Ghost Of Hoppers (HC)
by Jamie Hernandez
Fantagraphics Books
Collecting the epic Maggie from #1-10 of the relaunched Love & Rockets... Maggie is now the resident building-manager of an apartment block in San Fernando, where imaginary dogs roam the walkways, all the air-conditioners are broken, and the empty swimming pool is covered with flies.

"Jamie's art balances big white and black spaces to create a world of nuance in between, just as his writing balances our big human feelings and our small human trivias to generate its incredible emotional power. Quite simply, this is one of the 20th century's most significant comic creators at the peak of his form, with every line a wedding of classicism and cool. He has never been better."
Alan Moore

The Fountain (HC)
by Darren Aronofsky & Kent Williams
DC/Vertigo
The Fountain is an epic love story told in an original graphic novel by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (the director of Pi and Requiem For A Dream) and Kent Williams. It is adapted from Aronofsky's original screenplay, and will be a major motion picture from Warner Bros. in late 2006. In three different lives in three vastly different time periods, one man - Tomas, Tommy, Tom - is desperate to beat death and prolong the life of the woman he loves. In 1535, Tomas captains a Spanish army into the heart of a Central American jungle to battle a Mayan enemy in order to find the key to eternal life for Tomas' love, Queen Isabel. Today, Tommy is a research neuroscientist frantically driving his lab to cure the cancer that will soon overwhelm his beloved wife Izzi. In the far future, Tom is an explorer soaring through the distant reaches of space, running from his past and searching for his salvation. All three stories converge into one truth, as the Thomas of all periods must come to terms with life, death, love and rebirth.

SuicideGirls.com discusses The Fountain with Darren Aronofsky and Kent Williams.

"What makes it work is Williams's wild, jagged artwork, which is rarely less than exquisite... its visual splendor is grander than any movie's CGI."
Publisher's Weekly

"Aronofsky's epic boldly blends mysticism and science... Williams' lush, painted artwork... perfectly matches the script's passion and challenging abstruseness."
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Mom's Cancer (HC)
by Brian Fies
Harry N Abrams Inc
Eisner Award Winner 2005: Best Digital Comic
Mom's Cancer is the true tale of Brian Fies' mother's battle with metastatic lung cancer. The story focuses on how a serious illness affects patient and family, both practically and emotionally.

"When my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer we were hit with things that no one prepares you for, and I got the idea to somehow communicate these observations that I wish someone had shared with me. Then one day I took my mother to chemotherapy and, to pass the time, I sketched a cartoon of her dozing in her chair. I looked at it and thought, "Huh. Now that's something." I began taking notes, doing sketches, and basically trying to capture everything that seemed interesting about my family's experience. I don't think Mom's Cancer would work as prose, but as a comic everything came together for me."
Brain Fies discusses Mom's Cancer at The Pulse.

Little Star
by Andi Watson
Oni Press
Simon Adams is certainly not one of those dead-beat dads. Watch him stagger through the pee, the poo and the puke in a sleep-deprived haze. Observe as he becomes a second class citIzen in his X-chromosome controlled domicile. And feel as Simon tries to juggle career ambitions and his family in an act worthy of the best circus performer.

"Watson evokes real emotions here, and ones that are far from easy to portray in any medium."
Variety.com

"I really wanted to tell a story from the father's perspective. Simon Adams experiences the dirty diapers and sleepless nights along with the joy, panic, and the occasional cute moment. It seems like whenever fathers are characterized in fiction they're either incompetent or absent. I wanted to present a more accurate picture. Simon is a lot of things, but alone is not one of them. His experience is universal. If I do my job right, readers will know his joys, chuckle at his misfortunes, and empathize with his frustrations. People should recognize the Simons around them and with any luck that'll make the experience of Little Star that much more enjoyable."
Andi Watson

Monster
by Naoki Urasawa
18 Volumes
VIZ
An ice-cold killer is on the loose and brilliant Dr Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him. Conspiracies, serial murders and a scathing indictment of hospital politics are all woven together in a compelling thriller. Tenma risks his promising medical career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. Who could know that Tenma would create a monster.

Naoki Urasawa was born in Tokyo in 1960 and is Japan's manga master of the suspense thriller. Critically acclaimed and immensely popular his award-winning woks include 20th Century Boys, Master Keaton, Pineapple Army and Yawara.

"...18 volumes of twists and turns in this thrilling, chilling roller-coaster of moral dilemmas and dark suspense."
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Solo #10
by Damion Scott, with Rob Markmam and Jennifer Carcano
DC
Fan favorite artist Damion Scott kicks into DC's cutting-edge series Solo. Damion Scott was born in 1976 in Jamaica and is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School Of Cartoon & Graphic Art. His unique melding of HipHop graphics and traditional comic storytelling has made him one of the hottest young artists in the comic world. Damion's work on Batman, Batgirl and Robin has been hailed as some of the most exciting and ground-breaking artwork to be seen by a major comics publisher in decades. Damion Scott lives in New York City.

"Graffiti Art is a major influence in my work. It speaks for my culture and is the style that most naturally flows through me. Throughout this book I've designed compositions that are my attempt to bring the 'wylde style' to comic art. The thing I love about wildstyle letters is that although they can be hard to read, if U take the time it opens up your imagination. My favourite artists have always been the ones that inspire the viewer to think outside the box. So in my work that is what I endevour to do. Thanx for all the support. I love hiphop."
Damion 'Mosh' Scott, from the introduction