18 Νοε 2013

Previews Wishlist Νοέμβριος 2013





Για ακόμη μια φορά, λίγα πραγματάκια από το Previews του μήνα...

Σελ.  Τίτλος
70     GASOLINE ALLEY VOL. 01: COMPLETE SUNDAYS 1920-1922 HC
132   BATMAN BY DOUG MOENCH AND KELLEY JONES VOL. 1 HC
145   A GOD SOMEWHERE TP NEW PRINTING
145   F.B.P.: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS VOL. 01 SC
164   BASIL WOLVERTON'S WEIRD WORLDS: ARTIST'S EDITION HC
180   RIO COMPLETE COLLECTION SC
184   DEADLY CLASS #1
295   BEST OF PANTHA THE WARREN STORIES HC
304   ANT COLONY HC
313   HARTLEPOOL MONKEY (KNOCKABOUT) HC
338   SNOWPIERCER VOL. 01: THE ESCAPE HC
368   ORIGINS OF COMICS: FROM WILLIAM HOGARTH TO WINSOR MCCAY HC
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Gasoline Alley Vol. 01: Complete Sundays 1920-1922 HC
page 70, $75.00

PUBLISHER   Dark Horse Comics
WRITER   Frank King
ARTIST   Frank King
COVER ARTIST   Frank King
PAGES   128 pages
COLOR   Full Color.
SIZE   12” x 16”
Dark Horse is proud to present the first in a series that will collect all the Sunday pages of the classic newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, in chronological order! Collects every Gasoline Alley Sunday strip from 1920 through 1922. • The second-longest-running comic strip in the US. • Reprinted in full color, using the original color proofs! • By Reuben Award-winning cartoonist Frank King!
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Batman by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones Vol. 01 HC
page 132, $39.99


PUBLISHER   DC Comics
WRITER   Doug Moench
ARTIST   Kelley Jones
COVER ARTIST   Kelley Jones
PAGES   432 pages
COLOR   Full Color.
In these moody 1990s tales from BATMAN #515-525, 527-532 and 535-536, Batman emerges from the shadows to face foes including Killer Croc, The Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face and more. Plus, don't miss guest-appearances by Nightwing, Robin, Deadman and Swamp Thing.
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A God Somewhere SC (new edition)
page 145, $17.99


PUBLISHER   DC Comics - Vertigo
WRITER   John Arcudi
ARTIST   Peter Snejberg; Bjarne Hansen
COVER ARTIST    Peter Snejberg; Bjarne Hansen
PAGES  200
COLOR   Full Color
 ""One of the most compelling page-turners to come out this year."" - USA TODAY ""Remarkable imagery and thought-provoking narrative . . . superb entertainment. Highly recommended indeed."" - SCIENCE FICTION WORLD The acclaimed original graphic novel is back in a new edition at a new, lower price! After a mysterious disaster, a young man named Eric finds that he has just as mysteriously developed extraordinary abilities. He starts out trying to help people, but his solitary position in the world isolates him in ways no ordinary human could understand. This original graphic novel charts Eric's evolution from man to . . . something else, as seen through the eyes of his family and his best friend, Sam. 
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F.B.P.: Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 01 SC
page 145, $9.99


PUBLISHER   DC Comics - Vertigo
WRITER   Simon Oliver
ARTIST   Robbi Rodriguez
COVER ARTIST   Nathan Fox
PAGES   160 pages
COLOR    Full Color.
When gravity fails, time reverses itself and entropy sets in, it's time to call the Federal Bureau of Physics! And with these anomalies getting worse, Special Agent Adam Hardy and his team must unlock the secret of the Bubbleverse! Collecting issues #1-7 of the new series!
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Basil Wolverton's Weird Worlds: Artist's Edition HC
page 164, $ ?


