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------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/bGIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE COMIC BOOK NETWORK ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE Issue Number 575 5/19/2006 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: Joe Martino, Martheus Wade, Bob Layton ............................. Richard Vasseur [6] Interviews: Martheus Wade ............... Paul Dale Roberts [7] The Nitpicker's Column .................. Martin A. Perez [8] Suspended Animation ..................... Michael Vance & Mark Allen [9] ComiX-FAN Reviews........................ Eric J. Moreels [10] Rich's Reviews .......................... Richard Vasseur [11] M.O.E. Reviews .......................... Paul Dale Roberts [12] New Series in JUNE PREVIEWS ............. Diamond [13] New Comic Book Releases List ............ Charles LePage [14] 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 2006 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. Final edit is reserved by the editor, not the submitter! 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 Hello, welcome to another thrill-packed episode in the amazing adventures of CBEM. And what an issue it will be. After all, if you look close you will see it is another very special divisible by 25 issue number! That calls for four variant covers, with a dealer incentive for a fifth variant. And of course we have each as a lithograph you can buy separately either plain or with the artist' autograph. How else would you celebrate such a landmark issue? Surely you wouldn't give extra value for the dollar? That would only benefit the reader! No we must capitalize on the collector mentality and suck every last dollar out of them before they spend it on some other product. We are only giving them what they want. Sigh! Whatever happened to just making decent, entertaining comics that people bought because they couldn't wait to READ them? Oh, I know there are plenty of comics like that out there. I just get this way thumbing through Previews and seeing ads for multiple variant covers and the like. If you want to read some more opinion about what is wrong with the the industry see the interview by Rich Vasseur with Bob Layton in this issue. If you want to read what is right get some of these new comics. BOOM! STUDIOS Jeremiah Harm #3, $3.99 Talent #1 (Of 4), $3.99 DC COMICS 52 Week #2, $2.50 All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #4 (resolicited), $2.99 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \----------------------Pick of the Week! Superman Batman #25 (resolicited), $2.99 Another hectic week coming up, a trip to Buffalo (long drive from central Massachusetts.) Then from there to Cape Cod (even longer, MUCH longer) for an golf tournament with customers. Thankfully I get a 4-day weekend for Memorial Day. Hope your week is not stressful. 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. +++++ From: "Ken Gale" <nuffsaid@riseup.net> Subject: Little Lulu writer Arnold Drake on podcast Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 08:41:20 -0400 Please Post and Forward to appropriate chat rooms, web pages and e-lists! This is live-streamed on the internet and podcast afterward. 1. My last comics radio show, of May 10 from 3:30 to 6:00 AM, was with Arnold Drake and it's now available for podcast. During his 50 year comics writing career he created Deadman, Stanley and his Monster and the Doom Patrol, including Beast Boy, for DC Comics plus wrote many of the origins of the X-Men for Marvel. He followed John Stanley on Little Lulu and wrote many other comics, from Batman to Bob Hope. He was also one of the two recipients of the first Bill Finger Award for comics writing excellence and tried to organize comic book writers into a union back in the '60s. We had a lot of comics history to talk about and we discussed things like royalties and creator credits as well. For the last half hour, we were joined by Prof. Bill Foster and talked about America's first graphic novel (to be back in print this year), "It Rhymes with Lust," which Arnold wrote in about 1949 with Matt Baker as artist. To hear the podcast, follow the link from http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/ra1.html. 2. The dvd version of 'Nuff Said! with exclusive interviews with Mike Kaluta, Mike Oeming, Sean Chen & Louis Small, Jr. is in this month's "Previews" from Diamond Distribution, pg 543, item number MAY064499. A free one-minute sample of the dvd is posted on the web site in several formats so you can see it whether you have dial-up, a mac or a pc. It has a little of each artist interview:http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/dvd1samples.html. Midtown Comics, Cosmic Comics, Jim Hanley's Universe and The Time Machine (they'll be playing the DVD on Wednesday May 17th) in New York City, Mile High Comics Online Store, and 30th Century Comics in London, England already have copies for sale. 3. Reviews of my dvd are starting to pop up on the net. Let me know if you've reviewed it and I'll link to you on the comicbookradioshow.com web page. What I usually hear is "I want more, when's the next one coming out?" which people only say about things they like. Yes, we DO have more material ready to go for another dvd. The guys at Secret Identity say, "... a great, great introduction to comic shows and creator interviews." Chuck Rozanski owner of Mile High Comics referred to me as an uberfan and wrote: "a fantastic new DVD...especially for dedicated comics fans." 4. Sam Vera interviewed me for an hour and posted the interview on the Crazee Comics web site: http://www.catchdacraze.com/episode16.html. I talk as much about the history of comics fandom and fanzines as I do about myself and my work. 5. The proposed WBAI-FM program schedule change has been delayed and the changes won't be the same as what's in the proposal. Whether Susan Brown's show will stay the same, be canceled or turn into 'Nuff Said! officially is still undecided. 