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books and trade paperbacks TABLE OF CONTENTS Aliens: No Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Predator Omnibus Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Aliens Omnibus Vol. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Red String Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Berserk Vol. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Roy Rogers Archives Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Berserk Vol. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Blade of the Immortal Vol. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Scrambled Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Blood+ Manga Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Star Wars: Clone Wars Photo Comic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Blood+ Manga Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Star Wars: Dark Times Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Blood+ Vol. 2: Chevalier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Star Wars: Legacy Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 BPRD: Killing Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Star Wars: Omnibus—Droids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 4 . . . . . . . . . . 19 Style School Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Buffy: Season Eight Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Tales of the Fear Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Chronicles of Conan Vol.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Terminator Omnibus Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Conan: Born on the Battlefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Terminator Omnibus Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The Complete Green Lama Archives Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . 42 The Umbrella Academy Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Creepy Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Usagi Yojimbo: Tomoe’s Story Vol. 22 (Limited Edition Eden Vol. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hardcover) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Fear Agent Vol. 4: Hatchet Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Usagi Yojimbo: Tomoe’s Story Vol. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Fistful of Rock & Roll: 21st Century Rock Poster Art . . . 45 A Wind Named Amnesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Fluffy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Wondermark: Beards of Our Forefathers . . . . . . . . . . 27 Gantz Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Workshop of Filthy Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ghost Talker’s Daydream Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 X Omnibus Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dark Horse Books Grendel: God and the Devil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Harvey Classics Library Vol. 4: Baby Huey . . . . . . . . . 42 Hellboy: The Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 BACKLISTS Hellboy Vol. 8: Darkness Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Dark Horse Archives & Art Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Hellboy: Monsters of Hellboy II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Essential Manga/Manhwa for 18+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Hellboy: Oddest Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Journal & Stationery Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Hellboy II: Art of the Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Mike Mignola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Hellboy II: The Golden Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Movie Tie-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Indiana Jones Adventures Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Omnibus Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . . 21 Indiana Jones Omnibus Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jackson 500 Vol. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 K Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 7 . . . . . . . 39 Lankhmar Vol. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Lobster Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Mask Omnibus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 MPD Psycho Vol. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Oh My Goddess! Vol. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Oh My Goddess! Vol. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Path of the Assassin Vol. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Penny Arcade Vol. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Postage Stamp Funnies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 12 SUMMER 2008 hellboy Vol. 8: darkness calls ISBN: 978-1-59307-896-6 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Mike Mignola Artist: Duncan Fegredo and Dave Stewart Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 192 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Horror/Action Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 48 Publication Date: May 2008 Hellboy has finally returned from his adventures at sea, but no sooner has he settled on land than a conclave of witches drags him from his respite and into the heart of Russian folklore, where he becomes the quarry of the powerful and bloodthirsty witch Baba Yaga. Bent on revenge for the eye she had lost to Hellboy, Baba Yaga has enlisted the aid of a deathless warrior who will stop at nothing to destroy Hellboy. Creator Mike Mignola turns over drawing duties to Duncan Fegredo (Enigma, Ultimate Adventures) for a new chapter in the life of the World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Hellboy: Darkness Calls collects the entire six-issue miniseries, along with two new epilogues—one drawn by Mignola, and one by Fegredo—and an extensive sketchbook section from both artists. •Hellboy: Darkness Calls includes many plot elements from the major motion picture, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, directed by Academy Award winner, Guillermo del Toro and slated for release in July 2008! •Hellboy: Darkness Calls will be released in time to take advantage of the massive amounts of press generated by the release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army! SUMMER 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • $20,000 marketing budget • Press coverage confirmed or expected: New York Times (200,000 impressions), Complex Magazine (330,000 impressions), MTV (5 million impressions), Giant Magazine (400,000 impressions), Los Angeles Times (200,000 impressions), Vice Magazine (200,000 impressions), Newsarama (2 million hits per month), Publisher’s Weekly (24,000 impressions), Entertainment Weekly (150,000 impressions) 13 hellboy: The companion Densely illustrated with classic images from the comics as well as a handful of new drawings from Mignola, this volume offers thorough documentation of the Hellboy universe, compiling the many complex pieces that make up the life of the World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator into an easily understandable format and condensing Mignola’s masterful storytelling into an encyclopedic reference guide—including previously unrevealed secrets! From the hidden history of Abe Sapien to the secret origin of the world, this complete compendium is every hardcore Hellboy fan’s key to the mind of Mike Mignola, and the ultimate introduction for anyone looking to begin their journey into the weird and wondrous world he has created. ISBN: 978-1-59307-655-X Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Steve Weiner, Victoria Blake, and Jason Hall Artist: Mike Mignola Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 200 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Other Works by Author: The Will Eisner Companion, Beware the Creeper, Trigger Genre: Action Adventure/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 48 Publication Date: May 2008 KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books • With the release of motion-picture, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, interest in Hellboy will be at an all-time high making this encyclopedia of the Hellboy universe a must-have for Hellboy fans both old and new! •Stephen Weiner is the Director of the Maynard Public Library in Maynard, Massachusetts. He holds an M. A. degree in Children’s Literature as well as an M. L.I.S., and has been a pioneering advocate for the inclusion of graphic novels in libraries and other educational settings. He has been writing about comic art since 1992. HELLBOY II: The golden army novel After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call Hellboy. ISBN: 978-1-59307-954-3 Price: $6.99 U.S./$8.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Robert Greenberger Size: 4 3/16" x 6 3/4" Page Count: 240 Format: MMPB Other Works by Author: Predator: Flesh and Blood Genre: Horror/Movie Tie-in Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 45 Publication Date: May 2008 Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense—pyrotechnic girlfriend Liz Sherman, aquatic empathy Abe Sapien, and protoplasmic mystic Johann—the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him. Cover for solicitation only KEY SELLING POINTS: •Hellboy II: The Golden Army is the novelization of the most eagerly anticipated motion picture of 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army! 14 SUMMER 2008 The anticipation is ratcheting up for one of this summer’s biggest action-adventure events, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Dark Horse is taking you behind the scenes! As we delved into the original box-office hit, this two-hundred-page tome likewise presents the most extensive look into the film’s evolution, from early concept art and diary sketches to photos of the final props, sets, and filming. A unique look at filmmaking and the art of graphic novels. Del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola once again bring their world-renowned talents to bear on a brand-new chapter in Hellboy’s history—a visual feast only they could produce. Get your sneak peek well before the celluloid hits the screen! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Offers a “sneak peek” before the movie opens with exclusive stills and material! • Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie includes Guillermo del Toro’s complete screenplay for this summer’s blockbuster motion-picture, Hellboy II: The Golden Army! •Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie also includes original storyboards as well as commentary from Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola, and director Guillermo del Toro! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-964-2 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola Artist: Sergio Sandoval, Francisco Ruiz Velasco Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Page Count: 200 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Horror/Action Adventure/Movie Tie-in Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 30 Publication Date: May 2008 Dark Horse Books Cover for solicitation only HELLBOY II: ART of the movie 15 THE MONSTERS OF HELLBOY II 16 Cover for solicitation only Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1-59307-965-9 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola, Sergio Sandoval, and Francisco Ruiz Velasco Size: 8 1/2" X 11" Page Count: 168 Format: Trade paperback, full color Genre: Horror/Movie Tie-in Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 30 Publication Date: May 2008 Trolls, goblins, beastly fairies, and haunting “angels” are only part of the grotesque menagerie of otherworldly creatures populating the world of Hellboy II: The Golden Army. This book dives into the renowned imaginations of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth), and artists from throughout the film’s production—from original concept designs to photos of the final costumes. The Monsters of Hellboy II explores the scores of beasts and fiends that appear in the upcoming summer blockbuster, with art and commentary by such talented production designers as Francisco Ruiz Velasco and Sergio Sandoval. The lush and disturbing worlds of the Troll Market and magic realm are explored, as are their strange inhabitants . . . butchers, fishmongers, street musicians, and vendors of all bizarre shapes, sizes, and professions. A fascinating look at inspired filmmaking and character design, this excellent standalone book also acts as a rich companion to our illustrated script book, Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie. KEY SELLING POINTS: •The Monsters of Hellboy II will be released in time to take advantage of the massive amounts of press generated by the release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army! •Co-written by the brain trust behind the visuals on Hellboy II: The Golden Army—Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro, Sergio Sandoval, and Francisco Ruiz Velasco! •Co-writer Sergio Sandoval was widely acclaimed for his creature designs from Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning film, Pan’s Labyrinth! SUMMER 2008 hellboy: ODDEST JOBS And you thought Hell was weird . . . Longtime contributor to the Hellboy mythos Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminaries including Bram Stoker Award winners Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep) and China Miéville (King Rat), cross-genre sensation Barbara Hambly (The Windrose Chronicles), celebrated mystery writer Ken Bruen (The Dramatist), best-selling science fiction and fantasy novelist Tad Williams (Otherland), and a bevy of other skilled storytellers eager to spin a tale or two about the world’s greatest paranormal detective, as some of the biggest names in horror, mystery, and fantasy come together to pay homage to Mike Mignola’s Hellboy! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Hellboy: Oddest Jobs is a Christopher Golden edited anthology which includes all-new Hellboy short stories from many of today’s top fantasy and science fiction authors including Bram Stoker Award winners, Joe R. Lansdale and China Mieville! •Hellboy: Oddest Jobs contains numerous illustrations by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola! •Hellboy: Oddest Jobs will be released in time to take advantage of the massive amounts of press generated by the release of the major motion-picure, Hellboy II: The Golden Army! SUMMER 2008 MARKETING PLAN: • $20,000 marketing budget • Press coverage confirmed or expected: New York Times, Complex Magazine, MTV, Giant Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Vice Magazine, Newsarama, Publisher’s Weekly, Entertainment Weekly • Tradeshow Support: (including Hellboy promotional giveaways and graphics displayed): ComicCon International—San Diego, New York Comic Con, London Book Fair, American Library Association, Dragon Con Atlanta, and Book Expo America • Advertising campaigns with house ads in all Dark Horse titles, ads in Rue Morgue and Wizard Magazine, plus Diamond Previews Ads as well as covers and banners TBD • Dark Horse Website (5.1 million hits per year), Extended On-Line Previews, “Making of” Features, Hellboy “Zone,” featured on DHP My Space special monthly (270 million hits) Dark Horse Books Cover for solicitation only ISBN: 978-1-59307-944-4 Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Mike Mignola Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 216 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Other Works by Author: Hellboy: The Lost Army; Hellboy: The Bones of Giants; Bubba Ho-Tep Genre: Action Adventure/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 45 Publication Date: July 2008 17 LOBSTER JOHNSON: IRON PROMETHEUS “Beware my claw, for I’ve come to inflict justice!” After years of captivating fans from the pages of Hellboy and B.P.R.D., the pulp-style adventures of Lobster Johnson take the limelight in this collection of The Lobster’s first solo series. Written and featuring a cover by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and drawn by Jason Armstrong (Ferro City, The Sensational SpiderMan), Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus is a wild ride full of fearsome monsters, mad scientists, and threats from the world beyond. ISBN: 978-1-59307-975-8 Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Mike Mignola Artist: Jason Armstrong Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 140 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Other Works by Author: Hellboy, B.P.R.D., Ferro City Genre: Science Fiction/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • Cross promotions with all other Dark Horse Hellboy titles, and with Hellboy II: The Golden Army movie release • Huge presence on Dark Horse Presents: MySpace feature, which has over 270 million hits every year! 18 KEY SELLING POINTS: Cover for solicitation only •“This is pure pulp action-adventure fun. It’s like Indiana Jones meets the Rocketeer meets the Shadow meets Doc Savage” —Wizard Magazine • Direct from the pages of B.P.R.D. and featured in this summer’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army motion-picture, Lobster Johnson: Iron Prometheus is written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola! B.P.R.D.: KILLING GROUND ISBN: 978-1-59307-956-7 Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: John Arcudi, Mike Mignola Artist: Guy Davis Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 140 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Other Works by Author: Hellboy, Doom Patrol Genre: Action-Adventure/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 60 Publication Date: May 2008 MARKETING PLAN •Cross promotions with all other Dark Horse Hellboy titles, and with Hellboy II: The Golden Army movie release • Huge presence on Dark Horse Presents: MySpace feature, which has over 270 million hits every year! Something deadly is loose in the halls of the B.P.R.D.! The B.P.R.D. will need all of its new resources—from Johann’s new body to Panya, the team’s newest (or maybe oldest) member—to handle the deadly forces that have wormed their way into the heart of the its headquarters, as the line blurs between the hunters of the supernatural and their prey. Killing Ground returns the B.P.R.D. to its roots in visceral supernatural horror that will leave the Bureau forever altered. KEY SELLING POINTS: •A direct follow-up to the events in B.P.R.D.: Garden of Souls. •Co-written by Hellboy and B.P.R.D. creator Mike Mignola! • Many of the cast of B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research) will be featured in Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army to be released in Summer ’08! SUMMER 2008 BUFFY The vampire slayer: OMNIBUS VOL. 4 Volume Four of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus series concludes Buffy’s high school career, wrapping up Season Three of the show’s storyline. Collected in this volume are: Buffy issues #9–11, 13–15, 17–20. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bad Dog; Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru, Who Made Who; Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: The Hollower. The complete “Bad Blood,” saga written by Andi Watson (Clubbing), the first attempt at making a “season” of the comics, where Buffy battles a sultry vampire who hungers for a lot more than blood. KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 978-1-59307-968-0 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 Can Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 368 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action-Adventure/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: May 2008 BUFFY SEASON EIGHT: NO FUTURE FOR YOU VOL. 2 Eisner Award–winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) tackles Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight with “No Future for You.” When a rogue debutant Slayer begins to use her power for evil, Giles is forced to recruit the rebellious Faith, who isn’t exactly known for her good deeds. Giles offers Faith a clean slate if she can stop this snooty Slayer from wreaking total havoc—that is, if Buffy doesn’t beat her to it. Georges Jeanty (The American Way) remains at the top of his game as series artist, and Whedon stays on as Executive Producer in this direct follow-up to Season Seven of the smash-hit TV series. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Eisner Award–winning writer Brian K. Vaughan joins Joss Whedon on Buffy Season Eight. •This volume also includes a standalone issue “Anywhere but Here,” written by Whedon and drawn by longtime Buffy artist Cliff Richards. •Brian K. Vaughan is a writer on the hit TV show Lost. •Buffy: The Long Way Home (the first volume of Buffy Season 8) sold over 50,000 copies in under three months! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-963-5 Price: $15.95 U.S./$19.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Joss Whedon Artist: Georges Jeanty and Cliff Richards Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 120 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Other Works by Author: Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Lost Genre: Horror/Action Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Books •Includes first comics work by Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series writer Doug Petrie, and critically acclaimed artists Eric Powell (The Goon), Ryan Sook (Star Wars: Rebellion), and Cliff Richards (Buffy Season Eight #10). • Includes the first Angel miniseries, The Hollower, written by acclaimed Buffy novelist, Christopher Golden (Baltimore: or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire). •The Buffy Omnibus books collect the earliest Buffy comics and are an excellent precursor to Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Season Eight series. •Combined sales of the first two volumes of the Buffy Omnibus series is over 50,000 copies all in less than four months! 19 INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES VOL. 1 20 MARKETING PLAN: • Reviews anticipated in School Library Journal, Library Journal, Disney Adventures Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Entertainment Weekly online, and Parents Magazine • Features on Dark Horse Kids Zone www.darkhorse.com (receives over 5 million hits per year) • Exclusive previews and interviews on MySpace (over 50,000 friends) • Special mailers and features for public and school librarians, including graphics and giveaways and regional tradeshows, ALA (50,000 impressions), and Book Expo (75, 000 impressions) • Artist and writer appearances/ signings at conventions, including Wizard World, New York Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration (TBA), Comic-Con International at San Diego and more • Special retailer poster and incentives to announce book, all part of general Indiana Jones push for 2008 Cover for solicitation only Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1-59307-905-5 Price: $6.95 U.S./$8.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Phillip Gelatt Artist: Rick Lacy Size: 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Page Count: 80 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action Adventure Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 60 Publication Date: July 2008 In the deep winter of Northern Europe, Dr. Henry Jones Jr. is about to undergo one of the most harrowing archaeological digs of his career! Amidst a deadly blizzard, he must find an ancient monument and unlock its secrets before someone with much darker intentions gets there first! Yet there are trials awaiting any who would lay claim to the artifacts of mysterious warriors from long ago. Kid-friendly and brimming with the very best parts of Indiana Jones, this is a story for anyone looking for stunning visuals, thrill-a-minute storytelling, and one unmistakable archaeologist! KEY SELLING POINTS: •The Dark Horse Indiana Jones Adventures series will be published in the same format as the younger-reader–friendly Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures! • Lucasfilm is giving creative freedom to Dark Horse for a fun, action-adventure series that is suitable for younger readers. • Licensee list includes: Rubie’s Costume, Hallmark, Disney, Dorling Kindersley, Penguin, Random House Audio, Random House Publishing Group, Scholastic, Hasbro, Lego Systems, Lucasarts, Thermos, Buster Brown, Warner Brothers Music, Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles, Toynami, Basic Fun, International Game System, and more. SUMMER 2008 The intrepid Doctor Henry Jones Jr. is back in his biggest adventure yet! This time, the world-renowned archaeologist finds himself caught in a series of events that all point to a discovery unlike any other. But will his rivals in pursuit of this priceless treasure seize his quarry from right under his nose? Not if he, and a few unexpected companions, have anything to say about it! The thrill and the humor, the action and the romance, the hat and the whip—everything you love about Indy is here: this is a tale sure to please longtime fans as well as foster a whole generation of new ones! KEY SELLING POINTS: Cover for solicitation only •The official graphic novel adaptation of the first blockbuster motion picture of 2008, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be extensively cross-promoted with other Indiana Jones licensees and on numerous film-related websites! ISBN: 978-1-59307-952-9 Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: George Lucas, David Koepp, John Jackson Miller Artist: Luke Ross, Fabio Laguna, Dan Jackson Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 96 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 12+ Other Works by Author: Writer: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, The Incredible Iron Man, Crimson Dynamo Genre: Action Adventure Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 60 Publication Date: May 2008 MARKETING PLAN: • $20,000 marketing budget • Press coverage confirmed or expected: New York Times, Complex Magazine, MTV, Giant Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Newsarama INDIANA JONES OMNIBUS: VOL. 2 Excitement and danger follow Dr. Henry Jones Jr. around the globe in this collection of classic, long out-of-print stories! From Greece to Germany, the South Pacific to the seas of the Vikings, his race against the Nazis to recover artifacts like the Golden Fleece, the Philosopher’s Stone, or the Spear of Destiny will run him afoul of legendary monsters, ancient cults, and armies of the undead! Undeniably thrilling, these are the stories that defined the meaning of adventure. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Five book-length adventures compiled into a single volume, this massive tome contains the greatest exploits in the life of the world’s most famous archaeologist—Indiana Jones! • Contains Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece, Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil, Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix, Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny, Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates. SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-953-6 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 352 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action Adventure Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 20 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Books INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL MOVIE ADAPTATION 21 FEAR AGENT VOL. 4: HATCHET JOB Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1-59307-974-1 Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Rick Remender Artist: Jerome Opeña Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 128 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Science Fiction/ Superhero Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: June 2008 22 Abandoned in deep space, near death, and with no hope of rescue, Heath learns the cost of crossing the nefarious pirates of the Centurion Nebula. Back on the moon base a mysterious figure from Heath's past arrives as a harbinger of more hard days for humanity. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Fear Agent is an ongoing series from Dark Horse Comics. • Combining the aesthetic elements of all three of the genres that made EC comics the high water mark of sequential storytelling: science fiction, war, and horror! TALES OF THE FEAR AGENT ISBN: 978-1-59307-959-8 Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Rick Remender Artist: Eric Nguyen Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 136 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Science-fiction/ Superhero Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: May 2008 Down on his luck and drunk as a skunk, Heath Huston alien exterminator stumbles upon a corrupt and immoral alien race using religion as a justification to drain a sun of the energies that sustain it. This race of scumbags always finds a rationale to put economic bottom lines before the cost to life and the environment. With no love for money-grubbing heartless manipulators, Huston hires himself to stop the twisted operation in hopes of saving the lives of billions of creatures . . . and maybe for a bit of personal satisfaction. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Featuring an impressive lineup of creators, including Paul Renaud, Steve Niles, Jeff Parker, Shane White, Eric Powell, Francesco Francavilla, B. Clay Moore, Rick Spears, Rich Woodall, Matt Talbot, Ivan Brandon, K.R. Whalen, Dan Panosian, and more! SUMMER 2008 GRENDEL: GOD and THE DEVIL In the centuries since the mask of Grendel was last seen, humanity’s survived a third World War, the fall of Western Civilization, and the rise of an all-powerful church state. But when the depraved Pope Innocent XLII begins construction of a new church tower hiding a powerful and deadly secret, two men will rise against the church’s corruption. One is Orion Assante, a man determined to expose the Pope for who he really is. The other is a mysterious figure wearing the all-too-familiar face of Grendel! Grendel: God and the Devil masterfully interweaves sanity with madness, churches with corporations, and good with evil in one of the most stunning and prophetic stories of modern comics. Cover for solicitation only ISBN: 978-1-59307-967-3 Price: $29.95 U.S./$35.