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------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/bGIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE COMIC BOOK NETWORK ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE Issue Number 548 11/04/2005 Edited by: David LeBlanc - ComicBkNet@aol.com Winner of the 2001 EAGLE AWARD as FAVORITE COMICS E-ZINE! FREE VIA EMAIL SINCE FEBRUARY 1995 _________________________________________________________________ C O N T E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA - (Various Places) ....... Mike Curtis [A] Submissions, mailing address, web page [1] On the Net .............................. David LeBlanc [2] Letters to the Editor ................... Your Page! [3] TRIVIA CONTEST .......................... Win *real* prizes! [4] Network Buzz ............................ News/gossip/rumors [5] Interviews: Frank Beddor ................ Richard Vasseur [6] Suspended Animation ..................... Michael Vance & Mark Allen [7] ComiX-FAN Reviews........................ Eric J. Moreels [8] Rich's Reviews .......................... Richard Vasseur [9] M.O.E. Reviews .......................... Paul Dale Roberts [10] My View:HUNTER KILLER, WITCHBLADE ....... David LeBlanc [11] New Comic Book Releases List ............ Charles LePage [12] HYPE! & LINKS Section ................... Various _________________________________________________________________ World Wide Web Home Page-->> http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet Archived and mailed by Yahoo!: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComicBookNetworkEmag ----------------------------------------------------------------- o \o/ _ o _| \ / |_ o_ \o/ o /|\ | /\ _\o \o | o/ O/_ /\ | /|\ / \ / \ |\ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The ComicBook Network started by Ed Dukeshire and Mike Imboden ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to receive each issue automatically through your Email account, FREE, please send a message FROM that account TO: ComicBookNetworkEmag-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE send a message FROM the account to be dropped TO: ComicBookNetworkEmag-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com See section [A] for the address to mail material to be reviewed. _________________________________________________________________ All text contained within is copyrighted to the originating author(s) and is used with permission. Except where elsewhere noted, The Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine is Copyright 2005 by David L. LeBlanc. You may freely distribute or retransmit this file intact without alteration for noncommercial purposes only. Except for personal archiving, permission must be obtained from the individual authors to reproduce, retransmit, or publish any part of this magazine. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors And do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Editor. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [A] E-Mag Info: Submissions, Back Issues, Web Page SUBMISSIONS ----------- To submit an article, review, column, etc. to our Emag, simply Email it to the editor at: ComicBkNet@aol.com You must include your REAL name and a valid Email address in order to be published in this Emag. Sorry, we do not accept anonymous columns. The weekly deadline is 7:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday - NO EXCEPTIONS! Late submissions are held over for the following week. Reviews of mainstream books are welcome and we encourage reviews of indies and self published material as we feel that material deserves more exposure to the general public. If you write intelligent, coherent, and timely reviews of any comic book it will almost always be printed, so give us a shot. Commentary on the state of the industry, and personal observations and reflections related to comics are *most* likely to be included in our publication. PLEASE, no material on gaming, non-comic derived media, role playing, collectible card games, Anime or other hobbies or collectibles other than comic books. That also includes plugs for web comics and web pages UNLESS they are concerned with print comic books. We do not promote web comics per se, only the printed media. SEND US YOUR WORK ----------------- We also accept product for review purposes. Advanced copies of comic books will not be returned but any comic books sent to us *will* be reviewed in the ComicBook Net Emag in the column MY VIEW. Send material to be reviewed to: David L. LeBlanc 84 Heather Circle Jefferson, MA 01522-1419 Material is generally reviewed in the order received and be advised that we work a few weeks in advance so your review may not be in the magazine immediately. Advanced copies are therefore encouraged so the review will occur prior to your product hitting the stores. THE Comic Book Net WEB PAGE http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet ---------------- If you have access to the World Wide Web, please stop by and visit our web page! On our web page, you can find the latest issue of our E-Mag, in both a text and a zipped version for fast downloading as well as back issues and an annotated index. You'll also find important links to some of the comic companies and creators' web pages and many other Comic Book related links! _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [1] On the Net David LeBlanc ComicBkNet@aol.com Comics in the media: Today, Friday 11/4, on Malcolm in the Middle, Malcolm wants to borrow the car to go to a signing of a new graphic novel by Frank Miller. That's all I got. I am burned out this week as one day blurs into another. Next I'll be flying to Indiana again. Hopefully I will get a lot done on the