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Thursday, April 24, 2008, 03:12 AM
<img src="/images/news/ActionPk.jpg" align="left" hspace="10">A.P. Action Pack (five Pocket Manga volumes, b&w/color, 5.125 x 7.375, $34.95 U.S./Can.)
UPC: 61072101031000111
Antarctic Press heats up the end of summer with a blazin' deal on its hottest action-packed Pocket Manga! Get double the sword-and-sworcery action with both volumes of David Hutchison's Dragon Arms, FULL-COLOR modern fantasy action with Fred Perry's Legacy (by Fred Perry, of course!), ultimate battle action with Craig Babiar's Pirates vs. Ninjas, and high-caliber military action in Joe Wight's Twilight X: Storm! You get all five volumes, a total of almost $58 retail, at nearly 40% off the price, a discount big enough to leave some action in your wallet for later!
A.P. Sci-Fi Pack (five Pocket Manga volumes, b&w/color, 5.125 x 7.375, $34.95 U.S./Can.)
UPC: 61072101032700111
This month, get a serious (or even Sirius) dog-days deal from Antarctic Press with a pack of five sizzlin' sci-fi Pocket Manga to fire your imagination! Lock down hatches and strap on your helmet for some dark future military sci-fi in Sherard Jackon's Assembly, slam down some cyberpunk goodness with David Hutchison's Biowulf, thrill and laugh to the adventures of the cosmos's mightiest family in Rod Espinosa's Chronicles of the Universe, brace for impact as evolution takes no prisoners in the FULL-COLOR DinoWars, also by Rod, and plug yourself into David Hutchison's FULL-COLOR, high-tech thriller Junction-17, where the killer may not be real, but the deaths are! Get all five of these science-fantastic titles, almost a $60 retail value, at over 40% off! You won't need to compute the odds of a better deal!
A.P. PICK OF THE MONTH!
Fire and Brimstone #2 (of 3) (full color, 32 pp., $3.95 U.S./Can.)
Story/Art: Richard Moore
UPC: 61072106016200211
Demoness Fire and Angel Brimstone, the afterlife's Odd Couple, are still struggling to rein the many monstrous beings they both let free millennia ago. Corruption demons, jealousy demons, pestilence demons...after 5000 years, Brim's ready to call it quits. Will Fire let her, or will she end up killing her immortal partner—if that's even possible?
Gold Digger #99 (monthly, full color, 32 pp., $2.99 U.S./Can.)
Story/Art: Fred Perry
UPC: 61072107010909911
COUNTDOWN TO GD #100: G - 1!
Gina and Britanny are rescued from the Dynasty's Soul Furnace by Jon, the spirit-copy of Grandpa Diggers dwelling in his old journal. During the frantic escape attempt, Gina discovers that the Dynasty fortress around them has sufficient power to leave quasi-space. All it needs is a course that will take them home. Then Brit's former friend Crescens, now part of the Dynasty, finds the escapees, and a new battle begins. This time, Brit' is determined to snap Crescens out of the Dynasty's control, even if she has to risk her life to do it!
Gold Digger Sourcebook: The Official Handbook to the GD Universe #20 (full color, 32 pp., $3.95 U.S./Can.)
Text: Fred Perry, Doug Dlin
Art: Fred Perry
UPC: 61072107042302011
The ultimate GD information guide continues! This issue of the indispensable handbook series will tell you exactly where's where in the GD-verse with a guide to realms and dimensions! Get the location lowdown on places and spaces from the Astral Rifts to Quasi-space, from the Library of Time to Oblivion! It's GD A to Z! Don't miss a single issue!
Gold Digger Swimsuit End of Summer Special 2008 (annual series, color, 48 pages, $4.50 U.S., $7.20 Can.)
Story/Art: Various
UPC: 61072107015x01611
Everybody's goin' surfin', surfin' GD-style for this year’s End of Summer Swimsuit issue! Hang ten and catch the latest waves of art from GD fans the world over, showcasing the GD cast enjoying sun, sand, and the sea! You'll have fun, fun, fun from cover to cover!
