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" C O M I C B O O K E - M A G " __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue 8 - May 8, 1995 "Brought to you by the fine folks at the COMIC BOOK Network!" Editors: Ed Dukeshire & Mike Imboden __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-1-] The 25th Hour ...................... Mike Imboden [-2-] Comicunications .................... Ryan Brewster [-3-] CSNsider 412 ....................... David Leblanc [-4-] CSNsider 413 ....................... David Leblanc [-5-] Suspended Animation ................ Michael Vance [-6-] News Clipping ...................... OTC [-7-] Feedback ........................... Our Address [-8-] BBSes Linked into CBN .............. CBN Staff __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-1-]--/ THE 25TH HOUR /--------------------------------------------/ The 25th Hour by Mike Imboden "25th Hour" - M!ke Imboden Well, after an unplanned hiatus I have returned, (Actually, I've been back for a week or so now but have finally gotten caught up to the point where I can sit and write something). Our BBS machine decided that it was going to die with no warning and we weren't able to get the parts needed to rebuild it for a couple weeks. What did I do in my "time off"? Not much. I actually managed to read a few comics - getting caught up on most of the "bigger" titles. Captain America and a few others, (JLA, etc) are left to catch up on, though. I suppose the "neatest" thing I did was build a computer from just the parts. I'd never done more than install a piece of hardware like a new drive or soundcard so I was quite intimidated by staring at a motherboard OUTSIDE of the case. Well, I only blew one fuse in the house, that coming on my first attempt at hooking up the power supply. Attached the connectors, pushed the power button and FAVAMP - all the lights in the house went black. After that it was smooth sailing. Surprisingly I managed to get the darn thing together and running by the next afternoon. It would have been sooner but I didn't know I was short one power connector for the floppy drive which I had to rush out and buy when morning came. I still don't claim to be a whiz at this thing, but I guess in a pinch I can muster the know-how to get something running. So, onto things you care about... What's up with the feedback? There is none! Are we that boring? Come on folks, you write e-mail everyday. We have what, half a dozen addresses you can reach us at? Hop to it, drop us a line and let us know if you like what we're doing. Is there anything you want to see more, (or less), of? Name it. We can't give you what you want to read about unless you tell us what that is. In other stuff... I didn't realize I was ripping off Tony Isabella's CBG column until after I wrote mine last time. I was behind on my CBGs and didn't notice his take on the lack of real HEROES until after I was moved to write about it in the wake of the Oklahoma bombing. Tony says it all better than me, so I'll just nod my head, point towards Medina, Ohio, and say "Yeah! What HE said!". This just in from the "Mike is WAYYY Behind the Times" department... Man, I just saw SPEED on HBO tonight... Geez-Louise, talk about a nail biter! It's been awhile since I've been riveted to the screen the way I was during this flick. Great stuff for you action fans out there. The jumping bus bit was a tad over the "reality" line, but hey, who's got the scorecard around here anyway? This was a great movie and Dennis Hopper didn't disappoint in his role of the bad guy. (although, IMO, his best "bad guy" role is, no, not King Koopa, the dude in David Lynch's BLUE VELVET. Now THAT was a freaked out cat.) Anyhow, if you're living a year behind everyone else like I am when it comes to seeing movies, (actually, I call it smart. Ticket prices these days makes it hard to see films in the theater, y'know?), try and catch this. It's on tape and on HBO this month. So, DC is "exclusive" with Diamond now. Well, this could be one of the final nails in some retailer's coffin. If Diamond incorporates DC's minimum, (whatever it is) into their own most should be ok. However, if Diamond accounts will have to meet a DC minimum in their overall Diamond total we could see the casualty figures begin rolling in. Diamond's current minimum isn't hard to meet assuming you sell enough DCs and other non-Marvel stuff, but taking another bite from that Diamond figure could be REALLLL hard for some people to meet. If you weren't scared when the Marvel deal went down, now's the time to start biting your nails. Before I turn over the controls to everyone else I wanted to get a plug in here. Now, I don't know the guy, have no financial interest in his work and am getting nothing for this. Solicited in this month's Previews is a little book called FATHER AND SON. It's written and drawn by a guy named Jeff Nicholson. Many of you may not know who he is, which explains why his other work never sold by the gazillions. But his stuff is good. It's black and white and he has a nice style to his cartooning. His writing