This book answers the call as it delivers the life and times of Marlys Mullen, the most beloved character in Barry's nationally syndicated comic strip, "Ernie Pook's Comeek." This is a Lynda Barry double-tall: the long-awaited collection of the best strips from her syndicated comics. Way back in the mid-1980s, comic illustrator and writer Lynda Barry introduced the character of Marlys Mullen, her crazy groovy teenage sister Maybonne, her sensitive and strange little brother Freddie, a mother like no other, and an array of cousins and friends from the 'hood. This oversized book presents the long strange journey through puberty and life that Marlys and company have experienced. Marlys's universe and galaxy are funny, rude, disturbing, tearful . . . in short, very, very Lynda Barry.

    A #1 New York Times Best Seller!Collecting for the first time ever all three volumes of controversial and fan-loved series THE INVISIBLES by Eisner Award winning writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, BATMAN)! Follow the adventures of The Invisibles, a secret organization out to battle against physical and psychic oppression brought upon humanity by the interdemsional alien gods of the Archons of Outer Church! This onmibus collects Invisibles Volume 1 #1-25 (1994-96), Invisibles Volume 2 #1-22 (1997-99), and Invisibles Volume 3 #12-1 (1999-2000).

    As a homage to Winsor McCay's masterpiece, this edition is the first to combine all the episodes from 1905 to 1914 in their original colours. It spirits the reader away on a journey through the wonderful dream worlds of the little hero in pyjamas.

    Sacco (the critically-acclaimed author of Palestine) spent five months in Bosnia in 1996, immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime, researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage. The book focuses on the Muslim-held enclave of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. Sacco lived for a month in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running water. Safe Area Gorazde is Sacco's magnum opus and with it he is poised too become one of America's most noted journalists. The book features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens, political columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair.

    The notoriety landed Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder in publications ranging from Time magazine to People magazine which named him one of the "25 Most Intriguing People of '99." Centered around the experiences of two young African-American boys, Huey and Riley, who move from inner-city Chicago to the suburbs (or the "boondocks" to them), the strip fuses hip-hop sensibilities with Japanese anime-style drawings and a candid discussion of race. In this first collection of Boondocks cartoons, you'll discover the funny yet revealing combination of superb art and envelope-pushing content in one of the most unique strips ever.

    Creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power, the epic samurai adventure has influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West.

    Imagine New York as a city of criminal rats, jazz-playing gorillas and rhino thugs. Enter a mystery where the suspects have tails. Find out why comics' biggest names are wild about one of the freshest graphic novels in years—a 2005 Eisner and Harvey Award nominee. Enter the world of Blacksad. Natalia Wilford is a famous actress. To the world, she had everything anybody could want—beauty, fame, glamour, and lovers who would do anything for her. When she is found murdered in her home, it touches the man who had not seen her since their bitter breakup many years ago. private eye John Blacksad. He vows to find Natalia's murderer.

    Elijah Snow, a hundred year old man.Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful and bored woman.The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines.Infatuated with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists of the late 20th Century uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters.Collecting: Planetary 1-6

    A collection of comics presents the exploits of such characters as the mannister, two-fisted Poe, Mister Bossman, Cousin Grampa, and underpants-on-his-head man.

    Then, Spider is hot on the trail of the horrifying truth behind the newly elected president's campaign. This Absolute edition will likely feature script pages, a cover gallery and character sketches as bonus materials in an oversized hardcover format. Collects Transmetropolitan #19-36.

    Led by hot-tempered, electrically powered Jenny Sparks and headquartered in a fifty-mile-wide spaceship that exists outside space and time, the Authority explodes into action, first against a global attack of genetically engineered super-human clones, and then against an invasion from another reality.

    Brite, Nancy A. Collins, Greg Rucka, Chet Williamson, legendary horror/humor cartoonist Gahan Wilson, and many moreto produce a prose anthology of Hellboy short stories, presenting original tales of the world's greatest paranormal investigator. Illustrated by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

    When Heinrich Augsburg, a German officer fighting on the Eastern front, is killed, he finds himself reborn into this corrupt reality as one of the vampire elite. Renamed Requiem Vampire Knight, he explores the bizarre world of Resurrection and its terrifying vampire society - all the while looking for his lost love and one hope of redemption.

    Francine and Katchoo are high-school best friends who are reunited when Francine comes back to town after years away from her hometown. David is their new friend entangled in their complicated lives. From creepy ex-boyfriends and insensitive bosses to the reality of AIDS and underworld prostitution, you never know what will come up next - but you can always count on laughing and crying at the same time. This foil-stamped casebound hardcover with color dust jacket includes a special color cover art section, sketches, and more.

