BLAST FROM THE PAST

From the dusty recesses of the Zanadu Monkey Caves comes a special treat from 1993. The Northwest Bands and Labels Trading Card set - Series 3 contains trading cards for some of your favorite (and some of your most easily forgotten) Seattle bands. Groups such as Shallow Head, Way Past Tense, Boomslang, and Gruntruck share the box with The Fabulous Wailers, Rhino Humpers and The Sonics.

NW Bands and Labels c1993 No-Budget Prod.

Relive the glory days of Bombshelter Videos with these classic cards. There's even a Zanadu Comics card, featuring our old tag-line: "We Don't Practice Safe Comics!!" Think we should bring that one back?
Hurry, only one set of this piece of Seattle History remains at our store.

COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!! ep. #63!

It's a special holidaZe edition of out weekly youtube-y nonsense and what better gift to give than comics?!! While there may not be a whole lot of releases this week, that doesn't mean the CSSG team is any less excited about the books, especially Will who was the only one foolish enough to don that goofy ass Santa hat Perry has kept in the bathroom since 1980 something.

All kidding aside, a very happy holidays to you and yours from the CSSG team and ZANADU COMICS!!

(oh, and we drop that old school Sprite/Voltron knowledge on you unsuspecting folk-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdrnqRKNJSo (in case you don't know)

COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!! ep. #62!

It's the most stressful time of the year (for some people) but here at Zanadu, its always groovin and movin' with another week of fantastically shiny NEW COMICS!! Escape the crazy holiday reindeer slay of consumption with the CSSG team as they bring you everything from evil science weed to club hopping mech pilots to the Avengers party at the end of world! More bubblegum for the brain and soul courtesy of the mighty Z!!!

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LOCKE AND KEY ALPHA #2

(W) Joe Hill  (A) Gabriel Rodriguez

"The End." A door claps softly shut. A key scrapes in a last rusted lock. It ends here: the story of the Locke children and their desperate, tragic battle with the monster set on destroying them... the past. Join Gabriel Rodriguez and Joe Hill for the final chapter of Locke & Key.

recommended by erin.

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HAWKEN MELEE #2

(W/A) Jim Mahfood

Hi-action mech combat from the world of HAWKEN, the award-winning online video game! This issue is written and illustrated by street-funk, fan-favorite artist Jim Mahfood, spreading a madcap, cautionary tale of celebrity arrogance in the midst of heavy metal corporate warfare entitled 'Friendly Fire'! Featuring cover art by Jock!

From the funkiest white man to ever hold a pencil (w/Jim Rugg firmly in 2nd place) Mr. FOOD1 himself comes the balls to the wall, scratchy ink splattered tale of one Mech pilot's life altering trek across the desolate battlefield of nextGEN conflict!!

RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!!

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ZERO #4

(W) Ales Kot  (A) Morgan Jeske

Belfast, 2001. Zero is nine years old. The Agency sends him on his first mission. Zero's target: a supposedly ex-IRA terrorist

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!!

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #29

(W) Tom Waltz (A) Ross Campbell

Recovering from the events of City Fall, the Turtles seek sanctuary in the countryside. They bring with them new questions, tension within the family - and a stowaway! Don't miss this first issue of the newest TMNT arc, 'Northampton'!

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!!

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HARLEY QUINN #1

(W) Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti  (A) Chad Hardin

Harley is set to begin her new life, but she needs a job first! Enter the Coney Island Roller Derby! It's game time as Harley sets out to destroy her competition - literally!

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!!

NEW INDY COMIX!!

From long time cartoonist and creator of the Horror of Collier County, Rich Tommaso, comes three new books filled with Vikings, tigers and Zoloft that spans the genres of historical fiction, crime and horror! Check out Tommaso's website for more cool stuff!!

DRY COUNTY

(W/A) Rich Tommaso

To place danger, mystery and excitement into the humdrum life of a slacker Miami youth is what really gives this crime novel the punch it needs to deliver not only a slice of life piece, but an honest-to-God crime story told in the classic sense.

24 pages, 5.5 X 8.5", B&W with Color cover

 

VIKING'S END

(W/A) Rich Tommaso

Gunnar is a Viking warrior of the old order, a true pagan who rejects the new ways of the Christian faith, a religion that is quickly spreading throughout Europe and throughout his homeland. After severing an engagement to a Christian Scandinavian girl--a union that would have quelled a war between two families--he's sent to England to war again with his family's enemies overseas.

20 pages, 7.25" X 11", B&W with color covers.

 

DON'T LOOK BACK!

(W/A) Rich Tommaso

A one-shot comic about the horrors of reuniting with an old flame... however, the difference in this case is that Fran (The Horror Of Collier County) DeCarlo's ex hubby just happens to be Vlad Dracula!

32-pages, 7.25 X 11", B&W.

HOLIDAY HOURS!!

It's holiday time and you know what that means...messed up comic book shipping schedules!! Fear not though, for like Santa Claus, the mighty Zanadu brings you a special holiday treat of comics--1 DAY EARLY!! No more waiting until Thursday like the old days, this is Zanadu NOW! and we aim to please...

HOLIDAY HOURS

December 23rd - 10am-6pm
December 24th - 10am-6pm  NEW COMIC DAY
December 25th - CLOSED
December 26-30th - Regular Store Hours
December 31st - 10am-6pm NEW COMIC DAY
January 1st - CLOSED

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SHIPPING LIST FOR 12/18!!

