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Postage Stamp Funnies Hardcover
 From the pages of The Onion and the wry mind of cartoonist Shannon Wheeler comes the silliest-and most charmingly packaged-collection of new comics you'll see this year. For more than ten years Wheeler has cultivated a distinctly pointed and playful sense of humor in the pages of his independent comics, Too Much Coffee Man and How to Be Happy . Postage Stamp Funnies frames his wit with even more focus, as each cartoon delivers its punch in a single postage stamp-sized panel. * This delightful boxed set of three tiny hardcover books revisits the first year of Wheeler's run in the legendary college humor newspaper. * Postage Stamp Funnies runs every week in The Onion, enjoying a circulation of over 1,000,000! * Wheeler's Too Much Coffee Man has more fans than ever before and the live entertainment event Too Much Coffee Man: The Opera has achieved cult status. |
Love And Capes #5
 Spend some time with comicdom's favorite super-couple, and this time Abby's finding out that time is the problem. She's dating the world's mightiest workaholic, and getting some time alone with her boyfriend - the Crusader - is becoming as much of a battle as anY menace he has to fight. How do you share your boyfriend with the world? Plus, learn how Darkblade stays sharp, and Amazonia continues to make her presence felt. |
Frumpy the Clown TPB Vol. 1: Freaking Out the Neighbors
 Before Road Trip, before Barry Ween, there was Frumpy the Clown! And hey, isn't it true that every child wants his or her own clown? Forget ponies and puppy dogs and hamsters, a clown is the true prize. And not the creepy kind that's gonna freak you out and make you soil your shorts either, but a chain-smoking, cynical, anarchist clown whose more interested in sticking it to the stuffed-shirt establishment than getting a job or focusing on the finer points of personal hygiene. When Frumpy enters the home of a typical American family, the children, Brad and Kim, are ecstatic. Their parents, neighbors, and local law enforcement, on the other hand, whish he would go away. This volume collects the newspaper strips originally distributed by Creator's Syndicate, as well as sneak peeks at Frumpy's humble beginnings and a new introduction from series creator Judd Winick. Judd Winick is the Russ Manning and Eisner Award-winning creator of Road Trip, The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius, and Pedro and Me. |
Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 5: Lonely City
 Being a bastard works. The City can be a lonely place -- especially for famed journalist Spider Jerusalem, despised and loved in equal measure (and with equal ferocity) by The City's wealthy elite and its downtrodden rabble. But in a town where anything can be bought, stolen, or manufactured, the truth is still in short supply, and Jerusalem is the one man determined to keep it on the market -- no matter what the price. Ripped from the headlines of tomorrow, writer Warren Ellis and artist Darick Robertson's acclaimed TRANSMETROPOLITAN has become one of the few indispensable comics of the new millennium. Featuring an introduction by Patrick Stewart. This book collects: Transmetropolitan #s 25-30 |
Mad Bathroom Compantion TPB Number Two
 Attention potty animals! As a backup to our first Bathroom Companion comes another movement in the flushugginer series -- THE MAD BATHROOM COMPANION NUMBER TWO. Once again MAD has squeezed out the best in self-defecating humor. You'll be bowled over by each article -- and we're not just pulling your chain! We guarantee these classic blasts from MAD Magazine can be read in one sit-down -- which makes more scents than you think! You bought Number One, now pick up Number Two! (And be on the lookout for the turd in this series sometime in the future!) |
Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 6: Gouge Away
 Fame! There's nothing like it to make you paranoid and delusional - and in The City of the future, there's no one more famous than mega-popular attack journalist Spider Jerusalem! Nearly paralyzed by his ubiquitous media presence, Jerusalem has been reduced to a populist caricature, his muckraking teeth blunted by the sticky-sweet syrup of adulation. But breaking through his narcotized fog is the blunt fist of government censorship and that's just the spur that Jerusalem needs to keep him one step ahead of the assassins, shock troops and off-brand lowlifes that would keep him from revealing the truth. This book collects: Transmetropolitan #s 31-36 |
Donald Duck Adventures Vol. 10 TPB