PUBLISHER  IDW Publishing
WRITER   Basil Wolverton
ARTIST   Basil Wolverton
COVER ARTIST   Basil Wolverton
PAGES   176 Pages
COLOR   B and W
SIZE   15 x 22
Basil Wolverton was one of the most unusual, innovative and influential cartoonists of all time. He drew the cover of a Life Magazine (the winner of Al Capp's legendary ugliest woman contest), early issues of Harvey Kurtzman's edited MAD Comics, and countless bizarre caricatures. This Artist's Edition features an incredible array of comic book stories and pages, including Powerhouse Pepper and Spacehawk, a selection of his classic end of the world illustrations, and a good helping of zany characters of all manner, as only Wolverton could have done them!
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Rio Complete Collection SC
page 180, $29.99


PUBLISHER   IDW Publishing
WRITER   Doug Wildey
ARTIST   Doug Wildey
COVER  ARTIST   Doug Wildey
PAGES   288 pages
COLOR   Full Color.
SIZE   8 x 12
Basil Wolverton was one of the most unusual, innovative and influential cartoonists of all time. He drew the cover of a Life Magazine (the winner of Al Capp's legendary ugliest woman contest), early issues of Harvey Kurtzman's edited MAD Comics, and countless bizarre caricatures. This Artist's Edition features an incredible array of comic book stories and pages, including Powerhouse Pepper and Spacehawk, a selection of his classic end of the world illustrations, and a good helping of zany characters of all manner, as only Wolverton could have done them!
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Deadly Class #1
page 184, $3.50


PUBLISHER   Image Comics
WRITER   Rick Remender
ARTIST   Wesley Craig
COVER ARTIST   Wesley Craig
PAGES   32 pages.
COLOR   Full Color.
It's 1987. Marcus Lopez hates school. His grades suck. He has no money. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can't focus in class, thanks to his mind constantly drifting to the stunning girl in the front row and the Dag Nasty show he has tickets to. But the jocks are the children of Joseph Stalin's top assassin, the teachers are members of an ancient league of assassins, the class he's failing is Dismemberment 101, and his crush, a member of the most notorious crime syndicate in Japan, has a double-digit body count. Welcome to the most brutal high school on Earth, where the world's top crime families send the next generation of assassins to be trained. Murder is an art. Killing is a craft. At King's Dominion High School for the Deadly Arts, the dagger in your back isn't always metaphorical, nor is your fellow classmates' poison. Join writer RICK REMENDER with rising star WESLEY CRAIG (Batman) and legendary colorist LEE LOUGHRIDGE (Fear Agent) to reminisce about the mid-1980s underground through the eyes of the most damaged and dangerous teenagers on Earth.
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Best of Pantha the Warren Stories HC
page 295, $29.99


PUBLISHER  Dynamite
WRITER  Steve Skeates
ARTIST  Jose Gonzalez
COVER ARTIST   Bob Larkin
PAGES   216 pages.
COLOR   Full Color.
SIZE   8x11
Born in ancient Egypt, the high priestess Sekhmet was cursed by the sun god Ra to walk the Earth forever as the feline heroine Pantha! Dynamite proudly presents her very best tales from Vampirella Magazine, reprinting her every appearance from the classic horror anthology where it all began. From her first appearances in solo adventures through her inclusion into the regular cast of the ongoing Vampirella storyline, The Best of Pantha captures all the magic, mystery, and malevolence of the immortal were-panther's early publishing history. Featuring tales by legendary horror writers Steve Skeates, Budd Lewis, and Bill Dubay, and brought to life by the incomparable artistic talents of Auraleon, Jose Gonzalez, Esteban Maroto, Ramon Torrents, and Jeff Jones!
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Ant Colony HC
page 304, $21.95


PUBLISHER  Drawn and Quarterly
WRITER   Michael DeForge
ARTIST   Michael DeForge
COVER ARTIST   Michael DeForge
PAGES   112 pages.
COLOR   Full Color.
SPECIAL NOTES   Mature Content
SIZE   11x9
The debut graphic novel from a dazzling newcomer with a singular, idiosyncratic style. Michael DeForge's brash, confident, undulating sensibility sent a shockwave through the comics world for its unique, fully formed aesthetic. Ant Colony follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface, it's the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all-too-familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns - loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. All of this is done with humor and sensitivity, exposing a world where spiders can wreak unimaginable amounts of havoc with a single gnash of their jaws.
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Hartlepool Monkey HC
page 313, $20.99


PUBLISHER   Knockabout Comics
WRITER    Wilfrid Lupano
ARTIST   Jeremie Moreau
COVER ARTIST    Jeremie Moreau
PAGES   96 pages.
COLOR   Full Color.
SIZE   8x11
1814, near the little village of Hartlepool England, a war-ship in the Napoleonic fleet sinks. Amid the wreckage, fishermen discover a survivor: a monkey dressed in full military regalia, the mascot of the shipwrecked French vessel. The people of Hartlepool despised all Frenchmen and, though they have never seen a Frenchmen - or a monkey for that matter, the ape unfortunatly found himself court martialled. Inspired by the famous legend of the Hartlepool monkey, this is a tragi-comic fable of war and jingoism, of xenophobia and ignorance and of the glimmering of enlightenment.
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Snowpiercer Vol. 01: The Escape HC
page 338, $19.99


