'Forever Evil' #1 And Other Comics Of Note, September 4th

DC follows up Trinity War with a blowout, and it's just the first issue. Reviews of all the DC villains one-shots, and books from Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW and Boom! under the jump.



The Crime Society of America has shown up, and they drop some pretty nasty bombs right off the top in Forever Evil #1. The less said, the better, but a lot happens in this book, and it's Geoff Johns at his best. Johns enjoys mixing continuity with major surprises, and this delivers, to say the least.

New Releases 9/3/2013

HARDCOVER AMI AND MARTIN by Yvonne Bouchard and Yvonne Bouchar CAIN'S BLOOD: A NOVEL by Geoffrey Girard DARK LYCAN (CARPATHIAN) by Christine Feehan HAPPY HOUR IN HELL (BOBBY DOLLAR) by Tad Williams INTO THAT FOREST by Louis Nowra ISAAC ASIMOV'S I ROBOT: TO OBEY by Mickey Zucker Reichert MADDADDAM: A NOVEL by Margaret Atwood MAGE'S BLOOD (THE MOONTIDE QUARTET) by David Hair MONSTERS OF THE EARTH (THE BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS) by David Drake SACRIFICE by Sam Humphries, Daniel Chabon and Dalton Rose SHAMAN by Kim Stanley Robinson STAR TREK: THE ART OF JUAN ORTIZ by Juan Oritz STYXX (DARK-HUNTER) by Sherrilyn Kenyon THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT AWAITS US ALL by Laird Barron THE GIVEN SACRIFICE: A NOVEL OF THE CHANGE (CHANGE SERIES) by S. M. Stirling THE GRIM COMPANY by Luke Scull THE LAST PRESIDENT (A NOVEL OF DAYBREAK) by John Barnes THE SHADOW LAMP (BRIGHT EMPIRES, QUEST THE 4TH) by Stephen R. Lawhead UNDER A GRAVEYARD SKY by John Ringo PAPERBACK A WICKED KIND OF DARK by Jonathan K. Benton BAD NIGHTS by Rebecca York BETWEEN TWO FIRES by Christopher Buehlman BORN TO BITE by Hannah Howell, Erica Ridley and Diana Cosby CAPTAIN VORPATRIL'S ALLIANCE (VORKOSIGAN SAGA) by Lois McMaster Bujold CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT: AN OCTOBER DAYE NOVEL by Seanan McGuire COLD DAYS: A NOVEL OF THE DRESDEN FILES by Jim Butcher DAMEK'S REDEMPTION (LEGACY) by NJ Walters DARK IN THE WOODS by Rosemary Laurey DAUGHTER OF THE SWORD: A NOVEL OF THE FATED BLADES by Steve Bein DAYBREAK (A DARK AGE DAWNING NOVEL) by Ellen Connor DEARLY, BELOVED (DEARLY, DEPARTED) by Lia Habel GEEK GIRLS DON'T DATE DUKES by Gina Lamm HALF A CROWN (SMALL CHANGE) by Jo Walton HALF BLIND (FREELANCE MAGIC) by Christine Price HAVE MONSTER, WILL TRAVEL (MONSTERS IN HOLLYWOOD) by Lila DuBois HEROES LOST AND FOUND (BLAZE OF GLORY) by Sheryl Nantus HOW TO DATE A DRAGON by Ashlyn Chase HUNTER'S HEART: AN ALPHA PACK NOVEL by J.D. Tyler LORD OF MOUNTAINS: A NOVEL OF THE CHANGE (CHANGE SERIES) by S. M. Stirling MADDADDAM: A NOVEL (RANDOM HOUSE LARGE PRINT) by Margaret Atwood MAIDEN FLIGHT (DRAGON KNIGHTS (SAMHAIN)) by Bianca D'Arc MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON / ORPHANS OF THE SKY by Robert A. Heinlein 5 MY REGELENCE RAKE (SCI-REGENCY) by J L Langley PATHFINDERRUINS by Orson Scott Card PRIESTS OF MARS (WARHAMMER 40,000) by Graham McNeill REALM OF SHADOWS (THE ALLIANCE VAMPIRES) by Heather Graham REANIMATORS by Peter Rawlik REVENANT EVE by Sherwood Smith RITUAL MAGIC by Eileen Wilks RUINS (PATHFINDER) by Orson Scott Card SEX AND THE SINGLE PRINCESS (FAIRYTALE FANTASIES) by Bonnie Dee and Marie Treanor SOUL KISSED (SHADOW KISSED) by Erin Kellison STORIES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL by Herman Graf THE ANGEL STONE: BOOK THREE OF THE FAIRWICK TRILOGY (THE FAIRWICK TRILOGY) by Juliet Dark THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME FIVE by Lucy Taylor, Ramsey Campbell, Margo Lanagan and Laird Barron THE CLOCKWORK MAN (THE RADIUM AGE SCIENCE FICTION SERIES) by Edwin Vincent Odle and Annalee Newitz THE DEATH OF INTEGRITY (SPACE MARINE BATTLES) by Guy Haley THE ETERNAL HIGHLANDER by Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands THE LAST THRESHOLD: NEVERWINTER SAGA, BOOK IV (DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FORGOTTEN REALMS: NEVERWINTER SAGA) by R. A. Salvatore THE LEGEND OF DRIZZT 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, BOOK I by R. A. Salvatore THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF TIME TRAVEL SF by Mike Ashley THE PROTECTED (FBI PSYCHICS) by Shiloh Walker THE SAVAGE DEAD by Joe McKinney THE SUICIDE SHOP by Jean Teule and Sue Dyson THE UNDEAD HORDES OF KANGUL (SHADOW WARRIOR SAGA) by Jon F. Merz THE VIRUS by Steven Spellman VAMPIRES NEED NOT...APPLY?: AN ACCIDENTALLY YOURS NOVEL by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff VORACIOUS (CLARE POINT VAMPIRES) by V.K. Forrest WOULD-BE WITCH (A SOUTHERN WITCH NOVEL) by Kimberly Frost ZERO POINT (THE OWNER) by Neal Asher GRAPHIC NOVELS/MANGA ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN! ARCHIVES VOLUME 3 HC AGE OF ULTRON HC AMERICAN VAMPIRE TPB VOL. 04 ANIMAL MAN TPB VOL. 3 ROTWORLD THE RED KINGDOM BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT TPB VOL. 01 BIONIC MAN TPB VOL. 02 BIGFOOT BLOOD BLOCKADE BATTLEFRONT VOLUME 4 TPB BOMB QUEEN DELUXE ED HC VOL. 03 CLASSIC SPACE 1999 SC EVERYTHING THAT WAS CONAN RED NAILS ORIGINAL ART ARCHIVES HC DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS TPB DAN THE UNHARMABLE TPB VOL. 02 ENDERS GAME GRAPHIC NOVEL TPB FANBOYS VS. ZOMBIES TPB VOL. 03 G.I. JOE COBRA FILES TPB VOL. 01 GREEN LANTERN HC RISE OF THE THIRD ARMY HELLRAISER DARK WATCH TPB VOL. 01 INFINITY GAUNTLET AFTERMATH TPB INHUMANS BY PAUL JENKINS AND JAE LEE HC IRON MAN BY KURT BUSIEK AND SEAN CHEN OMNIBUS HC KORAK, SON OF TARZAN ARCHIVES VOL. 2 HC LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE TPB VOL. 02 LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT JIM APARO HC VOL. 2 LENORE PURPLE NURPLES HC COLOR ED LONE RANGER TPB VOL. 06 NATIVE GROUND LORD OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL. 02 MERCILESS RISE OF MING TPB MORNING GLORIES TPB VOL. 05 NECESSARY EVIL THE VILLAINS OF THE DC UNIVERSE TPB NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: THE SHINJI IKARI DETECTIVE DIARY VOLUME 1 TPB ONCE UPON A TIME PREM HC PANTHA TPB VOL. 01 GODDESS & DANGEROUS GAME PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL JOAN OF ARC TPB REGGIE 12 HC ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PHANTOM LADY COLL WORKS HC VOL. 02 SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM TPB VOL. 01 SKIPPY HC VOL. 02 COMPLETE DAILIES 1928-1930 SNOOPY COWABUNGA TPB SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TPB VOL. 08 SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIES SC SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN HC VOL. 01 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN HC VOL. 01 DM DITKO VARIANT ED UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS HC VOL. 01 NEW PRINTING WALKING DEAD HC VOL. 09 VIDEO GAMES DIABLO 3 IN THEATERS RIDDICK
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The 20 Greatest Giant Robots Ever: Part 1

