The Shipping Forecast for March 19th
17th March 2003
Take an escape from your troubles by diving in to someone else's, whether it's the flush of first love you're looking for, or the threat of alien invasion. If your life is stranger than these fictions, it's time to seek help.

The Shipping Forecast for March 12th
10th March 2003
You'd be a fool to miss this week's comics, as calendar girl Chynna Clugston-Major returns with another BLUE MONDAY, and Judd Winick joins the Vertigo pack with his own spin on the vampire myth.

The Shipping Forecast for March 5th
3rd March 2003
Can you keep a secret? There are extra-marital flings, mysterious assassins, occult horrors and ursine superheroes hiding in your comic store this week. There's also a well-kept secret to share, as SLG reprints LITTLE SCROWLIE.

The Shipping Forecast for February 26th
24th February 2003
This week we celebrate two great series from the Dark Horse stable; HELLBOY, the burgeoning franchise that it's OK to love, and LONE WOLF & CUB, which offers you yet another chance to jump on board with its reoffered first three volumes.

The Shipping Forecast for February 19th
17th February 2003
Would you rather live with a comic creator or an enormous cat? They both moult, tear up furniture, and eat all the food in the house, but at least comic creators don't act all snooty and egotistical all the ... oh, never mind. Go read some comics.

The Shipping Forecast for February 12th
10th February 2003
It's Vertigo's tenth birthday, and those generous souls have passed the hat around to Gaiman, Gibbons, Milligan et al to get us a present. So make a party of it, with some fine vintage GRENDEL and a box of GRRL SCOUT cookies.

The Shipping Forecast for February 5th
3rd February 2003
Graham Annable leads the charge in the new HICKEE collection, and there's a chance to meet the family in the first picture novella from Damon Hurd in this week's round-up of the best new comics.

The Shipping Forecast for January 29th
27th January 2003
You can't get minicomics through Diamond, but you can get the latest books by some of the craft's practitioners this week, namely Scott Mills, Tom Beland and Jennifer Daydreamer. Plus, the last of the crew's picks for 2002.

The Shipping Forecast for January 22nd
20th January 2003
Are the darkest days of winter behind us? It certainly looks like it, thanks to the latest work from the PISTOLWHIP boys, Thomas Herpich's CUSP, spy thrills from Ed Brubaker and Jeff Parker, and what might actually be a decent CROSSOVER.

The Shipping Forecast for January 15th
13th January 2003
There's classic Sienkiewicz in glorious hardback on the shelves this week, as well as another trip to David Hahn's PRIVATE BEACH, and a brand new arc for Tara Chace. Plus, more picks of the best from 2002.

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