New Releases by Paul Tobin

A prison break, a zombie apocalypse, and an ultimate weapon—all before lunch. As Billowing City falls to the undead, Clara must punch her way through the end of the world in the wildest chapter yet of Junk Punch!

A runaway steamroller! A wanton web! Clara’s search for the dire villain who’s been stealing goals (soccer goals, touchdowns, successful first dates, and more!) from the citizens of Billowing City deepens, as she and Medium Cotton delve into the criminal underworld of Silverhand! Plus... an origin story! Also... the police want to shoot Clara for some reason? It’s comics chaos, by Eisner winning author Paul Tobin and his even more stellar co-creator, Carlos Javier Olivares!

Three standalone adventures await in this hilarious Zomnibus comics collection! Dr. Zomboss’s latest massive collection of Plants vs. Zombies graphic novels! First, in Snow Thanks, Dr. Zomboss invents a Cold Crystal and traps Neighborville in an eternal winter! With most of the plants immobilized by cold, will Nate, Patrice, and Crazy Dave be able to save the day? Then Zomboss creates microscopic zombies who can “steer” Neighborville citizens from inside their ears! The gang will have to shrink down to fight them off in A Little Problem! And finally, in Better Homes and Guardens, the gang comes up with an idea to plant “Guardens” inside homes to help prevent zombie attacks! When Zomboss counters their plan by designing home-shaped traps, they’ll have to counter his counter to come out on top and save the day! Written by the brilliantly clever Paul Tobin and featuring gorgeous artwork by talented artists Cat Farris, Sara Soler, and Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau—and two bonus short stories drawn by Ron Chan!

Three standalone comics adventures await in this hilarious Zomnibus collection! In Dr. Zomboss’s latest Zomnibus collection, our beloved zombie army leader takes his evil schemes to Lake Gumbo, where Nate, Patrice, Crazy Dave, and the plants will need to fight him off to keep the lake clean and safe in Rumble at Lake Gumbo! Then, in the War and Peas adventure, Crazy Dave and Zomboss end up joining the same book club, and they go head-to-head in a series of battles to become its leader! Finally, Zomboss attempts to destroy all the yards in Neighborville so the plants have nowhere to grow in Dino-Might! Written by the brilliantly clever Paul Tobin and featuring gorgeous artwork by talented artists Ron Chan, Brian Churilla, Kevin Burkhalter, and Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau! Collects Plants vs Zombies: Rumble at Lake Gumbo, Plants vs Zombies: War and Peas, Plants vs Zombies: Dino-Might.

Feeling the rusty shears of eager anticipation as they coarsely cut away your tendons of dread? You’ve come to the right place . . . because EC Comics is serving another tortuous session of frightful delights with the CATACOMB OF TORMENT! Prepare to be mortified—literally—as manacled writers Christopher Cantwell (Out of Alcatraz), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden), and Paul Tobin (The Witcher) are forced to turn the crank and twist the tension-wracked fingertips of artists PJ Holden (2000 AD), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), and Dan McDaid (Epitaphs from the Abyss) into blood-spattered spectacle! Sound like fun? Our beloved host, the Tormentor, sure thinks so!

Zomboss visits his old model train, dubbed “Big Spitball,” in a gigantic train set that takes up a whole warehouse. Using the Big Spitball’s zuclear-powered engine and shrink ray, Zomboss miniaturizes the buildings of Neighborville and adds them to the huge diorama! He even shrinks down a building with Nate, Patrice, Crazy Dave, and some plants inside! Now the team and their plant pals need to reach the engine of the Big Spitball to unshrink themselves and save Neighborville! Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin collaborates with the amazing artist Luisa Russo for a brand-new Plants vs. Zombies original graphic novel, with lavish lettering by Eisner-nominated Steve Dutro and gorgeous colors by Heather Breckel!

