I have an interview coming up with Jay Faerber about his Noble Causes 5 year jump. And you lucky reader/listener get an early look at the cover and first 5 pages.

 

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Hulk #1 by Jeph Loeb & Ed McGuiness
Legion of Superheroes #37 by Jim Shooter & Francis Manapul
Youngblood #1 by Joe Casey & Derec Donovan

 

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Another one of my favourite type of episodes, an interview. This time around I sit down with Mark Sable, Dave Roth, and PJ Holden, and talk about their upcoming book Fearless. I have to say I’m really looking forward to this book.
Check out their website, Fearlesscomic.com
and check out Mark’s other work, Grounded
and Paul Holden’s work.

and I play a PROMO for The ScapeCast

Press Release from Image:

A true man without fear strikes this November!

August 28th, 2007 (Berkeley, CA) - This November GROUNDED’s Mark Sable, 2000 AD’s P.J. Holden and industry newcomer David Roth reinvent what it means to be a man without fear with FEARLESS, an all-new full color four-issue miniseries.

“If you’re going to do a superhero book these days you really need to do something unique,” says Mark Sable. “FEARLESS is far from typical. The lead is a literal man without fear, as behind the mask he’s paralyzed with a crippling anxiety disorder, but an anti-fear drug enables him to fight the war on crime. A life of dependency crashes down when his supply runs completely dry. What comes next is the crux of the series.”

Sable is best known for his work on the critically-acclaimed GROUNDED and artist P.J. Holden is revered for his work on 2000 AD, while co-writer David Roth has a background in film and television. However, the itch to work in comics has been a long time coming.

David Roth explains, “This has been an amazing experience. Working with people as talented as Mark and PJ in this new medium has been a creative windfall. From inception to execution, it seems like every idea becomes a possibility, while this unprecedented level of control over the process has been both rewarding and educational. I couldn’t be happier with the results of our collaboration on FEARLESS.”

FEARLESS #1 (SEP071951), a 32-page full color four-issue miniseries with a cover price of $2.99, will be available for order in the September issue of Previews and will go on sale November 7th.

and check out some of the alternative costume designs and rough pages to see how far it has come.

A couple interesting, new books from image this week. First the manga-esque Compass. I love the colors of it, bright and cheery, and C.B. has a real fun writing style. should be fun, and has an all ages appeal. I’m not sure what to think of Parade but it is awesome to see someone trying something new with the medium, and a good historic drama, presented solidly is a rough idea to try.

preview pages after the cut.
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Kicking off a new year with a new theme song; ‘Bad Attraction’ by Brad Sucks from the Podsafe Music Network
Promo: This Day in Alternate History on luluTV
1st Review: Paolo Parente’s Dust #1 (of 2) from Image Comics.

Promo: Kryptographik
2nd Review: Doktor Sleepless #1 from Avatar Press

(preview pages are of issue 2, from Doktorsleepless.com)
Call the voicemail line!

Forgot: the contest! I’ll give the details again next episode.

This Week we have three number ones from Image Comics, Bomb Queen from Jimmie Robinson, which continues to be a fun story about a supervillain at the top of her game. We also get Mice Templar from Michael Avon Oeming, that I’ve been looking forward to for some time. looks like it will be awesome. and the third is Brit #1, which unfortunately I don’t have a preview of, but is character you may have seen as part of Robert Kirkman’s stable of characters in his ‘Invincible’ corner of the Image U.

Solicits and preview pages after the cut.
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Not a lot of previews this week, the only major release being the Surreal Adventures of Edgar Alan Poo, by Dwight Macpherson and Thomas Boatwright. Lots of fun in that creepy kids kind of way, like Nightmare before Christmas or Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

solicitation and 6 preview pages after the cut.
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Holy Alliteration, Batman.

Anyways, I just saw that they put the entire first issue of ‘First Born’ up over at Newsarama, and I figured if you liked my interview with Ron Marz, you may want to check it out.

Really, a beautiful book.

As a part of Comics Radar Year 2, I want to keep you up to date on the latest and greatest comic series. So as part of that, I want to show you preview pages of any Issue One, One-shots, or things that just look like an awesome jumping on point.
BONDS #1 (of 3)
IN HER DARKEST HOUR (ONE-SHOT)
KILLING GIRL #1 (OF 5)
Tellos Collosal HC - one of my favorite books.

Preview Pages After the Cut
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I talk to comic writer Ron Marz about everything from his new comic First Born, from Top Cow, and Samurai: Heaven and Earth for Dark Horse, to being a parent and how Greg Land creates his artwork. A longer podcast at 50 minutes with all the dirt.

Hope to see you at Florida Supercon.

Episode sponsored by Florida Supercon June 22-24, 2007

Theme Music: Super Myth by Ledenhead, from the Podsafe Music Network