Dr Volts Comics, Rants and Random Thoughts

Sale and Signing

2011-04-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

Signing April 2nd

2011-03-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

Tv news

2010-10-08T12:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay folks.

brought to you by the good folks at BIG SHINY ROBOT

BSG Cast Member to Play Deathstroke on Smallville

Monday, October 4th, 2010 at 4:43 pm Category: DC, Superman, Television

I just read over at IGN that Michael Hogan who played Colonel Tigh on Battlestar Galactica will be playing Deathstroke this season on Smallville. For those of you that don’t know who Deathstroke is, he is a mercenary. A normal human uses only 10% of their brain capacity, while Deathstroke uses 90%. All in all I’m pretty excited for it, I mean look! He already has the eyepatch look down! You can read the original article over at IGN.

Comic-con report

2010-07-28T12:33:00.001-07:00

Hey folks,

Here is the Comic-con report from our intrepid explorer Jeremiah.

http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/15313

Cool stuff for this week

2010-06-24T11:25:00.000-07:00

Cool stuff to check out for this week, courtesy of Big Shiny Robot and our in store reviewer.
Check them out at
Big Shiny Robot

Superman #700

ITS A BIRD! ITS A PLANE! ITS SUPERMAN #700! Yeah yeah I know that was cheesy but can ya blame me? I am so excited for this. Not only does it mark the end of the last couple of year of New Krypton story, which I liked but thought it lasted way too long. It also marks the beginning of J. Michael Straczynski’s run on the book. This is something I’ve been excited about for quite a while. From how he has spoken about the character he seems like he has a good grasp of how Superman should be written. If you want a little something extra to prove how JMS has been “knocking out of the park” over at DC, track down Brave and the Bold #33. It was a story that featured Wonder Woman, Zatanna, and Batgirl. There is also a third story set in Superman’s past written by the man who killed Superman, Dan Jurgens!

Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark

A shark that hunts on land? A grizzly bear that hunts at sea? With a tagline like “THEY GOT MIXED UP” how can you not go wrong with a book like this. This book just looks like all sorts of fun and its brought to you by Jason Howard and local Utah artist Ryan Ottley. Ottley is best known for his work on the blockbuster Invincible series also from Image Comics. I’m going to go so far as to say if you don’t pick this up then you are not a fan of fun!

As always my picks and everything on the following list can be picked up or ordered from Dr Volts Comics! So get your pen and paper and make your pull lists because here are the books that come out this week!

New weekly reviews

2010-06-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, We are finally going to start the weekly reviews for the store. I want to thank Jeramiah and the folks at Big Shiny Robot for making and hosting these reviews. So here we go.

New Avengers #1

When this book was first solicited my first thought was, “We have 3 ongoing Avengers books coming out before this. Why do we need another and why do they have to restart New Avengers with a new #1?” Well I had a chance to read this last week and oh my stars was I bitching for no reason! This book is fun and gets into the super-heroing action right away as Luke brings the team together and something funky is going on with the former and current sorcerer supremes. As a first issue this has been my favorite of the recent influx of Avengers books! Go get this I say!

Atlas #2

If you haven’t been reading Agents of Atlas over the last few years then you’ve been missing out on a real treat. In my opinion you can’t go wrong with a book that has a killer robot and gorilla with machine guns! And with the restart of this series in the age of heroics writer Jeff Parker has gone and made 3D Man a character that I actually care about. So if you like fun then give this book a try. And if you’re already reading it then you are doing something right in life!

Charity auction

2010-06-08T15:33:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who bought items online and in store. We managed to raise a lot of money for Jake to pay off his medical bills. And remember we still have some of the specialty items left in store if you want to help out still.

Avengers day

2010-05-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

Alright, Marvel has another promotional gimmick on its way. Its Avengers Day. What will be going on is that Marvel is sending us some special variant covers for the large amount of Avengers tie-in books coming out on May 19th. As well as a truly staggering amount of giveaway material.
So to help celebrate the new Avengers #1 we will be giving out all that free stuff, as well as running some sales and specials to give all my wonderful customers a special treat.

Free Comic Day

2010-05-03T12:38:00.000-07:00

I wish to thank everyone who came out for Free Comic Day. We had a great time, and the turnout was even better that we expected.

Sale and Heroclix tournament

2010-03-29T14:12:00.000-07:00

I want to thank everyone that came out for our surprise sale. It seemed like everyone had fun. Also we are running Heroclix tournaments every other Saturday. So check the website for more info on that.

