koyo
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Post by koyo on Mar 16, 2022 14:19:07 GMT
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Post by grubcubman on Mar 16, 2022 14:23:12 GMT
I saw it show up in Wigshop's Instagram feed (the actual comic, so it's legit) and figured the "official" release date must be very soon. Or maybe Harkham just didn't care to do any press!
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Post by teemcgee on Mar 16, 2022 16:13:55 GMT
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Post by wigshop on Mar 16, 2022 17:03:25 GMT
Official street date is soon!
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Post by junkflower on Mar 16, 2022 18:37:51 GMT
Ordered! Hell yeah, thanks for posting about this
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Post by daisyjaberi on Mar 16, 2022 19:43:26 GMT
oooo so it's not completely sold out already? for U.S. ppl
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Post by BubblesZine on Mar 16, 2022 20:31:24 GMT
Can't wait!
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Post by mikesheawright on Mar 16, 2022 21:06:07 GMT
hyped for this, just re-read these recently.
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Post by ravenandkites on Mar 16, 2022 22:32:16 GMT
Stoked for this one! Crickets is probably my fav series going now!
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koyo
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Post by koyo on Mar 23, 2022 14:27:35 GMT
Secret Headquarters has it for sale in their online store for anyone in the US who missed out on the batch from Silver Sprocket.
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Post by mikesheawright on Mar 23, 2022 23:23:55 GMT
Copacetic has it now too
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Post by temporary.screenname on Mar 24, 2022 2:06:09 GMT
Hell yeah, just picked it up from Copacetic. I'm very excited.
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Post by daisyjaberi on Mar 24, 2022 6:11:05 GMT
ordered as well! I also ordered the Now #10 from fanta because i learned it has a very early richard sala strip, and i just found out he lived right here in the east bay and he passed in 2020. i have been a big fan, and i am now going to find as much as i can from his work to read.
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Post by whitecomics on Mar 29, 2022 14:52:21 GMT
I assume most folks who wanted this have tracked it down...so let's talk about it!
The opening sequence was of course really compelling, and I think it functions on a few levels. The first several Blood of the Virgin chapters could reasonably be criticized for leaving Ida, the wife, in the background and obviously she comes to the forefront here. By the same token, there's clearly a lot happening with her sister, and I suspect we won't learn much if any more about her -- in the same way we didn't get much about Ida previously, and that we don't get much about her mother beyond the opening sequence. So that sequence, and in fact the issue as a whole, serve as a quiet proof of concept for the claim that all of these background characters are fully realized, that we could spend 10 or 20 or 48 pages with any of them.
Also the R Fiore letter in the back was completely insane.
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Post by junkflower on Mar 29, 2022 15:47:16 GMT
I'll admit- between the prior issues and the story in Kramers, I've been operating under the impression that Blood was largely some umbrella project to pay tribute to Harkham's reverence for the history of filmmaking... so the opening sequence and ensuing story really caught me off guard.
I found the opening sequence- silent and matter of fact- utterly harrowing, just fucking devastating... that we know Ida's mother, is judging her privileged daughter more or less silently through the eyes of someone who's gone through something literally unspeakable (plus we find out Ida has no idea about her first, deceased daughter!!)...
I wonder what's going on with Rachel? Is she mentally ill and cracking? Or just a sad weirdo?
I'm assuming the story is moving in the direction of hereditary trauma as it relates to the Jewish diaspora (explored a little bit in previous issues at the party where the old men talk about life back in the middle east)....
Anyway, I remember hearing rumors of a Crickets color special in the works. Hopefully it continues the story.
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