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Authors: Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano
ASIN : 1595821074
Sales Rank : 9119
Studio : Dark Horse Books/Digital Manga Publishing
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9781595821072
ISBN : 1595821074
Number Of Pages : 280
Publication Date : December 02, 2007
Publisher : Dark Horse Books/Digital Manga Publishing
Manufacturer : Dark Horse Books/Digital Manga Publishing
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Dark Horse Books/Digital Manga Publishing
| Even a reluctant hero can’t refuse the last request of a beautiful woman. On her deathbed, a mortally wounded woman gives Vampire Hunter D a strange gem and asks him to deliver the priceless stone to her sister, in a far-off, North Sea fishing village. D’s journey is made ever more perilous by a series of scoundrels and rogues hired by the woman’s murderer — they’ll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will they catch him? Hideyuki Kikuchi’s crackling narrative and Yoshitaka Amano’s imaginative artwork make this a must-read entry in the series. | |
December 17, 2007.
great purchase.
Rating: 4
I recieved my purchase in a timely manner. I was sooooo excited to have been able to add this book to my collection. I would purchase other items from this buyer in the future if they had something i liked.
December 08, 2007.
The Fox Family Rules.
Rating: 5
Jason and Marcus, the ultimate geeks. I got'em all. This is my alltime favorite comic strip. It sure beats 1 strip a day. Don't do the little Books just get the giant treasury Books and you won't get repeats.
December 18, 2007.
If Laughter is the Best Medicine, Foxtrot is the Pill.
Rating: 5
I have been a faithful FoxTrot reader for years. Roger, Andy and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason are always good for a reality check with a large dose of laughter. I've got two girls and let me tell you, I see a lot of my kids in Paige with, I believe, even a healthy dose of Jason thrown in. And they have Peter's bottomless stomach. Of course, they're faithful FoxTrot readers too. I used to read the strip to them, explain what was going on, but now they get it just fine and we three all laugh together. Then my girls try and explain the strip to their dad, who pretends he doesn't get it.
The FoxTrot folks are a great family, one we sort of got used to checking up on every day, so we took the news that Mr. Amend was going to cease daily distribution of his wonderfully funny people and turn his strip to Sunday only, with a bit of sadness. Still, we have these terrific FoxTrot Books to keep us going with our FoxTrot fix. Mr. Amend is to be commended for his great gift to our culture and his great gift to so many lives. I truly believe a laugh a day, helps keep the blues away and the FoxTrot gang are always good for a laugh. Heck there are a lot of laughs in the FoxTrot books. I know, I have them all and I am, along with my girls and my hubby dear, eagerly awaiting the next one.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention, we don't have an iguana, but my girls do have a pet gecko and, you guessed it, his name is Quincy.
December 20, 2007.
Jam-Packed FoxTrot. Foxtrot, All Great!.
Rating: 5
I've been a Foxtrot reader for a long time and personally I think there is something suspiciously wrong with people who don't find Bill Amend's characters funny as all get out. If you want a good laugh, check out Bill in your local newspaper, or better yet, get one of the Foxtrot books. They are all great, really, they are.
Like many of Mr. Amend's fans I'm a bit disappointed he's switching his strip to Sunday-only, but fortunately I can still read him daily in the Foxtrot books. Get them one and all and you can keep right on a laughing.
December 09, 2007.
Fox Trot.
Rating: 5
Great! This comic strip makes me laugh, especially having known kids like these!
December 17, 2007.
I like it..
Rating: 5
I think it's better than The Return of Superman because it shows the whole worlds reaction to his death and there's a bigger story than The Death of Superman. If you read The Death of Superman you will probably enjoy this book even more.
December 14, 2007.
COOL.
Rating: 4
THIS WAS COOL TO ME BUT THE FRIEND LIKED IT MORE THAN ME BECAUSE HE IS A SUPERMAN FAN
December 08, 2006.
Good middle to the Death of Superman story.
Rating: 4
This is continued off the Death of Superman and tells you what the world would be like without its greatest superhero. I'm not a huge Superman fan and I had to applaude the way this beginning part of the Death of Superman franchise handled us non-fans and made us wanting more. This book shows how people handled Superman's death and leaks into the beginning of The Return of Superman, which just isn't worth anyones time. If you read Death of Superman and liked it then you should purchase this and keep the magic going.
December 17, 2006.
One of my favorite trade paperbacks.
Rating: 5
I got this collection when it came out. It was one of the first trade paperbacks I purchased when I started collecting comics just after the publication of "The Death of Superman." Growing up, even after I stopped regularly buying and reading comics, I would occassionally reread the death of superman issues and this collection. This is easily one of my favorites, it's the only comic I can think of off hand that ever brought tears to my eyes.
December 08, 2006.
SUPERMAN: In Memoriam.