    Savor the smell of a phone booth, circa 1961. Sign up for a guided tour of the oldest continually vacant storefront in America. Attend a championship grave-digging competition, or, should you feel you've wasted yet another day, you can check in for help at a local Misspent Youth Center.In "The Beauty Supply District," a new twenty-four-page story, Knipl attends an evening concert and unwittingly enters the world of wholesale empathizers and chiaroscuro brokers who make the decisions critical to the production of aesthetic pleasure in all its forms -- from the shape of an olive jar to the score of a string quartet.From the Hardcover edition.

    In a dazzling work of graphic fiction, a surreal journey through a wonderland eerily like real life, The Book of Leviathan chronicles an infant's investigations into life's great mysteries. Endowed with a preternatural interest in metaphysics and philosophy, yet as confused as any innocent by the vagaries of adult behavior, little Levi bears the added burden of living in a world that can literally change at the stroke of a pen.Aided by a wise pet ("Cat") and a favorite toy ("Bunny"), Levi encounters a frothing ectoplasmic Hegel and a woefully off-the-mark Freud. In less heady adventures, Levi contemplates why his parents disappear at night (and whether he is wholeheartedly pleased when they return each morning); the regrettable liberties taken with the English language; and the relationship between Bennetton and Pablo Neruda.Peter Blegvad's Book of Leviathan assembles the cream from Levi and Cat's adventures, published in The Independent on Sunday newspaper in the twilight years of the old Millennium. Blegvad's darkly humorous work has been described by Matt Groening as "one of the weirdest things I've ever stared at". Quirky and referential, dark and droll by turn, it follows the faceless baby Levi's journeys into and out of the world. They are escapes, but as some sage once observed, only a jailer would consider the term "escapist" pejorative.

    LikeWhen does a bee go through metamorphosis?Why does a queen bee sometimes leave her hive?And where does all this honey come from, anyway?!But Nyuki’s biggest question is, “What is this inner voice I hear, and why does it tell me to go forth to adventure?Follow Nyuki on a lifelong journey as she annoys her sisters, avoids predators, and learns to trust her inner voice as she masters the way of the hive.And if you still have questions at the end, the back of the book uncovers even more mysteries about the lives of these incredible insects!

    Pub in February of 2003

    Written and drawn by Tony Millionaire, best known as the creator of the successful alternative comic strip, Maakies. Follow Uncle Gabby and Drinky Crow as they try to find a home for a shrunken head, play matchmakers between the bat in the doll's house and the mouse in the basement, hunt salamanders, and try to get to heaven. Delights! Happy endings and random destruction are guaranteed!

    In a city where everyone is blessed with powers, it takes a unique and powerful police force to protect and serve. In this Eisner Award-winning book, we are introduced to the extremely diverse officers of Precinct Ten; an armored and talking dog, a genetically engineered "perfect woman," a high tech cowboy, an indestructible man, and a rookie with a toy box full of "helpers." Individually they are unique personalities, together they are Neopolis' finest.

    Herbert’s fictitious Princess in distress to lure more hapless warriors to the Dungeon turns out to be all too real and quite a handful!

    This is the first story arc written by J. Michael Straczynski and tells the tale of the beginnings of the Specials. With new cover by MIDNIGHT NATION artist Gary Frank. This collection is the perfect way to revisit the earlier issues of RISING STARS in one sitting or to discover for the first time the most realistic superhero epic since Alan Moore's Watchmen.

    

    It won the Guardian First Book Award 2001, the first graphic novel to win a major British literary prize.It is the tragic autobiography of an office dogsbody in Chicago who one day meets the father who abandoned him as a child. With a subtle, complex and moving story and the drawings that are as simple and original as they are strikingly beautiful, Jimmy Corrigan is a book unlike any other and certainly not to be missed.**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

    This beautifully painted edition features the original, uncensored artwork and introduces the Metabaron's ancestors and reveals their origins. Suggested for mature readers.

    But even as Agent Graves continues to approach and manipulate his "clients," questions about the ghoulish agent start to arise as people from his past begin to appear, revealing interesting information about their former acquaintance. In the end though, these facts only lead to different questions as the mystery behind Agent Graves' motives deepens.Collecting 100 BULLETS #6-14

    A collection of humourous drawings, photographs, cartoons and writing, this volume presents an array of David Shrigley's current work and forms an entertaining introduction to this contemporary artist.

