(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Suzuhito Yasuda
In Orario, fearless adventurers band together in search of fame and fortune within the monstrous underground labyrinth known as Dungeon. But while riches and renown are incentive enough for most, Bell Cranel, would-be hero extraordinaire, has bigger plans. He wants to pick up girls. Is it wrong to face the perils of Dungeon alone, in a single-member guild blessed by a failed goddess? Maybe. Is it wrong to dream of playing hero to hapless maidens in Dungeon? Maybe not. After one misguided adventure, Bell quickly discovers that anything can happen in the labyrinth - even chance encounters with beautiful women. The only problem? He's the one who winds up the damsel in distress!
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Suzuhito Yasuda
Following his defeat of the Minotaur, Bell has reached Level Two - and is the new record holder for the fastest to do so. Suddenly everyone in Orario wants to form a party with him and go adventuring! But with sudden popularity comes many a complication. How will Bell and Hestia know whom to trust? The Familia myth - written by the goddess and lived by the boy - continues!
Having reached a new level of the Dungeon, the Colossal Tree Labyrinth, Bell meets a dragon girl named Wiene who can speak human language. Once he learns she has come under attack from humans and monsters alike, he vows to protect her. This decision brings chaos to the capital as the two navigate ruthless hunters, the irremediable strife between monsters and humans, and the plans of the Guild's true leader. The bizarre situation shakes humans, monsters, and deities to the core in volume nine!
(W) Fujino Omori (A) Suzuhito Yasuda
Stuck on the 27th floor with no way out, Lilly and the rest of the party are forced to endure an 'adventure' that has been thrust upon them in the sudden absence of their leader! Meanwhile, Bell and Lyu have found themselves on the 37th floor after becoming separated from the others. Alone, without support, and unsure of what to do, will they be able to make it out alive of the deepest floor Bell has ever set foot in?
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Suzuhito Yasuda
Overcoming the countless dangers and perils of the Dungeon, Bell and his friends have finally made it back to the surface. After all they've achieved, there's no doubt that all of them have grown stronger and wiser. With the clamor of battle behind them, everyone finds the chance to think back to where it all started as a brief peace visits the land where heroes are born... For readers ages 13 and up.
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Takashi Yagi
A spin-off of one of Yen On's breakout bestsellers--Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?--covering the journey of Aiz Wallenstein, the strongest member of Loki Familia! Aiz Wallenstein, the Sword Princess, is known as one of the most powerful warriors from one of the most powerful groups in the city of Orario: Loki Familia. With them, she ventures into the deepest parts of the labyrinthine Dungeon beneath the city, stalking the monstrous denizens that lurk there and vanquishing them with the blazing light of her sword. But when she meets a certain white-haired boy, the encounter will change both of them forever...
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Suzuhito Yasuda
Aiz Wallenstein, the Sword Princess, is known as one of the most powerful warriors from one of the most powerful groups in the city of Orario: Loki Familia. With them, she ventures into the deepest parts of the labyrinthine Dungeon beneath the city, stalking the monstrous denizens that lurk there and vanquishing them with the blazing light of her sword. But when she meets a certain white-haired boy, the encounter will change both of them forever!
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kiyotaka Haimura
A room bathed in crimson red blood, the air choked with the smell of iron, and a shattered skull atop a dead adventurers corpse! Thanks to Aiz and crew, the tumultuous events of Monsterphilia ended without incident, and they were finally able to relax-but only for a moment. Soon, they find themselves embroiled in a suspicious case of murder. As they begin to investigate, the ladies soon realize that they're getting involved with a killer that's more horrifying than they thought. In the midst of all this, they find a mysterious jewel that may connect to everything else. These events taking place above and below the surface will rock Orario to its core as the darkness lurking in the city bursts forth!
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kiyotaka Haimura
After the tumultuous events in the Dungeon, Aiz has finally reached the vaulted Level 6! But in spite of this amazing news, the Sword Princess seems to be completely depressed. There are two reasons. The first is that she finally managed to meet the white-haired boy again, but once more, he ran away from her with everything he had. The second is that the monster tamer she fought so hard against knew her name, a name that absolutely no one else should know. Meanwhile, from the depths of the Dungeon comes a mysterious crystal ball that's about to plunge both underground and surface worlds quietly into chaos!
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kiyotaka Haimura
Having just returned from their latest Expedition, Loki Familia's search for the rumored second entrance to the Dungeon has brought them to the port town of Meren. A certain playful goddess is having the time of her life doing as she pleases right up until a foreign ship comes in to dock bringing a storm in its wake!
