Here’s a few items from my library of works. Fun for the whole family!
I have so many works in print now that even I am finding it hard to keep track. While searching for some goodies to recommend to you, I found a few collections coming up that aren’t in my shop. I’ll add them as soon as I’ve had a chance to see them. I’ve also added a few things that are out of print but available from resellers.
MASCOT TO THE RESCUE
“Josh Miller, sixth grader at Demarest Elementary School, has a secret. Everything that happens to Mascot, the superhero sidekick in the Captain Major comic books, also happens to Josh. So when Josh finds out that Mascot is slated to die in the next Captain Major adventure, he knows he has to do something—and fast! A budding comics artist and writer himself, Josh and his new friend, Kelsey (aka Large Lass), take off to find Stan Kirby, the creator of the Captain Major series, so they can save Mascot—and Josh’s life.”
MANGA PRO SUPERSTAR
“This is the kind of valuable insider information you won’t find in other how-to books … stuff that Colleen wishes she knew when she was starting out, including how to:
* Develop stories in the Japanese manga style versus a traditional Western style of comics.
* Turn your everyday experiences and observations into viable characters and plots.
* Use backgrounds to enhance characters’ thoughts and actions.
* Perfect the art of lettering and word balloons.
* Convert a script into a comic or graphic novel, step by step
* Lay out dramatic and expressive pages.
* Create a cover for your manga.
* Submit a book package to a publisher.
* Explore alternative publishing options, such as self-publishing, blogs, fanzines and mini-comics.”
TORI AMOS COMIC BOOK TATTOO
The special edition is particularly nifty, but for those on a budget, at $19.95, you can’t beat the softcover at 300 pages for big, full color value.
“Over 80 of the best creators from every style and genre have contributed over 50 stories to this anthology featuring tales inspired by the songs of multi-platinum recording artist, Tori Amos! Featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman and an extensive roster of talent, Comic Book Tattoo encapsulates the breadth, depth, and beauty of modern comics in this coffee table format book.
Full list of contributors include: David Mack, Josh Hechinger, Matthew Humphreys, Jonathan Tsuei, Eric Canete, Jason Horn, Dean Trippe, Sara Ryan, Jonathan Case, Rantz A. Hoseley, James Stokoe, Tristan Crane, Atticus Wolrab, Kako, Nikki Cook, Drew Bell, Kevin Mellon, Jeff Carroll, Mike May, Jeremy Haun, Amber Stone, Leif Jones, Elizabeth Genco, Carla Speed Mcneil, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Andy Macdonald, Nick Filardi, Cat Mihos, Andre Szymanowicz, Gabe Bautista, C.B. Cebulksi, Ethan Young, Joey Weltjens & Lee Duhig, Omaha Perez, Irma Page, Mark Buckingham, Rantz A. Hoseley, Ming Doyle, Mike Maihack, John Ney Reiber, Ryan Kelly, Alice Hunt, Trudy Cooper, Jonathan Hickman, Matthew S. Armstrong, Neil Kleid, Christopher Mitten, Kristyn Ferretti, Stephanie Leong, Sonia Leong, Peov, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Laurenn Mccubbin, John Bivens, Hope Larson, Emma Vieceli, Faye Yong, Chris Arrant, Star St.Germain, Mike Dringenberg, Paul Maybury, Jim Bricker, Craig Taillefer, Dame Darcy, G. Willow Wilson, Steve Sampson, Neal Shaffer, Daniel Krall, Adisakdi Tantimedh, Ken Meyer Jr., Mark Sable, Salgood Sam, Tom Williams, James Owen, Seth Peck, Daniel Heard, Ivan Brandon, Callum Alexander Watt, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Pia Guerra, Mark Sweeney, Kristyn Ferretti, Jessica Staley, Shane White, Ted Mckeever, Chris Chuckry, Jimmie Robinson, Lea Hernandez Derek Mcculloch, Colleen Doran and Jason Hanley.”
ABSOLUTE DEATH
Not mentioned in this blurb, but I’ve got a short story and pinup in this one.
