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Archie: The Married Life Volume 2 collects issues #7-12 from Life with Archie, exploring Archie Andrews' life down two paths - if he had married girl next door Betty Cooper or wealthy socialite Veronica Lodge. Last time we said goodbye to a mentor and hello to a new mayor, but what does the future hold for the rest of Riverdale? And what's the deal with Dilton? This 320-page full-color edition collects the most critically acclaimed storyline in Archie Comics history!
Akira and his classmates are on a plane heading back home after a field trip abroad. Suddenly the plane crashes on a mysterious island. Akira is somehow still alive despite the crash, but soon discovers that he's not exactly safe and sound when enourmous supposedly extinct beasts begin chasing him. Akira begins to find other classmates who have also survived the crash. Some work together and some work against each other in an effort to survive on the strange island.
Chi's Sweet Home is recognized as one of the most popular cartoon properties in Japan today. Chi, the titular cat character, is beloved by fans worldwide on the internet and mass media. A tender fun adventure focusing on the life of a newborn kitten and the young family that decides to raise her.
As Peanuts reaches the mid-1980s, Charles Schulz is still creating new characters, and in this volume Snoopy's brother Spike takes center stage. In romantic news, the Peppermint Patty-Marcie-Charlie Brown love triangle heats up while Linus continues to deny that he is Sally's ""Sweet Babboo."" Lucy's pursuit of Schroeder continues and romance blossoms between two of Snoopy's ""Beagle Scout"" birds. All this plus appearances from the cover-featured Franklin, Rerun, and the rest of the gang from a period of Peanuts that's far less well-known than the 1960s and 1970s strips.
An alternate cover for the first issue of this great series.
The multiple Hugo Award-winning steampunk webcomic, collected in hardcover! The Industrial Revolution has become all-out war! For centuries, the Heterodyne family of inventors kept the peace, but the last Heterodyne disappeared twenty years ago. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay dreams of being a scientist herself, but her trouble concentrating dooms her to be a lowly minion at best. Swept up to Baron Klaus' Airship City, Agatha finds herself in the midst of the greatest minds of her generation - and she may hold the key to the control of the continent!
Written By Raven Gregory, Dan Wickline, Ralph Tedesco Artwork By Various Cover A By DeBalfo When Calie left the Liddle home she had no idea of the terrible legacy she was leaving behind. A house possessed by the evil of Wonderland it has been taking victims for years and years. Some innocent, and some not so innocent. Now the story of the house of madness is collected here for the first time ever. If walls could speak, these would scream.
The series that started a comic revolution restarts with Onizuka and Danma riding their way to graduation. A fan favorite, GTO returns to the States shedding new light on its unique anti-hero Eikichi Onizuka, soon to be the World's Greatest Teacher.
Text/Art: Fred Perry Round Two: Fight! You've been through your first match of combat comic artistry, but now it's time for the fancy moves if you wanna get your name on that scoreboard! Step up to the console, grasshoppah, and learn at the side of the high-score champs! From basic moves to more complex combos and fight choreography, we help you get priority over the competition, power up your characters' super moves, master the flow of a fight, and give you what it takes to get a place in the street-fight art hall of fame!
New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman makes his debut in the graphic novel world with a graphic adaptation of his noirish Alex Delaware thriller Silent Partner with stylish, black-and-white, noir-inspired art from award-winning artist Michael Gaydos. In Silent Partner, Alex investigates the murder of his ex-lover, a mysterious, alluring woman with a troubled past. His investigation will take him to the seamy side of Hollywood and its glamorous ultrarich... to the dark and twisted corridors of the mind.
Rune Balot is a prostitute who is nearly murdered by Ciel, an enigmatic casino manager, who suffers from a disease that forces him to remove and store his memories. A victim for most of her life, Rune faces a choice. While on the brink of death, she is given the opportunity to live. It is not a simple choice for a victim, but Rune takes it. A professor brings Rune back to life as a cyborg with the ability to control electronics and partners her up with a self-aware universal tool named Oeufcocque. Together they begin to unravel the mystery behind Ciel and Rune sheds the role of the victim, but must struggle between seeking justice and vengeance.
Mega Man is one of the most beloved video game characters of all time (29 million units sold), which explains why the debut of the Mega Man comic book was Archie's bestselling video game title in the comic shop direct market in over five years! The evil Dr. Wily has vanished from jail, Mega Man's sister Roll has been kidnapped, and Dr. Light is in federal custody! What's Mega Man to do? Collects issues #5-8.
(W/A) Various (C) Fernando Peniche Based on the best-selling DreamWorks Animation film! Before Megamind's home planet was destroyed, a small ship escaped carrying a cute little puppy named Bobo. When this ""Megamutt"" crosses paths with Megamind, will it be puppy love? Then in ""A Sidekick's Sidekick"", Minion rescues a would-be boy hero and decides to employ him as his sidekick...and the new guy turns out to be good. Very good. Has Megamind found a replacement for Minion?!
In honor of the 100th birthday of Osamu Dazai, Usamaru Furuya retells his most important work No Longer Human in modern day Tokyo where modern vices can bring ruin to the self-loathing. No Longer Human is considered Dazai's masterpiece and ranks as the second-best selling novel in Japan, behind Natsume Soseki's Kokoro.
Papercutz parodies the hot YA series just before its big budget film adaptation hits theaters in the fourth volume of Papercutz Slices. Ratkiss Everspleen decides to take her sister Dim's place in the annual televised ""Battle to the Death,"" even though Mayor Underwear insists participation is completely optional. Ratkiss and her fellow contestant Peek A Choo soon begin training under Heybitch Blubbernasty for the most unnecessary battle of their lives. Expect laughs galore in this pointed parody that pokes fun at everything from Glee to Winnie-the-Pooh. [(W) Stefan Petrucha (A/CA) Rick Parker]
Gail Carriger's best-selling tale of vampires, werewolves, and parasols comes to life in this steampunk-fueled adaptation! Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, a terrible breach of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate the incident, and he is none too happy to see Alexia at the scene. With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible, given her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers. Can Alexia uncover what is happening before she becomes the next victim? [(W) Gail Carriger (A/CA) Rem]
In London, hitting rock bottom isn't all it's cracked up to be. Indeed, when Norman gets stabbed and thrown in the Thames, little does he know that he'll soon be taking a bad trip through a subterranean nightmare jungle, writhing with curious creatures and ectoplasmic manifestations. It is here that he will be forced to confront the truth about his girlfriend's untimely death and unravel the mystery of the river Thames. Luckily he has a friend in the pick pocketing Belle, who keeps him ahead of carnivorous spectres, killer Chihuahuas, and black clad goblins in guyliner.
(W) Georgia Ball, Various (A) Tanya Roberts, Amy Mebberson Returning to comics after 25 years! This digest edition collects stories from the hit comic, including ""The Pineapple Predicament"", ""The Sour Truth"" and more!
By Oh!great The confrontation between the Juken Club and the Executive Council enters a brand-new phase. With only a month to go until the Imperial Martial Arts Tournament, Soichiro continues his intense training. But what good is all that sweat and pain if Soichiro can't figure out what he's truly fighting for? The appearance of the mysterious group known as ""F"" might help him get a clue - if they don't kill him first! Then a rescue mission to Kyushu to save Mouki, the last survivor of the Enmi family, puts everything on the line in an epic battle that will decide things for Soichiro one way or the other!
The final volume of one of Del Rey's most popular manga series! Gorgeous art and a mysterious storyline starring Yuko, the Space-Time Witch, and her young protege, Watanuki. Fans will be anxious to read this wistful conclusion to the gorgeously illustrated series by CLAMP, creators of the bestselling Tsubasa, Chobits, and Cardcaptor Sakura.
This long-unavailable first volume of the multiple awardwinning Complete Crumb Comics series, one of our most demanded reprints, has now been expanded to include a never-before-published, 48-page ""home-made"" Arcade comic from 1962. This previously undiscovered work shows many flashes of the direction in which Crumb was heading and features the first quintessential ""Crumb girl,"" Mabel. This is Ground Zero for perhaps the greatest cartoonist who ever lived.
Treasure hunter, sailor, and adventurer, Corto Maltese remains one of the most popular characters from graphic literature in Europe and maintains a devoted cult following among American readers and creators. Originally published in 1967, Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea introduces our hero for the first time. The story begins with Corto Maltese adrift at sea in the Pacific during World War I. He is picked up by a Russian pirate/privateer named Rasputin. The graphic novel follows Corto and the adventure that ensues. [(W/A/CA) Hugo Pratt]
Cover: Raulo Caceres Writer: David Lapham Art: Raulo Caceres The long-awaited third volume of Crossed is finally here, collecting all seven issues of the Psychopath series by David Lapham and artist Raulo Caceres! In one terrifying moment, civilization crumbled. An outbreak of insanity swept across the planet, turning millions of people into the scarred homicidal maniacs known as ""the Crossed."" For one small band of survivors, the discovery of a starving, injured man in the desert seems like an unexpected blessing. He knows where they could be safe: the location of the last holdout of the scientific community, where the military offers protection and the cure to the Crossed plague is being developed. But Harold Lorre is not the savior they hope him to be. He's a calculating, lethal man whose mind was dangerously unhinged even before the world went mad. Surrounded by marauding hordes, their nerves shattered by unending fear, the group fall victim to the manipulations and deadly perversions of a psychopath. Writer David Lapham, the critically acclaimed creator of Stray Bullets, returns to the universe of Crossed with a descent into evil so far beyond what you could possibly imagine. Available in three editions: as a TPB or Hardcover with new covers by series artist Raulo Caceres and also a Signed Hardcover, with a new Caceres cover, signed by writer David Lapham and limited to just 1000 copies! [(W) David Lapham (A/CA) Raulo Caceres]
(W) Steve Kriozere, Mark A. Altman (A) Jason Baroody, Zach Matheny Elvis Yang's life couldn't be more lame. He's in his sixth year of college, he doesn't have a girlfriend, he lives in his parents' basement, and he's flat broke. But everything for Elvis is about to change - including his last name! Like it or not, the last surviving member of the Van Helsings has to take on the family business... and save the world.
Seventeen-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world, and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild, and our heroes' adventure together begins.
Written By Raven Gregory Artwork By Marlin Shoop Cover A By TBD The brand new LITTLE MERMAID story arc is collected here for the first time! An orphan teen has spent her life alone unsure of her own mysterious past. When her secret is revealed she will discover an evil within that even she may not be able to control. Make sure to pick up the hottest new Grimm Fairy Tales series from Zenescope Entertainment! Collecting Myths and Legends Issues 8-11 as well as the original Little Mermaid story featured in the classic Grimm Fairy Tales issues 25 and 26. Don't miss out!!!
Written By Raven Gregory Artwork By Various Cover A By TBD The first ever Zenescope Grimm Fairy Tales Universe crossover continues here! The forces of both good and evil are finally ready to face the entity known only as the Dream Eater. This is the fight you have all been waiting for. The biggest battle in the history of the Grimm universe and when the dust clears not everyone will be making it out alive. The story that changes the face of the Grimm Fairy Tales universe is here. Don't miss out!
Written By Joe Brusha This special crossover ties together two of Zenescopes most popular series in Grimm Fairy Tales and 1001 Arabian Nights. Baba Yaga has long planned her revenge against the Dark One. Ever since he murdered her family when she was a child she has been consumed by her quest to destroy him. Now with Belinda at her side she has begun to gather the pieces to put her plan for vengeance in motion and the next piece lies not in our time but far in the past with one of the world's most famous adventurersan adventurer that goes by the name of Sinbad. Unfortunately Sinbad's crew has been transformed into zombies by a voodoo priestess who plans to reunite the captain with his crew to help her carry out a special questand she'll take him alive or dead
Thomas Fleet (aka The Intreped EscapeGoat) is a world famous escape artist, a star of the stage and screen who performs magic before packed houses the world over. What separates EscapeGoat from other magicians and mediums of the time is that he knows there is real magic in the world, and on occasion it falls to him to stop the supernatural threats confronting humanity. He travels the world, solving the paranormal riddles that plague the towns and cities and visits on his way.
As a child, Shiki was taken in as an apprentice to the monster hunter Gurelli. Years later, after Gurelli's death, Shiki returns to his former master's town Akamaya, looking to join a monster hunter's guild. Once in a guild, he meets Irie, whom he discovers is Gurelli's daughter. Shiki partners up with Irie to take up Gurelli's life long goal of hunting down the legendary monster Miogaruna.
You only think you know this story. We all have that one friend we grew up with - the strange kid, the class freak, the one whose antics amused and entertained, maybe even alarmed us. That friend is invariably left behind when we become adults, faded into memory and filed away with our yearbooks and other teenage mementos. But every now and then we might wonder whatever happened to that person. For one cartoonist who grew up in the small town of Richfield, Ohio, that question was answered without warning by every media outlet in the world. Derf Backderf tries to make sense of Jeffrey Dahmer, the future serial killer with whom he shared classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, libraries, and car rides. What emerges is a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a young man struggling helplessly against the ghastly urges bubbling up from the deep recesses of his psyche.
Nancy IS HAPPY GN COMPLETE DAILIES 1942-1945 collects every daily strip of Ernie Bushmiller's hyper-stylized, nearly abstract comic in from 1942-1945 in a fat, square format (designed by the award-winning Jacob Covey). It includes a biography of Bushmiller and many more extras. The zenlike Nancy is the distillation of a newspaper comic strip, so much so that it illustrates the ""comic strip"" entry in the American Heritage Dictionary.
Two human infants are abandoned in an ancient forest and adopted by the strange creatures called Woodfolk. Driniel (Moon) is the night-wanderer, dancing with the spirits of the deep groves, summoning demons for his pleasure. Alleyar (Sun) is the flame of valor, rising in the ranks of the Woodfolk hunters and taming a fierce beast with his sorcery. More than human, less than gods, these misfit brothers will change the worlds of Gods and Mortals forever as they uncover the secrets of their own past and parentage. [(W) John R. Fultz (A/CA) Roel Wielinga]
(W) Buddy Scalera, Various (A) Iwan Nazif The classic character returns as you've never seen him before! Get in on the ground floor here with two of Richie and his crew's newest and wildest adventures, ""Welcome to Rich Rescue"" and ""Boon by the Bay."" If that weren't enough, there is a not to be missed brand-new story by the co-creator of Richie Rich, Sid Jacobson and long time Richie Rich artist, Ernie Colon!
Strange accounts of the dead walking the earth... A top-secret assignment from President Rutherford B. Hayes to investigate... A detour on the journey West, involving none other than Jesse James... Before the zombie mayhem depicted in the sold-out Rotten #1, Special Agent J.J. Flynn kept a diary of the bizarre events preceding his arrival in the West - all revealed here, in a document officially suppressed for generations! This bonus book to the Rotten universe fills in key elements of the acclaimed comic-book series!
(W/A) Peyo (W) Yvan Delporte Papercutz celebrates the Summer 2012 Olympic Games with ""The Smurf Olympics""! Hefty Smurf loves to play sports, but he can't get the other Smurfs to play with him. His solution - create ""Smurf Olympics""! The Smurfs divide themselves into two teams, all competing for the grand prize: a kiss from the Smurfette. But when one Smurf is turned down by both teams, he decides to compete on his own, throwing the games into chaos! Can one Smurf take on the whole village? And can the Smurfs stop cheating and playing pranks on each other long enough for the games to actually take place? [(W) Peyo, Yvan Delporte (A/CA) Peyo]
Papercutz celebrates the Summer 2012 Olympic Games with The Smurf Olympics! Hefty Smurf loves to play sports, but he can't get the other Smurfs to play with him. His solution - create ""Smurf Olympics""! The Smurfs divide themselves into two teams, all competing for the grand prize: a kiss from the Smurfette. But when one Smurf is turned down by both teams, he decides to compete on his own, throwing the games into chaos! Can one Smurf take on the whole village? And can the Smurfs stop cheating and playing pranks on each other long enough for the games to actually take place? [(W) Peyo, Yvan Delporte (A/CA) Peyo]
Continuing the saga of the best-selling graphic novel! Following the shocking revelations of The Jungle, Jester embarks on a solo quest that will take him to the farthest corners of the Dark. High seas adventure awaits in The Stuff of Legends: A Jester's Tale!
First Official English Publication! The roots of Astro Boy - Tank Tankuro pioneered robot manga during the pre-World War II period in Japan. First published in 1934, Tank Tankuro was one of the most famous manga characters of the era. Tankuro is said to be the first robot ever to appear in Japanese comics. He and his villain, Kuro Kabuto, famous among Japanese SF fans for his resembalance to Darth Vader, laid the foundation for such manga greats as Tezuka, Sugiura, and Fujiko.
UNCOUTH SLEUTH VOL. 01 GN - Description: (W) Charles Fulp (A) Craig Rousseau, Norman Lee Uncouth Sleuth chronicles the raucous misadventures of Harrison ""Harry"" Johnson, P.I., a two-fisted detective who'll have you wondering whether ""P.I."" stands for Private Investigator or Politically Incorrect! Think Austin Powers meets Indiana Jones. Combines first two episodes of Harry Johnson with new scenes, making a ""Director's Cut"" three-episode story. Includes new sketchbook by Playboy cartoonist Dean Yeagle.
The adventures of Haruhiko, Yuka and Eukanaria continue in the next installment of this hit series. Will the truth behind Yuka and Fulcanelli's relationship finally be revealed? Will Haruhiko finally give up the fight and give his body over to Fulcanelli's soul? [Writer/Artist Izumi Kawachi]
Terra Amata has exploded into many little floating islands, and Herbert has become a very dark and very powerful lord, a far cry from his goofy, shoot-from-the-belt self. In both tales in this volume, the key is to find the map to the new world, and a great many forces stand in the way. Whether it's the Dark Lord or even a very upcompromising and very determined Marvin the Red, the new map must be found! [Sfar, Trondheim, Blanquet & Andreas]
This original story is set in the New York Times-bestselling world of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, and is scripted by Butcher himself! When the supernatural world goes out of control, there's only one man to call: Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard in the Chicago phonebook! Collecting the mini-series in its entirety.
