www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #4 April 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with P)

PAPERCUTZ

MYSTERY DOUBLE PACK: NANCY DREW #18/THE HARDY BOYS #17
(W/A) Various
Two books in every pack! Featuring an adventure from both the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. In City under the Basement, Nancy and her father Carson are taken prisoner in an ancient city long buried beneath a luxurious estate — and only Nancy can halt the plundering of this living museum and somehow make it out in one piece! In Word Up!, someone has made death threats against a high school talk radio host and it's up to Joe and Frank Hardy to find out who is making these threats and why, risking life and limb to protect his right to say whatever he wants!
Pack X2, SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC SRP: $15.00

TALES FROM THE CRYPT #13
(W/A) Various
You'd expect something extra-special from the terrific thirteenth all-new issue of Tales From The Crypt, and you'd be right! Presenting a special horrific take on the best-selling kid's series since that other kid graduated Hogwarts! It's "Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid"! Stinky Dead Kid gets involved with yet another super-popular trend, when his favorite simulated guitar-playing game becomes possessed by a deadly demon! Yes, the Stinky Dead Kid meets Guitar Demon! Of course, the Crypt-Keeper, the Old Witch, and the Vault-Keeper are back as well, spinning yet another tale of terror too scary to even mention here!
48pgs, FC SRP: $3.95

POSEUR INK

SIDE B: THE MUSIC LOVER'S COMIC ANTHOLOGY GN
(W/A) Various
Created by veteran and ingenue artists alike, Side B contains over 200 pages of lost lovers, rocking out, spirit guides, ghosts, and dinosaurs — it's like an action adventure comic for the music lover in all of us. Including the creative talents of such comic icons as Jeffrey Brown (Clumsy), Brandon Graham (Multiple Wareheads), Ryan Kelly (Local), and Jim Mahfood (Clerks). Whether you're an audiophile or a comic nerd, this unique and electrifying read will show you how music touches our lives every day as an influential and defining part of every generation, every culture.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 232pgs, B&W SRP: $22.99