Gold Digger Tangent Pocket Manga Vol. 1 (Softcover TPB, Black and White, 5.125 x 7.375, 120 pages, $12.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 978-0-9801255-2-8
Story/Art: Fred Perry
The universe of Fred Perry’s adventure extravaganza, Gold Digger, is far too diverse and extensive to contain in one series, so Fred began not one but two online comics to develop stories that reach beyond the scope of the main title. Now these extra-special extensions of the GD-verse are compiled in handy pocket-manga format! Enjoy the tribulations of Ayane “Mistress” Anno, the gorgeous-but-frightening champion freestyle fighter, in her search to add a little cuteness to her life, and the ongoing adventures of the Northern Edge-Guard, a team of were-cat law enforcers on the magical world of Jade, as they face the problems accompanying new recruits, evil death-wabbits, and more!
Gold Digger: TIffany & Charlotte #3 (of 4) (full color, 32 pages, $3.50 U.S./Can.)
Story: Fred Perry
Art: J.L. Anderson
UPC: 61072107057400311
Gold Digger creator Fred Perry and rapidly rising fan-fave artist J.L. Anderson are about to school you in what the next generation of GD is all about!
Charlotte's 'mother', Penny Pincer, offers to take Tifanny and Charlie to Pismo Beach for a weekend getaway. She even lets Charlotte, who just got her learner's permit, take a turn at the wheel of the new hydrofoil. What happens next is...well, not entirely Charlotte's fault. After dodging a cross between the Loch Ness monster and a Land of the Lost castaway, the trio make it to shore. But with all the volcanic activity and pterodactyls around, it doesn't quite feel like Pismo Beach!
A.P. PICK OF THE MONTH!
The Land of Oz: The Manga #3 (of 8) (limited series, b&w, 32 pages, $2.99 U.S./Can.)
Story Adaptation and Art: David Hutchison
UPC: 61072112021700311
Dragon Arms and Junction 17 creator David Hutchison follows up Oz: The Manga, his acclaimed adaptation of L. Frank Baum's timeless classic, the Wizard of Oz, with a spectacular re-imagining of the next chapter in the Oz saga!
Tip and his friends are reunited as the Emerald City’s defenses fall before General Jinjur’s Army of Revolt. While the greedy army sacks the city, the Scarecrow devises a plan of escape. Soon, Tip and company are off on another dangerous trek in search of safe haven with Nick Chopper. But will the party survive their perilous journey to the land of the Tin Woodsman?
Ninja High School #164 (b&w, 32 pgs, $2.99 U.S./Can.)
Story: Robby Bevard & Ben Dunn
Art: Ben Dunn
UPC: 61072114001716411
Since World War 2, Meppy the cat-girl has been fighting bad guys, battling giant crabs, destroying college dorms, showing off her ninja cat skills, and teaching high school gym. But no matter what she does, explosions and violence all follow close behind, like an unstoppable force of nature. Now, this unpredictable and unholy force for good has turned EVIL. If what she did before was as a good guy, what will happen when all scruples go out the window? And, worse yet, is that an entire city of sociopathic cat-girls she's recruiting?
OFFERED AGAIN
Final Girl Pocket Manga Vol. 1 (black & white, 5' x 7.375', 128 pages, $14.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 978-0-9792723-2-5
Writer: Lee Duhig & David Hutchison
Artist: David Hutchison
'Final Girl': A slasher film genre term referring to the last person alive to confront the killer.
Four young women, Ashley, Heather, Naomi and Winona, mysteriously awaken in a seemingly abandoned, isolated town, accompanied by a group of fellow students. They soon encounter the unspeakable terrors the town conceals and are stalked by its horrific inhabitants. As the girls desperately struggle to escape the nightmare the town has become, they must also find a way to put an end to the madness and death unraveling around them. But only one of them will be the FINAL GIRL!
Every page of this terror-tome is splattered in Hutchison’s gore-drenched artwork! Coupled with an unhealthy dose of black humor, this is a totally new experience in grueling horror! The survivor of the thrilling climax reveals which heroine the FANS voted to be the FINAL GIRL!
From the disturbed mind of David Hutchison (Oz: The Manga, Beowulf) comes this adventure set in a world of unimaginable horror!