[Jim Butcher & Ardian Syaf]
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase returns with a 5th volume featuring the work of some of the best new talents from across the globe. The series is hailed for its consistent quality and for the superior editorial vision of its short stories, volume after volume. More often than not, it is the first time the cartoonists have had the chance to work in full-color with twenty-five pages, and on such a wide-reaching visual platform. Artists featured include Anneli Furmark (Sweden), Amanda Vähämäki (Finland), and T. Edward Bak (USA), with Vähämäki providing the cover art. [by Various]
The first half of the climactic chapter in Weis' and Hickman's acclaimed Trilogy! Armed with the legendary dragonlance, the Companions begin the final battle against the evil goddess Takhisis and her legions! But even as hope begins to spring, secrets long hidden threaten to render their sacrifices meaningless! The greatest conflict they have left is within each of them... Collects issues #1-6 in the third chapter of the CHRONICLES trilogy! [Writers: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Adapted By: Andrew Dabb Artists: Julius Gopez, Pere Perez &]
With humans apparently victorious in the war against the Dracules, Leila has been deployed to new duties. But can all her new battle experience help in the challenges she must now face? [by Kairi Fujiyama]
The final chapter in Weis' and Hickman's acclaimed Trilogy! Divided by the enemies that surround them from all sides, the ragtag, unlikely group of heroes called the Companions struggle to defeat the forces of the evil queen Takhisis and her dragon armies, with the fate of the world at stake! [Writers: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman / Adapted by: Andrew Dabb / Artists: Pere Perez, Julius Gop]
Ten years ago, a terrible virus swept the globe. It turned its victims into bloodthirsty monsters called Dracules, and the only cure is death. Now, with humankind on the brink of extinction, only the elite warriors of the Vius Squad stand between chaos and civilization. New recruit Leila Mikami is one of the squad's most promising young warriors, but she has another agenda: Her parents were killed by a Dracule, and she's determined to take revenge. To do this, she has to find the Dragon Eye, the magic weapon that will make her the most powerful warrior in the world! [Kairi Fujiyama]
Takasaki-sempai is Kujirai-sempai's half-brother!! And they're making love anyway!! Kaji and Nakamura are doubly shocked. Then, Nakamura begins to notice feelings growing for Kaji... The final volume of the bitter and sweet story of young love. [Writer/Artist Yugi Yamada]
The revolutionary first eight issues of Warren Ellis' satirical-political science fiction novel are collected in this deluxe trade paperback. It all begins with a simple question: Where is the Future We Were Promised? But the man asking the question is not going to be content until he's taken apart the very city of Heavenside to find the answer! Doktor Sleepless and his sultry and murderous Nurse are broadcasting non-stop intrigue to a city populated with beautiful Shrieky Girls, angry Grinders, corrupt police, and the Doktor's old flame Sing Watson, perhaps the only person who really knows how dangerous things are about to get. This collection is the first complete story arc of this ongoing opus by Warren Ellis, and it's an essential source for the questions, motivations and clues that continue to unfold in the new season. You may not have your jetpack, but the good Doktor has just the prescription you've been looking for! Also available as a Hardcover edition with an all-new cover by master painter Felipe Massafera that is limited to just 2,000 copies! [Warren Ellis & Ivan Rodriguez]
This anthology, set in the Deadworld universe, features all-new stories! In ""The Quest,"" a woman searches for her husband even though he's a zombie. ""The Coming of the Queen"" reveals an old woman who somehow kept the zombies at bay. ""Full English Breakfast"" shows the horror on the other side of the Atlantic, plus many other stories. [Various]
Collecting the first four issues of Cthulhu Tales: The Series! Steve Niles, master of modern comics horror, makes his first foray into the Lovecraft mythos with two disturbing tales of evil. William Messner-Loebs introduces two strange detectives who won't soon be forgotten. Mark Waid struggles to keep up. Luckily, he has the help of Tom Peyer, Michael Alan Nelson, Christine Boylan, and others! Viva Nyarlathotep! [Various]
In the year 2010, the Holy Empire of Britannia declared war on Japan, renaming the conquered archipelago ""Area 11."" As a boy, Lelouch vowed to crush his own government, but seven years later he's accepted that he can't change anything. That is, until he meets a mysterious young woman who gives him the power to change the world! Based on acclaimed anime series seen on Cartoon Network's adult swim! [Goro Taniguichi & Ichiro Okouchi]
Following in the footsteps of the Dungeons & Dragons publications that have come before, the covers of Devil's Due's D & D comics feature cover art that is evocatively beautiful and stand as works of art in and of themselves! Collected for the first time - every cover from the FORGOTTEN REALMS, DRAGONLANCE and EBERRON series - in one gorgeous coffee table book! Featuring art by Todd Lockwood, Tyler Walpole, Tim Seeley and more! [Artists: Tim Seeley, Tyler Walpole, Todd Lockwood & Various Cover: Tyler Walpole]
Taiga works at a publishing company, and thanks to his sister's sudden marriage, author and Taiga's best high school friend Shu has become his brother-in-law. But then his sister suddenly disappears! Left behind, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers and living against his will with Shu. Their lively and raucous lives filled with trials accidentally draw them closer together!. And actually, for Taiga, there's a certain feeling he had long ago that won't disappear... A sensitive love story. [Akira Sugano (Author), Etsumi Ninomiya]
Obinata Taiga, editor of a science fiction magazine, one day discovers there's a new addition to the family! Out of the blue, his older sister's married, and his new brother-in-law is Shu Asuo, one of the authors he edits and a high school classmate. Taiga's dead set against it, but then his sister suddenly disappears! Because of that, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers, and living with Shu! [Akira Sugano & Etsumi Ninomiya]
The classic story of a dog named Buck (cross between a St. Bernard and a German Shepherd), who starts his life journey in California, travels through the Yukon Territory and Klondike gold rush to Alaska, where he endures many hardships of survival, mistreatment by owners and eventually living off the wilds to survive. It is a powerful gripping story of endurance against all odds. Introduction by Bill Jones, author of Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History with Illustrations. . [by Jack London, Kenneth W. Fitch, Alex A. Blum & Maurice del Bourgo]
Ten years Richard Sullivan has spent on Death Row, awaiting execution for crimes he claims he never committed. But of late, strange events have begun to occur within the prison, including a piling body count of inmates, a viciously sadistic warden, and enough twists and turns to make Sullivan question his own sanity. Can he prove his innocence before it's too late - or is there something else entirely going on? [Peter Simeti & Kevin Christensen]
The world has been occupied by evil spirits that feed off of human weaknesses and desires. These ""Freaks"" have the ability to turn mortal dreams into reality by possessing a human host, making those wicked unions irresistible, but what is the true cost of such a contract? [by Gokurakuin Sakurako]
Since their parents moved overseas, Toru, Hajime, and their little brother Futaba have lived together alone in the Katsuragi house. Then, suddenly, their problematic cousin Takara arrives! As he enters, the three brothers' lives are in an uproar, for some reason Takara doesn't try to get too close to them, and his childhood friend Toru feels unbearably snybbed. When Toru tells him so, Takara quickly shows him a gentle smile, but what kind of dangerous schemes hide behind that expression--?! Palpitation and anticipation under one roof! [Satomi Sugita]
Earth's greatest heroes defeat vicious alien invaders, but only with catastrophic results. From the ruins, a new society emerges - one governed by super-humans. To new order, benevolent at first, soon becomes a totalitarian regime. Humankind, however, will not submit. Armed with guts, guile and skill, C.L.A.S.H. unites to overthrow its super-powered oppressors! [Greg Karras, Corey Hamscher & Anthony Tan]
Meet the Bradleys, America's most dysfunctional family! Created in the 1980s while Bagge was also editing R. Crumb's Weirdo magazine, this family for the ages has its roots firmly planted in All In the Family's Bunker family, punk rock anger, and MAD magazine. [Peter Bagge]
Raphael Pommeroy arrives in the West Indies with his ornithology professor in the year 1730. They're supposed to be in search of the almost-extinct dodo, but Raphael quickly becomes entranced with the piratical inhabitants of Bourbon Island, becoming obsessed with their vision of a world where all people are free and equal, regardless of their skin color. Drama unfolds on the island as the inhabitants race to find the pirate treasure secretly cached there - and reveal their inner selves in doing so! Bourbon Island 1730 is the latest book by International Horror Award winner Lewis Trondheim.
[Lewis Trondheim and Appollo]
Shikimi remains trapped in his own body, tormented by the memories of those he killed. His memories of Taki lend him the strength he needs to survive - but is it enough to overcome the demons when Taki finally fulfills his promise? Will appeal to fans of Saiyuki and Vampire Game. [Tomo Maeda]
High school student Yuta bumps into a man outside the train station, injuring him. The man's name is Tsubaki Nishijima, occupation novelist. In exchange for crippling his arm, Tsubaki demands Yuta work like a slave every day! Today's job is to take exact dictation of Tsubaki's words. Whaaat?! What's with this perverted depiction of...??? Isn't this sexual harassment?! [Deathco Cotorino]
The first in a three-volume series, this is a selection of Hergé's outstanding, often unpublished drawings showing the diversity of his work and offering the reader a view of the range of his talent. Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of Tintin and Snowy, was born a century ago. He left an exceptional legacy, the center of which is Tintin, but also includes much other work. This first volume of The Art of Hergé covers the years 1907 to 1937 and his development as a young, promising artist - his childhood and schoolboy sketches, his first published drawings, his burgeoning work as an illustrator and graphic designer, ads, the occasional painting, and of course, his comics. [Phillipe Goddin & Michael Farr]
By popular demand, we're serving up a heaping helping of the decade that led up to the Millennium, one of the most interesting and hilarious decades ever for America's favorite comic book teens - the 1990's! Rock out to the sensational sounds of boy bands, grunge and alternative music; chow down with the fat free dessert craze; laugh your head off at silly talk radio, and hook up your satellite dish so you can enjoy purple dinosaurs, funny home videos, teens from Beverly Hills and more! It's all here and then some in this uproarious edition chock full of comedy classics! Carrying on the tradition of the other Americana entries, this edition features a fully-painted cover by fan-favorite Rex Lindsey, and each story is meticulously restored and re-colored to match its original brilliance. [Various]
For more than a half century, David Levine has taken on the most powerful men of the free world with only his pen and a bottle of India ink. That pen has proved to be mightier than the sword as Levine skewered, illuminated, satirized and condemned every president of the 20th century, as well as the most significant presidents from colonial times and the Civil War era. His drawing of Lyndon Johnson revealing a scar in the shape of Vietnam is considered one of the most recognized (and most copied) of the Vietnam era. His devastating wit and delicately cross hatched drawing have exposed the venality of the Nixon administration, the phoniness of the Reagan years, the duplicity of the Clinton era, and the evil of the Bush cabal.Nine administrations have come and gone during Levine's tenure, and with a new one on the horizon, the artist remains, unbowed, unfazed, and unrelenting. Now for the first time, the best of Levine's five decades of portraits of American Presidents and their administrations are gathered in a comprehensive and visually dynamic book. From John Adams to George Bush; from John Quincy Adams to George W. Bush; from the Great Emancipator to the Great Society, Levine has captured them all including present day candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. David Levine is internationally renowned for his incisive caricatures of world figures in literature, politics, and the arts. For 45 years his work appeared in every issue of the New York Review of Books, and his drawings have been reproduced in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, Playboy, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Nation, and many other publications. Levine is perhaps the most influential caricaturists of the late twentieth century. [David Levine]
Having made The 9/11 Commission Report understandable for everyone, Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón use their talents to explain the post-9/11 world. Working from news reports drawn from multiple international media, they depict the critical events, decision makers, and consequences of America's "war on terror," and, most important, the context in which the war began, unfolded, and unraveled. The most demanding story they have ever tackled, After 9/11 captures the simultaneous events, geographic complexity, numerous participants, and a vast array of economic, statistical, and quantitative information - compellingly told through the sequential panel art narrative form unique to graphic books. Proving yet again that graphic novels best meet the challenge of giving the most information with the least amount of ink, Jacobson and Colón answer with clarity and unforgettable imagery the question: How the hell did we end up where we are? Available in hardcover and softcover editions. [Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colón]
Itsuki Minami is the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School, easy on the eyes but dangerously tough when he needs to be. Plus, Itsuki lives with the mysterious and sexy Noyamano sisters. Life is never dull, but it becomes dangerous when Itsuki leads his school to victory over some vindictive Westside punks with gangster connections. Now he stands to lose his school, his friends, and everything he cares about. But in his darkest hour, the Noyamano girls come to Itsuki's aid. They can teach him a powerful skill that will save their school from the gangsters' siege - and introduce Itsuki to a thrilling and terrifying new world. [by Oh!Great]
In a world much like ours, the demonic forces of Hell are all too real. Thankfully, the Catholic Church has risen to meet the threat with two elite, specially trained forces: Magic Priests and Warrior Nuns. Once per generation, the Valkyrie-turned-angel Areala embodies herself in a worthy sister of the Warrior Nun order. This time, a promising young nun named Shannon Masters has been chosen as her newest incarnation. But even divine intervention may not be enough to ensure she survives the worst that the Forces of Darkness can send her way! . [by Jim Gelvin & Craig Babiar]
In Byron Erickson's 'Oh, Grow Up!' Donald Duck and his nephews declare civil war! Huey, Louie, and Dewey again earn Don's ire with Carl Barks' destructive 'Gold Finder'; then, in the conclusion of Floyd Gottfredson's 'Boxing Champion,' Mickey and Butch replace boxer Ruffhouse Rat - and face murderous Creamo Catnera at ringside! [by Floyd Gottfredson, Carl Barks & Byron Erickson]
The newest addition to Warren Ellis' Apparat line of original graphic novels has arrived! The year is 1907, and Britain has entered into a terrifying war with Ruritania, whose strange metal planes darken the skies, and whose monstrous war engines cast looming shadows from across the channel. Doctor Robert Watcham, lately returned to London from the front, makes his homecoming to Dilke Street. There lives his old friend, and England's greatest amateur detective, Sax Raker. Even as his beloved city prepares for war, Raker is himself about to embark on the strangest, and perhaps the most important, investigation of his career - the case of the man who wasn't there. This is no simple matter of murder; Sax Raker faces haunting questions to which there are no cut-and-dried answers. Is the mysterious killer, at last, evidence for Raker's long-held belief in a secret criminal mastermind? Is it some apparition uniquely belonging to this singular city, a place that seems to have lost all semblance of sense two years ago? Or do all the signs point to something much, much worse? This may very well be the last case for our Raker: a spinning tale of mystery, a tangled story of science, a twisting account of thwarted love, a fleeting glimpse into the aetheric mechanics of the world itself - and, of course, death. Following up the huge success of Crecy, Ellis turns his spark of mad genius to bring us a fantastical tale in this all new original graphic novel illustrated in detailed perfection by Gianluca Pagliarani. [by Warren Ellis & Gianluca Pagliarani]
This all-new pocket-sized, graphic novel series will be a showcase for a variety of Jeffrey Brown's experimental comics. Bighead returns! And then he dies. And then he returns! It also features all new villains like Beefy Hipster, and introduces Little Bighead, who must stop the villainous Sleeper before naptime! Future volumes will contain science fiction and fantasy stories, as well as Brown's meditations on the comics form, and more! [Jeffrey Brown]
Translated as ""folk tales"" or ""storybook,"" Pohadky provides a tapestry of interwoven fables and morose, allegorical iconography, bringing a harsh light to the greed, loss, and submission that marks the origins of so many cultural folk tales and legends. Heavily influenced by their respective cultural backgrounds - Colek fascinated with the artistic and narrative elements in the folklore of the Czech Republic, and Shewchuk immersed in the investigation of the symbols and pictography of pre-Christian Ukrainian decorative folk arts - the artists have created a work that balances delicate, richly detailed characters and a sharp but muted visual style, and in the process have created a title that exists as so much more than mere fairy tales. [Pat Shewchuk & Marek Colek]
The fifth graphic novel in the amazing all-ages Owly series, Tiny Tales, kicks off with a brand new Owly adventure, and also collects the very first out-of-print stories from the original mini-comics, as well as the out-of-print Free Comic Book Day stories ''Splashin' Around,'' ''Breakin' The Ice,'' and ''Helping Hands.'' Other bonus material includes a sketchbook section as well as a ''How To Draw Owly'' section. This is a perfect graphic novel to complete your Owly collection and ensure you have every Owly story ever told on your bookshelf. Relying on a mixture of symbols, icons, and expressions to tell his silent stories, Andy Runton's clean, animated, and heartwarming style makes it a perfect read for anyone who's a fan of Jeff Smith's Bone or Dave Pilkey's Captain Underpants. Don't miss the latest big thing in graphic novels! [Andy Runton]
A dazzling showcase of classic and brand-new art from this master of fantasy illustration! Top properties Conan, Man-Thing, Dr. Strange, Red Sonja, Howard the Duck, Elric, and many others are featured in this exciting collection, along with insightful commentary. Fans of animation, graphic novels, and fantasy art will be thrilled by the classic illustrations Brunner designed for Marvel Comics, Heavy Metal magazine, Disney, Dreamworks, and other top studios. Includes dozens of never-before-seen works, including commissioned art produced for collectors around the world. [Frank Brunner]
In The Red Menace, the inhabitants of the isolated Lost Colony are forced to confront the Native American Wars and its associated war profiteering. Along with magic potions and stage tricks, be prepared for tragedy, controversy, and even shameful secrets in this satirical take on nineteenth-century American history. The Lost Colony explodes with intrigue in a chilly palette of pastel shades, splashed with patriot red, white, and blue in the latest volume of this action-packed series! [by Grady Klein]
Legendary tells the story of Charles Deckard, an art thief who is duped into stealing Pandora's Box. When he inadvertently opens it, he releases hordes of beasts thought to be fictional - such as werewolves and griffons - into an unprepared modern world. A full-scale war between man and myth begins, and it is quickly complicated by the actions of powerful secret societies. As the person responsible for releasing this terror, Deckard's unwittingly becomes the only person capable of containing it once more and saving civilization from being destroyed by the terrifying creatures of legend. Written by Mark Waid, this original graphic novel, based on the Legendary video game by Spark Unlimited, Inc. and penciled by Martin Montiel, is a thrill-ride of mythical proportions. Featuring an original 96-page story as well as extras from the game and the Legendary universe, comic fans and gamers of all kinds will not be able to put it down! [Mark Waid & Martin Montiel]
