SLG NEW RELEASES

Zombies Calling Graphic Novel

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:03:26 -0800

Joss's life sucks. She's worried about exams and student loan debt when she'd much rather be watching the zombie movies she loves. So it's no surprise that when she tells her roommates that she's been attacked by a swarm of real-life, brain-hungering zombies-zombies!- they think the stress has finally cracked her.

But Joss knows she's sane- and it's a good thing, too! Because the zombies are real, and the she's the only one who knows how to fight them. Armed with "The Rules," truths about fighting the undead gleaned from zombie movies, Joss, Sonnet and Robyn just might make it out of their dorm alive.

Gargoyles #6

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:01:33 -0800

What promises Yetis, monks, deadly archers and long-lost cyborg-zombie rookery siblings with multiple personality disorder? That’s right, it’s “CLAN-BUILDING, Chapter 6: Reunion.” Thailog’s new executive assistant keeps him busy with a tale of World Tour’s past, as Goliath, Angela, Elisa and Bronx journey to Tibet and encounter an old friend… or perhaps a foe.

$3.95

PREORDER - The Haunted Mansion Hardcover Graphic Novel

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:04:44 -0700

When hinges creak in doorless chambers and candles flicker where the air is DEATHLY still, that’s when you know that ghosts are present. The Haunted Mansion Volume One: Welcome Foolish Mortals! collects stories from the first six issues of the comic book series based on the classic Disney attraction. Featuring work by Roman Dirge, Eric JOnes, Drew Rausch and many others, The Haunted Mansion tells the story of the 999 happy haunts who make the mansion their home. This Hardcover collection of the first six issues ships in a sturdy four-color slipcase featuring artwork from the covers of the first six issues of our Haunted Mansion comic book series. The book itself is a gold stamped cloth-bound hardcover book designed to look like a book you would find in the mysterious old manse itself. A limited number of these books will be available so order yours today. DON'T COUNT ON FINDING THIS IN YOUR LOCAL COMIC BOOK STORE OR BOOKSELLER!!!

TO HEART2 TAMAKI KOUSAKA FRILLED BIKINI PVC STATUE

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:03:31 -0700

A KOTOBUKIYA Japanese import! From the popular Japanese ren'ai (dating simulation) game and anime, ToHeart2, comes a fabulous series of high quality, PVC statues of the lovely ladies of the series! Each is 1/8th scale, includes a display base, and comes packaged its original Japanese window box. KOTOBUKIYA has made a reputation on bishoujo figures - once you see these toys, you'll know why! TAMAKI KOUSAKA: FRILLED BIKINI The most popular of all the lovely To Heart girls is presented here as the first in a new swimsuit sub-series. Larger than the other ladies at 1/7th scale and 4 inches tall in her lounging, seated position. The sexy Tamaki comes with a special reversible base - with one side showing a beach scene, and the opposite side is a mirror display base!

BOME VOL 18 GUNBUSTER NORIKO TAKAYA

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:01:40 -0700

Imported from Japan! Mech handlers in big-robot-animation-series\' generally fit into two basic molds. The first mold is that of an ace pilot with innate skills who takes to maneuvering a robot like a duck takes to water. The second mold follows a more humble path where the hero has potential but must work hard to get to the lofty levels of the aforementioned prodigies. In the Gun Buster anime series, Noriko Takaya fits squarely in the second mold! To celebrate all that is Noriko, Kaiyodo presents the eighteenth \"Monsieur Bomé Collection\" release, dedicated to the Gunbuster pilot! Figure stands approximately 8\" tall and features a display base. Blister card packaging.

DEATH NOTE RYUK THE SHINIGAMI NENDROID FIGURE

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:00:17 -0700

Imported from Japan! This pair of Nendroid figures (collectible chibi miniatures with variant parts) captures the Shinigami Ryuk, and Light Yagami, the main character of Death Note, who uses the titular notebook to cleanse the world of evil (so he can rule over the coming Utopia as its "god"). Ryuk comes with two different faces, an Apple (both whole & eaten), and a Death Note, plus a display stand for flying poses; while Light Yagami features four variant faces, Death Note and pen, and a chain. Window box packaging.

