PIRATE WALLET $18.95 MERCHANDISE
SEP043299 SAKURA WARS 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
AUG041578 SAVAGE DRAGON #119 $2.95 IMAGE COMICS
Speaking of behind... Can Larsen really smack anyone around when his book falls behind like this? I mean, sure Spawn was a year behind and Larsen will bitch that he's busier now being Publisher of Image, but Todd had all those lawsuits and his multimillion dollar toy empire and hockey club and... well, he's even busier. And he got his book shipping on time again. Come on, Erik. Lead by example!
NOV042532 SCAVULLO PHOTOGRAPHS 50 YEARS HC (O/A) (MR) PI BUD PLANT
JUN043543 SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK IM JUST A BILL T/S LG $16.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043240 SCRYE #80 $5.99 KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS
SEP043694 SENTINEL MINI BUST $45.00 MERCHANDISE
They're not nearly so intimidating when they're not four stories tall and about to stomp all over you.
NOV043758 SHARK TALE CAST POSTER $5.49 TRENDS INTL
OCT040326 SHIMURA TP (MR) $19.95 DC COMICS
NOV043439 SILENT BOB MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
OCT042296 SKYSCRAPERS OF THE MIDWEST #1 $5.00 ADHOUSE BOOKS
Despite popular beliefe. We do have them. A few. Not counting Chicago, I think we have... at last count... seventeen. That's pretty good, huh?
OCT042415 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #144 $2.19 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
OCT041530 SPAWN #141 (RES) $2.50 IMAGE COMICS
See, look at that. On time. Resolicited, yes. But on time. Did you notice that his didn't start with an AUG, Erik? Maybe you should cancel and resolicit your book?
NOV043613 SPEED RACER MACH 5 PLAYSET (O/A) $24.99 MERCHANDISE
SEP043470 SPIDERMAN BLUE III BY SALE T/S LG (O/A) $17.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043824 SPIDER-MAN THRU THE YEARS LASER SCULPTURE $35.99 LASERMACH
NOV044168 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS HOME SWEET PINEAPPLE DVD PI VIDEOS
AUG048101 SRDX GUILTY GEAR INO FIG $24.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV042621 STACKS GN (MR) $9.95 DRAWN & QUARTERLY
AUG043916 STAR OCEAN FAYT LINEGOD PVC STATUE $16.99 MERCHANDISE
AUG043917 STAR OCEAN NEL ZELPHER PVC STATUE $16.99 MERCHANDISE
AUG043918 STAR OCEAN SOPHIA ESTEED PVC STATUE $16.99 MERCHANDISE
OCT040052 STAR WARS EMPIRE #28 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
OCT040054 STAR WARS OBSESSION #2 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
OCT040053 STAR WARS REPUBLIC #72 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
Look, Dark Horse is catching up all their Star Wars books in one fell swoop. Now it's all caught up and ready to move forward. Gotta get all your ducks in a row before Episode III hits because after that, it's all downhill for this franchise. What will keep the fans interested, then? Huh, Dark Horse? How's that Buffy comic doing? Angel? Predator? Aliens? That's what I thought...
OCT041790 STRANGE #3 $3.50 MARVEL COMICS
SEP042588 STREET FIGHTER CVR A #12 $2.95 DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
SEP042589 STREET FIGHTER CVR B #12 $2.95 DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
NOV044166 STRONGBAD EMAIL.EXE 3 DISC DVD SET PI VIDEOS
Sounds like a virus.
SEP043300 STUDIO GHIBLI 2005 CALENDAR $42.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043705 SUPER ROBOT BEST POSING COLLECTION TRADING FIG SER 2 $69.90 MERCHANDISE
Do you think the robots wear posing straps like the bodybuilders do?
OCT040268 SUPERMAN #212 $2.50 DC COMICS
OCT040273 SUPERMAN BATMAN #16 $2.95 DC COMICS
Holy crap, this book came out when it was due!
OCT043573 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043572 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043571 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043575 SUPERMAN COMBAT T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
NOV043578 SUPERMAN MESH CAP $11.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT041792 SUPREME POWER #14 (MR) $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
NOV043530 SW BOBA FETT BASEBALL JERSEY LG $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043531 SW BOBA FETT BASEBALL JERSEY XL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043534 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY LG $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043533 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY MED $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043535 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY XL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043536 SW VADER BASEBALL JERSEY XXL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV043540 SW YODA BASEBALL JERSEY XXL $110.00 MERCHANDISE
Now come on, people. You know Star Wars geeks don't know what baseball is. Please.
