Most Popular Books by Cecil Castellucci

The DC and DC''s Young Animal--a grassroots mature reader imprint, creatively spearheaded by Gerard Way--crossover is here! Now some of the world''s most famous superheroes appear alongside the DC''s Young Animal misfits for some thrilling crime-fighting adventures. What happens when the Doom Patrol team of misfits meets Justice League of America, or the new Gotham vigilante Mother Panic comes face to face with Batman? Will Shade the Changing Girl be able to appease Wonder Woman and will Cave Carson be able to team up with Swamp Thing to destroy the evil, interdimensional corporation called RetCo from the inside? Valid questions. Very valid. How will we ever find out the answer? Right here in DC/YOUNG ANIMAL: MILK WARS, of course! Led by Eisner Award-winning author and DC''s Young Animal creator, Gerard Way, top talents from DC and DC''s Young Animal are collaborating for the first time to bring you the wildest and weirdest crime-fighting adventures in comics history. DC''s Young Animal bridges the gap between the DCU and Vertigo, focusing on the juxtaposition between visual and thematic storytelling. Collects JLA/DOOM PATROL SPECIAL #1, MOTHER PANIC/BATMAN SPECIAL #1, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL/WONDER WOMAN SPECIAL #1, CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE/SWAMP THING SPECIAL #1 and DOOM PATROL/JLA SPECIAL #1.

After a catfight with Catwoman last issue, Batgirl thinks Selina is right about these statues…Could they be made from…actual living Gothamites? But when her investigation leads her to the KGBeast and he tells how he was involved in Nightwing being shot, all bets are off, and Batgirl is faced with doing the right thing or doing what is right for someone she loves.

Knock knock! Who’s there? The Joker. The Joker who? The Joker who’s here to have a nice chat with Barbara Gordon! Don’t miss this devastating tie-in to “Joker War”! Knock knock! Who’s there? The Joker. The Joker who? The Joker who’s here to have a nice chat with Barbara Gordon! Don’t miss this devastating tie-in to “Joker War”!

After a disastrous defeat at the hands of Oracle, Batgirl must find a way to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. But all the while Babs must ask herself how she can defeat a nemesis who knows her every move before she makes it!

Scott Free has escaped Apokolips, and now itÕs all-out war between that wretched planet and New Genesis. This is good news for the Furies, who now have a clear mission to fulfill: keep Scott Free from joining the other side. ThatÕs bad news for Big Barda, who has fallen in love with the future Mister Miracle. ItÕs a race to Earth to see who can get to Scott first, and maybe BardaÕs last chance to convince her sisters that they donÕt have to do what Darkseid says anymoreÑwhich could be the only way she comes out of this alive herself.

Story 1 - The terror group Scorpio attempts to capture and dissect Aquaman in an effort to create superhuman soldiers! Story 2 - While escorting a pod of whales to safety, Aquaman and Mera discuss starting a family of their own, but their conversation is cut short when naval sonar tests disorient the pod, causing the whales to attack naval ships, and forcing Aquaman, Mera, and the Navy officers to save the pod before they hurt anyone.

The Female Furies have a terrible secret that could get them all banished to the deepest pit of Apokolips. They thought they got away with killing SteppenwolfÕs nephew, but now that heÕs been reported missing, the Protectors are sticking their noses into everyoneÕs business in hopes of finding their lost comrade. Meanwhile, AurelieÕs tormentor, Protector Wiliks, applies more pressure on her. Does he know more than he lets on? Regardless, itÕs affecting AurelieÕs ability to lead the Furies, causing friction between her and Big Barda and forcing Granny Goodness to take drastic action.

Eager to prove himself as a guardian for the criminals of Gotham City, Killer Moth has set his sights on taking out one of Gotham’s finest heroes…Batgirl! Does this insect menace really stand a chance against Batman’s smartest ally? Meanwhile, after their daring escape, the Terrible Trio is on the hunt for new ways to cause trouble for Batgirl. Little do they know, Lex Luthor has already beat them to it and is about to bring Batgirl’s worst possible nightmare to life! Oracle is back online. And she’s angry.

The Interceptor needs repairs, so the crew visits a junk depot! But the asteroid''s inhabitants aren''t happy about these visitors.... And things get even worse when more ships arrive!

With Oracle calling the shots in Burnside, Batgirl must figure out how to survive her nightmare opponent. But how do you defeat a nemesis who does you better than you? Does the answer lie within? Our hero just might have to forget everything she knows in order to beat these impossible odds!

This issue, weÕre trapped in the dreams of Beautiful Dreamer! The Forever People are ApokolipsÕ Most Wanted and bringing one of them to the planet is treason all unto itself, so the fact that GrannyÕs plan to brainwash her Female Furies has backfired, Beautiful Dreamer is on the loose and the rogue Fury Aurelie is to blame canÕt be good for anyone. Can Granny track down these fugitives before Darkseid discovers that his warrior women are the source of his armyÕs recent troubles in the war against New Genesis?