Herc and Thor Pocket Manga Vol. 1 (b&w, 136 pp., 5' x 7.375', $14.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 978-0-9776424-5-8
Plot: Rod Espinosa
Story: Dan Johnson
Artist: Jessica Moffett
Thor, god of thunder, has lived a life of divine luxury, After a night with Aphrodite, though, he wakes up to find his mighty hammer missing! Now new gods are threatening to take over Olympus, Asgard and more. Exiled to Earth, Thor must enlist the aid of Hercules, whom he always belittled, to look for the hammer and stop the new gods before it's too late! Follow this 'Godd Couple' as they strive to work together so they can survive an epic adventure of mythological proportions!
How to Draw Manga Supersize TPB #2 (collected volume, b&w, 192 pages, 8.5' x 11', $21.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 0-9728978-0-1
Cover by Ben Dunn & Fred Perry. Content: Various
Another 192 pages of incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa and David Hutchison, all in one oversized manga-monster of a collection! Read and be educated, entertained and overwhelmed!
How to Draw Manga Supersize TPB #3 (collected volume, b&w, 192 pages, 8.5' x 11', $21.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 1-923453-69-5
Cover by Ben Dunn. Content: Various
Yet another massive collection of incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa and David Hutchison, all in one oversized manga-monster of a collection! Read and be educated, entertained and overwhelmed!
How to Draw Manga Supersized #4 (collected volume, b&w, 192 pp., 8.5' x 11', $21.95 U.S./Can.)
Art by: Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Rod Espinosa, David Hutchison, and more
ISBN: 1-932453-06-7
Continuing our mission to create new manga artists, we bring you the next installment in the acclaimed How to Draw Manga series. Whether your goal is to create stunning effects, tell engrossing stories, or design intricate characters, this book brings the skills of today's premiere American Manga artists to you.
How to Draw Manga: Next Generation Supersize TPB #1 (b&w, 144 pages, 8.5' x 11', $19.95 U.S./Can.)
Story & Art: Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, David Hutchison, Rod Espinosa
ISBN: 1-932453-96-2
A.P. continues with the next evolution in our best-selling How to Draw series! How to Draw Manga: Next Generation features exclusively created art, step-by-step guides, designs, and comments from the hottest rising stars of manga. Don't miss out on this chance to learn invaluable lessons that will catapult you to stardom.
UPC: 61072101031000111
Antarctic Press heats up the end of summer with a blazin' deal on its hottest action-packed Pocket Manga! Get double the sword-and-sworcery action with both volumes of David Hutchison's Dragon Arms, FULL-COLOR modern fantasy action with Fred Perry's Legacy (by Fred Perry, of course!), ultimate battle action with Craig Babiar's Pirates vs. Ninjas, and high-caliber military action in Joe Wight's Twilight X: Storm! You get all five volumes, a total of almost $58 retail, at nearly 40% off the price, a discount big enough to leave some action in your wallet for later!
A.P. Sci-Fi Pack (five Pocket Manga volumes, b&w/color, 5.125 x 7.375, $34.95 U.S./Can.)
UPC: 61072101032700111
This month, get a serious (or even Sirius) dog-days deal from Antarctic Press with a pack of five sizzlin' sci-fi Pocket Manga to fire your imagination! Lock down hatches and strap on your helmet for some dark future military sci-fi in Sherard Jackon's Assembly, slam down some cyberpunk goodness with David Hutchison's Biowulf, thrill and laugh to the adventures of the cosmos's mightiest family in Rod Espinosa's Chronicles of the Universe, brace for impact as evolution takes no prisoners in the FULL-COLOR DinoWars, also by Rod, and plug yourself into David Hutchison's FULL-COLOR, high-tech thriller Junction-17, where the killer may not be real, but the deaths are! Get all five of these science-fantastic titles, almost a $60 retail value, at over 40% off! You won't need to compute the odds of a better deal!
A.P. PICK OF THE MONTH!
Fire and Brimstone #2 (of 3) (full color, 32 pp., $3.95 U.S./Can.)
Story/Art: Richard Moore
UPC: 61072106016200211
Demoness Fire and Angel Brimstone, the afterlife's Odd Couple, are still struggling to rein the many monstrous beings they both let free millennia ago. Corruption demons, jealousy demons, pestilence demons...after 5000 years, Brim's ready to call it quits. Will Fire let her, or will she end up killing her immortal partner—if that's even possible?
