Wolfy's GN/Series Wishlist

“A violent, blackly comic thriller from Top 20 artist Igor Kordey (X-Men) and hot new writer Alex de Campi.”

MATURE READERS

Three trade paperbacks.

Writer/Creator: Simon Oliver. Artist/Creator: Tony Moore

The Exterminators, vol. 1: Bug Brothers – Collects #1-5. “Follows the dysfunctional adventures of exterminator Henry James and his freakish supporting cast as they take on the cruel chaos of nature in the dirty corners of Los Angeles — only to stumble upon a secret that could well reverse the positions of exterminator and pest!”

The Exterminators, vol. 2: Insurgency – Collects #6-10. “Henry and Stretch get an emergency call to dispose of a black widow that’s been terrorizing the local S&M club. But what they encounter will change the course of their newfound mission.”

The Exterminators, vol. 3: Lies of Our Fathers – Collects #11-16. “The Bug-Bee-Gone boys bury one of their own while another member of the team remains missing, but the business of bug-killing must go on.”

The Exterminators, vol. 4: Crossfire and Collateral – Collects #17-23. “The Bug Bee Gone gang faces an invasion of the giant, killer cockroaches known as the Mayan Hisser.”

“A semi-regular ongoing series, Popbot will change the way you look at comics.

Straight from the mind of Ashley Wood, Popbot features an eclectic cast of characters including a rock-star kitty cat, his robot bodyguard, Sherlock Holmes, Andy Warhol, and sexy groupies.

Award of Exellence (Illustration) – Communication Arts 2002”

MATURE READERS

“After discovering an ancient temple in the depths of the ocean, the crew of the USS Nebraska submarine finds itself stalked by an ancient evil that is slowly killing off the entire crew. Does the USS Nebraska’s technologically advanced crew have what it takes to overcome the powers of an entity that has existed for thousands of years?

Recommended for fans of: Aliens, The Abyss, Crimson Tide, and Hellboy.”

“When last we visited the Zombies vs. Robots world, nuclear war had decimated the population of the entire globe, including zombies and robots alike. So who is left to fight? And how is an island of Amazon warrior-women involved this time around? Ryall and Wood answer some questions, leave you with more, and generally make sense out of nonsense for your amusement in this first issue of an all-new, three-part tale.”

“It’s tech prowess meets undead mayhem! In this tale of carnage from the Eisner Award-nominated team of artist Ashley Wood (Popbot) and writer Chris Ryall (The Great and Secret Show). A post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies has only one chance at recovery — a team of robots that must protect and clone a lone surviving human baby. They just need to do this amidst the endless hordes of zombies who have been driven rabid by their frustration at inedible bots and their lust to eat the one living brain left on the planet.”

“Written by Mike Carey; Art and Cover by Jock

Collecting the 6-issue miniseries by the Eisner-nominated team of Mike Carey (LUCIFER, CROSSING MIDNIGHT) and Jock (THE LOSERS). Four friends party hard one night, like there’s no tomorrow. The next morning, they are five. Don’t miss this compelling psychological horror story!”

“What’s worse than being a super-villain in Los Angeles County? Being their parole officer, of course! Meet Nixon Cooper and his colorful cast of parolees at large, hanging on by their fingernails in the morally ambiguous underbelly of L.A. But who’’s got it worse—the criminals who’‘re struggling (and often failing) to live the straight life? Or Nixon himself, struggling to keep up with all of them? And who the hell is sleeping with Nixon’’s wife?! A crime story like you’‘ve never seen before! Loaded with extra features! AN ORIGINAL, SUPER-POWERED CRIME NOVEL! ELMORE LEONARD MEETS JACK KIRBY!”

“Presented for the first time since its debut over ten years ago, Seven Block tells the bleakly moody tale of experimentation on convicts in a remote maximum-security prison. Scientists perform unauthorized experiments to unlock the secrets of the human genome. Instead they unlock a doorway to a world of unimagined terror that changes the world forever.

