Visit TwoMorrows at Comic-Con at our GIANT booth #1301 this week!

We’ll be at our DOUBLE-SIZE BOOTH #1301-1303, with 40% OFF almost everything!
It’s located just through the main doors for Hall B1 and B2, next to the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion.

Get there early to pick up these debut/pre-release new issues of our magazines, before they’re available in stores:

• Jack Kirby Collector (#68)
• Alter Ego (#142)
• Back Issue (#91)
• Draw (#32)
• BrickJournal (#41)

We’ll also have a limited quantity of these new books debuting at Comic-Con, a month or more before they’ll be in stores:

Comic Book Fever (George Khoury’s look at his his personal golden age of comics, 1976-1986)
The MLJ Companion (the complete history of the Archie Comics superhero characters, from the Mighty Crusaders to Dark Circle)

And don’t miss Brandon Griffith’s awesome Comic Bricks display at our booth, featuring LEGO recreations of classic comic book covers!

On Friday night, we’ll be at the Eisner Awards ceremony, where we’re nominated for not one, not two, but THREE EISNER AWARDS for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism for:

Back Issue
Alter Ego
Jack Kirby Collector

On Saturday, from 5:00 – 6:00pm in Room 23ABC, to celebrate the impending release of our MLJ Companion book, we’re hosting this panel:

Archie Comics’ Super-Heroes: The Mighty Crusaders from MLJ to Dark Circle
Join moderator Rik Offenberger, along with TwoMorrows Publisher John Morrow, Archie Comics President Mike Pellerito, comic historians Chris Squires, Jim Simon (son of comics legend Joe Simon), and Michael Uslan (Batman movie producer) for a lively conversation about the Mighty Crusaders in all their incarnations from the Golden Age to today—as well as information about The MLJ Companion book, debuting at Comic-Con from TwoMorrows Publishing.

And we’ll be on hand for the annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, Sunday, 10:00-11:15 AM in Room 5AB:
Featuring Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Kirby biographer Ray Wyman, Jr., Scott Dunbier, (Director of Special Projects for IDW Publishing) and attorney Paul S. Levine. It’s moderated by former Kirby assistant Mark Evanier.

See you this week at booth #1301!

Back Issue #90 features Eighties Ladies

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Now shipping from us (and in stores next Wednesday) is Back Issue #91, featuring Eighties Ladies of the comics. Elektra, Dazzler, and many more turned heads during that decade, and editor Michael Eury has assembled a massive history of those famous femmes.

You can view a free preview and order the Print Edition (at 15% off with a free digital edition) or Digital Edition only (just $3.95) HERE!

50% Off BrickJournal, now through July 17

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For the next 10 days, we’re offering all in-stock issues of BrickJournal (except the brand new one, #41) at HALF-PRICE! So take this chance to complete your collection at 50% off.

Several issues are about to sell-out, so don’t delay! CLICK HERE to download an interactive PDF flyer of all our issues! (Then just click on any cover to be taken to its ordering page.)

LEGO robots invade BrickJournal #40!

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Nothing says July 4 like hot dogs, fireworks,and giant LEGO robots. So don’t miss BrickJournal #40, shipping today from (who else) TwoMorrows.

Builders Benjamin Cheh Ming Hann and Kelvin Low demonstrate how to build mechas, and Seth Higgins shows us his amazing transforming LEGO robots! And even cyborgs will love our regular features on Minifigure Customization by Jared K. Burks, AFOLs by cartoonist Greg Hyland, step-by-step “You Can Build It” instructions by Christopher Deck, DIY Fan Art by BrickNerd Tommy Williamson, Mindstorms robotics lessons, and more! Edited as always by Joe Meno.

Preview the issue, and order your copy at 15% off here!

Help us complete the MLJ Companion!

TwoMorrows needs your help! We will be running the following stories in our MLJ Companion book (on the history of Archie Comics’ superheroes), and need high-resolution (300dpi or better) scans of these complete stories. We are about to go to press on it, so if you can help, email twomorrow@aol.com asap!
 
13 pages: Top Notch #9 (Black Hood debut)
12 pages: Zip Comics #1 (Steel Sterling debut)
13 pages: Zip Comics #27 (The Web debut)
12 pages: Pep Comics #30 (Irv Novick Shield story)
11 pages: Pep Comics #17 (Hangman debut)

Shadow, Korak, Battlestar Galactica & more Bronze Age Adaptations in Back Issue #89, out today!

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Back Issue #89 ships today, spotlighting Bronze Age Adaptations! The Shadow, Korak: Son of Tarzan, Battlestar Galactica, The Black Hole, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Worlds Unknown, and Marvel’s 1980s movie adaptations. Plus: Paul Kupperberg surveys prose adaptations of comics! Featuring the work of Michael W. Kaluta, Jack Kirby, Denny O’Neil, Frank Robbins, Frank Thorne, Michael Uslan, and many more. Featuring an alternate cover produced for DC’s Shadow series by Kaluta!
 
You can view a free preview and order the Print Edition (at 15% off with a free digital edition) or Digital Edition only (just $3.95) HERE!

One punch!

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Relive Batman’s amazing “one punch” Guy Gardner moment in Back Issue #91! Editor Michael Eury’s “All-Jerks Issue!” doesn’t ship till August, but you can see a free online preview of the issue HERE!

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!