Rising Stars Shine on "Forgotten Planet"

Anthologies are back and Narwain's got 'em. Following the tradition of our flagship title "Brian Yuzna's Horrorama" comes the science fiction collection "Tales from a Forgotten Planet" and the second issue features a lineup of comics' rising stars.

Comics creators such as Andy Kuhn ("Firebreather"), Christopher E. Long ("X-Men Unlimited"), Shannon Eric Denton ("Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi") and Rob Worley ("Advent Rising: Rock the Planet") present a line up of stories that evoke everything from "Tales to Astonish" to "Twilight Zone" and "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Andy Kuhn and Rob Worley, who last teamed on Marvel's "Young Ancient One", have crafted a tale of city-stomping havoc in "Crunch Time".

"We're both big fans of Jack Kirby's monsters," said Worley. "Let's just say this story play's to some of Andy's strengths."

Adds Kuhn, "It's always an awesome time when I get to draw big monsters crushing the hell out of stuff!"

Things go from smashzilla to sublime with Christopher E. Long's thought provoking tale "Intelligent Design."

"I find it fascinating that themes echoed in the works of Isaac Asimov, Charles Beaumont, and Rod Sterling from the '40s and '50s are issues being addressed today in the scientific community," said Long who wowed readers with last year's "Easy Way" series. "My story pays homage to these masters of sci-fi."

Shannon Eric Denton, who recently scored raves in Entertainment Weekly's review of "Common Foe", pens a generations-spanning story that's as heartfelt as it is epic in "Flying."

"As a boy, my father, a Naval aviator, picked up some of the returning astronauts and ever since greeting them on their return I've been fascinated with what lies beyond," said Denton. "I think it's great Narwain is embracing sci-fi and giving readers new worlds to wonder about."

Narwain veterans Moreno Burattini, Tomás Morón, Luca Panciroli and Jesus Barony join the foursome on what is certain to be a breakout issue.

"Tales from a Forgotten Planet #2" is 48 black and white pages and retails for $6.49 USD. You'll find it on page 298 of the January Diamond Previews catalog.

Puppetmaster vs. Demonic Toys" on DVD January 17, 2006 from Anchor Bay Entertainment

David vs. Goliath…Man vs. Machine…Ali vs. Frazier…Freddy vs. Jason…Less Filling vs. Tastes Great…All these conflicts were but a dress rehearsal for the greatest confrontation in the history of Horrorkind: PUPPETMASTER VS. DEMONIC TOYS!

Anchor Bay Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment Company, will release Puppetmaster vs. Demonic Toys for the first time on DVD January 17, 2006. This cataclysmic cinematic showdown between these two widely popular home entertainment franchises promises to be the battle royale that horror fans have been waiting for! The “Rumble In The Toy Box” for “The Undisputed Plasticweight Championship Of The Word!”

Puppetmaster vs. Demonic Toys stars 80’s icon Corey Feldman (The Lost Boys, The Goonies, License To Drive) and co-stars Vanessa Angel (Kingpin, The Perfect Score). The film is directed by Ted Nicolaou, who created the popular line of SUBSPECIES vampire films in the 1980s, and is based on characters created by David S. Goyer, the screenwriter responsible for the successful BLADE series of films as well as this year’s hit Batman Begins.

In this eighth installment, Robert Toulon (Corey Feldman) – great-nephew of original Puppetmaster Andre Toulon – is pursued by a mysterious toymaking syndicate seeking Toulon’s reanimation formula in order to turn their line of dolls into vicious killers on Christmas Eve.

ZOOM SUIT AN OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE MEGACON INDY FILM EXPO

While the award-winning Zoom Suit has been featured at nearly 50 film festivals around the country to date, the MegaCon Indy Film Expo will mark the first time that the animated film has been featured at a festival in which the entire creative team behind the Zoom Suit film and comic book series will be making an appearance at the same time.

The MegaCon Indy Film Expo will be held on Friday, February 24, 2006 during the MegaCon convention at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The program showcases short independent films in the genres of action, animation, comedy, superheroes, science fiction, suspense, and horror and the organizers promise to present only the most fantastic and cutting-edge short films. Last year a crowd of approximately 30,000 fans descended on MegaCon, a convention specializing in the very best in anime, comics, collectibles, horror, science fiction and film.

