If you grew up during the ’80s and early ’90s (you know — before it was cool to be a geek), you probably remember hearing that video games (and rap, and metal, and Dungeons & Dragons) were all tools of the devil. But what if there were some truth to those rumors? What if those old school cartridge games really were, literally, portals to hell, capable of unleashing a zombie apocalypse? Then you might end up with something like Underbelly’s upcoming comic Nerds Girls Guns & Ghouls, described as “Retro gaming meets the grindhouse” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. Evil Dead.”

Underbelly, for readers who don’t know, is a South Jersey-based review and skit comedy crew who draw their inspiration from video games, comic books, the Internet and all aspects of geek culture. Underbelly has enjoyed huge success, garnering over 25,000 YouTube subscribers, a legion of Facebook fans and weekly video posts that have accumulated over 1.3 million total views. Sounds like Underbelly’s onto something here — and what better to celebrate than with a comic book?

Nerds Girls Guns & Ghouls is an homage to the geek culture Underbelly loves: Despite rumors that an old ’80s game, Castle Quest, has the ability to open a portal to hell, the Underbelly team plays the cartridge they mysteriously receive in the mail, unleashing a zombie apocalypse that can be stopped only with guns and scantily-clad women. (Don’t worry, ladies; this is a “wink, wink, nudge, nudge” kind of deal. I think.) With punchy dialogue and gorgeous artwork — a mix of standard comic art, manga and 8 bit graphics — Nerds Girls Guns & Ghouls looks to be a blast. Unholy video games and geeks with shotguns slaying zombies — what more could you want?

To scope out some of the artwork, visit the comic’s official Facebook page. We can’t wait to get our hands on this!

Alpha Girl #1
By Jeff Roenning and Robert Love

As the year goes on, I’m starting to realize that if you want a diverse, fun line up of titles month in and month out, Image is the place to be. From The Walking Dead to The Strange Talent of Luther Strode to the resurrection of the Extreme Universe, Image literally has a book for anybody. It continues this month with the launch of Alpha Girl, a different look at the apocalypse.

We’ve had the end of days caused by nuclear missiles, zombies and mutants. Alpha Girl is the story of the end of the world caused by perfume. Roenning and Love have crafted a satirical book that takes a very different approach to the end of everything. The story and the art are in perfect synch as the two creators seem to have been working together forever. The colors pop off the page and the story is an entertaining read that will have you looking forward to next month. My only problem is that the first issue seems to end kind of suddenly, like they picked a random spot to end the story at.

Other than that small quibble, Alpha Girl is a great comic. It’s another fine example of why Image needs to exist; books as good as this would have nowhere to go and we would all be the poorer for it.

Winter Soldier #1
By Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice

After returning to comics as a Soviet assassin and then a short stint as Captain America, the Winter Soldier gets his own book as last. The only thing about this that surprises me is that it took Marvel this long to launch Bucky in his own book.

After his “death” in Fear Itself, the Winter Soldier returns as a special ops agent looking to redeem himself and keep the world safe by any means necessary. First up is a mission to find other Soviet sleeper agents like himself, spread out across America. For this book, Brubaker is returning to the espionage, spy thriller storytelling that worked so well when he first started working on Captain America. Add in the Black Widow for a healthy does of sex appeal, and the book reads like a James Bond novel on steroids. Guice is at the top of his from, using lots of panels per page to tell the story. It gives the book a slightly claustrophobic feeling that I could have done without, but his art is just so good that it’s easy to overlook.

If you are a fan of Brubaker’s Captain America, you will feel right at home here. If this is your first time, buckle up and get ready for the kind of book you haven’t seen since Jim Steranko and his work on S.H.E.I.L.D. Yes, it’s that good.

Star Wars – Dawn of the Jedi #0
By John Ostrander and Jan Duursema

I don’t usually review handbook type titles here in the Roundup. Most of the time they just serve as 20 page ads for a new book and aren’t really worth your time or money. But this is Star Wars and as I learned reading Star Wars – Legacy, these 0 issue guidebooks are pretty significant. Ostrander uses it to lay the groundwork for the series and it has a lot of information that you will need to know to enjoy Dawn of the Jedi.