All right. Time for the main event of Giant Robot Month. Title says it all so without further ado...



The 20 Greatest Giant Robots Ever

The Anime Music Tournament 2013 Bracket Hanyuu

Innocent Starter, guys? Really? Innocent Starter?!? Hau hau indeed (though I hate that catchphrase)



Every bracket so far has had interesting results (by "interesting", I mean results that make me shake my head when I read them again and again). Let's see what's cooking in the in this group.

Devil Survivor 2 The Animation

I thought that the anime industry was basically done with making Neon Genesis Evangelion rip-offs about 10 to 15 years ago, but here we are in 2013 with Devil Survivor 2 The Animation.



It starts with a high-school boy and his friend enjoying their time after a practice exam, whereupon they get murdered by a train. That's not a spoiler by the way, that's like the first 10 minutes. After that, demons appear, god has apparently said "fuck the world", and he's sent angels Septentriones to destroy everyone. A white-haired pretty boy named Kaworu Alcor gets awfully close to our main character (and isn't all that he seems!) and Gendou another white-haired pretty boy named Yamato also says "fuck the world" in pursuit of his own selfish ideal. There's also a giant weapon kinda hanging out. Daichi can be Asuka or something, who even cares.

Scotland Loves Animation 2013 Festival Line-Up

On the day that , I report about this year's takes place in GLASGOW (OCTOBER 11TH-13TH) and EDINBURGH (OCTOBER 14TH-20TH). If the former bit of news is sad for the loss tat the film and anime world will suffer then the line-up offers positivity because these titles have so much imagination and originality that, even with the Miyazaki-sized hole in anime, great works will still be made.



The line-up features a lot of the biggest anime films released in Japan over the last two years. There are some genuinely lovely surprises like Fuse: A Gun Girl's Detective Story, Garden of Words, and Gusko Budori and some great surprises like Hal and Patema Inverted. Some of these films already have UK distribution deals and some are classics that are getting re-released.

Siege Spots

Hi, I'm Siege, and I'm a poor college student. I can't even afford to buy real people food like eggs and caviar. So I've been thinking: I should find a way to make money. I see the kids these days talking about how much they like anime. I could make an anime, I think.



How hard can it be? That Miyazaki dude does it all the time and makes loads of dough, and he's only 72 years old.