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Ed Liu
11-14-2008, 04:10 PM
Image Comics Solicitations for February 2009
(http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18820)
My comments:

- Both Soul Kiss and Bad Dog sound interesting enough for me to really look forward to the trades of both. Might pre-order issue #1 of Bad Dog, though.

- The cover to The Great Unknown #1 (http://images.comicbookresources.com/solicits/imagecomics/200902/sm/TheGreatUnknown.jpg) is intriguing, but I don't think it quite works as well as it would like to. Unfortunately, I also have almost no interest in the comic.

- I would like to come up with some valid justification why Amber Atoms appeals to me, but the reality is that the cover image (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=solicits/imagecomics/200902/atoms_01_cover.jpg) is of a pretty redhead with a space gun and a sword, and that just might be all that's attracting my attention 'cuz the solicitation text isn't colossally original. And, I'm vaguely ashamed to admit, said pretty redhead might be enough. It's all I can come up with to justify my Red Sonja addiction, anyway. I might pre-order issue #1 of this, too.

EDIT: OK, a quick google turned up an Amber Atoms art gallery (http://www.kellyyatesart.com/atoms1.html), which includes some nice shots of Amber (http://www.kellyyatesart.com/art/AA-pg8_color.jpg) herself (http://www.kellyyatesart.com/art/postcard.jpg), plus space bugs (http://www.kellyyatesart.com/art/insect.jpg), cool spaceships (http://www.kellyyatesart.com/art/stingray.jpg), and best of all SPACE GORILLAS (http://www.kellyyatesart.com/art/razza.jpg). Sign me up!

- Retro! (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=solicits/imagecomics/200902/jerseygods_cov01.jpg) And that's not even the Mike Allred cover (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=solicits/imagecomics/200902/jerseygods_cov01b_allred.jpg)!

- Definitely getting Elephantmen #21. Plus, Samurai Elephant (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=solicits/imagecomics/200902/elephantmen021cover.jpg)!

- The winner of the "Who Wants to be a Superheroine?" contest gets its debut issue this month with Incredible Journey #1. Preordering this in singles as a matter of principle, and I really need to dust off at least one of the things I submitted and see if I can turn it into something real.

A max of 4 issues to pre-order, so that'll probably be, like, $20 or so.

Sowhatchagonnaget?

-- Ed

Comics_the_QB
11-14-2008, 05:28 PM
I'll be picking up Savage Dragon #145 & The Astounding Wolfman #13.

Mabey I'll pick up Invincible as well. ;)

wonderfly
11-16-2008, 11:00 PM
There's a part of me that wants to pick up Savage Dragon #145 to see the Dragon return to being a Chicago cop, just because that's the version I remember reading back years ago in the 90's. I'm not even bothered by Larsen using President-Elect Obama in his comic; at first glance, it comes across as either a sales gimmick, or Larsen sharing too much of his political opinions for my taste, but I remember that Larsen's from Chicago, I believe, and the Dragon's from Chicago, so hey, it all makes sense...

But unfortunately, I'm cutting back on comics, so it looks like I won't be picking up anything from Image. Though I do want, (and recommend) Frank Frazetta's Silver Warrior #3...:sad:

Ultra8
11-17-2008, 07:31 PM
Getting:
AMBER ATOMS #1
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY #1 (of 3)
KITE DAY HC
JOHNNY MONSTER #1 (of 3)

Maybe:
THE GREAT UNKNOWN #1
CODEFLESH: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION HC
JERSEY GODS #1
DISPLACED PERSONS OGN (RES)
DYNAMO 5 #20
ELEPHANTMEN #21
FRANK FRAZETTA'S SILVER WARRIOR #3 (of 4)
PHONOGRAM 2: THE SINGLES CLUB #3 (of 7)
Velocity #2