Team Zoom Suit will be appearing at the three day convention, February 24-26, 2006, showcasing the animated film and displaying the first issue of the April releasing comic series. Zoom Suit writer and director, John Taddeo, will be in appearance, along with the animation team of Jorge Palacios, Nakia Mann, Diana Striker, Mike Centowski, Booker Thompson, Derrick Dawson and Cameron Kirk. Comic book artist Billy Dallas Patton will also be appearing and signing autographs. An exclusive MetalFX Zoom Suit promo card set has been created to commemorate the event.

Zoom Suit animator and comic book editor, Diana Striker, commented, “We’re really stoked that we’ll be able to have some face-to-face interaction with comic fans and give them a sneak peek at the upcoming comic.”

The award-winning animated short Zoom Suit, created by John Taddeo, can be seen online at www.superverse.com. The Zoom Suit comic book will be solicited under Superverse in the February edition of Previews for items shipping in April 2006.

HYPERACTIVES SELL-OUT AT HYPER-SPEED

Only weeks after its December 2005 release, Alias Comics joins creators Darin Wagner and Clint Hilinski in celebrating the sell-out of their latest title, HYPERACTIVES #0!

HYPERACTIVES #0 (order code: OCT052696) was a 75 cent, 16-page preview story introducing the world to Rush, Honeychild, Reactor Girl, Surefire, Panzer, Wereclaw, Scandal, and Boy Genius – collectively known as: The HyperActives!

"I was pleasantly surprised by this news that we had sold out on our little preview issue,” said writer Darin Wagner. “Sure, I had my hopes – who wouldn't? But this has really bolstered my creative team's confidence and we're all saying 'Yes! We can DO this book!'”

There are no plans to go back to print, but it’s still not too late to pick up HYPERACTIVES #1 upon its release next month.

Here’s how the publisher describes the issue …

HYPERACTIVES #1 (of five)
Written by Darin Wagner, with art by Clint Hilinski and Andrew DalhouseWhen a hero dies Eddie Ellison’s life is changed forever. And when he crosses paths with the super-teen media darlings the HyperActives that change isn’t necessarily for the better. The Hypers only care about the spotlight and they don’t want to share it with a new member. It’s nonstop action as the original Silverwing faces off against the bone crushing brute force known as BASH!! And the HyperActives are faced with their most lethal foes the Uberforce. The only problem is they’ve been attacked in their own headquarters and there isn’t a TV camera in sight. Will they have time to call their press agent? Or, with the deadly Dr. Uberkoff on their doorstep, is it already too late?? Stay tuned! Stay HYPER!! Don’t miss the controversial new series that set the internet message boards on fire!! Art by rising phenom Clint Hilinski. And written by new sensation Darin Wagner.
-- 24-pages, five-issue mini-series, Feb 2006, $3.50

HYPERACTIVES #1 is available to order at your local comic shop; in the December issue of Previews catalog (order code: DEC052756) for a February 2006 release. Don’t miss the boat a second-time! Get in on HYPERACTIVES #1 before it repeats its own success and disappears from the shelves!

"We’re pretty excited about selling out this fast! Alias has been great at trying to steer as much attention our way as they can and I have to thank them for all the help and support they’ve shown the book,” said artist, Clint Hilinski. “I think the HYPERACTIVES is going to be the surprise hit of 2006, and we’re just getting started. We’ve got big things planned for the series and we’re not going to stray away from the controversy that the book has created either. The preview issue was just the tip of the iceberg, so hold on tight and get those orders in for issue #1 and #2, because I’m betting on quick sellouts there too!"

For more information on HYPERACTIVES and other great Alias titles, please visit your local comic book shop, or simply visit Alias online at http://www.aliasenterprises.com !

Comic Releases for January 11

DARK HORSE
STAR WARS REPUBLIC #81 $2.99
WETA KONG SKULL $40.00
WETA NARNIA LION & WITCH BOOKENDS $175.00
WETA NARNIA WHITE WITCH STATUE $250.00

