Brenda Starr Reporter Colored Sunday Strip
- LA - 1954
by Dale Messick
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
SOMETHING NEW
IN STOCK TODAY!
PAUL POPE’S
“ADVENTURE OF THE YEAR”
Boing Boing says, “You’re going to love this,” while
The Huffington Post calls it “an instant classic,” and MTV Geek
“a rip-roaring superhero adventure for the ages.” “This book is a
number one stunner,” says Junot Diaz, while Brian K. Vaughan says,
“there’s more imagination in each page of this
book than in whole years of other comics,” and Jeff Smith calls it “the
adventure of the year.”
When
Battling Boy's father (a warrior god) drops him on a world infested
with bloodthirsty monsters, he leaves his son with nothing but a magic
credit card, a trunk full of
enchanted tee shirts, and instructions not to come home until
he's liberated the planet from its plague of monsters.
It's one kid versus an entire world full of monsters – and the monsters don't stand a chance.
PAUL POPE is the
New York Times
bestselling author/illustrator behind the fiercely beloved comics
The One Trick Rip-Off,
Batman Year 100,
Heavy Liquid, and100%.
A master of gritty sci-fi epics, he’s known for genre-bending
storytelling and frenetic, stylish artwork. Paul Pope’s art has been
featured in places as diverse as LucasArts, Diesel Industries, and
Cartoon Network, and DKNY. Widely considered to be one of
the best and most influential cartoonists today, Paul Pope’s comics
storytelling has its roots in the classic superhero stories he read as a
child, from his lifetime devotion to the classic stories of Asimov and
Bradbury — and the epic storytelling of Star
Wars. At age 25, Pope embarked on a career creating comics for the
Japanese manga publisher Kodansha, living and working in Tokyo. His
comics have since reflected the effortless pacing, breathless emotional
storytelling, and widespread accessibility that
the manga form is so well known for, while retaining an aesthetic that
is truly Pope’s own. The protégé of Moebius, the legendary grand master
of the French comics industry, Pope’s current work integrates all these
influences into a heady concoction with a
uniquely American sensibility.
BATTLING BOY
by Paul Pope
First Second Books
6 x 8 1/2, 208 pages, Ages 10 - 100SOMETHING NEW
NEW TOYS
AND
POSTERS
WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER
What's new in toys this week? A whole lot of DC action figures, that's what! Skottie Young also has a new poster, Lara Croft makes a rather disheveled appearance, and we have the Lego Walking Dead mini figures, just in time for the premiere of Series Four on television.
BATMAN UNLIMITED 6IN BEWARE THE BATMAN AF
Explore the history of Batman with Mattel's Batman Unlimited Action Figures
which feature a variety of characters in their different incarnations
from the Golden Age through film and video games to the present day!
Each figure is highly detailed, stands 6" tall, and includes a display
stand and mini-collector poster. These are the Batman figures pop culture fans and Batman collectors have been looking for! Blister card packaging.
DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS BLACK MANTA AF
DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS JOKER AF
The DC COMICS - THE NEW 52 look of Batman's arch nemesis, The Joker
perfectly captured with this action figure based on the designs from the
"Death of the Family" story.
DC UNLIMITED 6IN GUNMETAL INJUSTICE BATMAN AF
DC UNLIMITED 6IN INJUSTICE GREEN LANTERN AF
Celebrate the heritage of DC Comics with the DC Unlimited Action Figures
from Mattel. These 6" tall figures are the only place to get such
highly-detailed and articulated figures, and they can be posed in
countless ways. Fans can choose from two new figures based on the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game - the Gunmetal Batman figure and the Green Lantern figure. Blister card packaging.
MARVEL NOW WHAT BY YOUNG POSTER
MARVEL SELECT WOLVERINE 2 MOVIE AF
TOMB RAIDER LARA CROFT 5IN MINI BUST
Relive the epic excitement and adventure of Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix's all-new Tomb Raider
video game with this highly-detailed, collectible 5" Lara Croft
polystone bust! 2013 heralds the return of the ultimate video game
heroine, Lara Croft, in the highly-anticipated reboot of the franchise.
