SPECIAL GUEST RECOMMENDATION

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PHANTOM STRANGER #0 - #3

(W) Dan Didio, (P) Brent Anderson, (I) Scott Hanna

Regular Zanadu customer, Mitchell Serebrenik, recommends Phantom Stranger by Dan Didio (W), Brent Anderson (P) and Scott Hanna (I). This new take on the classic DC Comics character is truly an innovation. Issue #0 introduces an interesting take on who the Stranger was in his original earthly incarnation, and why he has been a wandering Stranger in the world through the passing millennia. In issue #1 the stage is set for the current, on-going series. In counterpoint to the arcane worlds we are used to seeing the Stranger working in, this version also has the Stranger taking on a "civilian" identity of Philip Stark, an average sub-urban husband and dad with a family, mortgage and soccer games to fill his life. But when the beings you have pissed-off in the past include Trigon and his daughter Raven, Dr. Thirteen, Pandora (the one with the box, not the tunes), Haunted Horseman and the mighty Spectre don't expect a happy, normal life. RECOMMENDED BY MITCH

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/12/12

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PERVERTS OF THE UNKNOWN GN

(W/A) Brandon Graham

We called him first! Years ago, we could just see how Brandon Graham would be so successful as he is with his King City today and when he was a young quiet hoodied punk, published two wonky cool adult graphic novels by him, full of his signature originality, graffiti inspired art and fun deviance! This long out of print one is the first graphic novel of his ever, an off-the-wall, tongue-in-cheek SF spoof sure to get your rockets in full blast! Old perv Walt is called upon a mission with hot porn chick Stix to create the orgasm to end all climaxes to save... well, some important thing or other. Hey, it's not the end, it's the means!

PILLOWFIGHT GN

(W/A) Brandon Graham

And here's the other fun adult graphic novel, long out of print, by the now world-famous Graham (King City)! Poor Jem. She got caught by her parents doing the naughty. Big time naughty. So now she's banned to a big gloomy school for naughties, but, boy, what goes down there would make her parents' heads spin! She's finding it hard to resist, especially when her room-mate, Deforest K-Y, known as Bones, is a beautiful steamy teen blonde...

Finally, two of the most elusive Brandon Graham comics are available once more--and it's porn!! Long before getting fat paychecks from Liefeld, Graham turned out some fun and engaging erotic comics that do more than just stimulate your private parts. Much like the Manara archives Dark Horse has been putting out this year, Brandon creates sexy, playful characters that are more than 2 dimensional cutouts and continues to work those sultry undertones into his current book, Multiple Warheads. Take a walk on the wild side in the dark, dirty corners of Brandon's mind! RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/12/12

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GRANDVILLE: BETE NOIR HC

(W/A) Bryan Talbot

The baffling murder of a famed Parisian artist in his locked and guarded studio takes the tenacious Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard and his faithful adjunct, Detective Ratzi, into the cutthroat Grandville art scene to track the mysterious assassin. As the body count mounts and events spiral out of control, the investigation points to Toad Hall, where a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the overthrow of the French State . . . by use of steam-driven automaton soldiers!

Anthropomorphic Steampunk adventure/mystery from comics master Bryan Talbot! RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!

 

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/12/12

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AVENGERS ARENA #1

(W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker

Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW!

Its Battle Royale with the kids of the Marvel Universe as cannon fodder!! RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

 

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/12/12

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FANTASTIC FOUR #2

(W) Matt Fraction  (A) Mark Bagley

The First Family leaves time and space!
How long can Reed hide his motivations from his family?
What undiscovered places, what amazing things, and what incredible people are out there waiting to meet the FANTASTIC FOUR?

Psychedelic, out of this world adventures of the world's greatest comic magazine courtesy of Marvel heavyweight, Matt Fraction!! RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/12/12

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CABLE AND X-FORCE #1

(W) Dennis Hopeless  (A) Salvador Larroca

Cable is back! NOW! with a new X-Force at his side, he must tackle the threats that nobody else can know about. But just who are Cable's new recruits, and why is his team public enemy number one? Caught red-handed at the scene of a terrorist attack on a major American corporation whose CEO has expressed anti-mutant views, the X-Force is the run, with none other than the Uncanny Avengers in hot pursuit.

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!

 

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/12/12

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SPACE 1999: AFTERSHOCK AND AWE TP

(W) Andrew E.C. Gaska  (A) Gray Morrow & Various

The classic 1970s sci-fi TV series returns with all-new material! September 13, 1999. An atomic accident causes the moon to be blown out of orbit and hurled into the unknown, the survivors of the lunar base stationed there launched toward their destiny across the stars. In the wake of this disaster, Earth itself is ravaged by the scientific, environmental, and social repercussions of a world robbed of its moon. Presenting remastered classic material from the 70s with all-new material created to update the tale for a modern audience.

recommended by erin.

 

SHIPPING LIST FOR 12/12/12

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Visit our shipping next week section for a list of new and back in stock items arriving on Wednesday, December 12th.

CHANGE #1

(W) Ales Kot  (A) Morgan Jeske

A foul-mouthed struggling screenwriter who moonlights as a car thief. An obscenely wealthy rapper completely disconnected from the real world. A dying cosmonaut on his way back to Earth.
Los Angeles is being toyed with by destructive forces that repeatedly find the city through time and swallow it whole, and those three are the only people able to save it - if they survive the fanatics who live in the hills, National Security Agency agents, and the horrors that lurk in the Pacific Ocean.


ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS VIDEO FOR 12/5

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From uberviolence, to crime, from super heroes who do drugs and pick up hookers to Casey enjoying an avengers book. This week has plenty to choose from.

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ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/5/12

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LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE #1

(W) Justin Jordan  (A) Tradd Moore

Luther Strode lives.

Five years after losing everything, Luther has become more than a nightmare for the evil men in his city... he has become a legend. But somebody is hunting the bogeyman, and he has dangerous allies that Luther will never expect. Luther Strode lives; but for how long?


For all those who have lost hope in Super-Hero books, have no fear, Luther Strode is here to save you from the monotony of mainstream comics! One of the most fun, heartfelt and VIOLENT as hell books of last year returns with more rib puncturing, head exploding actions than a Takashi Miike movie! Rendered in gloriously frantic and fluid panels by Tradd Moore with a down to earth, everyman type of feel from Justin Jordan, this is THE feel good book of the holiday season!! RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/5/12

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699

(W) Dan Slott  (A) Humberto Ramos

This is the MUST READ issue that turns over all the cards and reveals secrets that have been set as far back as ENDS OF THE EARTH, SPIDER-ISLAND, and 99 issues ago in ASM #600!
Doctor Octopus has hours left to live. He knows Peter Parker's secret. He has no master plan-all he wants is vengeance. Which members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery will heed Ock's call to arms?
Special appearances by the Lizard, the Spider-Slayer, Morbius the Living Vampire, and some surprising Spidey Foes!

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/5/12

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ACTION COMICS #15

(W) Grant Morrison  (A) Rags Morales

Superman is on trial for his life - and the jury is the Anti-Superman Army! It's the ultimate villains springing the ultimate trap at the end of time itself!

And the mystery that has built since issue #1 is resolved as the Little Man's true identity is revealed - with grave consequences! Plus, in the backup feature: A crucial piece of information is revealed!
RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

 

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/5/12

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KRISHNA: A JOURNEY WITHIN GN

(W/A) Abhishek Singh

A searing, human portrayal of Krishna, the god of all gods awaits you in A JOURNEY WITHIN. Journey along through his pastimes that have swayed the ages. The final confrontation between the fire of man's consuming greed to conquer all, and the supreme power of the Divine Spirit.

RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!

SHIPPING LIST FOR 12/5/12

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Visit our shipping next week section for a list of new and back in stock items arriving on Wednesday, December 5th.

BUTCHER BAKER THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER HC

(W) Joe Casey (A) Mike Huddleston

THE SUPERHEROIC PERVERSION OF THE DECADE - NOW IN AN OVERSIZED HARDCOVER EDITION! At one time, Butcher Baker was the preeminent, All-American superhero. Now he's... getting laid. A lot. But one last mission could signal his return to glory, and now he's back on the blacktop! It's a balls-out, pimp-slappin', surreal super-epic from the twisted minds of JOE CASEY and MIKE HUDDLESTON! LOADED WITH ALL-NEW BACKMATTER MATERIAL!

Get ready for the most in your face, balls to the wall, sexually charged super-hero comic of the year as Butcher Baker explodes in your face with an all new, all complete, all HUGE hardcover! This is the energy and stupidity lacking in almost all mainstream super-hero books-- the unadulterated, unfiltered, raw power inherent in the genre and I give thanks to Casey and Huddleston for reminding me why I love super-hero books with their beacon of pure mayhem for my drug addled brain to drool over! RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS VIDEO FOR 11/28

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Casey and Morgan are back together again to chat about all of the new books and fun stuff in the store. Featuring Aquaman, FF, Multiple Warheads, My Little Pony, Nowhere Men, Diosamante and everything else from old favorites to new series, this week has it all.

Check out our shipping list section to see everything that is available this week, as well as what's coming up next week.

NEW LOCAL COMIX!!

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We've just received four new books from local artist, COLLEEN FRAKES!! Frakes was a member of the inaugural class of the Center for Cartoon Studies, and was awarded a Xeric Grant to publisher her book Tragic Relief in the fall of 2007. In 2009, her second graphic novel, Woman King, won the Ignatz award.

Check out her website for more stuff!

www.tragicrelief.com

 

TRAGIC RELIEF #12: DRAG BANDITS

(W) Betsey Swardlick (A) Colleen Frakes

Horses! Banditry! Men dressed as women! Bondage, Cross-dressing, Sanditry!

 

HERE AT THE END OF ALL THINGS

(W) Sean T. Collins (A) Colleen Frakes

A story about a guy trying to drive home from work during the apocalypse.

 

ISLAND BRAT

(W/A) Colleen Frakes

"My family lived on McNeil Island for about ten years- the longest I've ever lived in one place. It was also home to one of, if not the last, island prisons in the US. In January of 2011, the prison was closed down due to budget cuts, and all of the island residents were made to leave."

The book is saddle stitched, 7x6", 48 pages, b+w with a color cover.

 

ISLAND BRAT 2

(W/A) Colleen Frakes

"I grew up on America's last island prison, accessible only by air or sea. People seem to find this pretty interesting, so I keep making comics about it. Here's three stories about what it was like to move to the island, shop on the mainland, and how a prison break almost ruined my birthday."

4.25 x 5.5, 24 pages, b+w interiors, color cover.