Buffy’s High-School Adventures for Young Readers Continue

Home Economics Has Never Been Scarier!

With anticipation building for Eisner Award–winning author Faith Erin Hicks’s Buffy: The High School Years—Freaks & Geeks, Dark Horse Comics announces the next installment in the young adult series this fall with Kel McDonald and Yishan Li’s Buffy: The High School Years—Glutton for Punishment.

Set during Season 1 of the television series and executive produced by Joss Whedon, Glutton for Punishmentcontinues the humor and excitement as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her friends navigate the tumultuous balance of being both high schoolers and monster fighters.

“McDonald has a real affection for magical-world building,” says io9 of author Kel McDonald (Misfits of Avalon), who is returning to the Whedonverse to bring more monsters and high-school high jinks into the life of teenage Buffy!

When Buffy and Xander sign up for home ec, assuming it will be an extra-credit cakewalk, they aren’t aware that the teacher is a ravenous tiger demon in disguise. The demon’s unquenchable appetite has him kidnapping his top students and forcing them to cook for him, and when Xander claims some store-bought treats are his own creations, he becomes the demon’s next victim! It’s not enough that Buffy has to keep her grades up, but she also has to rescue her friends and fellow students—and give the tiger demon his just desserts!

Buffy: The High School Years—Glutton for Punishment is in stores October 19, 2016. Preorder your copy today at your local comic shop or favorite retailer!

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RAICHT & SMITH Are Delivering Dreams and Changing Lives in “Tree Mail”

Rudy is hopping his way into your heart and inspiring your dreams this November! Dark Horse Comics announces Tree Mail, a forthcoming all-ages graphic novel from the New York Times best-selling The Stuff of Legend creators Mike Raicht and Brian Smith. From the creative team behind Finding Nemo: Losing Dory comes Tree Mail and the world of Rudy.

“This book has been something Brian and I have been wanting to work on together for years,” says Mike Raicht. “If you’ve ever been an underdog, or had an impossible dream that was just too big for the world around you to contain, then Rudy the Tree Frog is the story for you.”

Rudy—a determined, optimistic frog—hopes to overcome the odds and land his dream job delivering mail to the other animals on Popomoko Island! Mike Raicht and Brian Smith deliver a full-color, all-ages romp that shows that the hopeful Rudy always hops forward, no matter what obstacle seems to be in the way of his dreams. And there are plenty of speed bumps, challenges, and detours on the way to becoming a full-time member in the island’s Royal Air Delivery Corps!

“I think he can inspire people young, old, and in between to chase their dreams and to truly become who they were meant to be, no matter what they’ve been told they’re ‘supposed’ to be,” says Brian Smith. “I think that is what Rudy and his adventures are all about. Becoming more than those around us, and maybe even we ourselves, believe is possible.”

The acclaimed creative team delivers a full, standalone adventure for all fans!

Tree Mail arrives on November 2. Preorder your copy today at your local comic book store or favorite retailer.

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Ghosts of Meridian Release Coming Next Week to Halo 5: Guardians

Ghosts of Meridian – the latest, free content release for Halo 5: Guardians – arrives next week. The release includes two new maps, new weapons and vehicles, new visual customizations, and more. 343 Industries will be showcasing all the new Ghosts of Meridian content during a live stream on Tuesday, April 5 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST at twitch.tv/halo and on the Halo Channel.

Highlights of the Ghosts of Meridian content include:

• · New Warzone map – Skirmish at Darkstar. Though Liang-Dortmund’s local headquarters at Meridian Station was devastated, the remote polar outpost of Darkstar Station survived. But anomalies abound beneath the battered surface as ancient machinery buried deep in the planet’s mantle stir to life, including an all-new boss.
• · New Arena map – Tyrant. The facility known as Site C by human explorers is one of a handful of intact Forerunner structures remaining in the Zeta Hydronis Secundus system, a grim reminder that even godlike artifice can be undone by the minds and hands of mad tyrants. The small-scale symmetrical map is built for Capture the Flag and Assault game modes.
• · New REQs items. A slew of brand new REQs are arriving with Ghosts of Meridian, including Tartarus’ Gavel, a Legendary gravity hammer that unleashes kinetic explosions with each swing, and boosts movement speed, shield strength, and jump height.

As with previous releases, the content will automatically download and install once it’s available next week. Head over to Halo Waypoint for a full run down of Ghosts of Meridian content and stay tuned to Xbox Wire for more updates on Halo 5: Guardians.

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POP GUN WAR TAKES FLIGHT

Collecting GIFT in a brand-new edition trade paperback, plus bonus material. Critically acclaimed writer/artist Farel Dalrymple (The Wrenchies, It Will All Hurt) will release a new edition of POP GUN WAR: GIFT this May.

POP GUN WAR: GIFT is about childhood, self-discovery, oppression, guilt, dreams, loneliness, whatever—and an inner-city boy named Sinclair, who discovers a pair of discarded angel wings. With these wings, Sinclair flies around the city and gets into adventures.

POP GUN WAR: GIFT (ISBN 978-1-63215-773-7) hits comic book stores Wednesday, May 11th, and bookstores Tuesday, May 17th, and will be available for $14.99.  It can be preordered now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound, and Indigo.

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YOUR NEW LOOK AT TA-NEHISI COATES & BRIAN STELFREEZE’S BLACK PANTHER #1 FROM MARVEL COMICS

A new era dawns for Wakanda and its ruler, T’Challa! Marvel is proud to offer your new look at BLACK PANTHER #1 written by national correspondent for The Atlantic, MacArthur Genius, and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend Brian Stelfreeze, BLACK PANTHER “A Nation Under Our Feet” is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther’s struggle to do right by his people as their ruler. The indomitable will of Wakanda -- the famed African nation known for its vast wealth, advanced technology and warrior traditions -- has long been reflected in the will of its monarchs, the Black Panthers. But now, the current Black Panther, T’Challa, finds that will tested by a superhuman terrorist group called The People that have sparked a violent uprising among the citizens of Wakanda. T’Challa knows the country must change to survive -- the question is: will the Black Panther survive the change?

