The Week In Awesome! Disney & More
Here are five things that got me excited over the past week!
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1. Disney purchases Marvel Entertainment - Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard about this. I think it's a great thing for Marvel. DC has the upper hand in multimedia ventures existing under the Warner Brothers umbrella, so Marvel can even the playing field. Plus Pixar Marvel movies anyone?
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2. Gunnerkrigg Court (Volume 2): Research - Archaia continues collecting the next book of Thomas Siddell's excellent webcomic series Gunnerkrigg Court, a fantastic supernatural series praised by the likes of Neil Gaiman. It was solicited in the last Previews Catalogue for a November release!
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3. Dark Visions by L.J. Smith - I was a huge fan of teen novelist L.J. Smith growing up, particularly her Vampire Diaries and Night World series. Dark Visions was a trilogy of books by the author that I also remember with fondness, about a group of psychics on the run from a lab that want to use them for nefarious purposes. With the rekindled interest in the author in wake of the Twilight phenomenon, the Dark Visions trilogy is being offered in a single book for a new generation. In stores now.
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4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - Also released in teen novels this past week was Suzanne Collins' sequel to The Hunger Games, a Battle Royale-ish book that pits kid against kid to the death. The new book follows up on the consequences from that first story with a new adventure, the second of a trilogy.
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5. Bomb In a Birdcage by A
Fine Frenzy - Coming out this coming Tuesday is the latest CD by A Fine Frenzy, whose debut release One Cell In the Sea wowed me two years ago. She's a fresh new talent with great vocals and lyrics, classically-trained for a fantastic overall package. She's been steadily releasing singles for her new CD over the past few months on I-Tunes, all of which have been pretty wonderful.
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1. Disney purchases Marvel Entertainment - Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard about this. I think it's a great thing for Marvel. DC has the upper hand in multimedia ventures existing under the Warner Brothers umbrella, so Marvel can even the playing field. Plus Pixar Marvel movies anyone?.
2. Gunnerkrigg Court (Volume 2): Research - Archaia continues collecting the next book of Thomas Siddell's excellent webcomic series Gunnerkrigg Court, a fantastic supernatural series praised by the likes of Neil Gaiman. It was solicited in the last Previews Catalogue for a November release!
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3. Dark Visions by L.J. Smith - I was a huge fan of teen novelist L.J. Smith growing up, particularly her Vampire Diaries and Night World series. Dark Visions was a trilogy of books by the author that I also remember with fondness, about a group of psychics on the run from a lab that want to use them for nefarious purposes. With the rekindled interest in the author in wake of the Twilight phenomenon, the Dark Visions trilogy is being offered in a single book for a new generation. In stores now..
4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - Also released in teen novels this past week was Suzanne Collins' sequel to The Hunger Games, a Battle Royale-ish book that pits kid against kid to the death. The new book follows up on the consequences from that first story with a new adventure, the second of a trilogy.
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5. Bomb In a Birdcage by A
Fine Frenzy - Coming out this coming Tuesday is the latest CD by A Fine Frenzy, whose debut release One Cell In the Sea wowed me two years ago. She's a fresh new talent with great vocals and lyrics, classically-trained for a fantastic overall package. She's been steadily releasing singles for her new CD over the past few months on I-Tunes, all of which have been pretty wonderful.
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