Sunday, May 31, 2015

Hello, everyone--

You will notice down below a number of new #1 issues coming from DC Comics, springing out of their post-Convergence initiative currently titled DC YOU. While I think that name is maybe not the best, I am hopeful that DC achieves its stated goal of diversifying their line-- not only with a greater representation of genders and races in their stories, but with a commitment to telling different kinds of stories from different kinds of genres with different tones. If they do this right, everyone benefits! Also, they have sent us some really cool promo materials to go with this launch, if you like that kinda thing make sure you check it out!

In other news, there is a new interview with me that has just hit the internets. Local writer Brandon Clarkson and I chatted about the state of the union at Velocity, and comics in general (spoiler: comics are pretty great right now), and is available for your consumption here: http://brandonclarkson.com/writings/articles/on-comics-an-interview-with-patrick-godfrey

Final link: you should probably watch this, if you have thirty minutes to spare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg

Last Call-- here are the books for which our orders lock tomorrow (Monday) night! Let us know if you have any you’d like to add to your list:
MULAN: REVELATIONS (Dark Horse) This has nothing to do with the cartoon. Chinese class warfare sci-fi by the looks of it.
GREEN LANTERN: THE LOST ARMY (DC) I guess the universe thinks the GL Corps are dead, and this reveals where they really are.
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 (DC) Picking up from the previous run!
WE ARE ROBIN (DC) Gotham City kids uniting to fight the good fight. Looks very promising.
8HOUSE ARCLIGHT (Image) Brandon Graham’s newest endeavor creates a new fantasy world, with several books spotlighting different realms.
AGE OF ULTRON VS. MARVEL ZOMBIES (Marvel) I got way more stoked about this after reading Secret Wars #2 and seeing the place on Battleworld these two properties hold.
E IS FOR EXTINCTION (Marvel) Revisiting Grant Morrison era X-Men, written by Chris Burnham, his most oft-used artist these days. Sign me up!
KORVAC SAGA (Marvel) The original GOTG team cavorting through Battleworld.
X-MEN ‘92 (Marvel) Based on the version of the X-men from the beloved 90s cartoon.

