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Visit Our Web Page! http://www.cris.com/~Xenozoid/ComicBkNet.html
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/ THE \
\C O M I C/ Issue #39 This publication is brought to you
\B O O K/ by the active participants of
\N E T/ Sunday the international center for
\ / December 10th, comic book discussion, the Comic
*E-Mag* 1995 Book Net.
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- Editor: Ryan Brewster [Xenozoid@cris.com] -
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The Comic Book Net Founding Fathers: Ed Dukeshire and Mike Imboden
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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[1] The Bullpen ........................... Ryan Brewster
[2] Frank Miller Interview ................ Jeffrey Archer
[3] CSNsider #444.......................... W. Batty & C. Biggers
[4] Comicunications Weekly Re-Cap ......... Ryan Brewster
[5] Suspended Animation ................... Michael Vance
[6] New Comics 12/11/95 ................... Bobb Waller
[7] Late Comics Report 12/7/95 ............ Andrew S. Troth
[8] Splash Page ........................... Various
[9] Join in the Fun!
[10] BBSes Linked into CBN
[11] E-Mag Info
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[1] The Bullpen by Ryan Brewster
This issue features our first interview.... Jeffrey Archer had the chance
to sit down with comics legend Frank Miller last year, and we have the
first part of his interview in this issue!
Also this issue, we have the Late Comics Report by Andrew Troth. Be
sure to glance through this report, it can be really helpful!
The general feeling on CBN now is that the Marvelution fiasco was a
complete and dismal failure. What do the rest of you readers think?
Drop us a note at ComicBkNet@aol.com.
The WWW page has been updated again; I've been meaning to get rid of that
ugly background for awhile, and finally got around to it. That hotlist
I promised will be up soon as well, with links to the best comics-related
sites on the web.
Our subscription list for the e-mag is getting quite long, so I will be
starting up a new list for any more subscribers. This should have little
to no affect on current subscribers... You will still get the e-mag each
week, but the "to:" field may be a bit shorter. Suffice it to say, we're
thrilled to have so many subscribers! :)
And with that, we begin the 39th issue of the Comic Book Net E-Mag!
Best,
--Ry
Editor
The Comic Book Net E-Mag
Xenozoid@cris.com
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[2] The Legend and the Retailer, by Jeffrey Archer
THE LEGEND AND THE RETAILER
by Jeffrey Archer
C. 1994 I. A.
INTRODUCTION
On the night of June 12, comic book history was made. In the wake of
Marvel Mart, retailers responded by their votes at the Diamond Gem Awards
as D.C. came out the major winner of awards and the mantle of power shifted
with No. 2 becoming No. 1 over Marvel. Most importantly the keynote speech
made by Mr. Frank Miller shook the walls of the convention center. This
man, sensitive to creators rights, eloquently spoke of many truths that had
for too long been politely hushed.
I was fortunate enough to hold a press conference at the Omni Hotel (thank
you Bonnie for the coffee) with the legend creators of Dark Horse Comics
(thank you Lou Banks). Luckily I had gotten to know Frank a few days
before the interview, especially when we found out I had grown up with
some of his relatives in my home town in Maryland. With the ice broken,
our interview turned into more of a conversation between one of the main
creative forces in comics today and a comics retailer; two men with a
common bond and a love of comics and the industry. The notes for my
interview were thrown to the wind and we centered the interview upon
commenting about his beautiful and important speech, then eventually,
his new projects.
The following interview is in two parts. Part one is The Key Note Address
and part two is New Projects. This interview will be broadcast on the
award winning cable television show Rapp'n Comics-Flights of Fantasy on
B-TV Multivision Cable television in the near future.
INTERVIEW: PART ONE
JA: What's your reaction to the speech you made last night; I mean how
did people react after you talked to them?
FM: Well, I'm the last person to ask really. Nobody took a swing at me!
JA: Well of course...
FM: People seem to have very strong reactions one way or another. If I'd
been asked to appear and talk about the future of comics, and the only way
I could address that was to talk about the past. To tell the truth, I was
sick of how polite everyone has been about crimes that have been committed
in comics against the best talent. Maybe the fact that we lost JACK KIRBY
just a few months ago added that much more fire to what I had to say. If
we're going to have any dignity in the field, if we're going to amount to
anything, then we have to recognize who gave us what we've got. If we're
going to move forward, we've got to realize where we've been.
JA: I think too many times people forget so quickly.
FM: They don't just forget, they just plain get it wrong.
JA: Well, they get smoozed again; the Marvel Mart happened, then they
(Marvel) says, Oh, we (Marvel) won't do that again. You guys also got
screwed or rather, our forefathers in the field got screwed.
FM: Actually, I never got screwed. I want to be very clear about that.
I hope I didn't come across like I was belly-aching up there.
JA: You didn't.
FM: I've gotten the very best of the system every step of the way. For
all that I rally about work for hire, I got the best end of it because I
wasn't STEVE DITKO or JACK KIRBY.
JA: You've learned from what happened to them.
FM: Well, also, I wasn't making up the basic substance of it all, and
that's the hardest thing to do. I since learned how hard it is because
I'm doing it now. But... I've had their whole work that filled my childhood
with joy and it gave me things to work on. I'm one of the lucky generation.
So, I'm not complaining on my behalf that way. I've got an income that
far surpasses people who were unbelievable contributors to the comics
industry. A lot of them died in poverty. So I guess I'm not complaining
about my own situation; there's nothing to complain about.
JA: Well you do stand up for other people's right and that seems to be an
important part of LEGEND also. It's a pleasure to see it, because somebody
needs to. Who are they going to potshot at but the man who talks... that's
you Frank!
FM: Me and my big mouth!
JA: I did get to talk to different people after the speech in the industry.
I talked to JIM SHOOTER, I talked to Marvel representatives, I talked to
D.C. Any time you make a stand on anything and you're a person whose voice
people listen to, naturally there's going to be a reaction. I suggested
that possibly power structures have been altered, not just because of your
speech, but you woke everybody up. We're at the awards dinner; It's a
Party, It's a Party. Hey, thanks for the steak. Nobody really thanked Mr.
Geppi for the steak though. Then, all of a sudden there's Mr. Miller up
there, and he had something to say. I was crying, it was a beautiful speech.
FM: I was asked by Diamond Distribution to appear and talk about the future
of comics. I took that very seriously to the extent that I had the time.