 Three long Disney adventure stories: Donald in 'Cosmic Confrontation' in which the Ducks' new TV antenna picks up alien broadcasts that reveal Earth is about to be invaded; Mickey in 'The M Files' which embroils our hero in an X-Files type adventure; and Uncle Scrooge in 'Precious Metal Madness' in which the world's riches duck discovers he's allergic to gold and silver! |
Uncle Scrooge #338
 Carl Barks' early Uncle Scrooge tale 'The Horseradish Story' is featured this issue and is backed up by 'The Secret of Success' a long story featuring Scrooge and Brigitta MacBridge written and drawn by veteran Italian creator and fan favorite Romano Scarpa. A Daniel Branca Valentine cover wraps the book. |
Walt Disneys Comics & Stories #653
 'Duck of the Deep' a brand new story created especially for Gemstone by Patrick and Shelly Block leads this issue which is wrapped by a new cover by Block. A new Mickey story a vintage DuckTales story and classic Western stories featuring Li'l Bad Wolf and Chip 'n' Dale round out the book. |
Animal Paradise GN #1
 by Sue Mi Yu One thing most girls would take for granted is the ability to pet a dog or cat and have animals come up to them. However for Haeju this everyday ability becomes her lifelong dream as every animal for some reason seems to fear her. One day she has a run-in with a notorious school bully but strangely enough she comes out of the incident having made friends with the most feared person around. Coincidentally Haeju finds out that this bully has the ability to hear and talk to animals a skill Haeju would die for! Not only did the bully turn out to be nice guy who merely had a bad rap he could help Haeju solve the mystery as to every animal seemed to fear her. Join Haeju and her feared newly found friend as they go around helping animals in need and solving mysteries! |
Asterix #2 Asterix And The Golden Sickle TPB
 Getafix has broken his golden sickel as Asterix and Obleix visit Lutetia to buy a new one for him. But the sicklesmith a cousin of Obelix has vanished without a trace. Where could he have gone? And can Asterix solve the mystery and bring Getafix what he needs? |
Asterix #4 Asterix The Gladiator TPB
 Oh no! The Romans have captured Caconofix as a gift for Caesar - and the Emperor plans to throw him to the lions. There's only one way for Asterix and Obelix to rescue their bard: they have to become gladiators themselves. |
Love As a Foreign Language TPB Vol. 1
 Joel hates Korea. Why he agreed to teach there defies his comprehension. He can't wait to return to normal life. His year of teaching is almost over and then he'll finally be free. But Joel's life is about to go from dark dreams to cotton candy kisses and it's all because of Hana. The very sight of this girl sends him flying straight to cloud nine, but won't another year in Korea send him crashing back down? |
It's Only a Game TPB
 After creating Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz created a second syndicated comic, focusing on people and their games and pastimes. None of the strips in this delightful series has ever seen print in any book before. Includes commentary by Jim Sasseville, Schulz's collaborator during the latter part of the strip's run. |
Scooby Doo Vol. 3 All Wrapped Up TPB
 Written by Chris Duffy Terrance Griep Michael Kraiger Michael Kupperman Matt Wayne Art by Bill Alger Mike DeCarlo Manny Galan Tim Harkins Andrew Pepoy Bob Smith Joe Staton Cover by Staton The Mystery Machine gang is back for another two volumes' worth of hair-raising adventures with the pseudo-supernatural! |
Scooby Doo Vol. 4 The Big Squeeze TPB
 Written by Chris Duffy Joe Edkin Terrance Griep Jesse Leon McCann Paul S. Newman John Rozum Joe & Hilarie Staton Art by Dave Cooper Dan Davis Mike DeCarlo John Delaney Manny Galan Tim Harkins Scott McRae Andrew Pepoy Joe Staton Rurik Tyler Cover by Staton & Pepoy More adventures of the Scooby Gang in a manga-sized collection! |
Dr Radium Vol. 3 TPB
 by Scott Saavedra Dr. Radium is the last scientist in the 'perfect' world of tomorrow. Ignored by society and feared by his assistant Dr. Radium pursues science with happy disregard for knowledge progress or safety! Or he would that is; if he wasn't constantly being interrupted by the Elvi (hateful big-hair aliens) bureaucrats with shark teeth and the Rocket Scientists (a group of time-travelers from the '50s looking for Commies)! After extensive laboratory testing and thorough peer review only one conclusion is possible: It's Science with Dr. Radium expertly gathers all seven issues of Scott Saavedra's original cult-fave comic book series It's Science with Dr. Radium (catchy title eh?) into one handy and molecularly stable collection! |
