(W) Meredith Finch (A) David Finch
Superman arrives on Paradise Island to support Wonder Woman in her darkest hour, but their bond may be breaking apart! No time for Diana to think, though, as a mythological force seemingly tied to Wonder Woman's role as War attacks the Amazons!
I found David Cronenberg's illegitimate baby. OK, well, she found us, and maybe she's not Cronenberg's kid, but Kate Lacour sure could have fooled me with her body horror beauty comics straight outta New Orleans. Right from the cover, you can tell that something unsettling, something best left hidden lay behind it, but you can't stop yourself from picking it up and delving into the beautifully illustrated pages of loss, regret, fear and a hundred million other emotions we try not to think about on a daily basis. Truly original and moving, these are some the nicest looking self published books I've ever seen come through the door and you won't find them anywhere other than ZANADU COMICS!!
And if you aren't local, you can also get these and many many other small press comics through our online store!
--CASEY!!
All comics are written/drawn by Kate Lacour. Visit her website for more weird stuffs!!
(W/A) Kate Lacour
A look inside the very private world of a little girl, playing alone in the realm of fear and fantasy. Intense and raw, this book reads like squeezing a skin infection.
34 pages
Oversize (8.5 by 11") with full-color covers.
Interior printed in risograph purple on ivory paper
(W/A) Kate Lacour
What does the fairy do with my old teeth? Are mermaids warm or cold-blooded? How do seraphim reproduce? What does a unicorn want with a virgin in the first place?
Milk-teeth responds to the questions that gnawed away your ability to believe in anything with (mostly) wordless vignettes and technical diagrams. Milk-teeth has garnered praise as the first comic in history to address magical animals without sarcasm or preciousness. The art is lush yet distant and restrained, and is beautifully reproduced in full color.
Twenty pages, 6.5x10", color, not suitable for the little ones.
(W/A) Kate Lacour
A transcendental journey through a bottomless sepulcher. Images of sex, decay and transmutation converge.
16 pages
6.75 by 8.5"
Printed in pink, blue and black risograph on ivory paper with vellum overlay cover
(W/A) Kate Lacour
A map of biology's inner machinations. Elucidating, unsettling.
16 pages, full color on parchment, marbled vellum cover
(W) Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt (A) Paolo Rivera
A battle ten millennia in the making is about to begin...
The Eternal Warrior has protected the Earth for more than 10,000 years. A master of countless weapons and long forgotten martial arts, he is guided by the Geomancers - those who speak for the Earth. During his long watch, the Eternal Warrior has failed three times. Each time, the Geomancer was killed...and a new dark age for humanity began. Each time, he was unable to stop The Immortal Enemy - a monstrous force of nature. A civilization killer. A horror that appears differently each time it arrives...and whose seemingly only purpose is to bring disorder and darkness to the world. Now, the time has come for The Immortal Enemy to return once more. But, this time, the Eternal Warrior will be ready. This
time, he has a force greater than any single warrior. This time, he has...THE VALIANT.
An entirely self-contained, new reader friendly comics event spotlighting Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior, Geomancer, and a cast of heroes and villains from across the Valiant Universe, THE VALIANT is a visionary new adventure from three of the greatest creative talents in comics today.
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Russell Dauterman
• Lifting the enchanted hammer Mjolnir has transformed a mysterious woman into an all-new version of the mighty Thor.
• But what happens when she's separated from that hammer?
• Plus, Frost Giants! ROXXON! And oh yeah, whatever happened to the guy who used to carry that hammer?
(W) Various (A) Steve Ditko
Ditko's Shorts is a fun and incredibly fascinating compilation of short comics one, two, and three pages in length. Only a brilliant master could tell a dramatic, compelling tale in such compact form. You'll thrill as Ditko walks this exciting high-wire act without a net! The genres show the artist's great range. There's horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, and even humorous stories. Taken from rare comic books from a who's who of publishers, all the comics are meticulously restored and printed in a beautiful, large-format book. Insightful introductions by punk rocker and comics historian Fester Faceplant and Eisner Award-winner Craig Yoe.
