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I want to thank you all for your Jizz support from the last newsletter. I had to speak my truth and you had my Jizz back and I truly appreciate all of you.
Okay! Down to business!
Batman #138 is out today! It’s INTENSE! Zur is very much taking our dear caped crusader for a ride and the effects are devastating for Gotham and his bat-family. Of course Jorge and Tomeu make it all look gorgeous:
Um, Batman? You’ve got a bit of ketchup on your face. No, not there. There. You missed it again. Here, let me wet a napkin and get it for you…
In other Batman news, I just got the final PDF for issue 139 and holy shit it is beautiful. Legally I can’t show you anything from it, but I fuckin’ HATE the law! So:
It’s gonna be wild. Part one of BATMAN: MINDBOMB coming soon!
I did some talking recently, like the annoying bug that I am. First, for AIPT. And I truly appreciate them incorporating my new hot head shot:
And then for WEDNESDAY NIGHT REVIEWS with Konrad, live at Sidekick!
So if you want some insight into the mind of a boring man, give them a listen/watch!!!
In other, better people news, I read the first issue of THE DEVIANT by James Tynion & Josh Hixson. It fuckin’ sucks.
ugh it most decidedly DOESN’T fuckin’ suck. It’s amazing and I’m so mad about it. How does James do it? Banger after banger? I actually think this is his best work, which is saying something! I sent him this email right after reading it.
If I ever win an Eisner for Best Writer I’m just going to hand it over to James in the audience because something’s gone terribly wrong (stolen election!!!!!).
Okay, that’s it! For my dear paid subscribers I’ve put the PDF and CBZ files of our final KAPTARA issue in the mega-thread of comic goodies. Hope you enjoy it.
Bye!!!
UPCOMING BOOKS
CATWOMAN #58 — Oct 17
NEWBURN #12 — Oct 18
KAPTARA: UNIVERSAL TRUTHS #3 — Oct 25
GOTHAM WAR: SCORCHED EARTH #1 — Oct 31
BATMAN #139 — Nov 7
KAPTARA: UNIVERSAL TRUTHS #4 — Nov 22
BATMAN #140 — Dec 5
SPIDER-MAN BY CHIP ZDARSKY OMNIBUS — Dec 13
NEWBURN #13 — Dec 20
KAPTARA: UNIVERSAL TRUTHS #5 — Dec 20
UPCOMING SIGNINGS
NEW YORK COMIC CON — Oct 12-15
From the panel shown I take it that Batguy fights the Condiment King.
Daaaaaaaamn chip! Batsy has definitely let himself go off the reservation right now.
What he did to Jason, that was brutal. Hard to watch. It’s breaking my heart to see Bruce become more and more like Zur (fascist Batman as I’m now referring him to) and the fallout from this is going to be veer harder to watch tbh. I mean, when Mindbomb drops, pun intended, I dread to see where Bruce will be at mentally when he faces joker next.
Speaking of the clown prince of crime, aside from the odd vision here and there, this will be ur first time with him in the main series. I’m very interested to see if, from the last time we saw him in joker war, if he’s gone through any of his own changes like Bruce has been lately (aside from the obvious).
Soooo....did Vandal and his daughter set Selina up to basically be a recruiter for them for henchmen, or did they co-opt her scheme for their own purposes? Cause it seems like Scandal was pulling Selina by her tale all this time. Which makes me wonder why Savage, the dad, wants from taking over his old buddy ra’s old enterprise for himself?
I don’t know what I was originally expecting from Gotham War, but it wasn’t this. Which makes it all the more enjoyable for me!
Also, not sure u heard the news, but it seems like Marco, ur old buddy, has decided to get a jump on the spider-man scene, and will be working with John Hickman on the new Ultimate Spider-Man series. And here I thought you two were an item. Where’s the loyalty huh?
Anywho, keep up the good work chip!