Deathstroke is a DAD?!?!?
You never know what can happen in the continuity of your latest monthly reads....
Take for example in the latest BATMAN stories....in addition to a certain Selina Kyle turning the head of a grown up 'Master Wayne' to the point of a proposal...
(see Batman proposing to Catwoman on the final page of Batman #24 ),
a certain Terminator named SLADE WILSON....
(...yes, the NOW more famous character WADE WILSON, AKA DEADPOOL, is indeed named [jokingly] after DC's DEATHSTROKE...)
...has been pegged as, of all things, a DAD recently!!!
We won't tell you who, but here's #aFUNNY we made up....
DARK NIGHTS METAL CHECKLIST 4 DC REBIRTH CROSSOVER
DC COMICS latest hatching is BRINGING YOU the deepest dark secrets of the DC UNIVERSE in the new....
DC REBIRTH CROSSOVER [CLICK 4 'REBIRTH' CHECKLIST BELOW]... 'DARK NIGHTS METAL' !!!
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All New All Different Marvel Now #1
All New All Different Marvel Now #1 ----- All New All Different Marvel Now #1 ----- All New All Different Marvel Now #1
MARVEL COMICS has, it seems, been leading it's readers on a journey of epic proportions over the past few years, with mighty characters taking 'the-big-dirt-nap', mysterious alliances poping up, & saga-inducing storylines taking its readers on quests never before imagined within the scope of what the long-loved 'MARVEL UNIVERSE' had been known as throughout its 55+ YEAR HISTORY with many of its flagships having existed enchanting [...through previous companies...] for over 75 YEARS!!!...
....Now, it seems likely those sometimes innocent times of yore, or Marvel-Lore, will no longer be shining down upon 'The House That STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY Built' [...among others...] as a storm of electicity will be shocking the company from storm clouds blacker than anything seen in its pages can relate to....
....30+ YEARS AGO, in out of a direction by then Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter, an idea was hatched to shake up the heroes, adding new dramas, new costumes, and closer continuity for all in a project titled 'MARVEL SUPERHEROES SECRET WARS', its largest undertaking for the publisher at the time...
....It was HUGE, making many changes which still are affecting today's 'M.U.'! So, flash-forward to 2015, where a NEW THREAT EMERGED from a simpler-titled sequel, 'SECRET WARS', which again has shifted the tectonic plates of the place so many have called home, while those ENGAGED-LOYAL-READERS looking in have been put to work trying to solve its thrilling puzzles, & decipher the rich, complex stories interlinked within....
....Now, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, MARVEL COMICS IS 'STARTING OVER' [LINK #2] with drastically obvious examples of its 'ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT, ALL #1' tagline, where what you see, is not what you expect, nor what you know....
.....It IS a FANTASTIC-JUMPING-ON-POINT for those newly converted, through the 'SECRET WARS' hype, the close-to-the-chest examples of the comics best storylines used for its blockbuster movies introducing millions to their heroes, the terrific TV offered-up pathway in, its videogame logged extensive biographical info peeking your curiousity, or just finally achieved the 'now-I'm-ready-to-be-taken-on-a-breathtaking-ride' state of mind needed to dip your toe in....
.....ANY REASON IS ENOUGH, & worthy of picking up what MARVEL COMICS hasn't offered anyone in half a century, that is A PLACE TO BEGIN [Link #1], where indeed IT IS A START, for everything & everyone, both fiction or not, heroic or not, gender-friendly or not, & TRADITION OR NOT.....
.....This is not about what it isn't, the same, it is instead about what IT IS, a MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED to be able to look back upon this FRESH BEGINNING as a WELCOMED PLACE TO STAND among THE HISTORY of the medium of sequential arts, from its GOLDEN AGE of Flash Gordon, Prince Valiant, & Superman, to the SILVER AGE which introduced more realism into the mix with BARRY ALLEN, aka THE FLASH, Peter Parker as SPIDER-MAN, & Tony Stark's IRON MAN, to name a few...
.....From whatever STARTING POINTS [Link #1] lead you to PEEK INSIDE @ THE ARTFORM, to the JOYS OF SHARING WITH FRIENDS the dramas of each episode, & the CHANGING DISCUSSIONS around the watercooler, it takes little sluething to uncover THE TRUTH, which is times have changed, and both fustrating & JOYFULLY we're glad they have!...