I worked on something that would address what the future of comics would be
in my mind; what I wanted it to be, and why. When I wrote it, I realized
that comics have got such a strange sense of history that had to be
addressed before anything could move forward. Our own relationship with
the censors over the years has been certainly confusing.
JA: It was incredible what you pointed out about the code; what really
happened, that we really won. Nobody acts like that. It was all marketing.
Like Rock N'Roll in the fifties. 1957 was an important year. BUDDY HOLLY
and all those people went down. CHUCK BERRY got busted. JERRY LEE LEWIS.
This was to me like the conspiracy theory. It changed to the white guys
singing the black tunes, like Let's clean up this black music.
FM: It was the worst possible time in terms of censorship! In how people
were ready for it. People were willing to revoke the first amendment.
JA: And direct it at Gaines (EC Comics).
FM: EC Comics was shut down by his competition, not by the public at large.
Not by the U.S. Senate. That never happened. This pack of lies has just
been accepted for years and years, so when I was talking last night, I had
to bring that up. The best publisher that comics has ever had was shut down
by his competition. They used the fear of the time and they came up with a
comics code which was nothing but an attempt to shut them down.
JA: Well, they finished the Red Scare, they had to go on to comics, right?
FM: It's very important to get the facts straight when you're talking about
yesterday. Comics are amazing for how much misconceptions and lies there
are about them.
JA: Today, with people talking about standardizing the code, as a retailer
I have no problem with knowing what to sell to who.
FM: Right!
JA: So I can place it in the right place in my store. Restricted by a
strict code or whatever, we are forgetting the knowledge, not just the
enjoyment factor. The beautiful writing, the beautiful artwork, as in Jim
Silkes' new book RASCALS IN PARADISE. This is fantastic stuff. They're
attacking video and etc., and saying Let's go to comics.
FM: That's really critical. For one thing, they're not saying Let's go
to comics, comics people are once again saying...
JA: Oh, it's like They're out there. Right?
FM: That's the whole reason I brought it up! They're saying, They're
picking on someone else, lets surrender!.
JA: Gotcha.
FM: It's so important, the whole thing about cover advisories, they're so
sneaky, cover advisories. They're kind of easy on the faces, they go, Well
it just says it's not for kids, never mind the fact it taking away the
retailers rights to decide who it is for. It's taking away publishers
rights. It still seems like it's relatively harmless, unless you consider
it never existed in books and that Hollywood's a pack of cowards that
surrendered to that years ago. The t.v. people, even the cable people
surrendered to that point books never have.
JA: It's like the last frontier.
FM: The publishing industry is where comics belong, comics are not a part
of the electronic media. I'd rather be in the publishing industry. O.K.,
it's smaller... you don't get the billion dollar sales; comics will never
get that anyway. What you do get is to be part of an industry that's
utterly committed to the first amendment. When you put these little things
in the corner of covers, we're selling the next generation of artist out.
End Of Part One
The legend and the retailer-Frank Miller at the diamond retailers conference
in Baltimore, MD, June 1994, a discussion about his key note address.
COPYRIGHT 1994
Jeffrey W. Archer
Crazy Jeff Archer is the co-producer of Flights of Fantasy Television and
Manager of Twilite Zone Comics in Bowie, MD. (301)-805-4595. He can be
reached on the internet at: badkarma@wam.umd.edu - please put attn. Jeff
in the subject line if you wish to send e-mail.
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[3] CSNsider #444, by W. Batty and C. Biggers
This is the CSNsider from CSN #444, which will be in shops on 12/21/95.
It is reproduced in its entirety with the expressed permission of
COMIC SHOP NEWS!
Cosmic Comics, Roger Corman's recent venture into the field, has put
its books on hiatus; a Cosmic Comics spokesperson said that the
company will look at reentering the field further down the line...
Fans who enjoy the DC Vs. Marvel crossover series don't ever have to
let it end, thanks to Fleer and SkyBox: the upcoming DC collectible
card game from SkyBox will be called DC OverPower, and will be
(have you already guessed?) fully compatible with the Marvel OverPower
card system from Fleer. Fans who want to get in on the crossover action
early will have an opportunity in February; SkyBox's release of the
embossed DC FirePower! trading card series will include the first
six DC superhero OverPower cards, which can be utilized in your Marvel
OverPower system immediately...
Twist & Shout Comics has announced that they have reached an agreement
to publish the script for Alan Moore's Twilight, the series that
eventually gave birth to The Watchmen...
And speaking of DC Vs. Marvel, both companies have a mysterious event
planned for late February, just prior to the debut of Marvel Vs. DC #4;
no one's spilling the beans on the whole thing quite yet, but rest assured
that we'll all find out in the next few weeks...
Randy Reynaldo, writer/artist of Adventure Strip Digest Starring Rob Hanes,
has announced plans to collect his early work on the series in a trade
paperback entitled Rob Hanes Archives; look for it in March...
Toy collector alert: DC, Diamond, and Kenner are offering a special
Superman/Batman action figure two-pack in February; this two-pack will
feature a platinum edition comic, while the toy-market two-pack will
feature a standard comic book...
David Lapham, writer/artist of Stray Bullets, has signed a deal to write
and direct his first feature film for Miramax Films and their Dimension
Pictures division....
In light of the success of the Batman films from Warner, there's talk of
new Wonder Woman and Superman films, although nothing definite has been
announced yet; Jon Peters name is being associated with the projects,
though, according to CNN...
Word has it that Marvel is very close to signing a deal to bring back
some major talent to take over several Fantastic Four and Avengers family
titles; no deal has been signed yet, but as soon as it's official, CSN
will let you know...
Erik Larsen is the latest Image honcho to venture into $.99 comic territory:
The Dragon presents the original Savage Dragon miniseries and the story
from Image #0 in a five-issue $.99 comic format...
The CSNsider is just a small part of each issue of Comic Shop News.
CSN #444 features Defcon 4 from Image Comics on the cover as well
as more news and reviews.
The CSNsider is now available via e-mail! In order to subscribe to CSNsider,
send a message to majordomo@redweb.com, with a single line message saying:
SUBSCRIBE csnsider
Visit our WWW site!
http://www.actwin.com/csn
We post the new CSNsider there each Monday or Tuesday and it will go out via
e-mail each Wednesday or Thursday. The WWW site is still the first place it
will appear each week, but we wanted to offer it via e-mail as well.