DC COMICS
100 BULLETS #68 (MR) $2.75
BATMAN HUSH RETURNS TP $12.99
BATMAN ILLUSTRATED BY NEAL ADAMS VOL 3 HC (RES) $49.99
BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #199 $2.50
BATMAN STRIKES #17 $2.25
CAPTAIN ATOM ARMAGEDDON #4 (OF 9) $2.99
DANGER GIRL BACK IN BLACK #3 (OF 4) $2.99
DC UNIVERSE THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE (MR) $19.99
DESOLATION JONES #5 (MR) $2.99
DMZ #3 (MR) $2.99
ELFQUEST THE DISCOVERY #1 (OF 4) $3.99
FABLES #45 (MR) $2.75
GREEN ARROW #58 $2.50
HAWKMAN #48 $2.50
JLA #124 $2.50
JLA CLASSIFIED COLD STEEL #2 (OF 2) $5.99
SCOOBY DOO #104 $2.25
SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY VOL 1 TP $14.99
WILDCATS NEMESIS #5 (OF 9) $2.99

IMAGE
AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS VOL 2 #4 $2.99
PVP SKULL PLUSH $19.99
SMALL GODS #12 $2.
VICE CGC GRADED 9.6 SGN #1 $59.99

MARVEL
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SECOND PTG VARIANT #527 $2.50
ARES #1 (OF 5) $2.99
BOOK OF LOST SOULS #4 $2.99
CABLE DEADPOOL #24 $2.99
DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON #1 (OF 6) $2.99
ESSENTIAL AVENGERS VOL 5 TP $16.99
EXILES #75 $2.99
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN 2ND PTG VAR #3 $2.99
GHOST RIDER #5 (OF 6) $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #8 $2.50
MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 VOL 4 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY TP $14.99
MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN SECOND PTG VARIANT #21 $2.99
MARVEL MILESTONES BLOODSTONE X-51 & CAPTAIN MARVEL II $4.99
MARVEL SELECT FLIP MAGAZINE #8 $3.99
MARVEL TALES FLIP MAGAZINE #7 $3.99
NEW THUNDERBOLTS #17 $2.99
NEW X-MEN #22 $2.99
SHE-HULK 2 #4 $2.99
SON OF M #2 (OF 6) $2.99
SPIDER-MAN VS SILVER SABLE VOL 1 TP $15.99
ULTIMATE EXTINCTION #1 (OF 5) $2.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #66 $2.50
X-MEN THE 198 #1 (OF 5) $2.99

DVD Release's for January 10

According to Occam's Razor
Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper
Atragon
The Bad Sleep Well - Criterion Collection
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Beggars and Choosers:Complete First S
Black Books:Complete Series 1
Boy Meets World:Season Four
Cabin in the Sky
The Chumscrubber
The Constant Gardener
Crime Broker - Murder Wasn't Part of the Deal
Dead Poets Society: SE
Earth Vs the Spider/War of the Colosa
El Beso del Sueno
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Bueller Bueller Edition
Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bueller Bue
The Five Heartbeats - 15th Anniversary Special Edition
The Flash - The Complete Series
Garfield the Movie:Purrrfect Collecto
The Girl from Monday
Good Morning, Vietnam: SE
The Green Pastures
Hands Of A Murderer - Sherlock Holmes
How to Make a Monster/Blood of Dracul
Hustle and Flow
Island in the Sun
Kamikaze Girls
The Magnificent Seven
Night of the Skull
Nighty Night - The Complete Series 1
Once and Again: Season Three
The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Pinky
Pride:Inferno
Pride:Shockwave 2004
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Rebus
Red Eye
Return of the Pink Panther
Ride the High Country
Rider in the Rain
Roger Corman Puerto Rico Trilogy
Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection
Saraband
Stormy Weather
Strong Medicine - The Complete First Season
Transporter 2
Trouble Man
An Unmarried Woman
Viva La Bam: Complete Fourth & Fifth Seasons
Viva La Bam:Complete 4th and 5th Seas
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music
The Wild Bunch
Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress
Yesterday

Zoom Suit Gets Southern Fried and Heads to Vegas!

ZOOM SUIT GETS SOUTHERN FRIED AND HEADS TO VEGAS!

Award-Winning Animated Short Set to Appear at the Southern Fried Flicks Film Fest and Compete at the MoTV Awards at Mandalay Bay Hotel

The New Year starts off with a bang for the award-winning animated short, Zoom Suit, as it is scheduled to appear in the Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival on January 10 at the Imperial Theater in Augusta, Georgia airing at 6:00 pm and will then compete in the 2006 MoTV Awards held during the National Association of Television Production Executives (NATPE) meeting on January 23 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

The second annual Southern Fried Flicks Film Fest showcases Southern independent films with a special emphasis on local and regional films. Southern Fried Flicks was developed to inspire, encourage and support films and filmmaking in the South.