Benton ""Bags"" Bagswell is doing nothing with his life. He runs a chores-for-hire business in London - and that's about it. That is, until the day his girlfriend dumps him, and he finds himself in possession of a mysterious videotape. Thrust into a dangerous world of deceit and betrayal, it's up to Bags to pack up his suitcase and hit the road in search of the truth! It's globe-trotting hijinks as the unlikely hero tries to grow out of his slacker lifestyle and bring some New World style to Old World Europe, all the while digging deeper into the enigma that's blown up his former existence! [Philip Gelatt & Rick Lacy]
Hatter Madigan's relentless search for the lost Princess of Wonderland unfolds in volume 1 of the Hatter M. graphic novel trilogy. Hatter will embark upon a non-stop quest, crisscrossing the globe for 13 years in search of his lost Princess. Illustrated with the realm jumping art of Ben Templesmith, and based on Frank Beddor's revisionist take on Wonderland! [Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier & Ben Templesmith]
He turns up first as Snoopy's secretary, then gradually becomes a good friend whom Snoopy helps to fly South... but it's not until June 22, 1970 that the little bird gains a name, in a perfect salute to the decade that ends with this volume: Woodstock!In other timely stories, Peppermint Patty runs afoul of her school's dress code (those sandals!), Lucy declares herself a "New Feminist," and Snoopy's return to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm on a speaking engagement climaxes in a riot and a new love found amidst the teargas ("She had the softest paws...").Speaking of Snoopy, this volume falls under the sign of the Great Beagle, as three separate storylines focus on the mysterious sovereign of Beagledom. First Snoopy is summoned by a wrathful G.B. when Frieda submits a complaint about his (Snoopy's) desultory rabbit-chasing efforts; then, back in the Great one's good graces, Snoopy is sent on a secret mission; and finally he himself ascends (briefly!) to the mantle of Great Beagledom.In other news, an exasperated Lucy throws Schroeder's piano into the maw of the kite-eating tree, with gruesome results... Miss Othmar goes on strike and Linus gets involved... Charlie Brown's baseball team has an actual (brief) winning streak... Snoopy's quest to compete in the Oakland ice skating competition is thwarted by his inability to find a partner... Charlie Brown goes to a banquet to meet his hapless baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik... Snoopy is left in the Van Pelt family's care as Charlie and Sally Brown head out of town for a vacation... and (alas) the Little Red-Haired Girl moves away... [Charles M. Schulz; Introduction Mo Willems]
He turns up first as Snoopy's secretary, then gradually becomes a good friend whom Snoopy helps to fly South... but it's not until June 22, 1970 that the little bird gains a name, in a perfect salute to the decade that ends with this volume: Woodstock!In other timely stories, Peppermint Patty runs afoul of her school's dress code (those sandals!), Lucy declares herself a "New Feminist," and Snoopy's return to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm on a speaking engagement climaxes in a riot and a new love found amidst the teargas ("She had the softest paws...").Speaking of Snoopy, this volume falls under the sign of the Great Beagle, as three separate storylines focus on the mysterious sovereign of Beagledom. First Snoopy is summoned by a wrathful G.B. when Frieda submits a complaint about his (Snoopy's) desultory rabbit-chasing efforts; then, back in the Great one's good graces, Snoopy is sent on a secret mission; and finally he himself ascends (briefly!) to the mantle of Great Beagledom.In other news, an exasperated Lucy throws Schroeder's piano into the maw of the kite-eating tree, with gruesome results... Miss Othmar goes on strike and Linus gets involved... Charlie Brown's baseball team has an actual (brief) winning streak... Snoopy's quest to compete in the Oakland ice skating competition is thwarted by his inability to find a partner... Charlie Brown goes to a banquet to meet his hapless baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik... Snoopy is left in the Van Pelt family's care as Charlie and Sally Brown head out of town for a vacation... and (alas) the Little Red-Haired Girl moves away... NOTE: Item ships with two hardcovers with custom slipcase. [Charles M. Schulz]
The eight issue series that was the biggest event of 2007 has now been collected in this deluxe trade paperback with a brand new cover! Warren Ellis' eight-issue opus of masked hero revolution, Black Summer, perfectly complimented by the stunning and explosive art of the genius Juan Jose Ryp, is nothing less than a sequential masterpiece. The world goes black in this epic story of super-powered heroes and villains. The story begins when the political situation in the United States becomes more than Horus can stand, and he moves to take matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, not all of his other team-mates are quite so eager to throw the world into chaos, and an epic conflict forms.With Horus and the rest of the surviving Guns facing off against the military and each other, no one is safe as the bodies start to fall. Whether you collected each of the eight issues as they hit the stands, or you somehow missed this incredible event, the Black Summer trade is a must-have for your shelf! Also available as a Hardcover edition with an all-new cover by series artist Juan Jose Ryp that is limited to just 2,000 copies! [Warren Ellis & Juan Jose Ryp]
This newest addition to the Best American series returns with a set of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Lynda Barry and brand-new series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, acclaimed cartoonists in their own right, culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the web to create this cutting-edge collection, ""perfect for newbies as well as fans"" (San Diego Union-Tribune). This volume features such luminaries as Chris Ware, Seth, and Alison Bechdel alongside beloved daily cartoonists like Matt Groening. [Various]
The long-awaited second installment of the epic historical trilogy! The people of Weimar Berlin search for answers after the lethal May Day demonstration of 1929. Tension builds along with the dividing wall between communists and nationalists, Jews and gentiles, as the dawn of the Second World War draws closer. The lives of the characters within Lutes's epic weave together to create a seamless portrait of this transitory city. Marthe Muller follows lover Kurt Severing as he interviews participants in the May Day demonstration, but moonlights in the city's lesbian nightlife. Lutes creates a sense of anxiety and imminent doom. [Jason Lutes]
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for a glorious spectacle of graphic literature beyond your wildest imaginings, in which young Etienne discovers that replacing his uncle as the Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard - world-renowned acrobat and head of a circus troupe - is every bit as difficult as it appears to be! Etienne is swept up in wonder and work even as he struggles to keep up his grandiose façade, while every day his chances for happiness slip further away. For Etienne, taking a stand for his own happiness is as daring as any trick the Amazing Remarkable Leotard could perform. Eddie Campbell and Dan Best bring to life the historical story of the daring young man on the flying trapeze in a tale filled with wonders and marvels. [Eddie Campbell & Dan Best]
Seto is a former god imprisoned by a demon, bound to bring misery and misfortune to whomever releases him from his prison. Marie is the daughter of an aristocrat, hopelessly in love with one far above her station. When she unwittingly breaks the seal binding Seto, he agrees to help her win her love - but can love overcome the dark fate that awaits her? [You Higuri]
Mashiro has finally come to terms with his feelings, but even though Sou has cast aside his controlling sister, her hold on him goes deeper than he thinks. When Kureha finds her own strength and decides not to graduate, Mashiro throws himself into his relationship with Sou - but was Sou ever really serious about him? Will appeal to fans of Loveless and Godchild, from the creator of the controversial hit manga series X-Day. [Setona Mizushiro]
The immensely popular novel series and anime comes to manga for the first time! In the thirteenth millennium the vampire Nobility rules the ashen Earth. When Doris is bitten by a vampire and becomes cursed, can the mysterious stranger D save her from her unholy fate? [Hideyuki Kikuchi and Saiko Takai]
Two white supremacist brothers live in the midst of an "ethnic" urban flood along with a dog they've trained as a weapon. A household made up of three renters, a landlord who never leaves her attic bedroom, and her son, who insists on wearing a sheet over his head all the time. A pack of ravenous stray dogs chase a cat down a desolate alleyway. The lonely, grimy silhouette of Los Angeles, ever-present. All these separate threads weave through the first part of 221 Sycamore St., an ongoing story about the desperate need for family in two distinct households that share an indelible yet mysterious connection.Sublife is the engaging new series from emerging talent John Pham (Epoxy, MOME). Similar in format to other great one-man anthology comics before it (Eightball, Acme Novelty Library, Jim), Sublife presents a variety of stories told in a range of styles and voices, all demonstrating a singular vision. Issue one features the first self-contained chapter of 221 Sycamore St. as well as St. Ambrose, a fractured memoir of the author's grade school alma mater.John Pham won the Xeric Grant in 2000 and has been featured in publications such as Giant Robot, The Face, MOME and The Comics Journal. [John Pham]
The thrilling new series that lets fans relive classic Sonic stories continues! The stories change to a more "dramatic" tone, better aligning the series to the Saturday morning animated series then on the air. The emphasis is on the royal politics of the kingdom, with power plays, self-sacrifice and betrayals galore. Each story is meticulously restored and printed on high-grade paper-so you can feel like you're zipping right alongside the cobalt champion as he saves Knothole Village! This action-packed edition features events like the mystery of the Chaos Emeralds and the return of King Acorn (sort of)! Reprinting Sonic the Hedgehog #33-36, in a special 5 x 7 & 1/2 inch edition! [Various]
Thy mythology of Silent Leaves continues as IAN learns more about her true nature. A war is brewing as the Prey return to destroy the last of humanity. Both sides are looking for IAN, as she battles sword against metal for her life. Will she survive long enough to save all of mankind? Another layer of this sci-fantasy epic is revealed! [Christopher Shy]
Derf, the creator of Trashed and award winning cartoonist of his syndicated strip The City brings stories us growing up in a small town, the day-to-day weirdness of the trailer parks tucked away therein, the power of music, specifically the punk rock of the late 1970's which redefined, transported, and ultimately, perhaps disappointed a generation. Punk Rock and Trailer Parks conjures up the mystical power of the counterculture to turn outcasts into heroes and, most of all, the transcendent experience that is punk rock. [Derf]
Fifty years ago, Tove Jansson's observations of everyday life-whimsical but with biting undertones-easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate today. This third volume returns to Moominvalley, where its beloved inhabitants get tangled up in five new stories. Moomin falls in love with a damsel in distress, an unseasonably warm spell turns the valley into a tropical rain forest, and a flying saucer crashes into Moominmamma's garden. Moominpappa decides to live out his dream of occupying a lighthouse and writing a great seaside novel, only to discover that he hates the sea so close up and has no interest in writing about it, and a variety of curious clubs spring up in the valley. Moomin and Moominmamma do their level best to avoid the whole mess but, of course, get drawn into the muddle. [Tove Jansson]
Tristan has two things to his name - a band and a broken heart - and if he's not careful, he's liable to lose them both! Things continue to get weird for Tristan as old friends join forces with new enemies and his relationship with Isabelle keeps developing in unexpected ways. How will the band deal with constantly being on the back burner to Tristan's personal life? Then, when Tristan turns to his music for comfort he triumphantly returns to the stage, showcasing a new song, and its debut yields explosive results! Collects the second half of the acclaimed series. [Jamie S. Rich & Marc Ellerby]
Hopalong Cassidy: An American Legend, set for mid-summer release from Gemstone, follows ""Hoppy"" from his introduction in a 1905 magazine story to becoming the B-Western movie hero so perfectly portrayed by William Boyd that he became a national role model and television's first superstar. Co-written by Grace Bradley Boyd ("Mrs. Hoppy") and richly illustrated with photos and posters, the 368-page book offers a compelling first-person account of the amazing love story that helped Hopalong Cassidy become America's most beloved and enduring Western icon! [gn]
Kyle Baker's adaptation of the madcap sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is truly inspired. It begins when Alice wonders what's on the other side of the mirror, and is actually able to pass on through to the other side. Along the way she encounters talking flowers and such unforgettable characters such as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, and Humpty-Dumpty, while somehow becoming the White Queen in a surreal chess match against the Red Queen. All the inspired lunacy of Lewis Carroll's classic book comes alive in this beautiful graphic novel. A graphic masterpiece by eight-time Eisner Award-winner Kyle Baker! [Lewis Carroll & Kyle Baker]
Marianne's Crossing is part boarding school, part prison for girls who are too smart, too violent, or just too much trouble for their influential families. But when a secret drug experiment goes wrong, everyone degenerates into raving psychopaths. Only the worst of the worst inmates are left, and these girls aren't gossiping about boys and doing each other's hair - they're kicking ass and fighting their way out of hell! [Beales, Cuitla & Ramado-Imedia]
Asuka is getting to know her new teammates, and the jobs they've pulled together have all gone well - until they drop a priceless statue into the hands of an innocent bystander! Classmate Hirose has a major crush on Asuka, so it's probably a good thing he doesn't know she's the one who just got him kidnapped! [Shino Taira & Yuko Ichiju]
They say fated lovers are bound together by an invisible red thread. Most people think it's superstition, but Chiyako knows better - she can see it! Her own fate is hidden from her, but a chance encounter with a mysterious group known as the Linkers shows her there's much more at stake than finding true love! [Mick Takuchi]
In the eighth installment of the epic Bone series, the Bone cousins, Gran'ma Ben, and Thorn finally reach the city of Atheia, where they reunite with old friends and plan to thwart the coming of the Lord of the Locusts. The Pawan army has joined forces with Briar and the rat creatures, and danger increases as Thorn's visions get stronger. Meanwhile, Phoney Bone is convinced Atheia is a city rich in gold, and he is determined to uncover it. Available in hardcover and softcover editions. . [by Jeff Smith]
The original Drawn & Quarterly volume of Aya debuted last year to much critical acclaim, receiving a Quill Award-nomination and praise for its accessibility and for the rare portrait of a warm, vibrant Africa it presents. This continuation of the dynamic story by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie returns to Africa's Ivory Coast in the late 1970s, where life in Yop City is as dramatic as ever. The original cast of characters returns in full force, with a case of questionable paternity fanning the flames of activity in the community. New mother Adjoua has her friends to help with the baby, perhaps employing Aya a bit too frequently, while a new romance leaves Bintou with little time for her friends, let alone their responsibilities. These characters find their way in the world, brining Africa to rich and vibrant life. [Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie]
Get all the bountiful benefit of Antarctic's How to Draw Manga series, now in a more portable, ready-to-use format! Antarctic Press brings you the collective experience of its stable of manga artists in this newly arranged edition. Every section presents a drawing lesson, with the final page set up like a sheet of blank bristol so you can practice the lesson wherever you are! Take your How to Draw on the road, in the air - anywhere! [by Ben Dunn & More]
Alissa and Eddie Torres met in New York City, fell in love, and married in a whirlwind romance. Eddie had come to the United States as an illegal alien from Columbia and gradually worked his way up from a series of jobs in the garment district to become a high-paid currency broker, eventually landing his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center. His first day of work was September 10, 2001. The next day he died in the World Trade Center attacks. Pregnant with their first child, Alissa found herself cast into the role of ""terrorist widow."" Forced to deal with unimaginable challenges, she found herself tossed into a storm of bureaucracy, politics, patriotism, mourning, consolation, and motherhood. Ultimately, she succeeded in taking hold of the forces about her to set off toward a brighter future. Told with the intimacy only a graphic novel can convey, American Widow offers a universal message of hope and redemption. [Alissa R. Torres & Choi]
The world of Yggdrasil is more dangerous than ever, as bugs in the system cause high-level monsters to spawn at random. Ko and his friends continue to play, though the quests are getting harder. When the company challenges the players to find the source of the glitches, Ko decides to log on his high-level character, Phantom - and accidentally discovers the identity of the mysterious songstress, Teal! [Lay Mutsuki]
Carl Barks tells the tale of 'Donald's Bay Lot,' the vacation home plagued by turtles, tidal waves, and land mines! Then, in a never-before-reprinted 1931 Floyd Gottfredson thriller, Mickey Mouse trains Minnie's 'Boxing Champion' cousin - the addled athlete Ruff House Rat! New Donald and Beagle Boys adventures round out the issue! [by Floyd Gottfredson & Carl Barks]
Being an heiress isn't all glamour and luxury! Politics and betrayal go hand-in-hand as Yuzu learns more about the rival families and those who would do her harm. Friends turn to enemies as loyalties shift, and Yuzu finds herself in the middle of a dangerous game! Will appeal to fans of Tenshi Ja Nai!!, Gentlemen's Alliance, and Platinum Garden. [by Takako Shigematsu]
Spunky schoolgirl Kaede gets the shock of her life when she finds herself face-to-face with a girl named Suzu, who looks exactly like her - except for the natural cat ears. Will they find out who Suzu really is? Find out in this funny, cute, 4-koma manga! [by Shouko Iwami]
When an illegal immigrant and a firefighter are thrown together by a thunderstorm, their lives begin to change. This literary graphic novel is a story of homesickness, horses, storms, and saints, told in watercolors by an exciting new talent. Danica's first comic, A Late Freeze, was the winner of the Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics, and subsequently nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Single Issue. A mini-comic excerpt of Slow Storm was on the Best American Comics list of top 100 comics for 2007. [Danica Novgorodoff]
The global war on terror rages out of control. The president pops Prozac. And the #1 selling videogame in 2011 America is the terrorist-simulator, Infidel Massacre: Los Angeles. On the streets of Brooklyn, videoblogger Jimmy Burns' latest anti-corporate rant is cut short by a terrorist bombing of a Starbucks - but his live feed isn't. When his dramatic footage is uploaded by Global News and rebroadcast across the planet, the obscure blogger becomes an overnight media sensation. The next thing he knows he's on a Black Hawk helicopter inbound for Baghdad, working for the same mainstream media monster he once loathed. Burns dream of becoming a war correspondent turns into his personal nightmare as he nearly loses his mind in the paranoia, chaos, and destruction of the spiraling Iraqi civil war in this bold, irreverent, unflinching satire of network news, war, and the burgeoning ""citizen journalism"" movement. [Anthony Lappé & Dan Goldman]
In this graphic novel adventure based on Jordan Mechner's classic, multi-million-copy-selling Prince of Persia video games, two princes in different centuries of historic Persia are drawn together by their joint destinies. When everything they believe in begins to fade and decay, they find that only they can stand against the twilight of their eras! The Prince of Persia video games have sold ten million copies worldwide, and Jerry Bruckheimer (producer of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) is producing an adaptation of the series for Disney, to be released in June 2009. Discover the excitement of Prince of Persia with this graphic novel! [Jordan Mechner, A.B. Sina, Leuyen Pham & Alex Puvilland]
Trapped in a twisted universe, Javi used to hang with Kaine's crew - but now the ex-surgeon has his own super powered team, and he intends to use to destroy his former mends! This edition collects issues #19-24 ofthe original series.
