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Did you miss out on TABOO?
TABOO was a meaty, cutting-edge, Eisner Award-winning trade paperback
anthology of adult horror comics and comix SpiderBaby Grafix published
and co-published (with Tundra and Kitchen Sink, respectively) from
1989-1995. Ten issues in all were completed -- TABOO #1-9 and a one-shot
special, TABOO ESPECIAL -- and each issue offered over 100 pages of
top-drawer stories and art from creators like Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell
(in fact, Moore and Campbell's celebrated From Hell was originally
created for and serialized in TABOO), Jean "Moebius" Giraud, Rick
Veitch, Charles Burns, S. Clay Wilson, Charles Vess, Spain, Mark Bode,
and countless others. Read more: The Taboo Legacy
We'll be offering back issues of TABOO to you as long as our backstock remains. We've just had to up the prices a bit due to dwindling stocks of key issues -- once they're gone, they're gone! These will be limited-time offers, so keep your eye on this site! For a limited time, the following issues of TABOO are for sale to readers, collectors, and curious parties. Because quantities are extremely limited, I urge any interested visitors to act NOW if you want to pick these rarities up. Once these are gone, they are gone for GOOD!
SPIDERBABY SPECIAL OFFER:
Want to find out what TABOO is like without dropping big bucks? Now's your chance! For a limited time, you can purchase a sample issue" of TABOO for only $6 postpaid ($10 foreign postpaid)! Some of our TABOO backstock has suffered minimal wear of some sort -- scuffed back covers, slight warpage due to packing, etc. Though these issues are still complete, tight, and in good shape, we will not sell them at full price. This means YOU can check out a sample issue of TABOO at a deep discount! We choose the issue based on available damaged stock (probably issue #4), so don't even consider telling us which issue you want. We'll ignore your request completely. See, you get what we send you, AS IS, but you get it CHEAP! Don't delay! Be sure to indicate
TABOO SPECIAL OFFER when you order, then hold on to your seat! TABOO will be on its way, and you'll NEVER be the same again!
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THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (Please read carefully):
YOU MUST BE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO ORDER TABOO. A signed age statement
MUST accompany every order.
ORDERS FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S. ORDER AT THEIR OWN RISK. Canadian and UK customs in particular have targetted TABOO over the years. Though all orders are shipped in a timely fashion and every reasonable attempt is made to ensure the customer receives their order (we try, and we have our
methods), we cannot be responsible for orders seized by customs.
Sorry: customs seizure does not result in refund. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Also please note that although every effort is made to provide mint-condition copies of each issue, the lack of cover lamination on the
first four issues of TABOO does mean that the back covers of a few copies
(particularly #3) have suffered some wear. Prices listed are for copies
shipped AS IS. Each issue is shipped bagged and protected from any further
wear or damage.
Supplies are subject to current availability.
Remember, upon your request I will sign and personalize ANY purchase at
no additional cost.
Each issue is trade-paperback format, with full-color covers and black-and-white interior pages. Note page counts: every issue of TABOO was
jam-packed with top-drawer stories and art.ENTER THE WORLD OF TABOO!
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ISSUES:
Taboo 1 through 3 are RARE and GOING FAST! Final Sale Copies -- stock is almost GONE!
TABOO #1
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(1988, SpiderBaby Grafix, 112 pages) It all started here! Horrific painted cover by Bissette, back cover by Rolf Stark; introduction by Clive Barker. Features stories and art by Bissette, Alan Moore and Bill Wray, Tom Sniegoski and Mike Hoffman, Bernie Mireault, Jack Butterworth and Cam Kennedy, Chester Brown, Greg Irons, "Kitty Killer Kids" by S. Clay Wilson, "Scarecrow" by Charles Vess, Eddie Campbell's first "Pyjama Girl" true-crime tale, and the notorious "Chigger and the Man" by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming. PLUS: Charles Burns' seminal "Contagious," honored as one of the top comics narratives of the decade and precursor to Burns' current series BLACK HOLE; and the first installment of Tim Lucas and Mike Hoffman's renowned "Throat Sprockets."
