First Look At Avengers #14 – Prelude To Infinity

May20
by The Comic Book Critic on May 20, 2013 and modified on May 20, 2013.
Posted In: Previews

PRELUDE TO INFINITY –
AVENGERS #14 First Look

Avengers #14 - Prelude to Infinity

Here is a 4 page first look preview of Prelude to Infinity – Avengers #14 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer, & Stefano Caselli – on sale June 19th, 2013 from Marvel Comics.

Press Release

This June, jump on the road to the biggest comic book event of the summer with Avengers #14 – a prelude to Infinity! From the blockbuster creative team of writers Jonathan Hickman & Nick Spencer and artist Stefano Caselli! With the Builders light years away, all of the Origin Sites across the globe activate sending their signal across the Marvel Universe! But what do they mean? And with A.I.M.’s S7 program about to kickoff – can the Avengers tackle both threats before it’s too late?

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Valiant & Cinder Block Partner To Sell Valiant Merchandise Online

May20
by The Comic Book Critic on May 20, 2013 and modified on May 20, 2013.
Posted In: News

VALIANT & Leading Music and Entertainment Merchandising Company CINDER BLOCK Partner For T-Shirts, Apparel and More

 

Valiant_Comics_2012_logoPress Release

Beginning today, Valiant.Cinderblock.com is your one-stop destination for the greatest merchandise the Valiant Universe has to offer!

Valiant is proud to announce that it has partnered with Cinder Block, the leading independent music and entertainment merchandise company, for Valiant.Cinderblock.com – a new online portal offering limited edition apparel, accessories, prints and more to Valiant’s legion of fans worldwide! 

As the landmark first comic book publisher to join Cinder Block’s roster of licensors, Valiant joins Misfits, Suicide Silence, Weezer, Coheed & Cambria, Flogging Molly, Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and many more of the world’s preeminent music and pop culture brands powered by Cinder Block’s online webstore.

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Featured Cosplayer Interview – Jennifer Kateri

May19
by The Comic Book Critic on May 19, 2013 and modified on May 19, 2013.
Posted In: Featured Cosplayer

Jennifer Kateri

Black Widow photo by Bryan Humphrey
There are many talented models and performers who bring their love & enthusiasm to dressing up as their favorite characters. Comic Book Critic will regularly showcase a performer who embodies this spirit of cosplaying.

Whether it’s creating the costume from scratch, altering the appearance of an existing one, or just getting into character, these performers spend a lot of time and effort on their craft. As much as we all enjoy seeing our favorite fictional characters represented in real life, let’s not forget the behind-the-scenes work that goes into that portrayal.

One thing is for certain though, their love of cosplaying shines through in their work.

The Comic Book Critic Featured Cosplayer Interview this week is:

Jennifer Kateri From Des Moines, Iowa

Emma Frost

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Dark Horse August 2013 Solicitations

May18
by The Comic Book Critic on May 18, 2013 and modified on May 18, 2013.
Posted In: Solicitations

Dark Horse August 2013 Releases

STAR WARS #8

Here are the complete Dark Horse August 2013 solicitations.

From the pages of Hellboy!
ABE SAPIEN #5ABE SAPIEN #5

Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), and Max Fiumara (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale Aug 7
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Ongoing

After a half-eaten body washes ashore, a small cult suspects the hungry killer may be Abe, who flees to the Salton Sea only to confront a dangerous Ogdru Hem larva.

• Max Fiumara (B.P.R.D.: 1948) takes on Abe!

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Preview: Jirni #2 (Aspen) by JT Krul & Paolo Pantalena

May17
by The Comic Book Critic on May 17, 2013 and modified on May 17, 2013.
Posted In: Previews

First Look at Jirni #2 From Aspen Comics

Jirni #2

Here is a preview of Jirni #2 by JT Krul, Paolo Pantalena, & Brett Smith from Aspen Comics – on sale May 22nd, 2013.

JIRNI #2

JT Krul ­- Story / Paolo Pantalena ­- Art / Brett Smith – Colors

Take an incredible JIRNI with Aspen¹s newest hit series! Discover a whole new world of adventure! As Ara’s fortuitous quest continues, her path is shrouded in mystery. Upon arriving in a remote village struggling to survive through desperate times, she discovers someone who might offer answers to the questions that torment her. But as Ara has learned time and again, nothing shall come easy in this unrelenting world.

Will she have the strength and courage to venture into the pit of darkness itself to find the truth – not only about her missing mother but about herself as well?