TOMB RAIDER LARA CROFT 9IN PVC FIGURE
WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES FOUR
The toy line based on long-running comic series The Walking Dead is
proud to introduce the series' most famous villain, the Governor, along
with two of his henchmen! The assortment includes four different
two-packs, including The Governor with Gabe, Michonne (Poncho) with
Bruce, and two short-packed, specialty-exclusive sets: Prison Lori with
Shoulder Zombie and Alice with Shoulder Zombie. Each Minimate stands 2
inches tall and includes a variety of interchangeable parts and
accessories.
WOLVERINE 3-3/4 IN AF ASST
SOMETHING NEW
NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS
AND
COLLECTED EDITIONS
WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER
What a stellar week for new graphic novels - for superhero fans there are new Batman and Thor trades, as well as Warren Ellis' Storm mini-series and the lead up to Marvel's Infinity event, Thanos Rising. Horror enthusiasts are sure to enjoy Colder (just look at that cover! so creepy), and Stephen King's popular Dark Tower graphic novel adaptation. Readers wanting to begin a new series are spoiled for choice this week - Eisner-award winning Lazarus is my first choice, and I'm intrigued by the rather ridiculous looking God Hates Astronauts. The first My Little Pony collection is also now in paperback, so fervent Bronies as well as new fans can read about the antics of their friends in Equestria. Manga fans have a beautiful new omnibus edition of the classic series Trigun and a previously unavailable series from Astroboy creator and manga innovator Osamu Tezuka.
That's enough chatter, on to the comics!
BATMAN TP VOL 02 THE CITY OF OWLS
In this new trade paperback collecting BATMAN #8-12 and ANNUAL #1, Bruce
Wayne has learned that the Court of Owls is real-and a deadly threat to
Gotham City! As Batman struggles to stop the Court of Owls before they
claim the city for their own, he uncovers dark secrets about the Wayne
family and the city he's sworn to protect!
BTVS SEASON 9 TP VOL 04 WELCOME TO TEAM
Buffy is unwillingly recruited by the demon Illyria and a mystical
council to take down the Siphon-for good. He is on the loose again, and a
danger to all remnants of magic! Meanwhile, back home the loss of magic
has begun to affect those closest to Buffy . . . Collect issues #16-#20
of Season 9.
CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN TP VOL 06 DEATH IN STYGIA
COLDER TP
Declan Thomas is an ex-inmate of an insane asylum that was destroyed in a
fire, he has the strange ability to step inside a person's madness-and
sometimes cure it. He hopes to one day cure his own, but time is running
out, as a demonic predator pursues him.
Collects the five-issue
miniseries.
COLONIZED TP
A spaceship crashes into a separatist camp and
manages to reanimate the dead! Now, cut off from any military aid, it's
Aliens vs. Zombies vs. Militiamen in a carnage-filled tale from the
writer/creator of Zombies vs Robots!
COMPLETE PEANUTS HC VOL 20 1989-1990
COURTNEY CRUMRIN SPEC ED HC VOL 04
CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 17
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER TP MAN IN BLACK
Roland Deschain, the Last Gunslinger, closes at last on his elusive
nemesis, the Man in Black. At Roland's side is his newest tet-mate, Jake
Chambers - a boy from some strange other Earth of subways, turnpikes
and fluorescent lights. But to reach the Man in Black - and save the
Dark Tower - Roland is prepared to risk all. His life. His very soul.
Even Jake. Follow this mismatched pair of travelers on the final leg of a
treacherous journey, to the destiny Roland has pursued for twelve long
years - and the fate young Jake is all too aware awaits him. Master
author Stephen King's magnum opus hits the comic pages in an atmospheric
vision of Mid-World that draws inspiration from the final two stories
of King's The Gunslinger. Collecting DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER - THE
MAN IN BLACK #1-5.
DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN YR TP BIZARRO IS BORN
GFT VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES TP
GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS TP VOL 01
GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS follows the story of a group of incompetent,
small-minded, super powered narcissists called "The Power Persons Five"
who are hired by NASA to stop all farmers from launching themselves into
space in homemade rocket ships. Unfortunately for NASA, this goal is
scarcely even addressed and the book focuses more on extramarital
affairs, bank-robbing owls, big gross swollen heads, ghost cow heads,
olde tyme boxers, tigers eating cheeseburgers in the Crab Nebula,
buffalo judges and tons of aggressive swearing. Not so much a superhero
book as it is a parody of basically everything and a celebration of
weird that is jam-packed with references to RoboCop and Die Hard.
