Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

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Written by Brian Wood. Art and Cover by Steve Rolston. The final issue is here -- and it's a freaking free-for-all fight! The punk rock scene Heavy Parker once ruled has turned its back on him and left him out in the cold. But while Heavy is down, he's certainly not out. He's determined to take back his apartment and his life from his hardcore ex-girlfriend and her crew of NYC thugs if it's the last thing he does! It's black eyes and blacker humor in this final brutal confrontation! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Pounded (2002) #1-3.

Written by Brian Wood. Art by Steve Rolston.

This new trade paperback collects the critically acclaimed three-issue miniseries by Brian Wood (Couscous Express, Channel Zero) and Steve Rolston (Queen & Country, Mek).

In a city filled with trust-fund babies and armchair revolutionaries, Heavy Parker rules the punk scene as a benevolent dictator. He sings lead in a local hardcore band. He puts out zines, pseudo-revolutionary material, and flypost propaganda about town. It's good to be king. Or at least it is until Missy, Heavy's girlfriend, goes away for college. How can a guy like Heavy be expected to handle a long-distance romance? Short answer: He can't. Missy is out of sight and Heavy's mind is already drifting towards his next sexual conquest. A king can't be expected to live without a queen. But can he maintain his throne when Missy returns, reborn as a true NYC punk and pissed as all hell? Can Heavy survive a true group of hardcores invading his turf or will he just wind up Pounded?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 88 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $8.95.

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2nd Edition - 1st printing. Collects Pounded (2002) #1-3.

Written by Brian Wood. Art by Steve Rolston.

TIn a city filled with trust-fund babies and armchair revolutionaries, Heavy Parker rules the punk scene as a benevolent dictator. He sings lead in a local hardcore band; He puts out 'zines, pseudo-revolutionary material, and flypost propaganda about town. It's good to be king. Or at least it is until Missy, Heavy's girlfriend, goes away for college. How can a guy like Heavy be expected to handle a long-distance romance? Short answer: He can't. Missy is out of sight and Heavy's mind is already drifting towards his next sexual conquest. But can he maintain his throne when Missy returns, reborn as a true NYC punk and pissed as all hell?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $8.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "More than a Crush!" Collects Power Girl (2023 DC) #8-13. Written by Leah Williams. Art by Eduardo Pansica, Adriana Melo, Travis Moore, and Julio Ferreira. Cover by Yanick Paquette. Back Cover by Daxiong. When Brainiac and an army of Lobos imprison every other superpowered hero in Metropolis, a lone Power Girl is outnumbered and outgunned...at least until Crush brings her unique negotiating skills to the table! Plus, Paige's new suitor has potential, but his startling secret may threaten more than just Power Girl's dating life! Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Nathan Schreiber. Fourteen and friendless, Justin doesn't want to run away from his domineering family - he wants them to run away from him. When a massive, extended power out grants him his wish, the quietly introverted teen must learn to survive in a world he's alwats tried to escape. Justin encounters a unique collection of friends and tormentors alike in his seemingly quaint New England suburb, including a brazen young neighbor uninhibited by her inability to speak English, a dead woman who cheerfully haunts his wet dreams, and the eccentric holdouts in a town that has been evacuated by the military. Deliberate, bleak, but suffused with all the inherent humor and humiliation of adolescence, Power Out captures the exhilaration and terror of discovering how big the world is for the first time. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 84 pages, PC. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

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One-shot, 2011. Anti gay-bullying comic. Writers include Charles Christensen, Andy Mangels, Gail Simone and Greg Rucka. Artists include Donna Barr, Phil Jimenez, Carla Speed McNeil and Mark Brill. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