Gold Digger #99 (monthly, full color, 32 pp., $2.99 U.S./Can.)
Story/Art: Fred Perry
UPC: 61072107010909911
COUNTDOWN TO GD #100: G - 1!
Gina and Britanny are rescued from the Dynasty's Soul Furnace by Jon, the spirit-copy of Grandpa Diggers dwelling in his old journal. During the frantic escape attempt, Gina discovers that the Dynasty fortress around them has sufficient power to leave quasi-space. All it needs is a course that will take them home. Then Brit's former friend Crescens, now part of the Dynasty, finds the escapees, and a new battle begins. This time, Brit' is determined to snap Crescens out of the Dynasty's control, even if she has to risk her life to do it!
Gold Digger Sourcebook: The Official Handbook to the GD Universe #20 (full color, 32 pp., $3.95 U.S./Can.)
Text: Fred Perry, Doug Dlin
Art: Fred Perry
UPC: 61072107042302011
The ultimate GD information guide continues! This issue of the indispensable handbook series will tell you exactly where's where in the GD-verse with a guide to realms and dimensions! Get the location lowdown on places and spaces from the Astral Rifts to Quasi-space, from the Library of Time to Oblivion! It's GD A to Z! Don't miss a single issue!
Gold Digger Swimsuit End of Summer Special 2008 (annual series, color, 48 pages, $4.50 U.S., $7.20 Can.)
Story/Art: Various
UPC: 61072107015x01611
Everybody's goin' surfin', surfin' GD-style for this year’s End of Summer Swimsuit issue! Hang ten and catch the latest waves of art from GD fans the world over, showcasing the GD cast enjoying sun, sand, and the sea! You'll have fun, fun, fun from cover to cover!
Gold Digger Tangent Pocket Manga Vol. 1 (Softcover TPB, Black and White, 5.125 x 7.375, 120 pages, $12.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 978-0-9801255-2-8
Story/Art: Fred Perry
The universe of Fred Perry’s adventure extravaganza, Gold Digger, is far too diverse and extensive to contain in one series, so Fred began not one but two online comics to develop stories that reach beyond the scope of the main title. Now these extra-special extensions of the GD-verse are compiled in handy pocket-manga format! Enjoy the tribulations of Ayane “Mistress” Anno, the gorgeous-but-frightening champion freestyle fighter, in her search to add a little cuteness to her life, and the ongoing adventures of the Northern Edge-Guard, a team of were-cat law enforcers on the magical world of Jade, as they face the problems accompanying new recruits, evil death-wabbits, and more!
Gold Digger: TIffany & Charlotte #3 (of 4) (full color, 32 pages, $3.50 U.S./Can.)
Story: Fred Perry
Art: J.L. Anderson
UPC: 61072107057400311
Gold Digger creator Fred Perry and rapidly rising fan-fave artist J.L. Anderson are about to school you in what the next generation of GD is all about!
Charlotte's 'mother', Penny Pincer, offers to take Tifanny and Charlie to Pismo Beach for a weekend getaway. She even lets Charlotte, who just got her learner's permit, take a turn at the wheel of the new hydrofoil. What happens next is...well, not entirely Charlotte's fault. After dodging a cross between the Loch Ness monster and a Land of the Lost castaway, the trio make it to shore. But with all the volcanic activity and pterodactyls around, it doesn't quite feel like Pismo Beach!
A.P. PICK OF THE MONTH!
The Land of Oz: The Manga #3 (of 8) (limited series, b&w, 32 pages, $2.99 U.S./Can.)
Story Adaptation and Art: David Hutchison
UPC: 61072112021700311
Dragon Arms and Junction 17 creator David Hutchison follows up Oz: The Manga, his acclaimed adaptation of L. Frank Baum's timeless classic, the Wizard of Oz, with a spectacular re-imagining of the next chapter in the Oz saga!
Tip and his friends are reunited as the Emerald City’s defenses fall before General Jinjur’s Army of Revolt. While the greedy army sacks the city, the Scarecrow devises a plan of escape. Soon, Tip and company are off on another dangerous trek in search of safe haven with Nick Chopper. But will the party survive their perilous journey to the land of the Tin Woodsman?
