When your principal makes you plan a school festival with the Shikigami-owning Student Body President, you better not trust him as far as you can throw his one-eyed demon!
(W) Meredith Finch (A/CA) Ig Guara
A ghost from the past threatens to derail Rose's desperate search for her companions and calls into question her worthiness to become a Guardian. While Thorne struggles to come to terms with Rose's new knight protector, Drucilla's magical collar compels him to commit an unthinkable act. Will's commitment to the rebellion is tested with Ila's capture and secrets long hidden are finally revealed in the dungeons of Ttereve. Collects ROSE #7-12.
(W) Kachiru Ishizue
Gilbert reappears to warn Stella about sweet and friendly Yoel, but can she trust the man who attacked her? Stella also fends off Friedrich's advances while deepening her relationship with Levi. As the beautiful men Stella lives with reveal their secrets, she must protect herself from their dark impulses.
(W/A) Kachiru Ishizue
Desperate for Stella's affection, Yoel stabs Levi, who reconsiders his desire to protect the other nonhumans. Stella searches through Ros?mary's notes to find a way to awaken Yoel after the incident and uncovers clues about why Levi's been shedding tears of blood. Are any of Ros?mary's 'children' really capable of love? For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Richard Corben
The next volume of the hardcover Richard Corben Library is a trilogy of werewolf stories. Rowlf is a postmodern take of Beauty and the Beast that mixes high fantasy with dystopian science fiction. It is the first masterpiece in Corben's long career. The Beast of Wolfton and its sequel The Spirit of the Beast are ironic love stories of a werewolf family saga. The book closes with a poignant free adaptation of one of the Japanese legends by Lafcadio Hearn called The Story of Oteg. All packaged in a beautiful new printing with meticulously restored artwork and featuring a new introduction by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). All presented in a gorgeous hardcover with a dust jacket!
(W) Ruth Plumly Thompson (A/CA) Sara Richard
The Royal Book Of Oz is the 15th book in the Oz series. It's also the first book in the series written by Ruth Plumly Thompson.
Released in 1921, the book was originally credited as the last to be written by series creator, L. Frank Baum. Baum died in 1919, but the manuscript for The Royal Book of Oz was said to have been completed before then.
It wasn't until years later that the truth behind this book's origins were revealed.
Clover Press aims to celebrate the work of this forgotten female author with a brand new edition of The Royal Book of Oz featuring updated, all-new illustrations by Eisner Award nominated artist, Sara Richard. This edition also features an afterword by Eisner Award winning artist and writer, Eric Shanower.
(W/A) Nakasane Nowaki
This charming and romantic shojo/josei fantasy is just what the tailor ordered! Hana's lifelong dream is to become a tailor and make wonderful clothes for people of all the different fantasy races. However, in a world where humans are discriminated against, even getting work as a seamstress is a struggle. When a handsome, mysterious prince offers her a job, it seems like Hana's fortunes might finally be changing for the better!
(W/A) Nakasane Nowaki
Hana has made many new friends since becoming the royal tailor, but not everyone is happy for her. The world Hana lives in is not very kind to humans, and some people don't approve of Hana having such an important job. When the priest who raised her at the orphanage hears about her new line of work, he becomes worried about her. Can Hana prove herself to both her friends and foes?
(W/A) Nakasane Nowaki
Hana is a human woman who works as a tailor for the royal family. She prefers making clothes to solving mysteries, but when the king himself asks for her help, she can't say no! The king is worried that one of his wives is trying to kill him, so he asks Hana to use her position as a tailor to discreetly get close to the suspects. Can Hana pull the pieces together and undercover what's going on?!
(W/A) Nakasane Nowaki
Hana's lifelong dream is to become a tailor and make wonderful clothes for people of all the different fantasy races. However, in a world where humans are discriminated against, even getting work as a seamstress is a struggle. When a handsome, mysterious prince offers her a job, it seems like Hana's fortunes might finally be changing for the better!
(W/A/CA) Higasa Akai
When the king returns to court, it's time for the princes to prove their mettle. But not everyone's been exactly keeping up with Heine's lessons. (Hint: It's the prince who only scored a one on his assessment test... and that was for signing his name!) Can Heine really whip these boys into shape well enough to rule a country?