1st printing. Story and Art by Tom Batiuk. Prelude is a collection of the early comic strips that bring Lisa and Les together. Introduced to readers of Funky Winkerbean in late 1984 as she experiences SAT test anxiety, Lisa becomes Les Moore's best friend and a pivotal character. Les and Lisa go to the prom, begin steady dating, and then break up. Over the summer, Les realizes how much he misses Lisa. When he gathers his courage and goes to her house, he is stunned to discover Lisa is pregnant with a child fathered by a jock from Walnut Tech. Lisa asks Les to be her coach in childbirth classes, and their friendship explodes from there. Prelude takes fans from the early days of their deep friendship through the birth of Lisa's baby and the baby's adoption. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 296 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $18.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Keiler Roberts. Cartoonist Keiler Roberts quit making comics. Or did she? Preparing to Bite, her latest collection of all-new, one-page comics is a return to perfect form. Roberts skewers innocuous aspects of everyday life and dissects them for their unique absurdity: from cooking meals, to keeping doctors appointments, to owning pets, and even navigating now-inescapable zoom calls. These vignettes portray a woman in middle-age grappling with the realities of being a mother, a wife, a friend, a daughter, and lastly (perhaps even least of all), a practicing artist—all while dealing with the long-term effects of a debilitating disease. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $21.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Leslie Stein. Leslie Stein takes us on a sinuous urban stroll divorced from destination, glimpsing New York City through her open eyes. While she is closing up a bar late at night, she is also an adolescent at a rave in the mountains, an adult grappling with her grandfather's fading memory or at one of her first waitressing jobs. Here, an autobiography is built through memories and moments tied together by loose lines, evoking a beautiful dreamlike yet endlessly relatable glimpse into the world of a thirty-something woman carving out a life for herself, one step at a time. Hardcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 168 pages, full color. Cover price $21.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Ana Galvan.

Like a candy-colored Black Mirror episode, Spanish cartoonist Ana Galvan's English language debut utilizes florescent colors to create a series of short stories that intertwine and explore the dehumanizing effects of contemporary society. Galvan's characters navigate a world where Government departments brutalize the people, information is mined like gold and suicide is a tool to manage overpopulation. Galvan's future is a logical extension of the present, where the malice of large corporations manifests itself in everyday ways.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

By David Cooper. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, B/W. Cover price $2.95.

By David Cooper. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, B/W. Cover price $2.95.

By David Cooper. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, B/W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing.

Written by Dominique Goblet and Sophie Yanow. Art and cover by Dominique Goblet.

In a series of dazzling fragments-skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black and white-Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; and with her parents.

The result is an unnerving comedy of paternal dysfunction, an achingly ambivalent love story (with asides on Thomas Pynchon and the Beach Boys), and a searing account of childhood trauma-a dizzying, unforgettable view of a life in progress and a tour de force of the art of comics.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Based on the screenplay by John Hughes. Adapted by H. B. Gilmour.

This adaptation of the classic John Hughes high school romantic comedy contains the original ending not seen in the film.

Softcover, Text.

1st printing. Milk propaganda from 1930's. Story About young prince visiting his cousin and realized he needs more milk to keep up with his cousin. 16 pages, B&W, 10-in. x 6-in.

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1st printing. Story and art by Colleen Frakes. McNeil Island in Washington state was the home of the last prison island in the United States, accessible only by air or sea. It was also home to about fifty families, including Colleen Frake's. Her parents, like nearly everyone else on the island, both worked in the prison, where her father was the prison's captain and her mother worked in security. In this engaging graphic memoir, a Xeric and Ignatz Award-winning comics artist, Colleen Frakes, tells the story of a typical girl growing up in atypical circumstances. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, 2C. Cover price $16.99.

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Private Beach: Book 1 - 1st printing. Collects Private Beach (1995 Antarctic Press) #1-3. Story and art by David Hahn. The readers demanded it, so here it is! The original Private Beach: Fun and Perils in the Trudyverse mini-series as it appeared in 1995 is now collected in a single edition! Follow Trudy, Sharona, Sam Murphy and friends on what has been called 'a slice-of-life story turned on its edge.' Trudy Honeyvan is an eccentric obsessive/compulsive college dropout who enjoys goofing off with her friends and frequenting coffee shops. After a night of hard partying and hard liquor, Trudy hears a voice in her head...the voice of what she thought was an imaginary friend from childhood. It turns out the imaginary friend is very real and sends Trudy on a quest that will ultimately change her life and the lives of those around her. This collected edition features and introduction by Alex Robinson, original sketchbook material, character designs and layouts by David Hahn, a new Trudy back-up story, pin-ups by Dean Haspiel, Matthew Clark, Matt Haley, Mike Norton, and more! Softcover, 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

