PANINI PUBLISHING LTD
DOCTOR WHO: THE FLOOD TP The Eighth Doctor’s adventures conclude in the fourth and final volume charting his complete comic strip run from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine! Featuring eight full- color stories — "Where Nobody Knows Your Name," "The Nightmare Game," "The Power of Thoueris," "The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack," "The Land of Happy Endings," "Bad Blood," "Sins of the Fathers," and "The Flood!" Plus, discover the alternative ending to poll-winning Cyberman strip "The Flood," with the printing of the script of the unused Part 8; go behind-the-scenes on each story with writer Scott Gray; original artwork and sketches; a fascinating document outlining Destrii’s future in the comic strip; and more! Featuring the work of Scott Gray, Gareth Roberts, Martin Geraghty, Mike Collins, Anthony Williams, Adrian Salmon, Roger Langridge, and Daryl Joyce! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 9x12, 228pgs, B&W SRP: $26.50
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O/A DOCTOR WHO TRADE PAPERBACKS by Various These trade paperbacks and graphic novels feature a multitude of adventures from Doctor Who Magazine, all digitally restored, and reprinted in original, black-and-white format on glossy paper. (C: 0-1-2) IRON LEGION GN—SC, 8x11, 164pgs SRP: $24.95 DRAGON'S CLAW—SC, 8x11, B&W SRP: $24.95 THE TIDES OF TIME GN—SC, 8x11, 200pgs, FC SRP: $24.95 ENDGAME TP—SC, 8x11, 212pgs, B&W SRP: $24.95 THE GLORIOUS DEAD TP—SC, 9x12, 244pgs, B&W SRP: $26.50 OBLIVION TP—SC, 9x12, 244pgs, B&W SRP: $26.50
PANTHEON BOOKS
THE RABBI'S CAT SC by Joann Sfar The preeminent work by one of France's most celebrated young comic artists, The Rabbi's Cat tells the wholly unique story of a rabbi, his daughter, and their talking cat — a philosopher brimming with scathing humor and surprising tenderness. In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his master's consternation, the cat immediately begins to tell lies (the first being that he didn't eat the parrot). The rabbi vows to educate him in the ways of the Torah, while the cat insists on studying the kabbalah and having a Bar Mitzvah. They consult the rabbi's rabbi, who maintains that a cat can't be Jewish — but the cat, as always, knows better. Zlabya falls in love with a dashing young rabbi from Paris, and soon master and cat, having overcome their shared self-pity and jealousy, are accompanying the newlyweds to France to meet Zlabya's cosmopolitan in-laws. Full of drama and adventure, their trip invites countless opportunities for the rabbi and his cat to grapple with all the important — and trivial — details of life. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 8x10, 152pgs, FC SRP: $16.95
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TOTALLY SPIES VOLUME 5: MANI MANIAC Based on the hit animated series seen on The Cartoon Network! When teenaged girls start to disappear from the greater Beverly Hills area, Jerry sends Sam, Clover, and Alex in to investigate. What they uncover is that a malicious manicurist is creating an evil army of manicured teens to take out the most popular mani-pedi boutique in the area. Why? To get revenge on the chain store that ran his unique shop out of business. Can the spies save their fellow BH girls — and the world — before it’s too late? Plus, in an even stranger second story, “Alex Gets Schooled,” the youngest spy heads off to a new school in England that’s secretly planning to mutate all its students into dolphins! SOFTCOVER—SC, 5x7, 112pgs, FC SRP: $7.95 HARDCOVER—HC, 5x7, 112pgs, FC SRP: $12.95
PICTUREBOX
COLD HEAT #5 by BJ & Frank Santoro The fifth issue of this action/romance/thriller bring all the threads together, as we learn the truth behind Cold Heat’s disappearance and Wastemore’s plans begins to unfold. The teenage ninja Castle is in deeper than ever, and may have to fight her way out. Now is the time to hop on to the comic book The Comics Journal calls “Outstanding…Writer-artists BJ (aka Ben Jones, he of those dog comics) and Frank Santoro emphasize the rapturous beauty that adolescence's grandiose melodrama and edge-of-disaster emotion constantly infuses into everyday life, particularly where music and romance are concerned.” MATURE THEMES 6x9, 24pgs, FC (5 of 12) SRP: $5.00
WIPE THAT CLOCK OFF YOUR FACE HC by Brian Belott Brian Belott's first book is a compendium of all his disparate artistic practices — including collage, drawing, found photography and sound mixing — and it is also his first CD. The original CD/DVD included here offers the acclaimed Found Images, a digital slideshow of over 1,000 photos pulled from eBay, with an exclusive full-length soundtrack of original sound collages. Assemblage permeates Belott's methods; he is a master of using cast-off and neglected ephemera to create new and surprising effects. The New York Times critic Holland Cotter calls the results "imaginatively inviting," and the Times' Roberta Smith calls them "radiant." The well-known painter Donald Baechler's foreword speaks to Belott's place in the realm of creation from found materials. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 7x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $29.95
POORHOUSE PRESS
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WILL EISNER'S COMICS & SEQUENTIAL ART SC REVISED ED by Will Eisner This is the best single book on how to tell a story with words and pictures, by the master of the form and the father of the graphic novel. Legendary comics creator Will Eisner turns a fine eye toward the principles of graphic storytelling in this extraordinary work, based on his popular Sequential Art course at New York's School of Visual Art. One of the most insightful and dynamic examinations of the comic art form to date, it is perfect for use by the serious student, practicing professional and curious comic fan. The accumulation of ideas, theories and advice culled from his more than sixty years of experience is stunning to behold. (STAR14721) SC, 8x11, 164pgs, B&W SRP: $22.99
WILL EISNER'S GRAPHIC STORYTELLING SC by Will Eisner & Various Graphic Storytelling discusses the principles of conveying stories and narration with the sophisticated combination of text and imagery. A companion to Comics & Sequential Art, this book takes the principles examined in that title and applies them to the process of graphic storytelling. Eisner shows comic artists, filmmakers and graphic designers how to craft stories in a visual medium. They'll also learn why mastering the basics of storytelling is far more important than the hollow flash and dazzle seen in lesser work. These lessons are illustrated with storytelling samples from Eisner himself, along with other comic book favorites including Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, Milton Caniff, and Al Capp. (STAR14722) SC, 164pgs, B&W SRP: $22.99
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PURE IMAGINATION PUBLISHING
THE COMPLETE JACK KIRBY VOLUME 4 TP by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon 160 pages of art and story by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon from September and October of 1947. Amazing material includes: "My Date," "The Flyin’ Fool," "Lockjaw the Alligator," crime stories, and the first issue of Young Romance. Foreword by Kirby historian Greg Theakston. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 8x11, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $25.00