With the worldwide demand for mobile content exploding and nearly 2 billion mobile phone users actually watching television on their cell phones, the first annual MoTV Awards is searching for the next big mobile hit show through the work of independent creators. Held at NATPE, the leading event for educating and making deals with global television producers and marketers at their annual summit, the audience for the awards will be comprised of top tier press, television, and mobile/wireless execs, and content creators, acquirers and carriers/distributors.

“We love the attention, but we’re afraid the comic book may be allocated” said Zoom Suit creator John Taddeo. “We wanted preview copies for retailers, so we printed the book based upon a best guess in late November. With the increased exposure, it appears that estimate was woefully low. If you want a copy of Zoom Suit, please reserve one at your local comic shop as soon as possible.”

The award-winning animated short Zoom Suit, created by John Taddeo, can be seen online at www.superverse.com. The Zoom Suit comic book will be solicited under Superverse in the February edition of Previews for items shipping in April 2006.

Win Original Art in ATOMIK MIKE Contest

WIN ORIGINAL ART FROM MITCH BYRD, TOM NGUYEN, KARL WALLER AND MOREWITH ACROSS THE POND STUDIOS' ATOMIK MIKE #1 CONTEST

Across the Pond Studios announced earlyMonday morning, that in celebration of the launch of their new title AtomikMike #1 (Feb. 06) through Alias Enterprises, they are giving away original art and CGC graded books.

What the swag you ask? 4 Winners will receive an original Atomik Mike pinup,that will run in future issues of Atomik Mike, from:
Mitch Byrd (Guy Gardner,Generation X)
Tom Nguyen (Batman, JLA Extreme)
Steve Scott (JLA, NewWarriors)
Karl Waller (X-men: Black Sun, Motorhead).
Plus each winner will receive an original Atomik Mike illustration from co-creator and Atomik Mike illustrator Israel Cruz. Lastly, each winner will receive a limited edition ComicsPriceGuide.com exclusive Atomik Mike #1 CGC graded book(minimum grading of 9.8).

Entering the contest is simple:
1) Order a copy of Atomik Mike #1 from your local comic store.
2) Take a picture of yourself reading the book and send it in with a note of where the book was purchased to Across the Pond Studios (email or snail mail) by March 1st.

That's it. Winner will be picked at random and posted on the ATP website March 15th, and not to leave the comic book store owners out of the contest, ATP Studios will also give out prizes (original art, signed and CGC books) to the store where the winner purchased their books.

Atomik Mike can be ordered through your local comic book retailer with the Previews code DEC052760. For more information about the contest and updates on Across the Pond Studios books visit their website, http://www.acrossthepondcomics.com.

Ted Noodleman wows the critics

It may not be on the stands again until February, but creators Jim Keplinger (SHADOWHAWK) and Ryan Ottley (INVINCIBLE) have got people everywhere talking about their graphic novel, TED NOODLEMAN: BICYCLE DELIVERY BOY, from Alias Comics!

Originally offered in 2005, Alias Comics is giving readers another chance to find this graphic novel and laugh out loud at the comic adventures of the delusional delivery dude, Ted Noodleman!

The official Alias Comics solicitation reads:

TED NOODLEMAN: BICYCLE DELIVERY BOY
Written by Jim Keplinger, with art by Ryan Ottley
Ted Noodleman Rides Again! Illustrated by Image Central’s Top Gun, and fan favorite artist of INVINCIBLE, Ryan ‘WYA’ Ottley!!! The complete works of Ted Noodleman as originally published on MoviePoopShoot.com and in Digital Webbing Presents, all completely re-mastered and in full-color. PLUS! Brand new Noodleman stories from many of today’s rising stars of comics, PLUS! (lots o’ plus’s, eh?), Ryan ‘WYA’ Ottley’s hilarious 24 hour Ted comic that will have you in tears, or at the very least, peeing in your pants. It’s that funny. Seriously!
-- 96-pages, full-color trade paperback -- $9.99 (ISBN: 1933428104)

“TED NOODLEMAN is a project that Ryan [Ottley] and I let loose and held nothing back from – it was designed to explore and exploit genres and form, and that's exactly what he did in his many funny, off-beat, unseemly and usually undignified adventures,” said writer Jim Keplinger.