Simpson Comics Barn Burner TPB
 by Various Get ready for the dadburndest rootin'-tootin'-est riot of cotton-pickin' Simpsons Comics EVER! First Bart takes his life in his hands when he rats out the school bullies. Next Homer squares off against Diamond Joe Quimby when he runs for mayor. And when the kids from Springfield form their own boy band nobody's eardrums are safe. Then watch the oven mitts come off when Smithers moves in and starts catering to Homer's every need? leaving Marge out in the cold. And read all about it when Bart makes headlines and learns the true meaning of yellow journalism. Altogether it's one bronco-bustin' banjo-pluckin' cattle-rustlin' moonshinin' hog-tossin' tobacky-spittin' mule kickin' cousin-kissin' collection that'll have you promenadin' across the floor at the next ice cream social. |
Penguin Bros Vol. 1 TPB
 by Josh Blaylock For the first time in almost a decade the Penguin Bros. return. Three teenage penguins living in Chill City Antarctica are the ones chosen to become their city's heroes and granted super powers. There's only one problem - they'd rather go to concerts hang with girlfriends and play video games. Self-published by Josh Blaylock in the mid nineties Penguin Bros was a small press success across conventions nationwide but never received main-stream exposure. Includes issues #1-3 the never-before-printed issue 4 and an all new 8-page story and cover by Josh Blaylock. |
Uncle Scrooge #339
 Don Rosa's 'Crown of the Crusader Kings' leads this issue which wraps with 'The Great Wig Mystery' one of the later Scrooge stories by the great Carl Barks. And if that weren't enough you also get 'In Quest of the Green Hope' written and drawn by Daniel Branca and Wanda Gattino.Prestige format |
Walt Disneys Comics & Stories #654
 Carl Barks' great early Duck adventure 'Frozen Gold' is the cover feature this issue with a new cover by Daan Jippes. William Van Horn's latest ten-pager 'Busy Bodies' is the lead story with Li'l Bad Wolf and Goofy stories by Paul Murry along wit Grandma and Mickey tales rounding out the book. Prestige Format |
Janes World Vol. 3 TPB
 by Paige Braddock Jane's World Volume 3 collects issues #13-15. The storyline begins with Jane taking a little fantasy trip away from reality as Jane Bond guns and girls included. Just when life seems like it might get back to normal a glimpse of a shadowy character from Chelle's past shows up in town. Shortly thereafter Jane gets a visit from her ex-girlfriend Talia. Talia isn't quite the girl Jane knew in college and this little visitor from Jane's past kicks off a chain of events that climax in a desert road trip and a flash back series in which Chelle reveals her relationship to the shadowy figure. Lots off good dialogue and character development (past and present) unfolds in this three issue story arc. |
Popo Can Vol. 1 GN
 by Masakazu Iwasaki When Yasuharu bought a limited edition version of a politician simulation game the last thing he was expecting was a beautiful girl named Popomi to burst out of his TV and invade his life! Too make matters worse Popomi has a bad habit of shooting things especially Yasuharu with her machine gun. Why did Popomi pop out of Yasuharu's TV? Who in the world is fixing Yasuharu's house each time Popomi destroys it with one of her rampages? You'll just have to read Popo Can to find out! |
Instant Teen Just Add Nuts Vol. 3 GN
 The new school nurse-Shinobu Nanao-knows Natsumi's secret and the mystery behind the pink nuts. On top of that Shinobu's got her own special batch of nuts that enables her to transform into a beautiful Japanese woman. However this nurse isn't out to help cure what ails you-she will take any opportunity to make Natsumi's life miserable! |
Neck And Neck Vol. 2 GN (Of 4)
 The ever-popular Dabin can't seem to escape the enemies from her old school. Rose leader of the Black Rose gang at Dabin's old high school tracks her down and is trying to raise hell by recruiting Minhyuk the gang leader at Dabin's new school. Dabin also has to worry about Shihu meddling around in her attempts to get closer to Eugene. With all that's gone on Eugene still can't see Dabin as a girlfriend. What's a girl to do? |
Sgt Frog Vol. 7 GN (Of 8)
 When Koyuki a new student instantly falls in love with Natsumi the secret of the Hinata family might be in jeopardy! The new student is actually a special agent who must report back to the Fifth One and Dororo. Koyuki moves in next door with the hopes of getting a glimpse of the real family dirt! |