....No longer can you 'count' on 'comic book storytelling' to be what it once was, as echoed throughout years of LOVING THESE CHARACTERS ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE MEDIUM ITSELF, readers have advanced into creators, and creators into editors caretaking the best & evolving the rest, making it A BETTER PRODUCT, a MORE WORTHY & DEEPER ENTERTAINMENT, & A WEALTHIER INDUSTRY for its indulgers....one grandly PROGRESSIVE & INVITING TO 'MARVEL AT'......pun intended!....
....No matter how once feels about a polarizing RE-LAUNCH of the ENTIRETY OF MARVEL COMICS, the industry will benefit, NEW FANS WILL BE BORN, & THE CREATIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE within this GROWING place where SO MANY ARE ALLOWED TO SHINE, allowed to SHARE, & allowed to FATHER [...& MOTHER...] this EXTRA-SIZED stable of nooks, crannies, & places where READERS & ARTISTS & WRITERS & UNIVERSES OF POSSIBILITY can ALL FEEL JUST AS AT HOME as most of us have felt CUDDLED UP WITH A GREAT BOOK.....
....YES, gone may be the days when staples in a story meant it was hindered by the trappings of a fearful watchdog [ see the 'joys' of the COMICS-CODE [Link #3] ] but indeed we now offer to the world everything & more of which any medium provides its users.....IDEAS....libraries of them, books of them, pages of them, & most importantly, panels of them....
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MORE ON MARVEL'S RE-BOOT, RE-LAUNCH, & RELEASING OF 60+ FRESH-NEW-BOOKS Soon!....
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2016 Power Rangers Comic
Get ready to PARTY LIKE it's 1994, as Zordon once again recruits the teens to help him recapture Rita, and later to battle against Lord Zedd, Rito Revolto, and Master Vile!.....RESERVE THE #1 COVERS YOU WANT TODAY!!!
. ⚡️ ⚡️....IT'S MORPHIN TIME AGAIN, with Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy & Trini.....⚡️ ⚡️
.....with EYE-CATCHING COVERS like these, which just on their own could double as wall-framing artwork, this new comic series is sure to spawn some adult-lovin' from the now twenty-thirty-something crowd which originally composed it's first-generation AFTERSCHOOL T.V. WATCHING audience....
With 2016 also including AN ALL-NEW POWER RANGERS MOVIE in the works, it seems P.R.-FANS will have LOTS of reasons to remember these characters, while 'newbies' can chat up their elders on this classic 'old-kitsch' we all love, and, as it has outlasted most entertainment franchises [ twenty + years, so far ] it's a safe bet to say, "Who could EVER forget the morphin'?"
"You know the funny thing about morphin'?...You don't appreciate it till you can't do it anymore!" -------Billy Cranston: The Blue Ranger, in the 1995's 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'
"Go Go, Power Rangers! You Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers!" -----M.M.P.R. opening song lyrics----
"Go Go, Power Rangers! Don't you ever stop! Go Go, Power Rangers! Keep on risin' to the top. Never surrender, Dino Charge stronger together!" ------Lame-o new song lyrics, which are probably better than the original ones [..see above..], but are still lame because....well.....well....because we said so, that's why...---
DC COMICS Convergence #0 Cover
Convergence #0 DC Comics Cover Rocks DC NATION
DC COMICS newest UNIVERSE-BENDING EVENT is more of a revisiting-old-friends than it is a revision of the status quo....
If you were a reader during or before the ground-breaking 'DEATH OF SUPERMAN' Event of DC COMICS past then THIS is just for you......
It ALL begins in'CONVERGENCE #0'
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SPIDERGWEN JOINS NEW 'ALL-GENDER' LINEUP OF FRIENDLY READING at IMAGE COLLECTIONS...
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'SPIDER-GWEN' is a new monthly MARVEL title, spinning out of the prequel 'EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE' story, in which SPIDER-MAN is confronted with not only meeting, but also teaming-up with, parallel-universe versions of himself to stop a powerful force out to eliminate any & all 'SPIDERS'....
[.....sure it SOUNDS corny, but extraordinary long-time writer DAN SLOT has a unmistakable knack for challenging himself with transforming the, at first glance, simplest of ordinary story ideas into complex, multilayered, delightful plots ripe for reading.....see 'SPIDER-ISLAND' [everyone in Manhattan gets SPIDER-Powers?!?] & 'SUPERIOR-SPIDER-MAN' [Peter Parker & Dr Ock--, er...just READ IT, it's Great!!]....]
