Tuesday, January 26, 2016



This is really late on account of the internet at Velocity’s secret HQ got mega-wonky during the stupid snowstorm. I hope you all survived it well enough, got some reading done, and maybe reconnected with friends and family you were forced to be around 24/7.

DRAW MONTHLY! Doctor Strange entries! We are extending the due date by ONE WEEK to WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd! Just because I drew Dr. Strange like 20 times while snowed in I don’t expect you all did. But finish one and bring it in! 9” x 12” max size, any medium! Winner (judged partially by CHRIS VISIONS, handsomest new recruit working for MARVEL COMICS!) gets store credit and the power to choose who we all draw next!

ARRIVING FOR SALE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY 1/27:
ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #4 3.99
ALL NEW INHUMANS #3 3.99
ANGELA QUEEN OF HEL #4 3.99
ANT COLONY HC   21.95
ANYAS GHOST GN   15.99
AQUAMAN #48 3.99
ART OPS #4    3.99
ATOMIC ROBO & THE RING OF FIRE #5 (OF 5) 3.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #17 2.99
BATMAN BY ED BRUBAKER TP VOL 01 19.99
BATMAN THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA TP VOL 03 (OF 3) 14.99
BATMAN V SUPERMAN LOGO T/S MED   19.95
BEAUTY #6      3.50
BEE AND PUPPYCAT TP VOL 02 14.99
BEVERLY GN    21.95
BLACK CANARY #7 2.99
BLACK MAGICK #4      3.99
BLACK WIDOW ITSY BITSY SPIDER TP 19.99
BLOODSHOT REBORN #10    3.99
BLUBBER #2   3.99
BOOK OF DEATH FALL OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE TP 14.99
CARNAGE #4 3.99
CHEW #54    3.50
COLDER TOSS THE BONES #5 (OF 5) 3.99
COMPLETE ELFQUEST TP VOL 02   24.99
CONAN THE AVENGER #22 3.50
CRY HAVOC #1      3.99  When Alan Moore says this is the best new comic in years, people should probably listen?
CURB STOMP TP 14.99
CYBORG #7 2.99
DAREDEVIL #3 3.99
DAREDEVIL #3 RIVERA VAR   PI
DEAD LETTERS TP VOL 02 14.99
DEADLY CLASS #18    3.99
DEADPOOL AND CABLE SPLIT SECOND #2 (OF 3) 4.99
DEATHSTROKE #14 2.99
DOCTOR WHO 10TH YEAR TWO #5   3.99
DOCTOR WHO COMP HIST HC VOL 05 11TH DOCTOR STORIES 18.99
DOCTOR WHO COMP HIST HC VOL 06 4TH DOCTOR STORIES 18.99
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #42   11.99
DREAMING EAGLES #2      3.99
EAST OF WEST #24 3.50
ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #13 3.50
ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST TP VOL 01  17.99
ENVELOPE MANUFACTURER GN    16.95
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #14 3.99
EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #6 3.99
FAITH #1 (OF 4)  3.99  Cult favorite Valiant character gets her own series!
FUSE #17    3.99
GHOSTBUSTERS INTERNATIONAL #1 3.99
GRAYSON #16 3.99
GROOT PREM HC 24.99
GUIDE TO MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE CA FIRST AVENGER  3.99
HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #14 2.99
HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL 2016 #1   3.99
HIP HOP FAMILY TREE #6 VELOCITY EXCLUSIVE VARIANT  PI Featuring Eric B & Rakim, this is the only place in the galaxy you can get these! Thanks to Ed Piskor, Fantagraphics, and comic pal Jason Hamlin!
HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD #4 3.99
INVADER ZIM TP VOL 01  19.99
ISLAND #6 7.99
ITTY BITTY HELLBOY SEARCH FOR THE WERE-JAGUAR #3   2.99
JACKED #3 (OF 6)    3.99
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS #11 3.99
JUPITERS CIRCLE VOL 2 #3 (OF 6)     3.50