plane. Like reading some of these new comics: DC COMICS Firestorm #19, $2.50 JSA #79, $2.50 <-----------------Pick of the week! Outsiders #30, $2.50 Seven Soldiers Klarion The Witch Boy #4, $2.99 Seven Soldiers The Bulleteer #1 (Of 4), $2.99 IBOOKS Yossel April 19 1943 SC, $13.95 MARVEL COMICS Sentinel #1 (Of 5), $2.99 Supreme Power Nighthawk #3 (Of 6), $2.99 Ultimate Spider-Man #85, $2.50 MONKEYSUIT PRESS Monkeysuit Vol 5 Death Comes To Monkeysuit GN, $11.95 See you in seven. David LeBlanc - ComicBkNet@aol.com Editor The Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [2] Letters to the Editor If you want to comment on this or any previous issue, want to offer something for us to publish, or just want to shamelessly suck up to the editor to try and get your name in print send Email to: ComicBkNet@aol.com Note: Letters of comment, including those sent to the columnists, may be used in future issues of CBEM unless you specifically request us NOT to use them. Your Email address and/or name will be withheld upon request. +++++ Subject:Doonesbury Meirs comic strip Date: 11/2/2005 8:54:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time From: NamelessChuck To: ComicBknet Dear David, I thought you might want to include the following in the e-mag: Although the Doonesbury comic strips about the Harriet Miers confirmation hearings that were set to run in newspapers were withdrawn when she withdrew as a Supreme Court candidate, at least one of the strips made newsprint; the strip intended for November 1 was printed in the Hartford Courant on that date. All of the withdrawn Miers strips can be viewed online at the Doonesbury.com web site. Have a good week, Nameless Chuck +++++ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:23:15 -0800 (PST) From: Martin Pratt martin_pratt18@yahoo.com Subject: Re: The Comic-Strip Revolution Will Be Televised To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ComicBookNetworkEmag- owner@yahoogroups.com Amy Harlib <aharlib@earthlink.net> wrote: >October 30, 2005 >The Comic-Strip Revolution Will Be Televised >By LOLA OGUNNAIKE >Los Angeles >FANS fearing that "The Boondocks," the wildly scathing, >racially charged comic strip, will lose its bite when it >appears on television next week need not worry. Within the >first 10 seconds of the new show of the same name, viewers >will be offered the following Molotov cocktail of social >criticism: "Jesus is black, Ronald Reagan is the devil and >the government is lying about 9/11." >Since its national debut six years ago, the strip, about >two black children living in white suburbia, has >slaughtered its share of sacred cows, eviscerating everyone >from Condoleezza Rice and Strom Thurmond to 50 Cent and >Ralph Nader. President Bush has been a frequent target. As >a result, the strip has been suspended, banished to >editorial pages and dropped from some newspapers (it >currently appears in more than 300). >Trying to translate that incendiary spirit into great >television will be a challenge, an expensive challenge at >that. Cartoon Network pays Sony Pictures Television, >producer of the series, an estimated license fee of >$400,000 per episode. Add to that the millions the network >has spent on marketing, including many billboards in New >York and Los Angeles trumpeting the show's premiere on Nov. >6 in the late-night "Adult Swim" block, and "The Boondocks" >becomes the most expensive show the network has made. [See full article in THE NETWORK BUZZ below. - D.L.] I've been waiting for this out of Adult Swim for close to a year now, and the ads they've been running for it during their late- night bumps say, in so many words, that their Standards and Practices people have never been more tightly clenched in their lives. And, considering some of their other recent output ("Squidbillies", "Harvey Birdman", "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", the soon-to-arrive "Minoriteam" and the late, lamented "Venture Brothers"), I'll guess that "Boondocks" will be safely caustic. +++++ From: "Ken Gale" nuffsaid@riseup.net Subject: re: Comic book & internet radio show Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:29:47 -0500 Hi, folks, Please post and forward to appropriate chat rooms, web pages and e-lists! This will be live on the internet, too. And archived on the net for a week, as well. The next installment of 'Nuff Said!, the Brigadoon of comic book radio shows, will be early Wednesday morning November 9th (overnight on Tuesday the 8th) from 3:30 AM to 6:00 AM eastern time. I again substitute for Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore," but this time I'll be interspersing music and comics talk. Assuming I don't hear from either of the artists I have a call out to, I'll be doing a listener call-in show about graphic novels. A librarian recently asked me for a list of recommendations and I turned that list into an article for Interlac and now I'll turn the article into a radio show, hopefully with a lot of input from you. For those of you in the listening area who won't be up that late, you can tape the radio using a vcr by simply connecting the input of your vcr to the output of your stereo. There is a more detailed description of this on our web site: http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/vcr.html. There is also software that enables you do record the live stream off your computer. It looks like my frequency of subbing for Susan is increasing. But, the WBAI web site (http://www.wbai.org) is now archiving ALL shows (www.archive.wbai.org) (note: the typoes have been corrected). So you'll be able to listen to this show at your convenience, but only for a week then it'll be gone. And I'm sure they'll keep track of the hits each show gets so spread the word. Go