Shutterbox Volume 4 by Rikki Simons and Tavisha - $8.99

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:57:48 -0700

Now that Megan has merged with the goddess, Laahli, Megan discovers that she can teleport to any place within Merridiah. Megan and Adrien spend many months alone together doing exactly wherever they desire. The many creatures of Merridiah are terrified at the idea of Megan's divine union with Laahli, and thus after a meeting of Merridiah's leaders, Damien hatches a plan to imprison Megan within university grounds.

Many Faces of Johnny Poster

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:28:37 -0700

A cool new psoter featuring images of the many faces of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac as drawn by Jhonen Vasquez. Now in stock at the SLG store and ready for immediate shipping.

GLISTER #1 • By Andi Watson

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:10:40 -0700

From Image Comics.
Glister Butterworth And The Haunted Teapot

Eisner and Harvey nominated creator Andi Watson's new series follows the adventures of Glister Butterworth, a girl who's a magnet for the weird and unusual.

Ghost writers back from the dead, upset houses who can change appearance, a Toll Troll in the wishing well, unscrupulous antiquarian ex-wrestlers, and a misplaced sphinx are just some of the oddities she encounters!

Includes a new Skeleton Key backup story!

SLG Royal Crest T-Shirt designed by Crab Scrambly

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:50:18 -0700

Every great empire has its standard, something that an army can march under, something that royalty can wear like royalty, an image to inspire the masses and bring a sense of pride and belonging to all who gaze upon it. 13th of Never and Everything can be Beaten artist Crab Scrambly brings his vision of an SLG Royal crest. One color on a black 100% cotton shirt, all SLG loyalsist should be wearing this shirt proudly. Offered only on the web (for now) you can be one of the cool kids just by owning and wearing this shirt. Regular Price Each $20.00

Peter the Pirate Squid by Roman Dirge and Steven Daily

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:45:07 -0700

Peter the Pirate Squid tells the swashbuckling tale of a pirate squid and his gaggle of oysters, sea horses, crabs and other scourges of one seventh of the sea. Inspired by the pirate who passed to and fro over their murky depths, this fishy band pursued their own piratey lifestyle and engaged human buccaneers on their own turf, which was kind of hard since these intrepid sea beasties were pretty small. So, come set sail on the tiny ship Barnacle Booty with Peter the Pirate Squid, and see feet slashed, confused maidens, slimy sword fights and their never-ending quest for shiny baubles.

Lenore #13

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:42:41 -0700

When the mailman accidentally delivers to Lenore a birthday party invitation addressed to Chong Lee, Lenore dismisses that as bad spelling and finds herself invading a stranger's party. Poor stranger. Mayhem ensues. What kind of mayhem? The red, sticky, coagulating type. Pooty goes on a permanent sabbatical and leaves a mysterious stranger in his place. But ...Is this new guy friend or foe? Ohhhhhh.......cryptic.
Written & Illustrated by Roman Dirge

Gargoyles #5

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:40:47 -0700

“CLAN-BUILDING” continues in “Chapter Five: Bash”… Goliath is down for the count, surrounded by Thailog and the clones. Can the other gargoyles reach him in time? Whose side will Delilah choose? Who else will learn the gargoyles’ secrets? And what exactly is David Xanatos up to at the White House?
By Greg Weisman and Karine Charlebois

Wonderland #4

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:12:49 -0700

Mary Ann and the White Rabbit, along with the King and Queen of Spades, have escaped the treacle well with the help of The Butterfly. The disparate companions crash the Mad Tea Party (literally), and are welcomed by the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, until it is revealed that the White Rabbit is wanted by the Queen of Hearts for treason. Tensions and scrub brushes bristle, personalities and patterns clash, and the Queen of Spades whisks her charges off to Sir Edward the Tailor. A nicer dress and a few giant moths later, Mary Ann finds herself sneaking into Looking-Glass House, to try and get a glimpse of the “Alice Monster.”

