Best of
Comics
1989
The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
Bill Watterson - 1989
Filled with Watterson’s full-page Sunday strips, this collection is sure to please fans and newcomers alike.
The Complete Frank Miller Batman
Frank Miller - 1989
With a new introduction by Richard Bruning, then DC design director. Batman Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are reprints of their trade paperbacks and not individual issues so they include the introductions to those volumes by Frank Miller and Alan Moore. Wanted: Santa Claus Dead Or Alive comes from DC Super Star Holiday Special 21.
The Animal Man Omnibus
Grant Morrison - 1989
Buddy Baker is more than just a second-rate super hero--He's also a devoted family man and animal rights activist. Now, as he tries to jump-start his crimefighting career, he experiences visions of aliens, people transforming into strange pencil-like drawings, and hints of a terrible crisis lurking around the edges of reality. And as his odyssey of self-discovery gives way to spiritual enlightenment as well as the depths of despair, Buddy meets his maker: a writer named Grant Morrison.Collects ANIMAL MAN #1-26 and SECRET ORIGINS #39.
The Crow
James O'Barr - 1989
Eric has returned from the dead, driven only by hate and the need to wreak revenge on those who killed him and raped and then killed his beloved Shelly.
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.
Jaime Hernández - 1989
After the sci-fi trappings of his earliest stories (as seenin Maggie the Mechanic, the first volume in this series),Hernandez refined his approach, settling on the more naturalisticenvironment of the fictional Los Angeles barrio, Hoppers, and the livesof the young Mexican-Americans and punk rockers who live there. Acentral story and one of Jaime's absolute peaks is "The Death ofSpeedy." Such is Jaime's mastery that even though the end of the storyis telegraphed from the very title, the downhill spiral of Speedy, thelocal heartthrob, is utterly compelling and ultimately quitesurprising. Also in this volume, Maggie begins her on-again off-againromance with Ray D., leading to friction and an eventual separationfrom Hopey.(Note: A number of these stories, including a whole cycleof wrestling stories starring or co-starring Rena Titañon, were notcollected in the hardcover Locas.)
The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos Featuring Smell O-Toons
Berke Breathed - 1989
Features the bonus, peel-away insert, Smell-O-Toons, the aromatic fragrance that is dabbed on more Commando pulse points than all other perfumes combined! Little, Brown.
The Complete Eightball
Daniel Clowes - 1989
Now, for the 25th Anniversary of Eightball, Fantagraphics is collecting these long out-of-print issues in a slipcased set of two hardcover volumes, reproducing each issue in facsimile form exactly as they were originally published. Included are over 450 pages of vintage Clowes, including such seminal serialized graphic novels/strips/rants as Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, Ghost World, Pussey, I Hate You Deeply, Sexual Frustration, Ugly Girls, Why I Hate Christians, Message to the People of the Future, Paranoid, My Suicide, Chicago, Art School Confidential, On Sports, Zubrick and Pogeybait, Hippypants and Peace-Bear, Grip Glutz, The Sensual Santa, Feldman, and so many more."
Human Diastrophism
Gilbert Hernández - 1989
In it, a serial killer stalks Palomar—but his depredations, hideous as they are, only serve to exacerbate the cracks in the idyllic Central American town as the modern world begins to intrude. "Diastrophism" concludes with the death (the suicide, in fact) of one of Palomar's most beloved characters, and a postscript that provides one of the most hauntingly magical moments of the entire series as a rain of ashes drifts down upon Palomar.Also included are all the post-"Diastrophism" stories, in which Luba's past (as seen in the epic Poison River) comes back to haunt her, and the seeds are sown for the "Palomar diaspora" that ends this dense, enthralling book.
FoxTrot: A FoxTrot Collection
Bill Amend - 1989
A look at living through the eyes of the Fox family and their pet iguana.
The Sandman #1 : Sleep of the Just
Neil Gaiman - 1989
An occultist accidentally traps Morpheus, the embodiment of Dreams, and holds him for 70 years. Finally free, Morpheus seeks his lost objects of power and rediscovers his place in the universe.
Slaine: The Horned God - Part One
Pat Mills - 1989
Slaine has had enough of their tyranny, and communes with the Earth Goddess to discover some shocking truths about the priesthood and his own future Now Slaine must unite all four kings of Ti--Nan-Og to gain the use of their mystical weapons, as he and his Sessair tribe prepare for all-out war.
Raw Volume 2 Number 1: Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix
Art Spiegelman - 1989
This and subsequent issues will Maus, and state-of-the-art work by contemporary American and European artists.
