Cinar is Killing It

Turkish artist on the rise, Yildray Cinar made a big splash this week with the release of Legion of Super Heroes #1.  It speaks a lot of DC's belief in Cinar's work to be paired with the legend and recently defunct executive- Paul Levitz to bring back this beloved title.

And like many other Geoff Johns' re-boots that were passed on (Teen Titans, Booster Gold, etc), Cinar & Levitz wisely pick up from the many story threads that are ripe for the picking from Legion of 3 Worlds and Adventure Comics.  I have always been fascinated with the Legion (and have been enjoying Bedard's spin-off of REBELS) but never pulled the trigger on this book, well until now.

Cinar to me is really evolving in style-- kinda like Tony Daniels back in 2005 on Teen Titans-- but I see a lot of Guillem March and Ivan Reis, (who just so happen to be two of my fave artists) flowing from his clean line work and gorgeous busts.

Oh did I say that Cinar's take on Dawnstar is well about as tasty as we have seen since that fab George Perez cover?!

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Ticklin' Spines - 1/13/2010

Title - Writer/Artist / V-variant cover (artist)

Adventure Comics #6 (#509) - Geoff Johns / Francis Manapul / V (Manapul

Batman #695 - Tony Daniel / Daniel & Sandu Florea

Batman:Widening Gyre #4 - Kevin Smith / Walter Flanagan & Art Thibert / V (Gene Ha)

Black Widow:Deadly Origin #3 - Paul Cornell / John Paul Leon & Ton Raney (cover-Adi Granov)

Catwoman #83 - Fabian Nicieza / Julian Lopez & Bit (cover-Guillem March)

Dark X-Men #3 - Paul Cornell / Leonard Kirk (cover-Simone Bianchi)

Invincible Iron Man #22 - Matt Fraction / Salvador Larroca

The Marvels Project #5 - Ed Brubaker / Steve Epting (cover-Steve McNiven) / V (Gerald Parel)

Psylocke #3 - Christopher Yost / Harvey Tolibao (cover-David Finch)

Secret Six #17 - John Ostrander & Gail Simone / J. Calafiore (cover-Daniel LuVisi)

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Ticklin' Spines - 11/18/2009

Title - Writer/Artist / V-variant cover (artist)

Adventure Comics #4 (#507) - Geoff Johns / Jerry Ordway / V (Francis Manapul)
Cowboy Ninja Viking #2 - A.J. Lieberman / Riley Rossmo
Dark Reign:The List, Amazing Spider-Man - Dan Slott / Adam Kubert
Deadpool:Merc with a Mouth #5 - Victor Gischler / Bong Dazo (cover-Arthur Suydam)

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Ticklin' Spines - 10/7/2009

Title - Writer/Artist/V-variant cover (artist)

Astonishing X-Men #31 - Warren Ellis / Phil Jimenez / V,2 (Travis Charest, sketch)

Batman & Robin #5 - Grant Morrison / Phillip Tan (Cover:Frank Quitely) / V (Tan)

Cable #19 - Duane Swierczynski / Gabriel Guzman

Daredevil #501 - Andy Diggle / Robert De La Torre / V (Tim Sale)

Dark Reign:The List - Secret Warriors (one-shot) - Jonathan Hickman / Ed McGuinness

Deadpool #16 / Daniel Way / Paco Medina

Haunt #1 - Robert Kirkman / Greg Capullo, Ryan Ottley & Todd McFarlane / V (Ryan Ottley)

House of M:Masters of Evil #3 - Christos Gage / Manuel Garcia

Justice League:Cry for Justice #4 - James Robinson / Mauro Cascioli

Sweet Tooth #2 - Jeff Lemire / Lemire

The Torch #2 - Mike Carey & Alex Ross / Patrick Berkenkotter

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #2 - Gregg Hurwitz / Jerome Opena / V (zombie variant)

X-Men vs Agents of Atlas #1 - Jeff Parker / Carlo Pagulayan / V,2 (Ramos, zombie)

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Lantern Bling Rings Breakdown

As I mentioned in an earlier entry, DC Comics will be giving away the full color spectrum of the Lantern Rings with the Blackest Night crossover books. The following are the the books/release dates and the color rings you will receive (and their free, hootie-hoo!!!):

Doom Patrol #4 /Nov. 4 (yellow ring)

Booster Gold #26 / Nov. 18 (orange ring)

Justice League #39 / Dec. 2 (red ring)
Blackest Night #5 / Dec. 16 (green ring)


Adventure Comics #4 / Dec. 30 (blue ring)
R.E.B.E.L.S #10 / Jan. 13 (indigo ring)
Outsiders #24 /Jan. 27 (violet ring)

If you are dying to get a hold of all rings so you can flash these colorful plastic collectibles at your local grocery store or discotech, make sure to put these issues on your pull list. Some comic book stores may allow your to pre-order these issues. Check accordingly so you can guarantee your fingers will be wearing these hot items.

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Francis Manapul artist for Adventure Comics #1

Up & coming Filipino-Canadian artist. Very much a fan of his art and looking forward to his new title and future endeavors. Here are a few of his black & white sketches...

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