PUBLISHER   Titan Comics
WRITER    Lob
ARTIST   Jean-Marc Rochette
COVER ARTIST   Jean-Marc Rochette
PAGES    112 pages.
COLOR   B and W
SPECIAL NOTES    Mature Content
SIZE     8x11
From fearsome engine to final car, all surviving human life is here: a complete hierarchy of the society we lost. The elite, as ever, travel in luxury at the front of the train - but for those in the rear coaches, life is squalid, miserable and short. Now the poor have had enough: it's time to seize control of the engine - and their future! Translated from the highly acclaimed French classic, Snowpiercer is soon to be a major motion picture directed by Joon-Ho Bong (The Host) and starring Chris Evans.
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Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay HC
page 368, $50.00


PUBLISHER    University Press of Mississippi
WRITER    Thierry Smolderen
ARTIST    Rudolph Dirks
PAGES   200 pages.
COLOR   B and W.
SIZE    9x12
In The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Thierry Smolderen presents a cultural landscape whose narrative differs in many ways from those presented by other historians of the comic strip. Rather than beginning his inquiry with the popularly accepted sequential art definition of the comic strip, Smolderen instead engages with the historical dimensions that inform that definition. His goal is to understand the processes that led to the 20th-century comic strip, the highly recognizable species of picture stories that crystallized around 1900 in the United States.

4 Οκτ 2013

Previews Wishlist Οκτώβριος 2013





Το Previews του μήνα γι'ακόμη μια φορά δεν μου γέμισε το μάτι. Οι επερχόμενες κυκλοφορίες αποδείχθηκαν φτωχές για τα γούστα μου, και μόνο οι 13 επιλογές που ακολουθούν μου τράβηξαν την προσοχή.

ATTENTION
Αν δεν έχει πέσει στα χέρια σας το εξαιρετικό Wake των Scott Snyder και Sean Murphy μην αμελήσετε να προπαραγγείλετε τον πρώτο τόμο.
Ακόμη, μην αφήσετε να σας ξεφύγει ο δεύτερος τόμος του Siegfried από την Archaia. Αν δεν έχετε διαβάσει τον πρώτο τόμο ακόμη καλύτερα. Απλά αγοράστε και τους δύο μαζί και απολαύστε μια καλή δόση αυτού του πανέμορφου ευρωπαϊκού κόμικ.
Το νού σας επίσης και στoυς πρώτους τόμους των Sheltered και Polarity από τις "hipster" εταιρείες του χώρου, Image και Boom (ο χαρακτηρισμός αφορά κυρίως την Image).

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BREATH OF BONES: A TALE OF THE GOLEM HC
page 69, $14.99

PUBLISHER  Dark Horse Comics
WRITER  Steve Niles
ARTIST  Dave Wachter
COVER ARTIST  Dave Wachter
PAGES  80 pages
COLOR   B&W.
SIZE  8 x 12
A British plane crashes in a Jewish village, sparking a Nazi invasion. Using clay and mud from the river, the villagers bring to life a giant monster to battle for their freedom and future. Collects the entire miniseries.
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BATMAN UNWRAPPED BY ANDY KUBERT HC (DELUXE EDITION)
page 129, $34.99



PUBLISHER  DC Comics
WRITER  Neil Gaiman
ARTIST  Andy Kubert
COVER ARTIST  Andy Kubert
SPECIAL NOTES   Relist, Previous Orders are Canceled
DC collects the Batman stories by acclaimed artist Andy Kubert in pencil form in this spectacular new hardcover, including the tales that introduced Damian Wayne and the now-classic story 'Whatever Happened to The Caped Crusader?' Don't miss these stories from BATMAN #655-658, 664-666, 686 and 700, BATMAN (New 52) #18, DETECTIVE COMICS #853 and a story from 52 #46
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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1
page 136, $2.99