Rating: 5
The middle entry of the epic saga of the Man of Steel's death and resurrection, "World Without a Superman" is a roller-coaster ride both emotionally and physically. As the world cope's with the death of their favorite superhero, the realization that crime and violence will still continue becomes apparent. The hole that Superman's death left is felt by all, from the kids who roam the streets, to the reporters who write about him. But there are sinister things at work, including an attempt to steal Superman's body for the purposes of cloning him; and the fight for Superman also continues in the hereafter.
While it does drag at times, "World Without a Superman" is an exciting and emotion-charged sequel to the epic "Death of Superman." And the events of this book set up the events of the epic conclusion: "The Return of Superman." Fans are sure to be enthralled!
Grade: A
December 30, 2007.
The more things change....
Rating: 3
Taking place after the events of Brian Michael Bendis' surprisingly good House of M mega event, Decimation: X-Men - The Day After follows the X-Men in the aftermath of the global mutant depowerment. What gets focused on the most in the issues collected here include the return of the robotic Sentinels (who are good guys now...) along with the forging of new alliances with some unexpected guests. Later on, Havok and Polaris find themselves on the road back to each other as Havok helps Lorna deal with the loss of her powers. That's pretty much all that goes on in Decimation: X-Men - The Day After, and while there are some nice story quips by the underrated Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Human Target), there's nothing relatively worth seeing here that hasn't been seen before. Salvador Larroca provides his usual solid artwork too, so the overall package isn't so bad. That being said, there are better X-Men stories, and House of M tie-in's, that are more worth your time than the X-Men's decimation day.
December 04, 2007.
Sad ending to an awesome story arc..
Rating: 3
This add on to the "House of M" story arc was apparently conceived to squeeze a little more money out of that storyline. The collection only looked at the widespread repurcussions of no more mutants for the first couple of issues in the collection. It then wandered into an idiotic Havok/Polaris story that was left hanging. Not worth the investment for the occasional reader but may be useful to the collector.
December 14, 2006.
More Peter Milligan weirdness.
Rating: 4
Not everyone loves Peter Milligan's run on X-Men. Personally, I've enjoyed his run for the most part. For example, I loved most of Golgotha (except the last issue) and Bizarre Love Triangle, but didn't like the X-Men/Black Panther issues. Some people don't like his style on this book, and my best guess is that some of his stuff is just too weird. But that's exactly what I love about his stuff. For example, in this book, Gazer out in space talking to that torso thing, that pretty much sums up Peter Milligan (you have to read this book to get what I'm talking about). His run has had a lot of strange things that you would never find in X-Men with anyone else writing (by the way, towards the end when the torso doesn't talk to him anymore, that really creeped me out for some reason). The cliffhanger ending was confusing, but I presume it leads into Milligan's final story arc, Blood of Apocalyse, which I'm looking forward to.
December 13, 2006.
The Infamy of M-Day.
Rating: 4
First, Decimation- Day After is integral to continuing the X-Men canon following the House of M series. This book begins the first step of many in a whole new direction for the X-Men and mutantkind. Some key characters, both villain and hero, are brought up in Decimation and show their resulting lives from M-Day. While this book is not as riveting or surprising as House of M, it is a necessity to continue the series, especially if you choose to read Son of M (the continuation of Quicksilver), X-Men: The 198, and much of the new Civil War cross-over event. All three of those, by the way, I would recommend. One thing I would criticize heavily about Decimation- Day After, though, is the seemingly abdrupt change in story focus between "The Day After" one-shot (which comprises the first half of the book), and the regular X-Men issues that comprise the second half of the book. There is a sudden switch from focusing on a more global perspective with the Decimation event to instead introducting the Sentinels back into the lives of the X-Men, and then a very absurd and out of place story of Lorna coping with her depowerment and Havok helping her. This, in turn, leads into Blood of Apocalypse, the next storyarc in the X-Men series.
December 21, 2006.
Another Steping Stone .
Rating: 5
ok the X-Men are now some of the last mutants left on earth. Their greatest enemy has returned, Havok and Polaris back together?, and Sentinels are the good guys? Yep the X world has fliped and brought a serious bit of excitement to a series that could have gone the way of the late 80's X-Men books.
December 16, 2007.
Great!!.
Rating: 5
This is a great item to get into my collection. Definately a buy that is well worth it.
December 02, 2006.
A Pleasent Surprise.
Rating: 4
I am an artist by trade. I grew up wanting to draw comics. Since getting an art (illustration)degree I have used my talent mainly on local adds and a few small book projects. But I still read comics, and draw them when I can.
I stumbled on this book in Barnes & Noble's one day, and flipped through it and it's counter part on Cutting Edge Comics. Both impressed me, so I picked this one up and put the other on my short list.
