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Title	Creator	Publisher	Series	Price
Orc Stain, Volume One	James Stokoe	Image Comics	Orc Stain	$16.75 ($17.99 list)
Read more and comment...	The far out fantasies reminiscent of 1980s 2000AD are spiced up with the colors and visions of Metal Hurlant era Mobius and the high energy irreverence of Jamie Hewlett's Tank Girl in this unique work, created, written, drawn, lettered and colored in a frenzy of auteurism by James Stokoe. Anyone looking for a good, strong comics buzz should consider checking out this premiere collection of the series published (surprisingly) by Image Comics.
One Model Nation	C. Allbritton Taylor, Jim Rugg	Image Comics		$14.44 ($17.99 list)
Read more and comment...	One Model Nation is an alternative history set in Germany during the days of the Baader-Meinof in which a "political art noise band,", One Model Nation (a group that seems to ask the question, "What if Joy Division were German?") enters into the mix and changes the course of history, launching a revolution. An engrossing tale for the rock history minded, told in 120 pages of expertly paced and rendered art by Pittsburgh's own Jim Rugg!
Flight #1	Derek Kirk Kim, Jen Wang, Kazu Kibuishi	Image Comics		$16.95 ($19.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This full color anthology was one of the hits of this year's San Diego Con. It presents 24 brand new stories, all in full color and all dealing in one way or another with flight. A host of writers and artists are show off their strengths here, including current and former Pittsburghers, Neil Babra and Bill Mudron, along with many other fine talents. The highlights are the submissions of Derek Kirk Kim, Jen Wang, Kazu Kibuishi and Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, all of whom turn in excellent, original pieces. The surprise here is that this book is published by Image. Our hats are off to them: this book should go a long way towards bridging the gap between the traditional heroic fantasy comics that still dominate the racks of most comics shops and the growing ranks of more creatively adventurous comics work that is seeping in from the edges, in traditional book stores as well as comics shops. Not only that, it is international in scope as well, linking Asian, European and American styles and traditions. This book offers up a well-rounded snapshot of this historical moment in comics history.
Popgun #Volume Two	Joe Keating, Mark Andrew Smith	Image Comics	Popgun	$25.00 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Also from the folks at Image comics, this is the second annual Popgun collection (and, yes, we still have the first in stock). Strarting off with a spiffy Paul Pope cover, this massive 472-page full color collection includes work by Nikki Cook, Dean Haspiel, Donald Hello & Simon Oakey, James Kochalka, Erik Larsen, and many, many up and coming new comics creators. The highlights for us is Copacetic Customer, Jim Rugg's new Afrodisiac™ story along with the hybrid Ragazza Pippistrella / Makaroni Pillpal tale by the amazing -- and new to us -- Ralph Niese (check out this story along with much, much more at his web gallery, here) . And Here's the Popgun page that includes 30 pages of previews.
Flaming Carrot #1	Bob Burden	Image Comics	Flaming Carrot	$3.00 ($2.95 list)
Read more and comment...	(really, it's #33, but you know how it is...)Kippy-yi-yi-yay, Flaming Carrot is back! And from Image comics, no less. Absurd? Yes! Inane? Yes! Bizarre? Yes! Childish? Yes! Sexist? Yes! Flaming Carrot is good trashy fun and proud of it; but it is also just plain weird.
Gødland, Volume One: "Hello, Cosmic"	Joe Casey, Tom Scioli	Image Comics		$12.75 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Now it's time for you latecomers who missed the now sold out and out-of-print early issues of this wild and wooly homage to Jack Kirby's cosmic capers of the sixties, seventies and eighties to jump on the bandwagon and get all caught up so you can plunge in for the next batch. Pittsburgh artist -- and Copacetic neighbor -- Tom Scioli has mastered the late-Kirby style, and not just the superficial stylings; he understands what's going on underneath as well, and uses his comprehension of the underlying mechanics of Kirby's vision to be able to rebuild it from the ground up to say something new (an ability perhaps best demonstrated in his self-published Myth of 8-Opus series, all issues of which are available here at Copacetic >plug, plug<). Joe Casey, the seasoned scripter of Gødland, sprinkles the dialogue with plenty of wit and keeps the plot one twist ahead.
