Last VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER of 2008!

Hello, all...

What better way to come down from your holiday cheer than a somber legal tale putting the release of the highly anticipated WATCHMEN movie into jeopardy? I could paraphrase it for you, or you could go to http://www.cracked.com/blog/fox-can-eat-several-dicks/ to get a proper summation. Not for the faint of heart!

This week in BRICK: SWALLOW ME WHOLE gets scrutinized. Does it pass the test? http://www.brickweekly.com/index.php/booksprint/article/comics_swallow_m...

TOP TENS! Presented for your derision is a few of the staff's top ten picks of 2008. Next week we'll round up the rest of the gang and sober 'em up long enough to opine.
Patrick Godfrey:
1. Three Shadows (First Second, $15.95)
2. Bottomless Bellybutton (Fantagraphics, $29.99)
3. Final Crisis/ All Star Superman (DC Comics, $3.99/$2.99)
4. Portable Frank (Fantagraphics, $14.99)
5. Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics, $29.99)
6. Alan's War (First Second, $24.00)
7. Hellboy/BPRD/Lobster Johnson (Dark Horse, $2.99 monthly)
8. Skyscrapers of the Midwest HC (AdHouse Books, $19.99)
9. Mesmo Delivery (AdHouse Books, $12.50)
10. The Amulet (Scholastic, $9.99)

Tanner Braaten:
1. Travel (Picturebox, $19.95)
2. Final Crisis (DC Comics, $3.99 monthly)
3. The Goddess of War (Picturebox, $12.95)
4. OMAC HC (DC Comics, $24.99)
5. Captain Britain & MI:13 (Marvel Comics, $2.99 monthly)
6. Bottomless Bellybutton (Fantagraphics, $29.99)
7. Portable Frank (Fantagraphics, $14.99)
8. Skyscrapers of the Midwest (AdHouse Books, $19.99)
9. Meathaus: SOS Anthology (Meathaus, $30.00)
10. All Star Superman #10 (DC Comics, $2.99)

SCHEDULE! We will be closing at 5PM on Wednesday, January 31st, to prepare for the wanton debauchery of New Year's Eve. We're closed the next day to recover. And then we're open 10AM-7PM on Friday, January 2nd for new book day. Mark the calendar!

SHIPPING happens on FRIDAY JANUARY 2ND due to holiday revelry. See above.
30 DAYS OF NIGHT 30 DAYS TIL DEATH #2 3.99
30 DAYS OF NIGHT 30 DAYS TIL DEATH #2 VAR INC
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #20 DKR 2.99
AVENGERS INVADERS #7 (OF 12) 2.99
AVENGERS INVADERS #7 (OF 12) FERRY VAR
BACK TO BROOKLYN #3 (OF 5) 2.99
BALONEY GN 16.95
BATMAN #684 2.99
BATMAN #684 VAR ED
BATMAN CACOPHONY #2 (OF 3) 3.99
BATMAN CACOPHONY #2 (OF 3) 1 IN 25 VAR ED
BATMAN CACOPHONY #2 (OF 3) 1 IN 50 SKETCH COVER ED
BEASTS BOOK 01 GN 24.99
BLUE BEETLE #34 2.99
CABLE TP VOL 01 MESSIAH WAR 14.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #45 2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #45 VILLAIN VAR 2.99
CYBLADE #2 2.99
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #5 3.99
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #10 3.99
DR WHO MAGAZINE #402 7.99
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER TP VOL 03 16.99
EXTREME FINALES SC 100.00
FANTASTIC FOUR #562 2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR COSMIC SPECIAL 4.99

FANTASTIC FOUR WORLDS GREATEST PREM HC 24.99 If you missed the boat on this classic in the making in single issue form, don't miss out on this spectacular run by MARK MILLAR and BRYAN HITCH. They don't have it in their DNA to make bad comics.

