www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #3 March 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with S)

SALTY SUGAR COMICS (NEED NVS)

SEAWEED: A CURE FOR MILDEW HC
(W/A) Ben Balistreri
Emmy Award-winning designer Ben Balisteri, designer for Cartoon Network's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, releases his first self-published graphic novel. Mildew the bat doesn't have long to live, but he holds a mysterious map to the White Library, where eternal life and cures for any affliction can be found. He entices Seaweed and Poisson to take him in their boat on an incredible high sea adventure with the map as their guide. The volume also includes a bonus making-of segment detailing the artist's process for creating his lush animated-film style from thumbnail to finished product.
HC, 12x15, 64pgs, FC (1 of 2) SRP: $29.95

SUPERGRAPHICS

OFFERED AGAIN

O/A STERANKO'S HISTORY OF COMICS VOLUME 2 SC
(W/A) Jim Steranko
Artist/writer Jim Steranko chronicles the epic story of comics' Golden Age creators and super-heroes such as Blackhawk, Captain Midnight, The Flying Heroes, Captain Marvel, the Marvel Family, Plastic Man, The Spirit, Uncle Sam, The Ray, Kid Eternity, and others! More than 455 dynamite illustrations!
SC, 9x12, 132pgs, B&W MSRP: $15.00

THREE RIVERS PRESS

THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: RECORDED ATTACKS GN
(W) Max Brooks (A) Various
Man has battled the undead for millenia. Best-selling author Max Brooks provides the lessons that history has taught us about zombie outbreaks as he chonicles the most famous outbreaks, gruesomely illustrated in graphic novel form. From our descendants on the African savannahs to the legions of ancient Rome, from the voyages of Francis Drake to the ill-advised experiments of the Soviet army, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks takes the reader on a journey across many anni horribilis and hauntingly reminds us how close the living dead have come to destroying humanity. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 5x7, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $16.95