(W) Cameron Stewart, Brendan Fletcher (A) Babs Tarr
The Batgirl of Burnside is the name on everyone's lips...but she sure is acting strange since she took up residence in Gotham City's outer borough! Dangerous joyrides? Photo ops? Sequins? Either Barbara Gordon's gone off the deep end - or there's a doppelganger under that cowl!
Eat your heart our, Dazzler, there's a new glam rock super girl in town!! The new creative team of Tarr, Stewart and Fletcher continue their genre flipping run of murderous cosplaying twins, creepy data hackers and even the inevitable CLONE villain!! This is the perfect book for those who have been turned off by the dark grittiness of the New 52 and just want something fun and poppy like good, sugar filled bubblegum for your mind!!
(W) Kelly Sue DeConnick (A) Valentine De Landro
2014 Best Writer Eisner Award nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) team up for the very third time to bring you the premiere issue of BITCH PLANET, their highly-anticipated women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff. Think Margaret Atwood meets Inglourious Basterds.
Casey and Morgan were having a bit too much fun with the infinity gauntlet this week and accidentally used the time gem to transport themselves into the far future where earth has been transformed into a sprawling cyber dungeon ruled by humanoid techo-crabs in giant fluorescent shells, leaving Video Monkey on his own to survive without his keepers to feed him! (the horror!!)
Thankfully, after some rip hunter, time master sh*t, Morgan and Casey were able to make it back to the present, but a day too late to get the video up on time. Now, we know that your week is ruined, but just pretend this went up yesterday and go on with you puny little lives.
(And be on the lookout next week for the (hopeful) return of Professor Marvel whom we traded to the Holy Wench of the Hermaphracrabs in order to escape.)
(W) John Layman (A) Rob Guillory
"CHICKEN TENDERS," Conclusion!
The aftermath of last issue's shocking events, and an ending that's even MORE shocking.
Plus, this issue comes with a WRAPAROUND TRI-FOLD COVER, starring everybody's favorite government secret agent cyborg rooster, POYO!!!
(W) Christopher Sebela (A) Diego Barreto
WHY WE LOVE IT: We can't get enough John Carpenter! It means so much to us to have brought BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA to comics the right way. The response has been so strong that we knew we had to bring another Carpenter classic to comics in a style and approach that does ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK justice.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: If you already love the ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK film, this is a noBut if ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is new to you, writer Christopher Sebela has been garnering high praise for his recent BOOM! Studios original DEAD LETTERS, as well as for his Eisner Awardoriginal, HIGH CRIMES.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The crime rate in the United States has risen 400 percent. After humiliating the President in front of the world and destroying America's one chance to end World War III, Snake Plissken has become America's Most Wanted man in a land of criminals and the insane. Everyone wants Snake dead. Luckily, Snake knows the feeling all too well. War hero. Outlaw. Renegade. Snake's back!
Hot off the success of the new "Big Trouble in Little China" comic, Boom! has decided to deliver a two-fisted punch of Kurt Russell bad-assness with the return of SNAKE PLISSKEN!! Honestly, there is nothing more to be said other than, "Call me Snake."
(W/A) Jiro Kuwata
In the 1960s, at the height of the Batman TV series' popularity, a shonen manga magazine in Japan serialized fifty-three chapters of original comics starring The Dark Knight, all written and illustrated by Managaka Jiro Kuwata. Now, DC Entertainment is proud to publish the complete Batman Manga adventures in English for the first time in three painstakingly restored volumes. The adventure begins when the Dynamic Duo faces the insidious threat of Lord Death Man!
(W) Harvey Kurtzman & Various (A) Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (#26 on The Comics Journal's Top 100 Comics) is a "lost" classic. Crumb, Spiegelman, and Gilliam, among others, were inspired and influenced by Kurtzman's masterpiece. In a deluxe hardcover, this collection is back in print after twenty-five years! Includes an introduction by Gilbert Shelton, an essay by Denis Kitchen, and a conversational afterword by Pete Poplaski and Robert Crumb!
(W) Kieron Gillen, Marguerite Bennett (A) Phil Jimenez, Stephanie Hans
• All her life, Angela -- the finest warrior of Heven -- was raised to hate Asgard with every fiber of her being.
• And now Angela knows the truth about her identity: She is Thor's sister. She is an Asgardian.
