Come along for a big-scale adventure with Lyra Ladybug--the cutest bug you'll ever meet--who's full of curiousity, and who's not afraid to stand up for herself even though she's tiny. Watch as she gets carried along through Gossling Park on a gum wrapper, and finds herself lost in a land so familiar yet so far from her own, only to meet up with new friends along the way. Perhaps even one who's more than friends.
It's fun, adventure and budding romance in this first issue of Fuzz Society! Read more
The ultimate Dark Tower collection! An oversized hardcover collecting the first five volumes of Marvel's Dark Tower series:
The Gunslinger Born
The Long Road Home
Treachery
Battle of Jericho Hill
Fall of GileadAt one point in this final book of the Dark Tower series, the character Stephen King (added to the plot in Song of Susannah) looks back at the preceding pages and says "when this last book is published, the readers are going to be just wild." And he's not kidding.
After a journey through seven books and over 20 years, King's Constant Readers finally have the conclusion they've been both eagerly awaiting and silently dreading. The tension in the Dark Tower series has built steadily from the beginning and, like in the best of King's novels, explodes into a violent, heart-tugging climax as Roland and his ka-tet finally near their goal. The body count in The Dark Tower is high. The gunslingers come out shooting and face a host of enemies, including low men, mutants, vampires, Roland's hideous quasi-offspring Mordred, and the fearsome Crimson King himself. King pushes the gross-out factor at times--Roland's lesson on tanning (no, not sun tanning) is brutal--but the magic of the series remains strong and readers will feel the pull of the Tower as strongly as ever as the story draws to a close. During this sentimental journey, King ties up loose ends left hanging from the 15 non-series novels and stories that are deeply entwined in the fabric of Mid-World through characters like Randall Flagg (The Stand and others) or Father Callahan ('Salem's Lot). When it finally arrives, the long awaited conclusion will leave King's myriad fans satisfied but wishing there were still more to come.
In King's memoir On Writing, he tells of an old woman who wrote him after reading the early books in the Dark Tower series. She was dying, she said, and didn't expect to see the end of Roland's quest. Could King tell her? Does he reach the Tower? Does he save it? Sadly, King said he did not know himself, that the story was creating itself as it went along. Wherever that woman is now (the clearing at the end of the path, perhaps?), let's hope she has a copy of The Dark Tower. Surely she would agree it's been worth the wait. --Benjamin Reese Read more
There was a time when Ben Grimm was consumed with anger over the hideous change wrought on his body by overexposure to cosmic rays. Over the years, he has come to accept his new look, and revel in the strength and invulnerability that came with it. After all, not many men on the planet can say they fought the Hulk, and gave as good as they got.Put this Thing action figure in a battleready pose and take on the enemy! Fully articulated, this fun figure is ready to take a stand in your collection!Action figure comes with a S.H.I.E.L.D. file with a secret code. Read more
From Dustbin Collectible to Major Motion Picture by Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Joe King Read more
Reviews:
From Dee Daily of The Romance Studio:
"Dawn DeAnna Wilson pens one of those tales of a small town and its colorful characters that is a joy to read. Even though the story is about people and their insecurities the way it's told is priceless. The Mayor, Queen, the Snake
Lady and many others evolve throughout. Their antics and the way the author brings the town to life make a perfect backdrop to a love story that has to help two people find the way to become who they want to be. Blythe's story is a
sad one in some ways but she brings so much joy to the book with her antics. Her exuberance is almost palpable as we read. Austin seems like an insecure man who has to come to terms with his life, his comparing himself to others
and always falling short. Rather than take risks that might upset others he buries himself in action heroes while she hides within the ever-changing stories she tells."
From The Long and Short of It, Romance Reviews:
"Every line of Leaving the Comfort Cafe is bursting with sparkling emotion. A genuine pleasure."
Description:
Blythe Shelley got a 1600 on her SAT and a full scholarship to Cornell University.
But she never went.Instead, she took a job as a waitress at the Comfort Cafe in Conyers, North Carolina...
Austin Parker wanted to follow his college crush to New York City, but a slumping economy prompted him to take a job as town manager of Conyers, where his master's degree was no match for the well-oiled machine of "good ol' boy" Southern politics.
Austin went to the Comfort Cafe to sample its famous raspberry pie, but he got much more than dessert---he got a dose of Blythe, who brings a splash of color into his gray-flannel world.
Austin is determined to discover why Blythe gave up her Ivy League ambitions.