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Matt Wagner Artist: Tim Sale, John K. Snyder III, Jay Geldhof, Bernie Mireault, Jeromy Cox Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 320 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Crime/Action Adventure/Science Fiction Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 25 Publication Date: June 2008 One of Wagner’s riskiest and most compelling works, this massive volume will thrill every Grendel fan, and dazzle anyone searching for a great story told in a whole new way. KEY SELLING POINTS: PENNY ARCADE VOL. 5 Join us, intrepid explorers, as we journey once again into the depths of the Penny Arcade archives, facing eldritch curses and monstrous perils aplenty in our quest to unearth the ancient treasures of the year 2004 A.D.! Marvel at the mysteries laid bare within, at these tales of epic gaming, appliances gone bad, square dancing blood feuds, and so much more! Face, if you dare, the ominous foreboding of The Last Christmas, the challenging depths of Twisp and Catsby, and the poignant tragedy of The Wandering Age! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Includes every strip posted on penny-arcade.com during 2004. •A treasure trove of bonus material, including creator commentary. •Special foreword by actor, writer, and blogger extraordinaire Wil Wheaton! •Dark Horse has sold over 100,000 copies of Penny Arcade in less than two years! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-814-0 Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Jerry Holkins Artist: Mike Krahulik Size: 7" x 9" Page Count: 136 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Humor Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: July 2008 Dark Horse Books •Matt Wagner’s magum opus: never before collected. •Featuring the eye-popping art that launched John Snyder III into comics art stardom! 23 Dark Horse Books CONAN: BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD 24 ISBN: 978-1-59307-981-9 Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Greg Ruth Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 160 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action Adventure/ Fantasy Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: May 2008 Writer Kurt Busiek and artist Greg Ruth team up to give you the story of Conan’s early life, from his birth on a Cimmerian battlefield to his coming-of-age as a warrior in the pivotal Battle of Venarium. Sewing the seeds of the Barbarian’s momentous career, this chronicle of Conan’s youthful conquests—both martial and carnal—also showcases master storytellers Busiek and Ruth’s work at its finest. MARKETING PLAN: • Special focus on Robert E Howard’s anniversary • Direct mail piece for public library book buyers • Exclusive “25-cent” comics for retail incentive advertise the Conan line • Featured at Gencom; Wizard World; Comic-Con International: San Diego; ALA • Also re-launching previously outof-print Robert E. Howard titles, cross-promoting all Conan titles • Dark Horse web support: www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits per year) • Dedicated Conan zone on Dark Horse My Space (over 50,000 Friends) KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 978-1-59307-960-4 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Roy Thomas Artist: Various Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 544 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action Adventure/ Fantasy Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: May 2008 “[Ruth’s art] is gorgeous to look at, conveying a different but equally lush vision of Cimmeria and the rest of Hyborea.” —The Fourth Rail •Conan: Born on the Battlefield tells the story of Conan’s birth and his coming-of-age as a warrior! •Written by one of the most popular writers of the new Dark Horse Conan, Kurt Busiek! •Since rekindling the Conan franchise in 2004, sales of Dark Horse Conan books is approaching one-quarter of a million copies! SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: VOL. 3 Conan’s phenomenal popularity in the early comics series Conan the Barbarian would soon reach new heights thanks to a supplementary publication whose very name would come to represent quality in epic-fantasy storytelling—The Savage Sword of Conan! These pulp tomes would become an inspiration to generations of Conan fans, containing some of the best adaptations and pastiches of Robert E. Howard’s work ever to be seen in sequential form. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Features a heart-stopping adaptation of the classic Howard tale: The Jewels of Gwahlur. • This is the first time these stories are being collected with over five hundred pages of classic sword and sorcery! • Included in this volume are tales featuring the stunning art of such comics luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson, and many more. SUMMER 2008 CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOL. 15 As Conan pushes his way across the Corinthian desert landscape, the Cimmerian soon learns he is not alone in this vast and desolate wasteland. The clash of swords and the mystery of sorcery collide in this jam-packed collection as the mighty barbarian finds himself face-to-face with the seductive Princess of the Mist, a tenacious abomination, and the god of death, himself! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Showcases the last eleven issues of John Buscema’s legendary first run on Conan the Barbarian. • Since rekindling the Conan franchise in 2004, sales of Dark Horse Conan books is approaching one-quarter of a million copies! SUMMER 2008 Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1-59307-971-0 Price: $16.95 U.S./$20.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Len Wein and J. M. DeMatteis Artist: John Buscema Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 182 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Fantasy/Action Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: June 2008 25 Dark Horse Books THE MASK OMNIBUS: VOL. 1 26 ISBN: 978-1-59307-927-7 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: John Arcudi Artist: Doug Mahnke Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 376 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Other Works by Author: Aliens, Predator, The Terminator, BPRD, Gen13, Metal Men Genre: Action Adventure/ Humor/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: August 2008 It has all the makings of an epic adventure: An ancient artifact is rediscovered; a mask of unknown origins, with unforeseen power and magic. But who knew that after donning this mask even the wimpiest geek would become an indestructible shape-changing super-tornado with a mind for mischief and an appetite for destruction? MARKETING PLAN: • Tradeshow support, including creator and artist signings at Comic-Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con, Book Expo, Wizard World and Dragon Con • Exclusive online extended preview posted on My Space: Dark Horse (50,000 friends) • Support through www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits) • Advance reviews anticipated from such sources as Entertainment Weekly online, Publisher’s Weekly, IGN and more KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 978-1-59307-939-0 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 352 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Other Works by Author: Aliens, Aliens vs. Predator, Predator, The Terminator Genre: Superhero Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: June 2008 MARKETING PLAN: • Press confirmed or expected from: Alternative Weekly Newspapers (various), New York Times, Wizard Magazine, CBR, Newsarama, Oregonian and more • Trade Show Support plus regional library and book shows • Dark Horse Website (5.1 million hits per year) Extended On-Line Preview, Desktop Downloads, Dark Horse Newsletter Equally adept with gun, knife, bat, bomb, pie, or batknife-gun-pie-bomb, our geek-turned-super-freak, The Mask cuts a crazed swath of cartoon mayhem. In his wake he leaves only rubble—and laughs. Unfortunately for Stanley, owning the mask is no picnic, especially when every unsavory psycho on the planet wants to get his hands on it . . . and his face under it! •This original comics trilogy inspired the hit film The Mask, which has grossed over $450 million worldwide since its release in 1994! •Volume one collects The Mask, The Mask Returns, and The Mask Strikes Back (long out of print) for the first time! •Writer Arcudi and artist Mahnke have worked on a number of the most popular comics series for Dark Horse, Marvel, and DC. The Mask is the series that first brought Arcudi and Mahnke to prominence. X OMNIBUS: VOL. 1 The city of Arcadia is the dark side of the American Dream. It’s the land of opportunity, if you’ve got the money to buy it or the muscle to take it. The police are the best trained and equipped in the country, if you can afford their protection. Crime is under control, because crime is in control. For the corrupt and the ruthless, Arcadia is paradise on Earth. But a cold storm is blowing through the streets of Arcadia, a plague wind in black leather and torn cloth, a one-eyed, one-man judge, jury, and executioner who the papers call “The X-Killer.” He has set the new rules for Arcadia. Cross the line once, you’ll receive a warning. Cross them twice, and X will mark the spot . . . where they’ll find your body. Violent and morally ambiguous, X walks the thin line between heroism and obsession and shows that sometimes the cure may be worse than the disease KEY SELLING POINTS: •Features over 300 story pages by creators including Steven Grant, Doug Mahnke, Chris Warner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Tim Bradstreet. •X Omnibus Volume 1 collects for the first time the audacious, critically acclaimed Dark Horse series that made “grim and gritty” superheroes seem like cuddly plush toys. SUMMER 2008 Wondermark: The Beards of Our Forefathers ISBN: 978-1-59307-984-0 Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer/Artist: David Malki Size: 8 1/8" x 8 1/4" Page Count: 96 Format: Hardcover, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Humor Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Comics is proud to present this handsome hardbound collection of David Malki’s Ignatz-nominated comic strip “Wondermark.” One of the Internet’s new generation of self-syndicated comics creators, Malki repurposes illustrations and engravings from nineteenth-century books into hilarious, collage-style comic strips. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Wondermark is nationally syndicated in the print edition of The Onion, enjoying a circulation of over 700,000! •New installments of Wondermark appear twice-weekly at http://wondermark.com along with a hilarious blog from David Malki! The Wondermark site enjoys over 172,000 unique visitors per month. •Beards of Our Forefathers includes 20+ pages of brand-new material created especially for this volume and never published online! SUMMER 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • Support with creator website: www.wondermark.com, plus creator signings and appearances planned • Tradeshow support including Comic-Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con, Book Expo, Wizard World, and Dragon Con • Exclusive online extended preview posted on MySpace: Dark Horse (50,000 friends) • Support through www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits) 27 USAGI YOJIMBO VOL. 22: TOMOE’S STORY ISBN: 978-1-59307-948-2 Price: $59.95 U.S./$71.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer/Artist: Stan Sakai Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 184 Format: Limited edition hardcover, black and white Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Action Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 40 Publication Date: July 2008 Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1-59307-947-5 Price: $15.95 U.S./$19.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer/Artist: Stan Sakai Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 184 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Action Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 40 Publication Date: July 2008 28 Learn why Tomoe is the most valuable retainer of Lord Noriuki of the Geishu Province, then plunge into a terrifying ghost story where a string of mysterious murders points to a woman dead for ten years. Finally, experience the mesmerizing beauty of a formal tea ceremony, as Usagi and Tomoe share this spiritual event to mark the rabbit ronin’s departure from the province to resume his travels. This volume chronicles the evolution of the relationship between Usagi and Tomoe, with a collection of stories ranging from exciting to exquisite. Tomoe’s Story captures the very essence of what has made Usagi Yojimbo a hit for over twenty years! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Some of the earliest adventures together are collected with one of the most popular Usagi storylines in recent history. •Reprinting Tomoe stories that have been out of print for more than fifteen years. • Includes Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1–3 (originally published by Fantagraphics) and Usagi Yojimbo #90–93. •Introduction by Heidi MacDonald, of Publishers Weekly. •2007 Harvey Award Winner! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-978-9 Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Gerard Way Artist: Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 192 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action Adventure/ Horror/Superhero Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: July 2008 Cover for solicitation only MARKETING PLAN: • Tradeshow support, including creator and artist signings at Comic-Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con, Book Expo, Wizard World, and Dragon Con • Exclusive online extended previews and “Making of” features posted on My Space: Dark Horse (50,000 friends) • Support through www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits) • Advance reviews anticipated from such sources as Entertainment Weekly • Fans of the band My Chemical Romance also support this title on their sites! Gerard Way, of My Chemical Romance, makes his comics writing debut in this outrageous superhero epic that Grant Morrison called “An ultraviolet psychedelic sherbet bomb of wit and ideas. The superheroes of the 21st century are here at last . . . ” In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who’d previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, “To save the world.” These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again. Dark Horse Books The UMBRELLA ACADEMY: Apocalypse Suite VOl. 1 KEY SELLING POINTS: • This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way. •Umbrella Academy is the comics debut of Gerard Way, from the hugely popular rock band, My Chemical Romance! SUMMER 2008 29 K CHRONICLES ISBN: 978-1-59307-943-7 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer/Artist: Keith Knight Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Page Count: 500 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 14+ Other Works by Author: Are We Feeling Safer Yet?, The Passion of the Keef, What a Long Strange Strip It’s Been Genre: Humor Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: August 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • Tradeshow support, including creator and artist signings at Comic Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con, Book Expo, Wizard World, and ALA Library Conferences • Cross-promotion with artist’s site: www.kchronicles.com • Reviews and attention anticipated in alternate weekly newspapers, art sites and media such as Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, and more • Special exclusive previews launched on the Dark Horse MySpace page (50,000 friends and counting) 30 ISBN: 978-1-59307-972-7 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Simone Lia Artist: Simone Lia Size: 6 5/8" x 7 1/4" Page Count: 192 Format: Hardcover, black and white Recommended Age: 12+ Other Works by Author: Billy Bean’s Dream, Monkey and Spoon, Both Genre: Humor Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 40 Publication Date: June 2008 MARKETING PLAN: • Tradeshow support, including creator signings • Support through www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits) and on Kids Zone • Advance reviews anticipated from such sources as School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, and YALSA/ALA • Artist will also heavily promote online on her own website: www.simonelia.com Dark Horse Comics is proud to present the first comprehensive omnibus collection of rapper/cartoonist Keith Knight’s Harvey Award-winning, semi-autobiographical comic strip, the K Chronicles. An unabashedly provocative mix of political and social satire, it tackles such touchy subjects as racism, violence, and sex with a self-deprecating humor, personal honesty and light-hearted goofiness rarely found in a newspaper comic. The result is accessible yet subversive, compassionate and political, without being preachy. Reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes, Knight’s drawing style is fluid and dynamic, and his great strength is the deftness of his wide-ranging wit–simultaneously light-hearted and wild, clever and conscious. KEY SELLING POINTS: • “Fluid, energetic and wild . . . very, very smart and very, very funny.” —Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks •“Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector in the vast cartoon universe.” —Garry Trudeau “Doonesbury” •“It’s hard to make a comic that is this funny while also so frequently profound. Keith Knight deals with so many issues with both gravitas and such a light touch, while never missing a chance at a cheap laugh. This is the work of a master.” —Dave Eggers A Heart-Breaking Work of Staggering Genius FLUFFY Fluffy is a young rabbit with a human daddy named Michael, an anxious bachelor stuck in an uncomfortable, uncommitted relationship with a woman who just happens to be Fluffy’s preschool teacher. One day Michael decides to take Fluffy away for an impromptu trip to visit relatives in Sicily—and away from the overzealous affections of Miss Owers. Neither bunny nor man is truly prepared for the worldly excitement of a suspected kidnapping in Sicily, and both will be forever changed by the experience. This delightful graphic novel masterfully blends cute cartooning with an unexpectedly rich story that will charm readers of all ages. KEY SELLING POINTS: •First US edition of the internationally acclaimed and heartwarming graphic novel from Simone Lia. •Suitable for all ages graphic novels section • Author/artist Simone Lia describes her charming, bestselling graphic novel Fluffy as “a story of unanswerable questions, love, despair, adventure, and happiness.” •For a better look at the work of Simone Lia, go to www.simonelia.com! SUMMER 2008 SCRAMBLED INK Kadogo was the youngest and smallest member of his flock. This would not have been a problem if Kadogo were an eagle, an owl or a vulture. But it was a problem, a really BIG problem, because Kadogo was a tick-tick bird-the smallest bird in the jungle. And on top of that he was the smallest tick-tick bird in his family. Hollywood’s hardest-working animators bring their blockbuster talent to comics to tell stories too big for the silver screen in this jam-packed, jaw-dropping, just-plain-fun compendium of illustrated awesomeness! Hilarious and moving, undeniably innovative and stunningly beautiful, each tale transforms the page into a lushly realized world of imagination—a surefire prize for any fan of illustration or anyone looking for a great yarn spun in a whole new way. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Featuring DreamWorks Animators Dave Pimentel, JJ Villard, Dave Derrick, Jenny Lerew, Ken Morrissey, Keith Baxter, and Ennio Torresan. • The creators of Scrambled Ink are all animators at DreamWorks Studios with credits on such blockbuster films as Bee Movie, Shrek and Madagascar! SUMMER 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Tradeshow support, including creator and artist signings at Comic-Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con, Book Expo, Wizard World • Possible cross-promotion with movie site: thebeemovie.com • Reviews and attention anticipated in alternate weekly newspapers, art sites and media such as Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, and more • Special Library focus on the Dark Horse Librarian’s pagewith a postcard mailing to over 2,000 acquistions librarians and graphics featured at ALA and regional library shows • Special exclusive previews launched on the Dark Horse MySpace page (50,000 friends and counting) “I’m glad to introduce these artists who helped make Bee Movie a success. You will enjoy their artwork, wit, and quirky sense of humor as much as I did.” —Jerry Seinfeld Dark Horse Books Cover for solicitation only ISBN: 978-1-59307-951-2 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6 5/8" x 10 1/4" Page Count: 176 Format: Hardcover, full color Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Fiction/Art Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: July 2008 31 RED STRING VOL. 3 ISBN: 978-1-59307-958-1 Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Gina Biggs Artist: Gina Biggs Size: 5 7/8" x 8 1/4" Page Count: 208 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Romance Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 40 Publication Date: May 2008 With a dear friend moving to Tokyo, an arranged marriage pending, and a difficult teacher holding a grudge against her, Miharu Ogawa is having one of her worst semesters in school ever! Her friends aren’t having an easy time, either. After breaking down and finally expressing her feelings to Fuuko, Maya seeks solace and advice from Karen—who isn’t really an expert in love and is having her own relationship problems. “Lone Wolf” Hayashihara struggles with the fact that he’s actually making friends, a new character—Jun Mataichi—arrives to stir up a little more confusion, and a snowy accident brings two bickering souls closer together. Red String delivers all of the great surprises and romantic moments you’ve come to expect and enjoy! KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books • This is the third volume of Gina Biggs’s successful and long-running web comic. • Red String will appeal to fans of shojo romance! 32 STYLE SCHOOL VOL. 3 ISBN: 978-1-59307-835-5 Price: $16.95 U.S./$20.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8 7/8" x 10 1/8" Page Count: 176 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Art/How-to Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 30 Publication Date: August 2008 The third volume of Japan’s leading manga and anime instructional magazine. Learn the techniques of Japan’s top manga and anime artists, showing step-by-step methods to help today’s up-and-coming illustrators master the use of pen, brush, paint, marker, screen tones, computer modeling, and other tricks of the trade. Gain insight into the weapons of choice of today’s top creators, especially those brands and tools that are so hard to find outside Japan. Experience the eye-popping art of tomorrow’s manga and anime stars, with page after gorgeous page of spectacular visual imagination. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Find out how to submit your work to be considered for publication in upcoming issues of Style School Magazine in Japan! •One of the most successful art publications in Japan, published for the first time in English. • Contains many “How to” techniques for many different art styles! SUMMER 2008 GANTZ: Vol. 1 MARKETING PLAN: • $20,000 marketing budget • Featured at tradeshows such as Anime Expo and DragonCon, in addition to other manga/ anime shows and conventions (such as Comic-Con International and Book Expo America) • Press coverage confirmed or expected from: Anime News Network (90,000 hits per day), NewType Magazine (100,000 impressions), Anime Insider (85,000 impressions), Publisher’s Weekly (24,000 impressions), Vice Magazine (200,000 impressions), Complex Magazine (330,000 impressions) • Review copies sent to major entertainment magazines and websites • Press release sent to 500 press contacts nationwide How long will you stay in the game? The last thing Kei and Masaru remember was being struck dead by a subway train while saving the life of a drunken bum. What a waste! And yet somehow they’re still . . . alive? Or semialive? Maybe it’s reanimated . . . by some kind of alien orb with a nasty message . . . “Your lives are over. What you do with your new lives is up to me!” And what this orb called Gantz intends to do with their lives is make them play games of death, hunting all kinds of odd aliens, along with a bunch of other ordinary citizens who’ve recently met a tragic semi-end. The missions they embark upon are often dangerous. Many die—and die again. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Gantz has been one of the most popular adult anime in recent years with over 175,000 copies sold in the U.S. alone! •Dark Horse makes Gantz available in English for the first time! •Gantz has been running weekly in the Japanese magazine Young Jump, which has a circulation of over 2 million! •Most popular manga series in Japan since it began in 1995, with over a hundred fan clubs. •Gantz comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. SUMMER 2008 Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1-59307-949-9 Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Hiroya Oku Size: 5 1/8" x 7 1/16" Page Count: 224 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Other Works by Author: HEN Genre: Manga/fantasy/science fiction/action adventure Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: June 2008 33 BLOOD+ MANGA VOL. 2 ISBN: 978-1-59307-935-2 Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Asuka Katsura Size: 5 " x 7 " Page Count: 208 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Manga/Horror Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 25 Publication Date: May 2008 Saya seems, from all appearances, to be an ordinary teenage girl suffering from amnesia. Living with a foster family just outside an American military base in Okinawa, Japan, she soon discovers that she is anything but normal. She learns she is an apparently immortal warrior, who has ties dating to ancient Egyptian times if not earlier. For centuries she has been locked in a battle against a race of vampiric creatures known as Chiropterans, monsters that seem intent on destroying all life on Earth. In an epic tale that crisscrosses the globe from the streets of Japan to Vietnam, Russia, France, England, and ultimately North Carolina and New York City, Saya battles to save the world while searching for the secret of her lost memories KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books •Blood+ is a multimedia sensation, with an animated series, two PS2 games, two novels series, and three manga series! •The Blood+ animated series currently airing in the US as part of the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block reaches 82.1 million American homes! 34 BLOOD+ MANGA vol. 3 ISBN: 978-1-59307-936-9 Price: $10.95 Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Asuka Katsura Size: 5" x 7" Page Count: 200 Format: Trade paperback, black and white (4 color pages) Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Manga/Horror Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 25 Publication Date: August 2008 This third, pivotal volume reveals one of the biggest secrets in the Blood+ mythos—but you’ll have to wade through plenty of violence, betrayal, and sacrifice before you get there. Hagi shows just how resilient he can be; Kai is as stubborn and reckless as ever; and confused, sweet Riku is once again in the wrong place at the wrong time. Speaking of time, this volume also features a longer flashback sequence that takes us to the 1800s and another violent episode in Saya’s curious, catastrophic life! A brutal skirmish, eye-popping gore, and some enlightening flashbacks open this central volume to the Blood+ manga series, as Saya faces her brutal tormentor Charles head on. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Asuka Katsura’s Blood+ manga series is the official adaptation and companion to the popular Production I.G/ Aniplex anime series that became a hit on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim! SUMMER 2008 Blood+ Vol. 2: Chevalier KEY SELLING POINTS: •The official novelization of the international hit continues! •Created by Mamoru Oshii, directior of the hit film Ghost in the Shell, and developed by the highly influential animation studio Production I.G, this character has been embraced by audiences on both sides of the Pacific. ISBN: 978-1-59307-931-4 Price: $8.95 U.S./$10.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Ryo Ikehata Artist: Chizu Hashii Size: 5" x 7" Page Count: 256 Format: Trade paperback, 16 black and white illustrations Genre: Manga/Horror Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 25 Publication Date: August 2008 A WIND NAMED AMNESIA/ invader summer The Apocalypse didn’t end with a BANG, but with a whimper. Silently, the “amnesia wind” swept away all of mankind’s knowledge. Thousands of years of human civilization vanished overnight as people forgot how to use the tools of modern civilization; who they were, how to speak, everything. Technology decayed as mankind was reduced to an extremely primitive level. Two years after the devastation, a young man explores a nation reduced to barbarism: America. Miraculously re-educated after the cataclysm, he is accompanied by a young woman—somehow spared the obliterating effects of the amnesia wind. Pursued by a relentless killing machine, they search for those responsible for stealing their memories. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Hideyuki Kikuchi’s popularity has been growing over the last three years, with over 17 million Japanese language Vampire Hunter D novels in print; 100,000 English language Vampire Hunter D novels are in print as of 2007, Dark Horse Books Vampire Hunter D novels sell nearly 20,000 with every new title •Includes two long-sought-after novels together in one volume! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-934-5 Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Hideyuki Kikuchi Artist: Yoshitaka Amano Size: 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" Page Count: 288 Format: Trade paperback, 15 black-and-white, 1 color images Recommended Age: 14+ Other Works by Author: Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK+NZ+AUS Carton Quantity: 40 Publication Date: June 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Featured at book industry tradeshows throughout the year, including New York Comic-Con, Book Expo America, ALA, and other regional library tradeshows • Manga fan site publicity sent out to draw from existing fans, plus support on Dark Horse Website: www.darkhorse.com (5.1 million hits per year) • Featured on Dark Horse’s Myspace page (50,000 active members and growing) Dark Horse Books Following the traces of Diva, the leader of the Chiroptera, Saya and her group make their way to Russia. But awaiting their arrival is Diva’s powerful protector Chiroptera, “The Chevalier.” In the middle of the battle against this new threat, Saya is told a horrible truth— “It is because you are one of us.” Is Saya a human, or something more sinister . . . ? 35 BERSERk vol. 23 ISBN: 978-1-59307-864-5 Price: $13.95 U.S./$16.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga/ Digital Manga Publications Writer/Artist: Kentaro Miura Size: 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" Page Count: 208 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Other Works by Author: Berserk 1–22, artist of Japan and King of Wolves Genre: Manga/Horror/Fantasy Rights: North America Carton Quantity: 20 Publication Date: June 2008 Desperate as Guts, the Black Swordsman, has been to reunite with his former captain and lover, the now-mad Casca, he’s quickly learning that being together is as dangerous as being apart. What should be a simple journey to the safety of Puck’s homeland proves to be a gauntlet of perils, as the Mark of Sacrifice each bears brings the fury of Hell down upon them, and Guts discovers that in his darkest moments he himself is the greatest danger to the woman he loves. Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a fiery manga apocalypse, an ominous omnibus of furious action, fearsome horror, and funereal humor that strikes a power chord in the hearts of its devoted followers and strikes down the rest like a scythe through wheat. Bring in the sheaves! KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books • Over 100,000 books sold in this series in one year alone! •Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. •Popular anime was inspired by this manga series. 36 BERSERK vol. 24 ISBN: 978-1-59307-865-2 Price: $13.95 U.S./$16.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga/ Digital Manga Publications Writer/Artist: Kentaro Miura Size: 5 1/8" X 7 1/4" Page Count: 208 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18 + Other Works by Author: Japan and King of Wolves Genre: Manga/Horror/Fantasy Rights: North America Carton Quantity: 20 Publication Date: August 2008 Desperate to find a sanctuary where his lover, Casca will be safe from the demons drawn to her Brand of Sacrifice, Guts the Black Swordsman pushes his motley band of followers onward toward fairy Puck’s homeland, Elfhelm. With new allies who make their home in a mystically guarded woodland paradise, Guts’ goal seems within reach, but danger lurks in the shadows of even the most dazzling utopias, and even fairy witchery may not protect the wondrous kingdom from an army of marauding, murderous trolls! Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a runaway manga locomotive, a crashing colossus of teeth-rattling action, spine-chilling horror, and taboo-breaking humor that fires the boilers of its devoted devotees and just fires the rest. Ashes to ashes! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Popular anime as well as manga. •Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. SUMMER 2008 GHOST TALKER’S daydream Vol. 1 KEY SELLING POINTS: •Sexy and dark story from writer Saki Okuse (Twilight of the Dark Master) and artist Sankichi Meguro. •Fans have been waiting for this book to be released in English. •Very successful anime based on this series of books •Ghost Talker’s Daydream comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. ISBN: 978-1-59307-950-5 Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer: Saki Okuse Artist: Sankichi Meguro Size: 5 1/8" x 7 1/16" Page Count: 216 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Manga/Horror/Humor Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: July 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Featured at tradeshows such as Anime Expo, Dragon Con, Comic-Con International: San Diego, ALA, Book Expo America, and regional library tradeshows • Advance review copies sent to over 25 news and media contacts • Online promotion with www.darkhorse.com and MySpace EDEN: VOL. 10 Hiroki Endo continues to push Eden in new directions, introducing strange sci-fi horrors and dynamic characters in dangerous settings across the globe. By 2112, the Closure Virus has already wiped out about one-third of the world’s population, but it mutates again to infect not only people and living creatures—but inorganic matter as well. Dubbed the “Disclosure Virus,” this new threat overruns several major cities, creating huge crystalline shapes with the matter it absorbs. Relentless action is ramped up again in the pages of Eden’s complicated, violent story arc! KEY SELLING POINTS: “Best Manga of 2007” by Wizard Magazine! SUMMER 2008 •“Endo mutes manga distinctives for realism’s sake . . . keeps the violence short and sharp, inserts a few lowkey satiric jibes at late-twentieth-century sociopolitics, and paces the narrative to facilitate milieu and character development. He conjures a postapocalyptic aura of near-palpable mystery.” —Ray Olson (Booklist) •Hiroki Endo’s Eden is a demonstration of what science fiction can offer when thoughtfully engaging the world rather than just offering tired parables.” —Scott Green (Ain’t It Cool News) •Eden comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. ISBN: 978-1-59307-957-4 Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Hiroki Endo Size: 5" x 7" Page Count: 232 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Other Works by Author: Eden volumes 1–10, Hiroki Endo’s Tanpenshu (Short Stories) volumes 1 and 2 Genre: Manga Rights: North America Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: May 2008 Dark Horse Books Ghost Talker's Daydream is a horror anime created by Saki Okuse and Sankichi Meguro. It tells the story of Misaki Saiki, a young woman with a troubled past, a professional dominatrix in one of Tokyo’s most exclusive S&M clubs. However, her real money is something she likes even less than being a dominatrix. Ever since childhood, Misaki has had the ability to see and communicate with ghosts, and that talent is put to use by the Livelihood Protection Agency, who has Misaki paired with Souichiro Kadotake, a martial-artist who happens to be deathly afraid of ghosts. Using her gifts, Misaki is able to help troubled departed spirits to resolve what is troubling them and allow them to move on to the afterlife. If all THAT isn’t odd enough, Misaki, the heroine, is an albino and a virgin. 37 BLADE OF The immortal: badger hole—vol. 19 ISBN: 978-1-59307-969-7 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Hiroaki Samura Size: 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" Page Count: 168 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 16+ Other Works by Author: Ohikkoshi Genre: Manga/Action Adventure Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 45 Publication Date: June 2008 The time for reconnaissance, planning, and waiting is over! Rin and Dōa, desperate to be reunited with their friends (or even reassured that they’re alive), take their first bold steps in penetrating Edo Castle’s defenses and foiling Kagimura’s foul “immortality” experiments! A trip to an old doctor, a chance encounter with a highstrung peasant, and an appearance by a strange, all-new Itto-ryū warrior combine to make this volume an important series of encounters in persistent Rin’s quest to find Manji and Isaku—and in her own growth as a warrior! The “Badger Hole” is a dank passageway that leads to an underground tunnel system beneath Edo Castle. With some new skills and tricks, the two young ladies brave darkness and the promise of death to run headlong toward Kagimura’s cruel prisons, where Manji hangs drugged and helpless! KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books • Hiroaki Samura’s acclaimed Blade of the Immortal manga series has won awards across the globe, including the Eisner Award in America, the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan, and two consecutive British Eagle Awards. • Eighteen volumes of this modern classic already available in the Dark Horse backlist! 38 PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL. 12 ISBN: 978-1-59307-513-2 Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer: Kazuo Koike Artist: Goseki Kojima Size: 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" Page Count: 320 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Other Works by Author: Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of the Assassin, Crying Freeman Genre: Manga/Action Adventure Rights: Worldwide ENG Carton Quantity: 56 Publication Date: May 2008 The march continues as Japan’s future shogun moves to the center of Japan to claim it as his own. But along the way he’ll have to deal with intense and complicated politics, strange and sometimes perverted fighting techniques, and a rapidly changing samurai culture in old Japan. And often the history of Japan all rests on the wiles of shogun-to-be Ieyasu’s clever and loyal ninja, Hattori Hanzo. Lone Wolf & Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima are experts at weaving an intense and sometimes oddly sensational yarn, and this quasi-historical tale of a young man’s rise to the top of samurai politics doesn’t pull any punches. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Path of the Assassin comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. SUMMER 2008 Corpse delivery service vol. 7 Alternating between black humor and bloody horror, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is like Scooby-Doo meets Se7en. Guided by a mercenary empathy, the five college kids of Kurosagi have a calling they can’t explain to anyone—that’s a common problem when your job involves carrying around corpses and body parts. And in solving the problems of their clients, they often find the living are more terrible and fearful than the dead. Collecting can take over a fan’s life . . . but what if it takes over their death as well? Zombie robot otaku and plastic surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horror as Kurosagi continues their eternal struggle to turn corpses into cash. ISBN: 978-1-59307-982-6 Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer: Eiji Otsuka Artist: Housui Yamazaki Size: 5" x 7" Page Count: 216 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Other Works by Author: MPD Psycho Genre: Manga/Horror Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 20 Publication Date: July 2008 KEY SELLING POINTS: MPD PSYCHo Vol. 5 After last volume’s surprising betrayal and bloodbath, Amamiya—the multiple personality detective of the Isono Criminal Research Lab—faces a new threat in the form of the young “Lucy 7” deviants! In the midst of new murderous messes, bumbling Detective Sasayama finds himself in a criminal profiler contest fueled by the Japanese media. An American profiler arrives to work on a decade-old serial killer case at an elementary school, but the real group that he represents and his ultimate goals are as mysterious as MPD-Psycho’s huge “barcode puzzle.” The Gakuso Society pulls some strings, the American begins to hunt down children, and this volume of MPD-Psycho promises to be the most titillating and confusing yet—but you’ll love the ride! Jump on, as more players enter the fray and more inventive atrocities abound. Fans of the Takashi Miike MPD-Psycho television adaptation will find more clues to the “barcode puzzle,” more inventive murders, and surprisingly humorous moments in this smart manga series ISBN: 978-1-59307-962-8 Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.95 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer: Eiji Otsuka Artist: Sho-u Tajima Size: 5" x 7" Page Count: 192 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Manga/Horror Rights: U.S.+CAN+UK Carton Quantity: 30 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Books •Acquire this manga for adult collections for the naturalistic artwork that shows attention to human emotion, the social observation, and the banter between the members of the delivery service.” —Christine Gertz, Library Journal •Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and stickered with an 18+ advisory. KEY SELLING POINTS: • Recently named one of Publishers Weekly’s “150 Best Books of theYear” out of over 6,000 books reviewed. •Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and stickered with an 18+ advisory. SUMMER 2008 39 OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 9 ISBN: 978-1-59307-970-3 Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Kosuke Fujishima Size: 5 1/8" x 7 3/16" Page Count: 200 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 10+ Other Works by Author: Oh My Goddess! Colors, You’re Under Arrest! Genre: Manga/Humor/Romance Rights: North America Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: June 2008 Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the literal young goddess Belldandy into college student Keiichi’s residence, his personal life has been turned upside-down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions! When Urd and Skuld are called back to the heavenly realm for remedial training, Belldandy and Keiichi are alone at last! But two things are going to complicate their getting closer as man and woman—Belldandy has come down with a mysterious illness, and thanks to fooling with Urd’s medicine to try and cure her, Keiichi isn’t a man anymore—he’s a woman! KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books •Oh My Goddess! is the longest-running manga on the U.S. market. •Includes four pages of color, Mini-Goddess strips, and a message from creator Kosuke Fujishima. •Bonus back section for U.S. edition includes fan letters, art, and notes on this classic series. •OMG! #9 is part of a regular release schedule for Dark Horse where both new and old volumes (now redone in Japanese format) switch off every two months. 