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CBEM 557 concludes . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------- [13] HYPE! & LINKS Section Various THIS WEEK'S LINKS These are the website URLS to the regular items that are usually here every week or two: World Wide Web Home Page http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet Yahoo Group CBEM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComicBookNetworkEmag Trivia sponsors: Discount Comic Book Service http://www.dcbservice.com That's Entertainment http://www.thatse.com News: Diamond Comics http://www.diamondcomics.com Marvel http://www.Marvel.com DC Comics http://www.dccomics.com The PULSE http://www.comicon.com/pulse/ Comics Continuum http://www.comicscontinuum.com/ Newsarama http://www.Newsarama.com/ X-Fan http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/ The Comic Wire http://www.comicbookresources.com/ ICV2 http://www.ICV2.com The SCOOP! http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/ Alternative Comics http://www.indyworld.com/altcomics All The Rage http://www.SilverBulletComicBooks.com Lying in the Gutters http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/ Columns: New Comics Releases http://www.comiclist.com X-Fan Reviews http://www.comixfan.com/xfan Paul Dale Roberts http://www.jazmaonline.com/ Richard Vasseur http://www.jazmaonline.com/ Michael Vance http://www.starland.com/sus Mark Allen Jonathan A. Gilbert http://www.twmgrafix.com Sarah Haslett Reed http://elliotkane.proboards27.com http://www.MightyMiniCon.com Alex Ness http://www.Popthought.com Mike Curtis http://www.shandafantasyarts.net Martin Perez (MaGnUs) http://perdidoseneleter.tripod.com +++++ Heroic Publishing Schedule for First Half of 2006 With caution being their watchword, from January through June of 2006, Heroic Publishing will continue to publish only two titles each month. In order to accommodate Roy Thomas' new bimonthly Anthem comic book, plus the June release of the first issue of Liberty Girl, the previously monthly Flare title will revert to eight times a year, and several issues of the nominally quarterly Flare Adventures, Tales of the Champions, and WitchGirls Inc will be delayed. Heroic Publishing's schedule for the first six months of 2006 includes: January 25, 2006: Flare #32 Anthem #1 February 22, 2006: Flare Adventures #16 WitchGirls Inc #3 March 29, 2006: Flare #33 Anthem #2 April 26, 2006: Flare #34 Tales of the Champions #4 May 31, 2006: Anthem #3 WitchGirls Inc #4 June 28, 2006: Flare #35 Liberty Girl #1 In addition, on this year's Free Comic Book Day, May 6, Heroic Publishing will release a special 32-page preview edition of Liberty Girl for distribution in comic book stores nationwide. Each issue of each comic book from Heroic Publishing contains at least 28 full-color pages of story and features at a cover price of $3.25 in the US, $3.99 in Canada. That's more bang for the buck than fans normally get from other comic book publishers. Heroic Publishing comic book titles are distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors, FM International, and Ingram Periodicals. +++++ CLAYPOOL COMICS solicitations for APRIL 2006: ELVIRA #156: Elvira's incredible journey drops her on the Red Planet into a war between the four-armed Fershoomians--led by the heroic Jean Cartier--and their primate enemies "The Ape Pirates of Mars!", part three of "The Outer Burroughs!" Also, Elvira's beauty day is interrupted by aliens, in "Spa Tront!!" Lead story by by Frank Strom, Tod Smith, and Louis Lachance. Second story by by Janet Hetherington, Ronn Sutton, and Hilary Barta. Color Photo Cover of Elvira B&W Interior 32 pages, $2.50 USA, $3.50 Canada REMEMBER: Claypool Comics can be ordered as back issues. Reorders can be placed for Elvira #151, 152, 153, 154, or 155 along with your order for #156. PLUS: All Claypool Comics have easy, reader-friendly intro pages on their inside front covers, making it simple to get a new reader started enjoying our stories. DEADBEATS #77: The only vampire who's immune to Kirby Collier's corrosive blood is his other-world counterpart. Now Vampire Kirby intends to destroy his rival, heedless of the fact that Kirby is crucial in the town's mission to prevent the disaster that's fated to destroy Mystic Grove, in "The Game is Afoot!" Story and art by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Joe Rubinstein. Color Cover B&W Interior 32, pages $2.50 USA, $3.50 Canada REMEMBER: Claypool Comics can be ordered as back issues. Reorders can be placed for Deadbeats #72, 73, 74, 75, or 76 along with your order for #77. PLUS: All Claypool Comics have easy, reader-friendly intro pages on their inside front covers, making it simple to get a new reader started enjoying our stories. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ISSUE: FEAR CITY SAMPLER 1/2 SOULSEARCHERS & COMPANY -- 1/2 DEADBEATS The Soulsearchers are honored with the Key to the City, but it comes at a surprising price, courtesy of Gabriel's devilish enemy Cudjo. A spoiled girl relocates to Fear City, but her anger turns to horror when she encounters the Deadbeats Soulsearchers story and art by Peter David and John Heebink. Cover by Amanda Conner. Story and art by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Joe Rubinstein. Color Cover FLIP-BOOK FORMAT, one cover for each feature. B&W Interior 32, pages $2.50 USA, $3.50 Canada PLUS: All Claypool Comics have easy, reader-friendly intro pages on their inside front covers, making it simple to get a new reader started enjoying our stories. ______________________________________________________________ ALL CLAYPOOL TITLES CAN BE RE-ORDERED -- AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU START WITH OUR PERENNIAL TRADE PAPERBACK COLLECTIONS ______________________________________________________________ SOULSEARCHERS & COMPANY TPBK #2 "Frothy Favorites!" Acclaimed as today's most consistently entertaining humor/adventure series, Soulsearchers & Company features super- hero epics with a saucy, sophisticated tone. The series showcases the lives of a motley group of ghostbusters in a city that's become synonymous with paranormal overactivity, the small Connecticut township now nicknamed FEAR CITY. The gang includes: Bridget, a former Olympic athlete; Baraka, a fire-demon from an Arabic Hell; Janocz, a gypsy teen who can transform into monstrous forms, Kelly, an apprentice witch, and Peter P. Peterson, an accountant with a magic bag. Soulsearchers & Company is a major ongoing comics achievement, from the award-winning scripting talents of Peter (Young Justice, Spyboy) David, with delightfully different artwork from Amanda (Gatecrasher, Vampirella) Conner, Neil (Superman Adventures) Vokes, and Jim (Spider-Man) Mooney, with additional sequence art by John Heebink, Ricardo Villagran, and Michael Weaver. This hugely engaging collection features issues #7-12 of the Soulsearchers' monthly comic, including the three-part "Toadies" saga, in which the SS group breaks up, only to find that their separate paths each lead them into conflict with the Cult of Drek and its leader, the Schlockmeister. "The Weirdest Link," an album issue, recounts some of the members' early highlights, including Baraka's ouster from Hell, and then there's the matter of the mutated creatures living in Mystic Grove harbor, and the spectacle of Bridget and Baraka's first real date ("A Date that Will Live in Infamy!"). Also included are several special text features. See for yourself why Soulsearchers and Company was nominated as "Best Ongoing Humor Series" by the British Comic Book Professionals Society. Also debuting a brand-new painted cover of Bridget and Baraka, created by Amanda Conner on-site at the Claypool booth at 2000's Comic Con International. New Color Cover B&W Interior 152 pages $12.95 SOULSEARCHERS & COMPANY TPBK (#1) "On the Case" The early adventures of the funniest supernatural investigators that ever existed! Discover the roots of Bridget, Baraka, Kelly, Janocz, and Peterson in their first forays against the forces of farcical fright! This material had initial low circulation and is in high demand today. Including: "Puppet Dictatorship," a cadre of killer marionettes target kids'-show hosts; "Pastramia on Wry," introducing Creature-Feature; "Season of Misseds," the war between the dream- demons (Sandman parody); "Into the Woods," twisted excursions into fairy-tales; "Spin Cycle," Soulsearchers get a make-over into more commercial models (Image Parody). This riotously funny collection features work from the first six issues of Claypool's much-hailed Soulsearchers & Company comics series, nominated by the British Comics Professionals Society as Best Humor Comic (they read this one, too). Stories and Art by: Peter (Hulk, Aquaman, Spider-Man 2099) David, Amanda (Vampirella) Conner, Jim (Spider-Man) Mooney, Steve (Hitchhiker's Guide) Leialoha, and Richard (Portia Prinz) Howell. New color cover by original Soulsearchers artist Amanda Conner with Steve Leialoha; introduction by Peter David. New Color Cover B&W Interior 152 pages $12.95 DEADBEATS TPBK #2: "Learning the Game!" The Deadbeats are running wild in Fear City. They're a cruel and crafty vampire gang, and their mission could result in utter destruction of the entire town. Meet Dodger, Martine, Colleen, Mickey, and their so-called leader Southie, in this repackaging of the climax of the seminal Deadbeats epic. Discover why Deadbeats is the vampire saga with enough murder, sin, lust, and redemption to satisfy the most discerning reader. Deadbeats is America's new favorite vampire epic, and this volume collects all the vital early chapters in their story. This thrilling and terrifying collection features work from the seventh through twelfth issues of Claypool's much-hailed DEADBEATS comics series in which the conclusion of the whole war between the feuding vampire factions comes to a violent climax. Witness: vampire hunter Dakota Kane's first mano-a-vampo against the predators; Dr. Ralston's attempt to cure one of the Deadbeats -- and its horrible result; King Hermano's