The only way to get Comic Shop News is to visit a shop that carries CSN.
The publication costs the shops just a dime each and is generally free to
customers. If your shop doesn't carry CSN, nag 'em until they do. After
all, isn't your business and satisfaction worth a dime a week?
Ward Batty wardo@netdepot.com
Cliff Biggers cliffbig@netdepot.com
(c)1995 CSN, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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[4] ComICunications Weekly Rap-Up, by Ryan Brewster
[Note from the Editor: Sorry for a wimpy issue. There'll be lotsa stuff
next week, I promise! <g> -- Ry]
///// ComICunications \\\\\
Weekly Re-Cap 12/10/95
The Comic Book Net's link to late breaking industry news!
Contents:
1. Industry News:
* Miracleman Finds a Home
* John Byrne Takes Over New Gods
* Harris Editor-in-chief Let Go
1. Industry News --------------------------------------------------------
Miracleman Finds A Home:
12/7/95 - Marlowe & Company, publishers of the recently issued Sam & Max
trade paperback, has reached a formal agreement with Neil Gaiman and Mark
Buckingham regarding the publishing rights to "Miracleman", formerly
published by Eclipse Comics. Marlowe is working with Buckingham and a
representative for Gaiman to become Miracleman's new publisher.
A nearly completed Miracleman #25 has been in limbo since Eclipse Comics'
implosion and following shut-down. Eclipse Comics' final bankruptcy hearing
is soon to be set.
John Byrne Takes Over New Gods:
12/6/95 - Comics creator John Byrne (Next Men, Wonder Woman) will begin
writing and penciling DC Comics' New Gods title, beginning with issue #12.
Terry Austin will ink his pencils.
Harris Ed-in-chief Let Go:
12/6/95 - Harris Comics Editor-In-Chief Meloney Crawford Chadwick has been
let go. There is no word yet on her future plans.
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Comicunications is Copyright (c) 1995 by Ryan Brewster
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[5] Suspended Animation, by Michael Vance
Who knows what prenatal nostaligia lurks in the hearts of men?
SUSPENDED ANIMATION knows.
Prenatal nostalgia is the sentimental longing for things that
existed before you were born.
For readers slapping foreheads and muttering 'duh', I don't
understand either. But I love old radio shows, movie serials, comic
strips, toys, advertising and pulp magazines popular before the '50s.
I love DOC SAVAGE and THE SHADOW, and read their new comic book with
great prenatal nostalgia. And put it down with great unfulfilled
prenatal nostalgia.
It wasn't the comic; it was me.
The writing is clean, full of action and the touchmarks of both
characters. Doc's copper skullcap, Empire State building headquarters,
and sidekicks Ham and Monk are here. Lamont's penetrating eyes, network
of agents, barking guns and huge black cape and slouch hat are every-
where. I hear his haunting, eerie laugh established by the radio show.
In this two issue mini-series, "The Case of the Shrieking Skeletons",
skeletal horrors invade New York City and the heroic figures of Doc and
The Shadow butt heads as the mystery unravels.
The plot is perfect for both heroes. Weird monsters, Nazis, secret
serums, beautiful women, zeppelins and autogyros add to the '30s period
flavor.
The art is crisp, exciting and perfectly suited to it's subject. Icons
of the '30s add spice to almost every page, and violence is threatening
without being excessively bloody.
But that same warm familiarity underlying nostalgia that also demands
new material hold true to old standards can also produce big yawns if
_nothing_ new is added.
Nothing new is added.
Recommended for those with an unjaded eye.
THE SHADOW AND DOC SAVAGE #1s 1 & 2/24pgs. & $2.95 ea. from Dark Horse
Comics/Steve Vance, writer; Stan Manoukian and Vince Roucher, illustrators/
available in comic shops and by mail.
**MINIVIEW**
THE ZONE CONTINUUM [Caliber Comics]. Incredible art and high melodrama
in a world of unseen forces. SF. Recommended.
(Mr. Vance is a professional writer having written for numerous
magazines like CBG, Starlog and Comics Interview. His work has
appeared in over 500 newspapers and he's had work published by
Comico, Renegade, Innovation and Rip Off Press. SUSPENDED
ANIMATION appears in 14 publications reaching 214,000 readers
in the U.S., Ireland and Portugal.)
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[6] New Comics Shipping 12/11/95, by Bobb Waller
Well it's a day late, (I got a copy of last weeks list yesterday!) But never
fear Comic Boy is here!) Onto the list!
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Abstract Studios:
Strangers in Paradise #1,2,3,4,5,6 (New Printing)
Acclaim Comics:
Bloodshot #45 Eternal Warrior #50
Punx Special #1
Archie Comics:
Archie Digest #139 Betty & Veronica #97
Flintstones #7 World od Archie #18
Bistro Comics:
Hilly Rose #4
Black Out Comics:
Hari Kari #1
Bongo Comics:
Radioactive Man Atom-Smashing Super-Special #1
Broadway Comics:
Powers That Be #2
Chaos! Comics:
Evil Ernie Poster
Claypool Comics:
Deadbeats #15
Comic Shop News:
Comic Shop News #443
Cosmic Comics:
Caged Heat 3000 #2
Dark Horse Comics:
Dark Horse Insider #1 Dark Horse Presents #104
Ghost #9 Gunsmith Cats #8
Star Wars:Heir to the Empire #3 Star Wars:River of Chaos #4
DC Comics:
Action Comics #718 Aquaman #17
Batman: Dark Allegiances #1 Batman: The Ultimarte Evil #2
Books of Magic #21 Catwoman #28
DC vs. Marvel #1 Deathstroke #56
Firebrand #1 Green Arrow #105
Green Lantern/Silver Surfer Guy Gardner: Warrior #39
Hardware #36 Invisibles #17
Mad Magazine #342 Mad Super Special #110
Robin #25 Star Trek:TNG Ill Wind #3
Vamps TP
Drawn & Quarterly:
Dangle #4
Event Comics:
Ash #6 Ash Volume One
Express Publications:
Axed Files #1-Encore Edition
Fantagraphics Books:
Untamed Love #1-2nd Printing
Full Bleed Studios:
Pitt #1/2
Gemstone Publishing-R. Cochran :
Crime Suspenstories #14 Frontline Combat #3
Haunt of Fear #14
Harris Comics:
Vengeance of Vampirella #21
Horse Press:
THB #1
Image Comics:
Bone #2-Image Reprint Groo #12
Kurt Busieks Astro City #5 Newmen #28
Supreme #33 Top Cow Secrets-Special Winter Lingerie
Youngblood #3
Kitchen Sink Press:
Death Rattle #1
Marks Giant Economy Size Comics:
Radical Dreamer Vol.2 #5
Marvel Comics:
Ghost Rider 2099 #22 Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2099 Poster
Century: Distant Sons #1 Fantastic Four #16
Lunatik #3 Thor #495
War Machine #23 Ghost Rider #70
Amazing Spider-Man #408 Carnage: Mind Bomber #1
Mary Jane Press Poster Spider-Man:The Final Adventure #3
Spider-Man Press Poster Spider-Man/Punisher #1
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #6 Generation X #12
Logan #1 Professor Xavier & The X-Men #4
Wolverine Press Poster X-Factor #119
X-Men Adventures (Season III) #12 X-Men Press Poster
Barbie #62 Conan/Rune Press Poster
Doctor Who Poster Magazine #8 Comix Zone #2
The Night Man #3 Siren #3
Phoenix Resurrection: Genesis Rune vs. Venom #1
Maximum Comic Press:
Avengelyne: Power #2 Avengelyne TP
Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within #1
Sisters of Mercy #1
Slave Labor Graphics:
Slacker Comics #6
Tekno Comix:
Teknophage #9
TMP Toys/McFarlane's Toys:
Spawn Poster
Viz Communications:
2001 nights Adolf Vol. One GN
Battle Angel Alita Part Five #6 Bio-Booster Armor Guyver Part Four #?
