www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #6 June 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with P)

PANTHEON BOOKS

A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE GN
(W/A) Josh Neufeld
A stunning graphic novel that makes plain the undeniable horrors and humanity triggered by Hurricane Katrina in the true stories of six New Orleanians who survived the storm. Denise will experience the chaos of the Superdome; the Doctor's unscathed French Quarter home becomes a refuge for those not so lucky; Abbas and his friend Mansell face the storm from the roof of Abbas’s family-run market; Kwame's young life will remain unsettled well into the future; and Leo, a comic-book fan, and his girlfriend, Michelle, who will lose everything but each other. Each make the wrenching decision between staying and evacuating, then cope not only with the outcome of their own decisions but also with those made by politicians, police, and others like themselves — decisions that drastically affect their lives, but over which they have no control. (C: 0-1-2)
SOFTCOVER—HC, 8x8, 208pgs, PC SRP: $24.95

PAPERCUTZ

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE VOLUME 4: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER SC
(W) Mark Twain, Jean D. Morvan (A) Severine Le Fevebvre
Tom Saywer's adventures — including pirating on the Mississippi River, schoolyard fisticuffs, and his genius fence-painting scheme — haven't lost any of their appeal over a hundred years after Mark Twain first wrote this classic novel. Through Morvan's adaptation and Fevebvre's art, the reader can live the fantasy of exploring the muddy banks of the Mississippi, tagging along with Tom and his friends on adventures that never grow old.
SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $13.95

GERONIMO STILTON GN'S
(W/A) Geronimo Stilton
The incredibly popular Geronimo Stilton appears in graphic novel form for the first time in the U.S.! Geronimo lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island where he works at The Rodent's Gazette, the city's most famous newspaper. In this series of graphic novels, Geronimo travels through time to defend history from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats. In The Discovery of America, Geronimo joins Christopher Columbus on his voyage from Italy to the New World in 1492 in order to stop the Pirate Cats and save all of the mice on Mouse Island. In The Secret of the Sphinx, the devious felines are determined to change the face on the Sphinx to be a cat and not a man!
VOLUME 1: THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA—SC, 6x9, 56pgs, FC SRP: $9.95
VOLUME 2: THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX—SC, 6x9, 56pgs, FC SRP: $9.95

PURE IMAGINATION PUBLISHING

AL WILLIAMSON: FORBIDDEN WORLDS SC
(A) Al Williamson
This volume features 160 pages of fantastic artwork by the legendary Al Williamson. Included are five collaborations with Frazetta from John Wayne Comics. Also included are western stories from Charlton, as well as science-fiction stories never before reprinted. (C: 0-0-1)
SC, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $25.00