Anatomy is a tricky subject. I studied it in college, and a have a decent understanding. I own several other anatomy books, and even the art ones seem more for doctors than artists. And lets face it, comic book characters arn't built like normal people. All that said, I think this book does a wonderful job of laying out the muscle groups, explaining how they work, and exagerating them for comic book use. Both scientific and common terms are used, everything is in plain english, and there are plenty of examples. While at times it seems more like a referance guide than a how to book, that isn't really a problem. Every great artist knows the value of good referances. Over all the art is of an above average quality, with a few gems here and there. While it may not be as flashy as some of the best art currently being published in comics, it's still clear, well done, and easily gets it's point accross.
I don't think an young artist can go wrong giving this book a look.
December 09, 2006.
It made me a better artist!.
Rating: 4
I am a 15-year-old and have been interested in drawing comic book art for a few years now. I started out buying How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way. It was really good, yes because well-established comic book artist wrote it, but it didn't really grab my attention. Then, I saw How to Draw Cutting Edge Comics. This book really got me into drawing comic book characters. Then, I saw that he had a new book, How to Draw Cutting Edge Anatomy. I was especially excited because drawing the actual people interested me more than drawing anything else in comics. I quickly looked through it and bought it. I have never looked back.
It honestly taught me so much. It starts with skeletal structure which, I believe, has to be the first thing an artist needs to learn before learning the rest of the anatomy. Then, it goes on to basic muscles. After this, it has many sections focusing on different muscle groups and parts of the body. While the pictures do help, it was what he wrote that helped. They way he explains what the muscles look like and how they move is very understandable. I loved it.
I have been looking for an anatomy book that's at least moderately clean - I'm just not comfortable with drawing nude figures; I just want to draw comics. There are not very many comic book drawing Books out there that focus on anatomy and are still modest. This one does a great job of it and it is one of the cleanest ones I have found. Some of the pictures of the girls are seductive and immodest, but I try to not focus on that. There's so much more to learn in this book!
The styles of other how-to-draw-comics just didn't catch my attention like this one did. You see, I don't want to develop a Stan Lee or George Perez style, I want my own. Learning from an author that isn't an established artist in the comic book world seemed to ease the pressure of making my style like his. All I can say is that I love this book. It has its flaws, yes, but every how-to-draw book has its flaws. I read this drawing book, and others, but especially this one, to help me draw better. What can I say? I love it!
December 19, 2006.
Extremely useful!.
Rating: 5
This book is devided specifically into sections of the body and gives terrific examples! The section of the human anatomy models as a whole gives some movement to the characters (they pose for the artist); they're not just cadavers.... It's even got sections on hands and feet (and who doesn't have trouble with those). I was going to go for one of the other anatomy Books out there exclusively on hands, but this matches more of the style I want to draw - comic book style. Of the reference Books I've bought, this has by far been the most useful to me. I recommend it to amateurs and long-time comic book artists alike I wouldn't part with it for all my drawings....
December 09, 2006.
another opinion . . . .
Rating: 4
i am an illustrator and a recent art college graduate and i actually found this book very informative and helpful.
i was surprised by the negative reviews of the book because i saw it as a very adequete refresher course of the lessons and ideas i learned in my classes while majoring in Illustration.
it covers 7 (and sometimes 9 and 12) head anatomy, muscles and how they react while in action, facial muscles, veins, and skeletal structure.
it also covers important details like body language, eye structure, LIGHT SOURCES, and surface mapping (to get an impression of the form and dimension s of the body).
i'm actually using a few sections of this book in a con-ed cartooning class for children i'm teaching at the moment.
i'd recommend the book if you want a quick run through of the differnt ideas for constructing the comicbook ideal of anatomy. from these ideals you can branch out into your own style and make it your own.
December 29, 2007.
Brilliant, as usual.
Rating: 5
The Calvin and Hobbes collection is filled with all the usual inventions and wild imagination as Calvin hurtles through the forest on his cart or sled, torments neighbor Suzie or drives his parents up the wall. The title comes from the hilarious serialised strips where Calvin's snowmen come alive and chase after him. It's absolutely a must-have, must-read!
And I DO believe that Hobbes comes alive when no one else is around.
December 13, 2006.
Depressing....
Rating: 1
An only, lonely child. Bullied at school. Clearly a genius level intellect, he's unchallenged and stifled since nobody, not his parents, and not even his teacher, recognizes this. A father who's always too busy to spend any time with his son. A father who's often seen, get this, reading --*reading* -- rather than paying his only son some attention! A mother, who literally, in strip after strip, throws him out the door. Throws, as in "child flying through the air". A child, and a small child at that, allowed repeatedly to wander alone through the woods! A child denied even a pet. His only friend -- a stuffed tiger.
Makes the "Peanuts" look like "The Family Circus".
December 10, 2006.
fantastic.
