SOMETHING NEW

NEW COMICS

FOR

WEDNESDAY 31^ST JULY

OPTIC NERVE #13

It’s very rare to have an ‘alternative’ artist who enjoys robust

Sales in collected form to still serialise works in a ‘floppy’

Chris Ware still serialises but in the upscale hardcover format as does Seth with

Pallokaville and the Hernandez Brothers publish a soft cover every year.

Daniel Clowes continued publishing Eightball in the ‘floppy’

but went the ‘Acme’ route of experimental scale and paper stock.

Berlin is still serialised with a collection every decade.

Chester Brown went straight to hardcover with his latest work.

An advance from a nurturing publisher is far more attractive than the drip feed of income

a periodical provides and a little well financed book promotion goes a long way.

So we thank Mr. Tomine for thinking of us and providing the comic industry with an

Exclusive product not to be seen in book stores.
&
It looks fantastic!
 Joe Mattish panel density and a lovely airy loose line.
Put down that Superman Annual and treat yourself to this!

Acclaimed cartoonist Adrian Tomine (New York Drawings, Shortcomings) returns with a dazzling new issue of his two-decade-long comic book series! Optic Nerve #13 features three complete stories, each distinct in their tone and visual style. "Go Owls" is a dark comedy about 12-step programs, drug dealing, and minor league baseball. "Translated, from the Japanese," illustrates the diary of a young Japanese mother, caught between two countries and hovering on the precipice of divorce. "Winter, 2012" is an autobiographical glimpse into Tomine's home life and his ongoing struggles with the modern world. Throughout Optic Nerve #13, Tomine channels contemporary zeitgeist and vernacular to produce flawlessly designed, compellingly readable stories. 

ARCHIE

ARCHIE #646

ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #242

LIFE WITH ARCHIE #31

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #251 EVIL FRIENDS FOREVER 

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #251

ASPEN

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ASSASSINS #13

FATHOM ELITE SAGA #4

AVATAR

ABSOLUTION RUBICON #2

CALIGULA HEART OF ROME #6 (OF 6)

UBER #4

BOOM

3 GUNS #1 (OF 6)

What season is it?

ADVENTURE TIME SUMMER SPECIAL 2013 #1

PLANET O/T APES SPECTACULAR ONE SHOT

DARKHORSE

AKANEIRO #3 (OF 3)

ANGEL & FAITH #24

BPRD VAMPIRE #5 (OF 5)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1

Comics Greatest world welcomes Golden Age Public domain chap

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #4 (OF 4)

KING CONAN HOUR O/T DRAGON #3 (OF 6)

LAST OF US AMERICAN DREAMS #4 (OF 4)

Fear not if you missed the boat on this one, second prints due to ship early next month  

DC

July has had 5 shipping weeks and to avoid a week of sparse releases DC

tends to use this opportunity to publish Annuals.

Once avoided by regular readers because of the lazy inventory incubators they became

publishers are acutely aware that annuals will only be supported if they ‘matter’.

Matter meaning that they are connected or at least acknowledging and building upon

Story-lines in the current titles.

So we have a couple of potential gems from DC.

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #3
ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #2

 Original launch artist Travel Foreman returns wrapping the book in a suitably arresting cover.
(see image above)
BATMAN ANNUAL #2

Scott Snyder and co-writer Marguerite Bennett bring us a story that is designed to complement the Batman Year Zero series within the series.

BATMAN INCORPORATED #13

Grant says ‘I think everyone will hate it’
(I loved it)

This series had so much momentum before the New52 but Snyder and Capullo took the wind out of its Bat sales.

The Robin 'event' spiked interest that typically dissipated within 6 weeks.

Somehow it doesn’t feel like the eyes of the world are watching Grant’s corner any longer.

Me I’m looking forward to starting back at Batman and Son and savouring the whole saga.

How can one resist?

 BATMAN ZERO YEAR DIRECTORS CUT #1

Greg Cupullo pencils minus the inks.