Written by Chuck Dixon with art by “artist’s artist” Jorge Zaffino.”

“Written by Paul Pope; Art by Paul Pope

In a future where New York has evolved into a sci-fi metropolis, “S,” a man addicted to “heavy liquid,” a substance that is both a drug and an art form, finds himself trapped in a mystery littered with love and drugs. This Eisner Award-nominated tale follows S’s journey across two continents as he searches for the one artist skilled enough to render heavy liquid into a perfect sculpture. But as he attempts to complete this mission, S finds himself battling deadly psychopathic foes and inner demons of addiction. If he can survive these physical and mental trials, S just may discover the shocking secret of heavy liquid and a love he thought lost forever.”

“The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. It chronicles the adventures of Dream of The Endless, who rules over the world of dreams, in 75 issues from 1989 until 1996.

The Sandman was one of Vertigo’s flagship titles, and is available as a series of ten trade paperbacks. It is also being reprinted in a recolored four-volume Absolute hardcover edition with slipcase. Critically acclaimed, The Sandman was the only comic to ever win the World Fantasy Award and the only comic book to ever be on the New York Times Bestseller List. Norman Mailer described the series as “a comic book for intellectuals.”“

“The Maxx is an American comic book and character created by Sam Kieth and published by Image Comics. The comic book spawned an animated series that aired on the MTV network.

The series follows the adventures of the titular hero in the real world and in an alternate reality, referred to as The Outback. In the real world the Maxx is a vagrant while in the Outback he is the protector of the Jungle Queen. The Jungle Queen is similar to the Maxx in that she also exists in the real world as Julie Winters, a freelance social worker who often bails the Maxx out of jail. While the Maxx is aware of the Outback, Julie is not, though it is integral to the story of both the Maxx and Julie.”

The Maxx Book 1: Issues #1-6

The Maxx Book 2: Issues #7-13

The Maxx Book 3: Issues #14-20

The Maxx Book 4: Issues #21-27

The Maxx Book 5: Issues #28-35

The Maxx Book 6: Collects the spin-off series Friends of Maxx

Other issues include The Maxx #1/2, and the Gen¹³/The Maxx crossover

“Written by Garth Ennis; art by Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston and Gary Erskine; design cover

Collecting the first four 56-page one-shots from writer Garth Ennis’ acclaimed WAR STORY run at VERTIGO, this 240-page collection features some of the finest war comics ever to see print in the modern age. A labor of love by Ennis (PREACHER, HELLBLAZER, HITMAN, The Punisher), WAR STORIES VOL. 1 tells four very different stories from four of the countless viewpoints on World War II. WAR STORIES VOL. 1 also includes a new afterword by Ennis.”

“The Terminators never sleep. They don’t need food or water. The heat of the desert gives them no pause. The darkness of night does not halt their deadly gaze. Bullets won’t stop them. Their humanity cannot be appealed to-because they have none. Sent from the future, their mission is clear and unrelenting: to erase the lives of any who threaten their future dominance, any who would attempt to deny the rise of the Machine. But that which man has created, man can destroy, and so . . . the war for the future begins today.

Dark Horse Comics is the acknowledged leader of adapting film blockbusters to graphic fiction, and The Terminator is one of the premier examples of what can be done with comics to expand an exciting film mythos.

• Featuring work by fan-favorite creators James Robinson, Jackson Guice, Alan Grant, Steve Pugh, Guy Davis and more.”

“DMZ is an American comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint.

DMZ is written by Brian Wood, with artwork by Wood and Riccardo Burchielli (the Italian artist’s first comic book in the United States). The first issue was published on November 9, 2005. The first trade paperback, entitled On the Ground, reprints the first five issues of the series; so far four trade paperbacks have been released, the fourth, “Friendly Fire” issued in March 2008. When asked about the length of the series, Wood stated, “I haven’t locked it in 100%, but I’d be happy to see DMZ run 60 issues.”“

“From the creator of UPN’s Haunted and the Sci-Fi network original series Eureka comes one of the most ambitious and horrifying tales ever committed to the comics page!

