August 31, 2015 at 2:42 pm
By: Rico Renzi
MATT’S PICK :: WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK DAILY NEWSPAPER COMICS HC VOL 01: This is truly a glorious day for Donald Duck fans the world over! We FINALLY get to bask in the artistic glory of the finest duck artist who ever lived! And no, I am not talking about Carl Barks! Blasphemous, I’m sure, right? In my humble opinion, Donald (and his sadistic nephews) are best rendered by the great Al Taliferro. His ducks are more faithful to the animation model sheets than any other “duck artist’s” work. Furthermore, (I mention this often when praising Al’s version of the ducks) his duck drawings consistently have me laughing out loud at a mere glance of his character staging and attitude. He truly shines when he presents an exasperated or incredulous Donald meeting the reader’s gaze.
These gag strips are fun, quick reads. Nice for digest reading or a quick chuckle. In comparison, the duck strips are a departure from the long form/serialized strips featuring the mouse. I appreciate the work of Floyd Gottfredson – this is a whole different animal. As a reader with a very strong opinion on all things Disney, I can say without reservation: this volume is sure to delight! Also, as a fun side-note, it was Al who came up with the concept of “Unca Donald’s” troubled nephews for use as foils in this strip before they were featured in the animated shorts.
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August 28, 2015 at 11:12 am
By: Rico Renzi
Don’t blink or you’ll miss the season 2 premiere of The Flash!
Join us and WCCB on Tueday, October 6th at 6 PM for a viewing party here at the store to celebrate the return of our favorite crimson speedster! JJ’s Red Hots,Taste Buds Popcorn and King of Pops will be on site plus the CW Street Team will be playing plinko for CWag prizes! And stick around after the premiere for a live Flash Chat!
PLUS attendees can score a limited edition The Flash Season 2 Premiere Party poster created exclusively for WCCB, Charlotte’s CW by artist Andy Smith.
Let us know you’re coming HERE!
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August 27, 2015 at 4:17 pm
By: Rico Renzi
RICO’S PICK :: PLUTONA #1: “Stand By Me” but with a dead superhero in place of the dead regular person is most likely an oversimplification of this new Image comic book but from what I can tell, that’s the catalyst here. The art from Emi Lenox and Jordie Bellaire looks great and expressive. You can see for yourself in these previews here and here. Not sure if it’s a 4 or 5 issue series but Lenox, Bellaire and writer Jeff Lemire have put together a great looking book with an intriguing premise and I can’t wait to read it.
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August 25, 2015 at 3:46 pm
By: Andy Mansell
GOOD GRIEF, MORE PEANUTS! TP (VOLUME 3: 1952-1956)
GOOD OL’ CHARLIE BROWN: A NEW PEANUTS BOOK TP (VOLUME 4: 1955-1957)
God bless Titan Books for reproducing these two paperback gems from the late 1950’s!
Hey kids, back in the day before man stepped on the moon and simple folk only needed 3 or 4 TV Channels this is the way we got our comic strip reprints. every family–and I mean every single household (don’t bother looking it up, I’ve already fact checked it for you!) had at least one or two of these Peanuts reprint books in their rec rooms. They are gems, they are dirt cheap and trust me yet again, theywill make incredibly cool stocking stuffers for any Bronze Age member of your family. But make sure you read them. Charles Schulz was nearing the first of many artistic peaks with these strips.
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August 24, 2015 at 12:04 pm
By: Rico Renzi
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August 19, 2015 at 8:24 am
By: Rico Renzi
ANDY’S PICKS :: WONDER WOMAN BY GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS HC: This ottoman-sized omnibus collects the first two years of
George Pérez’s 1980s run on WONDER WOMAN as both writer and artist including issues #1-24 and WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1. His focus- a return to greatness for our beloved amazon with an emphasis on the Greek Pantheon. Plus Cheetah! That’s a lot of beautiful heroines and villains drawn by Mr. Perez.
THE DEFINITIVE BETTY BOOP TP VOL 01: HeroesCon friend Steve Saffel edits this definitive edition of the classic ’30s Sunday pages featuring the real, original Betty Boop before the Hays office lowered her skirt and buried the risqué jokes and situations. We got a chance to feast our eyes on an advanced copy this summer and our eyes popped like Roger Rabbit. Speaking of which…regarding Ms. Boop, PI Eddie Valiant said it best… “Yeah, you still got it”
JASON IF YOU STEAL HC: Everyone’s favorite Norwegian cartoonist, Jason returns to our shores with a collection of eleven fantastic stories of anthropomorphic creatures in an impressive minimalistic style that features Frida Kahlo as an assassin-for-hire Santo, Chet Baker, the Warren Commission, Rene Magritte, Nostradamus and Santos the wrestler with a soundtrack by Van Morrison. Is your curiosity piqued? I thought so. To date, Jason’s work never disappoints.
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August 17, 2015 at 2:12 pm
By: Rico Renzi
We’ve been looking forward to this signing for years! We hope to see every fan of Captain America, Punisher, Black Suit Spider-Man, Secret Wars, Master of Kung Fu… well you get the picture! Mike has done them all! Bring your favorites and meet the artist!
We’ll have lots of copies of our HeroesCon variants of Mike’s IDW Artist’s Edition and Secret Wars #1
Let us know you’re coming and tell your friends on our Facebook event page!
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August 13, 2015 at 3:53 pm
By: Shelton Drum
This Sunday I’ll be at Wes Tillander’s awesome quarterly comic show in Atlanta. http:// www.atlantacomicconvention. com/
And NEXT weekend it will be time for Lyn Anderson’s long running Raleigh Comic Book Show.
Three of my favorite regional shows, back-to-back-to-back! All of these guys have been working hard, for about 20 years, to consistently bring the best group of vendors with tons of COMIC BOOKS to their shows, and I love supporting them. It is always fun and profitable.
IF YOU LIKE COMICS, THESE ARE THE SHOWS TO GO TO!
Oh, and mine too. -Shelton Drum
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August 12, 2015 at 8:38 am
By: Rico Renzi
Join us a for signing of epic proportion! Save the date, more details coming soon including exclusives, hours and more!
Team Paper Girls:
Cliff Chiang (art)
Jared K. Fletcher (letters and design)
Matt Wilson (colors)
Team Spider-Gwen:
Jason Latour (writer)
Robbi Rodriguez (art)
Rico Renzi (color)
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August 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm
By: Rico Renzi
KYLE’S PICK :: BATTLEWORLD: INHUMANS ATTILAN RISING #4:There are so many extra books that are riding on the coattails of Secret Wars, I know it can be daunting to choose one to pick up and read. Inhumans: Attilan Rising is one of them, though, and if you haven’t read any of the previous issues I highly recommend that you do. The story is fun, and a bit quirky, from writer
Charles Soule (who you may remember from his work on She-Hulk). You have a great team of characters with Blackbolt, Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, and the blind hero Matt Murdock, also. If you aren’t sold with the first issue, where you find out Matt is a blind musician that plays at Blackbolt’s club – the Silent Room – you should be when you see Blackbolt talk. The whole building is still standing once he finishes his sentence! There are plenty of twists and turns still ahead for this book, and I am excited to see where it goes. I hope others will join in as well.
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