UNCHARTED WILDERNESS STUDIOS
WORLD OF TOMORROW #5 (OF 6)
(W) Giles Clarke (A/CA) Kenan Haliovic
Following his life-or-death grudge match, Craig awakens with barely enough time to return to the studio for the broadcast of the final episode. He and Johnnie inadvertently discover the secret to his split personality. As Craig searches for a cure, the Friezeman's learn about his condition and attempt to turn Captain Cal into a human wrecking ball to destroy Craig's life forever. (STL289792)
24pgs, FC (5 of 6) SRP: $3.99
UNCIVILIZED BOOKS
HOLY FOOLS & FUNNY GODS HIDDEN LINK BETWEEN RELIGION HUMOR
(W/A) Izar Lunacek
In Holy Fools and Funny Gods, philosopher and cartoonist Izar Lunacek explores the surprising intersections between religion and comedy. Many view religion as a monument to eternal truth. Comedy, on the other hand, is the eternal iconoclast. This conflict between jokers and the faithful frequently marks our present-day culture. But in pre-Christian times, pagan pantheons included holy clowns precariously positioned at the right side of the main deity. Among many tributes paid to gods, at least one ritual was reserved for the trickster who destroyed the world order only to rebuild it refreshed and new. When we put gods on pedestals, we also expose them to communal mockery. When we laugh at clowns, we worship their disregard for social convention. (STL287702) (C: 0-1-0)
History Book, SC, FC SRP: $24.95
UNCIVILIZED COMICS
GINSENG ROOTS COMPLETE BOX SET
(W/A/CA) Craig Thompson
A collectible Box Set with all 12 issues of Craig Thompson's Eisner Award-nominated Ginseng Roots series. From ages 10 to 20, Craig Thompson and his little brother Phil, toiled in Wisconsin farms. Weeding and harvesting ginseng a medicinal herb that fetched huge profits in China funded Craig's youthful obsession with comic books. Comics in turn, allowed him to escape his rural, working class trappings. Now, for the first time in his career, Thompson is working in serial form, in a comic book series part memoir, part travelogue, part essay, that explores class divide, agriculture, holistic healing, the 300-year-long trade relationship between China and North America, childhood labor, and the bond between two brothers. The Collectible Box contains issues #1-12, a bonus mini comic, and a sticker. (STL289847) (C: 0-1-1)
Box Set, 6x9, 768pgs, 2C SRP: $69.99
MAPLE TERRACE #3 (OF 3) CVR A NOAH VAN SCIVER
(W/A/CA) Noah Van Sciver
In this intense finale of the critically acclaimed autobiographical comic, Noah finds himself in a showdown with a tough local comic-collecting gang at Vincent's Pizzeria. But can a newly revealed secret rescue him this time, or will a surprising alliance save the day? Noah Van Sciver was a regular contributor to MAD Magazine and has written and drawn numerous bestselling graphic novels, including One Dirty Tree (Uncivilized), the Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer (Fantagraphics), and Joseph Smith And The Mormons (Abrams). (STL289848)
32pgs, FC (3 of 3) SRP: $6.00
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
GODZILLA AND GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN SC
(W) Shigeru Kayama, Jeffrey Angles
Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Toho Studios and directed by Ishiro Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world's most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened and transformed by nuclear weapons testing, Godzilla serves as a terrifying metaphor for humanity's shortsighted destructiveness: this was the intent of Shigeru Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original film and its first sequel and, in 1955, published these novellas. Kayama's two Godzilla novellas, both classics of Japanese young-adult science fiction, have never been available in English. This book finally provides English-speaking fans and critics the original texts with these first-ever English-language translations of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. (STL289349) (C: 0-1-1)
Novel, SC, 6x9, 256pgs, FC SRP: $19.95
86th Floor Comics September 2023 Catalogue