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #8 2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7    3.99
KANAN #10 3.99
KING CONAN WOLVES BEYOND THE BORDER #2 (OF 4) 3.99
LAIKA SC NEW PTG 18.99
LAST GANG IN TOWN #2 (OF 7)    3.99
LAST MAN GN VOL 01 STRANGER    9.99
LAZARUS TP VOL 4 POISON    14.99
LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS HC    14.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS #7 FEBRUARY 2016    1.25
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN SPIDER-VERSE #3    2.99
MARVELS CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR PRELUDE #4   2.99
MEAN GIRLS CLUB ONE SHOT 5.95
METABARONS GENESIS CASTAKA HC  29.95
MIND MGMT HC VOL 06 THE IMMORTALS   19.99
MONSTRESS #1 3RD PTG    4.99
MONSTRESS #2 2ND PTG    3.99
MONSTRESS #3    3.99
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #3 3.99
ODY-C #9    3.99
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 4.99  He’s old! He’s a man! And he’s Logan! Now in the new Marvel Universe!
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 DEODATO VAR   PI
OLYMPIANS GN VOL 08 APOLLO BRILLIANT ONE     9.99
OMEGA MEN #8 2.99
ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 01 9.99
ORPHAN BLACK HELSINKI #3 (OF 5) 3.99
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #15    2.99
PASTAWAYS #8 3.99
PREVIEWS #329 FEBRUARY 2016    3.99
PROPHET EARTH WAR #1 (OF 6) 3.99  Final arc of Brandon Graham’s revisionist masterpiece!
QQ SWEEPER GN VOL 02    9.99
RASPUTIN TP VOL 02    14.99
REVIVAL #36    3.99
RICK & MORTY #10   3.99
RINGSIDE #3    3.99
ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT #1   2ND PTG   3.99
SAGA #33    2.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #211 3.99
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 21   19.99
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #14 2.99
SCULPTOR HC GN    29.99
SHIELD TP VOL 02 MAN CALLED DEATH 17.99
SOUTHERN BASTARDS #13    3.50
SPIDER-WOMAN #3 3.99
SPIDER-WOMAN #3 WU VAR  PI
SPIDER-WOMAN TP VOL 02 NEW DUDS 17.99
SPIRE #6 (OF 8) 3.99
STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK LIBRARY 29.94
STINKY CECIL IN TERRARIUM TERROR GN 9.99
STRAYER #1 3.99
SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED DEADSHOT KATANA #1   4.99
SUPERGIRL TP VOL 01 THE GIRL OF STEEL 16.99
SUPERMAN #48 3.99
SUPERMAN LOIS AND CLARK #4 3.99
SWAMP THING TP VOL 07 SEASONS END 16.99
SWEATERWEATHER HC 19.99
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #96    2.95
TEEN TITANS #16 2.99
TMNT ONGOING #54    3.99
TOKYO GHOUL GN VOL 05    12.99
TRANSFORMERS SINS OF WRECKERS #3 (OF 5) 3.99
TRUE BELIEVERS DEADPOOL MUSICAL #1 1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS DEADPOOL VARIANTS #1 1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS EVIL DEADPOOL #1 1.00
TWILIGHT CHILDREN #4 (OF 4)    4.99
ULTRAMAN GN VOL 03   12.99
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #4 3.99
UNDERWORLD HOBOKEN TO HOLLYWOOD HC    39.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 02  24.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 03  24.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 04   24.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 05   24.99
VENOM SPACE KNIGHT #3 3.99
VERTIGO QUARTERLY SFX #4 7.99
WE ARE ROBIN #8 3.99
WILDS END ENEMY WITHIN #5 (OF 4) 3.99
X-FILES SEASON 11 #6 3.99 50.0 1.9950 3.99 IDW

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

Monday, January 25, 2016

Hello, everyone.

