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Starting out: Fables!
Written by Bill Willingham; Art by Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha and Craig Hamilton; Painted Cover by James Jean
"It's possibly the best mainstream 'mature readers' comic out there..."
- DECIBEL MAGAZINE
"Fables is an excellent series in the tradition of Sandman, one that rewards careful attention and loyalty."
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"[A] wonderfully twisted concept."
-THE WASHINGTON POST
"An epic, beautifully written story."
- THE ONION
"Great fun."
- BOOKLIST
- DECIBEL MAGAZINE
"Fables is an excellent series in the tradition of Sandman, one that rewards careful attention and loyalty."
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"[A] wonderfully twisted concept."
-THE WASHINGTON POST
"An epic, beautifully written story."
- THE ONION
"Great fun."
- BOOKLIST
In the same vein as best-selling "fractured-fairy-tales" such as Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is Bill Willingham's runaway hit graphic novel series FABLES. No longer just children's tales, Willingham has created a new world for these beloved fables...one that exists within our own.
When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society-within an exclusive luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side-called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Bigby, Fabletown's sheriff, and a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the culprit is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.
Mature Readers - $9.99
Next up: Swamp Thing!
Written by Alan Moore; Art by Stephen Bissette and John Totleben
Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world's self-destruction. Inspired by the creation of writer Len Wein and artist Berni Wrightson, Alan Moore took the Swamp Thing to new heights in the 1980s with his unique narrative approach. His provocative and groundbreaking writing, combined with masterly artwork by some of the medium's top artists, made SWAMP THING one of the great comics of the late twentieth century. This volume includes Moore's first seven issues, SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21-27.
Next up: Swamp Thing!
Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world's self-destruction. Inspired by the creation of writer Len Wein and artist Berni Wrightson, Alan Moore took the Swamp Thing to new heights in the 1980s with his unique narrative approach. His provocative and groundbreaking writing, combined with masterly artwork by some of the medium's top artists, made SWAMP THING one of the great comics of the late twentieth century. This volume includes Moore's first seven issues, SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21-27.
Mature readers - $19.99
Aaaaand Next: Sweet Tooth!
Written by JEFF LEMIRE ; Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE
"Writer and artist Jeff Lemire has created the new 'must read' book with SWEET TOOTH." — GEOFF JOHNS
"Spellbinding and offbeat . . . emotionally charged." — USA TODAY
"A grabber from the get-go..." — THE ONION
The first five issues of Jeff Lemire's acclaimed new series introduce Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid who was raised in isolation following a pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, with the death of his father, he's left to fend for himself . . . until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd, who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find 'The Preserve,' a refuge for hybrids.
Pour les Mature readers! $9.99
Next: 100 Bullets!
Written by Brian Azzarello; Art by Eduardo Risso, and Dave Johnson
In this dark and intriguing trade paperback, the mysterious Agent Graves approaches ordinary citizens and gives them an opportunity to exact revenge on a person that has wronged them. Offering his clients an attaché case containing proof of the deed and a gun, he guarantees his "clients" full immunity for all of their actions, including murder. In these opening chapters, Dizzy Cordova, a Latina gangbanger who has just finished a prison sentence, is given the chance to avenge her family's murders, and a downtrodden bartender receives the opportunity to exact revenge against the woman that ruined his life.
Mature Readers - $9.99
and Next: Y: The Last Man
Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra and José Marzá, Jr.; Painted Cover by J.G. Jones
"Funny and scary…an utterly believable critique of society. A+"
—THE WASHINGTON POST
"The best graphic novel I've ever read."
—STEPHEN KING
"This year's best movie is a comic book."
—ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
"A seriously funny, nuanced fable...Grade A."
—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.
Mature Readers - $12.99
Ch-Check it out: Sandman
Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcolm Jones, III; Painted Cover by Dave McKean
"SANDMAN just might be the smartest comic book ever written."
-USA TODAY
"The best comic book ever returns."
- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Neil Gaiman's long-running series made cool comics fantastical and fantastical comics cool…SANDMAN is a modern myth, as well as a précis on why the stories we tell matter so much."
- PLAYBOY
-USA TODAY
"The best comic book ever returns."
- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Neil Gaiman's long-running series made cool comics fantastical and fantastical comics cool…SANDMAN is a modern myth, as well as a précis on why the stories we tell matter so much."
