MERCHANDISE SPOTLIGHT!

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While we have always prided ourselves on our VAST selection of comic books and graphic novels, there comes a time when you need to branch out into the other realms of geekdom with toys, posters, statues, t-shirts and other nonsense for the discerning fan boy or girl. After 42 years, we have accumulated an eclectic array of cool stuffs so keep your eye out next time your in the store, you never know what may have been excavated from the bowels of the boss' basement!

DOCTOR WHO DALEK TIGHTS

$14
Exterminate with these Doctor Who tights!

MANGA MONDAY!

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Manga or Japanese comics, is one of the greatest things to ever happen to the American comic market since the advent of Super-Heroes. While we know a lot of our customers only truck with the 'Merican made books we all know and love, Manga offers a VAST array of subject matter, genres, art/writing styles and situations that appeal to age groups from wee little ones to grumpy old people! Even the most jaded comic book reader will find something new and exciting in the world of MANGA!!

This week we're taking a look at one of the greatest cyberpunk comics to ever come out of Japan--APPLESEED by Manga-ka Shirow Masamune! Before creating Ghost in the Shell, Shirow told the adventures of a young girl and her cyborg boyfriend as they fight cyber crime on the futuristic streets of Olympus as part of the elite ESWAT unit. Infused with Shirow's trademark future tech, political machinations and tongue n cheek humor, this is an absolutely essential book for lovers of sci-fi awesomeness everywhere!

APPLESEED TP VOL 1-4

(W/A) Shirow Masamune

You can't have a perfect society without perfect people, and the only perfect people are the ones you can manufacture. The governing body of Olympus, an urban utopia created from the ashes of World War III, is about to bring paradise crashing down around their ears as they seek to regulate the minds and bodies of the human race . . . or fully replace them with cyborg substitutes. Deunan and Briareos, still new to the city, find themselves in the unlikely position of having to hold together this house of cards. Their strategy? Destroy the old foundation and pray everything stands while new underpinnings are forged!

From the imagination of Ghost in the Shell creator Shirow Masamune comes the manga masterpiece Appleseed, an epic cyberpunk vision deftly balancing hardcore techno-science, wry political commentary, and explosive action. A visionary work that inspired the wildly popular animated film, Appleseed is now presented for the first time in America in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan.

GRAPHIC NOVEL SPOTLIGHT!!

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Let's face it, the world of comic books or "Graphic Novels" as they are referred to currently, is overwhelmingly impenetrable for a lot of people these days. The sheer volume of new titles that ship each week make it hard to remember previously published books or even something that came out last Wednesday, but have no fear, Zanadu is here to help you discover what you didn't know you needed in your collection! We have thousands of titles available, but these are a few of our favorite forgotten gems kicking around the store.

And please don't ever hesitate to ask for recommendations or hazy recollections regarding books you might have missed while shopping at the store. Your friendly neighborhood comic monkeys are here to help! Remember, there is a comic for literally everyone on the planet--it's just a matter of unearthing it!

SHOPLIFTER HC

(W/A/CA) Michael Cho

//Published by Pantheon Books//
Corinna Park used to have big plans. In college, she imagined writing a best-selling novel and leading the idealized life of an author. After graduation, she moved to a big city and took a job at an advertising agency - just to pay off her student loans. Now she's worked in the same office for five years and the only thing she's written is copy. She feels numbed by the monotony of a life experienced through a series of screens. But whenever she shoplifts a magazine from the corner store near her apartment, she feels a little more alive. Yet Corinna knows there must be something more to life, and she faces the same question as does everyone of her generation: how to find it?

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JUDGE DREDD: CRY OF THE WEREWOLF

(W) John Wagner, Alan Grant (A/CA) Steve Dillon

Re-presenting the classic tale that inspired this month's Judge Dredd: Deviations! In the full-blooded horror of "Cry of the Werewolf," Judge Dredd must descend into the Undercity to investigate how a flesh-eating werewolf ended up in Mega-City One and make sure no others make their way to the surface.

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

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TRANSFORMERS VS GI JOE MOVIE ADAPTATION

(W/A) Tom Sciloi


Imagine a world where the greatest comic book crossover of all time inspires a movie adaptation... and that movie adaptation inspires its own comic book! Visionary writer-artist Tom Scioli returns to the weird world of Transformers vs. G.I. Joe and brings an even weirder twist to this new story: what would the comic book adaptation of the movie version of the comic book look like? It's time to find out in the most epic, scintillating, off-the-wall, exciting comic of 2017!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!!

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IRON FIST #1

(W) Ed Brisson (A) Mike Perkins (CA) Jeff Dekal

THE GAUNTLET STARTS HERE!
K'un Lun is in ruins. The chi fueling Danny's fists is wavering. Is there a future for the Iron Fist? Danny Rand pushes himself to the breaking point, finding fights to prove his worth. But a bigger fight than he can handle may have found him...

