Looks like more mangas, animes, komik than the American types.

If only Jim Lee or Billy Tan can grace the event. Love It.

Not sure about the event. In my mind, I figure that it will mostly be Gempak, Komik, etc there unless say, The Mind Shop or other comic shops is going to get involve.

PLAYex! activities
- Professional comic book drawing showcases by the artists of G3 and Milx.
- Robot wars by the students of MMU.
- Trading card game battles.
- The best online role playing games by MyCNX, try and play and win fantastic prizes in game.
- Charity auctions of various collectibles to raise funds for the kids from Desa Amal Jireh.
- The latest PC games from New Era Interactive, try em and buy em at ultra discounts.
- Model kit workshops, check out and build your own Gundam model !!
- Mega manga and anime sale !!
- Toys, comics and action figures on sale !! With figures from Bandai, Tomy and more !!
- Dock and PLAY !! Bring your laptop along and plug into a network port and just PLAY !!
- Bloggers' Meet.
- Speech by Yvonne Foong, a blogger with a rare genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis Type 2. Sales of her
items will go towards her medical fundraising.

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Milx??? Isn't he the guy that went AWOL while drawing Silver Surfer??? Anybody knows who is G3?

Earth-638 will be one of the exhibitors.

http://play-ex.com/exhibitor.php

Hmmm. wonder if I should go??

Captain America Omnibus collects Capt America # 1 - 25 + Winter Soldier One-Shot while Capt America HC collects # 25 - 30.

So both is catering to different category. If you are to collect all 26 books, it should costs you RM 12-00 x 26 per books and you are paying approximately RM260-00 for collected edition. If you are keen on just the death, then # 25 - 30 should be sufficient. Do remember, the continuity starts in # 1 since it is the same writer thru-out.


I am just selling few excesses since I got lots of boxes to keep. Kinda troublesome house keeping and stuffs. And my X-Tiles keep growing. Now X-Force pulak!!!

Don't worry though, I am not selling at a bomb.

These Book Stores can buy bulks so they are definately buying it cheaper so even with discounts, technically they are still earning. Look at what how much Amazon is giving discounts !

Anyway, Borders and Kno only giving discounts on occasions. Kino is still the best offering 30% off.

New Avengers HC # 1 collects New Avengers # 1 - 10 @ 30% off.

News :-

1. Green Lantern - War of the Lights ( To look out for in 2008 )
2. Secret Invasion - Skrull's War ( To look out for in 2008 )
3. Messiah Complex - X-Men ( To look out for in 2008 )
4. Brand New Day - Spider-Man ( To look out for in 2008 )

This post has been edited by eric.tangps: Dec 21 2007, 10:13 PM

Source : http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=140485

WHO WANTS TO CREATE A SUPER-HEROINE?

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Most contests in the comic book business are geared toward artists. Shadowline, in partnership with Newsarama, is bucking the tide and creating a contest geared toward writers!

According to Shadowline editor, Kristen Simon, "I'd been hoping to see a super-hero book with a strong female lead to act as a counter-point to our popular Bomb Queen series, but none were forthcoming. So I decided to come up with a contest to create a super-heroine for the 21st Century."

The character will be 100% creator-owned as all Image and Shadowline books are (Trademark and copyright to be shared by writer and artist). The winning entry will be featured in their own self-titled three issue mini-series to be drawn by fan-favorite artist, Franchesco! (She-Dragon, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly) and back-end profits will be split between the creators.

Contest regulations are listed below. Neither Image nor Shadowline can or will be responsible for synchronicity (similar ideas appearing at the same time).

No feedback will be provided on submissions, just a confirmation of receipt.

Contest will be divided into three parts as outlined below, deviation will result in immediate disqualification:

Round One:
Contestants e-mail a BRIEF one paragraph story synopsis by January 31, 2008 to: superheroinecontest@gmail.com. Stories/concept must be original with original characters. No pre-existing characters may be used unless owned by contestant.

Round Two:
Ten semi-finalists will be chosen from all entries received by the above date and notified by e-mail. They will then be required to turn in 5 (five) fully scripted pages by February 29, 2008.

Round Three:
The five finalists will be announced and their synopses posted on Newsarama on March 10. Newsarama posters will be encouraged to vote on their favorite. (Writers are strongly advised to direct traffic to the contest via message boards, myspace, etc...every vote counts!) Polls will close on April 4, 2008.

The winner will be announced April 28 with initial concept art/character design by Franchesco. First issue will be solicited with a cover date of November, 2008.

Ultimates Vol. 1 HC had been released some time back, might have problem getting it from either Kino or Borders unless special order. For Trades, you can get it under 2 Volumes @ RM 49-61 & RM61-35 each in Kino.

Ultimates Vol. 2 HC @ RM 119-32 in Kino.

P/S : Borders is offering 15% discounts for 2 books and above till 01-01-2008.

