(W/A/CA) Paul Pope
Following the 20th anniversary edition of PAUL POPE's HEAVY LIQUID, IMAGE is proud to release POPE's follow-up, 100%, in a newly remastered edition collecting all 5 issues, a gallery of the wraparound covers, unseen art and sketches, and a stunning wraparound cover colored by YUKO SHIMIZU. Time Magazine listed both HEAVY LIQUID and 100% among their 100 most important science fiction graphic novels of the decade, and fans and critics alike regard 100% as some of POPE's most emotionally charged and literary work, akin to Los Bros. Hernandez's Love and Rockets and the films of Wong Kar-wai. Set in HEAVY LIQUID's alternate future New York and the same timeline as hit series Batman Year 100, 100% focuses on the intertwining struggles, hopes, and loves of six characters all working and frequenting the seedy Catshack strip club. Blending the worlds of sex work, MMA fighting, and urban menace, 100% asks-is it possible to find love, safety, and hope in this dystopian American megalopolis? Collects 100% #1-5
(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Jeff Lemire
What if we found a cure for death? Two of comics' most acclaimed creators, SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire) and JEFF LEMIRE (DESCENDER, PLUTONA, Moon Knight, Sweet Tooth) unite to create an epic like no other, set in a future where a genetic cure for death has been found. Years after the discovery, one man starts to question everything, leading him on a mind-bending journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past and his own mortality. A unique combination of comics, prose, and illustration, A.D.: AFTER DEATH is an oversized hardcover graphic novel written by SNYDER and fully painted by LEMIRE. Trim Size -- 8.375' x 10.1875' Collects AD: AFTER DEATH #1-3.
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Terry Dodson & Various
ADVANCE SOLICIT WHERE HIS STORY ENDED... HER STORY BEGINS! Everyone knows the story of how ADVENTUREMAN, the greatest pulp hero of all time, ended in a heartbreaking CLIFFHANGER with our hero facing his very execution...now, learn the startling truth about how, 80 years after his seeming demise, single mother Claire and her Adventurefan son Tommy light the spark of RESURRECTION! Can these inheritors of the Adventureman legacy rise up to face down the evil that bested the original? Collects ADVENTUREMAN #1-4.
(W) Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark (A) Ram?n K. P?rez (CA) Chris Brunner
New Orleans, 1917: a clarinet player meets his hero. Kansas City, 1940: a young girl investigates the mystery of her father's lost love of music. Los Angeles, 1977: a band embarks on a world tour that may be their last.WritersKYLE HIGGINSandJOE CLARK(RADIANT BLACK) are joined by anALL-STAR CAST OF ARTISTSfor****an anthology of stories that weave tales of struggle, joy, and hope through the history of jazz!CollectsDEEPCUTS#1-6
(W) Robbie Morrison (A/CA) Charlie Adlard
_Sherlock Holmes?_meets?The Name of the Rose?in an original graphic novel by artist extraordinaire and former Comics Laureate CHARLIE ADLARD (THE WALKING DEAD), and award-winning crime novelist ROBBIE MORRISON (Edge of the Grave).Belgium, 1529: The city of Antwerp is ravaged by a macabre series of killings. The all-powerful Inquisition forces knight, doctor, lawyer, and reputed black magician Cornelius Agrippa and his young pupil Johan Weyer to investigate, and they are plunged into a maelstrom of murder, madness, and magic.
