Chicago-based artist and musician Anya Davidson (born 1983) is the author of numerous zines and mini-comics and was a member of the cult favorite band Coughs. School Spirits is her idiosyncratic and captivating debut full-length graphic novel. Described by the author as "Beavis and Butthead meets James Joyce's Ulysses," it is the story of Oola, a high school student with an unusual connection to the supernatural. Comprised of four chapters, each deploying a different narrative technique, School Spirits is at once funny, sexy, mystical and, above all, utterly readable. Davidson's crisp cartooni... View More...
When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream audiences recognized that a comic book was capable of exploring complex aesthetic, moral, and cultural themes. Maus's creator Art Spiegelman (b. 1948) became the most famous alternative cartoonist in America. Art Spiegelman: Conversations reveals an artist who had long been working to establish comics as a serious art form. With his wife Fran oise Mouly, he founded and edited RAW-the most in-fluential showcase for avant-garde comic... View More...
Seventeen-year-old Buffy Summers is not like other teenagers. She's been chosen to save the world from the vampire plague, no easy task when you're still expected to get good grades in school. For Buffy, slaying vampires is as common as doing homework -- except she sometimes has better luck fighting the undead than writing term papers Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a mixture of action, chills, and laughs that has captured readers young and old. Here's proof that great television can make for great books Included is the hard-to-find Dark Horse Presents 10-page adventure, published in color for t... View More...
William Nasland and Fred Davis aren't household names, yet they were the patriots who carried on the legacy of Captain America and Bucky after the original heroes went missing in action during the final days of World War II. Decades later, Nasland is dead, and only an elderly Davis remains to tell their tale. But a deadly villain from the Invaders' past has found his way to the future and marked Davis for death, setting up a mystery that ties together generations of heroes - one Steve Rogers and the original Human Torch must solve before the legacy of Captain America is usurped by evil Collec... View More...
Deadpool wants to be an X-Man. And he's not going to let anyone stand in his way - not even the X-Men When Cyclops announces to the world that the X-Men are constructing an island haven for mutants, Wade Wilson decides it's time for him to join the revolution. But he soon find outs that big guns and a healing factor don't an X-Man make. Then, Deadpool must team-up with Spider-Man to go after the most dangerous threat he's ever faced. Plus, it's it's a Vegas vacation done Deadpool-style when Wade draws the ire of Las Vegas' biggest casino bosses and their newest protector-for-hire, The House -... View More...
He's the Merc with a Mouth, the Assassin with Elan, the Wryest Wisecracker of the Weapon X Program, now in a collection of his earliest sagas, Deadpool, with sidekick Weasel in tow, sets out on a quest for romance, money, and mayhem - not necessarily in that order - only to learn he's being hunted by an enemy he killed years before As if that isn't enough, the Juggernaut crashes into the action, and it's the unstoppable vs. the un-shut-up-able But all may not be lost if the sultry Siryn can inject a little sanity into the proceedings. Will Deadpool be steered toward a better life by his new ... View More...
Part of the Marvel NOW initiative Dead former United States presidents, from George Washington to Gerald Ford, have been resurrected--and that's bad. The Marvel heroes can't be the ones to stop them...someone is needed with the reputation, skills and plausible deniability to take out these com-monsters in chiefs. Deadpool time is NOW Be here as Deadpool de-un-deadifies ex-Presidents left and right...matching wits with Tricky Dick Nixon, fighting a grudge match against Honest Abe Lincoln, and battling Ronald Reagan--in space Do you need more than that? Fine, then: monkeys And maybe Dr. St... View More...
Will Doctor Strange survive his foes converging and attacking him all at once? Journey back to the first days of Doctor Strange How did Stephen Strange become the Sorcerer Supreme - and how has he lost it all? In the present, Strange is on the brink of death, his magic nearly depleted. Sensing the Master of the Mystic Arts is at his weakest, his greatest foes will return from the shadows, ready to strike - starting with one of his oldest rivals, Baron Mordo But as a parade of bad guys line up to take their shot, one of Strange's newest enemies may be the deadliest of all. The Orb, now with t... View More...
