From: [dor 1] at [midway.uchicago.edu] (thad a doria) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info Subject: PREVIEWS-O-RAMA I. AARDWOLF-DARK HORSE FOR AUGUST 1996 [SPOILERS] Date: Thu, 13 Jun 96 02:55:04 GMT *********************************************************** P R E V I E W S - O - R A M A. I. Aardvark--Dark Horse *********************************************************** See the archives at http://nspace.cts.com/html/Comics/Comics.html Thanx to Jerry at Negative Space! *********************************************************** The usenet equivalent of hurling a TV Guide wrapped in barbed wire at someone who says "there's nothing on!" for comics shipping August 1996! ----------------------------------------------------------- Dial "S" for "Spoilers" ----------------------------------------------------------- Everything contained herein is IMO. Duh, 'cuz I wrote it. Any posts disagreeing with me shall be dismissed as trolls. ;b CLIP AND SAVE! Opening volleys: Barry Windsor-Smith has chosen Dark Horse to publish his new creator- owned material. Storyteller will be a "large-format" comic with 3 on- going strips: Freebooters (sword & sorcery tale about a young hero and an aging, boorish legend), Young Gods (a wedding to unite two pantheons goes awry), and The ParadoxMan (adventures of a time-traveling biker). This will not be a "Legend" comic. Speaking of DH, they're producing Star Wars minicomics for the ERTL and Galoob Shadows of the Empire toys. For those of you who usually skip over the Image section, there's news about Kurt Busiek, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, and Humberto Ramos in there. -------------- HUNH! Break it down now! --------------- AARDWOLF: ========= Strange Kaddish: Tales You Won't Hear from Bubbie GN. Collection of new stories by Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Bill Loebs, Clifford Meth, etc. Illustrated by Cockrum, Loebs, Morrow, Nelson, etc. ACCLAIM: ======== Fabian Nicieza's State of the Company Address: He does talk the talk! Diversity is the buzzword here, as he plans b&w crime comics (joining Hall's Armed & Dangerous and Moretti's Grave Diggers will be The Grackle by Mike Baron and Paul Gulacy), science fic- tion/fantasy, humor and young reader titles, cd-rom projects, and the resurrection of the Classics Illustrated line. And fear not, the man who "made Speedball such a fun-loving squirt" hasn't forgotten the Valiant Heroes. Fabe promises 8 monthlies and two quarterlies. Creative teams will be announced "soon", though he had already dropped names on the net like Busiek, Ellis, Ennis, Waid, and Priest as writers. 5 revamps of pre- viously existing titles and 3 all-new concepts. The use of the word "re- vamp" and the slogan "Same as it Never Was" *may* imply a complete reboot. actual comics stuff: MtG: Planeswalker War #1 of 2 (Grubb/Gomez & Rags). The Magic: the Gath- ering equivalent of Crisis on Infinite Earths, apparently, as characters from most of the previous miniseries and one-shots come together in a climax, which somehow ties in to the cd-rom pc game. ARCHIE: ======= Betty falls in love with Raggie Mantle in Betty #43 (Henderson & Crane). Scooby Doo #14 (Evanier & Spiegle). Parade baloons run amuck! ART & SOUL: =========== Tug & Buster #5 (Hempel). Tug is dead. Long live Tug. BIG JOLT: ========= The Astonishing Moth #1 (Bauer). Goofy B&W superhero story. Is it the next "Tick"? Moderately hyped by Previews. CALIBER: ======== Bandy Man (Petrucha & Adlard). The former creative team from X-Files (including Miran Kim on covers, and also Jill Thompson) tells a horror story of biblical proportions. Creep #1 (Hester). Spins off the strip from Negative Burn. Kingdom of the Wicked #1 (Edgington & D'Israeli). A children's bedtime story comes to life for its author. DARK HORSE: =========== A Decade of Dark Horse #2 features a new Nexus story by Baron & Rude plus a Ghost story by Luke & Benefiel. King Tiger/Motorhead #1 of 2 (Chichester & Waller/Shanower). Body Bags #1 of 4 (Pearson). We've been waiting, what, 2, 3 years for Gaijin Studio's (Hughes/Stelfreeze/Hamner/Phillips/Story/Pearson/D. Johnson) "Blanc Noir" line? Here's the first title, and it's about a father/daughter bounty hunting team. Tongue*Lash #1 of 2 (the flying Lofficiers & Dave Taylor). An sf/fantasy story of Mayan gods, bondage, and private investigators. American Splendor: Comic-con Comics (Pekar & S. Gilbert/Zabel). Big Blown Baby #1 of 4 (Wray/Fleming & Wray/DeStefano). Spinning off Bill Wray's gross-out strip from DHP. Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds #1 of 2 reprints rarely seen strips by Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Steve Moore, and Steve Parkhouse done for Marvel UK. Gamera #1 or 4 (Chipps & Cuoto). Do I really need to explain this? Who's the giant flying turtle that's a friend to children everywhere? Gamera! Damn right! Who's the reptile that won't cop out when there's monsters shaped like daggers all about? Gamera! Can you dig it! Grendel: Devil's Legacy #1 of 12 (Wagner & Pander Bros.). Reprints the Christine Spar stories from the Comico Grendel run. TPBs: Madwoman of the Sacred Heart (moebius), SW: Heir to the Empire, Rocketeer's New York Adventure, The Big Guy & Rusty. to be continued... -- -Thad Doria Yes, I did buy a Goldust t-shirt...and I'd do it again.