HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
SHUTTER ISLAND GRAPHIC NOVEL
(W) Dennis Lehane (A) Christian De Metter
Based on the acclaimed bestselling psychological thriller from Dennis Lehane, timed to release with the feature film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, are sent to Shutter Island to find a mass murderer who has escaped from Ashcliffe Hospital, an institution for the criminally insane. Following a trail of puzzling clues, Daniels and Aule realize they’ve stumbled into an evil puzzle. But the closer they get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to fear that someone is trying to drive them insane. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $21.99
STARS OF THE MONTH
MAGIC TRIXIE GN'S
(W/A) Jill Thompson
Eisner Award-winner for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist! Magic Trixie, a young witch, isn't allowed to ride her cousin’s broom, play with her father’s magic wand, or use her mother’s cauldron. But baby sister Abby Cadabra gets rides, gnaws the wand, and bathes in the cauldron. No fair! Young witch Magic Trixie deals with growing up, getting a pet dragon, and having magical sleepovers in these delightful, laugh-out-loud graphic novels featuring full-color art on every page by award-winning artist and writer Jill Thompson.
VOLUME 1 (MAY083917)—SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $7.99
VOLUME 2: MAGIC TRIXIE SLEEPS OVER (AUG084097)—SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $7.99
VOLUME 3: MAGIC TRIXIE AND THE DRAGON (APR090841)—SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $7.99
NEIL GAIMAN'S CORALINE TP
(W) Neil Gaiman (W/A) P. Craig Russell
Eisner Winner for Best Publication for Teens/Tweens! When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely similar to her own, only better. But there's another mother there and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go! This beloved tale becomes a visual feast as artist P. Craig Russell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting children's book to new life. (JAN098066)
SC, 6x9, 192pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
ZOT! VOLUME 1: THE COMPLETE BLACK & WHITE STORIES 1987-1991 TP
by Scott McCloud
Zachary T. Paleozogt, popularly known as Zot, is a blond-haired, blue-eyed teenage hero from an alternate Earth — this alternate reality is a retro-futuristic technological utopia. Zot eagerly takes on Earth’s challenges with the most amusing outcomes. New material includes sketches, designs, some of McCloud’s behind-the-scenes working methods, and lots and lots of commentary — “the story behind the stories” as it were. (MAY083919) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x9, 576pgs, B&W SRP: $24.95
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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE
HEAVY METAL MARCH 2010
(W/A) Various
Heavy Metal is the long-running adult fantasy comics magazine filled with all of the over-the-top graphic sci-fi/fantasy madness you've come to expect from the world's top creators! (C: 0-1-1)
MATURE THEMES
Magazine, 150pgs, PC SRP: $6.95
BORGIA VOLUME 3 HC
(W) Jodorowsky (A) Mila Manara
Famous for giving us some of Rome's most distinguished dignitaries in the 16th century, but also for their Machiavellian cunning and their skills with poisons, the Borgias are a symbol of Renaissance decadence. In the final installment of the epic trilogy, Rome is no longer a holy city. Law and order have fallen sway to godless chaos and the Borgia Mafia, history's first godfathers, rule the day. (C: 0-0-1)
MATURE THEMES
HC, 8x11, 56pgs, FC SRP: $14.95
SIMON BISLEY'S ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE BIBLE TP (NEW PRINTING)
(A) Simon Bisley
Noted fantasy and comic artist Simon Bisley presents this collection of paintings and illustrations depicting key moments in the life of Christ, with quotes accompanying each illustration. This trade paperback edition features "Annunciation" as its new cover. (MAR073471)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 9x12, 128pgs, PC SRP: $21.95