If you care about such things, you might have noticed I have a pending Best Graphic Novels of 2015 list that I haven’t presented yet. All apologies. The world has gotten in the way of me having completed the reading I set out to do, and as we’re rounding the corner to February time isn’t on my side. So here’s a quickie version of the stuff I managed to finish: The Private Eye (Brian K Vaughan & Marcos Martin) The Divine (Tomer & Asaf Hanuka), The Sculptor (Scott McCloud), Space Dumplins (Craig Thompson), Annihilator (Grant Morrison & Frazer Irving) and UR (Eric Haven) all were definitely on that list. Let’s look to the future now.

Speaking of the future, we’re starting to see some DRAW MONTHLY! entries trickle in, and they’re looking sharp! We have also secured our first celebrity judge-- CHRIS VISIONS! You know him from Dead Letters and Constantine (and our sign outside), and soon you’ll know him even better from Scarlet Witch and Spider-Gwen-- both from Marvel! So get to work, maybe win some store credit, and decide whom everyone has to draw for the next round! This month: DOCTOR STRANGE! The specs: max 9” x 12”, any media! Any interpretation!

LAST CALL! If you want them, tell us! Otherwise we might order few and sell out fast.
KING’S ROAD (Dark Horse) Peter Hogan and Phil Winslade’s work from Dark Horse Presents gets collected and added to as a springboard for a new series!
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT: BATGIRL & HARLEY QUINN (DC) Based on the video game versions.
DARK & BLOODY (DC/Vertigo) Guns, moonshine and monsters, Vertigo style.
DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE (DC) This looks to be a Joker-focused prequel to the original DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, with art by John Romita, Jr. IMPORTANT-- we will NOT be matching this to the sub list for DK3, you need to tell us if you want it! Don’t assume!
JONESY (Boom!) Sam Humphries’ teen love cupid riff.

