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."

Monday, July 23, 2012

THE LIST - 07.25.2012


PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
JUN122168GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #150$3.99
JUN120002MARVEL PREVIEWS AUGUST 2012 EXTRAS$1.25
JUN120004PREVIEWS #287 AUG 2012 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM EXTRASPI
JUN120007PREVIEWS #287 AUG 2012 FAX ORDER FORM (LIMIT 1)PI
JUN120006PREVIEWS #287 AUG 2012 RETAILER ORDER FORM EXTRASPI
JUN120001PREVIEWS #287 AUGUST 2012$4.50

PREMIER PUBLISHERS

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
DARK HORSE COMICS
MAY120049ANGEL & FAITH #12 STEVE MORRIS CVR$2.99
MAY120010AXE COP PRESIDENT O/T WORLD #1$3.50
MAY120055BPRD HELL ON EARTH EXORCISM #2$3.50
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MAY120057GOON #40$3.50
APR120053GOON FISH CANNERS JERSEY LG$34.99
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APR120055GOON FISH CANNERS JERSEY XXL$36.99
MAR128224HELLBOY TP 03 CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHERS$19.99
MAR128226HELLBOY TP VOL 10 CROOKED MAN & OTHERS (NEW PTG)$19.99
MAR120036KULL TP VOL 03 THE CAT & THE SKULL$15.99
MAY120024MASS EFFECT HOMEWORLDS #3 PALUMBO CVR$3.50
MAY120026RESIDENT ALIEN #3$3.50
MAY120029STAR WARS BLOOD TIES BOBA FETT IS DEAD #4$3.50
MAR128225STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE II COUNCIL BLOOD TP (NEW PTG)$17.99
MAY120027STAR WARS DARTH MAUL DEATH SENTENCE #1$2.99
DC COMICS
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MAY120320AMERICAN VAMPIRE #29 (MR)$2.99
MAY120201AQUAMAN #11$2.99
MAY120220BATMAN INCORPORATED #3$2.99
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MAY120188BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #2 (MR)$3.99
MAY120190BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #2 COMBO PACK (MR)$4.99
MAY120307DC COMICS PRESENTS WONDER WOMAN ADVENTURES #1$7.99
MAY120207FLASH #11$2.99
MAY120209FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #11$2.99
APR120253GREEN ARROW TP VOL 01 INTO THE WOODS$14.99
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APR120248GRIFTER TP VOL 01 MOST WANTED$16.99
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APR120258WONDER WOMAN ODYSSEY TP VOL 01$14.99
DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES
APR120305DC COMICS THE NEW 52 CYBORG BUST$69.95
APR120310JUST US LEAGUE SER 1 AQUAMAN 8 PIECE CASEPI
APR120309JUST US LEAGUE SER 1 AQUAMAN AF (RES)PI
APR120312JUST US LEAGUE SER 1 GREEN ARROW 8 PIECE CASEPI
APR120311JUST US LEAGUE SER 1 GREEN ARROW AF (RES)PI
APR120314JUST US LEAGUE SER 1 SUPERMAN 8 PIECE CASEPI
APR120313JUST US LEAGUE SER 1 SUPERMAN AF (RES)PI
MAY128125JUSTICE LEAGUE AQUAMAN AF WAVE 1PI
MAY128124JUSTICE LEAGUE GREEN LANTERN AF WAVE 1PI
IDW PUBLISHING
APR120328ARAGONES GROO THE WANDERER ARTIST ED HCPI
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IMAGE COMICS
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IMAGE COMICS/TOP COW PRODUCTIONS
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MARVEL COMICS
MAY120668AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #690$3.99
MAY120708ASTONISHING X-MEN #52$3.99
MAY120649AVENGERS #28 AVX$3.99
MAY128151AVENGERS VS X-MEN #3 3RD PTG CHEUNG VAR$3.99
MAY120680CAPTAIN AMERICA #15$3.99
MAY120682CAPTAIN AMERICA AND IRON MAN #634$2.99
MAY120763DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID TP VOL 01$15.99
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MAY120723DEADPOOL #58$2.99
MAY120692FF #20$2.99
MAY120731HIT-GIRL #2 (MR)$2.99
MAY120688INCREDIBLE HULK #11$3.99
MAY120677JOHN CARTER GODS OF MARS #5$2.99
MAY120702MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #4$2.99
MAY120686MIGHTY THOR #17$3.99
MAY120738MMW FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 08$24.99
MAY120775RED HULK TP HAUNTED$16.99
MAY120657SECRET AVENGERS #29$3.99
MAY120754SECRET AVENGERS BY RICK REMENDER PREM HC VOL 01$24.99
MAY120774THOR DEVIANTS SAGA TP$16.99
MAY120768ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP$14.99
MAY120662ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #13 DWF$3.99
MAY120756ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY NICK SPENCER PREM HC VOL 02$24.99
MAY120712UNCANNY X-FORCE #28$3.99
MAY120675VENOM #21$2.99
MAY120681WINTER SOLDIER #8$2.99
MAY120656WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #14 AVX$3.99
MAY120652X-MEN LEGACY #270 AVX$2.99
MAY120759X-MEN STEVE ROGERS ESCAPE FROM NEGATIVE ZONE TP$14.99
MAY120705X-TREME X-MEN #1$2.99

