AUGUST 2008 RELEASES

ANTOINE SHARPE,
THE ATHEIST #2

 Phil Hester and Kevin Mellon

 

The caustic, but brilliant skeptical investigator Antoine Sharpe investigates a haunted small town in South Carolina in which an inordinate amount of newlywed brides seem to go missing. The secret Sharpe discovers not only shocks the conscience, but defies reason itself. “The Buried Bride” is written by Phil Hester (The Darkness, Superman Confidential) and drawn by Kevin Mellon (Gearhead, 13 Steps).
 

 32 pages, B&W,  $3.99

 

DETECTIVE'S INC.
A Remembrance of Threatening Green

Don McGregor and Marshall Rogers

Together, TED DENNING and BOB RAINIER are the New York-based agency Detectives, Inc. Ted is the stable one, happily involved with Vera, and Bob is the morose loner, a "city-dwelling Heathcliff" trying to pick up the pieces of his life after his divorce. A  hires the investigators to find out who killed her  lover, but they find much more than they bargained! Sometimes violent, yet oftentimes touching and emotional,   “A Remembrance of Threatening Green” was at the forefront of the way comics were created, marketed and sold and stands today, along with McGregor’s SABRE, as one of the most important comics of the modern era. Also includes a look back at the creation of the project  includes

                                          64 pages, BW, Hardcover, $14.99tion of the project

 

NECESSARY EVIL #8
 

Joshua Williamson and J. C. Grande

The adventures at the school for super villains continue!

This is it! One of the great mysteries of Necessary Evil, the FATHER of the Jacob and Miller, is solved! And right in time because he is the only person that can save the boys from the Devil himself! The rest of the kids are trapped in a prison cell made by Anti and the only person that can get them out is… THUG JUNIOR? It’s the biggest fight we’ve had yet: The Devil vs. The Students of Necessary Evil Academy!

Don’t miss out on the series Ain’t it Cool News said has: “imagination and solid storytelling on its side!"

32 pages, FC, $3.99

 

NO FORMULA:
The Stories from the Chemistry Set

Haunting. Humorous. Harrowing. Those are just some of the words to describe the short stories compiled in this inaugural collection from the international comics collective the Chemistry Set. Founded in 2006, the Chemistry Set has served as the breeding ground for tomorrow's comic all-stars and includes three Xeric Award winners. Combining talents from America, Australia, Europe and Asia, their chemistry together is seen in stories that range from the heartfelt to the horrifying, from the mythological to the macabre. For the first time in print, you can now join the experiment. 
Featuring the talents of: Chris Arrant, Kevin Colden, Vito Delsante, Jim Dougan, Andrew Drilon, Rami Efal, Michel Fiffe, Elizabeth Genco, Tony Goins, Steven Goldman, Dean Haspiel, Jessica Hickman, Neil Kleid, Sami Makkonen, Hyeondo Park, James Smith3, and Tom Williams.

120 pages, B&W,   $16.99