$45 US plus post/shipping; foreign order $50 plus post/shipping; email for shipping options. Quantities are EXTREMELY limited, and will be exhausted SOON.
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TABOO #2
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(1989, SpiderBaby Grafix, 144 pages) This issue is RARE, and soon to be completely out of stock! DON'T WAIT -- They'll soon be ALL GONE! Painted cover by John Totleben, back cover by Charles Lang. This was the first issue to truly live up to its title: rejected by production houses, printers, and binders, banned by Canadian and British customs! This most-sought-after of all TABOOs is also the hardest-to-find due to defective bindings (all copies shipped with solid bindings, but handle them with care!) and its collector's stature as the debut showcase of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's justifiably famed serialized graphic novel FROM HELL. Along with the first TWO installments of FROM HELL (Prologue and Chapter One) and Alan Moore's lovely two-color FROM HELL inside back cover illustration, this chilling issue features stories and art by Bissette, Clive Barker, Paul Chadwick, S. Clay Wilson, Richard Sala, Michael Zulli, Bernie Mireault, Rick Grimes, Tom Marnick, Mark Askwith and Rick Taylor, and many more. QUANTITIES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED!! This will be out of stock SOON, and once it's gone, it's GONE.
$60 plus post/shipping; foreign orders $65 plus post/shipping; email for shipping options. FEW LEFT -- Don't delay!!!
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TABOO #3
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(1989, SpiderBaby Grafix, 128 pages) RARE and also out-of-stock! Unnerving painted cover by Michael Zulli, back cover by Simoneda Perica-Uth; full-color inside covers by Rolf Stark and another FROM HELL portrait by Alan Moore. FROM HELL continues, along with Tim Lucas and Mike Hoffman's remarkable "Throat Sprockets" and Rolf Stark's harrowing "Love in the Afternoon," which inspired (and was featured in) Stark's subsequent graphic novel RAIN. Also: Moebius, Rick Grimes, Rick Veitch and Jack Weiner, Glen Dakin and Phil Elliott, Jim Wheelock's "One Good Trick," Bernie Mireault's "Poker Face," and more. More customs seizures compromised distribution of this issue, though it's interesting to note that New Zealand seized and then approved TABOO (for adults only) after a full assessment of its contents.
$45 US plus post/shipping; foreign orders $50 plus post/shipping. Quantities are EXTREMELY limited; this will SOON be completely OUT OF STOCK. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the lack of cover lamination, many copies of this issue suffered some wear on the back covers. Orders are accepted and shipped AS IS.
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TABOO #4
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(1990, SpiderBaby Grafix, 168 pages) - Full-color cover by Moebius sets off over 160 pages of ground-breaking horror from around the world. Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli propose a new kind of infant formula in "Baby Cakes"... Elaine Lee and Charles Vess stage a young girl's mystical "coming of age" in the deep forests of "Morrigan Tales"... Mark Askwith and Rick Taylor carry Little Nemo kicking and screaming into the nightmarish realm of "Davey's Dream"... Tim Lucas and Steven Blue give a new spin to the Roy Orbison standby "Blue Angel"... and much, much more! Special "yellow pages" offer the first and only English language reprint of the rare Moebius masterpiece "Eyes of the Cat," written by renowned author and film director Alejandro Jodorowsky (The Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre), accompanied by exclusive interviews with the creators, articles on the making of the story, and Spain's never-before-reprinted underground comix adaptation of Jodorowsky's midnight movie classic, El Topo.
Moebius and Jodorowsky fans, take note: Starwatcher Graphics has informed us that this will probably remain the ONLY North American publication of "EYES OF THE CAT" for the foreseeable future. Pick up your copy while you can, especially at this low price!
This one-of-a-kind issue can be yours for only $20.00 postpaid. If you wish founder/editor/publisher Steve Bissette to sign and personalize your copy, just ask -- our gift to you, free of charge, upon request.
