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Tales From the Crypt Month at Papercutz
New graphic novel and comic book offer fresh chills

Tales From the Crypt Graphic Novel Volume 3: Zombielicious
By writers Neil Kleid, Marc Bilgrey, Jared Gniewek, and Jim Salicrup, and artists Steve Mannion, Mr. Exes, Chris Noeth, and Rick Parker

Four fright-filled tales!

• A gamer learns in "Extra Life" that playing Ogre Continent can have deadly results.
• A would-be horror novelist meets her favorite writer and learns the secret of "The Queen of the Vampires!"
• Find out why kids must eat Chocolate Stuffed Fruit Grain Cereal in "Kid Tested, Mom Approved."
• Plus more, more, more in the EC horror tradition!

Full-color trade paperback, 5" x 7 1/2", 112 pages, $7.95, ISBN 978-1-59707-090-4
Also in collector's hardcover, $12.95, ISBN 978-1-59707-091-1


Tales From the Crypt Comic Book #5
By writers Fred Van Lente, Don McGregor, and Jim Salicrup, and artists Steve Mannion, James Romberger, Marguerite Van Cooke, and Rick Parker

Think our new Tales From the Crypt comics are too tame? Check out this issue's tales of women wronged!

• "Ignoble Rot": A player picks on the females in New Orleans's French Quarter -- and ultimately winds up conscious as his body rapidly decomposes.
• "Crystal Clear": A drug dealer wired for sound (his cell phone is built into his skull) is responsible for a fatal overdose. When he seduces the deceased's sister, things get nasty.
• All this, plus the horror hosts with most -- the most bad puns, that is!

Bi-monthly comic book, 48 full-color pages, $3.95

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Boneyard #27
By Richard Moore

Ever wonder what your favorite Boneyard characters would look like as mermaids? Superheroes? Robots? Of course not. Prepare to find out anyway, as Abbey and the gang visit multiple worlds to track down their friend Paris, who is stranded in the hostile realm of Faerie.

Quarterly
black and white comic book
$2.95

Boneyard in Color, Volume Three
By Richard Moore

Now in full color! The inept Glump devises a scheme to do a Monsters on the Beach swimsuit issue to help the cash-strapped Michael Paris. Never mind that Glump is hiding a worse scheme within the scheme! On a darker note, the fiendish Roxanne shows her true demonic self, resulting in a potentially deadly showdown with the sweet vampire Abbey. This volume collects Boneyard's issues 9-11 and its swimsuit issue.

"Consistent, pure fun. . . . Boneyard is a gem that deserves fame and acclaim." -- Newsarama
"Moore's strength is his ear for dialogue and timing." -- Publishers Weekly
"Boneyard brings a smile to your face, page after page. It's simply a delight." -- Andrew Smith, Scripps-Howard Newspapers

Full-color trade paperback
6" x 9"
96 pages
$12.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-515-3

The Saga of the Bloody Benders: The Infamous Homicidal Family of Labette County, Kansas (A Treasury of Victorian Murder, Volume 9)
By Rick Geary

Rick Geary takes us out to the wild west and the just-opened prairies of Kansas. Out on a deserted stretch of road linking newly forming towns, a mysterious family stakes a claim and builds an inn for weary visitors. Soon, reports multiply of disappearances around the area. Generally, those who disappeared had plenty of cash on them. A delicious tale of a gruesome family fronted by a beguiling lass who led her victims on.

"A little gem of a book." -- Comics Reporter
"Exquisite art. Riveting writing." -- Publishers Weekly

Black-and-white trade paperback
6" x 9"
80 pages
$9.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-499-6

Miss DD, Volume 5: "The Prince of Manga" Part 2
By Chiyoji

As an artist finds inspiration for his triple-X stories, he finds his rival for the girl of his dreams is... a woman! How does he deal? By joining in! And when he's ill and uninspired, who better to get his, uh, juices flowing than his nurse: the voluptuous Reiko.

