New Titles for 8-14-13

A1 #3

Archer & Armstrong #12

Astonishing X-Men #65

Astro City #3

Avengers Arena #13

Batgirl #23

Batman #23

Batman: Arkham Unhinged #17

Battlestar Galactica #3

Breath Of Bones: A Tale Of The Golem #3

Buck Rogers I/T 25th Century #1

Buffy Season 9 Freefall #24

Charismagic: Death Princess #3

Chronos Commandos: Dawn Patrol #2

Constantine #6

Damsels Mermaids #4

Deadpool #14

Deathmatch #8

Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #5

Demon Knights #23 (L)

Django Unchained #6

Doctor Who Vol 3 #12

Doomsday.1 #4 (L)

East Of West #5

Fantastic Four #11

Fearless Defenders #8

Fubar: By The Sword #1

G.I. Joe: Special Missions #6

Ghosted #2

Great Pacific #9

Green Lantern Corps #23

Grimm #4

Grimm FT: Demons Unseen #3 (L)

Grimm FT: Wonderland #13

Half Past Danger #4

Halo Initiation #1

Harbinger #15

Infinity #1

It Came #1

Justice League Of America #7

Katana #7

Lost Vegas #4

Mind The Gap #12

Nightwing #23

Peter Panzerfaust #13

Red Sonja #2

Resident Alien: Suicide Blonde #0

Saga #13

Savage Dragon #190

Scarlet Spider #20

Secret Avengers #7

Shadow/Green Hornet: Dark Nights #2

Six Gun Gorilla #3

Smallville Season 11 #16

Spawn #234

Star Trek Ongoing #24

Star Wars #8

Steampunk Corsairs #1

Suicide Squad #23

Superboy #23

Superior Spider-Man Team Up #2

Thor: God Of Thunder #11

Threshold #8

Thunder Agents #1

True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys #3

Ultimate Comics X-Men #30

Uncanny X-Force #10

Uncanny X-Men #10

Vampirella: Southern Gothic #1

Walking Dead #113

Wolverine #8

Wolverine And X-Men #34

Worlds Finest #15

X #4

X-Files Season 10 #3

ALL AGES COMICS, COLLECTIONS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

Adventure Time: Candy Capers #2

Batman: Li’l Gotham #5

DC YR Board Bk: Superman Fights For Truth

Disney Girls Presents #16

Garfield Pet Force Special #1

Herobear & The Kid Inheritance #1

Marvel Universe: Ultimate Spider-Man #17

My Little Pony Cover Gallery #1

My Little Pony Digest TP Vol 1

Return Of The Dapper Men Special Edition HC

Spongebob Comics #23

Travelin’ With Mr Toast & Friends SC

COLLECTIONS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

Avengers Assemble TP: Science Bros

BPRD: Hell / Earth TP Vol 6 Return O/Master

Dr Strange & Dr Doom: Triumph & Torment

Fearless Defenders TP Vol 1: Doom Maidens

March GN Book 1

Mike Norton’s Battlepug HC Vol 2

BACK IN STOCK/REPLENISHMENTS

Dexter #1 2nd Ptg

Emerald City Of Oz #2

Ghosted #1 2nd Ptg

Trinity / Sin Pandora #1 2d Pt

Wild Blue Yonder #1 2nd Ptg

X-Files Season 10 #1 2nd Ptg

Titles of the Week for August 7th, 2013

Here are our New Comics for the Week for August 7th!

Abe Sapien #5

Action Comics #23

All New X-Men #15

Ame Comi Girls #6

Artifacts #30

Asylum (John Carpenter) #2

Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #9

Atomic Robo: Savage Sword / Dr Dinosaur #2

Avengers #17

Avengers: A.I. #2

Batwing #23

Black Bat #4

Blackacre #9

Burn The Orphanage: Born To Lose #1

Cable And X-Force #12

Catalyst Comix #2

Charismagic Vol 2 #4

Critter #13

Crossed Badlands #34

Cyber Force #5

Damsels #9

Daredevil: Dark Nights #3

Dark Shadows #19

Dark Tower Gunslinger: So Fell Lord Perth #1

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #2

Detective Comics #23

Dial H #15 (L)

Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #4

Earth 2 #15

Fairest #18

Fatale #16

G.I. Joe: Cobra Files #5

Game Of Thrones #16

Godzilla: Rulers Of The Earth #2

Green Arrow #23

Green Lantern #23

Grimm FT: Wonderland: Down/Rabbit Hole #3

Grimm FT: Zombies Cursed #2

Helheim #6

Higher Earth #9

Hunger #2

Invincible Universe #5

Iron Man #14

Jack Kirby Collector #61

Kick-Ass 3 #2

Knightingail: Shadow Divisions #1

Lady Rawhide #1

Legend Of Luther Strode #6 (L)

Legends Of The Dark Knight #11

Lords Of Mars #1

Manhattan Projects #13

Miniature Jesus #4

Movement #4

Owl #2

Pathfinder: Goblins #1

Phantom Stranger (Trinity of Sin) #11

Planet O/T Apes: Cataclysm #12 (L)

Quantum & Woody #2

Robocop: Last Stand #1

Satellite Sam #2

Screwed #3

Shadow #16

Shadowman #9

Sheltered #2

Sidekick #1

Skin Trade (G.R.R. Martin) #2

Steam Engines Of Oz #2

Stormwatch #23

Suicide Risk #4

Superior Carnage #2

Superior Foes Of Spider-Man #2

Superior Spider-Man #15

Swamp Thing #23

Ten Grand #4

Transformers: Monstrosity #3

Transformers: Robots In Disguise #20

Trillium #1

Ursa Minor #6 (L)

Victories (Michael Oeming): Transhuman #4

Walking Dead Magazine #5

Warlord Of Mars: Dejah Thoris #28

X-Factor #260

ALL AGES COMIC BOOKS, COLLECTIONS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS

Bone Color Ed SC Vol 1: Out From Boneville

Emerald City Of Oz #2

Garfield #16

Kevin Keller #10

Looney Tunes #214

Marvel Universe: Avengers Earths Heroes #17

Mega Man #28

Princeless: Tales Of Girls Who Rock 1-Shot

Royal Historian Of Oz TP

Scooby Doo, Where Are You? #36

COLLECTIONS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS

Daredevil By Mark Waid HC Vol 5

Harvey Horrors Tomb Of Terror SC TP Vol 1

Rachel Rising TP Vol 3 Cemetery Songs

Thor By Walter Simonson TP Vol 1

Thrilling Adventure Hour HC

Venom TP Toxin With A Vengeance

Hey, Kids! (Make Your Own) Comics!

On AUGUST 10, 2013, children's book author and artist K. Michael Crawford will be hosting a two-hour event at GAME ON! COMICS to teach kids how to create their own comics!

Crawford will teach kids of all ages how to create their very own comic book Super Hero. They will learn the step-by-step process in character creation, and she will help them complete their hero or heroine with the super powers that help bring comic book characters to life.

Bring your imagination and learn the professional way to draw like a comic book artist starting with the four shapes on how to draw everything. Join us Saturday, August 10, 2013, from Noon to 2pm for this awesome, fun-filled adventure creation time!

K. Michael Crawford's Web Site

COMICS, COLLEGE, and GENDER STUDIES THROUGH GAME ON!

Comic Books aren’t generally well received when it comes to higher education.  However, Ball State Adjunct Professor Christina Blanch is putting her love of comics to work in a new Gender Studies course, being made available for free to anyone who wants to take the course.  Students enrolled in the GENDER THROUGH COMIC BOOKS course will read a variety of comics from Marvel, DC and several independent publishers and analyze how the comics portray women, and the impact that portrayal has on our society.

The course runs from April 2 through May 10, and while it will be graded and there are projects and discussions, the course is free for everyone.  You may enroll here:

https://www.canvas.net/courses/gender-through-comic-books

Once you have enrolled, go to Comixology through a special link to purchase the course reading materials, available on sale through April 2d:

http://cmxl.gy/Gender-Through-Comic-Books-MOOC

Certain collected volumes for upcoming weeks, including SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT, CAPTAIN MARVEL VOLUME ONE (Does not include issue 7 from the required reading list), SECRET SIX: UNHINGED (collects issues 1-7 of Secret Six), and Y: THE LAST MAN VOLUME ONE (collects issues 1-6 of Y: The Last Man), are available through GAME ON! to order for slightly less than the Comixology sale price.