    It matters not that both Teratoid Heights and its inhabitants are entirely fictional. Brinkman taps into the zeitgeist of modern suburban America with what seems to be a mixture of J.R.R. Tolkein-style adventure, video-game inspired syncopation and an endless barrage of cable-television nature films all filtered through the reddened eyes of a marijuana-addled teenager. A book that reveals levels of humor and humanity no matter what age the reader.

    Ember's splinter tribe of Wolfriders, now settled in their new land at Howling Rock Holt, begin to discover that their world is growing smaller. Human civilization, so primitive and scattered during the time of the original Quest (as told in Reader's Collection volumes 1-8), is progressing and expanding. Ember's tribe faces the suspicion and hatred not only of superstitious townspeople, but also the enmity of a feudal warlord, son of the tyrant that Ember's father defeated years earlier.

    What does a ten-year-old boy do with a 350 I.Q.? Any thing he wants. Cranky, egotistical, arrogant and foul-mouthed, Barry in general wants to conduct his experiments and be left alone, but it never seems to work out. Hurdles that Barry must outmaneuver range from time warps, to art thieves, to accidentally turning his best friend into a dinosaur.

    3, collecting Madman issues 11-15, including the four-part "The Exit of Dr. Boiffard," the epic Madman maelstrom that still has comics readers young and old asking, "How do you pronounce Boiffard?" Plus: "The Truth About Everything And All The Rest," a Madman title so long only a state-of-the-art trade paperback can hold it Plus: the usual cosmic landfill of guest-artist pinups, galleries, beany copters, giant talking brains, and those cool little hors d'oeuvre swords All in spectacular Mad-orama color by Laura Allred. You can't handle the truthContains: Madman Comics #11-15

    As the Goddess Durga she personifies universal energy.As Sati, the first consort of Shiva, she symbolises marital loyalty and devotion.As Parvati, the re-incarnation of Sati, she embodies perfect love and motherhood.

    

    On the surface, she's simply one in a long line of elfin chiefs who laugh at danger and whose lives are short and violent. But Kahvi's ancestry holds an amazing secret, one even she does not know. As an added bonus, this volume also contains an extended tale of long-ago Wolfrider chief Two-Spear, whose madness nearly destroyed the tribe. What is the link between long-dead Two-Spear and Go-Back chieftess Kahvi?

    Instead, the government gives Gothamites 24 hours to get out, after which it will blow up the bridges and tunnels, isolating Gotham from the world. Batman: No Man's Land presents this cut-off Gotham City, a place with no ground rules, where Batman and Commissioner Gordon must try to forge order out of chaos.

    "APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN" Yet salvation is here as the angels who watch come to fight the hordes of hell and protect mankind. Complete Volume Information: This collected edition in 5 black and white volumes contains the director's cut of Metropol and Metropol AD plus pages from Ted Mckeever's sketchbooks.

    

    These gorgeous, painted pages, reproduced in black & white, originally appeared in Epic from 1979 to 1982, and introduced audiences to Vance Dreadstar and the other characters whose saga continued in the Dreadstar graphic novel and Epic series in the early eighties. This trade paperback edition will contain additional sketches and other tidbits for fans, plus a new introduction by Jim Starlin.

    This makes him a valuable ally to the young warlord Angrif Djun, whose obsession is to rid his land of "forest demons" - the Wolfrider elves.Ember and her packmates discover that even they can become the hunted, instead of the hunters, as the shadowy Lehrigen outwits them at every turn. And Ember herself, the blood of chiefs running in her veins, must face the fear that her own leadership may doom the tribe!

    Overcrowded, overbuilt, and overshadowed by a continuous air of menace, this gothic nightmare is a breeding ground for the depraved, the indifferent, and the criminally insane. It's also the object of one man's obsession. Witness to the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this city, taking a form to inspire hope in the innocent...and fear in the guilty. He is the masked vigilante known as the Batman. Now the battlefield has changed. Leveled by a massive earthquake that left thousands dead and millions more wounded, Gotham City has been transformed into a lawless wilderness � a No Man's Land � where the survivors are turning against one another, and where the city's protectors are torn by a crisis that may consume them all.Collects:- Batman #571-572- Batman: Chronicles #18- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92-93- Detective Comics #736, 738-739

    As I begin to explain my problem, he tells me he knew there would be times when I would feel the responsibilities of Captain Marvel weighing heavily on my mind and soul."It is at that time," he tells me, "you must be your strongest. Not only for yourself, but for those who find inspiration in everything Captain Marvel represents.The Wizard reveals he has seen a day when one special child will face despair and look to Captain Marvel for hope. He advises me to be ready. But about the child or when I will meet him, the old man says no more.

