(W/A) Peter Hoey The Afterlife is just as the ancient Greeks imagined: an endless twilight where time stands still in perpetuity and shades have nowhere to go. For Jim, that means long shifts at a gas station, with only crossword puzzles and cigarettes to break the tedium. One day, two criminal shades from Jim's past come to collect a debt. They've tracked him down for something he didn't know he had: the ability to cross back into the living world. It's a rare gift, and they intend to exploit it. During Jim's first crossing back into sunny California, he meets Olivia, who is dying on an Echo Park sidewalk. Pulling her back from the edge of death, he strikes a connection that will run deeper than either can imagine. Jim weaves back and forth between the Afterlife and Los Angeles, desperately trying to evade the criminals' plot. But he and Olivia are pulled into a web of deceit and murder that reaches across both L.A. and the A.L., and ultimately to Hades himself.

(W) Elian Black'Mor & Various (A) Elian Black'Mor, Carine-M Over 200 pages of gorgeous full-color paintings, accompanied by a unique story of world-wide exploration and dragon encounters! On the trail of dragons forgotten, an intrepid illustrator and reporter journeys from Europe through the Middle East and finally to Saigon in search of the dark caverns and mountaintop perches where the elusive winged serpents dwell. With the gift of seeing the invisible, our explorer friend records each encounter in a journal of gorgeous, fully painted artwork, capturing every majestic and fearsome visual detail of the scaly behemoths, and accompanies his findings with snippets of local lore as evidence that these hidden beasts continue to shape the world in ways we may never expect!

(W/A/CA) Ray Fawkes Trapped and separated by an apocalyptic rainfall, Mike and Clara, devoted husband and wife, have sworn to find their way back to one another. But they quickly discover that the rain-and their predicament-is not what it seems. Can they figure out the grand trick that's being played on them and overcome it to reunite? In the Flood is the disturbing, surreal graphic novel by acclaimed, groundbreaking creator Ray Fawkes, author of One Soul, Intersect, Gotham by Midnight, Black Hammer '45, and more. o Collects the original digital series in print for the first time. 'What a great book. Ray is always one to watch and the art here is brought to new vibrant life with Loughridge's coloring . . . highly recommended.' -Jock

(W) Ceez (A) Dashio Tsukimi Cayna is more than a little overwhelmed by all the changes to the world of Leadale during the unexplained 200-year gap from when she last logged in, but she decides her best move is to leave the remote village where she started to go seek more information. Next stop-the royal capital of Felskeilo, where all her children happen to be employed in various positions of power!

(W) Ceez (A) Dashio Tsukimi Cayna's new life had gotten off to a good start-she'd reached the royal capital of Felskeilo, gotten in contact with her three children, and taken on some commissions as a rookie adventurer. But after she learns a shocking truth about the land of Leadale from one of her fellow Skill Master's Guardian Tower that's been abandoned for these past two hundred years, it's hard for her to stay quite so upbeat...

(W) Ceez (A) Dashio Tsukimi Traveling as a guard for Elineh's caravan, Cayna visits the northern kingdom of Helshper. There, she stops by the Sakaiya shop to deliver a letter Mai-Mai had entrusted to her?and comes face-to-face with her grandson-an elf named Caerick! But then a casual comment of his manages to incur Cayna's wrath, and all hell breaks loose!?

(W) Ceez (A/CA) Tenmaso The last thing she can remember is her life support beginning to fail. Her body had suffered terribly after a fateful accident and the only freedom left in her life came from the VR world of Leadale. How did she end up in a place that looks exactly like her game except that 200 years have apparently gone by? For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Ceez (A) Tenmaso Cayna is slowly adjusting to her new reality in Leadale and all the ways it's changed over the past two hundred years. But just as she's starting to find her footing, an elf from the northern nation of Helshper appears and claims to be Cayna's grandchild! Just how much has Cayna's in-game 'family' expanded in the two centuries since she last logged on?

