Books

• CAIRO

  A graphic novel by G. Willow Wilson and artist MK Perker, due out from Vertigo Comics in October 2007. Set against the backdrop of the largest city in the Middle East and Africa, CAIRO is a fast-paced modern fable that draws six unlikely characters into the search for a very unusual hooka.

• OUTSIDERS: FIVE OF A KIND

  A one-shot issue of the DC Comics series The Outsiders, with artist Josh Middleton, due out in August 2007. When international war breaks out over a vast aquifer beneath the Sahara, the team is asked to intervene--bringing them into confrontation with the aquifer's elemental guardian.