New Releases by Sean Phillips

An FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn into a terrifying hunt for an insane killer hiding in the shadows of the underworld. Can you ever escape your past, or are all your bad decisions just more ghosts to haunt you, wherever you go? HOUSES OF THE UNHOLYÊis a riveting horror thrill ride from bestselling creators ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS, the award-winning team behindÊCRIMINALÊ(soon to be a TV series on Amazon Prime),ÊRECKLESS,ÊNIGHT FEVER,ÊandÊWHERE THE BODY WAS.

En voyage d''affaires en Europe, Jonathan Webb n''arrive pas à dormir. Au lieu de cela, il se retrouve à errer la nuit dans une ville étrangère, avec son nouvel ami, le mystérieux et violent Rainer comme guide. Rainer montre à Jonathan le monde caché de la nuit, un monde sans règles ni limites. Mais lorsque le plaisir se transforme en danger, Jonathan risque de se retrouver piégé dans le noir...

Um épico ambientado nos tempos áureos de Hollywood. O leitor segue as pistas do assassinato de uma estrela em ascensão, partindo das hospedagens de luxo rumo às entranhas de LA. Tudo isso enquanto o roteirista Charlie Parrish é espremido entre o senso de justiça do seu melhor amigo e o seu próprio senso moral em decadência.

Tra le infinite realtà del Multiverso ce n’è una in cui gli Eroi sono stati trasformati in zombi. In questa versione distopica della Terra non sono servite che poche ore ai super non-morti per distruggere la vita come la conosciamo. Ma adesso che la carne umana a disposizione è finita, come faranno a saziare la loro fame? La risposta potrebbe arrivare sotto forma di un visitatore alieno dalla pelle argentea… Insieme al disegnatore Sean Phillips (Criminal), il creatore di The Walking Dead Robert Kirkman rilegge in chiave horror l’Universo Marvel con risultati sanguinosi e insieme divertenti, in una miniserie che con il tempo è divenuta un vero e proprio titolo di culto. [CONTIENE MARVEL ZOMBIES (2006) 1-5]

The second thrilling Treasury of British Comics collection of the politically charged thriller by Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra “In the harsh light of the third decade of this century it seems everything that made the comics work, including the bloody single-mindedness, shines ever brighter.” – Tom Shapira, The Comics Journal After her eye-opening experiences of corporate interference in Central America, Eve returns to Britain with a renewed political drive and determination to fight for what she believes in. Written in the late 80s by Pat Mills (Nemesis the Warlock, Slaine) this incendiary second volume of the ground-breaking political comic not only contains contributions by legend Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Preacher) but also introduces international comics stars Sean Phillips (Criminal, Kill or Be Killed) and Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy, Kid Eternity). “Unashamedly polemic in its approach, and touching on everything from environmental politics, to food monopolies, to state surveillance, 3WW pre-empted the obsessions of current online activists by some quarter of a century” – Ian McQuaid

Dylan s''enfonce toujours un peu plus dans les ténèbres, tandis que les forces de police de New York sont aux trousses de ce type masqué qui s''en prend aux salopards de la ville. Le justicier malgré lui finit par se rendre... Mais coincé entre les murs d''un hôpital psychiatrique, il constate que le Mal et la corruption qui règnent à l''extérieur l''ont suivi là où il est maintenant...

Brubaker et Phillips tapent de plus en plus fort avec ce 3e tome de leur tétralogie ! Notre justicier s''enfonce toujours un peu plus dans les ténèbres, tandis que les forces de police de New York commencent à réaliser qu''un type masqué s''en prend aux salopards de la ville. Ce thriller qui déconstruit le genre du polar vous happera sans jamais vous lâcher.

Brubaker et Phillips tapent de plus en plus fort avec ce 2e tome de leur tétralogie ! Notre justicier s''enfonce toujours un peu plus dans les ténèbres, tandis que les forces de police de New York commencent à réaliser qu''un type masqué s''en prend aux salopards de la ville. Entre thriller, polar et déconstruction d''un genre (celui des justiciers), cette série vous happe sans jamais vous lâcher.

