Panels! - Diamond Book Distributors
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Panels! - Diamond Book Distributors
For a complete list of New Releases for January to June 2011, go to www.diamondbookdistributors.com/JANJUN2011 H&DWDORJV 2QOLQH '%'3DQHOV 0RQWKO\6DOHV.LWV '%'.LGV DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com CONTENTS Welcome to Panels! CONTENTS Dark Horse Comics ............................3 Diamond Book Distributors had a great year in 2010, with the release of several high-profile graphic novels that took the reading world by storm. 2011 is lining up to be just as good, if not better, with a number of great titles for any age or taste. IDW Publishing ..............................13 DBD proudly represents over fifty comic book, graphic novel, and pop-culture publishers, and here in Panels you’ll find the best items being released in the first half of this year. Prose Novels ..................................49 Dark Horse’s long running fan favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight wraps up with the latest volume Last Gleaming, while their tales of the Star Wars universe’s favorite bounty hunter continue with Star Wars Adventures: Boba Fett and the Ship of Fear, and Star Wars: Blood Ties – A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett. Image Comics ................................21 Additional Publishers: GNs & TPs ....27 Games............................................55 Contact Us – DBD Sales Reps............60 Image Comics’ breakout hit The Walking Dead continues marching on, while the breakout hit Chew adds another volume to the mix. As for original works, the superhero books Guarding the Globe delivers the goods, while The Light offers a new take on horror. Two big screen animated stars get their comics debuts with Ape Entertainment’s Megamind and Kung Fu Panda 2 books, while Dynamite continues the buzz of its Green Hornet series. And the steampunk web comic Girl Genius makes its prose debut with Night Shade Books’ Agatha H and the Airship City. All in all, 2011 looks to be a great year for graphic novels, and these releases should deliver excitement – and sales – to your stores! ▼ Dark Horse Comics ▼ ORDERING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CATALOG In North America, products in this catalog are also available from Baker & Taylor, Bookazine, Ingram, Partners West and other wholesalers. DBD is proud to represent over fifty comic 1966 Greenspring Drive, Suite 300 ● Timonium, MD 21093 Phone: 410-560-7100 ext. 819 ● Fax: 410-560-2583 Email: dbd@diamondcomics.com Canalside ● Warrington Road ● Manor Park Runcom, Cheshire WA7 1SN Tel: 01928 531760 ● Fax: 01928 531789 Email: books@diamondcomics.co.uk Due to licensing restrictions, not all products listed are available in the UK. book, graphic novel, and pop-culture publishers that deliver cutting edge material for the entire book market. In this issue you’ll find the best items coming out January - June 2011. For a complete list of new releases for January - June 2011 go online at www.diamondbookdistributors.com/janjune2011 PRINTED IN CANADA Jan-June 2011 Kuo-Yu Liang DBD VP Sales and Marketing Star Wars Adventures: Boba Fett and the Ship of Fear DBD PANELS All my best— DIAMONDBOOKdistributors.com IDW puts the bite back into comics with True Blood, an original graphic novel based on the hit novel- and television series, and the newest volume of Locke & Key, which is currently in development as a new television series on Fox. 1 Beasts of Burden ▼ Dark Horse Comics ▼ Eisner Award 2010: Best Publication for Teens, Best Multimedia Artist Publishers Weekly Best of 2010 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Clover Omnibus Edition Gunnerkrigg Court ▼ Archaia Studios ▼ ▼ Oni Press ▼ ▼ Dark Horse Comics ▼ YALSA 2010 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens Booklist 2010 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth Eisner Award 2010: Best Humor Publication Harvey Award 2010: Special Award for Humor in Comics Hatter M: Mad With Wonder Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite YALSA 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Essex County ▼ Top Shelf Productions ▼ YALSA 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Booklist 2009 Top Ten Book of the Year Canada Reads Top Five Novels of the Decade ▼ Dark Horse Comics ▼ Scott Pilgrim ▼ Automatic Pictures ▼ ▼ Dark Horse Comics ▼ IPPY Gold Medalist 2010: Best Graphic Novel 2009 Harvey Award for Best Artist Chew Girl Genius Volume 9 The Helm Walking Dead ▼ Image Comics ▼ ▼ Studio Foglio ▼ ▼ Dark Horse ▼ ▼ Image Comics ▼ Eisner Award 2010: Best New Series, Best New Talent Hugo Winner 2010: Best Graphic Novel YALSA 2010 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens Eisner Award 2010: Best Ongoing Series Harvey Award 2010: Best Continuing Series Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter Kill Shakespeare Vol. 1 ▼ IDW Publishing ▼ ▼ IDW Publishing ▼ Eisner Award 2010: Best Adaptation Harvey Award: Best Cartoonist YALSA 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens The Windup Girl Grandville ▼ Night Shade Books ▼ ▼ Dark Horse Comics ▼ Hugo Award 2010: Best Novel Nebula Award 2010: Best Novel Booklist 2010 Top Ten Graphic Novels Dark Horse Comics DARK HORSE COMICS STAR WARS: INVASION VO LUME 2 — RESCUES Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Colin Wilson, Wes Dzioba, Jo Chen Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/10/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-630-5 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50) The extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong invasion has spread; ravaged worlds are left behind, the forces of the New Republic are spread thin, and even Luke Skywalker’s New Jedi Order is nearly helpless against the invaders. These are times when even the rescuers may need rescuing... KEY SELLING POINTS: DARK horse.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • This new Star Wars series ties into — and fits between — the nineteen novels of Del Rey’s The New Jedi Order series. • There are more than 8 million Dark Horse-created Star Wars graphic novels in print! STAR WARS: LEGACY VOLUME 10 - EXTREMES Writer: John Ostrander Artist: Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Brad Anderson Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 12/21/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-631-2 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99) DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Cade Skywalker is back in action — leading a personal vendetta against the Sith, and brought to the brink of having to accept his family legacy, or deny it once and for all! 4 KEY SELLING POINTS: • “(Star Wars: Legacy) does justice to the Star Wars mythos and should keep things moving for a good while.” — Wired Artist: Daxiong Size: 5.25 x 7.5, 80 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/22/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-436-3 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99) When Boba comes into possession of a map revealing the wreck of a four-hundred-year-old abandoned luxury liner’s current whereabouts, he sets his sights on the prize. But he’s not alone — two bounty-hunting brothers with a grudge against Fett are now on his trail, hoping to win the treasure for themselves. KEY SELLING POINTS: DARK HORSE COMICS DARK horse.com ● Writer: Jeremy Barlow DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com STAR WARS ADVENTURES: BOBA FETT AND THE SHIP OF FEAR • A standalone Boba Fett adventure for young and old alike! STAR WARS ADVENTURES: THE WILL OF DARTH VADER (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-435-9) STAR WARS ADVENTURES: LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE TREASURE OF THE DRAGONSNAKES (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-347-2) STAR WARS ADVENTURES: PRINCESS LEIA AND THE ROYAL RANSOM (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-147-8) STAR WARS ADVENTURES: HAN SOLO AND THE HOLLOW MOON OF KHORYA (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-198-0) DBD PANELS BACKLIST Jan-June 2011 • Part of the “Year of Fett” celebration. 5 DARK HORSE COMICS Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Christopher Scalf Size: 6.5 x 10.75, 96 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/31/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-627-5 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99) Here begins a multigenerational tale of honor and redemption, starring two of the heaviest hitters in the Star Wars galaxy: Jango and Boba Fett! Before the beginning of the Clone Wars, Jango accepts a mission which will affect the course of Boba Fett’s life some twenty years into the future! When an important assignment with a big payday from Count Dooku goes awry for Jango, Boba will be tasked with picking up the pieces... KEY SELLING POINTS: • This volume collects the entire run of the fan-favorite series Star Wars: Blood Ties. • There are over 8 million Dark Horse Star Wars graphic novels in print! STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC VOLUME 1 BLOOD OF THE EMPIRE STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC VOLUME 2 - THREAT OF PEACE DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DARK horse.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES — A TALE OF JANGO AND BOBA FETT 6 Writer: Alexander Freed Artist: Benjamin Carré Size: 6.5 x 10.75, 96 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-646-6 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99) Writer: Rob Chestney Artist: Alex Sanchez, Michael Ativeh, Benjamin Carré Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 96 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 6/7/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-642-8 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99) After hundreds of years, the Sith Empire has returned to the galaxy, determined to crush the Republic that sent them into exile. For young Sith Teneb Kel, it is his only chance to rise above his lowly beginnings as a slave and prove his worth to the Dark Council. Yet their mission for him is unexpected. He will not hunt Jedi, but rather a fellow Sith — the Emperor’s apprentice! For decades, the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire have been at war. The Sith have gained control of the Outer Rim, but their efforts to penetrate the Core Worlds have so far been thwarted. Now, representatives from both sides attempt to negotiate a peace treaty — but deception by the Sith puts the Jedi in an unfortunate position... KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Old Republic Volume 1: Blood of the Empire, introduces major events and characters from LucasArts and BioWare’s massive multiplayer online game! • Star Wars: Threat of Peace is written by Rob Chestney, a lead writer for the highly anticipated massive multiplayer online game. Size: 6.5 x 10.5, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 6/21/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-610-7 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Series creator Joss Whedon writes the final story arc of Buffy Season 8, taking his greatest characters to places only he can! Teamed with series artist Georges Jeanty, Joss reunites the dysfunctional gang of Buffy, Angel, and Spike, in the thick of it together for the first time since Season 3, and gives the Scoobies their gravest challenge ever — defending reality itself from an onslaught of demons. It’s the biggest Buffy finale ever! DARK HORSE COMICS DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: Georges Jeanty, Karl Moline ● Writer: Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Scott Allie DARK horse.com BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 8: LAST GLEAMING KEY SELLING POINTS: • Last Gleaming is the Season Finale, the final volume in this bestselling series! • “Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues to be a solid book in all respects.” — Newsarama BACKLIST BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 7: TWILIGHT (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-558-4) BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 6: RETREAT (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-415-8) BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 5: PREDATORS AND PREY (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-342-7) BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 4: TIME OF YOUR LIFE (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-310-6) BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 3: WOLVES AT THE GATE (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-165-2) BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 2: NO FUTURE FOR YOU (ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-963-5) BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 1: THE LONG WAY HOME (ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-822-5) DBD PANELS • “The whole gang returns, kicking ass and splitting infinitives in Whedon’s inimitable dialog.” — Wired Magazine Jan-June 2011 • Buffy The Vampire Slayer is one of Dark Horse’s #1 brands, with nearly 1,000,000 books sold. 7 DARK HORSE COMICS BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: TALES Writer: Joss Whedon, Amber Benson, Becky Cloonan, Jane Espenson, Others Artist: Tim Sale, Scott Morse, Jeff Parker, Others Size: 8 x 12.25, 288 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Release Date: 1/25/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-644-2 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) KEY SELLING POINTS: • Includes stories with Buffy, Spike, Angel, Fray, Dracula! BALTIMORE VOLUME 1: THE PLAGUE SHIPS B.P.R.D.: PLAGUE OF FROGS HARDCOVER COLLECTION VOLUME 1 DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DARK horse.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Before Season 8, Joss Whedon brought generations of Slayers and vampires to comics with the help of his acclaimed TV writing team and some of the best artists to ever grace the comics page. Now all those stories, plus selected stories from Season 8, are collected in one deluxe hardcover with a new cover by Jo Chen. 8 Writer: Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden Artist: Ben Stenbeck, Dave Stewart Size: 7 x 10, 136 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 6/28/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-673-2 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, and submarine graveyards on the hunt for the creature who’s become his obsession. KEY SELLING POINTS: Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 408 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-609-1 Price: $34.99 (CAN: $43.99, £25.99) Mike Mignola and Dark Horse present the complete Plague of Frogs saga, from Hollow Earth to The King of Fear. The first book re-establishes the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense after Hellboy’s departure, cracks open the secrets of Abe Sapien’s origin, and sets the War on Frogs in motion. • Baltimore is created by award–winning, bestselling writers Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden (Hellboy, B.P.R.D.)! • Based on the novel, Baltimore, Or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire (978-05538047130) by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. • “Stenbeck draws World War I era vampires in a fantastic style, with military jackets and goggles and hats, and the fight scenes feel fluid and energetic.” — Comic Book Resources KEY SELLING POINTS: • Three Mignola trades in One! — B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories, B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories, and B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs. • Includes the first appearances of Lobster Johnson and Johann Kraus! • Guy Davis’s Hellboy-universe debut! Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 136 Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-643-5 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Celebrate ten years of The Goon with this collection of two hilarious Goon stories and the Buzzard mini-series! Filled with equal parts comedy and misfortune, this collection serves as both an epilogue to the “Goon Year” epic and the beginning of the next chapter in the story of Lonely Street’s tragic protector. KEY SELLING POINTS: DARK HORSE COMICS DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: Eric Powell ● Writer: Eric Powell DARK horse.com GOON VOLUME 10: DEATH’S GREEDY COMEUPPANCE • Five-Time Eisner-Award Winning Series! THE GOON VOLUME 8: THOSE THAT IS DAMNED (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-324-3) THE GOON VOLUME 7: A PLACE OF HEARTACHE AND GRIEF (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-311-3) THE GOON VOLUME 6: CHINATOWN AND THE MYSTERY OF MR. WICKER (ISBN-13: 9 78-1-59582-406-6) THE GOON VOLUME 5: WICKED INCLINATIONS (ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-646-7) THE GOON VOLUME 4: VIRTUE AND THE GRIM CONSEQUENCES THEREOF (ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-456-2) THE GOON VOLUME 3: HEAPS OF RUINATION (ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-292-6) THE GOON VOLUME 2: MY MURDEROUS CHILDHOOD & OTHER GRIEVOUS YEARS (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-616-9) THE GOON VOLUME 1: NOTHIN’ BUT MISERY (ISBN-13: 978-1-56971-998-5) THE GOON VOLUME 0: ROUGH STUFF (2ND EDITION) (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-468-4) DBD PANELS BACKLIST THE GOON VOLUME 9: CALAMITY OF CONSCIENCE (ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-346-5) Jan-June 2011 • “Every panel gorgeously detailed, like a Max Fleischer cartoon if Cthulhu spat some sort of hellish bile all over it. Few artists can actually, truly justify the purchase of a comic through their art alone, but Powell is certainly one of them.” — IGN.com 9 DARK HORSE COMICS Writer: Michael Fleisher, Larry Yakata, Roy Thomas Artist: Bob Camp, John Buscema, Armando Gil Publisher: Dark Horse Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 200 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/3/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-704-3 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $19.99, £13.50) The only man who has called Conan “Little Man” and lived to tell the tale — Fafnir of the red beard, friend of Conan, brawler, and general tavern body, makes his triumphant return to action in this volume of the Chronicles of Conan, and none too soon! Conan will need all the allies he can muster if he is to survive a witch that commands a demon arm, a manmountain known as Gargantax, and a crafty immortal who would remain that way at all costs! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Featuring a bonus King Conan story by Roy Thomas and John Buscema! CONAN VOLUME 10: IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 9 DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DARK horse.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 21: BLOOD OF THE TITAN AND OTHER STORIES 10 Writer: Timothy Truman Artist: Tomás Giorello, José Villarubia Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/24/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-713-5 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) On the run from the army of Turan, Conan and fellow fugitive Olivia hide out on a small island in the Vilayet Sea. They soon find themselves stalked by an unseen terror in the jungles and threatened by a group of pirates belonging to the Red Brotherhood, which is led by Conan’s sworn enemy — Sergius of Koth! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Adapted from Robert E. Howard’s classic story, “Iron Shadows In the Moon.” • Conan continues to be one of Dark Horse’s strongest brands, selling over 400,000 books since taking over the property! Writer: Michael Fleisher Artist: John Buscema, Val Mayerik, Pablo Marcos, Ernie Chan, Others Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 500 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Release Date: 2/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-648-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 9 contains over five-hundred jam-packed pages of adventure, betrayal, and revenge by some of the most respected names in comics! Michael Fleisher, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Pablo Marcos, and other familiar talents make sure that Conan has his hands full with a demigod that wields the awesome powers of the leopard, three deadly dwarves, a siren with an army of undead pirates, and the return of the Devourer of Souls! KEY SELLING POINTS: • This volume collects The Savage Sword of Conan #94 to #102, complete with covers, frontispieces, backup stories, and pin-ups from each issue. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • “Excellent.” — Variety.com • Created by five year-old Malachai Nicolle and illustrated by his older brother, the cartoonist Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop debuted in January 2010 to glowing reviews from Entertainment Weekly, Wired, and dozens of other newspapers and magazines • “You’ll be addicted in no time.” — Jeff Smith (Bone) • Rising star Carla Speed McNeil has been nominated for seventeen industry awards, winning five times, since 1998! • Voice won the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Webcomic. EMILY THE STRANGE: THE 13TH HOUR Writer: Rob Reger Artist: Buzz Parker Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/10/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-700-5 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £14.99) We all know Emily the Strange is the world’s weirdest thirteen-yearold, but do you have any idea how that came to be? For any girl, a thirteenth birthday is a big deal, and that’s doubly — even triply — true for Emily. She doesn’t know it yet, but a surprise gift from a longlost aunt is more than just a family heirloom — it also holds the key to unlocking the mystery of her lineage and the secrets of her fate! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Watch for the upcoming Emily The Strange movie adaptation, starring Chloe Mortez (Kick-Ass, Let Me In). • In 2011 Emily will become a full-fledged rock star to international audiences when Virgin Records releases her first-ever rock ‘n’ roll CD. • Comics website Newsarama said, “Axe Cop wins the award for best comic ever!” EVELYN EVELYN Writer: Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley Artist: Cynthia von Buhler Size: 8 x 7 Format: Hardcover Release Date: 5/31/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-578-0 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Enthusiasts of genuine tragedy and celebrity intrigue, gird your mental loins for an authentic tale of unbelievable hardship and epic catastrophe! This wholly true and accurate account details the extraordinary lives of Evelyn and Evelyn, a darling but unfortunate pair of conjoined twins who brave extreme circumstances of calamity and adversity. KEY SELLING POINTS: • World-renowned musicians Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley make their comics debut! • This lavish book set features an insightful introduction and afterword by renowned storyteller Neil Gaiman. • Release corresponds with Palmer/Webley music album Evelyn Evelyn. DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Bad guys beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is here, and he’s going to chop your head off! We live in a strange world, and our strange problems call for strange heroes. That’s why Axe Cop — along with his partner Flute Cop and their pet T-Rex Wexter — is holding try-outs to build the greatest team of heroes ever assembled! ● Designed as a jumping-on point for new readers, Voice follows Rachel Grosvenor as she navigates the high-pressure social gauntlet that is her clan’s “conformation” process, competing for knighthood in an attempt to win security for her mother and sister. DARK horse.com Writer: Malachai Nicolle Artist: Ethan Nicolle Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Release Date: 1/4/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-681-7 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Jan-June 2011 Writer: Carla Speed McNeil Artist: Carla Speed McNeil Size: 6 x 9, 208 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Release Date: 3/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-651-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) DARK HORSE COMICS AXE COP VOLUME ONE DBD PANELS FINDER: VOICE 11 DARK HORSE COMICS DARK horse.com Jan-June 2011 DBD PANELS 12 FEMINA AND FAUNA: THE ART OF CAMILLA D’ERRICO Writer: Jerry Robinson Artist: Various Size: 9 x 12, 400 Pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/5/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-173-7 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) From Jerry Robinson, creator of the Joker and 70-year veteran of the comics industry, comes a comprehensive history of the truly American art form! The Comics chronicles the origins and evolution of comic strips, from prior to The Yellow Kid through today, and highlights the game-changing contributions of such creative luminaries as Milton Caniff, Walt Kelly, Hal Foster, and Winsor McCay, among countless others. A fascinating resource of enduring excellence for fans of the art form, historians, and casual readers alike, this edition has been extensively revisited by Robinson and tells the stories behind the newsprint page. KEY SELLING POINTS: Writer: Camilla d’Errico Artist: Camilla d’Errico Size: 8.5 x 11, 112 Pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-583-4 Price: $22.99 (CAN: $28.99, £16.99) Camilla d’Errico is an artistic dynamo - a highly accomplished painter and comic-book artist as well as a clothing, product, and custom-toy designer. Her handiwork captivates admirers around the world, and some of her best-known creations are these, her studies of beautiful women and their animal companions. Playful and flamboyant, exotic and enigmatic, the women who inhabit these striking paintings embody a fascinating array of contradictions… and a hint of something sinister lurks behind their eyes. They dwell in a fantastic world - a circus of color and impossibility - where nothing is quite as it seems. KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Comics is an authoritative history of the medium from living legend Jerry Robinson! • “Through her fiery nature, creative ability, and profound passion for her craft, Camilla d’Errico has become one of the best of her generation and a true inspiration.” -Format Magazine • Other books by Jerry Robinson include the biography, Skippy and Percy Crosby, and The 1970s: Best Political Cartoons of the Decade • Camilla’s art has appeared in major pop-culture magazines like HiFructose, Kid Robot and Juxtapoz, and in galleries around the world. THE ART OF ALICE: THE MADNESS RETURNS THE SKY: THE ART OF FINAL FANTASY ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com THE COMICS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF COMIC STRIP ART Writer: R. J. Berg Artist: Various Size: 9 x 12, 184 Pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/24/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-583-4 Price: $34.99 (CAN: $43.99, £25.99) Just in time for Madness Returns, Dark Horse and Spicy Horse Games invite Alice fans to take a journey through the wonderland of American McGee’s imagination for a look at this magnificent and disturbing world. With text by Madness Returns lead writer and executive producer R. J. Berg, and featuring an introduction by McGee, The Art of Alice offers an intimate look into the artwork behind this blockbuster interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s enduring masterpiece. Writer: Yoshitaka Amano Artist: Yoshitaka Amano Size: 10.75 x 11.75, 780 Pages Format: Box, Full Color Release Date: 5/31/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-817-1 Price: $129.99 (CAN: $162.50, £97.99) This tremendous boxed set of five books gathers Yoshitaka Amano’s ethereal illustrations for Final Fantasy games I-X. The Sky is divided into three softcover volumes printed on high-quality stock. Volume 1 (144-pages) contains Amano’s work for Final Fantasy I-III, Volume 2 (276-pages) contains his contributions for Final Fantasy IV-VI, and Volume 3 (156-pages) features art for Final Fantasy VII-X. The fourth book, All About Yoshitaka Amano, is a smaller softcover. Its 128 pages include an interview with Amano, information about his work, a bibliography, and a visual index of each illustration that appears in the three Sky art books. Completing the set are an acetate print, two postcards, and a 96-page The Sky Premium Flipbook that lets you see two examples of Amano’s art in motion, all fit snugly inside a hinged, decorated box. KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Art of Alice: Madness Returns is timed to take advantage of the publicity generated by the release of the game, Alice: Madness Returns! • American McGee’s original game, Alice, has sold over 1.5 million copies! KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Sky was originally published by Squaresoft in an extremely limited edition costing $300! Recent eBay listings have been as high as $500. IDW Publishing IDW PUBLISHING TRANSFORMERS: PRIME VOLUME 2 Writer: Various Artist: Various Artists Size: 5 x 7, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-910-2 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $7.99) The action from Hasbro’s new HUB show Transformers: Prime comes to life on the printed page in this collection of screengrabs from the actual animated cartoon! • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie grossed over 800 million worldwide. • The Transformers 1st movie grossed over $700 million worldwide and boasted the #1 selling DVD of 2007. • The Transformers 3 is scheduled for 2011. STAR TREK: CAPTAIN’S LOG STAR TREK: KHAN RULING IN HELL DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IDW publishing.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com KEY SELLING POINTS: 14 Writer: Scott Tipton, David Tipton, Marc Guggenheim, Stuart Moore, Keith R. A. DeCandido Artist: Andrew Currie, Federica Manfredi, J. K. Woodward Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 3/29/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-887-7 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Writer: Scott Tipton, David Tipton Artist: Fabio Montovani Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/26/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-909-6 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) The most legendary captains of Starfleet get their due in this collection of one-shots! See how Captains Pike, Sulu, Harriman, and Jellico handle the responsibilities and challenges they face as Starfleet Captains. When the most infamous villain in Star Trek history is last seen in the Original Series episode “Space Seed,” Khan Noonien Singh’s an elegant, proud warrior-king. When he’s next seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, he’s a grizzled maniac, twisted by loss and an unquenchable thirst for revenge. What has happened between these two points in time to so radically alter what seemed to be an unbreakable will? KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Builds upon the long-popular Star Trek franchise jump-started with the blockbuster film by J.J. Abrams. • Builds upon the long-popular Star Trek franchise jump-started with the blockbuster film by J.J. Abrams. Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/22/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-868-6 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Blood and sex mix on a hot rainy night at Merlotte’s, when Sookie and her friends are trapped by a vengeful spirit who feeds on shame. People die and dirty secrets are revealed as Sookie, Bill, Eric, Sam, Tara, Jason, and Lafayette and are all coerced to dig deep and tell painful memories from their past — those things we all have locked within us that we never tell another living soul! Bon Temps, Louisiana has never been stranger, or more twisted, in a story co-plotted by True Blood series creator Alan Ball, with a script by David Tischman (Bite Club) and Mariah Huehner, and lush art by David Messina (Star Trek: Countdown). KEY SELLING POINTS: IDW PUBLISHING DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: David Messina ● Writer: Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner IDW publishing.com TRUE BLOOD VOLUME 1: ALL TOGETHER NOW • Based on the Golden Globe & EMMY Award-winning HBO True Blood series. • Renewed for a fourth season to debut June 2011. FIRST LOOK: DBD PANELS • “Sexy, witty and unabashedly peculiar, True Blood is a blood-drenched Southern Gothic romantic parable set in a world where vampires are out and about and campaigning for equal rights. Part mystery, part fantasy, part comedy, and all wildly imaginative exaggeration, [True] Blood proves that there’s still vibrant life — or death — left in the ‘star-crossed cute lovers’ paradigm. You just have to know where to stake your romantic claim.” — USA Today Jan-June 2011 • Alan Ball’s previous HBO Award-winning Series Six Feet Under ran five seasons. 15 IDW PUBLISHING ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL PREMIERE EDITION Writer: Brian Lynch, Joss Whedon Artist: Franco Urru, Tim Kane, David Messina, Stephen Mooney, John Byrne, Nick Runge, Fabio Montovani, Kevin Schmidt, Mirco Perfederic Size: 8.5 x 12.75, 432 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 3/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-861-7 Price: $100.00 (CAN: $125.00, £75.00) Writer: John Byrne Artist: John Byrne Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-892-1 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Comics industry legend John Byrne dove headfirst into the Angelverse, bringing his no-nonsense, straight-at-the-gut brand of storytelling and visuals to the tales of this beloved, brooding hero. This collection includes the two-part Angel vs. Frankenstein, the four-part Blood and Trenches, as well as the four-page Lorne story Byrne illustrated in After the Fall: First Night. Dive in as series writer Brian Lynch and Angel overlord Joss Whedon tell the tale of what happened to ANGEL & Co. on the night that WOLFRAM & HART sent their minions into the alley in “Not Fade Away.” KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • New adventures of the popular TV character. • Written by Buffy creator Joss Whedon. • Byrne is one of comics’ longest-working and most respected creators, having worked on nearly every major title from Marvel and DC, as well as numerous independents. SPIKE VOLUME 1 SPIKE: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IDW publishing.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com ANGEL: THE JOHN BYRNE COLLECTION 16 Writer: Brian Lynch Artist: Franco Urru, Jenny Frison Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/26/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-908-9 Price: $21.99 (CAN: $27.50, £16.50) Writer: Bill Williams Artist: Chris Cross, Franco Urru Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 12/14/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-764-1 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) It’s Vegas, baby! Spike heads out to the City of Sin for a bachelor party, taking Betta George and pyrokinetic “hot” girl Beck along for the ride. But between a giant demon Elvis, a run in with an old flame, and the appearance of a certain witch, this is Spike as you’ve never seen him before! While out and about (drinking, naturally) Spike gets in trouble over a girl (of course) and finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that involves Hellmouths, blood factories, and demons. But when devil Eddie Hope gets involved, they might just kill each other before getting to the bad guys! KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Stars one of the most popular characters from the Buffy series. • Written by Buffy creator Joss Whedon. • Features the devil Eddie Hope, star of back-up story in Angel: The Crown Prince Syndrome. Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 3/29/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-886-0 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) With more keys making themselves known, and the depths of the Locke’s family’s mystery ever-expanding, Dodge’s desperation to end his shadowy quest drives the habitants of Keyhouse ever closer to a revealing conclusion. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Joe Hill’s first comics work, Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, was listed by Wizard magazine as one of its hottest graphic novels of ‘08. • Locke & Key has been optioned by FOX to be developed into a television series! IDW PUBLISHING DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: Gabriel Rodriguez ● Writer: Joe Hill IDW publishing.com LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 4: KEYS TO THE KINGDOM HC • New York Times bestselling author, Joe Hill, reached #8 with his first novel, Heart-Shaped Box. LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 3: CROWN OF SHADOWS HC (ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-695-8) LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 2: HEAD GAMES HC (ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-695-8) LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 1: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT HC (ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-237-0) DBD PANELS BACKLIST Jan-June 2011 • Joe Hill received the Bram Stoker Award & British Fantasy Award for Best Fiction Collection (20th Century Ghosts), as well as Best Short Story (Best New Horror) and Fantasy Award for Best Novella (Voluntary Committal). 17 IDW PUBLISHING GEORGE R.R. MARTIN’S DOORWAYS HC Writer: Peter S. Beagle, Peter Gillis Artist: Renae DeLiz, Ray Dillon Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 152 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 1/25/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-851-8 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Writer: George R. R. Martin Artist: Stefano Martino Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/17/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-916-4 Price: $21.99 (CAN: $27.50, £16.50) Dr. Thomas Mason had a regular life, with a regular job, and a regular girlfriend. Until one night, zapped from somewhere else, a mysterious young woman named Cat ends up in his E.R. Pursued by the government and twisted creatures from her own world, Cat inadvertently embroils Tom in her quest for freedom. Which takes him to alternative Earth’s he never imagined — and which he may never get back from! KEY SELLING POINTS: • George R.R. Martin is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, best known for his ongoing A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels. Whimsical. Lyrical. Poignant. Adapted for the first time from the acclaimed and beloved novel by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn is a tale for all ages about the wonders of magic, the power of love, and the tragedy of loss. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Published in 1968, The Last Unicorn has sold more than five million copies worldwide since its original publication, and has been translated into at least twenty languages. • The 25th Anniversary Edition of the animated movie recently sold over 800,000 units as of February 2009. • The Last Unicorn is one of the true classics of fantasy, ranking with Tolkien’s The Hobbit, LeGuin’s Earthsea Trilogy, and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. WITCH & WIZARD VOLUME 2: OPERATION ZERO DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CLASSICS VOLUME 1 DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IDW publishing.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com THE LAST UNICORN 18 Writer: Dara Naraghi Artist: Victor Santos Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 3/22/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-890-7 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Writer: Dan Mishkin Artist: Jan Duursema Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 200 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-895-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Whit and Wisty get the shock of their lives when a member of the New Order’s inner circle, The One Who Bans Books, contacts them with a clandestine proposal: he wants their help in removing The One Who Is The One from power! The classic DC Comics Advanced Dungeons & Dragons series returns to print for the first time! This action-packed volume collects the first eight issues of the fan-favorite series by writer Dan Mishkin and artist Jan Duursema. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • James Patterson has had nineteen consecutive #1 New York Times bestselling novels, and holds the New York Times record for most Hardcover Fiction bestselling titles by a single author (51 total), which is also a Guinness World Record. • Out of print for 20 years! Never reprinted! • James Patterson has won numerous awards including the Edgar Award, the BCA Mystery Guild’s Thriller of the Year, and the International Thriller of the Year. • D&D‘s publication is widely regarded as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry. • As of 2006, Dungeons & Dragons remains the best-known and best-selling role-playing game, with an estimated 20 million people having played the game. Size: 5 x 7, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-883-9 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) G.I. JOE is the world’s best and last defense against the dark forces that haunt our planet. They are highly trained, highly skilled, highly effective, and highly motivated. In short, they are the best at what they do. But for the first time ever, in order to fight evil, our heroes have to become Renegades! Join Duke, Scarlett, Roadblock, Tunnel Rat, Ripcord, and Snake Eyes as they lead a lone charge against COBRA, becoming fugitives of justice in the process! High-octane action, unbelievable stories, and action-packed battles set this G.I. JOE tour de force on high ground! It’s G.I. JOE like you’ve never seen it before! IDW PUBLISHING DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: Various Artists ● Writer: Marty Isenberg IDW publishing.com G.I. JOE ANIMATED: RENEGADES VOLUME 4 KEY SELLING POINTS: • Puts the new animated adventures of G.I. Joe in your pocket! G.I. JOE ANIMATED: RENEGADES VOL. 1 978-1-60010-835-8 / $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) G.I. JOE ANIMATED: RENEGADES VOL. 2 978-1-60010-837-2 / $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) G.I. JOE ANIMATED: RENEGADES VOL. 3 978-1-60010-882-2 / $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) DBD PANELS BACKLIST Jan-June 2011 • G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra grossed over $300 million Worldwide. 19 IDW PUBLISHING BLOOM COUNTY: THE COMPLETE LIBRARY VOLUME 4 Writer: Berkeley Breathed Artist: Berkeley Breathed Imprint: Library of American Comics Size: 11 x 8.5, 288 pages Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Release Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-899-0 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £37.99) Writer: Bob Schreck Artist: Nate Van Dyke, Frank Miller Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 120 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-850-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) It’s been 13 years since little Tim and Lex Murphy escaped from the island of Isla Sorna, and recent public opinion has reversed, with the world clamoring for authorities to re-open Jurassic Park! With the help of their controversial Granddad’s inheritance and their own sharp wits, a secret deal is struck to open a new park. This time they’ll get it right… right? Book Four of Berkeley Breathed’s Eisner Award-winning series and New York Times best-seller features some of the most fondly remembered Bloom County cartoons, both from a humor standpoint and from a biting, political one. This is the period for which Breathed won a Pulitzer Prize, the highest award in journalism, for editorial cartooning. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Jurassic Park is based on a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton with millions of copies sold. • Breathed is one of only two cartoonists to win a Pulitzer for editorial cartooning (Garry Trudeau was also a recipient for Doonesbury). • During its release, the film Jurassic Park grossed more than $914 million worldwide, becoming the most successful film released up to that time. • Jurassic Park earned three Oscars and 19 other awards nods. SILENT HILL: PAST LIFE • “The brilliance of Bloom County shines through in so many ways, but perhaps most notable is that this collection doesn’t seem dated in the slightest.” — Graphicnovelreporter.com ETERNAL DESCENT VOLUME 1 DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IDW publishing.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com JURASSIC PARK VOLUME 1: REDEMPTION 20 Writer: Tom Waltz Artist: Menton Mathews III Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/10/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-907-2 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Writer: Llexi Leon Artist: Jason Metcalf, Gabriel Guzman Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 176 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-878-5 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Jebediah “Hellrider” Foster is a violent outlaw in the Dakota Territory in 1867. When he falls for a godly widow who longs to move from the Wild West to a family home in Silent Hill, Foster follows — but peace is not what awaits. In a city where lost souls lurk in every shadow and darkness veils sinister designs, heavy metal could be the key to salvation... or the gateway to destruction! A fallen hero, a twisted demon, one gorgeous succubus, and an army of chart-topping guitar heroes: the pieces are in place. The Descent begins! KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Written by writer for Silent Hill: Sinner’s Reward and the new Silent Hill videogame. • Created, written by Llexi Leon of Eternal Descent, a virtual band created in 2004 by multi-instrumentalist Llexi Leon. • The 8th videogame in the franchise goes on sale in the second half of 2011. • Wayne Static of Static X: “This stuff is over the top, bursting with energy. Eternal Descent gives me the ultimate opportunity to be more than human.” • The Silent Hill brand saw the release of the Silent Hill Movie in 2006. • An anime adaptation of the popular property has been announced for release in 2011. • Gus G of Ozzy Osbourne/Firewind: “It’s incredible! That’s what being a comic hero is all about: Having supernatural powers and looking perfect!” Image Comics IMAGE COMICS CHEW VOLUME 3: JUST DESSERTS Writer: John Layman Artist: Rob Guillory Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 128 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 12/7/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-335-3 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) KEY SELLING POINTS: • IGN.com’s pick for Best Indie Series of 2009 and MTV Splash Page.com’s pick for Best New Series of 2009. THE LIGHT TP SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IMAGE comics.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Things are looking up for Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats. He’s got a girlfriend. He’s got a partner he trusts. He even seems to be getting along with his jerk boss. But his ruthless ex-partner is still out there, operating outside of the law, intending to make good on his threats against Tony and everybody Tony cares about. It’s just a matter of time before their investigations collide, blood spills and, inevitably, body parts are eaten! 