Shipping List for April 30th 2014

The Diamond Comics Shipping List for this week has:

• FEB140239 BATMAN BEYOND UNIVERSE #9 $3.99
• FEB140242 SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED CRISIS OF IMAGINATION #4 $2.99

What will you be picking up?

Aqua-Sighting

News on The Others

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) had a DC panel that included a bit about Aquaman and the Others from Dan Jurgens:

...the series will explore the mystic Atlantean artifacts that empower the team created by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. He noted that "We have some expansion going forward that we can build on a little bit" with more mystic Atlantean gold whose weapons have never been revealed.

At another panel at C2E2, Jurgens also mentioned the book and said:

...there are ten weapons, and not all have been revealed.

Let's see... The Trident, The Sceptre (destroyed in the battle against the Dead King), The Mask, The Key, The Manacles of Force, The Globe of Transportation and The Seal of Clarity. That's seven... However, the trident seems to pre-date the others by a bit and may not actually count as one of the ten.

What do you think?

Superhero Beers - a design project

I don't drink beer, so this design project doesn't interest me as much as it might other folks. Still, an interesting idea. I'd be more inclined to buy a nice ginger ale with a superhero label than a beer.

Aquaman Shrine Reviews Aquaman #30

Go hit The Aquaman Shrine to read a review of Aquaman #30.

Where is this from?

Links

IGN has posted a review of Aquaman #30. Short summary, it gets an 8.5.

People are always coming up with ideas for an Aquaman movie. Here's another. I don't agree with everything, but I don't entirely disagree, either.

Shipping List for April 23rd 2014

The Diamond Comics Shipping List for this week has:

• FEB140164 AQUAMAN #30 $2.99

What will you be picking up?

DC for July

Against my better judgement, I put together a page on the wiki just for this month's solicits, which are, frankly annoying.

In addition to Aquaman's standard book and Aquaman and the Others, Aquaman will also have an annual. That's not the annoying part. Then Justice League #32 is resolicited, along with a new solicit for Justice League #33. Mildly annoying.

No, the thing I find annoying are the solicits for a whole bunch of Future's End one-shots, to be published in September! The reason for the advance solicits appears to be the 3-D motion covers, which DC underestimated the demand for last time. Considering how annoyingly worthless those Forever Evil 3-D motion covers were (virtually no covers took advantage of the motion), unless they give me a really good reason to order the 3-D version this time, I'll be opting for the standard covers. And there are NO preview images or creative teams listed for the one-shots, so I'm not seeing any reasons. I found the Forever Evil 3-D covers to be utterly underwhelming.


In all honesty, I also find the cover to this month's Aquaman to be... well, ugly. I understand that guys like big boobs, but there's a limit to what looks good. Frankly those things look neither real nor good on Mera. Seriously, they wouldn't even have to be too dramatically smaller to make it look good. Just put them in the right place (her left breast is drooping so badly she looks malformed) and shrink them so they aren't almost as big as her head. Mera's figure is the only problem with the cover. The composition is ok, background interesting... but the giant malformed/misplaced breasts just make the thing look wrong.

While we're waiting for solicits...

Check out a five-page preview of Aquaman #30 over at DC Comics. Five pages!? That's a quarter of the book, right there!


Update (4:40pm): The same preview is also posted at Comics Continuum now.

Aqualinks

Dan Jurgens talks with IGN about Aquaman and the Others.

Letterer Todd Klein comments on Aquaman #29. He likes it.

How about some old (2010) Project Rooftop Aquaman fan art?

And let's finish with an Aquaman pictogram from Teddy Hahn's Superhero Pictograms.

Saturday Sketch - Paul Chadwick

AQUAMAN
by Paul Chadwick
16 Nov 2003

Batman and...

So Aquaman is on the cover of Batman and Robin #33, as seen here. It's not clear whether he'll be in the book, or just appears on the cover. The book will be shipping in July.

DC for July - Aquaman Annual?

Tako's Nonsense has posted a list of DC books for July 2014, and it includes a couple of items of interest to Aquaman fans.

The most dramatic thing is that all of DC's regular books will apparently be tie-ins to Future's End. The next most exciting item is Aquaman Annual #2. Very nice, if true. We already know about New Suicide Squad #1, which will feature Black Manta.

I will note that this list hasn't been confirmed... so I'll be posting the regular solicits as soon as they start to appear from DC (which could be today, who knows?). But in the meantime, it's some news to chew on.

Aquaman fan checklist for July 2014 books:

• Aquaman Futures End #1
• Aquaman Annual #2
• Aquaman and the Others Futures End #1
• New Suicide Squad #1
• Justice League Futures End #1

Shipping List for April 16th 2014

The Diamond Comics Shipping List for this week has:

• JAN140243 JUSTICE LEAGUE #29 (EVIL) $3.99
• NOV130241 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $99.99

What will you be picking up?