RECOMMENDED BY PROF. WILL OF COMICSBLEND.COM

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FLINTSTONES TP

(W) Mark Russell (A/CA) Steve Pugh

It's the Flintstones as you've never seen them before! Issues #1-6 of this new series starring the first family of Bedrock (and civilization, really) tell the story of the dawn of civilization through the eyes of Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty and the rest of the citizens of Bedrock. Shining a light on humanity's oldest customs and institutions, writer Mark Russell (PREZ) blends satire with Hanna-Barbera's classic characters.

RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!

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X-O MANOWAR #1

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Tomas Giorello (CA) Lewis LaRosa

Born under the oppressive thumb of the Roman Empire, Aric of Dacia learned warfare at an early age.
It was amid such violence that he was abducted by an alien race. Forced into slavery, he survived where others perished. His escape would come from bonding with a weapon of immeasurable power: the X-O Manowar armor. With it, he returned to Earth...only to find himself stranded in the modern day.
But that was a lifetime ago. Now, far from home on a strange and primitive new world, Aric has begun a new life. Liberated from his past, he tends to his crops. Free from war. Free from violence. Free from the armor.
But the machinery of death marches his way once again. Conscripted into an alien army and thrown into an unforgiving conflict, the fury inside him finds voice as he is forced to embrace the armor once more. With it, he will decimate armies, topple empires and incite interplanetary warfare as he rises from SOLDIER to GENERAL to EMPEROR to VISIGOTH. They wanted a weapon. He will give them war!

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

DC GRAPHIC NOVEL SPOTLIGHT!!

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DC comics has a long and rich history of exciting stories with out of this world characters that have become so integral to our daily lives that they will forever be intertwined with the pop culture of today, yesterday and tomorrow! The theme of legacy is forever imprinted upon the DCU and with that in mind, we are taking a look into the massive back catalog of the Zanadu vaults to bring you some of our favorite DC graphic novels from Barry Allen's first appearance to the latest rebirthing in the realm of never ending crises that is the DC Universe!

UNCLE SAM & THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS TP

(W) Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (A) Daniel Acuna

Collecting the 8-issue miniseries spinning out of INFINITE CRISIS, with art by the sensational Daniel Acuña! Meet the all-new Phantom Lady, Doll Man, Human Bomb and the Ray - members of the government task force known as SHADE, the country's first line of defense against super-powered threats and terrorists.

GOFUNDME UPDATE!

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Forty-two years is no joke. Grinding it out, day after day, eight hours at a time doing anything is hard--but it's doubly difficult when you're talking comics. Glamorous though it may seem from the outside, the true life of a comic retailer is a never ending evolution of reinvention that few have the constitution to withstand. Just take a look at how few comic shops there are now compared to fifteen years ago. Hell, ten years ago! This is not a forgiving business, and, as a retailer, we bear the brunt of the risk when it comes to stocking publisher's products. Guessing at what will sell, figuring out how to market that which doesn't, gambling with thousands of dollars a month…this life is not for everybody, but for those able to roll with the punches, a successful comic shop is like the home away from home every geek wishes they could build.

As a special treat, we've unearthed some rare artifacts of days past from the dusty attic of Zanadu that reveals just a bit of our long and storied history here in Seattle.

Thank you so much to everyone who has been a part of the Zanadu family over the years, we would not have survived without your dedication and support!

HOMETOWN HEROES OF ZANADU! A SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL COMIX!

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Here at Zanadu, we believe that Independent comics are the backbone of the comic book industry. Since 1975, Zanadu has provided a stage upon which the burgeoning local talent can perform through our consignment program and today our local and indy section is larger than ever. In fact, it may very well be the largest local comix section in the city, but hey, who's counting? All we know is that comic creators need all the help they can get because let's face it, they spend countless hours toiling in the darkness to bring forth some soul tormenting story that dwells within them for absolutely zero money and usually little to no acclaim, but where would the industry be today if not for the tireless efforts of the visionary creators who braved the hellish onslaught of personal and professional struggle? So get in on the ground floor of the next big thing in comics or just sample the local flavor, there is always something unique to find on the racks of Zanadu.

This week we feature two books by local writer/artist/tattoo artist, Wil Spaedt!

LOSERS OF THE FAITH TP

(W/A) Wil Spaedt

Collecting all 4 issues of the gritty crime series by Seattle author and artist Wil Spaedt.

 

OUTSIDE THE WALL #1

(W) Luan (A) Wil Spaedt

Check out the local comics section on our website (www.zanaducomics.com/local-comix) for a list of creators/publishers that we carry as well as details on how to get your own book on the fabled racks of Zanadu!!