Once Legacy wrapped, everyone wondered what Ostrander and Duursema would do next. It turns out after they went into the future of Star Wars, now they are going to the past to explore its origins. Dawn of the Jedi will show the birth of the Jedi, the Sith, lightsabers, the whole shebang. For this 0 issue, it gives you all the information on the people, places, history and ships of the Dawn of the Jedi era. There is a ton of info here that will be incredibly important once the series starts. Plus you get some simply gorgeous Duursema artwork as well.

It’s a bit pricy at $3.50 and some of the names are barely pronounceable, but for any fan it will be well worth it. If you plan on reading Dawn of the Jedi, skip this book at your own peril.

On this month’s episode of the Geekadelphia Podcast Jo and Dan tackle some Oscar nominations, and sit down with Tony Trov and Johnny Zito of South Fellini.

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It seems that over the last year, one of the key themes in comics has been diversity. Whether it is more female creators in comics or the cancellation of titles featuring non-white, non-male characters, fandom wants a more diverse superhero universe.

Unfortunately, they seem to be shouting into a vacuum as nothing really appears to be changing. Thankfully, there are organizations such as the Asian Arts Initiative to show us where we have been in regard to ethnic characterizations in comics and the possibilities of where we are going.

Starting Feb. 3rd and running through March 23rd, they will be presenting the exhibition Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986. In it they will be showcasing how Asian-Americans have been portrayed over the last four decades in comics and graphic novels.

Highlighting the good and the bad, Gayle Isa, executive director of the Asian Arts Initiative, says “Marvels & Monsters illustrates how images of Asian-Americans have influenced contemporary culture. It’s exciting for the Asian Arts Initiative to bring this show to Philadelphia, as an opportunity for our community to reflect on the stories we want to tell and consider ways we can affect future perceptions.”

In addition, the show will also showcase work be Asian-American creators working in the medium today. It will include work by Larry Hama, David Henry Hwang, Naomi Hirahara, Genny Lim, Greg Pak and many more. The idea is to demonstrate how the representation of Asian-Americans in comics has changed and evolved over time.

So if this sounds like something that would interest you (and why wouldn’t it), check out the website for more information and get ready to learn why every superhero doesn’t need to look like Superman.

The Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine St., Philadelphia
www.asianartsinitiative.org

Mark L. Miller might not be a name you’re familiar with yet, but this March that will all change as he and Zenescope Entertainment bring us the latest Grimm Fairy Tales miniseries, The Jungle Book. Mark was nice enough to answer a few questions about himself, what fans can expect from his take on The Jungle Book and what it’s like to be the new kid on the block at Philly’s own Zenescope Entertainment.

Tell us a bit about yourself. You’re an editor at Ain’t It Cool News, correct?

Yes, I still do edit and occasionally still review on Ain’t It Cool as Ambush Bug and have been providing horror and comic book related content for them for over ten years on my weekly AICN COMICS and AICN HORROR columns. I don’t plan on leaving any time soon either, just possibly shifting my role more to editing than reviewing as the demands on writing increase.

I also practice expressive therapy at a residential home for boys and girls in Northern Chicago and have been doing that for about a decade. And then I teach expressive therapy in the grad program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well. Over the last few years, I’ve written some comics; LUNA: ORDER OF THE WEREWOLF for Famous Monsters Magazine and VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS and NANNY & HANK for Bluewater (which was just optioned to be made into a film for 2013).

What is it like to join the ranks of Zenescope as their newest writer?

Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco and Raven Gregory have been great to work with. They are extremely supportive of my writing and have encouraged me to do my best (which I hope I’m doing). They have built a really fun company and so far, it’s been nothing but great as far as my collaboration with them on THE JUNGLE BOOK.

How did you come to be writing Grimm Fairy Tales: The Jungle Book?

Raven and I had been talking for a while about the perfect project for me. I did a ten page story for a WONDERLAND ANNUAL a few years ago and Raven liked that so much he told me to stay in touch. Last summer, he asked if I had any ideas and I pitched THE JUNGLE BOOK to him. It’s a concept that hadn’t been done at Zenescope before, so he told me to flesh out the pitch. After Joe, Ralph, and Raven read the pitch, they gave me the go ahead and I was on board.

What can fans expect from Zenescope’s take on the Jungle Book story?

