We have the combined solictations for both AiT/PlanetLar and ADHouse for the month of June.

AiT/PlanetLar

June is SHOW LARRY SOME LOVE month at AiT/PlanetLar. With their latest offering of Black Diamond and re-solicitations of of some of Larry Young's greatest hits.

Black Diamond #1 (of 6)
Larry Young, Jon Proctor
Fifty years from now, an elevated highway spans the nation. Initially a
response to international terrorism, the US government grounds commercial
airline flights and builds THE BLACK DIAMOND, a dangerous road full of
gearheads and misfits, drug runners and grey-market tech heads, all
driving illegal 1970s muscle cars in a nomadic, breakneck existence. But
when the government decides to clean up THE BLACK DIAMOND heading east and
when his wife is kidnapped to be used as a hostage by forces loyal to the
road, Dr. Don McLaughlin, DDS, has to borrow his brother-in-law's illegal
1973 Mercury Cougar to get on the highway and rescue his wife... 150 feet
above and 100 miles an hour faster than anything he's ever known.

Black Diamond #2 (of 6)
Larry Young, Jon Proctor
Kate Maddox has a problem: she's been kidnapped by a couple of guys and
held against her will in a seedy apartment. That's not the problem,
though; her kidnappers just aren't that bright, and when you've been
shanghai'ed, the least you could expect is some snappy conversation. The
Big-Man Conversation, though, is being had by Army General Cooper and oil
baron Dixie Johnson about the state of the world, while Doctor Don is
headed Kate's way on the elevated highway of the future, as he picks up an
unwitting passenger...

Planet of the Capes
Larry Young, Brandon McKinney

A strange visitor from another planet, a dark and brooding super-patriot, a rampaging monster of destruction, and an interdimensional princess cross over from their world to ours. It's what happens when they find themselves in need of the sort of help that only superheroes can provide; it’s a stab at the presently-ingrained superhero archetypes without any of the intrigue of corporate intercession. Each one of the main characters represents one of the familiar superhero archetypes, but they also represent certain factions of the comic book industry, too. It's allegory and adventure from the writer of ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE and the artist of SWITCHBLADE HONEY.

Proof of Concept
Larry Young, Damian Couceiro, John Flynn, Steven Sanders, Jeff Johns, Paul Tucker, John Heebink, Kieron Dwyer

A collection of short adventure stories by the writer of ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE and PLANET OF THE CAPES! A young clone of Abraham Lincoln discovers the secrets of his past in EMANCIPATING LINCOLN! A reluctant vampire flees mobilized vanhelsing units in a future he never thought he’d see. This time, they’re out for his blood, in HEMOGOBLIN! A rag-tag group of time-travellers chase their insane captain through every moment of eternity in FOR THE TIME BEING! Soldiers versus undead monsters in ZOMBIE DINOSAUR! A Hollywood starlet gets even more famous once she turns invisible, in THE BOD!

Astronauts in Trouble: Collection
Larry Young, Charlie Adlard, Matt Smith

They're astronauts and they're in trouble...

This is the collection of the three best-selling graphic novels and is available as hardcover or softcover.

If you're interested in The Making of Astronauts in Trouble, this book's got behind-the-scenes secrets and even the original scripts, just as the artists first saw them.

ADHouse's May and June releases.

Johnny Hiro #1
by Fred Chao. Published by AdHouse Books

This FANTASTIC FIRST ISSUE finds Johnny Hiro dating the daughter of a 1970's Tokyo Action-Girl. Unfortunately, Gozadilla is out for revenge! The excitement never ends, even though Johnny Hiro really wants it to...

The Aviary
by Jamie Tanner. Published by AdHouse Books

Enter the strange world of the Quiet Bird-Man; a world of mysterious corporations, foul-mouthed robots, drunken ghosts, amputee comedians, wealthy simian pornographers and canine scientists; a world of disasters, murders and masquerade balls. Jamie Tanner has been slowly weaving this dreamlike and darkly funny tale in various anthologies and mini-comics for the past several years. Now the whole scope that is THE AVIARY is available in a lush 312-page collection.

Superior Showcase #2
by Various. Published by AdHouse Books

A year in the making... This THRILLING SECOND ISSUE of the comic that is all about heroes that are super (SUPERIOR SHOWCASE!) returns with the uber-talents of Maris Wicks, Farel Dalrymple and Joey Weiser! Hot-young-star Wicks shows you what superbeings are inside us all! AdHouse-Alumn Dalrymple gives us an episode from the adventures of Hollis! New-comer Weiser shows us the powers of the Tree Frog! Smack! Bam! Pow!