I’m really interested to see how tight his pencil work is because Miki’s inks are so delicate that it’s all starting to resemble the precise delineation of Art Adams. !

COLLIDER #1

Great Nathan Fox cover graces the latest Vertigo launch.

Written by: Simon Oliver /Art by: Robbi Rodriguez
VERTIGO relaunch continues!
It started small: temporary gravity failures, time reversal loops, entropy reversals. With much fanfare a new government agency was formed with a mandate “to prevent and protect.” Its official title: The Federal Bureau of Physics. Humans, if nothing else, adapt to the changing parameters of their existence. What was extraordinary soon became ordinary, a part of people’s daily lives. They move on and do what people have always done: survive. But even that new status quo is now under threat. Things are getting worse, and it falls to Special Agent Adam Hardy and his FBP team to figure out what’s going on, before it’s too late…

DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #2

 Regular scribe Layman pens the story.

FLASH ANNUAL #2

INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #7

RED LANTERNS #22

SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 SPECIAL #2

SUPERBOY #22
 SUPERMAN ANNUAL #2
Ok I’ll be honest we only have a few of these going onto the shelf so if you really want one email NOW!

TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #1 (OF 6)

Alan Moore’s Science-Hero is back with the original series artist Chris Sprouse

providing pictures.
Peter Hogan words.

TRINITY OF SIN PANDORA #2 (TRINITY) 

After last issues info dump lets hope the series settles down into something worthwhile

WAKE #3 (OF 10)
 Third issue in the murky tale from My Batman and Mr. Jesus

Issue #1 & 2 still in stock

WAKE #3 (OF 10) VAR ED 

IDW

CLIVE BARKER NEXT TESTAMENT #3 (OF 12)

GI JOE #6

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #192

JUDGE DREDD YEAR ONE #4

MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #9

TMNT ONGOING #24

TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #19

IMAGE

BEDLAM #8

FIVE GHOSTS HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY #5 (OF 5)

MORNING GLORIES #29

SEX #5

INDIE

GFT GRIMM UNIVERSE #5

TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #81 (MR)

MARVEL

It’s Neil Gaiman Day over at Marvel!

The limited charms of Angela

first seen all those years ago in Spawn and more recently as a ‘surprise!’ in Age of Ultron

are expanded upon by creator and co-writer consultant Gaiman and current caretaker Bendis.

Opinion is split regarding this new series, in one corner are the Abnett and Lanning lovers-

in the other the Bendis fanatics.
Fight Fight Fight! 

CAPTAIN MARVEL #14

DAREDEVIL #29

 Always a treat

FEARLESS DEFENDERS #7 NOW

FF #10 NOW

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5 NOW

 From IMAGE via legal limbo to the Marvel Universe.

Is she really an Angel?

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5 YOUNG VAR NOW

                                                INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #11 NOW

Overlooked and under performing in the Brighton area.

First trade is in stock in a cheapie Pannini edition.

Believe the hype it’s a great premise, Hulk offers up his services to Shield as a living weapon if they fund the scientist within.

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #28
 Hey I’ve a theory that the Ultimate Earth will be a victim of an ‘incursion’

(See the New Avengers for details, and don’t get me started on my Mad bad Infinity Gem wielding Beast speculation)

UNCANNY X-FORCE #9 NOW

UNCANNY X-MEN #9 NOW

VENOM #38

WHAT IF AVX #4 (OF 4)

WOLVERINE IN FLESH #1

                                                                       X-MEN #3

 Brian Wood gained a basket load of accolades for #1 then a collective meh from the press for the

sophomore outing.

Third strike lucky?

X-MEN LEGACY #14 NOW

TITAN

 LENORE VOLUME II #8

Roman Dirge returns with the further adventures of the little dead girl.

Sharps eyed customers may have noticed that Vol 5 is decomposing nicely on the middle table.

See you later 
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