Well, we decided to make Mowgli the wolf boy into Mowglii the wolf girl. That’s the main difference. She is still quite ferocious. She’s still raised by wolves. She’s just a hot jungle babe instead of a Tarzan-like character. In nature, I’ve found that the female is always the most dangerous because she has the weight of her tribe on her. This responsibility and ferocity will be played up with Mowglii. I also introduced a concept that had been buzzing around in my brain for a while, which is The Great Animal Battle.

Basically, it’s a Civil War involving different species of animals. Mowglii finds herself in the middle of this war when she first arrives on the island with the other three children (which is the third part that makes this whole thing different than Kipling’s original jungle tales). So Mowglii and three other children (Bomani, Akili, & Dewan) arrive on the

island and cause a sort of disruption to this war between the animals and the children are divvied up between the warring fractions as an uneasy truce. This “truce” works for a while, but old grudges are hard to let go, so Mowglii soon finds herself grown into a young woman playing a pivotal role in the upcoming Great Animal Battle to end all battles.

Any word on who the artist is going to be or if the book is going to be a monthly or a miniseries?

The artist’s name is Carlos Granda and Raven’s worked with him before. From the images I’ve seen so far, it’s going to be great. His work is so detailed and intricate. Just gorgeous stuff. This is a five issue miniseries, but I definitely have more planned for this little corner of the Grimm Fairy Tale Universe. They also have this interlocking cover of variants for the first issue that took my breath away featuring everyone in the cast. It’s a huge cast and an amazing cover!

Zenescope has a reputation for making scary, sexy comics. How do you plan to continue that tradition?

The jungle is a scary place, especially for Mowglii, who has been forbidden to explore it until the beginning of this miniseries. Everything I write has a sort of horror vibe to it, and this is no exception. Just wait until Mowglii meets Kaa the python for the first time and the Apes of Bandar Log make their twisted first appearance.

Though everyone thinks singing monkeys and bears when they think of THE JUNGLE BOOK, I’m hoping to change some perceptions with this series. It’s a brutal story…a war story, only instead of guns and bombs, the soldiers have pointed teeth and sharp claws. And Mowglii looks sexy as hell doing it all, so that’s nice too!

Zenescope’s The Jungle Book will be in comic shops this March.

Ever since 2007, Zenescope and writer Raven Gregory have been taking readers down the rabbit hole to visit Wonderland, easily one of the most disturbing titles of their Grimm Fairy Tales Universe. Up until now we have seen this place through the eyes of Alice’s daughter Calie and the other inhabitants of Wonderland, always returning scared out of our minds and a little worse for wear.

But now Zenescope is finally going back to the beginning and showing us how the story began in the new Alice in Wonderland miniseries. Gregory again returns as writer and brings with him Robert Gill on art. Together they finally show us what led Alice down the rabbit hole in the first place, why she stayed and what happened there that scarred her for life like it did.

It is pretty much a given that if Zenescope is going to publish something with Wonderland in the title, Raven Gregory is going to be writing it. In Alice in Wonderland #1, he somehow manages to show us Wonderland through a new set of eyes and make the place seem original and fresh. We already know what will happen to Alice, but you get caught up in the story and want to see what will happen next, even though you just know it won’t be anything good. It’s like watching a really scary movie; you watch through your fingers because you can’t look away. Alice in Wonderland will give you that same feeling.

On the original Wonderland trilogy, Gregory worked with artist Daniel Leister, who through his amazing work defined what Wonderland and its inhabitants should look like and gave the place it’s creepy as hell vibe. For Alice in Wonderland, Robert Gill steps into these massive shoes and somehow knocks it out of the park. If you need proof, just wait until you see Gill’s version of the Cheshire Cat. It is ferocious, intimidating and looks just a little bit like the Disney version everyone knows so well. His Alice is sexy yet strong and he uses some really unique panel layouts that fit a book like Wonderland like a glove.

Alice in Wonderland has been a long time coming. I guess it was inevitable that Zenescope would return to the beginning at some point to tell how the story began; I just didn’t think it would be this good. Join Alice down the rabbit hole and get scared again for the first time.