6. Vaguely related is an announcement that the 30th anniversary of the Legion apa Interlac is this June. I've been a member the entire time. For more info, go to http://members.aol.com/interlac or e-mail Kevin McConnell at mranziety@yahoo.com. 7. See you at Motor City Con this weekend! Come by the Evolution Comics table! Please spread the word! Thanks! Fannishly, Ken Gale, producer, interviewer and host http://www.comicbookradioshow.com nuffsaid@riseup.net P.O. Box 1028, Gracie Station, NYC 10028 _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [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: Whom did the Ultimate Spider-Man meet when he saved the life of General Tappart? D. McCall knew that in the ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL Spidey met Elektra and will receive JLA Trial by Fire from Discount Comic Book Service. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION: What Image comic featured the first appearance of Troll? 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 ] Look for Mike at ANTHROCON http://www.anthrocon.org/info.cgi/index and the GEORGE REEVES MEMORIAL FESTIVAL http://glasshousepresents.com/GRMfestival.htm in June! ----------------------------- This week you'll have to be as fast as the FLASH or have SUPER VISION to catch these hidden images in some of your favorite films! ---------------------------- HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES? Hidden items in software, video games, and even graphic novels are called "Easter Eggs," but there's no way these could be taken for eggs. In HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, pat attention to the scene where Hagrid takes his class out to meet Buckbeak, a Hyppogriff. He feeds the animal, and then prepares to introduce Harry to the winged beast. There's a long shot with the Hyppo, Hagrid, Harry and the students, from left to right. That's when the Hyppogriff deposits three "road apples" on the pasture with audible thunks. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [4] Network Buzz News, gossip and rumors from the industry 2006 EAGLE AWARDS WINNERS (for material published in 2005) WITH well over 2,000 voting forms received via post, email and website counting centres, the 2006 Eagle Awards took on an international flavour. Apart from Britain and the USA, ballots were received from more than 20 countries. Among them were several in Europe as well as Brazil, Turkey, Guatemala, India and Israel. As in previous years, voting in many categories was very tight with nominees running neck and neck. In some instances, the race for the top spot was only decided by the final few votes cast; in one case there were only 14 votes in it. Marking the Eagles' 30th anniversary, the steering committee selected John M Burns to be the recipient of the Eagle Awards 30th Anniversary Award for Outstanding Achievements in British Comics, which as sponsored by Silver Acre Comics. A highlight of the Bristol International Comic Expo, the Eagle Awards results for 2005 were announced at a presentation and dinner held at The Ramada Plaza Hotel, Bristol on Saturday, May 13 2006. A complete list of winners follows: Favourite Colour Comicbook - American The Ultimates [Marvel Comics] Favourite Colour Comicbook - British Judge Dredd Megazine [Rebellion] Favourite Black & White Comicbook - American The Walking Dead [Image Comics] Favourite Black & White Comicbook - British Springheeled Jack [Black Boar Press] Favourite New Comicbook All Star Superman [DC Comics] Favourite Comics Writer Grant Morrison Favourite Comics Writer/Artist Howard Chaykin Favourite Comics Artist: Pencils Bryan Hitch Favourite Comics Artist: Inks Jimmy Palmiotti Favourite Comics Artist: Fully Painted Artwork Alex Ross Favourite Colourist Laura Martin Favourite Letterer Todd Klein Favourite Comics Editor Axel Alonso Favourite Publisher DC Comics Favourite Manga Blade of the Immortal [Dark Horse Comics] Favourite European Comic Asterix and the Falling Sky [Albert Rene Editions] Favourite Comics Character Batman [DC Comics] Favourite Comics Villain The Joker [DC Comics] Favourite Comics Story The Ultimates volume 2 #1-9 [Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch & Paul Neary] Favourite Comics Cover All Star Superman #1 [Frank Quitely] Favourite Original Graphic Novel Top Ten: The Forty Niners [Alan Moore & Gene Ha] Favourite Reprint Compilation Absolute Watchmen [Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons] Favourite Magazine about Comics The Comics Journal [Fantagraphics Books] Favourite Comics-Related Book Eisner/Miller [[Edited by Charles Brownstein & Diana Schutz] Favourite Comics-Based Movie or TV Batman Begins [Christopher Nolan, director] Favourite Comics-Related Website Silver Bullet Comic Books Favourite Web-Based Comic Supernatural Law [Batton Lash] Roll of Honour Grant Morrison Eagle Awards 30th Anniversary Award for Oustanding Achievements in British