Saturday, May 26, 2012

Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - May 25, 2012


Big Planet Comics

May 25, 2012

Jerry Gaylord is signing on Saturday!

Jerry Gaylord, artist on the new Boom! series Fanboys vs. Zombies, will be appearing at our College Park store tomorrow, Saturday, May 26, from 1 to 3.  Fanboys vs. Zombies is a good character-based story about friends and former friends trying to put their differences aside and survive a zombie outbreak at San Diego comicon! Plus, the first issue is only $1 so it's a great way to try out this new series.

May 26 - Jerry Gaylord Signing

Jerry Gaylord, artist on the new Boom comic Fanboys vs. Zombies (written by Sam Humphries), will be appearing at our College Park store from 1 pm to 3 pm to sign copies of the first 2 issues.

Jerry is a local Maryland comic artist, so be sure to come out and meet him!

1 pm-3 pm
Big Planet Comics of College Park
7315 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
301-699-0498
bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com

Feel free to forward on our newsletter, and please send us any comments or mailing list requests to vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

Thanks!
 
- the Big Planet Comics kids


UPCOMING June 2 - Russ Kick Signing

Russ Kick, editor of the anthology The Graphic Canon, will be appearing at our Bethesda store for a signing on Saturday, June 2. Publisher's Weekly called The Graphic Canon "the graphic publishing literary event of the year". It is a collection of classic literature interpreted as comics by such greats as R. Crumb, Will Eisner, Molly Crabapple, and lots more, over 130 in total!

This first volume (of an eventual 3) is subtitled From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons, covering literature through the 1700s. The Odyssey, Beowulf, Lysistrata, The Book of the Dead, The Canterbury Tales, London Journal, and more.

1 pm-3 pm
Big Planet Comics of Bethesda
4849 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-654-6856
joel@bigplanetcomics.com


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Mind Mgmt #1

by Matt Kindt

After everyone on a plane gets amnesia, a reporter tries to discover who the mysterious person is who was on the flight list but disappeared after it landed. Plus a history of the government working with psychics, secret codes hidden in the letters column, and danger, action, and more mystery! A unique and fascinating new comic!

The Phoenix #1

by Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo Tangle, Jamie Smart, Sarwat Chadda, Patrice Aggs, Ben Haggerty, Garen Ewing, Simone Lia, Adam Murphy, James Turner, Lorenzo, The Etherington Brothers, Kate Brown

The first issue of the all-ages weekly British comic was even better than we hoped! Adventure, fantasy, puzzles, clues, humor, and more! Plus really, really good art. We are already running low on copies, so let us know if you want one so we can hold you a copy when we get more in stock! Issue #2 will be in next Wednesday!

Batman Incorporated #1

by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham

It's back! One of the most exciting Batman series in a while, as Talia al-Ghul puts out a hit on her son - Damian, the new Robin! Clever and funny Morrison dialogue, great dynamic art by Burnham  aaaaand an assassin called Goatboy.

The Steve Ditko Archives 3: Mysterious Traveler HC

by Steve Ditko
 
Before he reached fame with The Amazing Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, Steve Ditko drew hundreds of comic book. This volume reprints some of his best suspense, mystery, haunted houses, and unsuspecting victims stories from the pages of Tales of the Mysterious Traveler and This Magazine Is Haunted. Never before reprinted!

Justice League Dark #9

by Jeff Lemire and Mikel Janin

The team is reassembled under the leadership of John Constantine, and the new writer, Jeff Lemire! (Who you might know from Animal Man and Sweet Tooth!) Lemire instantly has great dialogue between the characters, the comic feels very lively, and the group is off to South America to fight blood cultists under the control of Felix Faust! A great jumping on point.

The Comic Book History of Comics SC

by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey

From the first American comic books to the manga explosion and more, this history of comics covers it all, including the creators' rights movement, Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Hergé, Osamu Tezuka and more! A fascinating AND informative history. Plus it's pretty funny.