PUBLISHER  DC Comics
WRITER  Toby Litt
ARTIST   Mark Buckingham
COVER ARTIST  Mark Buckingham
PAGES   32 pages.
COLOR  Full Color.
From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's dead boys get their own monthly series! As fans of storybook detectives, Edwin Paine (died 1916) and Charles Rowland (died 1990) will take on any and all mysteries - including their own untimely deaths! The dead boys head back to St. Hilarions, where bullying headmasters continue to rule the school. But when they investigate the lingering mysteries of their own deaths, they meet a young girl named Crystal whose tech skills and strange link to the undead earn her a place as a new detective. DEAD BOY DETECTIVES is a fast-paced adventure series that takes us from the bustling streets of contemporary London to Japanese-inspired video games and dangerous worlds perched somewhere between the now and nevermore.
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WAKE PART ONE #1
page 139, $9.99


PUBLISHER  DC Comics
WRITER  Scott Snyder
ARTIST  Sean Murphy
COVER ARTIST  Sean Murphy
PAGES  112 pages.
COLOR  Full Color.
The first five issues of the acclaimed new Vertigo series THE WAKE are all collected in this new special!
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COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS SC
page 201, $17.99


PUBLISHER  Image Comics
WRITER  Brandon Graham
ARTIST  Brandon Graham
COVER ARTIST  Brandon Graham
PAGES  208 pages.
COLOR  Full Color
Ex-organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfriend Nikoli travel across a sci-fi/fantasy version of Russia while the hardcore organ hound Blue Nura tracks a bounty across radioactive wastelands. Slice of life comics from a world where magic and monsters are commonplace. Collects Multiple Warheads #1-4 and Multiple Warheads: Down Fall.
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SHELTERED VOL. 01 SC
page 201, $9.99


PUBLISHER  Image Comics
WRITER  Ed Brisson
ARTIST  John Christmas
COVER ARTIST  John Christmas
PAGES  128 pages.
COLOR  Full Color
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE! A PRE-APOCALYPTIC TALE OF SURVIVAL AT ANY COST. The men and women of Safe Haven have been preparing for any and all end-of-world scenarios for years. However, their bunkers, weapons, and training can't save them from the one threat they never could have expected: their own children. Collects Sheltered #1-5.
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WHERE BOLD STARS GO TO DIE GN
page 238, $7.95


PUBLISHER   Amaze Ink (Slave Labor Graphics)
WRITER   Gerry Alanguilan
ARTIST   Arlan Esmena
COVER ARTIST   Arlan Esmena
PAGES  70 pages.
COLOR    B&W.
SPECIAL NOTES   Mature Content
SIZE  6x9
From the creator of the acclaimed Elmer graphic novel comes this new story of love, lust and compulsion. Love struck Daniel fell in love with a long forgotten, once popular sex starlet by the name of Anna Marie through a video cassette he found at an old downtown thrift shop. What began as an infatuation soon becomes an obsession as Daniel's fantasies push him to find love in places beyond reason, beyond reality, and beyond this world.

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SIEGFRIED VOL. 02: VALKARIE HC
page 248, $24.95


PUBLISHER  Archaia Entertainment LLC
WRITER  Alex Alice
ARTIST  Alex Alice
COVER ARTIST  Alex Alice
PAGES   144 pages.
COLOR  Full Color
SPECIAL NOTES  Relist, Previous Orders are Canceled
SIZE   8x11
A three-part story inspired by Wagner's classic opera The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried, born of the love between a mortal man and a Valkyrie, is a young orphan being raised by Mime, one of the last of the dwarf-goblin Nibelungs, in a dark forest with only wolves for friends and family. While his foster parent only wants to live in peace and solitude, Siegfried yearns to discover who his real parents were and live amongst his own kind, not knowing that Odin, father of the Norse gods, has a destiny planned for him: to fight the dragon Fafnir, guardian of the Rheingold. In this second volume, Siegfried sets off from his safe, forest home to find the world of men. With Mime as his reluctant guide, Siegfried plunges headlong into the dangers of the swamp of the sorcerer Volva, where he learns of his destiny to confront the dragon Fafnir!
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POLARITY VOL. 01 SC
page 285, $14.99