to November 9 and click on "Punk and Hardcore" for 3:30 AM. I've been doing comic book-oriented radio shows since 1993, live-streamed over the internet for the past several years, usually interviewing a creator. I've covered all styles and all eras, pointing out the diversity of the art form to a radio audience who was often unaware of the versatility of sequential art. I used to be weekly, but since 2002 I have done frequent specials, fill-ins and guest stints, keeping the show alive (see http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/nsgl18.html for a recent list and links to the past Guest Lists). Many other WBAI producers, especially Susan Brown and Sidney Smith, have welcomed 'Nuff Said! segments on their shows and I can't thank them enough. Sidney will probably be playing something soon. I've been in many different time slots, especially on Tuesdays; check the web site. WBAI-FM, 99.5, is a 50,000 watt station broadcast from the Empire State Building. The signal usually gets out to New Haven, CT; Westhampton, L.I.; the Poconos of Pennsylvania, Orange County, NY and Trenton & Princeton, NJ, the recent signal or transmitter problems seem to have been fixed. But via the internet for an even greater distance, natch. WBAI-FM is a listener-supported Pacifica Network station. Bernard White, the program director, said on the air June of 2002, soon after the last regular episode, that 'Nuff Said! was not canceled, just put "on hiatus," but when he last brought out a new schedule 'Nuff Said! was absent from it. There are constant rumors that a new schedule is coming, but I'm not sure if anyone pays attention to them any more so perhaps that means they're more imminent. However, no new schedule has come out, so it can still be changed. Among his criticisms of comic books are that they are "narrow-focused" and only appeal to "middle-class white males." Even mainstream comics don't deserve those criticisms (except for "male") and nearly every African-American who works at the station is into comics and has told him so, sometimes on the air. It seems to fall on deaf ears. And yet, here I am still on the air talking to comic book creators and fans, now with a slightly more predictable schedule in the middle of the night. Check the web site often, especially on a Tuesday. One person e-mailed me to criticize this paragraph of my announcement. The situation has slightly changed, so this paragraph has slightly changed, too. And by way of optimism, during the past membership drive, he was on the air pitching with Will Eisner's latest work as the premium for that show and was engineering a show with Seth Tobacman of World War 3 Illustrated. Please spread the word about the show! Even if you're not in the area, you can still listen in via the net, live or otherwise. Thanks. Fannishly, Ken Gale, producer, interviewer and host http://www.comicbookradioshow.com _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA Mike Curtis shandafa@cyberback.com [COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30 years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ] HEY HEY WHERE ARE WE? If you're watching I DREAM OF JEANNIE, pay attention to the background music during the episodes featuring teenage dances. Songwriters TOMMY BOYCE and BOBBY HART were musical directors on the show, and instrumental version of many later MONKEES songs they wrote can be heard, including the Peter Tork hit MY AUNTIE GRIZELDA. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [3] [TRIVIA CONTEST] Due to costs, customs regulations, and logistical difficulties: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48 U.S.STATES! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A U.S. ADDRESS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WIN THE PRIZE. THE FIRST PLACE TO FIND THE EMAG EACH WEEK IS ON OUR HOME PAGE! IF YOU ARE DESPERATE TO WIN THE TRIVIA, GO THERE FIRST ON FRIDAY NIGHT! http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet QUESTION OF THE WEEK Prizes donated by Discount Comic Book Service at www.dcbservice.com where you can order most DC, Marvel, Image, and Dark Horse comics, statues and retail products for 35% off. Submit your own trivia and win the CHEEZY PRIZE(tm) if you can stump the readers! You MUST submit the correct answer with your question. LAST ISSUE'S QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Test your knowledge of races from other planets: Lev Magz, Omar Magz & Trin Magz . . . What planet are they from? The answer is Braal, homeworld of Cosmic Boy of the Legion of Super Heroes. The winner is Ed Catibog and he wins FORGE TP from Discount Comic Book Service. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION: Marvel's Bloodstone first appeared in which title? IMPORTANT RULES NOTICE Due to costs, customs regulations, and logistical difficulties: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48 U.S. STATES! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A U.S. ADDRESS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WIN THE PRIZE. Email your guess to ComicBkNet@aol.com or just REPLY to the message if you read the Emag in your mail. DO NOT quote the entire message! You MUST allow mail from ComicBkNet@aol.com to be notified if you win. The first correct answer to reach the editor wins the CHEEZY PRIZE(tm). The editor will be the sole judge as to which guess arrived first! Messages with more than one guess will be disqualified. Winners will forfeit their prize if the Email notification is not accepted from ComicBkNet@aol.com LIMIT: ONLY ONE PRIZE every 4 weeks PER PERSON! _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA Mike Curtis shandafa@cyberback.com [COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30 years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ] HEY, CAN I SHOW MY NAVEL SINCE IT'S A DIFFERENT SHOW? In one 1965 episode of BEWITCHED, Darrin's boss Larry Tate and his wife where shown in their kitchen....the same kitchen set used by Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden in I DREAM OF JEANNIE. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [4] Network Buzz News, gossip and rumors from the industry FELL #1 & #2 SOLD OUT, GOING BACK TO PRESS High consumer interest and positive reviews fuel demand Contact: Jim Demonakos 510.644.4980 x16 jimdemonakos@imagecomics.com BERKELEY, CA -- 31 October, 2005 -- Thanks to its excellent creative team, original premise, low price point and overwhelmingly positive reviews, both FELL #1 and FELL #2 have sold out at Diamond! FELL, created & written by Warren Ellis and featuring art by Ben Templesmith, debuted in early September to almost universal positive praise. With high demand for the series, Image Comics is going back to press both of the issues. Each issue will feature the same cover and content, no changes will be made to the printings aside from an indicator in the indicia that the books are Second Printings, which are scheduled to be in stores in early December. Both fans and retailers are still talking about the book's format - a 24-page book featuring 16 pages of story and several pages of 'back matter' - text stuff, sketches, background material, letters, and more, all for only $1.99. Says Ellis, "Everyone except Image thought I was crazy for devising the format. The great and the good told me I was stupid for pitching a smaller, denser book for less money. To me, this is a huge vindication, and a justification for Ben Templesmith killing himself to produce his career best. It's my hope now that more people follow us into this format and make it a real alternative for short stories and serialisations. And I hope that the people who gambled some pocket change on FELL got what they wanted, and continue to do so." To accompany this dense storytelling, there needed to be an artist who could handle the visual experimentation of the format, but also be able to tell a clear and accessible story. That's where Ben Templesmith stepped up to the plate. "Many many many thanks to all the people who've come out and decided to have a try of a non super hero creator owned book in a new format," said Templesmith. "At first I thought simply working with Warren Ellis was the biggest honour, but selling out of what was even overprinted for #1 and #2 just takes the cake for me. I am, to put it mildly, well chuffed and humbled. Cheers to all who bought it, and of course, especially Warren for letting me be the guy to draw it." FELL #1 was printed above the standard Image overprint, plus the first issue was overshipped and still sold out, while FELL #2 sold out even quicker despite its own overprint. Both issues have seen heavy reorder activity. Orders for FELL 2ND PRINTING #1 (SEP058243) and FELL 2ND PRINTING #2 (SEP058244) are available now, as are advance orders on FELL #3 (SEP051691). Your local retailer can contact their Diamond Customer Service Representative for ordering. +++++ BLOODSTAINED PRODUCTIONS RELEASES NEW PREVIEW! Want to try the BSPRD 2006 Preview book before you buy it? BloodStained Productions has put together a small preview of what's in store! 4 pages from Beyond Mortality! 3 pages from The WolfBlade Chronicles! "With just over a month to go on our special pricing on pre- orders, we felt that it was time to introduce people, or re- introduce them to the universe that awaits them here at BloodStained Productions. To this end we have put together this preview of the preview book to show that we're serious about our work, and to give them a first glance at the re-edited Beyond Mortality story along with the first look at R. Brandon Buttrey's awesome artwork on The WolfBlade Chronicles." Martin R. Oakley, Publisher of BSPRD and creator of Beyond Mortality stated. For everyone to view this new preview, they will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader available on http://www.adobe.com A direct link to the preview: http://www.bloodstainedproductions.com/preview.pdf BSPRD 2006 Preview By: BSPRD Creative teams 48 pages B&W w/Full Color Covers $3.75 Retailer Pricing: $2.10 for one book, $4.00 for two. http://www.bloodstainedproductions.com +++++ Outside the Panels: Chicago Sun-Times on comics The Chicago Sun Times has a comics review column by Jessa Crispin in their Sunday, October 30, 2005 edition (circulation: 1,785,690). Reviewed are Charles Burns' Black Hole (Pantheon, 400 pages, $24.95; ISBN 0-375423-80-X), True Porn vol 2, edited by Robyn Chapman and Kelli Nelson (Alternative Comics, 248 pages, $19.95; ISBN 1-891867-89-X), and Ande Parks' Capote in Kansas, illustrated by Chris Samnee (Oni Press, 136 pages, $11.95; ISBN 1-932664-29-7). See: http://www.suntimes.com/output/books/cst-books-comix30.html +++++ Thanks for subscribing to the Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine (CBEM) --------------------------->Disclaimer<--------------------------- This is an ANNOUNCE only mailing list, only the Editor can send messages to the list. No one else has access to the subscriber list. Replies to these messages will be received by the Editor ONLY, so you must CC: individual contributors if you want them to get your E-Mail. The E-mail to the E-mag MAY be used in future issues at the Editor's discretion UNLESS you specifically request that they not be. It is our policy to withhold names and/or Addresses, by request only, from letters of comment. All contributors are required to use their real name and have a valid Email address for their columns to be published. 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