(W) Chorisuke Natsumi Tall and busty high school girl Takano Hitomi has shark teeth, a looming presence, and an intense facial expression. However, looks can be deceiving. Beneath her imposing frame and piercing glare, Hitomi-chan is a sweet first-year student who just wants to overcome her social anxiety and make some friends. Enter Usami Yuu, a second-year boy who is shorter than Hitomi but not put off by her intimidating looks. A friendship blossoms-and maybe more!

(W/A/CA) Jeremy Massie Mark lives in a tiny town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia in the early 1990s. He doesn't fit in and feels out of sync with his family and the mostly-conservative crowd there. Lucky for him, he finds an escape-the grunge band he forms with his best friend, Jay! As the lead guitarist in Magnesium Mama, Mark and his bandmates make their time in their hometown bearable. Between gigs, there are a lot of ups and downs, and, luckily, Mark can remember most of them! At a unique 7.5-inch by 9-inch size, this complete Holler collection gathers together issues #1 to #8 of Jeremy Massie's original story of grunge, rebellion, and friendship. The book will also include a brand-new cover, an original issue cover gallery with bonus pinup pages, and a new four-page afterword comic!

(W/A) Masamitsu Nigatsu School life meets underground crime in this quirky action comedy that's like Assassination Classroom meets Nisekoi! Delinquent high schooler Arakuni Ibuki is drafted to protect his childhood friend Honeko Akabane, the secret daughter of a yakuza leader. It's no small task, especially when they're up against hired assassins who also have just one job? to kill Honeko Akabane! Ibuki joins the elite corps of bodyguards that make up Class 3-4 of Sosoji High School. Akabane is oblivious to the elaborate covert operation surrounding her. Is this team of misfits really up for the job?

(W/A) Masamitsu Nigatsu School life meets underground crime in this quirky action comedy that's like Assassination Classroom meets Nisekoi! They have only one goalkill Honeko Akabane! One day, Arakuni Ibuki learns that his childhood friend, Honeko Akabane, is being targeted by assassins! Both of them are in Class 3-4 at Sosoji High School, and Ibuki is ordered to protect Akabane for one year. His goal is to ensure that she graduates safely, but he must do so without her realizing it. And so begins his secret life as a bodyguard at school! However, there seems to be more secrets within the so-called 'Class 3-4'?!

(W/A) Masamitsu Nigatsu They have only one goal-to kill Honeko Akabane! One day, Arakuni Ibuki learns that his childhood friend, Honeko Akabane, is being targeted by assassins! Both of them are in Class 3-4 at Sosoji High School, and Ibuki is ordered to protect Akabane for one year. His goal is to ensure that she graduates safely, but he must do so without her realizing it. And so begins his secret life as a bodyguard at school! However, there seems to be more secrets within the so-called 'Class 3-4'...?!

(W/A) Masamitsu Nigatsu They have only one goal-to kill Honeko Akabane! One day, Arakuni Ibuki learns that his childhood friend, Honeko Akabane, is being targeted by assassins! Both of them are in Class 3-4 at Sosoji High School, and Ibuki is ordered to protect Akabane for one year. His goal is to ensure that she graduates safely, but he must do so without her realizing it. And so begins his secret life as a bodyguard at school! However, there seems to be more secrets within the so-called 'Class 3-4'...?!

(W) Mayu Murata Uka and Nano were supposed to be great friends, but it turns out that Nano likes Kai?! Uka finally learns the truth about Nano's feelings!

It's the total swerval return of the First Family of Punk! Dirk Hopeless and Nikki Strange went from the parties, touring, and recording studios of rock stardom to the quiet of the suburbs, but that's no reason they can't still be themselves. Join Dirk and Nikki, along with their kids Rat, Arsenal, Twitch, and Zero as they bounce their way through kidnapping plots, first love, and international intrigue in this massive collection of the Eisner Award-nominated series!

(W/A/CA) Lisa Hanawalt Hot Dog Taste Test serves up Lisa Hanawalt's devastatingly funny comics, saliva-stimulating art, and deliciously screwball lists as she skewers the pomposities of foodie subculture. From the James Beard Award-winning cartoonist and production designer/producer of Bojack Horseman, Hot Dog Taste Test dishes out five-star laughs as Hanawalt keenly muses on pop culture, relationships, and the animal in all of us.