“From the pages of Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman’s THE SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, fan-favorite character Death in a new Absolute Edition collecting her solo adventures! Featuring the miniseries DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING #1-3 in which Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart.
THE ABSOLUTE DEATH collects the miniseries DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING and DEATH: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE together with “The Sound of Her Wings” and “Façade” from THE SANDMAN #8 and #20, the P. Craig Russell-illustrated “Death and Venice” from THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, and the never-before reprinted stories “A Winter’s Tale” and “The Wheel.” This deluxe volume also features an introduction by The Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer as well as extensive galleries of Death portraits and retail products, sketches by artist Chris Bachalo, and the complete original script by Gaiman for THE SANDMAN #8.”
WONDER WOMAN: THE ONCE AND FUTURE STORY
Long out of print, but here it is on Amazon at a bargain price.
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY
Award-winning anthology from a now-defunct imprint, it is unlikely this will be reprinted. So get it while you can.
“A fine, creepy read.” — City Link (Florida)
“A large and generally very impressive gathering of imaginative and stylish horror fiction . . . richly atmospheric. — Kirkus Reviews
“Beautifully, queasily rendered.” — A.V. Club.com (The Onion)
“Deliciously bleak. B+” — EW.com (Entertainment Weekly)
“Outstanding…moody and deeply disturbing…each of these four stories will elicit a deep visceral response in the reader.” — Fearzone.com
“Provides a bitterly entertaining treat for those attuned to its storyteller’s grim sentiments.” — Boston Globe
“The Nightmare Factory lives up to its title, cleverly manufacturing disturbing dreams for discerning horror comic readers.” — Rue Morgue
“The skillful art subtly, or not so subtly, pulls out the creepiness of the premises and plots.” — Library Journal
“Worth a visit…the artwork alone warrants a look.” — Fangoria.com
“[E]ntertaining from start to finish…These tales of terror exude waves of paranoia and pathos from every page.” — Ain’t it Cool News.com
ORBITER
“Taking place 10 years after the fictional space shuttle Venture disappeared without a trace while in orbit, NASA has ended its manned space flight program and the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center have inexplicably become a shantytown. Without warning, Venture returns, crash landing at the Space Center with only its catatonic Captain onboard, bringing with it the mystery of its whereabouts for the past 10 years. Where has it been? Where is the rest of its crew? Why is it still intact? And why the hell is it covered in skin?”
SPIDERMAN: BACK IN BLACK
“The first of two titanic hardcovers collecting the status-quo-shattering “Back in Black” saga! Reeling in the aftermath of Civil War, Peter Parker has plenty of reasons to consider a change of wardrobe: Black is his state of mind. But the worst is yet to come for Spider-Man! In Amazing Spider-Man, events are set in motion that will forever change the life of your favorite web-slinger. There IS no going back! In Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the secrets of the alternate Uncle Ben are revealed, but not before the Sandman attacks! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man #539-543, and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17-23 and Annual #1.”
I’ve got work in several Spider-Man anthology hardcovers, but I haven’t had a chance to see them all myself. Apparently, there’s some huge omnibus coming out soon as well, and I don’t have a clue what’s in it. I think it may reprint my earliest Spidey work from Amazing Spider-Man #326.
“The destinies of most people are defined early on. Then there are the others – the lost. Those whose numbers aren’t in yet, who could go toward the light or toward the darkness – indeed, who could be tipped one direction or another. And everything starts with the book. That’s what Jonathan is about to discover. When he took a suicide plunge off the London Bridge more than a century ago, the last place he expected to land was on his feet, in the present, standing at the entrance to a tunnel into a world of mysteries beyond his wildest imagination. A world of powers and principalities and, above all, rules that he’d best learn quickly. Or he’ll have to deal with the Dark Man. And what the Dark Man can’t turn, he devours. Collects Book of Lost Souls #1-6.”
I will probably post a few more pages over the weekend, but once I’ve met my tax payment goal, that will be all.