Rex Libris Volume One: I Librarian

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:58:10 -0700

The astonishing story of the imcomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library. From ancient Egypt, where his beloved Hypatia was murdered, to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books, rex upholds his vow to fight the forces of ignorance and darkness. Wearing his super thick bottle glasses and armed with an arsenal of high technology weapons, he strikes fear into recalcitrant borrowers, and can take on virtually any foe from zombies to renegade literary characters. In this first collection of librarian adventures, rex must confront the powerful Space Warlord Vaglox and retrieve the overdue Principia Mathematica while his fellow librarians attempt to fend off a manifestation of blood-thirsty Vandals set on burning down the Middleton Library to the ground. Rex Libris: I, Librarian is by James Turner, the writer and illustrator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel Nil: A Land Beyond Belief. Author James Turner ISBN 978-1-59362-062-2 Regular Price Each $14.95

Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:16:33 -0700

The new book by the Author of The Grog Log, Intoxica and Taboo Table. Beach Bum Berry, as he is better known, is America's leading authority on tropical drinks and Polynesian pop-culture. In this all new book, Berry not only offers up tantalizing new drink recipes, but tells stories about some of the most famous figures of their time. The Bum applies the same dogged research to the untold stories of the people behind the drinks, stories culled from over 100 interviews with those who actually created the mid-century Tiki scene -- people as colorful as the drinks they invented, or served, or simply drank. People like:

* Leon Lontoc, Don The Beachcomber's waiter who served Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando by night, and acted in their movies by day;

* Henry Riddle, the Malibu Seacomber bartender who fed items about his famous customers to infamous gossip columnist Louella Parsons, till the day Howard Hughes found him out;

* Duke Kamanamoku, whose manager turned him from Olympic champion into reluctant restaurateur.

This is a preorder. Sippin Safari will ship in June 2007

Haunted Mansion #6

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:23:09 -0700
Based on the classic Disneyland and Disneyworld attraction, this issue of The Haunted Mansion features a new story by Andy and Alice Price as well as the conclusion of the Mystery of the Manse storyline by Dan Vado and Mike Moss. Plus, a new story about everyone's favorite wannabe maid Sarah also by Dan Vado with cover artist Drew Rausch.

SLG Secret Identity T-Shirt

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:36:39 -0700
We are all hiding from something. You could be hiding from the mob, hiding from a super-villian, hiding from your mom an dad, whatever. We all have a secret identity. So why hide it? The SLG Secret Identity shirt tells the world that the person you see is just a cover for some greater, cooler, altogether mightier person either just beneath the surface or existing in another dimension just waiting for you to utter your key word. Also, it's a cool conversation starter too. Available in men's and ladies sizes.

One color white on black 100% cotton T-shirt.

Truth Serum: The Lonely Parade - By Jon Adams

Fri, 25 May 2007 10:36:02 -0700
Welcome to Mancester, a fine place to live if not for the people. Or the town.

Something evil is afoot, and it's as mysterious and resilient as a gas station hot dog. Just down the street from the Stop & Shop, villains have smushed local hero, Johnny Phosphor, with the front of their Dodge Caravan, and now someone has to kick some ass to restore peace and security to the town. Enter Roger Stevenson, aka Ameriman, the leader of the Manchester Justice Squadron, and elite(ish) assemblage of local superheroes. He may not know who the villains are, but he knows they're probably out there. Will he succeed in his quest for justice? Will ordinary citizens feel safe to venture from their cul-de-sacs again? Most importantly, how many reprobates can Ameriman pummel today before COPS comes on?

Jon Adams returns with the second book of the Truth Serum series, The Lonely Parade, a wry and incisively irreverent tale of suburban superheroes caught in an epic battle of sort-of-good versus probably evil.

Truth Serum Graphic Novel - By Jon Adams

Fri, 25 May 2007 10:29:50 -0700
Welcome to Manchester, a fine place to live if not for the people. And the town. Walk the streets, look at the houses, listen to the rhythm and hum of human potential being slowly ground to the consistency of a fine talc.

There are lots of towns with skies full of superheroes. In Manchester, the more likely haunts are bars and street corners, bowling alleys and grocery stores, the bus station and the odd park bench. They'e ever watchful, keeping a keen eye out for evil or a really good deal on tube socks. They scour the streets, sweeping up ruthless villains and the occaisional empty beer can, which can still be redeemed for a nickel. Because after all, a nickel's a nickel.

The days pass. Phones don't ring. Friends don't come by. Eye contact is avoided.

You're in Manchester now.

The graphic novel collects the original series "Truth Serum" published by SLG Publishing.