A dark horror story based on a real-life urban legend with an internet-age twist--for fans of films like The Ritual and The Blair Witch Project. Hooky Hidalgo, adventurist and popular live streamer, has gone missing while climbing Mt. Denali! When his girlfriend, Becca, arrives in Alaska to retrace his steps, she soon discovers something beyond the dreamy and impressive landscape. There''s a conspiracy deep within the heart of Denali itself: a dark pyramid, silent, waiting. Teaming up with a local conspiracy theorist named Shailene, Becca — and the scores of Hooky fans determined to either find him or find some fun — will face death, freezing temperatures, avalanches‚ and monsters to discover a truth that will change her life forever.

The parade of monsters is neverending! Becca and Shailene are going to have to be clever to escape a herd of piledrivers–and the somehow even more monstrous General Cho and the US Army. The mystery of the Dark Pyramid continues!

The monsters of Denali are out tonight! Becca’s search for Hooky continues, helped by a conspiracy theorist who might just be right about everything. Meanwhile, a house party is interrupted by a particularly unwelcome guest…

Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this monster mash of a series featuring all your favorite creatures going head-to-head in epic battles.

A hilarious graphic novel set in the Borderlands universe by Paul Tobin with gorgeous art by Luisa Russo! Tiny Tina is running a new game of Bunkers & Badasses, set in the land of the giants! Tiny Tina is running a new game of “Bunkers & Badasses” with friends Frette, Valentine, and Hammerlock playing as Skrrmish the Bogbarian, Crasher the Stabbomancer, and Blasteen the Deadshot! With Tina calling the shots in her wild, colorful world, the three heroes set off to hunt a bounty on the giant Hilly the Kid! Collects Tiny Tina''s Wonderlands: Land of the Giants #1–#3.

Something is wrong in the deep forests of Broke Tree Valley. Something deadly. Something mammoth. The legends speak of something larger than human comprehension…A monstrous phantom that disappears for decades at a time. Now, it’s back, and things are about to go Very Bad if four people—Olivia, Jess, Kokoro, and Mason, scientists who have come to the small city of Kasbro to investigate a bizarre series of seismic activities in this heavily forested valley—can’t put the Mammoth to rest. One real problem with this is…Olivia’s dead.

Trapped in a basement with Sheriff Hirly Maple’s raving zombie of a boyfriend, Jess—along with her undead girlfriend Olivia, and her very much still living friends Mason and Kokoro—learn about the hidden supernatural history of Broke Tree Valley and the Mammoth. Unfortunately, none of this newfound knowledge will help if they can’t put a stop to the sheriff’s sinister plan. Olivia seems to know the path to the Mammoth…but does she know a way out of this one?

Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this monster mash of a series featuring all your favorite creatures going head-to-head in epic battles.

It’s been ten years since the nine lives of Burma the cat captivated audiences—return to the world of the Eisner-nominated I Was the Cat with this special anniversary edition! Allison Breaking is a talented journalist, but even talented journalists have bills to pay. When the offer of a lifetime comes across her desk to interview a mysterious stranger named Burma and write his memoirs, Allison can’t say no. But what’s she to do when she discovers that Burma isn’t a man at all . . . but a cat! A cat with stories to tell about how he used his nine lives to shape the world—from movie sets to the filthy streets of seventeenth-century London and all manner of mischief in between. But beneath the feline grace and glamor, Allison just might begin to uncover another, darker story. Will she risk it all to uncover the truth of Burma’s last—and maybe most important—life? The Eisner Award–nominated team of writer Paul Tobin and artist Benjamin Dewey invites you back to the strange and wonderful world of I Was the Cat to find out!

The unthinkable happens when Chestbeard . . . asks for help! Pirates would rather walk the plank than ask for help, and they do not like walking the plank! With a seemingly endless infestation of zombie imps aboard his ship, Chestbeard sails to Neighborville Harbor and enlists Patrice, Nate, and Crazy Dave in clearing out the impfestation! Paul Tobin (Bandette, Genius Factor) collaborates with artist Cat Farris (Plants vs. Zombies Volume 13: Snow Thanks, The Ghoul Next Door) for a brand-new Plants vs. Zombies original graphic novel!

