Previews #296 (vol. XXIII #5, may13)

The carnage continues as Anne’s search for her past leads her to the abandoned meat market where she was found. Her memories slowly begin to filter back as she digs up information about Project Frankenstein. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Erin Scott, Secret Agent Simon, and the monstrous Suture, are hot on her trail... and only one of them has her best interest at heart.

FC, 32pgs $2.99
BOOKS SECTION
ANIMATION
THE ADVENTURE TIME ENCYCLOPAEDIA HC

(W) Martin Olson

Compiled by the Lord of Evil himself, The Adventure Time Encylopaedia is the first official guide to the show's beloved characters and world. Matching the playful, subversive tone of the series, the Encyclopaedia includes everything anyone will ever need to know about the Land of Ooo and its inhabitants — secret lore and spells, fun places you should visit, what to eat and not to eat, plus "marginalia" and doodles by Finn, Jake, and Marceline. Fans of all ages will love this side-splittingly funny, complex, and intricate love letter to the series. (STK526354)

RES. from Previews Vol. XXIII #2 (FEB131229)

HC, 6x9, 160pgs, FC SRP: $19.95

For the first time, a comprehensive overview of the life and art of Bob Peak. Peak came on the New York advertising scene in the early 1950's and went on to become one of the most prolific illustrators of the 21st century. His artistic vision represented a bridge between the era of Norman Rockwell and Coby Whitmore to more direct ways of making pictures. In 1992 after over 100 Movie Campaigns including his iconic images for such films as My Fair Lady, Camelot, Star Trek, and Apocalypse Now, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hollywood Reporters for his contribution to the film industry. (STK612483) (C: 0-1-1) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.

HC, 12.5x11, 392pgs, FC SRP: $79.00
FEVER PITCH VOLUME 2: MORE HOT GIRLS FROM ELIAS CHATZOUDIS SC

(W/A/CA) Elias Chatzoudis

Adorable, sexy, and sure — a wee bit naughty! This would fairly sum up a style of illustration that Elias Chatzoudis has been able to develop, earning him a world-wide following for his perky pin-up girls! In this second volume devoted to his voluptuous vixens, Elias is in top form with his sense of humor and eye for the ladies in top form! All new art! 48 pages full color. (STK612555) (C: 0-1-2)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 8x11, 48pgs, FC SRP: $14.95

Elias Chatzoudis is an artist of boundless talent and imagination whose work hits that very sweet spot between cartoony and realistic. His pin-up girl illustrations display cheeky charm and sultry passion in equally abundant portions! This book contains all-new paintings designed to raise eyebrows and room temperatures! (STK461148) (C: 0-1-2)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 8x11, 48pgs, FC SRP: $14.95

Legendary science-fiction/fantasy artist Frank Frazetta created some of the most memorable and iconic images of the 20th century. Filled with insights, stories and anecdotes, this full color art monograph takes readers behind the scenes to chronicle the events of this great artist's life and work. See as Frazetta develops his style and artistic sensibilities with never before seen photos, memorabilia, sketches, drawings, paintings and early comic book work. This complete, comprehensive look at Frazetta's life creates a very personal detailed portrait of the man who created legendary images of Tarzan, Conan, John Carter of Mars, Buck Rogers, Vampirella, and others too numerous to mention. Also available is a PREVIEWS exclusive signed & numbered limited edition, limited to 1,000 copies with a special plate, different cover art, and slipcase from the regular edition. (STK612868) (C: 0-1-1)

This book explores the world of Heaven’s Hell, a place that takes place in the afterlife. The premise is that when you die, your spirit or soul is transported to another realm of being. The life you were living before was a test to prepare you for the afterlife. Because in your new life, you will have to fight, not only for your survival, but also for rewards. Sometimes it’s for good, sometimes for bad, helping to illuminate the existence of miracles and tragic disasters throughout all religious history. Follow top educator Anthony Jones on his adventure of creating a fascinating place where

imagination has no bounds. (STK612570) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 9x11, 128pgs, PC SRP: $24.95

Magazine, 130pgs, FC SRP: $6.95

This issue of Illustration features the spectacular art of Joe Bowler, one of the legendary members of the fabled Cooper Studios. Our feature showcases a lifetime of artwork, from his earliest pictures in the 1950s to his beautiful contemporary paintings and portraiture. Next up we feature the work of Ted Lewin, the former professional wrestler turned illustrator who is best known today for his award winning children's book illustrations. (STK613401) (C: 0-1-1)