When you enroll, LET US KNOW!  If enough GAME ON! customers enroll, we will hold special discussion events to enhance the learning experience.  As course details and assignments are fully explained, we may also hold special events to help you complete said assignments.

This is a fairly heavy topic, but ultimately comics are about fun stories, so hopefully we here at GAME ON! can make the course and related discussions even more fun.

Don’t forget, the course begins Tuesday and let us know when you enroll by emailing JR at GAME ON COMICS dot COM

Thanks, and see you on the virtual campus!

New Release List for Wednesday, MARCH 13, 2013

(L) Indicates a series ending with the listed issue.

Age Of Ultron #2
Aliens Vs Parker #1
Alpha Big Time #2
Archer & Armstrong #8
Avengers Arena #6
Avengers Assemble #13
Avenging Spider-Man #18
Batgirl #18
Batman #18
Batman And Robin #18
Batman: Arkham Unhinged #12
Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6 (L)
Bionic Man Annual #1
Bloodshot #9
Bravest Warriors #6
Buffy Season 9: Freefall #19
Buddy Cops 1-Shot (Game On! Comics' Small Press Showcase)
Change #4 (L)
Crossed: Badlands #25
Deathstroke #18
Dejah Thoris & Green Men Of Mars #2
Demon Knights #18
Emily & The Strangers #2
End Times Of Bram & Ben #3
Executive Assistant Iris Vol 3 #3
Fantastic Four #5
Fearless Defenders #2
Fever Ridge: Macarthur Jungle War #2
Game Of Thrones #13
Ghost #4
Ghostbusters #2
Green Lantern Corps #18
Grimm Universe #4
High Ways #3
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin #3
Katana #2
Manhattan Projects #10
Mars Attacks #8
Megami Jan 2013
Mind The Gap #8
Mylo Xyloto #2
Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath #5
Nowhere Men #4
Peter Panzerfaust #10
Ravagers #10
Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #2
Saucer Country #13
Secret Avengers #2
Shadow #10
Sledgehammer 44 #1
Spawn #229
Star Wars #3
Suicide Squad #18
Superboy #18
Team 7 #6
Thor: God Of Thunder #6
Threshold #3
Thunderbolts #6
Todd, The Ugliest Kid On Earth #3
Transformers: Regeneration One #89
Triggergirl 6 #1
Ultimate Comics: Wolverine #1
Ultimate Comics: X-Men #24
Uncanny X-Men #3
Walking Dead #108
Wheel Of Time - Eye O/World (R.Jordan) #33
Where Is Jake Ellis #3
Wolverine #1 (Game On! Comics' Comic of the Week!)
Wolverine And The X-Men #26
X-Men Legacy #7
X-Treme X-Men #12

ALL AGES COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS
Green Lantern: The Animated Series #12
Marvel Universe: Avengers - Earths Heroes #12
Mega Man #23
Spongebob Comics #18
Star Wars: Clone Wars Defenders Lost Temple

COLLECTIONS / GRAPHIC NOVELS
Avengers: Season One HC
Chronicles Of Conan TP Vol 23: Well Of Souls
Hawkeye TP Vol 1: My Life As A Weapon
Shadow Double Novel Vol 70

ACTION FIGURES
Marvel Legends 6” AF Jan 2013 Assortment

BACK IN STOCK
All New X-Men #2-4 3rd Ptg
Black Beetle: No Way Out #1 2nd Ptg
Deadpool Killustrated #2
Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 2nd Ptg
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #4
Superman #17

Why do we like Small Press comics?

