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Comics and graphic novels have recently become big business, serving as the inspiration for blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the Iron Man series of films and the hit television drama The Walking Dead. But comics have been popular throughout the 20th century despite the significant effects of the restrictions of the Comics Code in place from the 1950s through 1970s, which prohibited the depiction of zombies and use of the word "horror," among many other rules. Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas provides students and general readers a one-stop resource for researching topics, genres, works, and artists of comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels.
The comprehensive and broad coverage of this set is organized chronologically by volume. Volume 1 covers 1960 and earlier; Volume 2 covers 1960–1980; Volume 3 covers 1980–1995; and Volume 4 covers 1995 to the present. The chronological divisions give readers a sense of the evolution of comics within the larger contexts of American culture and history. The alphabetically arranged entries in each volume address topics such as comics publishing, characters, imprints, genres, themes, titles, artists, writers, and more. While special attention is paid to American comics, the entries also include coverage of British, Japanese, and European comics that have influenced illustrated storytelling of the United States or are of special interest to American readers.

The Trial of Atomic Robo
Objection! Overruled! Gripping courtroom drama ripped from the headlines! It's the trial of the century when a dinosaur sues a robot. Special guest star: explosions! Names have been changed to protect the innocent.

ATOMIC ROBO woke up in 1872. How?
There was an explosion, some crystals, a lot of lava, and several nuclear warheads. Plus a crazy time-travelling dinosaur. Now it's 1884 and ATOMIC ROBO is up against the notorious "BUTCHER BOYS." The fate of the West is at stale, but can ATOMIC ROBO save the day before his nuclear fuel runs dry?

What do DR. DINOSAUR, the Lost City of Atvatabar, Majestic 12, MARCONI'S secret Nazi space program in South America (wait, what?!), and missing nuclear weapons have to do with one another?
They're about to transform the face of ATOMIC ROBO'S world forever! Yeah, that's right. Strap yourself in, we're doing the one where "EVERYTHING CHANGES."

It's 1951. The Pacific Theater of World War II ended six years ago, but the fighting never stopped. Pirates, warlords, and mercenaries jockey for the arms, ammo, and airframes left by the Japanese and American Navies.
And in the middle of it the rogue Japanese military unit CHOKAITEN emerges from the shadows of history. They are on the verge of accomplishing their top secret mission to unleash a devastating super weapon that will sink the North American continent.
Only ATOMIC ROBO and the FLYING SHE-DEVILS stand in their way!

She lived a very nice life indeed. Well-to-do parents, good schooling, university... but becoming a princess was an entirely different matter. The media, the pressure, the attention-- she never expected anything like this. All she did was fall in love with her best friend. He just happened to be the heir to the throne...
A Special Edition to commemorate the Royal engagement and wedding. From the English writer of Flying Friar, Rich Johnston and Welsh artist for Doctor Who, Mike Collins.

Responding to a strangely specific job advertisement, a distinctly ordinary twenty-something suburban slacker named Alan Blake finds himself in the middle of an inter-dimensional task force staffed entirely by superhuman alternate versions of himself. Struggling to find his place in this vast continuum of near-immortal doppelgangers, he uncovers a conspiracy that strikes at the very heart of the organization-- a conspiracy that only he can stop.

A fine arts gallery painter has claimed the subjects of his paintings are his murder victims, that all the clues necessary to solve his crimes are hidden in his work - and he has challenged the world to catch him. Overnight he has caused a worldwide sensation that vastly polarizes the populace between his devoted supporters and his vehement critics, all filtered through the skewed lens of media info-tainment, and one that those who walk the shadowy halls of power cannot long ignore. But the Serial Artist is hiding dangerous secrets, many he can barely admit even to himself. Serial Artist is a dark mirror held up to the face of American culture, and when you gaze into the Abyss, the Serial Artist also gazes into you.
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Serial Artist (2014)
English | CBR | 167 pages | 269.53 MB

Lionheart, the feline investigative reporter, returns to action when a cast of oddballs forces him into their ill-considered battle to prevent an alien invasion. Possessed appliances, talking brains, battling robots and the world's most powerful shrew unite to face the most unlikely enemy of all.

Today is the day Frankie has been looking forward to her whole life! It's her 16th birthday and she is all set to inherit her adult super powers, then the world will be hers! ... or will it?

When the dead, demons and night creatures walk among men, injustice and crime are fueled by bigotry; only one monster is right for the case. In a world where the realms of man and monsters have merged, the monsters are seen as second class citizens, forced to live in squalor under the thumb of humankind. Misrepresented and oppressed, the monster people only find help from Hank Steiner, a private detective who finds himself at the epicenter of the hatred and crime in Tower City.

Four outcasts roam the fringes of an untamed galaxy, taking on unusual jobs that challenge their unique abilities.

This series is rated Adults Only
DISCLAIMER: graphic sexuality
The collected Margarin comics, finally in english!

A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescense, the denouement is swift, graphic -- and redemptive.

Get set to explore your inner warrior with the latest comic from Frank Candiloro, a story about samurai, honour, war, love and vengeance.

Collects Shekhar Kapur's Devi #16-20:
Tara Mehta was once human but when the spirit of a divine warrior fused with her, she became Devi, a living goddess sworn to protect mankind from threats both criminal and supernatural. Now the girl-turned-goddess must protect one of her own as young woman claiming to be her long-lost sister appears, seeking refuge from a demonic cult. To make matters worse, a mysterious vigilante is on a murder spree and all the evidence points to Devi. Hunted by the law she swore to uphold and haunted by her own treacherous heart, will Tara be able to clear her name and find the truth about the woman who might be her sole surviving family member?

In the aftermath of World War II, a young Italian girl finds a stack of superhero comics and is inspired to become her village's protector.

As packs of wild dogs roam through a quiet city, a mysterious man and his hulking driver Harold wait outside a luxury hotel. When their car is surrounded by paparazzi looking for a princess staying at the hotel, Harold begins to tell the tale of the rebellion against the princess's father. Mysteries of the past slowly unfold against the strangeness of their present.