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MARCH 2008 BESTSELLERS - want to see what mutated minds were reading last month?

SHANK BLOG QUESTION - Entertainment Weekly asks creators what comic first got 'em hooked on comics, then asks us to tell people about it. So we did.

FIRST PANEL - This week's First Panel selection is Billups Allen's Cramhole #2!

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Batman: Lovers And Madmen
by Michael Green / Denys Cowan / Prentis Rollins
Price: $24.99
Michael Green, writer/producer of NBC's smash-hit series HEROES, teams with classic Batman artist Denys Cowan for a tale set early in the career of the Dark Knight that sheds light on who the Joker was before he became the Clown Prince of Crime.
   
Capacity #7
by Theo Ellsworth
Price: $5.00
'It Could Happen To You.'  
Also available...
Capacity #6
Paper Wasp #3
Thought Cloud Shrines

 
The Complete Peanuts Volume 9: 1967-1968
by Charles Schulz
Price: $28.99
As we rush toward the end of Peanuts' second full decade, Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the "World War I Flying Ace" - to the point where he goes to camp with Charlie Brown and maintains his persona throughout the entire two-week period (much to Peppermint Patty's bafflement).
Featuring an introduction by John Waters.

The Education Of Hopey Glass
by Jaime Hernandez
Price: $19.99
A standalone graphic novel from the Locas universe!  
      
Funeral Of The Heart
by Leah Hayes
Price: $14.95
A world of dreadful mystery is explored in this exciting debut.





   
Gary Panter: 2 Volume Slipcased HC Set
by Gary Panter
Price: $95.00
Gary Panter has been one of the most influential figures in visual culture for over 30 years.  
 




 
God Save The Queen
by Mike Carey, John Bolton
Price: $12.99
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN is a new hardcover that reunites acclaimed writer Mike Carey (LUCIFER) with renowned fantasy painter John Bolton (FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL).  
  
Hall Of Best Knowledge
by Ray Fenwick
Price: $19.99
Ray Fenwick has pioneered his own medium of storytelling, one best described as 'typographical comics.'


  
Haunted
by Philippe Dupuy
Price: $24.95
Ten years after finishing the original French edition of Maybe Later, Philippe Dupuy set out on his own again with Haunted.  





 
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Volume 4
by Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, D. Bruce Berry, Greg Theakston
Price: $49.99
This fourth and final volume collects the remaining issues of these classic series - THE NEW GODS, THE FOREVER PEOPLE and MISTER MIRACLE - in chronological order as they originally appeared! 
 
Jessica Farm
by Josh Simmons
Price: $14.99
Hot on the heels of his first graphic novel, House, Simmon's Jessica Farm fuses serialized adventure, fantasy, and psychological horror and stamps it with his signature macabre sensibility in his atmospheric new graphic novel.



 
Jesus Hates Zombies: Those Slack-Jaw Blues
by Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan, Ryan Kelly
Price: $14.95
No one knows for certain what caused it, but in only six days a zombie plague swept across the Earth, consuming three quarters of the world's population. 





   
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days
by Robert Kirkman / Mark Millar / Reginald Hudlin / Sean Phillips / Greg Land / Mitch Breitweiser / Francis Portela
Price: $29.99
At last - experience the birth of the Marvel Zombies as told by the creative team of the best-selling limited series, and then witness their rise as they attempt to slake their hunger across two universes! 


  
New Mutants Classic Volume 3
byvChris Claremont / Bill Sienkiewicz / Bob McLeod
Price: $24.99
The New Mutants face a demon menace and befriend an alien misfit!  

Newuniversal: Everything Went White
by Warren Ellis / Salvador Larroca
Price: $14.99
P***t Earth. Inhabited by six billion people. People leading ordinary lives, coping with everyday struggles. 
 
Skim
by Mariko Tamaki / Jillian Tamaki
Price: $18.95
It's the early nineties and 'Skim' is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto.  





Whatever
by Karl Stevens
Price: $9.95
Whatever is a remarkable collection of humorous and beautifully drawn short stories by Ignatz nominated and Xeric award winning artist Karl Stevens.




 
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years
by Bill Mauldin
Price: $65.00
Presenting the complete WWII cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the greatest cartoonist of the Greatest Generation.
                        
***MONTHLY TITLES & SINGLE ISSUES***
Castle Waiting #11
The Comics Journal #289
Doktor Sleepless #6
Echo #2
Gen13 #19
Punisher #56
The Savage Sword Of Conan Volume 1
Scud, The Disposable Assassin #23
Serenity: Better Days #2
The Un-Men #9
Young Liars #2

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The Complete Omaha The Cat Dancer Volume 7
by Kate Worley / Reed Waller
Price: $12.95
Omaha and Chuck have been reunited, but an ongoing murder investigation and a battle brewing over the fate of their beloved 'A' Block ensures that the lives of the Mipple City gang remain as complicated as ever.
 
Genus #87
by Various
Price: $3.99
The longest-running erotic comic anthology returns for another helping of fluffy femmes to tantalize every naughty fantasy!  






Heavy Metal Magazine
by Kevin Eastman (editor)
Price: $5.99
The Adult Illustrated Fantasy Magazine.







Nagarya Part 2: The Lost Continent
by Peter Riverstone
Price: $14.95
The second part of this saga of revival on a new p***t is now reprinted to complete the story of John and Anny, painting the travels and tribulations of the two main characters in a primeval rainforest.  

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Adult Swim Mini Figures
by Adult Swim
Price: $7.95 ea.
NOT YET AVAILABLE! This item is NOT available for pre-order. This item is scheduled to go on sale at 11AM (EST) on April 17. No pre-orders will be accepted. 

New blind boxed Adult Swim toys!