• Cast out of her home and wanting nothing to do with Asgard, Angela must now strike out on her own!
• But what does Angela have that both Asgard and Heven want? And why are they so eager to get it?
• Visionary writers Kieron Gillen and Marguerite Bennett team with the legendary art team of Phil Jimenez and Stephanie Hans to finally throw the spotlight onto the Marvel Universe's most dangerous inhabitant!
Gobble gobble, Zanadududes/dudettes!! Tomorrow is that food filled holiday known as Thanksgiving which means...you ain't gotta work tomorrow!! (Or, well at least we hope you don't haveta work tomorrow.) Instead, enjoy the day with friends, loved ones and some funnybooks bought from your favorite comic monkeys from Zanadu!! So from Perry, Casey, Howard, Morgan, Erin and Sam--HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
We will be closed all day Thursday (11/27,) but will be open from 10-7pm on Friday 11/28!!
It's turkey day eve (if that's a thing) and what better way to prepare for the holiday than to make sure you've got something awesomely shiny to read when the ITUS takes over tomorrow evening!! From all of us comic monkeys here at Zanadu Comics, have a great thanksgiving filled with much food, warmth and most of all, LOVE!
P.S.
We apologize again for the lack of visual stimulation this episode, but pictures and titles will be back next week as the All-New CSSG continues the march to the end of 2014!!
(W) Mike Allred (A) Laura Allred, Mike Allred
This super-sized special-effects spectacular features an all-new Madman story by MICHAEL ALLRED, plus an exclusive 3D gallery of superstar talent: PAOLO RIVERA, MARCOS MARTIN, JAE LEE, EDUARDO RISSO, EMMA RIOS, NICK DRAGOTTA, ANDREW ROBINSON, SEAN MURPHY, MARIS WICKS, AARON CONLEY, JENNY FRISON, DECLAN SHALVEY, BECKY CLOONAN, JOE QUINONES, MING DOYLE, NICK BRADSHAW, and more!
Plus newly converted 3D versions of the acclaimed "Swiped From Dimension X," where Allred drew almost every panel in the style of a different artist, and "The World's Biggest Comic Book Panel." Also includes a cut-out 3D cube and surprises galore!
Custom MADMAN 3D glasses included!
Soooo, I was gonna pick the psychedelically spectacular ODY-C from Fraction and Ward this week, but that book has enough hype on it that I want to spotlight something that might have slipped your radar this week--the groovy, ginchy and down right funky MADMAN 3-D SPECIAL!! All up in your face like a Bust Rhymes music video, team Allred is back to their oldest and most heartfelt creation, Frank Einstein and he's bringing along a whole heap of guest stars to celebrate the sheer awesomeness that is MADMAN!! (totally comes with 3D glasses, too!!!)
(W) Ed Brisson (A) John Christmas
Here is it: the showdown thirteen issues in the making. It's Safe Haven vs. The World.
(W) Christopher Sebela (A) Chris Visions
After last month's major revelation and the return of someone from his life Down There, Sam returns to the main metropolis in a hunt to find the Saints of Nowhere that have been wreaking havoc on the New Arrivals to Purgatory.
(W/A) Matt Kindt
Meru has a new mission: targeting every agent loyal to the Eraser's new Management. Sides are being chosen, and the final line is being drawn!
• Matt Kindt (Star Wars: Rebel Heist) brings the threads together!
• The final year heats up!
(W) Alejandro Jodorowsky (A) Milo Manara
When Pope Innocent VIII dies, the corrupt, licentious Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia schemes, murders, and seduces his way into becoming the new pope, immediately securing positions for his family and thereby ensuring a Borgia dynasty. With breathtakingly beautiful painted artwork by Manara, this account of Italy's first Mafia family by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky is among comics'-and history's-sexiest, most violent, and most engaging epics! All four chapters newly translated and collected in English for the first time.
o Introduction by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá!
o The complete collaboration between legends Alejandro Jodorowsky (Metabarons, The Incal, Technopriests) and Milo Manara (Click!, Indian Summer)!
o Translated by Blacksad translator Katie LaBarbera!
o Preface by Jodorowsky!
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