(W) Tee Franklin, David Gallaher (A) Dan Parent & Various (CA) Bill Golliher TWO BRAND NEW STORIES: First, in "Best Friends Day," it's Riverdale Best Friends Day and a local radio station is throwing a town-wide scavenger hunt and giving away a $100 gift certificate to Pop's for the first 10 winners. Betty & Veronica decide this is the perfect thing to do on Riverdale Best Friends Day! Join them on their adventures all over Riverdale in their quest to win-and have a fun BFF day in the process! Then, in "Mystery of the Missing Mermaid," on the shores of Hawaii, international detective Jake Chang teams up with Betty and Veronica to solve the mystery of the missing mermaid!

(W) Bill Golliher (A) Various, Dan Parent (CA) Dan Parent BRAND NEW STORY: 'What if Betty and Veronica Were Guys?' We revisit 'Reversedale' in this alternate reality story that turns the classic Archie/Betty/Veronica love triangle on its head! Who will win the heart of Riverdale's most popular redhead Archina? Will it be Beau or Vernon?

(W/A) Various, Dan Parent (CA) Dan Parent BRAND NEW STORY! When Betty and Veronica attend a magic show by the mysterious Kardak, he brings them on stage for a disappearing act. But when their disappearance sends them back in time, will they be able to make it back to the present?

(W/A) Various, Dan Parent (CA) Bill Golliher BRAND NEW STORY: 'Getting Antsy!' Betty, Veronica and the rest of the gang are having a picnic and everything is perfect… until they're invaded by ants! The gang runs off to a new location to have their picnic. Again… ANTS! Everywhere they go they're followed by the six-legged creatures. Will they ever be able to resume their picnic in peace?

(W) Bill Golliher (A) Various, Jeff Schultz (CA) Bill Golliher BRAND NEW STORY: 'Riverdale, Love It or Leaf It!' Inspired by Archie and Jughead's new leaf-blowing business, Betty decides to go into business for herself. Heading up an all-girls leaf cleaning crew! Will the Leaf Ladies give Archie and the boys a run for their money?

(W/A/CA) Elise Gravel Don't take the title as a metaphor: it really is the worst book ever. Governor General Literary Award winning children's book author and illustrator Elise Gravel takes readers on an unexpected journey through the world's most boring book. The story's characters and omniscient readers alike quickly become annoyed by the author's bland imagination and rebel against her tired tropes and stale character choices, spouting sass in an attempt to get her attention and steer the narrative in a more interesting direction. With Gravel's signature goofy characters behind the wheel, no silly twist or rude body function is off the table!

(W/A/CA) Fujita A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date. It's a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? The complete nerdy rom-com manga between a gamer boy and a girl who reads and draws spicy comics, in a collectible box set including an exclusive sticky notepad!

The awkward, romantic comedy manga about geeks in love that inspired the new anime! Narumi and Hirotaka are, by all appearances, a power couple. They're young, good-looking professionals. Can a professional man who's secretly a hardcore gamer and a woman who's secretly a fujoshi date without their hobbies getting in the way, or revealing each other's secrets?

(W/A/CA) Fujita The awkward, romantic comedy manga about geeks in love that inspired the new anime! Can a professional man who's secretly a hardcore gamer and a woman who's secretly a fujoshi date without their hobbies getting in the way, or revealing each other's secrets? Narumi and Hirotaka are, by all appearances, a power couple. They're young, good-looking professionals. But they have secrets from everyone but each other: They're serious geeks! Narumi is a fujoshi, and Hirotaka's a hardcore gamer. Their sweet, awkward love story started life as a webcomic before becoming a full-blown manga series by popular demand, and is about to become a major anime series!

(W/A/CA) Fujita The awkward, romantic comedy manga about geeks in love that inspired the new anime! Can a professional man who's secretly a hardcore gamer and a woman who's secretly a fujoshi date without their hobbies getting in the way, or revealing each other's secrets? Extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volumes! Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn't she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.

(W/A/CA) Fujita When Hanako loses a cherished memento, Taro finds himself out in the cold as he pulls out all the wrong stops to try and find a happy resolution. Narumi and Hirotaka offer what support they can while deepening their own relationship, but their help can only go so far. As for Naoya and Ko, perceptive onlookers nudge the pair to close what little distance remains between them, but will they get the hints? This extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volumes.

(W/A/CA) Fujita Final volume! Narumi and Hirotaka are, by all appearances, a power couple. They're young, good-looking professionals. But they have secrets from everyone but each other: They're serious geeks! Narumi is a fujoshi, and Hirotaka's a hardcore gamer. Their sweet, awkward love story started life as a webcomic before becoming a full-blown manga series by popular demand, and is about to become a major anime series!