[Tony Bedard & Paul Pelletier]
The Minions of Ka have commanded the undead for thousands of years, and their power has been used to create and destroy empires. In possession of this great power, the Catholic Church has their sights set on the throne of Charles II. An unnamed warrior for hire finds himself caught between the Church and the English Monarchy in one of the greatest conspiracies of all time! [Michael Furno, Michael Ahearn & Chris Moreno]
Clean up on aisle... space? Smooth-talking aliens have kidnapped Terromax's cutest receptionist! But fear not, because Doug and Manny, the "Janitors of the Strange," are coming to the rescue and they'll "sanitize" any alien who dares get in their way! [by Jim Massey & Robbi Rodriguez]
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comics creation - for college classes or for independent study - that centers on storytelling, and takes readers through the process of making a complete comic. With chapters on lettering, story structure, and panel layout, the fifteen lessons offered - each complete with homework, extra credit activities, and supplementary reading suggestions - provide a solid introduction to how to make a comic. Says Scott McCloud, "Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a gold mine of essential information for every aspiring comics artist. Highly recommended." [by Jessica Abel & Matt Madden]
The Cy-Believers' club is moving along better than ever as refugees from other clubs make it their home. They all have one thing in common - they hate Natori! Despite Natori's behavior, Rui finds herself jumping to his defense, but is that just because the boy she really likes is entangled elsewhere? Will appeal to fans of The Gentlemen's Alliance and Imadoki! [by Shioko Mizuki]
BrickJournal Magazine is the ultimate resource for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages, and this full-color book compiles the first three digital-only issues in printed form for the first time ever! It spotlights all aspects of the LEGO Community, showcasing events, people, and models, with contributions and how-to articles by top builders worldwide, new product intros, and more! Featured are interviews with: LEGO car builder Zachary Sweigart (showing his version of the time-traveling DeLorean from the movie Back to the Future), Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (CEO of LEGO Systems, Inc.), Mecha builders Bryce McLone and Jeff Ranjo, paraplegic LEGO builder Scott Warfield, Bob Carney (LEGO castle builder extraordinaire) and Ralph Savelsburg (LEGO plane builder), Reverend Brendan Powell Smith (author of the LEGO version of the Bible), NASA Astronaut Trainer Kieth Johnson, Jake McKee (Global Community Director for The LEGO Group), builder Jason Allemann on recreating the spacecraft from 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, features on the Bionicle universe, how to make your own custom bricks, plus building instructions and techniques, and more! [Various]
Fifty years from now, an elevated highway spans the nation. Initially a response to international terrorism, the US government grounded commercial airline flights and built ""The Black Diamond"" under the guidance of project leader and chief architect, Jim Maddox. Years pass and Maddox's daughter Kate has become an engineering savant in her own right. Married to Dr. Don McLaughlin, DDS, they have an idyllic relationship; both the top of their fields and highly respected. But when the government decides to clean up the Black Diamond heading east and when Kate is kidnapped as a hostage by forces loyal to the road, Dr. McLaughlin must borrow his brother-in-law's illegal 1973 Mercury Cougar to get on the highway and rescue his wife - 150 feet above and 100 miles an hour faster than anything he's ever known! He wants his life back, he needs his wife back. It's life in the fast lane! [Larry Young & Jon Proctor]
Poor Alice's trouble seems to know no bounds when she has to deal with a shinigami worse than Lapan... and then a run in with the king of the shinigami. Some days it doesn't pay to be a girl trapped in the body of a skeleton. [by Shiro Ihara]
Intense and full of gun-totin' action! When Aoi receives a video tape from the current gang leader showing the kidnapped and captured Junki being raped, we see the ever- calm Chihiro finally losing his cool as long buried tensions erupt! Will their relationship finally reach a new level in light of the impending danger to come? As Aoi, Kashira, and Chihiro rush to the rescue of the captured Junki, intense gang fights, surprising confessions, and even unexpected deaths await them. Don't miss out on this non-stop, action-packed and climactic conclusion to Shiuko Kano's exciting gangster series! [Shiuko Kano]
Critically-acclaimed graphic novelist Barnaby Ward paints a story about life, loss, and alienation. Part artbook, part graphic novel, Sixteen Minutes to Merricks and Other Works collects the best and most breathtaking picture and stories from the mind of Ward, in this 200-plus page omnibus. This collection includes ''Sixteen Miles to Merricks,'' ''Hibeernation,'' ''The Forest,'' ''Perils of the Uncommon Skyway,'' as well as a large gallery of Ward's best paintings and illustrations. [Barnaward]
In a universe divided by good and evil, one man has been able to sustain life for over 3,000 years, driven solely by the power of undying love. Armed with the ability to bring back souls from the underworld, he must now fight the most dangerous and potent forces the world has ever known, as he wanders the Earth, through the past and into the present, on his near-impossible search for his wife! [by Michael Easton & Christopher Shy]
College student Ayame's boyfriend is the handsome police detective Koichi. Two months after what seemed like a destined meeting, Ayame and Koichi are a couple who want nothing but a spicy relationship. However, having a police detective for a boyfriend naturally implies that constant troubles won't be far behind. Battling injustices out in society and passion in the bedroom, there is never a dull moment in their relationship! Though wanting a loving and peaceful relationship is understandable, can you really complain if your romance is always steamy? [Takane Yonetai]
Who will Roxanne love, Baphalen or Logan? To make this love triangle more complicated, a beautiful lady appears out of nowhere and claims that she loves Logan as well! Roxanne enters the fantasy world again but this time as Snow White's mother. But when she attempts to give Snow White the poisoned apple something goes horribly wrong. Will Roxanne and Logan eventually be together? Don't miss out on the magic, drama and romance in the conclusion Magic Lover's Tower! [Kao Yung]
Roxanne, the nerdy class cleanliness rep, is secretly in love with the bad boy of the class, Logan. She accidentally releases Baphalen, a magic being who was sealed in a painting as punishment. Baphalen uses his Magic Lover's Staff to grant her wish of winning Logan's heart. But for her wish to be fulfilled, Roxanne must participate in a magical game in the realm of the Magic Lover's Tower, where she must get Logan to kiss her and say "I love you." Roxanne's once-peaceful life soon heads off in a totally unexpected direction. [Kao Yung]
Crossing genres as it crosses the country, Local examines Megan McKeenan, a young woman who sets off from Portland, Oregon with nothing but a backpack and a bad case of wanderlust. Set in twelve real life cities across the United States and Canada, this painstakingly researched and meticulously illustrated volume has earned G4 TV's ""Indie Book of the Year"" and is ""some of the sharpest slices of life the medium has ever seen"" says Brian K. Vaughan. [Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly]
Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944 covers the last two years of Herriman's master-piece. With this volume, Fantagraphics and its precursor Eclipse will have reprinted the entire 29-year run of the Krazy Kat Sundays! Like Charles Schulz, George Herriman was a cartoonist to the very end. Aside from collecting the last masterful year and a half of "Krazy Kat," this new volume will offer a retrospective look at Herriman's life at the drawing table, offering many never before seen samples of his original art (which the cartoonist often lovingly hand-colored for friends). Gathered from many scattered collections, these pages testify to Herriman's invererate passion for drawing. Rounding out the volume are scores of Krazy Kat daily strips also from Herriman's last years, further testament to the cartoonists vitality. Series editor and veteran comics historian, Bill Blackbeard, also provides a concluding, wide-ranging essay on the life and art of Herriman. More than a simple reprint collection, Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944 portrays the full range of a cartoonist who remained an artist all his life. [George Herriman; Designed Chris Ware]
Life as a human isn't quite what Samataro expected! His divine family and friends no longer remember his former status, and for good reason - it's a lot harder to get along on his own than he expected! A little divine intervention would come in handy when Samataro finds out Kumiko is moving away, but he's determined to handle things on his own! This fan-service manga will appeal to fans of Ao Yori Aoshi, and Negima! [by Yoshikazu Kuwashima & Tapiri]
Ritsurou is gripped with anxiety when Ken decides to leave him and instead, travel with his step-father J to India. Unable to see the future of his relationship with Ken, he finds his heart wavering in the form of Kazuyoshi, who is always by his side as emotional and physical support. Will Ritsurou ultimately choose to have a relationship with someone who is physically close to him rather than continue with a relationship with an unclear future? And why does Ken remain calm and collected throughout these events? [Kazuna Uchida]
Despite Hyoue's protests, Amane begins the ceremony to become head of the Kamori family - but things spiral quickly out of control when Zakuro intervenes, and the identity of the one behind all their troubles is finally revealed! Painful memories from Amane's past are brought to the surface, and soon not even Hyoue can help her; though his greatest wish has come true and his pact with Amane is severed, the price may be her life! This supernatural action mixed with romance and teen angst will appeal to fans of Inu Yasha and Fruits Basket! [by Mick Takeuchi]
Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce is revised, with 70 new pages, including new adaptations of ""Moxon's Master,"" ""The Damned Thing,"" and ""The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter."" Returning from the first edition are ""The Stranger,"" and four other tales, plus a collection of 20 short fables illustrated by Dan O'Neill, Shary Flenniken, Florence Cestac, Johnny Ryan and more great artists. With a stunning cover illustration by Steven Cerio. [Ambrose Bierce & Various]
Kento Kumagaya wishes for just one simple thing: to have a happy family with the ideal housewife, loving kids, and kind grandparents all living together, happily ever after. Life, however, has other plans. Enter Akira Kazuki, a smart, beautiful and unrestrained gay man who shatters Kento's dream with a single night of wild and passionate love. This is a romantic, sweet and funny story between two different people (in more ways than one) who unexpectedly find the same future together. [Saika Kunieda]
New York Times-bestselling novel and new children's classic Coraline springs to life as a gorgeously adapted graphic novel! When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and the toy box is filled with fluttering wind-up angels and dinosaur skulls that crawl and rattle their teeth. But there's another mother there and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. This beloved tale has now become a visual feast. Acclaimed artist P. Craig Russell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting nationally best-selling children's book Coraline to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation. . [by Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell]
Poison Master has opened the third order, telling him to make a deadly Battle God of Poison to kill both Hero and Jian. While he was practicing his poison techniques in the forest, he encounters Jian, using his poison powers to capture Jian. Whatever will happen to Jian? [Wing Shing Ma]
After developing his acclaimed style of firsthand reporting with his bestselling graphic novels Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea and Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China, Guy Delisle is back with The Burma Chronicles. In this country notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control - where scissors-wielding censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumor is the most reliable source of current information - he turns his gaze to the everyday for a sense of the big picture. Delisle's renderings take note of almsgiving rituals, daylong power outages, and rampant heroin use in outlying regions, where catastrophic mismanagement and ironhanded rule come up against profound resilience of spirit, and nongovernmental organizations struggle with the risk of co-option by the military junta. The Burma Chronicles is drawn with a minimal line, and interspersed with wordless vignettes and moments of Delisle's distinctive slapstick humor. [Guy Delisle]
In the gripping seventh volume of the epic Bone series, the valley is ravaged by war while the Bone cousins, Gran'ma Ben, and a baby rat creature are on a dangerous trek to Atheia, the old city of the royal family, to bring Princess Thorn to safety. To get there, they must travel through fields of mysterious ghost circles, where reality and the supernatural collide-and one wrong step could drastically change the valley's fate forever. This color edition is available in both hardcover and softcover editions. [Jeff Smith]
In this volume of the bestselling Complete Peanuts series, Charles Schulz introduces one (in fact, three) of the quirkiest characters to the Peanuts universe, the numerically-monikered 95472 siblings. They didn't stay around very long but offered some choice bits of satirical nonsense while they did. As it happens, this volume is particularly rich in never-before-reprinted strips: Over 150 (more than one fifth ofthe book!) have never seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago, so this will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors. Introduction by Bill Melendez, animator of all the Peanuts TV specials starting all the way back with A Charlie Brown Christmas! [by Charles M. Schulz]
This four-panel manga follows the daily rituals and special events that occur in the lives of one school's all-female teaching staff. . [by Negi Bannou]
Lee Weeks is the consummate storyteller. His ability to create dynamic, interesting layouts, plus his strong draftsmanship, and wonderful sense of lighting made his runs on Daredevil, Captain America, Spider-Man: Death and Destiny (which he also wrote) and The Incredible Hulk fan favorites, and his artwork for Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet is among the most finely crafted in the character's history. Join us as we go behind the scenes and explore the work of a Modern Master - Lee Weeks! This 128-page book features an exhaustive look into Week's career and creative process, with a career-spanning interview with tons of art, including many rare and unpublished pieces, and a huge gallery of stunning artwork by this true Modern Master! [Tom Field & Eric Nolen-Weathington]
Love & Rockets: New Stories #1 reboots the beloved ongoing Love & Rockets comic into a fat, annual graphic novel-length package! Jaime launches the new format with a story that's unusual even for him - a full-on, pulse-pounding super-hero yarn! Maggie's longtime friend Penny Century has finally realized her longtime dream of acquiring super-powers, but at a terrible personal cost. Now she rampages through the galaxy, half mad with grief, and a motley group of super-heroes assembles to try to stop her - led by Maggie's girlfriend Angel and her mysterious neighbor Alarma, and involving a number of characters longtime Love and Rockets fans will delight in recognizing. The epic-length 50-page story (only the first half of the saga!) combines Jaime's razor sharp characterization and superlative art with wildly inventive, Kirby-style slam-bang super-hero action. Then Gilbert Hernandez explodes with a similarly generous helping of his fantastically creative one-shot short stories: ""Tamanny"" (rookie cop vs. demonic drug users); ""Papa"" (a turn-of-the-century story involving a traveling businessman); ""The New Adventures of Duke and Sammy"" (super-powered Martin and Lewis impostors in outer space); ""The Tender Room"" (Into the Wild as re-imagined by Beto); ""Chiro el Indio"" (written by third brother Mario Hernandez); and ""Never Say Never"" (a kangaroo gets lucky in Las Vegas). One hundred pages of Jaime, Gilbert and Mario Hernandez at the peak of their powers! [by The Brothers Hernandez]
Remember the tale of the little mermaid who fell in love with the dashing human prince? Now, imagine those roles reversed, as a romance blooms between a beautiful girl named Evyione and a dashing young merman. It's a unique twist on timeless tale that is sure to leave you spellbound.
Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returning home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea in mind. This collection represents an all-new installment of Phil & Kaja Foglio's award-winning gaslamp fantasy series and includes an extra four-page story in addition to the main plotline. [Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio & Cheyenne Wright]
From the very first Beetle Bailey strips on a college campus through Beetle's enlistment in the U.S. Army, this volume contains the first two years of Mort Walker's famous strips encompassing September 1950 through June 1952. Enjoy two separate casts of quirky characters, the first based on Walker's fraternity brothers at the University of Missouri and the second on his Korean era stint in the Army. These are the strips that won him the Reuben Award in 1953. Beetle Bailey went on to become the third most widely distributed comic strip of all time. Introduction quotes Mort Walker himself! [by Mort Walker]
Mandy, Megumi, and Dot were on track to be one of the greatest rock bands in the history of mankind and then Armageddon happened! Well, with a name like "The Apocalipstix," you know these girls aren't going to let a Doomsday get in the way of their world tour! The trio are heading for whatever clubs and bars are left standing and no pirate, mutant, or environmental collapse is going to get in the way of their next gig! [by Ray Fawkes & Cameron Stewart]
Haruya, a magazine article writer, is constantly frustrating his editors with his lack of inspiration. His calm, quite life is spent in a house away from the city. However, upon meeting a shy boy undressing on the beach, their lives become linked. An unusual relationship follows that will ultimately be beneficial for the both of them. . [by Kano Miyamoto]
Michiru prides herself on near-perfection, and won't give up in any situation. So when her friend starts dating her crush, she suggests that all three of them go out! Everything goes smoothly at first, but we know what they say about third wheels - can three people really be in love? [by Shioko Mizuki]
Julie Martin is in the wrong place at the wrong time when she's finds herself under a strange explosion in the desert sky. The resulting fallout covers her in a mysterious silver metal that brings more trouble into Julie's life than she could ever imagine, and a friend to die for. This first trade paperback collects issues #1-5 of Terry Moore's new hit series, plus development sketches and design notes in the back. [Terry Moore]
The Crypt-Keeper and his fellow Ghoulunatics introduce the wildest, scariest collection of terror-tales yet! You'll gasp when you meet "She Who Would Rule the World!" - an unbelievable tale of a homeless woman turned into a near-invincible, power-hungry being by a pair of misguided scientists! You'll retch when you see "Ignoble Rot!" - the shocking story of a cursed gigolo forced to remain alive as his body transforms into a zombie! You'll scream as you read "Jumping the Shark!" - the fantastic fictional account of a Reality TV series producer that keeps pitching shows from beyond the grave! You'll squirm as you try to delete "Spam!" - the e-mail scourge that is far deadlier than you ever imagined! And you'll groan as you read the pun-filled introductions by the Old Witch, the Vault-Keeper, and that ol' super-star of horror comics himself - the Crypt-Keeper! Featuring stories by Fred Van Lente, Christian Zanier, Ari Kaplan, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Jim Salicrup, with art by Steve Mannion, Mr. Exes, Rick Parker, Christian Zanier, and Chris Noeth. Available in softcover and hardcover editions. [Various]
For too long the people of Tir-Nan-Og have suffered under the dominion of the Drunes, strange druids who have poisoned the land with their magic. Sláine has had enough of their tyranny and, through the Earth Goddess, he learns some shocking truths about the priesthood and his own future! Now Sláine must unite the four kings of Tir-Nan-Og and use their mystical weapons as he and the Sessair tribe prepare for all-out war! [Pat Mills & Simon Bisley]
Little Samy Sneeze, Winsor McCay's precursor to his famed Little Nemo in Slumberland, is collected in this hardcover edition for the first time in a century. All of the color Sunday comics pages from 1904 to 1905 have been digitally restored and reproduced in their original size and colors. As a special bonus, the reverse of each Little Sammy Sneeze page will feature a comic strip that was on the back of the strip in the original New York Herald Sunday newspaper, including Gustave Verbeek's Upside Downs and Tiny Tads, The Woozlebeasts, and McCay's other Sunday series of the day Hungry Henrietta. A must for all Winsor McCay collectors and fans of classic American comics! [by Winsor McCay]
Little Nemo in Slumberland, So Many Splendid Sundays took comicdom by storm with a faithful, full-sized reproduction of Winsor McCay's world-renowned masterpiece. This second volume contains more adventures from the earliest Little Nemo pages (1906-1909) plus the best pages from the two other incarnations of the Sunday comic, published in 1911-1914 and 1924-1927. Little Nemo in Slumberland: Many More Splendid Sundays features 120 digitally restored Sundays plus examples of other great McCay comics, plus introductory pieces by Ron Goulart, Brian Walker, and R.C.Harvey. In addition, each book cones with a free "Gertie the Dinosaur" animation flip-book insert sheet. . [by Winsor McCay; edited by Peter Maresca]