'Darth Vader' Comes To Streetsville Mississauga....
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'Darth Vader' is coming to Streetsville in the form of an all-new series of stories in the 'BACK-2-ITS-BIRTHPLACE' RELAUNCH of the STAR WARS COMICS UNIVERSE at its original publisher, MARVEL COMICS.....
On WED JAN 14, 2015 Image Collections will be hosting a STAR WARS 'Welcome Home...' PARTY with some interesting guests from 5pm - 8pm....including...YOU!!!....right??....you won't want to miss out on experiencing....the DARK SIDE!!!
'STAR WARS' COMICS RETURN TO ORIGINAL PUBLISHER MARVEL COMICS TO BEGIN ANEW!!!..... [with multi-covers ]
---- MARVEL COMICS STAR WARS # 1 2015 WILL COVER A LOT [above, COVERS 'A', 'ACTION FIGURE', &'PARTY' ] ----
Just as the beginnings of [...for those of a certain age...] yet another 'STAR WARS FEVER' catch the wind, soon to be injested by the grinning youth of its age, in this case the silver-screen-starved [...as far as 1st-run STAR WARS movies are concerned...] not yet teenaged, whose 'FORCE-BASED' energies have only come as fable-based tales passed down from the older generations of its legendary status in SCI-FI lore....
.....These soon-2-B new recruits will be joined by the newly nostalgic pangs of those whos movie-theater-watching JEDI were always ideally packaged & labelled as 'Episodes'....yet surely as HOTH has snow, they ARE just as passionate as any others!....
......As well, the troopers who may even recall a time or two when 'STAR WARS FEVER'seemed subsided, only to be renewed by talk of the 'SPECIAL EDITIONS' due soon as re-releases, or of the HISTORIC ROLE the COMICS INDUSTRY played in reigniting the condition [...keep reading...see below] over-twenty-years-ago, these learned elders also will find their place...
.....As the story goes, "A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY devoid of Guardians looking like raccoons teaming up with speech-impeeded mobile trees, FAR FAR AWAY...", a certain GEORGE LUCAS, he later of HOWARD THE DUCK movie fame, had a tough time convincing the 'Powers That Be' @ MARVEL COMICS to put out a comics adaption of his 'space-fantasy' fairy-tale which went on to become 'the greatest of all time'....
....It is almost unfathomable today to envision a time when presenting a comic to the world about "blasters, droids, & spacey light-swords" was a risky proposition, yet in debt we all are to the decision-makers who's green light would fast-track [1970s style] the debut of the original 'STAR WARS #1' an adaption published astoundingly a few months BEFORE THE MOVIE EVEN HIT, leading a reading audience to promote the merits of its adventures to all who'd listen...
Marvel's STAR WARS comics did quite well, almost single-handedly lending a new generation multiple reasons to pick up a comic book filled with all-new extended stories every month, and, along with being excited by swash-buckling sci-fi 'swordplay' in a ground-breaking assortment of formats including magazine, treasury, & pocket book-sized, it allowed Marvel superheroes to piggy-back along as well through ads & specials...
..The truth is, from the enlightening aspects of the 'STAR WARS SICKNESSES', through to the heartbreaks of its GRIEF [...many STILL TELL tall tales, to anyone who'll listen, of how a long-since-released movie's unfilled potentials lead to their loss of inocence... :o], THE FORCE IS STRONG in us, and we are all one....gleefully welcoming any & all side effects which may lead to....THE DARK SIDE...both of ourselves & the movies AND COMICS we so dearly LOVE!.....
.......Hence, MARVEL COMICS NEW STAR WARS #1, the reclaiming of the franchise by it's original publisher, is the PERFECT Disney-lead lead-in to DECEMBER 2015's third generation STAR WARS trilogy....
......one rumours hint, the first new movie, THE FORCE AWAKENS may plot-wise be similar to that twenty-something story which kickstarted back in gear everything us fans hold dear, STAR WARS: DARK EMPIRE, & its sequel, DARK EMPIRE II, the first hot-as-fried-Womprats back then offerings from DARK HORSE COMICS, whom it is assumed had an easier time being convinced of the STAR WARS brand's market ability than did STAN LEE back in 1976....
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---Admiral Motti: "Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways, Lord Vader....Your sad devotion to that ancient Jedi religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you enough clairvoyance to find the rebels' hidden fortress..."
[..........Vader makes a pinching motion and Motti starts choking.......]