Fist of the North Star part Two #2 Maison Ikkoku Part Five #2
Manga Vizion Vol. 1 #10 Nausica of the Valley of Wind #??
Riot #3 Striker:Secret of the Berserker #3
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G'nite, See ya on the spinners!
bbwaller@iadfw.net is Bobb Waller Sysop of FIAWOL-BBS
Dedicated to both Fandom and empowering the disABLED
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[7] The Late Comics Report, by Andrew S. Troth
This is the Late Comics Report
for the week of December 7, 1995,
by Andrew S. Troth.
Statistics courtesy of[WA]
The three latest items on the list are enclosed in asterisks (*): three for
the latest, two for the runner-up, one for third place. Ties apply the same
rank to all tied items.
New additions to the list are enclosed in these: { }.
See below for items that have been removed since last week's list, other
cancellations, and the top three late publishers.
NOTE: For the next few weeks, some listed DC and Milestone items will be
preceded by this mark: + . These are books that have been pushed back by
one week in order to accomodate a change in Diamond's shipping schedule.
For the purposes of this list, they are still late, because consumers will
still be looking for these products on their original release dates;
however, I feel that some acknowledgement that this delay was due to a
distribution change, rather than simple lateness, is in order.
-=These comics are LATE:
-Abstract Studio:
Strangers in Paradise #8 (Nov)
-Acclaim Comics:
Armada:
Fallen Empires TPB (Oct)
Magic: The Gathering - Shandalar #1 (Nov)
Magic: The Gathering - Wayfarer #5 (Nov)
Valiant:
Bloodshot #45 (Nov)
Bloodshot: Last Stand (Nov)
Eternal Warrior #50 (Nov)
PunX #4 (Oct)
PunX Special #1 (Nov)
X-O Manowar #59 (Nov)
X-O Manowar #60 (Nov)
-Aeon:
Crush #1 (Nov)
-Antarctic Press:
Hitomi: Geohammer #10 (Sep)
Mangazine #41 (Nov 24)
Ninja High School #49 (Nov 10)
Shotgun Mary #2 (Nov 24)
Silbuster #12 (Nov 24)
Tigers of Terra #16 (Oct 27; delayed to Dec)
Tigers of Terra #17 (Nov 24)
{Vampire Miyu #3 (Dec 1)}
-Archie Comics:
{Archie Digest #139 (Dec 5)}
{Betty & Veronica #97 (Dec 5)}
{Flintstones #7 (Dec 5)}
Sonic the Hedgehog #31 (Nov 14)
{World of Archie #18 (Dec 5)}
-Aria Press:
A Distant Soil #12 (Sep)
-Black Eye Productions:
A World of Trouble #3 (Nov)
-Caliber Press:
Autumn #2 (Nov)
Exit #2 (Nov)
Kabuki: Circle of Blood #6 (Nov)
Oz #11 (Nov)
Oz Special: Freedom Fighters #1 (Oct; delayed to Nov 14)
Oz Special: Tin Man #1 (Oct)
Seeker #1 (Nov)
Herald Series:
Slaughterhouse GN (Nov)
New Worlds:
Raven Chronicles #5 (Nov)
Underside #1 (Nov)
-Chaos! Comics:
Evil Ernie: The Resurrection - Director's Cut (Nov)
-Claypool Comics:
Deadbeats #15 (Nov)
-Comico:
Elementals #2 (Sep)
Elementals #3 (Oct)
Elementals #4 (Nov)
Elementals: Ghost of a Chance GN (Jul)
Elementals Lingerie #1 (Nov)
Oblivion #2 (Aug)
Oblivion #3 (Sep)
Oblivion #4 (Oct)
Primer #1: Bathory (Nov)
Red Dragon #1 (Oct)
Red Dragon #2 (Nov)
Strike Force America #2 (Oct)
Strike Force America #3 (Nov)
-Coppervale Press:
Starchild: Crossroads #1 (Oct 17)
Starchild: Crossroads #2 (Oct 31)
Starchild: Crossroads #3 (Nov 14)
Starchild: Crossroads #4 (Nov 28)
-Cosmic Comics:
Rock 'N' Roll High School #2 (Nov)
-CPM Comics:
Cyber City: Part Two #2 (Nov)
Project A-Ko GN (Nov)
-Crusade Comics:
Shi: Senryaku #3 (Nov)
-Dancing Elephant Press:
Kane #11 (Oct)
-Dark Horse Comics:
{Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #3 (Dec 5)}
Star Wars: River of Chaos #4 (Sep 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)
Legend:
{Sin City: The Big Fat Kill HC (Dec 5)}
-DC Comics:
+{Action Comics #718 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Aquaman #17 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Azrael #13 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Batman: Dark Allegiances (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
Batman: The Ultimate Evil #2 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Nov 28)
+{Catwoman #29 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Deathstroke #56 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Firebrand #1 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Green Arrow #105 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
Green Lantern/Silver Surfer (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5)
+{Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
Joker: Devil's Advocate GN (Nov 21; rescheduled for Nov 28)
+{Lobo #24 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Mad Magazine #342 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Mad Super Special #110 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
+{Robin #25 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
Star Trek: The Next Generation #79 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual #6 (Oct 17; rescheduled for Nov
28)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ill Wind #3 (Nov 28; rescheduled for
Dec 5)
Vertigo:
+{Books of Magic #21 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
Egypt #6 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Goddess #8 (Nov 14; rescheduled for Nov 21)
+{Invisibles #17 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
Millennium Fever #4 (Nov 7; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Sandman #74 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Nov 28)