At Game On! we strive to stock the most comic titles in the DC area per week. Of course we always carry the Big Two publishers, DC and Marvel. But, we are proud that we differentiate ourselves as carrying the most small press titles in the area! So, what does this mean for you? Well, ask yourself this: what does reading comic books do for you? For me, it is a break from the fast-paced, busy, lives we lead. For a little bit of time we get to transport ourselves to other worlds and simply have fun. There are A LOT of artists and writers out there that are doing awesome work right now! Some of these titles go on to become MAJOR hits, like the Walking Dead. Please do yourself a favor and grab a small press comic and read it. Tell us at the store what you think about it! I personally just read Vol. 1 of Charismagic and Shrugged and completely enjoyed them! Both of which have Vol 2 coming out over the next couple months. We also have a couple of events coming up in March to help introduce small press titles to our customers. Upcoming Events Game On! Comics Comic Book Club Friday March 22, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT Come join us at Game On! Comics for our monthly comic book club! Every month we will discuss comics. For the first few months we will focus our efforts on Aspen Comic's new 10 for 10 series. This is a great way to hang out with other people discussing a small press (Aspen) title and read something different. This month we read and discuss Shrugged and Legend of the Shadow Clan. Aspen Comics Exclusive Event Saturday March 23, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT We welcome TWO! Aspen comics artists to Game On! Comics for an exclusive event! We welcome Shrugged 2 artist, Jonathan Marks AND Legend of the Shadow Clan artist, Cory Smith!! Come check out the artists from 2 of the hottest comic titles out! In addition, Game On! Comics will debut its Limited edition Shrugged 2 cover that you can ONLY get at Game On! Comics.

Get LOST (VEGAS) at Game On! Comics!

There are rumors that one of the first stand-alone Star Wars films will be an adventure featuring a young Han Solo.  With all due respect to the Disney braintrust...it's already been done by Jim McCann, Janet Lee and Chris Sotomayor.

  On March 6, Image Comics will release the first of a four-issue series titled LOST VEGAS, by Eisner-Award winners Jim McCann and Janet Lee.  McCann and Lee have come a long way in a fairly short time in their comics career, culminating in the Eisner for Best Graphic Novel in 2011 for their Steampunk fairy tale RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN.  McCann, who has worked in television production and previously worked in the marketing department for Marvel, has developed into a very deft storyteller.  His current series, also from Image, is MIND THE GAP, an Hitchcockian mystery with supernatural overtones, and has become one of the best cliffhangers around.  Lee is a fantastic artist known for her adaptations of Jane Austen books for Marvel, and recently released WONDERLAND ALPHABET.  Her award-winning DAPPER MEN art was done in decoupage, a style all but nonexistent in sequential art.  McCann and Lee are old friends, and their collaborations reflect that.

However, with LOST VEGAS, McCann and Lee take readers in a very different direction from DAPPER MEN.  McCann has combined his love of heist and space adventure films to answer a simple question: instead of owing the casino money, what if when you lost everything you lost...yourself?

Con artist Roland does just that.  When he loses everything in a card game, he becomes the property of the LOST VEGAS interstellar casino.  After a few years, he believes he has finally figured out the perfect way to escape, and maybe even turn the tables on the casino owners and exact a little revenge.  With the assistance of an anthropomorphized blob of black goo known as "ink," Roland plans an escape for himself that has a simple premise: bankrupt the casino.

But that's where everything starts to go wrong when Roland becomes infatuated with the casino's main entertainment draw, the dancer Kaylex.  Thinking of Kaylex gets Roland distracted, and in trouble.  His friends don't know he's in trouble, and he's suddenly in more trouble than he bargained for.  (Did I mention Roland only has 24 hours to pull off the plan?)

LOST VEGAS is a typical Jim McCann story: the first few pages are a little peculiar, and once or twice you might wonder where the story is going, until you realize out of nowhere you've reached the end of the issue...and you're ticked!  McCann is a wonderful storyteller and flexes his cliffhanger muscles perfectly.  I didn't realize until the very end of issue #1 that he had completely sucked me in, and I don't mind admitting that waiting for issue #2 is going to be frustrating.

Along with McCann's great story is beautiful art from Lee, with colors provided by Chris Sotomayor.  For anyone who really doesn't understand what a good colorist can mean to an artist and book, pay special attention to LOST VEGAS.  Lee and Sotomayor's two page spread introducing Kaylex is just stunning, and probably my favorite image from the first issue.  Lee may only have a few titles under her sequential-art belt, but she is showing once again that her Eisner was well-earned.  Her style is perfectly suited to alien design, and Sotomayor's colors complement her designs beautifully.

LOST VEGAS #1 arrives Wednesday, featuring dual covers by Lee and Dan McDaid (artist of a previous Image series, JERSEY GODS), and continues for the following three months.  Call or email us before to guarantee your copy.

Cheers,

J. R.

(Send me an email to jr [at] gameoncomics [dot] com to reserve yourself a copy!)