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MICHAEL
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SOUTHERN-FRIED
HOMICIDE |
by Michael H. Price and selected artists |
b&w
Paperback: 80 pages
Cremo Studios/Shel-Tone Publications
ISBN: 0966376609 |
$7.95

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Michael H.
Price's collaborators include underground comics legend Frank Stack
(Adventures of Jesus), humor high prince Mark Martin, Hollywood
historian
George Turner, Mark Evan Walker, Adrian Martinez
(Heavy Metal
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Don Mangus, Todd Camp, Dennis Spies,
writer John Woolly and the inimitable Spencer Williams, Jr.! |
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David LeBlanc
(ComicBkNet@aol.com), Comic Book Net Electronic Newsletter:
The accompanying press release
indicated this work is "an awesome anthology of short comic book stories
featuring fact and fictional tales of murder most foul, shocking suspense,
and disturbing down home folklore." It is extensive and does cover a wide
range of story types. And it certainly is SOUTHERN-FRIED, to the point
of annoyance in some places with the phonetic accents laid on a bit too
thick. What it does do is catch the mood of the classic 50s crime comics
and pulp fiction. The art with very few exceptions is up to par and on
occasion stands out and grabs your attention. [...]
As a whole the work is indeed
amazing as it crams an awful lot of variety in 80 pages. Certainly something
here for most folk, unless you just don't take a hankerin' to no southern
slang.
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Click
HERE for the FULL STORY on Michael H. Price,
SOUTHERN
FRIED HOMICIDE, Cremo Studios, and Shel-Tone! |
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GARY REED &
GALEN SHOWMAN |
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RENFIELD
A
TALE OF MADNESS |
by Gary Reed & Galen Showman |
Paperback: 190 pages
Stabur Press
ISBN: 0941613771 |
$8.95

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Comic
Buyers Guide:
"A
gothic jewel"
J.C.
Vaughn, Combo Magazine:
"Perhaps
the most intelligently written graphic novel I've ever read." |
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Tomorrows
News:
"One
of the Best"
Comics/Animation
Newswire:
"puts
a new twist to the Dracula mythos"
The saga of the madman as
portrayed in Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula. Tormented by visions,
Renfield must decide on joining the darkness if he wishes to obtain immortality.
But what price will he have to pay?
The author, Gary Reed:
Explaining the personal
torment of a man going mad.
This story of Renfield is
not a vampire story or a story of Dracula but rather of the torment of
a man plagued with visions of what he deems a messiah, come to rescue him
from mortality. It is a saga of a man consumed by madness and faced with
a choice of immortality or humanity.
About the Author
Gary Reed,under his own
name and under the psuedonymn Kyle Garrett has written numerous graphic
novels inlcuding the acclaimed series of Baker Street, Renfield, and Saint
Germaine. He is also the author of a number of Tome Press titles featuring
historical and biographical illustrated stories. Currently, Gary is writing
a few series in comics and screenplays for film. He lives in Michigan with
his wife and four daughters which also keeps him busy. |
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SPECIES |
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SPECIES:
HUMAN RACE |
by Steve Bissette, Stephen Blue, Ed Gorman, Gordon Rennie,
& Phillip Amara |
Paperback: 96 pages
Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
ISBN: 1569712190 |
$11.95

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Sil, an immortal,
alien creature, threatens the very existence of life on Earth, in a graphic
novel based on the popular science fiction film in which each chapter is
written by a different author, including Gordon Rennie, Ed Gorman, and
Steve Bissette. Original. |
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JHONEN VASQUEZ |
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JOHNNY
THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC
(Director's Cut) |
by Jhonen Vasquez |
Paperback: 168 pages
Slave Labor Publications
ISBN: 0943151163 |
$19.95

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"Demonically
funny."
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From the Introduction
by Rob Schrab:
"Vasquez has touched something
important here. There's a little monster inside all of us . . . We mustn't
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Mayhem and violence
rule in this collection of issues one through seven of Jhonen Vasquez's
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, as well as material seen before only in Carpe
Noctem magazine. Dark and disturbingly funny, JTHM follows the adventures
of Johnny (you can call him Nny), who lives with a pair of styrofoam doughboys
that encourage his madness, a wall that constantly needs a fresh coat of
blood, and--oh, yeah--his victims in various states of torture. Join Nny
as he frightens the little boy next door (Todd, known to fans of Vasquez's
work as Squee), thirsts for Cherry Brain Freezies, attempts suicide, draws
Happy Noodle Boy, and tries to uncover the meaning of his homicidal existence.
Subliminal meassage: Eat
the peas...
Johnny The Homicidal
Maniac is
far more than an existential-gen-x-goth-gore-comic-book, it's truly a parable
of modern times where the protagonist is at times highly likeable and easy
to identify with; while at other times he's despicable and just not nice...
This work explores Confucian ideas of civility and morality – is chalked
full of artful angles and highly stylized art – boasts an amazing array
of fantastic monologues – and all while indulging a morbid satirical sense
of humor. Something, which adds an interesting perspective, is the fact
that the protagonist is a villain with whom we can identify.
“I'd
hate for Nny (Johnny) to be some one-dimensional monster. There is no doubt
in my mind that he's a villain in a story peopled by slightly less reactionary
villains. I also don't want there to be some convenient origin to his character
that would make us understand how he came to be, thus making us sympathetic
towards his situation.” -- Jhonen Vasquez.
Another most interesting
thing, which this book contains, is its dual perspectives; you may either
see it as the story of a demented schizophrenic or an unlucky subject of
a supernatural mishap, or perhaps something in-between. All in all, this
is an amazing piece of work.
Spooky meassage: The peas
is evil I tells ya! evil! |
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JHONEN
VASQUEZ |
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Squee's
Wonderful Big Giant Book
of
Unspeakable Horrors |
by Jhonen Vasquez |
Paperback: 144 pages
Slave Labor Publications
ISBN: 0943151244 |
$15.95

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Squee's Wonderful
Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors collects together the four issues
of the Squee comic book series from SLG Publishing. It also contains reprints
from the popular Jhonny the Homicidal Maniac series that didn't appear
in the JTHM: Director's Cut book. |
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About the
Author
Jhonen Vasquez reluctantly
lives in Southern California and is currently developing a cartoon for
Nickelodeon. He likes spooky movies, sugary candy, and cool computer games. |
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