PUBLISHER   Boom! Studios
WRITER   Max Bemis
ARTIST   Jorge Coelho
COVER ARTIST  Frazer Irving
PAGES   128 pages.
COLOR   Full Color
SIZE   7x10
What if having super powers meant losing your mind? Tim Woods is a bipolar artist stuck in the world of hipsters, meaningless sex, and vain art - better known as Brooklyn. But after surviving a near fatal car accident, Tim discovers that his bipolar medication hasn't just been subduing his manic depression - it's been suppressing his super powers. Max Bemis is not only an incredibly talented songwriter (and lead singer for the band Say Anything), but an exciting, fresh voice in comics. Jorge Coelho serves up dynamic, expressive action while keeping POLARITY grounded. This collection comes with a free download code for the entire POLARITY E.P., including a fifth original song written and performed by Max Bemis!
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FRANK THORNE RED SONJA ART EDITION HC
page 293, $150.00


PUBLISHER  Dynamite
WRITER  Roy Thomas
ARTIST  Frank Thorne
COVER ARTIST  Frank Thorne
PAGES  120 pages.
COLOR  B&W.
SIZE  12x17
Celebrate the seminal work of legendary fantasy illustrator Frank Thorne with this gorgeous hardcover collection, presenting for the first time the actual storyboard artwork from his complete 1976 run of swords-and-sorcery icon Red Sonja appearances in the Marvel Feature comic book series. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, Frank Thorne's Red Sonja Art Edition preserves every detail of the artist's meticulous skill and hard work, while simultaneously presenting a complete storyline for the enjoyment of longtime She-Devil fans. Limited to initial orders ONLY. • Presenting the art of the definitive Red Sonja artist at its original size in an oversized hardcover edition! • Featuring high resolution, color scans of Frank Thorne's original artwork from his personal collection! • The first in a series of art editions from Dynamite!
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BLIGHTED EYE HC
page 318, $75.00


PUBLISHER  Fantagraphics Books
WRITER  Glenn Bray
ARTIST  Glenn Bray
COVER ARTIST  Glenn Bray
PAGES  400 pages.
COLOR  Full Color.
SIZE  10.25 x 11.75
Glenn Bray began collecting original comic art in 1965 and eventually amassed the most eclectic collection of comic art in private hands. The Blighted Eye features work by an A to Z of cartooning masters from Charles Addams and Carl Barks to Robert Williams and Art Young and almost everyone in between. The Blighted Eye is a testament to Bray's dogged and visionary commitment to preserving the work by the greatest artists working in an art form habitually sneered at by cultural gatekeepers throughout most of the 20th century.
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COMICS JOURNAL LIBRARY VOL. 08: EC ARTISTS SC
page 318, $34.99


PUBLISHER  Fantagraphics Books
WRITER  William M Gaines
ARTIST  Al Jaffee
PAGES  240 pages.
COLOR  Partial Color.
SIZE  10 x 12
To celebrate Fantagraphics' republication of the legendary EC line, we proudly present the first of a two-volume set of interviews with the artists and writers (and publisher) who made EC great. This issue includes such luminaries as Will Elder, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman and William Gaines among others. Every interview is profusely illustrated by pertinent examples of the work under discussion. The EC artists were renowned for their attention to detail, and the reproduction here takes full advantage of the oversized art book format.
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SUCKER BAIT AND OTHER STORIES ILLUSTRATED BY GRAHAM INGELS HC
page 319, $28.99


PUBLISHER   Fantagraphics Books
WRITER   Graham Ingels
ARTIST  Gary Groth
PAGES  208 pages.
COLOR  B&W.
SIZE  7 x 10
Even sixty years after their original release, EC Comics superstar Graham Ghastly Ingels's grisly pages retain the power to shock. Sucker Bait And Other Stories features 25 classic stories from Tales From the Crypt, Shock SuspenStories, Vault of Horror, and Ingels signature Old Witch character's special showcase Haunt of Fear- plus the usual fascinating historical, critical, and biographical material.
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FOLIGATTO HC
page 323, $24.95


