After a customs inspection caused a 3-week delay releasing issue #108, ALTER EGO #109 will be in comic shops next Wednesday, May 16! And in this issue, Roy Thomas does what Roy does best: he offers stellar coverage of the Golden Age Justice Society of America.

So you think, after four All-Star Companion volumes and countless issues of Alter Ego on the topic, that Roy doesn’t still have more to say, and artifacts to uncover, about the JSA? C’mon, this is ROY THOMAS we’re talking about!

Check out a PDF preview of the issue HERE.

The above graphic should give you an idea what’s been keeping me busy the last few months. Our third annual BrickMagic LEGO Festival is coming up in two weeks, and we’re up to our eyeballs in final preparations. If you want to know more about it, go to www.brickmagic.org

While you’re hitting your local comic book store this Saturday for Free Comic Book Day, don’t forget: you can download a FREE DIGITAL EDITION of each of our magazines, any day, at www.twomorrows.com.

Just go to the “Free Stuff” Category in the top left corner of our home page, or click this link to find all the goodies that await you every day, including our full catalog, absolutely FREE:

http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=108

Then, head to your local comics shop, and pester them to carry all your favorite TwoMorrows mags on a regular basis if they don’t already.

And don’t forget; when you order the print edition from TwoMorrows (at 15% off or greater), you ALWAYS get the Digital Edition FREE!

For all you who’ve been patiently waiting for your April issue of Back Issue and Alter Ego, copies FINALLY arrived here at TwoMorrows HQ today, and will go in the mail tomorrow.

The hold-up was caused by US Customs. Now that both mags are full-color, we have to print them overseas to keep the cover price from skyrocketing, and all the copies got held up at the US port, waiting for, I guess, some SHIELD agents to inspect them. After weeks of sitting in a warehouse, they were finally released and delivered, and subscribers’ links to the digital edition were emailed today.

Back Issue #56 spotlights the history of the Avengers, just in time for this weekend’s movie debut, so check it out before you head to the cineplex.

Our kids just went back to school after a great, relaxing Spring Break (aahhhh, carpool…), and I know everyone’s scrambling to get their taxes in the mail this week. So just for fun, we’re putting all our “How-To” books, mags, and DVDs on sale for 40% off till the end of April. (Digital stuff’s 10% off.) Just click the big “Sale 101” banner at the top of our home page, and you’ll go right to the list of sale items. Enjoy!

…somebody in the category of Best Comics-Related Journalism, of which TwoMorrows is a nominee. That’s right; Eisner nominations were just announced, and instead of one or more of our individual magazines getting nominated this year, the nominating committee chose to group ALL FOUR of our comics mags together as one “TwoMorrows” nomination.

In essence, it’s recognition for all four of our editors and their staff and contributors, which is OK by me. So hats off to:

TwoMorrows Publications: Alter Ego edited by Roy Thomas, Back Issue edited by Michael Eury, Draw edited by Mike Manley, and Jack Kirby Collector edited by John Morrow (who he?)

Ballots go out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A downloadable pdf of the ballot is available online, and a special website has been set up for online voting: www.eisnervote.com. The results in all categories will be announced in the big shindig ceremony on Friday night, July 13 at Comic-Con International.

The new issue of Diamond’s PREVIEWS comic shop catalog is out, listing our June releases, including our new Modern Masters book on ERIC POWELL. You can check all our June listings out HERE.

You’ve gotta love ALTER EGO #108’s Sub-Mariner vs. Human Torch cover by BILL EVERETT & CARL BURGOS. The issue features 1970s Bullpenner WARREN REECE talking about Marvel Comics and his encounters with those two legends, plus JOHN ROMITA, STAN LEE, MARIE SEVERIN, NEAL ADAMS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ROY THOMAS, and other, plus the usual great features like Mr. Monster and FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America). And now AE’s in FULL COLOR! Still edited by ROY THOMAS.

Check out the free preview HERE.

And you can order it HERE.

The new issue of our LEGO mag BrickJournal (#18) focuses on LEGO in Japan, and documents the amazing creations by builders in the Land of the Rising Sun. Check out the free preview HERE.

If you like it, order it in print or digital format HERE.

This is for TWO WEEKS ONLY! All of our MODERN MASTERS books and DVDs are on sale for only $10 each when you order at www.twomorrows.com, now through MARCH 14.

Here’s a list of the artists featured in the books that are on sale:

Alan Davis
George Perez
Bruce Timm
Kevin Nowlan
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
John Byrne
Mike Wieringo
Kevin Maguire
Charles Vess
Michael Golden
Jerry Ordway
Frank Cho
Mark Schultz
Mike Allred
Lee Weeks
John Romita Jr.
Mike Ploog
Kyle Baker
Chris Sprouse
Mark Buckingham
Guy Davis
Jeff Smith
Frazer Irving
Ron Garney

and our two “Modern Masters: In The Studio” DVDs:
George Perez DVD
Michael Golden DVD

We’ll be heading off for WONDERCON in Anaheim, CA (booth 721) on the 15th, so don’t delay placing your order till the 14th, or we might not get it shipped until after WonderCon…