----Darth Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing......"
----Governor Tarkin: "Enough of this! Vader, release him!...."
----Darth Vader: "As you wish....." [...He does...]
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GROWN UP 'GIRL-POWER' INSPIRES GROWN UP WOMEN READING
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WOMEN CHARACTERS SLIP INTO SPOTLIGHT AS HOTTEST NEW COMIC TITLES CENTER AROUND DIFFERING VERSIONS OF TRUE 'GAL-POWER', OFFERING A TRI-FECTA OF MARKET HEAT.....
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'THOR-GIRL / LADY-THOR' REPLACING OUSTED BATGIRL #35 NEW LOOK--NEW STYLE NEW 'Mature' SABRINA to try
'GUY/HUNK-THOR' in NEW 'THOR #1 [OCT 2014 ] BATGIRL #NEW COSTUME ARRIVES and SCARE ADULT READERS
The comic story which 'broke' on TV's THE VIEW... NEW ARTIST BABS TARR SET TO ROCK back into following the 1990s
will soon be @ IMAGE C----CALL 2 RESERVE TODAY 'FEMALE-Friendly', Quirky, & Excellent.. TV Show with creepiness...
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The NEW redesign of BATGIRL [by Cameron Stewart] starting in BATGIRL #35 is soon-to-be a SMASH HIT.....& inside it's drawn by an up-and-coming artist named Babs Tarr....
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“When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave.”
― DEATH, another STRONG FEMALE character, words by Neil Gaiman, 'Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country'
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THE CURRENT 'DC-NEW-52' BATMAN WRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE, & ARGUABLY THE MOST POPULAR WRITER IN COMICS TODAY [ THE 'BATMAN' TITLE CONSISTANTLY HOLDS THE #1 BEST-SELLER MONTHLY TITLE EACH MONTH!] , SCOTT SNYDER, WILL BE SHOWCASING HIS OWN CREATOR-OWNED PROSE SKILL IN IMAGE COMICS NEW HORROR TITLE ABOUT....
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Image Collections fully recommends you listen to THAT VOICE in your head which insists on nudging you back towards READING COMICS AGAIN, rediscovering your LOVE OF THE COMICS MEDIUM, & not only picking up an issue or two for old times' sake, but ALSO SHARING IT WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE....
..........and 'THOR' [who's been replaced by a strong-willed woman in the HOT 'LADY-THOR'-'THOR-GIRL' STORYLINE!] .....
....or 'SAGA' [..featuring one of the most sophisticatedly appealing romantic-Sci-Fi tales EVER, staring a PREGNANT WOMAN! ],......
....or 'SANDMAN' [ ...a mystical, all-encompassing, mind-altering take on Morpheus & your dreams almost overshadowed by his own sister, a woman literally COLD to the touch! ] ,...
.... or VELVET [ ....a twisty-turny tale of an on-the-run 40-something woman, a Bond-like double/triple agent who knows all the covert operational secrets of many countries who is now wanted on all fronts! ]....
....or Ms MARVEL [ ....starring an young woman over-burdened by high school life, new-found shape changing abilities, & a ton-o-homework while finding herself at odds with her strict muslim parents! ],....
or 'SAUCER COUNTRY' [about a woman running for US President] ] ...
......ANY OF which MIGHT JUST be THE PLACE TO RESTART THE DISCOVERY... :o)
You'll soon realize, this historic medium has joyfully evolved,....just as much as YOU have!....
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"Everyone looks up to you...They listen to you...If you tell them to fight, they'll fight... But they need to be inspired... And let's face it, Superman... the last time you really inspired anyone was when you were dead." --Batman to Superman in 'Infinite Crisis #1',words by Geoff 'Smallville' Johns--
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CANADIAN ARTIST to take over 'WONDER WOMAN' monthly COMIC
---DC COMICS Exclusive Artist & Fan-Fave David [Batman:The Dark Knight,New Avengers] Finch will be beginning with the 'DC-New-52' WONDER-WOMAN #36, on-sale in NOVEMBER 2014.....
DC 3-D Covers Deserve A Second Look...
DC COMICS will be going far & above while incorporating the 1990s animated hit 'BATMAN BEYOND' into its cannon history with a series of done-in-one-stories showing how each of its characters are affected by this 'FUTURES END'....
For the occasion, DC COMICS is releasing many special 3-D variant-cover-editions in SEPTEMBER 2014 of their popular & successful 'DC-NEW-52'* titles...mostly at no extra cost!!!