PUBLISHER  Humanoids Inc
WRITER   Alexios Tjoyas
ARTIST  Nicolas De Crecy
COVER ARTIST   Nicolas De Crecy
PAGES   64 pages.
COLOR    Full Color
SIZE   9x12
The first work by the one and only Nicolas de Crécy (The Celestial Bibendum, NBM's Salvatore series, Glacial Period) is a lyrical and gorgeously illustrated dark tale, and nothing short of a milestone of its time! In order to revive the image of the town of Eccenihilo, a big carnival is organized with as a grand finale, the homecoming of the local golden child, the famous opera star and eunuch Foligatto. The artist's return to his roots, however, triggers a whirlwind series of dark and eccentric tribulations.
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Για όσους δεν το γνωρίζουν ήδη, η Diamond Comic Distributors είναι ο μεγαλύτερος προμηθευτής (χονδρέμπορας) των εξειδικευμένων καταστημάτων με κόμικς στα αγγλικά. Μέσα από τον κατάλογο Previews της εν λόγω εταιρείας, τα καταστήματα λιανικής έχουν τη δυνατότητα να προπαραγγείλουν προιόντα που θα κυκλοφορήσουν στην αγορά δύο μήνες αργότερα (σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις μπορεί και παραπάνω). Ο κατάλογος έχει συνήθως γύρω στις 400 σελίδες και συνοδεύεται από έναν δεύτερο κατάλογο 100 σελίδων αποκλειστικά για τα προϊόντα της Marvel Comics.

Οποιοδήποτε ελληνικό κατάστημα με κόμικς κι αν επισκεφθείτε, θα μπορέσετε είτε να αγοράσετε το συγκεκριμένο κατάλογο (5 ευρώ περίπου) είτε να τον ξεφυλλίσετε στο κατάστημα, και αν βρείτε κάτι που σας ενδιαφέρει να το παραγγείλετε.

3 Σεπ 2013

Previews Wishlist Σεπτέμβριος 2013








Ιδιαίτερα φτωχός μου φάνηκε ο κατάλογος του Σεπτεμβρίου. Είτε αυτό συμβαίνει, είτε το άδειο μου πορτοφόλι μου έκοψε την όρεξη να ψαχτώ περισσότερο...

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AMALAS BLADE: SPIRITS OF NAAMARON SC
page 50, $18.99

PUBLISHER   Dark Horse Comics
WRITER   Steve Horton
ARTIST   Michael Dialynas
COVERARTIST  Michael Dialynas
PAGES   144 pages
COLOR   Full Color.
SIZE   7” x 10”
Includes never-before-seen story and images! The kingdom of Naamaron is bitterly divided into warring factions, Purifiers and Modifiers, with both sides fearing the Great Vizier's deadliest assassin, Amala. With a price on her head - and a ghost monkey on her back - the future of both kingdoms may rest in her bloodstained hands! Collects the entire miniseries and Dark Horse Presents stories and includes a never-before-published Amala's Blade story, an art gallery, and creators' notes! • Debuted in the award-winning Dark Horse Presents. • Featuring art by Michael Dialynas from Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Special #1.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VAMPIRES OF LONDON HC
page 72, $17.99

PUBLISHER  Dark Horse Comics
WRITER  Sylvain Cordurie
ARTIST  Laci
COVER ARTIST  Axel Gonzalbo
PAGES  96 pages
COLOR   Full Color.
SIZE  7” x 10”
Holmes versus Vampires! Sherlock Holmes died fighting Professor Moriarty in the Reichenbach Falls. At least, that's what the press claims. However, Holmes is alive and well and taking advantage of his presumed death to travel the globe. Unfortunately, Holmes's plans are thwarted when a plague of vampirism haunts Britain. • Perfect for Sherlock Holmes fans!
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PLANETARY OMNIBUS HC
page 134, $75.00

PUBLISHER  DC Comics
WRITER  Warren Ellis
ARTIST  John Cassaday
COVER ARTIST  John Cassaday
PAGES  864 pages.
COLOR  Full Color.
Hailed as a timeless story that turned modern super hero conventions on their heads, PLANETARY stars an inter-dimensional peace-keeping force including Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, and The Drummer. Tasked with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters. Now, the entire series is collected in hardcover, including Planetary #1-27, Planetary/Batman #1, Planetary/JLA #1 and Planetary/Authority #1.
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SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1 (SPECIAL EDITION)
page 141, $5.99

PUBLISHER   DC Comics - Vertigo
WRITER  Neil Gaiman
ARTIST   J. H. Williams
COVER ARTIST   J. H. Williams
SERIES of 6
PAGES  42 pages.
COLOR  Full Color.
SPECIAL NOTES  Mature Content Limited Series
Each of the six issues of THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE will be followed the next month by its own Special Edition which will include an interview with a member of the creative team, plus rare artwork and more. This issue starts things off with an interview with J.H. Williams. This issue will include the entire first issue of the new miniseries, including the gatefold in its original form before coloring, giving readers a behind-the-scenes at J.H. Williams' unique process. Williams' original coloring will be shown in addition to the black, white and gray tones of the original work. In addition, the lettering will be translucent, allowing the reader to see the exquisite artwork behind the word balloons.
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TIM BRADSTREET: SKETCHBOOK SERIES VOL. 01 SC
page 184, $9.99