Though the creative differences between the main writers have led to major head-butting, the plot of Aki's game is completed without further incident after he spends a sweet night (?) with Utaha. Character design is up next on the to-do list, but before that can get underway, a familiar face from Aki's past shows up waiting for him at the school gate! Little Izumi isn't so little anymore, and her debut sends shockwaves through the other heroines! A doujinshi showdown awaits at Summer Comiket! Is Aki's dating sim on the backburner?

(W) Maruto Fumiaki (A) Kurehito Misaki, Takeshi Moriki Utaha's scenario for Tomoya's game is finally complete! Since such an achievement is cause for celebration, Tomoya joins his senpai for a shopping date. But what awaits him isn't fitting rooms and food courts. Instead, Utaha drops a bombshell on him - 'I want you to choose, Rinri-kun... which do you like better?' What could she possibly mean? And the shocks don't stop there! When the devious Iori confronts the team with a declaration of war, Tomoya learns that someone he cares about is working for the enemy!

(W) Mark Perez (A) Scott Shaw, Annastasia Goldberg (CA) Scott Shaw A lot of how-to books assume that the reader is a good and wholesome person who wants to follow the law and not rip other people off. This is FOOLISH! Let John D'Hough (not his real name) tell you all about the glorious world of grift, the science of scam, and the craft of criminality as he explains how he was able to fleece the entire town of Honest, Indiana. A biting comedic satire, this debut novel from Hollywood screenwriter Mark Perez pulls no punches, and everybody gets his fair share. Featuring a cover and interior cartoon illustrations from former Flintstones character designer Scott Shaw! o Darkly comedic debut novel by screenwriter Mark Perez.

Beloved fairytale worlds collide in this rollicking adventure for kids and parents alike! With winter fast approaching, one of the squat bears sets off to trade the family for bread and butter, returning instead with a single magic bean. But one bean isn't enough to feed even one squat bear, let alone seven! As their hunger and the winter snows set in, the bears are visited by a smooth-talking cat in books. He's got a bag full of bread - and a few tricks up his sleeve.!

(W/A/CA) Rian Hughes When everyone has a number, everyone knows their place. Lower numbers are better, higher numbers are less important, and that's just the way it is. But what if that number could change? You might try to buck the system and assert your individuality? or you might end up with a big fat zero. Big questions are explored and unexpected answers found in the first solo comics collection from award-winning designer & illustrator Rian Hughes. His whimsical, witty, and insightful strips reveal the lighter side of our obsession with social rankings. Where do you stand in the pecking order? Is your number up?

(W/A/CA) Charles Forsman Sydney seems like a normal, rudderless 15-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, listens to music in her friend's car, and gets into arguments with her annoying little brother - but she also has a few secrets she's only shared in her diary. Like how she's in love with her best friend Dina, the bizarre death of her war veteran father, and those painful telekinetic powers that keep popping up at the most inopportune times. After his first two critically heralded graphic novels, Celebrated Summer and The End of the Fucking World (recently adapted into a TV show on the UK's Channel 4 and soon to be streaming stateside on Netflix), Forsman once again expertly channels the teenage ethos in a style that evokes classic comic strips while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and control. I Am Not Okay with This collects all of Forsman's self-published minicomic series into one volume. It comments naturally on familial strain, sexual confusion, and PTSD in his usual straightfaced-but-humorous

(W/A/CA) Roman Dirge FROM THE TWISTED IMAGINATION OF ROMAN DIRGE! THE FIRST NON-CHILDREN'S BOOK FOR ADULTS Presented as a child's primer book for maths, I CAN COUNT TO TEN is without doubt the single most completely useless teaching aid for anyone looking for a book to teach them how to count to ten. What starts as the cutest counting book in the history of education, soon descends spectacularly into the single goriest, bloodiest, and funniest non-teaching aid EVER, that somehow manages to shoehorn in a sinister government conspiracy and an alien invasion into a gentle tale of a bunch of loveable numbers introducing themselves in order.

By popular demand, it's a new collection of illustrations from cartoonist Shannon Wheeler continuing a run that began with the Eisner Award-winning book, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER. Where do cartoons go when they've been bounced by the New Yorker? When They're as funny as what's floating in Wheeler's brain, they're boiled down to the best of the bounced and presented in one laughoutloud volume.

(W/A/CA) Ayami Kazama The humorous and heartfelt autobiographical comic essay of an otaku manga artist! Follow her journey as she learns the ins and outs of pregnancy and childbirth. For readers ages 16 and up.

