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The Sixth Gun<\/span> #1<\/a> Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Brian Hurtt<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. The Sixth Gun\u2014the most dangerous of the weapons\u2014 has vanished. When the gun surfaces in the hands of an innocent girl, dark forces reawaken. Villains thought long dead set their sights on retrieving the gun and killing anyone in their path. Only Drake Sinclair, a gunslinger with a shadowy past, stands in their way.<\/p>\n I interviewed the creators<\/a> about their previous project The Damned<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Driver For the Dead<\/span> #1<\/a> Written by John Heffernan Art by Leonardo Manco<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Radical introduces a new supernatural horror set in the heart of Louisiana, from John Heffernan(screenwriter for Snakes on a Plane<\/span><\/a>) and illustrator Leonardo Manco (Hellblazer<\/span>).<\/p>\n Alabaster Graves is a driver for the dead. As a twenty-year veteran of funeral homes, mortuaries, and coroners\u2019 offices across the Deep South, he has chauffeured hundreds of bodies to their final resting places, although the trip isn\u2019t always so restful. Graves is a \u201cspecialty driver\u201d, one who\u2019s called in for the more unusual assignments that come down the pike, and if unusual equals dangerous, well, that\u2019s just a job that pays more. Matter of fact, that\u2019s just what Alabaster is about to get when the assignment to transport the body of renowned voodoo priest, Mose Freeman, drops in his lap. With Freeman\u2019s sultry granddaughter riding shotgun, Alabaster must cover the distance from Shreveport to New Orleans to retrieve the remains. What he doesn’t know is that he’s being pursued by a resurrectionist named Fallow \u2013 a necromancer who gets his power from stealing body parts… and for whom the corpse of Mose Freeman would be the ultimate prize.<\/p>\n \n Octopus Pie: There Are No Stars in Brooklyn<\/span><\/a> by Meredith Gran<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n What is Octopus Pie<\/span>?<\/p>\n Follow the adventures of two Brooklynites\u2014Eve, a nerdy acerbic twentysomething and her roommate, Hanna, a long-lost friend who has blossomed into a chronically happy-go-lucky stoner. Crazed childhood rivals, art world hipsters, Eve\u2019s meddlesome mom, and boyfriends past and present crowd their odd yet ordinary lives.<\/p>\n In the twilight zone between college and the adult world lies the sardonic, witty, maddening, and sometimes melancholy terrain that Meredith Gran\u2019s addictive comic Octopus Pie<\/span> maps with devastating, drop-dead-funny accuracy.<\/p>\n This book collects the first two years of strips, plus bonus material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. The Sixth Gun #1 Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Brian Hurtt Promo copy: During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/www.radicalpublishing.com\/\/images\/titles\/driver\/covers\/driver1_langley_main.jpg\")
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