Maybe we could all .. urm.. packed up for a mass order from Amazon. LOL. Might save on 1 Time Order Charge @ USD$5-00.

It depends entirely on pre-ordered or whether the item is a hot item.

Ultimates Vol 1 HC not on offer on ebay. Selling at full price.

I had ordered Elektra & Clandestine HC for Feb 08. So need some time to check out if there is suitable offers and items.

BTW : Happy New Year

X-Men: Messiah Complex HC (Hardcover) USD$ 26-39 ( 14-05-2008 )
Book Description
The biggest event to hit the X-Men in ten years is here! Just when it looked like there was no possibility of a future for mutants, hope arrives. But the X-Men aren't there to meet it - The Marauders and Purifiers beat them to it. Now the race is on to get the first new mutant since House of M! Collects X-Men: Messiah Complex One-Shot, Uncanny X-Men #492-494, X-Men #205-207, New X-Men #44-46, and X-Factor #25-27

Ultimate Power (Marvel Comics) (Hardcover) USD$23-09 ( 19-03-2008 )
Book Description
The Fantastic Four's leader, Reed Richards, has accidentally punched a hole into an adjacent universe in a desperate bid to gain the knowledge he needs to cure his friend Ben Grimm - The Thing. But something has come through the aperture from a realm known as the Supremeverse: The Squadron Supreme! They are angry and here to arrest young Reed for high crimes against their world! Collects Ultimate Power #1-9.

If you purchase from Amazon, one time shipping charge @ USD$5-00 plus per book at USD$5-00.

So basically, you need a lot of discounts to save on costs. Buy 1 book is not gonna saves cost unless there is a huge discounts like Capt America Omnibus.

BTW Kino sometimes offer 30% rebate on selected titles. So it is kinda interesting for you to speculate which will be 30% offer as you can get the attractive pricing compare to Amazon. The titles so far I had encountered is New X-Men Omnibus, X-Men : Phoenix Endsong HC, Heroes HC, New Avengers HC, etc.

NOTE : USD$ = US Dollar

That is why if you buy more than 1, it will get cheaper. Economics of scale. More cheaper.. LOL

Zergg? Hmmm. Starcraft's fan? There is couple of things about comics.

Comics - a comic book printed.
Graphic Novels/TradePaperbacks - mostly a collected edition of comic book issues run. occasional urm. one-shot story ut mostly collected run.
HC Comics - collected comic book issues run with better paper and Hard Cover plus all covers and tit-bits. Think of it as DVD Collected with a lots of makings.

The link is to Acma Mall SG. Kinda costly. I remember it costs RM260-00 @ Borders. Dunno whether you can still get it or not. At Amazon, it costs USD$ 48-00 minus shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Captain-America-Brub...99580444&sr=1-1

As for what to buy, tell me your interests. Maybe I can recommend a few plus my own that I am selling at reasonable price.

Wish List :-

1. Elektra Omnibus HC (ordered)
2. Clandestine Omnibus (ordered)
3. New Avengers HC Vol. 2
4. Ultimate Power HC
5. Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 2

X-Men Endangered Species is coming out in HC and TPBK format.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is by Alan Moore, interesting choice. You do not sounds like you are not a probie in comics by choosing Alan Moore's work.

Alan Moore also writes 1602 of Marvel Comics and a secret project yet to be announced.

52 is a good choice from DC. Green Lantern's current run is quite good also. There will be the war of lights in Green Lantern showing there is more than the colour green, yellow and pink.

X-Men : Messiah Complex will only be available in March/April 08 since the current comic run is still at Part 8. Good storyline by the team of writers.

Runaways is a fresh look. Good story, nice characterisation.

Anybody wants to buy my 1602 (by Alan Moore) ?

zergg, depends on where you are staying anyway to enjoy full savings on courier charges.

My bad, Marvel 1602 is by Neil Gaiman and it not by Alan Moore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_1602

BTW : zergg, you can check out with madstone, he will be buying from Amazon sometime soon. As for me, it should be in March since I had ordered my Elektra Assassin HC (by Frank Miller) and Clandestine HC (by Alan Davis).

zergg, that is for you to decide. As far as the exchange is concern I only speculate it is RM 3-40, should be lower unless USD strengthen over the period.

madstone, up to 4 HCs??? Does it include Witchblade's run by Ron Marz?

I intends to buy some more from Amazon but not now. Maybe when I decided to buy, I will check you all out.

Hehe...

madstone. what is the more HCs, the more shipping costs?

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Added on January 8, 2008, 10:27 pmBTW : Looking to purchase ---

1. Weapon Zero T-Minus
2. Weapon Zero

PM to me with offer.

This post has been edited by eric.tangps: Jan 8 2008, 10:27 PM

Hmmm. we can learn more things from lowyat. LOL.

Thanks madstone, btw do you have Weapon Zero?