"I don't want to oversell what Ryan has accomplished here, but I gave God Hates Astronauts to a blind man and he regained his sight." - Jonathan Hickman (EAST OF WEST, The Manhattan Projects, The Avengers)
"I don't want to oversell what Ryan has accomplished here, but I gave God Hates Astronauts to a blind man and he regained his sight." - Jonathan Hickman (EAST OF WEST, The Manhattan Projects, The Avengers)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 14
I VAMPIRE TP VOL 03 WAVE OF MUTILATION
INTENSELY DUMB MAD TP
INTENSELY DUMB MAD-one of the most honest book titles ever! This edition
includes our versions of Star Wars' Revenge of the Sith and The Lord of
the Rings' The Return of the King! Plus, find out if you're addicted to
video games, yecchy places to avoid during winter break vacation, an
edition of The Comic Club, Spy vs. Spy, and more features picked
especially for fans of the MAD Cartoon Network series!
KILL SHAKESPEARE TP VOL 03 TIDE OF BLOOD
LAZARUS TP VOL 01
Collecting the first four issues of the Eisner-winning team of RUCKA and
LARK's critically acclaimed new series about Forever Carlyle, the
Lazarus of the Carlyle Family. Included are the first four issues of
story, as well as the previously released introductory four-page short
"Family: Prelude."
LUCIFER TP VOL 02
In this second new LUCIFER title collecting issues #14-28 and LUCIFER:
NIRVANA, the Lightbringer is hard at work on a New Creation complete
with a pair of inhabitants for his new Garden of Eden. But as he tries
his hand at universe building, back on Earth (and in Hell) schemes and
betrayals continue.
MIND MGMT HC VOL 02 FUTURIST
MY LITTLE PONY TP VOL 01 THE MAGIC BEGINS
The celebrated animated series comes to book shelves! Revisit the
habitants of Equestria and learn about the magic that friendship brings
in this adaptation of the television series.
OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COLLECTING VOL 02 COMIC & ANIM
THANOS RISING TP
Thanos left audiences abuzz after MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS, but who is this
disturbing villain? Discover the hidden truth in this gripping tale of
tragedy, deceit and destiny. Where did this demi-god of destruction come
from, and what does he want from the universe? Death has been shadowing
Thanos for his entire life, watching his inner darkness grow - but why?
And when the Mad Titan flees his home in search of true love, how many
lives will he take to find it? The answers come from the incredible
creative team of Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE) and Simone Bianchi (ASTONISHING
X-MEN)! Prepare for a journey that will change one boy's life - and
will soon change the very nature of the Marvel Universe. And when
Thanos' rise is complete, the stage is set for INFINITY!
Collecting
THANOS RISING #1-5.
THOR GOD OF THUNDER PREM HC VOL 02 GODBOMB
TRIGUN OMNIBUS TP
Meet Vash the Stampede, the galaxy's deadliest and most wanted man.
Every bounty hunter aims to claim Vash dead or alive-preferably
dead!-and though Vash is a pacifist, he won't go down without a fight.
Collecting both Trigun volumes, Trigun Omnibus features nearly 700 pages
of Yasuhiro Nightow's signature creation!
TRITON OF THE SEA GN VOL 01
The ocean holds many tales. Tales of mermaids, of underwater kingdoms,
and of fantastical beasts lurking in the deep. Spurred by these tales,
Kazuya sets out to find the truth, but what he finds is a baby?! Not
just any baby, the baby Kazuya finds is Triton! The last of a once
mighty and proud race of people from the sea. Triton seems human, but
unusual and terrible events begin to happen with all those around him.
Who is Triton, and why does he bring misfortune to everyone around him?
Finally in print, Osamu Tezuka's masterful tale of the sea!
UXB HC
X-MEN STORM BY WARREN ELLIS AND TERRY DODSON TP
Long ago, Storm won leadership of the underground mutant community known
as the Morlocks. But her reign was a distant one, and Storm's neglected
subjects grew increasingly embittered. Ultimately, the mad Mikhail
Rasputin swept the Morlocks away into another dimension - a harsh realm
where time ran much faster than normal. There, the next generation of
Morlock children came of age, hard and cold and bitter. They returned as
a terrorist unit called Gene Nation, and Storm nearly had to slay their
leader Storm seeks a new balance in her life. But when she is abducted
to Mikhail's brutal dimension, can Storm prevail against the living
reminders of her failure? Or will the sins of her past drag her down?
