By Marti

Marti incorporates elements of Scorsese's Taxi Driver with the brutal squashed perspectives of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy to create an eye-popping tale of urban justice as meted by the 'Cabbie'.

This graphic novel revives the Cabbie character who was most recently seen in Marti's debut solo comic Calvario Hills.

Writer - Sam Sarkar
Art - Garrie Gastonny
Now in a deluxe trade paperback format! The Arthurian Legend of Excalibur is reborn in the old Pacific Northwest. A world in which Shamans replace Wizards, gunfighters walk where knights once stood, and in which a mystical gun will change the world in place of the sword of legend. It is here that Caliber is revealed as a tattooed six gun imbued with supernatural power. A land where lawlessness runs rampant and Arthur will have his chance to set balance to the scales of justice.

Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Adapted by Seymour Chwast

Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way - on motorcycles, of course - to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The tales, which range from high romance set in ancient Greece to low comedy in contemporary England, are adapted into graphic novel form by Seymour Chwast, a pitch-perfect transposition of Chaucer's pointed satire. Chwast's illustrations relate tales of trust and treachery, of piety and bawdiness, in an engaging style that will appeal to those who have enjoyed The Canterbury Tales for years, and those for whom this is a first, delectable introduction.

Writer:Linda Medley
Artist:Linda Medley
With its long-awaited second volume, Linda Medley's witty and sublimely drawn fantasy eases into a relaxed comedy of manners as Lady Jain settles into her new life in Castle Waiting. Unexpected visitors result in the discovery of a secret passageway, not to mention an epic bowling tournament. A quest for ladies' underpants, the identity of Pindar's father, the education of Simon, Rackham and Chess arguing about the 'manly arts' and an escape-prone goat are just a few of the elements in this delightful new volume.
vol 1 still available

Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Raulo Caceres.

From the sparking-mad mind of Warren Ellis, the creator of TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY, comes an electrical romance of a pirate utopia thwarted! In the London of 1830, newly-minted copper Charlie Gravel keeps seeing things he's not supposed to: a crooked Bow Street Runner with a flintlock revolver, high-flying vessels that are not supposed to fly, and the violent Scientific Phantasmagoria popularly known as Spring-Heeled Jack. With the coming of Captain Swing and his Electrical Pirates, history shall never be the same! This crackling new graphic novel is illustrated by Raulo Caceres in a stunning woodcut style, capturing the classic literary feel from days of yore. Available in softcover and hardcover formats, with illustrated covers by Raulo Caceres.

by Gabrielle Bell
A new graphic novel by Gabrielle Bell, featuring a story adapted to film by Michel Gondry. This new collection by Lucky cartoonist Gabrielle Bell presents her short comics work from various anthologies over the past five years, including Kramer's Ergot, Mome, and Drawn & Quarterly Showcase.

(W) Charlaine Harris, Bill Harms (A) Denis Medri (C) Benoit Springer (50%), Denis Medri (50%)

Acclaimed and NYT Bestselling author Charlaine Harris, the writer of the Sookie Stackhouse series, has joined the Dynamite Entertainment family with the first book of her hit Harper Connelly series, Grave Sight. Charlaine's Sookie Stackhouse novels became the basis for one of today's most successful television shows, the hit HBO series True Blood! Dynamite is extremely proud to present Charlaine Harris' first comic adaptation!

By Jess Fink

THE YEAR: 1885, a time of industrial revolution and sexual frustration. THE HEROINE: Pricilla, a beautiful woman who knows what she wants...and wants it ALL the time. THE HUSBAND: Robert, a scientist and inventor -- unfortunately, the only thing he can keep on his mind is his work. Ah, but what does a scientist love more than a problem to solve? Some gears, some springs, the proper appendages, a little extra lubricant, and a little extra love and voila! Chester 5000 is born. Chester is the perfect tool to soothe Pricilla's desires...but what if Chester is more than just a machine? What are the consequences of attempting to engineer love? A sepia-toned delight for adult readers of all stripes, Jess Fink's Top Shelf debut reads like a whimsical love-child of steampunk, silent film and erotic comics.

