MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 1 - Softcover

Whedon, Joss; Way, Gerard; Mignola, Mike; Others

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593079982 ISBN 13: 9781593079987

Publisher: Dark Horse, 2008

Synopsis

This collection of the first six issues of MySpace Presents Dark Horse include Joss Whedon's complete rock 'n' roll saga Sugarshock, a fun-filled story about a quirky girl named Dandelion and her love of music (and hatred of Vikings); Mike Mignola's haunting holiday tale, lushly illustrated by Guy Davis, "The Christmas Spirit"; a lost Umbrella Academy chapter written by Gerard Way about our favorite curmudgeon, The Kraken; and a four-part story dedicated to Eric Powell's The Goon. This volume also includes a wide range of established comics talent, and stories from newcomers who saw their professional debut in MySpace Presents Dark Horse.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Anthology compilations are usually a crapshoot at best, so it's a delight to discover a collection as rich, colorful and diverse as this. Rock stars, mythic beasts, superheroes, American history, horror and sci-fi explode across the pages, offering something for everybody without a dud in the lot. Summarizing the amount and kind of fun to be had is difficult, but highlights include the charming adventures of oddball rockers Sugarshock in an intergalactic battle of the bands penned by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and gorgeously drawn by Fabio Moon; Peter Bagge's (Hate) hilarious Founding Fathers Funnies; the POV narrative of Adam Warren's neurotic female superhero, Empowered; Steve Niles and Brian Churilla's werewolf/vampire superhero duo, Scratch and Suck; a creepy Christmas yarn from Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and his B.P.R.D. creative compatriots; and Eric Powell's the Goon handled in cartoony fashion by five different illustrators. A veritable buffet of exactly what makes comics good, this is a solid winner. (Oct.)
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From Booklist:

Comic-book publisher Dark Horse teamed up with the Web site MySpace.com to produce the monthly online content and graphic stories that are reproduced in this anthology. Standouts include Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon’s “Sugarshock,” a story about an intergalactic rock band competing in a Battle of the Bands, and “A Circuit Closed,” by Ezra Clayton Daniels and Richard Lee, about a young girl with a mysterious device she uses to find her “connection.” There is an abundance of horror stories, which range from being screaming great fun to downright scary. “The Axeman,” by Haden Blackman and Cary Nord, the story of a jazz-loving serial killer, and “The Nocturnal Adventures of Scratch and Suck,” by Steve Niles and Brian Churilla, about the seemingly heroic capers of a werewolf and a vampire, have spooky twists readers will enjoy. Dark Horse has taken great care to reprint on paper the vibrant art and interesting stories that originally appeared online. This collection is recommended for fans of both online comics and the particular creators collected in this volume. Grades 9-12. --Kevin King

About this edition

• Publisher: Dark Horse
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593079982
• ISBN 13: 9781593079987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176