Summer Reading Project--Summer Watching Project--We'll discuss the Summer Reading and Watching Projects in more detail next week, but you should go ahead and get your hands on your reading and watching materials now. We want to start as early as possible. Amazon has the entire series of Brisco for $23. The Infinity Gauntlet series can be found on eBay for under $20. The tpb is currently in stock at Amazon for $17.
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Press Release Publisher Mohawk Media has launched its Mr. T series through its range of environmentally-friendly, paperless Eco Comics. Mr. T joins other famous names at Eco Comics including Dracula, Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, and Tough Guy. The Hollywood hard man, renowned for his image of Mohawk haircut, gold chains and catchphrases, previously appeared in print in the publisher’s graphic novels. Editor Stuart Buckley says: “It was always our intention to release the Mr. T graphic novel as a comic book series. Each chapter was intentionally structured to be the same length as a comic book. “However, we’ve had to adjust to market demands. The graphic novel has sold out. The digital titles of Eco Comics have no print run, and so will never sell out, meaning every T fan can order a copy. The added satisfaction is that the environment hasn’t suffered as a result of paper production. “The clean cut art of JL Czerniawski makes this series a joy to behold in any format.” “This is great, and I am truly humbled,” is how Mr. T describes becoming the star of a comic book in the foreword. And in the world exclusive interviews throughout the series, he goes further, including stating why he is an even tougher comic book hero than Wolverine. Series writer Chris Bunting adds: “I’ve gone to great lengths to do things never attempted, such as making T as close to a super hero as possible while retaining his classic persona. After over twenty-five years of fame, this action icon finally gets a rogues’ gallery, and even a new catchphrase. Old and new T fans can expect plenty of other surprises too. “Plus the amazing formats offered by Eco Comics really help bring this classic character into the digital age.” The first five issues of Mr. T are available to order now in various digital formats via the Eco Comics store: www.mohawkmedia.co.uk/ecocomics The US dollar cover price is 0.99 for the first issue, and 1.95 for subsequent issues. Press Release Wadjet Eye Games, an indie publisher of retro-styled adventure games, is excited to announce that Resonance will release for PC on June 19, 2012. A labor of love five years in the making, this impressive commercial debut from independent developer Vince Twelve can be preordered now from Wadjet Eye Games (http://www.Resonance-Game.com) and GOG.com (http://www.GOG.com). When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist's secret vault. The suspicions they harbor, the memories they guard, the connections they share -- all will converge as these four ordinary people work together to prevent a potentially cataclysmic disaster. Its 2D pixel-art graphics and intuitive point-and-click interface may be reminiscent of the "good old days," but Resonance puts a new twist on classic adventure gameplay with its unique long-term and short-term memory systems. In addition to the more traditional inventory, dialogue, and exploration-based gameplay typical in adventure games, Resonanceallows players to "collect" memories within the game. Each of the four playable characters can use these memories to solve puzzles or start conversations with any of the game's other characters, providing a wealth of interactive possibilities. Resonance also includes an original soundtrack and professional voice cast, with fan-favorite Logan Cunningham (Bastion) in one of the leading roles. Leading up to the June 19 launch, Resonance can be preordered in both digital download and physical formats: -GOG.com is offering a digital preorder brimming with goodies that include desktop wallpapers, a digital poster (suitable for printing), the game's MP3 soundtrack, a "behind the scenes" video, and video developer diaries. GOG's Resonance download, available on June 19, will be DRM-free. The regular $9.99 price is discounted 10% to $8.99 during the preorder period. For more details, visit: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/resonance -Wadjet Eye Games is offering a limited edition disc version that will only be available for purchase during the preorder period. The disc version will be packaged in a collectable box with a printed Resonance poster. The MP3 soundtrack and other digital goodies will be included on the game CD. The $24.99 price includes worldwide shipping, and customers who preorder the limited edition will also get free access to a Resonance download on launch