Secret Identity--What's New?

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #795--Venomverse and Dredd

9/29/2017

What’s New?
Wizard Cuts Shows from 2017 Schedule (IcV2)
ACE Universe cons begin in December
Jean Grey returns
See Matt at NYCC (Monarch Comics Booth 2125)
Bing Comic Con coming 10/28 (www.bingcomiccon.org)

Comics:
Action Comics #987
Venomverse #1
Marvel Generations: The Americas

Summer of Dredd:
Dredd

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Kickstarter Alert: CAVALIERS OF MARS

9/26/2017

by Brian LeTendre

Our friends over at Onyx Path have launched a Kickstarter for another amazing roleplaying game.

Cavaliers of Mars is a swashbuckling adventure setting from Rose Bailey, longtime developer of Vampire: The Requiem and other World of Darkness titles. Cavaliers draws inspiration from pulp fantasy and historical fiction, adding a modern edge and an exotic setting.

Cavaliers of Mars is powered by the DEIMOS system, in which a hero’s motivations and approach to problems strongly influence her chance of success. In combat, heroes face off with their enemies in contests of tactics and chance.

The Kickstarter for Cavaliers of Mars launched less than a week ago, but has already been funded more than five times its original goal! That means that stretch goals are being unlocked, and already include additional artwork, scenarios and supplements for the game. With three weeks left to go, this project is only going to get more awesome by the day as additional content is unlocked.

Check out the Cavaliers of Mars Kickstarter now!

If you want to dip your toe into Cavaliers of Mars before you jump on board the Kickstarter, you can download the free Jumpstart Rules for the game over at Drive Thru RPG right now!

Get the free Jumpstart Rules for Cavaliers of Mars!

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #794--SLAM! and Giant Days

9/22/2017

What’s New?
NYCC Programming
August Comics Sales

Comics:
SLAM!: The Next Jam #1
Secret Empire #10
Giant Days #29
Dodgeball Teens #7
Amazing Spider-Man #31

Homework: Dredd

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Brian's Pull List: 9-20-17

9/20/2017

by Brian LeTendre

It's new comics Wednesday, and here's the list of books I'm picking up this week:

Croak #3
Lilith Dark #3
The Unsound #4
Batman #31
Batwoman #7
Killer Instinct #1
GI Joe First Strike #1
Snotgirl #7
Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #11
Generations Ms. Marvel and Ms. Marvel #1
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #4
Venomverse #3

What's on your pull list this week?

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #793--Flash and Star Wars Adventures

9/15/2017

What’s New?
IT sets box office records
Len Wein passes at 69

Comics:
The Flash #29
Edge of Venomverse #3
Star Wars Adventures #1

Summer of Dredd:
Jumper Story Through Bonus Material

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BOOM! Studios Announces New Full-Color Edition of Pizzeria Kamikaze

9/14/2017

Press Release

BOOM! Studios is excited to announce the addition of PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE, the haunting, sometimes surreal graphic novel by award-winning writer Etgar Keret (The Seven Good Years) and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Asaf Hanuka (The Realist), to its Archaia imprint. The new edition will debut in February 2018 and will be presented in full color and in prestigious hardcover for the first time. This unexpectedly powerful story of love, loss, and escape was first published in black and white by Alternative Comics in 2006 and is based on Keret’s own short story, Kneller’s Happy Campers, which also served as the basis for the independent film, Goran Dukić’s Wristcutters: A Love Story.

In PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE, after committing suicide, narrator Mordy is condemned to an afterlife where he still has to attend a crappy job in a place no less crappy than the place he came from. When he discovers that his beloved ex-girlfriend is there, too, he embarks on a much-needed road trip through an absurdist and fantastical landscape to find her.

“What was both surprising and beautiful, from my perspective, was that the original black-and-white PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE and the film were both amazing adaptations and each had a completely different tone and sensibility but, at the same time, both of them were incredibly moving and loyal to the text,” says Keret, who wroteKneller’s Happy Campers after an ex-girlfriend tragically passed away. “As a writer, you can meet your reader but will never really know what they've experienced when they've read your text. These two adaptations were a rare chance for me to take a peek into the mind of two brilliant and talented artists and I feel very lucky and very grateful for that.”

PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE features a new cover by Hanuka, who also has had two volumes of The Realist—curated collections of his semi-autobiographical comic strips—published by BOOM! Studios. The first volume won an Eisner Award in 2016.

“When I first worked on PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE, I was 25 and felt the good times were over and now I'm just going to become old and lonely,” says Hanuka. “The story starts at this point but then goes somewhere magical and full of hope. Working on the book literally made me better. I consider myself lucky to get a second chance to do this book a bit differently. The colors came out beyond anything I could imagine, and with a new cover I feel like this story is finally getting a chance to reach new readers.”

Of the original black-and-white edition, Library Journal said, “[Etgar] Keret creates a compelling journey in a world of the vacant eyed and the pleasure seeking. The tale is perfectly complemented by illustrator [Asaf] Hanuka's black-and-white noirish ink… PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE stays light-hearted without being funny and is morbid without employing despair.”

Print copies of PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE will be available for sale in February 2018 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one); booksellers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million; or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.

PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ Archaia imprint, home to ambitious original graphic novels such as Mouse Guard by David Petersen;Rust by Royden Lepp; Bolivar by Sean Rubin; Jane by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón Pérez; and licensed books like Jim Henson’s The Power of the Dark Crystaland Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.

To keep up with breaking news on PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #792--Croak and Ash Vs. The Army of Darkness

9/8/2017

What’s New?
HCR Issues charity for comic store owners
(www.facebook.com/IssuesLLC/posts/183558955521219)
Hasbro Sues DC over Bumblebee
CT Horror Fest
JJ Watt Charity for Harvey (www.youcaring.com/victimsofhurricaneharvey-915053)

Comics:
Croak #1
Superman #29
Ash Vs. The Army of Darkness #2

Creator Spotlight: Randy Hoyt
Foxtrot Games Randy Hot stops by to discuss the company’s newest game Spy club, which hits Kickstarter on September 20th. For more info, head to foxtrotgames.com and spyclubgame.com.

Thanks for listening!

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #791--Space Ghost and Captain America

9/2/2017

What’s New?
The Judas Contract coming in hardcover
Marvel Kindle Sale 9/1-9/7
Favorite Jack Kirby creations

Comics:
Captain America #25
Batman #28
Future Quest Presents: Space Ghost #1

Summer of Dredd:
Killer Car saga and Oxygen Board

Homework--Jumper Story Through Bonus Material

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Secret Identity Podcast Issue #795--Venomverse and Dredd

Kickstarter Alert: CAVALIERS OF MARS

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #794--SLAM! and Giant Days

Brian's Pull List: 9-20-17

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #793--Flash and Star Wars Adventures

BOOM! Studios Announces New Full-Color Edition of Pizzeria Kamikaze

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #792--Croak and Ash Vs. The Army of Darkness

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #791--Space Ghost and Captain America

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