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming out WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3:
ACTION COMICS #41 3.99
ACTION COMICS #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 3.99
AGE OF REPTILES ANCIENT EGYPTIANS #1 3.99 Ricardo Delgado is a master illustrator who specializes in mostly silent comics featuring dinosaurs and aliens and whatnot. They’re breathtaking!
AIRBOY #1 (OF 4)     2.99
ALL NEW X-MEN #41 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18.1 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18.1 LAND VAR   PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 SWA 3.99 This is one of the big’uns. Peter & Mary Jane still married, and raising their daughter together! By Dan Slott and Adam Kubert.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 ACTION FIGURE VAR  PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 ANT SIZED VAR  PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 BLANK VAR   PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 CAMPBELL VAR   PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 MAOS VAR    PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 VAR     PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 YOUNG VAR   PI
ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #15   3.50
ARCADIA #2 3.99
ARCADIA #2   PFEIFFER VAR  PI
ARCHIE #666   3.99  Final issue until the Mark Waid & Fiona Staples relaunch! And kinda satanic!
ARMOR WARS #1 SWA 3.99 iron Man fighting people that have stolen Stark tech, on Battleworld.
ARMOR WARS #1 DEL RAY VAR   PI
ARMOR WARS #1 FERRY ANT SIZED VAR   PI
ARMOR WARS #1 MAOS MARTIN VAR   PI
ARMOR WARS #1 PUGH VAR   PI
AUTUMNLANDS TOOTH & CLAW #6     2.99
AVENGERS MILLENNIUM TP 17.99
BALTIMORE CULT OF THE RED KING #2 (OF 5) 3.99
BAT MITE #1 (OF 6) 2.99  New DC debut! Kid friendly! Probably full of mischief!
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT #5 3.99
BATMAN BEYOND #1 2.99 Tim Drake of takes up the mantle from the dead Terry McGinnis.
BEAST GN 15.99
BIG MAN PLANS #3 (OF 4)      3.50
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA TP VOL 01 14.99
BIZARRO #1 (OF 6) 2.99  Another kid friendly debut, featuring Bizarro and Jimmy Olsen having weird adventures together.
BRAVEST WARRIORS #33 3.99
BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE HC 34.99
BRIDES OF HELHEIM #6     3.99
BROKEN WORLD #1 (OF 4) 3.99
BUNKER #11     3.99
BUNKER TP VOL 02     19.99
CAT WITH REALLY BIG HEAD GN COLOR ED 18.99
COVENANT #1   3.99
CRIMINAL TP VOL 05 THE SINNERS     14.99
CROSSED BADLANDS #78     3.99
D4VE #5 (OF 5) 3.99
DARTH VADER #6 3.99
DC COMICS COVER GIRLS HARLEY QUINN STATUE 99.95
DEAD DROP #2 (OF 4)   3.99
DEATH VIGIL #7 (OF 8)     3.99
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #8    3.99
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #486    9.99
EL DEAFO GN    10.95
EMPTY #4 3.99
FEATHERS #6 3.99
FLASH SEASON ZERO #9 2.99
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 SWA 3.99 Future evil Hulk The Maestro on Battleworld!
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 INGWENIBLE HULK VAR   PI
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 KEOWN ANT SIZED VAR   PI
FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 KEOWN VAR   PI
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #214 2ND PTG    3.99
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 SWA 3.99 Skottie Young! A whole comic by him, not just a cover.
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 RAMOS VAR   PI
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 YOUNG ANT SIZED VAR  PI
GIANT SIZE LITTLE MARVEL AVX #1 YOUNG PROMO VAR   PI
GRAYSON HC VOL 01 AGENTS OF SPYRAL (N52) 22.99
GREEN ARROW #41 2.99
GREEN ARROW #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 2.99
GREEN ARROW TP VOL 03 THE TRIAL OF OLIVER QUEEN 16.99
GREEN LANTERN #41 3.99
GREEN LANTERN #41 THE JOKER VAR ED 3.99
GROOT #1 3.99 I am… very interested in seeing how this comic shapes up! Bet you thought I was just gonna say, “GROOOOOT!” Nope.
GROOT #1 GWOOT VAR   PI
GROOT #1 STEGMAN VAR   PI
GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #6 3.99
HALOGEN #4 (OF 4) 3.99
HELP US GREAT WARRIOR #4 3.99
HERO HC VOL 01   24.99
HOUSE OF HEM TP 7.99
HUMANS #5     2.99
IMPERIUM #5     3.99
ISLAND OF MEMORY GN VOL 01 (OF 4)     11.95
JUPITERS CIRCLE #3     3.50
JUSTICE INC AVENGER #1 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE #41   4.99 The Darkseid War begins! New Gods all over the dang place.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #41 THE JOKER VAR ED    4.99
KING THE PHANTOM #3 (OF 4) 3.99
LEAGUE OF REGRETTABLE SUPERHEROES    24.95
LOBO #7 2.99
LOBO #7 THE JOKER VAR ED 2.99
LOONEY TUNES #225 2.99
MARVEL NOW DEADPOOL PX ARTFX+ STATUE XF VER   59.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE ANT-MAN DIGEST TP 9.99
MASKS 2 #3 (OF 8)   3.99
MASTER OF KUNG FU #2 (OF 4) SWA 3.99
MAXX MAXXIMIZED #20 3.99
MIDNIGHTER #1 2.99 New DCU book! Old Wildstorm character! These have traditionally not lasted long.
MINIMUM WAGE SO MANY BAD DECISIONS #2 (OF 6)     3.99
MORNING GLORIES #46     3.50
MORTAL KOMBAT X #7     3.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #17 3.99
NAILBITER #13     2.99
NO MERCY #3 2.99
NONPLAYER #2 (OF 6)     2.99  Yep, you read that correctly.
OMEGA MEN #1 2.99 Space pirates in the DCU!
PLUNDER #4 3.99
PRINCESS LEIA #4 (OF 5) 3.99
RAT GOD #5 (OF 5) 3.99
SAMURAI JACK #20   3.99
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) 3.99 Reed Richards from the regular Marvel U makes his presence known on Battleworld.
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) BIANCHI CONNECTING VAR   PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) BRADSHAW DR GWENDGE VAR   PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) CHRISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE VAR  PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) COKER VAR   PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) MCLEOD VAR   PI
SECRET WARS #3 (OF 8) SAUVAGE VAR  PI
SECRET WARS BATTLEWORLD #2 (OF 4) SWA 3.99
SECRET WARS BATTLEWORLD #2 (OF 4) STOKOE VAR   PI
SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN TP VOL 01 1926 -1939   24.95
SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN TP VOL 03 1944-1953    24.95
SIXTH GUN VALLEY OF DEATH #1 (OF 3) 3.99
SONIC BOOM #8    3.99
SPECTATORS GN 22.95
SPIDER-WOMAN #8 3.99
STAR WARS #6 3.99
SUNDOWNERS TP VOL 01    19.99
SUPERIOR IRON MAN #9 3.99
SWAMP THING TP VOL 06 THE SUREEN (N52) 16.99
SWORDS OF SORROW #2 (OF 6)    3.99
THANOS INFINITY RELATIVITY OGN HC 24.99
TMNT MUTANIMALS #4 (OF 4)   3.99
TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #23    3.99
TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 11 ATTACK ON TECHNODROME   17.99
TRANSFORMERS VS GI JOE #7 3.99
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #6 3.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 03   24.99
VENOM BY REMENDER COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 01 34.99
WAR STORIES #9     3.99
WICKED & DIVINE #11     3.50
WITCHER FOX CHILDREN #3 3.99
WOLVERINES #20 3.99
WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1    4.99
WOODS #13 3.99
WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 05 HOMEWARD BOUND (N52) 14.99
X-TINCTION AGENDA #1 SWA 3.99 The dream of the 90s is alive, not just in Portland, but in this Secret Wars tie-in!
X-TINCTION AGENDA #1 BROOKS WANTED VAR  PI
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #1 SWA 4.99 Revisiting that time Kitty Pryde time-traveled and accidentally kickstarted the creation of a world where mutants live in camps. I bet she is kinda embarrassed about how that went.
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #1 NORTON VAR
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #1 PERKINS ANT SIZED VAR   PI
ZERO #17     2.99