Zenescope has given us not only a copy of Alice in Wonderland #1 to give away to one lucky Geekadelphia reader, but a copy of the Return to Wonderland trade paperback that started it all as well. Leave a comment and we’ll pick a random winner at the end of next week. Please make sure to leave an e-mail address with your comment and books can only be sent to addresses in the United States and Canada.

Captain America & Bucky #626
By James Asmus, Ed Brubaker and Francesco Francavilla

With all the attention firmly on Ed Brubaker’s new Captain America title, it’s easy to forget that the renamed Captain America & Bucky has continued the original numbering and has been presenting some pretty good Cap and Bucky stories of its own. With the addition of Francavilla on the art and Asmus as co-writer, the book went from just good to outright awesome.

By choosing to put the focus on William Naslund and Fred Davis, the two men who replaced Cap and Bucky in the closing days of World War II, Asmus and Brubaker are putting a spotlight on a little talked about and hardly remembered period in the history of the character. The result is a story that reads as both something fresh and exciting, yet has a retro, Golden Age feeling at the same time. The choice of Francavilla to handle the art chores was a stroke of genius. He is one of the best storytellers around and his style fits the Golden/Modern Age mood the story is trying to evoke perfectly.

It’s a real shame this creative team will only be around for this story arc. The three have a chemistry you don’t see in a whole lot of comics. Take my advice and enjoy it while it lasts.

Nancy in Hell on Earth #1
By El Torres and Enrique Lopez Lorenzana

Nancy in Hell was one of the odder series to come from Image in 2010. The story of a girl and her chainsaw trying to get out of the Underworld was over the top, funny and another fine example that Image is a publisher who will take chances. Now Nancy is back in the follow up Nancy in Hell on Earth, and we are all the better for it.

Nancy and an emo, whiny Lucifer have escaped from Hell and are back home. The problem is that the doors to Hell have stayed open and every kind of demon imaginable is now on Earth, causing all kinds of trouble. There isn’t a lot of depth to the story El Torres is trying to tell, but that’s just fine. This book is like a B horror movie that you will really, really enjoy no matter what. The art by Lorenzana is detailed, crisp and just as much fun as the story. And where else are you going to see a girl with a chainsaw and Daisy Duke cut-offs fight demons and save the world at the same time?

Nancy in Hell on Earth is an enjoyable, guilty pleasure type of comic, the kind we don’t see nearly enough of nowadays. Check it out and see if you don’t agree.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #1
By John Barber and Andrew Griffith

Two weeks ago IDW launched the first of two new monthly Transformers series and I really enjoyed the book and the new direction the franchise seems to be going in. Now the second series, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, has hit the shelves and I wondered if IDW could go two for two. Turns out I shouldn’t have worried.

While More Than Meets the Eye follows Rodimus Prime and his quest to find the Knights of Cybertron, Robots in Disguise tells the story of Bumblebee and his attempts to get the former Autobots, Deceptions and non-aligned Cybertronians to all work together to rebuild Cybertron. The story Barber is telling is much more political than and not nearly as lighthearted as the plot of the companion title, but both books having distinct voices is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Plus Griffith’s art has a much more “Transformers” look to it, less organic and much more traditional that the work Nick Roche is doing.

It looks like IDW has found a way to please any Transformers fan. If you want a high adventure space opera, More Than Meets the Eye is the way to go. However, if you are looking for political intrigue and drama, Robots in Disguise is the book for you. Either way, both are great titles and worth a look.

Red Hood & the Outlaws #5
By Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort

One of the few “second tier” New 52 titles I’m still reading, Red Hood & the Outlaws thus far has been an entertaining, if somewhat shallow, book. Lobdell seems to be taking his time setting up what this series is going to be about and has given no clues in the first 4 issues. My love for the Red Hood and Rocafort’s amazing art is what has kept me around this long, but with issue #5 I might finally be getting the payoff.

Issue #5 is pretty much an all action issue as Kory and Arsenal face off against Crux and Jason squares off against the revealed Untitled. As with the first 4 issues, the dialogue is well written and the art just jumps off the page. This is a creative team that is in synch and turning in some great comic books. I love the fact that they have used the reboot to give Jason Todd this new, unknown past that is the driving force behind the story. Here we are finally starting to see where Lobdell is going with all this and giving our team a direction and purpose.

Red Hood & the Outlaws is a book that used the reboot to its best advantage. It may have taken awhile, but things are starting to come together and I for one am very excited about what’s to come.