(W/A/CA) Natalie Nourigat When artist Natalie Nourigat left her life in Portland to move to Los Angeles and pursue a job in animation, she realized that despite her research, nothing truly prepared her for the wild world that awaited in the studios of Southern California. This autobiographical how-to graphic novel explores the highest highs and lowest lows of pursuing a dream in animation. Brushed with a dose of humor and illustrated advice about salaries, studio culture, and everything in between, I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation is the unique insider experience you won?ft find anywhere else.

A new cartoon collection from the mind of Eisner Award-winning, Harvey nominated and current New Yorker cartoonist, Shannon Wheeler! It's the best-of-the-best of what's left on the cutting room floor from Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker. Never seen in print before anywhere else!

Hot on the heels of last year's Eisner Award-winning I Thought You Would Be Funnier, Shannon Wheeler serves up another dose of absurd and hilarious cartoons, making up the best-of-the-best-of-the-rest of what's left on the cutting room floor from Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker! Don't miss this laugh-a-minute collection presented in a perfect gift-friendly hardcover!

(W) Honami Shirono (A) Emma Schumacker Yuriko and Gakurouta recount their first meeting and proposal to a curious Sousuke. Their first impressions may not have been the best, but once they got a chance to have a proper conversation, it turned out they had more in common than they thought!

(W) Kisetsu Morita (A) Benio I've been killing slimes for 300 years, and now I'm finally going to meet the Grim Reaper?! She seemed like totally bad news, so I wasn't too thrilled at the prospect?but it turns out that she's sort of like a goddess?! Besides that, I also went on a trip to the demon lands with Pecora (it was kinda Romantic?) and cleared a video game world created by the gods (games from another world, you say?). Plus, Halkara accepted challenge from a 'phantom thief.' Stick around till the end to find out more about Laika's wacky battles at the Red-Dragon Academy for Girls!

(W/A/CA) Arina Tanemura By Arina Tanemura At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chances at love and success. When word gets out that she's a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could turn back time to when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15. Now Chikage is determined to pursue everything she missed out on all those years ago-including becoming a star!

(W/A/CA) Arina Tanemura Chikage has debuted as the 15-year-old Akari, but now she must compete with Yuko to have Hibiki produce her CD. Tokita, the only one who knows Chikage's secret, continues to help her while trying to atone for the past... For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Arina Tanemura At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chances at love and success. When word gets out that she's a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could turn back time to when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15. Now Chikage is determined to pursue everything she missed out on all those years ago-including becoming a star! For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Elise Gravel Elise Gravel offers readers a sneak peek into her outrageously amusing sketchbook, where colorful monsters, imaginary friends, a grumpy things reign supreme. Meet Donald, who sings off-key; Francine, who likes to eat stones; and Marvin, the man with lots of stuff in his beard. Mixing the real with the fantastical, Elise's drawings exude curiosity, as microbes and mushrooms share the page with speckled pepperpops, gloppers, and floofs. Stop worrying about what makes a drawing good or bad - Elise draws anything and everything and you can too!

(W/A) Niiro Ikuhana Back when Tasuku was a kid, he harbored a secret: he was in love with his friend Maika. But Maika moved away for school before he could gather his courage and confess. Now, as adults, they've reconnected as friends, and being together brings back memories of their shared past. It was so easy to fantasize about wild things when they were children, but what has become of those fantasies now that they've grown up?

(W/A) Niiro Ikuhana Back when Tasuku was a kid, he harbored a secret: he was in love with his friend Maika. But Maika moved away for school before he could gather his courage and confess. Now, as adults, they've reconnected as friends, and being together brings back memories of their shared past. It was so easy to fantasize about wild things when they were children, but what has become of those fantasies now that they've grown up?

(W) Amahara, Dragon Age Editorial Staff (A/CA) Masha A loving tribute to the monster brothel adventurers of InterspeciesReviewers, this anthology includes art and comics by talented Japanese creators including Okayado, ZTon, and Gashigashi!

(W/A/CA) Petos Monsters of legend walk among us, going by the name 'demi-humans.' Ever since he's discovered the 'demis,' one young man has become obsessed with them. So when he gets a job as a teacher at a high school for demi-girls, it's a dream come true! But these girls have all the problems normal teenagers have, on top of their supernatural conditions. How will he handle a classroom full of them?

