{"id":8725,"date":"2011-02-15T07:02:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T12:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2011-02-15T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T12:02:33","slug":"this-week-in-comics-21611-new-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=8725","title":{"rendered":"THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2\/16\/11 – New Findings)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From "Mr. A: Chapterplay"; art and story by Steve Ditko. I swear this is the last Ditko thing I'll post for a while.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yeah, I’m still a little woozy from finishing that post yesterday (and I scanned too many images), so let’s get right to the new funnies:<\/p>\n

Uptight #4<\/strong>: The newest issue of Jordan Crane’s Fantagraphics comic book, continuing the serials that started off last issue. A guy tries to cope with a woman he possibly only imagines is cheating on him — ambiguity in the visual presentation, I think — while the kid\/animal characters from Crane’s The Clouds Above <\/em>have an adventure in and out of the cooler at school. Big<\/a> samples<\/a>; $3.95.<\/p>\n

Finder: Voice<\/strong>: Being the first Dark Horse release for Carla Speed McNeil’s much-admired fantasy series — a 208-page b&w softcover — as part of an extensive author-at-Dark-Horse initiative also encompassing a dedicated website<\/a> and thick new collections of past books, The Finder Library<\/em>, set to launch next month. Preview<\/a>; $19.99.<\/p>\n

Twilight of the Assholes: Cartoons & Essays 2005-2009<\/strong>: A self-explanatory book of works by Tim Kreider, 288 pages from Fantagraphics. Here’s an interview with the artist<\/a>. Preview<\/a>; $28.99.<\/p>\n

The Plane Story<\/strong>: I don’t know much about illustrator Kevin Sacco<\/a>, but this 128-page collection of (I think) autobiographical comics might be worth looking through. Sample short<\/a>; $19.99.<\/p>\n

Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus<\/strong>: One of several Captain America books out this week, no doubt slowing getting movie-related produce out on shelves. Some might prefer the Bronze Age-and-after tour of Captain America: Scourge of the Underworld<\/em>, but I’ll give a little nod to this 568-page collection of Kirby’s 1976-77 tenure as writer\/artist of the character. Collects issues #193-214, Annuals #3-4 and the Marvel Treasury release Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles<\/em>, obviously not at Treasury size; $74.99.<\/p>\n

Johnny Red: Falcon’s First Flight<\/strong>: Alternatively, you could always go for this 128-page hardcover slice of ’70s British comics from the pages of Battle Picture Weekly<\/em>, depicting the adventures of an ex-RAF pilot who finds himself flying for Russia. From writer Tom Tully and soon-to-be Charley’s War<\/em> artist Joe Colquhoun. Introduction by Garth Ennis, who’s also launching his new a-housewife-who’s-kind-of-the-Punisher series Jennifer Blood<\/a> at Dynamite this week; $19.95.<\/p>\n

Alex Toth: The Adventures of Jon Fury… in Japan<\/strong>: Apparently a colored compilation of strips Alex Toth drew for his base newspaper in the mid-’50s while stationed in Japan with the Army, published by storyboard artist and illustrator Paul Power. Includes an interview with Toth, purportedly the last one given prior to his death; $11.00.<\/p>\n

Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 8<\/strong>: Just another U.S. Grant hit of Marsh from Dark Horse, that’s all. Preview<\/a>; $49.99.<\/p>\n

DeadpoolMax #5<\/strong>: There was kind of a lot of plot last issue, suggesting that writer David Lapham probably has some long-view scheme worked up for this series depicting Marvel superhero elements as imagined by mentally damaged special forces personnel on (very) broadly parodic missions. Kyle Baker is the artist. Preview<\/a>; $3.99.<\/p>\n

Human Target: Second Chances<\/strong>: Because a television show kind of is a second chance for a comic! This is the second latter-day extra fat collection of Vertigo comics written by Peter Milligan, concerning a man of fluid identity. Collects issues #1-10 of the 2003-05 ongoing series, which is to say the 2004 trades Strike Zones<\/em> (art by Javier Pulido) and Living in Amerika<\/em> (art by Cliff Chiang); $19.99.<\/p>\n

Detective Comics Classics<\/strong>: Finally, here’s an inexpensive little collection of ’60s and ’70s Batman comics that used to be a pack-in bonus for action figures. With Gardner Fox & Frank Springer, soon-to-be Star*Reach<\/em> publisher Mike Friedrich & Gil Kane, and an Elliot S! Maggin\/Mike Grell story summarized at the Comic Book Database<\/a> as “Benedict Arnold returns from hell to battle Batgirl and Robin and the American spirit,” which is certainly better than I could do; $5.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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