Avengers #21
By Brian Michael Bendis and Renato Guedes

As the comic book world prepares for Avengers vs. X-Men this spring, the Bendis Avengers titles begin to wrap up the Norman Osborn/H.A.M.M.E.R. storyline. For the brand new line up in Avengers, that apparently includes getting their butts handed to them in a particularly ignominious manner.

While Avengers #21 is an all-action issue, much like Red Hood & the Outlaws #5, the main difference here is that Red Hood & the Outlaws is actually good. I mean, watching the Avengers get beat one by one by a bunch of H.A.M.M.E.R. goons is just sad and pathetic. Even Bendis’s trademark banter is gone for the most part, replaced with a ton of bad dialogue and The Protector (really?) talking to himself. Then there is the art. Wow. I’ve seen Guedes do some great work on Superman but here, he is just… off for some reason. The book is littered with awkward storytelling choices and poor anatomy. An Epic Fail on every level.

Maybe Bendis leaving the Avengers franchise isn’t such a bad thing. It seems to me he may have jumped the shark and it might be time for some new blood. At least we can look forward to Walter Simonson on pencils in a couple months. That’s something.

Uncanny X-Men #5
By Kieron Gillen and Greg Land

After the cancellation and renumbering of Uncanny X-Men, I thought my time with the book was over. But after hearing such great things about it over the last few months, I finally caved and picked up the latest issue, which happened to be the start of a new storyline. And damn, am I glad I did.

In the issue, Cyclops and his Extinction team deal with some of the after effects form the recent Dark Angel Saga in the pages of Uncanny X-Force. Now, while I have enjoyed Wolverine and the X-Men, it has read a bit like an ode to earlier times, a love letter to the Chris Claremont days of the X-Men. With Uncanny X-Men, Gillen is creating something totally new and exciting. Cyclops is the total bad ass I always knew he could be and the X-Men are acting like superheroes for once, not the victims they have seemed to be portrayed as for years. Even Land’s art looks better, more vibrant and full of motion. It’s an X-Men book the likes of which I have never read before.

While I still vehemently disagree with the choice to renumber the book, I can’t deny that this is an outstanding comic book. Great story and great art combine to give us a new type of Uncanny X-Men book, one for a new era. Here’s to many, many more.

Most of the time when I’m trying to dodge actually doing any real work during the day you can find me buried in any number of webcomics.

One local Philadelphian has been penning the fantastic Guilded Age every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a while now, and I had the chance to catch up with him after hearing that his book had been featured in Previews.

For those who aren’t acquainted with you and your work, who is Phil Kahn?

A guy trying to become a career weirdo. A careerdo, if you will. I’m from Silver Spring, Maryland, but I moved here to attend Temple for Film & Media Arts. After I graduated, I decided to try and make it in Philly with no real career prospects or any sort of a plan after college besides “get a job that hopefully resembles my degree in the vaguest sense.”

I did want to do both film and comics for a while, but the honest truth is that the actual process of shooting a movie is too involved for me. Too many cooks in the kitchen, too many hands on deck, too many schedules to manage and just… blagh. I liked writing and editing most of all, so I decided to say screw it and pursue comics exclusively. I’ve been doing webcomics for eight years now, and I’ve been doing good webcomics for two.

Right, Guilded Age. Bring us up to speed, what’s GA all about?

Guilded Age is the saga of the working class adventurer. Most fantasy fiction is about heroes of destiny who are chosen by something this one time by a bunch of guys to do a thing that saves everyone from some other thing. I wanted to take a hard look at what it’s like to be any other adventurer in that universe: a regular working joe with personal ambitions in addition to world-saving ones.

Arkerra is a land where war approaches and industry grows, and the area of opportunity for our sword-wielding independent contractors gets narrower. So they get on the crown’s payroll, and become the Peace-Makers of Gastonia, dishing out diplomacy and justice in equal amounts. But over time, the gang has been starting to wonder just whose side they ought to be fighting for.

We’ve got a brilliant cast of characters and have sought out to embrace the best tropes while weeding out the worst, giving our story a unique, quirky flavor that gets you wanting to know more.

Very cool. I’m sure it’s not a solo effort; tell me about the rest of the team behind Guilded Age.