Magazine, SC, 96pgs, FC SRP: $15.00
JUXTAPOZ #151 AUGUST 2013

Presenting a gallery of underground artists who influence much of the graphics, fashion, and new art seen today, Juxtapoz gives readers the latest in modern art worldwide! Each issue features interviews and reviews of artists, as well as photos from galleries and exhibits, rare sketches, portfolios, and full-color layouts of painters and cartoonists and their works. (STK613316) (C: 0-1-1)

Magazine, FC SRP: $5.99
PUNCH DRUNK MOUSTACHE SC

(A) Will Nichols & Various

Punch Drunk Moustache is the off-the-clock work of eight animation industry artists with the insatiable need to tell stories. Each artist showcases new ideas infused with unique personal style. Get ready for stunning visual development and never before seen concepts. Giants, androids, strange beasts, brave animals, magic, mystery, and everyday folks collide in these vividly imagined tales. With Punch Drunk Moustache, the gloves are off! (STK612571) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 9x11, 128pgs, PC SRP: $29.95

tale: (tal) a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or story. Whether it's one Christian has read or one that has been developing in his head, the tale has always been one of his biggest inspirations. Tales: The Art of Christian Alzmann is Christian's first book collecting his digital paintings and sketches as well as his traditional pencil sketches. He also walks the reader through his digital painting process using Photoshop and Painter. (STK612572) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 9x12, 96pgs, PC SRP: $29.95
STAR OF THE MONTH
DREW STRUZAN: OEUVRE HC

(W/A/CA) Drew Struzan

Drew Struzan has created some of the most iconic movie posters of the last 30 years, from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars Episode III to Blade Runner. This sumptuous hardcover is the definitive collection of his work over the years, featuring over 250 pieces of art, including all of Drew's most iconic movie images. It also looks at his album, book and comic book cover works, stamps, trading cards, promotional artwork and very personal original works. Introduction by George Lucas. (STK447236) (JUL111330)

HC, 9x12.25, 314pgs, FC SRP: $49.95
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OFFERED AGAIN
O/A FRANK FRAZETTA BOOK ONE

(W) Ellie Frazetta (A/CA) Frank Frazetta

The classic artbook featuring some of the master's most fantastic art is available again, featuring 29 glossy image reproductions, each suitable for framing. A must-have for any Frazetta collector! (STK002565)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 8x11, 72pgs, FC SRP: $29.95

The legend lives on! Once available outside the Frazetta Museum only through limited distribution, it's 96 pages of the history and background of one of the most exciting illustrators in the world! Photos, early comic and pen & ink illustrations, doodles, and more are all reproduced from original artwork in black ink with three classic color covers. (STK459353)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 8x11, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $15.00

Topps will soon release Star Wars Galactic Files 2, its second all-encompassing Star Wars trading card series. Learn what Topps has in store via the Aug/Sep issue. Also inside, a complete schedule of upcoming card series, online happenings in our Cards Online column, and news on promotional cards in our Promo Column. Every copy will contain an exclusive Star Wars Galactic Files 2 promotional card from Topps as well as exclusive promotional trading cards for The Big Bang Theory Season 5 and DC Comics Women of Legend from Cryptozoic Entertainment and Falling Skies Season Two from Rittenhouse Archives. (STK613371) (C: 0-1-1)

Magazine, 72pgs, PC SRP: $5.99
COMICS
ALTER EGO #120

Alter Ego is a salute to the first series of X-Men (1963 to 1969) behind Jack Kirby's unused cover for issue #10! There's secrets behind the mag's first decade — rare late-'60s Brazilian X-Men stories, a long-lost '60s X-Men "character sheet" by Stan Lee himself, and Roy Thomas on the 1970s revival that turned into a mutant explosion! With art and artifacts by Lee, Kirby, Roth, Adams, O'Neil, Heck, Friedrich, Drake, and Buscema, plus the story of Marvelmania fan club! (STK613420) (C: 0-1-1)

Magazine, 8x11, 84pgs, FC SRP: $8.95

Magazine, 84pgs, FC SRP: $8.95

Look! Up in the sky! As superheroes continue to dominate the big screen, Comic Heroes devotes

an entire 164-page glossy bookazine to exploring the comics that laid the foundations of the phenomenon. This high-quality guide features a run down of the world's top 100 favourite heroes — as voted for by you! — and celebrates the creators behind them, and the teams that continue to make them popular. With retrospective features from the Comic Heroes archives, plus brand new

artist profiles, opinion pieces and detailed character histories, this essential bookazine is the

perfect coffee-table companion for dedicated fans of superhero comics. (STK613458) (C: 0-1-2)

