223 pages | English | 96Mb | pdf

"The Big Book of Death," the second in Paradox Press's "Big Book of" series, is a fascinating, disturbing treatment of the subject we simultaneously fear and can't get enough of: death. With sections on pointless deaths, capital punishment, famous cemeteries, and lots of other aspects of the big D, it's an interesting and informative book. The artwork, by a multitude of comic artists, is also excellent. It may be a comic, but this book is definitely not for kids. If you're a grownup with a fascination for death and a slightly morbid sense of humor, though, check it out!

192 pages | English | 100mb | pdf


Comic art of the finest order and incredible historical value. In this case, it's hoaxes or seeing it another way the ability of humans to be fooled in the most unlikely and bizzare ways, a process that more than often has led in a dramatic change in the course of history. For those that are familiar with the "Big book.." series the comics offered here are nothing less than gems as some of the greatest comic makers colloborate to put this together. But if you use these books as reference points (their bibliographies are treasures for such a use) you're bound to wind up with a very in-depth knowledge of history, one that's far-distanced from the mainstream-polished version you've been served up to now. Some of the stories on display on this book might be somewhat known, most are not, but what's even more impressive is that some seem too outrageous to even be close to the truth. Sadly, for the record of human history all of them are 100% real.

224 pages | English | 86 MB

Sure, you've heard of these people. They were inventors. Captains of industry. Heads of state. Stage and screen performers. Writers and artists. They were among the most influential people of their time... and they were all positively WEIRD.
From Howard Hughes to J. Edgar Hoover, from Dostoyevsky to Dali -- if the history of humankind teaches us anything, it's that the most brilliant individuals of any era were often the most peculiar as well. The Big Book of Weirdos is dedicated to proving this point -- by documenting the bizarre behaviors of history's most famous eccentrics.

By Various artists.
THE BIG BOOK OF LITTLE CRIMINALS is a catalog of the most inept crooks who have ever broken the law. Utilizing comic strips to provide accurate biographies and unbelievable recaps of disastrous capers, this massive volume of incompetence profiles the imprisoned hustlers, forgers, small-time hoods, mafia men, and female felons of the world. With profiles on some of the most famous undesirables of all time including Al Capone, Ma Barker, D.B. Cooper, Black Bart, and Count Victor Lustig as well as accounts of infamous heists like the Brink's Job and the Great Train Robbery, this volume of the Big Book series proves without a doubt that crime does not pay.
English | 78 MB | 224pg. | B&W

By Various artists. We've all heard stories of the Wild West: pioneers, stagecoach robberies, and tough frontier lawmen. But things can get plenty strange when people are on their own in a strange land, and this Big Book tells the the bizarre tales you don't usually hear about the conquering of the North American continent. Among the highlights: covert cannibalism, mummified murderers, sadism, lynch mobs, overt cannibalism, bad luck curses, unexplained decapitations, mysterious airships, cults, and communes. Along the way you'll meet Judge Roy Bean, the Donner Party, the James Gang, and a nice fella named Liver Eatin' Johnson. Let's see Ken Burns make a documentary out of this!
English | 104MB | 192pg | b&w