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miscellaneous publishers

Abraham Lincoln: The Civil War President, Ginger Turner, Saral Tiwari

Akiko #4: The Story Tree, Mark Crilley

Alpha Shade: Chapter One, Joseph Brudlos, Christopher Brudlos

Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming, Rachel Hartman

Anderson Psi Division: Shamballa, Alan Grant, Arthur Ranson

Another Suburban Romance, Alan Moore, Antony Johnston, Juan Jose Ryp

Ant: Days Like These, Mario Gully, Sean O'Reilly, Ken F. Levin

Armor Quest #1: Genesis, Ben Avery, Sherwin Schwartzrock

Asterix & the Actress, Albert Uderzo

Astronauts in Trouble, Larry Young, Matt Smith, Charlie Adlard

Atmospherics, Warren Ellis, Ken Meyer Jr.

Avatar: The Last Airbender, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko

Ballads, Charles Vess

Battle Pope, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore

Black & White Images: Second Annual Collection, various artists & writers

The Black Coat: A Call to Arms, Ben Lichius, Adam Cogan, Francesco Francavilla

Black Harvest, Josh Howard

 Black Hole, Charles Burns

Blue Beetle: Companion, Christopher Irving, various writers & artists

Bogie Man: Chinatoon, Alan Grant, John Wagner, Robin Smith

Bone
series overview, Jeff Smith
• #1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith
• #2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith
• #3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith
• #4: The Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith
• #5: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border, Jeff Smith
• #6: Old Man's Cave, Jeff Smith
• #7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith
• #8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith
Rose, Jeff Smith, Charles Vess

Broad Appeal, various artists & writers

Button Man: The Killing Game, John Wagner, Arthur Ranson

Cancer Vixen, Marissa Acocella Marchetto

Castaways, Rob Vollmar, Pablo G. Callejo

Closer: Distance Means Nothing, Antony Johnston, Mike Norton, Leanne Buckley

Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History, Ron Goulart

Complex City: All in a Day's Work, J.E. Smith

The Crow, James O'Barr

Cry Wolf, Doug Crill, Daniel J. Frey

Curses, Kevin Huizenga

Dark Hunger, Christine Feehan, Zid

Dark Mists: Kuroi Kiri, Annika Eade, Lee Garbett, Yishan Li

David: The Shepherd's Song, Royden Lepp

Dead@17: The Complete First Series, Josh Howard

Dignifying Science, Jim Ottaviani

Dirty Stories #3, Eric Reynolds

Dorothy: Vol. 1, Mark Masterson

The Dreamland Chronicles: Book One, Scott Christian Sava

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, John K. Snyder III

 Ed's Terrestrials, Scott Christian Sava, Diego Jourdan

Electric Girl: Vol. 1, Michael Brennan

Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi

 Epileptic, David B./Pierre-Francois Beauchard

Essential Painkiller Jane, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada

Exit 13, various artists & writers

The Expendable One #2: The Boob versus the Boobs, Jason M. Burns, various artists

Eye Collection, Bill Schelly, Ron Frenz

Ezra: The Egyptian Exchange, Sean O'Reilly, Alfonso Ruiz

Fandom's Finest Comics, Bill Schelly

Foot Soldiers, Jim Krueger

Fun Home, Alison Bechdel

Generic Trade Paperback, Doug Miers, Amilton Santos

George Perez: Storyteller, Chris Lawrence

Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers: Writers on Comics, Sean Howe

Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story, Ginger Turner, Shekhar Shimpi

Graphic Classics
• #2: Arthur Conan Doyle, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #3: H.G. Wells, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #4: H.P. Lovecraft, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #5: Jack London, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #7: Bram Stoker, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #8: Mark Twain, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #9: Robert Louis Stevenson, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #10: Horror Classics, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #11: O. Henry, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #12: Adventure Classics, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #13: Rafael Sabatini, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #14: Gothic Classics, Tom Pomplun, various artists

Gunpowder Girl & the Outlaw Squaw, Don Hudson

The Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom, Dan Brereton, Ted Naifeh

Hand of the Morningstar
 #1: Advent, Brett Burner, Mike Miller
 #2: Resurrection, Brett Burner, Mike Miller

Headstatic, Jay A. Hacker III

Hero Gets Girl: The Life & Art of Kurt Schaffenberger, Mark Voger

Highlander
• #1: The Coldest War, Brandon Jerwa, Michael Avon Oeming, Lee Moder

Hopeless Savages, Jen Van Meter, Christine Norrie, Chynna Clugston-Major

How Not to Draw Manga, John Kantz, Chris Reid

Hsu & Chan: Too Much Adventure, Norm Scott

The Illustrated Left Behind, John S. Layman, Aaron Lopresti, Jeffrey Moy

Impact, various writers & artists

Interman, Jeff Parker

Inu-Yasha: Vol. 18, Rumiko Takahashi

Jack Kirby Collector, John Morrow

Judge Dredd
Apocalypse War, John Wagner, Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra
Die Laughing, Alan Grant, John Wagner, Glenn Fabry
The Ultimate Riddle, Alan Grant, John Wagner

