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Feb28

You’ll Get a BANG! Out of This Subversive JAMES BOND Send-Up

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Feb 28, 2020

You’ll Get a BANG! Out of This Subversive JAMES BOND Send-Up

EXCLUSIVE: Dark Horse’s warped 007 satire has been selling out — and now you can get a special custom cover by Matt Kindt… My wife Wendy and I have been watching the James Bond movies in order, in anticipation of Daniel Craig’s No Time to Die this spring. It was actually her idea, which surprised me, because she’s not much of a 007 fan other than the Craig films: They’re catnip for me but when Sean Connery spouts a one-liner, she sprains her eyes rolling them so hard. She’s sticking with it because she’s at least entertained, but really what I should do is jam into her hand Dark Horse’s BANG! by writer Matt Kindt, artist Wilfredo Torres, colorist Nayoung Kim and letterer Nate Piekos. The series upends all those classic spy-film tropes right from Issue #1’s opening sequence and has become one of the buzziest books of early 2020, with a sold-out first printing and a second printing — with a Denys Cowan cover! — that’s dwindling in supply. Just dig the snazzy trailer: Anyway, you’ll have a third, ahem, shot at Issue #1 if you’re headed to Emerald City Comic Con 2020, March 12-15, in Seattle. The BANG! #1 Convention Exclusive Sketch Cover will be on sale — and can be customized by Kindt himself. Here’s how it goes down: The cover will be available at the Dark Horse Comics booth (#2208) while supplies last. (It’s a limited run of 500.) Fans can buy the issue for $10 but for an extra $15, Kindt will do an original sketch. That’s $25 for the math-impaired. None of the covers are pre-sketched. So if you buy one at the booth for $10 and come back to a Kindt signing, he’ll sketch for you for the extra 15 clams. (You can also buy it at the booth and take it to Kindt’s table, or you can just go to a Kindt signing at the Dark Horse booth to begin with. Options!) Dig this EXCLUSIVE LOOK at Kindt in action: Hey, you know what Keanu Reeves calls the series? “A great, fucked-up blend of James Bond and Tintin.” He oughta know. He’s John Wick and a national treasure. — MORE — 13 Great POWER RECORDS, by MATT KINDT. Click here. — 13 QUICK THOUGHTS: The Best JAMES BOND Movies Ever. Click...

Feb25

How to Celebrate NORM BREYFOGLE DAY This Week

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Feb 25, 2020

How to Celebrate NORM BREYFOGLE DAY This Week

The late fan-fave artist was born 60 years ago this week… The late Norm Breyfogle dazzled Batman fans in the ’80s and ’90s with his unique style of art and you can count me among those who grooved on those kinetic lines and dynamic layouts. That said, few would put him in the same company as, say, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers or Jim Aparo. But those hardcore Breyfogle fans are out there — and at least one of them is in a position to host a Breyfogle Day celebration Thursday, Feb. 27 — the 60th anniversary of the artist’s birth. (He died way too young in 2018.) “Norm Breyfogle is one of the most underrated mainstream comics artists I can think of,” writes Patrick Hayes, the co-owner of Dr. Cain’s Comics in San Luis Obispo, California. “One of my personal favorites that never got his due. Unfortunately he has passed on…. Thursday the 27th would have been his 60th birthday (and) to celebrate his art and share a bit of the joy it brought me we will be giving a free Norm Breyfogle comic to all customers on the 27th.” See, I love that. Passion put into practice for a creator who’s at once beloved and underrated. Not just that, Patrick said, “Some of Norm’s original art will be on display as well, courtesy of The Luchador creator Jandro Gamboa. We will also be celebrating by donating to the heroinitiative.org and invite you to join us in that too!” In all likelihood it’s too late for other shops to pick up the ball this year, but perhaps if you go to your local store owner, you can help make this happen on a larger scale next year. At the very least, pick out a few favorites from your long box, kick back and settle in with an issue or three Thursday evening. Oh, and to be sure, we’ll be celebrating Breyfogle Day here at 13th Dimension, so come on back. (UPDATED: Click here to check out Patrick’s TOP 13 NORM BREYFOGLE COVERS — RANKED.) Breyfogle certainly deserved the recognition. — MORE — NORM BREYFOGLE: In His Own Words. Click here. — Comics Pros Pick Their Favorite NORM BREYFOGLE Covers. Click...

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