VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER 7/22/09

First of all, I want to thank everybody for their support over the last week. It's been a tough one as you probably know, but with the support of the community behind me I know that I'll get through all this in one piece. For the time being I guess the best course of action is to just put my head down and charge forward, barrel through all the tough stuff lurking ahead of me and get my life back on track. With that, on to the news.

DRAW! Last week I revealed the theme of our latest DRAW contest. This week, a reminder. IT'S A BAR FIGHT. Draw some characters fighting in a bar. Bring that drawing into the store. Win some stuff. Pretty easy, right? Then what's the hold up? HOLD FOR GRAPHIC: BAR FIGHT

This week superstar artist ROB ULLMAN dropped off a load of his new hardcover book ATOM-BOMB BIKINI; The Lurid Art of Robert Ullman. Come by and buy a bunch of them, they're sure to offer solace in the dark days that loom ahead! For more Rob Ullman please refer to http://ullman.lurid.com/

SHIPPING THIS WEEK and NOTABLE RELEASES THEREIN:

ACTION COMICS #879 3.99
AGENTS OF ATLAS #8 2.99
AIR #11 (MR) 2.99
ALL SELECT COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #599 DKR 2.99
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL HC VOL 04 24.99
ANNIHILATION TP BOOK 02 24.99

ASTERIOS POLYP GN 29.95 - They said it shouldnt be done, and yet here we are: the first ever book to make PICK status two weeks in a row. It's really that good. Do what it takes to make this a part of your life now, before the coming one world Government forces all citizens to read it under penalty of death. BECAUSE IT'S COMING, MARK MY WORDS.

ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE TP BOOK 01 19.99
BATMAN #688 2.99
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #2 3.99
BATMAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER HC 24.99
BETA RAY BILL GODHUNTER #2 (OF 3) 3.99
BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #90 2.50

BLACKEST NIGHT #1 (OF 8) 3.99 - People seem to be pretty excited about this one. Prepare to have the DC universe CHANGES FOREVERERERERERERERERERER.

BLACKEST NIGHT TALES OF THE CORPS #1 (OF 3) 3.99
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #25 2.99
BUCK ROGERS #2 3.50
CAPED #4 (OF 4) 3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #601 3.99
CREEPY COMICS #1 4.99
CREEPY COMICS #1 POWELL CREEPY FAMILY VAR CVR 4.99
DARK AVENGERS #7 BIANCHI VAR DAX 3.99
DARK AVENGERS #7 DAX 3.99
DARK REIGN MISTER NEGATIVE #2 (OF 3) DKR 3.99
DEAD AT 17 AFTERBIRTH #2 (OF 4) 2.99
DEADPOOL #12 DKR 2.99
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG BARBERI V 3.99
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG BARBERI V 3.99
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #3 (OF 5) 2ND PTG BARBERI V 3.99
DMZ #43 (MR) 2.99
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #1 (OF 24) 3.99
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #1 3.99
ENDERS GAME PREM HC BATTLE SCHOOL 24.99
ENDERS SHADOW PREM HC BATTLE SCHOOL 24.99
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO IN ONE TP VOL 03 19.99
FABLES #86 (MR) 2.99
FALL OF CTHULHU TP VOL 05 APOCALYPSE 15.99
FALLEN ANGEL REBORN #1 3.99
FARSCAPE DARGOS LAMENT #4 (OF 4) 3.99
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH ESCAPE #3 (OF 6) 2.99
FRANKLIN RICHARDS SCHOOLS OUT 3.99
GI JOE TP VOL 01 19.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY PREM HC POWER STARHAWK 24.99
INCOGNITO #5 (MR) 3.50
INCREDIBLE HERCULES HC SMASH TITANS 29.99
INCREDIBLES FAMILY MATTERS #4 (OF 4) 2.99
JEFF SMITH LITTLE MOUSE GETS READY HC 12.95
JSA VS KOBRA #2 (OF 6) 2.99

KILLER #9 (OF 10) (MR) 3.95 -- On the real?

LAST RESORT #1 3.99
LIGHT BRIGADE TP NEW PTG (MR) 19.99
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #3 (OF 4) 2.99

LOST GIRLS HC 45.00 - New printing of the formerly very hard to come by erotic ALAN MOORE epic.

LUBA HC 39.99
MADAME XANADU TP VOL 01 DISENCHANTED (MR) 12.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #27 2.99
MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 21 CHRIS SPROUSE 14.95
NEW MUTANTS #3 2.99
NEXUS SPACE OPERA ACTS 3 & 4 4.95
NEXUS SPACE OPERA ACTS 3 & 4 4.95
OLYMPUS #3 3.50
PREACHER HC BOOK 01 39.99
PUNISHER #7 2.99

RASL #5 (MR) 3.50 New RASL, suspiciously not super late.

RESURRECTION VOL 2 #2 3.99
SCALPED #30 (MR) 2.99
SHERLOCK HOLMES #3 (OF 5) 3.50
SOLOMON KANE TP VOL 01 CASTLE OF DEVIL 15.95
SOULFIRE NEW WORLD ORDER #3 (OF 5) HERRERA CVR 2.99
SPIDER-MAN PREM HC TORMENT 19.99
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #7 2.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #43 REAPING PT 1 2.99
STORMWATCH PHD #22 2.99
SUPER FRIENDS #17 2.50
SUPER FRIENDS CALLING ALL SUPER FRIENDS TP 12.99
SUPERMAN AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES TP 14.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #62 2.99
THUNDERBOLTS PREM HC BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE 19.99
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #3 (OF 4) 3.99
TITANS #15 (BLACKEST NIGHT) 2.99
TRON TP VOL 01 GHOST IN THE MACHINE 19.95
UNKNOWN #3 (OF 4) 3.99
UNTHINKABLE #3 (OF 4) 3.99
VIGILANTE #8 2.99
WALKING DEAD #63 (MR) 2.99
WAR MACHINE PREM HC VOL 01 IRON HEART 19.99
WEDNESDAY COMICS #2 (OF 12) 3.99
WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VERSUS VAMPIRES #2 (OF 3) 3.50
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #21 2.99
X-FACTOR #46 2.99
X-MEN FOREVER #1 2ND PTG GRUMMETT VAR 3.99
YEN PLUS MAGAZINE VOL 02 #8 AUG 2009 (C: 0-1-2) 8.99
YOUNG LIARS #17 (MR) 2.99
ZEKE DEADWOOD ZOMBIE LAWMAN #1 LEGALLY DEAD 3.95

Hush now. It'll all be over soon.
TOM BATTEN