Black-and-white trade paperback
8 1/2" x 11
64 pages
$9.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-520-7

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NEW FROM NBM COMICSLIT
The Museum Vaults: Excerpts from the Journal of an Expert
By Marc-Antoine Mathieu
The Museum Vaults is the newest volume from NBM's ComicsLit imprint in co-publication with the Louvre museum.

An art assessor must evaluate the vast collections of the Louvre in an alternate Kafkaesque world where all is warehoused in an endless ever-deepening succession of basement levels. Mathieu, an artist who marries Escher with Kafka, brings stinging irony to the pompousness of art history.

NBM's first Louvre volume – the popular Glacial Period – went back to press quickly, and The Museum Vaults is an equally stunning volume.

Two-color trade paperback with flaps, 9" x 9," 64 pages, $14.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-514-6

The Castaways
By Rob Vollmar & Pablo Callejo
Now in paperback! The first graphic novel by the best-selling team behind Bluesman.

An emotionally powerful tale, drawn from the fabric of America itself, that follows the adventures of young Tucker Freeman as he is compelled to hop a train to escape from the crippling poverty of his rural existence. Armed with only fifteen cents and the memory of his hobo father's counsel, Tucker must find his place in this broken America of the Great Depression before the realities of being young, poor, and homeless consume him.

This new NBM/ComicsLit edition of THE CASTAWAYS features a six-page conclusion/epilogue not featured in the original release as well as a new two-color look. It will stand as THE definitive edition of a book nominated for an Eisner in the Best Single Issue/One Shot category, an epic adventure recalling the works of Mark Twain, Jack London, and John Steinbeck.

Here's some of the press on the virtually sold-out hardcover edition:
"An attractive expanded and color-enhanced version. Vollmar's script, based on family reminiscences, rings true. Callejo's art creates a solid setting in which Tucker's experience can reveal squalor or grace." - Publishers Weekly
"There's enough suspense and atmosphere here to make anyone grip their chair and feel transported." - Los Angeles Times
"Writer Rob Vollmar imagines a place rich in meaning and menace; Pablo G. Callejo's expressive B&W images give it vibrancy." - Entertainment Weekly
"Beautiful, powerful vision of a different era. Even readers reluctant to pick up a book about American history will be pulled into this adventure of deep longing and honor." - Booklist

Two-color trade paperback, 6"x 9," 64 pages, $11.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-493-4

The Fatal Bullet: The Assassination of President Garfield (A Treasury of Victorian Murder, Volume 4)
By Rick Geary

It was the first assassination of one of our presidents by an obsessive-compulsive stalker, a deluded loser who thought his action would bring him national glory. Going beyond a mere presentation of facts, the author surreptitiously peels back a bit of the national psyche.

Black-and-white trade paperback, 6" x 9," 80 pages, $9.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-228-2

NEW FROM EUROTICA
Tranceptor, Book Two: Iron Gauge, Part One
By Michael Manning and Patrick Conlon

Michael Manning, Patrick Conlon, and the Tranceptor series are finally back!

The mysterious Tranceptor has escaped the trap laid for her at Waystation 56 with the help of local boy Hyu. The fugitives pause for a much-needed rest at a desert oasis where Hyu receives his reward - a sun-drenched erotic encounter with Uma and Una, the Tranceptor's buxom horsegirls. Meanwhile, the tattoo artist Raika is forced to negotiate a stand-off between his co-workers and the Tranceptor's former partner-in-crime, the luscious and deadly Ravanna, who is eager to be reunited with her well-hung horseboys...

Black-and-white trade paperback, 8 1/2" x 11,"48 pages.$9.95, ISBN
978-1-56163-519-1

Sizzle #36
Featuring:
• Omaha the Cat Dancer
• The final chapter in the latest Peanut Butter Diary by Cornnell Clarke
• Banana Games 4
• Bayba 3
• And new surprises!

Black-and-white quarterly magazine, 64 pages, $5.95

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Press Release

Cartoonist Phil Yeh, creator of NBM Publishing's geography-teaching graphic novel Dinosaurs Across America, has released the fall 2007 schedule of his 25-year world tour that uses humor and cartoons to promote literacy and the arts.