    Hey, if you're gonna do it and wanna do it with a lot of guys for the fun of it, why not make some money off it as well? She's gorgeous, hot as a red pepper, thrills to men taking her, but doesn't just take any john.

    (Description following from Wikipedia)Set in a fictional version of Tokyo, Megatokyo portrays the adventures of Piro, a young fan of anime and manga, and his friend Largo, an American video game enthusiast. The comic often parodies and comments on the archetypes and cliches of anime, manga, dating sims, arcade and video games, occasionally making direct references to real-world works. Megatokyo originally emphasized humor, with continuity of the story a subsidiary concern. Over time, it focused more on developing a complex plot and the personalities of its characters.

    JiruJiru Nikki is an autobiographical comic collection that is a collection of one page comics, image and story, about the everyday life experiences of Nekojiru.

    1 contains the complete 'Thorn of Oblivion' storyline from Tick and Arthur 1-3. A total of 100 pages with all 3 color covers from the original series included!

    what Robert Altman's Nashville was to that city: a superbly observed portrait of a city in decline; a character study with a large, diverse cast; a comedy and a drama. After ten years spent in Palomar and the fantasy worlds of BEM and Errata Stigmata, Gilbert Hernandez brought it all back home with this sharp contemporary tale. This story, which ran under the simple title "Love and Rockets" in Love and Rockets from 1990 to 1992, takes us from plush Beverly Hills to the dangerous East side and introduces us to a dizzyingly diverse cast of characters, including a lowlife rock 'n' roll band, a "posse" of black youths, a ditzy Hollywood mom and her spoiled son, a gay activist filmmaker and his rebellious, half-Iraqi daughter, and a group of racist thugs whose violent attack on an older woman sets the plot in motion â�� as well as bringing in several older characters, including Palomar expatriates (and lovers) Riri and Maricela, the surfers from Blood of Palomar, and some special surprise guests from Birdland. Love and Rockets X does for contemporary Los Angeles what Robert Altman's Nashville did for that metropolis in the '70s â�� it's a superbly observed portrait of a city in decline, a character study of over twenty men and women, girls and boys; it's a comedy and a drama; it's in short, Gilbert Hernandez at his very best! Black-and-white comics throughout

    Includes paintings of Girl, Jill and many other famous characters of his with notes by him providing background and insight into his deceptively unassuming great artwork. A great number of pieces never before seen, and those that have are presented in their full glory like never before! Presented with the same care as for NBM's wildly popular Royo books.

    Why did Senator Yamaoka request he cover the senator's run for the U.S. presidency? And why has Yamaoka handed Jo a dangerous secret?

    From the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award winning series, these stories will hook any new reader by giving them a feel for the many varied, emotionally charged stories fans have come to expect in every issue of Stray Bullets.

    

    The game is a companion to Pokemon Gold, and will unveil many new characters, including Lugia, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. The Sybex novelization can be enjoyed purely as a story set in the Pokemon world, and it also includes hints, clues, and strategies for succeeding in the game.

    The postage-stamp-sized kingdom of Myopia is presided over by kindly King Aroo and his faithful (if sometimes prickly) retainer, Yupyop. The King turns to Professor Yorgle for wisdom, Wanda Witch for magic spells, the kangaroo mailman, Mr. Pennipost, for news from far and wide... and looks for love from the Beautiful Princess From the Kingdom Next Door. Volume One celebrates the strip's 60th anniversary by presenting every daily and Sunday strip from the beginning in 1950 through 1952, reproduced from original artwork and syndicate proofs from the Jack Kent Estate. The series is edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner, Dean Mullaney, with an illuminating biographical text feature by Bruce Canwell, and an introduction by Sergio Aragones.

    Written and drawn by Tom McWeeney (BATTLE CHASERS) with inks by Richard Friend (WILDCATS), A CHRISTMAS CAPER finds the future Gen13 super-stars trying to foil that most dastardly of all crimes: kidnapping Santa Claus!

    Little do they know that within the walls of the old church, a secret, ancient quest is reaching its final goal, and they are the crucial element that will bring it to an end. Continuing the epic saga of Soulwind, a tale spanning space, time, and all the boundaries of adventure.