Collecting STORM (1996) #1-4.
SOMETHING NEW
NEW
COMICS
WEDNESDAY
9TH OCTOBER
So many new series arriving this week, where to begin! How about with a truly unexpected Halloween treat, Afterlife with Archie - the buzz surrounding this series has been amazing, who would have thought Archie could lend itself to horror? It's a match made in Hell, apparently. ;-) Speaking of horror, new Vertigo series Coffin Hill looks like it could be another winner for the revitalized DC imprint, and of course the big news of the week belongs to zombilicious The Walking Dead - the 10th anniversary special edition of issue #1 you've all been anxiously waiting for is finally here, along with plenty of variant covers for #115, and a spotlight issue for prominent tv character Tyreese!
I've been eagerly anticipating the release of Kieron Gillen's new Ancient Greek epic Three, told from a very different perspective of the Spartans than Frank Miller's 300, and Rocket Girl, which looks to be a beautifully illustrated and fun science fiction mystery series. There's also a double sized issue of Batman and new Forever Evil, lots of action over at Marvel with the Infinity event and its many crossovers, the finale of America's Got Powers, and the next issue of all-ages favourite Hero Bear and the Kid. What are you excited to read this week? Talk to us on Twitter @DavesComics!
ARCHIE
AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #1
NEW ONGOING SERIES! "Escape From Riverdale" -- This is how the end of
the world begins... Harvey Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
(Carrie, Archie meets Glee) and Eisner-winning artist Francesco
Francavilla (Batman, Black Beetle) take Archie and the gang where
they've never been before-to the grave and back! A horrific accident
sets off a series of grim events and Sabrina the Teenage Witch must try
to repair the unspeakable evil her spell has unleashed. Gasp in horror
as Riverdale faces an impending zombie Arch-pocalypse in this brand-new,
spine-tingling ongoing series -- but be warned, kiddies, this one's not
for the faint of heart! For TEEN+ readers.
AVATAR
CROSSED
BADLANDS #38 (MR)
GEORGE
RR MARTIN SKIN TRADE #3
BONGO
SPONGEBOB
COMICS #25
BOOM
ADVENTURE
TIME CANDY CAPERS #4
DEATHMATCH
#10
DARKHORSE
ABE
SAPIEN #6
CREEPY
COMICS #14
DEATH
SENTENCE #1 (OF 6)
HALO
INITIATION #3 (OF 3) MAIN CVR
RESIDENT
ALIEN SUICIDE BLONDE #2 (OF 3)
SHAOLIN COWBOY #1
The Shaolin Cowboy returns, but nowhere in sight is there a dead Robin,
any infinity gauntlets, or a single conquering Ultron-just flat-out
action, intrigue, and plenty of roadkill. Geof Darrow's slow-talkin',
kung-fu-gripping hero proves once again, in this brand-new new series,
that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy
with a chainsaw!
STAR
WARS #10 2013 ONGOING
X #6
DC/VERTIGO
ASTRO CITY #5
BATGIRL
#24
BATMAN #24
Zero Year Part Four! In this amazing, double-sized issue, Batman is on
the trail of the Red Hood Gang and their mysterious leader, secret
origins are revealed, and a major surprise will change the course of
Zero Year and Batman's life!
BATMAN
ARKHAM UNHINGED #19
BATMAN
LIL GOTHAM #7
COFFIN HILL #1
COFFIN HILL stars Eve Coffin, a rebellious, teenage lowlife from a
high-society family with a curse that goes back to the Salem Witch
trials. Following a night of sex, drugs and witchcraft in the
woods, Eve wakes up naked, covered in blood and unable to remember how
she got there. One friend is missing, one is in a mental ward-and one
knows that Eve is responsible. After a stint as a Boston cop that
ends in a bullet wound and unintended celebrity, Eve returns to Coffin
Hill, only to discover the darkness that she unleashed ten years ago in
the woods was never contained. It continues to seep through the town,
cursing the soul of this sleepy Massachusetts hollow, spilling secrets
and enacting its revenge.