In August, NBM released Dinosaurs Across America in a full-color, hardbound format. A black-and-white comic-book version of the book has been reprinted eight times and sold nearly 200,000 copies.

Both Yeh and NBM have long histories in graphic novels. NBM, the first American house to publish graphic novels consistently, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Yeh has been in graphic novels for nearly as long. Well before graphic novels became a bookstore staple, Yeh – the godfather of the modern American graphic novel -- was encouraging his fellow artists to dive into the format.

Yeh and a band of artists, known collectively as Cartoonists Across America, have painted more than 1600 murals since Yeh's tour began in 1985. After its end in 2010, Yeh plans to finish the feature-length documentary Planet Literacy: The Cartoonists Across America. He is featured in the new book Hometown Heroes (HarperCollins), about 50 Americans who are changing the world. And he makes for a lively, funny, and opinionated interview.

Here is Yeh's schedule (so far) for the autumn.
Saturday, September 8, 12:00 noon – 2 p.m.
Book signing
Metropolis Comics
16509 Bellflower Boulevard
Bellflower, CA 90706
562-263-0277
metrohero@gmail.com
http://www.metrohero.com/

Tuesday, September 25, 4:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Govans Branch Library
5714 Bellona Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21212
410-396-6098
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/govans/

Wednesday, September 26, 4:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Patterson Park Branch Library
158 North Linwood Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-396-0983
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/pattersonpark/

Thursday, September 27, 4:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Washington Village Branch Library
856 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-396-1099
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/washvillage/

Thursday, September 27, 6:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Light Street Branch Library
1251 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-396-1096
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/lightstreet/

Saturday, September 29, 2:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Central Library
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-396-5430
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/central/

Friday through Sunday, September 28 through 30
Mural painting, book signing, and panel discussion
Baltimore Book Festival Children's Bookstore Tent
Mount Vernon Place
600 block of North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-8632
http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/index.cfm?page=schedules&id=12

Friday through Sunday, October 5 through 7
Mural painting and book signing
Silicon 2007 science fiction, comics, and anime convention
DoubleTree Hotel
2050 Gateway Place
San Jose, CA 95110
http://www.siliconventions.com/silicon/
silicontact@gmail.com

Wednesday and Thursday, October 9 and 10
School assembly, mural painting, and family night
Park Elementary School
301 North Marengo Avenue
Alhambra, CA 91801
626-308-2435
http://www.alhambra.k12.ca.us/schools/park.html

Thursday, October 11
School assembly and comics workshop
The Prentice School
18341 Lassen Drive
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-538-4511
http://www.prentice.com/

Saturday, October 13, 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Mural painting
San Bernardino Public Library
555 West 6th Street
San Bernardino, CA 92410
909-381-8201
http://www.sbpl.org/index.htm

Sunday, October 14
Mural Painting
Latino Book & Family Festival
ArcLight Theater
6369 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
760-434-4484
jim@lbff.us
http://www.latinofestivals.com/home/schedule/LA-2007/index.htm

Thursday, October 25, 6:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Glenwood Lynwood Public Library
320 Glenwood-Lansing Road
Glenwood, IL 60425
708-758-0090
parkerk@sslic.net
http://www.glpld.org/

Monday, October 29, 3:00 p.m.
Comics workshop
Homewood Flossmoor High School
999 Kedzie Avenue
Flossmoor, IL 60422
708-799-3000
disom@hfhighschool.org
http://www.hfhighschool.org/

Thursday, November 1
Two comics workshops
Thornton-Fractional South High School
18500 Burnham Ave.
Lansing, IL 60438
708-585-2000
jhallberg@tfd215.org
http://www.tfd215.org/

Saturday, November 3, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mural painting
Blue Back Square
West Hartford, CT 06107
678-553-3906
ccraig@ronusproperties.com
http://www.bluebacksquare.com/

New from NBM
The Art of Bryan Talbot
By Bryan Talbot
Full color trade paperback
9" x 12"
96 pages
$19.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-512-2
Works by the best-selling artist of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, The Sandman, and, most recently, Alice in Sunderland. From illustrations to covers to comics, Talbot presents his best.





