The 9A Lighthouse Crew

The Shipping Forecast for November 6th
4th November 2002
If you've ever been a fan of Peter Milligan or Philip Bond, or if you love Sam Kieth's ZERO GIRL or Arthur Dela Cruz's KISSING CHAOS, or if you just want some punk thrills and kung-fu excitement, get yourself down to the comic shop this week.

The Shipping Forecast for October 30th
28th October 2002
No tricks, just treats this Halloween week, as the industry's number one horror title starts a new arc with a top creative team, and people in funny costumes line up to take your money in ULTIMATES and USAGI YOJIMBO.

The Shipping Forecast for October 23rd
21st October 2002
NEW LOOK! Ninth Art presents the revamped Shipping Forecast, designed to serve you better than ever. It's a big week for DC, but the pick of this week's books is a challenging short story collection from crime novelist Andrew Vachss.

The Shipping Forecast for October 16th
14th October 2002
Looking for a change of pace? There's little deaths, filthy pictures and electric friends in our pick of new books hitting shelves this week, plus the latest instalments of reliable favourites LUCIFER and DAREDEVIL.

The Shipping Forecast for October 9th
7th October 2002
In among some excellent superheroics from Bendis, Winick and Priest, there's something altogether more extraordinary on the shelves this week, in the form of Madison Clell's CUCKOO.

The Shipping Forecast for October 2nd
30th September 2002
Tales from the American midwest and Taleban-controlled Afghanistan jostle for shelf-space alongside epic Norse adventures and transforming robots on this week's shipping list. Experience the universe. Buy a comic.

The Shipping Forecast for September 25th
23rd September 2002
Build a new bookshelf this week so you'll have somewhere to put your new copies of ELEKTRA LIVES AGAIN, ROSETTA, FF 1234 and KISSING CHAOS - not to mention those sixty issues of TRANSMET.

The Shipping Forecast for September 18th
16th September 2002
There's a lot of comics out this week, but when it comes to real excitement, only a few books stand out, like the new GRENDEL: RED, WHITE & BLACK and the extremely enticing SPX and ROSETTA anthologies.

The Shipping Forecast for September 11th
9th September 2002
With NEW X-MEN and PLANETARY/JLA both out this week, superhero fans are in for a treat. And of course, with SPX just gone, there's no shortage of interesting indies like SKREEMER and the ROSETTA COMICS ANTHOLOGY in this week's forecast.

The Shipping Forecast for September 4th
2nd September 2002
Sometimes it doesn't matter what a book's about - names like Sakai, Miller and Mignola are enough to sell it. And sometimes they just slap Wolverine on the cover and expect us to buy it. The forecast casts a line into the inky depths...

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