That’s it for now, see you soon!
PKG/VC

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Hello, everyone--

Tomorrow is Memorial Day! And we are going to have shorter hours in observance-- we will be open from 10 to 3, and then we will be disseminating into the world and eating things that were cooked outside. We encourage you to pop by early if you can!



LAST CALL! Our orders lock on the following products Monday night, let us know if you have any last minute additions to your list:
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: BULLY FOR YOU (Dark Horse) This is a video game tie-in? I think?
BLACK CANARY (DC) Now a singer in a punk band, this looks very promising-- pulled from her recent stint in Batgirl!
DOOMED (DC) A college kid gets merged with the Superman-killing entity Doomsday.
DR FATE (DC) New, younger, hipper?
HARLEY QUINN & POWER GIRL (DC) Yep, they’re getting their own team up book.
MAD MAX: FURIOSA (DC) Another one shot, this time featuring the coolest character in movies maybe ever.
MARTIAN MANHUNTER (DC) Fingers crossed they do this guy justice.
PREZ (DC) A teenage girl gets elected president via twitter in the near future.
ROBIN, SON OF BATMAN (DC) This will hopefully be great.
TMNT: CASEY & APRIL (IDW) Mini-series!
EMPTY ZONE (Image) Horror sci-fi courtesy of great illustrator Jason Alexander. Not of Seinfeld fame.
GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE (Marvel) Taking the place of GOTG for the duration of Secret Wars, the Guardians are the protectors of Knowhere, the moon of Battleworld.
RUNAWAYS (Marvel) A bunch of alt reality teen heroes band together!
THORS (Marvel) All the Thors as cops on Battleworld, guaranteed awesome.
THE FICTION (Boom) The line between fiction and reality gets blurry in this series, courtesy of rising superstar artist David Rubin.

