Ray's 53rd DCU/GrayHaven Megathread - Beware the Court of OOMPHwls!!!

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

Wally Wood Galaxy
Roger Hill (w) • Wally Wood (a & c)
Wally Wood’s career is legendary among the annals of comic’s history. He rocketed to fame working on Will Eisner’s The Spirit newspaper strip and became one of the most talented artists working for EC Comics during the 1950s. Wood also became a star of EC’s satire comic called Mad, which went on to even greater success as a magazine, allowing the artist to apply his amazing talents in a broader spectrum. When the comics industry fell on lean times during the mid 1950s, Wood segued into the field of science fiction pulp illustration, providing over 200 beautiful drawings and several color cover paintings for the digest magazines; particularly Galaxy. Wood left behind a legacy of great art, much of which has never been reprinted. This book will feature them all. Long time Wally Wood historian Roger Hill has spent the past twenty years pulling together the history of Wood’s involvement with the pulp digests and tracking down original art for this project. Over half of the images have been pulled from the originals or from Wood’s personal file copies, allowing Wood fans the finest possible reproduction!
HC B&W $29.99 160 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-183-9
Bullet points:
One of the founding artists for Mad Magazine, Wally Wood is one of the most celebrated cartoonists of all time!

[Dark Sasha]

Wally Wood Galaxy
Roger Hill (w) • Wally Wood (a & c)
Wally Wood’s career is legendary among the annals of comic’s history. He rocketed to fame working on Will Eisner’s The Spirit newspaper strip and became one of the most talented artists working for EC Comics during the 1950s. Wood also became a star of EC’s satire comic called Mad, which went on to even greater success as a magazine, allowing the artist to apply his amazing talents in a broader spectrum. When the comics industry fell on lean times during the mid 1950s, Wood segued into the field of science fiction pulp illustration, providing over 200 beautiful drawings and several color cover paintings for the digest magazines; particularly Galaxy. Wood left behind a legacy of great art, much of which has never been reprinted. This book will feature them all. Long time Wally Wood historian Roger Hill has spent the past twenty years pulling together the history of Wood’s involvement with the pulp digests and tracking down original art for this project. Over half of the images have been pulled from the originals or from Wood’s personal file copies, allowing Wood fans the finest possible reproduction!
HC B&W $29.99 160 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-183-9
Bullet points:
One of the founding artists for Mad Magazine, Wally Wood is one of the most celebrated cartoonists of all time!

That's very rad.

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

I Told You So HC

By: Shannon Wheeler
Type: Books
Genres: Humor
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Availability: Pre-Order
UPC: 978160886093751799
For ages: 16+

Hot on the heels of last year's Eisner Award-winning I Thought You Would Be Funnier, Shannon Wheeler serves up another dose of absurd and hilarious cartoons, making up the best-of-the-best-of-the-rest of what's left on the cutting room floor from Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker! Don't miss this laugh-a-minute collection presented in a perfect gift-friendly hardcover!

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

Art Of Ramona Fradon HC

By: Ramona Fradon
Type: Graphic Novels
Genres:
Publisher: D. E.
Pub. Date: April 25, 2012
Availability: Pre-Order
UPC: 978160690140352999

For the first time ever! The DEFINITIVE retrospective of Ramona Fradon's career will be presented in The Art of Ramona Fradon. The Art of Ramona Fradon will be a hardcover book that highlights the magnificent career of the artistic legend, plus never-before-seen sketches. Interviewed by legendary creator Howard Chaykin, Fradon talks about her artistic career, accomplishments and creations from her the early days at DC in the 1950's to her later work on Marvel's The Cat and Fantastic Four and DC's Plastic Man, Freedom Fighters, Super Friends and more! Featuring a forward by Walt Simonson!

[Dark Sasha]

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

Jerusalem Chronicles From The Holy City HC

By: Guy Delisle
Type: Graphic Novels
Genres: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Pub. Date: April 25, 2012
Availability: Pre-Order
UPC: 9781770460713
For ages: 16+

Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger in a strange land point of view that made his other books, such as Pyongyang, required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to. In Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Delisle explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many. He examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. When observing the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim populations that call Jerusalem home, Delisle's drawn line is both sensitive and fair, assuming nothing and drawing everything.

[Slewo.O]

Um, I think Scarlet and Fatale are the only non-big 2 monthlies I read right now.

You dropped Morning Glories? I'm surprised.

Oh shit, was that this week, too? Damn you, Diamond!!

No, it was last week. But my store never got it.

[Slewo.O]

Johnny, use your retailer powers to tell Diamond to eat a bag of dicks!

[Matthew Brown]

Oh man, never thought I'd say this, but I read two great Transformers comics today. Robots In Disguise and More Than Meets The Eye are definitely pulled.

[Slewo.O]

"Comics need to give us something new and of high quality!"

"Here's something new and of high quality."

"No thank you!"

That's Sasha in a nutshell. I'll wait till I hear reviews on that book though.