Here are just some of the great things people are saying about TED NOODLEMAN …

“Keplinger and Ottley are two creators to watch and TED NOODLEMAN is well worth seeking out.”
- Ain’t It Cool News

“Ted Noodleman is just about the most bizarre comic character I've ever read about. This is the kind of book we comic fans need.”
- Paperback Reader

“Four out of five stars! All nebbish fans rejoice, as we have a new hero”
- Comixtreme

“Hopefully this isn't the last we'll see of [Ted Noodleman].”
- thecomicbookguy.com

“This guy could dethrone Napoleon Dynamite for his overwhelming lack of social skills and hopeless detachment from reality.”
- Cinescape News

TED NOODLEMAN: BICYCLE DELIVERY BOY was offered in the December 2005 issue of Previews catalog for a February 2006 release – but you can still request your copy at your local comic book shop from Diamond Comics Distributors (order code: FEB052489).

DEVIL’S DUE ANNOUNCES G.I. JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF WAR

Devil’s Due Publishing reunites popular Hasbro properties G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS with G.I. JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF WAR #1 (of 5) (JAN062978E), for release in March with three covers. Following in the wake of successful re-launches of G.I. JOE: AMERICA’S ELITE and TRANSFORMERS core titles, these enduring heroes and heroines find themselves once again at odds, with innocent lives hanging in the balance.

Writer Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, G.I.JOE) joins artists Joe Ng and UDON Studios (Exalted, Street Fighter) for star-faring, explosive action! Art for issue #1 over A will be provided by Joe Ng and UDON Studios; cover B by Tim Seeley and Grafiksismik; and retailer incentive cover C by Don Figueroa and Sunder Raj. G.I. JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF WAR #1 (of 5) (JAN062978E), a standard 32pg monthly comic book at $2.95, hitting stores in March. All 5 cover A's will connect to form one large UDON G.I.JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF WAR image. G.I. JOE is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS)

“G.I. JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF WAR will bring together everything that stalwart fans of these properties love,” noted DDP Senior Editor Mike O’Sullivan about the new mini-series, “but the book will feel fresh and accessible for new G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMER readers as well. In addition this title brings together two power house studios, UDON and DDP, who will bring the fans what they’ve been waiting for.”

Says writer Tim Seeley, “Writing these characters has the charm of meeting up with old friends; a pleasure, a privilege, but also a war! And this G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS reunion isn’t for the faint of heart! Expect nonstop action, and great characterization… Consider this the end-all, beat down of wars

ABOUT G.I. JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF WAR
–The human spirit. Cybertronian technology. Two things capable of accomplishing great good… When these two items are combined and fall into the wrong hands, the results leave two worlds in ruins!SNAKE-EYES, OPTIMUS PRIME, SCARLETT, ARCEE, and other favorites are flung from Earth to the Decepticon slums of Cybertron in a desperate race to prevent a horrifying new lifeform that has only one goal in mind: War on all that lives!An interstellar epic featuring classic characters and energetic action… the stakes are high when practicing the art of war!

MARVEL ENLISTS SUPERSTAR ARTIST TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE WOLVERINE: ORIGINS ARMY!

MARVEL ENLISTS SUPERSTAR ARTIST TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE WOLVERINE: ORIGINS ARMY!

The hits just keep a'comin' concerning Marvel Comics' newest ongoing series OLVERINE: ORIGINS as the industry leader announces that superstar artist Michael Turner will be delivering an extra-special variant cover for the inaugural issue. This stunning cover will be Turner's first published work for Marvel since the company announced his coming in the summer.

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS joins the present WOLVERINE title on the stands and further illuminates the dark recesses of mutant super-hero Logan's shady and exciting history. The new series will be written by Daniel Way and drawn by Steve Dillon, the creative team behind BULLSEYE: GREATEST HITS, PUNISHER VS BULLSEYE, and SUPREME POWER: NIGHTHAWK. Issue #1 will jump off from the cliffhanging ending of March's WOLVERINE #40, also written by Way.

"This cover was a blast to draw!" enthuses artist Michael Turner on his variant to the standard edition cover to WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #1, drawn by Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada (who'll be handling ongoing cover chores for the series). "I studied the classic character and drew several layouts only to go back to the very first layout sketched," explains Turner. "I had also just seen ?King Kong' so the primal rage I tried to express with this piece was still on my mind. That's all the credit I'm taking because Peter's Steigerwald colors knocked this one over the fence! His visceral textures and color choices blew me away!!!"

