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New Comics: 2/22/12

Posted by Big Planet Comics on Feb 22, 2012 in New Comics List | 0 comments

PLANET PICKS
Aquaman #6
Chew #24
Goliath HC
Hector Umbra HC
Kolor Klimax Nordic Comics Now SC
No Place Like Home #1
Prophet #22
Rasl #13

The Sword

Posted by Topham on Feb 17, 2012 in Recommendations | 0 comments

Dara Brighton is a young, paraplegic woman who is simply trying to get through college and live a normal life. However, life becomes anything but normal when three powerful strangers break into her family’s home and demand that Dara’s father give them a sword. The father denies knowing anything about the sword in question, causing the strangers to kill Dara’s family and set their home aflame. As the house burns down around her, Dara crashes through the floor into a hidden room which contains a sword. When she grasps the sword, Dara’s...

Podcast #33 “GuacaMole-Man”

Posted by Big Planet Comics on Feb 16, 2012 in Podcast | 0 comments

This week's episode contains more comic book food puns than you can can shake a stick of Beast Jerky at!

New Comics: 2/15/12

Posted by Big Planet Comics on Feb 15, 2012 in New Comics List | 0 comments

PLANET PICKS
Amazing Spider-Man #679.1
Athos In America HC
Glory #23
Madwoman Of The Sacred Heart SC
Peter Panzerfaust #1
Pigs Vol 01 Hello Cruel World SC
Uncanny X-Force Vol 02 Deathlok Nation SC
Whispers In The Walls SC
Winter Soldier #2

Black Blizzard

Posted by Topham on Feb 10, 2012 in Recommendations | 0 comments

Susumu Yamaji is a young pianist convicted of a murder he doesn’t remember committing. The musician winds up handcuffed to a hardened criminal on the train that will take them to prison. An avalanche derails the train and the criminal takes the opportunity to flee into a raging blizzard. The pianist is forced to go along or else lose his hand. They escape into the mountains to an abandoned ranger station, where they take shelter from the storm and Susumu explains the series of events that brought him to be imprisoned. The drawings are...

Podcast #32 “Son Jared”

Posted by Big Planet Comics on Feb 9, 2012 in Podcast | 0 comments

'Sup? It's time for a new episode of the BIG PLANET COMICS PODCAST! That's 'sup!

New Comics: 2/8/12

Posted by Big Planet Comics on Feb 8, 2012 in New Comics List | 0 comments

Adventure Time #1
Conan The Barbarian #1
Fangbone 3rd Grade Barbarian Vol 01 SC
Fantastic Four: Season One HC With Free Digital Code
Thief Of Thieves #1

Two Generals

Posted by Topham on Feb 3, 2012 in Recommendations | 0 comments

“Two Generals” is the true story of cartoonist Scott Chantler’s grandfather and his grandad’s best friend, both of whom joined the Canadian military in the early days of World War II. The two buddies shipped out together to England where they completed their training and then to mainland Europe where they both took part in the Normandy invasion. There are several elements that set this apart from many other WW II accounts. First of all, the focus of Chantler’s account is two everyday soldiers, not the famous...