Doctor Strange turns Marvel Knight and plays supernatural detective when a series of bizarre robberies and a spate of spontaneous combustions set him on the trail of an old enemy. Magic meets noir in an atmospheric Strange tale Plus, in stories from standout creators, the good Doctor makes a deal with the devil, and the former surgeon must be a very different healer when he hears of a man's deep grief. COLLECTING: DOCTOR STRANGE (1999) 1-4, MYSTIC HANDS OF DOCTOR STRANGE 1, MATERIAL FROM MARVEL SHADOWS AND LIGHT (1997) 1, SHADOWS & LIGHT (1998) 2, MARVEL DOUBLE-SHOT 4 View More...
Thrill to the exploits of the greatest heroes of the 31st century, the original Guardians of the Galaxy Join telekinetic Vance Astro, alien archer Yondu, flame-haired Mercurian Nikki, superstrong Jovian Charlie-27, crystalline Plutonian Martinex, the mysterious Starhawk and his wife Aleta as they undertake a quest to find the long-lost shield of Captain America - a mission that pits them against Iron Man's twisted legacy, the marauding alien cyborgs called the Stark, as well as the intergalactic thieves known as Force Plus, the Guardians confront the devil's daughter, Malevolence - and battl... View More...
Why has Earth suddenly become the most important planet in the galaxy? The Guardians of the Galaxy plan to find out Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot - and the invincible Iron Man - embark on an explosive adventure The secrets they discover will rattle readers for years to come But while Earth deals with a brutal Badoon invasion, the Guardians' fate has been decided millions of miles away Then, Heaven's most fearsome angel comes for the Guardians And when Gamora battles the mysterious Angela, the universe hangs in the balance The Guardians find themselves at a crossroads whe... View More...
Earth's mightiest marksman continues to steer the Thunderbolts to greatness, in a volume filled with revelations Citizen V is unmasked at last A heartbreaking killer is exposed And Moonstone learns far more than she bargained for about the source of her power As the team enters a showdown with the V-Battalion, Sandman lends a great big hand - but can he be trusted? Wonder Man has it in for Atlas, and Black Widow swings by - could this be a warm-up for a full-on Avengers/Thunderbolts crossover? You betcha And Count Nefaria might be more than both groups can handle COLLECTING: THUNDERBOLTS... View More...
Jim Starlin's Infinity saga continues here After defeating Thanos, Adam Warlock won the Infinity Gauntlet - and now has absolute power Can the most powerful being in the universe be convinced to give up the Gauntlet? And who can be trusted with even a portion of its awesome abilities? Meanwhile, the Silver Surfer races to destroy Thanos' shrine to Death - but first he must contend with onetime Infinity Gem owner the Collector, and face his darkest fears Plus: discover the fate of Thanos' daughter Nebula Don't miss the stories bridging the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War events, guest-st... View More...
You've binge-watched her hit series, now binge-read Jessica Jones' greatest Avengers adventures - including every post-ALIAS/PULSE collaboration by her creators, Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos While the Skrulls' SECRET INVASION rages, Jessica makes a fateful decision that may wreck her marriage to Luke Cage But when Norman Osborn captures Hawkeye, Jessica will step up - and Jewel will fl y again Uncover Jessica and Luke's first case together when Doctor Doom crashes their dinner date. COLLECTING: NEW AVENGERS (2005) 38, 47; NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL (2006) 3; NEW AVENGERS (2010) 8, 31; W... View More...
The steel-skinned Avenger shows exactly why he's one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes Discover how young Carl Lucas, imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, gained his powers and became the hero he is today As CIVIL WAR rages, Luke picks a side and makes a stand--but it might just divide him from his wife, Jessica Jones When their daughter, Danielle, is captured by Skrulls, Luke will make a deal with the devil to save her. Then, a ghost from Luke's past takes him back to the Hero For Hire biz--and a classic street level team-up pits Luke, best pal Iron Fist, Daredevil, Moon Knight and Spider-Ma... View More...
After the dramatic events in Miles Morales' life, the young web-slinger must slow down and take stock What do his parents and friends, particularly Bombshell, think of all of that's happened? Miles may never get to learn the answers - before he is taken Grabbed from the streets by an unknown assailant, he's about to be bound, tested and observed like a bug under glass. If Miles is going to escape, he'll need help. Good thing his dad's a former Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. And there's no price Jefferson Davis wouldn't pay to get his son back. But the decisions this father-and-son duo make may come ... View More...