MATURE THEMES

Magazine (w/Novelties), 164pgs, FC SRP: $20.00
COMIC SHOP NEWS #1359-1363

Comic Shop News is comics' weekly newsletter. Each issue is full-color, 8-12 pages in length, and features CSNsider, news, and interviews. CSN has a complete monthly checklist (complete with PREVIEWS order numbers), plus exclusive CSN Hot Picks, "Fab Firsts," and a monthly checklist of all the first issues for the month! (STK613327)

Tabloid PI

Hannah Miodrag challenges many of the key assumptions about the "grammar" and formal characteristics of comics and offers a more nuanced theoretical framework that she argues will better communicate. Through engaging close readings and accessible use of theory, this book exposes the problems in previous critical takes. (STK612418) (C: 0-1-1)

HC, 6x9, 240pgs, B&W SRP: $55.00
CURING THE POSTMODERN BLUES: READING MORRISON & WESTON'S THE FILTH SC

(W) Tom Shapira (CA) Kevin Colden

Curing the Postmodern Blues explores Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's The Filth as a response to the postmodern condition. The volume also explores The Filth's relationship to The Invisibles, to The Matrix, and to the work of Alan Moore. Includes interviews with Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, and inker Gary Erskine, plus preliminary art from Weston. (STK612529) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.

SC, 6x9, 186pgs, B&W SRP: $12.99

The Batman Automobilia Collection gives collectors the most definitive collection of Batman's vehicles ever assembled. These amazing die-cast vehicles reproduce the Batmobiles that have been seen in comics, on television, and in the blockbuster Batman movies. Each Batmobile comes with a unique 3-D lenticular backdrop that creates a detailed scene of the Dark Knight and his vehicle. Perfectly reproduced at 1:43-scale and made of zinc alloy, these die-case vehicles have additional metal castings for extra detail, including gadgets. Every vehicle also comes with an informative 12-page magazine that looks at the history of the vehicle and Batman himself. Continue your collection with the Batmobile from the animated Batman: The Brave and the Bold (#14) and the flying Batmobile from Batman and Robin #1 (#15). (STK613434) (C: 0-1-2)

The DC Chess Collection continues with the Justice League chess set which offers the comic fan and chess enthusiast alike the chance to collect fantastic and unique chess pieces, vivid representations of some of DC's greatest characters. Each character is superbly rendered, cast from a specially formulated metallised resin and painted by expert model-makers. Each chess piece is accompanied by a fascinating 16-page magazine featuring superb DC Comics artwork plus vital chess tips for players of all levels. Continue your Justice League collection with Deadshot Black Pawn (#39) and Batman White Knight (#40). (STK613437) (C: 0-1-2)

SC, 6x9, 244pgs, B&W SRP: $15.99

Sequential art combines the visual and the narrative in a way that readers have to interpret the images with the writing. Comics make a good fit with education because students are using a format that provides active engagement. This collection of essays is a wide-ranging look at current practices using comics and graphic novels in educational settings, from elementary schools through college. The contributors cover history, gender, the use of specific graphic novels, practical application and educational theory. (STK612983) (C: 0-1-2)

HC, 7x10, 275pgs, B&W SRP: $45.00
THE MYTH OF THE SUPERHERO SC

(W) Marco Arnaudo

Superheroes embody the most positive and inclusive aspects of American culture. Through a series of close readings of DC and Marvel comics, Marco Arnaudo examines the religious and mythological elements of superhero comics and uncovers the influence of the classical epic and the Baroque style on the genre. Arnaudo asserts that, amidst the exciting action, tender love stories, and tales of self-sacrifice, superheroes are role models for tolerance and moral decision making. The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the super powers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context. (STK612849) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 6x9, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $24.95
BATMAN CLASSIC TV SERIES 16-MONTH 2014 CALENDAR

It's a blast from the past as Adam West and Burt Ward, TV's original Caped Crusaders, star in this colorful 2014 calendar featuring photos from the classic 1966 Batman TV series! Includes a downloadable calendar for your PC! (STK614322) (C: 1-1-1) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.