NOV043951 TAROT OF OZ $24.95 LLEWELLYN PUBLICATIONS
OCT040304 TEEN TITANS #19 $2.50 DC COMICS
FEB040328 TEEN TITANS RAVEN MAQUETTE $89.95 DC COMICS
SEP043302 TETSUJIN 28 GO 2005 CALENDAR $27.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT040015 THE INCREDIBLES #2 $2.99 DARK HORSE COMICS
OCT040323 THUNDER AGENTS ARCHIVES VOL 5 HC (MR) $49.95 DC COMICS
I hope DC reprints this stuff in an affordable format for the rest of us some day. You know, DC, those Essentials over at Marvel sell pretty well. And there was a slick CD-ROM set of Amazing Spider-Man that wasn't bad either. They were readable and affordable. Maybe something like that? Throw me a bone, here. As an old school Legion fan, you have no trade collections for me and I can't afford the five hundred dollars or so it would cost to get all of the Legion Archives...
OCT044369 THUNDERBIRDS THE MOVIE WS DVD (NET) $21.99 VIDEOS
SEP041575 TOKYO KNIGHTS GN $9.99 IMAGE COMICS
Giant robot manga fun from the fine folks at Top Cow. Look for Witchblade/Tokyo Knights/Tomb Raider/The Darkness in early 2005.
OCT040346 TOM STRONG #30 $2.95 DC COMICS
NOV042540 TOMB RAIDER #43 CINEQUEST EXCLUSIVE ALT CVR $5.00 CINEQUEST.COM
NOV042541 TOMB RAIDER #44 CINEQUEST EXCLUSIVE ALT CVR $5.00 CINEQUEST.COM
SEP043371 TOPPS 2004 SIGNATURE EDITION NFL T/C BOX PI TOPPS COMPANY
OCT043231 TOY SHOP #349 $4.99 KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS
OCT040327 TRANSGENESIS 2009 VOL 1 FIDES TP (MR) $14.95 DC COMICS
NOV043316 TRIGUN KURONEKO BLACK CAT SHOTGLASS $6.99 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA INC
SEP043327 TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE MANGA #6 $8.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT044327 TSUKIHIME LUNAR LEGEND VOL 2 LUNAR DANCE DVD PI VIDEOS
AUG043470 UCHUSEN MAG NOV 2004 $18.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043385 UDA NFL JERSEY NUMBERS COLLECTION RAIDERS TEAM PI UPPER DECK AUTHENTICATED
OCT041722 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #14 $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
AUG042285 ULTIMATE MR FANTASTIC BUST $50.00 MERCHANDISE
I'm getting bored. See, watch me make a bad pun... Man, I can't stretch my wallet enough to afford this... yuk-yuk-yuk!
SEP041760 ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE #4 (Of 5) $2.25 MARVEL COMICS
SEP043301 ULTRAMAN 2005 CALENDAR $16.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
NOV043706 ULTRASEVEN MAGMA RISER PLASTIC MODEL KIT $9.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043707 ULTRASEVEN ULTRA HAWK 01 PLASTIC MODEL KIT $8.99 MERCHANDISE
NOV043708 ULTRASEVEN ULTRA HAWK 02 PLASTIC MODEL KIT $8.99 MERCHANDISE
OCT043609 UNCLE SAM FU T/S LG $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043608 UNCLE SAM FU T/S MED $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043607 UNCLE SAM FU T/S SM $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043610 UNCLE SAM FU T/S XL $17.95 MERCHANDISE
OCT043611 UNCLE SAM FU T/S XXL $20.95 MERCHANDISE
Maybe all our GIs could wear this shirt while over in Iraq, or our relief workers who go to Asia could wear this. Nothing seeks to repair tattered international relations like a big bird flipped to the rest of the world!
SEP043622 UNIVERSAL MONSTERS FRANKENSTEIN WATCH $105.00 MERCHANDISE
SEP043623 UNIVERSAL MONSTERS WOLFMAN WATCH $105.00 MERCHANDISE
I didn't even know they had watches. What with all they went through, chased by mobsters, set on fire, building collapses, transformations, they must be Timexes.
SEP043391 UPPER DECK 2004 05 LEGENDS NHL T/C BOX PI THE UPPER DECK COMPANY
You remember hockey? You know, their on ice skates and they... no, that's the ice capades... they have sticks and they play... well, you might see some on ESPNClassic... no, they don't play anymore. Yeah, contract disputes. They're on strike. No, really, hockey used to be one of the four major sports in the US. I think they're been supplanted by Celebrity Poker now.