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Valiant Comics August 2013 Solicitations

May17
by The Comic Book Critic on May 17, 2013 and modified on May 17, 2013.
Posted In: Solicitations

VALIANT Solicitations for AUGUST 2013

BLOODSHOT #0

Here are the complete Valiant Comics August 2013 solicitations.

BLOODSHOT #0 PULLBOX KINDTBLOODSHOT #0 COVER BULLOCKBLOODSHOT #0

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by CHRISCROSS

Cover by DAVE BULLOCK (JUN131317)

Pullbox Exclusive Variant by MATT KINDT (JUN131318)

BLOODSHOT #0 WRAPAROUND LUPACCHINOWraparound Gatefold Variant by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO (JUN131319)

Discover the declassified secret history of Project Rising Spirit’s Bloodshot program and its most successful soldier – as told by superstar creator Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT, Justice League of America) and fan favorite artist ChrisCross (Superman/Batman)!

From the darkest days of World War II and Korea, and through the hell of Vietnam and Afghanistan, Bloodshot’s origin leaves a bloody trail of discarded lives and forgotten families. But which memories are real? Which families? Which children? Is Bloodshot many men…or no man at all? Is he simply a soulless killing machine or something more? Who is responsible? And why have they engineered the most dangerous weapon ever conceived by man? This issue holds the answers…but also reveals that we may have been asking the wrong questions all along…

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Penny for Your Soul: Death Arrives In August 2013 From Big Dog Ink

May16
by The Comic Book Critic on May 16, 2013 and modified on May 16, 2013.
Posted In: News

Sin, Religion & the Apocalypse… in Vegas

Penny for Your Soul returns with Death

Penny for Your Soul: Death

 

Big Dog Ink LogoPress Release

Penny for Your Soul: Death #1 Cover AThis summer, the comic book series that launched a company returns. Three years ago Big Dog Ink creator/writer/editor Tom Hutchison printed a few thousand copies of the #1 issue of an unknown comic book… and then promptly printed thousands more when the first edition sold out in comic book stores around the country. Penny for Your Soul: War was a smash hit, and helped launch not only Tom’s career, but a comic book publishing company. This summer, hot on the heels of best-selling Joan of Arc: From the Ashes, Penny for Your Soul returns with the third installment of this smash-hit series, Penny for Your Soul: Death!

Penny for Your Soul: Death #1 Cover BTom Hutchison returns to delve even further into the story of Danica, the granddaughter of the Devil, as she continues to claim her place in the age old battle of good vs. evil, and carve out her roll in the end of days battle between Heaven and Hell! Which side will she choose? Why her own of course, but she won’t be doing it by herself. Longtime friends will return, along with new companions, and the sarcastic, snappy, sexy but always smart, story that fans have come to expect from Big Dog Ink’s guilty pleasure in a comic book!

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Marvel Comics August 2013 Solicitations

May16
by The Comic Book Critic on May 16, 2013 and modified on May 16, 2013.
Posted In: Solicitations

Marvel Comics August 2013 Releases

Comics, Graphic Novels, & TPBs

Avengers #18

Here are the Marvel Comics August 2013 solicitations for their full line of comics, graphic novels, & trade paperback releases.
 

COMICS

INFINITY #1INFINITY #1 Adams VariantINFINITY #1 Generals VariantINFINITY #1 Young VariantINFINITY #1 (of 6)

JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JIM CHEUNG (A)
Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Blank Variant Also Available
Design Variant by JEROME OPEÑA
Generals Variant by IN-HYUK LEE
Hero Variant by ARTHUR ADAMS
Hero Sketch Variant by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG

The oversized kickoff to the year’s most anticipate Blockbuster summer event, changing the way you view the Marvel Universe!

• The outbreak of war on two fronts: Earth and Space, with our heroes torn between them.
• The world-shattering return of Thanos!
• Includes material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: INFINITY

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Sex, Death, and Live TV in Satellite Sam by Fraction and Chaykin

May14
by The Comic Book Critic on May 14, 2013 and modified on May 14, 2013.
Posted In: News

SEX, DEATH, AND LIVE TV

Satellite Sam

Fraction and Chaykin team up on SATELLITE SAM

 

Press Release

This July, acclaimed comic book creators Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Casanova, Iron Man) and Howard Chaykin (BLACK KISS, AMERICAN FLAGG) will take readers back to the Golden Age of Television, a time when innocence was as manufactured a fiction as the perfect families in the comedies that captivated audiences at home. Their new Image Comics series SATELLITE SAM, debuting in July, takes a look at the darkness behind the small screen when, in 1951, Carlyle Bishop, the star of the beloved serial "Satellite Sam” turns up dead in a filthy flophouse.

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