EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 3/15!!

NEIL GAIMAN'S AMERICAN GODS: THE SHADOWS #1

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) P. Craig Russell (CA) Dave McKean

NEIL GAIMAN! P. CRAIG RUSSELL! SCOTT HAMPTON! Shadow Moon just got out of jail, only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain as to where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard - thrusting Shadow into a deadly world of the supernatural, where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a brewing war between old and new gods hits a boiling point. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time!

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 6/15!!

NEIL GAIMAN'S HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES HC

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Gabriel Ba, Fábio Moon (CA) Fábio Moon

Two teenage boys are in for a tremendous shock when they crash a party where the girls are far more than they appear!

From Neil Gaiman-one of the most celebrated authors of our time-and award-winning artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, this sumptuous graphic novel is not to be missed!

• Moon and Bá adapt the Gaiman story they were born to draw!

"Gaiman, Moon, and Bá have created a triolet of a book, lyrically powerful and utterly unforgettable."-Junot Díaz

"How can something so strange and so beautiful also be so sad? Like a poem, a pattern, and a people whose world was swallowed by the sea, How To Talk To Girls at Parties is three things at once." - Kelly Sue DeConnick

"Had sneak peek at How to Talk to Girls at Parties. What boys fear! That girls are very smart aliens who will do frightful things to you in The Upper Room! Teenage angst. Lovely drawing/painting." -from a Tweet by Margaret Atwood

"A haunting ode to the lyric of girls, who for our protagonists represent a vast, uncharted universe. An extraordinary comic from three extraordinary creators."-Marjorie Liu

"Gentle, strange, and full of perfectly good advice ('You just have to talk to them!'), How to Talk to Girls at Parties is wise and odd. Neil Gaiman's writing is sweetly complemented by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá's art. It's a quirky delight."-Audrey Niffenegger

recommended by erin.

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 5/7!!

MURDER MYSTERIES HC (2ND ED)

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) P. Craig Russell

Constructing and maintaining all of heaven and earth is an immense task, which God has
divided up among the various ranks and stations of angels. As with any such huge effort,
there are bound to be casualties. This unique passion play sheds light on the hands behind
creation, as well as one lonely man in LA who gets to hear the whole story of a most
unspeakable crime: a murder in paradise!
• Featuring sketches, high-res scans, and more bonus material from master artist P. Craig
Russell!

RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/29!!

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #2

(W) Toby Litt  (A) Mark Buckingham

From the pages of THE SANDMAN! Neil Gaiman's intrepid dead schoolboys head back to the horror that is St. Hilarions School; the place where they both were murdered. While trying to protect their new acquaintance, techno-savvy sleuth Crystal, from suffering the same fate at the hands of familiar bullies, Charles and Edwin begin to unravel the mysteries surrounding their own untimely demise.

RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/15!!

MIRACLEMAN #1

(W) Mick Anglo (A) Various

• KIMOTA! With one magic word, a long-forgotten legend lives again!
• Freelance reporter Michael Moran always knew he was meant for something more -- now, a strange series of events leads him to reclaim his destiny!
• Relive the ground-breaking eighties adventures that captured lightning in a bottle -- or experience them for the first time -- in these digitally restored, fully relettered editions!
• Issue 1 includes material originally presented in WARRIOR #1 and MIRACLEMAN #1, plus the MARVELMAN PRIMER.

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12/31!!

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1

(W) Toby Litt  (W/A) Mark Buckingham

From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's dead boys get their own monthly series! As fans of storybook detectives, Edwin Paine (died 1916) and Charles Rowland (died 1990) will take on any and all mysteries - including their own untimely deaths! The dead boys head back to St. Hilarions, where bullying headmasters continue to rule the school. But when they investigate the lingering mysteries of their own deaths, they meet a young girl named Crystal whose tech skills and strange link to the undead earn her a place as a new detective. DEAD BOY DETECTIVES is a fast-paced adventure series that takes us from the bustling streets of contemporary London to Japanese-inspired video games and dangerous worlds perched somewhere between the now and nevermore.

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 9/18!!

