JANUARY 2015
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 09.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083291, 20 January 2015, 400pp, £12.77.
Paperback edition aimed at US market.
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Kingdom of the Wicked by Ian Edginton & D'Israeli.
Titan Books ISBN 978-1782760566, 6 January 2015 [Amazon dates the release 6 November 2014], 104pp, £14.99.
The twenty-first century's greatest living children's author -
Christopher Grahame - is drawn back into Castrovalva, the world of his
childhood imagination, when the stress of his fame starts to weigh on
him. But Castrovalva has gone to hell in his absence - devastated by
war, famine and loss. And now Christopher can't wake up. Has he lost his
mind... or his innocence?
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Kingsman: The Secret Service by Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons.
Titan Books ISBN 978-1783293360, 24 January 2015, 160pp, £9.99.
Garys life is going nowhere. He lives in public housing with his mother
and spends his nights carousing with his friends. But Garys Uncle Jack
has taken a different path of glamour, danger and mystery. When Jack has
to get his nephew out of trouble, their lives are going to intersect in
a way neither of them could have foreseen. From Mark Millar (Kick-Ass)
and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Movie tie-in cover
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The Last of the Mohicans by Ruggero Giovannini & Cecil Doughty.
Book Palace Books ISBN 978-1907081293, January 2015, 74pp, £19.99.
James Fenimore Cooper's poignant tale superbly presented as a comic
strip by the talented artists Cecil Doughty and Ruggero Giovannini. In
this volume, we re-present two very different adaptations of James
Fenimore Cooper’s popular adventure classic. Originally published in
1826, The Last of the Mohicans has been adapted countless times for
films, television, radio and comics.
Set in 1757, when France
and Great Britain battled for control of North America, it is the story
of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, commander of a beleaguered fort
and their journey to be reunited with him. The girls, Cora and Alice,
are rescued from an ambush by Hawkeye, a hunter, and his two Mohican
companions, Chingachgook and his son, Uncas. Together, they endeavour to
get the girls to safety.
The first adaptation in this book was
drawn and painted in full colour by renowned Italian artist Ruggero
Giovannini and appeared in 'Tell Me Why' in 1968. Giovannini’s strip is
“simply the finest, most authentic and most colourful, picture strip
adaptation of ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ ever to appear”.
The
second version, from 'Look and Learn', was drawn in fine and authentic
detail by Cecil Doughty and was originally published in 1980. Using as
much as possible Cooper’s own words, it can be fairly classed as one of
the most faithful picture strip adaptations of the story.
Although
obviously taken from the same source material, both versions differ in
more ways than just the look of their artwork. These, and the further
differences when compared to various cinematic versions, will hopefully
inspire readers to seek out and read Cooper's original book.
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Slaine: The Brutania Chronicles by Pat Mills & Simon Davis.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083352, 15 January 2015, 112pp, £16.99.
Ancient Albion. Celtic barbarian warrior Slaine united the tribes of the
Earth Goddess and became the first High King of Ireland. After ruling
for seven years, he fought for the Goddess in other eras before
returning to save his people from the Fomorian sea devils. Now, he's
crossed over onto the isle of Monadh in an attempt to rescue Sinead from
the evil clutches of the Drune Lords...This brand-new chapter in the
life of Slaine is the perfect jumping on point for new readers as writer
Pat Mills (Marshal Law) transports the Celtic warrior to the ancient
world of Albion. This book also introduces the fully-painted art style
of Simon Davis (Ampney Crucis) to the strip for the first time.
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Strontium Dog: The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: Dogs of War by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083369, 15 January 2015, 144pp, £14.99.
Late 22nd century. After the Atomic Wars, many survivors were warped by
the Strontium 90 fallout. These 'mutants' became a victimised
underclass, and the only job open to them was bounty hunting. One such
Search/Destroy agent, or Strontium Dog, is Johnny Alpha, who was thought
killed. But he has been resurrected and is now leading mutantkind in a
revolution against the Norms...Written by Strontium Dog co-creator John
Wagner (A History of Violence) with art by his co-creator Carlos
Ezquerra (Judge Dredd) Johnny Alpha's explosive return from beyond
concludes in this action-packed finale.
