www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #7 July 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with O)

ONI PRESS

LABOR DAYS, VOL. 2
(W) Philip Gelatt (A) Rick Lacy
In this globe-trotting comedic misadventure, Benton "Bags" Bagswell, charming loser, drunken prognosticator, and loutish every-man, has decided to track down the Face of History, shadowy leader of a vast conspiracy. To do this, Bags has enlisted the help of an expanding cast of odd-balls and misfits, including his troubled girlfriend Victoria and the ever-over-the-top spy Rick Stryker. But the closer they get to a final confrontation, the closer Bags comes to realizing that fate has more in store than any of them could anticipate and that he might not be the hero of this story at all.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 6x9, 136pgs, B&W $11.95

ALSO AVAILABLE

LABOR DAYS, VOL. 1
(W) Philip Gelatt (A) Rick Lacy
(AUG084229)
MATURE THEMES
SC, B&W $11.95

THE BIG BOOK OF BARRY WEEN
(W/A) Judd Winnick
(FEB094408)
MATURE THEMES
SC, B&W $19.95

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LOLA
(W) J. Torres (A) Elbert Orr
Jesse sees dead people, monsters, demons, and lots of other things that go bump in the night that no one else can see. No one except his ailing grandmother — a woman who used her visions to help those living in her small town. The same rural community in all the scary stories Jesse's heard as a child. Man-eating ogres in trees. Farmhouses haunted by wraiths. Even pigs possessed by the devil. Upon his grandmother's passing, Jesse has no choice but to face his demons and whatever else might be awaiting him at grandma's house. Note: Advance solicit - Item shipping in October.
HC, 112pgs, B&W $14.95

RESURRECTION VOL. 2, #4
(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) Justin Greenwood
Tensions mount as Red Lion is attacked by Road Agents. How will Susanne deal with the sudden arrival of her worst nightmares? The turmoil forces Ben and Sara to follow Morrell into the deeper recesses of the Red Lion Bank, where they discover the stakes are much, much higher than they knew.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC $3.99

WASTELAND # 27
(W) Antony Johnston (A) Chris Mitten (C) Ben Templesmith
Continuing the "Enemy Within"! After saving the city from the Sand-Eaters, Jakob has a plum position in the city Watch... but Golden Voice's call for freedom will give him pause for thought. Working for a man he despises and abandoned by his faith, Jakob must decide where his loyalties lie as Newbegin faces a Sunner rebellion!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC $3.50

STILL AVAILABLE

WASTELAND, VOL. 1
(W) Antony Johnston (A) Chris Mitten (C) Ben Templesmith
(JAN073790)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, B&W $11.95

WASTELAND, VOL. 2
(W) Antony Johnston (A) Chris Mitten (C) Ben Templesmith
(OCT073719)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, B&W $13.95

WASTELAND, VOL. 3
(W) Antony Johnston (A) Chris Mitten (C) Ben Templesmith
(OCT084308)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, B&W $13.95

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OPTIMUM WOUND COMICS

OPTIMUM WOUND VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Various
Optimum Wound brings a brutal attitude back to comics for people who left comics after Garth Ennis' Preacher finished its run with 5 stories that combine to create one of the most unique anthologies of 2009. "Memento Mori" is a savage tale of a paramilitary force hell-bent on taking out a child killer and their harrowing fight out. In "Battles," a hitman is trapped between two crime syndicates out to hunt him down.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 144pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95

OUTLAW ENTERTAINMENT

THE MUSTACHE BANDITS GN
(W) Jason M. Burns (A) Adam Buechler
The eccentric mayor of Brunswick has placed a ban on all mustaches, prompting two boys to become "The Mustache Bandits," freedom fighters who use a can of paint and a paintbrush as their weapons in the war against ignorance and stupidity.
SC, 80pgs, FC SRP: $7.99

TRIGGERS GN
(W) Jason M. Burns (A) Steven Gendron
If there is a question you need answered, you can hire a Trigger, a mysterious organization of truth-hunters whose entire purpose is to uncover hidden facts and long dormant secrets. Known only by color designations, there are 6 active Triggers at any given time, and though he doesn't know it yet, Tom Kane is about to become Red.
SC, 112pgs, FC SRP: $7.99