Out June 4, 2013.
Dan Spiegle is one of the most respected-and hardest working-comic
artists of the last sixty years, with a career spanning the Golden Age
of comics through the Modern era. From his beginnings on the Hopalong
Cassidy newspaper strip, to his thirty-year tenure on Dell and Gold
Key's licensed TV and Movie adaptions (Lost in Space, Korak, Magnus
Robot Fighter, Mighty Sampson, Buck Rogers), Dan's work is admired by
fans and professionals alike. During the 1980s, he worked at DC Comics
on Batman, Unknown Soldier, Tomahawk, Jonah Hex, Teen Titans, and the
fan-favorite reboot of Blackhawk (taking the character back to its World
War II roots), as well as his popular Crossfire series for Eclipse
Comics, Dark Horse's Indiana Jones series, and more. In this book,
author John Coates documents Dan's entire life in comics, through
interviews filled with insight into the comic industry, colorful
anecdotes of meeting celebrities, plus an examination of Dan's artistic
process from script to finished drawing, as well as personal reflections
by Dan's family on growing up with a father in comics. It includes
dozens of images of Dan's work, along with personal photos of family and
industry peers, and numerous private commission drawings. If you've
read comics between the mid-1950s through the 2000s, you've probably
enjoyed a comic with Dan's art-now learn about his life in comic art.
Includes a Foreword by longtime collaborator Mark Evanier and an
Afterword by Sergio Aragones.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1: 1967-1970
Out June 11, 2013.
Beginning a new four-book series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning. In 1967 Manning was selected by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate to take over the strip and bring it back to the original Burroughs vision. With assists by Bill Stout, Mike Royer, and Dave Stevens, Manning created 26 original Sunday storylines and 7 daily stories. The action took place from Pal-ul-don to Opar and Pellucidar and beyond. The first volume includes more than 750 sequential daily strips from December 1967 through May 1970, reproduced from the Edgar Rice Burroughs file copies.
Beginning a new four-book series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning. In 1967 Manning was selected by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate to take over the strip and bring it back to the original Burroughs vision. With assists by Bill Stout, Mike Royer, and Dave Stevens, Manning created 26 original Sunday storylines and 7 daily stories. The action took place from Pal-ul-don to Opar and Pellucidar and beyond. The first volume includes more than 750 sequential daily strips from December 1967 through May 1970, reproduced from the Edgar Rice Burroughs file copies.
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1
Out June 11, 2013. 784 pages.
The earliest adventures of Superman, from his 1938 debut through 1940, are collected for the first time together in one massive hardcover. In these early stories, Superman battles social injustice and political corruption, fighting for the common man. Includes the origin of Superman and the first appearances of Lois Lane and Lex Luthor.
The earliest adventures of Superman, from his 1938 debut through 1940, are collected for the first time together in one massive hardcover. In these early stories, Superman battles social injustice and political corruption, fighting for the common man. Includes the origin of Superman and the first appearances of Lois Lane and Lex Luthor.
The From Hell Companion
Out June 11, 2013.
FROM HELL occupies a monumental place in the history of the graphic novel: a Victorian masterpiece of murder and madness which has won numerous awards, spawned a major Hollywood film, and remained a favorite of readers around the world for over two decades. Now, Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics present THE FROM HELL COMPANION, an astonishing selection of Alan Moore's original scripts and sketches for the landmark graphic novel, with copious annotations, commentary, and illustrations by Eddie Campbell. Here for the first time are a set of pages, including some of Moore's greatest writing, which have never been seen by anyone except his collaborator. Joining them are Campbell's first-hand accounts of the project's decade-long development, complete with photos, anecdotes, disagreements, and wry confessions. Arranged in narrative order, these perspectives form a fascinating mosaic, an opportunity to read FROM HELL with fresh eyes, and a tour inside the minds of two giants of their field.
FROM HELL occupies a monumental place in the history of the graphic novel: a Victorian masterpiece of murder and madness which has won numerous awards, spawned a major Hollywood film, and remained a favorite of readers around the world for over two decades. Now, Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics present THE FROM HELL COMPANION, an astonishing selection of Alan Moore's original scripts and sketches for the landmark graphic novel, with copious annotations, commentary, and illustrations by Eddie Campbell. Here for the first time are a set of pages, including some of Moore's greatest writing, which have never been seen by anyone except his collaborator. Joining them are Campbell's first-hand accounts of the project's decade-long development, complete with photos, anecdotes, disagreements, and wry confessions. Arranged in narrative order, these perspectives form a fascinating mosaic, an opportunity to read FROM HELL with fresh eyes, and a tour inside the minds of two giants of their field.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
K-9: The Complete Series
This kid-and-family sci-fi/comedy spinoff from the hugely popular Doctor
Who series, features his longtime robot pet dog, K-9, as reimagined by
Doctor Who creator Bob Baker. K-9 is a cybernetic construct from the
50th century with the appearance of an earth dog. He arrives travels to
the 21st century, arriving at the London home of Professor Gryffen, a
renowned scientist working on the Alien Space-Time-Manipulator (STM),
which can open a portal to anywhere in space and time. When alien
warriors attack Gryffen and two teenagers - Starkey, a homeless rebel,
and Jorjie, an intelligent young girl - K-9 self-detonates to save them,
but is soon regenerated thanks to a device implanted in his mainframe.
The new-look K-9 can fly and has more capabilities than ever before.
However, he has lost his long-term memory, and so begins a quest to not
only protect humanity but also to discover more about his time- and
space-travelling past.
Doctor Who: Visitation Special Edition
New to DVD! Digitally remastered Doctor Who classic The Visitation
Special Edition! It's 1666, and medieval England is in the grip of the
Great Plague. But when the Doctor and his companions arrive, they
discover an even greater threat: the entire planet is in danger. As the
Grim Reaper stalks the countryside, the Doctor uncovers an alien menace
intent on wiping out humanity and claiming our planet for themselves.
The Terileptils have arrived - and only the Doctor can stop them
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