I’ve been co-writing with T Campbell of Faans and Penny and Aggie since day one, and we have a pretty good system going where we’re able to tear each others’ work apart viciously and still remain great friends. Erica Henderson was our original artist, and did the illustration for our first volume.

She left us for greener pastures developing Facebook games, and she has our blessing forevermore. John Waltrip was then tapped to jump on board, and has since been owning it with his mastery of action and detail. Having a staff of three is pretty damn handy, because you can always call in the third guy to settle an argument that won’t end.

Word on the street is you’ve got a book?

The book is out and available on our website, but we just made it into Previews catalog which is kind of a big deal for us, and causing my fingernails to be devoured on a daily basis. It’s my first real break, big or small, and I’m hoping a whole bunch of people go to their local comic shop and tell them “we want Guilded Age!”

What’s that process like for a webcomic creator? How tough is it to make the jump to being published like that?

The only difficulty that comes in being a webcomic creator is not giving up. If you’re new to the scene and you’re not already God-tier talent, you’re going to have work really hard for a long time before you start to get noticed, gain an audience and make a business out of it. And we’ve been very, very lucky to have great friends and fans who help spread the word about our little yarn.

“Being published” is getting more vague in definition, because self-publishing is more viable than it’s ever been. We had our own book printed and sell it at cons and the website. Last year at our “home con,” Intervention, we were extremely fortunate for one of the staff members to approach us and say “Give me a copy of your book so I can put it in stores everywhere.”

So yeah, it’s one part luck and one part hard work. But you won’t get the good luck if you haven’t been working hard.

So, when you’re not working on Guilded Age where else can we find you?

Karaoke Tuesdays at National Mechanics, on the road for a convention, or nestled up in my fortress of solitude bashing zombies in Dead Rising 2. Sometimes you can find me in WoW on the Steamwheedle Cartel server as Fnip. Yes, we have a Guilded Age Guild, and anyone’s welcome.

There are very few comic books that I will go to the trouble and expense of owning both the individual issues and the trade paperback. Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol is one and Death: The High Cost of Living is another. And now I can add Raven Gregory’s Fly to that very small, exclusive list.

As most readers are aware, I loved Fly when it came out. It was even my pick for Best New Title of 2011. But what I didn’t expect was to enjoy the book so much more as a trade paperback. Being able to read the whole story in one sitting makes Fly go from a really, really great comic to a truly outstanding story.

For those that don’t know, Fly is the story of Eddie Patron and the drug that gives him the ability to soar among the clouds and, in turn, ruins his life. Gregory tells the story in both the past and the present as we see the beginnings of Eddie’s relationship with the love of his life Danielle and also the tragic end. We meet Francis, who first turns Eddie on to the drug Fly and the mysterious man looking for revenge.

The amazing thing about Fly is how by the end of the book, you really care about the cast and what they’re going through. You feel emotionally invested in them and their situation. This is because Gregory is writing Fly from personal experience as he uses memories from some of the darkest times of his life to give the book a real world feeling. Take the drug Fly out and substitute any other narcotic and the story would still have the same power and raw emotion.

But any great comic book is only as good as the art and here artist Eric J really shines. Somehow, Eric J uses two totally unique art styles for the different portions of the story. For the flashback sequences, he uses an innocent, almost manga inspired style that reflects the innocence of the young cast. Now, his art is much more gritty and detailed, showing how the years and experiences have worn down Eddie and Danielle. Plus his art, regardless of the style used, is just flat out great. Solid storytelling skills go hand in hand with an ability to mix intimate moments with widescreen flying sequences. Eric J brings the world of Fly to life in beautiful, disturbing detail.

Fly is a book that no fan of great comics should be without. Raven Gregory and Eric J have created something very special here and it is a title that deserves more attention. Volume 2 is coming in 2012, so jump on the bandwagon before it is too late. Fly is a hell of a ride and you owe it to yourself to find out why.

Zenescope was nice enough to provide us with a copy of Fly Volume 1 to give away to one lucky Geekadelphia reader! Just leave a comment about where you would go if you could fly and we’ll pick a random winner at the end of next week. Please make sure to leave an e-mail address with your comment and books can only be sent to addresses in the United States and Canada.