Now available in softcover, one of Vanguard's grandest books to date! The Paintings of J. Allen St. John presents the legendary Dean of Fantastic Art's full-color fantasy and science-fiction paintings for novels and pulp magazine stories by famous authors such as Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard. Essays by top writers and artists Jack Williamson, Vincent Di Fate, Lin Carter, Danton Burroughs and Frank Frazetta make this book essential for any fantasy collection. [J. Allen St. John & Various]
Avast, ye scurvy scribes! There be a new addition to Antarctic Press's best-selling how-to series spotted off the port bow! Antarctic Press's long-running and series of highly varied how-to art instructional guides adds to its arsenal of fun and useful lessons with How to Draw Pirates! This treasure chest of precious instructions will give artists their sea legs in no time for drawing swashbucklers, swabs, buccaneers, privateers, and even a pirate or two! Learn all the elements of the classic and modern pirate styles for the manly men and comely lasses of the sea, from Treasure Island to Pirates of the Caribbean, from Sinbad to One Piece! [by Ben Dunn & Craig Babier]
History shows that in the 1500s, Nostradamus' three volumes of prophecies were best-sellers, making him a rich man. But what the world doesn't know is that he used his vast treasure-trove of riches to create a foundation to prevent his most catastrophic prophesies from occurring! This secret team still functions today, using Nostradamus' published and unpublished tomes to predict threats to worldwide security! In the vein of The X-Files, but with a 24-like spin! [by John Rozum, Kody Chamberlain & Chee]
From Square Enix and Bones (Eureka Seven) and legendary character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop) comes this manga based on the anime series. In Edo-era Japan, the land is under attack from demons called Youi and a secret group of ghost slayers known as the Ayashi roam the land, seeking to destroy the creatures wherever they appear. Ryuuda Yukiatsu, a vagrant samurai, might be the next ayashi, but will a secret from his past keep him from facing his destiny? [Yaeko Ninagawa & Toshihiro Kawamoto]
Akito has always been in his older brother's shadow, but all that changes when Shinkai offers to send him to study abroad - though, it's not any ""abroad"" he's ever heard of! Suddenly trapped in a world full of warlocks, poisonous bugs and more than a few secrets, Akito and his friend Yaya have nothing to rely on but their wits and the help of a mysterious benefactor named Neon - who seems to know a little too much about Akito's brother! [by Duo Brand]
They say all good things must come to an end - but will this hold true for Shikimi, as well? The half-demon priest was making such good progress, but a fun-filled day in the falling snow turns deadly as his demon half takes over. Will Grey finally win their bet? [by Tomo Maeda]
Atomic Robo takes on Nazis, giant ants, clockwork mummies, walking pyramids, Mars, cyborgs, and his nemesis, Baron von Helsingard, in his first trade paperback collection! This edition collects the hard-to-find issues of Atomic Robo #1-6, complete with cover gallery, pin-ups, concept art, and bonus stories! [by Brian Clevinger & Scott Wegener]
Yam and his fun-loving friends live on the remote tropical island of Leche de la Luna, and are always getting mixed up in surreal adventures. Whether it's encountering cupcakes that spring to life, befriending potted flowers, or exploring the mysterious ruins on the island, this small boy in his hooded, footy pajamas always ends up having a blast with his friends. This debut graphic novel is anchored by the full-length story ""Toy with My Dreams,"" in which Yam develops a crush on a girl much too old for him, but ends up being able to communicate with her in his dreams. The ""silent,"" all-ages graphic novel also contains a full-color section and several short stories which have seen print in Nickelodeon Magazine. [by Corey Barba]
A collection of the best and greatest BloodRayne cover and pin-up art since the beginning of the comic book series. No ads, no text, just pages and pages of beautiful art presented in bookshelf friendly format! Everyone's favorite videogame vampire is illustrated by Greg Horn, Romano, Rob Delatorre, Mark Robinson, Steve Scott, and many more! [by Various]
The controversial cartoonist Rory Hayes was a self-taught dynamo of the San Francisco underground comics revolution, emerging as comics' great primitive, creating genuinely horrifying and hallucinatory comics. This book, the first retrospective of Hayes' career ever published, features the best of his underground comics output alongside paintings, covers, and artifacts rarely seen by human eyes - as well as astounding, previously unprinted comics from his teenage years and movie posters for his numerous homemade films, and a biography and critique with a memoir of growing up with Rory by his brother, the illustrator Geoffrey Hayes, a rare interview with Hayes himself, and a career-spanning essay by Edward Pouncey. [Edited by Dan Nadel & Glenn Bray]
This special issue highlights fan-favorite Geoffrey Blum! Rats invade Scrooge's Money Bin in ''Powerplay on Killmotor Hill,'' and Magica bewitches Scrooge in ''Scent of a Sorceress.'' And Donald's ''Race for the Golden Apples'' is based on a lost Carl Barks story idea! A new Don Rosa poster wraps the book. [Geoffrey Blum, Daan Jippes & Don Rosa]
Field-medic Jack has seen enough of war. Searching for a quiet place to heal his soul, he finds a wounded young boy - with wings! Nursing the child back to health, Jack realizes that he must be one of the ""bird-folk"" of legend. Though they soon become friends, the rest of the boy's tribe isn't so quick to accept the human - in fact, they want him dead! [by Toriko Gin]
One step closer to becoming a priest, Kamioda, is asked to reside in and help out the priest at a local church as a priest-in-training. But a sweet and deadly little devil Emily awaits him, testing his determination with her ripe body. Can Kamioda handle the pressure? [by Chiaki Taro]
The ancient ninja clan known as the Shidoshi has struck, determined to absorb all worthy young ninjas into its ranks and kill the rest. Their most dangerous agent, the ninja vampire Kyonshi, has spoiled rich ninja Tetsuo Rivalsan at his mercy. Tetsuo's superstrong teammate Nanashi must risk all to save the man she loves, even if he's too proud to thank her properly. Or is he? Vampire ninjas, drastically cute but dangerously ravenous aliens, gender-bent warlocks bent on revenge, super-powered girlfriends returning from space and more! See why Ninja High School can still teach everyone else a lesson about American manga! [by Robby Bevard & Ben Dunn]
MOME welcomes back French great Killoffer and also features returning regulars Jonathan Bennett, Sophie Crumb, Andrice Arp, Paul Hornschemeier, Kurt Wolfgang, Tom Kaczynski, Dash Shaw, Joe Kimball, Robert Goodin and Ray Fenwick. Also, the return of fan favorite Al Columbia as well as Sara Edward-Corbett's MOME debut, plus several other surprises from some of the best new talent in comics. MOME is an accessible, reasonably priced quarterly publication, mostly in color, and spotlighting the most exciting new storytellers in comics along with special surprises. MOME has earned earning a reputation as one of the premier literary anthologies on the shelves, and the only one composed almost entirely of comics. [edited by Gary Groth & Eric Reynolds]
The Cosmic Collector is the second volume in the critically acclaimed, all-ages graphic novel series, Korgi. In this volume, things are not going too well in Korgi Hollow. While a mysterious hunter has trapped and clipped the wings off of many mollies, Ivy and Sprout search for answers in the surrounding woods - but they may be facing something that is totally out of this world! Korgi is a gorgeously illustrated woodland fantasy perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien or Andy Runton. [Christian Slade]
Since the 1940s, fashion model supreme Katy Keene has enthralled audiences with her own self-titled series as well as Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade and Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine. Readers have long thrilled to her adventures on the runway as well as her intriguing romances. Best of all, Katy Keene was one of the first interactive comic book series, inviting readers to send in fashion suggestions of their own that were turned into pin-ups and paper dolls that they could cut out and keep! Katy returned in a big way in 2005's Free Comic Book Day entry, and soon she began appearing again on a regular basis in the pages of Archie & Friends. Her new adventures were charted by writer-artist Andrew Pepoy, and were filled with the same adventure and romance Katy fans had come to expect, served up with a modern-day twist, of course! Now these popular Katy stories are collected together in a handsome, fully colored edition that features not only every Katy Keene story from Archie & Friends #101-110, it also includes an all-new story from Pepoy that charts Katy's whirlwind career! In "Katy's Diary," readers will discover how a Michigan girl went from a Chicago University student to a sensational celebrity supermodel! Don't miss out on the high fashion hijinx! [Andrew Pepoy]
It's never a dull day, being a magician. Now you can read the collected history of William Gravel in all it's strange glory in this gigantic signed hardcover! All 24 original B&W. issues of the adventures of William Gravel are finally together in this super-sized hardcover volume - only available to the Direct Market and Amazon! From lizard women to armies of the undead, bad juju and worse military secrets, strange love and stranger death, this is the ultimate Gravel collectible. Whether you've been following the adventures of William Gravel for ten years, or have just dipped into his world through the ongoing series, Gravel, this is a must-have addition to your collection! As an added bonus, every single copy is signed by the amazing creative team of Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer, the two guys responsible for all the madness! This edition is limited to just a one-time production run of 2,000 copies and will not be offered in a softcover edition! Collected herein are these six volumes: Strange Kiss, Stranger Kisses, Strange Killings, SK: Body Orchard, SK: Stong Medicine, and SK: Necromancer! [Warren Ellis & Mike Wolfer]
In the realms of Dragonlance, the tale of one knight is legendary. The dark goddess Takhisis has unleashed evil on the world of Krynn, and only the Knights of Solamnia stand in her way. From amongst their ranks comes Huma, a man destined to be the greatest hero of this world! Collecing issues #1-6 of the LEGEND OF HUMA mini-series! [Author: Richard Knaak Adapted By: Various Artist: Mike S. Miller, Andrea Divito, Steve Kurth & Vario]
The Toa Nuva suffer a mysterious loss of their powers which threatens their very existence. It's the work of the Bohrok-Kal, a special squad of mutated Bohrok who seek to free the swarm queens and unleash the Bohrok again. With the help of the legendary Mask of Time, the Toa Nuva are able to defeat the Kal. Meanwhile, a Matoran villager named Takua has stumbled upon the long-hidden Mask of Light. He and his best friend, Jaller, are sent by the village elders, the Turaga, to find the Toa to whom the mask is destined to belong. But Makuta unleashes twisted creatures called Rahkshi against the island in an effort to stop the Toa of Light from coming into being! [by Various]
Nominated for a 2007 Eisner Award! From the creator of the controversial hit manga series X-Day! A shocking confession clears the way for a mountain of new problems! Mashiro is finally willing to give Sou a chance, but can either of them forget Sou's relationship with Ai? And when Kureha returns from vacation, her form in the dream world reflects an astonishing new change. [by Setona Mizushiro]
Comic book afficionados rejoice! The best of the cult classic series, Zot!, first created by Scott McCloud in 1984, is soon to be reprised in this arresting trade paperback compilation, with bonus material! Zachary T. Paleozogt, popularly known as Zot, is a blond-haired, blue-eyed teenage hero from an alternate Earth - this alternate reality is a retro-futuristic technological utopia where flying cars, robots and interplanetary travel are common and nearly all of its inhabitants benefit from peace, prosperity, and a marked lack of conventional social ills. Jaunting back and forth between the two worlds seems exciting for Zot at first, but there are subtle differences in the essential nature of the two planets that take some getting used to. On Zot's world, events naturally favor the "good guys" in any conflict, while on Earth, Zot is a less successful hero, reflecting the fact that our world clearly does not conform to the same rules as his. Nevertheless, Zot eagerly takes on Earth's challenges with the most amusing outcomes. New material includes sketches, designs, some of McCloud's behind-the-scenes working methods, Zot ephemera (there was a Zot watch!) and lots and lots of commentary - "the story behind the stories" as it were. This newly revised cult classic is not to be missed! . [by Scott McCloud]
Neighbor Jones and Donald take a rip-roaring ocean cruise in Michael T. Gilbert's and Paco Rodriguez's cover story, 'The Odd Couple!' Then John Lustig (Last Kiss) and Daan Jippes ask Daisy 'Are You Really You?' Carl Barks Donald and Noel Van Horn Mickey adventures round out the issue in style! [Various]
Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane's characters exist on the margins of society-alienated, floating in the void between hope and despair, confused but introspective. Some of them are experiencing the aftermath of an existential car crash-those surreal moments after a car accident, when time slows down and you're trying to determine what just happened and how badly you're hurt. Others have gone off the deep end, or were never anywhere but the deep end. Some are ridiculous, others dignified in their efforts to struggle to make sense of, and cope with, the absurdities, outrages, ghosts, and poisons in their lives. The writing is straightforward, the stories mainstream but told in a pulpy idiom with an existential edge, often in the first person, reminiscent of David Goodis's or Jim Thompson's prose or of films like Pick-Up on South Street or Out of the Past. Visually, Lane's drawing is in a realistic mode, reminiscent of Charles Burns, that heightens the tension in stories that veer between naturalism on the one hand and the comical, nightmarish, and hallucinatory on the other. Here, American culture is a thrift store and the characters are thrift store junkies living among the clutter. It's an America depicted as a subdued and haunted Coney Island, made up of lost characters-boozing, brawling, haplessly shooting themselves in the face, and hopping freight trains in search of Elvis. Abandoned Cars is an impressive debut of a major young American cartoonist. [Tim Lane]
In Romano Scarpa's 'Taking the Plunge,' a resort trip is no vacation for Scrooge - when it involves bungee-jumping and battling Beagle Boys! Next, in 'Leonardo Da Gearloose,' fan favorite Michael T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster) turns Gyro into a master artist! A new Don Rosa Scrooge birthday pin-up wraps the book. [Various]
Lynn Devlin is a medical examiner who thinks she has seen everything Nye County has to throw at her. She copes with methodical, rational logic. But when a grotesque murder of a supposed alien abductee occurs that cannot be solved with her scalpel and microscope, Lynn finds her detachment is shattered, and her dream haunted by large, dark, oval-shaped eyes. Now, only one thing is certain: There's a killer loose in the alien abductee community... human or otherwise. [Author: Craig Spector Artists: Guus Floor Cover Artist: Aadi Salman]
Now you see her, now you don't! Nancy, Ned, and George attend magician Dan Devil's show, and witness his assistant's magical disappearance - except she doesn't reappear! It seems Nancy can't even go on a date without stumbling upon a mystery. In searching for the missing assistant, Nancy goes on a magical mystery tour of Dan Evil's home and runs into a very hungry anaconda! Rather than become snake food, she agrees to become Dan's new assistant. But what if she vanishes too? [by Stefan Petrucha & Sho Murase]
All was well for Charles Lindbergh, after his daring solo crossing of the Atlantic. Fame and fortune came quickly as well as marriage into a wealthy family. But soon after they build themselves their dream home far from the madding crowd, their baby was abducted! Geary retraces all the different highly publicized events, blackmail notes, false and otherwise, as well as the string of colorful characters wanting to ''help''', some of which actually successfully snookered the beleaguered hero. A fascinating story, of course without a fully satisfactory conclusion, replete with savory details and unsavory people as only Geary can masterfully relate with his understated dark humor. [by Rick Geary]
Inspired by the work of Robert Crumb, the comical aspect of MAD and the storytelling of the director Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish magazine Galago began as a publication of political satire during the late 70s. In the three decades since, it has grown to become the flagship of the Swedish alternative comics scene. From The Shadow Of The Northern Lights, gathers 200 pages of some of the finest comic artists Galago and Sweden has to offer, including contributions from David Liljemark, Marcus Ivarsson, Mats Jonsson, Knut Larsson, Kolbeinn Karlsson, Liv Strömquist, and Loka Kanarp. The Swedish comics community has developed into one of the most important comics scenes in the EU, on par with the indy scenes in the U.S. and France. [Edited by Johannes Klenell]
Imagine a flat world, sitting on the backs of four elephants, who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) parallel to our own - but also very different. That is the setting for Terry Pratchett's phenomenally successful Discworld series, which now celebrates its 25th anniversary. The Discworld Graphic Novels presents the very first two volumes of this much-loved series in graphic novel form. First published fifteen years ago, these fully illustrated versions are now issued for the first time in hardback. Introduced here are the bizarre misadventures of Twoflower, the Discworld's first ever tourist, and possibly - portentously - its last, and his guide Rinceflower, the spectacularly inept wizard. Not to mention the Luggage, which has a mind of its own! [by Terry Pratchett & Various]
Uncle Scrooge's zoo houses the world's rarest animals, until he sends Donald and Gladstone on Carl Barks' ''Trail of the Unicorn!'' Then Scrooge himself stars in Kari Korhonen's ''Treasure Treasury,'' and Mickey battles a monster puma in Ken Hultgren's must-requested ''Seven-Colored Terror!'' Vintage 1932 Floyd Gottfredson gags wrap the book. [Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson & Ken Hultgren]
In a city filled with trust-fund babies and armchair revolutionaries, Heavy Parker rules the punk scene as a benevolent dictator. He sings lead in a local hardcore band; He puts out 'zines, pseudo-revolutionary material, and flypost propaganda about town. It's good to be king. Or at least it is until Missy, Heavy's girlfriend, goes away for college. How can a guy like Heavy be expected to handle a long-distance romance? Short answer: He can't. Missy is out of sight and Heavy's mind is already drifting towards his next sexual conquest. But can he maintain his throne when Missy returns, reborn as a true NYC punk and mad as all hell? [Brian Wood/Steve Rolston]
Thought of as one of the most influential and intelligent comic strips ever published, Jeff Hawke is a high point in adult-oriented science- fiction storytelling! Jeff Hawke is once more forced to be an ambassador for humankind, as strange aliens make contact with humanity in ""The Ambassadors;"" a mysterious alien toys with time and becomes the ""Pastmaster;"" and an excavation unearths mysterious artifacts of incredible power in ""The Immortal Toys"" - plus two more strange sci-fi tales, ""The Gamesman"" and ""A Test Case!"" Willie Patterson's scripts make Jeff Hawke's plots and characters truly compelling, and Sydney Jordan's groundbreaking artwork fully capture the peculiarities of the aliens in Jeff's universe! [Willie Patterson & Sydney Jordan]
In this funny and touching collection of stories by the artists of Actus Independent Comics, How To Love beautifully explores some of the more unconventional facts of love. Packaged within this handsome, full-color hardcover are six gorgeous and provocative stories by Rutu Modan, David Polonsky, Mira Friedmann, Itzik Rennert, Yirmi Pinkus, and Batia Kolton. Published by Actus Independent Comics and distributed by Top Shelf. [Actus]
A mysterious man rose from the ashes of a Deadworld. He was a killer... a hunter... and his prey is the undead's leader, the intelligent zombie known as King Zombie. Only one will survive. A collection of the Dead-Killer's appearances from the original Deadworld series featuring Deadworld: The Killer and The King #1-3 and The Dead-Killer one-shot. [Gary Reed & Ron McCain]
In the golden age of piracy, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Black Bart Roberts, the three most reviled pirates in history, contend for the most sacred prize the world has ever known - the lost Relics of Christ! This absolute edition collects the entire sold-out series hailed by critics and fans alike as "Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones." Featuring a cover illustration by Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) [Dwight Macpherson & Michael Devito]
Collecting the critically acclaimed trio of one-shots - Cthulhu Tales, Cthulhu Tales: The Rising, and the sold-out Cthulhu Tales: Tainted! Featuring Lovecraftian-laden stories by Keith Giffen, Andrew Cosby, John Rogers, Johanna Stokes, Michael Alan Nelson, Casey Grey, Hans Rodionoff, Brendan Hay, and more. Lovecraft lives again! [by Various]
The final chapter in the gothic Cain trilogy! What is the fate of the anti-hero Cain? Things can only get more complicated when Lucifer, the king of Hell himself, makes his move. Also, a risque side-story that yaoi lovers won't want to miss! . [by Le Peruggine]
Legendary Silver Age artist Murphy Anderson's beautiful recreation of the iconic cover to Superman #14 is featured on this oversized, limited, spiral-bound special edition of The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #38, which contains only the pricing, top ten charts, selected glossary, and text from the regular edition.
