Welcome to the Ninth
installment of Previews Reviews.
This column is a review
of some items offered in the current Previews magazine, the February
2004 issue, which we recommend for one reason or another. Items
in this issue are due out in April of 2004 (and after, depending
on the manufacturer and his dedication to deadlines). Your local
store may not carry these items normally, so it's best to place
a special order for them. They must be ordered by your store before
February 14.
They're are many other items offered for sale in Previews, of
course, and it's recommended you grab a copy and look through
it for YOUR favorites. That way you can go broke even FASTER than
relying on just our picks.
As usual, we are not responsible for any mistakes herein, either
our own or anyone else's. We have not seen these items, unless
they're reprints, but are going from what we know of the track
records of the creators involved, and what we read in Previews.
Comments can be sent to earlgeier@aol.com .
Information listed is
as follows:
Title, issue or volume number where applicable, format (hardcover,
softcover, comic, or magazine, Preview's catalogue page number
and price).
Adventures of the Escapist SC GN P23 $17.95 This book will collect the Michael
Chabon series of retro- Golden Age stories featuring his character
from Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
Superman #204 Comic P52 $2.50 Jim Lee illustrated Batman, with
Jeof Loeb writing, and catapulted it from the middle of the pack
to best seller status. Here he teams with an unlikely writer,
Brian Azzurello (known for 100 Bullets and other "gritty"
works) to try to take a world reknown character who's slipped
lower than the middle of the pack and do the same for him.
Harley And Ivy mini-series comic P76 $2.50 Paul Dini and Bruce Timm helmed
the award winning Batman animated series. Paul Dini and Bruce
Timm did the award winning comic Mad Love. Paul Dini and Bruce
Timm are doing this.
Wonder Woman Statue P80 $195.00 A statue based off designs by
artist Adam Hughes. Mat be too muscular for some. But not me.
Rowf!
Gotham Central SC P87 $9.95 Collection of the underrated series
about what the police force in Gotham does the REST of the time
while Batman is being Bruce Wayne.
Tom Strong Vol.3 HC P90 $24.95 Alan Moore. Enjoy him now cuz'
he's quit comics.
Spirit Archives Vol.
13 HC P91 $49.95 Second volume of Eisner's work
after returning from WWII..The rest of the world knows he's an
American genius; Why don't you? (One time in the 80's, then-hot
Bo Derek and Eisner arrived (separately) in the Netherlands; they
shared the front page of a Dutch Tabloid).
Comic Book Heaven V2
#10 Magazine P200 $3.50 Magazine celebrating the vagaries
and inconsistencies of the Golden and Silver age comics. I MAY
have art in this one.
Humorous Illustration, SC P219 marked down to $9.99 It was worth it even at the full
price I paid. 14 artists, their work with commentary including
Maurice Sendak, Jules Feiffer, Will Eisner, Sergio Aragones, Mort
Drucker and others.
Black and White Images 2nd annual collection SC P288 $20.00 Great collection of B&W artwork,
most not seen in years, from the Golden Age of Illustration.
Neal Adams Monsters SC P318 $12.95 Collects an expanded version of
Adams' Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman story. Adams is a great
storyteller, NOT a great writer, but the art's superb. Also features
some of Adams' movie art.
Comic Book Marketplace
#112 Magazine P334 $6.95 Just look at the cover.
Roman Dirge Zombie Bunny Plush toy P420 $18.99 The perfect gift for the Goth
in your life.
This is the end of the
Previews Reviews column for now. If anyone was reading this they
were few and far between. The one thing I did get out of it was
looking more closely at Previews, which was a blessing AND a curse.
Now you have to go out and buy your own damn copy of Previews.
To any loyal readers that are out there, Matt (who's vacationing
in friggin' Ireland) and I say, so long!
Earl Geier
Background art also by Earl
Geier, once a prolific POTBOILER contributor
