Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for June 15, 2022

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DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for June 14, 2022

DC COMICS:

Aquaman The Becoming TP, $19.99
Batgirls #7 (Cover A Jorge Corona), $3.99
Batgirls #7 (Cover B Kim Jacinto Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batgirls #7 (Cover C Rian Gonzales Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman The Adventures Continue Season 2 TP, $19.99
Batman Urban Legends #16 (Cover A Karl Mostert & Trish Mulvihill), $7.99
Batman Urban Legends #16 (Cover B Ejikure Variant), $7.99
Batman Urban Legends #16 (Cover C Derrick Chew Variant), $7.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Dexter Soy), $3.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Edwin Galmon Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Mateus Manhanini Pride Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman Of East End Omnibus HC, $100.00
Crush And Lobo TP, $19.99
DC Poster Portfolio DC Pride TP, $24.99
DC Pride Tim Drake Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Belen Ortega), $5.99
DC Pride Tim Drake Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Travis Moore), $5.99
Future State Gotham #14 (Cover A Simone Di Meo), $3.99
Future State Gotham #14 (Cover B Mike Bowden Card Stock Variant), $4.99
I Am Batman #10 (Cover A Christian Duce), $3.99
I Am Batman #10 (Cover B Taurin Clarke Wraparound Card Stock Variant), $4.99
I Am Batman #10 (Cover C Mateus Manhanini Card Stock Variant), AR
Jurassic League #1 (Of 6)(2nd Printing Cover A Juan Gedeon), $3.99
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Jurassic League #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Daniel Warren Johnson), $3.99
Jurassic League #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Mike Perkins Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League Last Ride TP, $16.99
Midnighter The Complete Collection TP, $39.99
Naomi Season 2 #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Jamal Campbell), $3.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #3 (Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #3 (Cover B Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #3 (Cover C Dave Johnson Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Son Of Kal-El #12 (Cover A Travis Moore), $3.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #12 (Cover B Roger Cruz & Norm Rapmund Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #12 (Cover C David Talaski Pride Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Wonder Woman #788 (Cover C Nicole Goux Pride Month Card Stock Variant), $5.99

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Recording Academy Announces Five Brand New Grammy Awards Categories

Songwriter of the Year, Best Video Game Soundtrack and Social Impact Special Merit Award Among Landmark Changes for the GRAMMY Awards®

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Through the Recording Academy®'s annual process of accepting proposals from the music creators and professionals that make up its membership body, and as part of the organization's commitment to evolve with the ever-changing musical landscape, several new changes have been made to the GRAMMY Awards® process. Five new GRAMMY Awards will be handed out starting next year, including Songwriter Of The Year (Non-Classical) and Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media, among others. Additionally, a new Special Merit Award will be given out for Best Song For Social Change.

Other amendments include changes to the GRAMMY Awards entry and voting processes and more. All updates go into effect immediately for the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards taking place in 2023.

"We're so excited to honor these diverse communities of music creators through the newly established awards and amendments, and to continue cultivating an environment that inspires change, progress and collaboration," said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. "The Academy's top priority is to effectively represent the music people that we serve, and each year, that entails listening to our members and ensuring our rules and guidelines reflect our ever-evolving industry."

NEW GRAMMY AWARDS CATEGORIES ADDED:

Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Recognizes the written excellence, profession and art of songwriting honoring the most prolific non-performing and non-producing songwriters for their body of new work released during an eligibility year.

Best Alternative Music Performance:
A track and single Category that recognizes the best recordings in an alternative performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group.

Best Americana Performance:
A track and single Category that recognizes artistic excellence in an Americana performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group.

Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media:
Recognizes excellence in score soundtrack albums comprised predominately of original scores and created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current video game or other interactive media released within the qualification period.

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album:
An album Category that recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music.

SPECIAL MERIT AWARD ADDITION:

Best Song For Social Change:
This Special Merit Award will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee and ratified by the Recording Academy Board of Trustees. Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy.

