Creator: Lynn Varley
Publication date: 2006-08-30
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $99.99
Price: $54.75
Review Absolute Dark Knight / DC Comics:DC Comics Absolute Editions set the standard for the highest quality, most in-depth presentation of classic graphic novels. Each oversized volume is presented in a slipcase and includes unique additional material making each Absolute Edition a cornerstone of any serious comic collection. On its publication in 1986, Frank Miller’s THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS changed the landscape of the graphic novel irrevocably. With its dark vision of Batman’s future and its stunning artwork, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS set the world on fire. 15 years later, Miller’s sequel, THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN, further redefined the boundaries of the superhero genre. Now, both of these comics masterpieces are collected in one giant-sized slipcase edition for the first time ever. Frank Miller has provided a new introduction, a new cover and new art for the slipcase. This edition is also filled with bonus material featuring an excerpt from Miller’s original plot for DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #4, sketchbook material and much more.
Edition: Limited edition
Publication date: 2006-10-11
Dewey code: 709
List Price: $75.00
Price: $54.75
Review The Future Was F.A.B.: The Art Of Mike Trim / Hermes Press:Mike Trim, who started out building models for Thunderbirds quickly turned his talents as a painter and designer to creating the fantastic sets and machines that populated the worlds of the Andersons' science fiction offerings of the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to highly detailed paintings and concepts, Trim is an accomplished artist and this new book showcases Trim's concept drawings and paintings together with his famous record album artwork. The Future Was F. A. B. The Art of Mike Trim contains over 275 color and black and white illustrations, drawings, paintings, model concepts, blue print drawings, and artwork.
Creator: Carmine Infantino
Publication date: 2008-08-20
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $99.99
Price: $49.88
Review Howard The Duck Omnibus / Marvel Comics:Get down, America! Vote Howard the Duck in 2008! That's right, folks. It's an election year, and what better way to celebrate than to cast your vote for the one candidate who'll tell it like it is. Born on a planet populated by talking waterfowl, Howard the Duck found himself trapped in a world he never made: ours! Howard was the archetypal outsider, able to see through the absurdities of human society in the 1970s with uncanny accuracy and an acerbic wit. His adventures presented writer Steve Gerber with a platform from which to engage in an ongoing critique of contemporary fools and pretenders, from power-mad capitalist wizard Pro-Rata to cult leader Reverend Joon Moon Yuc to the dreaded Doctor Bong! Experience for yourself the complete comic adventures of Howard in this Omnibus collection, reprinting his first appearances and the entire run of his first series. Collecting stories from Adventures Into Fear #19, Man-Thing #1, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5, Howard the Duck #1-33, Marvel Treasury Edition #12, and Marvel Team-Up #96.
Publication date: 2000-03
Dewey code: 741.5973
List Price: $24.95
Price: $79.74
Review Science of Little Round Things: Cartoons About Scientists / McFarland & Company:The serious world of science gets a not-so-serious treatment in this collection of fun and thoughtful cartoons about the realm of dinosaurs, outer space, and all those little round things that defy classification. We've all heard of the red shift, but the purple muu-muu? Cant clone a hyena and cow-it would be a laughing stock! These and more than a hundred other humorous insights into the world of test tubes, lab coats, and DNA ("and" spelled backwards) are included, along with the author's insights on how she gets ideas for these and other cartoons that have amused readers of The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, Discover Magazine, and many other publications. A must for scientists, people who like science, and those who think there really must be something funny going on down there in the lab.
Creator: Alisa Kwitney
Publication date: 2007-10-10
Dewey code: 741.5973
List Price: $99.00
Price: $54.53
Review The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2 / Vertigo:THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and had become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. The second of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 2 collects twenty tales of THE SANDMAN and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, as well as never-before-seen extra material.
Publication date: 1997-01-01
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $9.95
Price: $117.99
Review Pogo Vol. 7 (Pogo, 7) / Fantagraphics Books:Walt Kelly's POGO, a satirical masterpiece commonly acknowledged as one of the three greatest comic strips ever published, is finally back in print in this series from Fantagraphics Books!