[...* the DC UNIVERSE-wide re-boot which began in SEPTEMBER 2011 is commonly now referred to as 'DC-NEW-52'...see link below]
They look quite memorable!!! ....Remember, the early bird [reserver] gets the worm [neatest comics] so don't say we didn't warn you.... :o)
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Streetsville Spooktacular COMIC-FEST 2014 INFO
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JUSTICE LEAGUE Highlights DC COMICS Reader Friendly 'NEW-52'...
http://www.imagecollections.ca/reading-comics/158-justice-league-highlights-dc-comics-rea
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S A Y S . . .DC COMICS in 3-D?!?...That's CRAZY!!!...and....yet....very.... appealing...:o)
Death of Wolverine series #1-4 ships weekly
Death of Wolverine series #1-4 ships weekly during the month of SEPTEMBER 2014....
The prequel 'Wolverine' #8, #9, #10, #11 ship June, July, August...
Also the 'Aftershocks' begin in Oct...
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DC COMICS TOTAL REBOOT CALLED 'The New 52' HAPPENED!!!!....
....did YOU miss it?...
....the birth of a brand-new modern age for SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN, BATMAN,....everyone....
Read about it HERE:
DC 'New 52' First Offering, JUSTICE LEAGUE set to take on the COMIC INDUSTRY...
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Walking Dead Shocker!...It's Dethroned From #1 Bestseller by Space Fantasy Romance SAGA !
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THE WALKING DEAD - SAGA - FABLES
2012's Break-Out Hit Series 'SAGA' by publisher IMAGE is fast becoming 2013's go-to 'must-read', as its content-heavy storytelling, by Y the Last Man's writer [along with RUNAWAYS, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA] BRIAN K. VAUGHAN pushes buttons, driving an intergalactic war with solid characters of all clans through a fully shocking, yet satisfyingly worthy mature read for those comfortable racing in the pot-holed speed lane....
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SAGA is slightly comparable to the popular & multi-award-winning FABLES, a Vertigo* title unspooling the tales of fictitious fables exiled to reality; existing secretly and trying to get back to their stories, bending the rules while avoiding interactions with 'mundies' [us]. With Snow White leader of their faux government, and many doing as they please, writer Bill Willingham's possibilities, just like it's species count, are essentially endless...
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Another FEMALE-FRIENDLY Hall-Of-Fame caliber title STRANGERS IN PARADISE details the sometimes madcap, sometimes deadly serious lives of two realistic [example: one's 'plumpful anxiety'] women who's lives are turned upside down by the [non-x-men] gambits they've taken with men and those politically above & below the law...
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THE WALKING DEAD Breaking Bad Habits In Comic Zombieland....
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It May Seem Like 'THE WALKING DEAD' Is Over-Rated, As It Balances A Monthly Series From IMAGE COMICS, NOVELS, Video Games, & One Of The Highest Rated TV Shows Of The Season...
......But,....... IF YOU'VE EVER READ THE ORIGINALS, YOU KNOW ......
With Drama, Shocking Twists, & Page-Turning Suspense,
Mixed With True Emotional Highs & Lows, There Is Much MORE To THIS,
the Annual BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL For 3 Straight Years!!!...
As Stated In The Title To This, THE WALKING DEAD is Indeed Breaking Bad Habits in Comic Zombieland Which Have Festered For Some For What Seems Like Forever....
[...and IS forever in the case of most people's lives reading this...]
During most of the life-span of those over a certain age there existed, until recently, a long-standing pre-conceived notion the medium of comics contained mostly content befitting general-rated enteratinment, no more than 'laymen' reading, simplistic & uncomplicated....
We can hear your cries of "How Could They Think...?", "Didn't They Know About...?", & "They Must Not Have Read...!" already, but the truth is....it's not their fault...mostly...
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Who Would Have Believed One of the Most Unbelievable [read 'unrealistic'] Notions of Graphic Fiction, OK...lets say fiction, That Of 'The Dishelvelled, Deteriorating, Back From The Dead, Now Haunting Humanity-Challenged Humans While Walking In A World Of Disarray & Disorder' Genre Mainly Kickstarted By The 1968 'Night Of The Living Dead' movie, and given hefty boosting from both the'28 Days Later...' film* and 2003's 'THE WALKING DEAD' on-going monthly title from publisher IMAGE, would lead to the decaying of some previously heavily cemented beliefs about North American SEQUENTIAL ARTWORK and the enjoyment of it...
