Graphic Novels 2000

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New Graphic Novels Titles 2000

Hilary J. Bader Batman of the Future Pbk published April 2000 by Titan Books at Ł7.99 ISBN: 1-84023-162-9

with Rick Burchett, Joe Staton and Terry Beatty
The year is 2039
It’s been two decades since the last known appearance of Batman. During that time, Gotham City has grown and prospered. But even as the villains of the past disappeared one by one, a new age of evil has unfolded. Costumed marauders spread chaos throughout the city. A street gang known as the Jokers terrorises the citizenry. And above it all sits ruthless corporate magnate Derek Powers, who all but owns Gotham.
It is a city in desperate need of a hero.
Enter Terry McGinnis
To the world, he appears to be an average teenager, walking a daily minefield of high-school bullies, a demanding girlfriend and a nosy kid brother. Just an average teenager – with a secret! When night falls over the spires of Gotham, Terry takes to the streets as a new incarnation of the City’s greatest hero…
He is Batman!
Based on the hit animated TV series, Batman of the Future collects the six-issue miniseries that introduced the Tomorrow Knight to legions of comic-book fans.

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Hy Bender The Sandman Companion Published February 2000 by Titan Books at Ł13.99 ISBN: 1-84023-150-5
See Review by Jay Russell - one of the greatest talents the horror industry has produced for some time… (Black Tears)
For seventy-six groundbreaking issues, writer Neil Gaiman created stories acclaimed by such luminaries as Norman Mailer, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Gene Wolfe, Ramsey Campbell, and Tori Amos. These Sandman tales, subsequently published in ten book collections, have enthralled millions of people, including many who typically don’t read comics. Now author Hy Bender explores this influential masterpiece via extensive interviews with Gaiman himself, one of the world’s most articulate and innovative fantasy writers.
Bender also interviews many of the artists and key creative people who contributed to The Sandman, and provides in-depth analysis of the series’ literary devices and symbolism.
The Sandman Companion also includes rarely seen artwork from the series, a special sixteen-page colour section, excerpts from Gaiman’s original proposal, and other behind-the-scenes surprises.
This insider’s look at the creation of a comics classic includes:

Extensive, in-depth interviews with Neil Gaiman

Interviews with many of the artists and editors who worked on The Sandman

Comments from noted authors and celebrities including Peter Straub, Harlan Ellison, Samuel R. Delaney, Tori Amos, Alan Moore, and others

Rare and never-before-seen illustrations, including a special sixteen-page colour section

Origins of The Endless and other prominent Sandman characters

Story-by-story explorations of Sandman, with a special focus on the World Fantasy Award-winning tale A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Analysis of Sandman’s use of symbolism, historical and mythical figures, and other literary devices

‘A spellbinding series’ The Sunday Times
‘Easily the best comics series around’ Time Out
‘… one of the most influential comic creations of the last decade.’ The Face

About The Author
Hy Bender has written ten books, including fiveDummies books about the Internet, that have garnered rave reviews from such publications as The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, ANALOG Science Fiction and Fact, The Science Fiction Writers of America Bulletin and Byte Magazine. Bender has also contributed to a wide range of national magazines, including MAD Magazine, Spy, American Film, Advertising Age, Folio, PC Magazine, and PC World. In his spare time, Bender runs a book discussion group for New York writers, and works on a novel and a screenplay.

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Vertigo Comics Vertigo Visions Published April 2000 by Titan Books at Ł24.99 ISBN: 1840231823

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Chuck Dixon Batman: The Chalice Pbk published September 2000 by D C Comics at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1-56389-632-X

with John Van Fleet
When an enigmatic denizen of Gotham City gives Thomas Wayne's son an old box, it sets in motion a series of events that shake Batman's world.
Suddenly, dark villains including ‘The Demon's Head’ Ra’s al Ghul, the Penguin and Catwoman, as well as dozens of mysterious mercenaries are battling to possess the simple drinking bowl now in Batman’s hands
As the battles build to a savage climax and deadly duels between combatants are played out, many questions demand to be answered:
Could this really be the Holy Grail of legend?
Can even its apparently miraculous abilities keep Batman alive long enough to find out?
And what does one do with it if it is the real thing?

