PANINI PUBLISHING LTD
DOCTOR WHO: A COLD DAY IN HELL TP
(W/A) Various
The enigmatic Seventh Doctor's comic strip adventures are collected for this
first time in this volume that reprints 11 classic stories from the pages of
Doctor Who Magazine! The famous Time Lord encounter Death's Head, heat vampires,
the Ice Warriors, and even himself. The original black-and-white strips have
been digitally remastered and are collected for the first time ever. Writers
include Grant Morrison (Final Crisis), Simon Furman (Transformers), Dan Abnett (Warhammer),
and Alan Grant (Batman), with art from Bryan Hitch (Fantastic Four), John
Higgins, Dave Hine, and more. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 180pgs, B&W SRP: $23.99
PANTHEON BOOKS
ASTERIOS POLYP GN
(W/A) David Mazzucchelli
Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer,
whose life is upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. He
leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. But
what is this “escape” really about? As the story shifts from present to past,
the pieces of Polyp's life come together and we meet Hana: a sweet, smart,
first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life.
But now she’s gone; what has happened to her? Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily
imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social
mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature
of human perception becomes a masterpiece: a great American graphic novel. (C:
0-1-2)
HC, 9x12, 344pgs, B&W SRP: $29.95
PAPERCUTZ
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 5: HAMLET HC
(W) William Shakespeare, Steven Grant (A) Tom Mandrake
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is one of the most revered and best-loved plays of
all time. The story of a young man who strives to avenge his father's death has
been performed and read constantly since it debuted at London's Globe Theatre
over four hundred years ago. Madness, family, and revenge are only a handful of
the universal themes found in this tale. Tom Mandrake's art combined with Steven
Grant's adaptation truly realizes the dark nature of this story. (C: 0-1-1)
HC, 6x9, 56pgs, FC SRP: $9.95
TALES FROM THE CRYPT VOLUME 7: SOMETHING WICCA THIS WAY COMES GN
(W/A) Various
Four all-new tales of crime and pun-ishment in the classic Tales From the
Crypt-style — only this time, they all tie together in a twisted and nightmarish
way known only to the Old Witch! She's so jealous of the Crypt-Keeper's success
that she's concocted a way to make her the new Keeper of the Crypt of Terror.
Meanwhile, the Vault-Keeper is now trapped — in his own Vault of Horror!
SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC SRP: $7.95
STAR OF THE MONTH
TALES FROM THE CRYPT GN'S
by Various
The Crypt-Keeper and his fellow Ghoulnatics introduce the wildest, scariest
collection of terror-tales yet! Volume 4: Crypt-Keeping It Real travels through
time with Jack the Ripper and beyond the grave with Reality Television series
producers! Volume 5: Yabba Dabba Voodoo features the shocking story of a cursed
gigolo forced to remain alive as his body transforms into a zombie! You'll groan
as you read the pun-filled introductions by the Old Witch, the Vault-Keeper, and
that ol' super-star of horror comics himself — the Crypt-Keeper!
VOLUME 4 (MAR083909)—SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC SRP: $7.95
VOLUME 5—SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC SRP: $7.95
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