Set against the haunted backdrop of New England, COFFIN HILL explores what people will do for power and retribution. Noted novelist Caitlin Kittredge, author of the Black London series, brings a smart, mesmerizing style to comics. Artist Inaki Miranda (FABLES) brings his dynamic storytelling to COFFIN HILL, following an acclaimed run on FAIREST.
Set against the haunted backdrop of New England, COFFIN HILL explores what people will do for power and retribution. Noted novelist Caitlin Kittredge, author of the Black London series, brings a smart, mesmerizing style to comics. Artist Inaki Miranda (FABLES) brings his dynamic storytelling to COFFIN HILL, following an acclaimed run on FAIREST.
CONSTANTINE #7
FBP
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS #4 (MR)
FOREVER EVIL ARKHAM WAR #1 (OF 6)
As FOREVER EVIL hits the world, no corner of
the DC Universe is in worse shape than Gotham City! Madness and mayhem
hit the streets as both Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison unleash their
prisoners upon the helpless citizens of Gotham. And with no Dark Knight
to protect the city, what horrors will follow?
GREEN
LANTERN CORPS #24
KATANA
#8
NIGHTWING
#24
SMALLVILLE
SEASON 11 #18
SUICIDE
SQUAD #24 (EVIL)
SUPERBOY
#24
SUPERMAN
WONDER WOMAN #1
WORLDS
FINEST #16
DYNAMITE
RED
SONJA #4
IDW
GHOSTBUSTERS
#8
GI
JOE COBRA FILES #7
GI
JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS #8
IT
CAME #3 (OF 4)
JUDGE
DREDD #11
MAGIC
THE GATHERING THEROS #1
MEMORY COLLECTORS #1 (OF 3)
Three jaded fetish models are unexpectedly thrown into a violent world
and made to confront a horrible and unperceived truth: Hidden among us
are entities that feed on the very thing we hold most sacred, our
memories. No longer content with their lives as hunted cattle, they
become the hunters.
POPEYE
CLASSICS ONGOING #15
SONS
OF ANARCHY #2 (OF 6) (MR)
THREE #1
When a member of the Spartan ruling class visits an isolated homestead
of Helot workers, a brutal massacre is only the beginning. KIERON GILLEN
(PHONOGRAM, Über, Iron Man), RYAN KELLY (Saucer County, Local) and
JORDIE BELLAIRE (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, NOWHERE MEN) unite to tell the
heroic story of three slaves and their desperate attempt to escape 300
of the finest warriors who've ever lived.
TRANSFORMERS
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #21
TRIPLE HELIX #1 (OF 4)
Where TRIO stopped, HELIX starts! There's a MONSTER on the loose in the
City... but will the mysterious CHANGELINGS of TRIPLE HELIX destroy it
before they realize it's really an old FRIEND?
IMAGE
AMERICAS GOT POWERS #7 (OF 7)
BUSHIDO
#2 (OF 5)
CHEW
#37 (MR)
GHOSTED
#4 (MR)
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #15
MULTIPLE WARHEADS DOWN FALL ONE SHOT (MR)
The organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfriend Nikoli try to get
by in a harsh Soviet fantasy world with dream monsters, radiation slugs,
and starships falling from Wolf War 3.
Reprints 2007's "The Fall," the original 2003 adult Warheads story, and the 2004 short "Elevator."
Reprints 2007's "The Fall," the original 2003 adult Warheads story, and the 2004 short "Elevator."
ROCKET GIRL #1
A teenage cop from a high-tech future is sent
back in time to 1986 New York City. Dayoung Johansson is investigating
the Quintum Mechanics megacorporation for crimes against time. As she
pieces together the clues, she discovers the "future" she calls home -
an alternate reality version of 2013 - shouldn't exist at all!
Blast off with the new ongoing series by BRANDON MONTCLARE (Halloween Eve) and Eisner Award nominee AMY REEDER (Batwoman, Madame Xanadu).
Blast off with the new ongoing series by BRANDON MONTCLARE (Halloween Eve) and Eisner Award nominee AMY REEDER (Batwoman, Madame Xanadu).
SIDEKICK
#3 (MR)
THINK
TANK #10
WALKING DEAD #1 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED (MR)
The historic first issue of THE WALKING DEAD presented for the first
time in FULL COLOR by colorist extraordinaire DAVE STEWART! Along with
the original covers and variants done for this issue throughout the
years and tons of other bonus material.