New Year Signing

2010-01-14T13:03:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I know it is a little late but here are the pics from our new years signing. And I want to thank Jake Blake, Ryan Ottley, and Derrek Hunter for coming out.

2009-12-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

T-shirts are in.

As you can see from our employee modeling, our new Dr Volts shirts are in. And they can be yours for the low low price of $15.

As this will be the last post before Christmas I want to wish everyone happy holidays

T-Shirt Contest

2009-10-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

We have a winner for the first ever Dr Volts T-Shirt contest. Everyone congratulate John for his incredible entry. I also want to say thank you to everyone else who entered, and that just because you didn't win now doesn't mean we wont use your artwork in the future.

Sale and Signing

2009-10-03T12:01:00.000-07:00

I want to thank everyone who came out for the weekend sale and signing. I would also like to send a big thanks to Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber for coming all the way out here to see us.
The weekend was one of the best Why Not sales yet and we had a huge response of people coming out to see Jeff and Steve, and check out the new book Underground. I think I speak for everyone in saying that we enjoyed the book and can't wait till issue #2.

T-shirt Contest update

2009-09-25T12:14:00.001-07:00

Due to massive demand, we will be extending the contest deadline till October 21st.

T-shirt Contest

2009-09-12T15:57:00.000-07:00

DR VOLTS T-SHIRT CONTEST

Dr Volts is looking to made a T-Shirt!
But alas we have no logo for it!

Do you want to show off your artistic skills?

Do you want to have the bragging rights
of making the logo for our new T-Shirts?

Would you like to win a $50 gift certificate to spend
on whatever you want in the store?

Then all you have to do is come up with a design that
we like enough to plaster on the front of a shirt!

You can draw/design/make the logo however you choose
the only requirement is that you have to include the stores
name into the logo!

Submissions due end of day Friday, Sept. 25th
Winer will be announced Sat., Sept. 26th during the signing

Signing

2009-09-06T11:47:00.000-07:00

Hey just some more info on the signing for you

We have both Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber coming in on Saturday the 26th of Sept. from 12 -3pm.
Under his belt Jeff has Mysterius the Unfathomable from DC, Exiles, and Agents of Atlas from Marvel. Steve drew Whiteout from Oni, which comes out in theaters this week (so go see it). They will be promoting their new book Underground from Image. I have seen the sneek peek of the first issue and it will be GOOD.

So everyone come out that day and say hi.

Jake black article

2009-09-03T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hey guys check out this article about Jake Black writer of the Enders Game comics

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080930-Jake-Black-Enders.html

Article and signing

2009-09-03T12:08:00.000-07:00

We got Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber to come do a signing, more on that as I put details together.

We also have an article written about the store by Gavin Sheehan

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-1966-dr-volts.html

check it out and tell us what you think.

movie time

2009-08-13T12:14:00.000-07:00

I finally saw G.I Joe over the weekend.

It was pretty much what I expected of it. A lot of fighting, some good special effects. Just make sure you turn off your brain before you go into the theater, and as a favor to all of us don't take it to seriously.

Post July 4th shipment

2009-07-06T13:23:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, I just wanted to tell you that there will be no delay in the shipment this week due to the holiday. I hope everyone had a great 4th and enjoyed the fireworks.

Free comics and Star Trek

2009-05-11T12:42:00.000-07:00

I know its a little late for the Free Comic Day review, but here it goes.

We had so many people come into the shop that it was standing room only, and you had to shuffle to get anywhere. I think everyone loved the comics on display, especially the new DC Blackest Night. I know this because we ran out of almost everything in about 2 hours. Next year I order more. I want to thank everyone who came out to see us, most of all the new people who used this as their first intro into the greater comic world. We hope that everyone had fun and we expect to see you come in soon.

Now as for Star Trek

As usual for a Star Trek movie the actual science is murky and there are a couple of plot holes,
But I coudn't care less. This was the most enjoyable release from the franchise in years. Everything from young Kirk and Spock to the return of Nimoy to the films just made me happy. There was enough action and drama to make this movie fly bye. I just hope that we can get more films based on the new Star Trek reality.

As always, enjoy your day

Welcome to the new website

2009-04-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

Hello, and welcome. I hope that you are having a good time navigating our new website. For those of you looking at the blog on its own, our new site is
www.drvolts.com/

If you have any questions or comments about how we can make the site better, just email us at drvolts@gmail.com

battlestar galactica

2009-03-31T11:20:00.000-07:00

Finally watched the last episode of battlestar. I enjoyed it but I did feed that most of the Caprica flashbacks felt like fillers to pad out the episode. I am not going to go into a long rant about what I felt everything in the series really signified so don't worry about that. I did feel that the ending was fairly abrubt. Look they found Earth, lets give up all our technology and live on the land with the nice primitive peoples. They only thing I really would like an answer to is what ever happened to the cylons that went off in the base ship.

