Previews #305 (vol. XXIV #2, feb14)
X-O Manwar — locked in battle with Valiant's all-star superteam, Unity!
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X-O Manwar — locked in battle with Valiant's all-star superteam, Unity! X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home… but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy the man inside the armor, Aric of Dacia, and the peace he has struggled to secure. While unrest stirs and Aric’s camp threatens to rebel against him, the most dangerous strike force ever assembled — Unity — have joined forces with the Harbinger Foundation’s Toyo Harada to achieve but one goal: destroy X-O Manowar before his actions push in western civilization to the brink of all-out nuclear annihilation. Collecting X-O MANOWAR #19-22 by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern) and acclaimed artists Cary Nord (Conan), Vincente Cifuentes (Batgirl), and Diego Bernard (Eternal Warrior), prepare yourself for an all-new story arc of the epicenter of the year’s biggest comics event that will X-O Manowar — and the Valiant Universe with him — forever changed. SC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC $14.99
FC, 32pgs $3.99 Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #21 (W) Christos Gage, Joshua Dysart (A) Tom Raney (CA) Lewis LaRosa, Jorge Molina, Tom Fowler MISSION: IMPROBABLE—FINALE! Bloodshot! Archer! H.A.R.D. Corps! Armstrong! It all comes down to this! "Mission: Improbable" rockets into its explosive climax as four world-shattering forces collide! Will Bloodshot re-capture Archer for Project Rising Spirit…or is a double-cross in the works?! Will H.A.R.D. Corps figure out how you kill an immortal like Armstrong…or are they going home in body bags? Only one thing's for certain…it doesn't matter who loses — you win! FC, 32pgs $3.99 Harbinger #22 (W) Joshua Dysart (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Michael Walsh, Zachary Montoya, Barry Kitson ALL-NEW ARC! DEATH OF A RENEGADE – PART 1 (of 3)! Peter Stanchek and his wayward team of teenage Renegades thought they had found freedom. They thought they could get their old lives back. They thought they could bring down Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation. They were wrong. And now one of them will die. FC, 32pgs $3.99 Eternal Warrior #8 (W) Greg Pak (A) Robert Gill (CA) Lewis LaRosa Is the Eternal Warrior finally out of time? Every moment in the centuries-long life of Gilad Anni-Padda has led to this moment. Far removed from the modern day, standing resolute at the last tattered edge of the civilization, the Eternal Emperor of 4001 A.D. is about to make the hardest choice of all — and two thousand years of Valiant heroes will feel the fallout. Don't miss a moment as the very first vision of Valiant's all-new future timeline reaches a milestone turning point! FC, 32pgs $3.99 VALIANT MASTERS: H.A.R.D. CORPS VOL. 1—SEARCH AND DESTROY HC (W) Jim Shooter, David Lapham, David Michilenie, Bob Layton (A) David Lapham, Mike Leeke, Benard Chang (CA) Jim Lee Collected for the very first time – the debut adventures of the H.A.R.D. Corps in the original Valiant Universe, from legendary creators Jim Shooter (Secret Wars), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), David Michelinie (Amazing Spider-Man), Bernard Chang (Green Lantern Corps) and more! The most important technological breakthrough of the century might also be its most dangerous. After years of trial and error, multinational conglomerate Omen Enterprises has finally perfected a cybernetic brain implant that will change the face of modern warfare forever. With a legion of ex-soldiers at their disposal, Omen is building the private army of the future — a squadron of enhanced commandos that calls itself the H.A.R.D. Corps! But even with the powers of flight, telekinesis, and mind control at their command, not everyone is willing to volunteer for service…but Omen has ways of making you fight for a paycheck. Collecting HARBINGER (1992) #10-11 and H.A.R.D. CORPS (1993) #1-6 for the first time anywhere, VALIANT MASTERS: H.A.R.D. CORPS VOL. 1—SEARCH AND DESTROY also comes complete with process art, sketches and more rarely seen back-up material from the depths of the Valiant vault! HC, 7x10, 200pgs, FC $39.99 ARCHER & ARMSTRONG DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC (W) Fred Van Lente, (A) Clayton Henry, Emanuela Lupacchino, Pere Perez, and Alvaro Martinez (CA) Andrew Robinson At last — an oversized deluxe hardcover collecting the complete first year of Archer & Armstrong by