(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
To Amy, everyone has a flavor. When her dad loses his job on their remote deep space colony, Amy and her family are forced to start a new life back on Earth. Emerging from a cryotube after a thirty-year voyage, Amy awakes to find herself in a strange land of heavy gravity, weird people, and an endless blue sky. Collects Stephen McCraine's Space Boy volumes 1-3. 'A sweet page turner with a hidden depth to its story that was intriguing and compelling.'-Comic Crusaders
(W/A) McCranie, Stephen
Amy lives on a mining colony out in deep space, but when her dad loses his job the entire family is forced to move back to Earth. Amy says goodbye to her best friend Jemmah and climbs into a cryotube where she will spend the next 30 years frozen in a state of suspended animation, hurtling in a rocket toward her new home. Her life will never be the same, but all she can think about is how when she gets to Earth, Jemmah will have grown up without her. o Currently serialized on Webtoons.com with over 50,000 unique readers (19,000 from the US alone). o From the creator of Mal and Chad (published by Penguin Young Readers and carried in the scholastic Book Fair). o Mal and Chad: Belly Flop! named one of the best books of 2012. 'One of the best pieces of sequential art to come out in this or any other format in the past decade.'-Entertainment Monthly
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Jemmah, her best friend from the colony, is the flavor of pineapple and jalapeño. Cassie, from Earth, is like red pepper. After being forced to leave her space-colony home when her dad was fired, Amy starts to adapt to a new life on Earth. High School seems difficult at first, but a close group of friends begin to make the transition easy for Amy, and she finds herself falling down a rabbit hole in her relationship with the mysterious, flavorless Oliver. o Currently serialized on Webtoons.com with over 50,000 unique readers (19,000 from the US alone) o From the creator of Mal and Chad (published by Penguin Young Readers and carried in the scholastic Book Fair)
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
To Amy, everyone has a flavor . . . and she has finally figured out Oliver's! His flavor is orange with a hint of cinnamon-bright and alive, full of passion and love. Amy's friends are hurting, Cassie and David broke up, Amy is failing history; she is afraid Oliver is going somewhere far away and never coming back . . . but even if she can't fix everything for her friends, it still means something to be there with them. And working on her extra credit might just help Amy discover answers to some of the mysteries around Oliver.
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
In the wake of the excitement leading to the school dance everyone's flavors seem subdued, but once Amy discovers a startling secret about Oliver, a burst of flavor is brought back into her life! Amy's suspicions over Oliver are put on hold when she goes to the homecoming dance with Cassie, but once there she takes an unexpected detour alone, and discovers the secret she has been looking for may have been in plain view all along. However, this new secret brings new dangers, confusion, and excitement along with it!
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
After surviving the attack at the school, Oliver and Amy return to the dance to try and take comfort in the safety of numbers. Little do they know, a rogue agent of the FCP is closing in on them with a bomb that can disconnect everyone at the school-and she's not afraid to get her hands a little dirty.
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
Oliver is faced with the choice that will drive the course for the rest of his life, as the young boy needs to learn to cope with the new world around him. On top of that, the saga of the Arno and the mysterious Artifact thickens, and the people on Earth struggle to find answers. With shocking reveals and moments that pull at your heartstrings, this is not a volume you will want to miss!
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
Amy struggles to adjust to her new life at the FCP, making new friends and reuniting with old ones, all the while haunted by the specters of the night before. Meanwhile, Cassie and Schafer begin to turn up new leads in the case, all the while unaware of the manipulations of mysterious National Security agent, James Silbur. And finally, the truth of Tammie's abduction is revealed to the world, in the newest volume of Stephen McCranie's Space Boy!
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
Amy settles into her new routine of exercise, work, and chatting with Oliver, trying to put the specter of homecoming behind her. But life in the FCP is anything but boring, as she and Qiana begin unravelling the conspiracy within the agency, one which takes them all the way to the office of the Director himself! Meanwhile in Kokomo, Cassie, Tammie, and Schafer begin their own investigation into Amy's disappearance, and far out in space, Oliver has a revelation.