Visit our Shipping next week page for a list of new and back in stock items arriving on Wednesday, December 18th!!

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: STRANGE ADVENTURES TP VOL 02

(W) John Broome & Various (A) Gil Kane & Various

? These 1950s tales star weird alien creatures and intrepid space explorers.
? Stories include "The Metal Spy from Space," "The Hungry Meteorite," "The Magic Horn from Space," "The Day Science Ran Wild," and many more.
? Collects STRANGE ADVENTURES #74-93.

Because there clearly cannot be anything cooler this week..

COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!! EP. #61

Like Zorak in Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Will and Anna deviously attempt to usurp the balance of power this week with not only a higher caliber of recommendations than Morgan and Casey would bring you, but even as far as impersonating the un-impersonateable (that's right, I made that word up) comic monkeys that you all know and love. Tears are shed and alliances shattered in BATTLE OF THE COMIC MONKEYS-- this week on COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!!! The CSSG universe will never be the same!!

NEW LOCAL COMIX!!

Local programmer and comic creator, Brian Lee has dropped off a sampling of his humorous and bizarre works in two pint sized mini comics featuring the Simpsons and, well, whatever Trobblers are...

Check out his website for more daily nonsense!!

THE SIMPSON TWINS

(W/A) Brian Lee

Even Matt Groening bought one of these...

 

TROBBLERS MINI COMIC #2

(W/A) Brian Lee

Oddness, I tell you... lots of pages of it!

DISCUSSIONS FROM THE LONGTABLE!!

It's last call for the freaks and geeks of Zanadu to once again come together and talk nerdy to each other from across a table. This will be the last meeting of 2013 so lets try and muster a little uumph and show some support for your favorite comic store!!

Also a BIG thanks to everyone who has attended this past year, especially Scott who keeps us in near diabetic comas with the bags of sweets every month!!

FROM OUR VERY FIRST MEETING WAY BACK WHEN...

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RICHARD STARK'S PARKER: SLAYGROUND HC

(W/A) Darwyn Cooke

Darwyn Cooke's masterful and multi award-winning series of PARKER graphic novels continues with Slayground! Parker, whose getaway car crashes after a heist, manages to elude capture with his loot by breaking into an amusement park that is closed for the winter. But his presence does not go unnoticed-a pair of cops observed the job and its aftermath. But rather than pursue their suspect... they decide to go into business for themselves, with the help of some "business associates." From then on it's a game of cat and mouse, one played out through closed rides of the abandoned carnival... a game that slowly starts to favor the mouse.

Once again, master illustrator, Darwyn Cooke invites you to spend the holidays with blue collar criminal, Parker as he attempts to outwit the local fuzz and their not so friendly associates after a heist goes wrong! I am constantly amazed by not only the quality of these books, but by the frequency at which Cooke produces them; a feat not to be taken lightly. The pictures flow like an elegant tango, the words and art melding together to create a an atmosphere of tension that hangs over you until the final page. This is a perfect holiday gift for even the grinchiest of grinches on your shopping list!!

RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!!

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DEAD BODY ROAD #1

(W) Justin Jordan (A) Matteo Scalera

The men involved in his wife's death must die. All of them.

Writer JUSTIN JORDAN (LUTHER STRODE) and artist MATTEO SCALERA (BLACK SCIENCE, Indestructible Hulk) craft the bruising story of one man's revenge and the dark road he travels.

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!!

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JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #1

(W) Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis  (A) Howard Porter

The new series starring the heroes of today - tomorrow is resolicited, now with legendary artist Howard Porter (JLA) on board! But what are these heroes doing in the year 3000? And who (or what) brought them there? Get ready for a dose of wonder from the writing team of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis!

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!!

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DAY MEN #2

(W) Matt Gagnon, Michael Alan Nelson  (A) Brian Stelfreeze

David Reid is not having a good day. A fullblown war has erupted between the Virgo and Ramses families, and David is left to pick up the pieces while his vampire employers sleep. But with the Ramses' legendary Day Man Jacob the Burner on his tail, will David even make it to sundown?

RECOMMENDED BY ERIN.

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DOC SAVAGE #1

(W) Chris Roberson (A) Bilquis Evely

In 1933, readers were first introduced to Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze. Raised from the cradle to be the pinnacle of mental and physical perfection, Doc Savage travels the world using science and sinews to right wrongs, aid the oppressed, and liberate the innocent. Whether with his team of able associates at their headquarters high atop the tallest building in the world, Doc Savage is tireless in his pursuit of knowledge and justice.

RECOMMENDED BY ERIN.

NEW LOCAL COMIX!!

REAL GOOD STUFF #1 AND #2

(W) Dennis P. Eichhorn (A) Various

Indy comix icon Denny Eichhorn (Real Stuff, Ballad of Wild Man Fischer) revives his classic series with a whole new stable of artists from the Seattle/Portland scene. Michael Arnold, Jim Blanchard, Max Clotfelter, Mary Fleener, Ben Horak, Sean Hurley, Aaron Lange, Pat Moriarity, Paul Ollswang, Tom Van Deusen and Noah Van Sciver illustrate a plethora of stories from the life of Mr. Eichhorn. The first issue is actually issues 1 and 2 in a flip book format. Features covers by Lange (#1) and Fleener (#2).

Cover by Aaron Lange

Cover by Mary Fleener