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COWA
TORIYAMA, AKIRA
9781421518053 VIZ
$7.99; trade paper
A wonderful new kid-friendly title by manga master Akira Toriyama, creator of the wildly popular Dragon Ball series. A contagious Monster Flu is spreading around town like wildfire. Can the town's troublemaker, a half-vampire, half-werekoala and his friends get the medicine in time to save everyone?! If the sick monsters don't get the medicine they need in a month, everyone will die! With all the adults sick, it's up to the boys to get the medicine and save the day!
FRUITS BASKET V20
NATSUKI, TAKAYA
9781427800091 TOKYOPOP
$9.99; trade paper
The latest volume in the phenomenally popular Fruits Basket shojo romantic comedy manga series about the Sohma clan, who are cursed to transform into cute talking animals when hugged by a member of the opposite sex.
 NAT TURNER
BAKER, KYLE 9780810972278 ABRAMS $12.95; trade paper
The story of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion—which began on August 21, 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia—is known among school children and adults. To some he is a hero, a symbol of Black resistance and a precursor to the civil rights movement; to others he is monster—a murderer whose name is never uttered. In this graphic novel, acclaimed author and illustrator Kyle Baker depicts the evils of slavery in this moving and historically accurate story of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion. Told nearly wordlessly, every image resonates with the reader as the brutal story unfolds.
SANTA VS SATAN: The Official Compendium of Imaginary Fights KALISH, JAKE
9780307406705 THREE RIVERS
$13.95; trade paper
“Who would win between . . .” has through the ages been one of man’s most fundamental questions. Sadly, adult responsibilities like “earning a living” and “having a girlfriend” have conspired to make it impossible for men to devote to this issue the scholarship it so deeply deserves. But now one hero has tapped into our need to know who’s the best, the strongest, the caveman with the biggest club. Warriors are profiled and winners are declared in this seminal (and terrifically funny) list of throw-downs that never were but should have been. Han Solo vs. Indiana Jones Adam vs. Charles Darwin Drunk vs. Stoner
Conspiracy Theorists vs. Conspirators Muhammad Ali vs. Bruce Lee The Stork vs. The Grim Reaper
And many, many more….
THE WACKNESS
PHILIPS, DALE
9781905978144 REVOLVER
$14.95; trade paper
The novel based on the much-buzzed about new indie film set in the sweltering summer of 1994, New York City tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist... Things get more complicated when the kid falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. Set against the backdrop of the greatest year in hip hop history, THE WACKNESS is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music--and what it takes to be a man.
 ZOT: The Complete Black and White Collection 1987-1991
MCCLOUD, SCOTT 9780061537271 HARPER $22.95; trade paper
Long before manga took the American comics market by storm, Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics, Making Comics) combined the best ideas from manga, alternative comics, and superheroes into Zot!—a frenetic and innovative exploration of comics' potential that helped set the stage for McCloud's later groundbreaking theoretical work. Zachary T. Paleozogt lives in "the far-flung future of 1965," a utopian Earth of world peace, robot butlers, and flying cars. Jenny Weaver lives in an imperfect world of disappointment and broken promises—the Earth we live in. Stepping across the portals to each other's worlds, Zot and Jenny's lives will never be the same again. Now, for the first time since its original publication more than twenty years ago, every one of McCloud's pages from the black and white series has been collected in this must-have commemorative edition for aficionados to treasure and new fans to discover.
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 BONE08 TREASURE HUNTERS SMITH, JEFF
9780439706339 GRAPHIX
$9.99; trade paper
Jeff Smith fans rejoice! The latest color volume of the epic Bone fantasy series which PW calls “something like a Chuck Jones version of The Lord of the Rings is here! In this installment, 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 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 find it!
 BOYS OF STEEL
NOBLEMAN, MARC TYLER 9780375838026 KNOPF
$16.99; hardcover
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two misfit teens in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent—meek, mild, and myopic—than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote stories, and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format—the comic book. This wonderfully illustrated all-ages bio (with really terrific full-color artwork by Ross MacDonald) is a perfect introduction to the time, the place, and the two young visionaries.
 ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN V01 THE BOY WONDER
MILLER, FRANK
9781401216818 DC COMICS
$24.99; hardcover
The superstar talents responsible for some of comics’ greatest tales (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City) and Jim Lee (Batman: Hush) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you’ve never seen them before in this darkly-imagined reinvention of these classic characters. All hell breaks loose at the circus a Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy’s life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to—no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars, and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo!
ANITA BLAKE V02 GUILTY PLEASURES HAMILTON, LAURELL K
9780785125815 MARVEL
$14.99; trade paper
This new comics series by NY Times Best-Selling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers readers a brand new experience in the world of Anita Blake! Fusing mythology, werewolves and vampires with a story loaded with mystery, action and romance, the Anita Blake novels take place in a world where vampires, werewolves, and other creatures of nightmare have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an "animator" - a profession that involves raising the dead for a living. Anita Blake is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she moonlights by investigating cases that are far too much for "conventional" police.
ART OF THE DARK KNIGHT
DC COMICS CL
9780789318121 UNIVERSE
$35.00; hardcover
Critically acclaimed director Christopher Nolan followed up his blockbuster film Batman Begins with the hugely successful, record-breaking sequel, The Dark Knight. This is the ultimate companion piece to the movie, showcasing production ephemera including storyboard art, character sketches, Nolan’s original shooting script, still photos, and even personal behind-the-scenes material created during the filming. This one’s sure to appeal to diehard and new fans alike.
CORALINE GRAPHIC NOVEL
GAIMAN, NEIL
9780060825430 HARPERCOLLINS
$18.99; hardcover
Master story-teller Neil Gaiman’s wonderfully creepy tale for young readers (ages 11-up) is here recreated as a graphic novel with art by P. Craig Russell. Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof.
NARUTO V30
KISHIMOTO, MASASHI
9781421519425 VIZ
$7.95; trade paper
Another hot-selling volume in the number one top-selling manga series about Ninjas-in-training and Naruto’s quest to become the world’s greatest ninja. |