PUBLISHER  IDW Publishing
WRITER  Tim Bradstreet
ARTIST  Tim Bradstreet
COVER ARTIST  Tim Bradstreet
PAGES  48 pages
COLOR  B&W
SIZE  8.5 x 11
Tim Bradstreet has been one of the most in-demand comic-book cover artists for two decades. From the Punisher to Star Trek, his stylized illustrations are all beautifully rendered. Now IDW Publishing is releasing an entire sketchbook of Tim's gorgeous pencils and sketches, complete with insightful commentary by the artist.
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PRINCESS OF MARS ILLUSTRATED (PROSE) HC
page 186, $29.99

PUBLISHER  IDW Publishing
WRITER  Edgar Rice Burroughs
ARTIST  Michael William Kaluta
COVER ARTIST  Michael William Kaluta
PAGES  124 pages
COLOR  Full Color
SPECIAL NOTES   Relist, Previous Orders are Canceled
SIZE  9 x 13.5
Relive Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic adventure tale in this handsome representation featuring illustrations by Michael Kaluta. A revered illustration powerhouse, Kaluta's unmistakable style presents John Carter's Barsoom experiences like you've never seen before. A must have for Burroughs and Kaluta fans.
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BEAUTIFUL DREAMER GN
page 320, $22.95

PUBLISHER  Drawn and Quarterly
WRITER  Fabien Vehlmann
ARTIST  Kerascoet
COVER ARTIST  Kerascoet
PAGES  96 pages.
COLOR  Full Color
SPECIAL NOTES  Mature Content
SIZE  8x11
A dark fairy tale about surviving the human experience. Aurora's having a tea party with Hector, the prince she's been dreaming about, when a sudden deluge forces them to take shelter elsewhere. They emerge from the skull of a dead girl into the woods at night and find themselves among a crowd of tiny people. Aurora quickly takes charge of the situation, and at first things seem to be going well for most of her friends. Despite a few injuries and deaths and a lot of hunger, they forage successfully and befriend a mouse that lives in the neighborhood. But as time goes by, more and more of the little people begin to lose hope, turning against one another in brutal ways. Beautiful Darkness is a harrowing look at the human psyche and the darkness that hides behind the routine politeness and meaningless kindness of civilized society.

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SHOWA: HISTORY OF JAPAN (1926 -1939) SC
page 320, $24.95

PUBLISHER  Drawn and Quarterly
WRITER  Shigeru Mizuki
ARTIST  Shigeru Mizuki
COVER ARTIST  Shigeru Mizuki
PAGES  560 pages
COLOR  Partial Color
SIZE  6.5x8.75
Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan. This 560-page volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life the Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease. With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers.
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PRETTY IN INK: NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN CARTOONISTS 1896-2013 SC
page 325, $29.99

PUBLISHER  Fantagraphics Books
WRITER  Trina Robbins
PAGES  200 pages.
COLOR  Partial Color.
SIZE  9 x 12
Although the comics profession has been dominated by men, there were far more women working in the profession throughout the 20th century than other histories indicate, and they have flourished in the 21st. Pretty In Inkis the ultimate history of women cartoonists in America and author Trina Robbins has revised, updated and rewritten the history of women cartoonists, adding more color illustrations than ever before along with some startling new discoveries. B&W with 80 pages full color.
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CITY OF LIGHT, CITY OF DARK GN
page 329, $10.99

PUBLISHER  Graphix
WRITER  AVI
ARTIST  Brian Floca
COVER ARTIST  Brian Floca
PAGES  192 pages.
COLOR  Full Color
SIZE  6x9
Avi's groundbreaking graphic novel gets a stunning new cover to celebrate its twentieth anniversary! Two kids fight to save their city from eternal winter in this gripping fantasy by Newbery Medalist Avi, illustrated by three-time Sibert Honoree Brian Floca. The Kurbs give people light and warmth to establish a city, on one condition: The people must return the Power every year or risk losing the city forever. This system works for centuries until evil Mr. Underton tries to steal the Power. If he succeeds, the Kurbs will take back the City, reducing it to a dark and frozen tundra. It's up to Carlos and Sarah to find the Power, housed in a subway token, and keep the City safe, despite secrets of Sarah's history that are entwined with the token. What ensues is a race against darkness. Available in Hardcover and Softcover editions.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY EARTH GN
page 332, $23.00

