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July 06 2006

"Dark Horse 20 Years" comic book out this week. A celebratory issue (hey it's only 25 cents!) which amongst other things has Joss making his artistic debut with his take on 'Emily The Strange'.

Simon | Printed matter | 12:16 CET | 15 comments total | tags: dark horse, joss whedon, emily the strange

I shall be buying this in approximately 1 to 2 hours.

Derf | July 06, 14:07 CET

3.5 to 4 hours for me. :-)

Really looking forward to seeing who everyone else drew for it.

Niels(Telltale) | July 06, 14:39 CET

Yup, have it now. Funny thing--I also got (among way too many other things) the Hack/Slash: Slice Hard preview book, and one of the character designs in the back had a note with it that read:

Sorta "Summer Glau"

I didn't actually see much of a likeness, but still, of the awesome.

Niels(Telltale) | July 06, 19:47 CET

For everyone attending Comic-Con. The Browncoat Tables at A11 and A12 will have a couple hundred of these for sale. Just in case you can wait to pick one up.

danregal | July 06, 20:09 CET

My local comic book store only ordered one (1!) copy of the anniversary issue (it was a mistake, he meant to get 100, he said) but I've gone ahead and ordered ten copies from Midtowncomics, they always have what I need.

embers | July 06, 22:37 CET

I liked the Fray sketch in the issue. Joss' drawing was surreally great. One day I'd like to find out how he approached it.

Simon | July 06, 22:38 CET

How Joss approached it? By putting as many Doctor Strange references in the drawing as possible, obviously. The Dread Cat Dormammu is awesome.

Niels(Telltale) | July 06, 22:51 CET

So, who'd like to tell me where I can order this from in England? Or do I actually have to brave a comic shop?

Jona | July 06, 23:33 CET

You can order it from forbidden planet but seeing as it's only 15p I'd recommend just popping in somewhere (if you have anywhere local) and picking up a copy.

Paul_Rocks | July 06, 23:51 CET

Can anyone offer a quicky summary of who Emily the Strange is? I've heard of Dr. Strange, I think...

miri47 | July 07, 00:16 CET

I went into my local comicbook store today to pick up a copy and when I went up to pay for it, the owner of the shop reached back, got something and said "Your Angel script 2 came in and I thought you would want this too" and he pulled out the Dark Horse celebratory issue. I had to face it then and there. I have a local comic book store and the owner sets aside stuff he knows I'll want.
I am a nerd.

Lioness | July 07, 05:16 CET

Can anyone offer a quicky summary of who Emily the Strange is?

I can't tell you about story, but if you saw the image (Images Google search?) of what she looks like, it would probably ring a bell. HTH! :-)

billz | July 07, 10:00 CET

Join the club, Lioness. Not only do I have a comic book store, but I have a box at that store! They accidentally gave me the slip of paper with my requests on it one day and it said "anything to do with Joss Wedon", so I added the 'h' ;-). I did ask for this one on order so expect I look forward to picking it up on the weekend.

samatwitch | July 07, 11:40 CET

I had to face it then and there. I have a local comic book store and the owner sets aside stuff he knows I'll want. I am a nerd.

Welcome to our proud and illustrious secret society! :-D

Seriously, though, I've heard this sort of story a couple of times now on Whedonesque, and I'm glad we're slowly getting rid of the myth of the Simpsons-style Comic Book Guy. I'm sure those still exist, too, but most comic shop guys I've met are very friendly people.

[ edited by Telltale on 2006-07-07 12:00 ]

Niels(Telltale) | July 07, 13:57 CET

Simon, you wouldn't per chance be able to tell me where you picked up the comic if it was in Belfast? Should I head to Forbidden Planet? I'm a bit of a novice at finding my way around the shop but I would definitely like to get this.

Razor | July 09, 01:51 CET

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