It’s the end! And it’s time for Lydia to step into the ring for a slam-to-the-mat finish … something that she has trained for her entire life. For fans of The Nameless City, Lumberjanes, and She-Ra! THE FINAL SHOWDOWN IS HERE! IT’S THE CHAMPIONSHIP: FOR FREEDOM (HER BROTHER’S) and GLORY (HER OWN)! Lydia Riverthane readies herself for the finals of the Wrassle Castle tournament, hoping to win her brother’s freedom and get back his good name. But Lydia and her diverse group of friends, Chelsea, Nyle, and Dee, discover that the plot against the Riverthane family goes deeper than any of them thought. Lydia will have to dig deep and unlock the secrets behind her own wrassling if she wants to have any hope of saving her home and family. Book 3 of the three-book original graphic novel series.

PSpice for Digital Communications Engineering shows how to simulate digital communication systems and modulation methods using the very powerful Cadence Orcad PSpice version 10.5 suite of software programs. Fourier series and Fourier transform are applied to signals to set the ground work for the modulation techniques introduced in later chapters. Various baseband signals, including duo-binary baseband signaling, are generated and the spectra are examined to detail the unsuitability of these signals for accessing the public switched network. Pulse code modulation and time-division multiplexing circuits are examined and simulated where sampling and quantization noise topics are discussed. We construct a single-channel PCM system from transmission to receiver i.e. end-to-end, and import real speech signals to examine the problems associated with aliasing, sample and hold. Companding is addressed here and we look at the A and mu law characteristics for achieving better signal to quantization noise ratios. Several types of delta modulators are examined and also the concept of time divisionmultiplexing is considered. Multi-level signaling techniques such as QPSK andQAMare analyzed and simulated and ''home-made meters'', such as scatter and eye meters, are used to assess the performance of these modulation systems in the presence of noise. The raised-cosine family of filters for shaping data before transmission is examined in depth where bandwidth efficiency and channel capacity is discussed. We plot several graphs in Probe to compare the efficiency of these systems. Direct spread spectrum is the last topic to be examined and simulated to show the advantages of spreading the signal over a wide bandwidth and giving good signal security at the same time.

PSpice for Circuit Theory and Electronic Devices is one of a series of five PSpice books and introduces the latest Cadence Orcad PSpice version 10.5 by simulating a range of DC and AC exercises. It is aimed primarily at those wishing to get up to speed with this version but will be of use to high school students, undergraduate students, and of course, lecturers. Circuit theorems are applied to a range of circuits and the calculations by hand after analysis are then compared to the simulated results. The Laplace transform and the s-plane are used to analyze CR and LR circuits where transient signals are involved. Here, the Probe output graphs demonstrate what a great learning tool PSpice is by providing the reader with a visual verification of any theoretical calculations. Series and parallel-tuned resonant circuits are investigated where the difficult concepts of dynamic impedance and selectivity are best understood by sweeping different circuit parameters through a range of values. Obtaining semiconductor device characteristics as a laboratory exercise has fallen out of favour of late, but nevertheless, is still a useful exercise for understanding or modelling semiconductor devices. Inverting and non-inverting operational amplifiers characteristics such as gain-bandwidth are investigated and we will see the dependency of bandwidth on the gain using the performance analysis facility. Power amplifiers are examined where PSpice/Probe demonstrates very nicely the problems of cross-over distortion and other problems associated with power transistors. We examine power supplies and the problems of regulation, ground bounce, and power factor correction. Lastly, we look at MOSFET device characteristics and show how these devices are used to form basic CMOS logic gates such as NAND and NOR gates.