+{Vamps TPB (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
-Double Diamond Press:
Hepcats #13 (Aug)
-Dramenon Studios:
Raw City #2 (Sep; delayed to Nov)
Raw City #3 (Oct)
-Drawn & Quarterly:
32 Stories (Nov)
Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 2 #4 (Nov)
Palooka-Ville #8 (Oct)
-Dreamwalker:
Dreamwalker #1 (Nov)
-Event Comics:
Ash #6 (Oct)
-Exhibit A Press:
Wolff & Byrd #9 (Oct; rescheduled for Dec 12)
-Fantagraphics Books:
Acme Novelty Library #6 (Nov)
Clover Honey (Nov)
Crap #8 (Jul)
Duplex Planet Illustrated #14 (Oct)
Eightball #16 (Nov)
Erotic Art of Reed Waller Expanded Edition (Aug)
**Human Diastrophism UK Edition (Jan)**
*Little Nemo Volume 2 SC (Apr)*
Little Orphan Annie 1935 (Jul)
Omaha Vol. I #5 (Aug)
Pogo Vol. 4 (Nov)
Prince Valiant Vol. 25 (Sep)
-Genesis West Publications:
Last of the Viking Heroes: Nidhogger Lives HC (Jun)
Professor Om #2 (Oct)
-Gladstone/Disney:
Disney Comics in Color Album #1 (Nov)
Disney Comics in Color Album #2 (Nov)
Disney Comics in Color Album #3 (Nov)
Disney Comics in Color Album #4 (Nov)
Disney Comics in Color Album #5 (Nov)
Disney Comics in Color Album #6 (Nov)
Disney Comics in Color Album #7 (Nov)
-Heritage Collection:
Shiloh: The Devil's Own Day (Nov)
-Horse Press:
THB #6 (Nov)
-Image Comics:
Groo #12 (Nov; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Creative Fire Studios:
Shaman's Tears #0 (Nov)
Extreme/Shadowline Studios:
Badrock! #2 (Nov)
Badrock! #3 (May)
Berzerkers #3 (Oct; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Berzerkers #4 (Nov)
Bloodpool #3 (Oct)
Bloodpool #4 (Nov)
Chapel #4 (Nov)
Glory #8 (Nov)
Grifter/Badrock #2 (Nov)
Newmen #20 (Nov)
Prophet Babewatch Special #1 (Nov)
Prophet Vol. 2 #3 (Nov)
Supreme #33 (Nov)
Vogue #2 (Nov)
Youngblood #3 (Nov)
Highbrow Studios:
Savage Dragon #24 (Nov)
Todd McFarlane Productions:
Spawn #39 (Nov)
Top Cow Studios:
Ballistic Imagery #1 (Nov)
CyberForce #18 (Nov)
Ripclaw #2 (Nov)
Wildstorm Studios:
Backlash #14 (Nov)
Deathblow #22 (Nov)
Grifter #6 (Oct)
Grifter #7 (Nov)
Union #9 (Nov)
Wetworks #12 (Nov)
Wildstorm! #4 (Nov)
-King Hell Press:
{Rare Bit Fiends #16 (Dec 5)}
-Kitchen Sink Press:
Aviation Art of Russell Keaton TPB (Nov)
Cherry #18 (Nov)
Father & Son #3 (Nov)
Li'l Abner Vol. 22 (Nov)
Lost Girls #1 (Nov)
Melody #10 (Nov)
Will Eisner's Quarterly #1 (Nov)
Will Eisner's Quarterly #2 (Nov)
-Malibu Comics:
***Edge #4 (Nov '94)***
Mortal Kombat Kollection TPB (Jul)
-Marvel Comics:
Akira #37 (Nov 21)
Amazing Fantasy #17 (Nov 7)
Barbie #60 (Oct 10)
Barbie #61 (Nov 14)
Beavis and Butt-Head: Wanted TPB (Nov 28)
Best of Marvel 1995 TPB (Nov 21)
Bizarre #1 (Aug 1)
Bizarre #2 (Sep 5)
{Captain Marvel #3 (Dec 5)}
Doctor Who #230 (Sep 5)
Doctor Who #231 (Oct 3)
Doctor Who #232 (Nov 7)
Doctor Who #233 (Nov 28)
{Force Works #20 (Dec 5)}
Gargoyles #12 (Nov 28)
Green Goblin #4 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Hammer Horror #8 (Sep 5)
Hammer Horror #9 (Oct 3)
Infinity Gauntlet TPB (Oct 24)
Life of Captain Marvel TPB (Oct 24)
Lunatik #2 (Nov 14; rescheduled for Nov 28)
Playback #1 (Jul 4)
Playback #2 (Jul 25)
{Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe (Dec 5)}
{Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #4 (Dec 5)}
Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ninja Rangers/VR Troopers #2
(Nov 21)
Savage Hulk (Nov 28)
Silver Surfer #112 (Nov 28)
Spider-Man Adventures #14 (Nov 28)
Spider-Man Adventures TPB (Sep 5)
{Spider-Man Holiday Special '95 (Dec 5)}
Spumco Comic Book #3 (Oct 31)
Spumco Comic Book #4 (Nov 28)
Venom: Along Came a Spider #1 (Nov 28)
Venom: Separation Anxiety TPB (Nov 28)
X-Men Archives: Captain Britain #7 (Nov 21)
X-Men: Askani'Son #1 (Nov 14)
{X-Men: Wrath of Apocalypse (Dec 5)}
Marvel Music:
{Billy Ray Cyrus (Dec 5)}
{Bob Marley #2 (Dec 5)}
{Break the Chain #1 (Dec 5)}
{Elvis Presley #1 (Dec 5)}
-Maximum Comics Press:
Avengelyne: Power #2 (Nov)
Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within #1 (Nov)
Warchild #0 (Jul)
-Milestone Media:
+{Hardware #36 (Dec 5; rescheduled for Dec 12)}
-NBM:
{Confessions of a Cereal Eater (Nov 27)}
Tarzan Vol. 13 (Nov)
Turn of the Screw (Nov)
-Palliard Press:
Buck Godot #6 (Oct)
xXxenophile Presents #5 (Oct)
-Penthouse Comix:
Omni Comix #4 (Oct)
Penthouse Comix #11 (Nov)
-SCC Entertainment:
Anubis #3 (Nov; delayed to late Dec)
-Sirius Entertainment:
Dawn #3 (Nov)
Poison Elves #7 (Nov)
-Slave Labor Graphics:
Awkward Universe GN (Nov)
Beer & Roaming in Las Vegas #1 (Oct)
Cambion #1 (Nov)
Dystopik Snomen Vol. 2 #2 (Nov)
Jazzbo! Comics That Swing #3 (Oct)
Slacker Comics #6 (Nov)
-Spiderbaby Grafix:
*Stephen R. Bissette's Tyrant #4 (Apr)*
Stephen R. Bissette's Tyrant #5 (Jun)
-Starhead:
Rapture (Nov)
Solace (Nov)
-Tekno*Comix:
Isaac Asimov's I-Bots #4 (Nov)
{Neil Gaiman's Teknophage #9 (Dec 5)}
-Topps Comics:
Jason vs. Leatherface #2 (Nov 14)
Mars Attacks #4 (Nov 14; rescheduled for Dec 5)
Return to Jurassic Park #8 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Dec 5)
X-Files #11 (Oct 24)
X-Files #12 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Dec 5)
X-Files Comics Digest #1 (Sep; rescheduled for Dec 5)
-Viz Communications:
{2001 Nights (Dec 5)}
Adolf Vol. 1 (Nov 14)
{Bio-Booster Armor Guyver Part Four #2 (Dec 5)}
{Crying Freeman Perfect Collection: Shades of Death, Vol. 1 (Dec 5)}
