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Every Hollywood star is a scandal waiting to happen. And every celebrity sex tape is a scandal waiting to go global. America's sweetheart is about to find this out the hard way. Only her prissy publicist and a sleazebag private eye can stop a disaster before it ends careers and destroys lives. Sparks fly as these oddball partners navigate the hallowed halls of high society, and the crusty underbelly of the porn industry, trying to locate an explosive piece of stolen property before the whole word finds out it exists. Along the way, they learn that the content of this sex tape is so hot, some people are willing to kill for it.

Necromancer for hire. Cheap rates. Have shovel, will dig. Reanimating corpses, talking to the dead, and casting spells in the most taboo school of magic isn't all fun and games. Freelance necromancer, Rip Eulogy, is about to find that out when one of his old cases comes back to haunt him. Just when financial problems, competition from psychics, and a contract killer are threatening to put him out of business permanently, Rip must deal with the deadliest challenge his startup necromancy business has ever faced. What begins as a single unexplainable death leads to a string of murders that promises to unleash the apocalypse. Rip's only hope to stop it is to rally his weirdo friends and associates to square off against the forces of darkness in a scheme that might get them all killed...or maybe even damn all life on earth.

Fraud, extortion, murder and revenge. With his signature wry wit and gallows humour, Shane Simmons delivers twenty twisted tales of lowlife criminals, not-so-innocent victims, and human monsters. Spanning a wide selection of stories that have previously been published in celebrated anthologies and magazines, this collection also features new material appearing for the first time anywhere.From cozy cons, to biting satire, to extreme horror and everything in between, there's something to satisfy any criminal mind or ne'er-do-well bibliophile.

A night filled with trick-or-treating injuries leads a group of children to plot revenge for a cruel prank perpetrated by Mrs. Worthington, the local mean old lady and suspected witch. Hot Pennies is a nostalgic journey back to a bygone era of free-range kids, booby-trapped Halloween candy, and nights spent waiting in the ER for stitches, bandages, and broken bones that need setting. A darkly humorous tale about the horrors of childhood and the perils of holiday traditions, this is sure to amuse those who like their Halloween festivities to come with a unhealthy dose of vengeance.

"Longshot is incredible A monumental achievement."-Mark Frischman, Factsheet 5 Twenty-five years after the release of The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers, this highly anticipated prequel charts the daring and disastrous adventures of the Gethers family during the American Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, both Opium Wars, and the misery and majesty of Victorian England. Another 3840 panels draws readers through the many turns of fortune that threaten to make or break Roland's grandfather, Filson, (as well as the entire British Empire) in the colonial era and beyond.

From the pages of Aviation History, Legends of Flight, and other publications comes a series of essays about Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron, highest scoring ace of World War One. Encapsulating his life, death, and battles, this collection covers a spectrum of topics concerning Richthofen's celebrated career as it unfolded in the burning skies of war-torn France a century ago.

A young boy who fancies himself the master of all carnival games meets his match when he squares off against The World's Smartest Chicken.

"One of my favourite comics of all time."-Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool "No discussion of art and writing in comics would be complete without mention of the sublime Longshot Comics...which uses insanely minimal art to tell a funny, affecting and epic story. It's astonishingly effective comics storytelling. Powerful stuff."-Kurt Busiek, Kurt Busiek Resists The legendary epic-minimalistic graphic novel is back in print for its 25th anniversary Told in an unprecedented format of 3840 panels in a single comic book, The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers tells the tale of a Welsh coal-mining family through the highs and lows of the British Empire, the Victorian era, and both World Wars. With every character depicted as a distant dot, the bare-bones artwork lends itself to subtle visual humour, and opens the story up to a world of rich character development and savagely witty dialogue. Featured in international museum exhibits, discussed in academic texts, and presented in lectures about sequential storytelling and character design, Longshot Comics has remained a cult favourite through a quarter century of multiple formats, editions, and translations. Read what critics and celebrated comic-industry writers and artists have had to say about this unique narrative experience over the course of its storied history: "It's brilliant, it's hilarious, and it's mind-blowing. There's nothing else like this in comics. These books are pure genius."-Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading "Longshot Comics It's great This should be in every library and comic collection on Earth "-Matt Feazell, Cynicalman "The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers is the funniest thing I have read in a while. Hilarious and well-written with great dialogue."-Roberta Gregory, Naughty Bits "Everyone should have a copy of this once-in-a-lifetime magnum opus."-Dave Sim, Cerebus "Shane Simmons must get an award. You hear me? Someone give this man a medal Longshot is incredible A monumental achievement."-Mark Frischman, Factsheet 5 "Think it's impossible to become attached to a dot? Think again. Shane Simmons has created a beautiful comic/novella that takes you on a journey of a lifetime in 3840 panels."-Secret City's Instant Teller, Hour "The storyline and script are, by turns, funny, historically accurate, and moving. Although the main character, Gethers, is not an extraordinary man by any means, his life story touches upon many important markers of the waning days of the British Empire. A well-written and hysterically funny story. Highly recommended."-Randy Reynaldo, WGC Notes

"There's nothing else like this in comics. These books are pure genius."-Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading Overlapping and continuing the saga that began with The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers, the critically acclaimed graphic novel that first took the comics industry by storm in 1993, Book Two follows the journey of Roland's grandson, Bradley, through the turmoil of World War II, the tradition of the British theatre, the glitz of Hollywood, the paranoia of the communist witch hunts, and the hallowed halls of academia. As epic in scale as its predecessor, The Failed Promise of Bradley Gethers ushers the saga through the 20th century, and into a new modern era that threatens to fragment the Gethers family just as it seeks to escape the lower-class grind of a defunct empire.

You can't keep a good necromancer down. Rip Eulogy is dead. After being reduced to ashes and buried at sea, the road back to the land of the living is a long and arduous one. Since his demise, things have changed, friends and associates have moved on, and the business of communing with the dead for fun and profit has gotten a lot more complicated with the appearance of another necromancer. This rival is obscenely rich, incredibly powerful, and purely evil. He doesn't care to have a small-time upstart like Rip Eulogy competing with him for the title of Death Incarnate in the coming apocalypse. One of them has to go And Rip soon finds out he may not be as indestructible as he thought. In this epic sequel to Necropolis, the underworld landscape vastly expands, introducing new allies, new villains, and a host of creeping, crawling denizens of the deep that are always good for a laugh or a scare. Join Rip Eulogy in this city of the damned as he tries to beat back the sinister forces bent on putting an end to him and all life on earth

Modern Noir Stories that Cross the Line Sex and violence, always with criminal intent, always with ulterior motives and hidden agendas. Celebrated crime-fiction writer, Shane Simmons, plumbs the depths of human sin and avarice with twenty new tales brimming with tough guys and femme fatales, hapless dupes and Machiavellian masterminds.

Craig Linton is a starving artist in the gig economy, with only a string of failed auditions and lost roles to his name. As least he earns a regular salary as a crisis actor. Playing dead for emergency-response training simulations isn't rewarding work for a serious thespian, but it's a living. His big break comes when he's recruited by the mysterious Warren Wolcott, a United States senator with no political convictions beyond his own Machiavellian schemes and nefarious agendas. What starts as a fake-news performance for the media circus soon sees Craig descending into a dangerous world of conspiracies, paranoia, and secret societies-where loyalty is assured by the threat of public exposure, and silence guaranteed by private execution. The role of a lifetime promises fame and fortune, if only he can survive long enough to enjoy the windfall.