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
Grant Morrison - 1989
Accepting their demented challenge, Batman is forced to live and endure the personal hells of the Joker, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, and many other sworn enemies in order to save the innocents and retake the prison. During his run through this absurd gauntlet, the Dark Knight's own sanity is placed in jeopardy. This special anniversary edition trade paperback also reproduces the original script with annotations by Morrison and editor Karen Berger.
A Look Inside For Better or For Worse : The 10th Anniversary Collection
Lynn Johnston - 1989
In A Look Inside For Better or For Worse you'll find the evolution of Lynn Johnston's strip. From the turmoils of toddlerhood to the shock of "a teenager in the house," For Better or For Worse presents a decade of entertainment.
Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage
Grant Morrison - 1989
Plus, a new cover by Bolland.
Animal Man, Vol. 1
Grant Morrison - 1989
Buddy Baker is a caring husband, devoted father, animal activist and super-powered being. But as he attempts to live up to all of his roles, he soon finds that there are no black and white situations in life. With a strong focus on storytelling, these thought-provoking and innovative tales make the reader question the actions of Animal Man as well as their own behavior in similar situations.
Beyond the Pale!: Krazed Komics and Stories
Kim Deitch - 1989
Crumb and Justin Green, et. al., and today he is the most prolific and creatively fertile artist of his generation. His newest book is a hardcover collection from Pantheon and marks the company's big graphic novel follow-up to Jimmy Corrigan; these books collect the best of his classic, underground work from the 1960s to 1980s. Deitch shares with Crumb a fascination with the "lost America" of the 1920s and '30s, particularly the history of animation (his father was the legendary Gene Deitch of Terrytoons and jazz LP covers fame). Beyond the Pale collects Deitch's best from the '70s and '80s, while All Waldo Comics features the best of his most enduring character, Waldo the Cat. A Shroud for Waldo is a sacrilegious graphic novel about Jesus, Waldo, and Hollywood.
Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
Dave Louapre - 1989
Absurd and touching, poignant and discomforting, each story is about the search for happiness, and the sometimes extreme measures taken to find it. Despite their lyricism, each story mines a very particular vein of black humor. Originally published by Pirahna Press from 1989 to 1992 in the form of 30 single-issue comics and three graphic novels. BOOM Studios was to republish issues #1-5 as a trade paperback in 2008; this book has since been cancelled.
Pinhead's Progress
Bill Griffith - 1989
A collection of 402 new Zippy strips, including: Zippy's 1988 presidential campaign with vice presidential running mate Leona Helmsley; the search for the Sergeant Bilko Cult in Tibet; the latest on Sonny Bono's mayoral election; and more.
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1: Prologue to Darkness
Paul Levitz - 1989
For the first time, DC collects in book form the stories that led up to the greatest Legion of Super-Heroes epic of all: The Great Darkness Saga. Princess Projectra's father, king of the planet Orando, suddently dies - and Projectra finds herself and her boyfriend, Karate Kid, accused of murder. And with Orando's leadership in disarray, the evil Khund starfleet prepares to attack.
Mister Boffo: Unclear on the Concept
Joe Martin - 1989
Follow the eternally unclear-on-the-concept Boffo and his faithful companion, Weederman, the Wonder Dog, from "It only takes a little bit of greed to get a whole lot of stuff" to "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change... the courage to change the things I can... and a Red Ferrari..."
Geo. Herriman's Krazy and Ignatz: The Limbo of Useless Unconsciousness
George Herriman - 1989
American Flagg!, Vol. 3: State of the Union
Howard Chaykin - 1989
Love and Rockets #29
Jaime Hernández - 1989
"Poison River" Part Oneby Beto"Flies On The Ceiling"by Jaime
Geo. Herriman's Krazy and Ignatz: Howling Among the Halls of Night
George Herriman - 1989
Beetle Bailey Celebration
Mort Walker - 1989
Among the projects scheduled are: Beetle Bailey, the All-American Musical; a line of food and a retail store featuring Beetle dolls; posters and paraphernalia; a live-action movie; and Beetle Bailey Celebration, a collection of Beetle Bailey daily and Sunday strips.
Captain Marvel: The Supersonic Sensation Reborn
Dwayne McDuffie - 1989
Watch as Captain Marvel kick butt in her Giant-Size Special.
The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel (#1 of 3)
Chuck Dixon - 1989
For the first time this Tolkien's fantasy is adapted into a fully painted graphic novel by Charles Dixon and David Wenzel.
Run That Sucker at Six!: The Second Morgan Calabrese Collection
N. Leigh Dunlap - 1989
Here is a cartoon strip that glances at gay relationships, the murky questions of gay politics, the surprising ironies of relationships, and the unique culture that lesbians and gay men are unconsciously building together.
