Prepare for a hot art injection! This week marks the troubled birth of an all new feature here at the Velocity Newsletter, one that will be sure to hammer your soul into very thin sheets and scatter it to the winds! It's called "ART BLOG OF THE WEEK!" For our big premiere, please take a gander at
http://joequinones.blogspot.com/. WITNESS cool portraits of all your favorite Scott Pilgrim characters, prepared in a style that is at once unfamiliar and endearing. ARTISTS! Wondering how YOU may be blessed with a mention in future editions? Simply write us at velocitynews@yahoo.com and pray that you find us in a merciful mood.

BREAK OUT THE COLORED PENCILS! Try not to shrivel up with fear and self-doubt! An all new DRAW! CONTEST is upon us! Velocity Comics' top scientists have worked around the clock since our previous competition to prepare the best and most worthy topic, and the results are in! This time, simply prepare a drawing of BATMAN VERSUS ANYTHING! Just think of something that it might be cool to see Batman fight and DRAW IT. We'll hang all the contenders up in the store the week of July 18th in honor of the new film, THE DARK KNIGHT. The winner gets $100 bucks in store credit.

MINI-COMICS! Coming soon to the Human World, the new TEAM 8 CREATOR SHOWCASE MINI-COMICS. Featuring a who's-who of local talents, these comics are guaranteed to mollify even the most bellicose individual. More details to follow! Some among you may choose to prepare for this momentous moment in human history through acts of vandalism and civil disobedience. While we at Velocity Comics can't condone such actions, I'm sure there are those of us who might see this as entirely appropriate.

PICKS

DUO STARS #1- All I know about this one is that it's being brought to you by the one and only ASHLEY WOOD. So I thought it might be fun to just guess what it's about, based solely on the title. Ready? Here we go-- Duo Stars #1 begins the tale of a young fashion designer named Duo Stars, and details his attempts to become KING OF THE BEACH through his dabblings in black magic and socio-economic manipulations. Check it out and we'll see how close I got.

FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE- At long last!

LOBSTER JOHNSON TP VOL 01 IRON PROMETHEUS- From the hallowed pages of Hellboy comes this pulp-tinged adventure, spotlighting the one and only Lobster Johnson. He fights monsters, he fights Nazis, he fights robots...This must be what they mean when they say 'GREATEST GENERATION.'

SECRET INVASION #3- You've read the multitudinous tie-ins, now get the next incremental advancement of the story!

TRINITY #1- The next big DCU weekly begins here! Can Mark Bagely keep up the intense schedule? I guess so.

ALSO SHIPPIN' 06/4/08

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