Preview Mondays: NIGHTWING #8, DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD #2 and MAD #515

For this week’s installment of Preview Mondays, we’re giving you exclusive first looks at NIGHTWING #8, DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD #2 and MAD #515.

 

The “Night of the Owls” has begun! Following the shocking revelation (SPOILER ALERT!) that Dick Grayson was originally intended to be a Talon, Nightwing must work to save both his name and Mayor Hady from The Court of Owls’ assassin targeting him. But when Grayson arrives to City Hall only to find innocent blood has already been shed, will he have failed his mission before it’s even truly begun? And how does turn-of-the-century era Gotham factor into all of this? Find out in NIGHTWING #8, written by Kyle Higgins and illustrated by Eddy Barrows, Ruy Jose and Eber Ferreira. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

 

Last month marked the launch of DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD. In the series’ premiere issue, you were introduced to Dominique Laveau, a New Orleans college student who is believed to have ties to the murder of the Voodoo Queen by the royal court. In the series’ second issue, learn more about the origins of Dominique’s family and why she’s become a target of these supernatural forces. Click here to see an exclusive preview of DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD #2, written by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and illustrated by Denys Cowan and John Floyd.

 

For over fifty years, “Spy vs. Spy” has appeared in the pages of MAD Magazine. This dastardly pair (one dressed in black and one dressed in white) has continued to one-up the other, til death do they part. In MAD #515, writer/artist Peter Kuper continues this longstanding and classic tradition with his new strip depicting this diabolical duo of double-cross and deceit. Click here to see the latest installment of “Spy vs. Spy” and be sure to pick up a copy of MAD #515 when it hits newsstands on April 24th.

And the DC Entertainment 2012 Eisner Award Nominees are…

The nominees for the 2012 Eisner Awards have been announced – and DC Entertainment has been honored with 15 nominations, including two shared with Chronicle Books!

 

Considered by many to be "The Oscars" of comic book industry awards,the winners will be named this July at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the largest and oldest comic convention in the United States.

 

DC Entertainment congratulates all of this year’s nominees. For the full list click here.



And now for our 2012 Eisner Award Nominees:
 
Best Limited Series

FLASHPOINT: BATMAN – KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Collected in the FLASHPOINT: THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT FEATURING BATMAN TP)

THE NEW YORK FIVE, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Collected in THE NEW YORK FIVE TP)


Best Writer:

Jeff Lemire, ANIMAL MAN; FLASHPOINT: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN, FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E., SWEET TOOTH


Best Single Issue:

THE UNWRITTEN #24: “Stairway to Heaven” by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Collected in THE UNWRITTEN VOL. ON TO GENESIS TP)


Best Reality-Based Work:

MARZI: A MEMOIR, by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia


Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12)

THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, by Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (Collected in THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP)


Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

THE SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC, by Sheldon Mayer


Best Graphic Album—Reprint

WE3 DELUXE EDITION HC, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely


Best Writer:

Mike Carey, THE UNWRITTEN


Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:

Michael Allred, iZOMBIE


Best Cover Artist:

Michael Allred, iZOMBIE

Yuko Shimizu, THE UNWRITTEN


Best Coloring:

Laura Allred, iZOMBIE


Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books:
THE
MAD FOLD-IN COLLECTION by Al Jaffee (Chronicle)

Best Publication Design:
THE
MAD FOLD-IN COLLECTION designed by Michael Morris (Chronicle)

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