PUBLISHER   Little Brown and Company
WRITER  Isabel Greenberg
ARTIST  Isabel Greenberg
COVER ARTIST   Isabel Greenberg
PAGES  176 pages.
COLOR  Full Color
Before our history began, another, now forgotten, civilization thrived. The people who roamed Early Earth were much like us: curious, emotional, funny, ambitious, and vulnerable. In this series of illustrated and linked tales, Isabel Greenberg chronicles the explorations of a young man as he paddles from his home in the North Pole to the South Pole. There, he meets his true love, but their romance is ill-fated. Early Earth's unusual and finicky polarity means the lovers can never touch. As intricate and richly imagined as the work of Chris Ware, and leavened with a dry wit that rivals Kate Beaton's in Hark! A Vagrant, Isabel Greenberg's debut will be a welcome addition to the thriving graphic novel genre.
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RENEE GN
page 356, $29.95

PUBLISHER  Top Shelf Productions
WRITER  Ludovic Debeurme
ARTIST  Ludovic Debeurme
COVER ARTIST  Ludovic Debeurme
PAGES  464 pages.
COLOR  B&W.
SPECIAL NOTES  Mature Content
SIZE  6.6x9
French graphic novelist Ludovic Debeurme returns with a devastating sequel to his prize-winning graphic novel Lucille. While Lucille moves back in with her overbearing mother and Arthur serves time in prison for murder, new character Renée becomes obsessed with a married jazz musician twice her age. Debeurme's haunting border-less panels follow these three lovers between dreams and reality, twining their stories together into a poignant and universal search for love.
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SUNNY VOL. 02 HC
page 376, $22.99

PUBLISHER  Viz Media LLC
WRITER  Taiyo Matsumoto
ARTIST  Taiyo Matsumoto
COVER ARTIST  Taiyo Matsumoto
PAGES  216 pages.
COLOR   B&W.
SIZE   6x8
What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. It is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count, for a group of orphans who discover the car and let it take them to better places in their imagination. Sunny is the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo Matsumoto, one of Japan's most innovative and acclaimed manga artists.
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MITCH BYRD: WOMEN, DINOSAURS & RANDOM ILLUSTRATIONS SC
page 386, $19.99

PUBLISHER  Blue Line Art
WRITER  Mitch Byrd
ARTIST  Mitch Byrd
COVER ARTIST  Mitch Byrd
PAGES  48 pages.
COLOR  B&W.
SIZE  8x11
No one draws women with as much grace and elegance as Mitch, no matter their shape or size. You can't help but stare and marvel. And no artist puts more thought into dinosaurs, how they moved, why they had certain bone structures and features than Mitch. He has shared his ideas through illustrations that make dinosaurs come alive as never before. Mitch is a man of few words but these illustrations from one of modern day's greatest artists speak volumes!
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Για όσους δεν το γνωρίζουν ήδη, η Diamond Comic Distributors είναι ο μεγαλύτερος προμηθευτής (χονδρέμπορας) των εξειδικευμένων καταστημάτων με κόμικς στα αγγλικά. Μέσα από τον κατάλογο Previews της εν λόγω εταιρείας, τα καταστήματα λιανικής έχουν τη δυνατότητα να προπαραγγείλουν προιόντα που θα κυκλοφορήσουν στην αγορά δύο μήνες αργότερα (σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις μπορεί και παραπάνω). Ο κατάλογος έχει συνήθως γύρω στις 400 σελίδες και συνοδεύεται από έναν δεύτερο κατάλογο 100 σελίδων αποκλειστικά για τα προϊόντα της Marvel Comics.

Οποιοδήποτε ελληνικό κατάστημα με κόμικς κι αν επισκεφθείτε, θα μπορέσετε είτε να αγοράσετε το συγκεκριμένο κατάλογο (5 ευρώ περίπου) είτε να τον ξεφυλλίσετε στο κατάστημα, και αν βρείτε κάτι που σας ενδιαφέρει να το παραγγείλετε.