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Private Beach: Book 2 - 1st printing. Collects Private Beach (2001 Slave Labor) #1-6. Story and art by David Hahn. Trudy is a smart, sexy woman - with a penchant for being around ominous occurrences and strange people. Here are the first six issues of the Eisner and Ignatz Award nominated series, along with a new story, David's sketchbook, and other extras. Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

1st printing. Written by Tadashi Ikuta. Art by Namoi Kimura. At a time when the giant department stores and supermarkets dominated the Japanese retail industry, two businessmen, Toshifumi Suzuki and Hideo Shimizu, discovered a new type of small retail store flourishing in America - the Seven Eleven. Called a "convenience store," it was a concept new to the Japanese. Intrigued by this new idea and convinced that it would suceed in Japan as well, the two men put together a project team of fifteen members, all virtual novices to the retail trade, to bring this venture to their land. Staking his entire livelihood, young storeowner Kenji Yamamoto volunteers to convert his family-owned liquor store into the first Seven Eleven in Japan. The hardship of negotiations, the oil shock, the struggle to cope with inadequate space - all were met with resolve and innovation, culminating in what is now called the retail revolution! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Issue #22 - Spring 1995. Gothic culture magazine. Cocteau Twins article. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 54 pages, black and white. Cover price $4.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Oliver East. Following on from his breakout book Trains are...Mint, this book sees Oliver further adventuring out on walks from Manchester until he reaches Liverpool, recording the many things that pass us by in everyday life. Part travel book, part diary, Oliver manages to capture both the beauty and problems of this part of the country while passing some social and political comment as he goes. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 172 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. By Rutu Modan. After the death of her son, Regina Segal takes her granddaughter Mica to Warsaw, hoping to reclaim a family property lost during World War II. As they get to know modern Warsaw, Regina is forced to recall difficult things about her past, and Mica begins to wonder if maybe their reasons for coming aren't a little different than her grandmother led her to believe. Rutu Modan offers up a world populated by prickly seniors, smart-alecky public servants, and stubborn women - a world whose realism is expressed alternately in the absurdity of people's behavior, and in the complex consequences of their sacrifices. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 232 pages, full color Cover price $24.95.

Story, Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A new Love and Rockets spinoff featuring Fritz and her extended family in a series of stories about Fritz's film career that bend Fritz's reality. In this issue, Fritz bumps into an old acquaintance of her sister Luba's. The fellow sees great similarities in the sisters, and chemistry between he and Fritz does what it does... 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Written and Illustrated by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.99.

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Written and Illustrated by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Written and Illustrated by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Written by Gilbert Hernandez. Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. In this 40th-anniversary year of Love and Rockets, we are proud to present the latest spinoff from Gilbert Hernandez! This issue presents a Fritz "B-movie" short film: Savage World! Fritz and a boy are stranded on an island in a cross between The Land That Time Forgot and The Blue Lagoon! 28 pages. B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Written by Gilbert Hernandez. Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. In this 40th-anniversary year of Love and Rockets, we are proud to present the latest spinoff from Gilbert Hernandez! This issue presents a Fritz "B-movie" short film: Savage World! Fritz and a boy are stranded on an island in a cross between The Land That Time Forgot and The Blue Lagoon! 28 pages. B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Written by Gilbert Hernandez. Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. In this 40th-anniversary year of Love and Rockets, we are proud to present the latest spinoff from Gilbert Hernandez! This issue presents a Fritz "B-movie" short film: Savage World! Fritz and a boy are stranded on an island in a cross between The Land That Time Forgot and The Blue Lagoon! 28 pages. B&W. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Gilbert Hernandez. Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Concluding the two-part 'Desalde' that began last issue. Fritz-in one of her B-movie classics-stars as the titular heroine, a sympathetic peasant girl who serves as caregiver and sexual partner to the King. But once she allows the only boy who has ever been nice to her take the rap for murder, Desalde appears to be up to far more than anyone in the kingdom bargained for. Just who is getting screwed here? It's an adults-only finale to die for-or is that to die from? A Love and Rockets spinoff comic! 24 pages, full B&W. Cover price $4.99.