is fantastic stuff. I strongly urge you to pre-order this book from whoever you get it from. IN fact, ask your retailer about getting some of Nicholson's other work, THROUGH THE HABITRAILS (a tpb) and back issues of ULTRA KLUTZ, a very clever parody of Ultra Man. Jeff's also done some strips which are collected in NICHOLSON'S SMALL PRESS TIRADE, (another trade paperback). He also did four issues of a GREAT book called LOST LAUGHTER which was a sequel of sorts to his ULTRA KLUTZ title. It was cancelled by Jeff, however, when he saw that close to no one was buying it. Don't make the same mistake twice! Losing Jeff to a "real" job would be shame. IN fact, I'll go so far as to make the following offer; If you want a copy of the first issue, (listing at $2.75), I'll send you one for a paltry buck-fifty which includes shipping. Yep. $1.50 for a comic. (Novel idea, huh?). If you want to read what I believe will be a great book, send a $1.50 to Make Me Laugh, Darn It C/O The Daily Planet BBS PO BOX 1423 Frederick, MD 21702-0423 Make a check or money order payable to Mike Imboden and get it in to me by May 17th, (that's about a week and a half from when you'll read this). There's no guarantee you'll like it, I know I will, but you will be getting it cheap. What better way to sample something? (Free? yeah, there IS that I guess). Until next time, I remain, M!ke Imboden (who is reachable in netmail at Fido 1:109/748 or on CBN at 23:403/0 or you can send it on the Internet to COMICBKNET@AOL.COM and it will be forwarded to him). __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-2-]--/ COMICUNICATIONS /------------------------------------------/ ▌ ▐ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▌ █▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▌ ▌ █ █▀▀▀█ █▀█▀█ ▀█▀ █▀▀▀ █ █ █▄ █ ▀█▀ █▀▀▀ █▀▀█ ▀█▀ ▀█▀ █▀▀█ █▄ █ █▀▀ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █▀██ █ █ █▀▀█ █ █ █ █ █▀██ ▀▀█ █ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ -------The Comic Book Net's Weekly Comics News Journal-------- ███ ███████ █████ █ █ ███ ████ ████ █ █ ███ ████ █ █ █ ███ ████ ████ ███ Volume 1, Issue #15 Sunday, May 7th, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cartoon Books Goes To Image!: [Source: Gary Groth] 5/5/95 - Image Comics announced today that Cartoon Books, founded by BONE creator Jeff Smith in 1991, will become the newest addition to the Image comics publishing family. "The comic book industry is a very different world than it was a year ago," says Smith, "and I want to make sure that readers will still be able to get our books. In fact, with Image's marketing power behind us, BONE will be far easier to find than ever before." Smith assures his readers that BONE will not change. Smith will retain complete autonomy over his creation and it will continue to be black & white and bi-monthly. The storyline will be uninterrupted by the move. Previous issue of Bone, beginning with Bone #1, will be released on a monthly basis simultaneously with current issues, and will be the final reprintings of any Bone issue in Comic Book form. The reprints will sport brand-new covers by Jeff Smith. Zen & Dark Horse Get Wired: [Source: Steve Stern, John Dennett] 4/30/95 - Zen Intergalactic Ninja and the Dark Horse comics publishing company have each found their way onto the information superhighway. The URL address for the Zen page is http://www.wid.com/user/zen/. Dark Horse's page can be found at http://www.teleport.com/~dhc/. If you don't have full web access, you can find Dark Horse's FTP site at ftp://ftp.teleport.com/pub/vendors/dhc DC Slashes Titles: [Source: Brian Vickers] 5/1/95 - By winter of this year, the following titles have been mentioned for cancellation and/or they could be put on hiatus & revamped: Primal Force New Titans Damage Hawkman Manhunter Justice League Task Force Outsiders Darkstars Deathstroke Fate Rebels Still, there are some new DC books in the works. [Source: HoppinGlad] A new New Gods book should be out in September, written by Tom Peyer and Rachel Pollack w/ pencils by Luke Ross. Firebrand could follow later on. Comics For Relief: [Source: Clifford Lawrence Meth] 4/26/95 - In an effort to assist disaster victims & their families in Oklahoma City, Aardwolf Publishing has collected contributions from several of it Comics pro friends, to be sold. The proceeds will go to the Federation for Feed the Children on behalf of the disaster victims. For $25, you can buy a package of items (mostly comics) which will include at least signed items from Harlan Ellison, Dave Cockrum, Marie Severin, Mike Witherby, Paty, William Messner-Loebs, Clifford Lawrence Meth or Gray Morrow. Checks payable to "Aardwolf for Relief" may be sent to 45 Park Place South, Suite 270, Morristown, NJ 07960. Extreme Update: [Source: Toronto Hype! Comic Cafe] 5/2/95 - The Extreme 3000 family of comics reported in an earlier issue of Comicunications will feature four ongoing series: Prophet, Youngblood, NewMen and Supreme. Extreme 3000, by Image's Extreme Studios, will feature futuristic visions of Extreme's more popular