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR A (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR B (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR C (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR D (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR E (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR F (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR G (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR H (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR I (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR J (MR)
WALKING DEAD #115 CVR K (MR)
WALKING DEAD TYREESE SPECIAL (MR)
Just in time for the premiere of Season Four of the TV show! Tyreese, a
character prominently featured in the season, gets a spotlight
here. The special issue reprints his first appearance from THE WALKING
DEAD #7 as well as a new origin story, first printed in THE WALKING
DEAD: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SPECIAL.
OTHER
PUBLISHERS
BUCK
ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY #2 (OF 4) CHAYKIN CVR
ELFQUEST SPECIAL FINAL QUEST ONE SHOT
For generations, the elves sought a safe haven against all who would do
them harm. But the dream that Chief Cutter and his Wolfriders fought and
died for may be the very thing destroying them. The skills that helped
them survive the harsh world are fading, and the growing threat of a
tyrant obsessed with exterminating all elves makes for a disastrous brew
that must surely boil over.
GFT
OZ #3 (OF 6) A CVR LASHLEY
HEROBEAR
& THE KID INHERITANCE #3 (OF 5)
RACHEL
RISING #20
MARVEL
ASTONISHING
X-MEN #68
AVENGERS
AI #4
AVENGERS
ARENA #16
CAPTAIN
AMERICA
#12
DEADPOOL
#18
DEXTER
#4 (OF 5)
FEARLESS
DEFENDERS #10 INF
INFINITY
#4 (OF 6)
MARVEL UNIVERSE HULK AGENTS OF SMASH #1 (OF 4)
Join the INCREDIBLE HULK, and his
larger-than-life teammates as they tackle threats that are too enormous
for other heroes to handle in this all-new series!
Based on the upcoming animated series on DISNEY XD by the Emmy Award-winning Paul Dini ("Batman: The Animated Series") and Henry Gilroy ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars")
Based on the upcoming animated series on DISNEY XD by the Emmy Award-winning Paul Dini ("Batman: The Animated Series") and Henry Gilroy ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars")
SUPERIOR
SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #4 INF
THOR
GOD OF THUNDER #14
ULTIMATE
COMICS X-MEN #32
UNCANNY
X-FORCE #12
WOLVERINE
#10
X-MEN
#6
TITAN
A1
#5
CHRONOS
COMMANDOS DAWN PATROL #4 (OF 5)
CRYPTOZOIC MAN #1 (OF 4)
You watched Stan "The Man" Lee pitch it on Season II of AMC TV's "Comic
Book Men"; Now, from CBM cast members Walt Flanagan & Bryan Johnson
comes "Cryptozoic Man". Alan Ostman, a middle-aged husband/father, sees
his life quickly unravel when his daughter goes missing on a camping
trip in the Pacific Northwest...Bigfoot country. After Gray aliens
abduct him from a roadside bar, he learns that the fate of the world is
dependent on trapping the world's most legendary cryptids...not to
mention defeating a psychopath in a pig-shaped leather bondage mask,
Alan knows he has his work cut out for him. The storyline revolving
around this four issue series will be revisited in Comic Book Men Season
III.
VALIANT
ARCHER
& ARMSTRONG #14
ETERNAL
WARRIOR #2
2000
AD PROG #1853
SOMETHING NEW
IN STOCK TODAY
JOE SACCO
THE GREAT WAR
July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme
AN ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA
WITH AN ESSAY BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD
‘Sacco’s work [is] the best argument around for comics as a journalistic medium.’ – GQ
Launched on July 1, 1916, the Battle of the Somme has come to epitomize the madness of the First World War. Almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed and another 40,000 were wounded that first day, and there were more than one million casualties by the time the offensive halted a few months later. In The Great War, acclaimed cartoonist Joe Sacco depicts the events of that day in an extraordinary, 24-foot-long wordless panorama: from the riding exercises of General Douglas Haig to the massive artillery positions and marshalling areas behind the trench lines, to the legions of British soldiers going ‘over the top’ and being cut down in No-Man’s-Land, to the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers retreating and the dead being buried en masse. Printed on fine accordion-fold paper and packaged in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with a 16-page accompanying booklet, The Great War is a landmark work in Sacco’s illustrious career, and makes visceral one of the bloodiest days in history.
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