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Some parts of life are slowly returning to normal. I say slowly because in the US it does look like there will be a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic this summer. Luckily we will always have comic books to entertain us. After the spring drought there is a lot to looks forward to. Star Wars is still one of the biggest franchise in comic book land, but others such as Blade Runner, Stranger Things and Cyberpunk 2077 are making a splash. So below is a Summer 2020 comic roundup of all those I am looking forward to into September. The release dates however should be taken with a grain of salt.
Doctor Aphra has been revamped by Marvel Comics into a new series written by Alyssa Wong and as artist Marika Cresta. The cover artist is Velentina Remenar. Despite the Aprils stop to comic releases the first issue did see its release on May 4th. You can find my review here. The second issue is scheduled for July 22nd and I fully intend on making Doctor Aphra a regular feature. Its a fun Indiana Jones style adventure set in the Star Wars Universe. Oddly enough I cannot find a cover for issue # 2 while the subsequent issues do have one.
Star Wars Bounty Hunters was last week the first comic series to return. the series follows a wide variety of bounty hunters found in Star Wars lore such as Bossk and Boba Fett. Valence is also one of them and he is after his former mentor Nakano Lash as she betrayed him. Issue # 4 will see Valance and the others close is in one Lash. It is written by Ethan Sacks and is set for a August 19th release.
To tie us over to the November 19th, the new release date for Cyberpunk 2077, we will get a comic book story from Dark Horse Comic. The rather suggestive title Trauma Team indicates plenty of violence and gore. The dust jacket confirms that: Nadia, an assistant EMT for a privately-owned business known as Trauma Team International, is the sole survivor of a failed rescue mission turned shootout. After she agrees to continue work for an upcoming extraction mission, Nadia and her new team find themselves in an even more dangerous and life-threatening situation. The first of four issues is set for September 9th. The writer is Cullen Bunn. I consider this to be another highpoint of the Summer 2020 comic roundup.
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I read this for the Wyrd & Wonder event back in May. I bought it last year because I like the cover and kept seeing it everywhere, so I gave in to temptation and my curiosity and gave it a try. Luckily, I enjoyed it.
We came at this from different directions, me having watched Critical Role for some time and getting excited when I learned they also had comics, but we both ended up at the same place, enjoying the comic. ?
New to the city of Cobble, Orio must depend on help wherever she can find it, but her assigned familiar Bauble has other interests. And as the two explore the walls of their city, they find that they are not the only new arrivals.
Washington State, late nineteenth century. During the frenzied historical era commonly known as the Klondike Gold Rush, a mysterious woman arrives in Woodsburgh, a small mining town close to the Canadian border.Meanwhile, the streets and surroundings of Woodsburgh are flooded in blood: a heinous creature is killing incautious citizens. What's the connection, if any, between this disturbing presence and the ivory-skinned stranger? MERCY is a bestselling goth-inspired horror graphic novel by acclaimed creator MIRKA ANDOLFO (UNNATURAL) and is perfect for fans of Penny Dreadful, Crimson Peak, The Alienist, Parasol Protectorate, and Dark Shadows. Collects MIRKA ANDOLFO'S MERCY #1-6.
Sibylla has always craved adventure, but she never guessed it would finally arrive in the form of a giant, magical bull. Is he a man, or a monster? And who knew a prophecy could be so literal? With this first book in a new series co-created by sibling writer/artist team CAT SEATON and KIT SEATON, the adventure of a lifetime begins.
Collects PRETTY DEADLY #1-5. SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE! KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and EMMA ROS (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the Western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage.
A mysterious and bloodthirsty matriarchal force runs the town of Redlands, Florida, and in order to stay on top, sacrifices must be made. Someone is intent on removing these women from the top of the food chain, and he's ready to unleash their darkest secret but has seriously underestimated the lengths the townspeople will go to protect the new order of things. Inspired by the strange complexities of real-world politics and crime, the characters of REDLANDS play victim and villain, attempting to understand themselves and others through murder, magic, and mayhem. Collects REDLANDS #1-6.
Take a ride to southern California and experience CHYNNA CLUGSTON FLORES' screwball dark comedy classic in FULL COLOR. A love letter to mod and scooter culture, SCOOTER GIRL is the story of Ashton Archer, the Vespa-riding, swanky suit-wearing man about town who has it all. That is, until lightning strikes when the girl of his dreams motors right past him on her Lambretta, causing him to lose it all. Convinced that her presence and antagonization has ruined his life, Ashton sets out to end the black curse put upon him by any means necessary.
Leslie J. Blair is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, and she hates her job. Her world is dominated by a totalitarian government that interferes in the personal lives of its citizens, punishing transgressors for so-called "unnatural" relationships. Leslie dreams of something different for herself, but these dreams are becoming dangerous. And, when she wakes up, she thinks she's being watched. The hit Italian comic, an erotic fantasy/romantic suspense series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells), will take you to a colorful but terrible world full of anthropomorphic creatures but light on personal freedoms. Collects UNNATURAL #1-4.
Fire Power was first announced in December 2019.[2] The series was originally intended to be published with an original graphic novel (OGN) prelude in April 2020, followed by a free first issue in May as a part of 2020's Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). The idea was that the free first issue would result in customers buying the Prelude OGN. This was a concept Kirkman came up with after discussing with comic store owners about ways to make Free Comic Book Day better for them. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancelation of FCBD, these plans had to change.[3] The FCBD issue was rebranded as the Fire Power #1 promotional edition and released on the same day as the Prelude OGN in early July. The standard edition of Fire Power #1 came out in August, containing special features not included in the promotional edition.[4]
Kirkman and Samnee worked well ahead of schedule on the series. In a July 2020 interview, Kirkman mentioned that the first twelve issues were already complete, some of which are extended beyond standard length.[5] The series is scheduled to end with its thirtieth issue.[6]
Adrian Tomine's chilly, clean, black-and-white penmanship lends an air of unsettling poise to Sleepwalk, his second collection to be published in the UK. The stories here are short, inconclusive, shot through with pitch-dark humour and a distant compassion that reminds one at times of Raymond Carver. A young man is left in the middle of nowhere after crashing his car; an old woman eats lunch every day in hers, remembering her youth; a voyeuristic couple see something terrible in the sex games of the people next door. Some of the stories are only a page long. All are visually stunning. Most feel absolutely essential.
Spain Rodriguez is best known as the creator of Trashman, a legendary far-left underground comic character best described as a cross between Mad Max, Karl Marx and the Punisher. In Che, he brings his distinctive blend of delicate detail and relentless motion to the tale of another somewhat famous Communist adventurer, producing a gleefully partial view of Guevara's life that manages, despite didactic passages shoehorned in from the Collected Works, to hum with activity and design inventiveness from first page to last. It's a blend of realism and stylisation that lights up the form, a positive masterclass in visual narrative. Whatever your politics.
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