(W) Fujino Omori (A) Kiyotaka Haimura
Before there's even a moment to rest after Bete's recent involvement in the Amazon hunt incident, a great new threat approaches Orario! A kingdom has dispatched a massive army to invade and adventurers answer the call to halt their advance. But as Loki Familia readies itself for battle once more, Riveria shares a small, private story of what Aiz was like as a child. What secrets lay buried in the high elf's memories of that young girl who one day found herself in the village of the dragon faith... Age 13 and Up.
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Suzuhito Yasuda
NOT THE REUNION THEY HAD HOPED FOR... After encountering intelligent monsters in the Dungeon, Bell and Wiene share a tearful good-bye as Hestia Familia returns to the surface short one member. But not long after their parting, the Guild confirms the existence of armed monsters and immediately calls on Orario's strongest to exterminate this threat. Bell is forced to make some of the hardest decisions of his life when he ends up being the only thing standing between a massacre of monsters and adventurers...! Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 17
(W) Fujino Omori (A/CA) Kiyotaka Haimura
After her conflict with Bell, Aiz falls into a stupor as she questions the very reason she fights. Her heart heavy with a whirlpool of emotions and thoughts, she decides to face the young boy once again! For readers ages 13 and up.
Jackie's Diary collects the complete run of the hysterically funny and whimsical strip by Jack Mendelsohn. The strip was produced by the humor-savy Mendelsohn, who wrote for luminaries such as Carol Burnett, Bill Cosby, 'Mad' magazine, and the Beatles movie Yellow Submarine. The book sports a fascinating behind-the-scenes introduction by Jack Mendelsohn, a foreword by Beetle Bailey's Mort Walker and Mama's Mel Lazarus.
(W/A/CA) Jason
In this absolutely bonkers comics collection, Norwegian cartoonist Jason follows his most oddball impulses, presenting to readers an intergalactic assortment of his weirdest, wildest short stories yet. A dinner date devolves into a Dadaist farce. Death decides his victim's fate over a high-stakes game of chess. Kafka is ensnared in a confounding bureaucracy of his own imagination. Spock beams down to 1920s Paris to live a double life as an avant-garde painter. Hitchcockian thrillers, literary adaptations, and homages to classic EC comics abound. Dinosaurs! David Bowie! Vampires! Elvis! Welcome to the cosmic gumbo of Upside Dawn. Norwegian cartoonist Jason is beloved for his signature dry wit, deadpan humor, and elegantly minimalist style. His newest compilation of short comics stories leans into the playful and experimental, as he mixes and matches genres, mashes up low and high brow culture, from Star Trek to Georges Perec, and leads readers through dizzying twists and turns - in sum, a beguiling collection for both stalwart Jason fans and the bliss
(W) Kate Leth (A/CA) Jake Myler
?? Join New York Times bestselling author Kate Leth ( Adventure Time: Seeing Red ) and illustrator Jake Myler ( Orphan Blade ) as they take the beloved characters of Jim Henson?fs Fraggle Rock on their biggest adventure yet! ?? When the water supply of Fraggle Rock mysteriously runs dry, the Fraggles will have to journey deep into the caves of Fraggle Rock to find the fabled Everspring. ?? Along the way, they?fll encounter spooky creatures, discover the Crystal Caves, and meet a colony of never-before-seen Doozers!
(W/A/CA) Jared Cullum
Fraggle Rock is known for its vibrant creativity and there is no Fraggle with more creative energy than Mokey! But when Mokey loses her inspiration for art, Gobo, Red, and the other Fraggles will have to step up to help their friend reignite her imagination. Written and illustrated in beautiful watercolor by Jared Cullum ( Jim Henson?'s The Storyteller: Giants ), Fraggle Rock: Mokey Loses Her Muse celebrates the 35th Anniversary of Jim Henson?'s timeless television series with a heartwarming story for fans of all ages. Re-presenting Fraggle Rock #1 in a premium picture book format.
(W) James Kochalka
Jimmy has an elbow! Do you have one, too? Well, what if it could talk? Award-winning graphic novelist James Kochalka explores surreal frontiers of the body and mind in this psychedelic comedy for all ages. Jimmy is a very good boy. He even wears a tie! But when he bumps his elbow on a table, this very good boy starts feeling very bad. Did his elbow die? Was that just a dream? Or has Jimmy's magic elbow come to life and unlocked his superpowers? Well, no matter what, it's time for Jimmy and his elbow to go to school? What else could go wrong?