This completely hilarious edition of the Amelia Rules! comic book series puts together the funniest stories from the award-winning book by Jimmy Gownley in an affordable, full-color, self-contained collection. This must-have book is comprised of classic Amelia stories like ""The Sneeze Barf Incident"" and ""The Ugly Truth,"" as well as the never-before-reprinted origin story from Amelia Rules! #0. [by Jimmy Gownley]
The thrilling new series that lets fans relive classic Sonic stories continues! Issues #29-32 of Sonic's ongoing comic book series are presented in a special 5'' x 7'' edition! These stories mark the artistic change to a more 'dramatic' tone, better aligning the series to the hit Saturday morning animated series then on the air. Each story is meticulously restored and printed on high-grade paper, so you can feel like you're zipping right alongside the cobalt champion as he saves New Mobotropolis! This action-packed edition features events like Sally's roboticization, the introduction of Dulcy the Dragon, the solo adventures of Knuckles which led to his regular comic book, and other historic occurrences. Colossal cover by Pat 'Spaz' Spaziante! . [by Various]
Yorito is a high school student who's obsessed with taking pictures of the sky. A chance meeting at a vending machine introduces him to a girl named Matsuri. Matsuri's no ordinary girl, though - she's actually a Yaka, a 350-year-old creature also known the 'Calamity of the Night.' Yaka are supernatural beings with strange powers, beings who never age and who possess almost superhuman strength. Because sunlight is deadly to Yaka, Matsuri has been forced to live a life of solitude, and Yorito is the first friend she's ever had. There's even more to Matsuri, however, than her big secret. She's being followed by Takeshi, a mysterious sword-wielding man who's intent on killing her. But why? And why is Takeshi unharmed by Matsuri's powers? Thrust against his will into an otherworldly battle, will Yorito find the courage to protect Matsuri, their friendship, and himself? [by Chako Abeno]
Is a man consumed by pure evil capable of redemption? Forged in the fires of sin, dead torturer Sabbath is reborn, a specter hell-bent upon reclaiming his lost human senses. Battling the Avatars of Sin, Sabbath consumes the suffering of massacre victims, growing in strength. Will his newfound strength draw Sabbath back to his humanity or push him further away? [Author: Matt Tamao / Artist: Josh Medor / Cover: Tim Seeley]
Based on the true story of the U.S. Government's secret extraterrestrial exchange program! In 2005, according to government files, 12 intrepid Americans journeyed to the distant, alien planet SERPO to live among its people! This OGN It's Close Encounters meets X-Files, from the people who brought you URBAN MONSTERS! [Author: Jason M. Burns / Artist: Joe Eisma / Cover Artist: Roger Robinson]
In a land of samurai, one monk challenges the gods. Honor bound to protect his people, the only way Obo-san can save his nation is to rebel against its insane leader. But is even the mighty Weapon of Heaven enough to overthrow centuries of tradition? This edition collects issues #13-18 of the original series. [Ron Marz & Mathew Smith]
Before The X-Files, there was Carl Kolchak, TV's first paranormal investigator! ''Eve of Terror'' is adapted from a script that was leftover from the television series, but never filmed! Government conspiracies, unexplained deaths, secret scientific experiments, and a modern day miracle, all wrapped up in one ''racing against the clock'' tale! Then in ''Lambs to the Slaughter,'' Kolchak has to find a series of missing teenagers in the cesspool of downtown Hollywood. What does a wealthy industrialist and his genetic manipulation dreams of having a son have to do with it? And is there a mythical monster lying in wait for these kids, as well as for Kolchak? Against all spine-tingling odds, it's up to Kolchak to find out, and survive long enough to let the truth be known! [Gentile, Dawidziak, Von Eeden & Figueroa]
The second volume of a two volume set which collects the groundbreaking comic strip series by the genius illustrator Winsor McCay. Features full color adventures of Little Nemo in Slumberland from 1909-1914, and full color with black and white images from the previously never collected 1924-1926 run. [Winsor McCay]
Michael Myers, the original and most famous horror slasher, returns in this collection of one of the most terrifying miniseries of 2008! On Halloween night, the lives of three teenagers from Russellville, Illinois are changed forever when Michael Myers comes to town, and not all of them will live through the night... Includes pages of bonus material previously found only on the halloweencomics.com website. [Author: Stefan HutchinsonArtist: Tim Seeley & Elizabeth John Cover Artists: Bill Sienkiewicz]
Sometimes it takes dying to really live! When a motorcycle builder refuses to sell his innovative fuel formula and engine design to a greedy corporation, he is murdered and his inventions are stolen! But what he died for also brings him back to life when he is drowned in his own fuel and he returns as a zombie -- giving him the skills and confidence to exact revenge and claim what is rightfully his! The Producer of MONSTER GARAGE and DEADLIEST CATCH and the writer of THE BLACK FOREST bring you the evolution of horror with CHOPPER ZOMBIE! [Author: Todd Livingston and Thom Beers / Artist: Scott Keating / Cover Artist: Scott Keating]
By night, Setsuko Kagaku is the world's leading babysitter. Equipped with her trusty rocketpack, she jet sets all around the globe keeping the world's greatest resource - the children, silly - safe. But by day, she is just another teenager dealing with the same problems that any other Japanese schoolgirl faces: giant robots, big angry kaijubakumono (monsters), crazy science experiments gone awry, weird tentacled beasties, global conspiracies, and alien invaders - not to mention good grades, plenty of teen angst, and boys! Join Setsuko as she tries to deal with the panic and claustrophobia of living in a depiction of modern Japan that only a completely uninformed and rather stupid American could dream up! [Andy Ristaino]
A fresh, fantastic take on the bloodiest of classic fairy tales! When Blue's ex-boyfriend appears on her doorstep, he says he wants to make things right. His true intentions are far more sinister. Blue's shape-shifting powers can help her outrun him, but to survive she must face him as herself! [by Elizabeth Genco & Sami Makkonen]
This volume collects the fan-favorite, sold-out issues #26-30, which includes the one-shot stories ''Digital Demon,'' ''The Goblin Queen'', ''Haunted Hairball,'' and the Tarot/3 Little Kittens crossover 2-part story arc, ''Witches-n-Kittens!'' Also includes covers, a lithograph gallery, and never-before-seen extras! A must-have for Tarot lovers! Also available in a PREVIEWS Exclusive ''Deluxe Color Plate'' Edition, that features a 6'' x 8 1/2'' full-color Catress print entitled ''Back Fire,'' limited to 500 pieces and signed by the artist, Jim Balent. (NOTE: Ships with a limited edition full color plate by Jim Balent. Limited to 500 copies, allocations may occur) [by Jim Balent]
This is the untold story of SPOOKS, the secret branch of the government that protects humanity from things that go bump in the night! But when the king of vampires forms an alliance with the deadliest of witches to launch an invasion of classic monsters on Washington, D.C, the Spooks find themselves in an all-out battle for the fate of the planet! [Author: Ryan Schifrin & Larry Hama Story: R.A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore and Ryan SchifrinArtist: Ad]
From the groundbreaking collaboration between SCI FI Channel (Battlestar Galactica, Eureka and Ghost Hunter) and Virgin Comics comes this fast-paced, chilling tale of truly epic scope. What if your entire life - your childhood, your family, your memories - was a lie? THE STRANDED features a group of seemingly ordinary people that must face the terrifying reality that they're all, secretly, from another world, implanted with false memories to keep them safe from harm. But a deadly, otherworldly force has targeted them for death, and their only hope is a dark, mysterious woman sent to Earth as their protector. One by one, she must awaken The Stranded's true selves - along with their powerful, unique psychic and physical abilities. Collects issues #1-5. [Written by: Mike Carey Art by: Siddharth Kotian Cover by: Marc Silvestri]
Originally published in 1987 and created by Timothy Truman, Scout features the Native American hero, Emanuel Santana, and his one-man war against oppressive governmental forces in a post-apocalyptic United States. Now, this revered and powerful series is re-mastered and presented to a new generation! Featuring issues #7-15 of the original Eclipse Comics series, this volume also includes a gallery of Truman's original covers! [by Timothy Truman]
A Ronin Studio chronicles the artwork of Christopher Shy, the extraordinary artist of Ascend (Image Comics), Pathfinder (Dark Horse Comics), and Silent Leaves (DMF Comics). Get an inside look at Studio Ronin with this outstanding collection from today's most prolific post-apocalyptic artist. [by Christopher Shy]
From Rod Espinosa, the celebrated creator of The Courageous Princess and Neotopia comes the first chapter of what is sure to be his next masterpiece, the highly anticipated epic adventure, Prince of Heroes! Born on a distant planet and crossing galaxies to reach his final destination, a young boy discovers he has a promising legacy. Ronen does not want to leave his home planet, but his mother Aiymie tells him he must meet his father at the edge of the universe. A kingdom awaits, but only if he has the courage to claim it. However, they must struggle through the chaos of a rapidly disintegrating empire! Blending a unique mix of science fantasy, martial arts action, strange new worlds, warrior princes, and alien societies, Prince of Heroes is the kind of sweeping epic Star Wars fans are clamoring for! Limited to 1000 copies. [by Rod Espinosa]
Walt Kelly's spirited and engaging Our Gang harkens back to the days before television, when kids spent most of their time playing outdoors, limited only by each other's imagination and ingenuity. Kelly created dozens of Our Gang stories by the end of its 59-issue run in 1949, the year he quit comics to create the immortal syndicated newspaper strip, Pogo. In Our Gang Volume 3, Kelly hits his stride in supplying eight adventures of the mainstay off-beat personas as well as other whimsical characters, from mad scientists to eccentric animals. Fantagraphics Books has lovingly restored the work from the original comic books, giving Kelly's art a new four-color splendor! With a cover by Jeff Smith! [Walt Kelly]
The best-selling video game from Pandemic Studios is the next Dynamite Entertainment comic book event, collected here for the very first time! Get ready to join up with the Mercenaries! Mercenaries the game has revolutionized the world of 3rd-person action-shooters by putting players in the middle of real world combat with the kind of freedom only a mercenary enjoys. And now Dynamite's Mercenaries places you in the middle of the action! Featuring covers from red-hot artist Michael Turner, a stellar script from Mercenaries writer Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel, Red Sonja), and art from Dynamite up-n-comer Edgar Salazar, the Mercenaries TP puts you into the middle of the Mercenaries next adventure. Collects issues #1-3, and features a complete cover gallery of Michael Turner's cover for the series! [Brian Reed & Edgar Salazar]
This new perfectbound trade paperback contains four issues worth of classic strips from Knights of the Dinner Table #77 to #80, crammed between two sturdy covers! It's always a great time to pick up these hysterically funny strips, so don't miss out on this incredible addition to any gamer's bookshelf! [by Various]
The most thorough listing of Jack "King" Kirby's work ever published! Building on the 1998 "Silver Edition," this new, fully-updated, definitive Gold Edition compiles an additional decade's worth of corrections and additions by top historians, in a new Trade Paperback format with premium paper for archival durability. It lists in exacting detail every published comic featuring Kirby's work, including dates, story titles, page counts, and inkers. It even cross-references reprints, to help collectors locate less-expensive versions of key Kirby issues, and includes an extensive bibliography listing books, periodicals, portfolios, fanzines, posters, and other obscure pieces with Kirby's art, plus a detailed list of Jack's unpublished work as well. Now includes a complete listing of the over 5000-page archive of Kirby's personal pencil art photocopies. And scattered throughout are dozens of examples of rare and unseen Kirby art, making this a must-have item for serious Kirby collectors and eBay shoppers!
The final chapter in Weis' and Hickman's acclaimed Trilogy! Divided by the enemies that surround them from all sides, the ragtag, unlikely group of heroes called the Companions struggle to defeat the forces of the evil queen Takhisis and her dragon armies, with the fate of the world at stake! Collects issues #7-12 of the twelve-issue maxi-series! [Writers: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Adapted by: Andrew Dabb Artists: Pere Perez, Julius Gopez]
The hit series from Japan, as seen on adult swim, featuring original character designs by the manga powerhouse CLAMP! In the year 2010, the Holy Empire of Brittania declared war on Japan. Powerless to stop them, Japan surrendered in less than a month. Freedom was lost and Japan was renamed "Area 11" and its people became known as "Elevens." Lelouch is a Brittanian and his friend Suzaku, born an eleven, has achieved the status of honorary Brittanian. As a boy Lelouch vowed to crush his own government, but now 7 years later and in high school, he's accepted that he can't change anything. That is until he meets a mysterious girl that gives him the power to control people's minds - the power of Geass. He dons a mask and becomes the ruthless terrorist known only as Zero, destroying any who might stand in his path - including his boyhood friend, Suzaku! [Goro Taniguichi, Ichiro Okouchi & Majiko]
Casey Jones and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Raphael, find themselves caught up in the middle of an international family murder/revenge/assassination plot, complete with gansters, thugs, secret agents, double agents and more spent shell casings than the D-Day invasion! [Kevin Eastman & Simon Bisley]
Limbs are swapped and pants are dropped in Albert and The Others, a collection of wordless strips that expose the pleasures, pitfalls and perversities of masculinity. In this companion volume to Aline and the Others, Guy Delisle delves deep into the male psyche and emerges with 26 alphabetically arranged strips, named after the men who tumble through the pages. These elastic protagonists risk damnation and dismemberment in a series of improbable slapstick relationships with women that veer from the titillating to the downright macabre. [Guy Delisle]
Travel across three worlds with some of the most popular characters in modern sword & sorcery - R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden and Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Raistlin Majere. This volume also features an original Eberron tale by Keith Baker, creator of that world of magic-fueled technology and action-packed intrigue. [Authors: R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Keith Baker Adapted by: Nick Schley, Neil Kl]
Andy Wicks is a forty-something father of two who's tried everything to quit smoking - from going cold turkey, to the latest patches and nicotine chewing gums - so he decides he'll give this hypnosis thing a try. What's the worst that could happen? Unfortunately, Andy gets dealt a fate worse than death - high school! Transported back to 1985, Andy returns to his formative years as a gangly, awkward teenager. Is he doomed to relive the mistakes of his past, or has he been given a second chance to get things right? One thing's for sure, this time he's going to ask out that girl from math class! . [by Alex Robinson]
Las Vegas, 1959. WWII veteran, Joe Halliday is enjoying the good life running Tiki Joe's Restaurant, courting a beautiful girl, and making time with steadfast friends. It's all good until the local mob moves in with demands for protection money. When the police are unable to help, Joe calls in a few old army friends. Together they decide to pay the mob off - in lead! Tiki Joe is an Ocean's Eleven-style graphic novel set in Las Vegas and using Polynesian pop-culture and Las Vegas kitsch as a background. Part murder mystery, part hard-boiled thriller by newcomer Mark Murphy! [by Mark Murphy]
A Soulfire tale lost in time returns as a trade paperback edition! This special Soulfire: Chaos Reign collection brings together the acclaimed 3-issue miniseries, along with the sold-out #0 issue! Adding to its appeal, the Soulfire: Chaos Reign trade paperback also contains a complete cover gallery and features a brand new cover by series artist Marcus To and colorist Peter Steigerwald! In a time where power ruled over the primal landscape of the world, a hidden savagery lurks, and the only thing one can hope to do among the chaos is survive! [by J.T Krul & Marcus To]
A cute boy by day and a beautiful girl by night, Abel is a part of the unique gender-changing race, the "Nephilim." Although cursed to kill Guy because he saw her true form, his kindness shines through, and she falls in love. Unfortunately, a tragic accident forces them to separate, with Guy's whereabouts and condition unknown. Confident that he is alive, Abel sets out to search for him. Upon finding him, it is obvious that something strange has happened - and not just because of his other woman! [by Anna Hanamaki]
A shoujo comic with a touch of comedic shounen-ai action! Yuto is a typical male high school student whose family is rooted from a long line of "omyouji." One day, while in the family storage house, he accidentally awakens a god who was sealed away hundreds of years ago. This god turns out to be extremely good-looking and possesses immense powers. Now, if only the said god remembered who he was! Stuck with a mysterious amnesiac god who's strangely attached to him, Yuko ventures into the clamorous life between a high school and a god! [by Natsuho Shino]
Magic Trixie, a young witch, is feeling jinxed! She's not allowed to ride her cousin's broom, play with her father's magic wand, or use her mother's cauldron. But baby sister Abby Cadabra gets rides, gnaws the wand, and bathes in the cauldron. No fair! On top of that, Show & Tell is coming up at school and Magic Trixie wants to be the best. But it's tough competition among her friends. Lupe can turn into a wolf; Nefertiti can show her own organs in their adorable sarcophagi, and Stitch can unsew himself! What if Magic Trixie could solve both of her problems at once? What if she could do some really impressive magic for Show & Tell - by making her baby sister disappear? This delightful, laugh-out-loud graphic novel features full-color art on every page by award-winning artist and writer Jill Thompson. . [by Jill Thompson]
Odd Thomas is perhaps the most memorable and beloved character Dean Koontz has ever created. The charismatic young fry cook from Pico Mundo, California, has appeared in three New York Times-bestselling novels: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, and Brother Odd. Odd, who has the ability to communicate with the dead, has inspired more reader letters than any other of his characters, according to Koontz. In Odd We Truth - a prequel to the original novel - follows Odd's race to solve the murder of a young boy whose killer appears to be stalking a second child. Odd's girlfriend, Stormy, Police Chief Porter, the ghost of Elvis Presley, and many other characters from the novels make their return. [Dean Koontz & Queenie Chan]
Welcome to the further adventures of an angel and a robot who live with a young, singlewoman! Why are clowns scary? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Why do women shave their legs but not their arms? Is it a good idea to play a practical joke on an all-powerful angel? Find out the answer to these questions and others you've never even wanted to ask! Logic, metaphysics and human nature collide in these quirky, short stories about the idiosyncrasies of life. Discover why Halo and Sprocket is a favorite among fans and critics alike with these all-new stories and 4 pages of little-seen newspaper strips. [by Kerry Callen]
The survivor of an attack by a slasher turned murderer of murderers, Cassie Hack and her monstrous companion Vlad continue their mission to rid the world of those that would harm others... In this collection, they face a murderous priest wannabe in a good world gone mad, a skin peeling wraith from their past and the most disturbing threat of all: murderous children gone horribly wrong. More dark humor from the mind of Tim Seeley! Collects issues #5-10 of the incredible ongoing series! [Author: Tim Seeley Artists: Emily Stone & Rebekah Isaacs Cover Artist: Mike Bear]
When COBRA gains control of the most advanced weaponry manufacturer, they use that advantage to turn minor skirmishes across the globe into full-out wars! World War III has begun! While G.I. JOE is spread thin dealing with this, the world is ripe for conquering... enter COBRA COMMANDER! The world - and G.I. JOE - will never be the same! Collects G.I. JOE: AMERICA'S ELITE #25-36 and the WWIII prologue from SPECIAL MISSIONS: THE ENEMY! [Author: Mark Powers w/Mike O'Sullivan Artists: Mike Bear, Mike Shoyket, Pat Quinn & Jean-Francois Be]
Raymond Briggs is the beloved British cartoonist whose many books, including The Snowman, When The Wind Blows, and Ethel & Ernest, have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Briggs was also an early pioneer of graphic novels, as some of his key works coincide with or even pre-date Will Eisner's A Contract With God. Gentleman Jim is the story of Jim Bloggs, an imaginative toilet cleaner who, dissatisfied with his station in life, devotes his time to envisioning a world beyond it. Encouraged by his wife, also eager to incorporate more adventure into her life, Jim sets out to bring these dreams to fruition by accumulating various accoutrements, only to discover that the life of an executive, an artist, or a cowboy is more complicated and costly than it appears. Gentleman Jim was originally released in England in 1980 and is now regarded as one of the first English-language graphic novels ever published. [by Raymond Briggs]
Famed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury provides the foreword to Volume Three of this classic, creepy EC title! This hardcover reprints twenty-four stories by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, with art by legendary illustrators such as Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Will Elder and more - all in spectacular full color! Reprints Weird Science issues #13-18, originally published in 1952 and 1953. [Various]
From the creator of 52 and Annihilation, Keith Giffen! An alien microbe, traveling through space, arrives on Earth and discovers humanity. As it enters an array of innocent human bodies, it remakes them into something new, something powerful but, most ominously, something wanting its own homeland - its own dominion. This trade paperback collects the critically acclaimed mini-series showing the battle between ordinary humans and this new, alien invader that takes over mortal bodies and infuses them with untold power! [by Michael Alan Nelson & Tim Hamilton]
New York City: It's the roaring 20s and America's great metropolis has become the nexus of high society culture, cutting edge industry and perhaps the most shocking crime wave in our country's history. Known for its sinister and treacherous underworld, there's a new power waking up the city that never sleeps. His name... John ""The Hand"" Smith. An outcast and an orphan, Smith's massive right hand is nearly twice as large as his left, and he's not afraid to use it. From two of New York's favorite sons, actor/director Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan, The Brothers McMullen) and comics' legend Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Monolith) comes a story filled with diamond-toothed gangsters, Chinese gangs, the flirtatious and sexy girlfriend of a mob boss, deadly double crosses and plenty of Tommy Guns. Collects issues #1-5. [Created by: Ed Burns Story by: Jimmy Palmiotti and Ed Burns Written by: Jimmy Palmiotti Art & Cover]
Gunther and Klem return in two new tales from the warped and endearingly disturbed world of Chumble Spuzz! In their first adventure, ""Pigeon Man,"" Klem befriends a man who was raised by pigeons, but Gunther sells the pigeon man out to a local Zoo for Feral Humans to buy himself a new robot. When Klem discovers that the zoo is only a coverup for an illegal underground feral-human fighting operation, he'll do anything to rescue his new friend from the inhumane zoo's cruel death matches! Then, ""Death Sings the Blues"" stars the Grim Reaper himself. After a conversation with Klem about his recently deceased pet sea monkey, Death realizes all of the pain and suffering he has caused the world through taking away life, and he can't bear the pain anymore, so he kills himself. When Death commits suicide, everything that has ever died begins to come back to life! [by Ethan Nicolle]
Now brought to full color! As Abbey the vampire recovers from her showdown with the much more powerful Lilith, Swamp girl Nessie starts taking the upper hand in her pursuit of Michael Paris. Meanwhile, Glump continues his farcical schemes to rule the world, launching the ""Doomsday Frog!"" However, all are quickly brought back together to face a new threat: zombies sprouting up from the cemetery! Collects issues #12-16. [Richard Moore]
All-new cover and printing! Things start off bad as a costume party goes all wrong, and the brain-damaged, hormonally-challenged boys videotape Bleu in the bath. From there, Bleu and Clover will stop at nothing to get the tape back, while Erin makes it her personal mission to make sure everything stays screwed up! You see, this deranged action is actually a mating ritual in Alan and Victor's eyes, and Erin can't help but pit them against each other. [Chynna Clugston]
AA for monsters! Semi-pro baseball player Justin Ullrich has a problem - he's a werewolf and he wants to talk, but nobody's listening. Not his Mother, Priest, stoner pal, or his ex the succubus. So where does a monster with bloodlust issues go? He enters a twelve-step, self-help program, of course! But instead of finding answers he finds himself swept up in the identity politics of the monster set! [by Phil Hester, Chuck Satterlee & Kevin Mellon]
It's World War I. Amidst the bloodshed, a British flying ace and an American infantryman steal a map from the body of the Red Baron, a map they believe leads to his lost treasure. The two adventurers desert their posts and embark on a remarkable quest that leads them into enemy territory, past vanishing islands, secret organizations, and confrontation with the ghost of the map's previous owner - the Red Baron himself! [Denton, Wilson, & Square-Briggs]
Enter a world of pure terror in one of the most anticipated graphic novels of the year! When a foolish antique collector reads the inscription on the back of an ancient Chinese amulet, she unleashes the ultimate evil. The Unwanted follows the saga of a group of street-wise teens trapped inside an inescapable juvenile detention facility, facing a relentless predator that will stop at nothing to consume them. Beautifully illustrated by renowned international horror artist Juan Romera, reviewers are already hailing this as the next horror classic. [by Diablo, Mark Michaels & Juan Romera]
In the play of life, all Hikaru Takabayashi wanted was to be part of the scenery. But ever since she transferred to the prestigious all-girls Seika Academy, Hikaru has been living life in the spotlight with scandal on every side! Ever since her teacher and crush Ayase-sensei confessed that he cares for her as well, Hikaru’s been living in bliss. Poor Izumi, her best friend and roommate, has feelings of his own and now it looks like Hikaru will never return them. Is this the end of Hikaru and Izumi’s friendship?
Just when Hikaru thought Akai-sensei was finally willing to start a relationship with her, a former love of his returns to take him away for good. Painful good-byes are softened by new friends and the ever loyal, Izumi. Then a trip to Kyoto for a movie-shoot intended to give Hikaru time to heal only adds more chaos to her life when Izumi's gender-bending antics are discovered by a co-worker!
