#0011 13 JULY 2004

Alternative Comics Needs Your Help -- Publisher Jeff Mason has issued a call for readers to help his company out in a time of dire need. Please read his plea, and consider picking up some Alternative titles from your local retailer. Titles I personally recommend include:

Bipolar by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka & Etgar Keret
Fancy Froglin�s Sexy Forest by James Kochalka
Fantastic Butterflies by James Kochalka
Further Grickle by Graham Annable
Grand Gestures by Robert Ullman
Magic Whistle by Sam Henderson
Mermaid by James Kochalka
My Uncle Jeff by Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello
Opposable Thumbs #1 by Dean Haspiel
Peanutbutter & Jeremy�s Best Book Ever by James Kochalka
Quit Your Job by James Kochalka
Sunburn by James Kochalka

For more information on these and other comics, visit the Alternative Comics website.

The Week in Comics -- Here's what I recommend picking up on new comics day this week:

COMING WEDNESDAY JULY 14TH

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

EIGHTBALL #23 (MR) $7.00 -- This is inarguably the highlight of the week, and it belongs in the hands of everyone interested in comics. Sean Collins reviewed Eightball #23 here, because he's lucky enough to have gotten his copy at MoCCA in New York City a couple weeks back. I haven't read it yet damn it, but you can read my thoughts on Eightball here.

DC COMICS

BOOKS OF MAGICK LIFE DURING WARTIME #1 $2.50 -- I think I read and liked the original Books of Magic, but that was a long, long time ago and I really haven't kept up with it. The fact that Neil Gaiman and Dean Ormston are on the creative team is enough to generate more than a little interest, though.

DC COMIC PRESENTS MYSTERY IN SPACE #1 $2.50 -- I read and was not knocked out by the Batman release in this series last week. Grant Morrison's written a story for this issue, though, so I'll be picking it up. After The Filth, new work from Morrison automatically gets a look from me.

MARVEL

DISTRICT X #3 $2.99 -- Speaking of Morrison, his run on New X-Men partially inspired this creepy look at policing mutants in their own part of town, and David Hine's script is every bit as unique and odd as his terrific Strange Embrace would have you anticipating. In the hype over Whedon and Claremont's current X-runs, don't let this one get past you...it's as good or better than either of their titles and much more iconoclastic in its approach.

-- Alan David Doane

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