La super équipe formée par Ed Brubaker et Sean Phillips frappe à nouveau ! Kill or Be Killed est un thriller sombre, nerveux et intense qui nous conduit sur les pas d''un jeune homme forcé d''assassiner des criminels et des sales types... afin de survivre ! Après une tentative de suicide ratée, Dylan est sauvé par un démon, qui lui propose un marché. Il doit assassiner au moins un salopard par mois afin de gagner le droit de survivre. Et bien entendu, comme tout tueur, il va devoir pratiquer son premier assassinat, ce qui s''avère plus difficile que prévu... De plus, il se débat pour cacher ce secret qui met lentement sa vie en miette, ainsi que celle de ses proches.

A collection of dark tales Snap-Dragon: A ghost--or worse!--lurks at a house at a Twelfth Night Christmas party, seeking vengeance on a murderous patron. The festivities have just begun... Independence Day: Two young Brits join the Fourth of July celebration in the US, believing that American animosity toward England long past. A Horror of a Different Color: An alien Thing that kills, invisible to all save one traumatized young woman. The Rahsha: The savage black tiger owned by the Rombart Brothers'' circus was a vanished legend--until it was discovered secretly alive, half a century later! The Forsaken Ones: They''ll come knocking on your door in the dead of Halloween night--but what they want isn''t treats! Nolly Twiss A young Irish woman rescues a young boy who is not what he seems... And others

Create media-rich client applications using JavaFX 9 and the Java 9 platform. Learn to create GUI-based applications for mobile devices, desktop PCs, and even the web. Incorporate media such as audio and video into your applications. Interface with hardware devices such as Arduino and Leap Motion. Respond to gesture control through devices such as the Leap Motion Controller. Take advantage of the new HTTP2 API to make RESTful web requests and WebSockets calls. New to this edition are examples of creating stylized text and loading custom fonts, guidance for working with Scene Builder to create visual layouts, and new content on developing iOS and Android applications using Gluon mobile. The book also covers advanced topics such as custom controls, JavaFX 3D, gesture devices, printing, and animation. Best of all, the book is full of working code that you can adapt and extend to all your future projects. Is your goal to develop visually exciting applications in the Java language? Then this is the book you want at your side. JavaFX 9 by Example is chock-full of engaging, fun-to-work examples that bring you up to speed on the major facets of JavaFX 9. You''ll learn to create applications that look good, are fun to use, and that take advantage of the medium to present data of all types in ways that engage the user and lead to increased productivity. The book: Has been updated with new content on modular development, new APIs, and an example using the Scene Builder tool Is filled with fun and practical code examples that you can modify and drop into your own projects Includes an example using Arduino and an accelerometer sensor to track motion in 3D Helps you create JavaFX applications for iOS and Android devices What You''ll Learn Work with touch-based interfaces Interpret gesture-based events Use shapes, color, text, and UI controls to create a simple click and point game Add audio and video to your projects Utilize JavaFX 3D Create custom controls using CSS, SVG, and Canvas APIs Organize code into modules using Java Platform Module System (Project Jigsaw) Who This Book Is For Java developers developing visual and media-rich applications to run on PCs, phones, tablets, Arduino controllers, and more. This includes developers tasked with creating visualizations of data from statistical analysis and from sensor networks. Any developer wanting to develop a polished user-interface in Java will find much to like in this book.

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Criminal: special edition, and Criminal: tenth anniversary special edition"--Colophon.

From the files of Dr. John Watson comes strangest case on record of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes... An inhuman terror stalks the gaslit, fogged streets of London. The one man who has witnessed it lies dead, presumed the victim of a madman. But Holmes knows that the truth is far more bizarre. With his peerless deductive skills, Holmes traces the evidence to the famed but controversial expediton of Professior George Edward Challenger ---and the lost world of Maple White Land. A rival of Challenger''s, it seems, has launched a return exploration of that fabled, prehistoric land of antediluvian monsters--and may have let loose a terror from the primeval ages upon the streets of turn-of-the century London...