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Written and Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Gilbert Hernandez returns to Fritz's world in an issue that should be retitled Psychosexual Illustrated. What’s up with Fritz’s exhibitionist tendencies in her film career, and the way she deals with her imitators — including her daughter, Baby Fritz? Psychodrama Illustrated investigates! Contains nudity! And then more nudity! An adults-only Love and Rockets spinoff comic! 24 Pgs, B/W. Cover price $4.99.

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1st printing. Story and Art by Brian Wood. PUBLIC DOMAIN collects close to five years of preliminary and post-CHANNEL ZERO design and artwork, including close to 60 pages of never-seen comics from creator Brian Wood's art school years. Also included are dozens of deleted scenes, rejected pages, posters, sketches, script excerpts, creator's notes and character designs from the original series, as well as the contents of the special CHANNEL ZERO issue "Dupe", which remains out of print and unavailable since early 1999. All told, PUBLIC DOMAIN is a complete and fascinating collection detailing the origin of the concepts and characters that appeared in CHANNEL ZERO, the method that Wood employed to produce the series, and a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the whole creative process. Beautifully designed and meticulously compiled and edited by the creator himself, PUBLIC DOMAIN is a must-have for all CHANNEL ZERO and Brian Wood fans, for budding artists and writers, and for students of the graphic narrative format. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 7-in.x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

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1st printing. Story, Art and Cover by Lee Marrs. The comic misadventures of young Pudge, as she tries to fit in and find herself in San Francisco! 36 pages, MATURE READERS. NOTE: 1st printings have a $0.50 cover price. Cover price $0.50.

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2nd printing. Story, Art and Cover by Lee Marrs. The comic misadventures of young Pudge, as she tries to fit in and find herself in San Francisco! 36 pages, MATURE READERS. NOTE: 2nd printings have a $0.75 cover price. Cover price $0.75.

3rd printing. Published by Star Reach Story, Art and Cover by Lee Marrs. The comic misadventures of young Pudge, as she tries to fit in and find herself in San Francisco! 8 1/4" X 11 3/4". 36 pages, MATURE READERS. NOTE: 3rd printings are magazine-sized and have a $1.50 cover price. Cover price $1.50.

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1st printing. Story, Art and Cover by Lee Marrs. The comic misadventures of young Pudge, as she tries to fit in and find herself in San Francisco! 36 pages, MATURE READERS. NOTE: 1st printings have a $1.00 cover price. Cover price $1.00.

2nd printing. Story, Art and Cover by Lee Marrs. The comic misadventures of young Pudge, as she tries to fit in and find herself in San Francisco! 36 pages, MATURE READERS. NOTE: 2nd printings have a $1.50 cover price. Cover price $1.50.

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1st (only) printing. Story, Art and Cover by Lee Marrs. The comic misadventures of young Pudge, as she tries to fit in and find herself in San Francisco! 36 pages, MATURE READERS. Cover price $1.25.

1st printing.

Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators.

Softcover, 208 pages, full color.

Edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz and Neil Schwartz.

Written by Ronnie Garcia, Daniel Irizarri Oquendo, Alan Medina, Tristan J. Tarwater, Vita Ayala, Sabrina Cintron, Adam Lance Garcia, Aldo Álvarez, Nicole Goux, Rosa Colón, Tom Beland, Anthony Otero, Little Corvus, Shariff Musallam, Marco Lopez, Derek Ruiz, Leonardo Gonzalez, Lilliam Rivera, Ally Shwed, Tara Martinez, Jeff Gomez, Fabian Nicieza, Jesenia Santana, Kat Fajardo, Vito Delsante, Grant Alter, Kristen Van Dam, Joamette Gil, Javier Cruz Winnik, Alberto "Tito" Serrano, Javier Morillo, Matt Bellisle, Greg Anderson-Elysee, Neil Schwartz, Alejandra Quintas, Tony Bedard, Mina Elwell, Eugene Selassie, Alexis Sergio, Mike Hawthorne and Amparo Ortíz.

