www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIII #4 April 2008  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with O)


ONI PRESS INC.

THE BIG BOOK OF BARRY WEEN, BOY GENIUS TP
by Judd Winick
Meet Barry Ween, the smartest living human. What does a ten-year-old boy do with a 350 I.Q.? Anything 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 inter-dimensional warfare with gorillas, to accidentally turning his best friend into a dinosaur. This massive volume collects all 12 issues of hit series, The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius.
SC, 6x9, 352pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95

LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE #6
by Jamie S. Rich & Marc Ellerby
Old flames are snuffed, situations misinterpreted, and brothers reunited as Jamie S. Rich and Marc Ellerby’s rock ‘n’ roll romance wraps up its first set. Maria is back in Tristan’s life but is she an invited guest or an unwelcome intruder? Does Tristan even know for sure?
MATURE THEMES
RES. from Previews Vol. XVII #7 (JUL073759)
SC, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95

OFFERED AGAIN

O/A LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE #4-5
by Jamie S. Rich & Marc Ellerby
Things continue to get weird for Tristan as old friends join forces with new enemies and his relationship with Isabelle keeps developing in unexpected ways. In issue #4, how will the band deal with constantly being on the back burner to Tristan's personal life? Then, in issue #5, Tristan turns to his music for comfort. He triumphantly returns to the stage, showcasing a new song, and its debut yields explosive results!
MATURE THEMES
#4—SC, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95
#5—SC, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95

STEPHEN COLBERT'S TEK JANSEN #1 (NEW PRINTING)
by John Layman, Tom Peyer, Scott Chantler, Jim Massey & Robbi Rodriguez
Solar plexus! An all new printing with a new flipbook format! Bursting out from the hit Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report — it’s Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen! In this stunning continuation of Stephen Colbert’s critically acclaimed, yet unpublished prose novel, everyone’s favorite sci-fi hero must stand against the enemies of freedom no matter what dark planet they crawl from!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $3.99

RESURRECTION #6
by Marc Guggenheim & David Dumeer
A finale so big and so surprising that it couldn't be contained in one issue! The aliens have left earth, but what now? It's a brand new day from Amazing Spider-Man scribe Marc Guggenheim (TV's Eli Stone) and critically acclaimed series artist David Dumeer!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50

STEPHEN COLBERT'S TEK JANSEN #2
by Layman, Peyer, Chantler & Various
Galaxy-hero-super-awesome-spectacular-ultra-spy Tek Jansen takes it back to school in his second cosmic comic book adventure! When a misunderstanding ends with a demotion for Tek, the spaceman is busted down and forced to return to the academy that shaped him into the man he is today!
MATURE THEMES
RES. from Previews Vol. XVII #2 (FEB073671)
32pgs, FC (2 of 5) SRP: $3.99

WASTELAND #18
by Antony Johnston & Christopher Mitten
Jakob's plan to deal with the Sand-Eaters gathers speed, and Skot slowly acclimates to his newfound status. But as Golden Voice prepares to march an army of Sunners on the council building, someone else is way ahead of him — a Sand-Eater called Mebsaa! Cover by Ben Templesmith.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50

WASTELAND TP'S
by Johnston, Mitten, & Templesmith
A hundred years after the Big Wet, Earth is broken, and it is now a barren and infertile world where the few survivors struggle for survival. When Michael — a scavenger bearing strange gifts — calls at the shanty town of Providence, the effects are devastating.
MATURE THEMES
BOOK ONE: CITIES IN DUST (JAN073790)—SC, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95
BOOK TWO: SHADES OF GOD (OCT073719)—SC, 136pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95

STARS OF THE MONTH

ANNOTATED NORTHWEST PASSAGE DELUXE HC
by Scott Chantler
After Fort Newcastle is brutally captured by invading French mercenaries, Charles Lord and a band of his surviving soldiers, trackers, and explorers embark on one last great adventure to unite the people of Rupert’s Land to reclaim their home. This rollicking historical adventure fights its way on land and sea, all in search of and control of the mythic Northwest Passage. This massive annotated edition collects all three installments of this two-fisted pulse-pounding bare-knuckled series! (FEB073673)
HC, 240pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95

MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1
by Brandon Graham
WolfWar 3 ended almost 50 years ago, and snow has been falling on Dead City for almost as long. A war-torn wasteland that stinks of radiation dust and broken dreams, it’s the town Sexica and Nikoli call home. But not for long. They’re packing up their cyber-organic-hybrid car and hitting the road. Soon maybe all of the pain, mayhem, and space ship crashes that have plagued their lives will be reduced to nothing more than memories. (MAY073665)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 48pgs, B&W SRP: $5.99

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