Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for July 18th 2012

We’re back from our SDCC adventure and we’ve got plenty of digital comics coming your way! This week brings all-new digital firsts, hot new same day as print releases, fantastic collections and graphic novels and a few new and noteworthy back issues you might be surprised to find. Check out the list below and tell us what your picking up today on  Twitter, Facebook or even Google Plus.

Digital Firsts

Wander: Olive Hopkins And The Ninth Kingdom #1: After storming out of her crappy coffee shop job, perpetual NYU grad student Olive Hopkins decides to throw a massive pity party for herself using the last of her meager savings. She discovers the next morning that not only does she have a massive hangover: she’s somehow been transported into The Ninth Kingdom, a fantasy realm straight out of that section of the Barnes and Noble she always avoided. How’d she get here? How’s she going to get home? Most of all: where can she get a good slice and a pack of Camel Lights? She’s dying here.

Same Day as Print

Captain Marvel #1: Carol Danvers has a new name, a new mission…and all the power she needs to make her life a living hell. Guest-starring Captain America.

Skullkickers #16: Ancient evil has arisen aboard the pirate ship called the Mermaid’s Bottom in this, the penultimate part of our 3rd story arc. Mind-control, maidens, monsters, meat, and more words that start with ‘M’. Everybody say it with me now: ‘Mmmmmmmmm…’ ‘Skullkickers is a finely-polished effort providing eager appeal’ – Gonzobarbarian

Wonderland #1: Calie Liddle is BACK! And the series that every Zenescope fan has been waiting for is finally here. When Calie escaped from Wonderland she wanted to believe she was finally free from the realm of madness. She wanted to believe she could live a normal life. But she was wrong. Now Calie and her daughter Violet are on the run from the realm of madness. Meanwhile, a child returns from a carnival with a special hat that will mean murder and chaos for all those who cross his path. The Wonderland ongoing series begins NOW! Featuring covers by superstar artist J. Scott Campbell, Ebas, and many more!

Night of 1,000 Wolves #3: Death has stalked Harrick and his family all night. Now, face-to-face with the source of the wolf onslaught, Harrick fights a desperate, losing battle. One grim choice may hold the only hope for salvation. Will the tragic sacrifice be worth it? There is no escape from terror when the Night of 1,000 Wolves ends!

Collections & Graphic Novels

What Am I Going To Do Without You? : 126 pages! A dinosaur carcass, freshly deceased, is found in the local woods. Meteors fall from the sky. These are strange times… but most people have enough to worry about just getting through the day. Aging couple Flo and Murray face tough news from their doctor, while teen goth Jeanie endures clueless parents and heartless classmates. Their stories — and more — twine together into a moving examination of grief, mystery, and human connection. Don’t miss Patt Kelley’s powerful debut at Top Shelf!

PS Magazine: Will Eisner– best known for his influential comic book series The Spirit and his groundbreaking graphic novel A Contract with God – believed in the teaching power of comics, and from 1951 to 1971 he produced PS magazine for the U.S. Army. This Preventive Maintenance Monthly (called PS because it was a postscript to the standard technical manuals) was aimed at teaching American soldiers everything about weapons safety for vehicles, aircraft, firearms, and electronics. Eisner illustrated these vital lessons in drawings, pinups, step-by-step guides, and comic strips. This collection contains the best of Eisner’s 227 issues of PS, reproduced in a portable digest format. This relatively unknown work by Eisner is finally explored – the missing link between his comic books and his later, more mature graphic novel style.

New & Noteworthy Back Issues

 Tales Designed To Thrizzle #1 – 2: The first issue of the acclaimed ongoing series by cartoonist and comedy genius Michael Kupperman. This dense comic magazine includes “Uncle Billy’s Drunken, Bitter Guide to the Animal Kingdom,” new Pablo Picasso adventures, information on sex blimps and sex holes, an opportunity to meet the hot boy band Boybank, cowboys debating whether comics are serious literature, “Cut-out ‘n’ Play: Soccer Joust!” and much, much more, including games, text pieces, fake ads and more, all presented with Kupperman’s inimitable Dadaist sense of humor. Find out why “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog” creator Robert Smigel says, “Kupperman is hysterical, and a real original,” while comedian Andy Richter says, “Kupperman writes a hysterically funny comic book!”

The Thanos Quest # 1 – 2:  Thanos embarks on the ultimate quest of love and all-consuming destruction to obtain godhood through the Infinity Gauntlet!

House of Mystery #6 – 8: “Love Stories for Dead People” Every haunted house has a scary basement, but this is the basement the other basements are scared of. Meanwhile, Pirate Queen Ann Preston stars in a bloody symphony of lust, greed, desire and deception that begins with buried treasure and ends with buried bodies