Step into spring with Jinx Holliday and the next installment in the critically acclaimed 'Jinx' series! Spring in high school brings a whole new set of challenges for feisty freshman Jinx--new tests, new sports, and summer's on the way! But more frightening to Jinx than anything else is the dreaded school dance... and to make matters worse, this one is girls' choice! That means Jinx's friends Charley and Greg are competing to be her date, as if the very thought of dancing wasn't awkward enough! On the home front, Jinx is faced with even more changes when her usually distant mom re-emerges with a shocking revelation! Jinx: Little Miss Steps is a realistic, uplifting story told with great wit, humor, heart and style --you'll fall in love with Jinx Holliday!
John Stanley Continuing Drawn & Quarterly's John Stanley archival series, Melvin Monster Volume 2 is about the oddball monster boy who just wants to be good, go to school, and do as he is told. A satirical and funny sendup of the monster craze of the 1960s, Melvin Monster is a classic kids comic of the Silver Age. Designed by Seth.
The second volume of Nancy in D+Q's John Stanley Library, elegantly designed by Seth, stars the beloved Brillo-headed Nancy in her own comic book series written by the greatest children's comics writer of all time, John Stanley. Stanley, the author of Melvin Monster and Little Lulu, puts his own deft sense of humor and superior cartooning on the Ernie Bushmiller creation with spooky Oona Goosepimple, Spike, and Mr.McOnion. Nancy, along with her sidekick, Sluggo, will charm readers young and old with her hilarious, scheming hijinks.
In the third volume in the Nancy series drawn by journeyman writer John Stanley, he continues to put his strange but fascinating stamp on the iconic character. Nancy declares poverty and battles yoyos on Oona's house, but the book also features her pal Sluggo, who Nancy complains is too dirty.
Thirteen Going on Eighteen collects one of the seminal 'teen' comics of the 1960s. Each comic is a darkly hilarious look at the social maneuverings and betrayals of the teen set. John Stanley's stripped down approach perfectly captures the fever pitch of the time. He creates what would otherwise be a teenage sitcom and turns it into an anguished character study.
(D)esigned by Seth The ghoulish capers of everyone's favorite monster continue with the third volume of the acclaimed series! Melvin lands his first babysitting job, only to discover he has his hands full, literally - the 'baby ' in this case is a giant monster, almost the size of a room! When Melvin meets his friend for a friendly game of marbles, an older monster-woman passing by is offended by the scene, as everybody in Monsterville knows that monsters should always fight when they 're together. Finally, she is content only after forcing the two monsters into a scrap. Melvin also attempts to be the first kid in Monsterville to attend school in more than six hundred years, but he is thwarted each time by Miss McGargoyle, his would-be teacher. He is threatened with boulders, giant boomerangs, and even long-range missiles, but nothing can stop Melvin from wanting to go to school every day. Melvin Monster illustrates just how timeless the comics of John Stanley are.
Johnny Boo is wearing a crown on his head, so that means he's the King! Squiggle wants to be king too, so he puts a rock on his head. After a brief argument, they decide to share their new flying castle, and fly to the moon. Or are they just pretending? After a madcap encounter with the Ice Cream Monster, they finally get too sleepy to stay awake... making this silly story excellent for bedtime.
(W) Sam Humphries (A/CA) Caitlin Rose Boyle
What's to Love: Jonesy is a comic about love that makes us swoon! Sam Humphries (Legendary Star Lord, Citizen Jack) and fresh talent Caitlin Rose Boyle (Buck n' Lou & the Night Crew) bring something special to BOOM! Box with this series about mad-cap shenanigans, friendship, pals, being a teenager, and figuring out who you are...with a teen cupid twist! If you like Giant Days, dig adorkable romance stories, or just want to smile from ear to ear after reading a comic, you'll fall in love with Jonesy! What It Is: Jonesy is a self-described 'cool dork' who spends her time making zines nobody reads, watching anime, and listening to riot grrrl bands and 1D simultaneously. But she has a secret nobody knows. She has the power to make people fall in love! Anyone. With anything. There's only one catch-it doesn't work on herself. She's gonna have to find love the old-fashioned way, and in the meantime, figure out how to distract herself from the real emotions she inevitably has to face when her powers go wrong. Collects the complete limited series.
(W/A/CA) Spica Aoki
As if magically transforming when she gets nervous weren't enough, high school girl Kuroe also has to survive the twists and turns class heartthrob Arata causes through their...acquaintance? As the new semester approaches, a new face brings a mountain of new problems along...