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FEBRUARY 2015
Dredd: Urban Warfare by Arthur Wyatt & Henry Flint.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083161, 12 February 2015, 96pp, £14.99.
The comic book sequel to the hit film! Featuring three action-packed
stories from the critically acclaimed cinematic world of DREDD. In
Underbelly Ma-Ma's death has led to a power vacuum and now other
criminal gangs in Mega-City One are trying to fill the gap. When a
number of corpses are discovered in a rad-pit, the bodies are all
revealed to be mutants. Could the dead be connected with an outfit
smuggling illegal refugees into the city from the Cursed Earth? Judge
Dredd once again teams up with Psi-Judge Anderson as they scour the
underworld for the perps responsible!
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 24.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083390, 12 February 2015, 320pp, £19.99.
The streets don't come much meaner than those found in Mega-City One.
Only the Judges - empowered to dispense law and order - keep the city
from falling into total anarchy. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd -
he is the law and these are his stories. In this 24th volume of the
bestselling Case Files series, Dredd is faced with one of his hardest
challenges yet - dispensing justice in the Big Meg's worst sector known
as 'The Pit'! Also, the ultimate lawman faces a legendary war robot,
when Judge Dredd squares off against the ABC Warrior Hammerstein!
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Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Headline ISBN 978-1472217684, 3 February 2015, 352pp, £18.99.
In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath.
Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction-stories, verse, and a very special
Doctor Who
story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved
series in 2013-as well as BLACK DOG, a new tale that revisits the world
of
American Gods.
Trigger Warning is a rich
cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy
tales, fabulism and poetry that explores the realm of experience and
emotion. In
Adventure Story-a thematic companion to
The Ocean at the End of the Lane-Gaiman ponders death and the way people take their stories with them when they die. His social media experience
A Calendar of Tales
are short takes inspired by replies to fan tweets about the months of
the year-stories of pirates and the March winds, an igloo made of books,
and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe.
Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his
award-nominated mystery tale
The Case of Death and Honey. And
Click-Clack the Rattlebag explains the creaks and clatter we hear when we're all alone in the darkness.
Associational collection of short stories.
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MARCH 2015
The Dracula File by Gerry Finley-Day, Simon Furman & Eric Bradbury. Hibernia [no ISBN], March 2015, 86pp, £9.00.
From the pages of
Scream! comic Hibernia is proud to present the complete
Dracula Files,
collecting all the weekly episodes as well as all the episodes from the
hard to find Holiday Specials. Also included is two page’s of unseen
Eric Bradbury Dracula art from Scream issue 18, and a cover gallery. Follow KGB officer Colonel Stakis desperate hunt for Count Dracula, who
is spreading terror in 1980’s Britain after defecting from Communist
Romania.
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Insurrection: Liberty by Dan Abnett & Colin Macneil.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083406, 12 March 2015, 96pp, £13.99.
Mega-City colonial space, 2135AD. Mining colony K Alpha 61 renamed
itself Liberty after cutting loose from the Big Meg. Furious at this
dissent, and in a bid to stop the revolt spreading to other colonies,
the SJS launched a blistering attack on Colonial Marshal Kerel Luther's
forces. Now the alien Zhind have been defeated, and the SJS are turning
on the insurrectionists...
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It's Even Bigger on the Inside by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett.
MIWK Publishing, 6 March 2015, 224pp, £17.99.
For over a decade Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett provided a regular comic strip
Doctor Who? For Marvel Comics (now Panini) in
Doctor Who Magazine.
For the first time all their strips are collected here, together with
strips from specials, annuals and yearbooks as well as their two
previously published books
It’s Bigger on the Inside and
The Doctor Who Fun Book.
Each strip has been lovingly restored and where possible scanned from
the original artwork to present them, many in full colour, as never
before.
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Kick-Ass 3 by Mark Millar & John Romita Jr.
Titan Books ISBN 978-1783290871, 6 March 2015, 232pp, £18.99.
Mark Millar and John Romita's mega-selling series returns for its final
story! Hit-Girl is in jail, leaving Kick-Ass to lead the super hero team
Justice Forever. But super heroes have been outlawed, leaving Kick-Ass
to dodge both cops and some terrifying new foes! For the first time,
Kick-Ass is beginning to have doubts. Is he in too deep to get out? Paperback edition.
