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Mon, 27 Sep 2004
where to pick up Chicks
I was reading a thread on The Comics Journal message board about what
the best selling mini-comic of all time is. One poster hit the nail
on the head when he brought up this one.
Jack T Chick's 25 cent hate screeds can be found in more sales venues than Spider-Man ever will.
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OOPs they did it again
As any loyal Hijinx Customer knows, we do our best to carry every
graphic novel we can get our hands on. Unfortunately, not all of
our favorite comics are kept in print and readily available. We do
our best to stock these gems, but there are a couple of personal
favorites that are getting the short shrift. Among them is Bill
Willingham's long OOP (Out Of Print) Elementals:
click on the cover for an elementals cover gallery
Elementals was one of those books that was way ahead of it's time. It was one of the first mature readers superhero comics, and I still consider it the best of the bunch. Rather than just being ultra-violent and throwing the F-word around gratuitously, Willingham really tried to examine what his characters would really feel like if they'd been brought back from the dead by Elemental magical forces to stop the oncoming apocalypse at the hands of the immortal Saker.
What I really liked about the first story arc is that while they did manage to defeat Saker, it wasn't until after he was able to set his master plan in motion. Subsequent issues dealt a lot with the fallout of the team's first mission, as demonic forces are popping up all over the world as a result.
Unfortunately, Willingham sold the rights to the Elementals just before the purchaser, Comico, went down the proverbial crapper. Some of the characters continued in the adult's only Ironwood, but it was never the same for us fans of the Elementals. Let's hope someone acquires the rights soon, as it's too good a series to dissapear forever.
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