Art by Ronnie Garcia, Daniel Irizarri Oquendo, Ariela Kristantina, Cynthia Santos, Jamie Jones, Sabrina Cintron, Heidi Black, Sofía Dávila, Nicole Goux, Rosa Colón, Tom Beland, Charles "Ooge" Ugas, Little Corvus, Alejandro Rosado, Leonardo Gonzalez, Allison Strejlau, Ally Shwed, Rod Espinosa, Adriana Melo, Jesenia Santana, Kat Fajardo, Yehudi Mercado, Manuel Preitano, Kristen Van Dam, Joamette Gil, Javier Cruz Winnik, Alberto "Tito" Serrano, Dan Méndez Moore, Matt Bellisle, Dennis Calero, Ramón J. Sierra Santiago, Alejandra Quintas, John R. Holmes, Brett Booth, T.E. Lawrence, Orlando Baez, Jules Rivera, Mike Hawthorne and Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky.

Cover by Naomi Franquiz. Cover price $12.99.

2nd and later printings.

Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators.

Softcover, 208 pages, full color.

Edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz and Neil Schwartz.

Written by Ronnie Garcia, Daniel Irizarri Oquendo, Alan Medina, Tristan J. Tarwater, Vita Ayala, Sabrina Cintron, Adam Lance Garcia, Aldo Álvarez, Nicole Goux, Rosa Colón, Tom Beland, Anthony Otero, Little Corvus, Shariff Musallam, Marco Lopez, Derek Ruiz, Leonardo Gonzalez, Lilliam Rivera, Ally Shwed, Tara Martinez, Jeff Gomez, Fabian Nicieza, Jesenia Santana, Kat Fajardo, Vito Delsante, Grant Alter, Kristen Van Dam, Joamette Gil, Javier Cruz Winnik, Alberto "Tito" Serrano, Javier Morillo, Matt Bellisle, Greg Anderson-Elysee, Neil Schwartz, Alejandra Quintas, Tony Bedard, Mina Elwell, Eugene Selassie, Alexis Sergio, Mike Hawthorne and Amparo Ortíz.

Art by Ronnie Garcia, Daniel Irizarri Oquendo, Ariela Kristantina, Cynthia Santos, Jamie Jones, Sabrina Cintron, Heidi Black, Sofía Dávila, Nicole Goux, Rosa Colón, Tom Beland, Charles "Ooge" Ugas, Little Corvus, Alejandro Rosado, Leonardo Gonzalez, Allison Strejlau, Ally Shwed, Rod Espinosa, Adriana Melo, Jesenia Santana, Kat Fajardo, Yehudi Mercado, Manuel Preitano, Kristen Van Dam, Joamette Gil, Javier Cruz Winnik, Alberto "Tito" Serrano, Dan Méndez Moore, Matt Bellisle, Dennis Calero, Ramón J. Sierra Santiago, Alejandra Quintas, John R. Holmes, Brett Booth, T.E. Lawrence, Orlando Baez, Jules Rivera, Mike Hawthorne and Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky.

Cover by Naomi Franquiz. Cover price $12.99.