PSpice for Digital Signal Processing is the last in a series of five books using Cadence Orcad PSpice version 10.5 and introduces a very novel approach to learning digital signal processing (DSP). DSP is traditionally taught using Matlab/Simulink software but has some inherent weaknesses for students particularly at the introductory level. The ‘plug in variables and play’ nature of these software packages can lure the student into thinking they possess an understanding they don’t actually have because these systems produce results quicklywithout revealing what is going on. However, it must be said that, for advanced level work Matlab/Simulink really excel. In this book we start by examining basic signals starting with sampled signals and dealing with the concept of digital frequency. The delay part, which is the heart of DSP, is explained and applied initially to simple FIR and IIR filters. We examine linear time invariant systems starting with the difference equation and applying the z-transform to produce a range of filter type i.e. low-pass, high-pass and bandpass. The important concept of convolution is examined and here we demonstrate the usefulness of the ''log'' command in Probe for giving the correct display to demonstrate the ''flip n slip'' method. Digital oscillators, including quadrature carrier generation, are then examined. Several filter design methods are considered and include the bilinear transform, impulse invariant, and window techniques. Included also is a treatment of the raised-cosine family of filters. A range of DSP applications are then considered and include the Hilbert transform, single sideband modulator using the Hilbert transform and quad oscillators, integrators and differentiators. Decimation and interpolation are simulated to demonstrate the usefulness of the multi-sampling environment. Decimation is also applied in a treatment on digital receivers. Lastly, we look at some musical applications for DSP such as reverberation/echo using real-world signals imported into PSpice using the program Wav2Ascii. The zero-forcing equalizer is dealt with in a simplistic manner and illustrates the effectiveness of equalizing signals in a receiver after transmission.

Collecting three Plants vs. Zombies original graphic novels into one deluxe boxed set for your holiday season! The set also includes an exclusive, double-sided poster with a new piece of never-before-seen art by fan-favourite artist Ron Chan on the slipcase! Collects Plants vs. Zombies: Better Homes and Guardens, Plants vs. Zombies: The Garden Path, Plants vs. Zombies: Multi-ball-istic. Also includes an exclusive Plants vs. Zombies Graphic Novel Boxed Set #7 double-sided poster and a new piece of art from Ron Chan on the back of the slipcase.

A new original graphic novel from the team behind the New York Times bestselling Plants vs. Zombies comics, Paul Tobin and Ron Chan! Benson, young teen boy with dreams of venturing into space and becoming a Galactic Ranger, is given the chance to make his hopes a reality when he''s selected to join an elite academy full of strange characters and unusual alien classmates. But when a combination of culture shock, bullying, and administrative secrets shake his confidence, Benson must dig deep and fight to prove he belongs.

Glane Breld conned billions when he turned over the planet Heist to the Pan-Galactic goverment. Now he''s going to steal it back. Of course he''s a fugitive, and everyone wants him dead, but Glane won''t let the little things in his way. GLANE HAS GOT A PLANET TO STEAL. NO BIG DEAL. JUST DON''T GET IN HIS WAY. Welcome to planet Heist! It''s the cutthroat capital of the entire Nehring System, home to billions of the worst men and women in the galaxy. The Pan-Galactic government has no idea what to do with the planet, but conman Glane Breld and his band of thieves know exactly what to do with Heist—they''re going to steal it. It’s Ocean’s Eleven in space, brought to you by writer Paul Tobin (Colder and Bandette) and Arjuna Susini (The Replacer)—the only minds crazy enough to steal an entire world. Collects the complete eight issue series.

Will Flora the Sunflower and Neighborville''s plant platoon hit a triple-bonus combo or will their efforts ride the outlanes to certain loss? Enjoy this hilariously pinball-primed Plants vs. Zombies tale crafted by series veteran Paul Tobin! Plunge into another battle between plants and zombies as Dr. Zomboss turns the entirety of Neighborville into a giant, fully-functional pinball machine! With bumpers, flippers, and pegs meticulously scattered across town by the zombie pinball wizard himself, Nate, Patrice, and their plant posse must find a way to revert Neighborville to its normal state and halt this uniquely horrifying zombie invasion. With every ball and bumper set against them, will they hit a run of zombie knock-out skill shots--or will the battle go full tilt zombies?! Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin (Bandette, Genius Factor) collaborates with artist Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau (Plants vs. Zombies: Better Homes and Guardens) for a brand-new Plants vs. Zombies journey!