Wall Calendar, 12 x11, FC SRP: $12.99
DOCTOR WHO
DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE GUIDE SC

(W) Mark Campbell

From humble beginnings in November 1963, Doctor Who has become a quintessential element of popular culture. With a comprehensive guide to every episode, author Mark Campbell puts the show under the microscope with facts, figures, and options that will entertain long-term fans as well as Time Lord fanatics. He explores the adventures of all eleven Doctors and their faithful companions in a universe of aliens and villains, from the Daleks to the Weeping Angels. Including sections on TV, Radio, Cinema, Stage, and Internet spin-offs, the guide delves into the world of Doctor Who. This is the definitive guide for the world's favorite Time Lord, revised and updated for the fiftieth anniversary of the first episode! (STK614288) (C: 1-1-1) NOTE: Available only within the United States--No U.S. Territories.

SC, 5.25x7.7, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #462

Packed with exclusive photos and interviews, DWM looks forward to the 50th Anniversary Special; the full-color comic strip continues; showrunner Steven Moffat answers more readers' questions; The Fact of Fiction puts another story under the microscope; all the latest audios and DVDs are previewed and reviewed; plus in-depth interviews and features, all the very latest news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more. (STK613465) (C: 0-1-2)

Magazine, 8x11, 84pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
DOCTOR WHO: DARK HORIZONS SC

(W) J.T. Colgan

On a windswept Northern shore, at the very tip of what will one day become Scotland, the islanders believe the worst they have to fear is a Viking attack. Then the burning comes, consuming everything in its path — yet the burned still speak. The Doctor encounters a people under attack from a power they cannot possibly understand. They have no weapons, no strategy, and no protection against a fire sent to engulf them all. The islanders must take on a ruthless alien force in a world without technology; without communications; without tea that isn't made out of bark. Still at least they have the Doctor on their side — don't they? (STK612475) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 5x7, 320pgs, B&W SRP: $12.99
DOCTOR WHO IN TIME AND SPACE: ESSAYS ON THEMES, CHARACTERS, HISTORY AND FANDOM: 1963-2012 SC

This collection of fresh essays addresses a broad range of topics in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, both old and new. The book begins with the fan: There are essays on how the show is viewed and identified with, fan interactions with each other, reactions to changes, the wilderness years when it wasn't in production. Essays then look at the ways in which the stories are told. After discussing the stories and devices and themes, the essays turn to looking at the Doctor's female companions and how they evolve, are used, and changed by their journey with the Doctor. (STK612975) (C: 0-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.

SC, 7x10, 300pgs, B&W SRP: $45.00
STAR OF THE MONTH
BEHIND THE SOFA: CELEBRITY MEMORIES OF DOCTOR WHO HC

(A) Ben Morse

A man is the sum of his memories. A Time Lord even more so. Behind The Sofa is a collection of over 100 celebrity memories of Doctor Who, compiled in aid of Alzheimer's Research UK. Steve Berry decided to undertake this project in memory of his mother Janet, who suffered from Alzheimer's in her final years and passed away in 2009. All of the book royalties, proceeds and net profit will be donated to Alzheimer's Research UK. Contributors include Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Ross, Jenny Colgan, and Charlie Brooker. (STK471674) (JUL121374) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 5.5x8.5, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $24.99
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DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA AUDIO CD

(W) Simon Guerrier (CA) Grant Kempster

A new adventure with the first Doctor, as told by his companion, Ian. The port of Alexandria, 5th Century CE. The Doctor, Ian, Susan, and Barbara have taken a break from their travels, and are enjoying a few weeks in the sunshine — and the chance to appreciate the magnificent Library of Alexandria. Ian also takes the chance to enjoy friendship with the philosopher Hypatia, but things here will not last forever. The time travelers know that the library will soon be lost to history. What they are about to discover is the terrifying reason why. (STK612682) (C: 0-1-2)

Audio CDs, 5x5 SRP: $14.99
DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: MASTERMIND AUDIO CD

(W) paul Morris (CA) Anthony Lamb

A new adventure with the Master, as told by his jailers, Matheson and Sato. The Vault — an archive of alien artifacts securely stored deep beneath the Angel of the North. There's also a prisoner in the Vault. An extraterrestrial known as the Master. He has been on Earth for some time, but now he's under lock and key. This is his story. Or, as Captain Ruth Matheson and Warrant Officer Charlie Sato discover, perhaps it is theirs. Geoffrey Beevers returns to the role of The Master, which he played opposite Tom Baker’s Doctor. Also starring Daphne Ashbrook and Yee Jee Tso as Matheson who first appeared in the Doctor Who TV movie starring Paul McGann. (STK612302) (C: 0-1-2)

Audio CDs, 5x5 SRP: $14.99