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Glen Fabry Preacher Dead or Alive: The Collected Covers Published November 2000 by Titan Books at Ł24.99 ISBN: 1-56389-687-7
The magnificent paintings of Glenn Fabry are showcased in this beautiful hardcover edition collecting his covers for the widely acclaimed Vertigo series Preacher.

featuring an introduction by Preacher writer/co-creator Garth Ennis, a foreword by Fabry, and running commentary on the creative process by Ennis and Fabry, Preacher: Dead Or Alive provides a behind-the-scenes look at the

creation of every single cover of the series, as well as covers for all specials, trade paperback collections and related projects. Each cover painting, reproduced free of logo and text, is accompanied by black & white reproductions of the artist’s initial cover sketches – the rejects and the ones that made the final cut – so you can see for yourself what went on between initial concept and final execution.
‘He’s no slouch when it comes to slinging paint around the canvas, is Mr. Fabry -but as you’re about to discover, you don’t need me to tell you that.’ Garth Ennis from his introduction

About The Author
Glenn Fabry Born midnight, March 24, 1961. Mum, Joan Anne Fabry; Dad, Ronald Charles Fabry. Brother William, 25. March, 1961 - :14 a.m., my first Poo. Sick and weedy as a kid, I blossomed into a sick and weedy teenager. I lft school a year early to study illustration at Twickenham Art College, where I got a degree in advanced drunkenness and multicolored hairdos. First professionally published at 15. First professional comic-strip work: Jackinblack in ‘Strangled,’ a fan club magazine for the band the Stranglers. Started work on Slaine in 2000AD as a sick and weedy adult in 1984, three years after leaving college. In between, I did portraits, painting in shop windows, advertising (papers and TV), caricatures, sign painting, tattoos, cartoons, pet portraits, Xmas cards and cashier work in a garage. It was then that I met that strange white-haired man who would change my life .... forever.
Moved to Brighton in 1990, after working on pre-production for Paramount Pictures. Met Nikki Jones. Nikki moves in seven days later. Should I brush my teeth more often? First American job: Hellblazer #52 cover for DC Comics in 1992.
Married Nikki, August 14, 1993, Brighton First Preacher cover: April 1995. January 22, 1997: Tom born. August 7, 1999: Kitty born. August 2000: Last Preacher cover. October 15, 2002: First nude centerfold.

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Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days Pbk published January 2000 by Titan Books at Ł12.99 ISBN: 1840231068

Take a trip back into the history of Neil Gaiman's dark fantasy worlds...
An incredible collection of rare and previously unseen material, which shows the true versatility of the comics creator who is credited with turning comic strip into critically-acclaimed literature.
Gathered from Gaiman's long career, and with unprecedented access having been given to DC's archive, it includes his early work on Hellblazer, Swamp Thing and Sandman Midnight Theatre, as well as Gaiman's original submission for Swamp Thing (previously unseen).
Published to coincide with the 10th Anniversary of The Sandman, this is an unique and lasting testament to one of the most amazing talents in comics today.
With contributions by:
Matt Wagner

Richard Piers Rayner

Dave Mckean

Mike Hoffman Mike Mignola

Steve Bissette & John Totleben

Teddy Kristiansen

In Sandman Midnight Theatre, the Golden Age Sandman investigates an age-old mystery - and, for the only time, comes face-to-face-with his namesake, Dream of the Endless.

In Hold Me, trenchcoated mystic John Constantine faces a ghost haunted by a very modern kind of loneliness.

In Brothers, the Swamp Thing's extended family meets a flower-power-loving Geek - and the decidedly unamused U.S. government.

In Shaggy God Stories, a half-sane plant-man plumbs the mysteries of existence.

And in the never-before-published Jack-In-The-Green, the Swamp Thing of another time confronts the horrors of his world - large and small.
Suggested for mature readers

About The Author
During the course of a fifteen-year writing career, Neil Gaiman has been one of the top writers in modern comics and a best-selling novelist. As creator/writer of the DC Comics fantasy series The Sandman, he won every major award in the field and, in addition won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story (making The Sandman #19 the first comic ever to win a literary award). His short story collection Angels and Visitations won the 1994 international Horror Critics' Guild Award as Best Collection. Equally acclaimed have been his novels Good Omens co-written with Terry Pratchett), Stardust and Neverwhere, an adaptation of Gaiman's hit BBC television series. Recently Gaiman released another collection of short stories, Smoke & Mirrors, and wrote the English language screenplay for the record-breaking Japanese film Princess Mononoke. Of his shorter comics works, he is proudest of Mr Punch. He is writing a new novel at present. It's called American Gods.
Born in 1960 in Portchester, England, Neil Gaiman has exactly three children, approximately seven cats, and a house that wants to be Gormenghast when it grows up. He tends to need a haircut. Currently he needs a shave as well.