GRAMMY AWARD VOTING PROCEDURAL UPDATES:

Charging Fees For Entry Submissions:
All Recording Academy members will receive five courtesy entries every year. For additional entries, members will pay $40 (Early Bird Fee); $75 (Standard Fee); or $125 (Final Deadline Fee) per additional entry. Registered media companies will pay a fee of $65 (Early Bird Fee); $95 (Standard Fee); or $125 (Final Deadline Fee) per entry. Considerations will be made for artists/members experiencing financial hardships. Any member who would be burdened by the entry fees can request the fees be waived by reaching out to the Recording Academy Awards Department.

Album Eligibility*:
To be eligible for GRAMMY Award consideration, an album must contain greater than 75 percent playing time of newly recorded (within five years of the release date), previously unreleased recordings*. The previous eligibility rule was 50 percent. (Note: Best Compilation Soundtrack, Best Historical Album, Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Recording Package, Best Special Package, and Best Album Notes accept albums of recordings that are not newly recorded.)

*Note: The updated album eligibility rule was approved in 2021 but is going into effect for the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards cycle.

ADDITIONAL CATEGORY AMENDMENTS:

Classical Field: Creation of Craft Committees in Select Classical Categories:
Three Categories within the Classical Field will now be determined by highly specialized Craft Committees: Producer Of The Year (Classical), Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Classical Field: Recognition of Composers and Librettists in Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Compendium Categories:
Category definitions have been updated to award composers and librettists in addition to artists, producers and engineers.

New Age, Ambient Or Chant Field: Renamed And Redefined Field and Category Name:
The Category formerly known as "Best New Age Album" has been renamed "Best New Age, Ambient Or Chant Album" and the Field name has also been updated to reflect that change.

Musical Theater Field: Recognition of Composers and Lyricists in Best Musical Theater Album Category:
Category definition has been updated to award composers and lyricists of more than 50 percent of the score of a new recording.

Music For Visual Media Field (Includes Film, TV, Video Games, And Other Visual Media): Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Some language in the criteria for this Category which had been removed has now been restored to recognize principal artists and in-studio producers.

Production Field: Updated Definition of Best Remixed Recording Category:
The newly amended definition of the Best Remixed Recording Category helps to reflect the remix craft as it currently stands in the industry: the creation of a new, full-track, unique performance created by a remixer from a previously released recording.

Spoken Word Field: Updated Category Name and Definition:
The Category formally known as Spoken Word Album has been renamed Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. This Category recognizes excellence in spoken word albums (not including Spoken Word Poetry).


ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY:
The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, and all music professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the recording arts remain a thriving part of our shared cultural heritage, the Academy honors music's history while investing in its future through the GRAMMY Museum®, advocates on behalf of music creators, supports music people in times of need through MusiCares®, and celebrates artistic excellence through the GRAMMY Awards — music's only peer-recognized accolade and highest achievement. As the world's leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators.

For more information about the Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @RecordingAcad on Twitter, "like" Recording Academy on Facebook, and join the Recording Academy's social communities on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 1st to 11th, 2022 - Update #28

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon:

ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Hot writer-director, Lindsey Beer, is writing, directing, and producing a reboot of the classic tale, "Sleepy Hollow" for Paramount Pictures.

DISNEY - From Variety:  Disney CEO Bob Chapek has fired Peter Rice as chairman of Disney's entertainment and programming.

SCIENCE - From NBCNewYork:  NYC cancer trial delivers "unheard-of' result": complete remission for everyone 

UVALDE - From Deadline:  Uvalde, Texas native, Matthew McConaughey, appears at a White House briefing to urge gun control action.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 6/3 to 6/5/22 weekend box office is Paramount Pictures' "Top Gun: Maverick" with an estimated take of 86 million dollars.

From Here:  My review of "Top Gun: Maverick."

MOVIES - From Deadline: Franchise star, Neve Campbell, won't be back for "Scream 6" because of a contract pay dispute.

CULTURE - From TheDailyBeast:  Wajahat Ali asks "Is It Time for Me to Leave America?"