(W) Yazin (A) Takahito Kobayashi
When 34-year-old Nozaki Hitoshi is hit by a truck, he is sent to a fantasy world by a dismissive god and dropped into a harsh wilderness without even the clothes on his back. His only salvation is a newly granted karate skill and his general survival instincts. Luckily, Hitoshi is up for the challenge - he'll weave clothes out of tree bark, test fruit for poison, and crawl through the mud to test his kicks and punches against goblins and other creatures. No matter how much he levels up in this world, he still longs to find other humans to share his solitude!
(W) Yazin (A) Takahito Kobayashi
Nomad commits a crime so that his comrades can escape, and now he hides deep within a forest teeming with monsters. His survival skills have failed, though, as he is soon discovered by a group of rangers looking to collect the bounty on Nomad's head! And then a mysterious stranger with a shocking secret enters the fray! Is this the end of Nomad's journey?
(W) Yazin (A) Takahito Kobayashi
When 34-year-old Nozaki Hitoshi is hit by a truck, he is sent to a fantasy world by a dismissive god and dropped into a harsh wilderness without even the clothes on his back. His only salvation is a newly granted karate skill and his general survival instincts. Luckily, Hitoshi is up for the challenge; he'll weave clothes out of tree bark, test fruit for poison, and crawl through the mud to test his kicks and punches against goblins and other creatures. No matter how much he levels up in this world, he still longs to find other humans to share his solitude.
(W) Yazin (A) Takahito Kobayashi
Nomad is once again forced to lay low in the woods, and while in hiding, he encounters a wounded baby dragon! It's not always kill-or-be-killed even in this grim other-world, so Nomad nurses the beast back to health, and the quest continues. Their destination is Katori Village, a place famed for their delicious fish. Nomad's mission is to dine upon the dragon fish, the mythic pinnacle of pescetarian cuisine. But there's trouble brewing in town, and Nomad better watch out if he doesn't want to get roasted!
Filled with illustrations and manga galore, this Kemono Friends anthology is all about the fun of Japari Park! Catch up with Kaban, Serval, and all your favorite Friends! Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 to 17
(A) Various
Fun with the Friends continues in this anthology, jam-packed with one-offs of the Friends and their various adventures...and adorable art! For readers ages 10 and up.
(W/A) Various
From heartful stories to intense comedy, this is a gem of a comic anthology! These artists (or should we say 'Friends'!) love to draw manga!
(W/A/CA) Yui Hara
An adorable four-panel-style comic in the vein of classics like K-ON! (Volume 4) Shinobu, Alice, and the rest of the girls might be in different classes, but their friendship is stronger than ever! From everyday chats to gardening to visiting the beach, there's plenty in store--including a trip back to England for Alice and Karen!
(W/A) Hirokazu Hikawa
Dream Land's innocent troublemaker Kirby is back at it again with more of the mischief fans of all ages know and love. These cute and carefree Kirby comics-ready to be consumed in any order or inhaled all at once-will leave fans tickled pink! For all ages.
(W/A) Hirokazu Hikawa
Kirby and his Dream Land friends are back with more tales-old and new-for fans of all ages! Adeleine paints herself a boyfriend. Meta Knight loses his mask. And Gordo finds his spiky invincibility has a major drawback. But don't worry! The pink star of the show and his manic antics are there through it all! For all ages.
(W) Hirokazu Hikawa
Kirby and crew are up to their old shenanigans again in these classic-and new-comics for all ages! From a Dream Land summer heat wave to Kirby's endless questions and sudden desire to grow up, King Dedede has his hands full. But can the situation really be so bad that he wants Kirby to take over his kingly duties?! For all ages.
(W) Yasuhiro Kano
From the creator of the Shonen Jump manga Pretty Face and Mx0 comes a dark and wacky action comedy where one man falls head over heels for a hired killer - and orders a hit on himself, just to spend more time with her! Aoi Nemo is a big-ticket businessman whose face has appeared on all the magazines, and there's a price on his head. Coming to collect is Akaumi Kiruru, an assassin as deadly as she is beautiful. But the person who requested the hit was Aoi himself! From the moment he laid eyes on her, Aoi fell for this femme fatale, and he'll do whatever it takes to spend more time with her: even if it means risking his own life!
(W) Yasuhiro Kano
Aoi Nemo is a big-ticket businessman whose face has appeared on all the magazines, and there's a price on his head. Coming to collect is Akaumi Kiruru, an assassin as deadly as she is beautiful. But the person who requested the hit was Aoi himself! From the moment he laid eyes on her, Aoi fell for this femme fatale, and he'll do whatever it takes to spend more time with her: even if it means risking his own life.