(W/A) Masahiro Morio
A fun and funny tale of a sex worker's otherworldly adventures! Stranded in a fantasy world inhabited by magical beings and demons, call girl Yuzuki has only one clue on how to get home again: her enchanted grimoire has a list of creatures she must pleasure in order to break the spell. Fortunately that's all in a day's work for this consummate professional!
(W/A/CA) Bill Watterson
Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger first appeared in 1985 and could be read in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. This compact, portable collection of comics will fit easily into backpacks and bookshelves. Featuring archival slipcase and cover art selected by the author, The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium pays tribute to the strip's origin in newspapers while appealing to both new and existing fans of Calvin and Hobbes. Featuring nearly 500 comics presented chronologically from December 1989 to April 1991.
Before PvP, before TRUTH, JUSTIN AND THE AMERICAN WAY… there was CAPTAIN AMAZING. Follow the debut adventure of this determined little hero as he fights for the right to be sole protector of Metro City. Collects some of SCOTT KURTZ's earliest work from his 1995 mini-comic as well as comic strips from his college newspaper days. A must for PvP fans interested in the origins of Scott's work.
(W) Yuri Sonoda
An odd couple of stray cats team up to share the trials and tribulations of life in this heartwarming manga. Maruru lived a pampered life till one day, he ran after a flock of sparrows and couldn't find his way back home. He encounters Hachi, a tough stray, who says he doesn't need a spoiled house cat on his territory and chases him away. But then Maruru helps Hachi out of a jam, and they team up to face life on the street together.
(W) Yuri Sonoda
The nice lady who fed the stray cats stopped coming to the park, leaving Maruru and Hachi in a difficult situation, and then Hachi was gravely injured. To ensure their survival, Hachi makes a surprising decision. Will Yasuo, who the stray cats fear, end up being their savior?
(W) Yuri Sonoda
Maruru and Hachi, once strays, have been taken in by Yasuo along with some of their friends. They're living at the shelter along with a variety of other cats: a very rowdy kitten, a quiet female cat, and one that messes with everyone else's food... Meanwhile, another cat is on Yasuo's mind.
(W/A/CA) Wataru Nadatani
From Wataru Nadatani, the creator of Cat + Gamer, comes Cat + Crazy, a humorous cat manga for all animal and cat lovers! High schooler Kensuke Fuji adores cats, but others in his family are allergic, so he's never really been able to spend time with any. When he meets a mysteriously skilled cat guru-who seems to be able to understand everything about cats-Kensuke finds a kindred spirit who is also 'absolutely kitty bonkers,' so he decides to study under this Ultimate Cat Whisperer! Come along with Kensuke and learn the secrets of the Cat Fist Way!
(W/A/CA) Wataru Nadatani
High schooler Kensuke Fuji loves cats, but can't have any of his own. Recently, he's made the acquaintance of a local cat whisperer, Nekoya Jin, who seems to know everything about the feline realm! Kensuke's made it his goal to study under this Ultimate Cat Whisperer and learn all about cats. Their adventures continue, with Kensuke and readers delving deeper into the enigmatic world of cats and the humans who wind up obsessed with them!
Originally published by Fantagraphics in 2003 in hardcover and out-of-print for almost a decade, The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove collects in one gorgeous, coffee-table art book all of Gene Deitch's 1940s and 1950s work for The Record Changer, a magazine aimed squarely at the jazz-obsessed. Deitch's virtuoso images exquisitely embody the ecstasies and absurdities of the 1950s hipster ('the Cat'), and are a visual paean to the joys of collecting and appreciating jazz records.
(W) Frederic Brremaud (A/CA) Paola Antista
Every day holds new surprises for best friends Manon, Erika, and Camille-after all, they have three rambunctious cats to look after! Join in on their adventures with this collection of short stories and get ready for some laugh-out-loud feline-filled fun! From author Fr?d?ric Brr?maud (Love, Little Tails) and artist Paola Antista (Disney Frozen, Sorceline) comes an all-ages humorous collection of all the joys of being a cat owner. Published for the first time in English, this volume collects the final three of the original six French albums.
(W/A/CA) Jim Benton
Catwad, the snarky blue furball with a funny take on just about everything, is back in this third graphic novel in an all-new series from New York Times-bestselling author Jim Benton! Catwad and Blurmp are back and ready for more adventures in this newest volume in which they meet new friends, try out yoga (spoiler alert: Catwad hates it), and more! It's a laugh-out-loud romp not to be missed, even if Catwad claims otherwise.