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming in WEDNESDAY, MAY 27:
ADVENTURE TIME #40   3.99
ALL NEW HAWKEYE #3 3.99
ALL NEW HAWKEYE #3 FERRY NYC VAR  PI
ALL NEW HAWKEYE #3 WU VAR   PI
BART SIMPSON COMICS #96 2.99
BATGIRL TP VOL 05 DEADLINE (N52) 17.99
BATMAN 66 #23 2.99
BATMAN ADVENTURES TP VOL 02 19.99
BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD #3 (OF 5) 3.99
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #11 3.99
BLACK HOOD #4     3.99
BLACK SCIENCE #13 2ND PTG     3.50
BLACK WIDOW #18 3.99
BLACK WIDOW #18 COIPEL NYC VAR  PI
BRAVEST WARRIORS TALES HOLO JOHN #1 4.99
BREAKING BAD LOS POLLOS HERMANOS COFFEE MUG   14.00
BREAKING BAD SAUL GOODMAN LWYRUP COFFEE MUG   16.00
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #23 2.99
CAPTURE CREATURES #4 MAIN CVRS 3.99
CBLDF PRESENTS ELEPHANTMEN SHOTS #1   5.99
CHEW #49     2.99
CONAN THE AVENGER #14 3.50
CONVERGENCE #8 (OF 8)   4.99
CONVERGENCE #8 (OF 8) THOMPSON VAR ED   PI
CONVERGENCE ACTION COMICS #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE BLUE BEETLE #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE BOOSTER GOLD #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE CRIME SYNDICATE #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE DETECTIVE COMICS #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE INFINITY INC #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE PLASTIC MAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE SHAZAM #2 3.99
CONVERGENCE WORLDS FINEST COMICS #2 3.99
CURB STOMP #4 3.99
DARK GODS #6     3.99
DC COMICS NEW 52 HARLEY QUINN ACTION FIGURE 24.95
DEADLY CLASS #13     3.50
DEADPOOL CLASSIC TP VOL 11 MERC WITH MOUTH 34.99
DEADPOOL TP VOL 08 ALL GOOD THINGS 24.99
DIVINITY #4 (OF 4) (NEXT) 3.99
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS #8 WHOLE AGAIN 3.99
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS TP VOL 01 PARTS UNKNOWN 19.99
EFFIGY #5     2.99
ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #9 3.50
FIGHT CLUB 2 #1   3.99 Written by the man himself, this is a canon sequel that’s only existing in comics! With art by Cameron Stewart!
FLY OUTBREAK #3 (OF 5) 3.99
FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND #3 (OF 5) 3.50
GENIUS TP VOL 01 14.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #212 2ND PTG    3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #213 2ND PTG    3.99
GOD IS DEAD #36     3.99
GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #24 3.99
GUARDIANS 3000 TP VOL 01 TIME AFTER TIME 15.99
HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #6 2.99
HEAVENLY NOSTRILS CHRONICLE GN VOL 02 UNICORN ON A... 9.99
HELLBREAK #3     3.99
HELLBREAK #3 DAN HIPP VAR  PI   
HOAX HUNTERS 2015 #3 (OF 5)     3.50
HUNTER GN 5.95
INDESTRUCTIBLE STINGRAY #1 3.99
INFERNO #1 SWA 3.99
INFERNO #1 GRANOV VAR SWA  PI
INFINITE BOWMAN GN     15.00
INFINITE LOOP #2 (OF 6) 3.99
INFINITY GAUNTLET #1 SWA 3.99
INFINITY GAUNTLET #1 GRANOV VAR SWA PI
INHUMANS ATTILAN RISING #1 SWA 3.99 Secret Wars tie-in!
INHUMANS ATTILAN RISING #1 FORBES PROMO VAR SWA  PI
INHUMANS ATTILAN RISING #1 JOHNSON DESIGN VAR SWA   PI
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FOUR #2 2.99
INVINCIBLE #120 2.99
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #3     2.99
IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON #12 3.99
IVAR TIMEWALKER #5   3.99
JUDGE DREDD #30 3.99
KING FLASH GORDON #4 (OF 4) 3.99
KING PRINCE VALIANT #2 (OF 4) 3.99
LIFE AFTER #10     3.99