Troy Little (w & a)
Chiaroscuro is the story of Steven Patch, an unemployed artist with a single blank canvas. Steven's busy living the introspective, angst-ridden life of your average twenty-something; drinking too much and complaining about his situation while doing little to improve it. A case of mistaken identity pushes Steven into a flow of events that bring him places he'd never imagined and forces him to make a choice between art and mere existence.

Writer:Marjane Satrapi
Artist:Marjane Satrapi
From the acclaimed author of the best-selling Persepolis books, here is Marjane Satrapi's most accomplished and emotionally powerful work yet - the story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician who gave up his life for music and love. We are in Tehran in 1958, and Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran's most revered tar players, discovers his beloved instrument to be irreparably damaged. Though he tries, he cannot find one good enough to replace it. Brokenhearted, he takes to bed, renouncing the world and its pleasures. Over the course of the week that follows, as his loved ones gather at his bedside, we are treated to flashbacks and flashforwards that reveal Nasser Ali's entire life and beyond - from his own childhood through his children's futures. And as the pieces of his story slowly fall into place, we begin to understand the breadth of his decision to give up life.

Tom Waltz (w); Casey Maloney (a); Ashley Wood (c)
Before they teamed up on Gene Simmons' Zipper, writer Tom Waltz and artist Casey Maloney delivered the horrific wartime tale, Children of the Grave. This new printing features fully colored art for the first time ever, a new back-up story from Waltz and Maloney, and an all-new cover from acclaimed artist Ashley Wood!

Writer:Lorenzo Mattotti
Artist:Lorenzo Mattotti

Writer & Artist - Chris Grine
Things are going from bad to worse for our feathered and furry friend Chickenhare and his partner in hijinks Abe! Their narrow escape from the evil taxidermist Klaus is going to seem like a cakewalk compared to the dangers they'll face in the sequel to the Eisner- nominated graphic novel, Chickenhare: The House of Klaus. Magic and mayhem are about to collide, along with some pointy pitchforks, a few unexpected relatives, and more laughs than a barrel full of wet shromph as the Chickenhare and Abe learn the origins of their mysterious fellow escapees Meg and Banjo-and what this means to our friends is nothing but trouble!

Writer: Mario Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez
Artist: Gilbert Hernandez
Twenty years ago, the most famous, lifelike robot in the world was engulfed in scandal, arrested, and deactivated. Since then, an antirobot movement has developed, while body modification is in and prosthetic limbs have become hot black -- market items.
Stories like these are the stock in trade of gossip blogger Sergio Bauntin, whose startling revelations earn him the constant scrutiny of both the mob and the city's mysterious investigators, the Truth Takers. When Sergio catches wind of sightings of the long -- missing robot celebrity CTZ -- RX -- 1, all of these interests will collide in violence and intrigue.
* This handsome hardcover collection also features a new cover by Gilbert, sketches and behind -- the -- scenes material from Mario, and a special pinup from third Hernandez brother Jaime (Locas, The Education of Hopey Glass)!

(W) Steve Niles (A) Zid, Garrie Gastonny, Brandon Chng
Collecting the critically-acclaimed 5-issue miniseries from the dark mind of 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles! A chilling vision of the future reveals a world where police now patrol for Crimes of the Imagination, including stories of fiction, fable, and religion. Homicide detective Philip Khrome doesn't enforce Imagination, but when a brutal killing spree strikes his city, Khrome finds himself face-to-face with a perpetrator who has merged reality with superstition - and society itself may hang in the balance.