(W/A/CA) Higasa Akai
The print version of a Yen Press digital title arrives just in time for the anime adaptation! Prince Licht's love of his part-time job at the cafe is no secret. (Well, his identity is a secret...and that he even has the job is kind of a secret... Anyhoo......) When he's given an opportunity to brew up his own special coffee blend, does he have the stuff to take his budding enthusiasm to the next level?
Princes Kai, Bruno, Leonhard, and Licht have been making great strides thanks to an excellent education from Heine, the royal tutor. Even so, with the return of Prince Eins, the eldest of the brothers and heir apparent to the crown, the wall they must climb in the struggle to become the most qualified candidate for the throne looks more colossal than ever. Can the four younger princes stand up to their biggest rival?
(W/A/CA) Higasa Akai
Prince Licht once again finds himself caught between his role as a prince and his desire to have some fun in his life. How will he react when the count offers his assistance?
(W/A/CA) Higasa Akai
Dismayed by the disturbance at Café Mitter Meyer, Prince Licht is keen to investigate--but it seems his urgency may throw him under his coworker's suspicions... Licht faces a choice: hide or be revealed? Hinder or help? What lesson can Heine pull from Licht's turmoil? For readers ages 13 and up.
(W/A) Higasa Akai
When the first prince Eins shuts himself in his room for days, Count Rosenberg finally resolves to accept the help and care of Heine and the other four princelings. But when they finally burst into Eins's room, the eldest brother is nowhere to be found...!
(W) Peach-Pit
Jun was content to live his life as a teenage recluse, spending his days in his room and ordering odd things off the internet. But when one of his purchases turns out to actually be magical, Jun gets drawn into a supernatural battle known as the Alice Game! A visit from Kanaria brings some excitement to the Sakurada household. A brief moment of respite gives the Rozen Maidens a chance to connect with their masters, but the seventh doll, Kirakishou, begins to take action behind the scenes. The youngest sister, who lacks a physical body, extends her evil hand towards Hinaichigo... and even Suigintou?!
(W) John Arcudi (A/CA) James Harren
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99! A Scarecrow Warrior God walks into a bar...and proceeds to drag a modern American city into a ten-thousand-year-old grudge-match! A bizarre new adventure-complete with boozehound shamans, monster queens, and a football-fetching hydra! Featuring an extended sketchbook section and a few surprises! Collects RUMBLE #1-5
(W) John Arcudi (A/CA) James Harren
The second volume of RUMBLE delves deeper into the past and present of Rathraq, Scarecrow Warrior God, as writer JOHN ARCUDI (B.P.R.D., A God Somewhere) and artist JAMES HARREN (Conan, Deadpool) keep the weirdness and the action at a high level. An expanded sketchbook section and pin-ups by the best talents in comics round out a killer book! 'Thanks for... RUMBLE. I like it a lot. In fact I wish it were my project.'-RICHARD CORBEN Collects RUMBLE #6-10
(W) John Arcudi (A) David Rubin, Dave Stewart (CA) David Rubin
Rathraq-along with Bobby, Timah, Del, and Cogan-sets off to (finally!) recover his immortal heart, but finds something else instead. In fact, he finds EVERYTHING else! Also, Bobby LaRosa may be reaching his breaking point. Another twist in the road for the RUMBLE team, as the past becomes the future. Collects RUMBLE #6-10.
Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now 'too old to be fooling around dating girls.' Ten years later, Maki still can't get Midori off her mind, and when the two women reconnect after a chance encounter, Maki realizes that while her feelings haven't changed, Midori's life has turned upside down-she's engaged and pregnant. But the more Maki hears Midori talk about her soon-to-be-husband, the more red flags she notices. Before Maki can stop herself, she asks Midori to run away with her. Will this impromptu escape be the key that leads the two women to a fuller understanding of themselves, and back into each other's arms?