    

    Batman, the Clock, and the Owl travel to Bern, Switzerland in the midst of World War II in pursuit of the Nazi superweapon called the Super-man.

    This volume reprints issues 13-14 of Matt Wagner's "Mage" comic book series.

    Sheba - Volume One collects the first seven issues of the acclaimed comic book SHEBA, a story about the royal cat of the famous Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.

    This superbly evocative graphic novella by the award-winning Norwegian cartoonist Jason (his first appearance in the English language) starts off as a melancholy childhood memoir and then, with a shocking twist midway through, becomes the summary of lives lived, wasted, and lost. Like Art Spiegelman did with Maus, Jason utilizes anthropomorphic stylizations to reach deeper, more general truths, and to create elegantly minimalist panels whose emotional depth-charge comes as an even greater shock. His sparse dialogue, dark wit, and supremely bold use of "jump-cuts" from one scene to the next (sometimes spanning a number of years) make Hey, Wait... one of the most surprising and engaging debuts of the year.

    

    

    

    

    The sorceress Lenore and her dark master, Von Drega, incite foul perversions on their hip, metropolitan subjects. Through various trials, Fran’s latent powers emerge as she struggles to defeat the seductive forces of evil who prey on the well-built and weak-minded citizenry. FANG: TESTAMENT is a story of faith and sacrifice, power and savagery, pain and redemption, and it stands as one of Kevin J. Taylor’s greatest storytelling achievements. Written and illustrated by Kevin J. Taylor.

    From financial crises to the woes of householders, from political instability to rampant corruption, Laxman's cartoons capture the entire gamut of contemporary Indian experience. Hilarious and thought-provoking at the same time, this is a treasure house of humour from one of the most striking voices commenting on Indian socio-political life today. This is a revised edition of the 1994 original.

    Suckled by a jellyfish and raised by the great elder Tamanui-Ki-Te-Rangi, Maui returns to his mother and four brothers 13 years later, full of mischief and strange powers. Armed with the jawbone of his goddess grandmother, he catches the great fish which becomes the north island of New Zealand. Maui learns the secret of fire, trains the sun to move slowly across the sky and inadvertently brings death into the world.Chris Slane brings this South Pacific myth cycle to life with art that combines wild, expressive line-work and delicate coloring. Paired with the spare and subtle text by Robert Sullivan, Maui: Legends of the Outcast is a powerful retelling of the myths of the Maoris, the original people of New Zealand. In the hands of Sullivan and Slane, these myths are a very living tradition and a vastly entertaining work of comic art.

    Learn how Father Kroy calmed Klor’s inner demons and initiated him into the Muishaa order of priests. Then witness Klor’s origin culminate in an epic battle between the forces of good and evil, as Father Kroy’s former pupil--a bad-ass centorg named Mirgin--returns to exact vengeance on his teacher. Rendered in Dark One’s popular gray-toned painting style, this trade paperback is a must-have item for any adventure fan’s collection! Featuring previously un-published art and sketches! Written and illustrated by Dark One.

    It reads, when the sources are rich enough to bring it alive in these terms, like a dramatic narrative of the sea.... the illustrations are often new, mostly well integrated into the text.... They are a significant attraction in the published book...." --Joseph C. Miller, University of Virginia[second quote still to come]The Slave Ship Fredensborg presents the richly illustrated story of a typical slave ship and its last voyage on the triangular trade between Denmark-Norway, the Gold Coast in Africa, and the Caribbean islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The wreck of the Fredensborg was discovered off the coast of Norway in 1974, more than 200 years after it sank. By examining the wreckage and surviving written sources (including the captain's log, which was recovered from the sea), Leif Svalesen, diver and author, has reconstructed the Fredensborg's journey in fascinating detail. He recreates, day-by-day, what life was like for captain, crew, and the newly enslaved. Svalesen documents the ship's provisioning--from the number of nails tokegs of water and wine--the litany of illness, the number and type of armaments, the treatment of the slaves, the intricacies of trade, and the goods carried on the return voyage to Denmark. The triangular trade is made specific and personal through records and artifacts salvaged from the Fredensborg, the most meticulously documented slave vessel yet discovered.The book includes an account of Svalesen's discovery of the wreck, which led to his desire to learn the Fredensborg's full story and to retrace its final voyage. The Slave Ship Fredensborg is a marvelous account of history and discovery for scholar and general reader alike.From the ship's log upon arrival at St. Croix:123 male slaves Remaining on the ship for the time being: 19 boy slaves 5 male slaves for work on board 73 female and girl slaves 7 ditto who are sick 4 freight slaves 8 ditto female slaves 1 ditto boy slave 1 freight slave-------------------- ------------------219 slaves in all 22 slaves in allA total of 18 male slavesand 6 female slaves died 24 slavesBrought ashore 215 slavesand for Mr. Reimers 4 slavesRemaining on board 22 slaves ------------------- A total of 265 assorted slaveswhich is the number we received at the Danish Fort ChristiansborgLeif Svalesen grew up on Tromoya Island off the coast of Arendal in Norway, an area known for its rich shipping traditions. He is a member of the Norwegian Maritime Museum's Council and a Board member of UNESCO's International Scientific Committee for the Slave Routes Project.240 pages, over 200 illustrations