POLITICS - From HuffPost:  Opinion piece: "Herschel Walker doesn't know anything" by Michael Arceneaux  [It's actually worse that that - Leroy]

BLM - From Deadline:  Deadline's Valerie Complex talks about the experience of being one of the few Black journalist at Cannes 2022.

TELEVISION - From Deadline:  CBS recent cancelled its "Magnum P.I." reboot after four seasons, but NBC and the cable USA Network might rescue it for a fifth season.

MOVIES - From Variety:  Toby Emmerich is stepping down as Warner Bros. Picture Group chairman. Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will replace him as co-chairs.

CANNES - From CNN:  The 75th Cannes Film Festival has concluded and CNN has a list of winners.  Director Ruben Ostlund's "Triangle of Sadness" won the top prize, the "Palme d'Or."

BOX OFFICE - From Deadline:  In the final tally, the Memorial Day holiday weekend domestic box office take for "Top Gun: Maverick" is a record 160.5 million dollars.

From YahooEntertainment:  "Top Gun: Maverick" Joseph Kosinski confirms that "Top Gun" female stars, Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan, were not asked to return for the sequel film.

DEPP vs. HEARD:

From Deadline:   Johnny Depp has won his defamation trial against Amber Heard, a Virginia jury decided today.  Depp was seeking $50 million in damages, but the jury has awarded him $15 million — $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.  Judge Penney Azcarate quickly reduced the punitive damages to $350,000, the maximum allowed in the state of Virginia.

From Deadline:  Amber Heard has released a statement in the wake of the verdict in the dual Depp vs. Heard civil suits.  Heard says that she is devastated, but she did win $2 million in compensatory damages in her countersuit.

From Deadline:  Johnny Depp has released a statement: "The jury gave me my life back."

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UVALDE, TEXAS MASS SHOOTING:

From YahooAP:  An 18-year-old gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers on Tues., May 24th, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.  All 21 victims were in the same 4th grade classroom at Robb Elementary.

From Jacobin:  "The Uvalde Massacre has exposed the lies that once justified police militarization" by Branko Marcetic

From Truthout:   44 percent of GOP voters view mass shootings as part of living in “Free Society”

From ABCNews:  Arnulfo Reyes, a teacher who survived the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, calls the local police "cowards" because of slow response to an active shooter at his school, Robb Elementary.  All of 11 students in his class were killed.

From DallasNews:  Joe Garcia, the husband of Irma Garcia, one of the two teachers killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, has died of a heart attack two days after the murder of his wife.  They had been married for 24 years and had been high school sweethearts.

From Axios:  Texas gubernatorial candidate, Beto O'Rourke, interrupted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's gaslighting press conference on the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting.

From USAToday:  Beto O'Rourke's outburst at Gov. Greg Abbott's Uvalde news conference shows the spine Democrats need.

From BostonGlobe:  Steve Kerr, head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, asks "When are we going to do something?"

From NBCNews:  A Robb Elementary teacher describes "the longest 35 minutes of my life" and the terror she now feels.

From NBCNews:  The Uvalde school district had an extensive safety plan, but 19 children were killed at Robb Elementary anyway.  Even security plans that appear to be up to the latest research-based standards may have gaps and fall short of preventing the worst-case scenario, experts said.

From MSN:  Angeli Rose Gomez, the mother who was handcuffed outside Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, was able to get inside the school and rescue her two children.

From YahooNews:   Daniel Defense, the maker of the rifles used by the Uvalde massacre killer, has used "incendiary ads" in the past, including one in which a toddler holds one of its rifles.

From TheIntercept:  The police aren't obligated to protect anyone NOT in their custody, as the Supreme Court has ruled twice.

From RollingStone:  Right wing lies about the Second Amendment and why they tell them are killing America's childrne.

From Vice:  The law enforcement personnel in Texas that arrived at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas on Tues., May 24th did the opposite of what their own training documentary videos show.

From Vox:  Uvalde police keep changing their story.

