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Marvel Goes Pink in October

   

Marvel Entertainment is helping the Susan G. Komen for the Cure during this coming October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Marvel will have a select number of titles that will have pink covers with the characters in pink highlighted costumes.  This is a great way to help a worthy cause.  I’m pretty sure, including myself, that everyone has a loved one or friend that has had to fight breast cancer.  The issues involved with the promotional will be: Avengers #31; Captain America #18; Captain Marvel #5; Fantastic Four #661; Invincible Ironman #526; Mighty Thor #21; Uncanny X-Men #20; and Wolverine #315.  This is just a current listing and more titles could be added to the promotional.   Each issue will have one page in the comic to educate readers about breast cancer.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/23218.html

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Resident Evil What?

CAPCOM has  announced, not a new Resident Evil video game, but the first official Resident Evil Restaurant.  This is were it would be fun to live in Japan with all of the themed restaurants that it has to offer.  The Biohazard Cafe & Grill S.T.A.R.S. will be inside the Shibuya Parco shopping center in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward and is scheduled to be open on July 13.  Besides food, although no menu has been set yet, the restaurant will off limited edition items for it’s patrons.  So if you happen to be traveling to Tokyo or just happen to be in the area, this might be a fun side trip.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-06-25/resident-evil-restaurant-to-open-in-tokyo-on-july-13

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AMV Spotlight of the

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber potakun.  Potakun takes the song “Boom, Boom, Pow” performed by The Black Eyed Peas and edits it to a variety of anime.  The clips are smoothly edited together and potakun has matched up lyrics of the song with some of the characters speaking actions within the clips.  The sink is pretty good and makes the video funner to watch when the characters appear as if they are singing the song.  Great job potakun  you can find the AMV on YouTube under “Boom, Boom, Boom! AMV (Boom Boom Pow – Blackeyed Peas)” or you can check it out here:

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1st Dredd Trailer

Thanks to ICv2 and YouTube Channel Machinima for the following first trailer of the upcoming Dredd movie, set to be released this September:

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New Art Book Release

Vanguard Publishing is scheduled to release The Frazetta Sketchbook this December.  This is one that your library will want to really consider picking up for its Art Collection.  Every Fantasy reader knows his work and will enjoy this collection of various pieces of Frazetta’s art work.  The suggested MSRP is $39.95.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/23186.html

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Update to Publisher Links

The following adaptations have been added to our publisher links:

Candlewick Press’ – Tale of Despereaux;

Dark Horse’s – Trouble Maker;

Dynamite Entertainment’s – Vampire Huntress;

IDW Publishing’s – Code Word: Geronimo;

Pantheon Books’ – Complete Maus;

Razor Bill’s – Vampire Academy; and

Yen Press’ – Twilight.

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Episode 18 Shownotes

 

1. Young Justice: Season 1, Volume 1, Warner Home Video, 2011.  ASIN: B004Z6N7UA, $14.97.

2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition, Douglas Adams, Crown, 2004.   ISBN: 978-1400052936, $35.00.

3. Podcast Intro and Outro – Andrew Lubman’s, “Train of Thought”.

http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=a0b7f6596422c80c407910fbc5f717e7

Other things mentioned: Justice League; Super Friends; My Favorite Martian; Ren & Stimpy; Bevis & Butthead; Adventure Time; Teen Titans; Heavy Metal; AquaTeen Hunger Force; Archer; The Office; Friends; Dr. Who; Keeping Up Appearances; Grape Ape; Wonder Twins; PBS; BBC America and Graham Norton Show.