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
Ever since he was blessed (cursed?) on his thirtieth birthday with the magical ability to read the minds of those he touches, virginal office drone Adachi has been put through the ringer, especially after discovering his colleague Kurosawa's feelings for him! And just when it seems like Adachi might be able to take his friendship with Kurosawa to the next level, Adachi's complex about not having any romantic experience gets in the way!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
Gifted (cursed?) at the age of 30 with the ability to read the mind of whomever he touches, virginal businessman-turned-wizard Adachi is taking his first tentative steps into love! After being wooed within an inch of his life by the tenacious Kurosawa, Adachi is at last on board with his feelings for his handsome, kind colleague and has come around to the idea of Kurosawa as his very first significant other. But now that the pair are officially an item, Kurosawa is chomping at the bit to do all the couple stuff he's been dreaming about, including dating! There's just one little problem: Adachi, the 30-year-old virgin, has never even been on a date!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
Is Adachi, the thirty-year-old virginal businessman, finally about to lose the very quality that gave him magic powers? Ever since Adachi and Kurosawa officially became an item, their relationship has been progressing smoothly. But all the while, Adachi's been gripped by guilt because he still hasn't told Kurosawa about his bad wizard self! And as Adachi frets, looking for the right moment to let the cat out of the bag, Kurosawa's birthday is upon him!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!
Pure and innocent businessman-turned-reluctant wizard Adachi has at long last found a person he can't stand to be apart from-Kurosawa, of course!
As a couple, Adachi and Kurosawa are more in love than ever. And when Adachi, unable to keep his secret about his magical power any longer, just blurts out the truth to his boyfriend's face, he's surprised to find that the big reveal deepens their bond even more!
But while their love for each other can withstand shocking revelations of a supernatural nature, will their relationship be able to overcome long distance when Adachi is informed that he's getting transferred to an office 800 miles away?!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections! Adachi's job transfer to Nagasaki hangs over his relationship with Kurosawa like a harbinger of doom! But true to form, the pair reaffirm their feelings for each other and come to the decision that they can make it through anything, long distance included! Will absence make Kurosawa's and Adachi's hearts grow still fonder? Is that even possible?
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections! Four months into his transfer, Adachi is surprised to find that he and Kurosawa aren't that far apart after all! Kurosawa travels to Nagasaki whenever he can, and the pair spend weekends together on the regular! It's almost as if they're settling into life... like a married couple?! So when the two decide to get engaged, it seems like the most natural move of all! But the next challenge awaiting them might be the toughest yet: breaking the news of their engagement to their parents!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
Adachi and Kurosawa are engaged, and everything's going well. During these peaceful, happy days, Kurosawa looks back over his time with Adachi. Meanwhile, novelist Tsuge makes a once-in-a-lifetime love confession to Minato, a younger aspiring dancer. However, Minato ghosts him?!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
Happily engaged, cohabiting, and planning their future, Adachi and Kurosawa are ready to tie the knot! However, the lead-up to their big day is full of anxiety and unknowns. Doors close on them one after another, whether it's wedding venues turning them down or apartments that don't accept gay couples. And then there's the daunting task of coming out to their coworkers... But Adachi and Kurosawa have come this far, and their love is unstoppable. A little help from their friends will be all they need to make it down the aisle and set the wedding bells ringing!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
Adachi and Kurosawa are enjoying their life as newlyweds! Some things have changed, others haven't. Every day they spend together is happiness itself! Their honeymoon awaits... Will they manage to take in any sights, or will they spend the entirety of it indoors?! Meanwhile, Tsuge and Minato have officially started dating, but their relationship doesn't seem to be going anywhere, creating anxiety for Tsuge. In an attempt to get things moving, Adachi, Kurosawa, Tsuge, and Minato head off on a double date...!
(W/A/CA) Yuu Toyota
It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections! One year after Adachi and Kurosawa moved in together, the newly married pair are deep in conjugal bliss and couldn't be happier. At work, Adachi is selected as the leader to plan a large-scale event themed around Scandinavia! However... a client named Tachibana quickly takes a shine to Adachi and even makes a pass at him! How will Kurosawa stake his claim on his man and get the interloper to back off for good? After all, with such a major event in the works, neither of them can afford to offend a client!
