Scud, the Disposable Assassin

Author: Rob Schrab
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582406855
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the world of Scud, bullets are cheaper than human life. Corner vending machines provide any weapon you might need. The most popular weapons are Scud disposable assassins: Robot hitmen that self-destruct when they kill their target. This volume follows Scud 1373, assigned to take out a hideous female man-eater named Jeff. While fighting the indestructible Jeff, Scud discovers his infamous warning panel in a bathroom mirror. Realizing that to kill Jeff is to kill himself, Scud blows off her arms and legs and hospitalizes her. Her life support bills will have to be paid, and Scud will have to find more work to stay alive.

Scud: The Whole Shebang

Author: Rob Schrab
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 1534310193
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 794

Book Description
"BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END" Scud is programmed to destroy a basement monster but he will self destruct if he does, so the robotic assassin puts the wounded creature on life support and becomes a freelance assassin to pay for the hospital bills. Collects SCUD # 1-24, plus the super-sweet one-shot DRYWALL: UNZIPPED

SCUD

Author: Rob Schrab
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
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Book Description

"But I Can't Do Anything Else!"

Author: Rob Schrab
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607063629
Category : Cartooning
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Collects concept sketches from the author's many sci-fi, horror, and animation projects.

Shadows of Eternity

Author: Gregory Benford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534443649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description
“A fascinating plunge into a new world. I loved the idea of the SETI Library on the moon. Chasing wormholes is also a wild ride!” —Jack McDevitt, bestselling author of Octavia Gone Shadows of Eternity is legendary author Gregory Benford’s return to interstellar science fiction as a discovery within the SETI library on the moon turns out to be deadly. Shadows of Eternity is a novel set two centuries from now. Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. Ruth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds—who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination—and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it. Gregory Benford is one of science fiction’s iconic writers, having been nominated for four Hugo Awards and twelve Nebula Awards. Shadows of Eternity marks Gregory Benford’s return to the sweeping galactic science fiction that readers have been waiting for.

MySQL for Python

Author: Albert Lukaszewski
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1849510199
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 661

Book Description
This is a practical, tutorial-style book that includes many examples to demonstrate the full potential of MySQL for Python. Every chapter starts with an explanation of the various areas for using MySQL for Python and ends with work on a sample application using the programming calls just learned. All complicated concepts are broken down to be very easy to understand. Everything in the book is designed to help you learn and use MySQL for Python to address your programming needs in the fastest way possible. This book is meant for intermediate users of Python who want hassle-free access to their MySQL database through Python. If you are a Python programmer who wants database-support in your Python applications, then this book is for you. This book is a must-read for every focused user of the MySQL for Python library who wants real-world applications using this powerful combination of Python and MySQL.

The Hacker Crackdown

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Languages : en
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Book Description
Features the book, "The Hacker Crackdown," by Bruce Sterling. Includes a preface to the electronic release of the book and the chronology of the hacker crackdown. Notes that the book has chapters on crashing the computer system, the digital underground, law and order, and the civil libertarians.

JTHM

Author: Jhonen Vasquez
Publisher: SLG Publishing
ISBN: 9780943151168
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Collection of the now classic Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comic book series.

The Mask Omnibus Volume 1 (Second Edition)

Author: John Arcudi
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506712568
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
The bestselling comic trilogy that inspired the blockbuster film The Mask is collected in this omnibus edition of gruesome hilarity! A weird mask of unknown origin and power is discovered and imbues its wearer with limitless cartoon character invulnerability that takes the nerdy Stanley Ipkiss, the police, the mafia, and the monstrous mob muscleman Walter on a colliding violent path of homicidal mayhem, lunacy, and destruction! Collects The Mask, The Mask Returns, and The Mask Strikes Back!

The Mask: I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask

Author: Christopher Cantwell
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506714803
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
The bestselling comic series that inspired the blockbuster film returns with gruesome hilarity from the showrunner of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and Hellboy's Patric Reynolds. Years ago, a weird mask of unknown origin and limitless power was buried in the cement of an apartment building's basement floor. Edge City and its residents have all but forgotten the mysterious green-faced killer known only as "Big Head." But now, decades later, the bizarre Tex Avery-style killings are happening all over again and are on a collision course with a bizarre political campaign where a homicidal maniac wants to "Make America Green Again"! Collects The Mask: I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask #1-#4.