This Week – Score some of the latest Zenescope sci-fi & fantasy comics for half-price in our 3 day sale!

Get ready for adventures in Sci-fi and Fantasy during the 3-Day Zenescope Sale only on comiXology. 1001 Arabian Nights, Charmed Season 9, Salem’s Daughter, Jurassic Strike Force 5 and more are on sale now!

The fantastic tales of adventures from 1001 Arabian Nights have entertained and enchanted audiences for hundreds of years. Now Zenescope brings you a bold reinterpretation of these classic tales! Join Sinbad and his crew as they journey to a strange volcanic island in search of the first piece of the mysterious Jericho Visor. But the sexy and seductive witch Queen Alorana has other plans in mind for Sinbad and his crew! Collecting the first six issues of the hit independent series.

Charmed Season 9 picks up where the TV show left off! With the source of all evil defeated, The Charmed Ones, three witches destined to be the most powerful force for good our world has ever known, have embraced a new life. One of new family, friends, and a future without the constant battle between good and evil…or so they think.

Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials of 1692, which resulted in the hangings of 19 women and men, Anna Williams is living an uneventful life in Essex County, Massachusetts. But there is more to Anna than meets the eye as she begins to discover her unique abilities. Anna must choose one of two paths in order to follow her true calling and Braden Cole, a hardened gunslinger looking for redemption, may be the one man who can help her along the way. From the minds behind the hit series Grimm Fairy Tales, comes a new series unlike anything you’ve seen! Salem’s Daughter!

For over 165 million years dinosaurs ruled the earth…until the alien overlord Zalex discovered the planet 100 million years ago. In search of an army to conquer the universe Zalex finds the perfect candidates to mutate into his ultimate soldiers in earth’s Jurassic reptiles. With his new army nothing can stop Zalex from ruling the galaxy and the universe beyond it..nothing but a team of mutated dinosaur heroes. Don’t miss this exciting prequel issue featuring what’s sure to be the hottest team of mutated reptiles to grace the four color world in three decades. The first original title in Zenescope Entertainment’s new Silver Dragon Books line. Jurassic Strike Force 5!

Don’t miss out on this awesome oppuntinty to score some new books you may have never read before! Check out all the on sale offerings from Zenescope during their 3 Day Sci-fi and Fantasy sale going on now only on comiXology.

Two Great Sales, One Weekend Only!

It’s no joke we’ve got two great sales going on this weekend from two of your all time favorite publishers DC Comics and Zenescope Entertainment. Celebrate spring with half-price comics all weekend long!

First up… DC Comics is brining you the best of the Clown Prince of Crime in their April Fool’s Joker Sale.

Check out the info from the DC Comics Blog:

You’ll get to experience the Clown Prince of Crime’s most defining moments throughout his infamous career of comic mayhem. He’ll make you laugh till it hurts, whether with his very first appearance in BATMAN #1, his deadly deeds in “Death in the Family,” his world-changing hijinks in “Emperor Joker,” the madness of “Going Sane,” and much, much more.

Then Zenescope Entertainment is inviting fans to experience the beginning all over again just in time for the first of April with  #1 issues half-price  through Monday!

Get Grimm Fairy Tales #1, The Waking #1, The Theater #1 and every single #1 issue of the entire Zenescope catalogue for 50% off. They’ve even cut the price on new favorites like The Jungle Book, and Alice in Wonderland during this limited time sale. It’s a great time to get started on some awesome Zenescope comics!

This weekend is no laughing matter, take advantage of both stellar sales now.

This Week – Download Zenescope’s Grimm Fairy Tales for Half-Price!

Starting now and running until 3/16 download Zenescope’s Grimm Fairy Tales for 50% off!

Grimm Fairy Tales has quickly become one of the most intriguing and best selling comic books in the world. By exploring a much darker side of the infamous fables you heard as a child these classic tales are retold and re-imagined with a terrifying twist you’ll simply love as an adult!

For over two hundred years the powerful stories of the Brothers Grimm have enchanted millions around the world but there has never been an adaptation as intriguing or provocative as this. Pick up the entire series for half price!

Grimm Fairy Tales explores a much darker side of the infamous fables you heard as a child as these classic tales are retold and re-imagined with a terrifying twist you’ll simply love as an adult. Red Riding Hood is forced to confront the insatiable hunger of terrifying beast; Cinderella seeks a shocking vengeance for the years of torture she’s endured; Hansel & Gretel realize that the problems they left behind at home are nothing compared to the horror that awaits them on their ill-advised journey; A desperate girl makes a deal with the hideous Rumpelstiltskin only to find she may lose much more than she ever imagined; Sleeping Beauty learns that narcissism can be a very gruesome trait to possess and an envious sister finds her extreme measures to capture the man of her dreams may lead to much worse than just heartbreak from the Robber Bridegroom.