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
Caught! Cassie finds herself in deep trouble with the police, after her journey down the rabbit hole of trying to find Amy puts her on legally shaky ground. She enlists the help of her whole friend group (and an unwilling Scott) to clear her name, and the friendly officer Sherman faces a tough choice. Meanwhile, Amy comes face to face with the ever-present Wanderer, and she just may have a secret weapon to go up against him.
(W/A/CA) McCranie, Stephen
Zeph finally has a potential lead to Amy's kidnapping: Jemmah-the last person Amy called on homecoming night. Meanwhile, Qiana and Amy venture into the Lords of Lore to find Sophi. When she offers to help them escape the FCP, Amy finds herself torn between seeing her family again and helping Qiana with her quest. A fragment of the ancient Babyloyptian scroll may provide answers, but it may also lead to more questions…
(W/A) Safdar Ahmed
Safdar Ahmed visited Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in 2011. He brought pencils and sketchbooks with him and began drawing with the detainees. Weaving journalism, history, and autobiography, Still Alive is an intensely personal indictment of Australia's refugee detention policies and procedures, which are not unlike those in many Western nations. It is also a searching reflection on the redemptive power of art. (And death metal.)
(W) Jim Zub (A/CA) Max Dunbar
The nomadic space station called Stone Star brings gladiatorial entertainment to ports across the galaxy. Inside this gargantuan vessel of tournaments and temptations, foragers and fighters struggle to survive. A young thief named Dail discovers a dark secret in the depths of Stone Star and has to decide where his destiny lies-staying hidden in the shadows or standing tall in the searing spotlight of the arena. Either way, his life, and the cosmos itself, will never be the same! Collects the original digital series Stone Star #1-#5 in print for the first time.
(W) Jim Zub (A) Max Dunbar
The nomadic space station called Stone Star brings gladiatorial entertainment to ports across the galaxy. Inside this gargantuan vessel of tournaments and temptations; foragers and fighters struggle to survive. A young warrior named Dail has been drawn into the ring and is trying to prove himself in the Grand Arena, but there are forces on the station determined to see him destroyed as revenge for his father's fighting legacy. Stone Star is a prison and a palace. It's a strange and dangerous home to orphans, criminals, and stowaways all trying to survive, fighting for a bit of fame and fortune before their time runs out. Collects Stone Star: In the Spotlight #1-5, originally published by Comixology Originals.
(W) Jeff Loveness (A) Lisandro Estherren (CA) Evan Cagle
* When a mysterious alien probe lands outside East Berlin and into Soviet control, the Americans send their top spy in to investigate. Herring has spent the entire Cold War infiltrating the inner circles of East German intelligence for a cause he barely believes in anymore. But as he gets ever closer to the truth, he may find that the power he seeks is too dangerous for anyone to control or contain. * Writer Jeff Loveness (Judas) and artist Lisandro Estherren (Redneck) present a chilling and intense thriller about a terrifying inhuman threat at the heart of the Cold War - and the one American spy who can save the world... if he can save himself first. Collects the complete 4-issue series.
(W) Magdalene Visaggio, Darcie Little Badger (A) Guillermo Sanna
LOVE AND CHAOS! ?Meet Adam Land, an indigenous American, and Elakshi Land, a British-Asian. They have what some might call 'a love-hate relationship.' They'd probably be better off without one another, except for the fact that they have superpowers that cause mass destruction whenever they are separated. Now, their greatest challenge is to stay together-even if it tears the world apart. Collects issues #1-4 of the Earth-shattering series!
(W) Jim Zub, Jody Houser (A/CA) Kyle Lambert
Follow the crew from Hawkins, Indiana, as they discover the legendary monsters and epic adventures of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game together. Long before the dreaded Demogorgon took one of them to the Upside Down, watch Mike, Lucas and Will bond with Dustin for the first time over the game that would define their childhood. See the party come together as a team through communal story and perilous quests to learn important lessons about friendship and find the courage to stand up to the bullies that challenge their everyday. Dive into this love letter to a game that has defined role-playing through the lens of your current favorite icons of eighties nostalgia. Collects the four-issue miniseries!