40 OH MY GODDESS! volume 30 ISBN: 978-1-59307-979-6 Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Writer/Artist: Kosuke Fujishima Size: 5 1/8" x 7 3/16" Page Count: 160 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Recommended Age: 10+ Other Works by Author: Oh My Goddess! Colors, You’re Under Arrest! Genre: Manga/Humor/ Romance Rights: North America Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: August 2008 As powerful (and wrathful) as Belldandy’s older sister Urd is, what’s the real reason she never became a Goddess First Class? Now, in order to finally achieve that exalted state, Urd must fulfill a challenge decreed by Peorth—give Keiichi a certain amount of happiness! That sounds fine . . . until you realize that with Urd, giving a certain amount of happiness is going to mean inflicting a great amount of misery first! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Oh My Goddess! inspired two recent anime TV series from Media Blasters and ADV Films, as well as the import “Belldandy” figure from Kotobukiya. SUMMER 2008 creepy Vol. 1 ISBN: 978-1-59307-973-4 Price: $49.95 U.S./$59.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 240 Format: Hardcover, black-andwhite w/color tip-in plates Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 15 Publication Date: June 2008 Gather up your wooden stakes, your blood-covered hatchets, and all the skeletons in the darkest depths of your closet, and prepare for a horrifying adventure into the darkest corners of comics history. Dark Horse Comics further corners the market on high quality horror storytelling with one of the most anticipated releases of the decade, a hardcover archive collection of legendary Creepy magazine. This groundbreaking material turned the world of graphic storytelling on its head in the early 1960s, as phenomenal young artists like Bernie Wrightson and Neal Adams reached new artistic heights with their fascinating explorations of classic and modern horror stories. This archive collection is the first time the original Creepy has ever been collected in its entirety— an event comics fans have anticipated for decades! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Brilliant, classic Creepy stories from 1964–1966 raised from the dead after twenty-five years. •Featuring work by such comics luminaries as Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Alex Toth, and Frank Frazetta. •Archive editions of Creepy will be the cornerstone of any horror fan’s library. •Volume One reprints the first seven terrifying issues of the magazine’s original run. SUMMER 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • Tradeshow support including Comic-Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con, Book Expo, Wizard World, and Dragon Con • Exclusive online extended preview posted on MySpace: Dark Horse (50,000 friends) • Support through www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits) • Advance reviews anticipated from such sources as Entertainment Weekly online, Rue Morgue, Publisher’s Weekly, IGN, and more 41 HARVEY CLASSICS LIBRARY Vol. 4: BABY HUEY ISBN: 978-1-59307-977-2 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Jerry Beck (introduction) Artist: Leslie Cabarga (designer and editor) Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 480 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 8 + Genre: Humor Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 25 Publication Date: July 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • Promotion at comic conventions, book tradeshows (12 times per year) • Huge MySpace Comic Books/ Dark Horse push (becoming the most popular category on My Space with over 50,000 friends) • Promotion on publisher’s site www.darkhorse.com (5.1+ million visits per year) • Promotion on Dark Horse Kid’s Zone • Reviews expected from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, and more 42 “That’s some duck” for adventure, fun, misunderstandings, and victories aplenty. Oversized, oblivious, and oh-so-good-natured duckling Baby Huey first delighted audiences in 1949 when he appeared in the pages of Casper the Friendly Ghost, but quickly lumbered his way into the bigger world of cartoons and his own comic-book series! Join Baby Huey, his lovingly baffled parents, and his duckling pals in this jumbo collection of classic stories. Guaranteed to “quack” you up! Baby Huey is a great big book of fun. KEY SELLING POINTS: • The loveable lug in king-sized diapers gets his own collection in Dark Horse’s Harvey Comics Classics series. •Collects over four hundred pages of long out-of-print Baby Huey stories from the Golden Age of comics. •Giant-sized laughs for all ages. THE COMPLETE GREEN LAMA VOL. 1 ISBN: 978-1-59307-942-0 Price: $49.95 U.S./$59.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Mac Raboy Artist: Mac Raboy Size: 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" Page Count: 208 Format: Hardcover, full color Recommended Age: 12+ Other Works by Author: Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordon collections, Captain Marvel, Jr. Genre: Action-Adventure/ Superhero Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 15 Publication Date: May 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Promotion at comics conventions, book tradeshows (12 times per year) • Huge MySpace Comic Books/ Dark Horse push (becoming the most popular category on My Space) • Promotion on publisher’s site www.darkhorse.com (5.1+ million visits per year) Chanting “Om Mani Padme Hum,” the wealthy Jethro Dumont transformed into the Green Lama—a flying freedom fighter made famous in comics by the distinguished and imaginative artist Mac Raboy. This Buddhist superhero used special powers gained in a pilgrimage to Tibet to fight master criminals, monstrous dictators, and inequality across the globe! Lama made his debut in April 1940 in the pulp fiction anthology Double Detective, but he is most well known in his comic book incarnation—especially the stories drawn by Raboy in the eight-issue Green Lama series. KEY SELLING POINTS: •First volume features an introduction by free speech activist and patron saint of comics collecting Chuck Rozanski (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund). • Long-deserving archival treatment, these enchanting, historic Golden Age tales are now available to fans who can’t spend thousands of dollars on original issues. •Reprinting Green Lama #s 1 to 4 (originally published by Spark Publications). •Exclusive and rare bonus stories featuring the adventures of Lieutenant Hercules, Rick Masters, Angus McErc, and others by Raboy. SUMMER 2008 ROY ROGERS ARCHIVES VOL. 1 Happy Trails! Roy Rogers rides again in this deluxe volume presenting the earliest comic book adventures of America’s favorite western star! Return to the heyday of the West, when Roy Rogers, with his golden palomino Trigger, conquered the American frontier one thrilling act of daring-do at a time! Pop culture icon, hero to generations of boys and girls, and the straightest-shooting, fastest-riding cowboy of them all, Roy Rogers left an indelible mark on the American landscape. These classic comics, in a handsome hardcover edition fit for the “King of the Cowboys” are a perfect way to experience the excitement, humor, and romance that captivated millions. ISBN: 978-1-59307-966-6 Price: $49.95 U.S./$59.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6 1/4" x 10" Page Count: 240 Format: Hardcover, full color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action Adventure/ Western Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 15 Publication Date: July 2008 KEY SELLING POINTS: WORKSHOP OF FILTHY CREATION: THE ART OF JOHNNY ACE AND KALI VERRA From the darkest depths of artistic angst, from the steaming pits of punk-rock putrescence, from the grinding gears of the Kustom Kulture Krypt comes The Workshop of Filthy Creation: The Art of Johnny Ace and Kali Verra. Beginning with his career as an official Big Daddy Roth artist, veering through the birth of punk poster art, and now surfing on the cutting edge of lowbrow art and the new Kustom Kulture explosion, Johnny Ace (and his studio cohort, Kali Verra) has taken art by the throat and taught it a lesson it’ll never forget! Eye-wrecking posters, Fink-tastic sculptures, voodoo pinstriping, and every manner of doodad, gimcrack, and unholy talisman imaginable are on display. KEY SELLING POINTS: •“Johnny Ace is The King!” —Ed “Big Daddy” Roth •The first-ever collection of work from Johnny Ace Studios, Workshop of Filthy Creation includes posters for such rock luminaries as The Cramps and Dick Dale! •For a better look at the work of Johnny Ace Studios log on to www.acekustoms.com! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-924-6 Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Artist: Johnny Ace and Kali Verra Size: 8" x 11" Page Count: 112 Format: Hardcover, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Art/Non-fiction Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 30 Publication Date: June 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Author will promote book at regional bookstore signings • Promotion at comic conventions, book tradeshows (12 times per year) • Huge MySpace Comic Books/ Dark Horse push (becoming the most popular category on My Space) MySpace link will also include author’s Johnny Ace Studios MySpace site, which also promotes related merchandise • Promotion on publisher’s site www.darkhorse.com (5.1+ million visits per year) Dark Horse Books • Dark Horse Archives program has had great response with fans, collectors, historians, and librarians. These are high-quality books that make rare material accessible. • The Roy Rogers Archives collects the Roy Rogers comic strips for the first time! •Featuring art from the brother team of Chuck and Thomas McKimson (under the pseudonym of “Al McKimson”) who were well-known for their work with many animators including Tex Avery. Chuck McKimson went on to serve as art director for comics at Dell Publishing. 43 JACKSON 500 VOL. 4 ISBN: 978-1-59307-976-5 Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Tim Biskup Artist: Tim Biskup Size: 5" x 5" Page Count: 112 Format: Hardcover, full color Recommended Age: All ages Genre: Art/Non-Fiction Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 84 Publication Date: July 2008 Celebrating mid-century graphic design with a twist of “baroque modernism” and a dash of punk rock confidence! Continuing the series of five hundred tiny business card– sized paintings, The Jackson 500 Volume Four features more of the infectious art that is signature Biskup: rounded edges, imaginative style, themes, and color theories. Many of these tiny paintings became the basis for larger paintings and prints. Tim Biskup works as a background animation artist. He’s also a prolific painter, and his style is inspired by the work of the eminent LP album cover artist Jim Flora, but he’s has a delightfully eclectic assortment of other influences, such as Japanese pop and early Disney layout artists, blended in. KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books •“To do what he does takes an effort in understanding joy. Even Biskup’s darker creations carry a weightless quality that makes them attractive and enjoyable.” —Sebastian Frye, lucidforge.com •Paintings 301 to 400 (of 500) in Tim Biskup’s The Jackson 500 series. •Look for Tim Biskup journals, stationery, and drink coaster sets from Dark Horse Deluxe! •If you’ve never seen the art of Tim Biskup, you’re in for a major treat—www.timbiskup.com! 44 POSTAGE STAMP FUNNIES ISBN: 978-1-59307-983-3 Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer/Artist: Shannon Wheeler Size: 3 1/2" x 2" Page Count: 108 Format: Hardcover Boxed Set, 3 books, black and white Recommended Age: 14+ Other Works by Author: Screw Heaven, When I Die I'm Going to Mars; How To Be Happy; Too Much Coffee Man's Amusing Musings Genre: Humor Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 1128 Publication Date: July 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Author will promote book at regional bookstore signings • Promotion at comic conventions, book tradeshows (12 times per year) • Huge MySpace Comic Books/ Dark Horse push (becoming the most popular category on My Space) MySpace link will also include artist’s Too Much Coffee Man MySpace site, which also promotes related merchandise • Promotion on publisher’s site www.darkhorse.com (5.1+ million visits per year) From the pages of The Onion, and the wry mind of cartoonist Shannon Wheeler comes the year’s funniest—and most charmingly packaged—collection of new comics you’ll see this year. For more than ten years Wheeler has cultivated a distinctly pointed and playful sense of humor in the pages of his independent comics, Too Much Coffee Man and How to Be Happy. Postage Stamp Funnies frames his wit with even more focus, as each cartoon delivers its punch in a single postage stamp–sized panel. KEY SELLING POINTS: •For the first time, three tiny hardcover books revisit the first year of Wheeler’s run in the legendary humor newspaper—pint-sized fun and great for gift shops as well as bookstores. •Wheeler’s Too Much Coffee Man has more fans than ever before and the live entertainment event Too Much Coffee Man: The Opera has achieved cult status. • The popularity of this mini-book format was proven by the success of The Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak, which has sold over 75,000 copies! • Postage Stamp Funnies runs every week in The Onion, enjoying a circulation of over 1,000,000! SUMMER 2008 FISTFUL OF ROCK & ROLL: 21st Century Rock Poster Art ISBN: 978-1-59307-724-2 Price: $29.95 U.S./$35.