characters. Marvel to Drop Prices?!?!!!: [Source: Toronto Hype! Comic Cafe] 5/5/95 - Rumors persist that Marvel may drop most of its books from $1.95 back to $1.50, citing 'Price Resistance'. Diamond Comics Distribution Update: [Source: Chris Cade] 5/6/95 - Diamond Comic Distributors, with all the changes going on in the industry, have decided to set down a statement of principals & fundamentals that retailors can count on: "1) Straight talk. No B.S. "2) Diamond will not use the changes Marvel set in motion as an opportunity to take discount away from retailers. We will do our best to maintain the overall pricing we offer. "3) Diamond will remain receptive - and responsive - to retailer feedback. We will also advocate on your behalf with all of our suppliers. "4) Diamond is pro-diversity. We will do our best to preserve open access to the marketplace for all quality creators and suppliers, so that retailers and consumers can choose for themselves from the widest possible variety of products. "5) Diamond will build on the investments we've made over the years in distribution and information management systems to deliver service and support which are state-of-the-art by any industry's standards. "6) Diamond will never become complacent about quality control or customer service. We will always strive for perfection. "7) Diamond will always treat comic retailers with respect. Others may think you depend on them. We know we depend on you, and we will always do our best to help your business grow and prosper." To set up a new account with Diamond Distributors, call 1 800 362-6421 or 410 560-7100 from outside US & Canada between 9am & 9pm. Their fax # is 410 560-7148. Special Retailor Meetings on The New Dynamics will be held between 10am and 3pm in the following cities: (Call the above telephone # for updates, the following schedule is TENTATIVE.) May 30: Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Tampa May 31: New Haven June 1: Dallas, Minneapolis, Miami, New York, St. Louis, Winnipeg June 2: Atlanta, Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto · · June 4: Charlotte, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Portland June 5: Columbus, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Vancouver June 6: Denver, Edmonton June 7: Amsterdam, Honolulu Other important updates: * Diamond will not sell DC Comics or other products to other North American distributors. They will sell to qualified sub-distributors outside of US and Canada. * The New Dynamics Meetings will be open to comic book retailers, suppliers, creators and press, but not other distributors or readers and fans. And now for a quick DC/Diamond FAQ: Q: How is the DC/Diamond relationship different from any other publisher/distributor relationship? A: Diamond will continue to handle traditional distribution functions. They will solicit orders, process orders, pull, package and ship orders, invoice, and will handle credit and collections. They will no longer, however, purchase DC product for resale. Instead, the transaction will be between DC and the retailers. DC will set their own prices & terms, and Diamond will act as their exclusive sales representative. Diamond will remain an independent company completely owned, operated and controlled by Steve Geppi. They will run their business according to the needs of their customers and offer products from many suppliers, not just DC. Q: What's the point of this? A: While the Marvel/Heroes' World deal limits retailers to Marvel product, this relationship will distribute DC product reliably & efficiently while allowing the retailers to order other products. Q: Are there any other publishers that Diamond will enter into a similar relationship with? A: According to Chuck Parker, Diamond Executive Vice Prez and CEO, that remains to be seen. They are continuing talks with their other suppliers about their business relationship. Q: How will this deal affect retailers' discounts on DC products? A: "We want to allow retailers to maintain (or improve) their current discount levels on DC product," says Bob Wayne, DC Director/Direct Market Sales. May orders for July shipping products will be discounted in the same way that the April orders for June shipping were. Q: How will it affect discounts on NON-DC products? A: For CURRENT CUSTOMERS, in May orders for July product, Diamond will give customers the same discounts they would've qualified for in April, despite the absence of Marvel Comics. For NEW CUSTOMERS, Diamond will match the maximum discount they recieved from the distributor they bought from in April. The retailer must forward a copy of an April invoice from that distributor when they send in their Diamond Account Application. Diamond will implement new discount plateaus after May, which will take into account the absence of Marvel comics and other factors. Diamond has stated that they are committed to significant new savings for retailers on trading cards and toys. Q: How will retailers benefit from DC & Diamond's new exclusive relationship? A: The relationship will quickly improve the availability of