Let’s take a quick look to see what’s arrived at the Geek Compound.
Script & adaptation by Roy Thomas
Art by Michael T. Gilbert & P. Craig Russell
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Collecting the first volume of the classic adaptation of Michael Moorcock’s bestselling fantasy saga, Elric of Melniboné marks the perfect introduction to the series’ iconic antihero, his fabled blade, Stormbringer, and his harrowing adventures across the Dragon Isle. Adapted by former Marvel Comics editor, Roy Thomas, and beautifully rendered by longtime comics illustrator, Michael T. Gilbert, and the multiple Harvey and Eisner award-winning P. Craig Russell, this definitive collection marks an essential read for all fans of sword and sorcery and brings the Moorcock’s epic tales to life with luxuriant imagination.
On the book’s title page they get the artist credits wrong. It’s attributed to Michael T. DAVIS rather than GILBERT.
Based on Cold Mountain Poems by Han Shan, translated by J. P. Seaton
Adapted by Sean Michael Wilson
Illustrated by Akiko Shimojima
Foreword by J. P. Seaton
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A graphic novel portrait of the wild antics and legendary poetry of the “Laughing Pair”—Han Shan and Shih Te, two of China’s greatest poets.
This is a smart, funny graphic novel exploring the life, legend, and lore of two of the greatest poets in Chinese history—Han Shan (known as “Cold Mountain”) and Shih Te—who reportedly lived during the Tang dynasty (618-906 CE). They were critics of authority (both secular and religious) and champions of social justice who left their poetry on tree trunks and rocks. They were also reportedly monastics, drunks, cave dwellers, immortals, and many other wild and wondrous things. There is much delightful uncertainty about this “Laughing Pair”—including whether or not they actually existed. What is known is that the poetry attributed to them was greatly influential in both China and Japan, and to the Beat writers in the United States during the 1950s and ’60s.
Acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson has brought these renegade poets to life, showing the places they went and the philosophical and meditative aspects of their lives, as well as revealing their humor and wackiness and their penetrating insights into the human condition.Their poetry is interwoven throughout—translations by J. P. Seaton, one of the most respected tranlsators of Chinese poetry in the United States.
Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Art by Dongzi Liu
Translated by Edward Gauvin
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A shocking tale of betrayal, lust and warring kingdoms, from acclaimed creator Alexander Jodorowsky! Wounded, betrayed and left for dead, King Alvar returns to his kingdom to regain his stolen throne. Hungry for revenge, Alvar finds himself in the middle of a bloody political game for power. To keep his throne he must crush his enemies who would destroy him with their machinations. But his own horrific appetites may prove his undoing…
The Black Dragon
Written by Chris Claremont
Illustrated by John Bolton
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It is the Year of Our Lord 1193. James Dunreith, exiled by his leige lord and king, Henry, has returned to reclaim the land that is his birthright.
Branded a sorceror, Dunreith is pressed into the service of his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, to seek out one who rebels against the crown – one who was once his truest friend. Yet more dangerous than any political threat is the plot to harness the ancient, magical soul of the land and turn it into the ultimate evil.
Can Dunreith’s brave heart, and the power of queens both faery and mortal, save the land from the predations of the Black Dragon?
Wisher (Volume 3): Glee
Script by Sébastien Latour
Artwork by Giulio De Vita
Translation by Mark Bence
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Nigel is the last of the Genies, and the Faeriehood’s final hope. To get his powers back, he’ll have to reconcile his two halves—the Human who wants nothing but a carefree life, and the genie, all fire and violence. A balance must be reached, fragile and dangerous, before he can so much as recover the memories of his past lives. But Bound and the MI-10 haven’t abandoned the hunt, and have managed to place an agent inside the sanctuary…
Written by Chris Claremont
Illustrated by John Bolton
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Marada has captured the imagination since her first appearance in Epic Illustrated in 1982.
Descended of Caesar, and preceeded by her legendary reputation as a warrior, Marada’s adventures carry her across the Roman Empire.
Written by X-Men co-creator Chris Claremont and stunningly illustrated by John Bolton, Marada the She-Wolf is collected in its totality for the first time, in full-color and accompanied by never-before-seen material.