VELOCITY COMICS NEWS

A big thanks to everyone that participated in our latest DRAW CONTEST. Judging was tough this time around--bickering and in-fighting ruled the day. People locked themselves in the restroom, people showed up at other people's apartments crying in the middle of the night; It all culminated in Pat biting off Tim's index finger and wandering down Broad st with blood streaking his beard and the mangled digit dangling from his lip like a cigarette. We spent two days searching for him to no avail, and then on the third day--just as we were giving up hope--a package with no return address arrived at the store. Inside, wrapped in a tattered Japanese flag, was the finger, and written on it in faded magic marker were the words: GIVE IT TO RICHIE.

SO: it's my honor to announce that RICHIE POPE is the winner of the latest DRAW contest. Richie's is the one with Galactus. It's very striking. THANKS AGAIN to everyone that participated. We'll be announcing the next contest soon, so stay tuned for that!

AND don't worry about Tim too much--in his own words, "That finger wore out it's welcome years ago."

YOU'VE PROBABLY heard that Frank Frazetta died this week, which is a bummer. Here are some thoughts on that: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/12/AR201005...

AND HERE'S some sweet Frazetta art: http://frankfrazetta.org/

YOU may have noticed there's some work going on in our front window. If you have not noticed this yet, you probably need to come clean out your box.

Here is a list of books that are coming out this week:

AGE OF HEROES #1 (OF 4) HA 3.99
AIR #21 (MR) 2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS AMERICAN SON #1 (OF 4) 3.99
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #3 (MR) 3.99
ANCHOR #8 3.99
ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS OF DAMNED CHARMER #1 OF (5) (MR 3.99
ART OF BLADE THE IMMORTAL HC 29.99
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #23 2.99
ATLAS #1 HA 3.99
ATLAS #1 HEROIC AGE VAR HA 3.99
ATOMIC KNIGHTS HC 39.99
ATOMIC ROBO REVENGE O/T VAMPIRE DIMENSION #3 3.50
AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER ART ANIMATED SERIES HC 34.99

AVENGERS #1 DJURDJEVIC VAR HA 3.99 -- The long awaited return of the (somewhat) classic Avengers is here! Cap! Iron Man! Thor! Wolverine(?) and more! It's drawn by John Romita jr, quite frankly that's enough for me.

AVENGERS #1 HA 3.99
AVENGERS #1 HEROIC AGE VAR HA 3.99
AVENGERS #1 ROMITA JR VAR HA 3.99
AVP THREE WORLD WAR #4 (OF 6) 3.50
AZRAEL #8 2.99
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #12 3.99
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #9 3.99
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM HC VOL 01 HUSH MONEY 19.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #17 2.50
BRIGHTEST DAY #2 2.99
CAPTAIN EASY HC VOL 01 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 39.99
CATLAND EMPIRE GN 29.95
CODENAME KNOCKOUT TP VOL 01 THE DEVIL YOU SAY (MR) 19.99
COMPLETE ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS TP (O/A) 19.99
CREEPY COMICS #3 4.99
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER #1 (OF 5) 3.99
DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #1 (OF 10) 3.99
DEAD AT 17 WITCH QUEEN #3 (OF 4) 2.99
DEADPOOL #23 HA 2.99
DEADPOOL #23 HEROIC AGE GIARRUSSO VAR HA 2.99
DEATHLOK #7 (OF 7) 3.99
DESTROYER TP (MR) 19.99
DEVIL #4 (OF 4) 3.50
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #25 11.99
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #354 2.99
DR WHO MAGAZINE #420 8.40
DV8 GODS AND MONSTERS #2 (OF 8) 2.99
EMILY THE STRANGE 13TH HOUR #3 (OF 4) 3.99
END LEAGUE TP VOL 02 WEATHERED STATUES 16.99
ENTER THE HEROIC AGE #1 HA 3.99

EX MACHINA #49 (MR) 2.99 --The pentultimate issue!

EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 03 (MR) 29.99
EXECUTOR HC (MR) 19.99
FADE TO BLACK #3 (OF 5) 3.50
FANGORIA #294 JUN 2010 8.99
FARSCAPE ONGOING #7 3.99
GALACTA DAUGHTER OF GALACTUS #1 3.99
GANTZ TP VOL 10 12.99
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS #6 (OF 9) FIREFLY PART 3 3.50
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS TP VOL 04 HAPPY VALLEY (M 12.99
GFT INFERNO #1 (OF 5) A CVR BENITEZ 2.99
GI JOE #18 3.99
GIRL COMICS #2 (OF 3) 4.99
GOD COMPLEX #6 2.99
HAUNT #7 (MR) 2.99
HELLBLAZER #267 (MR) 2.99
HELLSING TP VOL 10 (OF 10) 13.99
HER-OES #2 2.99
HULK PREM HC 19.99
HUMAN TARGET #4 (OF 6) 2.99
ILL GIVE IT MY ALL TOMORROW TP VOL 01 12.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #26 HA 2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #26 HEROIC AGE VAR HA 2.99
JAMES PATTERSONS WITCH & WIZARD #1 BATTLE SHADOWLA 3.99
JERSEY GODS #12 4.99
JOE THE BARBARIAN #5 (OF 8) (MR) 2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #45 (BRIGHTEST DAY) 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #45 (BRIGHTEST DAY) VAR 3.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA BAD SEED TP 14.99
KICK ASS PREM HC (MR) 24.99
KILL SHAKESPEARE #2 3.99
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #162 4.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 3.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 VAR ED 3.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES ENEMY MANIFEST TP 14.99
MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #6 (OF 8) 3.99
METABARONS TP VOL 02 AGHNAR & ODA (MR) 14.95
METABARONS TP VOL 03 STEELHEAD & DONNA VICENTA (MR 14.99
MUPPET SNOW WHITE #1 2.99
OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 35 10.99
PS238 #44 2.99
RESCUE #1 3.99
RESURRECTION VOL 2 #11 3.99
SATURN APARTMENTS TP VOL 01 12.99

SCALPED TP VOL 06 THE GNAWING (MR) 14.99 -- The latest and best Scalped story, collected. You are not worthy.

SIMPSONS COMICS #166 2.99
SONIC UNIVERSE #16 2.99
SOULFIRE TP VOL 01 PART 02 14.99
SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #5 CVR A MARCUS TO 2.99
SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 05 14.99
SPIRIT #2 3.99
SUPERGIRL FRIENDS AND FUGITIVES TP 17.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #72 2.99
SUPERMAN WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #3 (OF 4) 2.99
SUPERMAN WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #3 (OF 4) VAR ED 2.99
SUPERNATURAL BEGINNINGS END #5 (OF 6) 2.99
TANK GIRL ROYAL ESCAPE #3 (OF 4) 3.99
TICK THE COMPLETE EDLUND TP 35.00
TINY TITANS #28 2.50
TORCHWOOD MAGAZINE #21 SPECIAL 9.99
TRANSFORMERS LAST STAND O/T WRECKERS #5 3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 2 #2 3.99
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL 14 DARK ROAD PT 1 & 2 14.99
WALKING DEAD #72 (MR) 2.99
WALLY GROPIUS HC 18.99

WEATHERCRAFT HC 19.99 -- Send up some flares, ring a big bell, do whatever it takes to spread the word that JIM WOODRING'S LATEST BOOK IS HERE! If you don't like Jim Woodring, lemme ask you a question: how do you live with yourself?

WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER TP 14.99
X-FACTOR #204 2ND PTG DE LANDRO VAR (PP #917) 2.99
X-FACTOR #205 HEROIC AGE MITRIC VAR XSC 2.99
X-FACTOR #205 XSC 2.99
X-MEN FOREVER #24 3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #235 2ND PTG LAND VAR (PP #917) 2.99
X-MEN LEGACY #236 FINCH VAR XSC 2.99
X-MEN LEGACY #236 HEROIC AGE VAR XSC 2.99
X-MEN LEGACY #236 XSC 2.99
X-MEN ORIGINS TP 19.99
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK #4 (OF 4) 3.99

ZATANNA #1 2.99 -- Laup IniD setirw siht gnol detapicitna olos seires gnirutaef s'enoyreve etirovaf ydal naicigam. lliw siht tsal erom naht evlewt sessui?

ZATANNA #1 VAR ED 2.99

I think I've finally had all I can take--

Tom Batten