(W) Peter J. Tomasi, Keith Champagne (A) Chris Samnee & Various (CA) Dave Johnson
As the world's only superhero, Alpha One is a symbol of hope for all mankind?but at what price? While the population is inspired from a distance by their savior, police captain Gabriel Cole gets close enough to discover the mystery behind Alpha One's public origin-and that his twisted plans to create a utopia are more dangerous than anyone could've dreamed! This THE MIGHTY edition collects all twelve issues of the acclaimed series, plus three rare eight-page stories and a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes sketches and scripts. From PETER J. TOMASI (Superman, Batman and Robin, Blood Tree, Light Brigade, The Bridge), KEITH CHAMPAGNE (The Switch, Daybreak!, Frank N. Stein), CHRIS SAMNEE (FIRE POWER BY KIRKMAN & SAMNEE, Daredevil), and PETER SNEJBJERG (B.P.R.D.), with a new cover by DAVE JOHNSON! Collects THE MIGHTY #1-12
(W) Kyle Higgins, Brian Buccellato (A/CA) Geraldo Borges
Soon to be a major motion picture! Last year, the Richard Roe murders shocked the city of Pittsburgh. In the months since, the killings have sparked a dangerous political movement, copycat killers, and a masked vigilante who?s still determined to hold the powerful accountable. Not a symbol. Not a hero. They could be anyone. They?re NO/ONE. PLUS! The story continues in WHO IS NO/ONE, a free 10-episode companion podcast starring RACHAEL LEIGH COOK (She?s All That), PATTON OSWALT (Netflix?s The Sandman, Minor Threats, Marvel?s M.O.D.O.K.), and TODD STASHWICK (Star Trek: Picard)! Immerse yourself in the groundbreaking true-crime multimedia superhero series ahead of its feature film debut! Collects NO/ONE #1-10
(W) Andi Watson (A/CA) Simon Gane
A new and expanded edition with artworkcreated specially for this volume! Juliet, a penniless American art student travels to the city of light to study painting. To pay her way, she paints portraits of wealthy debutantes. One of her subjects is Deborah, a young English woman suffocated by the narrow expectations of her aristocratic family. Juliet is equally confined by the rigid academic structure of her art education and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Deborah. Juliet and Deborah's love for art brings them together, even as their friends and family try to drive them apart. A fairy tale romance where the old and new worlds collide, drawn bySIMON GANE, the artist behind Eisner-nominated Ghost Tree and THEY'RE NOT LIKE US, and written by ANDI WATSON, author of The Book Tour, Kerry and the Knight of the Forest, and the forthcoming Punycorn.
PAUL POPE's new graphic novel Battling Boy debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and the original art is now the focus of a series of traveling art exhibits in the United States and Europe. Image Comics presents POPE's large, lush, brushy original drawings, represented here in detail, photographed from the actual art boards, with minimal editorial interference or digital editing. This is a wide sampling from the various touring exhibits, featuring the art in its original format, with text in English, French, and Italian. The book focuses on the subtleties of the drawings in process, replicating the experience of seeing the art in person. 63 originals from Battling Boy are showcased, along with detailed close-ups of the pages. A critical essay by CHARLES BROWNSTEIN, executive director of CBLDF, is included. POPE himself contributes an essay on the influences behind Battling Boy, as well as his process and technique. This is a must for any POPE fan, student, fellow artist, or fan of the medium. MONSTERS & TITANS is a celebration of the original art from one of the most c
(W) Alex de Campi (A) Dee Cunniffe (CA) Ryan Howe
FIRST PRINTING LIMITED TO 4000 COPIES After finding out Aaron Carter, an innocent man, is on Death Row for a mercenary job they did 10 years ago, down-on-their-luck army veterans Sully and Ethan go on a Christmas road trip to free him. Turns out nobody?s interested in Aaron?s innocence, but someone is very interested in making sure Sully and Ethan don?t live to see the New Year. They just didn't figure on one thing: Ethan's ex-wife Cheryl. Collects the hit Panel Syndicate action/comedy series by writer ALEX DE CAMPI (DRACULA, MOTHERF**KER!, NO MERCY, TWISTED ROMANCE) and artists RYAN HOWE (True War Stories, Daisy Blackwood: Pilot for Hire) and DEE CUNNIFFE (INDIGO CHILDREN, EMISSARY, Joe Fixit).