(W) Ceez (A) Tenmaso High elf Cayna's life following her recent move to the countryside with her adopted daughter Luka is both eventful and peaceful. One day, Cayna takes a trip out to Felskeilo with the local innkeeper's daughter Lytt, Roxine the maid, and Luka in tow to meet her eldest daughter, Mai-Mai. When they arrive, however, Cayna receives word from a nearby Guardian that another Guardian Tower is running out of MP and needs Cayna's help. There's just one catch-the tower is in the shape of a gargantuan blue whale!

(W) Ceez (A) Dashio Tsukimi High elf adventurer Cayna was exploring a dungeon and reached the lowest floor, where she was reunited with Opus, an old friend from her gaming days. Their reunion was short-lived, however, since Cayna immediately lost consciousness due to the sudden exhaustion of her magical power. Opus takes Cayna and her companions Clofia and Cloffe to his hideaway to rest and recover while he prepares for an imminent event, but what exactly is he so busily preparing for...?

(W) Ceez (A) Tenmaso Cayna, Opus, and their three servants are enjoying a bit of rest and relaxation in the remote village when Cayna decides to upgrade one her items: the Pair of Eyes, which transmits footage remotely between two eyeballs. She intends to use it so that the villagers can see and hear things happening in far-off lands. In order to locate this exclusive function, Cayna must return to the Guardian Towers that her old friends left to her, and this time she's bringing Opus and Siren in tow!

(W) Ceez (A) Tenmaso Cayna finally interrogates Opus, who's been busy with various clandestine activities. He tells her that during the Game Era, Event Monsters in the Brown Kingdom broke out of the system and took corporeal forms, resulting in a mass monster propagation. Those monsters have since been sealed away in an Isolation Barrier, but Opus can tell it's coming apart at the seams...hence why he's been searching for other former players reincarnated in this world. In order to protect the world of Leadale, the players must gather in the Abandoned Capital for one big decisive battle!

(W) Ceez (A) Dashio Tsukimi, Ryo Suzukaze When Cayna reaches the fishing village where the rumor of a temple in the ocean originated, she's shocked to find the place in ruins, surrounded by a strange fog and inhabited by undead. Now, she must protect the village's sole survivor, a young girl named Luka, while facing off against the cause of the fog-a ghost ship and its pirate captain!

(W) Yoshino Fumikawa (A) Miya Tashiro In a society hostile to diversity, can Princess Mio be true to herself? In the classic fairy tale, a mermaid princess gives up her special abilities for love. What happens if she doesn't? In this final volume, Mio and July discover that the Elementsia are inextricably linked to the centuries of conflict between humans and unhumans. As the Elementsia of Water and Earth, respectively, they are determined to set things right by overthrowing the Elementsia of the Air, Kuyo the Sky Dragon. But when her beloved Yuri is mortally wounded, Mio must battle her own worst impulses. Will compassion triumph over hate?

(W/A/CA) Casanova Frankenstein In the Wilderness is an intimate look into the rich inner life of an odd-manout comics creator. In a series of wryly funny autobiographical vignettes, Casanova Frankenstein endures schoolyard bullies, fumbles through ill-fated romances, and grapples with the anxieties of being a black weirdo.

In Sumer, the prosperous city of Birith is known for its devotion to the goddess Inanna. But after a millennium, the city is in danger of being overrun by nomadic refugees. Powerful interests outside of the city begin to question the wisdom of continuing to submit to Inanna's temple's authority. When the role of consort is passed unexpectedly to a woman named Entika, she must overcome not only the prejudices of her own people but a cunning enemy backed by the rising tide of history.

(W) Filipe Melo (A/CA) Juan Cavia Banding together one final time, a world-weary werewolf, a six-thousand-year-old demon, a nervous gargoyle, and a former pizza-delivery boy face a worldwide monster invasion! Dog Mendon?a is a hit sensation in its home country of Portugal, and this English-language edition includes a special making-of section and a foreword by legendary horror director and writer Tobe Hooper!