New from ComicsLit
Remembrance of Things Past
Part Three: Love Of Swann, Vol.1
By Marcel Proust, adapted by Stephane Heuet
Full color jacketed hardcover
8 1/2" x 11"
48 pages
$16.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-513-9
The acclaimed adaptation continues. Swann is a frequent guest of high-society soirees at the end of the 19th century. When he first meets Odette de Crecy, he feels no attraction to the frivolous and superficial young woman-but soon, she becomes an obsession.

Some reviews of the previous three volumes:

"This Proust looks like the Classics Illustrated comics of our mid-century youth. Comic books as our tea and madeleine-there's the American version for you." - Malcolm Jones, Newsweek

"These clever editions are much more than comic Cliff Notes. They are original and engaging in their own right." - San Francisco Chronicle

Back in print!
A Treasury of Victorian Murder: Jack the Ripper
By Rick Geary
Black-and-white trade paperback
6" x 9"
64 pages
$9.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-308-1
Last week, at the San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Geary won his latest Eisner Award - the comics' Oscar. And now, NBM is bringing back Geary's infamous Jack the Ripper after more than a year out of print. In his meticulous yet foreboding style, Geary recounts the truth about the world's most famous serial killer. Jack the Ripper is full of well-researched facts and presents all theories without opinion, but reveals with tongue firmly in cheek the society that spawned the monster. The perennially popular Jack the Ripper has sold more than 15,000 copies and is going back to press for its fourth printing.

From Eurotica
Kristina, Queen of Vampires, Volume 2
By Frans Mensink
Full color trade paperback
8 1/2" x 11"
48 pages
$10.95
ISBN 978-1-56163-517-7
Resurrected from her last adventure with a weakened memory, all Kristina seeks is to capture slaves for complete sexual control! But a local band of vampires senses her presence, finds her, and informs her of her all-powerful past as a lustful Queen of vampires. She's not sure she wants that throne back; she just wants some good warm blood and a lot of very hot sex! Volume 1 is one of our very best sellers, and Volume 2 should be just as popular.

SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE AT WWW.NBMPUBLISHING.COM

Press Release

NBM Publishing, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, is pleased to announce the schedule for signings at its booth at Comic-Con International: San Diego. Some of the company's writers and artists are appearing only at NBM and nowhere else for the entire convention. Just added to the list is popular and controversial editorial cartoonist Ted Rall (Silk Road to Ruin).

NBM is in Booth #1528, near the Small Press Pavilion and the Bayside Lobby at the back of Exhibit Hall B.

In addition to their signings at the booth, NBM's writers and artists will participate in the company's presentation on Saturday afternoon from 5:00 to 6:00 in Room 8.

Here is the signing schedule:

David Axe (War Fix, winner of Foreword magazine's Book of the Year) will be signing only at NBM's booth. He will be there :
Friday from from 1:00 to 3:00 and 5:00 to 7:00
Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00

Rick Geary will be signing the newest book in his A Treasury of Victorian Murder series, The Bloody Benders, on:
Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00
Friday from 10:00 to 12:00
Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00

Jesse Lonergan (Flower and Fade) will be signing only at NBM's booth. He will be there:
Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 3:00 to 5:00
Friday from 5:00 to 7:00
Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 3:00 to 5:00
Sunday from 10:30 to 12:30

Ted Rall will be at the NBM booth on:
Wednesday's Preview Night from 6:00 to 8:00
Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00
Friday from 1:00 to 3:00

Bryan Talbot (The Sandman, Fables, Alice in Sunderland) will sign a special numbered Comic-Con print from his forthcoming NBM art book. He'll be at NBM on:
Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00
Friday from 3:00-5:00
Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00

Rob Vollmar (Bluesman, the Eisner-nominated Castaways) will be signing only at NBM's booth. He will be there:
Friday from 1:00 to 3:00 and 5:00 to 7:00
Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 3:00 to 5:00
Sunday from 10:30 to 12:30

Chad Michael Ward (Autopsyrotica) will be at the NBM booth on:
Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 and 5:00 to 7:00
Friday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 3:00-5:00
Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00