Publication date: 2002-05-01
List Price: $54.30
Price: $54.30
Review Yu Gi Oh TCG Blue Eyes White Dragon Unlimited Booster Display / Upper Deck:
Edition: Sgd Ltd
Publication date: 2008-09-10
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $89.99
Price: $54.14
Review Gravel: Never A Dull Day (Signed Limited Edition) / Avatar Press: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 2000 copies and wil not be offered in a softcover edition! Collected herein are these six volumes: Strange Kiss, Stranger Kisses, Strange Killings, SK: Body Orchard, SK: Strong Medicine, and SK: Necromancer!.
Creator: Kia Asamiya
Publication date: 2006-01-09
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $17.60
Price: $54.40
Review Uncanny X-Men: Dominant Species (Uncanny X-Men) / Panini (UK) Ltd.:- Superstar Japanese artist Kia Asamiya illustrates The X-Men!- Great crossover potential with fans of anime and manga!
Publication date: 2004-09-01
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $14.95
Price: $75.00
Review Metabarons, The: Othon & Honorata - Volume 1 / Humanoids - Rebellion:
Publication date: 2001-10-31
Dewey code: 741.5952
List Price: $9.95
Price: $68.99
Review Sailor Moon Stars # 3 / TokyoPop:Everyone's favorite school-girl-turned-superhero, Sailor Moon the champion of Love and Justice, is back again. Battling the Evil Sailor Galaxia for the safety of the Universe. Darien and Sailor Moon's teammates have been destroyed, her advisors turn into ordinary housecats, the outer Senshi have disappeared, and the Sailor Star Lights have been defeated. Only Sailor Moon, Princess Kakyuu and Sailor Chibichibi remain to battle the greatest threat to the universe yet.
Authors
- Brian Azzarello
- Marcelo Frusin
- Cameron Stewart
- Giuseppe Camuncoli
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $31.00
Price: $60.62
Review Hellblazer: Highwater (Hellblazer) / Titan Books Ltd:Brian Azzarello, the writing genius behind the smash-hit, award-winning crime thriller 100 Bullets, brings his own unique spin to John Constantine: Hellblazer, mystical troubleshooter and aging, low-life punk. Continuing his aimless American occult odyssey, Constantine encounters the beauty of nature and the horrors of humanity. From the Nazi-raddled neartlands to the S&M pits of LA, he finds you don't have to be supernatural to breed hatred, perversity, religious intolerance and seething racism - but it helps. With the Hellblazer-based Constantine movie in the pipeline, this new graphic novel is must-have, surefire, wall-to-wall brilliance! Warning: Adults only!.
Publication date: 2000-05-01
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $9.95
Price: $94.19
Review Drawing Power Volume 1 (Drawing Power) / SQP:Bart Sears, famous for his work on the Justice League of America and Spider-Woman, breaks the process of comic creation into solid, logical steps. Mastering each will prepare you for the next, as Bart illustrates in simple and straight-forward fashion the thinking that goes behind each decision you'll have to make to tell a story in pictures.
Authors
- Sergio Cariello
- John Cassaday
- Brett Matthews
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $75.00
Price: $54.75
Review The Lone Ranger Definitive Edition / Dynamite Entertainment:This Definitive Edition features the first 11 issues (as well as the 2007 Free Comic Book Day story) of Dynamite's critically acclaimed Lone Ranger series by Brett Matthews, Sergio Cariello, and John Cassaday! In "Now and Forever" (issues #1-6), the complete story of how John Reid was transformed into The Lone Ranger, and, along with his partner Tonto, set a new standard of justice in the Old West is revealed! In "Lines Not Crossed" (issues #7-11), the thrilling adventures of The Lone Ranger and Tonto continue as the masked man and his Indian companion find themselves caught between frontier justice and a condemned man. all while continuing to make things difficult for Cavendish, who's becoming more unhinged by the actions of this "lone" ranger! Includes a complete cover gallery, unseen art, and more!.
