www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVII #8 August 2007  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with C)


CARROLL & GRAF

THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW MANGA 2ND EDITION
by Various
Bursting with energy and imagination, the collection features the most exciting new work by the brightest young talents in the field — Japanese-style comics being produced by international artists. Over 500 pages long, the anthology showcases more than twenty new stories, complete and unabridged—in every genre you can think of, and quite a few more besides. True-to-life drama, sci-fi parable, medieval fantasy, updated Chinese myth, historical, romance, time-travel, comedy, horror, funny animal, and sometimes all of it happening at once! (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 6x9, 512pgs, B&W SRP: $15.99

CARTOON BOOKS

OFFERED AGAIN

O/A BONE ONE VOLUME EDITION SC
by Jeff Smith
The biggest, coolest Bone book of all is back, featuring an all new Jeff Smith cover! The complete 1300+ page epic adventure from start to finish in one deluxe trade paperback! Three modern cartoon cousins get lost in a pre-technological valley, spending a year there making new friends and out-running dangerous enemies. Their many adventures include conning the local people in "The Great Cow Race," and meeting a giant mountain lion named "Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border." They learn about sacrifice and hardship in "The Ghost Circles," and finally discover their own true natures in the climatic journey to "The Crown of Horns." (MAR058205) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, Australia, New Zeland, and the U.K.
SC, 7x10, 1344pgs, B&W SRP: $39.95

CHECKER BOOK PUBLISHING GROUP

LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND VOLUME 2 LIMITED EDITION HC
by Winsor McCay
The second volume of a two volume set which collects the groundbreaking comic strip series by the genius illustrator Winsor McCay. Features full color adventures of Little Nemo in Slumberland from 1909-1914, and full color with black and white images from the previously never collected 1924-1926 run.
HC, 288pgs, FC SRP: $49.95

THE CLIVE BARKER COLLECTIONS
by Various
Experience horror as only Clive Barker knows it! Hellraiser, one of the most popular horror movie series of all time, spawned a landmark comic book anthology. Featuring short stories from some of the best in the comics industry, this series both shocked and entertained readers, and now the absolute best from this stellar series are collected into these trade paperbacks. The Tapping the Vein trade paperback collects Barker's Eisner-nominated anthology mini-series, with illustrators such as John Bolton, Craig Russell, Klaus Jansen, and more.
MATURE THEMES
VOL 1 (NOV042539)—SC, 7x10, 232pgs, FC SRP: $22.95
VOL 2 (STAR19733)—SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $19.95
VOL 3 (MAY042437)—SC, 7x10, 320pgs, FC SRP: $26.95
TAPPING THE VEIN (STAR17126)—SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $24.95

R.F. OUTCAULT'S YELLOW KID HC
by Richard Outcault
The comic strip that started it all! This precocious kid from the barrios of New York City took the country by storm in the late 1800’s, coined the term “yellow journalism,” And laid the groundwork for an artform. Collected here is the entire run along with dozens of never before collected images by Outcault. Also included is the extraordinarily rare strip “Pore Lil Mose," also by Outcault.
HC, 9x12, 300pgs, FC SRP: $49.95

SOJOURN VOLUME 6: A BERSERKER'S TALE TP
by Edginton, Land & Ponsor
Sojourn with us as Arwyn and her companions visit amazing new places on the journey to Skarnheim and throughout the Five Kingdoms in a classic storyline of good versus evil, life versus death, freedom versus slavery! With love, hate, honor, justice, revenge, betrayal, rage, murder and magic in the mix we find that the allies and their enemies have more than a few things in common. Collects issues #25-30.
SC, 7x10, 182pgs, FC SRP: $17.95

CINCO PUNTOS PRESS

PITCH BLACK GN
by Youme Landowne & Anthony Horton
One afternoon Youme began a conversation with Anthony, a homeless artist living in New York's subway tunnels, about art. Both Youme and Anthony Horton are artists. While part of Youme's art is listening long and hard to the stories of the people she meets, part of Anthony's is making art out of what most people won't even look at. Thus began a unique collaboration and conversation between these two artists over the next year, which culminated in Anthony's biography, the graphic novel Pitch Black. With art and words from both, they map out Anthony's world — tough from many perspectives, startling from others, but from Anthony's point of view, a life lived as art. (C: 0-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.
SC, 11x7, 40pgs, FC SRP: $17.95

CINEBOOK

LUCKY LUKE VOLUME 8: CALAMITY JANE TP
by Goscinny & Morris
Calamity Jane saves Lucky Luke from a delicate situation, and a friendship is quickly formed. They arrive together in El Plomo where Calamity Jane proves by her manners and her strength that she’s not a weak woman when she acquires the local saloon by winning an arm-wrestling match! Its former owner, August Oyster, is hopping mad and has only one obsession: to send her packing! Lucky Luke is — along with Asterix and Tintin — one of the most famous graphic novel characters with over 250 million copies sold worldwide! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 8x11, 48pgs, FC SRP: $9.99

MELUSINE: HALLOWEEN TP
by Gilson & Clarke
Melusine is a sorcerer’s apprentice, funny and dynamic, who does everything possible to become a powerful witch. Unfortunately, she’s not always successful, and very often her tricks turn against her and her friends... But tremble, poor mortals, for it’s the return of Halloween, the day of witches and the walking dead! This festival of demons must be celebrated with dignity, with great smashing of pumpkins and rotten tricks. The opportunity rises for Melusine and her friends to show what they can do! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 8x11, 48pgs, FC SRP: $9.99

CLASS COMICS INC

BROTHER TO DRAGONS #1
SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K.
ADULT MATERIAL
24pgs, FC SRP: $9.00

COMIC CAVALCADE

LADY DEATH VS PANDORA—BIKINI FUN COVER
Presenting a luscious alternate cover to the ultimate battle between Avatar's resident curvy killers! Limited to 1,000 copies.
16pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

CONUNDRUM PRESS

MY LIFE AS A FOOT GN
by Richard Suicide
It's bleak. It's sarcastic. It's a Richard Suicide graphic novel. The master of the absurdist and the scatological, Suicide turns his attention to the surrealistic world that only he can envision.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 8x10, 62pgs, B&W SRP: $15.00