www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #5 May 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with N)

NBM

THE BIG KAHN GN
(W) Neil Kleid (A) Nicholas Cinquegrani
Rabbi David Kahn has lived a forty-year lie: he is not, nor has he ever been, Jewish. When at his funeral the truth emerges, the Kahn family must struggle with grief and betrayal as their congregation examines their lives and questions their faith. The eldest son abandons his faith as he gets swept up in an affair with his sister's non-Jewish roommate. Lea, the rebellious sister, reconsiders the religion she has tried so hard to dismiss. The youngest son attempts to somehow return faith and order to his family and community and reinstate his father's good name.
SC, 6x9, 176pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95

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O/A BROWNSVILLE GN
(W) Neil Kleid (A) Jake Allen
“Jewish gangster" isn't a term you hear much, but back when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn and licorice cost a penny a bag, street corners were lousy with young, Semitic toughs looking for adventure and excitement — none more so than in Brownsville. Follow the intertwined lives of Allie Tanennbaum, Abe Reles, and scores of hoods organized by Louis Lepke Buchalter into the deadliest hit operation in Mafia history, "Murder, Inc.," as they escape the mean streets and lonely tenements of East New York.
SC, 6x9, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $12.95

NEW ENGLAND COMICS

THE MANGALICIOUS TICK #2
(W/A) Robbins Studio
The second installment in our 4-issue Tick "Manga" limited series! Charged with protecting a princess, Tick and his new companions must seek a monk who holds the key to saving the land and returning Tick to The City! Meanwhile, in The City, Arthur and Oedipus try to rally The City's heroes against the villainous Setting Sun!
32pgs, B&W (2 of 4) SRP: $3.95

PAUL THE SAMURAI: THE COMPLETE WORKS TP
(W) Ben Edlund (A) Various
Collecting all 13 issues of the first Tick "spin-off", featuring The Tick's first and most loyal ally, Paul the Samurai! Includes the 3-issue introductory limited series (including story and art by Ben Edlund!) as well as all 10 issues of Paul's own continuing series, which concludes with a 2-issue crossover extravaganza guest-starring The Tick and Arthur! A must for Tick fans everywhere!
SC, 360pgs, B&W SRP: $29.95