MARVEL NOW DEADPOOL ARTFX+ STATUE   59.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS JUNE 2015 EXTRAS 1.25
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS #7 2.99
MATERIAL #1     3.50  New multicharacter science fiction from Image, courtesy of Ales Kot.
MAYDAY #2 (OF 4)     3.99
MODOK ASSASSIN #1 (OF 5) SWA 3.99 Secret Wars tie-in, one of the weirder ones! Can’t wait.
MODOK ASSASSIN #1 (OF 5) WALTA VAR SWA  PI
MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA DIRECTORS CUT #1 9.99
MUNCHKIN #5 3.99
NICK FURY CLASSIC TP VOL 03 AGENT OF SHIELD 34.99
NIGHTCRAWLER TP VOL 02 REBORN 16.99
NOVA #31 3.99
OCTOBER FACTION #7 3.99
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 SWA 4.99 Maybe the most anticipated Secret Wars tie-in? By Brian Bendis & Andrea Sorrentino
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 BLANK VAR SWA  PI
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 MCNIVEN VAR SWA  PI
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 SORRENTINO VAR SWA  PI
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 YOUNG VAR SWA  PI
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #9     2.99
PASTAWAYS #3 3.99
PISCES #2     3.99
POSTAL #4   3.99
POWERPUFF GIRLS SUPER SMASH-UP #5 (OF 6)   3.99
PREVIEWS #321 JUNE 2015    3.99
PROPHET TP VOL 02 BROTHERS 14.99
PROVIDENCE #1 (OF 12)       3.99 Alan Moore apparently does for Lovecraft in this what he did to super heroes in Watchmen. I hope that means blowing him up with an exploding fake tentacle alien.
PROVIDENCE #1 (OF 12) ANCIENT TOME VAR  PI
RAGNAROK #5 3.99 50.0 1.9950 5.99
RED SONJA #16   3.99
SABRINA #3   3.99
SANDMAN OVERTURE #5 (OF 6)       3.99
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 19  19.99
SCARLETT COUTURE #2 (OF 4)    3.99
SECRET WARS 2099 #1 (OF 5) SWA 3.99 Taking the place of Spider-Man 2099!
SECRET WARS 2099 #1 (OF 5) LIM VAR   PI
SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1 (OF 5) SWA 3.99 Oooh, I hope this is about Dr. Doom’s journal and him writing about what boys he likes and how no one but Gerard Way understands him.
SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1 (OF 5) NGUYEN VAR  PI
SEX #21     2.99
SHIELD #6 3.99
SONIC UNIVERSE #76    3.99
SONS OF THE DEVIL #1       2.99  New image cult horror action thriller!
STAR WARS #2 CASSADAY 4TH PTG    3.99
SUICIDERS #4     3.99
SURFACE TENSION #1 (OF 5)   3.99
SWORDS OF SORROW MASQUERADE KATO SPECIAL 3.99
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #92     2.95
THANOS VS HULK TP 16.99
THE VALIANT TP 9.99
THEYRE NOT LIKE US #6     2.99
TMNT ONGOING #46   3.99
TONY TAKEZAKIS NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TP  12.99
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #41 3.99
UBER #25     3.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS ULTRON FOREVER #1 4.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS ULT FOREVER #1 AU MOVIE CONNECT  VAR   PI
UNCANNY AVENGERS ULT FOREVER #1 AU MOVIE CONNECT VAR  PI
VACANCY ONE SHOT 5.95
WALKING DEAD DARYL WINGS HEAT CHANGE COFFEE MUG 18.00
WAYWARD #8   3.50
WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1 (OF 5) SWA 3.99 Garth Ennis writing this Secret Wars tying in, war pilots vs. monsters jam!
WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1 (OF 5) MALEEV VAR   PI
WHO BEYOND 50 CELEBRATING FIVE DECADES OF DOCTOR W 24.99
WOLVERINES TP VOL 02 CLAW BLADE AND FANG 15.99
YOTSUBA & ! GN VOL 01 NEWER PTG 13.00
YOU DONT SAY GN   19.99  New OGN from celebrated cartoonist Nate Powell!

That’s it for now, see you soon!
P/VC