Sunday 29 March 2015

Indie Pull List - Week of 01/04

Holy crap, everybody and then some is putting a book out this week!!  79 books!  79!!  It would have been more, (original count: 91!), but I went through the list and deleted a few misplaced items. Books of jazz photo's, (which would have been interesting to me on a different level), and a Direwolf statue that sounded pretty sweet; a couple of Star Wars poster books that I was indifferent to; a book about the history of toy merchandise which looked good and the list goes on.



But, I have culled the list of excess and from that leftover meat have chosen, maybe not the finest cuts, but some of the more interesting for sure. Before we continue to the main course shall we get the appetiser out of the way?

All of this information is suggested.  Sometimes books get delayed, sometimes they get cancelled all together. Most of the time the trades will be available.  Prices are also suggested and subject to change at the discretion of the shop owner or the publisher themselves. 

So, without further adieu and absolutely no fanfare, we begin!




Elephantmen 2260 Vol. 2: The Red Queen 


I looked this up for more information and the product description might as well have been in a different language.  It talked specifics about character arcs developing and that's about it.  NO idea whatsoever what the overall plot or idea of this would be.  Something about preventing a hybrid child from being born.  So, maybe the Elephantmen in the title is literal?  The other weird thing was, Vol. 1 starts printing issues from #51 and on.  So, this is an ongoing series that changed up after 50 issues and did a bit of a re branding?  Really, I'm throwing this one up as more of a bait for some information then anything else.

Publisher: Image
SRP: 14.99
Contains: Elephantmen #58-62
CRD: 14/04
 


World Trigger Vol. 5


I used to like this series a lot more then I do right now.  It used to be awesome, great shounen stuff, with humour that was actually funny and villains that were fantastic, yet defeatable.  They did an arc last year, (or at least I got the English translations last year) called "Full-Scale Invasion" that I thought was the best stuff that had happened and exactly where the book should be going.  Then that wrapped up and they just moved on to some kind of lame tournament as if the main villains hadn't just stepped things up in a MAJOR way.  It's still ok, just not what it should be, (kind of like when Bleach becomes mind numbing and you're just waiting and praying it gets better).  

Publisher: Viz Media
SRP: 9.99
Contains:  World Trigger #35-43
CRD: 07/01


Groo Vs Conan 


I was playing music with some guys a month or so ago and we got talking about comics.  One of the guys asked me, very enthusiastically, if I read Conan comics.  Honestly, I kind of laughed before I said, "No, I've never read a Conan comic."  He proceeded to tell me that they were the best comics he's ever read.  I was a little surprised.  Not that there was Conan comics, per se, more that someone was THAT in to them.  They're "the best", apparently. So, when my eyes glanced across this title I figured, 'Sure, why not?  He's probably not the ONLY guy that thinks these are the greatest.'  Is he?

EDIT:  Ok.  Now that I've seen the cover - this is a joke, right?  I mean, Conan is going to level that dude.  Groo's an idiot. And the write up for the product listing actually says it's dumb.  Maybe this isn't the finest example of Conan's comic book greatness?  


Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
SRP: 16.99
Contains: Groo Vs Conan #1-4
CRD: 14/04


My Little Pony - Friends Forever Vol. 3


This one's for my daughter so that when she asks me why I don't write about pony's I can show her this and say, "I all ready did."  As far as shows about talking ponies and cutie marks go I can only assume there could be worse then this.  The animation is bright, the voice acting top notch, (especially the occasional turn by John De Lancie as Discord), and there's some occasional good jokes.  If the comic book has even half of that going for it I'm sure my daughter will be asking me to read it to her over and over and over and over and over and over 

Publisher: IDW
SRP: 17.99
Contains: My Little Pony: Friends Forever #9-12
CRD: 14/04


THE REST

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Shinobi Ninja Princess

AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS)
Sanctuary Vol. 1: Fresh Meat

BOOM! STUDIOS
Adventure Time Vol. 5: Graybles Schmaybles
Deep State Vol. 1
Lumberjanes Vol. 1