Publication date: 2004-10-01
Dewey code: 741.5973
List Price: $19.99
Price: $54.94
Review Venom Volume 2: Run TPB (Spider-Man) / Marvel Comics:
Authors
- Various
- Adam Patyk
- James McDonough
Dewey code: 688.72
List Price: $24.95
Price: $149.99
Review Transformers Generation One: More Than Meets The Eye Official Guidebook Volume 2 / Dreamwave:The official guide to Dreamwave's all-new Transformers universe continues with new bios written just for this series, along with more fantastic art of classic characters. There are plenty of Transformers favorites, plus profiles of lesser-known stars, making this the complete resource for Generation One fans, who can catch up with their favorite main characters as they uncover the secrets of the Transformers comic universe.
Dewey code: 793
Price: $54.00
Review Marvel Heroes / Fantasy Flight Games FFG0MV01:
Creator: Charles Forsdick; Laurence Grove; Libbie McQuillan
Publication date: 2005-06
Dewey code: 850
List Price: $66.00
Price: $54.44
Review The Francophone Bande Dessinée (Faux Titre 265) (Faux Titre) / Rodopi:Known as France’s Ninth Art, the bande dessinée has a status far surpassing that of the equivalent English-language comic strip. This publication, one of the first predominantly in English on the subject, provides a thorough introduction to questions of BD history, context and bibliography. Theoretical issues – including the reception of the early proto-BD prior to its modern definition, approaches to the construction of a BD (presented here in BD form by leading artist Tanitoc), semiology and the reading of the current form, or the specificity of the French/US (non)overlap – complement historical approaches, such as Bécassine read in the light of postcolonialism, Le Corbusier and BD techniques in architecture, post-war BD and nostalgia for the Resistance, or Pilote and the 1960s revolution. And whilst broaching issues such as feminism or masculinity, social class, AIDS, exoticism or futurism, the volume presents chapters on some of the cutting-edge artists in the field today: Baru, Moebius, Juillard, Binet, Bilal… This book supplies an introduction to the BD that will be of use to students and researchers at all levels. In addition, the format of the individual case studies provides in-depth analysis allowing the reader to grasp specific examples in terms both of their place vis-a-vis the evolution of the BD and, more generally, of the wider role they play within French and Francophone cultural studies.
Authors
- Anderson Gabrych
- Damion Scott
- Pete Woods
- Bill Willingham
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $24.80
Price: $55.17
Review Batman: War Drums (Batman) / Titan Books Ltd:This all-new, all-action graphic novel is the prologue to a war that threatens to lay waste to the home of one of comics' greatest icons! Batman finds himself being pulled apart by one disaster after another; a talented pop star goes missing; Leslie Thompkins, the most important woman in his life, vanishes; he is fighting an all-out gang war; and Robin's identity is blown, forcing Batman to get a decidedly unwelcome replacement! Things look ready to fall apart and the only thing to fill the centre is war on the streets of Gotham! Written and drawn by a crack cadre of comics creators, War Drums announces one of graphic novels' epic 'events' that will see Gotham City torn apart!
Creator: Ben Oliver
Publication date: 2004-09-24
Dewey code: 741
List Price: $41.30
Price: $54.64
Review The Authority: Human on the Inside (Authority) / Titan Books Ltd:High above the planet, aboard a fifty-mile-wide alien vessel. The Authority - seven awesomely powerful super-humans - act as global bouncers for the human race. If you threaten the life and liberty of Earth's inhabitants, they'll do whatever they need to do to set things straight! With the President out to discreetly dispose of them and a seemingly global depression epidemic on their hands, it's only a matter of time before The Authority are forced to react. This stand-alone story is by the brilliant new creative team of acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and journalist John Ridley and up-and-coming artist Ben Oliver.
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