reorders. All DC extras and backlist will be in Diamond's hands for immediate distribution. The quality and distribution of promotional materials, procedures for returns and the retailers' ability to adjust orders (up or down) after the order due date, will be improved. Q: Will DC continue its coop advertising program? A: Yes. Additional programs and services that haven't been practical while working with multiple distributors will be implemented. Feedback: ComicBkNet@AOL.COM __________________________________________________________________________ Legal Stuff: Copyright (c) 1995, Ryan Brewster. Distribute in ENTIRETY. *** ■ RM 1.3 02322 ■ Can Lori Singer dance? __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-3-]--/ CSNsider /-------------------------------------------------/ CSNsider by David Leblanc This is the CSNsider from CSN #412, which will be in shops on 5/10/95. It is reproduced in its entirety with the expressed permission of COMIC SHOP NEWS! WildStorm Studios will produce their own collectible card game set in the WildStorm-Image Universe; the initial release, which should include at least three hundred cards with at least three different levels of rarity, is slated for late summer release... Dick Grayson learns that the murder of his parents was much more complex than he ever imagined in Nightwing, a four-issue miniseries slated for late July release... Gambit and Wolverine will co-star in a new miniseries later this summer... As election year inexorably approaches, it's time for Prez to return and that's just what does in his own Vertigo Visions one-shot... Topps will be producing a series of Batman Forever photo stickers, as well as poster magazines... Word has it that at least one major motion picture studio with several licensed film properties is considering launching its own comics line; and a second studio is weighing its comic book options as well!... July sees the release of Flash #105; and while that may not seem like anything particularly newsworthy to a lot of you young whippersnappers, to us old-timers it's sure to cause a wistful burst of nostalgia, since a lot of us consider the original Flash #105 the book that kicked off the Silver Age of Comics... Is a Super-Barbie comic destined to follow the release of the Super-Barbie doll? You betcha, according to the doll's manufacturers!... The Canadian comics market went through a shake-up recently with the collapse of Andromeda Distribution; Canadian comic shops who dealt with Andromeda are scrambling to find new sources for their comics so that fans don't have to miss a week... Readers of the upcoming Chris Claremont/Dwayne Turner Sovereign Seven (and shouldn't that include virtually every comics fan?!) might want to keep their eyes open for some very interesting cameo appearances in upcoming issues... With Carolco's demise being discussed as an increasingly likely prospect, the fate of the Spider-Man project is up in the air... THUNDER Agents, a project that has been on hold due to editor George Caragonne, is not totally dead; but don't look for it before late '95 or early '96 at the earliest... CSN #412 features a cover feature on the Superman vs. Aliens from DC and Dark Horse, as well as more news and reviews of Sovereign Seven, Superman vs. Aliens, The Long Hot Summer and more. The only way to get Comic Shop News is to visit a shop that carries CSN. The publication costs the shops just 10 cents each and is generally free to customers. If you shop doesn't carry CSN, nag 'em until they do. After all, isn't your business and satisfaction worth a dime a week? Visit our WWW site! http://www.actwin.com/csn Ward Batty wardo@jupiter.netdepot.com Cliff Biggers cliffbig@jupiter.netdepot.com (c)1995 CSN, Inc. ····────════*David LeBlanc> ComicBkNet@AOL.COM david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net RIME->5179 FIDO 1:322/518 __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-4-]--/ CSNsider /-------------------------------------------------/ CSNsider by David Leblanc This is the CSNsider from CSN #413, which will be in shops on 5/17/95. It is reproduced in its entirety with the expressed permission of COMIC SHOP NEWS. Big Changes Phase Two: In a move that's going to be more significant for comic shop owners than comic book fans, DC Comics has signed an exclusive distribution arrangement with Diamond Distributors, who will now act as DC's distribution agent; this seems to indicate that the folks at your friendly local comic book shop will only be able to get their DC's through this exclusive distributor. DC is absolutely confident that this new system will not create any delays or problems with delivery for comic shops, since Diamond has years of experience with comic book distribution. This means that, beginning July 1st, both Marvel and DC will utilize exclusive distributors for their books... Jim Lee has designed new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the '95-'96 Turtles toy line... Alan Moore has signed on to write a new Warchild series for Extreme Studios... Peter David has signed on as a columnist for Overstreet