Is there life beyond the confines of Apokolips? Scott Free, the future Mister Miracle, is about to find out. But when Big Barda plays a role in his escape, it could spell trouble not just for her potential promotion to the role of the leader of the Female Furies, but to the very existence of the Furies. The women warriors already have too many secrets among them, and if one is exposed, all are exposed. But which of Darkseid’s minions holds the true key to their destruction? Could it possibly be Granny Goodness herself?

On the run from the brutal First Order, General Leia Organa tasks Finn & Poe Dameron with an important mission to acquire vital supplies for the Resistance. But when the deal goes south, the two hatch a plan to snatch starship parts from a moving train! But, unbeknownst to them, a First Order officer and his squad of stormtroopers have other plans! A daring train heist on the frontiers of Wild Space, in Star Wars: Hyperspace #3!

As Gotham City’s renovations begin, mysterious metal statues begin appearing all over town, which leads Batgirl to believe they may be more than meets the eye. What’s even creepier is whatever is terrorizing Alejo’s constituents. Jason Bard doesn’t want to admit it, but his body doesn’t feel quite right after leaving Unearth. Did something follow him out of the portal?

From one end of the galaxy to the other, the forces of evil grow stronger. Criminal syndicates scheme in the shadows, while vicious bounty hunters track down the guilty and innocent alike. And from the height of the Clone Wars to the darkest days of the Resistance, the agents and acolytes of the Sith work tirelessly to enact the dark will of their shadowy masters. Collects Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #5-8

Follow novelist Cecil Castellucci in this insightful memoir of making art, the nature of memory, and being a teenager in 80s New York City. One thing young Cecil was sure of from the minute she saw Star Wars was that she was going to be some kind of artisté. Probably a filmmaker. Possibly Steven Spielberg. Then in 1980 the movie Fame came out. Cecil wasn’t allowed to see that movie. It was rated R and she was ten. But she did watch the television show and would pretend with her friends that she was going to that school. Of course they were playing. She was not. She was destined to be an art school kid. Chronicling the life of award-winning young adult novelist, and Eisner-nominated comics scribe Cecil Castellucci (Shade the Changing Girl, Star Wars: Moving Target), Girl On Film follows a passionate aspiring artist from the youngest age through adulthood to deeply examine the arduous pursuit of filmmaking, while exploring the act of memory and how it recalls and reshapes what we think we truly know about ourselves. Praise for Girl on Film More than a life story, it''s an account of how to live an artist''s life even when it looks like your artistic ambitions are grandiose and impractical. In fact, Castellucci shows, your artistic ambitions are pretty much guaranteed to be grandiose and impractical. That doesn''t matter. What matters is how you live with your big dreams, what you give up for them, what you hang onto and what you let go. - NPR ...a story that''s simultaneously sweet and provoking: more than a mere autobiography, Girl on Film demands that we ask ourselves how we narrate our own life and its meaning. - Boing Boing

IM ANGESICHT DES JOKERS! Der Joker der schlimmste und irrste Feind von Batman hat Gotham City in seiner Gewalt und dem Dunklen Ritter alles genommen – und auch dessen Verbündete stehen im Visier des Mörderclowns. Denn so wie der Joker Batmans Geheimidentität kennt weiß er offensichtlich auch wer sich unter den Masken seiner Kampfgefährten verbirgt. Als Batgirl alias Barbara Gordon nach einem mit Batwoman bestandenen Abenteuer in ihr Apartment zurückkehrt wird ihr dort aufgelauert – vom Joker persönlich! Eine Situation die sie so ähnlich schon einmal erlebt hat und die sie für Jahre in den Rollstuhl brachte! Aber der Joker ist nicht der einzige Psychopath der Barbaras Leben schon aus der Bahn geworfen hat und der während des Joker Wars wieder in Erscheinung tritt: Auch ihr Bruder James Gordon Jr. ein irrer Serienmörder macht ihr seine Aufwartung – mit tödlichen Folgen! Der finale Band dieser BATGIRLSerie mit EventKapiteln zum Joker WarSpektakel inszeniert von Cecil Castellucci (SHADE THE CHANGING GIRL) Carmine Di Giandomenico (FLASH) Robbi Rodriguez (SpiderGwen) und anderen.

ATTENTI AL POTERE DEL LATO OSCURO! In tutta la galassia le forze del male diventano sempre più potenti. Sindacati criminali tramano nell''ombra, mentre feroci cacciatori di taglie danno la caccia sia ai colpevoli che agli innocenti. E dal culmine delle Guerre dei Cloni fino ai giorni più bui della Resistenza, gli agenti e gli accoliti dei Sith lavorano instancabilmente per mettere in atto l''oscura volontà dei loro malvagi padroni. Quattro storie di feccia e malvagità per lettori di tutte le età con protagonisti Boba Fett, Jabba The Hutt, Kylo Ren, Asajj Ventress e il Conte Dooku. [CONTIENE: STAR WARS: HYPERSPACE STORIES (2022) #5-8.]