Not only did a TV SHOW do justice to it's original comic-based material, opening the door for other 'live-actioners' to come ['ARROW', Marvel's 'S.H.I.E.L.D', Image's 'THIEF OF THIEVES' & 'POWERS'**], it lead to behavioural changes the graphic arts medium has been trying to trend for at least half a century, especially so since the demise of it's own real-life horror [dog & pony] show, THE COMICS CODE , a staple ball & chain of stapled four colour entertainment since 1954....
Now almost eleven years [and 130+ issues-you'll-want-to-read-without-spoilers-if-possible] later, its influence is almost unheard of....
THE WALKING DEAD has all but eliminated the stigma of 'child-like' which had stuck to the medium throughout most of the 20th century, allowing it to flourish to new standards, opening new storytelling windows to look through for previously boxed-in-readers....
Sure, comics had 'grown up' in the 1980s, with true applause trickling in from the mainstream arts world, yet it would be painstaking years later before a certain TV-SHOW made the world actually stand up & take notice of all its potentials....
Obviously many regular titles and publishers have contributed to a matured definition within the pages of the mixture of layered art with words, notable being VERTIGO COMICS, but none on such a wide-scale-assault as IMAGE COMICS 'THE WALKING DEAD'...
Almost singlehandedly it's responsible for, in a short time, multiplying the readership for, accessablilty of, & acclaim towards the truely great masterpieces available as well as those yet-to-come in both the graphic novels & the comics worlds....
An unlikely occurence as any, 'ZOMBIES' have made it easy to jump into the artistic merit & diversity of a form of expression now unburdened by its previous donkey-like saddle....
[.....The TV SHOW is almost 50% NEW Content From The Darker Comic, or Vice-Versa.....]
[........so YES, you CAN ENJOY [and not ruin] BOTH......]
Volume One is The Beginning -- Volume 3 is approx When Season 3 Begins
Volume 5 Introduces 'The Governor' [much differently] when RICK himself 1st meets this complicated leader & misleader......is shocked
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Try 'WALKING DEAD #1' for only $1 @ Image Collections,
ALSO: READ 'Thief Of Thieves'[$1] and READ 'INVINCIBLE'[$1], both by Robert Kirkman!
[.....while supplies last...]
* [pink, very Zombie-ish, yes?] Strangely enough, the similarity of the beginnings of '28 Days' & 'THE WALKING DEAD' are said to be a coincidence...
**Yes, we know 'POWERS' the excellent outside-the-box cop comic is no longer there, but it did begin as an IMAGE title.
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THE NEW Justice League series [with art by fan-favourite JIM [Wildstorm, BATMAN:HUSH] LEE pulls apart the DC Universe by laying the enticing ground-work for the whole reinvinted 'DC-New-52', pushing 'DETECTIVE COMICS'* forward into the 21st Century....
And yes, the 'DC-NEW-52' version of SUPERMAN [written by GRANT [**] MORRISON] is very unique, well-thought-out, & defiantly re-done for the 21st Century....
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WHILE SUPPLIES LAST....Pick up FOR ONLY A DOLLAR either ....
JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 [...the making of the team!..] &/or the...
New ACTION COMICS #1 [...first story of the 'DC-NEW-52' SUPERMAN...]
.....or even BATMAN #1 [featuring JOKER[?] fighting alongside?!?]
...as all are DC ESSENTIAL READS!!!
* as no-doubt you knew, 'Detective Comics', as DC's [and North America's] longest-running comic, also named its publisher [DC=DETECTIVE COMICS]
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SAGA Rockets Sales-wise...
as Romance / SCI-FI / Everything-But-The-Kitchen-Sink Mashup
Pleases Readers To No End...Of The Galaxy!
2012's Break-Out Hit Series 'SAGA' by publisher IMAGE is fast becoming 2013's go-to 'must-read', as its content-heavy storytelling, by Y the Last Man's writer [along with RUNAWAYS, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA] BRIAN K. VAUGHAN pushes buttons, driving an intergalactic war with solid characters of all clans through a fully shocking, yet satisfyingly worthy mature read for those comfortable racing in the pot-holed speed lane....
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SAGA - FABLES
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Marvel Now Is Now Being Reserved...