This novel will be enjoyed by fans of Anne Tyler, Joshilyn Jackson and A.M. Homes Read more
The ultimate Dark Tower collection! An oversized hardcover collecting the first five volumes of Marvel's Dark Tower series:
The Gunslinger Born
The Long Road Home
Treachery
Battle of Jericho Hill
Fall of GileadAt one point in this final book of the Dark Tower series, the character Stephen King (added to the plot in Song of Susannah) looks back at the preceding pages and says "when this last book is published, the readers are going to be just wild." And he's not kidding.
After a journey through seven books and over 20 years, King's Constant Readers finally have the conclusion they've been both eagerly awaiting and silently dreading. The tension in the Dark Tower series has built steadily from the beginning and, like in the best of King's novels, explodes into a violent, heart-tugging climax as Roland and his ka-tet finally near their goal. The body count in The Dark Tower is high. The gunslingers come out shooting and face a host of enemies, including low men, mutants, vampires, Roland's hideous quasi-offspring Mordred, and the fearsome Crimson King himself. King pushes the gross-out factor at times--Roland's lesson on tanning (no, not sun tanning) is brutal--but the magic of the series remains strong and readers will feel the pull of the Tower as strongly as ever as the story draws to a close. During this sentimental journey, King ties up loose ends left hanging from the 15 non-series novels and stories that are deeply entwined in the fabric of Mid-World through characters like Randall Flagg (The Stand and others) or Father Callahan ('Salem's Lot). When it finally arrives, the long awaited conclusion will leave King's myriad fans satisfied but wishing there were still more to come.
In King's memoir On Writing, he tells of an old woman who wrote him after reading the early books in the Dark Tower series. She was dying, she said, and didn't expect to see the end of Roland's quest. Could King tell her? Does he reach the Tower? Does he save it? Sadly, King said he did not know himself, that the story was creating itself as it went along. Wherever that woman is now (the clearing at the end of the path, perhaps?), let's hope she has a copy of The Dark Tower. Surely she would agree it's been worth the wait. --Benjamin Reese Read more
Introducing the first eight volumes of this fan-favorite series collected into one massive paperback collection! Collects The Walking Dead #1-48. Read more
The amazing adventures of one of the greatest superheroes of all time
continue in Spider-Man 2.
Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour.
Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself. Read more
Intricately detailed down to the last muscle, this articulated Archangel action figure is ready to fight! Send him into battle to fight for the fate of the world or leave him posed for action on his display stand as a warning against evil-doers everywhere! Figure comes with display stand and classified file with secret code. Read more
SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM!
This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.
One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V FOR VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and THE SANDMAN series.Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
A Q&A with Dave Gibbons on the Making of Watchmen
Question: You were tasked with drawing new illustrations of key shots from the new Watchmen film. Was it a difficult challenge to re-imagine your work in this movie format?
Dave Gibbons: I don’t think that I actually did many key shots from the film. I had to actually imagine them rather than exactly recreate what was going to be in the movie. But as far as the drawings I did for the licensing purposes, accuracy was the real key so that they looked exactly like the movie. Whereas doing the graphic novel was creating stuff afresh and being very creative, this was more the case of interpreting something that already existed. So it was rather more a commercial art job than a creative thing.
Q: How many scenes from the original graphic novel did you redraw in the new "movie" format?
DG: I kind of did them piecemeal, these licensing drawings. I did do a section of storyboarding for Zack Snyder. There is a part of the movie that isn’t in the graphic novel and he wanted to see how I would have drawn it, if it had been in the graphic novel. So I redid the storyboards as three pages of comic on the nine-panel grid, also getting it coloured by John Higgins so it looked authentic. But I think there were probably only 3 or 4 scenes that I drew, which were from the movie.
Q: What was your working method for producing these new illustrations from the film? And how has it changed from when you originally illustrated Watchmen?
DG: When you’re producing things from existing material, you have to look at and assemble the references... you know, keep looking backwards and forwards to make sure what you’re drawing is accurate to what’s in the photos. I did have lots of photos from the movie and in some cases I had more or less the illustration I was going to do in photo form, which made it a lot easier. On others I had to construct it from various references: really just the usual illustrator’s job of drawing something to reference. And on the original illustrations of Watchmen, I was free to come up with exactly the angles and exactly the costumes and everything that I wanted to. When you’ve designed a costume and drawn it a few times, you actually internalize it and you find you can draw it without having to refer to reference at all. So in some ways it’s more creative and in some ways it’s easier!
Q: In Watchmen: The Art of the Film, there are concept designs by other artists of their visions of your iconic characters. What do you think of their versions and did you offer any guidance while they were working on these?
DG: It’s always really interesting to see versions of your characters drawn by other artists. You tend to see things in them that you hadn’t noticed before. So I really enjoyed looking at those. I certainly didn’t offer them any guidance. The purpose of getting those kinds of drawings done is to get a fresh perspective on what exists. I noticed actually that they really stuck more closely to my original designs than those, but I really enjoyed seeing them.
