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Avengers #202 homage in Avengers #683
From Vu Finally got around to reading the weekly Avengers' "No Surrender" storyline. Noticed an homage to the cover of Avengers #202 within the pages of Avengers #683. The interior art is by Paco Medina and
Juan Vlasco.
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AVENGERS #683 (07 Mar 2018)Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol 19 coming in April 2019
From amzn.to, thanks to Ilke
Who knew the fight of the Avengers' lives would be in the courtroom? Henry Peter Gyrich has his sight set on stripping Earth's Mightiest Heroes of their charter, but when the Grey Gargoyle crashes the hearing, the only motion is to Assemble! Then, the action moves to Pittsburgh before a new nemesis arrives in the form of the Taskmaster. In his first appearance, the villain who can replicate any hero's actions battles the Avengers, Yellowjacket, the Wasp and the All-New Ant-Man. On the way to issue #200, the team battles the towering robot Red Ronin and then unites against Ultron in an all-time classic. Also featuring a Wonder Man solo tale, a rare Vision story and an action-packed adventure starring - Jarvis?!
COLLECTING: AVENGERS (1963) 189-202, MARVEL PREMIERE (1972) 55, MATERIAL FROM TALES TO ASTONISH (1979) 12 |
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 19 Infinity by Starlin and Hickman Omnibus coming in April 2019
From amzn.to, thanks to Ilke
From the epic that began it all - to the blockbuster event to end all blockbuster events! For Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet is the ultimate prize. With it comes omnipotence: absolute control of time, space, power, reality, the mind and the soul. On the edge of Armageddon and led by the mysterious Adam Warlock, Earth's super heroes join in a desperate attempt to thwart one nihilistic god's insane plunge into galactic self-destruction. Years later, Thanos makes a world-shattering return, seeking to claim Earth while the Avengers are caught in a war in deep space! Galactic empires will fall as his crazed plans come to fruition! From the cosmic minds of Jim Starlin and Jonathan Hickman come the bookend chapters of the Mad Titan's quest for infinity COLLECTING: INFINITY GAUNTLET 1-6, INFINITY 1-6, NEW AVENGERS 7-12, AVENGERS 14-23 |
INFINITY BY STARLIN & HICKMAN OMNIBUS (Hardcover) (02 Apr 2019)Infinity Gauntlet TP is #2 on July's Top 100 Best-Selling Graphic Novels
From previewsworld.com
Exclusive: July's Top 100 Best-Selling Graphic Novels Aug 12, 2018 Focusing on the aftermath of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle's engagement, Tom King and Mikel Janin's Batman Volume 6: Bride or Burglar? from DC Entertainment was July's best-selling graphic novel. Marvel Comics had seven titles in the top ten, with Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim's The Infinity Gauntlet as their top book at #2. Also in the top ten were Venomized, a collection of the Cullen Bunn, Iban Coello, and Kevin Libranda mini-series, at #3; Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Volume 3: Remastered at #4; Chip Zdarsky, Jim Cheung, and Valerio Schiti's Marvel Two-in-One Volume 1: The Fate of the Four at #5; Ms. Marvel Volume 9: Teenage Wasteland at #8; Wolverine: Old Man Logan Volume 7: Scarlet Samurai at #9; and Rocket Raccoon and Groot: The Complete Collection at #10. VIZ Media had two titles in the top ten — One-Punch Man Volume 14 at #6 and Dragon Ball Super Volume 3 at #7. TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in July 2018
RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 BATMAN TP VOL 06 BRIDE OR BURGLAR $16.99 APR180261 DC ENTERTAINMENT
2 INFINITY GAUNTLET TP $24.99 JUL110745 MARVEL COMICS 3 VENOMIZED TP $17.99 MAY180963 MARVEL COMICS |
Disney's Newsies: The Musical (September 7th - September 30th, 2018) art for Moonlight Players Theatre
From moonlightplayers.com
DISNEY'S NEWSIES: THE MUSICAL September 7th - September 30th, 2018 Newsies The Musical is a musical based on the 1992 film Newsies, which in turn was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. The show has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein. |
R.I.P. John Blair Moore
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Masquerade Costume Contest at Minnesota Fan Fusion, Rivercentre (04 Aug 2018)
Masquerade Costume Contest at Minnesota Fan Fusion, Rivercentre (04 Aug 2018)
The big Saturday show of Minnesota Fan Fusion wrapped up yesterday with Masquerade Costume Contest organized by Best 3some Ever (a comedy podcast trio, featuring Nick, Robb, and Kevin).
Unlike last year’s Costume Contest at MN Fan Fest, this year had more contestants and a nice catwalk stage (which was a big improvement over Wizard World’s Costume Contest). Some contestants strut their stuff, others quickly walk on and off. Don’t be nervous, it’s your chance to shine! Just a for any contestants, please strike a pose for about 30 seconds before turning and walking back. Some did a funky dance, some did what looks like a bad Fortnight dance, but it was all in good fun. While the judges gave out points and made decisions, B3E entertained the audience with jokes and trivia. They didn’t interview the contestants, which is something that Wizard World did to buy some time. I did agree with the first place winner (a themed group of Thor: Ragnarok), but it was somewhat unfair. Group cosplayers should have a different award category. If they had broken the awards out to two categories, then the Borderlands duo (Moxxi and Zer0) would probably be second place and Final Fantasy XV would have landed third. Maybe they take this suggestion into consideration and bring more random awards next time. Personally speaking, I would’ve ranked The Rocketeer a lot higher, given the loving recreation of Dave Steven’s look and additional smoking/light-up backpack. Award for the most obscure reference is that lady from My Little Pony’s some episode featuring Fluttershy. What? No one would know what character that is except for some Bronies. Winners of this year’s contest were:
Third Place: Freddy Fazbear from Five Nights at Freddy's
More photos soon in our writeup later (these are some selected photos I
was able to dump). In the meantime, today is the last day for MN Fan
Fusion. Sunday is usually the best day for shopping around, if you’re
interested in picking up merchandises.
Second Place: Diablo III First Place: Thor: Ragnarok
Masquerade Costume Contest group shot |
Photos: Minnesota Fan Fusion at Rivercenter, St Paul (03 Aug 2018)
Photos: Minnesota Fan Fusion at Rivercenter, St Paul (03 Aug 2018)
Here are some photos from day one of Minnesota Fan Fusion.
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Quartz thinks American comics are sexist
From Vu 
There is an article on Quartz India about how sexist John Byrne's She-Hulk covers are. Personally, I saw nothing wrong with the covers. I feel like this young artist Shreya Arora (and article) is attacking American comics without really understanding the comic book culture. For a long time (and probably still going on), it's a boy's club when it comes to popular superhero comics. If that's not your thing, there are a million other comic book styles and stories to fit everyone's needs, you don't have to read superhero comics.
For the record, that She-Hulk with the Beach Ball cover is actually a joke about the infamous Demi Moore's pregnancy Vanity Fair cover, and has nothing to do with trying to be sexist. Check out "More Demi Moores" here flickr.com |
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