4.26.2010

Previews and Pop Culture, April 2010

Bringing you the highlights of comics solicited for June as they relate to pop culture.

Movies

Ghostbusters Holiday Special: Con-Volution! (one-shot, IDW)
The Ghostbusters take on a comic book convention.

Jurassic Park #1 (IDW)
Takes up the story 13 years after the original story.

Predators #1-4 (mini, Dark Horse)
Prequel to Robert Rodriguez's Predators movie.

TV

Darkwing Duck #1: The Duck Knight Returns (mini, Boom!)
Darkwing Duck makes a comeback.

Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #1 (mini, Wildstorm / DC)
6-issue mini based on the show.

Phineas and Ferb Early Comic Reader #1: Nothing But Trouble (Disney Press)
Good excuse to buy a comic for my kids...


Books

Dracula #1 and 2 (mini, Marvel Comics)
Based on Bram Stoker's novel, these comics have been colored for the first time. They were inked by comics legend Dick Giordano (who recently passed at the age of 77).

Other

Rock N' Roll Comics #1: Joan Jett & The Runaways (one-shot, Bluewater Productions)
Unauthorized Biography

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper #1 (IDW)
Adaptation of Robert Bloch's story, originally published in Weird Tales in 1943.



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