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This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of August 25th, 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.

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Episode Links & Notes Follow-up Honeymoon Killers Don Hertzfeldt’s Kickstarter News Arrow’s Us announcements for November French Battlestar Galactica Blu-ray release Spartacus Restoration Screenshots City of Lost Children 20th Anniversary Blu-ray KLStudio Classics – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Delirious, Up The Creek Vincent Price Oop Moc Announcements: Shane, Robinson Crusoe On Mars, The Quiet Man New Releases

August 18th

Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem Burn, Witch, Burn The Couch Trip Cruel Story Of Youth (Masters Of Cinema) Day for Night (Criterion) Diggstown Dressed to Kill Elena Face to Face aka Faccia A Faccia Hackers The Hunger La Sapienza La Grande Bouffe My Darling Clementine Navajo Joe...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

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Zombies Vs Cheerleaders Volume 2 #2 (Cover A Ryan Kincaid)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Zombies Vs Cheerleaders Volume 2 #2 (Cover B Jason Pedersen)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Zombies Vs Cheerleaders Volume 2 #2 (Cover C Matt Hebb)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Action Lab Entertainment

Princeless Volume 2 #4 (Of 4), $3.99

Arcana Studio

Steam Engines Of Oz #1, $3.99

Archie Comic Publications

Archie #645 (Fernando Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99

Archie #645 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $3.99

Archie Double Digest #241, $3.99

Legacy Of The Crusaders Tp, $16.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #250 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $3.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #250 (Patrick Spaziante Variant Cover), $3.99

Aspen Comics

Charismagic Volume 2 #3 (Of 6)(Eric Basaldua Aspen Reserved Cover), $3.99

Charismagic Volume 2 #3 (Of 6)(Eric Basaldua Variant Cover), Ar

Charismagic Volume 2 #3 (Of 6)(Vincent Cucca Direct Market Cover), $3.99

Fathom The Elite Saga #3 (Cover A Ken...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Alternative Comics

Alternative Comics #4, $5.99

Altus Press

Doc Savage The New Adventures Volume 5 Skull Island Sc (not verified by Diamond), $24.95

Antarctic Press

Crawling Sky #4 (Of 5), $3.99

Archaia Entertainment

Mouse Guard Legends Of The Guard Volume 2 #1, $3.50

Archie Comic Publications

Archie Comics Spectacular School Daze Tp, $5.99

Betty And Veronica Double Digest #213, $3.99

Aspen Comics

Executive Assistant Assassins #12 (Cover A Lori Hanson), $3.99

Executive Assistant Assassins #12 (Cover B Vincenzo Cucca), $3.99

Executive Assistant Assassins #12 (Cover C Pasquale Qualano), Ar

Fathom The Elite Saga #2 (Cover A Ken Marion), $3.99

Fathom The Elite Saga #2 (Cover B Talent Caldwell), $3.99

Fathom The Elite Saga #2 (Cover C Michael Turner), Ar

Jirni #3 (Of 5)(Eric Basaldua Aspen Reserved Cover), $3.99

Jirni #3 (Of 5)(Pasquale Qualano Direct Market Cover), $3.99

Jirni #3 (Of 5)(Eric Basaldua Variant Cover), Ar

Atheneum Books

Zebrafish Spf 40 Tp,...

Usagi Yojimbo (Japanese for “Rabbit Bodyguard”) is about Miyamoto Usagi, a 16th century ronin (masterless samurai) who wanders Japan, occasionally selling his sword for protection, but generally doing honourable deeds in return for food and shelter. Stan Sakai’s character and world features anthropomorphic creatures in place of humans with Miyamoto as a rabbit, and is set during Japan’s Edo period where feudal lords run the land. The series incorporates Japanese history and folklore into its episodic narrative with Usagi himself based upon the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi (who also inspired the excellent manga series, Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue – definitely worth checking out).

In Volume 27, the main story features Usagi going to a town which has been turned into a living hell thanks to two warring gang leaders over control of the town and its resources. Usagi determines to help out the highest paying gang leader, fighting alongside the legendary swordsman Kato,...

HappyGiant and Dark Horse Comics today announced "Usagi Yojimbo: Way of The Ronin" for iPhone and iPad. The game, which is "coming soon" to Android devices and PC, is now available for iOS.

Usagi Yojimbo was created by award winning author and illustrator Stan Sakai, the fearless rabbit ronin has been known to show up with the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from time to time. The story follows him on his journey through feudal Japan. "Usagi Yojimbo: Way of The Ronin" is the first videogame based on the property in over 25 years.

"It’s been far too long since the last Usagi game, and I am so excited to be working with HappyGiant to bring Usagi and his friends back to these new platforms," said Stan Sakai, "The game turned out great!"

"Happy Giant is thrilled to be working with Stan Sakai and Dark Horse to bring Usagi Yojimbo to the mobile and gaming worlds,...

Keeping up with his career plan of paying homage to every film genre going, Quentin Tarantino has moved onto the spaghetti western with Django Unchained (2012). It’s not a remake of the pasta classic Django (1966), or indeed a spaghetti western, but it has clearly taken its inspiration from those violent Italian productions that swamped the late sixties.

Hollywood may have dominated the field since the beginning of motion pictures but European westerns are not exactly new; the earliest known one was filmed in 1910. Sixties German cinema made good use of Kay May’s western heroes Shatterhand and Winnetou, and the British produced The Savage Guns (1961), Hannie Caulder (1971), A Town Called Bastard (1971), Catlow (1971), Chato’s Land (1972) and Eagle’s Wing (1979). When the genre showed signs of flagging in the mid-sixties, a clever Italian director named Sergio Leone took it upon himself to reinvent the western – spaghetti style!

What made the spaghettis...