Comics for April 30 and news

Gunplay GN
Platinum Studios website
Christopher Priest blog

The horror Western GN about a Buffalo soldier gets released this week, with prose backup stories by Christopher Priest.

Also this week:
Avengers: The Initiative #12
Black Panther: Little Green Men TP. Written by Hudlin.
Fantastic Four: The Beginning of the End TP. Written by McDuffie.
New Warriors #11. Written by Grevioux.
Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Premiere HC V1. Pencils by Coipel.
Blackbeard Legacy #3 (of 4)
Gold Digger: Tangent #4. By Perry.
Justice For Hire #3 (of 12)

Other notable comics:
Blue Beetle #26. The Spanish-language issue.
DC Universe Zero. The big set-up to Final Crisis and the year to come in the DCU, priced at only 50 cents.
Secret Invasion (2nd printing) #1 (of 8)
Glamourpuss #1. The return of small press legend Dave Sim in a brand new series.
Magic Pickle GN. A re-release of this wonderful kids’ adventure comic by Scott Morse.

I’m sorry for being behind on stuff. This past month has been extremely difficult for me personally, and things will continue to be hectic for me for the next few months. This blog is not my life, and while I try to keep up as best I can, reality has a nasty habit of getting in the way. I appreciate your indulgence.

Greg Rucka interviews Gary Phillips about his forthcoming comic High Rollers.

Here’s a video interview with Gail Simone where she talks about the return of Welcome to Tranquility, among other things.

This Terrence Howard interview about Iron Man contains SPOILERS.

A new Raven Gregory interview.

Jason Aaron talks about his Secret Invasion-related run on Black Panther.

MBQ creator Felipe Smith has a new gig with a Japanese mag.

And a BIG congratulations to Jamal Igle and his wife Karine on the birth of their daughter Catherine!