From: [dor 1] at [quads.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA I. Acclaim-Dark Horse for April 1996. Spoilers Date: Sat, 10 Feb 96 21:15:14 GMT Boy this cataloging of Bad Girl Art is rough work! Er, am I supposed to count each breast separately? Am I supposed to be keeping statistics? What do I do with the data after I've counted them all? Send it to Rev. Wildmon? Lament about the downfall of society? Point at comic shop customers and yell, "sinner!"? What do I do? Help me out here! Er, perhaps I'll stick to talking about these here funnybooks that I notice are *also* in this here catalog. *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. I. Acclaim--Dark Horse *********************************************************** now archived! gopher://nspace.cts.com, directory ftp/pub/Comics/New Comics/Previews-O-Rama also reachable at http://nspace.cts.com/html/Comics/Comics.html Thanx to Jerry at Negative Space! <note new addresses> *********************************************************** Plugs, pans, and miscellaneous career tracking for comics shipping April 1996! ----------------------------------------------------------- Spoiler, spoiler, who's got the spoiler? ----------------------------------------------------------- Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. CLIP AND SAVE! Opening volleys: Previews Reader Poll this issue. Buy it and cast your votes. Or don't buy it and read this instead. Shazam inker Mike Manley's self-publishing company is Action Planet Comics, and it starts with a quarterly b&w anthology with the same name, featuring work by Manley, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, and John Heebink. Gah! The John Heebink who "pencilled" the final issues of Quasar? What a (wait, wait calm down, remember the mantra: remain positive or remain quiet...) er, lovely surprise! Barry Windsor-Smith's oft-hyped "BWS: Storyteller" projects have a home at Dark Horse this summer. The comic consists of three strips, all written and drawn by BWS: Freebooters, Young Gods, and Paradox Man. You may have seen ads in Ash or WildC.A.T.s before he had signed a publisher. David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible (a text anthology from Harper Collins) features an excerpt from an unfinished novel written by Jack Kirby, re-edited into a short story. -------------- HUNH! Break it down now! --------------- ABSTRACT STUDIOS: ================= ACCLAIM: ======== Armed & Dangerous Saturday Night Special #1 (Hall). Bob Hall gives readers 32 more pages of sex, violence, crime, and the only Acclaim comic where you can say "fuck." Sliders: Ultimatum #1 of 2 (Chichester & Giordano). Sliders *is* returning to FOX, by the way. -Valiant- X-O Manowar #67 (Layton & Guice). Bob Layton returns to the char- acter he created for a special story arc. Quote: "IF YOU'VE EVER READ AN ISSUE OF X-O MANOWAR YOU MUST PICK UP THESE ISSUES!" Yes, they did use all caps. PunX ReduX #2 of 4(Giffen). -Magic: The Gathering- Serra Angel (M. Weis & Guay). Yes, the Margaret Weis who wrote the Dragonlance stuff. Comes with a "new version" of the Serra Angel card. ACTION PLANET: ============== Action Planet Comics #1 (Manley, Hester, various). Debuts Monster Man, Nails, and Uncle SLAM. See opening volleys. ANTARCTIC: ========== NHS Spotlight #1:Robert DeJesus (DeJesus). Reprints several old NHS stories. ARCHIE: ======= Scooby-Doo #10 (Evanier & Spiegle). Scoob and Shaggy appear on a fa- mous network talk show's "silly pet stunts" segment. Wouldn't you know it, the studio is haunted! Hanna-Barbera Presents #5 features A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. ARIA: ===== 101 Things Your Publisher Doesn't Want You To Know (Doran). "The comic creator's guide to Art & Entertainment Law. BLACK EYE: ========== Berlin #1 (Jason Lutes). A new series from the creator of Jar of Fools. BONGO: ====== Simpsons #19 (B. Morrison). Behold the Springfield Miracle! The statue of Jebediah Springfield is crying! Plus, the debut of Bongo's first non- Simpsons character: Roswell. CALIBER: ======== Mike Deodato's Protheus (Deodato). More Brazilian reprints. Mister X #1 (D. Marks & G. Gonzales). He's back. New Worlds #1 (various). A new Caliber anthology. Leads with a 20 page Mister X story. Cover by Moebius. COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: ============================== Thought Patrol! t-shirt by Sergio Aragones. DARK HORSE: =========== X #25 (S. Grant & Saltares). X regains his memory. All secrets revealed, all questions answered. Heartbreakers #1 of 4 (A. Bennett & P. Guinan). The sci-fi strip from Dark Horse Presents gets a miniseries. All star pinup gallery in every issue (Ross, Chadwick, Dorkin, Allred, Wagner, Robbins, etc.) Usagi Yojimbo #1 of 3 (Sakai). Tex Avery's Comics and Stories #1 of 4 (various). Screwball Squirrel, Wolf & Red, Droopy, and more. By Steve Vance, Terry Moore, Fingerman, McEown, Shaw! TPBs: Aliens Vs. Predator: War, Ghost: Nocturnes (Ghost #1-5). -- Thad Doria ***Goldust Forever! Remember the name!*** ----------------------------------------------------------- "Wow, she's saying some pretty profound stuff...I bet she's read The Hobbit." --Jezebel, The Mysterious One