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TABOO #5
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(1991, SpiderBaby Grafix/Tundra Publishing, 130 pages) One of the best issues ever, sandwiched between an eerie painted front cover by Jeff Jones and back cover by Michael Zulli -- plus full-color interior covers by Melinda Gebbie (a lovely LOST GIRLS portrait) and Rolf Stark, and a new introduction by Douglas E. Winter, illustrated by Clive Barker. Two new series debuted this issue: Jeff Nicholson's Kafkaesque THROUGH THE HABITRAILS (launched with three full chapters), and Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's ambitious full-color LOST GIRLS. Moore and Campbell's FROM HELL continues; novelist James Ellroy introduces Tom Marnick and Dennis Ellefson's truly horrific Black Dahlia narrative "39th and Norton"; Michael Zulli lavishly adapts Ramsey Campbell's terrifying short story "Again"; P.J. Kenyon and S. Clay Wilson's offer a vivid snapshot of depraved love, obsession, and dire consequences in the aptly-named "This Is Dynamite"; illustrated poetry and verse by Jeff Jones, Michael Price, and Adrian Martinez; Mark Nelson monsters; more Rick Grimes weirdness; and Matt Howarth's "Baby's On Fire." This was the first of four issues co-published with Tundra Publishing, considerably enhancing TABOO's already high production and printing standards. This is also when TABOO's circulation dropped due to ongoing customs busts and the subsequent Canadian and UK distributors' decision to cease carrying the title. This issue, too, was seized and passed (for adult readers only) by New Zealand customs.
Just $30 US postpaid, foreign $35, while the supply lasts. Quantities are limited.
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TABOO #6
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(1992, SpiderBaby Grafix/Tundra Publishing, 122 pages) Surreal front cover by Cru Zen and disturbing back cover by Mark Martin frame another fine issue, featuring Charles Burns previously-unpublished photo fumetti (and first-ever comics narrative work) "The Cat Woman Returns." Plus: Neil Gaiman and Nancy (now Marlene) O'Connor's portrait of domestic bliss "Blood Monster," and (then) five-year old Holly Gaiman's "Holly's Story," dreamily delineated by the one and only Michael Zulli; more illness from Rick Grimes and S. Clay Wilson; Moore and Campbell's FROM HELL, Moore and Gebbie's LOST GIRLS (two chapters in full color), and Jeff Nicholson's THROUGH THE HABITRAILS continue.
NOTE: SpiderBaby's small backstock of this issue is GONE! SORRY, SOLD OUT! There are no further copies in stock.
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SPECIAL OFFER: Originally shrink-wrapped with TABOO 6 was the rare 16-page promotional "Sweeney Todd Penny Dreadful" by Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli, a unique booklet detailing and introducing their (never
completed) serialized graphic novel SWEENEY TODD. This promotional item was
initially shipped with pre-ordered copies ONLY. We DO have a small supply of these Penny Dreadfuls available -- QUANTITIES ARE VERY LIMITED. This is a rare opportunity. Don't hesitate -- order TODAY! Yours for only $5.00 US postpaid, foreign $8 plus shipping fees (write for information and options). Quantities are VERY limited.
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TABOO #7
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(1992, SpiderBaby Grafix/Tundra Publishing, 158 pages) Jarring Joe
Coleman cover and brain-sizzling Brian Sendelbach back cover bracket this
bonanza of bone-chilling bile. The first and only installment of Neil
Gaiman and Michael Zulli's SWEENEY TODD highlights this final
SpiderBaby/Tundra issue of TABOO, marking the end of the grand experiment
the very year TABOO won the Eisner Award for Best Anthology (after being
nominated three years in a row). Also terminated prematurely were the
ongoing series featured here, Moore and Campbell's FROM HELL (continued and
concluded by Kitchen Sink), Moore and Gebbie's LOST GIRLS (still lost:
reprinted, but as yet uncontinued, by Kitchen Sink), and Jeff Nicholson's
excellent THROUGH THE HABITRAILS (completed and self-published by Jeff as a
graphic novel). Also in this "monster" issue: Kenneth Smith's adaptation of Franz Kafka's "Odradek"; Joe Coleman's "A Good Christian"; Jack Butterworth and Eric Vincent's "Bad Things"; David Thorpe and Aidan Potts' AFTERLIFE interlude,
"Marquis My Love" (intended as the launch of another series, which indeed
continued in TABOO #9); Rick Grimes, P. Foerster, and more.