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Bob Gale Batman: No Man's Land (Book 2) Pbk published March 2000 by Titan Books at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1-84023-158-0

with Greg Rucka and Ian Edgington
Gotham City Lies in Ruins
Abandoned by the government and sealed off from the outside world, its people struggle to survive amid the chaos of gang warfare and mass starvation.
One man stands between them and oblivion!
In the second, concluding part of this critically acclaimed Batman story, Gotham remains in ruins, sealed off from the rest of the country, but still Batman struggles on, adamant that justice can still prevail on its ruined streets.
Alongside the new Batgirl, and at odds with his former ally Commissioner Gordon, Batman strives to stamp his own authority on the shattered city.
But with the likes of the Penguin, the Joker and Mr. Freeze at large and in control, and even Superman at a loss as to how to proceed, that's easier said than done.

About The Author
Bob Gale is a screenwriter whose work includes Back to the Future. Ian Edgington is the British writer of Blade, Star Trek: The Early Voyages and Aliens: Rogue.

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Gerard Jones Batman: Fortunate Son Pbk published August 2000 by Titan Books at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1-84023-174-2

With Gene Ha and Gloria Vasques
Is Rock 'N' Roll the devil's music?
It's a question that's still being argued today ? across the country, in the streets of Gotham City, and even in the Batcave.
Is rocker izaak crowe an instrument of evil?
It depends on who you ask.
To Batman, Crowe is a mastermind manipulating his teenage following into committing crimes in his name. But to Robin he is a tortured artist, exploited by those around him.
Batman fortunate son
A startling and moving tale from the early days of Batman's crime-fighting career.

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Ron Marz Claws of the Catwoman Pbk published October 2000 by Titan Books at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1-84023-235-8

With Igor Kordey
Batman. Tarzan. Two orphaned noblemen who have honed their minds and bodies to the peak of human performance. Two fearless warriors who have sworn to protect - their respective homelands. Now, a new evil has surfaced that will bring these two legendary heroes together for the first time, an evil that threatens both of their 'jungles’.
In a rousing adventure that reaches from the shadowy spires of Gotham City to the dark forests of deepest Africa, all the skills and instincts of the Dark Knight and the Lord of the Jungle will be needed to save an opulent lost civilization from destruction.
Titan Books and DC Comics proudly continue their best selling line of collaborative graphic novels with this epic adventure featuring two of the most revered and recognized characters in 20th century pop-culture. ‘This Tarzan-Batman meeting offers a potent mix of fun, and the fantastic artwork by lgor Kordey should make this graphic novel irresistible ... an exciting event!' Joseph Szadkowski, The Washington Times

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Todd McFarlane Spawn: Termination Pbk published August 2000 by Titan Books at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1840231610

With Chance Wolf and Danny Miki
Even A Hellspawn Can Die!
Misfortune and evil portents abound in this tremulous thirteenth – particularly unlucky for Hellspawns – volume of Todd McFarlane’s superstitious Spawn saga.
Spawn's dark, demon-derived powers mean that be can't be killed, his necroplasmic form able to mend even the most mortal wound. Far from a blessing, it's the ultimate curse, condemning former covert operative AI Simmons to walk the Earth for all eternity in his grotesquely transfigured form. But what if those powers betray and abandon him just when be needs them most, what then? Can one already dead die again? And is Spawn truly ready...for termination?!
Plus, the return of a freakish foe and an incredible recap of the entire Spawn saga!

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Todd McFarlane Spawn: Devastation Pbk published March 2000 by Titan Books at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1840231602

With Greg Capullo, Chance Wolf and Dani Miki
This time it’s personal
Events come crashing home to roost for our hounded Hellspawn in this torrid twelfth volume of Todd McFarlanes’s seismic Spawn saga
Inexorably, the tangled, demonic web of Spawn’s current and past lives is drawing tighter about those he cares for most; his former wife Wanda, her daughter Cyan and his one-time colleague and best friend Terry Fitzgerald. Now, with Spawn at his lowest ebb, his worst possible fears are realised. Cyan has been kidnapped by one of spawn’s deadliest enemies, and the master manipulator Jason Wynn is closing in on Terry, which means Wanda will surely be caught in the crossfire.
Bigger, better and more dramatic than before; Spawn returns in truly devastating style!

