KENZER & COMPANY
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #168
(W/A) Jolly R. Blackburn, Various
This multiple award-winning comic magazine features the hilarious misadventures of a group of gamers (the Knights) and their friends, along with useful role-playing and other articles for gamers, from a gamer's perspective. It's a slice of (fantasy) life in strips, articles, reviews and features, and a wonderful celebration of the gaming culture!
7x10, 80pgs, B&W SRP: $4.99
KNIGHT OF THE DINNER TABLE: BLACK HANDS 2010 #1
(W/A) Jolly R. Blackburn, Various
The Knights of the Dinner Table's cross-town rivals, the Black Hands, step into the spotlight with this special issue! Head into the back room at the Games Pit to join Pete, Nitro, Newt, Gordo and Stevil for their own unique style of play. Just watch your back!
7x10, 32pgs, B&W (1 of 2) SRP: $3.99
KICKSTART COMICS
BAD GUYS GN
(W) Phil Eisner (A) Agustin Padilla
When aliens wipe out Earth's superheroes, the world's super-villains become mankind's last hope of defeating the alien invasion. Written by Phil Eisner, the writer of Event Horizon. Cover by Power Girl's Amanda Connor.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 5.5x8, 96pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
HERO COMPLEX GN
(W) Adam Freeman, Marc Bernardin (A) Javi Fernandez
Captain Supreme has strength, speed, an unabashedly noble heart — but not the lucrative sponsorships and merchandising deals the other superheroes have. When the bank forecloses on his Hall of Significance, Captain Supreme and his sidekick are forced to move in with his parents, just in time for his high school reunion. They say you can't go home again, but sometimes, you have to. Cover by Amanda Connor.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 5.5x8, 96pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
RIFT RAIDERS GN
(W) Mark Sable (A) Julian Totino Tedesco
Four orphaned teens have their lives turned upside down after discovering a strange truth. Their parents are time travelers trapped in time, and having been hidden from them all their lives, the orphans will stop at nothing to find them. Their only hope lies in a mysterious man who promises to help find their parents — but at a price. From the creators of BOOM! Studios' best-selling series Unthinkable!
MATURE THEMES
SC, 5.5x8, 96pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
KING HELL
STAR OF THE MONTH
MAXIMORTAL TP
(W/A) Rick Veitch
Seven years before Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Rick Veitch married the larcenous history of the comics business to the outrageous themes and characters from his infamous Brat Pack universe, and created one of the most startling and uncompromising visions of the superhero archetype ever put to paper. (FEB052952)
SC, 7x10, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $17.95
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OFFERED AGAIN
O/A BRAT PACK: DR. BLASPHEMY BLACK T-SHIRT
Based on Rick Veitch's comic Brat Pack, spew a little obsenity with keyboard symbols. (C: 0-0-1)
MED-XL—SRP: $19.99
KNOCKABOUT COMICS
A DISEASE OF LANGUAGE GN
(W) Alan Moore, Tim Perkins (A) Eddie Campbell
Two of Alan Moore's performance pieces are adapted by comics by his From Hell collaborator Eddie Campbell. The Birth Caul is a shamanism of childhood, a journey from the present to the past, back into the womb and beyond. The magical creation theory story of love, death and resurrection Snakes and Ladders entwines the disinterment of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Siddell, the visionary nature of Arthur Machen's experiences after the death of his wife, and Moore's magical traveler John Constantine. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 160pgs SRP: $18.99
KODANSHA COMICS
AKIRA VOLUME 4 GN (KODANSHA EDITION)
(W/A) Katsuhiro Otomo
Regarded by many as the finest work of graphic fiction ever produced, Akira is a bold and breathtaking epic of potent narrative strength and astonishing narrative skill. Set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo, the lives of two streetwise friends change forever when dormant paranormal abilities awaken in one, who becomes the target of a shadowy government agency. (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, 400pgs, B&W SRP: $27.99