Welcome to the Weird World of Glen Baxter
Glen Baxter - 1989
Here are undimmed masterworks from The Impending Gleam and Atlas, new cherished favorites from The New Yorker, and an abundance of hitherto unseen tours de force. Here, gathered in one place, are the predatory vegetables and pernicious schoolgirls, here the foppish cowboys and slack-minded adventurers, here the wimples and snoods and forbidden pompadours that have established Baxter as our foremost perpetrator of humor at its most satisfyingly surreal. here is the book for every Baxter fan and, for the doubtlessly soon-to-be converted, a perfect introduction to an artist who "betrays all the ominous symptoms of genius"
Stray Toasters Model Four
Bill Sienkiewicz - 1989
"Sixes and Sevens"In the chilling finale to this Epic Comics Limited Series, psychic detective Egon Rustemagik faces the lunatic Dahlia, the obsessed Abby, and the incredible Montana Violet in a no-holds-barred battle to decide which one will make the best parent for the young genius, Todd!Full Color (Painted)$3.50
Mandrake-The Mysterious Couple Part III ( Indrajal Comics Vol 26 No 3 )
Lee Falk - 1989
Indrajal Comics Vol 26 No 3
It Came from Beneath the Pew
Rob Suggs - 1989
There's no escape from laughter when you enter this bizarre cartoon world created by Rob Suggs.
Luann: Homework Is Ruining My Life: Homework Is Ruining My Life
Greg Evans - 1989
Syndicated in more than 200 newspapers, this strip is in 17 of the top 25 media markets and appears in every issue of Teen magazine.
Mandrake-The Mysterious Couple Part I ( Indrajal Comics Vol 26 No 1 )
Lee Falk - 1989
Indrajal Comics Vol 26 No 1
Love and Rockets #30
Jaime Hernández - 1989
"Ninety-Three Million Miles from The Sun"by Jaime"Poison River" Part Twoby Beto
A Distant Soil 1b: Knights of the Angel
Colleen Doran - 1989
A Colorized reprint of the re-worked A Distant Soil as it was self-published by Colleen Doran in issues 4-11 by Aria Press.
How Sluggo Survives (Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy)
Ernie Bushmiller - 1989
Sluggo and Nancy fans will enjoy the 90 pages of comics plus a couple of pages of commentary that make these comic characters even more endearing.
Baby on Board
Bil Keane - 1989
It is familiar fun for readers of papers everywhere and the subject of bestselling Fawcett collections!
Hulk erikoisjulkaisu II
John Byrne - 1989
(You're Probably Wondering Why I Called You Here Today... (The Incredible Hulk #317))- Tulikaste (Baptism of Fire (The Incredible Hulk #318))- Häiden kuokkavieras... (Member of the Wedding (The Incredible Hulk #319))
Judge Dredd, #2
John Wagner - 1989
Collects:- Unamerican Graffiti (Progs #206-#207)- Face Changers (Prog #52)- Night of the Fog (Prog #127)- The Booby Prize (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1984)- A Real Chrismas Story (Prog #502)- Zombie Barbecue (Prog #470)
Mandrake-The Mysterious Couple Part II ( Indrajal Comics Vol 26 No 2 )
Lee Falk - 1989
Indrajal Comics Vol 26 No 2
Heck! Comic Art of the Late 1980's
Bruce HilvitzHunt Emerson - 1989
Hagar the Horrible: Handyman Special (Hagar the Horrible)
Dik Browne - 1989
Adam
Brian Basset - 1989
From baby-food-stained evening wear to fear of finances, from long family walks to computer-generated friendships, Adam portrays the humorous realities of raising a family while juggling commitments, careers, and community. Through it all, Adam and Laura keep a sense of perspective and a giant dose of family-oriented fun.
Born in the Bleachers: Sports Cartoons
Steve Moore - 1989
192 line drawings.
Marvel Masterworks Vol. 10: The Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 21-30, Amazing Spider-Man Annual No. 1
Stan Lee - 1989
Hellblazer, Volume Two (Hellblazer Titan Books, #2)
Jamie Delano - 1989
John Constantine is an unconcerned, amoral occultist with a British working-class background.He's an anti-hero who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery and genuine magic skill.V FOR VENDETTA illustrator David Lloyd provides painted artwork for the tale of an encounter with a strange woman who is the embodiment of the world's horrors.This volume also features some of Constantine's earliest adventures including his first victory in the long war with the demon Nergal.
Marvel Age #70 The Official Marvel Newsmagazine
Tom DeFalco - 1989
The Lonely One
Joe Gill - 1989
B & W reprints of Ditko & Gill stories from Charlton Comics, mostly 60s & mostly Konga stories.