Exclusively revealing with The Atlantic, Coates proposes a simple question that fueled his script for BLACK PANTHER, “Can a good man be a king, and would an advanced society tolerate a monarch? Research is crucial in both cases. The Black Panther I offer pulls from the archives of Marvel and the character’s own long history. But it also pulls from the very real history of society—from the pre-colonial era of Africa, the peasant rebellions that wracked Europe toward the end of the Middle Ages, the American Civil War, the Arab Spring, and the rise of ISIS.”

“For centuries, Wakanda has been sending would-be conquerors home in body bags. Now, it is about to face its biggest threat — and it comes from within,” says Marvel Comics Editor In Chief, Axel Alonso. “Under Ta-Nehisi’s unflinching gaze, the Black Panther will grapple with a threat that can’t simply be beaten into submission, one that raises questions about life, liberty and honor that are especially relevant today.” Is this a bold new age for one of Marvel’s most classic heroes or his untimely downfall? Find out April 6th as BLACK PANTHER #1 arrives digitally and in local comic retailers.

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The Walking Dead S6, Ep. 16 "Last Day on Earth" Recap

Finale Overview:
Episode starts with Morgan out looking for Carol and sees a sign "You are Alive". He finds a horse that has a saddle. The surviving savor is looking for Carol as well and is following a path. We see a guy running and hear whistling. Carl and Enid are talking while Carl plans to leave. Flash to the guy running who is finally caught by the saviors. Rick is stocking the RV. Abraham, Sasha, and Eugene volunteer to go as well. (too many people leaving camp which leaves Father Gabriel in charge) Carl tells Enid to "Just Survive Somehow". Aaron agrees to go as well. Morgan is riding through town on the horse doing a search. He finds Carol and she has a wound on her side. The saviors drag the guy they were chasing to the street and say they will make an example out of him. Morgan treats Carol's wounds and says she needs stitches and antibiotics and that at dawn they will head back to get her medical help. Rick and crew come upon the saviors with the guy in the middle of the street. Rick and crew meet them in the street. Rick asks if the guy wants to make today the last day on earth. (there's a lot of extra talking going on) They get back in the RV and decide to go another way. 

Morgan and Carol have a deep discussion about being there with and for people. (I will admit I zoned out) She refuses to go back. Abraham and Sasha moment of wanting to do what Glen and Maggie have. Rick and crew come up on another group of saviors blocking the road. The turn around and head another way. Morgan finds the walker making all the noise is a guy that hung himself. Morgan takes care of him. While he is doing that Carol takes off. Morgan goes after her. Rick and team meet another roadblock which is a chain of zombies blocking the street. They notice the walkers have on the clothes and items of their missing members. One has on Michonne's vest and a dreadlock another has something of Daryl's plus arrows. The crew hear a weird noise and realize that they were sent purposely in this direction. They run into another roadblock filled with saviors. Morgan is still looking for Carol. Carol runs into a walker that she has to kill and is found by the savior that survived. He shoots her in the arm and says he wants to watch her die slow. She is then shot in the leg. Morgan has to kill the guy to save Carol. Carol begs to just be let go but Morgan lets her know that it is not her time. Morgan turns around and is met by two men. One is the guy that lost the horse. They agree to help them. (it's the crew from the Kingdom!) 

Rick and crew see the guy from early being hung as they come to another roadblock of trees that get set on fire. They run back into the RV and take off. They park on a road and try to come up with a plan. Eugene points out that they are waiting for the vehicle and do not know who is in the vehicle. Eugene agrees to drive while the others take off. Inspirational speech between Eugene and Abraham. Rick and the rest of the group carry Maggie. They hear whistling and see the saviors in the woods in the dark. They realize they are being surrounded and take off running in the woods. They run into a clearing and find themselves surrounded and everyone is whistling. (my thoughts are if you are surrounded by that many guns then I rather die on my feet then on my knees. I am just going to start shooting and be done with it) Rick notices Eugene is captured. All of them are forced onto their knees. Dwight comes out and pulls out the rest of the crew from a van - Daryl, Michonne, Glen, and Rosita. (All their heavy hitters are out there - big dummies). Out of the RV steps the long awaited Negan ( the dad from Supernatural lost some weight). He points out that Rick will regret crossing him. 

Negan demands all their stuff or they will kill him. Negan points out that he works for him now and that he is not safe. He needs to do what he wants and that is the deal and his new way of life. Negan says that they will have to pay for killing his people. He introduces them to Lucille, the bat. Negan walks down the line picking on each one. As he walks over to Maggie, Glen gets up and is beaten and dragged back into line. (that was very stupid on Glen's part). Negan called Carl a future serial killer (yay! just like the comics - I have been waiting for this line). Negan claims he is having a hard time deciding who he should kill. He does "Eenie, Meanine, Miniy, Moe" to decide who he will kill. He picks his victim and begins to smash their head in. Blood drips down and we hear the skull being smashed. 

Fangirl Thoughts: It is the comics come to life with a bit of things modified. Sadly the episode ends with someone's death but we do not know who exactly he picked. Raise your hand if you are pissed off and feel like this episode was a waste of your night. I mean c'mon! We needed to know who died. Now, we have to wait until October! Oh well, whatever - what are your thoughts?

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