The Plain Janes - Art by Jim Rugg

Fri, 25 May 2007 10:25:16 -0700
When transfer student Jane is forced to move from the confines of Metro City to Suburbia, she thinks her life is over. But there in the lunch room at the reject table she finds her tribe: three other girls named Jane. Main Jane encourages them to form a secret art gang and paint the town P.L.A.I.N. -- People Loving Art In Neighborhoods. But can art attacks really save the hell that is high school?

Jim Rugg is the artist of Street Angel

Gargoyles #4

Tue, 15 May 2007 15:57:03 -0700
Thailog’s back in town! In an adventure that takes us from the Labyrinth to the Eyrie to the White House, the evil clone of Goliath is determined to collect on his debts. Can the scattered clan come together in time to stop Thailog and save Goliath?! And does Goliath want to be saved – now that Elisa has broken his heart…?

Rex Libris #8 by James Turner

Mon, 14 May 2007 15:31:37 -0700
Rex must navigate his way through an obstacle course of man-eating,facinorous horrors in order to reach a library patron who has been stranded inside the infamous Book of Monsters. Meanwhile, Hypatia discovers a portal in the reading room out of which the book's denizens are spilling in exponentially increasing numbers. Only quick thinking and help from the most powerful sorceress in history can prevent the entire human species from becoming brunch for beasts.

Nightmares & Fairy Tales #19

Fri, 04 May 2007 14:43:32 -0700
This issue Nightmares & Fairy Tales returns to the manga-inspired visual style with the introduction of new series artist Camilla d’ Errico. Writer Serena Valentino also returns to the shorter stories as this issue focus on a retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

BY Serena Valentino & Camilla d’ Ericco

The Clarence Principle Graphic Novel

Fri, 04 May 2007 14:14:13 -0700
Embark on a surreal voyage into an unconventional vision of the afterlife. Clarence wakes to the aftermath of his own suicide and a hidden message spawns his journey beyond. Follow Clarence’s twisted tale, as he meets whimsical characters whose fates are destined to intertwine with his.
Written by Fehed Said, Illustrated by Shari Chankhamma

$12.95

H'eofigendlic Lodrung: A Collection of Stories by FSc

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:30:03 -0700
The new 192 page graphic novel covering all 5 Fsc titles and over 50 pages of additional stories. H'eofigendlic Lodrung covers the last six years worth of stories by Fsc and also unpublished works that have only been available until now. Some of these hard to find stories were published in very small runs years ago in Singapore and China and have now been translated into the English language. This truly is a definitive collection of Fsc works and is must for anyone who enjoys the very best in sequential art.

Nightmares & Fairy Tales Vol 3: 1140 Rue Royale by Serena Valentino & Crab Scrambly

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:50:28 -0700
This tale belongs to the dead and the house they dwell in.
Madame Lalaurie inflicted unspeakable acts upon her slaves at 1140 Rue Royale, and now their tortured souls are seeking revenge on the house’s new occupants, an elderly woman named Victoria and her young niece Rebecca. Rebecca must fight for their lives as she learns of the house’s horrifying past, encounters monstrous nuns with a deadly secret in the attic, and becomes possessed by one of the spirits in her new home.
Nightmares & Fairytales Volume Three contains all of the issues which made up the 1140 Rue Royale series.

Written by Serena Valentino (Gloomcookie) and illustrated by Crab Scrambly (13th of Never, Everything can be Beaten), 1140 Rue Royale is the third Nightmares & Fairy Tales collection and is a departure both in story and visual style from the first two. More Nightmare, less Fairy Tale and twice as cool looking with the art of Crab Scrambly meshing with the storytelling of Serena Valentino in an exciting and powerful way. But, don't just take MY word on it, click HERE to see a small sample of the art in 1140 Rue Royale.

The Dark Goodbye - Art by Drew Rausch

dvado@slgpubs.com — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:56:40 -0700
NEW BY HAUNTED MANSION ARTIST DREW RAUSCH

Hired to locate a missing girl, detective Max "Mutt" Mason discovers deeper malignant forces at work. Femmes Fatale soon give way to strange creatures older than humanity, all bent on remaking our world as their own. Mason wants answers, but the solution to this mystery may go beyond mere greed and betrayal- leading the detective to the brink of horrifying realms which man was never meant to tresspass... From the creative team of Frank Marraffino and Drew Rausch comes a brilliant fusion of hard-boiled noir and wierd horror, all taking place on the mean streets of one sinful city.