(W) Chris Roberson & Various (A) Todor Hristov & Various (CA) Steve Morris
Get the first three Stranger Things Holiday Specials all in one package. With stories that are both heartwarming and terrifying. Three separate stories good for any season: Eleven gets introduced to everyone's favorite Christmas stories. Will tells the other boys the scariest Hawkins Halloween story ever, and officers Powell and Callahan investigate strange events they will be lucky to survive. Collects the Halloween Special, Winter Special, and Summer Special!
(W) Greg Pak & Various (A) Todor Hristov
The second massive collection of comics based on Netflix's 80's-nostalgia-fueled Stranger Things. The Voyage tells the story of Captain Jacoby, whose freighter ship is chartered by a group of Russians looking to get from Alaska back to Kamchatka. But when a ship mate gets butchered at sea, the captain and his crew must root out a monster while a vicious storm rages all around them. In Kamchatka, a leading Soviet scientist is abducted to work on with the Kremlin's new ultimate weapon-a Demogorgon! What the doctor's captors didn't count on was the resiliency of his children, who embark on a harrowing and perilous journey to find him. Their only hope of success is a retired but deadly KGB agent. Tomb of Ybwen is set in the aftermath of Bob Newby's death. Will Byers, still grieving his friend, discovers a mysterious map left behind by Bob. He resolves to follow the clues despite an oncoming blizzard, and Mike, Dustin and Lucas rush to stop him. The ensuing treasure hunt leads somewhere they never could have expected! Also collected here are all t
(W) Jody Houser, Nil Vendrell Pallach (A) Caio Filipe & Various
On the surface, Hawkins, Indiana seems like the kind of town where nothing too out of the ordinary ever happens, but in the fall of '83 two hunters head out into the woods with their rifles and a six-pack, and find themselves the prey of a nightmarish beast. When Barb Holland goes missing, Murray Bauman is on the case if only he can look past his own suspicious mind to solve the case. Robin Buckley's school film project gives her a chance to work with her secret crush, but does it only make it harder to come to terms with her feelings? And when pumpkins start inexplicably rotting, the feud between two farm families reaches a boiling point. Collects Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins issues #1-4.
(W) Michael Moreci (A) Todor Hristov (CA) Marc Aspinall
When a leading Soviet scientist is brought in to work on a top-secret project, he comes face-to-face with the new ultimate weapon-a Demogorgon! When he tries to sabotage the project, his two kids go on the run with a double agent. The ultimate weapon may be more than the Soviets bargained for . . . Collects issues #1-#4 of the miniseries.
(W) Michael Moreci (A) Todor Hristov & Various
Captain Jacoby is too broke to reject a shady deal from a group of Russians looking to get from Alaska back to Kamchatka on his freighter ship, The Persephone. Things get turned upside down when a crew member gets butchered. The captain and his crew suspect something strange is at play and must root out a monster while a vicious storm rages all around them in the middle of the ocean. Comics and Screenwriter Michael Moreci (Barbaric, The Plot) and outstanding artist Todor Hristov (Stranger Things: Kamchatka), and team return for a tight-quarters rampage in the world of Stranger Things. Collects Stranger Things: The Voyage #1-4.
(W) TATE (A) Gakuto Mikumo (CA) Manyako
Ordinary takes on a whole new meaning on an island city jam-packed with supernatural individuals! An alchemist repeatedly raids various places to get the liquid-metal lifeform--Wiseman's Blood. Blood spirals out of control in Strike the Blood's ninth manga volume!
(W) Gakuto Mikumo (A) Manyako
With the arrival of the Primogenitors, the Electoral War for Itogami Island plunges further into chaos. Shio and Yuiri head to the island intending to use Twelth Primogenitor, Avrora, to put an end to the conflict, only to come face to face with Second Primogenitor, Fallgazer. While Yukina rushes to the island to save the three, elsewhere Kojou is suddenly overcome by inexplicable hunger and thirst, which is apparently tied to the Beast Vassals that resonate with the Primogenitors. Just what will Kojou have to do to regain his strength and stop the Beast Vassals' rampage?
(W) Chris Ryall (A) Nelson Daniel (CA) Ashley Wood
Meet the String Divers! A renegade team called upon to save the universe from arcane threats at the sub-microscopic level! Spinning out of Ashley Wood's toy line, this is where quantum physics and string theory are made real, and real thrilling, in 'Unified Chaos Theory!' Written by Ash's ZvR co-conspirator, Chris Ryall.
