Upcoming Furry Comics for June 2003

Doodles sent us his latest compilation of furry comics appearing in Previews. Read More for the complete list!This is a big month, as the publishers and distributors are all ramping up for Summer. Just take a peek at this stuff...

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DARK HORSE
Usagi Yojimbo #67 - $2.99 - order #APR030041
Part two of "Sumi-e," Sakai's tribute to Japan's giant monsters. Jotaro has been kidnapped by the evil artist, and he has to fight to keep himself and his fellow captives alive while Usagi and Sasuke battle through many of the monsters of Japan's mythology to get to the children before it's too late. I'm all a-twitter.

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DC COMICS
Human Defense Corps #2 - $2.50 - order #APR030190
There's a talking gorilla in a lab coat. I had no idea Dr. Conway worked at DC. =};-3

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Cartoon Cartoons #19 - $2.25 - order #APR030205
Includes art by Mike Kazaleh. Dexter grows a playmate for Dee-Dee out of a salad, I.M. Weasel & I.R. Baboon cause the fall of Rome, and Courage battles alien trees. What, no Ed, Edd & Eddy?

Looney Tunes #103 - $2.25 - order #APR030206
The Three Little Pigs meet Daffy Duck, Super Salesman, and wish for the return of the wolf. Meanwhile, Bugs has to deal with a carrot-stealing supermarket. Sounds like it's food boosting time.

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Scooby-Doo #73 - $2.25 - order #APR030209
There's a shape shifting gremlin in Boston. Who knew AMC was so popular in Bean Town?

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Thundercats: The Return #5 - $2.95 - order #APR030223
The conclusion of the second miniseries as Lion-O and Mumm-Ra face off once again with the fate of Third Earth at stake. Haven't we been here before?

Thundercats: Reclaiming Thundera TP - $12.95 - order #APR030224
Collecting the first miniseries.

Thundercats: Dogs of War - $2.95 - order #APR030226
Yet _another_ Thundercats series begins, as a now elderly Lion-O must seek out Mumm-Ra to help Third Earth fight off an invasion by a savage race of canines. I'd have just sought out Alpo... Written by John Layman with art by Brett Booth.

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IMAGE COMICS
Liberty Meadows #32 - $2.95 - order #APR031284
THE COW IS BACK! Talk about sour milk...

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Liberty Meadows HC Vol. 1: Eden - $24.95 - order #APR031285
This book collects the first nine issues of the comic, as well as adding 16 pages cover and sketch galleries not seen before.

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ANTARCTIC PRESS
Gold Digger #44 - $2.99 - order #APR031982

Gold Digger Pocket Manga #10 - $12.95 - order #APR031983
Collects Gold Digger Volume 2, Issue #s 41-45.

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Ninja High School #107 - $3.95 - order #APR031987

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BLINDWOLF STUDIOS
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Wedding Special - $2.95 - order #APR032059
No, Patrick isn't getting married, but his cousin is. And Patrick is the ringbearer. What could go wrong, hmmmm? Don't answer that, Art Baltazar will.

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CARTOON BOOKS
Bone #54 - $2.95 - order #APR032082
Gran'ma Ben finds out the fate of Lucius, and must soon decide her own fate. One more issue after this one and it's over. Wow, what a ride.

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FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Alice in Sexland Extreme #5 - $3.50 - order #APR032258
ADULTS ONLY - Alice and the gang are still playing around with their batty friend, and the penis pills are being popped like peanuts.

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GEMSTONE PUBLISHING
Uncle Scrooge #328 - $6.95 - order #APR032276
Yep, yet another company is picking up this classic Disney title, and I couldn't be more pleased. The feature story of this 64-page issue is by Don
"Duck Ghod" Rosa, and is about the gang tracing after the famed Lost Dutchman's Mine. Also includes "The Migrating Money" by Carl Barks (With the very first appearance of the Beagle Boys) and a story by Dave Rawson & Manrique. Manrique. Sounds like a go-go dancer at Izbiza...

Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #634 - $6.95 - order #APR032277
Cover and lead story by William Van Horn, while his son Noel does a new Mickey tale. And Daan Jippes finishes a Carl Barks story from his original page layouts called "New Zoo Brews Ado." I'm so happy, I could plotz!

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I-BOOKS
Vic & Blood TP - $17.95 - order #APR032324
This book collects all of Ellison's tales of a boy and his telepathic dog wandering through a post-apocalyptic world. The art was by Richard Corben, and it includes some of his sketchbook material as well.

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LIGHTSPEED PRESS
Finder #32 - $2.95 - order #APR032356
"The Rescuers: Part 1." Jaeger acts as a go-between for a tribe of aristocratic Ascian artists living on a baronial estate. But things go haywire when the baron's son is abducted...

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MIRAGE STUDIOS
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 - $3.95 - order #APR032356
Double-sized issue. The Turtles fight for April's life. As usual.

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MOONSTONE
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Fang and Claw Vol. 1: Raging Fury TP - $16.95 -
order #APR032369
This volume collects the first three graphic novels based on White Wolf's RPG. Sponsored by Purina.

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MU PRESS
Wild #1 - $4.95 - order #APR032374
ADULTS ONLY A new anthology series from MU, this issue has Paul Kidd telling the tale of "The Treasure of the DeLanceys," with art by Mark Moore. And Steve Corbett & Sarah Wheeler (A.K.A. Manawolf) tell a tales called "Sweet Release."

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Jim and Picca GN - $9.95 - order #APR032375
ADULTS ONLY Collecting the tales of Jim and Picca, two of Karno's more gentle and romantic characters. Or as gentle and romantic as Karno gets, anyway...

NBM
Oddballz #8 - $2.95 - order #APR032377

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RADIO COMIX
Furrlough #126 - $2.99 - order #APR032418
"Vixy Vid" returns in another crazy tale of crass consumerism, a new chapter of "Ebin and May," and "Tamara the Barbarienne." Cover by Diana Harlan-Stein

Genus #60 - $3.50 - order #APR032420
This anthology has been going on for ten years, thus making me feel _really_ old and decrepit. But I'll salve my conscience with more of "Rat Maze" by
Brian Sutton and DAQ, along with additional work by Karno, Kyle Hutchings, and Eddie Perkins.

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SHANDA FANTASY ARTS
Shanda the Panda #38 - $4.99 - order #APR032428
The staff dresses up for Halloween.

Extinctioners: Tales of the Endangered #1 - $4.99 - order #APR032429
A new anthology based on Shawntae Howard's series. Features work by Howard, Jesus Tello, Terrie Smith, Malcolm Earle and others

Sheba Volume 3 #3 - $4.99 - order #APR032430
Sheba returns with an army of dead pharaohs, who later form a band with Sam Sham...

That is it for this month, fuzzies. See you in 30!