 Kampung Boy, Lat

Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies, Art Speigelman & Francoise Mouly

The Lone & Level Sands, A. David Lewis, Marvin Perry Mann

Lost in Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul, Bill Mumy, Michael Dutkiewicz

The Man from Krypton, Glenn Yeffeth

The Man Who Grew Young, Daniel Quinn, Tim Eldred

Marshal Law: Blood, Sweat & Fears, Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill

The Middleman #3: Inescapability, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Les McClaine

 Mom's Cancer, Brian Fies

Morbid Drive, Ron Cremeans

Moving Fortress, Ricardo Barreiro, Enrique Alcatena

Negative Exposure, Thierry Smolderen, Georges Pop, Enrico Marini

Nightmares & Fairy Tales #1: Once Upon a Time, Serena Valentino, FSc

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton, Jun Asuga

9-11: Artists Respond, September 11th 2001, various writers & artists

Nocturnals: Witching Hour, Dan Brereton

Northwest Passage, Scott Chantler

Oddly Normal: Family Reunion, Otis Frampton, Sergio Quijada

On a Pale Horse, Piers Anthony, various writers & artists

Pacific Bound: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark, Lauri Olsen

Persepolis
• #1: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi
• #2: The Story of a Return, Marjane Satrapi

Pogo Revisited, Walt Kelly

Poison Elves
• #1: Requiem for an Elf, Drew Hayes
• #2: Traumatic Dogs, Drew Hayes
• #3: Desert of the Third Sin, Drew Hayes

Pyongyang, Guy Delisle

Queen & Country: Declassified, Greg Rucka, Brian Hurtt

Red Sonja
Claw: The Devil's Hands, John Layman, Andy Smith
Queen of the Frozen Wastes, Frank Cho, Doug Murray, Homs
Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom, Peter David, Luke Lieberman, Will Conrad
She-Devil with a Sword, Michael Avon Oeming, Mike Carey, Mel Rubi
 Spider-Man, Michael Avon Oeming, Mel Rubi

Remembrance of Things Past: Combray, Marcel Proust, Stephane Heuet, Nantier Beall

Road to Perdition, Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner

Robotika, Alex Sheikman

Rose, Jeff Smith, Charles Vess

Samson: Judge of Israel, Jerry Novick, Mario Ruiz

Sandland, Akira Toriyama

Scary Godmother, Jill Thompson

School Bites, Holly Golightly

Scout: The Four Monsters, Tim Truman

Shi
The Definitive Shi: The Essential Warrior, Vol. 1, Billy Tucci, various artists
Ju-Nen, Billy Tucci, J.C. Vaughn
Senryaku, Gary Cohn, various artists
Tomoe, William Tucci
The Way of the Warrior, William Tucci

Slaine
Demon Killer, Pat Mills, Glenn Fabry, Dermot Power
The Horned God, Pat Mills, Simon Bisley

The Sleepy Truth, Jason M. Burns, Erik Valdez y Alanis

Solar, Man of the Atom: Alpha & Omega, Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith

Space Wars, Steve Ditko

Star Trek: The Manga, various artists & writers

Steve Ditko Reader
Vol. 1, Greg Thomaston
Vol. 2, Greg Thomaston

Table for One, Bosch Fawstin

Tales of the Terminal Diner, various writers & artists

Tank Girl: The Odyssey, Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett

Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #4, Jim Balent

Tenth Muse: The Odyssey, Darren G. Davis

Thieves & Kings
• #1: The Red Book, Mark Oakley
The Walking Mage, Mark Oakley

Thorgal: The Archers, Jean Van Hamme, Grzegorz Rosinski

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jun Asuga

Tomoe, William Tucci

Tuesday, Henrik Rehr

Underlords, Rick Beckley, Abdul Rashid

The Underworld Railroad, Jason M. Burns, Paul Tucker

Valkyrie, Fred Kida

Vampirella
Nowheresville, Mark Millar, Mike Mayhew
Revelations, Mike Carey, Mike Lilly
Vampirella vs. the Cult of Chaos, Archie Goodwin, various artists

Vampi
• #1: Switchblade Kiss, David Conway, Kevin Lau
• #2: Tainted Love, David Conway, Kevin Lau

Varjak Paw, SF Said, Dave McKean

Vixens' Keep, Mark Wallace

The Wandering Ones: Ghost Wind, Clint Hollingsworth

Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, Bob Andelman

Yotsuba&!: Vol. 1, Kiyohiko Azuma

Zombies Calling, Faith Erin Hicks

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