Us indy comic readers can be a fickle and hard to understand bunch, I’ll admit. We walk into the comic shops each wednesday, passing quickly down the Marvel and DC aisle, saying we don’t care about Spider-Man, Iron Man, Bat-Man, X-Men and others as we approach the far corners of the shop, drooling over the new releases by Top Shelf, Oni, or Fantagraphic. But when the summer superhero movies come out, us indy show up in droves; seemingly proving to our fanboy peers that these characters “still got it”. And without thinking too hard about it, the indy comic fanboy in myself might say, “You’re right.”
Until I see a book like this. Then I remember why I love those summer superhero movies, they are crafted by the hands of geeks who want to do something unique. When Sam Raimi does Doc Ock, we can’t help but catch a glimpse of the man who brought us Evil Dead. Or feel Bryan Singer’s own cry for the equality of all mankind as he uses the characters in “X-Men” to create a beautiful allegory for homosexual’s own struggle for equal rights and acceptance.
This book excites me for similar reasons, because I love it when the big companies give us books that are out of continuity, books that let creators do what they do best…be creative. Books like “Wha-huh?” “Marvel Team-up” or the ill fated (and never published) Evan Dorkin/Mike Allred “Metal Men” series make the inner comic geek in me happy, and this book proves to be no exception.
Marvel is pleased to unveil the cover to Strange Tales #3 from legendary creator Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo). The final issue of the red-hot Marvel Knights anthology showcases Marvel’s greatest characters re-imagined by the best and brightest talents working in independent comics today! You’ve never seen Marvel heroes like this before as Peter Bagge, Max Cannon
, Chris Chua, Becky Cloonan, Nicholas Gurewitch, Paul Hornschemeier, Jonathan Jay Lee, Corey Lewis, Stan Sakai, Jay Stephens and Jhonen Vasquez! A jam packed 48 page special—with no ads—no Marvel fan can afford to miss Strange Tales #3 this November!
STRANGE TALES #3 (of 3)
Written by PETER BAGGE, MAX CANNON, CHRIS CHUA, BECKY CLOONAN, NICHOLAS GUREWITCH, PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER, JONATHAN JAY LEE, COREY LEWIS, STAN SAKAI , JAY STEPHENS AND JHONEN VASQUEZ
Art by PETER BAGGE, MAX CANNON, CHRIS CHUA, BECKY CLOONAN, NICHOLAS GUREWITCH, PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER, JONATHAN JAY LEE, COREY LEWIS, STAN SAKAI, JAY STEPHENS AND JHONEN VASQUEZCover by STAN SAKAI
Explicit Content …$4.99
ON SALE IN NOVEMBER!
Come on, geeks, let’s unite! For all you fanboys out there who haven’t given indy books a try, pick this one up and maybe you’ll see why we love the creators that are out of the mainstream. And for you indy guys like me, plop down a few extra bucks (’cause $4.99 isn’t any more than you’re paying for that hand-stitched mini comic with a screen printed cover you bought last week) and enjoy a book that will no doubt remind you what you loved about Superheroe comics in the first place.