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Market Monday: March 27, 2013

Featured Book of the Week

Husbands HC, co-written by Jane Espenson, with art by Natalie Nourigat and Tania del Rio

Written by Husbands creators Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Brad Bell, this is the comic-book continuation of the sitcom phenom. Husbands tells the story of famous gay newlyweds Brady and Cheeks, who sparked a media firestorm when they woke up legally wed after a drunken Vegas weekend. Now, a mystical wedding gift launches the couple on a series of adventures-a tongue-in-cheek journey through iconic genre realms-filled with obstacles that threaten to tear them apart. Follow Brady and Cheeks into a superhero showdown, a fairytale fantasy, a Holmesian mystery, an epic galactic battle, a madcap high school romp, and a saucy secret-spy thrill ride. Includes bonus “making of” material and a special introduction.

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Firsts this Week

First of a new creative team!

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #5, written by Heather Nuhfer, art by Amy Mebberson, covers by Stephanie Buscema and Amy Mebberson

Attention, everypony! Get ready for another unforgettable adventure in the land of Equestria. Twilight Sparkle and gang are confronted with a perilous new danger in the form of a long-unseen enemy! See how the Magic of Friendship prevails in the start of a brand new story arc!

Not so much a first as a one-shot but still awesome!

Time Warp #1, includes a story by Gail Simone

Let’s do the time warp again! It’s time for another fantastic Vertigo anthology filled with spectacular sci-fi stories. Robots, deep space and lots of time travel twists by a bevy of comic greats and the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow. Damon Lindelof and Jeff Lemire bring us a blast from DC’s past, plus another installment of the “Dead Boy Detectives” from Toby Litt, Buckingham and Victor Santos, Matt Kindt presents a stirring story of man vs. machine—and so much more!

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Collection of the Week

Astonishing X-Men vol. 11: Weaponized, written by Marjorie Liu

It’s the explosive aftermath to the year’s most talked-about wedding! The X-Men are on the run, and Northstar accepts a deadly assignment. Meanwhile, newlywed Kyle learns the hard way marrying Northstar also meant marrying his family. And in this case, that means the X-Men! Will Kyle and Northstar survive their first married mission? Meanwhile, Susan Hatchi reveals her connection to the X-Men. How long can the team survive with her nanobombs circulating through their bloodstreams?As Hatchitech weapons start appearing around the globe and civilians are caught in the crossfire, the X-Men must make a decision: take down Hatchi or save their teammate Karma! Plus: Someone is attacking friends and associates of the X-Men, and it’s up to Wolverine and his team to stop them. Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) #52-56 and ANNUAL #1.

More new releases under the cut! 

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Welcome to the 2nd Annual LMC Pride Month!

It’s June 1st, which means it’s the start of LGBTQ Pride Month, with parades happening the world over in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots—a watershed event in queer rights, started when a cross-dressing black lesbian punched a cop in the face, which is possibly the best summation of the oppressed “Other” refusing to take shit from the dominant hegemony that has ever occurred in human history.

I’ll be featuring ProFiles of LBT women(-identifying) creators, as well as webcomics by LBT women and/or featuring LGBTQ themes.

I’m still in the midst of barely contained chaos in my life right now, so I’m also taking this opportunity to kick my ass back into gear (though I will be on actual vacation this coming week, so I will do the best I can on the cruise ship’s wi-fi).

Also, if you’re in the Boston area, some heads-ups for the coming month: my LCS, Comicopia, will have a marching group in next Saturday’s Pride Parade, where you will see some amazing costumes such as Red Sonja, She-Ra, and yours truly as Rainbow Dash!  In addition, Marjorie Liu will be signing Astonishing X-Men #51 (Northstar and Kyle’s wedding issue!) at Comicopia on June 23rd. I do intend to get back on a semi-regular events posting cycle soon, so hopefully these will be the first of many Pride-related events I’ll be letting you know about!

ETA: In the comments, Joamette Gil brought up Sylvia Rivera, a Puerto Rican transwoman as being the one who started the Stonewall Riots.  By her own account she was definitely there the night of the raid, but nothing to suggest that she was the one who threw the fabled punch. Wikipedia says the identity of the woman is unknown, but I dug up the name of the woman I’d first heard the story attributed to: Stormé DeLarverie. Check out this clip from In The Life about her.