(W) Battan
Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now 'too old to be fooling around dating girls.' Ten years later, Maki still can't get Midori off her mind, and when the two women reconnect after a chance encounter, Maki realizes that while her feelings haven't changed, Midori's life has turned upside down-she's engaged and pregnant. But the more Maki hears Midori talk about her soon-to-be-husband, the more red flags she notices. Before Maki can stop herself, she asks Midori to run away with her. Will this impromptu escape be the key that leads the two women to a fuller understanding of themselves, and back into each other's arms?
(W) Battan
Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now 'too old to be fooling around dating girls.' Ten years later, Maki still can't get Midori off her mind, and when the two women reconnect after a chance encounter, Maki realizes that while her feelings haven't changed, Midori's life has turned upside down-she's engaged and pregnant. But the more Maki hears Midori talk about her soon-to-be-husband, the more red flags she notices. Before Maki can stop herself, she asks Midori to run away with her. Will this impromptu escape be the key that leads the two women to a fuller understanding of themselves, and back into each other's arms?
(W/A) Wataru Midori
Kikuzato finally meets Doujima, the first para-athlete-and adult-he's ever looked up to. But it turns out Doujima shares a complicated history with Kikuzato's prosthetist, Chidori. Meanwhile, Kikuzato's middle school friend Takegawa reminisces over the past after he's told to quit the soccer club, and the track-and-field club's competitions are brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic!
(W/A) Wataru Midori
Kikuzato, a high-schooler with a prosthetic leg, continues his dreams of being a para-athlete. Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and arguments with his father, Kikuzato stands proud at the start line for his first competition.
(W) K.I. Zachopoulos (A/CA) Vincenzo Balzano
Run Wild reunites storytellers K.I. Zachopoulos and Vincenzo Balzano, the visionary creators of The Cloud , as they explore the lengths people will go to realize their dreams, even to the detriment of humanity. When all of civilization begins turning into animals, only two people remain: young siblings Ava and Finn. On a desperate search for their parents and safety, they?fll traverse a wild and unruly landscape, make friends and foes of all species, and discover what really makes them human.
(W/A) Wu Zhe
In this novel series originally released in Chinese, two disaffected young men stuck in a run-down city discover that everything changes once they find each other. Seventeen-year-old Jiang Cheng is cast aside by his adoptive parents and sent to a desolate northern town to live with his gambling-obsessed, deadbeat father. Arriving with just a suitcase, a pack of cigarettes, and a looming sense of dread over his uncertain future, he steps off the train and into a bleak, rundown place far from everything he knows. There, he meets Gu Miao, a quiet, troubled girl, and her brother Gu Fei, a boy his age with musical notes shaved into his hair. Disenchanted with life, Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei are reluctant to connect, but fate-and Gu Miao-have other plans. In this frigid snow-covered town, hope seems frozen in time, yet the unexpected bond between Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei might prove to be the warmth they both desperately need.
(W/A) Wu Zhe
Sixteen-year-old Jiang Cheng is cast aside by his adoptive parents and sent to a desolate northern town to live with his gambling-obsessed, deadbeat father. Arriving with just a suitcase, a pack of cigarettes, and a looming sense of dread, he steps off the train and into a bleak, rundown place far from everything he knows. There, he meets Gu Miao, a quiet, troubled girl, and her brother Gu Fei, a boy his age with musical notes shaved into his hair. Both disenchanted with life, Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei are reluctant to connect, but fate-and Gu Miao-have other plans. In this frigid snow-covered town, where hope seems frozen in time, Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei must face their own demons. Yet, an unexpected friendship might just ignite the warmth they both desperately need.
(W/A) Masaoki Shindo
Ruri faces the usual high school issues: pushy classmates, annoying teachers, and...waking up with dragon horns?!
Ruri Aoki awakens one morning to find a pair of horns growing from her head! It's already hard enough trying to be a normal high school girl, so how the heck is she gonna figure out this crazy dragon stuff?
After releasing a burst of electricity during class, Ruri officially has her next dragon trait: electrostatic discharge! But not everyone wants to be friends with a dragon girl. Can Ruri soften up a steely classmate? Or will her attempts go up in flames?