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Written by John Layman. Art and Cover by Dave Crosland. Think you've had bad days? Aaron Owens has it worse. Much worse. He's got the lousiest job in the world, and is about to have the longest night of his life. In fact, take your worst job, your worst enemy, your most pathetic unrequited love and add to it the most dangerous predicaments you've ever been in. Then stuff it inside a sweltering, cramped, ridiculous-looking dragon costume. One that you can't get out of. That's right. A dragon costume. That's PUFFED. In this issue: Piss off the wrong psychopathic amusement park janitor and what do you get? You get: Trapped in a dragon costume, beat up, dumped in the 'hood, hounded by weirdos, hunted by killahs, and that's just the beginning of PUFFED, a tale of suspense, drama, desperation, murder, mistaken identity, sexual longing, loss, revenge, regret, impotence...even incontinence! Written by John Layman, ex-editor of THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY, with eye-popping art by comics newcomer Dave Crosland (whose illustrations have been seen in Spin magazine and Tastes Like Chicken) and featuring variant covers by some of the biggest superstars in comics, PUFFED is the hilariously off-kilter antidote to the typical guy-in-a-costume comic. Well, guy-in-a-spandex-costume, anyway. And don't let the cuddly dragon suit fool you. PUFFED is full of bad people, using bad language and doing bad things. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by John Layman. Art by Dave Crosland. Cover by Frank Quitely. Think you've had bad days? Aaron Owens has it worse. Much worse. He's got the lousiest job in the world, and is about to have the longest night of his life. In fact, take your worst job, your worst enemy, your most pathetic unrequited love and add to it the most dangerous predicaments you've ever been in. Then stuff it inside a sweltering, cramped, ridiculous-looking dragon costume. One that you can't get out of. That's right. A dragon costume. That's PUFFED. In this issue: Piss off the wrong psychopathic amusement park janitor and what do you get? You get: Trapped in a dragon costume, beat up, dumped in the 'hood, hounded by weirdos, hunted by killahs, and that's just the beginning of PUFFED, a tale of suspense, drama, desperation, murder, mistaken identity, sexual longing, loss, revenge, regret, impotence...even incontinence! Written by John Layman, ex-editor of THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY, with eye-popping art by comics newcomer Dave Crosland (whose illustrations have been seen in Spin magazine and Tastes Like Chicken) and featuring variant covers by some of the biggest superstars in comics, PUFFED is the hilariously off-kilter antidote to the typical guy-in-a-costume comic. Well, guy-in-a-spandex-costume, anyway. And don't let the cuddly dragon suit fool you. PUFFED is full of bad people, using bad language and doing bad things. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by John Layman. Art and Cover by Dave Crosland. In the dark of night, amid the shadows of a dingy alley, Aaron Owens witnesses something he shouldn't have -- and now he's on the run for his life. Aaron's strange odyssey through "the 'hood" take one bizarre turn, and then another, and his path leads him from the seamy side of celebrity to the most wretched despair of Skid Row. Those three stone killahs aren't gonna stop until they've caught up with Aaron. Worse still, this dragon suit is really starting to smell. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by John Layman. Art by Dave Crosland. Cover by John Cassaday. In the dark of night, amid the shadows of a dingy alley, Aaron Owens witnesses something he shouldn't have -- and now he's on the run for his life. Aaron's strange odyssey through "the 'hood" take one bizarre turn, and then another, and his path leads him from the seamy side of celebrity to the most wretched despair of Skid Row. Those three stone killahs aren't gonna stop until they've caught up with Aaron. Worse still, this dragon suit is really starting to smell. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by John Layman. Art and Cover by Dave Crosland. It's the end of the line for Aaron Owens, as a hoodlum with an itchy trigger finger makes good on a promise to put a bullet into his head. It's the shocking ending of PUFFED, an explosion of mindless, grueling, senseless, excessive and gratuitous violence. Don't miss the climatic issue of PUFFED, big laffs within, a surprise ending, and one of the most incredible and unforgettable fight scenes of this or any other summer! And don't let the cutesy dragon suit fool you. PUFFED ain't for the timid, and may make you think twice about using a cell phone. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by John Layman. Art by Dave Crosland. Cover by Sam Kieth. It's the end of the line for Aaron Owens, as a hoodlum with an itchy trigger finger makes good on a promise to put a bullet into his head. It's the shocking ending of PUFFED, an explosion of mindless, grueling, senseless, excessive and gratuitous violence. Don't miss the climatic issue of PUFFED, big laffs within, a surprise ending, and one of the most incredible and unforgettable fight scenes of this or any other summer! And don't let the cutesy dragon suit fool you. PUFFED ain't for the timid, and may make you think twice about using a cell phone. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.