Phil Yeh (The Winged Tiger, Frank the Unicorn) will be signing his new comic book, Dinosaurs Across America, only at the NBM booth. He will be there:
Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 3:00-5:00
Friday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 3:00-5:00
Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00

Press Release

NBM Publishing will celebrate its 30th anniversary at Comic-Con International: San Diego. The fun will include:
• An NBM panel with artists and writers Rick Geary (A Treasury of Victorian Murder), Chad Michael Ward (Autopsyrotica), Rob Vollmar (Bluesman and The Castaways), David Axe (the award-winning War Fix), superstar artist Bryan Talbot, and maybe some surprise guests! During the panel, NBM publisher Terry Nantier plans to announce upcoming projects. Plus, NBM will serve birthday cake to con-goers who attend the panel. It's all on Saturday, July 28, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the convention's Room 8 (on the upper level, not far from the Sails Pavilion).

• Signings by NBM creators at the company's exhibit-hall booth. NBM is in Booth #1528, near the Small Press Pavilion and the Bayside Lobby at the back of Exhibit Hall B.

• The Eisner Awards - the comic-book Oscars. Lewis Trondheim, creator of the dark comedy Mr. I, is a nominee for Best Writer/Artist - Humor. The category of Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) includes Nicolas De Crecy for Glacial Period. Other NBM-related nominees include Rick Geary, Joann Sfar, and Stefano Gaudiano. The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of July 27.

Comic-Con International is North America's largest comic-book and pop-culture event, with more than 100,000 attendees and worldwide coverage in the news media. Its website, www.comic-con.org/cci, has more information.

NBM -independent publisher of comics ranging from Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates to Milo Manara's erotica - began producing graphic novels in 1977. NBM's 150-plus works have collectively sold over 200,000 copies per year and include such best-sellers as:
• Richard Moore's spooky-funny Boneyard
• Ted Rall's travelogue and political commentary Silk Road to Ruin
• Luis Royo's Visions, Dreams, Secrets, and other fantasy art books

Recently, NBM has announced:
• A new set of Mutt & Jeff reprints for the comic strip's 100th anniversary.
• The return of Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar's adventure-comedy Dungeon.
• Foreword magazine's Book of the Year award for War Fix by David Axe and Steve Olexa.
• The optioning of Rob Vollmar and Pablo Callejo's Bluesman for film.
• The Young Adult Library Services Association's nomination of War Fix, The Case of Madeleine Smith, Brownsville, Trailers, and The Life of Pope John Paul II to its list of Great Graphic Novels.

BONEYARD #26
By RICHARD MOORE
Comic book, black-and-white interior art, color cover, $2.95
A favorite since its first issue, Boneyard is about Michael Paris, a nice guy who inherits a graveyard and finds that it's the home of bizarre creatures such as the cute vampire Abbey, the brainy but inept demon Glump, and the evil Mayor Wormwood.
This month, royal guards take Michael's friend Lita to the realm of Faerie by force. The Boneyard gang meets them head-on, but muscle won't help when Michael is sucked through the portal after Lita and the guards. He finds himself in a very hostile world . . . with no way back!

BONEYARD, Volume 6
By RICHARD MOORE
Trade paperback, 7" x 11", 96 pages, black-and-white interior art, color cover, $9.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-510-8
In this book, which collects Boneyard #21-24, Abbey attends a posh party where she must make a good impression with the Illuminary, head of all fantastic creatures. But when she heads with Michael into her private meeting with the Illuminary, arch-rival Lilith slips her a mickey that makes her act uncontrollably badly!