Ninja High School #164 (b&w, 32 pgs, $2.99 U.S./Can.)
Story: Robby Bevard & Ben Dunn
Art: Ben Dunn
UPC: 61072114001716411
Since World War 2, Meppy the cat-girl has been fighting bad guys, battling giant crabs, destroying college dorms, showing off her ninja cat skills, and teaching high school gym. But no matter what she does, explosions and violence all follow close behind, like an unstoppable force of nature. Now, this unpredictable and unholy force for good has turned EVIL. If what she did before was as a good guy, what will happen when all scruples go out the window? And, worse yet, is that an entire city of sociopathic cat-girls she's recruiting?
OFFERED AGAIN
Final Girl Pocket Manga Vol. 1 (black & white, 5' x 7.375', 128 pages, $14.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 978-0-9792723-2-5
Writer: Lee Duhig & David Hutchison
Artist: David Hutchison
'Final Girl': A slasher film genre term referring to the last person alive to confront the killer.
Four young women, Ashley, Heather, Naomi and Winona, mysteriously awaken in a seemingly abandoned, isolated town, accompanied by a group of fellow students. They soon encounter the unspeakable terrors the town conceals and are stalked by its horrific inhabitants. As the girls desperately struggle to escape the nightmare the town has become, they must also find a way to put an end to the madness and death unraveling around them. But only one of them will be the FINAL GIRL!
Every page of this terror-tome is splattered in Hutchison’s gore-drenched artwork! Coupled with an unhealthy dose of black humor, this is a totally new experience in grueling horror! The survivor of the thrilling climax reveals which heroine the FANS voted to be the FINAL GIRL!
From the disturbed mind of David Hutchison (Oz: The Manga, Beowulf) comes this adventure set in a world of unimaginable horror!
Herc and Thor Pocket Manga Vol. 1 (b&w, 136 pp., 5' x 7.375', $14.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 978-0-9776424-5-8
Plot: Rod Espinosa
Story: Dan Johnson
Artist: Jessica Moffett
Thor, god of thunder, has lived a life of divine luxury, After a night with Aphrodite, though, he wakes up to find his mighty hammer missing! Now new gods are threatening to take over Olympus, Asgard and more. Exiled to Earth, Thor must enlist the aid of Hercules, whom he always belittled, to look for the hammer and stop the new gods before it's too late! Follow this 'Godd Couple' as they strive to work together so they can survive an epic adventure of mythological proportions!
How to Draw Manga Supersize TPB #2 (collected volume, b&w, 192 pages, 8.5' x 11', $21.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 0-9728978-0-1
Cover by Ben Dunn & Fred Perry. Content: Various
Another 192 pages of incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa and David Hutchison, all in one oversized manga-monster of a collection! Read and be educated, entertained and overwhelmed!
How to Draw Manga Supersize TPB #3 (collected volume, b&w, 192 pages, 8.5' x 11', $21.95 U.S./Can.)
ISBN: 1-923453-69-5
Cover by Ben Dunn. Content: Various
Yet another massive collection of incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa and David Hutchison, all in one oversized manga-monster of a collection! Read and be educated, entertained and overwhelmed!
How to Draw Manga Supersized #4 (collected volume, b&w, 192 pp., 8.5' x 11', $21.95 U.S./Can.)
Art by: Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Rod Espinosa, David Hutchison, and more
ISBN: 1-932453-06-7
Continuing our mission to create new manga artists, we bring you the next installment in the acclaimed How to Draw Manga series. Whether your goal is to create stunning effects, tell engrossing stories, or design intricate characters, this book brings the skills of today's premiere American Manga artists to you.
How to Draw Manga: Next Generation Supersize TPB #1 (b&w, 144 pages, 8.5' x 11', $19.95 U.S./Can.)
Story & Art: Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, David Hutchison, Rod Espinosa
ISBN: 1-932453-96-2
A.P. continues with the next evolution in our best-selling How to Draw series! How to Draw Manga: Next Generation features exclusively created art, step-by-step guides, designs, and comments from the hottest rising stars of manga. Don't miss out on this chance to learn invaluable lessons that will catapult you to stardom.