(W/A) Noriyuki Konishi Nate grows tired of Jibanyan's and Whisper's lazy attitudes and finds a new Yo-kai to partner with. Then he heads for Gargaros Island! Is a new Yo-Kai legend in the making?! For all ages.

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA What if your pet cats were actually supernatural creatures known as yokai? With a neck that can stretch to steal food off the counter, or the ability to turn into a huge wall that blocks your way, these yokai cats are even more adorable and mischievous than typical felines! Get ready to be surprised and delighted by these 'spirited' cats in a manga series the whole family can enjoy.

The special mischief of yokai cats never ends! Meet the one who hangs from the ceiling by its back feet, and another who can prophesy in human language! What tricks will the one who loves sand get up to? Find out in volume three of this series about the lives of yokai cats and their people.

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA What if your pet cats were actually supernatural creatures known as yokai? With a neck that can stretch to steal food off the counter, or the ability to turn into a huge wall that blocks your way, these yokai cats are even more adorable and mischievous than typical felines! Get ready to be surprised and delighted by these 'spirited' cats in a manga series the whole family can enjoy.

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA Meet even more yokai cats! One is a shadow with no physical form, but it loves to be petted anyway. Another has a stretchy torso that gets longer and longer, while another is tiny enough to fit in the palm of a hand. See what life is like for the owners of these unique, mysterious cats.

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA More additions to the strange and endearing world of yokai cats! Amabie has a fish-like lower body, like our old friend Ningyo. Warai Onna and her owner love to smile and see others smile, while Uwan's scary face sometimes comes out of nowhere! Life goes on for these unique cats and their owners!

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA More yokai cats join our old friends! Meet one who grows nine tails as it ages and can disguise itself as other objects, another who feels great on days with thunderstorms (its body generates small amounts of electricity), and the Kijimuna, who has bright red fur and is good at catching fish. Find out what it's like to live with these strange new yokai cats!

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA Yokai cats-there are so many different types, it's hard to choose! Do amabie, kappa, nurikabe, or nekomata not seem like the right pets for you? Then meet our new friend Konaki-jiji, the crying old man yokai, who has thick eyebrows and gets heavier when he sleeps. Like the rest, he's strange and lovable in his own way!

(W/A/CA) PANDANIA Think cats are mischievous pranksters? Wait till you meet the yokai cats! One has a neck that can stretch to steal food off the counter, another looks like a wall big enough to block a road, but is still warm and fluffy. And that's just the start! Get ready to be surprised and delighted by the daily life of these supernatural felines and their humans.

(W/A) Kisetsu Morita 'A date with...Sasara?!' Ryouta seems to be running around Sasara's mind a lot lately. Suddenly coming to grips with her feelings, Sasara asks him to discuss the idea of marriage. As if the usual rival's for Ryouta's affection weren't enough, he'll also have to deal with Sasara's father! And what's this about settling things with a battle? Ryouta doesn't stand a chance!

(W) Kota Nozomi (A) Azuma Tesshin (CA) Giuniu Ever since her sister and brother-in-law died in an accident ten years ago, thirty-something-year-old Ayako Katsuragi has been raising her niece Miu as her own daughter. Now that she's in high school though, Ayako has begun to worry about the boys that might want to date Miu, especially their twenty-year-old neighbor Takumi Aterazawa. But when Takumi says he needs to talk to her, Ayako gets the shock of her life! It's not Miu he's got feelings for, it's her! Will Ayako be able to overcome her doubts and give his love a chance?

(W) Kota Nozomi (A) Azuma Tesshin (CA) Giuniu Ever since her sister and brother-in-law died in an accident ten years ago, thirty-something-year-old Ayako Katsuragi has been raising her niece Miu as her own daughter. Now that she's in high school though, Ayako has begun to worry about the boys that might want to date Miu, especially their twenty-year-old neighbor Takumi Aterazawa. But when Takumi says he needs to talk to her, Ayako gets the shock of her life! It's not Miu he's got feelings for, it's her! Will Ayako be able to overcome her doubts and give his love a chance?

(W) Kota Nozomi (A) Azuma Tesshin (CA) Giuniu Ever since her sister and brother-in-law died in an accident ten years ago, thirty-something-year-old Ayako Katsuragi has been raising her niece Miu as her own daughter. Now that she's in high school though, Ayako has begun to worry about the boys that might want to date Miu, especially their twenty-year-old neighbor Takumi Aterazawa. But when Takumi says he needs to talk to her, Ayako gets the shock of her life! It's not Miu he's got feelings for, it's her! Will Ayako be able to overcome her doubts and give his love a chance?