Here's what the press has been saying about Boneyard:
"Boneyard has been consistent pure fun. It's got action, miles of comedy, a wonderfully written potential romance between Michael and Abbey, and it's slowly adding weight and consequence. Boneyard is a gem that deserves fame and acclaim. If you like humor, if you like horror, hell, if you like comics, pick up Boneyard." - Newsarama

"Well rendered, witty tale. Recommended for teens and adults." - Library Journal

"A series garnering great word of mouth and increasing sales based on pure craftsmanship and enjoyment. The real hooks are Moore's terrific drawing style and spot on comic timing."- Troy Brownfield, Comicon.com/Pulse

"It's simply a delight." - Andrew Smith, Scripps-Howard papers

"Everything a comic about friendly monsters should be. Moore's strength is his ear for dialogue and timing." - Publishers Weekly

HOUSE OF CLAY
By NAOMI NOWAK
Full-color trade paperback, 5" x 7 1/2", 144 pages, $12.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-511-5
A girl who used to be rich gets surprised while working in a sweatshop. She finds herself in a love tangle with no confidantes but a rude old card-reading lady with an eerily similar romantic past and a mute girl. Is there also a little bit of magic in the air?
Raves for Nowak's first book, Unholy Kinship:

"A beautifully told story that will leave you wanting more from this young artist. A great debut." - Jazma Online

"She's clearly a gifted artist, a very good debut, literate and thoughtful, and I look forward to more from this talented creator." - Marc Mason, Comicswaitingroom.com

"Nowak is clearly a talent who will bear watching. She creates several interesting characters, knows how to establish a strong premise, and she's not afraid to follow a number of interesecting story lines. Most importantly, she is completely fearless about describing her character's difficult emotional states." - Publishers Weekly

AMEROTICA/EUROTICA
HONEY LICKERS SORORITY, Volume 1
By CHRISTIAN ZANIER
Trade paperback, 8 1/2" x 11", 48 pages, $10.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-518-4
Tammy is a Big Woman On Campus. And by big, we don't just mean tits. We mean hung big. She rises to lead a whole new sorority of sex where the hazing tests your capacity for sexual abandon. By the best-selling artist of Banana Games - but this one's all sex, no violence.

SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE AT WWW.NBMPUBLISHING.COM

PAPERCUTZ
NANCY DREW GRAPHIC NOVEL #11: "Monkey-Wrench Blues"
by writers Stefan Petrucha & Sarah Kinney and artist Sho Murase
Paperback graphic novel, 5"x 7 1/2", 112 pages, $7.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-086-7
Also in collector's hardcover: $12.95, ISBN 978-1-59707-087-4
When Bess and George help Nancy pick out a dress for Deirdre's big party, little do they suspect it's the dress Deirdre will be wearing. After a minor altercation with the perturbed hostess, Nancy leaves the party only to be grabbed by a dark figure, tossed into a van and kidnapped! That leaves Bess and George to solve the mystery of exactly what just happened to Nancy. Things get complicated further when Bess and George's number one suspect, Deirdre, is kidnapped too!

SEE MORE AT WWW.PAPERCUTZ.COM

Press Release

Richard Moore's popular comedy of horrors, BONEYARD, reaches issue #25 in May. A favorite since its first issue in the spring of 2001, the quarterly BONEYARD has only been growing more popular. Last month, BONEYARD publisher NBM Publishing quickly sold out all copies of BONEYARD #23, with significant reorders that had to be shorted and allocated. In 2005, the collected volume BONEYARD IN COLOR won a gold medal in Foreword magazine's Book of the Year awards.

BONEYARD is about Michael Paris, a nice guy who inherits a graveyard and finds that it's the home of bizarre creatures such as the cute vampire Abbey, the brainy but inept demon Glump, and the evil Mayor Wormwood. In BONEYARD #25, Michael is trapped in the realm of Faerie. Abbey must free him, and she asks Glump for help. But, says Moore, "[Glump's] scientific endeavors tend to go awry, to say the least. No telling how many parallel worlds they'll have to go through before they find the right one."

"I've always loved horror, sci-fi and fantasy, but my personal strength is humor," Moore adds. In future issues, "Look for everything from body-snatching pod people to ancient mummies, nature run amok, and giant, rampaging monsters."

