If you check out the Amazon Kindle app you can find screaming deals all over on Marvel Comics. I picked up both volumes of The Vision, the New Mutants Epic Collection (500+ pages), and the Black Panther Panther’s Rage stuff for like $12. Swoop in and get some comics, there are tons of recent books and big collections, with a lot of them under $5.
-Kris
Not only is this Saturday Free Comic Book Day, but from noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday, The Launchpad will be hosting a 24 hour Game-A-Thon, which you can read more about here. For the entirety of that 24 hours, I will be there with a couple mics and allowing people to share their favorite stories and memories about David Phillips. For those who would like to share a story, or memory, but cannot attend the event you can send an email or a recording of your story to thegravyage@gmail.com or leave a voicemail on our voicemail (209)-625-9018. Thank you.
-Kris
Is this where I put a joke about Chris coming first? Heh.
After quite a wait, The Gravy Age is on Google Play. I hope you will stop by, listen, and subscribe. See you there.
And by there, I mean here.
-Kris
I just wanted to take a minute and do a quick post to some cool things going on around the web this week. Check ’em out.
Blackwood Cottage: The Art Of Jessica Stadtmueller– Check out Jessica’s awesome creations here and congratulations to Jessica for being featured in this months issue of Stuffed Magazine!
Rags & Old Iron– For some other amazing art, jewelry, and more check out this stuff from my friend Jen, including her amazing comics bracelets in her Etsy shop here.
Mr. Throwback Thursday– It’s not Thursday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still throwback. Give Jamie and Bill a visit over at their site here and give a listen to their awesome old-school hip-hop podcast and more at their site.
Grape City Con– I’m very happy to see that Grape City Con was a success and the date for next year has been announced. The show will be Saturday, February 13th. Check out the announcement for the show and the amazing poster for the show here and if you’re anywhere near the Central Valley here in California, come on by.
Prophetica– I talked to Tim Mayer awhile back and you can check Prophetica, written by Vince Twelve, Pencils & Inks by Tim Mayer, Colors by Jason Wordie, and edited by Chris Wolfgang here and read it in your browser or as a pay what you want digital download.
Ramshackle– Fifth Dimension Comics is back, to bring us Ramshackle: An Art Presentation, a 32 page book featuring a murderers row of contributors. D.N.S., Ray Wegner, Doug Michel, Shawn Daley, Timothy Conroy, Claire Connelly and John Bunger, combine forces for the book, and some amazing skateboard decks. Go here.
Creative Women Mini-Con 2015- Empire’s Comics Vault in Sacramento is gearing up for their 3rd annual Creative Women Mini-Con on Saturday, October 3rd, They have a ton of talented women lined up including Barbara Kesel. (I just reread the Hawk & Dove mini, review coming soon) for a full list of guests and more information, click here.
And finally, my post about Keegan-Micheal Key and Dwayne McDuffie from September 5th, has in fact been confirmed, as seen here on Bleeding Cool.
-Kris
What do a man that dresses like a bat, a clown prince, chickens, a mantis, and a spider have in common?
The Obscura Collected Edition is here, at least in digital form, and damn is it gorgeous. Physical copies won’t be far behind, I can’t wait to hold the actual book in my hands. Say, who is that smart, handsome fella with a blurb on the back cover?
It's Carl... Oh hey, another name back here looks familiar
Big thanks to Fifth Dimension Comics and everyone involved in Obscura, it is beautiful. I never thought I would get to have a cover blurb on a book, especially one this effing good.
-Kris
Time to check in around the web with some friends of The Gravy Age to see what is what, who is where, and what’s going on out there. C’mon, Steve!
(Note: this was supposed to post Wednesday morning and was written as such, before for whatever reason I lost all internet and cell service yesterday for the entire day)
Good morning to ye! Just wanted to take a moment this morning and point you to a couple cool things around the web and spread the love like gravy. That didn’t sound nearly as disgusting before I typed it out.
Marvel Comics announced today at Mid-Town Comics in New York City, that the Marvel Universe as we know it is coming to an end in a shocking (Here is the video and much more over at Newsarama) announcement exactly the way we all figured this would go down. When we were recorded the podcast last night we talked about it, and one of us (Me) pretty closely said what this was going to be. Personally I don’t think this is really as big of a deal as when DC started the whole New-52 thing, most likely because what DC had over Marvel previously was the sense of Legacy, heroes died, new heroes stepped in to feel those shoes and became amazing characters on their own. I don’t know if I’m just burnt out and cynical, but this is hardly news. So Marvel can incorporate characters from the Ultimate Universe, or whatever other version of the MU with the 616 in a New Universe. This will probably help them take characters off the table they don’t have the film rights to and massage the Inhumans into everything else in place of mutants. While people are furiously clicking mice, and typing away, I will be hovering and watching from the sidelines to see what happens, using the Terrigen Mist derived power of flight by doing jerk-off motions with both hands. Put Al Ewing on some big stuff Marvel.
-Kris
Just wanted to let everyone out there in the land of The Internet know that The Gravy Age is now on Facebook, give us a like, would ye? Facebook.com/thegravyage or click the link.
-Kris
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