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Howard Chaykin
Sex! Death! Live TV!New York, 1951: It?s the golden age of television, when everything happens live and on the air. When a beloved children?s show host winds up dead in a seedy motel room under sordid circumstances, his son steps into to his father?s shoes on-screen, and into his decadent double-life off-screen.**Collects SATELLITE SAM #1-15**
(W) Paul Cornell (A/CA) Ryan Kelly
**SAUCER COUNTRY **is a dark thriller that blends UFO lore and alien abduction with political intrigue, all set in the hauntingly beautiful Southwest.Experience the full story of alien abductee Arcadia Alvarado's campaign to be US President...and her search for the truth of what happened to her, in the comic that suggested there was Russian intervention in US politics way before it was cool! This complete collection compiles the entire SAUCER COUNTRY, SAUCER STATE, and the all-new concluding chapter, SAUCER COUNTRY: THE FINALE!
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Jason Latour
Welcome to Craw County, Alabama, home of Boss BBQ, the state champion Runnin' Rebs football team and more bastards than you've ever seen. SOUTHERN BASTARDS by JASON AARON (Scalped, Star Wars) and JASON LATOUR (Spider-Gwen, Loose Ends) gets a premiere hardcover, collecting the first eight issues of the Eisner Award-nominated (2015: Best Continuing Series) southern-fried crime series.
(W/A/CA) Liam Sharp
Revered creator LIAM SHARP cuts loose in his visually stunning masterpiece, STARHENGE, BOOK ONE: THE DRAGON & THE BOAR! A future MERLIN travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling killer robots from robbing the universe of magic! Meanwhile, Amber Weaver's lively present-day narrative reveals how she becomes drawn into a war across time. The Terminator meets The Green Knight in this enthralling epic inspired by the Arthurian sagas! Collects STARHENGE, BOOK ONE: THE DRAGON & THE BOAR #1-6
(W) J. H. Williams, Haden Blackman (A) J. H. Williams & Various (CA) J. H. Williams
The story of Earth's last war starts with Hope's sticky fingers?
The multiple award-winning Batwoman team of J. H. WILLIAMS III (Promethea, The Sandman: Overture, Batman) and W. HADEN BLACKMAN (Star Wars, Elektra) reunites! They're joined once again by colorist supreme DAVE STEWART and master letterer TODD KLEIN.
In a bizarre future world that has forgotten its history, reckless thief Hope Redhood holds the key to excavating its dark, strange past?if only she and her crew can escape a tyrannical wizard and his unstoppable daughter. But fate will send them all on a path leading to a war between worlds.
ECHOLANDS is a landscape-format, mythic-fiction epic where anything is possible?a fast-paced genre mashup adventure that combines everything from horror movie vampires, to classic mobsters and cyborg elves, to Roman demigods and retro rocket ships. It's going to be a helluva ride! (STL201652)
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(W) Rodney Barnes (A) Jason Shawn Alexander, Luis Nct (CA) Jason Shawn Alexander
After two and a half centuries, the greatest hero in American history has returned as its greatest threat! George Washington: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, Founding Father, First President of the United States...and all-powerful Vampire King!Now, undead detective James Sangster Sr. and his werewolf allies must fight for the survival of every man, woman, and child in the country. But what can they do against the very leader who won the battle for America the first time around?!By RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as HBO?sWinning Timeand STARZ?sAmerican Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefinedSPAWN.Collects KILLADELPHIA #13-24
SCIENCE. BAD.' What if the research and development department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for a series of other, more unusual, programs? What if the union of a generation's brightest minds was not a signal for optimism, but foreboding? What if everything...went wrong? Collects THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #1-10
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Nick Pitarra
'SCIENCE. BAD.' What if the research and development department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for a series of other, more unusual, programs? What if the union of a generation's brightest minds was not a signal for optimism, but foreboding? What if everything... went wrong? Collects THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #11-20
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Ziggy Chooch
Collecting the first ten issues of the Eisner and Harvey award-winning, TIME Magazine Best Comic of the year of our lord 2013, SEX CRIMINALS, in an oversized hardcover format guaranteed to embarrass you to order.
