By now, I’m sure that the more tenured members of the readership know about my attending the bi-annual NY NOW Gifting Show for the purposes of content on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” and you can see some of our historical stuff by clicking the hyperlinked text. As I’ve mentioned, the show runs twice each year and I’ve just recently attended their Summer Market and was once again able to secure some cool intel for you to be up to speed on what is coming from the Quarto Books publishing company.
We love visiting the Quarto Brooks booth when wandering the NY NOW show and back during the Winter Market there was not a lot of new things to share with you. Only the Kaiju book and a Judas Priest item. To see those as a reminder click HERE. This time around there were several new items, such as “Rush at 50”. Continue reading Music Biographies from Quarto Books @ NY NOW Summer Market 2025→
It was a few months ago when I mentioned to the readership that I am a regular media attendee at the NY NOW Gifting Show over at the Javits Center and I was recently at their Winter Showcase. The show is curated by Emerald Expositions and held twice a year and since a lot can change or be released in that time I will go to both shows. Once again I was able to find some interesting items in the publishing section and Quarto Books.
Having already pointed out how fond I am of their releases I don’t think that I need to do it again and sadly there would only be two new editions for me to speak to you about. The books I talked about in my post from the 2024 Summer Market can be perused by clicking HERE if you think you’d like to see what ones you need in your collection but let’s get down to business with this amazing reference books “Kaiju Unleashed: An Illustrated History”. Continue reading Music Biographies from Quarto Books @ NY NOW Winter Market 2025→
For the last few years, I’ve been attending the massive gifting show known as NY NOW for “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” website and that’s because I usually find myself seeing the kinds of things that were more applicable to that side of the creative coin. However, since there is usually a big publishing presence at the trade show and many of those items fit better here on PiercingMetal, I’m going to share some special features with you right here based on a visit to the Quarto Books publisher booth.
It’s without question that we just love the output from Quarto Books here at the PiercingMetal High Command and their books are not only beautiful to look at and leaf through but they are massive as well. Let’s start off with “Alice Cooper @75” by Gary Graff. These cover images were secured from Amazon to have a nice clean visual.
Artist: Jeff Loeb/Ed McGuinness/Dexter Vines Title: “Superman/Batman: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice Special Edition” #1 Label: DC Comics Release Date: 3/23/2016 Genre: Illustrated Rating: 3.5/5
Arriving just in time for the Warner Brothers Pictures release “Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice” comes this free issue of “Superman/Batman” #1 which has been rebranded for the film as a Special Edition. Those who already possess the original issue might still want to snag this based on the change in title and to have a nice new sleek copy of it if you’re able to get a physical edition. You can get that at your local participating comic book specialty shop like I did and all the rest will have to be served by the complimentary digital download. So what is going on in this issue you might be wondering? Well let’s address that. Continue reading Out Now: “Superman/Batman: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Special Edition” #1→
Artist: Various Artists Title: “DC Comics: The New 52” Label: DC Comics Release Date: 12/13/2011 Genre: Illustrated Medium Rating: 4/5
This past September, DC Comics restarted its own history by cancelling numerous titles and relaunching them under the branding of “The New 52”. The massive event follows the epic “Flashpoint” series and becomes the perfect jumping on point for new fans of the medium and these classic characters. Many of them continued along as if nothing happened while many others received new costumes, origins and supporting characters. The entire batch of #1 issues have been collected into a massive hardcover “Omnibus” that spans some 1260 pages and gives you the whole new beginning scoop in one bookshelf worthy collectible. Having reviewed 85% of these titles for the official blog, I am pasting those overview thoughts in the review for this book as the full on content will be the same.