DANGER ZONE
Crimson Society
Ehmm Theory Everything And Small Doses

DARK HORSE COMICS
B.P.R.D. Plague Of Frogs Vol. 3
Blade Of The Immortal Vol. 31: Final Curtain
Brody’s Ghost Vol. 6
Dark Ages
Demo
Elfquest -  The Final Quest Vol. 1
Empowered Unchained Vol. 1
EVE Universe -  The Art Of New Eden (HC)
Girlfiend
Goon Vol. 14: Occasion Of Revenge - Book 1
Lone Wolf And Cub Omnibus Vol. 8
POP
Terminator Salvation -  The Final Battle Vol. 2 

DESIGN STUDIO PRESS
Structura 3: The Art Of Sparth

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Buddy Does Jersey
EC Comics Slipcase Vol. 2 (HC)
Walt Disneys Donald Duck Vol. 2: Sheriff Of Bullet Valley

FIRST SECOND
Glorkian Warrior Vol. 2: Eats Adventure Pie (HC released simultaneously - neat!)

IDW PUBLISHING
G.I. JOE - A Real American Hero Vol. 11
John Romita’s Amazing Spider-Man: Artifact Edition (HC)
Star Trek Gold Key Archives Vol. 3 (HC)
Tarzan - The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips Vol. 4 (HC)

IMAGE COMICS
Casanova Volume 3: Avaritia - The Complete Edition (HC)
Tales From The Con: Year Two, $3.50

INSIGHT EDITIONS
Vault Of Simpsonology Vol. 4: Lisa Simpson’s Guide To Geek Chic (HC)

KODANSHA COMICS
Attack On Titan - Before The Fall Vol. 4
Attack On Titan Vol. 15
Fairy Tail Vol. 47
Yamada-Kun And The Seven Witches Vol. 1

LERNER PUBLISHING GROUP
FishFishFish
Terrorist Gavrilo Princip: The Assassin Who Ignited World War I 

MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
Snake Pit Gets Old - Daily Diary Comics 2010-2012

NBM
Lulu Anew (HC)

PAPERCUTZ
Disney Fairies Vol. 16: Tinker Bell And The Pirate Fairy (HC released simultaneously - neat!) 
Rabbids Vol. 2: Invasion (HC released simultaneously - neat!)
Sybil The Backpack Fairy Volume 5 The Dragon’s Dance HC, $10.99

PERFECT SQUARE
Pokemon Adventures Black And White Vol. 7

REBELLION
Zenith Phase One (HC)

RUNNING PRESS
Game Of Thrones: In Memorium (HC)

SELFMADEHERO
Art Masters Series Vol. 1: Vincent

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
Arpeggio Of Blue Steel Vol. 4
Citrus Vol. 2

SQUARE FISH
Wrinkle In Time

TITAN BOOKS
Burne Hogarth’s Tarzan Vol. 2: Tarzan Vs The Barbarians (HC)

TITAN COMICS
Michael Moorcock Library Vol. 1: Elric Of Melnibone (HC)

VERTICAL
Prophecy Vol. 3
What Did You Eat Yesterday Vol. 7
Wolfsmund Vol. 6

VIZ MEDIA
Assassination Classroom Vol. 3
Black Lagoon Vol. 10
Case Closed Vol. 54
Deadman Wonderland Vol. 8
Dengeki Daisy Vol. 16
Food Wars - Shokugeki No Soma Vol. 05
GYO - 2-In-1 Deluxe Edition (HC)
Itsuwaribito Vol. 14
Library Wars - Love And War Vol. 13
Magi - The Labyrinth Of Magic Vol. 11
Meteor Prince Vol. 2
My Love Story Vol. 4
One Piece Vol. 74
Skip Beat Vol. 34
Toriko Vol. 27
Vagabond - VIZBIG Edition Vol. 12
Voice Over Seiyu Academy Vol. 10
Yukarism Vol. 2

YEN PRESS
Log Horizon Vol. 1

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Grimm Fairy Tales -  Dark Shaman Vol. 1 

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