Holliday SC

by Nate Bowden and Doug Dabbs
 
Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp come to town, a corrupt city where the cops get kickbacks from the drug dealers and no one seems to do anything about it. A modern update of the classic Tombstone story with noir flavor and plenty of gun blazin' action!

A Princess of Mars SC

by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ian Edginton, and I. N. J. Culbard
 
The first classic adventure tale of John Carter and his princess of Mars, Dejah Thoris, is adapted to comics by Ian Edginton (Scarlet Traces, Leviathan)and the amazing art of Culbard (New Deadwardians, At the Mountains of Madness, Sherlock Holmes). One of the greatest scifi adventure tales ever, full of swashbuckling swordfights, airship chases, dastardly villains and monsters and betrayal! So good.
27 (Twenty Seven) Vol 2 Second Set SC
Adventures Into The Unknown Archives Vol 1 HC
Andrew Loomis Succesful Drawing HC
Caligula Vol 1 SC
Joe Hill The Cape HC
Crossed Badlands #6
Godzilla #1
Golden Age Western Comics HC
The Guild: Fawkes
Hero Comics 2012
Interiorae SC
Mad Archives Vol 3 HC
Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 7 SC
The Mighty Thor By Matt Fraction Vol 1 SC
No Place Like Home #4
Prophet #25
Resident Alien #1
Star Wars Darth Vader Ghost Prison #1 (Of 5)
Thief Of Thieves #2 3rd Ptg
Thief Of Thieves #3 3rd Ptg
Thief Of Thieves #4 2nd Ptg
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Death of Spider-Man Fallout SC
Uncanny X-Force Vol 3 The Dark Angel Saga Book 1 SC
Xenoholics Vol 1 SC

Big Planet Comics Podcast #45
"Coney Island"
Kevin, Nick and Jared are in the new Big Planet Comics Podcast studios with more sad news about Nick's car, and reviews of all the new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!
 
PODCAST REVIEWS:
Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations: Part One: 1783-1953 HC by Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B.
The Cartoon Picayune #1 by Josh Kramer
The Cartoon Picayune Fall 2011 by Josh Kramer, Bill Volk, Katherine Roy, James Sturm
The Cartoon Picayune Spring 2012 by Josh Kramer, Andy Warner, Ethan Leners, Darryl Holliday, Erik Rodriguez
Daddy Lightning by Tom Hart
Deadenders SC by Ed Brubaker and Warren Pleece
Hardcore #1 by Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri
Holliday SC by Nate Bowden and Doug Dabbs
Justice League Dark #9 by Jeff Lemire and Mikel Janin
Mind Mgmt #1 by Matt Kindt
The Phoenix #1 by Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo Tangle, Jamie Smart, Sarwat Chadda, Patrice Aggs, Ben Haggerty, Garen Ewing, Simone Lia, Adam Murphy, James Turner, Lorenzo, The Etherington Brothers, Kate Brown

Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or call us at 1-703-539-CAST! (1-703-539-2278)
 

5/26 - Jerry Gaylord
Signing Fanboys vs. Zombies
1pm - 3pm
7315 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
301-699-0498
bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com

6/2 - Russ Kick
Signing The Graphic Canon
4849 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-654-6856
joel@bigplanetcomics.com

6/9 - Nick Abadzis
Signing Hugo Tate
4849 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-654-6856
joel@bigplanetcomics.com

6/16 - Free RPG Day
freerpgday.com
7315 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
301-699-0498
bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com

426 Maple Ave. East
Vienna, VA 22180
703-242-9412
vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

7/4 - 20% off Sale
All stores!

7/28 - Matt Dembicki
Signing Xoc
11am-1pm
7315 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
301-699-0498
bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com

Signing Xoc
3pm-5pm
426 Maple Ave. East
Vienna, VA 22180
703-242-9412
vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

New Next Week 5/30

(Let us know if you want any of these!)
 