{Fist of the North Star Part Two #2 (Dec 5)}
{Maison Ikkoku Part Five #2 (Dec 5)}
{Manga Vizion Vol. 1 #10 (Dec 5)}
{NausicaΣ of the Valley of Wind Part Five #6 (Dec 5)}
{Riot #3 (Dec 5)}
-WaRP Graphics:
{Elfquest: Hidden Years #26 (Dec 5)}
{Elfquest: Shards #13 (Dec 5)}
-Watermark:
Billi 99 TPB (Aug)
Finnegan's Brink #1 (Sep)
Finnegan's Brink #2 (Oct)
Finnegan's Brink #3 (Nov)
Solstice #3 (Jul)
-=REMOVED from the list since last week:
-Acclaim Comics:
Armada:
Magic: The Gathering - The Legend of Jedit Ojanen #1 (Nov; came out
Dec 5)
Valiant:
Magnus Robot Fighter #63 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
Magnus Robot Fighter #64 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
-Antarctic Press:
Gold Digger #26 (Nov 17; came out Dec 5)
Tigers of Terra #15 (Sep; came out Dec 5)
-Archie Comics:
Betty #34 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Betty & Veronica Annual Digest #14 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Hanna-Barbera All-Stars #3 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Jughead's Double Digest #35 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Sonic the Hedgehog Presents Tails #3 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Year of the Turtle #2 (Nov 28; came out
Dec 5)
-Bongo Comics:
Bartman: The Best of the Best! TPB (Nov; came out on time)
-Caliber Press:
Negative Burn #29 (Nov; came out Dec 5)
-Chaos! Comics:
Evil Ernie: Straight to Hell #2 (Nov; came out Dec 5)
-Claypool Comcis:
Elvira #31 (Nov; came out Dec 5)
-Dark Horse Comics:
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Sith War #4 (Nov 21; came out Nov
14)
-DC Comics:
+Adventures of Superman #531 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out
Dec 5)
+Batman and Robin Adventures #3 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came
out Dec 5)
+Batman Chronicles #3 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #79 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec
5; came out Dec 5)
Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey (Nov 21; rescheduled for Nov 28;
came out Dec 5)
+Detective Comics #693 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Fate #15 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Impulse #10 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Justice League Task Force #31 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came
out Dec 5)
+League of Justice #1 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Legionnaires #33 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Ray #20 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
REBELS '96 #15 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Starman #15 (Nov 21; rescheduled for Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
+Starman: Sins of the Father TPB (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came
out Dec 5)
+Steel #23 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
Vertigo:
+Horrorist #2 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Industrial Gothic #2 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Preacher #10 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #34 (Nov 14; rescheduled for Nov 21; came out
Dec 5)
+Seekers: Into the Mystery #1 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out
Dec 5)
Vertigo Voices: The Eaters (Sep 26; came out Dec 5)
-Gladstone/Disney:
Carl Barks Library Album #47 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Uncle Scrooge #296 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
-Image Comics:
Extreme/Shadowline Studios:
Glory #7 (Oct; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
Shadowhawks of Legend (Nov)
Supreme #32 (Oct; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
Youngblood #2 (Oct; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
Todd McFarlane Productions:
Spawn #38 (Nov; came out Dec 5)
Top Cow Studios:
CyberForce #17 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
Weapon Zero #0 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
Wildstorm Studios:
Wildstorm! #3 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
Zealot #3 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
-King Hell Press:
Rare Bit Fiends #15 (Nov 7; came out Dec 5)
-Malibu Comics
All New Exiles #2 (Nov; came out Dec 5)
-Marvel Comics:
Avengers #394 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Disney Comic Hits #4 (Nov 21; came out on time)
Disney's Toy Story (Nov 21; came out Dec 5)
Dr. Strange #85 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Earthworm Jim #1 (Oct 24; came out in Oct or Nov)
Earthworm Jim #2 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Iron Man #324 (Nov 21; came out Dec 5)
Spider-Man: The Final Adventure #2 (Nov 14; rescheduled for Nov 28;
came out Dec 5)
Spider-Man: The Lost Years #0 (Nov 21; came out Dec 5)
Thor #494 (Nov 14; rescheduled for Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Typhoid #3 (Nov 28; came out on time)
X-Men: Dawn of the Age of Apocalypse TPB (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
X-Men: Twilight of the Age of Apocalypse TPB (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Marvel Music:
Bob Marley #3 (Nov; resolicited for Dec)
Bob Marley Collection (Nov; resolicited for Dec)
Flatlinerz (Nov; resolicited for Dec)
House of Pain (Nov; resolicited for Dec)