FORTUNATELY, THE MILK HC

(W) Neil Gaiman  (A) Skottie Young

 A hilarious story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery medalist and bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Skottie Young. When a father runs out to buy milk for his children's breakfast cereal, the last thing he expects is to be abducted by aliens. He soon finds himself transported through time and space on an extraordinary adventure, where the fate of the universe depends on him and the milk. But will his children believe his wild story?

recommended by erin.

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 7/31!!

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #5

(W) Brian Michael Bendis, Neil Gaiman (A) Sara Pichelli

 Special guest writer NEIL GAIMAN!!
Spinning out of the dramatic conclusion of Age of Ultron, dimensions collide and Heaven's most fearsome Angel pushes the Guardians back on their heels.

RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!! 

SELF PUBLISH OR PERISH!! LOUNAK DISTRIBUTION!

While DC and Marvel may pay the bills, big name creators like Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl, and Andy Belanger have banded together to create Lounak Distribution; a collection of high quality, self published books straight from the artist to YOU. As expected, we here at Zanadu jumped on the chance to bring these titles to our customers and hope that people will discover the lesser known works of these fantastic artists!

ABOMINABLE CHARLES CHRISTOPHER VOL 1

(W/A) Karl Kerschl

Karl Kerschl, artist of The Flash, Teen Titans: Year One, and Assassin's Creed, introduced his webcomic 'The Abominable Charles Christopher' in 2007, following the adventures of a dim-witted sasquatch through a world of colourful animal characters. In the few years since its release it has won several awards, including the Eisner Award in 2011 for Best Webcomic. Rather than follow a traditional publishing model, Karl decided to self-publish a hardcover edition of the first chapter, which sold out almost immediately.

Now that same book has been reprinted in a beautiful softcover edition which we are excited to offer to retailers. Featuring a new painted and spot-glossed cover, this family-friendy book will be right at home on store shelves in the company of comics such as Bone and Mouse Guard.

I'm not sure of the best way to describe The Abominable Charles Christopher. To say it's like an unholy mash-up of Walt Kelly, Jeff Smith and Sumerian Mythology is true, but it misses the point completely. It is its own thing, and it does what comics do best: make a world and draw you into it."

- Neil Gaiman - Coraline, American Gods

WOLVES

(W/A) Becky Cloonan

The critically acclaimed short story that sold out of it's initial print-run of 1,000 in just two months is back in stock! It also ships with a free WOLVES bookmark, while supplies last.

As a lone hunter tracks an elusive beast through the forest, he reflects on his life and past love through a series of flashbacks, bringing the story to a climax that is as romantic as it is violent. This powerful mini-comic lends itself to multiple read-throughs, never giving concrete answers but (like the best enigmatic endings) leaves your own conclusions satisfying.

MIRE

(W/A) Becky Cloonan

The much anticipated follow-up to 2011's WOLVES, THE MIRE is a self-contained story set on the eve of battle, when a humble squire is given the task of delivering a letter to a decomposing castle in a swamp. Met with mysterious apparitions, he slowly unveils the truth about why he was sent there, as his past is re-written over the course of twenty two pages.

BLACK CHURCH

(W/A) Andy Belanger

Andy B's 40 pages of pure black and white mini-comic destruction, in a blood red, hand stamped 7" record jacket with a color cover. 7"x7".

1430. In the bitter dark of the Transylvanian winter, Vlad Dracul and his brother narrowly escape their Turkish captors, fleeing into the woods and almost certain danger. There he is entranced by a mysterious witch- but when a prophecy arises that claims their child will be the Antichrist, Vlad is forced to make a difficult decision for the future of his country, the Order of the Dragon, and his son: DRACULA!

BLACK CHURCH is one part The Omen, one part Game of Thrones, and all parts METAL!
File under: Historic horror fantasy; Psychadelic swords and sorcery

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/16/13

CHU'S DAY HC

(W) Neil Gaiman  (A) Adam Rex

A winning new picture book about an unforgettable panda, and the first collaboration between New York Times-bestselling author Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex. Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. His mother takes him to the library, where it's awfully dusty. His father takes him to lunch at the diner, where there's pepper in the air. Will Chu sneeze today? And what will happen if he does? Beloved storyteller Neil Gaiman has written his youngest picture book yet with this delightful, humorous story of how the smallest child's actions can be very powerful. Engagingly and vibrantly illustrated by acclaimed artist Adam Rex, this is the perfect book to read aloud and share.

recommended by erin.