Fan Magazine... The long-awaited Ice Age expansion series for Magic: The Gathering is now definitely on the schedule for early June release... Supreme, the ultimate Extreme/Image superhero, dies this fall -- but don't assume that's the end of his comic book career; after his death, he'll be making trips to both Heaven and Hell in two different miniseries, one of which will be penned by Alan Moore, who seems to be gradually offering fans a glimpse of his version of every hero in the Imageverse!... If you missed the X-Files exclusive promo comic distributed via Hero Illustrated a few months back, don't fret: that story, along with the first six issues of the comic book, will be reprinted in Topps' X-Files trade paperback slated for mid-summer release... A live action Speed Racer film is in the works, and Nicholas Cage has been signed to play Racer X... The Spider-Man/Batman crossover comic has been slated for early fall release... A new assortment of Spawn toys, including a future Spawn and a new Angela figure, are in the works for September release... CSN #413 features a cover feature on Solar #50 from Acclaim, as well as more news, the CSN Charts and a special feature on non-superhero comics. The only way to get Comic Shop News is to visit a shop that carries CSN. The publication costs the shops just 10 CENTS each and is generally free to customers. If you shop doesn't carry CSN, nag 'em until they do. After all, isn't your business and satisfaction worth a dime a week? Visit our WWW site! http://www.actwin.com/csn Ward Batty wardo@jupiter.netdepot.com Cliff Biggers cliffbig@jupiter.netdepot.com (c)1995 CSN, Inc. ····────════*David LeBlanc> ComicBkNet@AOL.COM david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net RIME->5179 FIDO 1:322/518 __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-5-]--/ SUSPENDED ANIMATION /--------------------------------------/ Suspended Animation is a weekly feature for newspapers, magazines and newsletters in which comic books and strips are reviewed. It is written by Michael Vance, published author of dozens of articles for CBG, Starlog, Vantage and Comics INterview to name a few. Michael has had comics work published by Comico, Renegade, Innovation and Rip-Off Press. He also ghosted Alley Oop and wrote his own strip entitled Holiday Out. Mr. Vance has given us the go-ahead to run SUSPENDED ANIMATION here on CBN and to have it included in the E-Mag. Since he is sending them to me in groups of three and four they are a bit dated however they still make for interesting reviews. I will be posting them one a week starting today. If you would like to reply to one of Michael's reviews you may either simply respond to my posting of his review and I will forward it, or you can write him directly at Suspended Animation 4307 East 24th Street Tulsa, OK 74114 M!ke *** Suspended Animation - by Michael Vance "Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Special" 58 pages, $4.95 from Dark Horse. Comic/words: Harlan Ellison; various artists. If the size and shape of this perspective strikes you as bizarre, well that's Harlan Ellison's game. He has made that crystal clear in his life and writing. It has made Ellison a world famous author. Hosted by Ellison caricatured, five of his short stories are adapted into comics in "Dream Corridor". His introductions often reveal as much about the writer as do his stories. Down these uneven corridors: * A hunted despot flees into the era of dinosaurs. * A sheriff needs protection from what he protects. * An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a rat for a rat smell of vengeance. * A genetically engineered dog is a lizard. * A sleeping giant gathers much more than moss. One of these corridors is a dead end. Admitting that "If This Be Utopia" was a one-punch short story written in his early 20's, Harlan believes its adaption is "genuinely funny". It isn't. Despite nice art, he should have let this sleeping dog/lizard lie. One hall leads to Prometheus buried under petunias, and a powerful, moving question that man cannot let lie. "On the Slab", with the best art and most thought provoking story, almost makes "Dream Corridors" a must read. To be even a lesser door in Harlan's house of stories is to read better than most of what is written in comics, and the remaining adaptions fall into this category. Of these, "The End of the Time of Leinard" (that Western) is most interesting and "Rat Hater" most hackneyed. What, gasps a hardened Harlan fan. Harlan hackneyed? Much in his favor, none of these are rooms without a viewpoint. All lead back to Ellison, whose beliefs and personality are indelibly impressed into everything he has written -- the hallmark of real literature. Recommended for Adults. MINIVIEW: "Stormquest" #5. New (artists and writers) and improved justice in time. Superheroes. __________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /--[-6-]--/ NEWS CLIPPING /--------------------------------------------/ OTC 05/04 1321 FASTEST GROWING AND DECLINING BUSINESSES IN 1994 ... 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