Writer Andrew Cosby has imagined a United States shut off from the world by concrete barricades and barbed wire-not because of what might get in, but what might get out. A vampire plague has spread from sea to shining sea and when a small holdout of scientists trapped outside of Buffalo, N.Y. discover a cure, it’s up to a Special Ops team from the President’s current offices in London to go in and get it. Yet, not everyone in the world wants to see America back in the saddle again …

• The stunning painted artwork of Eisner Award-nominee J. Alexander (Queen and Country) earned the first issue of Damn Nation the honor of Cover of the Month by Wizard Magazine. With Alexander’s atmospheric visuals, Cosby crafts a vampire thriller with surprises under every manhole cover and the dark truth that not all monsters fear the sunlight.”

TPB, 104 pages, full color.

“Hunted in one of the most desolate regions of America, preyed upon by an evil that does not sleep, Rex Hauser is The Nail-and it’s time he took a stand. A semi-pro wrestler, Hauser has been touring the country performing at small-time arenas until the fateful night he and his family run afoul of a bloodthirsty gang of Satanic bikers stalking the North Dakota Badlands. Now he’s a lone man fighting for the survival of his loved ones in a no-holds-barred standoff against the forces of Hell itself! Co-written by the newly formed CREEP International writing team of modern horror masters Rob Zombie and Steve Niles, The Nail is a relentless, unflinching portrait of the heart of darkness, and what one man will sacrifice to hold it at bay. Collecting the four-issue miniseries.”

FOR MATURE READERS

TPB, full colour, 96

“Every year, publishers and movie studios churn out piles of new zombie yarns, but none have rivaled the originality of this tale about a reanimated priest from an ancient cult and the zombie outbreak he creates in order to sacrifice mankind to his dark gods. Dark horror and high adventure mingle as a team of heroes race against an unstoppable evil bent on the end of mankind.

• Written by Hellboy and B.P.R.D. creator Mike Mignola!

Collecting the original three-issue miniseries, plus sketchbook material and updated commentary by Pat McEown, this new edition features a new cover by Mike Mignola and is the perfect package to reintroduce readers to this contemporary horror classic.”

TPB, 80 pages, full color.

“The Nightly News is a six issue American comic book limited series created by Jonathan Hickman, published by Image Comics.

The story mainly follows John Guyton, a financial manager wrongly accused by the press. His life now in ruins, he finds himself joining a cult dedicated to total warfare against the media. Before long, he becomes The Hand, the centre figure of the group who answers only to the mysterious and unseen figure The Voice.

2008: Nominated for “Best Limited Series” Eisner Award.”

“Written by Doug Moench; Art by Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III and John Beatty; Cover by Jones

TALES OF THE MULTIVERSE is a new series of titles collecting stories of familiar heroes reimagined in startling ways. This inaugural volume collects the dark tales originally presented in BATMAN/DRACULA: RED RAIN, BATMAN: BLOODSTORM and BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST, written by Doug Moench with macabre art by Kelley Jones.

The legendary horror known as Dracula has descended upon Gotham City — and he’s brought his deadly children of the night with him. Now, it’s up to Batman to stop the Lord of the Undead’s assault on his city — but after being bitten by Dracula, Batman himself joins the ranks of the undead. Will Batman be an even greater threat to the citizens of Gotham City than Dracula?”

DC comic’s, 288 pages, full colour, TPB.

“The keep had stood empty in the Transylvanian Alps for 500 years. No one knew who built it, or why. But on the eve of WW II, German soldiers move in and awaken something – something hungry.”

“If you believe in monsters… Proof doesn’t leave urban legends where it finds them. Bigfoot wears a suit to the office. Fairies devour anyone in sight. A lonely monster wears human skins for company. The hit series starts here!”

Vol 1: Goatsucker, Image comics, 128 FC pages. ONLY $9.99!!!