NOTE: The remaining SpiderBaby stock of TABOO #7 is the special
pre-order expanded edition featuring Bissette's 24-page 24-Hour-Comic "A
Life In Black and White." Due to a completely inexplicable Tundra marketing
scheme, this extra did not appear in 2000 copies of this issue. QUANTITIES ARE VERY LIMITED. Get it
while you can!
$55 US postpaid, $50 foreign plus shipping fees (write for information and options). Quantities are EXTREMELY limited.
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TABOO #8
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(1995, Kitchen Sink Press, 128 pages) The
death throes -- the first of two final volumes
prepared and packaged by Stephen Bissette for
publisher Kitchen Sink Press (in the short window of
life they enjoyed after the 'merger' with Tundra,
which effectively brought Kitchen Sink Press to the
end of its publishing history -- but that's another
story). The last of the unpublished TABOO material was
accepted by Kitchen Sink publisher Denis Kitchen and
shaped with editor Phil Amara into TABOO 8 and 9;
Amara alone was credited, though both volumes were
indeed prepared with Bissette (who chose to forego
credit) -- there are no story introductions in these
final two volumes. This penultimate volume is
nonetheless an undiluted dose of pure TABOO terror,
opening with a three-page introduction by Bissette,
front cover by Charles Lang, back cover by Michael
Zulli, inside front cover by Jean 'Moebius' Giraud.
Features stories and art by Jeff Jones, David Sexton
and P. Craig Russell, Matt Howarth, Alec Stevens'
adaptation of a classic short story by Wladyslaw
Reymont, two Rick Grimes stories, the final
installment of "Throat Sprockets" in its comics form
by Tim Lucas and David Lloyd, "johnny 23" by Al
Columbia, "All She Does Is Eat" by Jack Butterworth
and SPAWN artist Greg Capullo, and the complete
original, uncut version of Jeff Nicholson's THROUGH
THE HABITRAILS chapter "Cat Lover." $25 US plus
post/shipping; foreign order $30 plus post/shipping;
email for shipping options. Quantities are EXTREMELY
limited, and will be exhausted SOON.
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TABOO #9
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(1995, Kitchen Sink Press, 128 pages) It
all ended here -- this is the final issue of TABOO!
See notes for TABOO 8, above; a must for all TABOO
fans. Painted covers by Alan M. Clarke, inside cover
paintings by Paul Komoda and Kenneth Smith. This
tombstone issue features an introduction by Dave Sim,
the definitive TABOO chronology and a historical
archival afterword "Taboo is Taboo" by Stephen
Bissette, and stories and art by Jan Neruda and Alec
Stevens, Jeff Dickinson, Stephen Blue, Chet Williamson
and Tim Truman, Tony Salmons, Mark David Dietz, Phil
Hester, Angela Bocage, James Robert Smith and Mike
Hoffman's "The New Ecology of Death," and David Thorpe
and Aidan Potts's "After Life." PLUS: Michael H. Price
and Lamberto Alvarez's "Gator Bait," detailing the
true Texan crime spree of serial killer Joe Ball,
inspiration for Tobe Hooper's classic feature film
EATEN ALIVE. Quantities are limited and will be out of
stock SOON, and once it's gone, it's GONE. $25 plus
post/shipping; foreign orders $30 plus post/shipping;
email for shipping options.
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The epic tale of a Tyrannosaurus Rex's birth, life, and death begins here! In the Late Cretaceous wilds of
what we now call North America, a terrible cry echoes through the forest,
stirring the prehistoric monsters who dwell there... is it a death-cry, or
the painful pangs of birth? Find out in this first chapter, "Knock Knock."
Also in this issue: Mark Martin's "Bless the Beasts," a saga of dinos on
Noah's Ark, begins; comics reviews; illustrated review of Jurassic Park,
the movie; "The Gizzard," footnoting my research sources; and more!