Enter a world where morality is constantly tested and the shocking repercussions of one’s choices must always be faced. Enter the world of Grimm Fairy Tales.

Experience a world of enchantment like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Expand your digital library for half the normal download price with these thrilling fairy tales from Zenescope Entertainment.

The comiXologist Episode #19.1: An Interview with Raven Gregory

It’s Wednesday! Download the latest comiXologist creator interview now!

Jake & Slim sat down via satellite with Raven Gregory to talk about his titillating Zenescope comics, Star Wars 3D, pro wrestling, and what he’s reading!!

The Week- Grimm Universe $0.99 Cent Sale

It’s Fairy Tales like you’ve never seen them before Experience the enchanting world of The Grimm Fairy Tales Universe for half the price this week.

Don’t miss out on this change to get caught up on all things Grimm during this week Grimm Universe Sale. Pick up GFT Presents: Neverland #1-7, GFT: Inferno #1-5, GFT Myths & Legends #1-7, GFT: The Library #1-3 and The GFT One-Shot: The Piper for only 0.99 cents an issue.

The creators of Grimm Fairy Tales and Return to Wonderland bring you a dark new addition to the Grimm Universe. Neverland was once a magical paradise until it fell under the rule of the evil creature known only as Pan. It has now become a world that haunts children’s nightmares.

Grace is lost and restless in a big city where her nightmares seem all too real. Suffering from a form of amnesia, she only feels empty and confused. Her therapist overmedicates, her boss sexually harasses her and her boyfriend beats her. The world is quickly closing in around Grace but when she learns the truth of her past she might just find the power within to redeem her life and battle her demons, no matter how real they might be.

When fourteen year old Sela Mathers discovers an ancient magic book in a condemned library her and her younger brother cast a spell that unlocks the amazing worlds and characters from the books and novels around them. Hercules, Robin Hood and Pecos Bill all come magically to life. But heroes aren’t the only characters in stories….

After the milestone events of Grimm Fairy Tales #50 creatures from the realm of Myst have escaped into our world. Captured by the evil Baba Yaga for her sinister plans they are about to cause major havoc on earth. Brittany is back, working in a treatment center for adolescents. Little does she know that something from another realm has caught her scent and will stop at nothing to find and destroy her before her true purpose is revealed.

This week Zenescope Entertainment and comiXology present the provocative expanded world of Grimm Fairy Tales. Download half-price issues of this fan favorite series just in time to celebrate Valentines Day!

ComiXology New Releases This Wednesday – February 1st, 2012

It’s Here! Take a peak at this week’s Same Day as Print and New & Noteworthy books coming out this Wednesday on the Comics by comiXology platform! Get the insider info on just what digital comics will be out before they go live this week. This is your chance to get the scoop on the comics you want first from comiXology! Just remember, this list might be subject to some last minute changes — but right now this is pretty final. Enjoy!

Same Day As Print:

Archie

Sonic The Hedgehog #233

BOOM! Studios

Incorruptible #26
Irredeemable #34
Hellraiser  #10

DC Comics

Action Comics #6
Animal Man #6
Batwing #6
Detective Comics #6
Green Arrow #6
Hawk & Dove #6
iZOMBIE  #22
Justice League International  #6
Men of War  #6
OMAC #6
Red Lanterns #6
Static Shock #6
Stormwatch #6
Supernatural Vol.4
Swamp Thing #6
Sweet Tooth #30
DC Digital Comics Sneak Peeks 2/1/12
Batman: Arkham Unhinged #16
Justice League Beyond #1
Beyond the Fringe #4

Dynamite

The Boys #63
Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory #3
Warriors Of Mars #1
Warlord Of Mars Annual #1
Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time: Eye Of The World #20

Image

Alpha Girl #1
Art Of Carbon Grey
Avengelyne Hc Vol 01
Fatale #2
Invincible #88
The Lil Depressed Boy Tp Vol 02
Reed Gunther #8
Savage Dragon #178
Strange Talent Of Luther Strode #5
Witchblade Redemption Tp Vol 04
Vescell #6

Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #679
Avengers: The X-Sanction #3
Defenders #3
Fear Itself: The Fearless #8
Thor: The Deviants Saga #4
Uncanny X-Force #21
Uncanny X-Men #6
Villains For Hire #3
Venom #13
Winter Soldier #1
X-Club #3
X-Factor #231

New & Noteworthy Back Issues:

Alterna

Attack of the Alterna Zombies

Arcana

ShadowMagic
Spy School
Sterling
Stranger Danger
The Fix

Archie

Sabrina The Teenaged Witch Animated #27-32

Antartic

Gold Digger #34-37

Aspen

Soulfire: New World Order Beginnings
Soulfire: New World Order #0-1

Bluewater Productions

Female Force: Michelle Obama  #1
Orbit: Howard Stern  #1
Vincent Price Biography  #1
Misadventures of Adam West #1

BOOM! Studios

Incorruptible #25
Irredeemable  #33
Space Warped  #6
Too Much Coffee Man #1 Facsimile Edition

DC Comics

100 Bullets  #72
Batman: Gotham Knights  #69-72
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight  #44-50
Batman: Shadow of the Bat  #55-58
Countdown to Final Crisis  #10-15
Detective Comics (1937-2011)  #800-816
Fables #96
Hellblazer #138-139
Jack of Fables  #46
Kamandi: The Last Boy On Earth (1971-1978)  #13-18
Nightwing (1996-2009)  #67, #70-71
Teen Titans (2003-2011) #31-33, #42-44

IDW

Amazon: Heroic Tales #1-4
Amazon: Steel of a Soldier’s Heart
Biscuit & Lefty: A Cat’s Tale

Image

Savage Dragon #120-122
The Darkness #46-55

Marvel

Twelve #1-8
X-Men: Legacy #238-241
Astonishing Thor #1-5
Secret Warriors #17-19
Thor: The Deviants Saga #1-3
Deadpool Corps  #1-6

MTV Comics

The Gloom #4
Agent Mom #4

Oni Press

Wasteland #19-20

Red Light

A Series of Tubes #1

SLG

Amity Blamity #3

Top Shelf

American Elf (1998)
Yearbook Stories
Feeble Attempts

Zenescope

Grimm Fairy Tales #60
Grimm Fairy Tales: Dream Eater Saga #6
Theater #4
Tales From Wonderland: Red Rose

Grimm Fairy Tales Halloween Special #2

Grimm Fairy Tales Halloween Special #2 came out both in print and digitally this week. The special got me spinning my wheels on modern vampires…

The folks at Zenescope have made covers like this an industry all their own. What we’ve got here is not a preview of things to come but titillation for its own sake, complete with modeling that flies in the face of physics and good taste. And, in a way, that makes this the perfect cover.

The mass of Halloween specials (from the Big Two and indie comic publishers alike) often use an omnibus format. In their finest form, these specials are anthologies full of pithy little stories about much loved characters. At their worst, they are superficial shorts hinged on one central conceit.

With this special, Zenescope manages to elide the expected format, offering a single story thats content matches the mesmerizing tawdriness of the almost entirely unrelated cover. The story uses the old bait and switch. We’ve got a group of revelers, dressed up as sanitized Hollywood-land vampires (read: Twillight) being stalked by a shadowy entourage that seems to be the real deal. When the innocent partygoers are inevitably confronted, we get a twist in the form of a second menace. This unseen terror steals the show, assaulting both the innocent humans and their shady stalkers.

I can’t offer unqualified praise. But while the story and art had their respective clumsy moments, the finale left me in a state of morbid satisfaction. The end is an utterly despairing bookend to the beginning that’s more reminiscent of the hopelessness of post-World War II horror and weird genre comics than, say, True Blood. In fact, the issues aims to undercut the ethos of two distinct brands of modern vampire; the shiny tween romantic and the violent sexpot. The key vampire here is repulsive– physically and ethically. He is not a diminutive spin on the concept of the vampire but a channel for the hideousness at the heart of a monster like Dracula or his unique rip, Count Orlok.

Grimm’s Fairy Tales Halloween Special #2 may not reach the heights of horror storytelling but it isn’t trying to. Beyond the busts and cheese, it is a dire romp. In the end, there is no allure. There is no sex. Only old fashioned brutality.

An aside: On November 1st, Jim Trombetta’s The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books The Government Didn’t Want You To Read will be hitting bookshelves. The book gathers together horrifying art from comics that came out before the Comics Code curtailed publishers. Trombetta provides some historical background for these blood-curdling tales along with his own analysis. So check out Mr. Trombetta’s book and the *ahem* pleasures of Grimm.