Turner is unabashedly excited about this particular gig. "I am really looking forward to drawing Wolvie again sometime soon..."

Fans will find both the Turner cover and the Quesada cover to WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #1 at their local comic shop in April. Retailers note: this will be a 50/50 variant cover split. Stay tuned for more WOLVERINE: ORIGINS news-as well as some exciting Michael Turner news!

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER LAUNCHES COMICS IN THE CLASSROOM WEBSITE

Canadian elementary school teacher, Scott Tingley, has started a website designed to help fellow teachers and parents choose comics for both eager and reluctant readers K through 8.

Tingley, a parent, teacher and a longtime fan of the comics medium, is an early years teacher in the New Brunswick (Canada) public school system and the creator of Comics in the Classroom (www.comicsintheclassroom.net). His goal with Comics in the Classroom is to share the positive experience that he’s found using comics to help in the learning process.

“I am hoping that my knowledge of differentiated learning and my love of comics will help Comics in the Classroom visitors in the motivating and teaching of the children in your lives,” said Tingley.
Tingley’s selections run the gamut from Bob McLeod’s Superhero ABC to the older skewing Zoom Suit, aimed squarely at the PSP and X-Box 360 crowd. Along with these two, selections include Marvel Entertainment’s Franklin Richards, Lions, Tigers and Bears by Mike Bullock and the perennial seller, Jeff Smith’s Bone. These and other selections are currently featured on the CITC homepage. Some choices such as Superhero ABCs are simple. Others such as Lions, Tigers and Bears (an Image comic) or Zoom Suit may not be as obvious. Tingley explains, “The goal of the site is to get kids to read. Comics that have a film, television or video game look such as Lions, Tigers and Bears and Zoom Suit are great gateway books for reluctant readers.”

Tingley expects the site to grow at a rapid pace. “I may be new and small, but I am one of the few sites of this type,” he said. “The response has been very strong, but we are always looking to recommend publications that we believe are a good fit. But space is filling up. Creators or publishers that would like their books reviewed should send review copies as early as possible.”

Tingley’s next goal is to find a sponsor to help him spread the word. He plans to offer advertising space sometime during 2006. Parties interested in submitting review copies or sponsorship opportunities should contact Scott Tingley at comicsintheclassroom@gmail.com.

Enter Marvel's Underworld

Career criminal Jackie Dio is fresh out of the Cage and looking for trouble. When he tracks down some of his old crime contacts, he discovers a lot has changed in the New York underworld—and finds more trouble than he bargained for. If he’s going to have a shot at surviving, he may have to get acquainted with the shadowy figure known only as “The Consultant” – that is, if he even exists. Frank Tieri (Weapon X, Hercules) combines humor with dark urban grit in this limited series!




UNDERWORLD #1 (of 5) (DEC052035)
Written by FRANK TIERI
Penciled by STAZ JOHNSON
Cover by SEAN SCOFFIELD
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99
FOC – 1/12, On Sale – 2/1/2006

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON RESURFACES AGAIN!

DH Press is proud to announce the newest addition to its original Universal Monsters novel series, Creature from the Black Lagoon: Time’s Black Lagoon. Following in the footsteps of previous DH Press original novels featuring Dracula and Wolf Man, the Creature has been revamped with a modern horror sensibility by noted sci-fi author Paul Di Filippo and is set in the year 2015. This book will be released in May 2006 at a retail price of $6.99 (ISBN-1-59582-033-7).

In 1954, an expedition found what seemed to be a missing link in the evolutionary chain: an ancient, immensely powerful amphibian Creature. Scientists tried to tame it, break its will, and even change its very being with surgery and torture, but the beast rebelled, killing nearly all in its way. But was the creature truly a throwback, a freak survivor of some prehistoric era, or was it something more?

Six decades later, one scientist attempts to find out, using a time machine to journey into the past. What he finds not only shatters his vision of what the Creature might be, but could change the history of the human race forever.

Turning the conventions of what we feel we know about the Creature on its ear, critically-praised science fiction author Di Filippo reinvents the classic monster with a tale of time travel, horror, and mystery that blends Cold War science fiction with today’s cutting edge cyberpunk in a vision of what terrors still lurk in the swamp.

“Di Filippo is like gourmet potato chips to me,” said Harlan Ellison, famed science-fiction writer. “I can never eat just one of his short stories.”