Aka GN
Amazing Spider-Man #684 2nd Ptg
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #39
American Vampire #27
Americas Got Powers #2 (of 6)
Angel & Faith #10
Animal Man Annual #1
Archie & Friends Double Digest #16
Astonishing X-Men #49 2nd Ptg
Avatar Last Airbender TP Vol 02 Promise Part 2
Avengers Vs X-Men #2 (of 12) 3rd Ptg
B & V Friends Double Digest #225
Batman Annual #1 (Night of the Owls)
Batman Beyond Unlimited #4
Batman Death By Design Deluxe Ed HC
Batman Prey TP
Battle of Blood & Ink Fable of Flying City GN
Best of the Three Stooges
Best Shot in the West Adventures of Nat Love GN
Bionic Woman #2
Bloodstrike #28
Bomb Queen VII Queens World #4 (of 4)
BPRD Hell on Earth Transformation Odonnell #1
Brian Boru Irelands Warrior King GN
Call of Wonderland #1 (of 3)
Channel Zero TP Complete Collection
Cow Boy A Boy And His Horse HC
Daredevil #11 2nd Ptg
Daredevil By Brubaker And Lark Ult Coll TP Book 02
DC Nation #1
Diablo #4 (of 5)
Elephantmen TP Vol 00
Empowered TP Vol 07
Exile Planet O/T Apes #3 (of 4)
Fables Deluxe Edition HC Vol 05
FF #18
Futurama Comics #61
Game of Thrones #8
Garth Ennis Jennifer Blood #13
GFT Alice in Wonderland #6 (of 6)
GFT Jungle Book #3 (of 5)
GFT Myths & Legends #17
GFT Oversized Cosplay Special
Ghostbusters Ongoing #9
Glamourpuss #25
Gore #6 (of 12)
Graphic Canon TP Vol 01 Gilgamesh To Shakespeare
Green Arrow TP Vol 01 The Midas Touch
Grim Leaper #1 (of 4)
Hack Slash Omnibus TP Vol 04
Hawken #4 (of 6)
Hulk Smash Avengers #5 (of 5)
Incredible Hulk #8
Irredeemable TP Vol 09
Kick-Ass 2 Prem HC
Lil Depressed Boy #11
Magdalena #12
Marvel Firsts 1970s TP Vol 03
Mass Effect Homeworlds #2
Mediterranea #7 (of 14)
Mediterranea TP Vol 01
Mind the Gap #1 2nd Ptg
Monsieur Jean Singles Theory HC
Moon Moth GN
New Avengers #25 2nd Ptg
New Deadwardians #3 (of 8 )
New Mutants #43 Exiled
Next Men Aftermath #43
Peter Panzerfaust #4
Peyo Life And Work SC
Powers #10
Previews #285 June 2012
Princess of Mars Illustrated Classics GN
Puella Magi Madoka Magica GN Vol 01
Queen Sonja #29
Rachel Rising #8
Rasl #14
Ravagers #1
Rinse TP
Rocketeer Adventures 2 #3
Roger Langridges Snarked #8
Secret Avengers #26 2nd Ptg
Simpsons Summer Shindig #6
Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #13
Sonic the Hedgehog #237
Star Trek Ongoing #9
Star Trek TNG Doctor Who Assimilation #1
Star Wars Blood Ties Boba Fett is Dead #2 (of 4)
Star Wars Knight Errant Vol 2 Deluge SC
Starman Omnibus Vol 1 SC
Stephen King Joe Hill Road Rage #4 (of 4)
Supercrooks #3 (of 4)
Superman Family Adventures #1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing #10
Transformers Robots in Disguise Ongoing #5
Ultimate Comics Ultimates #11
Until Death Do Us Part Vol 1 SC
Walking Dead #98
Wolverine #307
Wolverine And X-Men #11 AVX
Wonder Woman Vol 1 Blood HC
X-Men #29
X-Men Legacy #267 AVX
X-Men Phoenix: Endsong Warsong Ultimate Collection SC
Young Justice #16
Zombies HC
Zombies Vs Robots Annual 2012

Upcoming Events

6/1
Introducing Synergy!
8am, Generitech HQ

6/12
Generitech Leadership Summit
10am, AGCC

6/20
Advanced Tools Expo
3pm, AGCC
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