New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Zombies)! Join one of the most acclaimed adventures in comics as naive teenage assassin Obadiah Archer and the fun-loving, hard-drinking immortal called Armstrong unite to stop a plot ten thousand years in the making! From the lost temples of ancient Sumeria to modern day Wall Street, Area 51, and beyond, Valiant's conspiracy-smashing adventurers are going on a globe-trotting quest to bring the down the unholy coalition of cultists known as the Sect – and stop each of history's most notorious conspiracies from remaking the world in their own insane image. Collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #0-13, the Archer & Amstrong Deluxe Editon oversized hardcover also comes jam-packed with more than 20+ pages of bonus features, including covers, character designs, and process art by Neal Adams, David Aja, Juan Doe, Tom Fowler, Clayton Henry, Emanuela Lupacchino and many more! HC, 8x11, 368pgs, FC $39.99 VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS FRAZETTA:THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE (NEW PRINTINGS) (W) James Bond, David Winiewicz (A/CA) Frank Frazetta Back in print! The greatest fantasy artist of all time, Frazetta has amazed generations. Frazetta: The Definitive Reference, collects essays and illustrations in a one-of-a-kind volume tracing the entire arc of Frazetta's career with 400 images. From EC comics to Tarzan and John Carter of Mars book covers to his major movie posters and his revolutionary Conan paintings, Frazetta overflows with fantastic images, and the most complete index ever compiled! Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions. (STK372326) SOFTCOVER—SC, 8x11, 208pgs, PC $29.95 HARDCOVER—HC, 8x11, 200pgs, PC $39.95 STARS OF THE MONTH THE ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE (W) Stephen D. Korshak, J. David Spurlock (A/CA) Margaret Brundage Margaret Brundage changed the look of Fantasy, Science-Fiction, and Horror with her alluring sensationalistic covers for the legendary pulp magazine, Weird Tales. She was the first female cover artist of the pulp era and the first to paint Conan! Decades before the gothic fetish craze, her provocative paintings featuring semi-nude young women bearing whips, became a major controversy. This is the first book devoted to this noted artist. Available in Softcover and Hardcover, both editions feature big, 9" x 12" lavish illustrated, full-color pages with art and text. (STK475701) SOFTCOVER (SEP121230)—SC, 8x11, 134pgs, FC $24.95 HARDCOVER (AUG121385)—HC, 8.5x11, 134pgs, FC $39.95 ********************************************************************** OFFERED AGAIN O/A THE ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE—DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION (W) Stephen D. Korshak, J. David Spurlock (A/CA) Margaret Brundage The Deluxe Slipcased Edition of The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage features an extra 16 page art folio not included in the standard hardcover! (STK473732) HC, 8.5x11, 150pgs, FC $69.95
The nineteenth-century countercultures that came to define the bohemian lifestyle spanned both sides of the Atlantic, ranging from Walt Whitman to Josephine Baker, and from Gertrude Stein to Thelonius Monk. Bohemians is the graphic history of this movement and its illustrious figures, recovering the utopian ideas behind millennial communities, and covering the rise of Greenwich Village, the multiracial and radical jazz world, and West Coast and Midwest bohemians, among other scenes. Drawn by an all-star cast of comics artists, including rising figures like Sabrina Jones, Lance Tooks, and Summer McClinton, alongside established artists like Peter Kuper and Spain Rodriguez, Bohemians is a broad and entertaining account of the rebel impulse in American cultural history. (STK634681) SC, 7x10, 304pgs, B&W $16.95
In this opening arch, teen loner Aichi enters the world of Vanguard, introducing him to new friends and, eventually, new and intense rivals! From the makers of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG comes Cardfight!! Vanguard the manga that inspired the hit Vanguard TCG. In similar fashion to Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering, the teenage cast of Cardfight!! Vanguard play a high-fantasy themed card game initially for kicks, and eventually the stakes grow much higher. The first printing of each volume of Vanguard will come with an exclusive RARE Level trading card! (STK634703) NOTE: Not available in the UK, Australia, Singapore or the Philippines.