(W/A/CA) Nobuhiro Watsuki
Under attack by an alliance of warriors with grudges against Kenshin, the dojo battles on three fronts at once. Sanosuke takes on weapons expert Inui Banjin and his indestructible gauntlets. Yahiko faces off against Otowa Hy?ko, who specializes in the secret techniques of assassination. And Kenshin has a rematch with the puppet master Gein, who's invented a deadly new toy. All the while, Enishi, the architect of the attacks, watches the chaos from above... For older teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Royden Lepp
Writer: Royden Lepp Artist: Royden Lepp Cover Artist: Royden Lepp Synopsis: ' The best-selling Archaia original graphic novel series by Royden Lepp is now in softcover! ' Young Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family's small farm afloat as the countryside heals from a devastating world war. When a boy with a jet pack, the mysterious Jet Jones, suddenly crash lands into their barn, Roman believes the secrets of Jet's past may be the key to their survival. But are some secrets best left untold?
What happens when a troubled youth is plucked from modern society and thrust though time and space on a psychedelic journey into the heart of the Aztec civilization-one of the greatest and most bloodthirsty times in human history? Collects Sacrifice #1-#6.
(W/A/CA) Yu Tomofuji
Hoping to take vengeance for Sariphi, Ilya infiltrates the royal palace. He's captured, and the King shows him mercy, sparing his life. When Ilya learns that Sariphi is alive, he demands her return. The King is faced with a dilemma: If he truly wishes for Sariphi's happiness, is it kinder to pursue her or to let her be returned to her people?
(W/A/CA) Yu Tomofuji
As Acting Queen, one of Sariphi's duties is to soothe and comfort the citizens of Ozmargo. Embarking on a journey for this purpose, Sariphi is joined by Randbert, the Captain of the Royal Bodyguards. Randbert's words and actions are anything but royal, and they shake everyone's faith in him...everyone besides Sariphi. But when Lord Brown, the local governor, is attacked, suspicion falls on Randbert. Will Sariphi's trust be enough to clear him? And after being separated from Leonhart for so long, what awaits Sariphi when they're reunited? For readers ages 13 years and up.
(W/A/CA) Yu Tomofuji
Fun-filled days are in store for Sariphi, as she spends time with Princess Amit and her newfound friend Princess Tetra. However, Amit, who has long been taken up with Captain Jormungand, is acting a bit odd as of late... Could it be that her feelings have finally reached her beloved? Meanwhile, when Sariphi accompanies Leonhart on a visit as Queen Consort, she discovers a secret the country is trying to hide... For readers ages 13 years and up.
(W/A/CA) Yu Tomofuji
During Sariphi and Leonhart's visit to a neighboring kingdom, a rebellion breaks out and separates them. Sariphi uncovers the secrets of their king, while Leonhart faces down a foe calling himself 'Wolf King Fenrir.' Can Leonhart defeat his enemy and return to his place by Sariphi's side?! And will Sariphi survive the rebellion on her own?!
(W/A/CA) Yu Tomofuji
With the help of Lanteveldt and friends, Sariphi managed to escape from the clutches of Fenrir, King of the Wolves. But with Lanteveldt injured and Bennu powerless, will the rescue party need to be rescued themselves?! Meanwhile, with knowledge of Sariphi's whereabouts, Leonhart rushes headlong into wolf territory to save his princess... For readers ages 13 and up.
(W/A) Yu Tomofuji
Amidst the chaos and confusion that beset the kingdom after the secret of Leonhart's human form was exposed, Set's plot to usurp the throne succeeded. In stunned confusion, Leonhart flees through the city with Sariphi at his side, but danger lurks around every corner as Set fans the flames of war!
(W/A) Yu Tomofuji
'A coup d?????tat. A new social order. Civil war on the horizon. As a result of Judge Set???s malicious actions, Sariphi and her beloved, Leonhart, have one last chance to topple the pretender from his perch and free all of Beastkind from the false king. But standing in their way is Leonhart???s oldest friend???and once staunchest ally???Anubis. Can Sariphi???s words reach the heart of the stubborn jackal?K? The fate of the kingdom rests in his hands?K Don???t miss the grand finale of a magnificent tale of romance between the king of beasts and a sacrificial maiden!'
