Dave Carter at Yet Another Comics Blog (with an assist from Johanna Draper Carlson at Cognitive Dissonance) is giving away copies of Spider-Girl, a Marvel title that has generated an absolutely devoted fan base. Go here for details; deadline is 12 Noon EST on Friday, March 11. (I may have to enter this one. It’s gotten tons of good word of mouth, but I harbor deep scars from Tom DeFalco’s so-bad-it’s-good-oops-it’s-gone-around-to-bad-again run on Fantastic Four, so I’ve resisted making the investment.)
Milo George is auctioning off some of his pop culture treasures because “Endemic Treponematosis Sucks.” Go here for details and links to the auction site.
You still have time to throw your hat in for a copy of The Comics Journal from Shawn Hoke at Comic World News. Entry details can be found here; deadline is March 23.
Now, with benevolence out of the way, let’s move on to commerce! What’s coming to a comic shop near you tomorrow?
- The fifth issue of Street Angel from Slave Labor Graphics
- Volume 11 of Iron Wok Jan from Comicsone.Com (still catching up on this one, but I love it)
- Adam Strange 6 (of 8) from DC
- Vimanarama 2 from Vertigo
- A digest-sized collection of Marvel’s wonderful and (of course) short-lived Inhumans series by Sean McKeever (oh, Tsunami…)
- The first issue of something called Wolverine: Soultaker, which I mention only because it reminds me of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and Tom Servo howling “Sooooooooooultaker!” (No, I’m not actually going to buy it, but I will probably howl “Sooooooooooultaker!” when I see it on the racks.)
An odd but interesting mix of stuff. And special thanks to Viz for not putting out seven million titles I want in a single week.