machinations resulting in the death of a beloved character from the book's original cast; and Southie discovering the evil reason behind the Deadbeats' adopting him into their ranks. All stories feature script and art by Richard (Portia Prinz) Howell and Ricardo (Strange Tales) Villagran. Deadbeats has been nominated by the British Comics Professionals Society as Best Dramatic Comics Series (and they read it). Vampire fiction -- especially that with a strong horror or sexual flavor -- is always popular, and Deadbeats has both of those qualities in spades, in addition to the added allure of strong, continuing story momentum and lush, reality-based art. Any reader of Vamps, Vampirella, Lady Bathory, or viewer of Dark Shadows or Forever Knight would by happy to add Deadbeats to their ongoing list of "must-have" titles. Try it out and see! The volume is 160 pages, at $12.95, with a new painted cover by Ricardo Villagran, a foreword by classic DARK SHADOWS actress Nancy Barrett (Carolyn, Millicent, Charity), and an afterword by Richard Howell. New Color Cover by Howell and Villagran Foreword by Nancy Barrett B&W Interior 160 pages $12.95 DEADBEATS TPBK (#1) "New In Town!!" Five fearsome newcomers arrive in Fear City, and their first outreach is to murder four teen-agers on the beach. They're the Deadbeats, a cruel and crafty vampire gang, and their mission could result in utter destruction of the entire town. Meet Dodger, Colleen, Mickey, and their so-called leader Southie, as they were presented for the first time. Discover why Deadbeats is the vampire saga with enough murder, sin, lust, and redemption to satisfy the most discerning reader. The early chapters of the vampires' invasion are presented in their integrity. Deadbeats is America's new favorite vampire epic, and this volume collects all the vital early issues of the story. This thrilling and terrifying collection features work from the first six issues of Claypool's much-hailed DEADBEATS comics series, with stories and art by Richard (Portia Prinz) Howell and Ricardo (Strange Tales) Villagran. Deadbeats has been nominated by the British Comics Professionals Society as Best Dramatic Comics Series (and they read it). And, as a bonus for fans -- Kathryn Leigh Scott of the original Dark Shadows television program has written a foreword to this collection. Vampire fiction -- especially that with a strong horror or sexual flavor -- is always popular, and Deadbeats has both of those qualities in spades, in addition to the added allure of strong, continuing story momentum and lush, reality-based art. Any reader of Vampa, Vampirella, Lady Bathory, or viewer of Dark Shadows or Forever Knight would be happy to add Deadbeats to their ongoing list of "must-have" titles. Try it out and see! New Wraparound Color Cover by Howell and Villagran Foreword by Kathryn Leigh Scott B&W Interior 160 pages $12.95 ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK TPBK #2: "Double Delights!" As a new century beckons, it's time to think about what made the last one great, including this terrific selection of Elvira classics from the second year of her fabulous Claypool comic book series. This collection includes groundbreaking humor achievements by Kurt Busiek, Jim Mooney, Frank Strom, Tom Simonton, Louis Lachance, Neil Vokes, John Heebink, Frank Springer, Art Viscardi, John Nyberg, and Dan Schaefer. This hefty and hilarious collection includes "The Children of the Night, What Crummy TV Shows They Make," in which Kurt Busiek and Neil Vokes introduce Dracula into the Claypool universe, and the two-part "Phantom of the Soap Opera," which was covered by the soap-opera industry press. The rest of the line-up spotlights each and every aspect of Elvira's adventurous life, with titles such as: "Invasion of the Astro-Execs," "Mummy Dearest," "Mars Needs Guitars," "Little Miss Marketing Ploy," "Something Wicked This Way Hops," and "The Most Happy Felon." Also debuting a brand-new photo cover of Elvira, and featuring an introduction by Mark Evanier. Color Photo Cover of Elvira B&W Interior 152 pages $12.95 REMEMBER: although Claypool Comics can be ordered as back issues. Elvira TPBK #1 ("Comic Milestones, Comics Format!") is SOLD OUT. THE PITCH Many retailers have found that their customers have expressed interest in all the critical praise that Claypool Comics have garnered, but are wary of committing to any line which is so hard to locate. Our TRADE PAPERBACK LINE is Claypool's commitment to making our earlier material continually available to the comics- store retail professional chain, with an eye towards solidifying the interest in a continuing consumer base for Claypool Comics. ______________________________________________________________ CLAYPOOL COMICS: They're GREAT! So BUY 'EM, already! ______________________________________________________________ If you have any questions about story content or distribution, please call me at (707) 887-1524, fax (707) 887-7128, or email claypool@sonic.net. 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