Rating: 5
I love readding Calvin and Hobbes. Best cartoon from the newspaper and great books. What a great imagination the writer is.
December 19, 2006.
The Perfect Way To Enjoy Calvin And Hobbes.
Rating: 5
I suppose this could apply to any Calvin and Hobbes collection (not just Attack of the Deranged..., but let me share my favorite way to read Calvin and Hobbes.
If possible, I like to pick a rainy Saturday or Sunday. I'm usually already bored and wandering around the cold house. I catch sight of a Calvin and Hobbes book and read a few pages, but my fingers are cold and I can't concentrate.
So I make a steaming cup of my favorite tea and a piece of toast with lots of butter, wrap up in a blanket on the couch, and sit and read straight through.
It's so comforting to listen to the rain and read Calvin and Hobbes. There's just something about it.
Er, see other reviews for information about this actual book.
December 18, 2006.
Calvin and Hobbes is Entertainment at its Best.
Rating: 5
Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes wreck havoc as usual in this awesome collection of Watterson's timeless comic. Whether Calvin's wild imagination is dreaming of prehistoric dinosaurs or planning a mischevious attack on his arch-rival (fellow classmate Suzie Derkins), you're sure to enjoy the unexplainable antics of this troublesome six year old boy.
This particular collection starts with a series of cartoons depicting Calvin with chicken pox. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as he finds out he's contagious, he invites Suzie over to play. That crazy kid.
Individual comics follow, but then another series emerges - one where Calvin's bike attacks him upon every attempt at riding it, and his parents remain clueless about how his face could EVER get caught in the bike's chain.
In another series, we see Calvin's "Get Rid Of Slimy girlS" club planning a failed water balloon assault on Suzie, resulting in the disappearance of Hobbes. Hobbes does some smooching with the enemy and is labeled as a traitor.
We also see Calvin struggling in math, losing a 25 cent bet to Suzie after failing a quiz. He spends all his test time daydreaming he's interplanetary hero Spaceman Spiff, and is only able to do one lousy problem.
When the Christmas season approaches, poor Calvin has to avoid throwing snowballs at Suzie so he won't lose any of his Christmas loot.
The amusing title series of this collection is definitely one of my favorites. Calvin builds monster snowmen that (in his mind anyway) come to life and threaten his existence, so he freezes the whole front yard with the garden hose to protect himself, much to the dismay of his father.
Last but not least, Calvin builds a human duplicating machine out of a cardboard box, and he makes a special copy of himself that represents everything good in him. His plan is to make his flawless duplicate do all of his homework and chores, while he himself gets all the credit. Everything goes fine for a while, until his duplicate develops a crush on Suzie, making him look bad. Hilarity ensues.
Inbetween each of the series are individual comic strips with recurring themes. Open-minded Calvin bugs his parents with questions like, "Why do I have to play outside?" "Why can't we watch TV during dinner?" "If we were cannibals, what parts of people would we eat?" Calvin also grosses out Suzie at every opportunity whenever it's time for lunch at school.
We see Calvin engaging in some of his less frequent behaviors as well, such as digging for dinosaur bones in the front yard and demanding his parents and teachers address him as "Calvin the Bold."
Great, great collection. I loved it years ago and still love it today. Best comic ever in my opinion.
December 22, 2007.
I have a soft spot for this series..
Rating: 4
Like all the Vampire Hunter D books, this is set in the year 12090AD. The incredibly handsome and beautiful D again comes across a nubile teenage girl who manages to gain his services and become her protector. There are the usual bad guys with superhuman powers who arent able to match D in looks, knowledge, or fighting skill. All in all, a pretty formula type of book.
But I liked it :)
As this is Book 7 in the series, I assume you are aware that this book is an English translation of the original written in Japanese in the 1980's. Because of this, the sentence structure and wording is a bit, let us say, wonky?
But I think it gives the series a bit of charm and uniqueness. Whatever the reason, I like it and this book is a good fantasy read.
I'm looking forwards to the next one!
December 10, 2007.
Mysterious and Haunting.
Rating: 4
This is the first part of the first of the two-volume Vampire Hunter D tales (according the afterward by the author, there are currently two other double volume tales), this book floats along at a leisurely pace with no real push toward resolution, which may frustrate some readers.
There is really no coquette in this particular novel, for even though D does encounter and become employed by the older sister (Su-In) of the "beautiful girl" of the book's tagline; she lacks the helplessness and desperation that marks so many of the other distressed damsels.
The primary themes of this installment are nostalgia and destiny. The nobility in this book are mourned by Su-In as beautiful monsters who were never really much different than humans, even for all their violence and genetic dabbling. She looks back on the past with the wistful longing-loathing with which we often associate with Victorian England.
I'm very much looking forward to the resolution of this story, which will be relased in September, if the back of the book is at all reliable.
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