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Sal Canzonieri Artist: Various Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Page Count: 400 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Other Works by Author: Electric Frankenstein! High Energy Punk Rock & Roll Poster Art Genre: Art/Popular Culture Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: July 2008 Hot on the hellish heels of Sal Canzoneiri’s Electric Frankenstein! High Energy Punk Rock & Roll Poster Art comes an even more blasphemous blast of raw poster power, A Fistful of Rock & Roll: 21st Century Rock & Roll Poster Art. A brain-frying collection nearly as big as a Marshall stack, A Fistful of Rock & Roll is an up-to-the-minute cross-section of today’s booming rock poster scene, showcasing hundreds of works by top poster artists from every dive, hellhole, dungeon, and landfill from sea to shining sea, creating a deafening visual tribute to just about every goddamn cool band you can imagine! Get kicked in the eyeballs and give your sensibilities the beating they so richly deserve! KEY SELLING POINTS: • Posters for such incredible bands as The Cramps, The Hives, Iggy Pop, Velvet Revolver, James Brown, Ministry, High on Fire, Misfits, Motorhead, Ramones, Rob Zombie, and hundreds more! •Featuring posters, album art, and other graven images from a virtual who’s who of the rock art scene, including Johnny Ace, R Black, Brian Ewing, Alan Forbes, Derek Hess, Gilbert Hernandez, Tara McPherson, Obey/Shepard Fairey, Print Mafia, Stainboy, and more. •Forewords by The Mad Peck and Steven Cerio (both of whom are rock artists, rock stars, and graphic artists in their own right). SUMMER 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN • Author will promote book at regional bookstore signings • Promotion at comics conventions, book tradeshows (12 times per year) • Huge MySpace Comic Books/ Dark Horse push (becoming the most popular category on My Space), including “Look Inside” sneak previews of art and interviews • Promotion on www.darkhorse.com (5.1+ million visits per year) • Other book events planned at galleries and alternative events 45 STAR WARS: DARK TIMES VOL. 2 ISBN: 978-1-59307-945-1 Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Mick Harrison Artist: Dave Ross, Lui Antonio, Alex Wald Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 120 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Science Fiction/Action Adventure Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 40 Publication Date: August 2008 At the dawn of the Galactic Empire, two beings a galaxy apart will do the unthinkable to save those in their care, only to risk losing themselves in the process. After Order 66 forces Jedi Master K’Kruhk to take desperate measures in defense of some Padawan younglings, he believes he has found for them a peaceful oasis in an oppressed galaxy. But little does K’Kruhk know, a faraway drama involving Bomo Greenbark and the smuggling crew of the Uhumele will alter his future forever. Meanwhile, these dark times have taken much from Bomo Greenbark, but he cannot—will not—let it take his newfound friends. No matter what it takes, Bomo will fight to his last breath. KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books • This story takes place the heretofore unexplored time between Episode III and Episode IV. • Preorders for the first volume of Star Wars: Dark Times have topped 10,000 copies! 46 STAR WARS: clone wars photo comic ISBN: 978-1-59307-961-3 Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 5" X 7 1/2" Page Count: 96 Format: Trade paperback, full cover Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Action Adventure/ Science-Fiction Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 60 Publication Date: May 2008 In the epic struggle for control of the galaxy, the Republic’s clone trooper armies wage war with the droid legions of the Confederation. With the evil Count Dooku leading Separatist forces, it falls to Jedi such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and even Master Yoda to lead the Republic to victory! KEY SELLING POINTS: •Covering a seminal era in Star Wars history, these Cartoon Network episodes take on a whole new life as action-packed comics adventures! •This manga-sized volume adapts the Star Wars Clone Wars: Animated Series to comics using images taken directly from the Emmy Award–winning show! SUMMER 2008 STAR WARs OMNIBUS: DROIDS KEY SELLING POINTS: •Presenting every Droids story published by Dark Horse, this vast volume follows R2-D2 and C-3PO in a series of stories fun for Star Wars fans of all ages! •Containing the out-of-print classics, “The Kalarba Adventures,” “Rebellion,” the never-before-collected “Seasons of Revolt,” and featuring “The Protocol Offensive” plotted by C-3PO himself, actor Anthony Daniels, these tales brim with the wonder and whimsy that made this unlikely pair the most popular droids in the galaxy! •Perfect for young readers graphic novel section. ISBN: 978-1-59307-955-0 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 440 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Science Fiction/Action Adventure Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 20 Publication Date: June 2008 STAR WARS: LEGACY VOL. 3 “Claws of the Dragon”—one hundred years after the events in Return of the Jedi, Luke’s descendant Cade Skywalker is captured by the Sith, Emperor Darth Krayt unveils his true identity, and a secret chapter in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi is revealed. When Cade attempts to rescue the Jedi he turned over to the Sith during his days as a bounty hunter, the last Skywalker soon finds himself in the clutches of Darth Krayt. There, Cade must confront his past and decide once and for all: will he remain the Emperor’s prisoner or become his thrall? Learn whether the Skywalker line lives up to the triumph of Luke or returns to the tragedy of Anakin! KEY SELLING POINTS: •This is the future of Star Wars and it’s exclusive to Dark Horse. •The Star Wars: Legacy series is a continuation of the stories that began with the original trilogy. •The first volume of Star Wars: Legacy has sold over 20,000 copies in less than eight months! SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-946-8 Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: John Ostrander Artist: Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Brad Anderson Size: 7" x 10" Page Count: 144 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Science Fiction/Action Adventure Rights: WW-UK-NZ-AUS Carton Quantity: 50 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Books Before the fateful day Luke Skywalker met Artoo and Threepio for the first time, those two troublesome droids had some amazing adventures all their own! Entangled with pirates, bounty hunters, rock monsters, and the notorious space criminal Olag Greck, they do their best to stick together in a dangerous galaxy where anything can happen. 47 ALIENS OMNibus VOL. 4 ISBN: 978-1-59307-926-0 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 384 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Science Fiction/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: July 2008 Like sports, the victor is he who wants it more. Unlike sports, the loser earns extinction. Mankind has fought for survival over countless millennia, but nothing has threatened humanity’s existence like the murderous Alien scourge. While some have tried to use the creatures’ deadly abilities to serve their own selfish ends, no one can dance with the devil, and ultimately only one species must prevail. To that end, men have turned their own lethal instincts and cold intellect against the monsters, creating engineered plagues, cybernetic fighting suits, and even bogus android aliens, but survival rides not on technology, but on the primacy of the most deep-rooted, feral instincts. KEY SELLING POINTS: Dark Horse Books •Dark Horse Comics’ critically acclaimed Aliens series set the bar for how the universe of a popular film could be expanded through graphic fiction! •Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem slated for Christmas 2007 release, will spotlight the franchise and demand for Aliens projects will be at an all-time high! • Nearly four hundred story pages in full color, some never before collected. • Writers include horror novelist Chet Williamson, as well as John Arcudi, Henry Gilroy, and more! 48 ALIENS: NO EXIT ISBN: 978-1-59582-004-4 Price: $6.99 U.S./$8.50 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: B. K. Evenson Size: 4 3/16" x 6 3/4" Page Count: 288 Format: MMPB Genre: Horror/Science Fiction Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 45 Publication Date: July 2008 After thirty years of cryogenic sleep, Detective Anders Kramm wakes to a changed world. The alien threat has been subdued. Company interests dominate universal trade. Terraforming is big money now, with powerful men willing to do anything to assure dominance over other worlds. But Kramm has a secret. He knows why The Company killed twelve of its top scientists. He knows why the aliens have been let loose on the surface of a contested planet. He knows that the information he has is valuable, and that The Company will do everything it can to stop him from telling his secret to the world. Haunted by memories of the brutal murder of his family, Kramm is set adrift amid billion dollar stakes . . . with aliens around every corner, waiting for him to make a mistake. KEY SELLING POINTS: •With the release of Alien Versus Predator 2: Requiem in December 2007, this novel series should see heightened interest not only during the theatrical release of AVP2, but a second shot of excitement when the DVD is released in 2008! •B.K. Evenson is the pen name of Brian Evenson, winner of the 2004 International Horror Guild Award for his short story collection The Wavering Knife. SUMMER 2008 TERminator omnibus vol. 1 KEY SELLING POINTS: •The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a new Fox TV series based on the Terminator films, launches in January 2008, starring Lena Headey (300), Thomas Dekker (Heroes), and Summer Glau (Serenity). • Top creative lineup, including Ian Edginton, Matt Wagner, James Robinson, Paul Gulacy, and John Arcudi. •The three Terminator films have generated over a billion dollars of international box-office, making it one of the most popular film franchises of all time. •A fourth Terminator film is currently in development. ISBN: 978-1-59307-916-1 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 352 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action-Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: February 2008 MARKETING PLAN • Features expected in Wizard magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and more • Tradeshow promotion at Wizard World, (300,000 attendees annually), Comic-Con International in San Diego, and other related conventions throughout the year • Reviews and features targeting national news and print media • Special highlights on Dark Horse MySpace page (nearly 50,000 friends) • Ongoing Dark Horse online features: www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1 million hits per year) TERMINATOR OMNIBUS VOL. 2 The Terminators never sleep. They don’t need food or water. The heat of the desert gives them no pause. The darkness of night does not halt their deadly gaze. Bullets won’t stop them. Their humanity cannot be appealed to—because they have none. Sent from the future, their mission is clear and unrelenting, to erase the lives of any who threaten their future dominance, any who would attempt to deny the rise of the Machine. But that which man has created, man can destroy, and so . . . the war for the future begins today. KEY SELLING POINTS: •Featuring the art of Bill Jaaska, Jackson Guice, Guy Davis, Mel Rubi, Trevor McCarthy, and others; writers include: Bill Jaaska, Guy Davis, Mel Rubi, Trevor McCarthy, and more. •Collects The Terminator: Hunters and Killers; Terminator: Endgame; The Terminator Suicide Run (Dark Horse Presents #138); The Terminator Special/The Terminator; The Terminator: The Dark Years. SUMMER 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59307-917-8 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 376 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action-Adventure Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: March 2008 Dark Horse Books They came from another time to ensure that the future would belong solely to the machines. They are Terminators—indestructible killing engines hiding inside shells of flesh and blood. Tireless, fearless, merciless, unencumbered by human emotion, dedicated to the complete eradication of mankind. But despite the frailty of human flesh, nothing is as immortal as the human spirit, and even the strongest metal will bend to the will of a mother fighting for the future of her children. Dark Horse Comics has long been regarded as the heavyweight champion of adapting film blockbusters to graphic fiction, and The Terminator is one of the finest examples of bringing top comics talents to the expansion of a premier action/adventure mythos. 49 PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOL. 3 ISBN: 978-1-59307-925-3 Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 344 Format: Trade paperback, full color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Science Fiction/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 24 Publication Date: June 2008 Dark Horse Books MARKETING PLAN: • Exclusive Dark Horse comic Alien vs Predator: Sand Trap sold only through Best Buy to promote the AVP DVD collection! Gift set available November 27 to coincide with movie release (limited to 10,000 worldwide) • Features in Wizard magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and more • Tradeshow promotion at Wizard World, (300,000 attendees annually), Comic-Con International in San Diego and other related conventions throughout the year • Reviews and features targeting national news and print media 50 Death often hides in the dark, isolated corners of the earth—in thick woods, steaming swamps, or angry seas. These natural dangers of animal, weather, and terrain often give rise to legends and folk tales of demons, serpents, and ghosts to put an understandable face to the unknown. And while many myths have a basis in reality, some are reality, the reality of the presence of Predators: alien hunters as savage as they are intelligent, as cunning as they are merciless. And when rational men stand face to face with a sea serpent, a Gollywomp, or the New Jersey Devil bent on taking trophies, they have but two choices—fight the myth or become history! KEY SELLING POINTS: •2004’s Alien vs. Predator film was #1 at the box office on its opening weekend and re-invigorated the Predator franchise. •New AVP film slated for Christmas Day 2007 release will attract even more fans. •Large fan base built over nearly thirty years of films, comics, novels, games, toys, etc. •Value-priced, quality package featuring over three hundred story pages, many never before collected. •Featuring work by top comics creators, including Eisner Award winners Evan Dorkin and Mark Schultz and legendary artist Gene Colan. LANKHMAR VOL. 6 ISBN: 978-1-59582-080-8 Price: $12.99 U.S./$15.99 CAN Publisher: Dark Horse Books Writer: Fritz Leiber Size: 6" x 9" Page Count: 344 Format: Trade paperback, black and white Genre: Science Fiction/Horror Rights: Worldwide Carton Quantity: 35 Publication Date: June 2008 Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have traveled the width and breadth of the land of Nehwon, in search of adventure and fortune. Now lost at sea, their ship drawn out on the Great Equatorial Current, their journey brings them to Rime Isle, a tragic island populated by vagabonds and wanderers. The island is also home to a race of gods, schemers and manipulators that plague the humans for their amusement. Will Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser be able to escape the island, or be trapped forever as pawns of the gods? KEY SELLING POINTS: •“One of the great works of fantasy in this century . . . unequaled in its ironic wit, mordant romanticism, and baroque invention, as well as a range of tone and affect not usually associated with the genre . . . ” —Publishers Weekly •Fritz Leiber shares the throne with JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, and CS Lewis as a founding master of the fantasy genre. The recipient of numerous awards, including eight Hugo awards (as well as the Grand Master award from the Science Fiction Writers of America), the Nebula, and a Bram Stoker Life Achievement award, Leiber has legions of fans. SUMMER 2008 STATIONERY SETS Each stationery set includes 8 writing sheets (four different styles), 6 envelopes (4 different styles), and a set of stickers. Packaged with a printed belly-band, all inside a protective plastic bag. All sets have a suggested retail price of $4.99. APAK 978-1-59617-612-6 CAMILLIA D’ERRICO 978-1-59617-588-4 AMANDA VISELL 978-1-59617-559-4 DOMO 978-1-59617-565-5 Each journal is 128 page, spiral-bound, measure 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", with designer interiors for your writing enjoyment. All Journals have a suggested retail price of $9.99, unless otherwise noted. APAK 978-1-59617-611-9 DOMO PHOTO 978-1-59617-564-8 AMANDA VISELL 978-1-59617-560-0 CAMILLIA D’ERRICO 978-1-59617-589-1 RED TANGO 978-1-59617-577-8 stationery set also available 978-1-59617-576-1 SUMMER 2008 DOMO “FLOCKED” 978-1-59617-591-4 $14.99 Dark Horse Backlist JOURNALS CATHY OLIVAS 978-1-59617-573-0 stationery set also available 978-1-59617-572-3 51 MIKE MIGNOLA HELLBOY ANIMATED VOLUME 1: THE BLACK WEDDING By Jim Pascoe, Tad Stones, Jeff Matsuda, Rick Lacy, and Fabio Laguna 978-1-59307-700-6 80pg softcover 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Ages 8+ Rights WW $6.95 Rights WW $6.