day. For more details, visit: http://www.resonance-game.com/preorder. You can check out the trailer for the game in the player below. In this weeks episode of the ‘SI Radio Show’, Matman spends some time with one of his favorite musicians, John Wetton. Recorded at Showcase Live in Foxboro, MA, following the second show of UK’s ‘Night After Night 2012’ tour, Matt and John chat about the reformation of UK, the new ASIA disc coming out in June, the School of Rock and what it means to ‘slow down’! “I’ve been a fan of John’s since 1982, when I first heard ASIA’s ‘Heat of the Moment’, Matman said. “In 2002 I met John and we became friends. What was real cool about interviewing him was we could talk about music and stuff. Usually we talk about our families, sobriety and God.” Currently John is on tour with UK (with Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio) and in September he hits the road with ASIA. For more information just go to www.johnwetton.com. To hear the interview, click onto the Listen Now page. Comic artist Joe Madureira made a splash in the video game industry back in 2010, when his company Vigil Games developed Darksiders, a action game that combined God of War-like combat with puzzles and exploration that drew comparisons to the Zelda franchise. In the game, players took on the role of War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, who had been wrongfully accused of bringing about the end of the world. Joe Mad served as the creative director on the game, and his style was clearly evident in the look of Darksiders. The game was both a critical and commercial success, garnering great reviews and selling over one million copies. This August, Darksiders II will be arriving, and this time around, Death is the lead character. The storyline will take place around the same time as the original game, and will see Death investigating who is behind the conspiracy to frame War for brining on the apocalypse. Fans eagerly awaiting Darksiders® II can get an exclusive Darksiders prequel comic from Dark Horse Comics when they preorder the Best Buy exclusive Darksiders II: Angel of Death edition for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3! With a stunning cover from game creator Joe Madureira, this Best Buy exclusive print issue takes place before the events of Darksiders II, as Death travels to Earth to hunt down and confront a rogue demon! Written by Andrew Kreisberg (Batman Confidential, Green Arrow and Black Canary, FOX’s Fringe) and drawn by Roger Robinson (Batman: Arkham City,Azrael), Darksiders II: Death’s Door reveals essential secrets from the world of the upcoming game! You can preorder your copy of Darksiders II today, and you can see a video (via IGN) about the game in the player below. Editor's Note: For those who have kept their old episodes of Secret Identity, issue #202 featured and interview with Joe Mad about the original Darksiders game. From our great friends, Keith and John! Top 3 Cartoon Sidekicks: Fresh from the Boston Comic Con, The Swass-Cast returns with a brand new episode featuring our good buddies from the Secret Identity Podcast. Matman and Brian join us to discuss the top 3 cartoon sidekicks of all time and some of the choices will surprise you. From the funtastic to the fantastic, the lists are sure to entertain. We also do one of our very funny mailbag segments where we read a lot of our hate mail. Some people like to read their good comments, we like to read our negative ones. This episode features lots of cartoon talk between friends. Please join in the fun and download this episode now. Always remember the episodes are available in Video and Audio format on Itunes and you can always enjoy on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/TommySwass Press Release
Paizo's incredible award-winning, best-selling fantasy world, fiction line and tabletop RPG is now the ultimate fantasy comic from Dynamite Entertainment, hitting stores in August! Dynamite is proud to announce that the ongoing series is written by Jim Zubkavich with art by Andrew Huerta, with covers by Lucio Parillo, Matteo Scalera, Dave Dorman, and Erik Jones!!! The iconic heroes at the core of the Pathfinder's world are brought to life for the first time in a brand new story full of charm and high adventure that will please fans and entertain new readers alike. Issue 1 clocks in at 40 pages (and remains $3.99) and includes over 10 pages of character profiles and Pathfinder RPG game statistics, plus an EXCLUSIVE removable, playable tactical map and poster. Be sure to pick up Pathfinder #1 from Dynamite, coming this August to comic stores everywhere! In issue #1, Valeros can rely on only his sword arm and his friends, the mysterious and beautiful sorcerer Seoni and silver tongued quick-witted elven rogue Merisiel, but nothing can prepare him for