Sam Kieth

Two women--beautiful, successful Raven, still suffering from an ugly childhood, and romance writer Holly, struggling to build a new identity--cross paths as they search for love, happiness, and happy endings in Hollywood.

A group of EMTs with the Emergency Medical Services of Buxton Beach, NC, are among the first to respond after a hurricane rips through the small island community. As they search for survivors, they discover an evil that will haunt the residents of the tight community for years to come . Lurking beneath the dunes is a sandy grave not connected to the storm, a grave hidden beneath their feet for over thirty years. For one EMT, Katia Billings, it's personal. She is intimately connected to one of the killer's victims. Now she must enlist help from K-9 search expert Paige, and her own on-and-off lover, Zahra, to find the killer, dubbed Sandman, and stop him from killing again.

The continuing adventures of The Maxx, a homeless superhero who lives in a cardboard box, and his social worker, Julie.

Ashley Wood's robotic tour de force is collected here in this special volume, chock full of new extras and an all-new Wood cover. This collection offers up the sold-out first six issues of Woods' Popbot, which means appearances by Andy Warhol, Kitty and his band, a special appearance by Sam Kieth's the Maxx, and the typical array of freaks, misfits and hotties that populate Pop's world. Includes the first 6 issues of Wood's Popbot.

Preludes and Nocturnes collects the first eight issues of The Sandman comic by Neil Gaiman published by DC Vertigo. The series centers on Morpheus (Dream of the Endless). Dream is imprisoned for decades by an occultist seeking immortality. Upon escaping, he must reclaim his objects of power while still in a weakened state, confronting an addict to his dream powder, the legions of Hell, and an all-powerful madman (Doctor Destiny) in the process.

"Annie has terrible luck with pets. She's killed hamsters and mice and lizards and birds. For a domesticated animal, getting Annie as an owner is akin to a death sentence. But when Annie finds a little beastie in a drain pipe named Ojo, has her karma really changed or is she destined for more disappointment?" --Back cover.