I could watch a quick mini-series about that.

Watchmen

2009-03-12T13:26:00.000-07:00

I know this review is a little late, but I'm lazy.

I thought the movie was incredible. It stayed true to the story in the book but changed enough to make it work in the theater. After all, would an alien really have worked at the end? Even though it was almost 3 hours I was never bored or temped to start dozing like with other movies that length.
The only downside I see is that if your not familiar with the book you won't enjoy as much as us comic geeks, and the hard R rating and run length will hurt it in the box office.
I can't wait for the extended DVD with the extra scenes and the Black Freighter story.

2009-03-02T14:47:00.000-08:00

I am posting a link here to a newsarama story about the Planet Karen webcomic. It is a great comic and and horrible situation, so read some of the comic and donate what you can.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030902-Planet-Karen.html

Coraline

2009-03-02T14:33:00.000-08:00

A little late for the movie review but here it goes.

See it!

Actually that was fairly easy.

This is a great film and better adaptation than most from a comic story. I highly recommend you see it in 3D if you can, it adds a little something extra to the experience.

Oh and read the book too.

TV and Comic Review

2009-02-17T11:14:00.000-08:00

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
I enjoyed the first episode immensely. The premise of customizing the memories and skills of people to fit different situations is a great premise. The story and action in the show draw you in and make you believe in the characters. I also think Eliza Dushku does an excellent job portraying the different personalities in the show. The show also brings to mind another series from a few years back call La Femme Nikita. I believe that fans of that show will also appreciate Dollhouse.

R.E.B.E.L.S.
A new series from DC comics.
by Tony Bedard and Andy Clarke
A new series that contiues the characters from the L.E.G.I.O.N. books. The first issue starts you off in the middle of the action and never lets up. You can read this story without any background, but if you want a little more backstory I would read some of the old L.E.G.I.O.N. books as well as the Supergirl and the Legions stories that DC put out. I highly recomend this book to everyone.

Presidents day

2009-02-13T11:27:00.000-08:00

Holiday update

We will be open on Monday for Presidents day, and there will be no shipment delay.

Review

2009-02-06T11:55:00.000-08:00

Back again. Sorry for the wait. I have been reading Girl genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio. It is a collection of steampunk adventures revolving around the main character, Agatha Clay. I must recommend this book to anyone who likes a good adventure story mixed in with some humor.

Comic Report

2009-01-08T17:04:00.000-08:00

Alright here we go.
First up is Wolverine. If you haven't been reading the old man logan storyline, well I'm sorry for you. Pick it up. You will not regret it, it is the best wolverine story in years.

Next, Devils Panties vol. 2
This is the newest book from Jennie Breeden. It is a wonderfull webcomic that details some of her adventures in real life, mixed in with some great story ideas. This book is the long overdue second collection of her online strips.

Last for today is Incognito. Now I know if you follow any of the online blogs you will have already heard about this book, but I am going to put my two cents in.
Coming from the team that brought you Criminal (also a must read book), comes a look at an amoral superhero story in a crime noir setting. for more I must insist you come in and take a look at the comic

Ok, thats it, I'm all done ranting. You can go home now

Sale ending

2009-01-02T17:19:00.000-08:00

We'll this is it. The Dr Volts holiday sale ends on Saturday. I suggest that if you were looking at anything in store you come in and get it before the end of the day.
I would also like to thank everyone for a great holiday season and I hope you all had a great time.

another comic delay + movie review

2008-12-26T07:56:00.000-08:00

It is my sad duty to report another comic delay

So due to the huge holiday season my boxes are lost somewhere on a truck at UPS. This despite the fact that the customer service people said that they would be ready and waiting for me. Just goes to show you never trust what the computers tell people, call and ask the ones actually working there. This means that there will be 2 new comic days next week, monday and friday.

On to better news, I say Slumdog Millonaire yesterday. Great movie, I couldn't have wished for a better Christmas movie. It was sad, dramatic, and uplifting in all the right places. I call it a must see for the season. Make sure to stay for the credits to see the extra scene.

Comics delayed

2008-12-24T10:52:00.000-08:00

Due to the vortex of insanity that is the combination of UPS and Diamond Comics, our comics will be delayed until friday. I now need to rest my head, as I have been beating it against the wall having to talk to the various customer service reps.

Have a merry Christmas from the first ever Dr Volts blog