SHIPPING! For you, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20:
68 LAST RIGHTS #4 (OF 4)   3.99
ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING #1  3.99
ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 07 UTOPIANS 19.99
AMAZING FOREST #1 3.99
AMERICAN MONSTER #1     3.99  New Brian Azzarello series from new publisher Aftershock.
AMERICAN MONSTER #1 1:10  DAVE JOHNSON VAR   PI
ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #4 3.99
ASTRO CITY #31 3.99
BABY SITTERS CLUB COLOR ED GN VOL 04 CLAUDIA & ME 10.99
BATGIRL #47 2.99
BATGIRL TP VOL 01 SILENT KNIGHT 19.99
BATMAN #48 3.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #16 2.99
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #6 (OF 6) 2.99
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #20
BLACKLIST #6   3.99
BLOOD FEUD #4 (OF 5) 3.99
BOOK OF DEATH TP 14.99
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #139 3.50
BTVS SEASON 10 #23   3.99
CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS III #3 (OF 6) 3.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 3.99  New mission! New creative team! New friends!
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 ANKA DESIGN VAR  PI
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 VAR  PI
CARVER PARIS STORY #2 3.99
CLEAN ROOM #4     3.99
CROSSED BADLANDS #92      3.99
CROSSED PLUS 100 #13     3.99
DAREDEVIL BY BRUBAKER AND LARK ULT COLL TP BOOK 01 29.99
DARK HORSE PRESENTS 2014 #18 4.99
DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #2 (OF 8) COLLECTORS ED  12.99
DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE LADY OF SHADOWS #5   3.99
DC COMICS ICONS HARLEY QUINN STATUE 100.00
DC SUPERHERO BEST OF FIG COLL MAG #1 BATMAN    17.95
DC SUPERHERO BEST OF FIG COLL MAG #2 SUPERMAN  17.95
DEADPOOL #6 3.99
DEADPOOL #6 KOBLISH SECRET COMIC VAR   PI
DEATH OF WOLVERINE TP 19.99
DEVOLUTION #1 (OF 5)     3.99 Book of the week! Rick Remender and Jonathan Wayshak Are devolving the whole dang planet.
DEVOLUTION #1 (OF 5) 1:10  LEE B&W VAR  PI
DEVOLUTION #1 (OF 5) 1:20 COPY LEE VIRGIN VAR  PI
DOCTOR FATE #8 2.99
DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME TP 24.99
DRAGON AGE MAGEKILLER #2 (OF 5) 3.99
DRAX #3 3.99
ENVELOPE MANUFACTURER GN     16.95
FRANK IN THE 3RD DIMENSION HC   22.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #224 3.99
GODZILLA KAIJU 12IN SER ANGUIRIUS PX FIG 1968 VER 180.00
GRAYSON TP VOL 01 AGENTS OF SPYRAL TP 14.99
GRAYSON TP VOL 02 WE ALL DIE AT DAWN 14.99
HANGMAN #2 REG      3.99
HARLEY QUINN #24 3.99
HARLEY QUINN #24 VAR ED  PI
HERCULES #3 3.99
I HATE FAIRYLAND #4 CVR A YOUNG     3.50
I HATE FAIRYLAND #4 F*CK (UNCENSORED) FAIRYLAND VAR  PI   
IMPERIUM #12    3.99
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FIVE #2 2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR BATMAN #1 2ND PTG 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR GREEN LANTERN #1 2ND PTG  3.99
LEGACY OF LUTHER STRODE #4      3.50
LOOKING FOR GROUP #10 4.99
LUCIFER #2     3.99
LUMBERJANES #22 3.99
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #8 2.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #15 2.99
MONSTER TP VOL 07 PERFECT ED URASAWA   19.99
MS MARVEL #3 3.99
MS MARVEL #3 TARR VAR   PI
NEW AVENGERS #5 3.99
NEW TEEN TITANS TP VOL 04 19.99
NOWHERE MEN #7   2.99  After a too-long hiatus, one of the best comics of the new millennium is back!
PATHFINDER HOLLOW MOUNTAIN #3 (OF 6)   4.99
PATSY WALKER AKA HELLCAT #2 3.99
PENCIL HEAD #1 (OF 5)     3.99
PHONOGRAM THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #6 (OF 6)     3.99
POISON IVY CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH #1 (OF 6) 2.99
POSTAL #9   3.99
PUNISHER MAX TP VOL 01 COMPLETE COLLECTION     34.99
RACHEL RISING #39 3.99
RED THORN #3     3.99
ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #8 3.99
SECRET SIX #10 2.99
SILVER SURFER #1 3.99  Back! Same creative team.
SILVER SURFER #1 RUDY VAR  PI
SIMPSONS COMICS #225
SINESTRO #19 2.99
STAR WARS #15 3.99
STAR WARS #15 MAYHEW SKETCH VAR   PI
STAR WARS TP LANDO 16.99
STAR-LORD #3 3.99
STARBRAND AND NIGHTMASK #2 3.99
STREET FIGHTER UNLIMITED #2    3.99
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #25 3.99
SUPERZERO #2 3.99
SYMMETRY #  3.99
THOR TP VOL 01 GODDESS OF THUNDER 19.99
TITANS HUNT #4 (OF 12) 3.99
TOKYO GHOST #5     3.99
TRANSFORMERS #49 3.99
TRANSFORMERS GI JOE TYRANTS RISE HEROES ARE BORN  19.99
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ANIMATED #6 3.99
TRUE BELIEVERS GROOVY DEADPOOL #1 1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS MEATY DEADPOOL #1 1.00
TRUE BELIEVERS WEDDING OF DEADPOOL #1 1.00
UNCANNY INHUMANS #4 3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #2 3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #2 ANKA VAR   PI
USAGI YOJIMBO #151 3.99
WAYWARD #13     3.50
WEIRD LOVE #11 4.99
WELCOME TO SHOWSIDE #3    3.99
WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 02 FANDEMONIUM     14.99
WILL EISNER SPIRIT #7 3.99
WOLF #5     3.50
WONDER WOMAN #48 3.99
WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #3    3.99
X-MEN TP VOL 01 INFERNO 34.99  

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