…which is not, in and of itself, a bad thing at all. GA was always treated a something of a Batman knock-off in his earliest appearances,and was definitely treated as a surrogate Batman in his appearances on SMALLVILLE. BATMAN is as hot as ever but the WB seems to be a little shy in allowing Bruce Wayne et al to grace our presences on the home version of the wide-screen.
Coming soon? GREEN ARROW on the small screen. Hopefully with a little more reverence for the core concepts than David E. Kelley managed to muster for WONDER WOMAN.
LOUNGErs interested in following GA’s TV progress are invited to check out a site devoted to just that at http://www.greenarrowtv.com
Those of you who may have missed our Grand Opening party are advised to check out InnerSPACE tonight at 6 PM or tomorrow (March 28th) at 9:30 AM to see how they cover the festivities and their interview with Mighty Mike Del Mundo. For more information check out http://www.spacecast.com/ or your local listings!
Our "roomies" at GUERILLA PRINTING had their cover-prop set up - a great chance to get your face on a comic!
The last few issues before next month’s incredible AVENGERS VS X-MEN event at Marvel, fast-rising favourites like COMIC BOOK LOUNGER & awesome artist Francis Manapul’s FLASH #7, favourites like Kate Beaton’s HARK, A VAGRANT and the exquisite Euro-crime stylings of TORPEDO & much much more – all on the rack on March 28th, 2012
Francis Manapul's cover to FLASH #7 - in this Wednesday!
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A tense moment from this week's THE WALKING DEAD #95
Interviews with Lauren Faust & Lynell Forestall on their DC NATION animated shorts, with a surprising admission that they’ve been allowed to be entertaining HUMOUROUS where a lot of the source material isn’t anymore. I, for one, would love to see a full 10 minute Blaxsploitation-styled Black Lightning cartoon… Also freeze-frame to see Lauren’s designs for Commissioner Gordon and Bizarro while she’s chatting with the host.
I make no bones about the fact that I’m a huge fan of the original X-O Manowar comic series published by Valiant Comics back in the early 1992. With creators like Jim Shooter, Bob Layton and Barry Windsor-Smith involved in the original it was a fun book with it’s interesting concept of what would happen if you gave a barbarian warrior an advanced suit of alien armor and set him loose in corporate America post-Wall Street (a what if Conan was given the power of Iron Man scenario). While the original X-O series ended a mere four years later with issue 68 (with a great send-off by Layton and Jackson “Butch” Guice), there was a follow-up series when the Valiant line relaunched as Acclaim comics. While writer Kurt Busiek did the best with what he had to work with, the series limped along for 21 issues with a modern guy in a suit of alien armor premise.
Thankfully, when the new guys relaunching Valiant Comics for a new generation got together to figure out which character should headline their line, they specifically targetted Aric of Dacia, the original X-O Manowar as their headliner and then when about recruiting some great creative talents to put the series together.
Here’s the solicit for #1:
The all-new Valiant Universe kicks off with a landmark, oversized # 1 issue of X-O Manowar by New York Times-bestselling author Robert Venditti (The Surrogates, The Homeland Directive) and Eisner Award-winning artist Cary Nord (Conan)! Born into battle, Aric of Dacia — heir to the throne of the Visigoth people — has never known peace. After a brutal encounter with a mysterious enemy known as The Vine leaves him a prisoner on an alien world, the only hope Aric has of returning to his family and saving them from slavery is to seize a weapon of incalculable destruction and become X-O Manowar!
Price: $3.99
Rating: T+
Pages: 40
On Sale: May 2, 2012
The first issue comes in two editions – one is the regular cover by ESAD RIBIC, and there’s the PULL BOX variant cover by CARY NORD. The thing about the PULL BOX variant is that you have to actually pre-order the book with your retailer to get a copy. We know you are going to want the Nord variant, so speak up and let us know!
Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday for the signing! Ramon generously signed a number of copies for the store so we have signed and unsigned copies available for sale at the Lounge while they last.
At one point an impromptu roundtable discussion with comic creators broke out in-store over this week's new releases - from left to right - J. Bone, Kalman Andrasofszky, Gibson Quarter and Ramon Perez!
For the hardcore DC Comics femme-fans who come up to The Lounge and complain that the folks at DC don’t seem to understand why their female heroes are cool, we offer this respite from the madness:
The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery is a new edition to the world of hobby shops. Founded on February 8th of this year by owners Sean Menard and Kevin Boyd, the idea was not to simply create another store. After taking over from Dragon Lady Comics, which shut its doors earlier this year, Sean and Kevin sought to take a different direction.
“We want to build a community,” Sean Menard told me, “and we want to support local artisans and promote their work.”
The Comic Book Lounge + Gallery, your one stop source for comics, graphic novels and original art + Guerilla Printing, the creative community’s online destination for digital printing + The Toronto Cartoonists Workshop, the ultimate source for learning the craft of making comics, have created an integrated comic consumption and comic creation hub!
Now it’s time to celebrate this epic union by inviting all comic fans, comic artists and anyone who answers the call to create to join us at our official launch party AND check out the work of our featured gallery artist for April: Marvel cover artist Mike Del Mundo!
A live DJ will be present to spin the tunes & both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase!
Please note: The Art of Mike Del Mundo display will be available for viewing until mid-April, so even if you can’t make the Grand Opening Party, you can come by and look at the display anytime during The Comic Book Lounge + Gallery’s regular business hours.
To celebrate the release of JOHN CARTER: THE GODS OF MARS #1 – Artist Ramon Perez has agreed to come and join us at the Lounge at 5PM for a special signing! We will have PLENTY of copies of the new comic (published by Marvel) on hand as well as some copies of Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand.
CGC has been kind enough to approve a Witness for the signing, so all copies signed are eligible to be submitted for grading under the prestigious Signature Series label!
Comic Book Lounge + Gallery 