Fans and critics alike love BONEYARD.
"BONEYARD is a gem that deserves fame and acclaim."-Newsarama

"Well rendered, witty tale. Recommended for teens and adults."-Library Journal

"A series garnering great word of mouth and increasing sales based on pure craftsmanship and enjoyment."-Troy Brownfield, Comicon.com/Pulse

"Simply a delight."-Andrew Smith, Scripps-Howard papers

"Everything a comic about friendly monsters should be. Moore's strength is his ear for dialogue and timing."-Publishers Weekly

Press Release

Foreword, the magazine of independent publishing, has given top honors in its Book of the Year Awards' graphic novel category to NBM's graphic novel War Fix. The book by combat journalist David Axe and artist Steve Olexa is Axe's journal of dealing with his addiction to battle. Foreword tells booksellers, librarians, agents, producers, and publishers about great books from independent presses (according to its website, www.forewardmagazine.net).

The Book of the Year is the latest in a series of honors for War Fix. The editors of Amazon.com have placed the book on its list of 2006's ten best graphic novels. In addition, the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association has nominated the book for its list of Great Graphic Novels.

Some praise for War Fix:
"Visceral and affecting."- Observer (UK)
"Axe's text . . . and the complexity of Olexa's realistically rendered pictures unite to communicate powerfully Axe's fascination with war."- Booklist
"His firsthand observations of episodes in combat are fresh and vivid."- Publishers Weekly
"Olexa's shadowed black-and-white art completes and extends Axe's narrative perfectly. Essential as background on war and the conflict in Iraq."- Library Journal
"Succeeds brilliantly."- Columbia Journalism Review

Press Release

DUNGEON PARADE, Vol. 2: Day of the Toads
by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Manu Larcenet

Volume 1 of NBM Publishing's DUNGEON PARADE has earned praise from Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and . Now here comes the best-selling fantasy-comedy's Volume 2!

DUNGEON mixes suspense, adventure, and laughs in a castle filled with monsters. Marvin the Vegetarian Dragon and his self-centered pal Herbert the Duck must defend Dungeon, whether they want to or not. The PARADE mini-series tells short stories taking place between the first two books of ZENITH, DUNGEON's main mini-series.

Volume 2 presents two stories. In the first, the Dungeon is attacked by a swarm of flying venomous toads so large that the Dungeon's inhabitants almost succumb as the perpetrators look to get free rein inside!

In the second story, Herbert is sent on a mission to ... clear out the septic tank. It hadn't been done for 40 years. Turns out the crap has accumulated so massively that a whole beautiful ecology has been formed deep in the basement! Should they destroy this flowery dung heap?

Book details: 6" x 9", 64 pages, full-color trade paperback, cover price $9.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-507-8.

Press Release

NBM Publishing congratulates graphic novelists Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas De Crecy for their nominations in the annual Eisner Awards. Trondheim, writer-artist of the dark comedy Mr. I and co-writer (with Joann Sfar) of the popular series Dungeon, is a nominee for Best Writer/Artist - Humor. The category of Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) includes writer-artist De Crecy for his work on Glacial Period, the first graphic novel sponsored by the Louvre Museum.

De Crecy's Glacial Period was born after artist the artist felt overwhelmed before t he Louvre's rich art collection. The result is a story set thousands of years hence in a glacial period where human history has been forgotten. Some archeologists fall upon the Louvre, buried in age-old snow. They cannot begin to explain the artifacts that they find. Their interpretations are nonsensical, absurd, and farcical.

Trondheim is a leader in a new and exciting movement, "La Nouvelle Generation" or "Nouvelle Vague." This group of French cartoonists focuses on vulnerable characters in impossible situations. Mr. I features a humble stick figure who, no matter what he tries, always ends up killed; each page is a miniature story that starts placidly-Mr. I goes ice fishing, Mr. I uses a vending machine - but leads to a fate fit for Wile E. Coyote. Dungeon mixes suspense, adventure, and laughs in a castle filled with monsters; Marvin the Vegetarian Dragon and his self-centered pal Herbert the Duck must defend Dungeon, whether they want to or not.

The Eisners have often honored NBM publications. In 2006, for instance, the Dungeon volume The Early Years and Manu Larcenet's Ordinary Victories received nominations as Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material.