(W) John Layman (A/CA) Rob Guillory
CAN TONY STOP HIS MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY? Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey- and multiple Eisner Award-winning series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants. Collects CHEW #46-50
(W/A/CA) Tadataka Kawasaki
Running a marathon with an overweight man, getting backed into a wall by a delinquent, playing an explosive game of Kabaddi, smoking like in a John Woo movie, delivering newspapers...it's all a part of Chio's parkour-heavy way to school. A high schooler who's always got gaming on the brain, Chio's in for another exciting morning full of twists and turns!
(W/A/CA) Tadataka Kawasaki
Gamer girl Chio's commute to school is anything but normal, and it levels up yet again thanks to Chio's bad personal habits and the appearance of an upperclassman from the school kabaddi club! And with the tasteless team of Chio and Manana getting up to no good as always, the latest installment of Chio's School Road takes another turn for the EXTREME!
(W/A/CA) Tadataka Kawasaki
A mysterious elementary schooler confronts Chio on the morning commute and challenges her…to a butt battle?! And win or lose, nothing can prepare Chio for what Manana's got in store for her next-an intellectual conversation! Unfortunately, even all the big words in the dictionary can't make Chio better at earning money…The road to school is filled with trials and tribulations for Chio and gang!
(W/A/CA) Tadataka Kawasaki
Chio and Manana's friendship is on the rocks, and Momo-senpai's love life hits the skids! Even Bloody Butterfly makes an appearance in the flesh! To top it all off, Chio has another fateful encounter with biker boy Andou, but is there enough room in his sidecar for Chio?! Not if his little sister has anything to say about it! Chio's road to school goes off the rails again! Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 to 17
(W/A/CA) Tadataka Kawasaki
Chio's wacky commute takes it up another notch when Chio and Manana--a duo with questionable morals--come upon a lost wallet en route to school. Will the two friends take the high road and turn it in to the police? Probably...not. Later, track team star Hosokawa, the normie queen, reveals her true nature! Is she just as weird as the rest of them?! For readers ages 16 years and up.
(W/A/CA) Tadataka Kawasaki
Chiharu vs. Kushitori! Manana and Chio vs. a police officer! And... Chio vs. Andou! Let the battles begin in Volume 8 of Chio's School Road! For readers ages 16 years and up.
(W/A) Various
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, and Adventures of the Gummi Bears return with more classic comics based on beloved TV cartoons from The Disney Afternoon package! This volume includes 'The Count Roquefort Case,' featuring the villainous Fat Cat, 'The Curse of Flabberg?' with Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack, plus 'The Kitty Kat Kaper' and 'Cat in a Hot Tin Suit,' where Darkwing Duck battles the world's greatest criminal mind... Fluffy! Plus TaleSpin, the Gummi Bears and more!
Hilarious, frightening, mysterious, adorable and utterly bleak, Chocolate Cheeks has arrived to disgust and delight comic-book readers of all ages. 'Sweet' Chubby Cheeks and the Pullapart Boy (a 21st Century Frankenstein's monster for kids) are driving each other crazy. Forced together by their dating parents, these two bitter enemies have alienated - or otherwise disposed of - most of their social circle, leaving them with plenty of quality-time for each other. They go camping, start a business, form a band, join a team, try to make some new friends and engage in a 'holy war.' Things go from worse to worst, though, when the two boys find a cat - or is it a bird? - one hot, summer day.
(W) Derek Fridolfs (A/CA) Jim Harrison
What's to Love: We've all been Clarence at one point. He's an optimistic, nine-year-old kid who sees the best in everyone and is happy to play the day away with his best friends, Jeff and Sumo. Writer Derek Fridolfs and illustrator JJ Harrison bring all the heart from the hit Cartoon Network animated series to our first-ever Clarence original graphic novel, and it reads like an extended episode of the show. Take a moment to relive childhood! What It Is: Clarence and his friends join the Rough Riders Scouts for a summer out in the woods. While looking through a cave, they discover a lost journal written by the notorious Black Buck The Pirate (an ancestor of Rough Rider Chicken founder Buckey O'Neill). It details his adventures on the ocean and where he buried his treasure. But he also warns of a phantom chicken that haunts the forest, and drove many of his crew mad. Now, Clarence and his friends are in a race against their rival, Joshua Maverick, to find the buried treasure, while avoiding the chicken phantom!
