I just want to quote the Image Comics description for the first book we’ll talk about tonight as a way of helping you understand what it’s like.

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“Sexica and her Werewolf boyfriend Nikoli travel across a sci-fi, fantasy Russia smoking singing cigarettes.  Meanwhile the organ hunter Nura is sent out with a severed head and instructions to find its body.”

Yup.  That’s Brandon Graham for you, folks.  If you’ve read Prophet (the craziest, most brilliant comic out there!) or King City (the only comic with a cat telescope), then you’re well aware of Graham’s ingenious perspective on, well, everything.  Graham’s comics build fully realized, utterly unique worlds for you to explore visually (as he does the art himself) and conceptually.  For those reasons, I can promise you Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity will be one of the most interesting books you’ll ever read.

Jason Starr, renowned crime novelist and comic author, takes a crack at Wolverine‘s past this Wednesday, but not in a way you’ve ever seen before.  Wolverine MAX is a five issue miniseries that takes Logan back to Japan for an origin story of violent proportions.  If you’ve never read any of Marvel’s MAX line of books, they’re a no holds barred, adult version of famous Marvel characters.  So, in short, Wolverine like you’ve never seen him before.  Expect blood.  Expect guts.  Expect cursing.  Expect SNIKT-ing!

And if we’re talking blood and guts, we might as well mention the new Punisher War Zone miniseries hitting shelves this Wednesday.  Picking up where Greg Rucka’s recent Punisher ongoing series (both volumes, of which, are available now) left off at, Frank is on the run from the law in a way he’s never been before after taking the fall for shooting a cop.  Even though he didn’t do the deed, Frank is taking the blame to protect the woman who did (if you want to know more, you got to pick up the TPBs).  But Frank’s going to need his own form of protection as The Avengers decide to assist the NYPD in capturing him.  It’s Punisher vs. The Avengers, written by Greg Rucka, taking place in real Marvel continuity!

Followers of The Walking Dead television show on AMC have just been introduced to Phillip Blake aka The Governor with the beginning of season three, but there’s so much more to find out.  In conjunction with the hit television series, Robert Kirkman (the creator of the show and comic) began a trilogy of Walking Dead novels last year with The Rise of the Governor, which detailed Blake’s life during the initial zombie outbreak.  Now, its sequel, The Road to Woodbury, picks up where the last book left off at, following Blake as he climbs to power in the walled-off city of Woodbury.  Find out the origins of one of the most terrifying villains in comic history by picking up The Road to Woodbury this Wednesday!

 

Everyone just get quiet for a second and appreciate the new Dark Ascension Event Decks.
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Okay, that’s a fair amount of appreciation. Now for some words of explanation. The red-centric deck, Gleeful Flames, comes equipped with two Inkmoth Nexuses and a bunch of other strong red cards, while the green-centric deck, Spiraling Doom, includes Grim Backwoods, Myr Battlesphere, and Solemn Simulacrum along with a bunch of other tasty stuff. So grab an Event Deck and get dominating at the next tournament.

Doubtfully the final frontier, Alien Frontiers is the highly demanded Kickstarter success of last year. A cleverly designed, beautiful looking colinization game for up to four players, Alien Frontiers has players battling for resources and building colonies in an effort to take command of this vast planetscape.

Speaking of planetary control,Twilight Imperium Rex does not stray away from the world domination mechanics. Based on the system and mechanics of the classic Dune board game (entirely related to the cult classic novels and movies), Rex is a recreation of the same political power struggle present in the first version of the game. Covering three to six players, Rex needs to simultaneously sought by all of them because it will be gone as quick as a sandworm in a drought.

If your hankering for evil beings isn’t satiated yet, then grab your coat and head on over for Nightfall: The Coldest War. This new stand-alone expansion for the popular horror-centric deck building game comes with a wide range of brand new cards. These include completely original starting minions and moon phase cards that expand the game to a global scale. All the wound cards in this set are also entirely redeisnged and re-illustrated.

Speaking of game heavily populated by werewolves and the like, fans of the spooky and nerdy may be intersted in the restock we received on Vampire Werewolf Fairies. Yes, all three are in the same game. And the ultimate goal is to combine as many character types into one super creature or just beef up a single vampire, werewolf, or fairy until your the top dog. For even more fan-tacular action, combine the game with its expansion Zombie Ninja Pirates. Guess what comes in it?

With the new supplemental edition of Deathwatch, The Jericho Reach, gamers take on the role of border patrol Space Marines who guard the titled reach from utter annihilation. In this hardcover, Deathwatch fanatics will find details on all the planets in the Reach, the races that encompass it, all the special abilities at the Marines disposal, and the beasties of Hive Fleet Dagon. How much more distopia can you ask for?

Lastly, lets mosey on outta all this here dark, futury nonsense and get on back to the days’a the West with the new Bang: Gold Rush expansion. The first new expansion for the game in a spell, Gold Rush adds gold nugget cards that will allow participants to purchase new weaponary and equipment. But beware, the shadow-gunslingers have arrived and they’re aiming to shoot you down. Keep one of the most fun games around fresh and exciting by adding this set of cards to the base.

 

You’re slumbering in your bed, dreaming of mechanized sheep rocket boosting over a laser-wire fence (what you don’t dream of that?), when a mystical portal materializes in your bedroom.  Do you wake up?  No.  Why?  Because you’re a…

Deep Sleeper is the first book we’re going to look at today (see what happened there?).  Written by Kansas City native, Phil Hester, Deep Sleeper comes close to being about the intro sentence (doubting the robot sheep are in it, though), following a man by the name of Cole Gibson into a nightmare reality via a portal in his bedroom.  Cole is dropped headlong into an epic war between factions of this second reality’s beings.  And they all want control of him!  Phil may be an exceptional artist, but he’s an even better writer, so the story will be top notch.  Plus, with a wild topic like this, the artist of the book, Mike Huddleston’s (Butcher Baker) psychedelic art should shine.

Last week it was cute, cuddly Iron Mans and Spider-Mans, this week it’s cute Captain Americas.  Gear up for the movie releasing this summer by grabbing a Plush Captain America figure to take to the midnight release.  Seven inches of pure lovable, hug-able, snug-able superhero sweetness.  I mean, come on, look at that picture to the left and just tell me you don’t want to fight Nazis with that guy?

I vant to suuuuuck yur blooooood…and if you could give my name to your agent, I’d appreciate it.  In Screamland, from local (and KC Star staff) artist Hector Casanova, the famous Universal Studios monsters of yesteryear are out of work and desperate to make it back to the big time.  Collecting all five issues of the popular series, this new Screamland collected edition stars Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Werewolf as out of work, aging monsters.  It’s fun.  It’s from local talent.  And the concept is strong.  Give it a look see.

Finally, one for the kiddies.  Or adults that act like kids, but, seriously, where are you going to find one of those in a comic store?  Batman, Brave and the Bold:  Emerald Knight is the most recent collection for the series based off of the popular (and awesome) television show.  If you’re not familiar with either, the premise is simple:  Batman teams up with other famous superheroes to face off against evil.  Each issue is a stand-alone story, so even though you get six in this collection, you can read them in any order you want and not be lost.  They’re lighthearted, fast, traditionally campy comic fun and loaded with big guns like Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow.  Pick it up and give the kids something to keep busy with for a couple hours.

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