One of the top ten manga in Japan today comes to the US. From the editors of Love Hina and Negima! Neo, comes a new age romance comedy of rural teens and classic french poetry! Lonely bookish teen struggles to find his identity through Charles Baudelaire's poetry, until two girls, a bully and the class beauty, help him realize true love and real friendship. (STK634674) MATURE THEMES SC, 220pgs, B&W $10.95 KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA VOLUME 8 GN (W/A/CA) Tsutomu Nihei One of the manga world's most intriguing artists returns with a science fiction tour-de-force which combines post-apocalyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes, and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia. In his follow up to the hit Biomega series, Tsutomu Nihei tackles the world of hard science-fiction by creating a modern space comedy inspired by the genre's hits from his youth. Nagate Tanikaze was a homeless teen living in the depths of a space colony with a thing for simulation games and stealing rice. Now he is the lead fighter pilot protecting said space colony from a race of shape-shifting space giants! (STK634675) SC, 184pgs, B&W $12.95
From the Award-Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together. A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, hash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals! (STK634678) MATURE THEMES SC, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 WOLFSMUND VOLUME 4 GN (W/A/CA) Mitsuhisa Kuji The tale of William Tell has never been rendered as beautifully as in Mitsuhisa Kuji's stunning debut work Wolfsmund, where a fortified way-station torments the Swiss district of Uri murdering all who stand against it, until William and his son attempt to defy it. The Swiss Confederation tries to topple the sadistic tyrant in charge of a fortress called the Wolfsmund in Mitsuhisa Kuji's debut fantasy comic. It is the 14th Century and as the Swiss begin to initiate their movements toward independence a fortress in the Alps known as the Wolfsmund continues to strike fear amongst the German and Italian communities that dare threaten Hapsburg (Austrian) rule! (STK634676) SC, 260pgs, B&W $12.95
HC, 9x11, 224pgs, FC $34.99 STILL AVAILABLE OFFERED AGAIN THE ART OF SPIRITED AWAY HC (W/A/CA) Hayao Miyazaki The Art of Spirited Away collects color illustrations of Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) for the first time in an English edition! This book includes paintings and designs from the new animated film from the director of Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke. Large-size, softcover coffee-table book featuring artwork from the renowned animated film, Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Features color stills, sketches, storyboards, and illustrations used to envision the rich fantasy world of the film. Also includes a complete English-language script. SC, 240pg, FC (STK191633) (STAR17806) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 8x11, 200pgs, FC $34.95
This book is a collection of concept sketches, background art, cell art, and digital data that tell the story of Porco Rosso, an animated film conceived, scripted, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. (STK267679) (DEC042965) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 8x11, 208pgs, FC $34.99
Based on the novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, internationally renown director Hayao Miyazaki brings to life a fantastical time in 19th century Europe when science and magic defined the popular zeitgeist. Already a smash success in Japan, Howl’s Moving Castle finally comes to U.S. theatres this spring. To coincide with its Stateside release, VIZ is proud to present The Art of Howl’s Moving Castle, a hardbound, prestige format book which acts as an essential companion to the film. A generous collection of concept sketches, fully rendered character and background drawings, paintings and cell images, The Art of Howl’s Moving Castle brings the movie into your library. Along with the stunning visuals, the book also presents interviews and comments with the production staff, including key points directly from the director. A Rating (STK278204) (APR053256) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 8x11, 200pgs, FC $34.99
A generous collection of concept sketches, fully rendered character and background drawings, paintings and cell images! Meet the well-loved animation’s principal characters and read interviews and comments with the production staff. Rating: None (STK288687) (AUG053298) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 8x11, 176pgs, FC $29.99 THE ART OF KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE HC (W/A/CA) Hayao Miyazaki A 13-year old girl sets off on a journey to become a witch. In the process, she learns how to be a woman. Based on the movie of the same name, this prestige format, lavishly illustrated hard-bound book gives fans a rare glimpse into the creative process of Academy Award-winning director Hayo Miyazaki. (STK634930) (OCT138325) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 8x11, 208pgs, FC $34.99
Original watercolor illustrations used as concept sketches for both the manga and film versions of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. This full-color, over-sized, hardcover book also includes Miyazaki's earliest sketches that eventually became the basis for some of the most beloved anime movies of the past 20 years. Rating: None (STK349468) (AUG074094) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 7x10, 208pgs, FC $34.99
NEW IN HARDCOVER! (NOV131891) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 7x10, 208pgs, FC $34.99