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 HELLBOY ANIMATED VOLUME 2: JUDGMENT BELL By Jim Pascoe, Tad Stones, and Rick Lacy 978-1-59307-799-0 80pg softcover 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Ages 8+ HELLBOY VOLUME 1: SEED OF DESTRUCTION by Mike Mignola, John Byrne, and Mark Chiarello 978-1-59307-094-6 128pg softcover 7" x 10" HELLBOY VOLUME 2: WAKE THE DEVIL by Mike Mignola 978-1-59307-095-3 144pg softcover 7" x 10" HELLBOY VOLUME 3: THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHERS by Mike Mignola 978-1-59307-091-5 176pg softcover 7" x 10" HELLBOY VOLUME 4: THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM by Mike Mignola Dark Horse Books Backlist 978-1-59307-093-9 144pg softcover 7" x 10" HELLBOY VOLUME 5: CONQUEROR WORM by Mike Mignola 978-1-59307-092-2 144pg softcover 7" x 10" HELLBOY VOLUME 6: STRANGE PLACES by Mike Mignola 978-1-59307-475-3 128pg softcover 7" x 10" HELLBOY VOLUME 7: THE TROLL WITCH AND OTHERS by Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, and Richard Corben 978-1-59307-860-7 144pg THE ART OF HELLBOY by Mike Mignola 978-1-59307-089-2 200pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 softcover 9" x 12" Ages 16+ Rights WW $29.95 HELLBOY JUNIOR by Mike Mignola, Bill Wray, Dave Cooper, Stephen Destefano, Pat McEown, Hilary Barta, Glenn Barr, and Kevin Nowlan 978-1-56971-988-6 120pg softcover HELLBOY: ODD JOBS by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and others 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $14.95 978-1-56971-440-9 216pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $14.95 978-1-59307-226-1 216pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $14.95 Rights WW $17.95 HELLBOY: ODDER JOBS by Frank Darabont, Charles De Lint, Kim Newman, Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola, and more! HELLBOY: WEIRD TALES VOLUME 1 by John Cassaday, Joe Casey, Jason Pearson, Mike Mignola, others 978-1-56971-622-9 128pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ HELLBOY: WEIRD TALES VOLUME 2 by John Cassaday, P. Craig Russell, J. H. Williams, Scott Morse, Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson, Gene Colan 978-1-56971-953-4 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ B.P.R.D. VOLUME 1: HOLLOW EARTH AND OTHER STORIES by Mike Mignola & Various 978-1-56971-862-9 120pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Rights WW $17.95 B.P.R.D. VOLUME 2: THE SOUL OF VENICE AND OTHER STORIES by Mike Mignola and others 978-1-59307-132-5 128pg 52 softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 SUMMER 2008 MIGNOLA/MOVIE TIE-INS B.P.R.D. VOLUME 3: PLAGUE OF FROGS by Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and Dave Stewart 978-1-59307-288-9 144pg softcover B.P.R.D. VOLUME 4: THE DEAD by Mike Mignola and others 978-1-59307-380-0 152pg softcover 7"x10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 B.P.R.D. VOLUME 5: THE BLACK FLAME by Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and John Arcudi 978-1-59307-550-7 168pg softcover 7" x 10" B.P.R.D. VOLUME 6: THE UNIVERSAL MACHINE by Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and John Arcudi 978-1-59307-710-5 144pg softcover 7" x 10" B.P.R.D. VOLUME 7: GARDEN OF SOULS by Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and John Arcudi 978-1-59307-822-9 152pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95 hardcover 13" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $30.00 300 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley 978-1-56971-402-7 88pg APPLESEED by Shirow Masamune Each volume is softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights US & CAN APPLESEED BOOK ONE 3rd ED.: THE PROMETHEAN CHALLENGE 978-1-56971-070-8 132pg $16.95 APPLESEED BOOK TWO: PROMETHEUS UNBOUND 978-1-56971-071-5 132pg $16.95 APPLESEED BOOK THREE: THE SCALES OF PROMETHEUS 978-1-56971-072-2 132pg $17.95 APPLESEED BOOK FOUR: THE PROMETHEAN BALANCE 978-1-56971-074-6 216pg $17.95 THE FOG by Scott Allie and Todd Herman 978-1-59307-423-4 88pg softcover 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"Ages 14+ Rights WW $6.95 Rights WW $39.95 FRANK MILLER: THE ART OF SIN CITY 978-1-56971-818-6 128pg hardcover 9" x 12" 3-piece case binding Ages 16+ FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 1: THE HARD GOODBYE 2nd ED. 978-1-59307-293-3 208pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.00 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR 2nd ED. 978-1-59307-294-0 208pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.00 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 3: THE BIG FAT KILL 2ND ED. 978-1-59307-295-7 184pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.00 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 4: THAT YELLOW BASTARD 2ND ED. 978-1-59307-296-4 240pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $19.00 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 5: FAMILY VALUES 2ND ED. 978-1-59307-297-1 128pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $12.00 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 6: BOOZE, BROADS, & BULLETS 2ND ED. 978-1-59307-298-8 160pg softcover 6" x 6" Ages 16+ Rights WW $15.00 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 7: HELL AND BACK 2ND ED. 978-1-59307-299-5 312pg softcover KONG: KING OF SKULL ISLAND by Joe DeVito, Brad Strickland with John Michlig 978-1-59582-021-1 176pg SUMMER 2008 softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $28.00 Rights WW-JAP $19.95 Dark Horse Books Backlist MOVIE TIE-INS 53 MOVIE TIE-INS/OMNIBUS MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN by Bruce Campbell, David Goodman, Rick Remender, and Hilary Barta 978-1-59307-397-8 104pg softcover OLD BOY VOLUME 1 by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi 978-1-59307-568-2 208pg softcover ONE MISSED CALL 1 + 2 by Yasushi Akimoto and Mayumi Shihou 978-1-59307-747-1 264pg softcover PATHFINDER Laeta Kalogridis and Christopher Shy 978-1-59307-671-9 168pg softcover 7"x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN+UK $12.95 5" x 7" Ages 16+ Rights US+CAN+UK $14.95 7"x 10" Ages 14+ Rights WW-GER-JAP $17.95 Ages 14+ Rights WW $9.95 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95 6" x 9" Ages 14+ Rights WW $24.95 6" x 9" Ages 14+ Rights WW $24.95 SERENITY: THOSE LEFT BEHIND by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad, and Adam Hughes 978-1-59307-449-4 80pg softcover 6" x 9" $13.95 OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS Dark Horse Books Backlist ALIENS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 by Mark Verheiden, Mark Nelson, Den Beauvais, and Sam Keith 978-1-59307-727-3 384pg softcover ALIENS OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 by Various 978-1-59307-828-7 448pg softcover ALIENS OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 by Ian Edginton, Peter Milligan, Jim Woodring, Dave Gibbons 978-1-59307-872-0 376pg softcover 6" x 9" ALIENS VS. PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 by Various 978-1-59307-735-8 384pg softcover 6" x 9" ALIENS VS. 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Mark Young, Steve Duin, and Mike Richardson 978-1-56971-576-5 256pg hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" Ages 10+ COFFIN: THE ART OF VAMPIRE HUNTER D by Yoshitaka Amano 978-1-59582-061-7 200 pg softcover 14" x 11" w/hardcover slipcase COMICS BETWEEN THE PANELS by Steve Duin and Mike Richardson 978-1-56971-344-0 500pg SUMMER 2008 hardcover 9" x 12" Rights WW $34.95 Rights US+CAN+AUS+GB+N. IRE $39.95 Ages 10+ Rights WW Dark Horse Books Backlist DARK HORSE ARCHIVES & ART BOOKS $34.95 55 ARCHIVES/ART BOOKS DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM Each volume is hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 1 All ages Rights WW $49.95 Rights WW $14.95 Rights WW $14.95 by Paul S. Newman, Bob Fujitani, and Frank Bolle 978-1-59307-285-8 208pg DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 2 by Paul S. Newman, Frank Bolle, Matt Murphy, and George Wilson 978-1-59307-327-5 200pg DOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 3 by Paul S. Newman, Frank Bolle, and others 978-1-59307-374-9 200pg DON BLUTH’S THE ART OF ANIMATION DRAWING by Don Bluth 978-1-59582-008-2 112pg softcover 8 1/2" x 11" DON BLUTH’S THE ART OF STORYBOARD by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 978-1-59582-007-5 112pg softcover 8 1/2" x 11" ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN!: HIGH-ENERGY PUNK ROCK & ROLL POSTER ART by Sal Canzonieri Dark Horse Books Backlist 978-1-59307-044-1 160pg FAIRIES by Yoshitaka Amano 978-1-59582-062-0 80pg 9" x 12" hardcover FUTURA: THE ART OF RICH BLACK By Rich Black 978-1-59582-136-2 112pg hardcover GUNGRAVE ARCHIVES ARTBOOK By Yasuhiro Nightow 978-1-59307-522-4 256pg $19.95 softcover Ages 16+ Rights WW $19.95 8 7/16" x 11 15/16" Rights WW ENG $24.95 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $19.95 8 1/4" x 12" Ages 14+ Rights U.S.+EUR+AUS+NZ+SA LONELY HEART: THE ART OF TARA MCPHERSON by Tara McPherson 978-1-59582-102-7 112pg hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $19.95 MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER by Russ Manning, Robert Schaefer, and Eric Freiwald VOLUME 1 978-1-59307-269-8 200pg VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-290-2 200pg VOLUME 3 978-1-59307-339-8 176pg hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4"Ages 14+ Rights WW $49.95 hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4"Ages 14+ Rights WW $49.95 hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4"Ages 14+ Rights WW $49.95 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95 NEXUS ARCHIVES by Mike Baron and Steve Rude VOLUME 1 978-1-59307-398-5 VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-455-5 VOLUME 3 978-1-59307-495-1 VOLUME 4 978-1-59307-583-5 VOLUME 5 978-1-59307-584-2 PIN-UP: THE ILLEGITIMATE ART by Jim Silke 978-1-59582-005-1 96pg PLASTICLAND By Frank Kozik 978-1-59307-875-1 112pg 56 softcover softcover 9" x 12" Rights WW $19.95 hardcover 9" x 13" Rights WW $29.95 SUMMER 2008 ARCHIVES/ART BOOKS ROBOTS & DONUTS By Eric Joyner 978-1-59582-116-4 176pg softcover 9" x 12" Rights WW 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192pg VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-540-8 192pg VOLUME 3 978-1-59307-611-5 192pg Ages 18+ Rights WW ENG $14.95 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights U.S.+CAN $10.95 4 1/2" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights U.S.+CAN+UK+AUS+NZ $12.95 Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $12.95 EDEN: IT’S AN ENDLESS WORLD! by Hiroki Endo Each volume is softcover VOLUME 1 978-1-59307-406-7 216pg VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-454-8 208pg VOLUME 3 978-1-59307-529-3 224pg VOLUME 4 978-1-59307-544-6 208pg VOLUME 5 978-1-59307-634-4 216pg VOLUME 6 978-1-59307-702-0 240pg VOLUME 7 978-1-59307-765-5 216pg VOLUME 8 978-1-59307-787-7 224pg VOLUME 9 978-1-59307-851-5 232pg 5" x 7" GHOST IN THE SHELL VOLUME 1 2ND EDITION by Shirow Masamune 978-1-59307-228-5 368pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 18+ GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE by Shirow Masamune 978-1-59307-204-9 312pg softcover 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" Ages 18+ Right WW-JAP-UK $24.95 Rights US+CAN $24.95 Rights US+CAN $17.95 GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5: HUMAN-ERROR PROCESSOR 978-1-59307-815-7 176pg SUMMER 2008 softcover 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" Ages 18+ Dark Horse Books Backlist MANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+ LADY SNOWBLOOD by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura 59 MANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+ GUNSMITH CATS BURST by Kenichi Sonoda Each volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US + CAN $10.95 VOLUME 1 978-1-59307-750-1 192pg VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-767-9 192pg VOLUME 3 978-1-59307-803-4 192pg INTRON DEPOT I by Shirow Masamune 978-1-56971-085-2 148pg softcover INTRON DEPOT 2: BLADES by Shirow Masamune 978-1-56971-382-2 112pg softcover INTRON DEPOT 3: BALLISTICS by Shirow Masamune Dark Horse Books Backlist 978-1-59307-007-6 128pg 60 softcover INTRON DEPOT 4: BULLETS by Shirow Masamune 978-1-59307-282-7 128pg softcover PATH OF THE ASSASSIN by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima Each volume is softcover 4" x 6" VOLUME 1: SERVING IN THE DARK 978-1-59307-502-6 320pg VOLUME 2: SAND AND FLOWER 978-1-59307-503-3 312pg VOLUME 3: COMPARISON OF A MAN 978-1-59307-504-0 312pg VOLUME 4: THE MAN WHO ALTERED THE RIVER’S FLOW 978-1-59307-505-7 304pg VOLUME 5: BATTLE 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978-1-59307-512-5 320pg $9.95 Ages 18+ $9.95 Rights NA+UK SUMMER 2008 MANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+ SATSUMA GISHIDEN by Hiroshi Hirata Each volume is softcover VOLUME 1 978-1-59307-517-0 264pg VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-518-7 280pg 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" Ages 18+ BANYA: THE EXPLOSIVE DELIVERY MAN by Kim Young-Oh 5" x 7" Ages 18+ $14.95 Rights US+CAN+UK+AUS+NZ $12.95 Dark Horse Books Backlist Each volume is softcover VOLUME 1 978-1-59307-614-6 184pg VOLUME 2 978-1-59307-688-7 184pg VOLUME 3 978-1-59307-705-1 184pg VOLUME 4 978-1-59307-774-7 184pg VOLUME 5 978-1-59307-841-6 200pg Rights U.S.+CAN SUMMER 2008 61