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Sonovawitch! and Other Tales of Supernatural Law
This 176-page trade paperback contains issues 17-22 of Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, along with the first issue of Mavis.
The main story in the book, "Sonovawitch!", concerns a lonely single guy who is sued for "hexual harassment" after his mom (a witch), puts a spell on one of his employees to make her fall in love with him. The original comic book issues were nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, given by the Horror Writers of America. Lash was also nominated for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award as Best Writer/Artist—Humor for the Sonovawitch issues.
The attractively produced trade paperback contains several other cases from the files of Wolff & Byrd, featuring such clients as a physician who specializes in reviving the dead; a hunchback accused of teaching Satanism to preschoolers; a vampire henchman for the Nosferatu crime cartel; a Japanese priest who guards a jewel that can unleash the power of a giant reptilian monster; and a nice guy whose soul has accidentally possessed the body of a demon.
The introduction is provided by Neil Gaiman, award-winning author of such books as Stardust, Neverwhere, and the Sandman series. Gaiman writes, "Batton Lash's delicious Wolff and Byrd tales are the finest funny supernatural fictions ever created, and one of the best legal soap operas out there."
For an in-depth review of this book go to D. Aviva Rothschild's graphic novels review site at Rational Magic.com.
The Vampire Brat And Other Tales of Supernatural Law
A brand-new trade paperback, collecting Mavis #2, Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre #23, and Supernatural Law #24-29. Wolff & Byrd's clients in these issues include Buford, the teenage vampire brat who fears "Myrtle, the Vampire Slayer"; the ex-wife of a Vincent Price-type mad scientist ("Black Market Souls"); a time traveler who literally crashes Wolff & Byrd's holiday party ("Fashionably Late"); and a young boy who seems to be the only one who can control a rampaging purple monster ("H—k Smash, Lawyers Sue!"). In the same deluxe format as Sonovawitch!
Introduction by Will Eisner. Great for holiday gift giving!
Click here for a Six-Page Preview of one of the stories in this collection: "Black Market Souls" (Issue #26)!
Mister Negativity and Other Tales of Supernatural Law
At last! The first Supernatural Law collection in two years! This companion volume to Sonovawitch! and The Vampire Brat contains SL issues 31-36 and (the now out-of-print) Mavis #3. The clients represented in this collection include the title character (he's got such a bad attitude that he actually turns negative and begins to repel everything around him), Huberis the Dybuk (a misogynistic demon who sues to be accepted for church membership), and "Steven Gink" (a horror author in a coma). Batton was nominated for the 2003 Harvey Special Award for Humor for the issues in this collection, and Supernatural Law #35 (which features the critically acclaimed silent story "Words Can't Do IT Justice") was nominated for Best Single Issue.
Introduction by Tom DeHaven
The Monsters Meet on Court Street and Other Tales of Supernatural Law
In this collection of stories, Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd represent a wide variety of clients, from a mad scientist who falls in love with a woman in another dimension, to a gangster gorilla boss, to a tycoon's childhood invisible friend. Readers also learn more about the personal lives of the attorneys and of their intrepid secretary, Mavis, who has her own adventure with a runaway robot. Contents including issues 30, 37, 38, 39, and 40 of Batton Lash's Supernatural Law comic book series as well as Mavis #4 and 20 all-new pages. The Monsters Meet on Court Street is volume 6 in this ongoing graphic novel series that mixes humor, horror, and the law to produce a unique and fun reading experience.
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre — 'The Red Book'
WAREHOUSE FIND! Back in 1987, Andrion Books (long since out of business) published the first collection of Wolff & Byrd comic strips. Batton ran out of copies of the book before Exhibit A Press began and had lost track of where any copies might be. He's now been contacted by his former publisher, who ran across some boxes of the book while cleaning out a storage facility. So Exhibit A now has available some copies of what is fondly referred to as "The Red Book." This 64-page 8 1/2 x 11 book contains strips that appeared in The National Law Journal and The Brooklyn Paper in the mid-1980s and predate those reprinted in the Supernatural Law and Fright Court collections. In these strips Wolff & Byrd defend a vampire dentist, go to L.A. for an est-like experience, encounter a young man possessed by Clarence Darrow, and deal with ghosts, witches, time travelers, werewolves, the undead—and Ronald Coleman? PLUS! The introduction of Mavis, and a flashback to young Alanna and Jeff in law school. All for just $7.00—the original cover price (plus shipping and handling).
Caution: The strips are printed smaller than their original versions, so get out your glasses!
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Supernatural Law
This book collects 14 stories from the long-running weekly newspaper strip. Among those included: "The Rock 'N' Holy Roller," in which a rock star and an evangelist switch minds; "Wonky, The Wonderful Widdle Cat," the tale of a popular cartoon cat who escapes from the TV screen into the three diminsional world; "The Boogeyman," who, says teenager Prima Donner, is the cause of all her misbehavior; "The Once and Future Lawsuit," in which Merlin's secrets are invoked to bring forth a demon of commerce; "Lawyers in Hell," referring to when Wolff and Byrd must literally go to hell to confer with a client; "Wolff Goes Home," in which Alanna encounters romance as well as a mysterious town not unlike Lake Woebegon; and "Beauty and the Breach," an irreverent poke at TV's Beauty and the Beast TV show.
Wolff & Byrd,
Counselors of the Macabre:
Case Files, Vol. I
This inexpensive trade paperback collects the first four comic book issues, including the out-of-print first issue. Added feature: A three-page article on the orgins of Wolff & Byrd, including Batton Lash's very first sketches of the characters from 1979.
96 Pages, trade paperback, 6 1/2 x 10". $9.95
ISBN # 0-9633954-1-6
This book is currently out of print.
Wolff & Byrd,
Counselors of the Macabre:
Case Files, Vol. II
This trade paperback collects issues 5 through 8 of Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre. Among the cases tackled by attorneys Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd: supermodel Dawn DeVine's lawsuit against her Svengali-like agency owner; the disputed ownership of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and the wolfman; the ongoing legal troubles of Sodd, the Thing Called It; and the purging of an obnoxious, obsequious ghost. Bonus material includes a 3-page Halloween story.
96 Pages, trade paperback, 6 1/2 x 10". $9.95
ISBN # 0-9633954-3-2
This book is currently out of print.
Wolff & Byrd,
Counselors of the Macabre:
Case Files, Vol. III
This volume collects some of the most popular issues of W&B: Issue #9, the X- Files parody ("The * Files); #10, the Rosemary's Baby parody, done in romance comics style ("I'm Carrying Satan's Baby!"); #11, three short stories on the theme of "Strange Bedfellows"; and "Guardian Angels and Personal Injuries," a must for Jack Benny fans (we can say no more).
96 Pages, trade paperback, 6 1/2 x 10". $9.95
ISBN # 0-9633954-4-0
This book is currently out of print.
Wolff & Byrd,
Counselors of the Macabre:
Case Files, Vol. IV
This trade paperback collects issues 13 through 16 of the comic book series. In unlucky issue 13, longtime Wolff & Byrd client Sodd, The Thing Called It, finally goes to trial, with disastrous results. The whole "Soddyssey" wraps up in issue 16, which contains guest art by Steve Bissette, Bernie Wrightson, Jeff Smith, Shawn McManus, Phil Hester, and Charles Vess. In between, Wolff & Byrd encounter vampires and mysterious horror writer Ayn Wrice in her New Orleans stomping grounds (issue 14), and zombies, werewolves, and statues that come to life (issue 15)
96 Pages, trade paperback, 6 1/2" x 10". $10.95
ISBN # 0-9633954-5-9
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