Comics: The Meaning

com-ics (kom'iks)n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.

"If Comics' spectacularly varied past is any indication, comics' future will be virtually impossible to predict using the standards of the present.... Those of you who make comics for a living - or would like to someday, probably know that keeping up with all the advances in today's comics is a full-time job. However much we may try to understand the world of comics around us, a part of that world will always lie in shadow - a mystery.... As it is, it should be kept in mind at all times that this world is only one of many possible worlds!
Our attempts to define comics are an on-going process which won't end anytime soon. A new generation will no doubt reject whatever this one finally decides to accept and try once more to reinvent comics. And so they should. Here's to the great debate."

Excerpts and paraphrased from the amazing Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art."

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

THE LIST - 07.18.2012

PREMIER PUBLISHERS


PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
MAY120009PREVIEWS BACKLIST CATALOG 2012$1.50

PREMIER PUBLISHERS

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
DARK HORSE COMICS
MAY120051ALABASTER WOLVES #4$3.50
MAY120053BPRD HELL ON EARTH DEVILS ENGINE #3 FEGREDO CVR$3.50
MAY120012CONCRETE THREE UNEASY PIECES ONE SHOT$2.99
MAY120023DARK HORSE PRESENTS #14$7.99
MAY120019FATIMA THE BLOOD SPINNERS #2$3.99
MAY120061RESET #4$3.50
MAY120028STAR WARS DARTH VADER GHOST PRISON #3$3.50
DC COMICS
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APR120246BATWING TP VOL 01 THE LOST KINGDOM$14.99
MAY120234BATWOMAN #11$2.99
MAY120184BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #2 (MR)$3.99
MAY120186BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #2 COMBO PACK (MR)$4.99
MAY120238BIRDS OF PREY #11$2.99
MAY120265BLUE BEETLE #11$2.99
MAY120205CAPTAIN ATOM #11$2.99
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MAY120206DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #11$2.99
MAY120332DOMINIQUE LAVEAU VOODOO CHILD #5 (MR)$2.99
MAY120318FABLES #119 (MR)$2.99
MAY120245GREEN LANTERN CORPS #11$2.99
MAY120323HELLBLAZER #293 (MR)$2.99
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MAY120309YOUNG JUSTICE #18$2.99
DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
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IDW PUBLISHING
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MAY120432DANGER GIRL GI JOE #1$3.99
MAY120421KISS #2$3.99
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IMAGE COMICS
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IMAGE COMICS/TOP COW PRODUCTIONS
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MARVEL COMICS
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS


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MAGAZINES

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MAY121427COMIC SHOP NEWS #1309PI
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APR121961WHITE DWARF #390$9.00
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BOOKS

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
MAR121354DOCTOR WHO DECIDE YOUR DESTINY VOL 01 CLAWS OF MACRA$9.99
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MAY121431MARVEL SUPER HEROES VS VILLAINS EXPLOSIVE POP UP RIVALRIES ($29.95

MERCHANDISE


ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
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MAR128297ADVENTURE TIME 5-IN FINN IN JAKE SUIT AFPI
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