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Chip Zdarsky
When Jon and Suzie have sex, time stops-literally. What happens next? They rob banks, of course. Now they must try to stay out of trouble, too-and also love-but mostly trouble, yet everything keeps on complicating and getting all feelings-y and stuff. Gathering together for the first time in full glorious color on oversized pages and almost entirely in the right order comes the pulse-quickening, pants-tightening, heart-pokening third and fourth arcs of the award-winning, bestselling, can't-believe-this-is-actually-our-jobs sex comedy SEX CRIMINALS, with bonus content (some created exclusively for this volume) and a modesty cover beneath the dust jacket to enable shame-free public consumption. Collects SEX CRIMINALS #11-20
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart (CA) Andrea Sorrentino
From the Eisner Award winning creative team behind GIDEON FALLS and PRIMORDIAL, comes the most significant and essential project yet in the bold and ambitious new shared horror universe of THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS!In TENEMENT, **JEFF LEMIRE **& ANDREA SORRENTINO bring you the story of seven residents of a building and the dark secrets that bind them together. It begins with a sinister death and leads the neighbors on a mind-melting and horrific journey to save their own lives and each other's.As they find their way home, the secrets of the Bone Orchard are finally revealed in this critical chapter that readers have been waiting for!Collects BONE ORCHARD: TENEMENT #1-10
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Mike Huddleston
ADVANCE SOLICIT! There are many assassins in the known universe, this is the story of the most well-mannered one. Collects DECORUM #1-8.
(W) Rodney Barnes (A/CA) Jason Shawn Alexander
Finally, the acclaimed, Eisner Award-nominated horror title is collected for the first time in a stunning hardcover featuring the first twelve issues plus bonus content! From RODNEY BARNES, the breakout star writer behind such hit shows as Marvel's Runaways, STARZ's American Gods, and HBO's Winning Time, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN for a new generation. When a small-town beat cop comes home to bury his murdered father, revered Philadelphia detective James Sangster Sr., he stumbles into a mystery that will lead him down a path of horrors and shake his beliefs to their core. The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality?and vampires. Now, it's up to Jimmy and an unexpected companion to stop long-thought-dead president of the United States John Adams from building an undead army and staging a bloody new American revolution. There's a reason they say you can't go home again. Welcome to Killadelphia. Collects KILLADELPHIA #1-12 and chap
Five suburban kids make a shocking discovery while exploring the woods one day after school... the body of the world's greatest superhero, Plutona, laying dead among the mud and grass. This discovery sends them on a journey that will threaten to tear apart their friendship and their lives. A dark and heartbreaking coming-of-age tale exploring friendship and loss from master storyteller Jeff Lemire (Descender, Sweet Tooth) and critically-acclaimed artist Emi Lenox (EmiTown). Collects the complete five-issue miniseries.