Writer: Steve Niles
Artist: Bernie Wrightson
Stosh Bludowski is a killer, born with the capacity for no apparent human emotion other than rage. Killing comes easy for Blud, and he makes a good living doing what's easy-until the day he meets two jobs in an alley who just won't die, and a grotesque mystery unfolds right in front of him. Soon, the remorseless killer is confronted by a reality he could never imagine, and he will be invited to make a decision once and for all . . . is he human, or is he Other?

Writer:Warren Ellis
Artist:Gary Erskine

Writer:Chris Ryall
Artist:Gabriel Rodriguez
It begins here! The first half of an adaptation of master of horror Clive Barker's epic journey into the fantastic, The Great and Secret Show. Adapted by Chris Ryall (Shaun of the Dead) and artist Gabriel Rodriguez (Land of the Dead), this first collection presents the beginning of a battle between good and evil that will span many decades and different dimensions. Featuring a special introduction from Clive himself!

by P. Craig Russell & Timothy Bradstreet
First time in print! Clive Barker's dark vision of the last days of a genetically altered and homicidally ecstatic sexual compulsive. Over 15 years in the making, this is the notorious adaptation by P. Craig Russell and Timothy Bradstreet that went missing for over a decade! Recently revised with its original ending restored!

by Jordan Crane
Jordan Crane's all-ages classic is in paperback for the first time! This gorgeously packaged, yet affordable, children's fantasy has become an instant classic since its original hardcover release in 2005, becoming a perennial bestseller for Fantagraphics in three hardcover printings. This paperback edition - the first - includes five new pages not included previously! The Clouds Above is a rip-roaring adventure about a kid named Simon, who skips school one day with his cat, Jack. This brilliant, full-color graphic novel doubles as a wondrous children's book, recalling such classics as Where the Wild Things Are, The Wizard of Oz and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

By Clamp
Kazuhiko is a young, but already deeply wounded black ops agent of a baroque, retro-tech future-pulled out of retirement to escort Sue, a mysterious waif, to a destination she alone knows. Sue and Kazuhiko have never met . . . yet she knows him, having grown up since the age of four with her only human contact two distant voices: that of her elderly "grandma," General Ko, and of Kazuhiko's dead girlfriend, Ora. And Sue has been kept in that cage all these years because of what she is, and what the Clover Leaf Project found her to be-a military top secret, and the most dangerous person in the world

(W/A) Dong Hwa Kim
First love is never easy. Ehwa grows up helping her widowed mother run the local tavern, watching as their customers, both neighbors and strangers, look down on her mother for her single lifestyle. Their social status isolates Ehwa and her mother from the rest of the people in their quiet country village. But as she gets older and sees her mother fall in love again, Ehwa slowly begins to open up to the possibility of love in her life. In the tradition of My Antonia and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, renowned Korean manwha creator Kim Dong Hwa debuts a trilogy about a girl coming of age, set against the vibrant, beautiful landscape of pastoral Korea.

nother great Arf book for 2008, featuring one of the greatest cartoonists of all time: Milt Gross!!! The Gross-ness begins on the cover with a stunning painting by the Count of Cartoons depicting Uncle Sam as he grinds up a sea of immigrants into a parade of classic comic strip characters!

During the 1920s, Milt Gross drew a comic strip that left the last panel blank for aspiring cartoonists. Arf series Editor Craig Yoe has drafted a Who's Who of contemporary cartoonists to complete Gross's unfinished masterpieces. Art Spiegelman, Patrick McDonnell, Mort Walker, R. Crumb, Bil Keane, Johnny Ryan, Jaime Hernandez, Mike Mignola, Bill Griffith, Kaz, Gene Deitch, Joost Swarte and a dozen more cartooning celebrities contribute art especially done for this Arf Happening!

For the history buff, Comic Arf delivers with showcases of Dudley Fisher, Arch Dale and a hard-hitting chapter entitled "The 15 Most Powerful Anti-War Cartoons of History." But why stop there! Keep turning the pages and you will find features and comic strip presentations by the likes of Walt Kelly, Gary Panter and Mitch O'Connell! And that's not all!!!