SEP043318 UZUMAKI NARUTO ILLUS SC $23.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
OCT042776 VERY BIG MONSTER SHOW GN $7.49 IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
OCT043292 VIDEO WATCHDOG #115 $7.95 VIDEO WATCHDOG
JUN043491 VOLTAIRE THE BUNNISHER PX T/S LG $21.95 MERCHANDISE
JUN043492 VOLTAIRE THE BUNNISHER PX T/S XL $21.95 MERCHANDISE
SEP042583 VOLTRON VOL 2 #11 $2.95 DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
NOV044191 VOUDOUN BLUES LTD ED DVD W/ POSTER AND 8X10 (A) PI VIDEOS
SEP041550 WALKING DEAD #14 (MR) $2.95 IMAGE COMICS
Yay! Every week that brings me a Walking Dead comic is a good week. Man, I just loves me some good zombie story. Actually, this has become a pretty fascinating exploration of a post-Romero world teeming with the undead. Rife with rich characterization and the classic (better!) slow-moving zombies, there's something for everyone. And if it being black and white pisses you off that much, i'll tell you what. I got boxes and boxes of crayons at my house, so you mail 'em to me and I'll color 'em all up nice and pretty and send 'em back to you.
OCT041760 WARLOCK #4 $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
SEP042426 WARREN ELLIS QUIT CITY #1 (MR) $3.50 AVATAR PRESS
SEP042427 WARREN ELLIS QUIT CITY #1 INCENTIVE COVER PI AVATAR PRESS
Look, it's Apparat Week. Part Two. Boy did this experiment blow up in Warren's face. Maybe all four will ship in different weeks and instead of it being a one week experiment (as it were), we can call it four one-shots. Wow. Cutting edge.
NOV042745 WESTERN TALES OF TERROR #2 (MR) $3.50 HOARSE AND BUGGY PRODUCTIONS
OCT041753 WHAT IF AUNT MAY HAD DIED INSTEAD OF UNCLE BEN $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041754 WHAT IF DR DOOM HAD BECOME THE THING $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041756 WHAT IF GENERAL ROSS HAD BECOME THE HULK $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041750 WHAT IF JESSICA JONES HAD JOINED THE AVENGERS $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041752 WHAT IF KAREN PAGE HAD LIVED $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
OCT041755 WHAT IF MAGNETO HAD FORMED THE X-MEN WITH PROFESSOR X $2.99 MARVEL COMICS
See Marvel got most of their skip week event books out. The only one missing is Wha Huh? The parody one. You know. And by not shipping this week, I bet you dollars to donuts it is cannibalizing its own sales. It will not sell as well at the retail level as it would have had it hit with the rest of these. That said, these could be fun. I think that overall I was disappointed with the 2099 stories. They just lacked the magic of the originals. Spider-Man 2099's first several issues remain one of the best things to come out of the glut of the early to mid-'90s.
OCT041540 WILDGUARD FIRE POWER CVR A NAUCK #1 $3.50 IMAGE COMICS
OCT041541 WILDGUARD FIRE POWER CVR B EHOUSE #1 $3.50 IMAGE COMICS
Can this book maintain its appeal now that the "reality show" gimmick has been played out? Who knows. I suspect it will still be good old-fashioned superhero team fun. It kind of had the attitude of a modern-day Legion of Super-Heroes in that there were so many different heroes with different powers and it was a bunch of overenthusiastic kids playing at superhero. Lots of potential in the overall universe of characters, that might be too limited now that he has a much smaller team.
NOV043442 WILLIAM MALLRATS SERIES 3 INACTION FIGURE $10.37 MERCHANDISE
NOV043870 WINNIE THE POOH POOH BRASS KEYRING 12 PACK PI MONOGRAM PRODUCTS
I don't remember this character? Is this some kind of Dollar General cheap knockoff, because these people had better watch out they don't get their pants sued off.
SEP044143 WPT MASTERS SET 1000CT PI U.S. PLAYING CARDS
SEP044144 WPT OFFICIAL TOUR SET 300CT PI U.S. PLAYING CARDS
AUG042286 X-MEN MODERN ERA PROFESSOR X MED STATUE $75.00 MERCHANDISE
NOV041847 X-MEN PHOENIX ENDSONG #1 POSTER $5.95 MARVEL COMICS
Look. Phoenix. Does this mean she's not dead... this time... either.
SEP043328 XXXHOLIC MANGA #3 $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
SEP043329 XXXHOLIC MANGA #4 $10.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
Heh-heh. That's someone who's addicted to porn. That means you.
JUL043660 YUI SHOP MINI KURO (A) $14.99 TOHAN CORPORATION
APR040402 ZATANNA ANIMATED STATUE $89.95 DC COMICS
OCT042733 ZOMBIE COMMANDOS FROM HELL TP DEATH & DESTRUCTION (MR) $9.95 FRIGHTWORLD STUDIOS
Just in case you thought Zombie Commandos from Hell might be looking to join you for tea, it is made very clear that they're far more interseted in Death and Destruction. That's a shame. I heard you make excellent tea.
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