    With the legendary sword, Soulwind, in his hands, Nick boards their intergalactic, interdimensional craft to discover that his enemy has stowed away on board, as well. In the heat of battle, Nick enters another realm where the mysterious fabric of the story of Soulwind and his place in it begins to be revealed.

    Short stories and text pieces about Swamp Thing and daughter Tefe, issued prior to the third series.

    Three wealthy Victorian lords quench their appetite for blood in "The Wedding Breakfast" (written by Mike Carey with art by Craig Hamilton); a medical experiment brings new meaning to the word "speed" for a hopeful HMO employee seeking life in the fast lane in "A Temporary Life" (written by Charlie Boatner with art by Philip Bond); and a young man slides down the slippery slope of a seedy XXX-rated show in "Descent."

    At the same time, they provide a social history that we can both laugh at and draw insight from.

    Sometimes, there are tales meant to shape lives, to inspire progress, or to provide the spark of imagination needed to incite revolution. And sometimes, there are just stories for the sake of stories. Like these. Smack Dab will put you right in the middle of all the little ideas that have crawled out of Scott Morse's head and into various anthologies over the past four years, only to be captured for all eternity and caged up in this squarebound prison of paper! From genetically engineered pickles to insect-riding foo fighters, these surreal short stories will tug at the heartstrings and boggle the mind. A must for the library of any short fiction collector! Scott Morse is the acclaimed creator of the Soulwind series, and he is the publisher behind the Crazyfish/MJ-12 line being distributed by Oni Press. His other work for Oni Press has included the Volcanic Revolver trade paperback, a one-shot comic based on Jim Jarmusch's film Ghost Dog, and summer 2000's Voodoom with Jim Mahfood.Beyond that, Morse has published Loud Cannoli and the Substance Affect anthology through Crazyfish, created the Littlegreyman and Eisner Award-nominated Visitations graphic novels for Image, and is developing a series with his character Ancient Joe at Dark Horse Comics. He has been the art director on two Cartoon Network animated series, I Am Weasel and the Emmy-nominated Cow & Chicken, and is currently entering production on his own series for Cartoon Network, Ferret & Parrot, as well as heading up the animation department for the internet entertainment site Thrave.com.Smack DAB is part of the Crazyfish/MJ-12 imprint being distributed by Oni Press.

    It is the 1930s. A good time for a dark hunter. In Tokyo, 1935, Blackjack has taken on a dangerous mission. His assignment is to protect a Japanese dignitary who is haunted by a terrible secret and marked for death by those who are driving his country toward world war. Blackjack is soon pitted against spies, rebels, lies, bigotry, a secret order of warlords, and an elite force of the Japanese army. Before long Arron is battling not only to save his client, but also an innocent who will change his life, forever. This is an beautifully illustrated, nonstop action-adventure tale rich with history, human drama, and some exciting extras! Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. Full color. 104 pages.

    Now Titan Books, the UK's leading graphic novel publisher, bring you this collected edition, which features a variant cover, plus the hard-to-find Fathom 0, which was previously only available to readers of Wizard magazine. Aspen Matthews is an ex-Olympic swimmer, marine biologist, and a girl with a past shrouded in mystery. Aged eleven, she had been found on a cruise ship, with no memory of who she was, or how she got there. Now, as the crew of a top secret US military Deep Marine Discovery platform encounter a strange, alien craft, something stirs at the back of Aspen's mind, flashes of her earlier life...a life under the waves...

    In Pit's Letter, a hapless canine describes her desolate life to her only surviving sister. She recounts her puppyhood and upbringing in her human family, her heartless banishment, and finally her suffering and death at the hands of the experimenting scientists at Eden Biotechnology. Ironically, her former master winds up in the same situation: an accidental scratching infects him with a pathogen - and man and beast share the same fate.