Other NBM-related nominees for 2007 include:
• Rick Geary (NBM's A Treasury of Victorian Murder) in the Best New Series and Best Publication for a Younger Audience categories for Gumby
• Trondheim's Dungeon co-writer Joann Sfar as Best Writer/Artist for Klezmer and Vampire Loves
• and Stefano Gaudiano - translator of NBM's No Pasaran! by Vittorio Giardino and many other NBM books - for Daredevil (Best Continuing Series)

The Eisners, established in 1987, are the most prestigious awards in comic books and graphic novels. Named for master comics maker Will Eisner, the nominees pass through a strict judging process. "The finalists on the ballot are selected by a blue-ribbon committee that considers thousands of entries submitted by publishers and creators," says the awards' website. "The nominees are then voted on by all parts of the comic book industry." The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of July 27 during Comic-Con International: San Diego, North America's largest comic-book and pop-culture event.

For more information, visit www.nbmpub.com or http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml.

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ForeWord, the leading magazine for independently published books, has nominated NBM Publishing's War Fix and Silk Road for Book of the Year. War Fix, by David Axe and Steven Olexa, is one of only five finalists in the Graphic Novel category. Ted Rall's Silk Road to Ruin is one of twelve finalists in the Political Science category, up against such distinguished titles as Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Solzhenitsyn Reader.

This year marks the ninth ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. "Nearly 1,400 books were entered in 59 categories," says the magazine's website. "The winners will be determined by a panel of librarians and booksellers, selected from our readership. . . . Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners, as well as Editor's Choice Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction, will be announced at a special program at BookExpo America at the Javits Center in New York City. [The ceremony will take place on] June 1st from 2:30pm at LIVE@ Second Stage located on the main show floor."

War Fix, by Axe and Olexa, is combat journalist Axe's journal of his addiction to battle. Amazon.com named War Fix to its list of 2006's ten best graphic novels, and the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association nominated the book for its list of Great Graphic Novels. Critics from sources as diverse as PopularScience.com and UtneReader.com have praised the book's honesty and passion.

Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East? is cartoonist Ted Rall's account of his travels through Afghanistan and other parts of what he calls the New Middle East. He returned with this mix of travelogue, political analysis, and graphic novel. Rall sees oil wealth, Islamic radicalism, and American ambition colliding to turn the region east of Iraq into something explosive.

NBM is no stranger to the Book of the Year awards. Last year, for instance, Richard Moore's Boneyard in Color took the gold medal as the year's best graphic novel. Among the year's other nominees was Patrick Atangan's Tree of Love, also from NBM.

For more information, visit www.nbmpub.com/news/latestnews.html or www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/.

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First Printing Nearly Gone;
NBM Goes Back to Press on Louvre Graphic Novel

Glacial Period, the first graphic novel from Paris' Louvre Museum, is selling out of its first U.S. edition. To keep readers and retailers from missing out, NBM is going back to press.

NBM has sold more than four thousand copies since releasing Glacial Period - the first of four Louvre graphic novels - at the end of 2006. The book, from NBM's ComicsLit imprint, was born after artist Nicolas De Crecy felt overwhelmed, small, and ignorant before Louvre's incredibly rich art collection. The result is a story set thousands of years hence in a glacial period where all human history has been forgotten. A small group of archeologists fall upon the Louvre, buried in age-old snow. They cannot begin to explain all the artifacts they see. What could they have meant? The interpretations are nonsensical, absurd, and farcical.

The critics love Glacial Period.
"A clever upending of the resilient myth that masterworks of art preserve the history and spirit of their era; the meaning of art, De Crecy suggests, belongs to the people who experience it." - Washington Post

"Humorous, insightful, and touching." - Comics Buyer's Guide

"Beautifully painted." - Book Page

"De Crecy is a gifted storyteller whose eye for body language and ear for a funny line never fails him. He deftly combines art history, science fiction and simple philosophizing in a short but very sweet tale." - Publishers Weekly

"De Crecy's art is breathtaking. He lives up to his reputation as a mad genius with this amusing work." - Booklist

Book details: 6" x 9", 80 pages, full color trade paperback with flaps, cover price $14.95, ISBN 1-56163-483-2. Pages are available at www.nbmpub.com/comicslit/glacialperiod/glacialpre1.html