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  • Shellshocked

    I guess this is an IDW Publishing week. When I look around and see what is selling, it is definitely Jason Aaron’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The concept is cool because not only is Aaron an incredible writer, but each new issue in this series has a new artist.

    Issue #6 arrived yesterday and it was gobbled up quite quickly, and I even had people show up on the day to pick it up. If that does not tell you that IDW has a winner on its hands I don’t know what will.

    I have flipped through these and I also have to say I can recommend them. There is a lot of tragedy in these, and as each issue before focused on what a specific Turtle has been up to, we have arrived at Donatello. Issue #5 was incredibly powerful, and if you are a Turtles fan (which I am), it was also gut wrenching to read. Thankfully, issue #6 seems to pick up where we left off last time, so I do hope Aaron does not make us squirm too much. The artist this time around is Juan Ferreyra, and if you read the solicits from IDW a couple of months ago, it was revealed that he is the new ongoing artist. And that is exciting because those interiors sure are beautiful.

    I will link to a Bleeding Cool article that has the synopsis as well as more than few snaps of the interior art, which just proves how great Ferreryra really is. Though be warned, there are quite a few spoilers if you have not read up to this point.

  • Planeteer Alert

    The big news this week was that Dynamite Comics is launching a new Captain Planet comic with David Pepose and Eman Casallos. This created some huge buzz and pre-orders immediately came in, so when it is time to order, we are off to the races.

    Another cool aspect that was included in the announcement is that Dynamite will print the comic using 70% recycled paper. Though, this might have always been the case. Which is good, because if there is one thing Dynamite is known for is that it produces a staggering amount of covers for its series, which does create a headache, not only for me but for a lot of customers. They just do not know which one to buy and there is little deviation between a lot of them. I think this is for the hardcore collectors who like to flip books on the internet.

    Luckily, this does not seem to be the case with Captain Planet with only three variant covers announced. So it does seem like Dynamite is aware of the intricacies of launching a comic about a character who advocates for the environment.

    And this is exciting. We need more stuff like this to set the industry ablaze and get fans excited. I do hope the book lives up to the hype, and with Pepose and Casallos involved, I am quite confident that it will.