Velocity Comics Newsletter 08/31/08 - 09/06/08

If you see an enormous guy lurking behind the counter this week, don't be alarmed. That's just Velocity's newest acquisition, Tim Franzak. Tim is a virgo who loves Green Lantern, Scott Pilgrim, and has the distinction of being one of the only people on Earth ever to need special shoes that actually make him shorter. Please kindly welcome Tim to the flock with praise and high (very high) fives.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE: Due to Labor Day, comics will be shipping on Thursday this week. You're welcome to come by and see us on Wednesday anyway, but please don't expect us to put on a happy face. We don't like these delay-shipping weeks any more than you do. What you may want to do is take advantage of our BIG LABOR DAY SALE, which breaks down as follows:

10am-noon: everything in the store is 30% off!
10-2: everything in the store is 25% off!
2-4: everything in the store is 20% off!
Toy blowout: DC Direct Action Figures $7.00! Minimates sets $4.00!
And if you can't make it in by 4pm, better luck next year.

EVERYONE TAKE A DEEP BREATH: Cher is definitely not playing Catwoman. Fox is definitely not going to block the release of the Watchmen movie. You have my word. If your source is a message board, your source is wrong. I promise.

VROOM! Next weekend is the VA Comicon, guest starring this time around the creators of NASCAR comics. More details at http://www.vacomicon.com/ .

PICKS:
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE - I honestly didn't think this would really come out in my lifetime, and yet here it is. So miracles do come true! This is the long, long awaited second volume in Jason Lutes' epic tale of pre-war Germany. A major work deserving of your attention!

FABLES #75 - Better late then never! The big war takes a major turn! Everything to this point has been prologue!

LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES #1 - The first volume in the new format, which allows for longer and even more intricate stories.

PORTABLE FRANK SC - Jim Woodring is a true visionary, creating vast worlds that sway between humor and horror at the drop of a skull. You have never seen anything like it. This handy little volume serves as a sampler of Woodrings work to date. One of the few comics that can seriously change the way you see the world.

SECRET SIX #1 - Hot on the heels of Villains United and the Secret Six Mini comes the new ongoing featuring Catman, Deadshot, Bane and a bunch of other morally ambiguous thugs with the best of intentions?

ALSO SHIPPING: THURSDAY, September 4th:
ADAM STRANGE SPECIAL #1 3.50
AL JAFFE TALL TALES HC 14.95
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #570 MONKEY VAR NWD
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #570 NWD 2.99
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #12 3.99
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #12 10 COPY VIRGIN RUNGE INCV
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #12 25 COPY VIRGIN GARNER INC
ARMY @ LOVE THE ART OF WAR #2 (OF 6) 2.99
ARMY OF DARKNESS #12 LONG ROAD HOME 3.50
AUTHORITY #2 2.99
BALTIMORE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER & VAMPIRE HC 25.00
BAOBAB #3 7.95
BATMAN STRIKES #49 2.25
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE 19.95
BLEACH TP VOL 24 7.95
BONE PRINT SGND BY JEFF SMITH 25.00
BOYS #22 2.99
BUFFY #16 INCV LTD ED LITHO
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #18 2.99
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 05
CLANDESTINE PREM HC BLOOD RELATIVE 19.99
COMICS JOURNAL #292 11.99
COUNTER X TP VOL 02 19.99
CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL 04
CTHULHU TALES #3 CVR B 3.99
DEAD OF NIGHT DEVIL SLAYER #1 (OF 4) 3.99
DEADWORLD DEAD KILLER TP 14.99
DEATH OF THE NEW GODS HC 29.99
DEITCHS PICTORAMA SC 18.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #848 RIP 2.99
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #20 SERIES 4 COMPANION 13.99
DR FATE COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY TP 17.99
DR SLUMP TP VOL 16 7.99
EL DIABLO #1 (OF 6) 2.99
END LEAGUE #4 2.99
ESSENTIAL THOR TP VOL 02 NEW PTG 16.99
ETERNALS #4 2.99
FABLES #75 4.99
FEAR AGENT TP VOL 04 HATCHET JOB 14.95
FRINGE #1 (OF 6) 2.99
GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING #2 3.99
GREEN LANTERN #34 2.99
HELLBLAZER PRESENTS CHAS THE KNOWLEDGE #3 (OF 5) 2.99
HELLBLAZER THE LAUGHING MAGICIAN TP 14.99
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #5 2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST TP VOL 02 CITIES OF HEAVEN 17.99
INVASION TP 24.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5 2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5 MONKEY VAR
IRON MAN GOLDEN AVENGER 2.99
IRON MANUAL TP 19.99
JONAH HEX #35 2.99
KICK ASS MUST HAVE 4.99
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #142 4.99
KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE TP VOL 07
LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES #1 14.99
MAGICIAN APPRENTICE TP VOL 02 15.99
MANHUNTER #34 2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 10 CRISIS DIGE 7.99
MARVEL APES #1 (OF 4) 3.99
MARVEL HEROCLIX AVENGERS BOOSTER PACK 9.99
MIXTAPE HC VOL 02 JIM MAHFOOD ART 24.99
MODESTY BLAISE TP VOL 14 GREEN COBRA 19.95
MPD PSYCHO TP VOL 06 10.95
MS MARVEL ANNUAL #1 3.99
NARUTO TP VOL 31 7.95
NECRONOMICON #1 (OF 4) 3.99
NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO #12 2.99
NIGHTWING #148 RIP 2.99
NOBLE CAUSES #36 3.50
PORTABLE FRANK SC 16.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #23 2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #23 MONKEY VAR
ROBERTS #1 (OF 2) 5.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #137 2.99
SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #3 (OF 5) SI 2.99
SECRET SIX #1 2.99
SHE-HULK 2 #31 2ND PTG CUCCA VAR 2.99
SHONEN JUMP OCT 08 4.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN TP VOL 04 16.99
SLOW STORM GN 17.95
SPAWN #182 2.95
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE SEASON 2 #2 (OF 5)
SPOOKS OMEGA TEAM #1 SEELEY CVR A 3.50
STORMING PARADISE #3 (OF 6) 2.99
STREET FIGHTER REMIX #0 3.95
SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #1 (OF 5) 3.99
SUPERGIRL #33 2.99
TANK GIRL VISIONS OF BOOGA #4 3.99
TEN CENT PLAGUE HC 26.00
TEZUKA DORORO GN VOL 03 13.95
TITANS #4 2.99
TOR #5 (OF 6) 2.99
TORCHWOOD MAGAZINE #7 6.99
TRINITY #14 2.99
TWELVE 1/2 3.99
TWELVE PREM HC VOL 01 24.99
UN-MEN #13 2.99
UNIVERSAL WAR ONE #3 (OF 3) 5.99
VENOM DARK ORIGIN #2 (OF 5) 2.99
VINYL UNDERGROUND #12 2.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #5 (OF 12) 2.99
WITCHBLADE #120 SEJIC CVR A 2.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE #204 CAPT AMERICA IRON MAN THOR CV 5.99
WONDER WOMAN #13 POSTER 7.99
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #1 (OF 4) MD 3.99
X-MEN ORIGIN BEAST 3.99
X-MEN RETURN OF MAGIK 3.99

I am so lonely.
-Tom Batten