- PLAYBOY
New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision.
In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman. This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings," which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death.
Mature readers - $19.99
Next Up: Hellblazer!
Written by Jamie Delano; Art by John Ridgway and Alfredo Alcala
John Constantine is an unconcerned, somewhat amoral occultist with a British working-class background. He's a hero, of sorts, who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery, and genuine magical skill. The ORIGINAL SINS collection is a loosely connected series of tales of John's early years where Constantine was at his best and at his worst, all at the same time.
Mature readers - $19.99
Next in line: The Invisibles!
Written by Grant Morrison; Art by Steve Yeowell, Jill Thompson and others
Throughout history, a secret society called the Invisibles, who count among their number Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, work against the forces of order that seek to repress humanity's growth. In this first collection, the Invisibles latest recruit, a teenage lout from the streets of London, must survive a bizarre, mind-altering training course before being projected into the past to help enlist the Marquis de Sade.
Mature readers - $19.99
Next: Jack of Fables!
Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges; Art by Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy; Cover by James Jean
The first five issues of the popular FABLES spin-off series are collected in this amazing new volume! Last seen hitchhiking from Hollywood, Jack's now a wayward Fable in the heartland of America. His extreme road stories and encounters with other notorious, renegade Fables are just a few of the situations in store for this fan-favorite character.
Next next next: The Losers!
Written by Andy Diggle; Art by Jock and Shawn Martinbrough; Cover by Jock
With the eagerly anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures movie The Losers set to reach theaters in April 2010, DC Comics collects the first twelve issues of THE LOSERS — from the ANTE UP and DOUBLE DOWN TPs — into a single, explosive volume!
This collection introduces The Losers, formerly an elite U.S. Special Forces unit that served as the covert bloody hand of America until they stumbled across a C.I.A. secret they couldn't ignore. The C.I.A. tried to kill them, but they're about to learn that it takes more than one try to eliminate The Losers.
Mature readers - $19.99
Followed by: Preacher!
Written by Garth Ennis; Art by Steve Dillon and Glenn Fabry
"Features more blood and blasphemy than any mainstream comic in memory. Cool."
-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is a modern American epic of life, death, love and redemption also packed with sex, booze, blood and bullets - not to mention angels, demons, God, vampires and deviants of all stripes.
At first glance, the Reverend Jesse Custer doesn't look like anyone special-just another small-town minister slowly losing his flock and his faith. But he's about to come face-to-face with proof that God does indeed exist. Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Jesse now possesses the power of "the Word," an ability to make people do whatever he utters. He begins a violent and riotous journey across the country in search of answers from the elusive deity.
Totally for mature readers - $14.99
En Suit: Scalped!
Written by Jason Aaron; Art by R.M. Guera; Cover by Jock
Jason Aaron, the hot new writer of the critically acclaimed series THE OTHER SIDE, teams with gritty artist R.M. Guéra for an intense crime drama that mixes organized crime with current Native American culture. This special low-priced volume collects the first five issues of the riveting Vertigo series SCALPED.
Fifteen years ago, Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse ran away from a life of abject poverty and utter hopelessness on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation searching for something better. Now he's come back home armed with nothing but a set of nunchucs, a hell-bent-for-leather attitude and one dark secret, to find nothing much has changed on "The Rez" — short of a glimmering new casino, and a once-proud people overcome by drugs and organized crime. Is he here to set things right or just get a piece of the action?
Mature readers, yo. $14.99
Hup hup! Next: Transmetropolitan!
Written by Warren Ellis; Art by Darick Robertson, Jerome K. Moore, Keith Aiken, Ray Kryssing, Dick Giordano, Kim DeMulder and Rodney Ramos; Cover by Darick Robertson
"Waren Ellis and Darick Robertson take a Hunter S. Thompson analogue and put him through a 23rd century wringer. It's angry political sci-fi and it's funny as hell."
—PLAYBOY
"Transmet is brilliant future-shock comentary ."
—SPIN
The acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Warren Ellis (PLANETARY and THE AUTHORITY) and artist Darick Robertson, TRANSMETROPOLITAN combines black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity to look into the gonzo mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy.
After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd Century surroundings. Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients —humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. But Spider's interview with the Transients' leader gets him a scoop he didn't bargain for.
Mature readers - $14.99
MORE TO COME SOON!