From TheDailyBeast:  The families in Uvalde, Texas who lost loved one in the Robb Elementary massacre say that the cops there are "Nothing more than cowards" and that they need to pay for doing nothing while a gunman rampaged through the school last Tues, May 24th.

From TheNewYorker:  Thoughts and prayers, Uvalde, Texas. This is the America that Republicans and the right wing have being thinking about and praying for all these decades.

From ABC:  Sources say that Uvalde police and school district no longer cooperating with Texas probe of shooting of the May 24th massacre of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.

From GuardianUK:  Canada plans to freeze all handgun ownership.

From RSNWashPost:  Is it time to show the true horror of mass shooting - in pictures?

From MSN:  Angeli Gomez, the Uvalde mother who rescued her two children from the Robb Elementary shooting massacre, says that a police officer threatened to arrest her if she did not stop telling her story.

From RSNTheAtlantic:  The Uvalde police chose dishonor. Where was there courage?

From RSNWashPost:  Brenda Bell:  I hid from the Texas Tower sniper (Charles Joseph Whitman) in 1966. His successors have found us all.

From RSNTheIntercept:  "AR-15s Were Made to Explode Human Bodies. In Uvalde, the Bodies Belonged to Children" by Murtaza Hussain

From RSNNPR:  The tragic history of police responding too late to active shooters.

From VICE:  There is likely bodycam footage of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX, but the public may never see it.

BLM-BUFFALO:

From ABCNews:  A 18-year-old white MAN shot 13 people, killing 10 at a Buffalo, New York Tops Friendly Markets supermarket on Saturday, May 14, 2021.

From Truthout:  The racist attack in Buffalo at the Tops Friendly supermarket was crafted to terrorize us.  We can fight back, and here’s how we fight back.

From WGRZ:  Who are the victims of the Buffalo Tops Friendly Markets grocery store shooting. This comes from local station WGRZ Channel 2 and includes video and some victim photos.

From BuffaloNews:  One of the 10 Black murder victims of the Buffalo massacre was Katherine "Kat" Massey.  She was a leader in her community and civil rights activist and advocate for education.

From NewYorkPost:  One of the 10 Black murder victims of the Buffalo massacre was Andre Mackniel. He was at TOPS Supermaket to pick up a birthday cake for his son.

From Truthout:  The racist attack in Buffalo, NY at the Tops supermarket was crafted to terrorize us, so here is how we fight back.

From CNN:  What is known about the 18-year-old MAN, Payton Gendron.

From NPR:  198 mass shooting this year ... so far.

From Truthout:  White supremacist massacre of 10 people in Buffalo, NY shows that the “Alt-Right” ideology leads to murder.

From RollingStone:  Buffalo rampage killing is "Straight Up Racially Motivated Hate Crime."

From InformedComment:  Rene Binet, the originator the "great replacement" was a French Nazi, and he saw all American as "Negroes," an "impure mestizo 'race'."

From WashPost:  Only 22 people saw the live-stream of a white terrorist kill Black shoppers at the Buffalo Tops Friendly Markets supermarket, but millions have seen it since...

From GuardianUK:  Buffalo Tops Friendly Markets shooter may have been motivated by "eco-fascism," a focus on overpopulation and environmental degradation.

From RSN:  "What Lessons Have We Learned From the Buffalo Shooting?" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

From Truthout:  “Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo by George Yancy.

From Truthout:  "Black Lives Matter" cofounder discovered that Alicia Garza has learned that her name is mentioned in the Buffalo Tops supermarket killer's manifesto.

From GuardianUK:   Cornell West says, "Trump isn't out there with a gun, but he's enabled this war against Black people.

From Slate:  From the Tulsa Race Massacre to the Buffalo Tops Friendly Markets shootings: the legacy of anti-Black violence.

From Truthout:  After mass shootings, Republicans shield white supremacists from scrutiny

From MSN:  Angeli Gomez, the Uvalde mom who rescued her children from the school shooting at Robb Elementary, says that local police have threatened to have her arrested if she does not stop telling her story.

