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Hitting Shelves Today - 5/22

Image Comics gives us The Bounce #1:

Meet the ultimate slacker superhero for the 21st Century! Jasper Jenkins is a super-head AND a super-hero! He’s relatable AND reliable and he’s embarking on the adventure of a lifetime! The sensational debut of the new feel-good hero of the decade! You can’t afford to miss it!

The preview features our hero hitting a giant bong - how bad can it be?

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DC introduces us to the Green Team today:

INVENTORS! EXPLORERS! ADVENTURERS! Do you need money to finance an important project? Then you should set up a meeting with THE GREEN TEAM!

• Nature of world-changing idea: _____

• Amount requested: _____

• Does your project have the potential to:

Fracture space-time? __

Replace the combustion engine? __

Attract extraterrestrial attention? __

Prove/disprove existence of deities? __

Piss off The Justice League? __

Render the human body obsolete? __

If any of the above are checked, please fill out liability release form GT2013-05. Send any 82 drawings, plans, models, or photos with request.

If you're confused, this preview might help sort things out.

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If you ever thought that Red Riding Hood would be a better story if it took place in Japan, run, don't walk, to get your copy of Akaneiro #1:

From the brilliant imagination of video game auteur American McGee comes a dazzling reenvisioning of Red Riding Hood set in the wondrous world of Japanese folklore! Justin Aclin and Vasilis Lolos take Kani a young woman torn between two cultures on an epic adventure battling devious yokai for the fate of her world!

Here's a preview.

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Here's a list of what's dropping today and how much it will set you back:

Thwarted by 5th graders!

No real post today - I have to throw togehter a presentation for a group of 50+ 5th graders coming by my work tomorrow morning. I've presented to over 500 employees, 100 clients, and quite a few executives. So why do 5th graders as an audeince make me nervous? I think I'll thow in some fart jokes, just to be safe...

Super Emo Friends

I went to Big Wow ComicFest this weekend. I'll post some pics tomorrow, but I wanted to highlight one of my favorite booths at the show - the one selling J Salvador's Super Emo Friends:

These little guys are so awesome and emo, I felt like buying the all. But with end-of-show funds low, I stuck with this one (not comic related, but from my favorite movie):

I was also tempted by this one:

If you want a closer look at all his emo heroes, visit his Etsy shop - they're pretty cheap ($15ish), so grab one for yourself and/or a friend.