Writer:Johnny Ryan
Artist:Johnny Ryan
In these raunchy, parody-packed pages, Ryan mocks every kind of comic imaginable. COMIC BOOK HOLOCAUST skewers characters of all types, from newspaper strip icons and alternative favorites to the stars of Manga, sci-fi, kid's, and superhero comics. This hilarious and irreverent sketchbook collection continues the Johnny Ryan brand of gleefully perverse humor.

A Blecky Yuckerella Collection
by Johnny Ryan
Sure, she's smelly and gross, but she's got a heart of gold! This is the third collection of Johnny Ryan's comic strip, Blecky Yuckerella, as seen in the pages of Vice magazine. Blecky is the ugliest girl in the second grade and the only one with three-day stubble. The strips cast of characters also includes Blecky's Aunt Jiggles, her best friend Wedgie, Insanio the cat and many other absurdist goofballs. Demonstrates Ryan's blend of politically incorrect gags and social satire is as sharp as ever.

by Thomas Behe & Phil Elliott
Toby picked the wrong person to turn his cell phone camera upon. A self-styled "citizen journalist," he is documenting a group of underground video journalists who look for violent acts to film on their phones when he is discovered by agents for a cell-phone channel called "Contraband." Forced to work for them, Toby is assigned the difficult task of finding a female activist bent on sabotaging Contraband and must navigate a difficult path where he must choose between his own safety and the greater good.

Writer:Brian Wood Artist:Rob G. Moustafa and Special are back! The two urban mercenaries from last year's The Couriers are still ruling the streets of New York City, banking mo' money and mo' street cred with each job they take on. But when one of their own dies in a gun deal gone bad, they find themselves taking the fight to unfamiliar territory: the wilds of upstate New England! (AiT)

Writer:Brian Wood
Artist:Rob G.
Book Three in the Couriers saga hits the rewind button on the lives of everybody's two favorite urban mercenary couriers and goes back, way back, to 1993. Moustafa's a dirtbag grunge kid selling weed by the cube at Astor Place and Special's a riot grrrl with a mean streak, looking to carve a place for herself in the criminal underworld. How do these two unlikely partners meet up and become the tight-knit team they are now? Meet Johnny Funwrecker, the hilarious larger-than-life Chinatown mob boss and role model for little street rat hooligans all over. Wood doesn't scrimp on the action and humor in this origin story, and artist Rob G kicks out his own hometown anthem, drawing New York City the way only a true local can.

Writer:Aron Coleite
Artist:Tone Rodriguez
Your teenage years are a time of carefree fun, excitement exploration and discovery. But when four teens discover they're about to become the most powerful warlocks in the world, a little fun today can mean big trouble tomorrow.
When murders begin near the boys' summer camp, suspicion falls on one of their own. Can they retain their bond and find the truth? Or will the covenant be broken?

by Cosby, Church & Santolouco
He's Alex Martin, the down-on-his-luck actor whose star is rising thanks to a roadside rescue caught on tape. She's Rachel Dodd, the bodyguard assigned to keep him alive after several mysterious attempts on his life. Will Rachel be able to keep Alex alive long enough to get to the bottom of the attacks on the actor? Will Alex be able to keep his hair perfect the entire time? Andrew Cosby (Sci-Fi's Eureka) and Kevin Church (Cthulhu Tales) team up with artists Mateus Santolouco, R.M. Yankovicz and others to tell the story of two people that are trying to stay alive now, if only to kill each other later!

Written by David Lapham
Art by Gianluca Pagliarani
Cover by Gianluca Pagliarani
Crossed bursts into a whole new dimension of horror with this original full-color graphic novel in 3D!

When one of the last surviving human Doctors gets trapped in a New York skyscraper, S.W.A.T. veteran Lt. Hunt MacAvoy must assemble and arm a rag-tag group of handymen to go on a rescue mission of madness - right into a city of millions of Crossed!

