Comic News: Pirate Eye Returns

Last year, Joe Grahn and Carl Yonder's unique take on the noir genre, "Pirate Eye" caught a lot of folks by surprise.  One thing is for certain though, as soon as it came out people were clamoring for more "pirate noir".  Well, Joe and Carl are back and they are delivering another new adventure from Smitty, the pirate turned private eye with "Pirate Eye:  A Pirate's Life is Not for Me"

Pirate Eye returns for another Pirate Noir packed story in Pirate Eye: A Pirates Life Is Not For Me.

The ex-pirate and now high-seas detective known as Smitty gets a rude reminder of his past when a pirate ship comes to town. With the pirates seeing Smitty as their best chance at recovering a valuable map stolen by a defector, he gets pulled into a deeper, darker world of deceit and debauchery.

Cannon fire meets hard-boiled introspection in the latest chapter of ‘buccanoir’ adventure written by Joe Grahn and featuring the exquisite are of Carl Yonder.

Pirate Eye: A Pirates Life Is Not For Me is a one-shot that is listed in the this months issue of Previews (Diamond Order Code FEB130670) and is currently available for pre-order at your local comic retailer, or various online vendors such as DCBService.com and TFAW.com.

ABOUT ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

Action Lab Entertainment was founded in 2010 by a group of independent comic creators with the sole intent to bring the world the most action packed, thought-provoking, entertaining comics available, thereby ushering in a new age of world peace under the dominating, yet benign control of the Action Lab. Action Lab Entertainment is the public front for all the activities of the Action Lab and its members. Although most of the Action Lab’s activities remain classified, Action Lab Entertainment can disclose that two of its many functions are the marketing of comic books through various sales outlets, and the expansion of their domination into other mediums.

Action Lab also received two Eisner nominations in 2012 for its critically-acclaimed comic Princeless, and has been praised for its diverse library of titles, including Double Jumpers, Fracture, Pirate Eye, and The Order of Dagonet.

Their website is http://www.actionlabcomics.com.

Comic News: Green Arrow Passed To Lemire

Green Arrow #17 Cover

   It has been no secret that Green Arrow is one of the titles that DC wants to push and mke Oliver Queen a big hero. Problem is, since the relaunch back last year, the book has gone through several creative changes. Yet, fear not. Writer Jeff Lemire will be taking over the title as of Green Arrow #17 and plans a long run with the title and character. Along with him will be former I, Vampire artist Andrea Sorrento.

  Lemire commented to Newsrama:


 The Green Arrow stuff that I've responded to from the past is the Mike Grell stuff. I've liked a lot of other stuff, but I think for me, the direction and the mood and the tone that I really want is something much darker and more aggressive and really fast-paced action.

So this is my chance to do something in the vein of all the best Punisher stories or Daredevil stories or Batman stories – a really good crime noir story. So yeah, that's kind of the direction we're taking.

And especially Andrea now on our team. He has such a bold style, and he uses black so much and shadow. He's got a dark look to his art, but it perfectly suits the emotional tone of the book.

  Lemire stated that he is using the clean slate that the New 52 has given him to redefine the character and his mythology while staying true to the core. His rebuilding GA's mythos and his crime noir approach might be what the book needs to boost sales. And considering how Lemire has been writing Justice League Dark , Animal Man and more with big acclaim, this formula should work for Green Arrow. Green Arrow #17, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Andrea Sorrento, will hit stores this February.