Q: Watchmen: Portraits is Clay Enos’s stunning black and white collection of photos of each character from the Watchmen movie. What was it like looking through this book at all the characters you had conceived years ago now being brought to life by actors?
DG: It’s rather interesting; you know if you look at the Watching the Watchmen book you can see these characters as fairly sketchy rough conceptual versions. Then when you look at Clay’s book you can actually see them right down to counting the number of pores on the skin on the end of their noses! It’s incredible high focus! It’s like zooming in through space and time to look at the surface of some moon of Saturn or something. I thoroughly enjoyed his book... it had a real artistic quality to it that was really so good. And of course to see these actors who so much are the embodiment of what I drew, that it’s a tremendous thrill to see them made flesh!
Q: Watchmen: The Film Companion features some stills from the animated version of The Black Freighter. What do you think of the look and design of this animated feature?
DG: It looks really interesting! Although I drew my version in the comic book in a kind of horror-comic style, these are very much in a savage manga style. I think they work really well... they’ve got the kind of manic intensity, which I think that work should have and I really can’t wait to see the whole feature. I’ve seen the trailer for it and that looks great and again they’ve used a lot of the compositions that I came up with but just translated them to this kind of very modern drawn animation.
Q: How much time did you spend on the set of Watchmen? Was it a surreal experience to see your work recreated like this?
DG: I was on the set of Watchmen for a couple of days and it really was surreal to walk through a door and then suddenly be in the presence of all these people in living breathing flesh! I was there for what you would call the Crimebusters meeting where they were all there in costume in the same room, which was incredible. They had obviously planned that so I would get to see everyone. It was surreal though quite a wonderful experience to see it come to life.
Read moreThere was a time when Ben Grimm was consumed with anger over the hideous change wrought on his body by overexposure to cosmic rays. Over the years, he has come to accept his new look, and revel in the strength and invulnerability that came with it. After all, not many men on the planet can say they fought the Hulk, and gave as good as they got. Read more
Here’s the skinny: After a lifetime of yo-yo dieting with pills, hypnosis, and ill-informed half-measures, Carol Lay finally shed her excess pounds and kept them off. Now this California cartoonist shares her experiences in a funny, genuine, and eye-popping graphic memoir that tells Carol’s story and shows you how you can do it, too. Read more
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living. This volume follows our band of survivors on their tragic journey in search of shelter. Characters live and die as they brave a treacherous landscape littered with packs of the walking dead. Read more
The story of 66 and the other Gen-Eg super soldiers continues in Lucky#13. The massive global war threatens Westfor, the repressive dictatorship which created 66 and the Gen-Egs as weapons and assassins. Gen-Eg: Lucky #13 is a B&W, military/sci-fi, illustrated, graphic novel. Read more
Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Singularity 7, Fell) creates an all-eerie and humorous new series. Things are awakening in the city. Things that have a nasty habit of leaving mutilated bodies in their wake and it all reeks of demons and dark gods up to no good. Owing a favor to his lazy ghost cop buddy Trotsky, Wormwood, the gentleman corpse and his oddball entourage are brought in to investigate the case (or at least hopefully not stuff it up too much.) Read more
Before the giant lizard comes to town, the world of "Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters" is one that has never before seen the likes of such creatures. And, Marsh told CBR, "it's about as prepared to handle the attacks as it was to handle September 11 or the earthquake in Haiti. The results are much the same as they were after those events-everything goes haywire. People are scared, hurt, dead, homeless, in need of resources they can't get. But in 'Kingdom of Monsters,' it happens over and over. SNAFU!" Read more
Harvey Pekar's American Splendor is the longest-running and arguably the most influential autobiographical comic book series produced in America. Since 1976, Pekar (b. 1939) has reported on his life through his comics. Pekar's comic books deal with his life as a Veterans Administration clerk and freelance music critic; his friends and co-workers and their stories; and his home city of Cleveland. Pekar's struggles with physical and mental problems, a low-paying job, Hollywood, marriage, his daughter's adoption, and success are all laid out in his comics. Pekar prides himself on depicting his life in all its "splendor."
Harvey Pekar: Conversations offers almost twenty-five years of interviews from a variety of sources including small fanzines, local public radio shows, and the Washington Post. The volume reveals his thoughts and feelings about comics, autobiography, his appearances on David Letterman's show in the 1980s, his life with cancer, and how a successful 2003 movie adaptation of American Splendor has changed and not changed his life. His comics work has won the National Book Award, spawned theatrical productions, and served as the basis for the award-winning movie starring Paul Giamatti as Pekar.