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Grant Morrison The Invisibles: Missing Mr Quimper Pbk published March 2000 by Titan Books at Ł12.99 ISBN: 1-84023-159-9

with Chris Weston
The gurus of counter-culture & agents of anarchy are back!
It's all lies.
And it's all true. No one knows this better than the Invisibles - time-tossed freedom fighters in the secret worldwide struggle between the forces of liberation and anarchy on one hand, and authoritarianism and order on the other. Whose side are you on?
This volume opens with the Invisibles enjoying some long-overdue rest time in New Orleans. But their leader, Ragged Robin, holds many dangerous secrets in her mind-and her lover, the superbly trained assassin King Mob, knows only some of them. Together they must lead their team through time distortions, secret government installations, and their own twisted pasts. Only then will they learn the truth about the mind-controlling dwarf called Quimper and come one step closer to the ultimate secrets of the millennium.
The Invisibles: Kissing Mister Quimper offers the most tantalizing peek yet into the secret conspiracies that rule our world. Award-winning creator/writer Grant Morrison ("comic book savant"- Entertainment Weekly) has created a modern epic in comics form, a fast-moving, mind-expanding metanovel in the best tradition of Philip K. Dick and Robert Anton Wilson. ‘A timeless battle between the forces of psychic liberation and their dark counterparts, sleazy insectoid agents of control and repression… Basically, it’s about everything’ Spin
'The Invisibles... is that rare thing, a smart, spooky, exciting comic. Grant Morrison is a master of smart comics.' Time Out
‘Reminds a new generation of readers that you should never underestimate the profundity of a trash medium.’ Spin
About The Author
Grant Morrison is one of comics' most innovative writers, his long list of credits including JLA, Doom Patrol and Judge Dredd. He is also the author of the award-winning Batman: Arkham Asylum. Grant Morrison Lives in Glasgow.

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Terry Pratchett Guards! Guards! Pbk published December 2000 by Gollancz at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-575-07071-4

Illustrated by Graham Higgins - Adapted by Stephen Briggs
Of all the cities in the world* it could have flown into, it flew into mine…
A seventy-foot-long fire-breathing dragon is wanted to help with enquiries into the identity of the night-time prowler who is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork into something resembling small charcoal biscuits, and the only thing that can prevent the inevitable destruction of the city are the drunken and world weary Captain Vimes and his forgotten police force - an overweight and cowardly sergeant, a corporal who just about qualifies as human, and the Discworld’s tallest dwarf.
Guards! Guards! has been astutely reduced from Terry Pratchett’s best-selling novel so it will fit into those nice little speech bubbles by Stephen Briggs and illustrated by Graham Higgins to make the pages look more interesting.
*The world, of course, being the Discworld, which, as everybody knows, is flat and rides through space on the back of four elephants who stand on the shell of an enormous turtle.

About The Author
Terry Pratchett is Britain's bestselling living novelist and lives behind a (very upmarket) keyboard in Wiltshire, where he answers letters in a desperate attempt to find time to write. He used to grow carnivorous plants, but now they've taken over the greenhouse and he avoids going in.
He says he doesn't want to get a life after all, because it feels like he's already trying to lead three. He is having a new conservatory built for the carnivorous plants, because they deserve it.

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James Robinson JSA: Justice Be Done Pbk published May 2000 by Titan Books at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1-84023-175-0

Yesterday
Eight of the world's finest champions were brought together to halt a power-hungry madman and save their nation. They soon gave birth to one of the most enduring heroic legends of our age.
Today
Their successors have been called upon to save one of their own from one of the darkest powers ever to walk this Earth...
… And To Begin The Legend Anew
Eisner Award-winning writer James Robinson (Starman, The Golden Age) teams with co-writer David S. Goyer (screenwriter of Blade) and artists Stephen Sadowski, Scott Benefiel, and Derec Aucoin to usher in a new age for the original super-team - the Justice Society of America. ISBN1-

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