Best Selling Books by Matthew Dow Smith

Kyla Vanderklugt, artist of SPERA and Archaia's 2014 Free Comic Book Day LABYRINTH story, tells the beautiful Japanese tale of "The Snow Witch" in a gorgeous horizontal format stand-alone issue. When an old woodcutter and his young apprentice are caught in a blizzard, a mysterious woman dressed in white appears and freezes the woodcutter to death before eating his soul. She spares the apprentice if he vows never to tell of what he has seen, but keeping his word may not be so easy when he falls in love.

Chloe Sampson (erede della famiglia da cui derivano i super eroi più potenti della Terra), si è sposata con Hutch, e con lui ha avuto vari figli. Il mondo è ora un posto migliore, perché i super esseri stanno lavorando in armonia con l'umanità per eliminare tutti i problemi che hanno afflitto il mondo in passato. Ma qualcuno trama nell'ombra per eliminare i discendenti dei Sampson e gli imperfetti eroi dovranno scendere di nuovo in campo per salvare il mondo… e la propria vita. Dalla mente di Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Ultimates, Superman: Red Son), la prima parte del finale di una delle serie che hanno originato il Millarworld. [Contiene Jupiter's Requiem 1-6]

Join the Doctor and friends in these four tantalizing tales: The Doctor tries to stay ahead of his pursuers in a topsy-turvy world in "Run, Doctor, Run" by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Blair Shedd. The Doctor discovers an alien warrior hiding in the English countryside in "Down to Earth" by Matthew Dow Smith and Mitch Gerads. Rory is the King of England. Amy is a revolutionary leader. The Doctor is a prisoner. Find out why in "Tuesday" by Dan McDaid.

When she was a girl, Autumn dreamed of fairies and magical adventures—but those adventures weren’t her imagination after all, and the reality is more dangerous than she ever thought possible. As a child, Autumn Ackerman believed that Santa Claus and his army of talking teddy bears were the creators of the universe. She lived in a fantasy world where her imaginary friend, Barnaby, accompanied her on amazing adventures. But after her father walked out on her and her mom, the magic quickly faded from Autumn’s life, leaving her to ask the question: Why live in a world without teddy bears and Santa Claus? Now a high school senior, Autumn is bogged down by stress and anxiety about college and is stuck working a minimum-wage job at a local coffee shop to help her mom financially. Just when she would give anything to have the tiniest bit of magic back in her ordinary life, Barnaby reappears and turns the imaginary into reality by introducing her to the fantastical world of the Night Folk, real-life creatures behind the legends of trolls and monsters. Led into this dark and dangerous reality, Autumn encounters characters such as the legendary October King, the treacherous Mr. Balloon, and many others whose lives are closely intertwined with hers. As the story of her family’s past begins unfolds, Autumn is guided on a path of self-discovery fraught with danger and mystery at every turn.

The world of Thra is shattered. Following the events of the Great Conjunction, the once-powerful Urskeks have been split into two separate beings: the Skekis and the Mystics, Only Raupin and Aughra know their true origins, but they are trapped in the bowels of the world of Thra, searching for the shard of the Dark Crystal. But as the aftermath of the Great Conjunction wreaks havoc upon the Gelfling tribes, the Gelfling may have no choice but to rely upon the one race offering aid: the Skeksis. The species of Thra will have to decide who they can trust if they hope to keep their world together.

Matthew Dow Smith (X-FILES, HELLBOY) tells the epic Irish folktale of "The Phantom Isle." When a young man shipwrecks on a mysterious island ruled by a council of witches, he has the choice of freedom or staying on the isle where he does not age. The lure of immortality is hard to resist, but it comes with a price he may not be willing to pay.

In The Dark is a monstrous collection of all-new original terror tales from the darkest and most brilliant minds in comics and prose. Featuring an introduction by American Vampire, The Wake, and Severed writer Scott Snyder, and a frightful feature on the history of horror comics, through their rotten rise and dreadful decline by comic book historian Mike Howlett!

In this final stand-alone issue, Harvey Award-nominated artist Jeff Stokely (SIX-GUN GORILLA) adapts an unproduced teleplay by writers of the THE STORYTELLER television show Susan Kodicek, Anne Mountfield, and Academy Award winner Anthony Minghella that weaves together the legend of the Russian witch, Baba Yaga.