Comics John M Burns For further information/interviews, please contact Mike Conroy at: eagleawards@btconnect.com Nominating forms for next year's Eagle Awards will be ready for publication early January. Magazines wishing to run the forms and websites wanting to host links are invited to contact Mike Conroy at: eagleawards@btconnect.com High resolution versions of the Eagle Awards logo are available as are photos of the impressive Eagle Awards statues, which are finished in antique bronze. Send requests stating format, resolution and size required to: eagleawards@btconnect.com SUPPORTED CHARITIES: A.C.T.O.R. - A Commitment to Our Roots, 11301 Olympic Boulevard, #587, Los Angeles, California CA 90064, USA; Telephone: +1 (310) 909-7809 : www.actorcomicfund.org The Cartoon Art Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HH, UK;Telephone: +44 (0)207 580-8155 www.cartoonmuseum.org Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 271 Madison Avenue, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10016, USA; Telephone: +1 (800) 99-CBLDF : www.cbldf.org Draw the World Together; Telephone: +44 (0)1608 644364 www.drawtheworldtogether.com SPONSORS: Abstract Sprocket, 29 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4PF, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1603 624410 www.abstractsprocket.com Ace Comics, 63/64 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1DN, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1206 561912 : www.acecomics.co.uk Ace Comics, 324-325 Chartwell North, Victoria Plaza, Southend-on- Sea, Essex SS2 5SR, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1702 613021 : www.acecomics.co.uk Area 51 Comics and Games, 230 Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol. BS7 8NZ, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)117 9244655 www.area51online.co.uk Close Encounters, 59 Midland Road, Bedford, MK40 1PW, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1234 270777 : www.closeencounters.co.uk Comics International, 345 Ditchling Road, Brighton BN1 6JJ, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1273 566222 www.comicsinternational.com David's Comics, 5 Sydney Street, Brighton, BN1 4EN, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1273 691012 www.davidscomics.co.uk Diamond Comic Distributors, 2nd Floor, Warton House, 150 High Street, London E15 2NP, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)20 8536-5730 www.diamondcomics.com Diamond Comic Distributors, 1966 Greenspring Drive, Suite 300, Timonium, MD 21093, USA; Telephone: +1 (410) 560-7100 www.diamondcomics.com Dynamic Forces, 155 East 9th Avenue, Suite B, Runnemede, New Jersey NJ 08078-1158, USA; Telephone: +1 (856) 312-1040 www.dynamicforces.com Eaglemoss Publications, 5 Cromwell Road, London SW7 2HR, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)20 7590-8300 www.eaglemoss.co.uk Fireball Comics, 38 Sheridan Avenue, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 7QD, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1189 477027 www.fireballcomics.com Gosh!, 39 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BD, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)20 7636-1011 www.goshlondon.com Just Comics, 65 Station Road, Warboys, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 2TH, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1487 824895 www.justcom.demon.co.uk Knockabout Comics, 10 Acklam Road, London W10 5QZ, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)20 8969-2945 : www.knockabout.com Mark Flewitt Art Prints, 63/64 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1DN, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1206 561912 www.originalcomicart.co.uk Markosia Enterprises, Unit 10, Caxton Point, Caxton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 2XU, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)7957 141360 www.markosia.com Paradox, 17 High Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1AB, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1202 661346 www.paradoxcomics.co.uk Platinum Studios, 9744 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 210, Beverly Hills, California CA 90212, USA; Telephone: +1 (310) 276-3900 www.platinumstudios.com Praxis Comics www.praxiscomics.com SFX Magazine, Future Publishing, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1225 442244 www.sfx.co.uk Silver Acre Comics, P.O. Box 114, Chester CH4 8WQ, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)1244 680048 www.silveracre.com They Walk Among Us, 26 Red Lion Street, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1RW, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)20 8948-8476 www.twau.co.uk Volstor Archival Supplies, 33 Cheltenham Road, Orpington, Kent BR6 9HL, UK; Telephone: +44 (0)7778 497241 www.volstor.com Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry's longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 28 years ranging from Uncanny X-Men and Swamp Thing to MAD and 2000 AD. Unique in the comics industry in that they reflect both the professional and the reader's choice, the Eagle Awards comprise of two distinct stages: (i) A Nominations Form allows the entire comics community to choose their favourites. (ii) The top three nominations then appear on the voting form for the readers and fans to choose from, thus focusing the fans with no wasted votes. +++++ 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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