(W) Jim Zub (A) Steven Cummings & Various (CA) Steven Cummings, Tamra Bonvillain
'If Wayward isn't the next Saga, it will be a damn criminal shame.' -Bleeding Cool Includes a special foldout poster of the 5-part WAYWARD connected cover illustration from issues #6-10! Rori Lane is trying to start a new life in Japan, but ancient creatures lurking in the shadows of Tokyo sense something hidden deep within her, threatening everything she holds dear. Can she unlock the secrets of her power before it's too late? Image Comics's new supernatural sensation gets the deluxe treatment in this oversized hardcover collection that includes every stunning cover illustration, design sketches, and extensive essay material on Japanese culture and mythology by noted monster scholar ZACK DAVISSON. Collects WAYWARD #1-10
(W) Jim Zub (A/CA) Steven Cummings, Tamra Bonvillain
Includes a special poster of the five-part WAYWARD connected cover illustration from issues #11-15! The new gods of Japan have arrived, and a clash with the myths of old will change the country forever. JIM ZUB and STEVEN CUMMINGS combine the camaraderie and emotion of shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Japan's engaging culture and mythic monsters. Image Comics' supernatural sensation continues in this oversized hardcover collection that includes every stunning cover illustration, design sketches, and extensive essay material on culture and mythology by monster scholars ZACK DAVISSON and ANN O'REGAN. Collects WAYWARD #11-20
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Howard Chaykin
1951: Carlyle White-creator and star of the daily children's show SATELLITE SAM-turns up dead in the last place a struggling young television network wants its star to be found. His accidental death reveals a secret life, and the discoveries his son makes trying to piece together his father's last days will send him spiraling down a dark path of murder, sex, and obsession. This midnight-black roman noir weaves true stories of TV's golden age together with harrowing portraits of broken men and women struggling to hold on to their souls under bright lights and tabloid celebrity. By the award-winning team of MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, ODY-C, Hawkeye) and HOWARD CHAYKIN (BLACK KISS, AMERICAN FLAGG!, The Shadow), this omnibus edition features all fifteen issues, special bonus materials, and an all-new epilogue created especially for this collection. Collects SATELLITE SAM #1-15 & BONUS MATERIAL
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen
'Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is DESCENDER...'- Entertainment Weekly Young Robot boy Tim-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. Written by award-winning creator, JEFF LEMIRE, DESCENDER is a rip-roaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey. LEMIRE pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic. Collects DESCENDER #1-16 Deluxe Hardcover format: 7.25' x 10.875'
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen
From the award-winning creative team of JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN, DESCENDER is a rip-roaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling sci-fi epic. This second oversized hardcover collection sees the final solution of the Harvesters come to fruition as the fate of the entire galaxy rests in the hands of one young robot who's finally ready to take the great leap forward. Collects DESCENDER #17-32.
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Christian Ward
ODY-C, modeled after Homer's Odyssey, is a psychedelic, gender-broke science-fiction epic that tells the story of three legendary warrior-queens returning home after a centuries-long battle. Told in verse with a visual sensibility that redefines the very possibilities of the comics medium, this gloriously oversized hardcover also has exclusive bonus materials including essays by classicist Dani Colman, teaching aids, and a massive 10-page fold-out previously only available in the sold-out first issue. 'Fraction and Ward are doing wildly imaginative work combining fantastic Greek mythology with futuristic science fiction, and the book has a visual sensibility unlike anything else on the stands.' - A.V. Club Collects ODY-C #1-12
(W) Rick Remender (A) Tony Moore, Jerome Ope?a (CA) Tony Moore
The highly sought-after oversized hardcover of New York Times bestselling FEAR AGENT is back in print for the first time in a decade!When down-and-out alien exterminator Heath Huston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial plot to wipe out humanity, he must put down the bottle and resume his role as peacekeeper?as the last Fear Agent. Fan-favorite writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, LOW) is joined by superstar collaborators TONY MOORE (THE WALKING DEAD, Venom) and JEROME OPE?A (SEVEN TO ETERNITY, Uncanny X-Force) in the critically acclaimed series that redefined science fiction.Loaded with side stories, covers, pinups, and artist sketch galleries.Collects FEAR AGENT #1-15
(W) Rick Remender (A) Tony Moore, Jerome Ope?a, Mike Hawthorne (CA) Tony Moore
The highly sought-after oversized hardcover of **New York Times **bestselling FEAR AGENT is back in print for the first time in a decade! When down-and-out alien exterminator Heath Huston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial plot to wipe out humanity, he must put down the bottle and resume his role as peacekeeper?as the last Fear Agent. Fan-favorite writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, LOW) is joined by superstar collaborators TONY MOORE (THE WALKING DEAD, Venom) and JEROME OPE?A (SEVEN TO ETERNITY, Uncanny X-Force) in the critically acclaimed series that redefined science fiction. Loaded with side stories, covers, pinups, and artist sketch galleries. Collects FEAR AGENT #17-32