Doctor Who fights to save a friend from the Advocate, while trying to avoid both a civil war and visits from the misplace paranormal investigators.

Collects the adventures of the tenth Doctor, in which the Doctor finds himself in Hollywood in 1926, brought before the Time Lords for interferring with a static point in space and time, and becomes the target of the Advocate.

'Ground Control’: The TARDIS is grounded by a safety officer who accuses the Doctor of using it as a weapon. 'The Big, Blue Box’: A human who remembers a "big blue box' appearing at important times in his life learns his true origins when he finally encounters the Doctor himself. 'To Sleep, Perchance to Scream’: The Doctor's anxieties and guilt manifest themselves during a surreal dream. 'Old Friend’: The Doctor answers a summons from a one-time companion named Barnaby Edwards, now elderly and in a nursing home, who carries out the Doctor's orders and delivers a package to the Doctor. Only problem is the Doctor hasn't met this companion yet in his time stream.

When an anomaly in the space-time continuum brings Doctor Who to Hollywood, California, during the Roaring Twenties, the Doctor's actions attract the attention of the Shadow Proclamation, which puts him on trial for his life. Original.

Before the FBI, before the X-Files, they were just teenagers searching for the truth. Follow the continuing adventures of young Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. On Martha's Vineyard, a strange encounter with a deaf girl sends 13-year-old Fox on the hunt for a mysterious signal. Meanwhile, in San Diego, young Dana looks into a plane crash somehow tied to the man she helped put in jail. Two kids, two mysteries, one conspiracy that threatens the future of humanity.

Don't miss these fantastic adventures collected from the Tenth Doctor Archive! The Tenth Doctor Archives collect many stories from the Doctor's adventures, with contributions from numerous talented writers and artists. Collects: Doctor Who Vol. 2: Tesseract, Doctor Who Volume 3: Final Sacrifice

"After the tumultuous events of 'War of the Witchblades, ' New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini is once more the sole bearer of the Witchblade, a mysterious artifact that takes the form of a deadly and powerful gauntlet. Now Sara must try to reconcile her darker side while controlling the Witchblade, even as she investigates the city's strangest, most supernatural crimes"--Cover.

Chloe Sampson, héritière de la famille qui a donné naissance aux super-héros les plus puissants de la Terre, a épousé Hutch et eu plusieurs enfants. Aujourd'hui, le monde est un endroit meilleur, grâce aux êtres dotés de pouvoirs qui travaillent en harmonie avec l'humanité pour éradiquer les fléaux qui se sont abattus sur la Terre. Mais dans l'ombre, quelqu'un s'affaire pour éliminer les descendants de Sampson. Les héros imparfaits vont devoir reprendre les armes pour sauver la planète... et leur vie. Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Ultimates, Superman: Red Son) entame dans ce volume la conclusion de l'une des séries qui a donné naissance au Millarworld.

The complete prequel trilogy to Jim Henson’s cult classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal, with a story by the film’s original concept designer, Brian Froud. Paperback Edition. Brian Froud, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved Jim Henson fantasy film The Dark Crystal, returns to the world he helped create in this official prequel trilogy to the cult-classic film. Collected for the first time in one oversized edition, this series reveals the definitive origins of the Skeksis, Mystics, Gelfling, and the Dark Crystal itself while introducing all new characters in an epic spanning thousands of years. Written by Brian Holguin (Spawn: Origins), Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier), and Matthew Dow Smith (Doctor Who), and lushly illustrated by Alex Sheikman (Robotika) and Lizzy John (Fraggle Rock), Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths is a breathtaking return to the fantasy world that has captivated audiences for over thirty years.

The complete prequel trilogy to Jim Henson’s cult classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal, with a story by the film’s original concept designer, Brian Froud. Brian Froud, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved Jim Henson fantasy film The Dark Crystal, returns to the world he helped create in this official prequel trilogy. Collected together in one set for the first time, this graphic novel series reveals the definitive origins of the Skeksis, Mystics, Gelfling, and the Dark Crystal itself while introducing all new characters in an epic spanning thousands of years. Written by Brian Holguin (Spawn: Origins), Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier), and Matthew Dow Smith (Doctor Who), and lushly illustrated by Alex Sheikman (Robotika) and Lizzy John (Fraggle Rock), The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths is a breathtaking return to the fantasy world that has captivated audiences for over thirty years.