Glorious full-color cover drawn by Bissette and painted by Gerhard (of
Cerebus fame), 32 jam-packed black-and-white interior pages, all for only
$5.00 postpaid. If you want your copy signed and personalized, just ask!
A broken path of blood and destruction
leads a hungry egg-raider to the T. rex nest. There's more than meets the
eye in the first installment of chapter two, "Blood and Berries." Also in
this issue: Mark Martin's hilarious "Bless the Beasts" continues, plus
lively letters from readers, scientists, and one of the Post Brothers going
postal; eulogy to the late Doug Wildey, creator of Jonny Quest; the sad
tale of Sue, the infamous T. rex fossil that landed a prominent
fossil-hunter in jail; a young paleontology student's informative (and
illustrated) scientific critique of the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park;
illustrated reviews of The Flintstones and other dino-video extravaganzas;
comics and books reviewed; "The Gizzard," and an eye-popping painted cover
by Bissette! Color covers, 32 black-and-white pages for just $5.00
postpaid. If you want your copy personalized, just say the magic word!
There's never been a comic like this one!
In this issue, you will see and experience the growth of baby Tyrant within
the egg, until the fateful moment of his hatching. Plus: the Tyrant Media
Guide's illustrated reviews of dino books, video sequels (The Land Before
Time 2, Carnosaur 2, and Prehysteria 2), and the movie Starship Trooper and
Wild Things star Denise Richards would love you to forget, Tammy and the
T-Rex [sic]; the truth behind The Beast of Hollow Mountain; Mark Martin's
"Bless the Beasts" and more! Another colorful Bissette cover and 32 pages
of art, story, and articles for only $5.00 postpaid. Your copy can be
signed upon request!
A new chapter, "Dreams and Bones," begins in
this issue, featuring Bissette's finest story and artwork ever. Eggsucker
is back, drawn to the Tyrannosaur nest at the moment of baby Tyrant's
birth. The climax will leave you tongue-tied and panting for more! Plus:
Mark Martin's "Bless the Beasts," letters, and comics reviews, and Douglas
E. Winter's "In Praise of Rubber Monsters," a lavishly-illustrated ode to
Rodan, The Flying Monster. Another 32 black-and-white page dino-feast
lurking beneath another jaw-dropping Bissette cover (painted by Gerhard
once again) for only $5.00 postpaid. Just say the word and your copy can be
personalized!
A full-color dinosaur-collage Tyrant
cover and over fifty pages (!) of an exclusive fully-illustrated interview
with yours truly (Bissette) makes this an issue of TCJ well worth having in
your collection. Forget the internet rumor mill: You want to know what
really happened to the 1963 Annual? What really happened at Tundra
Publishing (as validated by Kevin Eastman's interview in a subsequent issue
of the Journal)? Why I'm slower than molasses on the drawing board? Here's
the unvarnished truth, straight from the horse's mouth. I'm as hard on
myself as anyone else, and speak as honestly and openly as possible about
the state of the industry and my first-hand experiences. Telling the truth
herein cost me dearly in my personal life, but I don't regret it, and stand
by every word. If you haven't read it yet, get it now -- just $8.00
postpaid from SpiderBaby Grafix. QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED, so order now! Your copy can be signed and personalized free of charge. As always, just ask!
(by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, and Dave Gibbons): MYSTERY
INCORPORATED face "MAYHEM ON THE MYSTERY MILE" as their own underground headquarters turns upon them!! See NEON QUEEN, CRYSTALMAN, KID DYNAMO and the ever-popular PLANET as they battle the bewildering BACKWARDS BANDIT in another contemporary classic from the imprint of inspiration!!
(by Moore, Steve Bissette, and Dave Gibbons): Both the fearsome
FURY and the vengeful VOIDOID find out what happens "WHEN WAKES THE WAR BEAST!!" Not only does this immaculate issue introduce a startling new super-foe for our troubled tower-block tracker, it also features a guest appearance by the stunning SKY SOLO, LADY FROM L.A.S.E.R.! This is one that you can't afford to miss!