FINAL CRISIS SECRET FILES #1 3.99 I'm pretty stupid for all things Final Crisis , so I'm all over this one. Guess what--FRANK QUITELY draws a story or two in this one. Required reading!

GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING #5 3.99
GOON #31 2.99

GREEN LANTERN #36 2.99 And so begins the countdown to BLACKEST NIGHT, the big GL-driven epic coming out Summer '09. You've been warned!

GROO HELL ON EARTH TP 17.95
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #8 2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #8 VILLAIN VAR
HOT BREATH OF WAR GN 13.00
I SHALL DESTROY ALL THE CIVILIZED PLANETS SC 19.95

INCOGNITO #1 3.50 What a confluence of extreme emotions... despondence over hearing Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips were putting CRIMINAL on hold for a bit, followed by seething joy at the reveal that this super-powered criminal mini takes its place! Yeah, I need therapy.

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #124 2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #124 VILLAIN VAR
INFINITY INC TP VOL 02 THE BOGEYMAN 14.99
JACK OF FABLES #29 2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #28 2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #22 2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #22 VAR ED

KICK ASS #5 2.99 It's shipping! Not a hoax, not an imaginary story! Well, it's actually a work of fiction, so yes to the second one.

KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #146 4.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #49 2.99
LOOKING FOR GROUP TP VOL 01 14.95
MADAME XANADU #7 2.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #2 (OF 6) 3.99
NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 09 SECRET INVASION 19.99
NEW EXILES ANNUAL #1 3.99
NORTHLANDERS #13 2.99
PROOF #15 3.50
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #26 2.99
PUNISHER WAR ZONE #4 (OF 6) 3.99
RUNAWAYS PREM HC PRIDE & JOY 19.99
RUNAWAYS TP DEAD END KIDS 15.99
SCALPED #24 2.99
SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING #3 (OF 5) 3.99
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #4 (OF 5) 3.99
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #4 (OF 5) PERKINS VAR
STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP VOL 02 CRASH COURSE 7.95
STAR WARS LEGACY #31 VECTOR PART 12 OF 12 2.99
SUPERMAN #683 NEW KRYPTON 2.99
SUPERMAN #683 NEW KRYPTON VAR ED
SUPERMAN BATMAN VS VAMPIRES WEREWOLVES #6 (OF 6) 2.99
SUPERMARKET TP (NEW PTG) 14.99
TALES OF TMNT #53 3.25
TEEN TITANS #66 2.99
TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT RAVEN TP 14.99
THE ARRIVAL GN 19.99
THOR VISIONARIES WALT SIMONSON TP VOL 01 NEW PTG 29.99
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #6 3.99
TRINITY #31 2.99
ULTIMATE HULK ANNUAL #1 3.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #99 2.99
UNIVERSAL WAR ONE PREM HC VOL 01 24.99
V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP 19.99
VENOM DARK ORIGIN #5 (OF 5) 2.99
VINYL UNDERGROUND TP VOL 02 PRETTY DEAD THINGS 17.99

WAR MACHINE #1 2.99 One of the more promising by-products of the limp skrull invasion. Come on, you know you agree. It was a little boring. But this looks cool. Look forward!

WAR MACHINE #1 VILLAIN VAR DKR
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #8 (OF 12) 2.99
WHAT IF SECRET WARS 3.99

WINTERMEN WINTER SPECIAL #1 3.99 Anybody remember this one? Hello?

WIZARD MAGAZINE #208 ANDY KUBERT BATMAN & ROBIN CV 5.99
WOLVERINE #70 2.99
WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #3 (OF 4) 2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #14 2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #3 (OF 4) 3.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #3 (OF 4) VAR ED
X-FORCE #10 2.99
X-FORCE #10 VILLAIN VAR
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #4 (OF 5) 3.99
X-MEN WORLDS APART #3 (OF 4) 3.99
YOUNG X-MEN #9 2.99
ZOMBIE TALES #9 3.99

That's it for now... more to follow next year! Yay, mortality!
PKG@VC