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Nemo: River of Ghosts by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill.
Knockabout ISBN 978-0861662333, 19 March 2015, 56pp, £9.99.
In a world where all the fictions ever written coalesce into a rich
mosaic, it's 1975. Janni Dakkar, pirate queen of Lincoln Island and head
of the fabled Nemo family, is eighty years old and beginning to display
a tenuous grasp on reality. Pursuing shadows from her past - or her
imagination - she embarks on what may be a final voyage down the
vastness of the Amazon, a last attempt to put to rest the blood-drenched
spectres of old. With allies and adversaries old and new, we accompany
an aging predator on her obsessive trek into the cultural landscape of a
strange new continent, from the ruined city of Yu-Atlanchi to the
fabulous plateau of Maple White Land. As the dark threads in her
narrative are drawn into an inescapable web, Captain Nemo leads her
hearse-black Nautilus in a desperate raid on horrors believed dead for
decades. Through the exotic spectacle of an imagined South America, Alan
Moore and Kevin O'Neill steer their fifty-year-long Nemo trilogy to its
remarkable conclusion, borne upon a River of Ghosts.
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Tales of Telguuth: A Tribute to Steve Moore by Steve Moore & Gregg Staples.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083413, 12 March 2015, 176pp, £18.99.
In March 2014, British comics lost one of its' most creative and
distinct voices in the form of Steve Moore. The father of the 2000AD
Future Shock, Steve created many memorable characters including Lazer
Erazer and Axel Pressbutton for Warrior, and the psychotic Dalek killer,
Abslom Daak for the Doctor Who Magazine. This collection features the
highly-regarded fantasy series which Moore developed for 2000AD, along
with some of his classic Future Shocks. It will also featur a new
introduction from Alan Moore (no relation), for whom Steve Moore was a
major influence.
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APRIL 2015
Judge Dredd: Luna 1
by John Wagner, Brian Bolland, Mick McMahon & Ian Gibson.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083420, 9 April 2015, 142pp, £6.99.
In 2061, an international lunar treaty divided a million square miles of
the moon's surface between Mega-Cities One, Two and Texas City. Every
six months one of these cities has to supply a Judge-Marshal to govern
it...enter Judge Dredd! An environment every bit as deadly as the
streets of the 'Big Meg', Judge-Marshal Dredd has his work cut out for
him - especially when war breaks out during the first Lunar Olympics!
Written by John Wagner and featuring some beautiful artwork by Brian
Bolland, Ian Gibson and Mick McMahon, these early Dredd stories are out
of this world!
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The Mystery of the Crooked Imp by Conrad Mason & David Whyatt.
David Fickling Books (Phoenix Presents) ISBN 978-1910200421, 2 April 2015, 64pp, £7.99.
Welcome to Port Fayt! City of fantastical creatures, magic and
skulduggery! As the clocks strike midnight, a gang of fairies holds up a
stagecoach. Their prize - a baby boy. Only the ragtag band of
crimefighters known as the Demon's Watch can rescue the child. But first
they must unmask the mysterious criminal behind the kidnapping...Who is
the Crooked Imp?
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Space Ace Vol.4 by Ron Turner.
John Lawrence [no ISBN], April 2015, 40pp, £8.95.
The lead story is 'The Island Universe', a 24-page serial from 1954 that was Turner's first work on Space Ace. The issue also includes a second strip, the 8-page 'The Raiders From Space', dating from 1957. Both stories are newly coloured by John Ridgway. The issue also includes an extract from an interview with Turner.
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Zenith: Phase Three by Grant Morrison & Steve Yeowell.
2000AD Graphic Novels ISBN 978-1781083215, 9 April 2015, 144pp, £20.00.
The Lloigor have returned and once again threaten to destroy all
reality. In order to stop them, Maximan of alternative Earth 23 has
assembled an army of superheroes, including Zenith and ex-members of
Cloud 9. They are tasked with travelling to 'occupied' earths and
destroying them, in the hope of stopping others from falling. Despite
the danger Zenith decides to tag along. After all, with his musical
career and popularity on the wane, he really has nothing better to do...
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