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I am so, so, so, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS!! :D :D :D It just sounds like it's going to be awesome, and I can't wait for the 1st issue to hit the stands. :3

BOOM Studios is releasing a 4-part Darkwing Duck mini-series

Artist James Silvani gets dangerous with Darkwing Duck

some preview covers and concept sketches

It's still a couple months away, but it looks like some sweet stuff is coming in. Not like everything ELSE so far hasn't been fantastic. XD

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The Megatron: Origin sounds interesting. I'm not a big time Con fan by far... but I still love a good backstory. :3

What had me going "OOOOOOOHHHHH......!" with sparly eyes, though, was the Transformers: The Ark—A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models. whoa... The animation model sheets! *__* Apparantly, over 500 of 'em! Black-and-white, and 208 pages, so obviously, more than one model sheet per page... Who's to say what this will actually look like, but from an artistic standpoint.... whoot! No more scouring though hundreds of screencaps to finally get a ref. of a character's back! (we hope. ^_^;)

And if this happens to be COMPLETELY old news.... feel free to ignore me... c__c;

Picked up TF #4 today... I'm loving this so far. Started off slow, but it's starting to pick up the pace, now!! *_* ... And I always seem to be getting the covers done by Guido Guidi... ^.^; Issue 0 was E.J. Sue's cover, but since then... they've all been Guido's covers. ^_^;; .... and hey, straya...? Your letter was printed! XD

On FY:Genbu Kaiden... really enjoying this, too. It's neat to see the "first" story of the 'Four Gods'... and the characters are really engaging. :3 Takiko is a neat character, Tomite's amusing. xD Hatsui... hah... cute. XD And Namame... *_* OMG CUTE! Really cool, too.... (I admit I'm a little biased, or at least was looking/anticipating in seeing who Namame was... as I took a "which constellation were you born under" thing a while back... and I apparantly was born in "Namame", so.... Heh. Nowhere NEAR anything I anticipated... but way cool... :D)

Just finished reading Basara vol. 13 (will be reading vol. 14 tomorrow) OMG. *_* I love this series. Love it. Fruits Basket is great, sweet and adorable... Hikaru no Go and Fullmetal Alchemist are engaging, funny, interesting... I still enjoy Fushigi Yuugi, and am looking forward to the Genbu Kaiden... and many other series, but.... Basara. OMG. Love it. Drama, tension, humor, plot, characterization.... such deep, rich characters, plot... This manga makes me laugh, makes me WEEP... keeps me on the edge of my seat, rooting for all the characters... hoping they survive... that despite all the terrible cruelties, the harsh realities that they face... that a "good ending" can still come of it all. It's dark, bleak, desperate at times... but hope still survives. The 'good guys' struggling so valiantly against such odds... the 'bad guys' not quite SO bad... so MANY levels of grey in this comic (metaphorically speaking).

Yes, it's an older story. Yes, the art style is VERY loose and sketchy, and certainly not "polished" by any means. But the art style works for this story. And the story rules. *__* So deep, so rich, so dramatic... Yes, I gush...

The manga might not be for everyone, but..... oy. Highly reccommended. HIGHLY. Pick it up if you can... even if it's the first three or so volumes. If you can find the anime, that covers up to vol. 3, I believe (don't quote me on it). Anyway. Rent, or whatever... gives you a bit of the taste, if you don't want to buy the manga right off. Maybe borrow it from a friend. But try it. It's a wonderful series.