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS


ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
MAR1211652000 AD #1782$5.25
APR120781AIRBOY DEADEYE #3$3.50
MAY120841ARCHIE #635 REG CVR [DIG/D+]$2.99
MAY120844ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #18 [DIG/D+]$3.99
MAY120843ARCHIE CLASH OF THE NEW KIDS TP$11.99
APR121130ARISA GN VOL 08$10.99
MAY120848B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #227 [DIG/D+]$3.99
MAY120932BART SIMPSON COMICS #73$2.99
MAY121352BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 10$11.99
MAY120919CRITTER (ONGOING) #2$3.50
MAY120897CROSSED BADLANDS #10 (MR)$3.99
MAY120900CROSSED BADLANDS #10 RED CROSSED CVR (MR)$6.60
MAY120899CROSSED BADLANDS #10 TORTURE CVR (MR)$3.99
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MAY121354DURARARA GN VOL 03$11.99
APR121230EVERYBODY LOVES TANK GIRL #1 (MR)$3.99
APR120929EXILE PLANET O/T APES #4$3.99
APR128253EXTERMINATION #1 MAIN CVR (2ND PTG)$1.00
APR121223FICTIONAUTS GN (MR)$12.99
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APR121323GFT JUNGLE BOOK #4 A CVR GRANDA (MR)$2.99
APR121324GFT JUNGLE BOOK #4 B CVR GRANDA (MR)$2.99
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MAY120976HELLRAISER #16 (MR) [DIG]$3.99
MAY121355HIGH SCHOOL OF DEAD GN VOL 07 (MR)$13.99
APR128386HIGHER EARTH #2 (2ND PTG)$3.99
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MAY121062KEVIN SMITH BIONIC MAN TP VOL 01 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED$29.99
APR128214KIMI NI TODOKE GN VOL 14 FROM ME TO YOU$9.99
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APR120872LEGEND OF OZ THE WICKED WEST #5 (MR)$3.50
MAR120962LORD OF THE JUNGLE #6 (MR)$3.99
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JAN121079NOWHERE MAN #4$3.99
MAY121357PANDORA HEARTS GN VOL 11$11.99
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MAY120799PINOCCHIO VAMPIRE SLAYER GN VOL 03 WOOD & BLOOD PT 1$10.95
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APR121055RED SONJA WITCHBLADE #5$3.99
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MAGAZINES


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BOOKS

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AUG111223APPLE SELECTION SC VOL 02$39.99
MAY121359BOOK GIRL & THE WAYFARERS LAMENTATION NOVEL$11.99
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MERCHANDISE

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