(W/A/CA) Eri Ejima Kuromi Girls' Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls' institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayui. But Shirayui hides a terrible secret: she's a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?

(W/A/CA) Eri Ejima Aya, Mio, and friends attend a prim-and-proper academy where video games are banned and the punishment for playing them is severe. Now, they're duking it out at Japan's biggest fighting game tournament! After defeating a pro gamer in the losers bracket, Mio's scheduled for a grudge match against Arisa, the tiny spitfire. What follows is the culmination of their tempestuous tourney relationship and a no-holds-barred fight to the death! (And maybe, in the heat of battle, a little personal growth?)

(W/A/CA) Eri Ejima Kuromi Girls' Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls' institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol, the so-called 'Shirayuri-sama.' But Shirayuri hides a terrible secret: she's a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?

(W/A/CA) Meca Tanaka Leo has been trying to get the down-to-earth Tenma to fall in love with him, but she's remained immune to his advances. The Rose King and President Tojo are meddling to stop Leo and Tenma from becoming a couple, and it's up to Tenma to set things right. For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Mingo Ito Join 11-year-old Yuzu at her animal hospital and meet her new fluffy friends! In an engaging and cutely-drawn comic, watch Yuzu navigate issues like bullying, animal care, and understanding illness and deaths of pets and family. For an 11-year-old, Yuzu has a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick and has to be hospitalized, Yuzu goes to live with her uncle who runs the local animal hospital. Yuzu's always been scared of animals, but she tries to help out. The resident Chihuahua is tiny and adorable, but acts up whenever Yuzu comes near. The fluffy cats that see her a hiss. Yuzu just wants some peace and quiet, but what can she do?! Then an encounter with a boy and his dog turns fear into a desire to learn?And as Yuzu works hard to understand her fuzzy friends, they begin to feel comfortable around each other. Through all the tough moments in her life, from her mother's illness to bullying at school, Yuzu realizes that she can help make things all right with a little help from her animal pals, peers, and kind grown-ups. Every new patient is a furry friend in the

(W/A/CA) Mingo Ito Join 11-year-old Yuzu at her animal hospital and meet her new fluffy friends! In an engaging and cutely-drawn comic, watch Yuzu navigate issues like bullying, animal care, and understanding illness and deaths of pets and family. For an 11-year-old, Yuzu has a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick and has to be hospitalized, Yuzu goes to live with her uncle who runs the local animal hospital. Yuzu's always been scared of animals, but she tries to help out. The resident Chihuahua is tiny and adorable, but acts up whenever Yuzu comes near. The fluffy cats that see her a hiss. Yuzu just wants some peace and quiet, but what can she do?! Then an encounter with a boy and his dog turns fear into a desire to learn... And as Yuzu works hard to understand her fuzzy friends, they begin to feel comfortable around each other. Through all the tough moments in her life, from her mother's illness to bullying at school, Yuzu realizes that she can help make things all right with a little help from her animal pals, peers, and kind grown-ups. Every new patient is a furry friend in

(W/A/CA) Mingo Ito Join 11-year-old Yuzu at her animal hospital and meet her new fluffy friends! In an engaging and cutely-drawn comic, watch Yuzu navigate issues like bullying, animal care, and understanding illness and deaths of pets and family. For an 11-year-old, Yuzu has a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick and has to be hospitalized, Yuzu goes to live with her uncle who runs the local animal hospital. Yuzu's always been scared of animals, but she tries to help out. The resident Chihuahua is tiny and adorable, but acts up whenever Yuzu comes near. The fluffy cats that see her a hiss. Yuzu just wants some peace and quiet, but what can she do?! Then an encounter with a boy and his dog turns fear into a desire to learn?And as Yuzu works hard to understand her fuzzy friends, they begin to feel comfortable around each other. Through all the tough moments in her life, from her mother's illness to bullying at school, Yuzu realizes that she can help make things all right with a little help from her animal pals, peers, and kind grown-ups. Every new patient is a furry friend in the

(W/A/CA) Paul Krassner Zapped by the God of Absurdity is a collection of Paul Krassner's writing that functions both as a retrospective and a memoir. His eye for the absurd serves readers well, such as his reports from a swingers' convention. He also relates personal encounters with such famous figures as Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Johnnie Cochran, Ram Dass, Larry Flynt, Squeaky Fromme, Dick Gregory, Charles Manson, and Robin Williams - not to mention the time he took an acid trip with Groucho Marx.

(W/A/CA) Yasunari Nagatoshi Awkward and a little too naked at times, Zombie boy's got endless charm and gutsy wit unlike anything you'd expect from a moving corpse! Need a hand? Got it. Nerves of steel? Leave it to him! But hold on tight-adventures are never-ending with this spooky little guy!