(W/A/CA) Emma Kubert, Rusty Gladd ADVANCE SOLICITATION! A powerful sorceress must attempt to correct her greatest mistake - the creation of a magical cat that can travel through time, space, and the seven realms of reality. The cat threatens to unravel the fabric of the universe, doesn't care, and just won't listen! Collects INKBLOT #1-6.

(W/A/CA) Emma Kubert, Rusty Gladd Oblivious to the profound grief it has caused the Seeker, the cat continues to meander through time and space, wherever its mood takes it. Occasionally evasive and consistently playful, it threatens to destroy what little control the sorcerers have over the realms and unravel what truths the Seeker knows of magic itself. COLLECTS INKBLOT #7-12.

(W) Umetane (A/CA) Abi Deep in the tunnels of an abandoned mine lurks a demon that absorbs the power of anything it touches: the Black Ooze. When it consumes its first human male, it acquires both intelligence and ravenous sexual desire, much to the distress of a sorceress who mistakenly enters its domain. The heroes who seek glory and riches in these caverns are about to learn why monsters should be feared!

Peter Kolinsky was among the world's foremost experts on rare books, with a top position at a prestigious auction house, until black marketers took an interest in him. Since narrowly avoiding jail time, Peter's lived a lonely life in a tiny apartment, with a menial job he hates. Things look like they might turn around when, looking for a late-night snack, Peter wanders into a café and meets Angela. She shows him the Archives, where books currently being written are somehow on the shelves. It's a book-lover's dream until the black marketer who ruined Peter's life returns with a grudge. On the run, will Peter find salvation in the Archives, or further ruin? M. K. Perker's art for Air has just been honored with an Eisner nomination for Best New Series! Eisner-nominated artist M. K. Perker makes his American solo debut!

(W/A) Makoto Ojiro Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. Nakami discovers that the observatory, once used by the defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap-but he's not alone. Nakami and his new friend Isaki Magari find comfort in each other while coping with insomnia. For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Makoto Ojiro The school forces the insomiacs' reformed astronomy club to function as a proper club. The problem is, neither Nakami-its new president-nor the club's adviser have any astronomical know-how! Yui Shiromaru, a rural arcade manager who won an astrophotography contest when she was in the club, might just be the answer they need! For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Makoto Ojiro Summer is swiftly approaching for sleepless high schoolers Nakami and Magari. Now members of their school's revived astronomy club, they're busy preparing for their first official club event, a meteor shower watch party! The city's annual fireworks festival is also coming up, and Nakami has promised to go with Magari. Every sleepless night brings the two closer, and their first high school summer promises to strengthen their bond even more? For teen audiences.

Gabriella Giandelli's masterpiece Interiorae is a mash-up of day-to-day drama and surreal fantasy set in a high-rise apartment building. Lushly delineated in penciled halftones, this moody graphicnovel was originally serialized in Fantagraphics' acclaimed 'Ignatz' series in duotone form, but this complete edition restores the artist's original striking full-color treatment.

(W) Amahara (A) Masha The infamous Interspecies Reviewers returns with another official anthology! Once again, a lavish list of creators brings an all-new line-up of lascivious reviews! Featuring vivid depictions of what goes on that you won't see in the main series!

(W) Tetsu Habara, Amahara (A) Masha In a world where an endless variety of humanoid species coexist, there's an equally endless variety of sexy shops for all your nightlife needs! Join Stunk, Zel, and Crim on their erotic adventures as they sample the many deviant delights that the world of succubus joints has to offer!

(W) Amahara (A/CA) Masha A witch has her eyes on Crim... but he doesn't really mind at all!? From centaurs to leper gnomes to a shop that turns customers into an aquatic creature, the Interspecies Reviewers have their hands full with getting their kinks on!

(W) Amahara (A) Masha Stunk and the gang finally get a chance to get close and personal with the real body of the Grand Mage Demia! Not only do they have yet more steamy new stores of interspecies babes to review, that characters past will finally be revealed?!

(W) Amahara Demia and Deathabyss contact the Reviewers! What is their goal...? Meanwhile, the hero brings the Reviewers' information to the Flaspa Church meeting!?

