18 Mar 2010

This Weeks Comics 3/24/10

From the brain of Dr. W
DARK HORSE COMICS
CHOBITS DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED VOL 01 $24.99
OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 14 $10.99
DC COMICS
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #10 $3.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #15 $2.50
DEKA KYOSHI VOL 02 $9.99
GREEN LANTERN #52 (BLACKEST NIGHT) $2.99
HARDWARE THE MAN IN THE MACHINE TP $19.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE THE RISE OF ARSENAL #1 (OF 4) $3.99
POWER GIRL #10 $2.99
SUPERMAN #698 $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #70 $2.99
TINY TITANS #26 $2.50
VICTORIAN UNDEAD #5 (OF 6) $2.99
WILDCATS #21 $2.99
IMAGE COMICS
HAUNT #6 $2.99
HAUNT TP VOL 01 $9.99
PVP #45 $3.50
Marvel Comics
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #626 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #34 SIEGE $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE PREM HC DREAMS & NIGHTMARES $19.99
BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY #2 (OF 2) $3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #604 $3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN PREM HC $24.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN PREM HC DM QUESADA VAR ED $24.99
DAREDEVIL ECHO PREM HC PARTS OF A HOLE $24.99
DEADPOOL #21 $2.99
DEADPOOL CORPS RANK AND FOUL #1 $3.99
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS TP $19.99
ENDERS SHADOW COMMAND SCHOOL PREM HC $24.99
FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #3 (OF 4) FOH $3.99
IRON MAN OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE GN TP $19.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #61 $2.99
MARVELS PROJECT #7 (OF eight) $3.99
MARVELS PROJECT #7 (OF eight) EPTING VAR (PP #905) $3.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #35 SIEGE $2.99
MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 01 $24.99
MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 01 DM VAR ED 20 $24.99
NEW AVENGERS #63 SIEGE $3.99
PETER PARKER #1 (OF 5) $3.99
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #4 (OF 5) $2.99
RIFTWAR PREM HC $24.99
RUNAWAYS HOMESCHOOLING TP $14.99
SECRET WARRIORS #14 $2.99
STAND SOUL SURVIVORS #5 (OF 5) $3.99
TALES OF THE DRAGON GUARD #2 (OF 3) $5.99
THOR #608 SIEGE $2.99
THOR MGC #1 $1.00
THUNDERBOLTS #142 SIEGE $2.99
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN PREM HC WORLD ACCORDING $24.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #522 $3.99
X-FACTOR #203 $2.99
X-FORCE TP VOL 03 NOT FORGOTTEN $14.99
X-MEN ORIGINS NIGHTCRAWLER #1 $3.99
X-MEN PRELUDE TO ONSLAUGHT TP $29.99
Other Publishers
ANGEL SPECIAL LORNE (ONE SHOT) $7.99
ARCHIE #607 $2.50
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #207 $3.99
ARCHIE WEDDING TP ARCHIE IN WILL YOU MARRY ME $14.95
A-TEAM SHOTGUN WEDDING #2 $3.99
CARS #3 $2.99
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #352 $2.99
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS HC VOL 01 DOUBLE DUCK $24.99
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS SC VOL 01 DOUBLE DUCK $9.99
FAIRY IDOL KANON GN VOL 03 (OF 4) $7.99
FUTURAMA COMICS #48 $2.99
GI JOE #16 $3.99
GLAMOURPUSS #12 $3.00
INCREDIBLES #7 $2.99
POSSESSIONS GN VOL 01 UNCLEAN GETAWAY $5.99
PS238 #43 $2.99
QUEEN SONJA #5 $2.99
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME #1 $3.99
SONG OF SAYA #2 $3.99
SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #3 GREEN CVR $2.99
SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #3 TO CVR $2.99
SPARROW HC VOL 15 PUSHEAD $11.99
STAR TREK DS9 FOOLS GOLD #4 $3.99
TANK GIRL ROYAL ESCAPE #1 (OF 4) $3.99
TRANSFORMERS LAST STAND O/T WRECKERS #3 $3.99
WALL-E #4 $2.99
WALL-E TP VOL 01 RECHARGE $9.99
17 Mar 2010

paper craft

From the brain of Dr. W

I’m always amazed at how much time people spend on things. Then again, it’s probably me just being jealous that I don’t have the time to create awesome things like this.

This bad boy is all papercraft. which means that it was painstakingly cut, folded, painted, and glued together, out of some sort of hard paper or card stock. I can’t imagine how long it takes to work out the intricacies of a Gundam. But if you’d like to give it a try, a good place to start would be here. You better brush up on your Japanese though, it seems that all the links  goto Japanese websites.

15 Mar 2010

March Manga – Pluto

From the brain of Dr. W

We are now into our second full week of March, the official month for Manga. And I thought we would visit another work by writer/artists Naoki Urasawa, Creator of Monster. One of our former monthly reads.