COMICS SHOULD SMELL GOOD!! ep. #368!

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Wednesday! Wednesday! Wednesday! It's once again the best day of the week because not only do you get new comic books, but you get to hear your favorite comic monkeys ramble ramble! Clearly, we know which is more important to all our loyal fans out there in internetland,so stop reading this nonsense and start watching the new episode of Comics Should Smell Good!!

GRAPHIC NOVEL SPOTLIGHT

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Let's face it, the world of comic books or "Graphic Novels" as they are referred to currently, is overwhelmingly impenetrable for a lot of people these days. The sheer volume of new titles that ship each week make it hard to remember previously published books or even something that came out last Wednesday, but have no fear, Zanadu is here to help you discover what you didn't know you needed in your collection! We have thousands of titles available, but these are a few of our favorite forgotten gems kicking around the store.

And please don't ever hesitate to ask for recommendations or hazy recollections regarding books you might have missed while shopping at the store. Your friendly neighborhood comic monkeys are here to help! Remember, there is a comic for literally everyone on the planet--it's just a matter of unearthing it!

KONG THE KING HC

(W/A/CA) Osvaldo Medina

//Published by Kingpin Books//
Filming on a remote virgin island leads to the discovery of a mysterious native with a heart as large as his body. Taken willingly to the Big City, he'll soon find out there's a thin line between the fame and glory he's been promised and the show business circus he's been thrown into. In spite of the obvious nod, Kong the King couldn't be further from a simple revisitation of the cult-classic film. It's a whole new animal, a twisted roller coaster of emotional depth. This fast-paced tour-de-force with no single word, like a silent movie from the glamorous 1920s.

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HEAD LOPPER #5

(W/A/CA) Andrew MacLean

NEW STORY ARC! "IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER"-Norgal and Agatha are back! A daring new adventure awaits, looming like the Crimson Tower, home of Ulrich the Twice Damned, sworn enemy of Zhaania Kota Ka. With old friends and new, our heroes boldly enter the bloodied pinnacle with bare steel and steady hearts. The quarterly series HEAD LOPPER has returned!

RECOMMENDED BY SAM THE VIDEO MONKEY!

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WILD STORM #2

(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Jon Davis-Hunt

All Angela Spica did was save someone's life. And now hers is over. The rogue engineer lies bleeding in a place she hopes nobody will find - but she's wrong. The people embedded in the secret power structures of the world are tracking her. Skywatch. Halo. International Operations. A covert operative called Grifter. If only she hadn't unknowingly foiled an assassination planned by her boss. If only her boss wasn't the one person more interested in the Engineer's transhuman implants than in her life. It's all going very wrong, very quickly. There's going to be more blood.

RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

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SUPER SONS #2

(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A/CA) Jorge Jimenez

"When I Grow Up" part two! Robin and Superboy - in the clutches of Lex Luthor! The boys are in big trouble! How exactly are they supposed to explain what's happened to Superman and Batman? Plus, Kid Amazo's power grows, and this tyrant in the making is about to make life miserable for the Super Sons!

RECOMMENDED BY WILL OF COMICSBLEND.COM

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INJECTION #11

(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire

NEW STORY ARC! Flensed human skeletons chained to the rocks of an archaeological site in Cornwall. The tentacles of FPI, reaching into the fabric of time. Brigid Roth of the Injection team, sent in by Maria Kilbride to separate data from legend, and accident from murder.

RECOMMENDED BY MORGAN!

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COADY AND THE CREEPIES #1

(W) Liz Prince (A) Amanda Kirk (CA) Kat Leyh

Punk isn't dead...but Coady is.
Coady, Criss, and Corey are sisters and bandmates in the band Coady and the Creepies. After a van accident leaves Corey badly scarred and Criss in a wheelchair, they're getting back into the punk scene.
But they still need to contend with the challenges of staying true to their punk ideals, while also dealing with the media attention they've attracted, as well as the tension surrounding the fact that Coady escaped the accident seemingly unscathed.
Now on tour, they're fighting their way through the (sometimes literal) battle of the bands, earning enamel pins, and heading for the gig of their lives...so long as no one realizes that Coady is actually a ghost

RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!

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NEIL GAIMAN'S AMERICAN GODS: THE SHADOWS #1

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) P. Craig Russell (CA) Dave McKean

NEIL GAIMAN! P. CRAIG RUSSELL! SCOTT HAMPTON! Shadow Moon just got out of jail, only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain as to where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard - thrusting Shadow into a deadly world of the supernatural, where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a brewing war between old and new gods hits a boiling point. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time!

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!