IDW’s January 2016 Solicitations
Corto Maltese: Celtic Tales—CERTIFIED COOL
Written by Hugo Pratt
Art by Hugo Pratt
Cover by Hugo Pratt
Nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Foreign Language Publication!
In this third volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt’s masterpiece, the action moves from South America to Europe against the backdrop of the First World War. In these six stories Pratt further explores such complicated themes as patriotism and greed, revolution and opportunism, and betrayal and seduction.
Events take Corto from a small island in the Venetian lagoon, where he comes face to face with a beautiful blonde spy, to Stonehenge and an adventure with Merlin, Morgana, and Puck. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway and future billionaire Aristotle Onassis, Irish revolutionary Banshee O’Danann, the legendary Red Baron, and an intense cast of characters who weave in and out of a series of labyrinthine plots and counter-plots.
Bullet points:
The Eisner and Harvey-nominated series continues in its third volume!
Translation by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi.
TPB • BW • $29.99 • 140 pages • 9.25” x 11.75” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-507-5
Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Vol. 2: 1953 – 1956
Written by Alvin Schwartz
Art b Wayne Boring
Cover by Peter Poplaski
More than 170 never-before-reprinted Superman Sundays from the 1950s. This second book in the Atomic Age Sundays features every Superman weekly strip from March 22, 1953 through June 24, 1956. In these tales, Superman encounters two escaped criminals from Krypton; challenges Lois to discover his secret identity in three different periods in history; battles the mysterious Prankster; meets the legendary Hercules; mixes it up with the Phantom Thief, a crook whom radiation turns invisible; encounters a flying horse named Comet (no, not the one belonging to Supergirl!); and is super-confused when he suffers from super-amnesia!
Bullet points:
Introduction by Mark Waid!
Advance solicited for February release!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 180 pages • 9.25” x 12” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-537-2
Renee—SPOTLIGHT
Written by Ludovic Debeurme
Art by Ludovic Debeurme
Cover by Ludovic Debeurme
French graphic novelist Ludovic Debeurme returns with a devastating sequel to his prize-winning graphic novel Lucille. While Lucille moves back in with her overbearing mother and Arthur serves time in prison for murder, new character Renée becomes obsessed with a married jazz musician twice her age. Debeurme’s haunting border-less panels follow these three lovers between dreams and reality, twining their stories together into a poignant and universal search for love.
TPB • BW • $29.95 • 464 pages • ISBN: 978-1-60309-304-0
Strong Female Protagonist
Strong Female Protagonist is back in print! With super-strength and invulnerability, Alison Green used to be one of the most powerful superheroes around. Fighting crime with other teenagers under the alter ego Mega Girl was fun until an encounter with Menace, her mind reading arch enemy. He showed her evidence of a sinister conspiracy, and suddenly battling giant robots didn’t seem so important. Now Alison is going to college and trying to find ways to help the world while still getting to class on time. It’s impossible to escape the past, however, and everyone has their own idea of what it means to be a hero.
NEW PRINTING • BW • $19.95 • ISBN: 978-0-692-24618-4
Worlds of Color: Welcome to Oz Adult Coloring Book
Art by Eric Shanower
Cover by Eric Shanower
Follow the yellow brick road to happiness and wonder with this charming adult coloring book from Eisner-winning creator Eric Shanower! Dorothy and all her friends are here, waiting for your coloring to bring all of Oz to life.
Bullet points:
Eric Shanower’s award-winning artwork is waiting for your one-of-a-kind touch!
TPB • B&W • $9.99 • 64 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-517-4
Popeye Classics #42
Written by Bud Sagendorf
Art by Bud Sagendorf
Cover by Bud Sagendorf
First, the terrible Sea Hag and Bluto train a giant ape to smash Popeye. The second story features Popeye with Swee’pea in an outlandish U.F.O. adventure, the third finds our two-eyed sailor with Olive Oyl. Plus an O.G. Wotasnozzle comic and even MORE by the genius Bud Sagendorf!
Bullet points:
Variant Cover by Fer Calvi!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
WEIRD Love #11
Written by Richard Hughes, Ruth Roche, and Others
Art by Matt Baker and Others
Cover by Ogden Whitney
The cover story alone, “Jailbird’s Romance”, would cost you a couple of grand on the collector’s market! It’s drawn by the demented duo Ogden Whitney and Richard Hughes. More bizarre stories include “It’s Like Love, Pussycat!” “Pick-up,” and in “Savage Kisses,” a knife-wielding, half-naked, island girl fights Nazis and wins the heart of an American soldier. Then, it gets worse, with the most sordid comic story we’ve ever printed!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
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