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WEIRD BUSINESS - FIRST HARD COVER. Edited by Joe R. Lansdale and Richard Klaw, Neal Barrett Jr., Robert Bloch, Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Collins, Charles De Lint, Edgar Allen Poe, Al Sarrantonio, Chet Williamson, F. Paul Wilson, Roger Zelazny. Austin, TX: Mojo Press, 1995. First Edition. 6 X 9. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1885418027. Edited by Joe R. Lansdale and Richard Klaw. Overview: A collection of short stories in a rare hardcover appearance and presented in comic book style. Color and black and white. Very nice publication. Highly limited availiblity of this specialty press collection. If youre tired of the same ole business. If you want something unique. If you think comic book swimsuit issues are the dumbest thing since Jesse Helms, then here it is, a hot bundle of short stories, a la graphic novel style. Not only does Weird Business contain tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the late, great Robert Bloch, it contains mostly original material that will, to put it mildly, blow the doors off your Chevy. From pure fantasy to dark horror, to humorous whimsy, to noir, to action/adventure and science fiction, this baby is as hot as the devils cigar. With 23 stories, 56 creators, and 420 pages Weird Business is the largest original comic ever produced in the English language. Weird Business was nominated for the 1996 Eisner Award for best anthology and hailed by the Rocky Mountain News as Possibly the greatest comic ever. Oversized volume.