Pluto vol 1Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka

Writer/ Artist: Naoki Urasawa
Osamu Tezuka (Original creator)
Takashi Nagasaki (Plot collaborator)

Based in the Astro boy universe. Where robots and humans are beginning to live together. Someone, or something,  has begun to destroy some of the most loved and powerful robots on the planet, along with several humans. The job of figuring out who is killing both man and machine falls upon Gesicht. One of the world’s most advanced robots. Can he figure out who the killer is in time to save the other robots and himself?

If you’re a fan of Urasawa’s work, then you most likely picked this up already. And know how good it is. But if you’re new to his work this is a good place to start.

The only problem is that in America we still have to wait for it to finish. Hang in there, this series is shaping up to be worth the wait.

-Dr. w


11 Mar 2010

Comics out this week 3/17/10

From the brain of Dr. W

DARK HORSE COMICS

DEVIL #2 (OF 4)
GROO HOGS OF HORDER #4 (OF 4)

DC COMICS

AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #7 (OF 12)
AZRAEL #6
BATMAN #697
BATMAN INTERNATIONAL TP
BLACKEST NIGHT #5 (OF Eight) 2ND PTG
BOOSTER GOLD #30
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #32
GREEN ARROW #31
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #46 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 09
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE TP
SCOOBY DOO #154
SHIELD #7
SHOWCASE PRESENTS WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 03
SUPERGIRL #51
SUPERMAN 80 PAGE GIANT #1
SUPERNATURAL BEGINNINGS END #3 (OF 6)
TITANS #23
WONDER WOMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 01

IMAGE COMICS

DEAD AT 17 WITCH QUEEN #1 Of (4)
FADE TO BLACK #1 (OF 5)
HAUNT #6
HAUNT TP VOL 01
SPAWN ORIGINS HC VOL 01

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #625
AVENGERS STANDOFF PREM HC
AVENGERS VS ATLAS #3 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN AMERICA MGC #1
DARK AVENGERS #15
DARK AVENGERS ARES TP
DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #9
DEATHLOK #5 (OF 7)
DOOMWAR #2 (OF 6)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #24
HERCULES FALL OF AN AVENGER #1 (OF 2)
HIT-MONKEY #1 2ND PTG TALIJIC VAR (PP #907)
HULK #21 FOH
INCREDIBLE HULK #608 FOH
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #23 2ND PTG LAROCCA VAR (PP #908)
IRON MAN ARMOR WARS PROLOGUE TP
IRON MAN END TP
IRON MAN OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE GN TP
MARVEL BOY URANIAN #3 (OF 3)
NATION X #4 (OF 4)
NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC TP VOL 05
NEW ULTIMATES BY FRANK CHO POSTER
NOVA #35
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #3 (OF 5)
PUNISHER NOIR PREM HC
REALM OF KINGS IMPERIAL GUARD #5 (OF 5)
SIEGE #1 (OF 4) DIRECTORS CUT
SIEGE #2 (OF 4) 2ND PTG COIPEL VAR (PP #907)
SIEGE #3 (OF 4)
SIEGE #3 (OF 4) DEADPOOL VAR
SIEGE EMBEDDED #2 (OF 4) 2ND PTG SAMNEE VAR (PP #908)
SIEGE EMBEDDED #3 (OF 4)
SPIDER-MAN AND SECRET WARS #4 (OF 4)
SPIDER-WOMAN #7
TORCH #6 (OF eight)
ULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN ARMOR WARS PREM HC
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #6
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #45
WOMEN OF MARVEL CELEBRATING SEVEN DECADES #1
X-23 #1
X-FACTOR FOREVER #1
X-MEN LEGACY #234

Other Publishers

28 DAYS LATER #8
ARCHIE WEDDING TP ARCHIE IN WILL YOU MARRY ME
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #179
DIE HARD YEAR ONE #7
DISNEYS HERO SQUAD HC VOL 01 SAVE THE WORLD
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS #4
FARSCAPE ONGOING #5
GFT PRESENTS NEVERLAND #1 (OF 6) A CVR FINCH
GFT PRESENTS NEVERLAND #1 (OF 6) B CVR FRANCHESCO
GLAMOURPUSS #12
INCORRUPTIBLE #4
IRREDEEMABLE #12
JUGHEAD #200
KURASHINA SENSEIS PASSION GN VOL 02 (OF 3)
MUPPET KING ARTHUR #4 (OF 4)
RED SONJA TP VOL 07 BORN AGAIN
SIMPSONS COMICS #164
SONIC UNIVERSE #14
SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #3 GREEN CVR
SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #3 TO CVR
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #16 LONG BEACH CON EX
UNCLE SCROOGE #389

9 Mar 2010

Pillow talk

From the brain of Dr. W

As was discussed before, I was thinking of getting a new body pillow. And was tempted by the selections that are out there. But after seeing this.
love thy Pillow

I think I’ll pass.