Books I Found At Mid-Ohio Con '05

I found a lot of great books at Mid-Ohio, from great old 70s Marvel titles to some awesome indepentant stuff.

Back in 1999, DC's Elseworlds line produced Superman: War of the Worlds, penned by veteran master storyteller Roy Thomas and drawn in Fleischeresque-style by Michael Lark. I somehow managed to miss this gem when it first hit the stands and it took me six years to find it. The War of the Worlds is my absolute favorite novel and I'm a big fan of the "Man of Tomorrow," so this just seemed like something I should read. My hunch paid off. If you haven't read it, find yourself a copy. Hopefully it won't take you six years.

The Myth of 8-Opus by Tom Scoili was another great find! I've been a fan of Thomas Scoili for about a year now when I discovered his artwork in Image's adaption of the Freedom Force internet computer game. Since Freedom Force, Scoili (with writer Joe Casey) has gone on to Godland, also an Image title and worth every penny. But before all this, Scoili created 8-Opus, a cosmic epic in the tradition of The King Himself. Ordinarily I don't get into Jack Kirby "wannabes," but Scoili's the real deal and his love for the genre shows in 8-Opus.

I had the pleasure of meeting Tom Scoili at Mid-Ohio and he's assured me that The Myth of 8-Opus isn't over just because he's got a regular gig with Godland. More than anything, 8-Opus sems to be a labor of love and it shows in every panel.

What do you get when you put a living statue from Easter Island, a conspiracy journalist, a work of sentient abstract art and Abraham Lincoln together in the same room? You get The Ineffables, that's what! I don't know if Craig Bogart is a genius or a madman or both (I'm kinda hopin' he's both), but I think the clues lay in his wayout series of which The Ineffables: Prime Mover (the cover photo to which is pictured to your right) is the latest instalment. Perhaps the wildest aspect of the whole thing is the price! You can get all of Craig's books from his website.