UKRAINE:

From TheDailyBeast:  Russian soldiers allegedly raped and killed a 1-year-old Ukrainian boy and have reportedly raped or sexually abused children as young as 9 months old.

Comics Review: "Nyx #7" is an Excellent Seventh Issue

NYX #7
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Christos Gage
ART: Marc Borstel
COLORS: Jordi Escuin Llorach
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Giuseppe Matteoni
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Rose Besch; Fernando Dagnino; Geebo Vigonte with Ivan Nunes; Alvaro Lopez with Jason Wordie; Alvaro Sarraseca with Salvatore Aiala; Mel Rubi; Geebo Vigonte; Giuseppe Matteoni, Alvaro Lopez
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2022)

Rated T+

Nyx created by Tom Sniegoski and Ed McGuinness

“... And Be a Mom of Chaos!”

Nyx is a Vampirella comic book character.  She is the daughter of Chaos the Mad God and a human woman, making Nyx half-demon and half-human, but she needs to feed on human life force in order to live.  Nyx was created by writer Tom Sniegoski and artist Ed McGuinness and first appeared in Harris Comics' Vengeance of Vampirella #23 (cover dated: February 1996).  She is a longtime enemy and sometimes friend of Vampirella.

The character now has her own solo comic book series, entitled Nyx.  It is written by Christos Gage; drawn by Marc Borstel; colored by Jordi Escuin Llorach; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  The series finds Nyx dealing with her emerging human side, although her demon side is still powerful and hungry for human life force.

As Nyx #7 (“... And Be a Mom of Chaos!”) opens, Nyx is stuck with the deal she made with her father, the Mad God Chaos.  She only has to train her younger half-siblings on how to reconcile their dual natures – their human and demon sides.  But they're toddlers!  Now, Nyx is forced to outsmart her father and speed up the process of dealing with three half-bothers:  Sammael, Behemoth, and Cosmic, and two half-sisters, Tunrida and Flux.

But how does a half-demon with the power of a volcano face the ultimate challenge – parenthood?!

THE LOWDOWN:  In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Nyx #7, the seventh issue of the series that I have read.

I am having a difficult time categorizing Nyx.  It is a dark fantasy comic book, but it is also a comedy of domestic, family, and workplace dimensions.  If “good comics” were a comic book genre, then, that is where Nyx would belong.  Christos Gage continues to make Nyx clever and funny, pitting his lovable lead against a menagerie of interesting weirdos in supporting and guest character roles.

Marc Borstel's lovely art and straight-forward storytelling with Jordi Escuin Llorach's dark-ish colors make this an oddball delight to behold.  Borstel does some of his best work in Nyx #7, transforming Nyx into a true pin-up queen.  It was hard for me to ignore this issue's runway fashions.  So excellent writing and beautiful illustrations equal a comic book series that is hugely enjoyable.  And that's Nyx.  So read it, dear readers.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Vampirella comic books will want to try Nyx.

[This comic book includes “Dynamite Dispatch” June 2022, which features an interview with writer Christopher Priest.]

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Comics Review: The Invincible RED SONJA #9

THE INVINCIBLE RED SONJA #9
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
ARTIST: Moritat
COLORS: Sal Monoco
LETTERS: Dave Sharpe
EDITOR: Matt Idleson
COVER: Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Joseph Michael Linsner; Celina; Frank Cho; Carla Cohen; Ken Haeser; Moritat; Meghan Hetrick; Josh Burns; Elias Chatzoudis; Amanda Conner; Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts; cosplay cover by Rachel Hollon and David Turner
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2022)

Rated Teen+

“Nine”

Red Sonja is female high fantasy and sword and sorcery hero.  She first appeared in Conan the Barbarian #23 (cover dated February 1973) and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith.  Red Sonja was loosely based on “Red Sonya of Rogatino,” a female character that appeared in the 1934 short story, “The Shadow of the Vulture,” written by Conan the Cimmerian's creator, Robert E. Howard.