22 Writer: Nathan Edmondson Artist: Brett Weldele Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 140 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Release Date: 12/28/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-345-2 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £10.75) It is as sudden as it is deadly. Its origins are unknown. When it strikes, a father must risk all to protect his daughter and escape across the Oregon countryside — before they are infected by THE LIGHT! Learn to love the darkness; learn to fear THE LIGHT! KEY SELLING POINTS: • The first two issues of the comic book sold out at the distribution level. • “One new Image series that shouldn’t be overlooked.” – The A.V. Club Writer: Josh Wagner Artist: Camilla d’Errico Writer: Josh Wagner Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/4/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-324-7 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) In Neo Terra, a world that blends forgotten technology with natural magic, reckless young glide-wing pilot Billy Boom Boom must outwit the Pirate King to stop him from ushering in a new Dark Age. Camilla d’Errico pencils this high adventure mini-series about loyalty, friendship, and what it means to be a true hero. KEY SELLING POINTS: • D’Errico has done illustration for Disney, Hasbro Toys, Ride Snowbaords, and has a collection of t-shirts at Hot Topic. Publisher: Image Comics Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 560 pages Format: Hardcover, Black & White Release Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-330-8 Price: $100.00 (CAN: $124.99, £75.00) This deluxe hardcover features 24 issues of the hit series, The Walking Dead, along with the covers for the issues all in one massive, oversized slip-cased volume. Perfect for long-time fans, new readers, and anyone needing a heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead! IMAGE COMICS DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn ● Writer: Robert Kirkman IMAGE comics.com THE WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 BACKLIST DBD PANELS THE WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 (ISBN 1-58240-511-5) Jan-June 2011 THE WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 (ISBN 1-60706-029-9) 23 IMAGE COMICS GUARDING THE GLOBE VOLUME 1 TP SAVAGE DRAGON ARCHIVES VOLUME 3 Writer: Robert Kirkman, Benito Cereno Artist: Ransom Getty Publisher: Image Comics Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 5/31/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-356-8 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Just in time for the second volume of the hit series, this volume reprints the first six-issue mini-series, following Brit as he recruits a new, international Guardians of the Globe roster. Writer: Erik Larsen Artist: Erik Larsen Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 616 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Release Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-58240-770-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) The classic super-hero saga continues in this third gigantic volume chronicling the adventures of Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon! Following a vicious battle with Chicago’s notorious criminal organization, the Vicious Circle, the Dragon is dead... or is he? • A spin-off from Invincible! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Written by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. • Continuing one of the longest running series from Image Comics. SPAWN ORIGINS VOLUME 9 TP SUPERPATRIOT: AMERICA’S FIGHTING FORCE TP DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IMAGE comics.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com KEY SELLING POINTS: 24 Writer: Todd McFarlane Artist: Various Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-236-3 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Journey with Spawn as he visits the Fifth Level of Hell, only to battle with none other than the Savage Dragon! Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Cory Walker Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 136 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-355-1 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Before they created Invincible together, Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker collaborated on this epic mini-series featuring Erik Larsen’s Superpatriot. Watch the aging superhero deal with some of his deadliest foes yet in this action-packed mini-series! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Todd McFarlane is a founding member of Image Comics and one of the most influential artists and creators in comic books. • Spawn is one of the longest running titles from Image Comics. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Written by Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead and Invincible. IMAGE COMICS ARTIFACTS VOLUME 1 TP Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Michael Broussard, Marc Silvestri, Bart Sears, Dale Keown Size: 7 x 10, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-201-1 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) KEY SELLING POINTS: • “It’s loud, widescreen comic book mayhem that sticks to the roof of your brain!” [4 out 5 stars] — Comic Book Resources • “…dramatic Newsarama heavy…visually striking…“ — MAGDALENA VOLUME 1 TP Go back to the beginning and rediscover what made The Darkness one of the most talked about titles of the last 10 years! Jackie Estacado, mafia hitman, blessed and cursed on his 21st birthday with the ancient power of The Darkness. Only as Estacado begins to gain control over the power of his newfound power, a new enemy emerges in the form of — The Magdalena! The Magdalena has been the official protector and warrior of the Catholic Church for over two thousand years, sworn to defend the Faith with the Spear of Destiny against all manner of supernatural threats. However, Patience, the latest Magdalena, has seen through the hypocrisy of her masters and struck out on her own. When her old mentor comes to her with a mission to prevent Armageddon, will she be able to resist the call? KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Darkness video game sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. • Ron Marz is a Harvey nominated writer and considered the “architect” of the Top Cow Universe. • A Magdalena film is in development with Gale Ann Herd and Valhala Pictures with Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss slated to star with director Ryûhei Kitamura. Jan-June 2011 Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Nelson Blake II, Ryan Sook Size: 7 x 10, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-206-6 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) DBD PANELS Writer: Garth Ennis, Malachy Coney, Marcia Chen Artist: Joe Benitez, Marc Silvestri, Clarence Lansang Size: 7 x 10, 208 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-208-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) IMAGE comics.com ● THE DARKNESS ORIGINS VOLUME 3 TP and DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Separately, thirteen mystical Artifacts will guide the fate of the Universe. Together, thirteen Artifacts will end the Universe! When a mysterious antagonist kidnaps, Hope, the daughter of Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado, Armageddon is put into motion. 25 DAN BRERETON: THE GODDESS & THE MONSTER HC Writer: Joseph Michael Linsner, Eva Hopkins Artist: Joseph Michael Linsner, Eva Hopkins Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 128 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-317-9 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Writer: Dan Brereton Artist: Dan Brereton Format: Hardcover, Full Color Release Date: 11/30/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-300-1 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Ivory is a frustrated goth girl who escapes from her everyday world by sneaking out to dance at night. Her best friend Samson is always there to help her keep her feet on the ground. As Ivory’s club world fills with attractive, vampiric strangers, she thinks it would be so cool to be like them — until it happens! Be careful what you wish for... After more than 20 years, Dan Brereton, award-winning comics creator and painter, collects his best works for the very first time in this beautiful full-color hardcover volume. The Goddess & The Monster features 144-pages of furiously colorful illustrations in Brereton’s unmistakable style, spanning his work in comics, film, and more — ranging from the commercial to personal, adventurous to lurid, dark to heroic. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Linsner is the creator of the popular Dawn series of comics. • Brereton is the creator of the popular comic the Nocturnals, and has done cover art for musicians such as Rob Zombie NANCY IN HELL TP SULLIVAN’S SLUGGERS DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 IMAGE comics.com ● DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com IMAGE COMICS DARK IVORY TP 26 Writer: El Torres Artist: Various Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-354-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Take a white-knuckle tour of Hell... because it seems it’s the only choice in the afterlife! Nancy claims to be a good girl — but, now she’s a sexy, chainsaw-wielding chick wandering a tormented landscapes filled with tortured souls, lusty demons, and a broken-hearted Lucifer! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features art by Juan Jose Ryp, penciller on Marvel Comics’ Wolverine: The Best There Is. Writer: Mark Andrew Smith Artist: James Stokoe Size: 7 x 10, 150 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-253-0 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Long past their former glory, the minor league Sluggers get an invitation to play a baseball game in a cursed small town. After the 7th inning stretch, the sun goes down, and the dysfunctional teammates find themselves fighting for their lives against a town of flesheating monsters! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Stokoe is the creator of the popular series Orc Stain. Additional Publishers ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS MEGAMIND VOLUME 1: DANCIN’ AND BROMANCIN’ TP MEGAMIND VOLUME 2: WHY SO BLUE TP Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Jason M Burns Artist: Carlos Valenti, Fernando Peniche Size: 6 x 10, 52 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-49-1 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.99) Based on the best-selling DreamWorks Animation film! Flashback to Megamind’s prom and one of his earliest battles with Metroman in “Can I Have This Dance,” while in “Bad Minion! Bad!,” Megamind accidentally zaps Minion with a mind-altering device, turning his sidekick from good to evil. Writer: Troy Dye, Tom Kelesides Artist: Fernando Peniche, Carlos Valenti Publisher: Ape Entertainment Size: 6 x 10, 52 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 6/7/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-50-7 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.99) Based on the best-selling DreamWorks Animation film! Megamind and Minion find a super-powered dog believed to be from their home planet in “Megamutt,” while in “A Sidekick’s Sidekick,” Minion rescues a Metro City boy and decides to take him on as his own sidekick, even though Megamind isn’t keen on the idea. KEY SELLING POINTS: DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Based on the movie Megamind, which made almost $300 million worldwide 28 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR VOLUME 2: WONDER FROM DOWN UNDER TP Writer: David Server, Jackson Lanzing Artist: Antonio Campo Publisher: Ape Entertainment Size: 6 x 10, 52 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-30-9 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.99) When the Penguins discover that the zoo’s new platypus, Mia, has been separated from her eggs, they put their military minds together to hatch a plan for a Great Escape… back to her native Australia! Goodbye, New York — Hello, adventure! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Based on the hit movie and cartoon series TEDDY SCARES: RASPUTIN’S REVENGE GN Writer: Jim Hankins Artist: Various Publisher: Ape Entertainment Size: 6 x 9, 52 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-934944-40-0 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.99, £4.99) The Teddy Scares are back for vengeance! Artist Rob Guillory (Chew) and Rolando Mallada (Pocket God) head up a twisted group of artists in this latest installment, which features a revelation about Rita’s past and a fight for the dump with the terrifying Rasputin! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Based on the toy line. Publisher: Ape Entertainment Size: 6 x 9, 52 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-36-1 Price: $5.95 (CAN: $7.50, £4.50) Finding it difficult to balance his new role as Dragon Warrior with his responsibilities as a son, Po is relieved when his Dad gets some extra help at Dragon Warrior Noodles & Tofu. When Mr. Ping is taken hostage, can Po save him, or will the restaurant soon be under new management? KEY SELLING POINTS: • Kung Fu Panda 2 in theaters 5/11/2011! • The first Kung Fu Panda film was the #1 worldwide animated theatrical release, grossing over $360 million at the box office, and was the #1 animated movie DVD of the year. • Dreamworks is giving the Kung Fu Panda 2 film a major push with various tie-ins, including social media, toys, and more. • Kung Fu Panda: The Series is set to debut on Nickelodeon in 2011. ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Artist: Dan Schoening Jan-June 2011 Writer: Matt Anderson DBD PANELS KUNG FU PANDA 2 MOVIE PREQUEL 29 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS GOLD DIGGER PLATINUM VOLUME 1 Writer: Fred Perry Artist: Fred Perry Publisher: Antarctic Press Size: 6.75 x 10.5, 132 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Release Date: 12/21/2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-9843375-7-6 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75) Life for archaeologist/superscientist/adventurer Gina “Gold Digger” Diggers, her adopted were-cheetah sister Britanny, and their clone-fusion sister Brianna is rarely dull and almost always dangerous — and fun! KEY SELLING POINTS: • This post-issue-100 story arc is specially made to be new-reader-friendly, a perfect jumping-on point! DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • At over 150 issues to date between its black-and-white and color runs, Gold Digger is one of the longest-running American manga in existence. 30 HARRY WALTON: HENCHMAN FOR HIRE Writer: M. Zachary Sherman, Tom Martinek Artist: Matt Hebb Publisher: Arcana Studio Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 62 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 3/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-96-7 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) OPERA MANGA! Writer: Various Artist: Artist Publisher: Arcana Studio Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-83-7 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Harry Walton, a disenfranchised ex-super hero sidekick, finds himself having to work with every B-List schmuck in town to work up the ranks of the “Henchman’s Union” towards his ultimate goal of Super Villain status! Opera Manga! is a groundbreaking book that uses some of the best opera in the world to inspire manga literature. Breathtaking art and compelling stories make this volume an excellent entry point for those new to opera, while preserving the integrity of the works for enthusiasts and fans. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • “One of the funniest superhero books to be released in 2010”. — John Landis • Appeals to fans of manga as well as classic literature. Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Archaia Entertainment, LLC Size: 8 x 8, 136 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 5/10/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936393-13-8 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.99) • With the property being introduced to a new generation of viewers thanks to airings of the classic TV series on The Hub television network, these new Fraggle Rock tales are as relevant as ever and are the perfect accompaniment to the show. • “[This book] is TRULY ‘all ages.’ Like the TV series, these Fraggle stories are ‘for the young and young at heart’ (to use an apropos cliche). They are fun. They are energetic. They are sweet. They are even a bit edgy. Just like the TV show.” — Comics Worth Reading LUCID Writer: Michael McMillian Artist: Anna Wieszczyk Publisher: Archaia Black Label Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 112 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936393-04-6 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.99) Lucid is an action-packed, pop-fantasy series that draws inspiration from the spy genre, Arthurian legend, and 21st-century folklore! Dark forces are conspiring to prevent humankind from reaching its true potential. Thankfully, as newly appointed “Protector of the Realm,” Agent Matthew Dee uses his skills as a covert spy and Combat Mage to ensure America’s freedom from the grip of evil. KEY SELLING POINTS: • The debut graphic novel from writer Andrew Rostan and illustrator Dave Valeza. • A lush, beautiful, coming-of-age graphic novel in the tradition of Blankets, Elegy explores the effects of life, love, and death on the friendship of three best friends. MR. MURDER IS DEAD HC Writer: Victor Quinaz Artist: Brent Schoonover Publisher: Archaia Black Label Size: 11 x 8.5, 112 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 6/7/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-932386-85-1 Price: $19.95 (C: $24.99) There’s been a murder… Mr. Murder is found dead! Old Gould Kane, long into his retirement as a top cop, looks to be the #1 suspect with a motive so deep and intense even Gould’s old partner suspects him. But the truth is Gould’s the only cop worth a damn to solve the cryptic case. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Created and written by actor Michael McMillian, who appeared on the hit HBO series True Blood as Rev. Steve Newlin. • Lucid is published in association with actor Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, Heroes) and his company, Before the Door. DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com KEY SELLING POINTS: In her 30 years on earth, Amelia Johnson has touched many lives with her compassion, intelligence, and spirit. Now, at the end of a year-long battle with cancer, she asks her two closest friends to take her final messages to the people who have touched her life the most. They set out across the country to fulfill Amelia’s dying wish...and end up learning more about her — and themselves — than they ever imagined. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Published in association with Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, Heroes) and his company, Before the Door. Jan-June 2011 Archaia and The Jim Henson Company are proud to present the next volume in the continuing collection of brand-new, all-original Fraggle Rock comic book stories! Once again, travel back down to Fraggle Rock with Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Red as they experience all-new adventures. Writer: Andrew Rostan Artist: Dave Valeza Publisher: Archaia Size: 5.25 x 8.25, 128 pages Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-932386-83-7 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS AN ELEGY FOR AMELIA JOHNSON DBD PANELS FRAGGLE ROCK VOLUME 2 HC 31 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS LADY DEATH: ORIGINS VOLUME 1 Writer: Brian Pulido Artist: Ron Adrian, Richard Ortiz Publisher: Avatar Press Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/7/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-59291-112-7 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) For the first time, the illustrious history of Brian Pulido’s fan-favorite heroine will be collected in a new series of graphic novels — Lady Death: Origins! This initial volume collects the epic “Abandon All Hope” origin story, illustrated by Ron Adrian, introducing readers to a tragic young woman named Hope, whose quest to save her mother’s kidnapped soul leads her to a perilous mystical realm… and her transformation into the cold, alluring warrior Lady Death! KEY SELLING POINTS: DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Revives the popular character from Chaos Comics. 32 GRAVEL VOLUME 3: THE LAST KING OF ENGLAND Writer: Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer Artist: Mike Wolfer Publisher: Avatar Press Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 176 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/7/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-59291-110-3 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) It’s never a dull day, being the last king of Britain’s magicians, and before this bloody day is through, Combat Magician William Gravel will be rocked to the foundations of his beliefs. He’s reformed the Minor Seven, filling their ranks with young, working-class occult detectives, but their powers and Gravel’s own leadership skills are about to be put to the test when a twisted, demented magician who didn’t make the cut decides to show Gravel the error of passing him up. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Currently in development as a feature film by Legendary Pictures, with creator Warren Ellis attached as Executive Producer. FREAKANGELS VOLUME 5 Writer: Warren Ellis Artist: Paul Duffield Publisher: Avatar Press Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59291-115-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. However, everything you thought you knew about the ‘Angels is wrong. While Alice keeps watch over Whitechapel from the watchtower, the twelve reunited Freakangels down below are forced to re-examine their lives... and their deaths! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Popular web comic (www.freakangels.com) hosts a weekly readership of over 35,000, with over one million site visitors and 34 million individual page views. Writer: Kagami Yoshimizu Artist: Kagami Yoshimizu Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Size: 5.75 x 8.25, 150 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 3/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-231-4 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.50) Lucky Star, the humorous look at otaku life, is a fan-favorite manga and anime series. This latest volume collects the most recent 4-panel strips fresh from Japan. ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS LUCKY STAR VOLUME 8 KEY SELLING POINTS: Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Size: 5 x 7.5, 180 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 1/11/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-226-0 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.50) This anthology series takes a humorous look at the male characters of Code Geass, and features outtakes, what-if’s, one-shots, and laughs from a host of manga creators. This new anthology presents a series of side stories by an eclectic group of manga artists. The Queen series focuses on the female characters from the Code Geass series and is especially recommended for boys. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Based on the hit anime series Code Geass. • Based on the hit anime series Code Geass. Jan-June 2011 Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Size: 5 x 7.5, 180 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-222-2 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.50) CODE GEASS: QUEEN VOLUME 3 DBD PANELS CODE GEASS: KNIGHT VOLUME 4 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Inspired the hit anime series of the same name! 33 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS FEMALE FORCE: BEST SELLERS Writer: Various Artist: Various Page Count: 96 pages Publisher: Bluewater Productions Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-61623-928-2 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) See the collected life stories of JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Anne Rice, and Toni Morrison in this broad examination of strong women that have made a difference in today’s literature. KEY SELLING POINTS: • The featured authors have sold millions of books, and are world famous. BACKLIST FEMALE FORCE: WOMEN OF THE MEDIA (ISBN-13: 978-1-61623-927-5) DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com FEMALE FORCE GOES ABROAD (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-2380-0) FEMALE FORCE VOLUME 1 (ISBN-13: 978-1-4276-3858-8) LOGAN’S RUN Writer: Paul Salamoff, William Nolan Artist: Daniel Gete, Azim Akberal DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Publisher: Bluewater Productions Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/7/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-0020-7 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) 34 It’s the 23rd Century and at age 21…your life is over! Logan6 has been trained to kill; born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. But his time is short and before his life ends he’s got one final mission: Find and destroy Sanctuary, a fabled haven for those that chose to defy the system. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Featuring a foreword by Logan’s Run co-creator George Clayton Johnson. Writer: C.W. Cooke Artist: Juanmar Studios ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-3533-9 Price: $3.99 (CAN: $4.99) Publisher: Bluewater Productions Page Count: 32 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Non-fiction Publication Date: 2/8/2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS FAME: BEYONCE FAME: POP STARS (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-4430-0) FAME: TWILIGHT (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-0260-7) FAME: TAYLOR SWIFT THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-4917-6) FAME: LADY GAGA THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-4920-6) FAME: JUSTIN BIEBER THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-3538-4) FAME: GLEE THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-4429-4) DBD PANELS BACKLIST Jan-June 2011 All the single ladies know that Beyonce is one of the hottest musicians in the world, if not the hottest. From dreaming of singing as a young girl, to her days in Destiny’s Child and as a solo pop superstar, take a look behind the curtain at this stellar musician and person. She might not be a superhero, but judging by all the things she’s done, you’d be hard-pressed not to think she is. 35 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS PURGATORI VOLUME 1: BLOODBORN Writer: Robert Rodi Artist: Cliff Richards Publisher: Chaos Comics Size: 6.5 x 10.25, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-934044-00-1 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50) When human civilization was in its infancy, legend spoke of a woman cursed to walk the earth forever, whose deadly beauty was irresistible to man and woman alike. A being who would eventually threaten the gods themselves! Her name is Purgatori, and you’ve never seen her more deadly or alluring than in the hands of novelist and critical darling Robert Rodi (Loki, Elektra) and Cliff Richards (Buffy, Rogue)! KEY SELLING POINTS: DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Revives the popular character from the ‘90s. 36 FAFNER: DEAD AGGRESSOR VOLUME 2 Writer: Xebec Artist: Mikami Akitsu Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Size: 5 x 7, 200 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/20/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-116-4 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Tatsumiya Jima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiya Jima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for humanity’s continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Fafner: Dead Aggressor has a media tie-in — a huge franchise in Japan that includes a twenty-five episode anime series, a manga series, a novel series, a fifty minute OVA, and a series of Playstation video games. • Anime movie is also slated for in Summer of 2010. • Based upon the anime from the producers of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Writer: Kevin Smith Artist: Jonathan Lau Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 7 x 10.5, 140 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/21/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-192-2 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com KEVIN SMITH’S GREEN HORNET VOLUME 2 HC The war between The Black Hornet and The Green Hornet reaches its shattering climax in this second volume of Kevin Smith’s daring reimagining of the classic character. As The Green Hornet and Kato pursue his father’s killer, The Black Hornet reveals a plan that could spell doom for the world itself. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEVIN SMITH’S GREEN HORNET VOLUME 1: SINS OF THE FATHER HC (ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-142-7) GREEN HORNET: PARALLEL LIVES TP (ISBN: 978-1-60690-148-9) GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE VOLUME 1 TP (ISBN: 978-1-60690-149-6) KEVIN SMITH’S KATO VOLUME 1: NOT MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER (ISBN: 978-1-60690-154-0) DBD PANELS BACKLIST Jan-June 2011 • Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen in theaters January 2011. 37 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS KATO ORIGINS VOLUME 1: WAY OF THE NINJA TP Writer: Jai Nitz Artist: Colton Worley Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 7 x 10.5, 140 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/7/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-155-7 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $18.99, £14.99) Early 1942, just months after Pearl Harbor, a police detective knocks on Britt Reid’s door. He’s looking for Kato. There’s been a murder in the small Korean section of town and they want Kato’s help with the locals. Arriving on the murder crime scene, they piece together the crime until they find a single Japanese character written in blood: “coward”. KEY SELLING POINTS: DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Movie Tie in! Sony Pictures releasing Green Hornet with Seth Rogan in theaters Jan 2011! THE GREEN HORNET: BLOOD TIES TP Writer: Ande Parks Artist: Johnny Desjardins DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 104 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 5/17/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-208-0 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) 38 Green Hornet: Blood Ties is a precursor to Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet series, and features the original Green Hornet and Kato in action! How did the two-man team of The Green Hornet and Kato bring about the fall of all crime in Century City? Find out here! KEY SELLING POINTS: • A pre-cursor to Kevin Smith’s hit Green Hornet series! • Sony’s Green Hornet film starring Seth Rogen hits theaters January 2011! Writer: Daniel Abraham Artist: Eric Battle Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 7 x 10.5, 140 pages Carton Qty: 1 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-158-8 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS GEORGE RR MARTIN’S WILD CARDS: THE HARD CALL HC Set in the world of the novels edited by George R. R. Martin and featuring a brand-new set of characters, as well as appearances from many old favorites, Wild Cards: The Hard Call is an original story written specifically for comics that will enchant new readers and old fans alike. • George R.R. Martin is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, best known for his ongoing A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels. DEAN KOONTZ’ NEVERMORE HC DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com KEY SELLING POINTS: Tireless, inventive, and skilled at surrounding himself with brilliant minds, Bobby Godric finds proof that infinite parallel worlds exist in other dimensions. But, a monstrous alien race is on a murderous march of conquest across the dimensions, and unless the multiverse of duplicate Earths can be rallied against the invaders, the next world to fall will be our own! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Conceived by New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz DBD PANELS Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 7 x 10.5, 140 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 10/4/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-161-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Jan-June 2011 Writer: Keith Champagne, Dean Koontz Artist: Mike Miller 39 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS THE BOYS VOLUME 8: HIGHLAND LADDIE TP Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: John McCrea, Keith Burns Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-207-3 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Mind reeling from recent events in The Boys, Wee Hughie heads home to Auchterladle — the semi-idyllic Scottish seaside town where he grew up. All Hughie wants is some time to himself, but our hero’s luck has always been more cloud than silver lining. You can go home again, but with old pals warped beyond recognition and strangers in town up to no good, whether or not you should is another matter entirely. KEY SELLING POINTS: DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Consistent Top Seller in comic book form 40 • Eager Ennis fan base awaits each collected edition PATRICIA BRIGGS’ MERCY THOMPSON: MOON CALLED VOLUME 1 TP Writer: Patricia Briggs, David Lawrence Artist: Amelia Woo Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 128 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-203-5 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Mercy Thompson warily straddles the fine line dividing our everyday world from that darker dimension... ‘till a boy, mauled by vicious werewolves and forever changed by the attack and on the run from those who committed the crime, appears at her door. Now her two worlds are about to collide! Outnumbered and out-muscled, can Mercy possibly save the boy... or even herself? KEY SLLING POINTS: PAT LEE’S WIDOW WARRIORS TP Writer: Lloyd Chao, Christine Chi, Long To Artist: Pat Lee Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 128 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-202-8 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) For generations, a fiercely-patriotic clan of warriors — the “Yang” — battled bravely in the defense of the great kingdom of China. Distraught and incensed, the Yang widows took arms and set off to the western border. In their determination to avenge the deaths of their loved ones, the Widow Warriors would face the full fury of nature’s most destructive forces, a vast enemy army with sorcery and monsters on its side, and perhaps most powerful of all, the demons within themselves! • Patricia Briggs has written five Mercy Thompson novels to date, all New York Times bestsellers. Her 6th Mercy novel, River Marked, is due for publication January 25, 2011. • Moon Called is a direct follow-up to the hit Mercy Thompson comic book series Homecoming, published by Dabel Bros/Del Rey in 2008-2009. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Pat Lee has drawn for Marvel and Image Comics, and drew the Transformers for Dreamwave BACKLIST GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOLUME 1: EDGAR ALLAN POE (ISBN-13: 978-0-9825630-0-7) Writer: Philip K Nolan Artist: Dick Calkins Publisher: Hermes Press Size: 9 x 11.75, 288 pages Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Publication Date: 3/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-932563-56-6 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) The saga of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the world’s most famous science-fiction newspaper strip, continues with Volume Six of Hermes Press’ complete reprint of this ground-breaking title. GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOLUME 2: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (ISBN-13: 978-0-9746648-5-9) ROY ROGERS: THE COLLECTED THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE DAILY AND SUNDAY NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME 3 NEWSPAPER STRIPS Writer: Various Artist: Mike Arens, Alex Toth Publisher: Hermes Press Size: 10.25 x 7.75, 256 pages Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-932563-51-1 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Now for the first time an in-depth collection surveying the greatest cowboy strip to grace newspapers, Roy Rogers. See the adventures of Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Trigger in both the black-and-white daily strips and twelve complete full-color continuities of the Sundays. Writer: Lee Falk Artist: Ray Moore Publisher: Hermes Press Size: 11.75 x 9, 288 pages Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-932563-61-0 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) The first, original, and best masked hero to ever grace the pages of comic strips and comic books returns in the third volume of Hermes Press’ new, complete, critically acclaimed reprint of The Phantom! ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS Where the West Began — Seven Classic Tales! Western Classics features an adaptation of Zane Grey’s grand western prototype, “Riders of the Purple Sage”, illustrated by Cynthia Martin. Plus stories by Bret Harte, Willa Cather, Gertrude Atherton, and John G. Neihardt, with art and adaptations by Trina Robbins, John Findley, Mark A. Nelson, George Sellas, Reno Maniquis, and Ryan Huna Smith. Also included is an early Hopalong Cassidy story illustrated by original “Hoppy” newspaper strip artist Dan Spiegle, and a comic western by Conan creator Robert E. Howard. DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Eureka Productions Imprint: Graphic Classics Size: 7 x 10, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-9787919-9-5 Price: $17.95 (CAN: $22.50) Jan-June 2011 BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY: THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME 6 DBD PANELS GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOLUME 20: WESTERN CLASSICS 41 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS THE GREEN HORNET CASEFILES SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERIES VOLUME 1 Writer: Joe McKinney, James Mullaney, John Everson Artist: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Ruben Procopio Publisher: Moonstone Size: 6 x 9, 336 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 5/3/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-933076-94-2 Price: $18.95 (CAN: $23.99) Moonstone is proud to present The Green Hornet Casefiles, a second anthology featuring all-new, original crime fiction tales of the man who hunts the biggest of all game — public enemies that even the FBI can’t reach! KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Green Hornet movie starring Seth Rogan buzzes into theaters January 2011! Writer: Martin Powell Artist: Seppo Makinen Publisher: Moonstone Size: 7 x 10, 220 pages Format: Trade Paperback, Black & White Publication Date: 2/3/2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-933076-64-5 Price: $22.95 (CAN: $28.99) Holmes vs Dracula! Holmes vs the Invisible Man! After years of being unavailable, the collection of Scarlet in Gaslight and A Case of Blind Fear is here! In Scarlet in Gaslight, Holmes teams up with Van Helsing to stop Professor Moriaty’s diabolic vampire invasion...lead by the master vampire himself, Dracula! Then, in A Case of Blind Fear, was it a plague of hallucinations, or is London truly haunted by a monstrous, unseen evil? KEY SELLING POINTS: DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Builds on the new popularity of Holmes based on the Guy Ritchie movie and PBS series. 42 KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER: COMPENDIUM Writer: Max Allan Collins, Christopher Golden, Stuart M. Kaminsky Artist: Cortney Skinner Publisher: Moonstone Size: 6 x 9, 672 pages Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 5/17/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-933076-92-8 Price: $25.99 (CAN: $32.50) This massive tome reprints both out-of-print Kolchak prose anthologies (“Chronicles” and “Casebook”) — over 40 stories in one volume! Kolchak vs Dark Shadows‘ Barnabas Collins! Kolchak embroiled in the Lovecraft Mythos! Secrets of Kolchak’s past revealed! Plus, the first-ever, original Kolchak novella (by Mark Dawidziak)! MORE TALES OF ZORRO SIGNED LIMITED EDITION HC Writer: Various Artist: Ruben Procopio Publisher: Moonstone Size: 6 x 9, 256 pages Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-933076-56-0 Price: $46.95 (CAN: $58.99) Moonstone is proud to present More Tales of Zorro, the second anthology featuring all-new, original tales of The Fox! This groundbreaking compilation includes never-before-seen stories and essays from a fantastic lineup of today’s top writers. Writer: Greg Rucka Artist: Matthew Southworth Publisher: Oni Press Size: 6 x 9, 144 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 3/29/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-37-8 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $24.99, £22.50) Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she’s less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Sue-Lynne, head of the Wind Coast’s casino operation, will clear Dex’s debt if she can locate Sue-Lynne’s missing granddaughter. But is this job Dex’s way out of the hole or a shove down one much deeper? ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS STUMPTOWN VOLUME 1 HC KEY SELLING POINTS: THE SIXTH GUN VOLUME 1 TP DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Greg Rucka’s first creator-owned series since the Eisner award-winning Queen & Country. Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Brian Hurtt KEY SELLING POINTS: • “...your new favorite comic.” — Matt Fraction (Invincible Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men) • “...plants the round of their story square between your eyes. Read it, damn you! Read it!” — Greg Rucka (Stumptown, Queen & Country) • “...full of creepy, atmospheric scenes and bizarre concepts, beautifully realized.” — Kurt Busiek (Astro City) DBD PANELS During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time the Sixth Gun, the most dangerous of the weapons, vanished. When the gun surfaces in the hands of an innocent girl, dark forces reawaken. Only Drake Sinclair, a gunfighter with a shadowy past, stands in their way. Jan-June 2011 Publisher: Oni Press Size: 6.25 x 10.25, 160 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 1/25/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-60-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) 43 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS ATOMIC ROBO VOLUME 4: OTHER STRANGENESS TP Writer: Scott Wegener Artist: Brian Clevinger Publisher: Red 5 Comics Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 9/7/2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-9809302-8-3 Price: $17.95 (CAN: $22.50) Atomic Robo faces an invasion from the Vampire Dimension, finds a giant kaiju monster attack in the heart of Tokyo, detours to the South Pacific to battle wits with Dr. Dinosaur, then comes face-to-face with his newest enemy: his oldest enemy! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Eisner-nominated series. DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • From the creator of the cult hit webcomic 8-Bit Theater ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION TP DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Writer: Kevin Grevioux Artist: David Youkovibch Publisher: Red 5 Comics Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/21/2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-9809302-9-0 Price: $17.95 (CAN: $22.50) 44 JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC DIRECTOR’S CUT HC Writer: Jhonen Vasquez Artist: Jhonen Vasquez Publisher: SLG Publishing Size: 7 x 10, 168 pages Carton Qty: 22 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/27/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-165-0 Price: $44.95 (CAN: $55.99, £33.99) With public patience for Middle East casualties wearing thin, the U.S. military adopts a new weapon — zombies! Air-dropped into hot zones, the walking dead indiscriminately infect everyone. Engineered to dissolve at daybreak, they create a safe combatant-free zone. What could possibly go wrong? Out of print for a good three years, Jhonen Vasquez’s Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Director’s Cut hardcover is once again available! The adventures of Johnny have been remastered and tuned to Vasquez’s perfection, making this the ultimate presentation of Johnny and his world! KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • From the creator of the Underworld movie franchise • The cult classic from the creator of Invader ZIM! Writer: Mike Raicht, Brian Smith Artist: Charles Paul Wilson III Publisher: Th3rd World Studios Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/11/2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-9832161-0-0 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Battle weary and vastly outnumbered by the armies of the cunning Boogeyman, Maxwell the teddy bear and Percy the piggy bank lead their troops into the savage wilds of the Jungle in search of sanctuary. Loyalties will be tested and horrible secrets exposed in The Stuff of Legend Book 2: The Jungle. ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS THE STUFF OF LEGEND BOOK 2: THE JUNGLE KEY SELLING POINTS: • The continuing story of the New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novel The Stuff of Legend Book 1: The Dark. A sepia-toned delight for adult readers of all stripes, Jess Fink’s Top Shelf debut reads like a whimsical love-child of steampunk, silent film, and erotic comics. Chester 5000-XYV: Because sometimes love comes with detachable body parts. KEY SELLING POINTS: • “Liquid and elegantly stylized.” — Alan Moore on Jess Fink’s erotic art. Writer: Jeffrey Brown Artist: Jeffrey Brown Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Size: 5 x 6.5, 144 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60309-067-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Three years ago, an alien race of shape-changing robots came to Earth, fired ray guns at each other for a while, then gave up and flew away. But they left behind one thing: Shootertron, the cunning leader of the evil Fantasticons! Fortunately for Earth, Shootertron’s memory is a little fuzzy. Unfortunately for Earth, the rest of the Incredible Change-Bots seem to be on their way back! KEY SELLING POINTS: • “A mocking, fawning, idiotic, adoring paean to a pop culture phenomenon... delightful fluff. Funny, silly, affectionate, and appropriate for ages 13+.” — Library Journal • “It’s all wonderfully silly and, except for a few pungent expressions, genuinely childlike and playful, radiating an aura of being made up as it goes along. Just plain delightful.” — Booklist Jan-June 2011 Writer: Jessica Fink Artist: Jessica Fink Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Size: 7 x 7, 144 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 5/10/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60309-066-7 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS TWO DBD PANELS CHESTER 5000-XYV DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Beautiful fully rendered pencils by 2010 Russ Manning Award nominee Charles Paul Wilson III. 45 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS MEGA MAN STAR FORCE: OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS Writer: Capcom Artist: Capcom Publisher: Udon Entertainment Size: 8.25 x 11.25, 176 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 1/11/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-14-3 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Mega Man Star Force is the follow-up to the popular Mega Man Battle Network video game franchise, which launched a whole new series of adventures for the Blue Bomber. Mega Man Star Force: Official Complete Works collects the stunning artwork of every Star Force game, and features character designs, promotional art, rarely seen pieces, and plenty of creator commentary. KEY SELLING POINTS: DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • With over 100 video games to his name, Mega Man is one of the most recognizable icons of gaming. • Mega Man Star Force has spun-off into anime TV series. STREET FIGHTER - THE ULTIMATE EDITION Artist: Alvin Lee, Omar Dogan, Long Vo, Arnold Tsang, Joe Madureira, Adam Warren, Jo Chen DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Publisher: Udon Entertainment Size: 8.25 x 11.25, 450 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 1/18/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-07-5 Price: $59.99 (CAN: $75.00, £45.00) 46 NEW EDITION! It’s the ultimate, oversized, complete collection of UDON’s Street Fighter comic series! All your favorite warriors are here — Ryu, Ken, Chun-li, Guile, Akuma, Bison, Cammy, and so many more! This hefty collection packs 14 issues into 450 pages including every bonus story, every variant cover, and every action-packed, fist-fighting, dropkicking, fireball-throwing moment of the original Street Fighter comic series! KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Ultimate Edition collects the original Street Fighter #114, in oversized format. • The Street Fighter video games are hotter than ever, having returned to the top of the Fighting game genre with Street Fighter IV for Xbox 360 and Playstation3. Writer: Raven Gregory, Paul Ruditis Artist: Dave Hoover Publisher: Zenescope Size: 6.75 x 10, 184 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 3/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-9825826-9-5 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) The girls are back in town! Season 9 of Charmed continues in the pages of this graphic novel from Zenescope. Follow along everyone’s favorite trio of witches as Paige, Phoebe, and Piper continue their adventures from the hit TV series. ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS CHARMED SEASON 9 VOLUME 2 KEY SELLING POINTS: Whether you’re a weekend Bigfoot hunter or a hardcore Vampire slayer you simply can’t afford not to own this book. The Monster Hunters Survival Guide will not only instruct you on how to be the first to catch one of these mysterious Cryptids — but it’s the only way you’ll be able to survive the experience! Writer: Raven Gregory Artist: Victor Drujiniu Publisher: Zenescope Size: 6.75 x 10.75, 176 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 12/28/2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-9827507-5-9 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) In the big city, police detectives investigating routine murders discover that the victims of these crimes are coming back from the dead in search of those responsible for ending their lives. Now the detectives are in a race against time to find the source of the recent “wakings” before the victims deal out their own brand of bloody justice. Jan-June 2011 Writer: John Paul Russ Artist: Anthony Spay Publisher: Zenescope Size: 6.75 x 10.75, 176 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-9827507-8-0 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) THE WAKING DBD PANELS THE MONSTER HUNTERS’ SURVIVAL GUIDE DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • After eight seasons and 178 episodes, Charmed is one of the longest running weekly television series in the US. It as the third longest running science fiction series in American television, behind The X Files and Stargate SG-1. 47 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com ADDITIONAL PUBLISHERS NEVERLAND Writer: Joe Brusha Publisher: Zenescope Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 192 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 1/4/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-9825826-1-9 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Pan never wanted to grow up and now he’s found the key to immortality and a way to rule the realm of Neverland forever. All he needs is a steady supply of children to complete his sinister plans. Only one child has ever been able to escape. Now as an adult, Hook may be the only person who can put a stop to Pan’s madness! ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Writer: Raven Gregory Artist: Daniel Leister Publisher: Zenescope Size: 6.75 x 10, 184 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-9827507-1-1 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) 48 The beginning of the end is here! The final piece to the Wonderland trilogy brings the powerful story of Calie Liddle full circle. Now, the one person who can prevent pure insanity from escaping into this world must now find a way to defeat madness itself! TALES FROM WONDERLAND VOLUME 3 Writer: Raven Gregory Size: 6.75 x 10.25, 144 pages Publisher: Zenescope Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 1/11/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-9825826-5-7 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Zenescope continues to expand on the Wonderland mythology by telling the intriguing and often terrifying histories of the characters you love. Three new tales are collected in this volume: The White Knight, the one true bastion of good in all of Wonderland struggles to stay pure. Plus, the origin of the deadly gardens of Wonderland are revealed, as well as the final part of the Mad Hatter’s legacy. Prose DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com PROSE NOVELS EVERY SHALLOW CUT 50 THE BEST OF KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Writer: Tom Piccirilli Publisher: ChiZine Publications Size: 5 x 7.25, 125 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 3/29/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-10-5 Price: $10.95 (CAN: $12.95, £8.50) Writer: Kim Stanley Robinson Publisher: Night Shade Books Size: 6 x 9, 389 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 2/22/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-185-0 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) He’s nameless, faceless, and has nothing left to lose — and now he has a gun! Alone except for his beloved bulldog, Churchill, a man who’s failed at his career, his marriage, and his own simple hopes makes his way across the American landscape and the spectacle of his own bitter past, heading home to his brother when he knows there’s no home left for him. From Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy, the Three Californias Trilogy, the Science in the Capital series, The Martians, and The Years of Rice and Salt, comes The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. These twenty-two stories, including the Nebula Award-winning “The Blind Geometer,” and World Fantasy Award winner “Black Air” represent The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: • Tom Piccirilli is the author of more than twenty novels, including Shadow Season, The Cold Spot, The Coldest Mile, and A Choir of Ill Children. He’s won two International Thriller Awards and four Bram Stoker Awards, as well as having been nominated for the Edgar, the World Fantasy Award, the Macavity, and Le Grand Prix de L’imagination. • Robinson has won eleven major science fiction awards. BRAVE NEW WORLDS: DYSTOPIAN STORIES Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin, Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Shirley Jackson, Kate Wilhelm, Carrie Vaughn, Various Artist: Nick Gaetano Publisher: Night Shade Books Size: 6 x 9, 489 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 1/25/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-221-5 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) From Huxley’s Brave New World, to Orwell’s 1984, to Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, dystopian books have always been an integral part of both science fiction and literature, and have influenced the broader culture discussion in unique and permanent ways. Brave New Worlds brings together the best dystopian fiction of the last 30 years, demonstrating the diversity that flourishes in this compelling subgenre. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Near-future dystopia is an increasingly popular genre, especially in YA and sci-fi literature. THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY OF THE YEAR VOLUME 5 Writer: Jonathan Strahan Publisher: Night Shade Books Size: 6 x 9, 500 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-172-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) The depth and breadth of science fiction and fantasy fiction continues to change with every passing year. The twenty-nine stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully map this evolution, giving readers a captivating and alwaysentertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features prominent sci-fi authors, including Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Cory Doctorow, and Bruce Sterling. Writer: Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio Publisher: Night Shade Books Size: 5.5 x 8.5, 264 pages Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 1/25/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-211-6 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) PROSE NOVELS AGATHA H. AND THE AIRSHIP CITY At Transylvania Polygnostic University, a pretty, young student named Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck. But when the University is overthrown by the ruthless tyrant Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his massive airship Castle Wulfenbach — and it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Science after all. KEY SELLING POINTS: DANCING WITH BEARS DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Based on the web comic Girl Genius, which has over 320,000 readers and has won two Hugo Awards. Writer: Michael Swanwick KEY SELLING POINTS: • Swanwick is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. DBD PANELS Dancing With Bears follows the adventures of notorious con-men Darger and Surplus: They’ve lied and cheated their way onto the caravan that is delivering a priceless gift from the Caliph of Baghdad to the Duke of Muscovy. The only thing more dangerous than the convoluted political web surrounding Darger and Surplus is the gift itself, the Pearls of Byzantium, and Zoesophia, the governess sworn to protect their virtue. Jan-June 2011 Publisher: Night Shade Books Size: 6 x 9, 300 pages Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 5/17/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-235-2 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) 51 PROSE NOVELS PATHFINDER TALES: PLAGUE OF SHADOWS Writer: Howard Andrew Jones Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Size: 4.25 x 6.75, 350 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-291-3 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) KEY SELLING POINTS: • Plague of Shadows is the third stand-alone novel in the new Pathfinder Tales fiction line. KEY SELLING POINTS: Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Author Howard Andrew Jones is the fiction editor of the critically acclaimed sword & sorcery magazine Black Gate. DBD PANELS Writer: Robin D. Laws Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Size: 4.25 x 6.75, 350 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 5/31/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-327-9 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) In the foreboding north, the demonic hordes of the magic-twisted hellscape known as the Worldwound encroach upon the southern kingdoms of Golarion. Their latest escalation embroils a preternaturally handsome and coolly charismatic swindler named Gad, who decides to assemble a team of thieves, cutthroats, and con-men to take the fight into the demon lands and strike directly at the fiendish leader responsible for the latest raids — the demon Yath, the Shimmering Putrescence. A fantastic new adventure of swords and sorcery, set in the awardwinning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game! The race is on to free Lord Stelan from the grip of a wasting curse, and only his old, half-elf mercenary companion Elyana has the wisdom — and swordcraft — to solve the mystery of his tormentor and free her old friend before three days have passed and the illness takes its course. 52 PATHFINDER TALES: THE WORLDWOUND GAMBIT • From gaming legend and popular author Robin D. Laws comes a fantastic new adventure of swords and sorcery, set in the awardwinning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. • Ties in with The Inner Sea World Guide, a major Spring 2011 game release. PLANET STORIES: THE PLANET KILLERS Writer: Robert Silverberg Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Size: 6 x 9.25, 400 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 5/3/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-336-1 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) The Planet Killers includes three novel-length adventures by science fiction Grand Master and multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert Silverberg: The Planet Killers, The Plot Against Earth, and One of Our Asteroids is Missing. KEY SELLING POINTS: • First ever compilation of these stories, with a brand-new introduction by the author looking back at the stories that helped launch his career. THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY (2011 EDITION) Writer: Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, RJ Parker, Robert Reed, Gene Wolfe, Charles Yu Publisher: Prime Books Imprint: Prime Books Size: 6 x 9, 544 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 7/5/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-256-6 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.99) This third volume of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy features thirty stories by some of the genre’s greatest authors, including Carol Emshwiller, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Paul Park, RJ Parker, Robert Reed, Rachel Swirsky, Peter Watts, Gene Wolfe, and many others. Selecting the best fiction from Asimov’s, F&SF, Strange Horizons, Subterranean, Tor.com, and other top venues, The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features over a quarter million words of fiction by some of the genre’s greatest authors, as selected by Rich Horton, a well-known and well-received contributor to many of the field’s most respected magazines. MECHANIQUE: A TALE OF THE CIRCUS TRESAULTI Writer: Charlaine Harris, Kelly Armstrong, Holly Black, Rachel Caine, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Publisher: Prime Books Size: 6 x 9.25, 480 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 3/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-254-2 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) The undead are more alive today than ever. Immortal? Indeed! Nothing has sunk its teeth into twenty-first century popular culture as pervasively as the vampire. Slack your insatiable thirst with the best sanguinary stories of the new millennium: terrifying or tender, deadly or delicious, bad-ass or beneficent, classic or cutting-edge. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features Charlaine Harris, creator of the Sookie Stackhouse series (the basis for HBO’s True Blood). Writer: Genevieve Valentine Artist: Kiri Moth Publisher: Prime Books Size: 5.5 x 8.5, 320 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-253-5 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) PROSE NOVELS VAMPIRES: THE RECENT UNDEAD Come inside and take a seat; the show is about to begin! Outside any city still standing, the Mechanical Circus Tresaulti sets up its tents. War is everywhere, but while the Circus is performing, the world is magic. But even a careful ringmaster can make mistakes. Two of Tresaulti’s performers are entangled in a secret standoff that threatens to tear the circus apart just as the war lands on their doorstep. Now the Circus must fight a war on two fronts: one from the outside, and a more dangerous one from within. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Valentine has a growing reputation in science/speculative fiction Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of such strange creatures — animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting into animals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictable like nature itself, these beings are manifestations of our secret hearts, our desire to belong to both worlds: one tame and civilized, the other unfettered and full of wild impulse. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features popular science fiction authors Holly Black and Cherie Priest • Editor Ekaterina Sedia is a World Fantasy and British Fantasy Society Award winner. Writer: John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Weinberg Publisher: Wildside Press Size: 5.25 x 8.25, 400 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-0-8095-7209-0 Price: $14.95 (C: $18.99, £10.99) Selected carefully by well-respected editor Robert Weinberg, H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos: A Weird Tales Retrospective offers both readers and scholars a definitive collection of short fiction from the pages of Weird Tales. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, and Robert E. Howard are today the three most famous contributors to Weird Tales. Jan-June 2011 Writer: Holly Black, Elizabeth Hand, Sandra McDonald, Cherie Priest, Vandana Singh, Kaaron Warren Publisher: Prime Books Size: 6 x 9, 480 pages Format: Softcover, Black & White Publication Date: 4/19/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-252-8 Price: $14.95 (C: $18.99, £10.99) H.P. LOVECRAFT’S CTHULHU MYTHOS: A WEIRD TALES RETROSPECTIVE DBD PANELS BEWERE THE NIGHT DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Set in the popular circus/clockpunk genres. 53 PROSE NOVELS DOCTOR WHO: DEAD OF WINTER Writer: James Goss Publisher: Random House UK Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 6/7/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-84990-238-0 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99) In Dr Bloom’s clinic at a remote spot on the Italian coast, at the end of the 18th century, nothing is ever quite what it seems. Maria is a lonely little girl with no one to play with. She writes letters to her mother from the isolated resort where she is staying. She tells of intrigue and secrets, and she tells of strange faceless figures that rise from the sea. She writes about the enigmatic Mrs. Pond who arrives with her husband and her physician, and who will change everything. What she doesn’t tell her mother, is the truth that everyone knows and no one says — that the only people who come here do so to die. KEY SELLING POINTS: DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • Doctor Who is the most popular family program on television — the new series starring Matt Smith debuted to 8 million viewers and averaged 6 million per episode, with an average 24% audience share. 54 • All six of Random House’s new-look Doctor Who novels reached the Top Ten in hardback fiction during 2010, and have sold between 25,000 and 35,000 copies each. • Published to coincide with the eagerly anticipated new season of Doctor Who beginning in Spring, 2011. DOCTOR WHO: HUNTER’S MOON Writer: Paul Finch Publisher: Random House UK Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 6/7/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-84990-236-6 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99) Leisure Platform 9 — a place where gamblers and villains rub shoulders with socialites and celebrities. Not a place to cheat at the games table, or to beat the wrong player — as Rory is about to find out. The prize for winning the wrong game is to take part in another. And this game could be the death of him! With Rory kidnapped by the brutal crime lord Xorg Krauzzen, the Doctor and Amy go undercover. But can they infiltrate the deadly contest about to be played out in the ruins of Gorgoror? DOCTOR WHO: WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Writer: Una McCormack Publisher: Random House UK Writer: Una McCormack Format: Hardcover, Black & White Publication Date: 6/7/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-84990-237-3 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99) Investigating events in the present day and back in 1917, the Doctor and Amy are desperate to find out what’s happened to Rory. He was supposed to look after Emily – and now they’ve both vanished. Something is waiting in the woods. Something that’s been there for thousands of years. Something that is now waking up… Games GAMES DC ADVENTURES RPG: HEROES & VILLAINS VOLUME 2 Writer: Darren Bulmer, Leon Chang, Walt Ciechanowski, Chris Huff, Seth Johnson, Matthew E. Kaiser, Steve Kenson, Christopher McGlothlin, Alejandro Melchor, Jason Mical, Jack Norris, Aaron Sullivan, Steven Trustrum, Ray Winninger Publisher: Green Ronin Publishing Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 5/10/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-39-7 Price: $49.95 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) The DC Universe features a dazzling array of characters who have thrilled readers for generations. The two-volume Heroes & Villains set details more than 500 of those characters for use in your DC Adventures games, all featuring character stats fully compatible with the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds RPG. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Adds hundreds of classic characters to the DC Adventures RPG. DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com • A great gaming celebration of 75 years of DC Comics! 56 MOUSE GUARD ROLEPLAYING GAME BOX SET Writer: David Petersen, Luke Crane Artist: David Petersen Publisher: Archaia Entertainment, LLC Size: 9 x 9, 336 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 7/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-936393-17-6 Price: $69.95 (C: $87.50) Join the Mouse Guard and defend the Mouse Territories against predators and dangers with this expanded boxed set of the Origins Awardwinning Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game includes the original rules book, a 48-page supplement with all-new adventure scenarios, and a host of game aids, including a GM deck of 12 Action Cards, two Player Decks of 12 Action Cards, Condition Cards, Characters Sheets, Game Master sheets, a Game Master Screen, Mouse Dice, and a Map of the Mouse Territories. KEY SELLING POINTS: • The Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game won the Origins Award for Best RPG of 2008 and was nominated for three ENnie Awards in 2009. • Luke Crane won ICON’s Independent Game Designer of the Year Award in 2005, and his game designs include Burning Wheels (Ken Hite’s Best New RPG of 2003) and Burning Empires, winner of the 2007 Origins Award for Roleplaying Game of the Year. A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE CHRONICLE STARTER: A SOURCEBOOK FOR A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE RPG Writer: John Hay, Lee Hammock, James Kiley, Michelle Lyons, John Newman, Brett Rebischke-Smith, Mark Simmons Publisher: Green Ronin Publishing Size: 8.5 x 11, 128 pages Format: Trade Paperback, Black & White Publication Date: 4/12/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-36-6 Price: $25.95 (CAN: $32.50, £19.50) To get the full experience of A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, you’ll want to play a chronicle so you can engage in the Game of Thrones. With a setting as rich as Westeros though, where do you begin? The answer is the Chronicle Starter. This useful sourcebook details six sample houses, any of which can be run by the Player Characters. KEY SELLING POINTS: • HBO is launching a major new TV series next year based on the Song of Ice and Fire novels. • A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying was nominated for Best New RPG in the 2010 Origins Awards. PATHFINDER ROLEPLAYING GAME: ULTIMATE MAGIC Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Size: 8.5 x 11, 256 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 5/17/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-299-9 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) This comprehensive hardcover reference unveils the magical secrets of the Pathfinder rules like never before. Tons of new tricks and techniques for every spellcasting class in the game fill the book, ranging from arcane secrets uncovered by studious wizards to dazzling ki-tricks performed by canny monks to new mutagens for alchemists, new oracle mysteries, specialized channel energy options for clerics, and more. Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 11.75 x 11.75 x 3 Format: Board Game, Black & White Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-975-1 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 11 x 11 x 3 Format: Board Game, Black & White Publication Date: 2/15/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-761-0 Price: $24.95 (CAN: $31.99) This deluxe starter set includes the complete rules for Wings of War — making this set compatible with all Wings of War World War I expansion boxes, balloons, and blister packs — as well as a full set of player boards, tokens, maneuver cards, and damage decks. This set also includes four beautifully-painted and accurately sculpted 1/144th-scale miniature planes based on four major planes from World War I — Spad XIII, Sopwith Camel, Albatros D. Va, and Fokker DR I — painted in unique color schemes never before introduced into Wings of War. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Each trilogy offers new background information making them useful to all players. THE HOBBIT Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 11.75 x 11.75 x 3 Format: Board Game, Black & White Publication Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-955-3 Price: $34.95 (CAN: $43.99) Combining strategic card-playing with the unpredictability of dicerolling, The Hobbit features elegant gameplay that’s fun for the entire family. Increase your dwarf’s stats while meeting all the challenges that come your way in order to earn more treasure than your companions. But, beware! Smaug is descending upon Laketown, seeking to ruin your quest. Can you lead Bilbo Baggins to the dragon’s lair? Find out with The Hobbit! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Includes everything a player needs to get started with Wings of War. DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com WINGS OF WAR: WORLD WAR I REVISED DELUXE SET The Apostasy Gambit is a sweeping trilogy of adventures that unlocks secrets of the Calixis Sector that shake it to its very foundation! This first volume kicks off the trilogy, taking Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy Roleplay Game players into new conspiracies and new enemies of Mankind to fight. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features four miniatures in new colors. • Created by the renowned game designer Reiner Knizia. • Compatible with all other Wings of War World War I base sets and expansions. • An entirely new board game, not to be confused with the 2001 release by the same title. Jan-June 2011 Expand your Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game experience with the Exodus expansion! Exodus introduces three new options to include in your Battlestar Galactica games: Give your viper pilots a greater challenge by incorporating the Cylon Fleet option; Add an element of danger when looking at other players’ Loyalty Cards with the Conflicted Loyalties option; Finally, encounter the conflicting personalities aboard the Galactica with the Ionian Nebula option. Unless you can get rid of your own emotional baggage before the final jump, you might find yourself facing the airlock...or, in the case of Cylon players, the boxing of your entire line. Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 x .5 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-761-0 Price: $24.95 (CAN: $31.99) GAMES DARK HERESY: THE APOSTASY GAMBIT I – BLACK SEPULCHRE DBD PANELS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: EXODUS EXPANSION 57 GAMES LEVERAGE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME Writer: Rob Donoghue, Clark Valentine, Deborah Donoghue, Cam Banks Artist: Fred Hicks Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Size: 8.5 x 11, 192 pages Format: Hardcover, Full Color Publication Date: 1/4/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-931567-24-4 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $56.25, £29.99) The rich and powerful, they take what they want. You steal it back. You were bad guys, but there are worse people out there. The weak and the helpless need you. You provide... leverage. Using the award-winning Cortex System as its foundation, the Leverage RPG includes all the rules you need to create a team of rogues, plan a job, and get it done... even if it means going to Plan B. DIAMONDBOOK distributors.com KEY SELLING POINTS: • Based on Electric Entertainment’s Leverage — the hit series currently airing on TNT starring Academy Awardwinner Timothy Hutton. SMALLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK Writer: Josh Roby, Joe Blomquist, Roberta Olson, Mary Blomquist, Cam Banks Artist: Tiara Lynn Agresta DBD PANELS Jan-June 2011 Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Size: 8.5 x 11, 112 pages Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/8/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-931567-90-9 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) 58 Being a teenager is never easy, and it’s even worse if you’re from another planet or some kind of meteor freak! This sourcebook for the Smallville RPG takes you back to high school, covering the first four seasons of the hit CW Network TV show and expanded rules for teenage drama with a kryptonite twist. Writer: James Jacobs, Erik Mona, and Jason Bulmahn Publisher: Paizo Publications Size: 8.5 x 11 x .75 Format: Hardcover , Full Color Publication Date: 3/29/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-269-2 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) GAMES PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN SETTING WORLD GUIDE: THE INNER SEA (REVISED EDITION) The exciting world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game comes alive in this giant 320-page full-color hardcover campaign setting! Fully revised to match the new Pathfinder RPG rules. KEY SELLING POINTS: • More than 60-pages of new material adds additional lore, errata, context, and adventure opportunities to this twotime ENnie Award-winning campaign world. This comprehensive hardcover reference unveils the magical secrets of the Pathfinder rules like never before. Tons of new tricks and techniques for every spellcasting class in the game fill the book, ranging from arcane secrets uncovered by studious wizards to dazzling kitricks performed by canny monks to new mutagens for alchemists, new oracle mysteries, specialized channel energy options for clerics, and more. Ultimate Magic also introduces the latest Pathfinder RPG base class: the magus. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Ultimate Magic introduces The Magus, a brand-new 20-level base class that mixes wizardry with martial skill. • Features extensive overviews of new and existing magic subsystems such as condition-based magic, cooperative casting, magical organizations, unpredictable primal magic, counterspelling, binding outsiders, crafting golems, etc. Artist: Rob Lazzaretti Artist: Rob Lazzaretti Publisher: Paizo Publications Size: 8.5 x 11 x .125 Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 2/1/2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-300-2 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99) Explore lost cities and ancient jungles in this handsome collection of important poster maps from the Serpent’s Skull Pathfinder Adventure Path! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Artist Robert Lazzaretti is the premiere cartographer in the game publishing world, with thousands of maps to his credit from publishers like Paizo and Wizards of the Coast. 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