New Comics Shipping Friday, December 28.

Image: cover for Dan Dare #2 by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine.

Holiday Shipping Schedule.

Hey faithful readers!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday this season!  While your hanging out with your family and friends, let’s send a little (mental) holiday cheer to the people that help us get our comics every week, and remember that they need some time off, too.  Therefore, comics will not arrive until Friday for the next two weeks.  Please make note of the following shipping schedule:

Friday, December 28.

Friday, January 4.

Normal shipping schedule will resume following the holidays.

Von’s Comics Recommends: Madman

Admittedly, I’m a little late jumping on the Madman bandwagon. A staple of the 1990s indie-comic scene, Madman has always been on my radar, but I’ve never had a good point to jump on. The single issues and collections alike were always hard to find for me. That is, until now. Madman creator Mike Allred has teamed up with Image comics to produce some of the best TPBs of any comic I’ve seen in a while. Not only is almost every Madman story, including The Atomics, collected in four volumes (with more to come I’m assuming), they are done so in a stylish, colorful, and affordable way. All together, some 50-odd issues are collected for less than a hundred dollars. (Note: as of this writing the fourth volume has yet to hit the shelves.)

If you’re not familiar with Madman, or Mike Allred’s work in general, hit up these two wikipedia pages, or Allred’s personal site. I will, however, tell you this: Allred’s art is a perfect mix of pop genius and Silver Age sensibility. He brings everything you love about the early days of modern comics and, along with wife/colorist Laura Allred, mixes in a style that is utterly his own. As for the writing in Madman, think early Spider-man or Fantastic Four meets Grant Morrison’s Invisibiles or Animal Man.

I highly recommend Madman for fans of fun, but intellectually stimulating work. Reading Madman reminds me of reading comics like Tom Strong or Morrison’s Doom Patrol – the type of comics that keep me coming back to this bastard medium we call comics.

Ginchy!

(Top image: cover of Madman Gargantua Hardcover – collecting everything but the Atomics stuff. Right image: cover to The Atomics #1. From AAAPop Comics!)

New Comics Shipping Wednesday, December 19.

Holiday Coupon!!

Here’s a special coupon for our loyal blog readers and customers. Simply print this bad boy out and receive 20% off your next purchase of $10 or more. Good until December 24, 2007. One coupon per customer, per visit please!

Happy Holidays from Von’s!

New Comics Shipping Wednesday, December 12.

New Comics Shipping Wednesday, December 5.

Must Read: Dan Dare #1

 

What are you reading this week?  What’s that?  Shut up, put it down.  Now, run out – I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE IN YOUR UNDERWEAR! – and pick up Dan Dare #1.   Seriously, this is Garth Ennis at his best.  This is sci-fi comics at its best.  This is oh-my-god-where-is-the-next-issue-I’m-going-to-shoot-someone- at its best.  Take a classic British comics icon and update it for today and you’ve got yourself some good readin’.   Ennis, and artist Gary Erskine (oh yeah!), create a suspenseful, exciting look into a future/present where nuclear war has gone unchecked and scary aliens run amok.   It’s a seven issue mini from Virgin Comics and it looks to be a great one.  Don’t miss out!

Complete Civil War & House of M DVDs Coming Soon!

You may or may not have heard that Graphic Imaging Technology, Inc., the fine folks who brought us the 40 Years of X-Men and Captain America: The Complete Collection DVDs, lost their Marvel license. Well, be that as it may, that’s not stopping GIT Corp from putting out two more fine collections: Marvel Civil War: The Complete Collection and House of M: The Complete Collection.

These two great sets collect every issue related to the two mega events that helped boost the comic industry into new heights! A great gift for the comic fanatic, or the casual reader just getting into the swing of things.

Coming soon! Place your order now!

Marvel Civil War: The Complete Collection DVD -$29.99

House of M: The Complete Collection DVD – $14.99