Put the Book Back on the Shelf: a Belle & Sebastian Anthology	Laurenn McCubbin, Eric Stephenson	Image Comics		$17.99 ($19.99 list)
Read more and comment...	Speaking of Belle & Sebastian, we now have on our shelves a highly unusual comics anthology made up entirely of pieces inspired by, devoted to and/or adapted from the song catalogue of B & S. And it's published by Image Comics, no less. Edited by Eric Stephenson and designed by Laurenn McCubbin, this book presents 24 works by a fairly decent range of talents, including: Charles Brownstein & Dave Crosland, Leela Corman, Tom Hart, Janet Harvey & Laurenn McCubbinn, David Lasky, Jacob McGraw, Andi Watson and many others. The volume is printed in lavish full colour throughout.
Stray Toasters	Bill Sienkiewicz	Image Comics		$22.22 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Back in print at last! This collects the entirety of the four issue series, originally published by Epic Comics, that turned mainstream comics on its ear when it was originally published nearly twenty years ago. Following on the heels of his ground-breaking work on Elektra Assassin and Daredevil: Love and War, both written by Frank Miller and both of which were critically as well as commercially successful, Sienkiewicz was given carte blanche for a solo project and Stray Toasters was the result. Realizing that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, he really cut loose and pulled out all the stops. Using his own psyche as a test subject, Sienkiewicz bore deep inside the comic book mind set, and used his massive technical abilities to bring to light what he found there. He pushed himself to the limit on this project, and, evidently, emptied himself in the process as, while his work occasionally graces a project here or there, he all but retired from comics after completing this landmark work. Containing a startlingly diverse panoply of formal approaches that mirror the works of so many different artists -- from the far-flung reaches of the worlds of comics, cartoons, illustration and fine art -- that an annotated edition seems called for (anyone out there up for the task?). Stray Toasters was and remains a hugely influential work (David Mack's entire career consists, more or less, of mining this single work) and still packs a wallop, even today. All self-respecting students of the history of comics owe it to themselves to at least take a look at this one. Recommended!
Red Rocket 7	Michael Allred	Image Comics		$15.55 ($16.99 list)
Read more and comment...	For those of you who like a bit more -- alright, a lot more -- fantasy mixed in with your graphic novels that celebrate the saving grace of Rock, Red Rocket 7 may be the ticket. For our money, this book is Allred's most interesting work. This is a budget priced reissue of the original series. It's 200 pages of full color comics that provides the entire original story & covers & bonus material in a "hi sci fi" 7" square-formatted trade paperback. Originally released in a 10-issue 10" square format comic book series 10 years ago, it (re)tells the dominant (i.e. - Anglo-centric) history of rock 'n' roll as though it were the story of one lone hero, and thereby welds it to the super-hero genre. Specifically, reading this version of the history of Rock it feels very much as though it were part of the Marvel Universe, in that everything fits together seamlessly, and everything connects to the lead protagonist, which, then causes the reader to pause and reflect how this way of reading history -- that of positioning an identity that stands in for the reader at the center of the action -- has a strong pull, is a sort of siren song: it's a pleasure to read, but you end up where you started, alone with the music. Strange, alienating and yet pleasurable, Red Rocket 7 is a synecdoche for something, we're just not sure what...
The Atomics	Mike Allred	Image Comics		$22.22 ($24.99 list)
Read more and comment...	Ok, we'll admit it: we have a soft spot for Mike Allred's groovy homage to the super heroic swinging sixties, The Atomics, in which his primary creation, Madman also takes many a turn. It's now all been collected in this single ginchy volume, the cover of which is a bit different from the one pictured here.
Popgun, Volume One		Image Comics		$26.95 ($29.99 list)
Read more and comment...	edited by Mark Andrew Smith & Joe Keatinge 444 pages of full color comics by 63 -- count 'em, we did -- contributors fill this freewheeling anthology published by the folks at Image. Popgun is aimed at those among the heroic fantasy reading crowd who are looking to stretch out a bit in their interests, but aren't quite ready yet to go too far afield. The art styles range far and wide, while the subject matter stays relatively close to what you'll find on the racks of your local comic book store, and all of it employs fairly normative narrative techniques and should be readily comprehended, so this is a good choice for mainstream comics readers ready to expose themselves to a wide variety of new -- and not so new -- talent dedicated to having fun with comics.
Nat Turner, Volume Two: Revolution	Kyle Baker	Image Comics		$8.88 ($10.00 list)
Read more and comment...	The violent conclusion to Kyle Baker's award-winning comics bio of Nat Turner, who, after having endured epic sufferings detailed in the first volume of Baker's series, was inspired by the Bible to lead one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in United States history.

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