The first critical retrospective of the work of the reclusive Spider-Man co-creator! Steve Ditko is best known as the co-creator, with Stan Lee, of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, and other classic Marvel and DC characters. But, in the context of Steve Ditko's 50-year career in comics, his creative involvement with Spider-Man is merely the tip of the iceberg. Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is a coffee table art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, and his strict adherence to his philosophical principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he's drawn over the last 55 years. [Blake Bell]
A true cornerstone of the Japanese underground scene of the 1960's, Seiichi Hayashi produced Red Colored Elegy in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. The quietly melancholic lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping - together and at times with others. While Ichiro attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko's parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichiro doesn't seem interested. Both in their relationship and at work, Ichiro and Sachiko are unable to say the things they need to say, and like any couple, at times say things to each other that they do not mean, ultimately communicating as much with their body language and what remains unsaid as with words. [Seiichi Hayashi]
Where do super-villains get their training? Necessary Evil Academy, of course! In the tradition of Harry Potter and Sky High we see how the other half lives - and studies! Jacob and Miller are the sons of the Matriarch, the world's greatest super-villainess. The Matriarch is now dead at the hands of a super-hero and the boys want answers...and revenge! As the brothers go to class to learn the tricks of the bad-guy-trade, they begin to unravel the secrets surrounding their mother's death, finding that her legacy may have destined them to become more than just villains. [Joshua Williamson, Marcus Harris & J.C. Grande]
As seen on MySpace Comic Books! Written by David DiGilio, best known for the movie Eight Below and ABC's Traveler, the North Wind TPB collects the five-issue mini-series set in a future Los Angeles. A new ice age has covered the Earth. In this dystopian future, people burn books for fuel and Skinrunners trade valuable pelts for rations and warmth. From this violent, damaged world, a hero will rise! For fans of Mad Max and Antony Johnston's Wasteland. [by David DiGilio & Alex Cal]
Praised for finding new ways of being funny while simultaneously panned for lacking the draftsmanship skills of his peers, Henderson continues what he's been doing all along for nearly twenty years! Magic Whistle #11 features the return of Monroe Simmons, a re-coloring of a story previously published in the childrens' anthology Measles, tons of previously unpublished strips, and the high-low-brow humor audiences have come to expect from this cartoonist who has been nominated multiple times for a Harvey award and once for an Emmy. [Sam Henderson]
Fearing that his feelings will only lead to misery, Hyoue keeps his distance from Amane, leaving her confused... and open to a more aggressive classmate's affections! Threatened with expulsion from school and besieged by restless ghosts, Amane's life is in danger of collapsing - and her precious demon dog may be the cause!
[by Mick Takeuchi]
Now stripped of his koma-oni powers by the curse of kingon, Hyoue must return to the village where he reminisces over his lonesome past and the start of his master-servant relationship with Amane. Meanwhile, Amane must take part in the village's annual ceremony before a contemptful crowd, and with no allies at her side, must call upon her own inner strength and agency to track down her Dog and bring him back.
R.G.Taylor, best known for his work on Sandman Mystery Theatre, Wordsmith, and Negative Burn, illustrates true stories by a television producer, an animator, a comic book store owner, and many others about the comics they loved in their youth and about the way the medium changed their lives. [by R.G. Taylor & Various]
In Medieval France, a young witch named Lara is tortured and burned at the stake. As she dies, she vows vengence on her persecutors. A thousand years later, in a futuristic city, the mysterious Sha sets off on her trail of vengeance, tracking down and killing their reincarnations! [Pat Mills & Olivier Ledroit]
Reeling from the shock of her beloved Natsu's new relationship, Kajitsu plunges into Akai-sensei and moves in with him. While the two are working out their own issues with the new co-habitation, Erica continues to challenge Natsu about his feelings for his sister. Kajitsu's not going to take it lying down, and the two finally duke it out!
The Grim Peddler waltzes through fairly tales, giving the stories' inhabitants their hearts' desires. But benefactors beware, for his gifts don't always turn out quite as expected. Classic fables like ""Sleeping Beauty,"" ""Hansel and Gretel,"" ""The Frog Prince"" and more are turned on their side through the unexpected reversals and terrifying twists of this all-new series. [Lee Jeoun-A]
When a pair of seductive eyes comes between Cesare and his brother Juan, the escalating tension between the two finally explodes in a frenzy of rage. Will Juan's blade find Cesare's blood glistening on its edge, or will Cesare's ever-quickening descent into madness lead to a much more gruesome end for his dear brother?
As the dreams and nightmares continue, Mashiro finds himself more conflicted than ever. Sou remains a mystery even as they grow closer, while Kureha seems to be distancing herself even more. Tensions are high as friends fight and enemies form uneasy alliances, and as ever, the myserious dream world grows even more dangerous... [Setona Mizushiro]
Mashiro's still getting used to the nightmareish class he must attend every week, but the confusion and frustration over his unwhole body only spurs him on to overcome his weaknesses. This turmoil of emotion isn't helping his relationship with the unstable Kureha, especially when Sou is advancing on him more than ever. With the event of the first graduate of the class, the goal of the class seems startingly simple, but just what lurks behind those heavy doors, and should the students be so willing to find out? [Setona Mizushi]
A haughty classmate from the Dream World tries to make Mashiro his slave! Meanwhile, tension between Sou and our gender-confused hero escalate as Mashiro becomes obsessed with trying to discern the true identities of the other classmates' dream-selves. Both within the Dream World and out, our heroes must face their most feared ""realities." [Setona Mizushiro]
(W) Michael Farr Following on from his best-selling Tintin: The Complete Companion, Michael Farr portrays the little-known but fascinating life of Hergé, the remarkable artist behind Tintin, the boy reporter who continues to thrill and delight an ever-widening audience. In seven separate sketches, he presents his picture of a man whose life is the key to his creation.
(W) MK Reed (A) Jonathan Hill Neal Barton just wants to read in peace. Unluckly for him, some local Christian activists are trying to get his favorite fantasy series banned from the Americus Public Library. Something has to be done, and it looks like quiet, shy Neal is going to have to do it. With youth services librarian Charlotte Murphy at his back, Neal finds himself leading the charge to defend the fantasy series that makes his life worth living.
(W/A) Koji Kumeta The prequel story to Sailor Moon puts the spotlight on Sailor Venus. This series has never been release in the U.S. before, and fan demand for it has been high for years. Codename: Sailor V tells the story of Minako Aino, a 13-year old middle school student, whose calm, normal life changes when she encounters a talking white cat with a crescent moon on its forehead. This cat introduces himself as Artemis and claims that Minako is a girl with the power to transform into the hero, Sailor V!
(W) Bob Burden, Steve Purcell (A) Arthur Adams For the first time in 25 years the Eisner Award-winning Gumby Specials are available! Everyone's favorite boy of clay goes for a romp through the Gumbyverse sure to dazzle and entertain audiences for centuries to come! Don't be left out on this amazing once-in-a-lifetime book!
See them here for the first and only time! All of Hero Initiative's 100-plus covers to DC Comics' Justice League of America #50 are on display in this great book, with art from Mark Bagley, Alan Davis, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, George Pérez, Frank Quitely, John Romita, Sr., Alex Ross, and more! See all the covers, along with a special behind-the-scenes section showing developmental art and more!
(W/A) Leonard Starr Volume Nine of Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage reprints dailies and Sundays from November 20, 1967 to May 10, 1969, with an introduction by Thomas B. Sawyer. Storylines include the return of Maximus, Webster Ivie falls for the wrong woman, Cowboy star Galvin Galt, and the Fletchers as guests at the home of movie director Renzo di Saba.
When an aspiring writer moved by the classic tale Alice in Wonderland meets a group of magically gifted young girls, the literary fuel for a new and truly fantastic ""Alice"" story is revealed.Key Princess Story is a fantastic adventure of a hopeful scribe and a group of girls with special powers in pursuit of the missing third book of Alice called "Eternal Alice. [Kaisyaku]
(W) Bill Golliher (A) Holly G! Sabrina, along with Archie and Josie and the Pussycats, is one of the most popular Archie Comics characters and has been featured on television in a number of live action and animated series. These stories collect some of the best, most entertaining tales from the modern Sabrina stories and feature all of her key supporting cast members, including Salem the magical cat. This book features stories by award-winning artist Holly G! and writer Bill Golliher.
(W/A) Ken Akamatsu A ten-year-old wizard, Negi Springfi eldis also a teacher with a wide variety of strange and unusual students. With every new adventure, they learn more about each other and themselves.
(W/A) Jeff Smith From the New York Times best-selling author of Bone comes a hardboiled sci-fi tale about a dimension-jumping art thief - a man unplugged from the world, racing through space and time searching for his next big score and trying to escape his past. Cartoonist Jeff Smith continues the critically acclaimed noir adventures of RASL, as the art thief tries desperately to hold on to anything constant in his fast changing world.
(W) Tommy Kovac (A) Andy Hirsch Jasper Fizzle sees himself as the new ""Royal Historian of OZ"" as he insists on writing new OZ stories. When the failed writer discovers that OZ really exists, he makes an error in judgment that brands him a criminal in two worlds. His son Frank may be doomed to pay for the ""sins of the father"" at the hands of the axe-wielding Tin-Man and the ghost of the Wicked Witch. Can Frank save the day and redeem the Fizzle family name, or will the drizzly ghost of the Wicked Witch of the West destroy them all? Collects all 5 issues, plus an introduction by Eric Shanower.
(W/A) Royden Lepp Rust is a high-octane, all-ages adventure set in the American heartland. Life on the Taylor family farm was difficult enough before Jet Jones crashes into the barn, chased by a giant decommissioned war robot! Oldest son Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family's small farm afloat as the heartland heals from a devastating world war. While the rest of his family may not trust the mysterious boy with the jetpack, Roman believes the secrets of Jet's past may be the key to their survival. But are some secrets best left untold? This is the next, great Archaia All Ages book!
(W/A) Nicholas De Crécy Salvatore the crack dog mechanic has now finished his rig and is off to all the way out somewhere in Latin America to his sweetheart pooch he has been pining for. His trip goes all the way through Russia and the Bering Straits, a route he characterizes as epic but is really designed to avoid the seas which Salvatore is deadly afraid of. On the way, there are many temptations such as the pretty cat Julie who, as it turns out, has adopted the missing piglet Amandine the Sow has been so desperately spending her last penny trying to find while, unbeknownst to her, the rest of her litter is busy in a lucrative endeavor of bio recycling.
(W) Joshua Williamson (A/C) Vicente ""Vinny"" Navarrete Eight year old Mandy isn't what you'd call an emotional child. Whether at her own surprise birthday party, scoring the winning goal, or being stung by a bee, Mandy doesn't show her feelings. Instead she draws them as MONSTERS in her sketchbook. But one day emotions run wild and those monsters escape! Mandy's only help catching them is an eccentric monster named Happster, who causes more problems than he solves. Can Mandy catch all the sketch monsters and return them to her sketchbook before they destroy her town?
(W) Dan Slott (A) Patrick ""Spaz"" Spaziante This fourth volume of the popular Sonic Select series collects for the first time the alternate-reality madness of the ""Zone Wars"" saga from the Sonic the Hedgehog Super Special comic books plus the entire island adventure from the Sonic Blast Special! Sonic's in for more than a world of trouble as he tackles the biggest baddies the multiverse has to offer. It's a case of mistaken identity as the devious Dr. Eggman and Dimitri swap the minds of Sonic and Knuckles a ""Crisis of Infinite Sonics!""
(W/A) Atsushi Ohkubo Maka is a scythe meister, working to perfect one particular scythe until its good enough to become Death's Weapon - the weapon used by Shinigami-sama, the spirit of death himself. As if that wasn't unusual enough, her scythe is a demon scythe called Soul Eater which can change from a scythe to a human-looking boy! Maka's fellow students, like the shadow ninja weapon meister Black Star, aren't much help either. It'll be a miracle if Maka even survives, let alone manages to make her Soul Eater into the Death Scythe!
The Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV games rejuvenated the fighting game genre, and solidified Street Fighter once again as the king of all fighting games. Collected in this volume is all the spectacular artwork behind the ultimate fighting game, including character designs, development sketches, promotional art, story boards, creator commentary, and more!
(W) Michael Farr (A) Hergé A fully-illustrated guide to the world-famous comic character Tintin and his adventures. Well-researched and gorgeously presented, this overview follows Tintin through the 23 titles of the complete series. The Complete Companion contextualizes Hergé's accomplishment in historical context. Hergé's drawings are side by side with their references, demonstrating how he established believable backgrounds and realistic details. The book includes a large number of sketches, which Hergé re-worked and polished until he found the clearest, most easily readable line, giving birth to a style that would later be called Clear Line.
Writers" and Artists" Names: Herge Synopsis: Same great Tintin volumes, same 3 -in-1 format, with a classy new look! Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy, and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories including: THE CALCULUS AFFAIR, THE RED SEA SHARKS, and TINTIN IN TIBET. .
Writers" and Artists" Names: Herge Synopsis: Same great Tintin volumes, same 3 -in-1 format, with a classy new look! Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy, and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories including: TINTIN AND THE BROKEN EAR, THE BLACK ISLAND, and KING OTTOKAR's SCEPTRE. .
(W) Stephen Oswald (A) Joe Staton Archie Cyber Adventures picks up where the real world leaves off! Dive right into a new gaming universe filled with danger and excitement. When Dilton Doiley's newest invention goes awry, Archie's pals ""n"" gals are trapped inside the game! Now it's up to Archie to save the day! Will he make it in time or will it be ""Game Over""? Artist Joe Staton (E-Man) teams up with writer Stephen Oswald to take you on a wild new adventure full of pixelated peril! Jam-packed with nods to iconic videogames and witty pop-culture references, think of this as where the world of Archie meets Tron!
(W) Philippe Goddin, Michael Farr (A) Hergé Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of Tintin & Snowy, left an exceptional legacy, the center of which was Tintin's cartoon adventures, but also included much other work. Covering the years 1948 to 1983, this third and final volume of The Art of Hergé series presents a selection of Hergé's outstanding and often unpublished drawings, showing the diversity of his work and the range of his talent. The prolific output of the master of the ""clear line"" included advertisements, comic strips, illustrations, fashion designs and caricatures.
(W/A/C) Tomomi Mizuna Wizard girl Majoko and her human friend Nana are ready for more adventures! In this volume, the girls visit the Land of Stars where constellations come to life. Plus, Majoko gets a handsome prince as a new classmate. Every day is a big adventure when Majoko is around!
(W) Troy Duffy, J.B. Love (A) Guss Floor Launching out of the wildly successful Boondock Saints franchise, this inaugural comic book collection chronicles the first story to take place outside of the cult-hit films. Written by Boondock Saints creator/writer/director Troy Duffy and comic scribe J.B. Love, the In Nomine Patris saga is the perfect companion to the films. Discover the true story behind the original saint, Noah MacManus (Il Duce), and his bloody war against New York's 1960s Underground Crime world. Plus, Troy Duffy reveals some of what happened between the films. Includes a foreword by Sean Patrick Flanery.
Edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean & Kristy Valenti The Comics Journal has been, for over 30 years, the standard bearer of critical inquiry, discrimination, debate, and serious discussion of comics as art. TCJ provides its readers with an eclectic mix of journalism, commentary, interviews, reprints of classic comics and newspaper strips, historical essays, and reviews of contemporary work on a regular basis. Previously published as a bi-monthly magazine, The Comics Journal has adapted to the digital revolution by expanding its size, and recasting itself as a semi-annual book. Not only will it feature intellectually stimulating content - Gary Groth interviews The Book of Genesis Illustrated's R. Crumb, who also participates in a discussion with Biblical and comics commentators about the Bible and his Genesis adaptation; the art form's top cartoonists collaborate on an exclusive ""exquisite corpse"" graphic novel; Joe Sacco talks politics and comics in a critical roundtable on his Footnotes in Gaza; Tim Kreider climbs the mountain that is the work and mind of Cerebus-creator Dave Sim; and much more - it will be designed as an objet d""art, designed by Eisner-Award-nominee Adam Grano.
(W) Emily Rodda (A) Niwano Makoto The peaceful Deltora Kingdom is in peril due to the machinations of the Shadow King. Three brave adventurers set out on an epic quest to recover 7 lost stones that are critical to saving Deltora from the Shadow King. Based on the bestselling novels, and appearing everyday on TV on The Hub!
(W) Frank J. Barbiere (A) J.C. Grande, Luke Radl Marc Graham, a conflicted, contract killer, could hardly be considered a hero. Things change when he stumbles into an ancient conflict between the Templar agency, a clandestine organization that protects powerful artifacts from falling into the wrong hands, and strange, demonic forces seeking to control the world. After gaining mysterious, angelic powers from a freak accident Marc must dive headfirst into a dangerous new world where he is hunted by deadly monsters who will stop at nothing to unlock the secret of his new powers and possess them for themselves.
Designed by Michael Turner; Sculpted by Dean Mason An Aspen MLT Inc. exclusive release! The first new Fathom statue in over 11 years has arrived! Showcasing Fathom's premiere heroine ASPEN MATTHEWS, this stunning work of art is truly a sight to behold! As mesmerizing as she is beautiful, Aspen raises the bar to all-new heights on hand-sculpted creations! Measuring over 16"" inches tall and an over 10"" wide wingspan, this full size statue is sure to be the centerpiece of any collection. Designed by artist Michael Turner, and sculpted by Dene Mason, this is easily one of the most intricately detailed statues ever produced! With the previous Grace statue being an instant sell out, and the Kiani statue being awarded statue of the year honors, we don't expect Aspen to stick around long! The production run will be strictly set to orders received so please act now, we want to ensure that the demand will be met on this exquisite work of art! The definitive Aspen statue is here, and the world of collectible sculptures will never be the same again! The FATHOM: ASPEN MATTHEWS STATUE is in stores September 29th, 2010!
(W) Robert Tinnell (A) Neil Vokes The destruction of the legendary, lustful vampire, Carmilla, sets off an epic chain of events that will draw in the icons of Gothic horror, including Baron Frankenstein, who is forced to perform an arranged, unholy marriage between his diabolical scientific prowess and the supernatural Black Arts.
Written By Raven Gregory Artwork By Eric J Colors By Michael Garcia Cover A By Ebas What if there was a drug that gave you the power to fly? How far would you go to possess it and who would you hurt to get your next ""fix?"" When three young teens are introduced to a designer drug that gives them the ability to fly they will each learn the costs that come with soaring in the sky and the fall that comes with it. Don't miss the series that USA TODAY calls ""a powerful story of addiction."" and Newsarama calls ""amazing"". From the writer of The Waking and the Wonderland trilogy comes Raven Gregory"" latest tale of suspense set in a world where the super heroes aren't really heroes at all...How far would you go to Fly? Collects issues one - five of the new hit ongoing series.
JOHNNY HAZARD DAILIES VOL. 01: 1944-1946 HC - Description: (W/A) Frank Robbins Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, will finally be back in print! When Johnny Hazard first saw publication it was near the end of the Second World War and the first storyline finds Johnny escaping from a German prisoner of war camp by stealing an enemy airplane. From there his adventures were packed with never ending action, Veronica Lake-esque women, and classic bad guys. Reproduced entirely from original King Features press proofs.
(W/A) Yu Kinutani Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fi ctional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special operations task force comprised of former military officers and police detectives. Based on the hit TV series.
(W) Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco (A) Various This awesome collection of Grimm Fairy Tales Volumes 1-6 trades (172 pages each volume!) is the perfect gift for the holiday season. All your favorite Grimm tales are collected here in this six book boxed set including Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood. More than 40 issues worth of content! Grimm Fairy Tales is one of the hottest independent titles in comics. Don't miss out on this special collection.
(W) Raven Gregory (A) TBD (C) Eric Basaldua The entity known as the Dream Eater has been released and walks the earth searching to destroy all of those born with supernatural ability. Both heroes and the villains of the Grimm Fairy Tales Universe must join forces to battle an all powerful entity that could very well prove to be the end of them all.