Created with state-of-the-art 3D effects over full color art, this graphic novel promises to shock and disturb you in a way you've never seen before! Every copy ships with a removable pair of 3D glasses bound into the spine.

By Carol Swain
Collecting over thirty short stories by London-based writer/artist Carol Swain, Crossing the Empty Quarter and Other Stories is Swain's first career-spanning retrospective! The "graphic lit" love children of Gabriel García Márquez and Raymond Carver, Swain's comics first appeared in the late 1980s, and she has since contributed to over twenty anthologies across the globe. Her introspective, boldly executed, and visually unique works are peppered with magical realism, autobiography, and tenacious punk attitudes. While Swain's tales cover a wide range of emotions, politics, and societal ills, they are all tied together with an art style that is universally appealing and undeniably unique. Two bran- new color stories, created for this hardcover volume, are featured in a special color section. Alan Moore describes Carol Swain's work as "dark and full of life, like soil . . . a perfect example of what modern comics are capable of if they only try."

Writer:Marv Wolfman
Artist:Gene Colan
Reprints: The Curse of Dracula #1-3 (Dark Horse)
A mysterious and persuasive figure is moving amongst the circles of San Francisco's political elite. When Jonathan Van Helsing and his team of vampire hunters come to town investigating a string of grisly murders and stumble into a virtual pit of blood-soaked horrors teeming with ravenous vampires, they realize this dark figure is none other than the Lord of the Dead - Dracula!

Written by Mathieu Missoffe
Art and Cover by Charlie Adlard
Published by Dynamite

From the New York Times Bestselling artist of the Walking Dead hit series comes another horror classic! July 1917. The night air is rent by sentries' screams. Everyone thinks it's a trap laid by the enemy, but soon they hear screams from the German lines. Both camps are obliged to declare a truce and send a team of men, French and German, to solve the mystery. With them goes Wohati, a Red-skin, one of the 12,000 Indians in the U.S. Army. And probably the only man who knows what's out there, lying in wait. Illustrated by Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), this is the story of a strange phenomenon to strike the French and German trenches. Their only chance: to unite, and survive, the Wendigo!

Writer:Kevin Huizenga
Artist:Kevin Huizenga
Delving into mythology, belief, and spirituality, Kevin Huizenga’s short stories are based in the lives of familiar characters confronting the textures of mortality in unique and sometimes peculiar ways. Huizenga fuses the most banal aspects of modern culture with its most looming questions in a consistently genial style. Light-hearted, but with a healthy dose of 19th century spine-tingling, the narratives presented in CURSES are insightful portrayals of reality. Huizenga’s central character in his comics is Glenn Ganges, a seemingly middle class man living in the suburbs whose blank-eyed wonderment at everyday experiences brings together such diverse aspects of our world as golf, theology, late-night diners, parenthood, politics, Sudanese refugees and hallucinatory vision, into a complete experience as multifaceted as our own lives.

Writer:Alex Garner, Jeff Mariotte
Artist:Mindy Lee, Gabriel Hernandez
American intelligence services have a secret weapon—and it has fangs! This volume collects the original graphic novella by Alex Garner and Mindy Lee that introduced CVO—vampire operatives who spy for the United States, dealing with the most dangerous global threats—plus CVO Artifact, by Jeff Mariotte and Gabriel Hernandez, the spine-tingling tale of an incredibly ancient artifact and a disappearing colleague that lead CVO toward an encounter with a deadly trio. CVO is in development as a major video game by Konami, one of the world's leading video game companies.

Writer:Jeff Mariotte
Artist:Antonio Vazquez
Reprints:CVO COVERT VAMPIRIC OPERATIONS ROGUE STATE #1-5
When a mole in CVO exposes the whole organization to danger, things look bad for America’s first line of supernatural defense against growing global threats. With fellow agents being killed all around them, the vampire spies of CVO may find themselves out in the cold.