STORIE EMOZIONANTI DI AVVENTURE GALATTICHE! Dall''ascesa dei Sith all''oppressione del Primo Ordine, il lato oscuro ha sempre minacciato di estinguere la luce della speranza nella Galassia. Ma in ogni epoca, degli eroi si sono opposti con coraggio all''oscurità! Al culmine delle Guerre dei Cloni, Anakin Skywalker e Obi-Wan Kenobi combattono contro l''insidioso Generale Grievous. Nei primi giorni della Ribellione, Luke Skywalker e Leia Organa scoprono una base Imperiale nascosta. E durante l''ascesa del Primo Ordine, Finn, Poe, Rey e Chewbacca combattono assaltatori e cacciatori di taglie per mantenere viva la scintilla della Resistenza. [CONTIENE: STAR WARS: HYPERSPACE STORIES (2022) #1-4.]

LA GALASSIA È UN POSTO SELVAGGIO E PERICOLOSO! Nell''Orlo Esterno, Jedi come Quinlan Vos, Yoda e Mace Windu lottano per arginare l''incendio delle Guerre dei Cloni, mentre i cloni d''élite della Bad Batch combattono per restare in vita! Sul Millennium Falcon ci si prepara all''attacco della seconda Morte Nera in orbita attorno alla luna boscosa di Endor, che è anche il luogo dove sarà inviato Jaxxon, il migliore coniglio verde della galassia, per una speciale missione diplomatica. Il volume conclusivo di questa serie antologica per lettori di tutte le età. [CONTIENE: STAR WARS: HYPERSPACE STORIES (2022) #9-12, HYPERSPACE STORIES: JAXXON ANNUAL.]

Nina, one of the few descendants of human colony on Mars that was abandoned by Earth, is surprised to discover that she can breathe the toxic atmosphere of the Martian surface. The crew, thinking that their attempts at terraforming and breeding for Martian adaptability have finally payed off, rejoice at the prospect of a brighter future. But Nina''s about to unlock the mystery of the disaster that stranded them on Mars... and nothing will ever be the same. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

You can slam a door, and you can slam a fist. You can also slam a person with a wicked insult, or be slammed by a ton of work! Creators as diverse as Meredith Gran, Robbie Thompson, Frank Barberi, Gary Brown and Will Pfeifer give us their take on one of the most powerful sound effects in comics for Vertigo''s latest anthology. Demons, celebrity gossipmongers, online romantics--they''re all about to get SLAMMED! Featuring another knockout cover designed and illustrated by Nathan Fox.

Sixteen year old Victoria (nick-named Egg) avoids boys and romance, preferring to lose herself in science-fiction, until she falls for newcomer Max.

Brand-new from the DC imprint DC''s Young Animal, go along for a wild and psychedelic ride in SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 2: LITTLE RUNAWAY--the latest chapter in the radical reimagining of one of comics'' craziest characters: Shade, the Changing Man. There''s one lesson that Shade is taking to heart. Once she was known as Loma, a native of the planet Meta. Then, using the power of her stolen Madness Coat, she warped into the body of an all-American mean girl named Megan Boyer. Now, with the authorities of her homeworld in hot pursuit, she''s ditching the hellish halls of secondary education for the ultimate in freedom--a cross-country road trip.From the shadowy streets of Gotham City to the atom-blasted sands of Los Alamos to the star-studded hills of Hollywood, Shade''s on a quest to discover her own American dream--even if that means using the power of madness to make it a reality. And at the center of that vision is the galaxy''s favorite TV show, LIFE WITH HONEY--an Atomic Age comedy whose fading star is about to take on the role of several lifetimes!From writer Cecil Castellucci and artists Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks and Marguerite Sauvage, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 2: LITTLE RUNAWAY collects issues #7-12.

Gwendoline est une cane vraiment très soignée : elle fait chaque matin ses exercices de gymnastique, nage toujours avec une tasse de thé en équilibre sur la tête et regarde chaque soir les étoiles avant d’aller se coucher. Alors quand Elvis, un canard artiste mal peigné, farfelu et vraiment pas très bien élevé, s’installe dans la maison voisine, elle est loin d’être ravie. Elle l’accueille cependant avec gentillesse et, surprise, se découvre plein de passions communes avec ce drôle de voisin. Ils deviennent rapidement les meilleurs amis. Tout va pour le mieux jusqu’au jour où ils entendent d’autres canards dire de l’un d’eux : «...vraiment trop bizarre, ce canard »

This collection launches the second part of a special two volume series of exciting stories taking place in the world of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Moon Knight) and Dean Ormston''s (Neil Gaiman''s The Sandman, Books of Magick: Life During Wartime) Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer superhero comics. Creators such as Kelly Thompson, Cullen Bunn, Cecil Castellucci, Scott Snyder and many more of comics'' top talents take on some of the greatest heroes and villains of Spiral City!

Earth girl made easy. On the planet Meta, young Loma steals the madness coat that once belonged to Rac Shade and makes a break across galaxies to take up residence in a new body: Earth girl Megan Boyer. Only now Loma learns that Megan was a bully whom everyone hated, and Loma has to survive high school with the ever-growing and uncontrollable madness at her side--not to mention there are people back on her homeworld who might just want Shade''s coat back.