What’cha Reading: Nemo – Heart of Ice, a Moore and O’Neill masterpiece! from Top Shelf Productions

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One of the greatest and most aggravating things about Alan Moore is his ability to amaze and confuse me simultaneously. And when he teams up with Kevin O’Neill it just ramps the wonder to eleven. Their work is always deep, rich and detailed. Both the art and the writing are beautiful. It can also be dense and wordy and a little convoluted. This is why I love it.

Nemo Heart of Ice continues this great tradition. The year is 1925 and Captain Nemo, or Janni Dakkar as she was known before taking on the mantle of Captain Nemo from her father, has tired of a life of piracy and plunder. She wants a grand adventure, something to rival those of her father, a challenge. The Antarctic seems to fit the bill nicely. To quote Mistress Janni “It’s about finding some purpose that’s more than just piracy… about proving something to Father and myself. Ready the Nautilus…”

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What’cha Reading: Interview with Ehmm Theory – Flagship Title from Action Lab: Danger Zone line

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Zombie Circus Midgets.

There I said it. Confused? So is Gabriel Ehmm, murdered by his girlfriend returned to earth by Saint Peter to do, well it hasn’t really been determined what he’s been sent back to do. But he’s here with his resurrected talking cat Mr. Whiskers and they’re stomping zombie circus midgets.

Written by Brockton McKinney and illustrated by Larkin Ford this is a dark, funny, gory, romp through world of the supernatural, or is it?

I was given the distinction of getting a first hand account of Ehmm Theory what it is and where it’s going from the writer and the artist today on skype. I apologize in advance for the slightly garbled recording, skype was not being kind to Brockton.

The interview lasts about 20 minutes and these two were slightly nuts. I had a blast talking with them!

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What’cha Reading: Titan Comics trailer for their Brand New Series “It Came!”

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“It Came!” is a four issue, creator-owned , 1950s Sci-Fi B-movie style mini-series by Dan Boultwood. “Dr. Boy Brett and the suitably chaperoned Doris Night pop into a quaint village pub for a cheese ploughman’s… But waiting for them outside is a most unwelcome visitor: Grurk, an indestructible, rampaging robot from outer space, on a mission to harvest the British Blitz spirit for energy!”

A Scientist, a girl and a menacing robot! Can it get any better?

 

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New Thundercats MiniMates series 3

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ThunderCats fans have been lapping up Icon Heroes’ new ThunderCats products like a kitten lapping up milk, and now the company has released a third set in their popular ThunderCats Minimates line. Produced in conjunction with Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum, the Series 3 box set rounds out the main band of Thunderan refugees, with Minimates of Tigra, Cheetara, Wilykit and Wilykat, as well as a mini-figure of RoBear Bill.

Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation, and comes with key character accessories. Tygra comes with his bolo, Cheetara with her staff, and the Thunderkittens with their smoke bombs, lassos and hoverboards. (Did we mention RoBear Bill?) The set is exclusively at Action Figure Xpress (shopafx.com), and while Set 1 with Lion-O, Panthro, Jaga and Mumm-Ra is sold out there, Set 2 with Slythe, Jackalman, Vultureman and Monkian is still available! Check out the images below, and keep an eye out for Series 4!

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