(W/A/CA) Tove Jansson
After being told that only 'rebel fathers' can be admitted to Moominpappa's new club, the Knights of the Catapult, Moominmamma defiantly decides to join a club of her own. Unfortunately for her, she accidentally joins a club of gangsters who revel in dubious and illegal activities. Comic misunderstandings, tested allegiances, and frivolous scandals make for an exciting adventure with the whole Moominvalley gang in another classic Tove Jansson tale.
(W) Amber Benson, Sarah Kuhn (A) Siobhan Keenan (CA) Natacha Bustos
?The class of 1997 is newly graduated from Bronson Alcott High School, and with the temperatures rising and the summer starting, Cher and besties Dionne and Tai are heading off for their last summer vacation adventure together before, ugh, real life! ?Picking up after Clueless: Senior Year, head back to the ?e90s for summer fun and fashion from superstar writers Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex) and Amber Benson (The Witches Of Echo Park), and illustrated by Siobhan Keenan (Adventure Time). ?'Clueless Senior Year certainly isn?'t a Monet... its themes of independence, identity struggle, and coming of age are timeless just like the original film.' - Graphic Policy
Advance solicited for February release! Dog Man author Dav Pilkey says: 'Jim Benton is a comic genius and a brilliant cartoonist!' DEAR DUMB DIARY has sold almost nine million books, and three recent titles in the series have been New York Times bestsellers. The series FRANNY K. STEIN has sold over a million books, and is now on the seventh book in the series.
(W) Natsume Akatsuki (A/CA) Kakao Lanthanum
It's been pure chaos ever since Six hit the scene, earning himself a slew of unsavory nicknames such as 'The Fly.' Snow's been no better, running herself deep into debt with every loan she takes out to feed her sword addiction. Meanwhile, the people of the Kingdom of Grace are experiencing a severe water shortage because no one can bring themselves to use the weather machine, still locked behind the activation phrase that Six changed to 'Dick Festival.' To make up for it, Tillis sends Six to a neighboring country to collect magical water-producing stones...and somehow, he causes the country to declare war. How exactly does that fit into the plan for world domination...? For readers ages 13 years and up.
(W) Natsume Akatsuki (A) Kakao Lanthanum
In the week since Lilith arrived, the Demon Lord's army has seen significant losses, prompting an invitation to Six and the others for negotiations. But could the invite into demon territory be a trap?! ...Most likely. Also, whenever someone says the words 'Demon Lord', the image of some evil old guy comes to mind. So who is this beautiful woman supposed to be?!
(W) Natsume Akatsuki (A) Kakao Lanthanum
After the 'self-destruction' of the Demon Lord Viper, relative peace returns to the Kisaragi base, allowing Six and the others to direct their attention to more important matters. For example, how sexy the new recruit's evil executive look is! But in no time at all, chaos descends yet again. Tillis has gone missing in a neighboring country! Alice immediately launches an investigation and Six is the first to volunteer, citing the fact that adventure is way more fun than managing a town. It looks like some new enemies have placed their pieces on the board. But will they be a match for everyone's favorite evil organization?
What's cooler than comics about cartoonists? NOTHING! You are going to read comics about cartoonists by these TOP cartoonists: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Jack Cole, Dick Briefer, Winsor McCay, Chester Gould, Sheldon Mayer, Milton Caniff, Ernie Bushmiller, Basil Wolverton, Siegel and Shuster, Will Eisner, Elzie Segar, and Harvey Kurtzman! WHEW! Plus more by Charles Schulz, George Herriman and a 1940s comic about Walt Disney! A Who's Who of great cartoonists-drawing superhero, horror, funny animal, funny people, war and romance comics? about cartoonists!
(W/A/CA) Konami Kanata
Chi's Sweet Home is recognized as one of the most popular cartoon properties in Japan today. Chi, the titular cat character, is beloved by fans worldwide on the Internet and mass media. A tender fun adventure focusing on the life of a newborn kitten and the young family that decides to raise her. The Complete Chi will be presented in a 480-page omnibus in full-color with a significantly new larger trim size. This new release will feature new craft extras and a new story from the author.