New Releases by Mark Buckingham

From the pages of the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning series ''The Sandman'' comes Death, the surprisingly upbeat and perky living embodiment of mortality!

Over 80 of the best creators from every style and genre have contributedover 50 stories to this anthology featuring tales inspired by the songs ofmulti-platinum recording artist, Tori Amos! Featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman, with stories by creators such asCarla Speed McNeil, Mark Buckingham, C.B. Cebulski, Nikki Cook, Hope Larson,John Ney Reiber, Ryan Kelly, and many, many others, Comic Book Tattooencapsulates the breadth, depth, and beauty of modern comics in this coffeetable format book.

Early on in Constantine''s supernatural career, he intervened in a demonic possession in Newcastle. The experience left his mind shattered, and his body in an asylum for several years. Now, discover the truth behind the stories - because John''s going straight to Hell.

WINNER OF FOURTEEN EISNER AWARDS FABLES: ARABIAN NIGHTS (AND DAYS) opens a new front in the struggle between the Fables and the Adversary as the worlds of the Arabian Fables are invaded—leading to an unprecedented diplomatic mission to Fabletownand a bad case of culture shock! This seventh volume of the popular Vertigo series also includes ''The Ballad of Rodney and June,'' the 2-part story of forbidden love among the Adversary''s wooden soldiers, and features stellar Art by Mark Buckingham,Steve Leialoha, Jim Fern, Jimmy Palmiotti and Andrew Pepoy. Collects issues #42-47 in Bill Willingham''s Eisner Award-winning Vertigo series.

Follows the adventures of storybook and nursery rhyme characters who live side-by-side with humans.

A tale of music, mortality, friendship and death is told in a graphic novel designed for mature readers by author Neil Gaiman. Spinning off from the popular Sandman Library, this is the story of Foxglove, a rising star of the music world who must wrestle with revealing her true sexual orientation as her companion, Hazel, is lured into the realm of Death.

Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Dave McKean From the pages of Neil Gaiman''s SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follows is a sincere musing on love, life and (of course) death.

Refugees from Fabletown have returned to New York''s Castle Dark, and Reynard, now able to shapeshift from fox to man, travels the mundane world to regale the animals with tales of his exploits.

Vertigo''s third SFX anthology of the year is KRAK! Whether it''s the crack of lightning, the crack of a pair of knuckles, or a crack in time and space, this collection of stories will give you the full gamut of the weird and the wonderful breadth of this dynamic sound effect.

A Vertigo "Defy Covers" issue! A crime has taken place that will have the whole Farm up in arms if word spreads. Will the Farm''s super sleuth duo, Clara and Wilfred, figure out who the culprit is? And how does it relate to the destruction of a beehive in Andr_ Gardens? Meanwhile, in Louisiana, we run with the fox as Reynard and Meghan, living rough, try to stay one step ahead of Uncle Bobby and Cousin Joey.

A special 100-page anniversary issue! It''s time to put an end to Mister Dark once and for all, and time for the Fables to return home to Fabletown. For that to happen, one of the Fables agrees to take on the Dark Man in single combat! Plus, a prose story written by Mark Buckingham and illustrated by Bill Willingham, a FABLES board game and much, much more!

Back at her parents'' swanky house, after causing the destruction at St. Hilarion''s, Crystal bonds with Charles over a high-tech investigation of his mysterious family history. Feeling distinctly unwanted, Edwin huffs off to begin his very own investigation--one that turns his world upside down.

Life as a man is still not doing Reynard any favors, but can the cunning of a fox save both himself and Meghan from a terrible fate?

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Will it be good enough to win the Best Garden at the Farm contest? Mary certainly hopes so, although an impressionable Little Lamb and his pals may be about to spoil it all.

The big day has finally arrived, and the Lottery winners are drawn. Who has the winning tickets? More important, will they be passports to liberty and happiness, or five tickets to trouble?

Edwin returns from his investigation in the cat-crazy house and reveals a story about two girls trapped halfway in and halfway out of a mirror.

While a spider in Haven longs for the chance to be with his love, Reynard discovers that his attempts to woo a fairytale princess have earned him a one-way trip to a whole heap of trouble.

This final issue of FAIREST features a special stand-alone story written by Bill Willingham! Don''t miss the return of fan-favorite maniac Goldilocks, with art by Meghan Hetrick (BODIES, BATMAN ETERNAL, THE JOKER''S DAUGHTER) and a special horizontal format cover by Adam Hughes!