Kissnation #1 (Nov; resolicited for Dec)
Public Enemy (Nov; resolicited for Dec)
-Milestone Media:
+Icon #33 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
+Static #31 (Nov 28; rescheduled for Dec 5; came out Dec 5)
-RetroGraphix:
Strange Attractors #12 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
-Slave Labor Graphics:
Java Town #5 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
Amaze Ink:
Night #0 (Oct; came out Dec 5)
-Starhead:
Collier's Seattle Sketchbook (Nov; came out Dec 5)
-Tekno*Comix:
Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice #7 (Nov; came out Dec 5)
-Viz Communications:
Battle Angel Alita Part Five #5 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
Return of Lum Part Two #4 (Nov 28; came out Dec 5)
-WaRP Graphics:
Elfquest: Rebels #10 (Nov 21; came out Dec 5)
-=TOP THREE late publishers, by number of late items:
1. Marvel & Malibu Comics: 44 items
2. Image Comics: 29
3. DC Comics: 26
-=PUBLISHERS covered at present:
Aardvark-Vanaheim, Aberration Press, Abiogenesis Press, Abstract Studio,
Acclaim Comics, AC Comics, Adhesive Comics, Aeon, A Is A Comics,
Alaffinity, Alpha Productions, Amaze Ink, A.M. Works, Animus, Antarctic
Press (not including Venus Comix), Anvil, Archie Comics, Argo Press, Aria
Press, Art & Soul Comics, Astro Comics, Black Eye Productions, Black
Lobster Studios, Bob Burden Studios, Bongo Comics, B Publications, Broadway
Comics, Caliber Press, Cartoon Books, Cat-Head Comics, Chaos! Comics,
Chiasmus, Claypool Comics, Comico, Coppervale Press, Cosmic Comics, CPM
Comics, Crusade Comics, Dancing Elephant Press, Dark Horse Comics, DC
Comics, Double Diamond Press, Dramenon Studios, Drawn & Quarterly,
Dreamwalker, Eddie Campbell Comics, Edge Publishing, El Capitßn, Event
Comics, Exhibit A Press, Fantagraphics Books (not including Eros Comix),
Fiasco Comics, Fireman Press, Full Bleed Studios, Genesis West
Publications, Gladstone/Disney, Green Man Press, Hamilton Comics,
Hanthercraft, Harris Publications, Heritage, Horse Press, I Box, Image
Comics, King Hell Press, King Ink, Kitchen Sink Press, Known Associates
Press, Lady Luck Ltd., Lightning Comics, Lohman Hills Press, London Night
Studios, Malibu Comics, Mark's Giant Economy Size Comics, Marvel Comics,
Maximum Comics Press, Meet Danny Ocean, Milestone Media, NBM, Neatly
Chiseled Features, New England Comics Press, Nightwolf Graphics, Palliard
Press, Patchwork Press, Pen & Ink Comics, Penthouse Comix, Planet Lucy
Press, Retro Graphix, SCC Entertainment, Sirius Entertainment, Slave Labor
Graphics, Spacegirl Comics, Spiderbaby Grafix, Starhead, Tekno*Comix, Topps
Comics, Tru Studios, Viz Communications, WaRP Graphics, Watermark, and
Wells & Clark.
-=DISCLAIMERS:
This is a list of comic books that have *not* arrived in stores as of the
date above. When they *will* come out is anyone's guess.
Only comics, hardcover and softcover graphic novels, hardcover reprint
collections, and trade paperbacks are covered. I will include an additional
list of newly cancelled or resolicited items when possible.
If you have any information regarding any item on the list, or if you think
an item on the list has come out, please contact me.
Not all distributors deliver items at the same time. Depending on your
retailer and your retailer's distributor, actual on-sale dates may vary.
cheers,
andrew
This list is posted every Friday to Section 7 of the CompuServe Comics and
Animation Forum, and reposted to rec.arts.comics.misc and the WWW at
http://members.aol.com/ncrlist/private/comics.htm.
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[8] Splash Page!
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release -- December 1, 1995
FIGHT CENSORSHIP -- GET CYBERSPACE!
Innovative Program Gives Free Access for CBLDF Donations.
Spurred by the plight of Oklahoma-based retailers Planet Comics, who
are facing a possible combined sentence of 48 years in prison and
$100,000 in fines for the possession of "obscene" material, Douglas
R. Pratt, proprietor of the Comics/Animation Forum on the CompuServe
Information Service has offered a unique challenge to concerned fans.
"I've sent a personal check to Comic Book Legal Defense Fund," said
Pratt, "I want to encourage each of you to do so, as well. And I'll
give you something in exchange. Before you send your check to CBLDF,
make a photocopy of it, write your User ID number on it and send the
copy to me. If your donation was at least ten bucks, I'll give you a
week of free access to Comics/Animation, Comics Publishers, and
Funnies Forums."
"That's seven days of complete, unlimited access to three Forums."
continued Pratt. "Read anything you want, download every file, spend
six hours in conference -- it will cost you nothing! The clock will
stop when you're in one of my Forums, so it won't take any of your
five monthly free hours. Send the check. Send the photocopy. Write
your User ID on the photocopy. When I get it I'll drop you a note via
E-mail telling you when your free week will begin; it only takes a
few days to set such things up."
Pratt continued, "If someone who is not a CompuServe member reads of
this offer and sends me a photocopy of their check, I'll send them a
software pack and a sign-up, and do their free week after the 10 free
hours that comes with the sign-up are exhausted."
