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Right, enough of this multi-thread/other-thread-clogging nonsense. Stick your solicitation comments, for all companies, here. Just like the Weekly Comics thread... but Monthly. Oooh.

(Someone please make this sticky. Missus.)

Dark Horse Solicits
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0604/10/darkhorsejuly.htm

CONAN AND THE SONGS OF THE DEAD #1

Written by Joe R. Lansdale, art by Timothy Truman, colored by Dave Stewart.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 5.

DARK HORSE TWENTY YEARS

By Arthur Adams, Sergio Aragonés, Bob Burden, Paul Chadwick, Adam Hughes, Frank Miller, Tony Millionaire, Cary Nord, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, Matt Wagner, Chris Warner, Joss Whedon and others, cover by Mike Mignola.

Eric Powell draws Star Wars, Adam Hughes draws Hellboy, and Joss Whedon makes his artistic debut --Instead of drawing their own creations, these jaw-dropping talents have traded characters, each offering an unexpected take on one of the icons of Dark Horse.

24 pages, 25 cents, in stores on July 5.

THE ESCAPISTS #1

Written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Philip Bond and Eduardo Barreto, cover by Frank Miller.

THE GREMLINS HC

Written by Roald Dahl, art by Artists and Writers Guild, Inc., and The Disney Studios.

BMWFILMS.COM PRESENTS THE HIRE

By Matt Wagner, Bruce Campbell, Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek, Steve Grant, Francisco Ruiz Velasco, Killian Plunkett and Claude St. Aubin.

96 pages, $12.95.

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Thoughts:
The BMW thing could be good, i like anthologies.

The Escapists could be great if Vaughan doesn't go do the retro comics route. Bond's art is always a joy.

Dahl thing could be interesting, but it's more of a curiosity than a genuine purpose. I don't recall ever reading the Gremlins, and i thought i'd read all his kids stories. Dahl without Blake will be weird though.

Eoin

I'm tentative on the Escapists, but not on its artwork. Bond is only doing issue 1, but then Steve Rolston is coming on-board, and he has seriously upped his game. Observe:



Pretty.

That's pretty awesome.

--Dan

I read one or two of the BMW: THE HIRE comics and didn't think they were much cop. Which is a pity because I always want more Killian Plunkett.

Me too. I wish he'd stop doing such crap comics.

What I find particularly interesting is that THE HIRE was announced as a six issue mini-series, not four. #5-6 were never published and apparently never will be... which is really a shame since one of those two was supposed to be by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Ohh, i liked Roston before (on Pounded and One Bad Day) but his pop arty work looks good in colour.

Eoin

Does anyone know if THE ESCAPISTS #1 is just a reprint of the story from the last ish of the now-cancelled Escapist quarterly anthology? (It was pretty good, and Bond's art was lovely.) I'm assuming so, since Bond was apparently only doing the first episode of that story, but couldn't find confirmation when I searched a couple of weeks ago...

Yep, #1 is just a reprint of the now-cancelled anthology. #2 will be the first Steve Rolston chapter, and what was intended for the next issue of the anthology.

DC for July 06

Frank Miller continues to try and embarrass anyone who's ever read a comic.

Look out, Ripley! There's a chestburster coming out of you!

God, SERIOUSLY? I can't face comics any more.

Yeah, that's crap, but I like this Catwoman cover:

That's freaking genius.

I defended Miller's work in DKSA, as I really enjoyed it. I finally switched over to the Miller draws like shit now with the Black Canary cover he did, and this one just further cements it for me. It's a real shame, watching Miller degenerate into a really crappy T+A artist, especially as he is just no good at it anymore. I mean, compare this to the first or second Sin City art and realize just how far he has fallen.

I stared at that so long it turned into Homer Simpson's head and shoulders. he's wearing a gimp mask.

Oh hell YEAH!!!

Premise seems interesting, and i've always tought Grey and Palmotti were an underrated pairing. Doubtless sink without a trace, but i'll try it.


Looks fun.



The Kev thing's a bit played out now, isn't it? Still even mediocre Ennis is better than most.



As the world's only Lobdell fan, i'll be having a peak at this.

The rest is pretty shruggable, Dini and Morrison on Batman notwithstanding.

Eoin

Image for July

Godland vol 2 is pretty much it.

Okay, so Morrison on Batman. Cool. I know a little bit about Batman. Morrison is also slated to take over/relaunch a couple of Wildstorm titles I think. I know nothing about the Wildstorm universe, though I do have the first twelve issues of The Authority tucked away in a box somewhere yet to be read. What do I need to pick up to get up to speed, or is the Captain Atom mini going to render "that which has gone before" moot anyway?

Since own them, you really should read Ellis' Authority, as it's one of the best superhero comics ever.

Very little's known about Morrison's plans for the Authority and Wilcats, but his intentions for the latter apparently draw on Joe Casey's version, which in turn built off of Alan Moore's run. That also means Morrison is likely ignoring Pfeifer's Captain Atom, since it completely upended Casey's Wildcats.

Mmm... Now that's something I never expected to happen.

You got Morrison in my Byrne!

You got Byrne in my Morrison!

Yet somehow, I don't think it's going to be as tasty as a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

Somehow that combination saddens me a little, but it also means I have the inevitable Bryne meltdown to look forward to.

Why do I get the feeling this is going to make me nostalgic for the Savage Sword of the Atom all over again?

Byrne will probably hammer the "I'm just an art robot" note when discussing this project, as he did with his recent Action collaboration with Gail, oblivious/unmindful of how condescending it sounds.

the Savage Sword of the Atom>>

Did he shrink into some extra-dimensional world where he was a swordsman or something? My Atom-fu is weak.

Actually, yeah. Kind of.

It wasn't a sub-atmic world, more like Smurf-sized in the Amazon or something. Filled with yellow-skinned rejects from John Carter of Mars, and wore very similar outfits.

And GIL KANE ART.