Michael G. Rhode is an independent comics scholar and an editor of the International Journal of Comic Art. His work has been published in the Comics Journal and Hogan's Alley. Read more
The hit adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series continues! What price will Anita pay in order to save her friend's life and solve the Vampire Murders? Will she actually kiss Phillip? How far will Edward go in order to find out where the daytime resting place of the Master Vampires truly is? Where is Jean-Claude? And most important, who is behind the Vampire Murders? What's next for Anita Blake, you ask? The answers to all of those questions are here! Collects Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #7-12. Read more
Waehrend Bartamus Welt um sie herum verfaellt wagen sich LaVonne, Jeremy und Antawn tiefer in unbekanntes Gebiet vor. Kait wandert in die Dunkelheit zwischen den Welten -- und sie ist nicht mehr allein.
Bitte beachten: Die Kindle Edition ist schwarz-weiss, und um 90 Grad rotiert um auf den Kindle zu passen. Farbversionen sind auf anderen Geraeten und Plattformen erhaeltlich.
Nach dem Sieg im November 2010 Zuda Comics Wettbewerb von DC Comics wird die Geschichte hier fortgesetzt!
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THE ICARUS CHRONICLES: FLIGHT OF THE HERO is a gritty, realistic YA novel about a fourteen-year-old boy who must become the hero of his own life before he can be anyone else's.When Dane Winter undertakes the dangerous job of rescuing his childhood crush from kidnappers, he learns that being a superhero isn't anything like the stories he reads in his comics. Full of near-future technology, sword-play and off-road racing, ICARUS is an action / adventure novel sure to appeal to young teens and 'tweens.While I write everything from novels to chapter books, I've had the most success with picture books. Last year, I sold a picture book to Tricycle Press/Random House, and this year, another one of my picture books is under consideration by a different publisher. Other publishing accomplishments include a play for the high school market (JD Drama Publishing) and several non-fiction contributions (Gryphon House). Additionally, I've had numerous short stories published in ezines and one of my middle grade novels was a finalist in The Writer’s League of Texas manuscript contest.This plot is among those most unique I have read and its written fairly well. I love the idea of the robotic dogs and laser tags, a world where a rich boy with an allergy to the sun can find his own place to belong. I also liked Iris and I would really want to see where the story goes.Overall, I think you have a good story here for a boy's YA novel. There really isn't enough good YA fiction for boys, especially in the 14 and under category, so I think you're on the right track. So far you have a good plot and you're developing your characters nicely. The writing is well done and age-appropriate, too. Read more
Oni Press, the powerhouse indie comic publisher, and W!LDBRAIN Entertainment, the award-winning entertainment company and producers of Yo Gabbba Gabba!, have teamed up to bring the critically acclaimed preschool television series to comic books! DJ Lance Rock, along with the residents of his magic boombox, Brobee, Muno, Toodee, Foofa and Plex, jump from their hit series and live stage show to the wild world of comics books with the first Yo Gabba Gabba! comics project - Yo Gabba Gabba! Comic Book Time Volume 1. Read more
The sequel to the New York Times best-selling comic--which spawned the hit movie--continues! When Dave Lizewski put on his mask and became Kick-Ass, he never imagined things would go this far. Now Dave comes face-to-face with a world he helped bring about, as his dreams of a world of superheroes come true...but will those dreams turn to nightmares? Don't miss the comic book event of the year! Plus: Hit-Girl! Read more
THE ICARUS CHRONICLES: FLIGHT OF THE HERO is a gritty, realistic YA novel about a fourteen-year-old boy who must become the hero of his own life before he can be anyone else's.When Dane Winter undertakes the dangerous job of rescuing his childhood crush from kidnappers, he learns that being a superhero isn't anything like the stories he reads in his comics. Full of near-future technology, sword-play and off-road racing, ICARUS is an action / adventure novel sure to appeal to young teens and 'tweens.While I write everything from novels to chapter books, I've had the most success with picture books. Last year, I sold a picture book to Tricycle Press/Random House, and this year, another one of my picture books is under consideration by a different publisher. Other publishing accomplishments include a play for the high school market (JD Drama Publishing) and several non-fiction contributions (Gryphon House). Additionally, I've had numerous short stories published in ezines and one of my middle grade novels was a finalist in The Writer’s League of Texas manuscript contest.This plot is among those most unique I have read and its written fairly well. I love the idea of the robotic dogs and laser tags, a world where a rich boy with an allergy to the sun can find his own place to belong. I also liked Iris and I would really want to see where the story goes.Overall, I think you have a good story here for a boy's YA novel. There really isn't enough good YA fiction for boys, especially in the 14 and under category, so I think you're on the right track. So far you have a good plot and you're developing your characters nicely. The writing is well done and age-appropriate, too. Read more
