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| The
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Volume
One:
Crisis
of Faith |
by Ron Marz, Bart Sears, Mark Pennington,
& Michael Atiyeh |
Paperback: 192 pages
CrossGen Comics
ISBN: 1931484325 |
$19.95
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| On a world racked
by war, only one small island nation stands unconquered. The Warlord Todosi
leads his troops to victory in a great and perhaps final battle, only to
be betrayed by the gods. His brother, a monk, vows vengeance before assuming
Todosi’s station as the new Warlord of Nayado. He must become a leader
of armies, defending a land whose traditions he is coming to distrust. |
| The Path is
a new take on the samurai tale, a staple of Japanese entertainment with
a growing audience here in the West. In addition to all the action and
dynamic artwork that typifies the genre, we have the struggle of one man
walking the thin line between honor and duty. Set on an exotic world akin
to feudal Japan, The Path tells the story of a man stripped of his faith
in not only the gods to whom he prays, but the emperor he is honor-bound
to serve. Filled with samurai action and panorama, The Path tells the story
of one man's journey and an entire nation's fate. When the monk Obo-san
witnesses the death of his brother at the hands of the gods, he swears
to have his vengeance by using the gods` own Weapon of Heaven against them.
Meanwhile, the emperor teeters on the brink of madness and threatens to
lead the nation to ruin. Torn between duty and destiny, Obo-san defies
the Emperor and finds himself a wanted man, and not even the all-powerful
weapon he possesses can save him. Aficionados of the masterful Lone Wolf
and Cub series and the samurai epics of Akira Kurosawa will want to walk
The Path.
Dimensions (in inches): 0.32 x 10.16 x 6.64
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OF THE APES |
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Human
War |
by Ian Edginton, Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar,
& Juan F. Velasco |
Paperback: 72 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 156971584X |
$9.95
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| Several decades
after human astronaut Leo Davidson`s adventure on the ape world, ape society
has been torn apart from within by a horrible civil war that`s erupted
between ape rebels advocating human integration and the fearful but powerful
ape regime. |
| Is the ape Seneca
and his scattered but loyal followers of humans and apes enough to defeat
the charismatic Shiva and her imposing ape army? The conflict has reached
a bloody stalemate. But Shiva has a deadly secret that will end the war...and
wipe out mankind! After all, the only good human is a dead human! |
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| PLANET
of the APES |
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Blood
Lines |
| by Dan Abnett, Chris Bachalo, & Adrian
Sibar |
Paperback: 80 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569717591 |
$9.95
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Dimensions (in inches): 0.19 x 10.24 x 6.64
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| PAUL POPE |
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ESCAPO |
| by Paul Pope |
Paperback: 96 pages
Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
ISBN: 1882402146 |
$9.95
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| "Pope
works a wonder by blending Barnum-style showmanship with a heady romanticism."
--The
Comics Journal
A life-affirming romance
set in the death-defying circus. The latest from young comics star Paul
(THB) Pope, a 112 page "graphic album" full of exuberant comics, sharp
design, and strong storytelling. Contains four complete stories, in both
abundant full color and crisp, clear black and white. ESCAPO is a life-affirming
story set in a Fin-de-Siecle circus.
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| In the three
ESCAPO chapters presented here, we are introduced to Escapo, a scar-faced
escape artist in love with a beautiful, if distant, tightrope walker called
Aerobella. Through a series of thrilling, suprising scenes, we follow Escapo
as he strikes a deal with Death, escapes numerous traps, and risks his
heart for Aerobella. He's the star of the center ring, but will she accept
him for who he really is, away from the limelight and cheering crowds?
Or
is he wrong to place his trust in someone so young?
The three Escapo stories
are presented in crisp B&W, emphasizing Pope's inky-black drawing and
emotional storytelling. Preceeding the main feature, is a 9 pg. story in
full color, which Pope calls "the Bugs Bunny short before Casablanca".
This story, the surreal, hilarious "Hidden Face Adventure", accompanies
over a dozen design pages, also in color, which feature art and editorial
material lending to the atmosphere of the entire book. "I call this book
a 'graphic album' to suggest it is a collection of various, thematically
connected elements," says Pope. "It's designed to feel like a really great
long-playing album, with ten or eleven tracks all contributing to an overall
feel, with highs and lows, moments of harmony, moments of dissonance." |
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| PAUL
POPE |
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HEAVY
LIQUID |
Written and illustrated by Paul Pope
Cover by Pope |
Paperback: 240 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563896354 |
$29.95
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This stylish
trade paperback collection of the Vertigo miniseries features eclectic
designs and striking 2-color separations.
Set in an unforgettable
sci-fi Manhattan, this post-modern mystery centers on "S," a man addicted
to "heavy liquid," a substance that is both a drug and an artform. |
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MATURE READERS
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From Publishers
Weekly
A singular figure on the
comics scene, Pope (One Trick Rip-off) is the rare comics artist who can
move between the opposing worlds of self-published, underground comix and
mainstream, commercial comics, always producing personal works of imagination
with extraordinary graphic skill.
Set in a moodily rendered
New York and Paris about the year 2075, Heavy Liquid is an urban love story
transformed by science fiction into a bracing, futuristic international
crime thriller. It's the story of "S," a former drug agent turned private
investigator and petty criminal. He's addicted to heavy liquid, a mysterious
hallucinatory substance sought after by different characters for its various
properties. A mysterious and wealthy art collector wants it to be cast
in a work of art; a gang of ruthless masked gunmen know that it can be
used as an efficient, powerful explosive; and an equally hard-nosed government
agency knows its shrouded origin and wants the stuff out of circulation.
But S's use of heavy liquid (he cooks it up like heroin and puts drops
in his ear) produces an effect far beyond its mind-bending high: it seems
to produce a powerful, shadow life-form that inhabits his mind and body
or is it just a delusional by-product of heavy liquid's potent high? Pope
has embellished his stylish love story with heart-stopping action and adventure.
But he has also produced a moody fictional essay of urban culture and its
organic, pervasive amalgamation with technology. Pope's drawing and page
design (the book is printed in three eerily manipulated colors) is both
technically assured and wonderfully expressive.
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Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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