In this episode we look at High School of the Dead by Daisuke Sata/Shouji Sato, Rat Catcher by Andy Diggle/Victor Ibanez, and Daytripper by Gabriel Ba/Fabio Moon.
AMV of the Week
Since Summer is here I thought the video below worked really well. I will be trying to make this a weekly feature of some type of AMV that I have found that I thought was good. This one is from DMcl123 under the tag California Gurls AMV on YouTube. The original artist is Katy Perry, featuring Snoop Dogg. Thanks for a fun AMV!
Watchmen HeroClixs
ICv2’s site reports that WizKids will be releasing a new HeroClix six pack. The six pack is Watchmen Crimebusters Fast Forces 6-Pack and is scheduled for release on September 7, 2011. The characters in this six pack will be Rorschach, Nite Owl, Ozymandias, The Comedian, and pictured above, Dr. Manhattan and Silk Spectre. Let your gamers know and even you graphic novel readers know because Watchmen has always been a fan favorite in the comic book community.
Hoping for an Expedition to the African Wilds
ICv2’s site is reporting that Warner Bros. has optioned Craig Brewer to write and direct a trilogy of movies based on Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan. Hollywood has tried this property in the past and each adaption just hasn’t hit with fans. If this comes to fruition hopefully it will do better.
A 2nd Game Full of Darkness
Librarians that have gamers as patrons will want to let them know about this or use it for talking points. 2K Games will be releasing Darkness II, a Top Cow Comics property, on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC. Scheduled release date is October 4, 2011, for North American markets and October 7, 2011 for worldwide release. Below is a trailer for the upcoming game, be warned it does contain violent images. Thanks to ICv2 for the article and them providing a trailer from DailyMotion.
http://www.icv2.com/articles/markets/20203.html
Darkness II Hatred Resurfaced Trailer by ign
Hayate Live Action
Kenjirou Hata’s Hayate the Combat Butler is getting a Taiwanese adaptation to premier June 19. Hopefully this will eventually become available to purchase in the U.S. market when it is put on DVD. Follow the link for the article and watch the short trailer below provided by Formosa on their YouTube Channel.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-02/live-action-hayate-vitaminx-anime-promos-streamed
Canadian Theaters listed for Trigun Movie
For our librarian family in Canada, you will want to let your patrons that enjoy anime know that Trigun: Badlands Rumble movie might be coming to a theater near you. AnimeNews Network has a listing of Canadian theaters that will be showing Trigun: Badlands Rumble. It is scheduled to be in theaters on June 22. Jump to the link for a full listing.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-02/trigun-film-canadian-theaters-listed
DC Re-numbering Not Rebooting
DC’s site discusses that the universe is not necessarily rebooting. They are just changing some customes, having some of the main characters be younger in age, but not necessarily changing the characters origin. DC’s site also gives out a few of the titles that will be getting new #1 issues: Wonder Woman; Green Arrrow, Aquaman; Flash; Savage Hawkman; Justice League International; Mister Terrific and Captian Atom.
X-Men: First Class
I’m sure all of your patrons will remind you, but I’m here as well. Don’t forget that X-Men: First Class comes out this weekend. See the trailer below provided by Yahoo Movies.
DC Rebooting
DC Comic’s site is reporting that after the Flashpoint storyline, 52 #1 issues will be coming out in August. Justice League will be the first new #1 issue written by Geoff Johns and artwork by Jim Lee. DC is rebooting their universe and also making titles available digitally, to appeal to a new audience that they hope to bring into readership. Jim Lee is contributing by redesigning a number of superhero uniforms. All we can do is wait and see if this is a stunt or will it be the new statis quo.