In 2005, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing comic books featuring differing versions of the character.  One of those is The Invincible Red Sonja.  It is written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti; drawn by Moritat; colored by Matt Carter and Sal Monoco; and lettered by Dave Sharpe.  In this series, Red Sonja is joined by the wing Tuma; the dispossessed Prince Ederik and Princess Zaria; and the Darklanders, Rok and Kai.

The Invincible Red Sonja #9 opens in the city of Capellia.  Awaiting Sonja there is the living god, Tezzah, who has ruled for over a thousand years.  Now, she is in this god's arena to fight her monstrous son.  But if she defeats mother and son, Sonja will have a kingdom on her hands.  What will this mean for Tuma, Ederik, Zaria, Rok and Kai?

THE LOWDOWN:  In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is The Invincible Red Sonja #9, which is the sixth issue of the series that I have read.

Under a beautiful cover by artist Amanda Conner and colorist Paul Mounts, The Invincible Red Sonja moves towards its likely end.  Conner and her co-writer Jimmy Palmiotti presents a big prize in front of Red Sonja.  It is a tempting one, and a prize many would collect.  This series always finds a way to grip the readers even as the locales and plots change.  I look forward to whatever comes next.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Red Sonja comic books will want to read The Invincible Red Sonja.

[This comic book includes “Dynamite Dispatch” June 2022, which features an interview with writer Christopher Priest.]

A-

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Comics Review: BETTIE PAGE and the Alien Agenda #4

BETTIE PAGE AND THE ALIEN AGENDA VOLUME 6 #4
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Ani-Mia
ART: Celor
COLORS: Farah Nurmaliza
LETTERS: Carlos M. Mangual
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Joseph Michael Linsner
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Joseph Michael Linsner; Josh Burns; Stephane Roux; Jimmy Broxton; Celor; Bettie Page vintage photo cover; Ani-Mia and So Say We All Photography
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2022)

Rated Teen+

“Tacos, Temples and... Terror!”

Bettie Page (1923–2008) was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos.  She is still referred to has the “Queen of Pinups,” and her shoulder-to-armpit-length jet-black hair with its trademark bangs and her blue eyes have inspired generations of artists, illustrators and comic book artists.

In 2017, Dynamite Entertainment made Bettie Page the star of her own comic book miniseries.  The latest is Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6.  It is written by Ani-Mia; drawn by Celor; colored by Farah Nurmaliza; and lettered by Carlos M. Mangual.  The series finds Bettie searching for answers concerning an alien conspiracy.

Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6 #4 (“Tacos, Temples and... Terror!”) opens on a beach near Veracruz, Mexico.  There, Bettie and her team, Young-ja and Sofia, are relaxing before the next stage of their quest.

Bettie and her team are getting closer to the final location of the alien weapon stockpile, and now, they must slash their way through the jungles of Mexico in order to find “the Temple of the Sun.”  But they are starting to have questions.  What are they really search for?  Are aliens really hiding weapons?  Or could it be something much worse?  It is time to confront beauty and terror in the land of a lost tribe of “Ancient Aztecs” holding many secrets.  Plus, what meal has Young-ja's brought for the gang?

THE LOWDOWN:   In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  The latest is Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6 #4, which is the seventh issue of a Dynamite Bettie Page comic book that I have read.

Writer Ani-Mia (the pen name of Mia McLaughlin) continues to offer an easy pace for Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda.  In a series that is the comic book equivalent of easy listening music, issue #4 may be the most easy-going issue yet.  Still, I have come to really enjoy this series.

Celor's calm and smooth storytelling carries readers along on this delightful adventure and even includes a sweet spin of a character breaking the fourth wall.  Celor sells Bettie Page as a best smooth and sexy spin on Indiana Jones, and it works.

I have been remiss in mentioning how much I like Joseph Michael Linsner's theme covers for this series.  This is another element that makes Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda different.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Bettie Page comic books will want to try Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6.

[This comic book includes “Dynamite Dispatch” June 2022, which features an interview with writer Christopher Priest.]

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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