(by Moore, Veitch, Don Simpson, Bissette, and Chester Brown): TALES
OF THE UNCANNY offers you not one, but TWO of your favorite action heroes in one pulse-pounding package!! First up to bat we have U.S.A., the Ultimate Special Agent, as he tangles with the repulsive RED BRAIN during a "DOUBLE DEAL IN DALLAS!!" And as if THAT weren't enough, the hardly-human HYPERNAUT tackles a fascinating fourth-dimensional foe, only to learn that "IT CAME FROM HIGHER SPACE!!" Wait till you see this one!!
(by Moore, Bissette, John Totleben, and Jim Valentino): TALES FROM BEYOND features another double-header! Not only must everyone's favorite ground-zero goliath THE UNBELIEVABLE N-MAN clash with the crafty COMRADE COCKROACH as they stage a "SHOWDOWN IN THE SHIMMERING ZONE," but that swingingest of sorcerors JOHNNY BEYOND must ferret out the fantastic facts about "FLIPSVILLE"... or be lost in the attempt!! Your summer won't be complete without it!!
(by Moore, Veitch, and Totleben): It's magic and mythology all the
way as HORUS, LORD OF LIGHT, faces the greatest challenge of his immortal life, with only "TWELVE HOURS TO DAWN!!" All our hawk-helmeted hero has to do is pilot RA, King of the Gods, through the legendary Twelve Hours Of The Night... with only a mere mortal for company!! Sounds easy? Not if the sinister SET and his animalistic ally ANUBIS have any say in the matter!! Be here for a mythical milestone of mind-boggling magnificence, all delivered in the sure-fire sixty-three style!!
(by Moore, Veitch, and Gibbons): Everybody knows that THE TOMORROW SYNDICATE are the greatest heroes of all time: U.S.A., THE HYPERNAUT, INFRA-MAN, INFRA-GIRL, HORUS and the UNBELIEVABLE N-MAN! But what if they had to go BEYOND time and even SPACE ITSELF in order to decipher the disturbing disappearances of MYSTERY INCORPORATED? What if they had to venture "FROM HERE TO ALTERNITY??" For Golden Age fans, this issue reintroduces the valiant VICTORY VANGUARD and introduces the tumultuous terror of THE TOMORROW GANG! Start saving those pennies now!
(Daniel Bissette, self-published, February 2006) Ker-Plunk, indeed! Young man about the world Daniel
Bissette (bio below) published this, his first zine,
and coaxed out of his wayward, reluctant Poppa
Bissette the first SR Bissette comic story published
in the 21st Century, "Kafka Kaiju-Eiga" (4 pages).
This is the story's only printing to date, and is
likely to remain so until enough copies of this modest
zine sell to put Daniel through college, with perks.
24 pages, black-and-white, mucho Daniel Bissette art,
collages, a recipe, some random cultural debris,
spinach, the Blind Dead, more. Signed by both Daniel
and Stephen Bissette (3/06, signed upon publication),
all for $5 postpaid in the US, $4 plus shipping
everywhere else on Planet Earth.
If you're curious about my earlier, long out-of-print comics and comix
work, this is the anthology for you! Between these full-color covers (a
horrific collaboration with John Totleben, and a delirious expose on the
world of LSD) lurk 48 black-and-white pages of blood-chilling, rib-tickling
mayhem. Do you dare feast on two prime slices of vintage underground tales
written and drawn by Bissette and Rick Veitch? If so, taste-test the
gut-wrenching "Cell Food" and the hilarious, never-before-reprinted "Tell
Tale Fart." Dare you listen to the "Cries of the Vegetable Kingdom"? Are
you ready for the apocalyptic "Earth Invasion," scripted by Larry Shell?
Welcome to my nightmare, indeed! Another splashy full-color painted
cover and another 48-page helping of all-Bissette black-and-white ballyhoo
kicks off with "Saying Grace," a tale literally drawn from my nightmares.
And if you think having a guardian angel is a blessing, it's high time you
check out my one-and-only 24-hour comic, "A Life in Black and White"... and
you'll be all choked up over "Cottonmouth," a haunting "period piece"
(Choke!).