Upcoming furry comics for July 2011 (Previews only)
Treesong
borderline, the last two in this post. An even later report than
usual; sorry. But it may still be of historical value.
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DARK HORSE COMICS (http://www.darkhorse.com)
MAY110046 Usagi Yojimbo #139 24pg, b&w $3.50
by Stan Sakai
Inspector Ishida returns and mystery ensues. I like him.
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DC COMICS (http://www.dccomics.com/)
MAY110273 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #10 32pg, color $2.99
by Sholly Fisch and Robert Pope & Scott McCrae
Mystery, Inc. tests purported ghost detectors.
MAY110275 Looney Tunes #200 32pg, color $2.99
by Bill Matheny and Walter Carzon & Scott Gross
Golf and soccer stories, as DC resists the urge to make a hooha about
#200.
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IMAGE COMICS (http://www.imagecomics.com/)
MAY110455 Elephantmen, vol. 2: Fatal Diseases--Revised Edition sc,
312pg, color $24.99
by heaps of peeps
Collects Elephantmen #8-15, plus the Pilot issue and presumably more
extras than the first edition. Revised vol. 1 and plain old vol. 3 are
offered again.
MAY110507 Elephantmen #34 40pg, color $3.99
by Richard Starkings and Boo Cook
Yvette is alive, and with a new foe.
MAY110517 Mice Templar vol. 3 #8 44pg, color $3.99
MAY110518 ditto with another cover
by Bryan J.L. Glass and Michael Avon Oeming & Vic & Veronica
'The stunning double-size finale of the penultimate arc!' More like
11/8-size, but whatever. Karic battles on in a coma, the druids
confront the Readers of the Wheat, and Black Anaius makes trouble.
MAY110532 Super Dinosaur #4 32pg, color $2.99
by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard
'This issue can't be missed, just like every issue of SUPER DINOSAUR!'
Yeah yeah, that's what you said last time.
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ANTARCTIC PRESS (http://www.antarctic-press.com/)
MAY110795 Gold Digger #131 32pg, color $3.99
by Fred Perry
Further pirate ninja leprechaun silliness.
MAY110797 Chicken Fighter Pocket Manga vol. 1 tpb, 128pg, b&w
$14.95
by Jey Odin
'For 24-year-old Johnny Mo, life is going pretty smooth. Great job at
the PaperClip Factory--check. Smoking hot girlfriend--check. Able to
defeat every giant, mutant chicken in town in a "cool points" contest--
check…wait, what?!!
That's right, folks. Giant, popped-collared, necktie-wearing mutant
chickens, led by the mysterious Clucky, rule the streets of his
hometown. So when Johnny finds out his lady love is pregnant, he does
what any good father with the power to summon giant kitchen utensil-
weapons would do: BEAT THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF SOME CHICKENS.' Not the
worst premise around. Mm, chicken.
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APE ENTERTAINMENT (http://apecmx.com/)
MAY110809 Penguins of Madagascar vol. 1: Wonder from Down Under
sc, 7"x10", 128pg, color $14.95
by Dave Server & Jackson Lanzing and Antonio Campo & Lucas Ferreyra
Collects the first four pamphlets.
MAY110810 Kung Fu Panda vol. 1 sc, 6"x9", 48pg $6.95
by Matt Anderson and Rolando Mallada
Collects Kung Fu Panda ##1-2 (of 4), one month after #2 came out. Such
impatience.
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ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS (http://www.archiecomics.com/)
MAY110833 Sonic the Hedgehog #227 32pg, color $2.99
by Ian Flynn and Patrick 'Spaz' Spaziante & Tracy Yardley! &
TerryAustin & John Workman & Matt Herms
'Sonic's 20th Anniversary Celebration kicks into high gear as the most
talked about Sonic story EVER continues!' Talked about by whom? Origin-
story fans, I guess. It's so big they needed five artists to tell it,
and one of them grew an exclamation point!
MAY110834 Sonic Universe #30 32pg, color $2.99
by Ian Flynn and Tracy Yardley & Jim Amash
Oops, last month was #29, not #28. Sorry. Scourge continues to be the
protagonist.
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KABOOM! (http://www.boom-studios.net/)
The kids' section of Boom! Studios gets its own name just in time to
celebrate its shrinking to six comics this month, five of them furry:
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers #8, Darkwing Duck #14, Disney's Four-
Color Adventures vol. 1, Walt Disney Treasury: Donald Duck vol. 2, and
DuckTales #3.
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NBM (http://www.nbmpub.com/)
MAY111142 Little Nothings vol. 4: My Shadow in the Distance sc,
6"x9", 128pg, color $14.99
by Lewis Trondheim
This and the preceding volumes are collections of little
autobiographical tales. Although he's done plenty of real furry stuff
like the Lapin and Dungeon books, these qualify only because he
chooses to draw himself and everyone else as animals. But I enjoy
them, so in goes #4. Also, #3 is offered again.
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VILLARD BOOKS (RANDOM HOUSE)
MAY111270 Flight vol. 8 sc, 7"x10", 352pg $27.00
edited by Kazu Kibuishi
'[T]he latest and last volume in the successful Eisner Award-nominated
series.' They've all been worth it so far. Not explicitly furry but
there's generally been a fair amount of it. It seems impossible to
find anything about the book on the Ballantine Books Website or even
the whole Random House site.
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Always carry a grapefruit, Treesong