IN PREVIEWS NOW: Back Issue #92, Al Plastino, THUNDER Agents, Eric Powell, BrickJournal, and more

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Here’s what we have listed in this month’s PREVIEWS catalog. Use the Diamond Order Codes to order at your local comic book shop, or order directly from TwoMorrows at 15% off! To see full descriptions of all items, CLICK HERE: http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=122

BACK ISSUE #92 – NEW!
Bronze Age Halloween Issue, edited by Michael Eury
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JUN161840

MODERN MASTERS: ERIC POWELL
The creator of The Goon spotlighted, edited by Eric Nolen-Weathington
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JUN161842

THUNDER Agents Companion
The history of Wally Wood’s super-team, edited by Jon B. Cooke
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JUN161846

AL PLASTINO: LAST SUPERMAN STANDING
Biography of Superman artist and co-creator of the Legion of Super-Heroes, by Eddy Zeno
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JAN161718

PLUGGED IN
How comic book pros work in the Video Game industry, written by Keith Veronese
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JUN161843

AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: THE 1950s
History of the Atomic Age of comics, written by Bill Schelly
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY131285

ALTER EGO: BEST OF THE LEGENDARY COMICS FANZINE (Vol. 1)
Collects the original 11 issues (published from 1961-78) of Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas and Bill Schelly
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JUN161845

BRICKJOURNAL #8 (never before offered through Diamond)
Focuses on LEGO’s “Castle” line of sets, edited by Joe Meno
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: JUN162131

This weekend only: it’s TwoMorrows 40% Off Magazine Sale, thru Monday!

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TwoMorrows Publishing is having a Summer Magazine Sale, where our comics (and LEGO) magazines are 40% OFF at www.twomorrows.com!

This includes most PRINT issues of:

Alter Ego
Back Issue
BrickJournal
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Creator
Draw
Jack Kirby Collector
Rough Stuff
Write Now & more

It even includes special book-format issues:

Alter Ego: Centennial (a.k.a. Alter Ego #100)
Joe Kubert: Creator & Mentor (a.k.a. Comic Book Creator #2)
Swampmen (a.k.a. Comic Book Creator #6)
Kirby Five-Oh! (a.k.a. Jack Kirby Collector #50)
Lee & Kirby: The Wonder Years (a.k.a. Jack Kirby Collector #58)

The sale runs through Monday, June 6, and is for Print Editions only, ordered from our website. (New and upcoming issues are not included, but are available at our everyday 15% off discount.)

Have a great summer!

Draw #32 spotlights Howard Porter and Jamar Igle’s working methods

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We just wrapped up Draw #32, and it’s off to the printer, and shipping at the end of July. In this issue, Howard Porter and Jamar Igle show everything from penciling to storyboarding, in an issue jam-packed with helpful info for any level artist. There’s also Jerry Ordway showing his “Ord-Way” of drawing, and the latest edition of Comic Art Boot Camp by Bret Blevins and editor Mike Manley. You can see a preview and order HERE!

Put a fork in it—Kirby Collector #68 is done!

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If there’s been a noticeable absence of posts here the last couple of weeks, it’s cause TwoMorrows grand poobah John Morrow has been sequestered in his lonely editor’s dungeon, completing Jack Kirby Collector #68. But that issue is now at the printer, and will be debuting just in time for Comic-Con, which fittingly is still the Kirby Center of the Universe.

It’s a doozy of an issue, all about Jack’s “Key Characters”. Check out the preview HERE!

Two new from you know who!

We’ve got two brand-spankin’ new mags now shipping!

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First is Comic Book Creator #12, co-featuring Jack “Kirby” Kirby and Howard Cruse. It’s editor Jon B. Cooke’s usual exhaustive coverage of both these comics giants, so don’t miss it! You can see a free preview and order HERE.

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Then, it’s Alter Ego #140, spotlighting Golden Age comics great Irwin Hasen, artist on the Justice Society and the Dondi newspaper strip. The free preview and ordering info are HERE.

IN PREVIEWS NOW: MLJ Companion, Alter Ego #142, Back Issue #91, BrickJournal #41 and more!

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Check out what TwoMorrows Publishing has listed in Diamond’s latest Previews catalog

All our publications are now in the front “Comics & Graphic Novels” section, alphabetically in the “TwoMorrows” section (except for LEGO items, which are under “Lego” in the Magazine section).

Below is what we have listed this month. Use the Diamond Order Codes to order at your local comic book shop, or click the links below to pre-order directly from TwoMorrows at 15% off! To see FULL listings of all items, CLICK HERE!

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The MLJ COMPANION – NEW!
Documents the complete history of Archie Comics’ super-hero characters known as the “Mighty Crusaders”, edited by Paul CASTIGLIA and Rik OFFENBERGER
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY161832

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ALTER EGO #142 – NEW!
How Golden Age greats got to Comic-Con, edited by Roy THOMAS
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY161830

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BACK ISSUE #91 – NEW!
All-Jerks Issue (starring Guy Gardner), edited by Michael EURY
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY161831

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BRICKJOURNAL #41 – NEW!
Out of the world LEGO space creations, edited by Joe MENO
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY162101

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MONSTER MASH – NEW PRINTING!
New edition spotlighting the frightening the era of 1957-1972, when monsters stomped into the American mainstream, written by Mark VOGER
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY161835

Also available this month:
AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: 1960-1964 (MAY161833)
MODERN MASTERS Vol. 7: JOHN BYRNE (MAY161834)
The STAN LEE UNIVERSE (MAY161836)
SWAMPMEN: MUCK MONSTERS OF THE COMICS (MAY161837)
SILVER STAR: GRAPHITE EDITION (MAY161838)

You can download a PDF file of our current Previews ad (listing all our items in the new Previews catalog) by clicking THIS LINK!

Be the First to read Al Plastino: Last Superman Standing!

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Shipping TODAY from TwoMorrows! AL PLASTINO: LAST SUPERMAN STANDING, Eddy Zeno’s new biography of the classic Superman artist, details the life and career of the late co-creator of Supergirl, Brainiac, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and the man who illustrated the first story featuring Kryptonite. The print edition in 112 black-&-white pages, and you get a bonus full-color digital edition when you order directly from us!

See a preview and order HERE!

BACK ISSUE wins the TwoMorrows Primary in a landslide!

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Congratulations to editor Michael Eury and BACK ISSUE magazine, for winning the TwoMorrows Primary Election! This year we garnered THREE Eisner Award nominations in the same category, so we held our own informal poll to see which one fans felt deserved the honor, and BI came out on top with 57% of the vote. So we’re putting all in-stock issues of BACK ISSUE on sale at 50% OFF through May 1.

To celebrate our nominations, anyone can use the Redemption Code “EISNERS” during checkout, and get $3.95 off their next order of $10 or more at www.twomorrows.com. (The code expires May 1.)

Now it’s time to vote for the real thing! All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote in the Eisner Awards, and the deadline is June 17. Winners will be announced on Friday, July 22 at Comic-Con International. If you qualify, go here to vote:

www.eisnervote.com

The nominees in the category of Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism are:
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
Comic Riffs blog by Michael Cavna, washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/
Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

Congrats to all the nominees, and may the best candidate win!