When Rena's friends learn of her crimes, they feel no revulsion toward her, but rather a sense of regret that they hadn't been able to help her and avert this tragedy; But even if they had sense Rena's desperation, would her classmates pity have transformed itself from sentiment into action? Hadn't they had the same opportunity to prevent tragedy a year earlier, when Satoshi Hojo was suffering abuse at home, and failed to prevent his desperate act of murdering his aunt? How much can Rena afford to trust in a place like Hinamizawa?
(W/A) Various Spinning from the upcoming epic 3-D film Immortals from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell) and starring Mickey Rourke and Henry Cavill comes Immortals: Gods and Heroes, a stunning, two-sided hardcover featuring ALL-NEW tales of Greek myths as you've never seen them before! Featuring incredible untold tales by Jock (Detective Comics, The Losers), Brian Clevinger (Atomic Robo), Francesco Francavilla (Black Panther), Dennis Calero (X-Men Noir), Ben McCool (Captain America, Memoir), Ron Marz (Witchblade, Green Lantern), Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (Jonah Hex), and MANY more! PLUS! We reveal the winners of the ""BECOME IMMORTAL!"" contest (sponsored by Fandango and Relativity Media), as two lucky contestants are cast in the book as Immortal gods!
(W) Josh Blaylock (A) Tim Seeley When down-on-his-luck slacker Alex Crane decides to steal ancient relics from his local museum to pay off gambling debts, he suddenly finds himself on the run from powerful magical forces. Transformed into the monstrous Mantikore, Alex is taken to Abaddon, a fantasy world where magic has run dry, and elves, dwarves, fairies and goblins live in a modern society. There, Alex must quickly acclimate himself to his environment, or fall prey to the wizard who wants his powers.
Warehouse Find! Features the cream of Jaime's ""Maggie the Mechanic"" stories including the sprawling epic ""Lost Women,"" plus Beto's classic Palomar tales ""The Laughing Sun"" and ""Act of Contrition.""
(W/A) Fusanosuke Inariya Recommended Age 18 Mature Two soldiers from warring countries are bound by a pledge as master and servant. Taki Reizen is a Commander of sublime beauty, shouldering the fate of his nation. Called ""Mad Dog"" because of his rough temperament, Klaus has sworn his loyalty to him as a knight. Despite this, those around them are cold and disapproving, full of various misgivings. For all their genuine feelings, what will come of love made cruel by the violence of war?
(W) Barry Lyga (A) Colleen Doran Ryoko, a manga character from a manga world, falls through the Rip into the ""real"" world - the western world - and tries to survive as the ultimate outsider at a typical American high school. Barry Lyga writes a metafictive masterpiece as manga meets traditional Western comic book style, while Colleen Doran combines manga techniques and conventions with Western comic book storytelling to create a unique seamless - though not Ripless - comic hybrid that is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.
(W) Bruce Brown, Lizzy Brown (A) Eduardo Savid, Zoran Cvetkovic Mwumba is the story of a little girl named Cassandra; the ruler of the jungle Mwumba. Everything in Cassandra's world centers on her, and that's just the way she likes it! For the first time, a mysterious monster has come into her jungle and is not only breaking sacred Mwumban law by eating vegetables, but worse yet, is taking all of the attention that rightfully belongs to her!
by Spain Rodriguez & William Lindsay Gresham An adaptation of the long out-of-print 1930s cult novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, illustrated by legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez. The story is a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants and environs, the dark, shadowy world of a second-rate carnival filled with cheap hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femme fatales. Gresham was born in Baltimore in 1909, but grew up in New York. Nightmare Alley was highly influenced by the freaks and sideshows he routinely observed at Coney Island as a child. The book depicts the rise of Stan Carlisle from a carnival mentalist to a successful ""spiritualist,"" preying on the rich and gullible matrons of society, to his eventual fall and total disintegration. Softcover. 136 pages. b&w
(W) Anne Elizabeth (A) Siya Oum Power up! Destiny is a choice! Tia Stanton embarks on an off-world journey to a land with strange creatures, power struggles, and an evil dictator. Even with all her magical power, she is no longer just a stock girl by day at Vivant, the sentient supernatural store, or a monster-hunting vigilante at night, Tia is being courted to become a queen! She is at a serious turning point in her life and difficult choices face her, but it is crucial that she make her own decision.
PHANTOM COMPLETE SERIES VOL. 01: GOLD KEY YEARS HC - Description: (W/A) Bill Harris The 1960s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in full, glorious color! Hermes Press will collect, beginning with this volume all 74 issues of The Phantom, starting with the Gold Key years. The Gold Key comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes, the Ghost Who Walks, is available again, digitally remastered to look better than the original books. The first volume collects eight stories in one volume.
(W/A) Aaron Williams Victor Von Fogg has a universe-devouring invention designed to give him unlimited power, but it's next target is an alternate reality that's important to his rival, the super-genius Zodon. Meanwhile, the student heroes Moon Shadow and Argonaut are stranded between the stars in a sabotaged spaceship that's being slowly devoured by a spacefaring monster! Can Zodon and his team of fellow ps238 heroes stop Victor? Can Moon Shadow and Argonaut help Zodon's cause while finding their way back to Earth?
(A/C) Shigenori Soejima Featuring the elegant artwork of Persona video game artist Shigenori Soejima, this beautiful art book feature's Soejima's best work from the various Persona games, other projects such as Stella Deus and Momoiro Taisen Pairon, and an exclusive interview with the artist himself.
(W/A) Peach-Pit Amu's guardians get their own books in this new Shugo Chara series! These hilarious stories are in the vertical 4-koma (4-panel) comic strip format.
(W/A) Peyo (W) Yvan Delporte Volumes 1 through 3 collected into one boxed set with close to 150 pages of comics! Value priced under 20 dollars.
(E) Roy Thomas, Danny Fingeroth The Stan Lee Universe is the ultimate repository of interviews with and mementos about Marvel Comics' fearless founder! This tome presents numerous rare and unpublished interviews with Stan, plus interviews with top luminaries of the comics industry. As a bonus, direct from Stan's personal archives, you'll see rare photos, sample scripts and plots, and many other unseen items. Get a jump-start on the celebration of Marvel's 50th anniversary, and let this incredible book take you on a guided tour of The Stan Lee Universe! Available in Softcover and Hardcover (featuring a deluxe dust jacket plus 16 extra full-color pages of rare Archive Material not found in the Softcover edition).
Raven Gregory, Joe Brusha & Ralph Tedesco (W) The Zenescope Wonderland series continues in this third collection of Tales from Wonderland which features three new stories. The White Knight fights to protect the realms from Wonderland while keeping himself from being corrupted by its evil. The origin of the deadly flowers that grow in Wonderland are revealed in the story Rose Red. And the Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts have a final showdown in the last installment of this collection. Included in this issue is the bonus thread story entitled ""The Redemption.""
(W/A) Osamu Tezuka The rogue doctor Black Jack is recognized as Tezuka's third most famous series, after AstroBoy and Kimba the White Lion, and is the most popular of his creations among adult readers in Japan.
(W) Norvell W. Page, Howard Hopkins (A) J. Anthony Kosar A story so action packed, that it wouldn't be fair to have anyone wait to read it as separate issues! Read the story that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster used for a 1940 Superman comic strip and that Stan Lee/Larry Lieber used for the 1963 story in Tales Of Suspense #39! Midnight shadows cast doom over exclusive Sutton Place - a sinister criminal mastermind in power armor named The Iron Man! A graphic novel by award-winning painter J. Anthony Kosar, based on the novel published in the December 1939 issue of The Spider magazine!
(W/A) Makoto Tateno Recommended Age Mature 18 Straight and macho Taki partners with feminine and gay Goh to form an expert team of bandits hired by the police to steal from the mafia. Their unrequited love with genre-bending trimmings of action and suspense.
High-school student Matsumoto Haato has fallen in love with his abusive mother's ex-boyfriend, yakuza Shibusawa, who was nice to him in the past. When he has nowhere left to go he turns to the gruff but kind older man. A three chapter love story that details the changing relationship between the two men over the years.
(W) Jason M. Burns (A) Ramon Espinoza Made immortal in the wake of Christ's crucifixion, four Praetorian guards are tasked with protecting mankind in the centuries to come. Now, spread out around the globe, the Praetorians must reunite to track down a grisly serial killer whose seemingly random murdering sprees have been haunting them since their eternal rebirth.
Oishinbo: Ramen and Gyoza Creator: Tetsu Kariya Few foods inspire as much passion and partisanship as the dish of noodles in broth known as "ramen." Hot or cold, plain or miso, from fancy fusion creations to humble roadside takeout, ramen is truly a beloved food, one that can give rise to fierce loyalty or fiercer criticism (not to mention the occasional fistfight). In this volume of Oishinbo, Yamaoka and company inquire into the "soul of ramen," from the flour used in the noodles to the chickens used in the broth. And where there's ramen, there's gyoza: little dumplings made with a variety of fillings and served as a side dish. Will Yamaoka be able to create an "ultimate" gyoza before Kaibara creates a "supreme" one? .
(W/A) Judd Winnick Pedro Zamora changed lives.When the HIV-positive AIDS educator appeared on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco, he taught millions of viewers about being gay and living with AIDS. Pedro's roommate on the show was Judd Winick, who created Pedro & Me to honor Pedro Zamora, his friend and teacher and an unforgettable human being. First published in 2000, Pedro & Me was a graphic novel pioneer. Its moving portrait of friendship and its urgent message have already reached thousands of people. Now, Pedro's story is reintroduced to today's graphically focused culture with a gorgeous, eye-catching new cover, and a brand-new foreword from Judd, the acclaimed writer of Batman, Green Lantern, and Exiles.
Naruto: Chapter Book, Volume 7 Creator: Masashi Kishimoto Haku and Zabuza are the worst enemies Naruto and his friends have ever faced. Now that the battle has become a matter of life and death, Naruto must learn what it means to truly become a ninja: sometimes you have to fight to win?and then deal with the consequences. .
(W/A) Jolly Blackburn, Various This 96-page trade paperback contains issues #81-83 of classic strips from Knights of the Dinner Table, a multiple award-winning comic magazine that features the hilarious misadventures of a group of gamers, the Knights, and their friends.
Najiki's life just gets more and more difficult. The diner where she works might be closing, her jealous classmate is trying to drive her out of school, and now she has to return home to care for her ill guardian. With all of these problems, will Najiki go back to her beloved Seika Academy, or just stay home forever? Ages T 13.
[by Natsumi Ando]
(W/A) Jeff Smith There is a lot to do before Little Mouse is ready to go visit the barn. Will he master all the intricacies of getting dressed, from snaps and buttons to Velcro and tail holes? Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Smith and his determined Little Mouse reveal all the smallest pleasures of this daily task.
(W/A) Laurie Sandell Laurie Sandell grew up in awe of her larger-than-life father, who told jaw-dropping tales of a privileged childhood in Buenos Aires, academic triumphs, heroism during Vietnam, and friendships with Kissinger and the Pope. As a young woman, Laurie unconsciously mirrors her father, trying on several outsized personalities. While researching an article on her dad's life she makes an astonishing discovery; he's not the man he says he is, not even close. Now, Laurie begins to puzzle together three decades of lies and the splintered person that resulted from them - herself.
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Volume 1 Creator: Motoro Mase CALL OUT: Series Debut! People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning today, we will randomly select a different citizen to be killed within 24 hours of notification. Congratulations! You have been randomly selected by the government...to DIE in 24 hours! .
Heave to, ye land-lubbin' pen-pushers! We be weighin' anchor for the next chapter in Antarctic Press's best-selling how-to series! The first volume of How to Draw Pirates sailed off shelves, so we're giving all you eager artists even more written treasure to plunder! Learn the ropes for drawing rigging, the finer points of costuming, the lay of the land for explorations, and more! [Robert Acosta, Ben Dunn, Rod Espinosa, Fred Perry Et Al.]
(W/A) Mikage Excited for the bright futures ahead of them, soon-t-be-high school grads Nanako Konishi and her friends Akane and Shino take a college entrance exam. However, only one of them manages to pass! With their failing grades, Nanako and Akane are forced to enroll in prep school. The two friends begin a new life in a dorm near the prep school, but they find the road to success to be rather bumpy!
(W) Jiayu Sun (A) Guo Guo A full-color historical romance based on a classic Chinese romance saga. Lavishly illustrated in full color and based on the classic Chinese romance saga Xi Xang ji, The History of the West Wing tells of the forbidden romance between the daughter of a Chinese court official and the roaming scholar who seeks to win her hand. But before he can turn his attentions to his lady love, the young man must win the heart of her mother! When it seems even heroic deeds in the face of murderous bandits will not please the strict matriarch, the young man goes off to become a civil servant. Will he returns in time to marry his true love?
It's the all-swearing, all-smuggling true crime suspense comedy that made ""controversial"" headlines in Britain when British Member of Parliament Khalid Mahmood called for it to be banned from British prisons. The tale of two ""Brits Abroad"" who become drug smugglers will have you cheering them on as they argue their way across Europe's borders pursued by a vengeful criminal gang and tipped off customs and excise officers. The result of a two-year collaboration between storyboard artist Jason Wilson and his estranged father - the incarcerated drug smuggler and previously ""Britain's most wanted"" - ex-smuggler Tony Spencer, this unique book mixes crime and comedy in a truly groundbreaking fashion. [Jason Wilson & Tony Spencer]
Hayate the Combat Butler, Volume 11 Creator: Kenjiro Hata A stray meteor seems to have imbued the local hot springs with cosmic powers, including (but not limited to) the ability to increase one's bust size. Who in their right mind would let a divine opportunity like this slip by? .
(W) Fred Perry (A) J.L. Anderson Gold Digger creator Fred Perry, and rapidly rising fan-fave artist J.L. Anderson, are about to school you in what the next generation of GD is all about! Six-year-old Tiffany "Gia, daughter of Earth's last were-cheetah and an alien, nano-machine-enhanced prince, is ready to start her first day of school-high school. She and her bestest buddy Charlotte, a full-grown harpy with the mind of a young teen, are going to APS-001, where they and other "special" students will receive an education like no other on Earth! But will they survive their homeroom teacher's project to clone herself a husband?! Collects Gold Digger: Tifanny & Charlotte #1-4.
Shauna Mitchell has been separated from her husband and son for over a year now. Drawn to drug abuse and endless partying, Shauna has become a mere shadow of her former self. Shauna now teeters on the edge of not only losing her life, but the previous life of her one and only son as well. Detective Robert Healy has become obsessed with finding out the secret behind the mysterious serial killer who covers his face in gauze. Finding out that little is known about the elusive murderer, Robert must search out and find the few that have encountered him and lived to tell their story. Nelson Shmeck is a low-level computer programmer for a popular video game company. A shy and timid young man, Nelson lacks all knowledge and wisdom when it comes to charming the opposite sex. Faced with this problem, Nelson must find a way to overcome the dilemma before the one girl he secretly loves is stolen away by another man. These three stories collide, and the lives of Shauna, Robert, and Nelson will never again be the same! [Gerrin Tramis & Dave Hamann]
Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 18 Creator: Hiromu Arakawa CALL OUT: As seen on Adult Swim! Our heroes have fortuitous and not-so-fortuitous reunions with old friends and enemies. Multiple intrigues and double-crosses ensue as some plot to save the world while others scheme to destroy it. .
Flame of Recca, Volume 31 Creator: Nobuyuki Anzai As the transformed Kôran Mori gloats over his impending victory, Kurei crashes the party--and he's brought a six-pack of vengeance. .
By Renee Lott 20 year-old college student Janet lives a quiet life in with her spectral roommate Paul. And the more she tries to withdraw, the more the world pushes back. Freya, Janet's pushy friend, is always setting her up on blind dates, and the most recent (successful) date creates far more turmoil for Janet than happiness. Strangely, it's the things the fledgling couple have in common that keep them apart. Will their pasts haunt them forever or will they find a way to heal their festering romance?
Lucy and Natsu's missions for the Fairy Tail Guild continue in this second volume of the series! [Hiro Mashima]
(W) Michael Alan Nelson (A) Mateus Santolouco The Apocalypse is upon us! Since the beginning of the Fall of Cthulhu storyline, readers have been anxiously awaiting the moment when all the tale""s threads begin to tie together into the ultimate war between gods and men. As of now, they wait no longer. Let the Apocalypse begin! Cover by Jeffrey Spokes.
By Peter Bagge Fans of Peter Bagge''s generation-defining, satirical fiction may not realize this, but the cartoonist doubles as an opinionated cuss, and has been contributing provocative (but still hilarious) comic-strip opinion pieces to Reason magazine for the last several years... finally collected in this volume. Although a libertarian by inclination (hence the Reason gig), Bagge (who lives in the fuzzy-headed, liberal capital of the Northwest, Seattle) is hardly dogmatic, and many of the pieces undermine traditional party lines in favor of a rather personal, rational and informed take on hot-button issues that will force partisan Democrats and Republicans alike to rethink them. And of course, Bagge''s well-researched comic strip ''essays'' crackle with the same energy and wit that propelled him into the collective Gen X consciousness with his comic book series Hate. Favorite topics include the erosion of our civil liberties (whether the post-9/11 Bush administrations'' gradual erosion of the Bill of Rights, the insanity of the war on drugs, or nanny-state meddling), ongoing boondoggles of the American public (for professional sports stadiums or ineffective public transportation systems), the Iraq war (Bagge is vociferously against it), politicians both in general and in particular (including the 2008 presidential race and a revelatory one-on-one with Republican not-so-hopeful Ron Paul that soured Bagge on the candidate forever), and the conservative/religious war on sex. Each piece features Bagge himself front and center as the puzzled, indignant, or deeply conflicted everyman-on-the-street trying to make sense of this 21st Century. And of course, every panel is delineated in Bagge''s glorious, laugh-out-loud stretchy 4-color cartoon style, making even his disquisitions on some very serious topics go down as smoothly as Buddy Bradley''s latest escapade.
(W/A) Bob Fingerman Video store clerk Darla Vogel is fed up. Fed up with her job, her wake-and-bake roommate, everything. But when one of the customers at Kwok's Video, a precocious home-schooled kid with dreams of chemically engineering authentic meat-flavoring, offers her some of his meat-tinged candies, Darla takes a plunge down the rabbit hole into a surreal world of throbbing, veinous buildings, compulsory public nudity, weird creatures and more. If William S. Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, H.P. Lovecraft and Harvey Kurtzman had a mutant lovechild, it might resemble Bob Fingerman's bold new confection Connective Tissue. Fingerman, a cartoonist and novelist best known for an acclaimed graphic novel (Beg the Question, a Gen X classic with 'dialogue worthy of the stage' according to Entertainment Weekly) and an acclaimed prose novel (Bottomfeeder, which Booklist described as 'at the front ranks of its genre' in a starred review), merges his two favorite disciplines in Connective Tissue, a genre-bending and medium-mixing work best described as a fully illustrated novella. Fingerman's visuals complement and supplement his crackling prose, giving vivid life to the surreal world and people that populate the story. Connective Tissue will further escalate Fingerman's reputation as a master of genre fiction, regardless of the medium.
(W) Eric Houston Comic book podcasts have taken the Internet by storm, and now you Get chance to go behind-the-scenes of ten of today's top comic book podcasts via all-new interviews with the casts of Around Comics, Word Balloon, Quiet! Panelologists At Work, Comic Book Queers, iFanboy, The Crankcast, The Collected Comics Library, The Pipeline Podcast, Comic Geek Speak, and TwoMorrows own Tune-In Podcast! Also featured are new interviews about podcasting and comics on the Internet with creators Matt Fraction, Tim Seeley, and Gene Colan. You'll also find a handy guide of what you ll need to start your own podcast and an index of more than thirty great comic book podcasts.
(W) Yoshihiro Tatsumi Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of The Push Man and Good-Bye has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, A Drifting Life is Tatsumi's most ambitious, personal, and heart-felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form, a massive 840 page book edited and designed by Adrian Tomine. Using his life-long obsession with comics as a framework, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summation of a fascinating life and an historic career.