Aquaman in the Justice League

Aquaman meets Lew Zealand

In case you missed this excellent set of Muppet Mash-ups at Comics Should Be Good, there's an Aquaman one you really ought to see:


Click the picture to visit the tumblr of artist Rachel Ordway. Via David Oakes.

Links...

Jurgens talks about Futures End and the Others. Lots of tidbits on the upcoming major crossover.


Jurgens also did another interview with comicbook.com.

Jeff Parker and Paul Pellletier talk about Aquaman with IGN.

The Aquaman Shrine checks out Adventures of Superman #50 (digital first), which has an Aquaman sighting.

And here's another review of Aquaman and the Others #1.

Awesome letterer Todd Klein reviews Aquaman #28, and likes it.

And lastly, moviepilot.com ponders casting Aquaman.

Saturday Sketch - Jeff Parker

AQUAMAN
by Jeff Parker
22 July 2000

AquaCrab... the Future isn't too pretty

Bleeding Cool has a page full of Future's End #0 Spoilers, including a panel of Aquaman as... um... a crab? The book is coming out on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 3.

Black Manta to join Suicide Squad

According to Comic Book Resources, Black Manta will be joining the New Suicide Squad, which will be written by Sean Ryan with art by Jeremy Roberts. The first issue is due to come out in July.

Shipping List for April 9th 2014

The Diamond Comics Shipping List for this week has no Aquaman-related material I can see.

What will you be picking up?

Justice League Movie that almost was...

A bunch of pictures of a bunch of actors are making the rounds, with the note that the group was in pre-production on a Justice League movie before it was scrapped at the last minute. Thanks to Bleeding Cool, here's an apparent source of the images, though they were originally taken from Facebook and the IMDB.

A guy named Santiago Cabrera was set to play Aquaman. He's the one with the beard.

Sales Update

According to ICv2, Aquaman #29 was at #57 on the top 100 list for March. Batman and Aquaman #29 did a little better, ranking in the top 50 at #37.

Actual sales continue to drop, but not as fast as the last two months. It's anyone's guess how this will turn out.

Wha? Even More Links!

DC Collectibles had a lovely April Fool that I completely missed, a 6 Foot Scribblenauts: Unmasked Aquaman Action Figure for $495.95


Jeff Parker is doing well, according to this article: Surprise! I Like Aquaman!

Another review! Jason Motes at ScienceFiction.com reviews Aquaman and the Others #1. He gives it 3.5 out of 5 atoms.

Aquaman Polygonal background. There's even a link to how it was made on this thread.

Peter David has reprinted his But I Digress... column on the cancellation of Aquaman back in 2000. I'm still waiting for that Atlantis Chronicles collection, darn it!

More reviews and stuff

Comicosity interviews Dan Jurgens.

IGN interviews Dan Jurgens.

Jim Johnson reviews Aquaman and the Others #1 at Comic Book Resources, giving it 3.5 stars.

And another review from Grumpy Old Fan says Aquaman and the Others #1 was a pleasant surprise.

And lastly, the Comixology sales charts show Aquaman in some odd spots in other countries.

Variant Cover Friday

My most recent favorite variant theme has got to be the Steampunk covers by DC. Fortunately, Aquaman got one, and this is the result from artist Richard Horie. If this were made into a poster, I think I'd probably buy it.


For most of the current Aquaman run, there have been B&W sketch variants. I like the movement toward theme variants, even if I'm not all that interested in getting them myself.

How about some reviews....?

At IGN, Mike Logsdon reviews Aquaman #29 and rates it at 8.8.

An interview with Jeff Parker at Comicosity teases some future events.

Newsarama reviews Aquaman #29, giving it a 7 out of 10.

Aquaman and the Others #1 appears to be completely spoiled at Inside Pulse, with some connecting the dots between the Aquaman series, the new Others series, and other DC books and events.

Comicosity also reviews Aquaman and the Others #1, giving it 8 out of 10.

How about a french review of Aquaman and the Others? It earned 3.5 stars out of 5.

There is more on the connection between Aquaman and the Others and upcoming DC events at comicbook.com.

Back at IGN, Jesse Schedeen reviews Aquaman and the Others #1 and rates it 6.8.

Meanwhile, Savage Chickens continues to savage Aquaman.

Shipping List for April 2nd 2014

The Diamond Comics Shipping List for this week has:

• FEB140166 AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #1 $2.99
• DEC130297 JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 04 THE GRID (N52) $24.99
• JAN140339 JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 03 THRONE OF ATLANTIS (N52) $16.99
• DEC131444 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #54 OCEAN MASTER BLACK PAWN $16.00

What will you be picking up?

No Foolin'

I'll be sitting out this April 1st, but if you have an Aquaman joke that you thought of but isn't quite good enough to play on someone, feel free to post it in the comments.