Co-founded by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli films have enthralled and enchanted audiences across the world. The Art of series gives fans the opportunity to follow their favorite film from initial concept to the silver screen, thanks to hundreds of sketches, concept drawings, and animation cels, plus in-depth interviews with the creators. (STK453404) (OCT111261) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 9x12, 100pgs, FC $34.99
In the mid-1990s, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki moved from success to success as his work found an audience outside of Japan. His animated films of the era, including Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo, were internationally lauded, and Miyazaki won an Academy Award in 2003 for his popular and critical hit Spirited Away. Follow Miyazaki as his vision matures, as cinema-lovers worldwide embrace his creations, and as critics such as Roger Ebert take up the cause of animation and Miyazaki’s films. In a legendary career, these crucial years represent the turning point. HC, 6x9, 400pgs, B&W $29.99
In the first two decades of his career, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki laid the groundwork for his legendary movies. Starting Point is a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that go back to the roots of Miyazaki's childhood, the formulation of his theories of animation, and the founding of Studio Ghibli. Before directing such acclaimed films as Spirited Away, Miyazaki was just another salaried animator, but with a vision of his own. Follow him as he takes his first steps on the road to success, experience his frustrations with the manga and animation industries that often suffocate creativity, and realize the importance of bringing the childhood dreams of the world to life. Starting Point: 1979-1996 is not just a chronicle of the life of a man whose own dreams have come true, it is a tribute to the power of the moving image. SC, 6x9, 462pgs, B&W $16.99
A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is the genius behind "Howl's Moving Castle," Princess Mononoke" and the Academy Award-winning film, "Spirited Away." (STK394696) (APR091045) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 6x9, 500pgs, B&W $29.99
As the battle against Obito and Madara continues to heat up, Sasuke has Orochimaru revive the previous four Hokage! In order to learn the truth, Sasuke will listen to First Hokage Hashirama's tale of how the village was founded. But what will Sasuke's next move be once he gets what he wants?! Age Rating: T SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W $9.99
As the rain falls in Karakura Town, Isshin faces off against a mysterious Black Hollow. But when a familiar face joins the fight, Isshin will need all the help he can get. Ichigo’s dark past is revealed, but can he recover from the shock of finally learning the truth?! Age Rating: T SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W $9.99
To capture the elusive Bubble Fruit, Toriko and Komatsu undergo intense training at Chowlin Temple. Toriko struggles to quiet his rumbling stomach and show gratitude for food, but soon a bigger challenge arises - Gourmet Corp. sends sinister new agents to crush the temple. Can Toriko master Honoring the Food in time to save it? Age Rating: T SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W $9.99
Includes a 3-Month Digital Subscription! Weekly Shonen Jump is bridging the gap between print and digital! Get 100+-pages of manga including Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and more! Includes a code for a 3-month weekly digital subscription, plus and ultra-rare Weekly Shonen Jump exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! promotional card and more! SC, 7x10, 112pgs, B&W $19.99
While Goku races toward Earth along the million-kilometer Serpent Road, the world’s mightiest martial artists make their last stand against alien invaders determined to wipe out the human race! Piccolo, Gohan, Kuririn, Tenshinhan and Chaozu struggle five-to-one against Nappa, only to find their opponent’s power is greater than they ever dreamed. Their last chance is Goku… but can he get there in time? Age Rating: A SC, 6x10, 248pgs, FC $19.99
As the Hunter elections reach the moment of decision, Killua closes in on the hospital where Gon lies in a coma. Can he and his terrifyingly powerful sister Alluka reach Gon in time? If they do, Gon will have a chance to fulfill the dream that drove him to become a Hunter in the first place: reuniting with his father, Ging! Age Rating: T+ SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W $9.99
Thanks to rumors, all of Tokyo is terrified of Rikuo and wants him dead! But Rikuo’s got other problems too. In Shibuya, a yokai is turning human girls into monsters, and he’s got a special spell in store for Rikuo when he tries to stop him. Age Rating: T SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W $9.99
While the day belongs to humans, the night belongs to yokai, supernatural creatures that thrive on human fear. Caught between these worlds is Rikuo Nura. He's three-quarters human, but his grandfather is none other than Nurarihyon, the supreme commander of the Nura clan, a powerful yokai consortium. (STK431197) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. Directory: downloads downloads -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations downloads -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer downloads -> Forth coming competitive exams downloads -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school downloads -> Year 9 The Arts — Music downloads -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft downloads -> Chris Young sets 2016 “I’m Comin’ Over” Tour headlining dates downloads -> Slavery and Abolition: the Plymouth Connection Introduction downloads -> Summer Assignment Download 1.62 Mb. Share with your friends:
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