the dangers that lurk ahead. The scattered and chaotic goblin tribes of Varisia are changing, growing in power and unifying in ways no one has ever seen before. At the heart of this strange evolution is an ancient evil looking to establish itself anew. "Pathfinder has blazed new trails in gaming and fiction, winning over thousands of fans all over the world. I'm absolutely thrilled to add to its mythology and flesh out the iconic characters at the heart of the Golarion world," says writer Jim Zubkavich. "Sword and sorcery adventure pumps through my veins and I can't wait for readers to experience what Dynamite and I have planned." "I am thrilled with the work Jim Zub and Andrew Huerta have put into the Pathfinder comic book," adds Paizo Publisher Erik Mona. "Jim and I go way back to my time as Editor-in-Chief of Dragon Magazine, and his experience with fantasy and gaming make him the perfect writer for the series. Andrew's pencils are absolutely amazing, and bring an exciting and fresh new look to the characters, monsters, and lands of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game." "From day one of when we were awarded the license for the Pathfinder comic we knew we had only one chance to make a great first impression for Pathfinder and comics fans - Jim and Andrew are the perfect team for the series. It is great to finally have the opportunity to publish these wonderful comics," adds Dynamite Entertainment President and Publisher Nick Barrucci. "I also finally get the chance to work with Jim Zubkavich, a writer whom I have the upmost respect for, and Andrew's art is nothing short of breathtaking. And these covers by Lucio Parillo, Matteo Scalera, Dave Dorman, and Erik Jones are just astounding!" For more info on the Pathfinder roleplaying game, head over to http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG. Last week, comic fans were so captivated by ‘The Avengers’ film (myself included) that the news of a creator’s passing went a little under the radar. In April artist Tony DeZuniga suffered a stroke, but sadly there was too much damage and on May 11th, at the age of 79, he passed away. Tony broke into comics at the age of 16 and became part of a ‘Philipino Invasion’ of comic book artists which included Ric Estrada, Nester Redondo and the brilliant Alfredo Alcala. But it was his pairing with writer John Albano that DeZuniga helped to create one of the longest running and one of the most important characters in my life, Jonah Hex! In 1971 Albano and DeZuniga created a western bounty hunter character on Clint Eastwood’s ‘Man with No Name.’ But to give him a more interesting look, DeZuniga looked to a medical chart for inspiration. From an interview in 2010, he tells of how an anatomy poster; half muscle and half skeleton, gave him the idea of giving Jonah hex a scared right side of his face. And the rest is history! His art style was well suited for the westerns, fantasy and war titles that he drew. He would use a lot of lines to create emotions and would take advantage of every inch of the panels he drew. He spent the next two decades working for both Marvel and DC and drew most of the big characters for each including Batman, Conan and Spider – Man. Following his career in comics, DeZuniga later became a videogame conceptual designer working for the American and Japanese divisions of Sega. He also did work for TSR’s ‘Dungeons and Dragons’. In 2010, he returned to the world of Jonah Hex along with writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray for the graphic novel ‘No Way Back.’ Since I’ve been reading comics since the mid 1970’s, it’s only inevitable that many of the creators that I grew up loving would be passing. So please enjoy, support and reach out to the creators that you love and whose work means so much to you while we still have them. I have a lot of things I wish I could say to Tony but I can’t now. Thank you, sir! Our good freind Buddy Scalera reached out this week to let us know that he will be taking over as the ongoing writer of Ape Entertainment's Richie Rich comic with issue #5. The series brings back the cast of the original cartoon, but has added a few twists as well. "Each issue will have an original Richie Rich story featuring a modernized version of the original cast," Buddy told us. "Now they travel the world on adventures as Rich Rescue, an elite (and extremely well funded) team." "In Issue #5, we have Rich Rescue turn into superheroes," Buddy added. "It's good, wholesome fun that may help a new generation of kids discover comics." Issue #5 of Richie Rich is slated to hit shops later this month. You can find out more about the series over at www.ape-entertainment.com. You can also download the richie Rich comics app for your iOS device here. Congrats to Buddy! |
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