The Littlest Zombie vs. The Littlest Vampire: (pictured above) OK, surely this one-shot — which San Antonio-based Antarctic Press describes as “Tom and Jerry meets 28 Days Later” — is the zenith of pop culture’s current obsession with zombies and vampires, right?
Fables #100: Bill Willingham’s critically acclaimed series about “fables” such as Snow White, Little Boy Blue, and the Big Bad Wolf living on the fringes of modern society has reached the 100-issue milestone. To celebrate, this issue is padded out to 100 pages with a prose story, a “puppet theatre,” and a board game.
Pantheon: Similar to Fables, this series is about gods living among us mere mortals. What’s notable about Pantheon is that it was created by actor Michael Chiklis, and the character of Zeus is drawn to look like — you guessed it — Michael Chiklis.
27 #1 of 4: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain are among the famous musicians who died at 27. This series is about a modern-day rock star who’d really like to live to see 28.
Stan Lee’s Starborn #1: Stan Lee has lived way past the age of 27 — nearly six decades past it, in fact. But the co-creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and so many others is still dreaming up superheroes.