Marvel Now #1s...Perfect Launching Point For Readers [Grab 'Em If You Can]
You've seen the groundbreaking NEW LOOK of the Revamped DC-UNIVERSE's diverse line-up in 'THE-NEW-52's' #1-#20.. ....YOU ALSO KNEW it couldn't go unanswered.... it's DC vs MARVEL IN AN ULTIMATE FALL SHOWDOWN as... TOP LEVEL SUPERSTAR CREATORS [..that means SMASHING ART and Pulse-Pounding Writing..] combine to bring 'The House Of Ideas That Stan Lee & Jack Kirby [among others] Built' Back....So PAY ATTENTION to 'MARVEL NOW!!!' [over the next few months, MARVEL will be 'RESTARTING @ #1' many of its MOST FAMOUS TITLES!!!--RESERVE NOW!!]
The COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS GN comes to life..[and is AMAZING!!!]
By the way, you should read....
COMICS MEETS TV with BUFFY, SMALLVILLE Season 11 comics, ANGEL COMICS
COMICS MEET TV with BUFFY, SMALLVILLE Season 11 comics, ANGEL COMICS
JUSTICE LEAGUE Highlights DC COMICS Reader Friendly 'NEW-52'...
| Upcoming SPECIAL EVENTS @ Image Collections Misissauga's COMIC & CARD Store for over 22 years! | ||
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Image Collections and The 5 DRIVE-IN Present.... THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie plus Special BAT-RELATED ACTIVITIES B-4 |
'DC's NEW-52' relaunched, rebranded, and re-restored to greatness JUSTICE LEAGUE features a starting-from-scratch [...& we mean the "NONE OF THE HEROES HAVE EVEN MET YET"-type of scratch that unavoidably wants to be itched!!!..:o] storyline just begging to be picked-up by 'newbie' readers brought in through cool concepts, dimly-lit DARK KNIGHT movies [...shadow-puppets, anyone?..], and the mostly earned and 'payoffable' 'NEW-52' hype and hoopla...
JUSTICE LEAGUE, with co-superstar creators penciler JIM LEE [.."I sold a ba-jillion copies of 'X-MEN' back in the 1990s, co-created a TOP 3 COMIC's PUBLISHER [Image Comics], sold a ba-jillion WILDCATS, jumped to DC, drew the smash BATMAN: HUSH, then SUPERMAN, selling even ba-jillions more, and now can say a comic I've worked on, the yet MORE ba-jillion-selling JUSTICE LEAGUE #1, has gone into record-breaking territory with an astounding 8th printing already!!!"...*not a direct quote, in fact not a quote at all..] and writer Geoff Johns [.."I'm making AQUAMAN very relevant and fun again!"..], is consistantly one of the TOP SELLERS every month and is contributing to the old-school-feeling REBIRTH OF THE COMICS INDUSTRY that has many new recent readers looking forward to the traditional...
NEW-COMIC-BOOK-DAY WEDNESDAYS
SAT. MAY 5th---FREE FUN!!!.....and Comics too!
DON'T FORGET........FREE COMICS ARE 99% SUGAR-FREE FUN!!!........
JOIN US SATURDAY MAY 5th from 9am-6pm @ FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2012!
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JOIN US for a PARKING-LOT of FUN-FILLED ACTIVITIES & SURPRISES!…and...um,...Free Comics!
------Daniel 'Oshouki' Wong -- Comic Illustrator, Digital Artist, Self-Publisher -- Mississauga --- http://www.oshouki.com ---- .http://www.celticshaman.ca [....to see Daniel's work, click on 'Store Hours' above!]
-----Chris McQuaid -- Comic Writer, Letterer, Self-Publisher - Mississauga --- http://www.celticshaman.ca
-----Adonis Howard -- ARTIST, Comic Writer, Self-Publisher - Creator of Great Stuff
-----Mark Bertolini -- Comic Writer [215 Ink's 'BREAKNECK' ]-- Mississauga --- http://www.215ink.com
-----Sam Medina-- Creator of 'Jake the Evil Hare', Comic Writer/Artist, Self-Publisher--- http://www.jaketheevilhare.com
-----Jill Dhakura, Artist, Painter, Creative Dynamo
------Carolyn Austin-Smith, Painter, Artist
Take the day off........as we will have activites throughout the day starting @ 9am - 6pm & so far, we have LOTS of FUN for prospective future ARTISTS & WRITERS, and many chances to spread the word on your favourite books!!!
We will be focusing on ALL aspects of the comic industry...with much more info to come...
----LINE-UP begins @ 8am,,.....details SOON!