Feisty fun for the whole family with two of Marvel''s most popular superstars! Everybody loves Deadpool, right? Somebody ought to tell the Avengers! Can the Merc with a Mouth fast-talk his way out of a confrontation with Earth''s Mightiest Heroes? At least Spider-Man can see Wade Wilson''s appeal until a day in the life of Deadpool shows him a little something about power and irresponsibility. Wolverine''s keen to teach Spidey a lesson too, when he fi nds out the webhead is following him - and he is one tutor who makes sure you get the point! And what was Wolvie up to just before he fi rst tangled with the Hulk? Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #4, MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: WEB WARRIORS #8, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2009 (WOLVERINE: ORIGIN OF AN X-MAN), MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #3

Get ready for an intense and persistent one-up battle of . . . designing Neighborville dwellings?! Plant pals Nate and Patrice suggest a brilliant idea: thwart any attack from the zombies by putting defending plants named "Guard-ens" inside homes, as well as in yards! But as soon as Mr. Stubbins informs zombie leader and Pop Smarts lover Dr. Zomboss, he quickly becomes obsessed with circumventing this idea with an epically evil one of his own--building cages disguised as homes to trap all the tasty brains (and the people they reside within) before the Guard-ens can get there. The plants, Nate, Patrice, and Crazy Dave must now counter Dr. Zomboss''s havoc-filled scheme! Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin (Bandette, Genius Factor) collaborate with artist Christianne Gillendardo-Goudreau (Plants vs. Zombies: War and Peas, Plants vs. Zombies: Rumble at Lake Gumbo) for this standalone graphic novel!

When Neighborville is attacked by zombies, it''s up to Nate Timely and Patrice Blazing to track down Crazy Dave''s plants and assemble an army. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.

Multi-Eisner award-winning writer Paul Tobin pens a fantasy epic of the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, a witcher--one of the few remaining monster hunters from the critically acclaimed video game fantasy The Witcher by CD Projekt Red! Featuring story art by Joe Querio, Piotr Kowalski, Max Bertolini, with a bonus sketchbook section and additional art by Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Dan Panosian (Slots), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Duncan Fegredo (MPH), Simon Bisley (Lobo), and a cover by Mike Mignola (Hellboy). Collects issues #1-#5 of The Witcher comic series House of Glass, Fox Children, Curse of Crows, and the Killing Monsters one-shot--and features annotations from the creators of the comics, as well as a sketchbook section.

Dr. Zomboss invents a Cold Crystal, which is capable of freezing Neighborville, creating an eternal winter and burying both plants and humans in snow and ice! With most of the benevolent, zombie-battling plants chilled and immobile, Zomboss hopes to lead his cold-blooded zombie troops on a mission to overrun the city. It''s up to Nate, Patrice, Crazy Dave, and the fieriest plants to adapt, fight on, and save Neighborville - with the help of pirates! From Eisner Award-winning writer and series mainstay Paul Tobin (Bandette, I Was the Cat), who collaborates with Cat Farris (Emily and the Strangers, My Boyfriend Is a Bear) on this original, standalone graphic novel.

Multi-Eisner award-winning writer Paul Tobin pens a fantasy epic of the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, a witcher--one of the few remaining monster hunters from the critically acclaimed video game fantasy The Witcher by CD Projekt Red! Featuring story art by Joe Querio, Piotr Kowalski, Max Bertolini, with a bonus sketchbook section and additional art by Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Dan Panosian (Slots), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Duncan Fegredo (MPH), Simon Bisley (Lobo), and a cover by Mike Mignola (Hellboy). Collects issues #1-#5 of the Witcher comic series House of Glass, Fox Children, Curse of Crows, and collected for the first time, Killing Monsters one-shot--and features annotations from the creators of the comics, as well as a sketchbook section.