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miscellaneous publishers

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

Akiko #4: The Story Tree, Mark Crilley

All Star Companion: Vol. 3, various writers & artists

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

The Arrival, Shaun Tan

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

The Best of American Splendor, Harvey Pekar, various artists

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

Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story, Frederick Peeters

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

The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part 1, Larry Gonick

Castaways, Rob Vollmar, Pablo G. Callejo

Chicken With Plums, Marjane Satrapi

Chronicles of Wormwood, Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows

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

Coraline, Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell

Cowpokes: Cow Country Cartoons, Ace Reid

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

Dead Men Tell No Tales, Dwight L. MacPherson, various artists

Dignifying Science, Jim Ottaviani

Dirty Stories #3, Eric Reynolds

The DoppleGanger Chronicles #1: The First Escape, G.P. Taylor

Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures!, Chris Wisnia

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

Elemental Fources, Crisman Strunk, Eric Mullarky, John Becaro, J.C. Grande

Elk's Run, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Scott A. Keating, Noel Tuazon

Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi

Epileptic, David B./Pierre-Francois Beauchard

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

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

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

Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Craig Thompson

Graphic Classics
• #1: Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Pomplun, various artists
• #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
• #17: Science Fiction Classics, Tom Pomplun, various artists

Gunpowder Girl & the Outlaw Squaw, Don Hudson

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

Gypsy: Collected, Thierry Smolderen, Enrico Marini

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

The Hanged Man, Alan Grant, Arthur Ranson

Headstatic, Jay A. Hacker III

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

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

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick

Jack Kirby Collector, John Morrow

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware

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

Lackadaisy: Vol. I, Tracy Butler

La Muse, Adi Tantimedh, Hugo Petrus

Life Sucks, Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, Warren Pleece

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

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

The Lost Books of Eve
Vol. 1, Josh Howard

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

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels, Scott McCloud

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
• The Collected Series: Indispensability, 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

Neozoic, Paul Ens, J. Korim

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

Notes for a War Story, Gipi

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

The Rabbi's Cat, Joann Sfar

The Rabbi's Cat 2, Joann Sfar

The Rabid, Jason M. Burns, Guy Lemay

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

Road to Perdition, Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner

Robert E. Howard's Myth Maker, various writers & artists

Robotika, Alex Sheikman

Rose, Jeff Smith, Charles Vess

Salt Water Taffy: The Seaside Adventures of Jack & Benny
• #1: The Legend of Old Salty, Matthew Loux

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

Sheena
• #1: Queen of the Jungle, Robert Rodi, Steven E. de Souza, Matt Merhoff

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

Son of Samson
• #1: The Judge of God, Gary Martin, Sergio Cariello
• #2: The Daughter of Dagon, Gary Martin, Sergio Cariello

Space Wars, Steve Ditko

Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Roy Thomas, Stan Lee

Star Trek: The Manga, various artists & writers

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

Streets of Glory, Garth Ennis, Mike Wolfer

Spy vs Spy
Danger! Intrigue! Stupidity!, Antonio Prohias
Masters of Mayhem, Antonio Prohias
Missions of Madness, Antonio Prohias

Table for One, Bosch Fawstin

Tales From the Crypt
• #1: Ghouls Gone Wild, Jim Salicrup

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

Three Shadows, Cyril Pedrosa

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jun Asuga

Tomoe, William Tucci

Tomo
• #1: I Was an Eighth-Grade Ninja, Andrew Simmons, Rob Corley, Ariel Padilla

Tuesday, Henrik Rehr

28 Days Later: The Aftermath, Steve Niles, various artists

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

 Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz

Yotsuba&!: Vol. 1, Kiyohiko Azuma

Zinc Alloy
• #1: Super Zero, Donald Lemke, Douglas Holgate
• #2: Revealed, Donald Lemke, Douglas Holgate

Zombies Calling, Faith Erin Hicks

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