CompuServe is a leading worldwide electronic information provider,
serving over 3.5 million subscribers. Pratt's three Comics-related
forums have a membership of 65,000. Hundreds of industry
professionals have Comics/Animation memberships -- from Neil Gaiman
to Dan Jurgens, from Peter David to Gary Groth, and all points
in-between! In addition to news, reviews, and lively conversation,
visitors to Pratt's forums will find literally thousands of cartoons
and comic strips, art from comic books, fan art, and more to
download. Most major publishers have their own dedicated sections,
and there are also specific areas for manga and anime, independent
comics, comic book retailers -- every interest is represented. There
is even a section for the CBLDF.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit, tax-exempt
organization dedicated to protecting the first amendment rights of
the comic book industry. The CBLDF is currently overseeing several
cases. The two most prominent are artist Paul Mavrides' battle with
the California Board of Equalization on whether an artist's original
artwork holds the same literary status as an author's manuscript, and
the defense of Planet Comics in Oklahoma on 7 charges of "obscenity".
"Doug's gesture is truly magnanimous," said CBLDF Treasurer Brian
Hibbs, "Depending on the extent of a participant's use, he could be
giving the equivalent of $100 or more in services. I'm absolutely
flabbergasted by this generous offer. However, I'm sure that when new
users see the professional and friendly place Doug provides, they'll
decide to stick around indefinitely! This is win-win for everyone:
the user gets a tremendous value for their tax-deductible donation
(including the ability to "hobnob" with nearly innumerable comics and
animation professionals), and the CBLDF gets a new revenue source. I
want to personally commend Doug for this effort."
"The situation is serious, and CBLDF is our best hope to keep
innocent people from going to jail," said Pratt, "We have got to act,
or we'll have book burnings in this country...and they'll be comic
books."
Please send your donations to:
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Post Office Box 693
Northampton, MA 01061
Send the photocopy of the canceled check and your User ID Number to:
Doug Pratt
2513 Iron Forge Road
Herndon, VA 22071
If you need more information, please call the Comic Book Legal
Defense Fund at 1-800-99-CBLDF
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[9] Join in the fun!
You too can enjoy the intelligent conversations and informative threads
that occupy the conferences of the Comic Book Net every day! However,
many people who read this e-mag aren't familiar with the Local BBS
echo-mail system....
Bulletin Board Systems are scattered everywhere across the USofA, and
many of them are free! Chances are, if you have a modem you have
the accompanying communications software. Using the Terminal Emulation
software that came with your modem, you can dial up one of the many
systems linked into CBN (see the listings down a few paragraphs). Most
of the boards offer all the message echoes in the Comic Book Network...
there are message bases devoted to all the bigger comics publishers, as
well as big Small Press and Independent message bases, not to mention
sections for general (doesn't even have to be about comics!)
conversation.
If you are worried about long distance charges, worry no longer! Most
if not all the BBS's offer a mail service from which you can download
a .QWK packet of recent e-mail to read offline with a program called
an offline mail reader. You can read & write messages at your leisure,
and then upload your own messages & replies the next time you call your
local BBS. There are many .QWK packet readers out there, for every
type of computer system. They all give you a better explaination in
their documentation than I can. These programs are available all over
the Internet and are downloadable from most BBS's.
These "mail runs" (dialing up, downloading the mail packet and uploading
replies) generally take less than 5 minutes to accomplish, and at the
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So what else can you find on free BBS systems? Theres plenty of files
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And when you _do_ log on, leave a message in The Bullpen conference to
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replies and all the help you need to join in the fun!
Best,
--Ry, the editor, with assists from Ed Dukeshire.
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F* TI-Raliegh Maximus Raliegh NC 919-833-3412 Walter Tietjen
F Crystal Winds Raliegh NC 919-790-3599 Mike Gurkin
-- OKLAHOMA ------------------------------------------------------------
F Lets PC BBS Oklahoma City OK 405-672-0615 Hyun Nam
F Snart's Dreamland Collinsville OK 918-371-0980 Jeff Bennett
-- PENNSYLVANIA --------------------------------------------------------
F Comic Book Board Philadelphia PA 215-365-5225 William Horton
Q 3-4-2 LEVI Online Philadelphia PA 215-342-5384 Leo Keil
F Dark Lands Philadelphia PA 215-487-7315 Chris Ford
F The Malverne BBS Eddystone PA 610-872-2830 Raymond Jones
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F The Factory BBS Union City TN 901-885-9647 Rick Brewer
-- TEXAS ---------------------------------------------------------------
Q Way Out There Dallas TX 214-680-2755 Justin Pasher
F House Atreides Garland TX 214-494-3702 Wayne LeMonds
F The Chess Board Grand Prairie TX 214-641-1136 Ken Givens
B* FIAWOL/MSConnections Irving TX 214-790-6472 Bobb Waller
F Star Streams Waxahachie TX 214-938-7115 Michael Rudolf
F* The RASTER Line Houston TX 713-568-0825 Jeff Watts
F The Dream Sequence Missouri City TX 713-835-0965 Biju Mathai
F Young Blood Killeen TX 817-699-2254 T.J. Gohl
F Orion BBS Odessa TX 915-530-2712 Dennis Brown
-- VIRGINIA ------------------------------------------------------------
B Crystal Aerie Arlington VA 703-415-0134 Spencer Greenwald
-- WASHINGTON ----------------------------------------------------------
F* Longview On-Line! Longview WA 206-577-7358 Jeanne Lejon
-- ONTARIO, CANADA -----------------------------------------------------
F Dark Knight BBS London ONT 519-850-9929 Michael Cross
F MACH 1 BBS London ONT 519-457-6771 Tomasz Heiber
F The Outpost BBS St. Mary ONT 519-284-0223 Murray Atthill
F Snake Pit BBS Tecumseh ONT 519-979-4251 Mark Godard
F Gananoque System's BBS Gananoque ONT 613-382-1788 Mike Serson
-- MEXICO --------------------------------------------------------------
B* The Gate BBS Mexico City 52-5-264-2994 Emilio Karam
- From USA, dial international-access 011 then 52-5-264-2994#
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[11] E-Mag Info
The Comic Book Net E-Mag is published weekly by the many participants of
The Comic Book Network. This is a compilation of articles and columns
which were originally posted in the network's conferences or written
specifically for this electronic magazine.
All text contained within are copyrighted to the originating author(s).
Freely distributable for noncommerical purposes only.
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as well as an annotated index of back issues. You'll also find
important information on how to join the conversation in the Comic
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LOCATING THE ISSUES
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- End of Issue #39.. see ya next week!