The traditional heist story is turned on its head in COWARD. Leo can plan the perfect score, but only if he can be convinced the job is safe, because Leo is not a shoot-first think-later type of criminal. Leo is a professional, whose biggest desire in life is not to end up exactly where he belongs: in a prison cell.

"Quigsnip" is a tale of Dickens'' Oliver Twist, that Dickens himself seemed too frightened to tell, of a plotline which he began, but never finished.... Oliver Twist, the brave orphan boy who defied the workhouse board has found his rich family, and is now well-nourished, and living among luxury. He imagines his former life as a half-starved workhouse waif in the clutches of the infamous Fagin gang is far behind him. But one villain remains at large. He is a villain with an unknown connection to Oliver''s past. A villain who controls the entire underworld of Victorian London. A villain who will stop at nothing until he has destroyed all that the boy loves, before putting Oliver in his grave...

JavaFX 8: Introduction by Example shows you how to use your existing Java skills to create graphically exciting client applications with the JavaFX 8 platform. The book is a new and much improved edition of JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example, taking you through a series of engaging, fun-to-work examples that bring you up to speed on the major facets of the platform. It will help you to create applications that look good, are fun to use, and that take advantage of the medium to present data of all types in ways that engage the user and lead to increased productivity. Entirely example-based, JavaFX 8: Introduction by Example begins with the fundamentals of installing the software and creating a simple interface. From there, you''ll move in progressive steps through the process of developing applications using JavaFX’s standard drawing primitives. You''ll then explore images, animations, media, and web. This new edition incorporates the changes resulting from the switch to Java 8 SDK. It covers advanced topics such as custom controls, JavaFX 3D, gesture devices, and embedded systems. Best of all, the book is full of working code that you can adapt and extend to all your future projects. Entirely example-based Filled with fun and practical code examples Covers all that''s new in Java 8 relating to JavaFX such as Lambda expressions and Streams Covers gesture devices, 3D display, embedded systems, and other advanced topics

Sean Phillips, author of the Freethinker''s Child, spins two dark tales of the holiday season.Twelfth Night--A Christmas Eve party at a house rumored to be haunted spells unexpected consequences for a guest with a grievous wrong in his past.The Pooka of Kilarney--a young woman placed in charge of her family heirloom takes in an orphan boy who is more than he seems.Two tales sure to give readers chills, even in July!

Connects four stories, each one occuring during a distinct time in history, that contribute to the mystery that is the Femme Fatale.

Modern day reporter Nicolas Lash learns of a secret involving an ageless woman who has been on the run since the 1930s, while reporter Hank Raines meets the same woman in 1950s San Francisco.

David Louther is a college grad with a promising career future ahead of him. But the isolated Montana small-town of Carlsville, where David''s Bible-believing cousin, Richard already resides, proves challenging for a young man with doubts concerning his own faith. Carlsville is a rigidly pious, god-fearing town, even by Bible-belt standards. Except for the presence of one small atheist family, whose presence is an enigma. Then David meets Jebson Proust, the charismatic pastor of Carlsville Faith Community Church, a man of dazzling persona who virtually owns the town and its budding university. Holding an immediate interest in the young man and his prospects, Proust eagerly draws David into the community. But all is not as it seems in Carlsville; the town holds a darker secret, which even most of its inhabitants are unaware of. David is about to learn Proust''s idea of what it means to be "Eternally Secure" in Christ.

"37 Quick And Effective Productivity Techniques" is a compilation of powerful productivity concepts from the world''s top productivity experts. Rather than being a theoretical discussion of abstract concepts, this book is an action-oriented, step by step guide to skyrocketing your productivity and drastically improving the quality of your life.

"A boxer trying to escape his father''s shadow and find a life outside the world of crime where he was raised. A Vietnam vet comes home to find the things he learned in the service are both a blessing and curse. An innocent girl turned femme fatale struggles to find a way off her path of destruction. These stories overlap and collide at sharp angles to form a unique and heartbreaking graphic novel." -- cover.

Back from Iraq and unrecognized by the city he left, Tracy Lawless digs into his brother''s criminal past, searching for his killer and the killer''s motive.