“After an assault by a mysterious and monstrous milkman, a typical American housewife has finally had too much of her hideous, deranged family, in this twisted parody of a Norman Rockwell image as painted by serial-killing folk-artist John Wayne Gacy. She takes a simple word of advice from her idol, the perfect 1950’s mom on her television screen-”Discipline.”

Joe Casey (Superman, The Intimates, Wildcats) and Steve Parkhouse (Bojeffries Saga, The Invisibles) have created the most shocking of all Dark Horse’s new brand of horror comics.”

TPB, 104 pages, full colour.

“Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways – from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) – but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back.

As we inhabit the heads of several key characters – some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who are about to get it – what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself – the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape.

And then the murders start.”

http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/blackhole.html

“From Devils Due Publishing, Based on the true story of the U.S. Government’s secret extraterrestrial exchange program! In 2005, according to government files,12 intrepid Americans journeyed to the distant, alien planet SERPO to live among its people! This OGN It’s Close Encounters meets X-Files, from the people who brought you URBAN MONSTERS! Release date in August. 120 pages, full colour.”

This sounds awesome, I’m definitely going to pick this up, a great addition for any sci-fi fan.

“Story MARK KIDWELL, JEFF ZORNOW & RD HALL, art NAT JONES, JERRY BECK, JEFF ZORNOW & JAY FOTOS, cover NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS

128 PAGES, FC, $14.99

From the steaming, zombie-infested jungles of Vietnam to a shadow haunted castle in the mountains of Vienna, where Dr. Frankenstein’s monster collects an army of the dead, Image Comics invites you into a monster-infested world of horror. Featuring stories and art by monster makers NAT JONES, JERRY BECK, MARK KIDWELL, JEFF ZORNOW, RD HALL and JAY FOTOS, this massive tome of horror features four full book length tales of terror in full fiendish color. A must-have for fans of monster-horror, packed cover to cover with tales in the classic tradition with a modern, gruesome spin.

Collects ’68, CREATURE FROM THE DEPTHS, FRANKENSTEIN and FULL MOON.”

Sweet covers!

“Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Tony Harris and Jim Clark; Cover by Harris

In this new volume collecting issues #30-35 of the acclaimed series, Mayor Mitchell Hundred is summoned to Rome for an audience with the Pope. But as Hundred makes his travel plans, he is unaware of the assassin who has him in his sights.

Wildstorm Universe, 128pg, Color, $12.99.”

Mature Readers

On Sale October 8, 2008

“Preacher is an American comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the American comic book label Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, with painted covers by Glenn Fabry.

The series consists of 75 issues in total — 66 regular, monthly issues, five one-shot specials and a four-issue Saint of Killers limited series. The entire run has been collected in nine trade paperback editions. The final monthly issue, number 66, was published in July 2000.”

“The series that created the zombie movement reaches its most pivotal, series-altering arc yet! They thought they were safe in the prison. They were wrong. A force far more deadly than the walking dead is at their door and when the dust settles, their rank will be reduced by more than half. No one is safe!”

On sale June 25th!

“A war is brewing as the Dreamlands is in upheaval and Mister Arkham plots his strategy on Earth. With only mankind standing in the way of a godwar, players and pawns move into place, choose new allegiances, and struggle with their role in Mister Arkham’s plans for universal domination. Who will survive? Secrets are revealed as the next chapter in the war of Lovecraftian gods continues! Collecting issues 6-10 of the critically acclaimed ongoing series!”

“Collecting the opening arc of the new smash-hit series that is taking fandom by storm! Cy is an ordinary guy with a beautiful fiancee—until his uncle’s suicide changes his life forever. Consumed with discovering the motive behind his relative’s sudden and painful death, he finds notes and scribblings about a nonsense word he doesn’t recognize… Cthulhu. Obsessed, he seeks out answers to questions he should have never asked. A horrifying glimpse into a modern day Lovecraftian world filled with nightmares and excursions into Lovecraft’s Dreamlands!”