(W) Amahara (A) Masha Thanks to Demia's resistance rings, the Reviewers can now venture to all-new shops they couldn't before! When they get down to warm up with some ice-cold ladies, what hitherto unknown experiences await them!?

(W) Amahara (A) Masha The Grand Mage Demia has opened a new succubus joint, and rumor has it the place will make you feel like it's your first time all over again. New succubus places offering more and more unique experiences pop up without end, and the intrepid Reviewers are ready to try them all out! Could Demia be one step closer to achieving her ambitions?

(W) Tetsu Habara (A) Amahara, Masha The boys (and Crim) are back for round two! But when they stumble across a marionette shop that promises a puppet resembling anyone your heart desires, Stunk gets a bit carried away and dreams up the spitting image of Meidri! They better hope she never finds out about this!

(W/A) Kakeru There is one place that has withstood attempts by every army to conquer it-the city-sized labyrinth known as the Deepest, Most Unknowable Dungeon. But now, after dying on Earth as a young temp worker, Jean is reborn into the world with a fascination for its most infamous dungeon. With the right training and the most carefully chosen set of lustful comrades-in-arms, he may have the chance to accomplish the impossible and become a legend in a new fantasy world!

(W) Kyle Strahm (A/CA) Jake Smith Dylan, Trixie, and their friends want to be Internet famous, but their show, Into Radness, has twelve subscribers, and it's terrible. Blowing up old VHS tapes and setting slime on fire just doesn't bring in the views. But freaky things are starting to happen in the city of Back Alley. When the teens are filmed defending themselves from an oozing zonked creature, they become overnight celebrities. Oh, and that creature? There are a lot more of those roaming the streets! Friendships are strained and battle plans drawn as six teens descend into radness!!

Koutarou has just moved in to room 106 of Corona House. It's everything he could have hoped for on his budget... except for the strange girls who keep appearing to try and take it from him! With the Corona Convention in place, the invaders are now forced to try and work things out peacefully. But when playing cards gets boring, they decide that their next battle for control of room 106 will be... at the school sports festival?!

(W) Yasohachi Tsuchise (A) Renji Fukuhara Lucy, Catria, and Lithisia embark on a mission to invade the Fire Tower. While facing off against the Mage King Farshinal in a grueling battle, Catria's shovel powers awaken! With Alice and Alan's towers already down, Pazuzu shows himself at last!

(W) Yasohachi Tsuchise (A) Renji Fukuhara The final volume! In search of the final Orb, Alan and his friends journey to Darkregion, a country devoid of sunlight that's guarded by an ancient clan known as the Sentinels. However, things take a serious turn when thousands of demons threaten to invade! To avoid a repeat of the War of Genocide that wiped out mankind 300 years ago, Alan challenges the shadowy leader of the demons deep in the bowels of the underworld. Will he be victorious?

(W) Lukas Kummer This head-spinning, time-bending graphic novel is a nuclear fusion of fantasy and science fiction whose every page glows with an eerie light. Pursued by a terrifying demon, a young knight flees across the radioactive ruins of a fairy-tale land. His only weapon is the same cursed power that once destroyed this world-what some would call magic, and others would call technology. As his relentless enemy draws closer, the knight's terrible secrets begin to unfold. How many lives has he lived? Is this the past, the present, or the future? Is he destined to bring love, or unimaginable destruction? And if he fails?will humanity get another chance? The English-language debut of Austrian-German graphic novelist Lukas Kummer arrives like a thunderbolt, arcing brilliantly between timelines, genres, and dimensions.

(W) Keisuke Makino (A/CA) Karei A fierce space race between two global superpowers gives rise to the Nosferatu Project, a top-secret plan to train up some unusual cosmonauts-vampires! When Lev Leps, a human soldier, is ordered to supervise vampire test subject Irina Luminesk, the unlikely pair bonds over their shared dream of reaching the stars. Together, can the human and vampire duo rise above the chaos and corruption down on Earth and blast off into the final frontier?