(W) Jhonen Vasquez, Eric Trueheart (A) Warren Wucinich, Fred Stresing (CA) Warren Wucinich WORLD DOMINATION. That's the goal for ZIM, the Irken invader stationed on Earth. But even an Irken as talented, beloved, and humble as ZIM occasionally has trouble getting his plans off the ground. It's those stupid humans. And especially the stupidest human of all, Dib. Explore four hysterical stories of ZIM's greatest plots to take over the world. Whether he's disguising himself as a hot new artiste, making double-crossing deals with pants aliens, or getting too distracted by TV to unleash his greatest and most terrifying creation, ZIM always has a plan. And it's definitely not his fault if it goes wrong.

Things are getting weird. Watch as everyone's favorite green alien CONQUERS THE WORLD. Or, well, tries to. Often with pretty disastrous results! See ZIM connect with an alien neighbor he never knew he had! Laugh at ZIM's sped-up antics as he attempts to control... THE TIME THINGY. And gaze in awe at the two-part story all about Poop Cola's insidious new flavor, DARKPOOP. Featuring special guest illustrators Sarah Graley (OUR SUPER ADVENTURE, KIM REAPER) and Mady G, and featuring new series artist Maddie C.! Collects issues #26-30 of the Oni Press comic series.

(W) Tsutomu Sato (A) Kana Ishida Spring is here and the graduating students are planning a trip to sunny Okinawa. Shizuku and Honoka have invited Miyuki and Tatsuya to a party that sounds like the perfect opportunity to relax for once. It sadly won't be all fun and games because the siblings have also been tasked with stopping a terrorist plot while they're in the south islands. What are the chances? Romance is in the air and danger is on the horizon-this is sure to be a vacation to remember!

(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kunieda For the skilled former adventurer Ryu, it's another eventful day at the Benevolent Mistress! A certain couple's only daughter has been kidnapped, bringing Ryu out into the streets to search for her, in the name of justice and Astrea. Her investigation of the missing child eventually leads her to a lawless area of the Labyrinth City, the Grand Casino, where money and power decide everything! This is the start of the Gale Wind's tale in the city of Orario, home of the Dungeon and adventure!

(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kunieda In this manga adaptation of the farcical fantasy light novels, a hapless young lad tries to find love and fortune alike in the gigantic, monster-ridden dungeons beneath the city of Orario. Bell Cranel is just trying to find his way in the world. Of course, in his case, the 'world' is an enormous dungeon filled with monsters, below a city run by gods and goddesses who have way too much time on their hands. He's got big dreams but not much more when a roll on the random encounter table brings him face-to-face with the girl of his dreams - but what's a beginning adventurer have to offer a brilliant swordswoman? And what if the lonely goddess who sponsors his solo adventuring gets jealous?

(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kunieda In this manga adaptation of the farcical fantasy light novels, a hapless young lad tries to find love and fortune alike in the gigantic, monster-ridden dungeons beneath the city of Orario. During the frenzied festival, Bell and Hestia find themselves in a tight spot thanks to the scheming of a shadowy someone working behind the scenes. When the hijinks turn dangerous, will Bell manage to summon the strength to protect those he cares about? And who's doing all this scheming, anyway?

(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kunieda In this manga adaptation of the farcical fantasy light novels, a hapless young lad tries to find love and fortune alike in the gigantic, monster-ridden dungeons beneath the city of Orario. The young adventurer Bell has gained a helpful ally in the form of Lilliluka - a professional supporter who's eager to aid his cause. But is Lilly everything she claims to be? And with the eyes of so many mysterious figures on Bell, does Hestia have a chance at the romance she craves?

(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kunieda In pursuit of his desire to become stronger, the adventurer Bell Cranell has become the student of the brilliant swordswoman Aiz Wallenstein. Even as he despairs at the vast gulf between his abilities and hers, he begins to improve. As he does so, though, a certain goddess's shadowy plan steadily advances, and with it, a dark shadow approaches. The familia myth - walked by the boy and written by the goddess - continues!

(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kunieda In this manga adaptation of the farcical fantasy light novels, a hapless young lad tries to find love and fortune alike in the gigantic, monster-ridden dungeons beneath the city of Orario. Ranking Up to Level Two following his victory over the Minotaur, Bell Cranell is given a title -'Little Rookie.' A nickname and a new Skill under his belt, Bell is more eager than ever. There's just one problem: he needs some new armor! Destinies intertwine when those with the same ideals and dignity come together.