(W/A) Wilfredo Torres
From the New York Times-bestselling creators of BANG! comes a mind-bending, multi-dimensional murder mystery presented in a pulp magazine-sized format! A man is living two lives. He is a private detective in a dystopian cyberpunk future trying to solve a triple murder. But when he falls asleep-he wakes up as a wandering adventurer in a barbaric fantasy world where magic exists. Is he two separate people? Or is he a third person that has undergone a psychotic split? He jumps back and forth from sword-wielding barbarian to jaded private eye trying to solve the brutal crime. But the bigger question is, can he merge these realities without losing himself? Collects Subgenre #1-4.
(W/A) Kim Dwinell
Splash into a new adventure with Sam & Jade in the graphic novel series that inspired the Apple TV+ show! How did girls do anything dressed like this? Sam is cranky - the Surfside Days festival is on, and she and Jade have been conscripted to work the 'Burger Dude Ranch' booth, dressed like it's 1850! But when the girls paddle out at Danger Point on a break, it's obvious that there's a bigger mystery to be solved. What on Earth are those creatures doing stranded out there on that rock? As more weirdness unfolds, it's time for Sam and Jade to re-open the Journal of Weird? searching for clues on an island adventure and testing their wits against their most dangerous foe yet!
(W) Emma Beeby (A) Neil Googe, Gordon Rennie
Close encounters of the nerd kind! When student Sam wakes up in the house of a group of obsessive sci-fi fans, she becomes their reluctant new housemate after the house gets transformed into a piece of misfiring trans-dimensional technology! The house takes them to places where no 2-up 2-down terraced house has gone before. Armed only with their wits (and Star Wars trivia) the group of misfits must survive in whatever horrifying dimension or alternate reality they find themselves in!
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Jeff Lemire & Various (CA) Jeff Lemire
In these tales from SWEET TOOTH #13-25, Gus learns that the path to freedom can be deadlier than captivity. Plus, Gus reluctantly joins Jepperd to hunt for the missing girls as the tension between the two continues to grow.
(W) Keith Champagne (A/CA) Tom Nguyen
When infamous supervillain Electricia realizes she wants more out of life than evil and mayhem, she adopts a second costumed identity as The Switch and begins fighting crime instead of committing it. But when Electricia's new life as a superhero brings her full circle against her former villainous allies, the cat-and-mouse-game she's been playing quickly turns deadly. As her new enemies close in on Electricia, the question becomes not if she'll survive her career as The Switch... but for how long?
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online, a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other, opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, 'game over' means certain death - both virtual and real!
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Keiichi Sigsawa
The Squad Jam is underway, and Llenn and M are already caught in the crossfire! Will they be able to hold their own as a two-man team against squads with actual military training?? Hey, wasn't this supposed to be just a game?!
(W) Keiichi Sigsawa, Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tadadi Tamori
With only two teams remaining in Squad Jam, Karen (a.k.a. Llenn) and M prepare to move in for their final kill...that is, until a sudden barrage of bullets stop them dead in their tracks! Will the two be able to pinpoint the enemy in time for a counterattack?! Ages 13 and up.
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Tadadi Tamori
In the real world, college student Karen Kohiruimaki lived an unhappy life, self-conscious about her considerable height. But inside the VR game Gun Gale Online, her avatar is on the shorter side-just the way she likes it-and each new day brings something exciting! One day, she's invited by her in-game acquaintance Pitohui to join the Squad Jam, a team battle tournament, and after some hesitation, she decides to join, forming a team with M, one of Pito's friends. But when M betrays her, leaving her to fight alone, how will she fare against the final team...?
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A/CA) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
'The real-world death of Pitohui.' This was the motivator that pushed Llenn into entering the second Squad Jam with her best friend Fukaziroh. Pitohui has the strength of a demon with the mentality to match. On top of that, Llenn isn't the only one hunting her! Will Llenn reach Pitohui in time? Or will one of the 79,408 bullets fired in the second Squad Jam beat P-Chan to the punch?!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
As the third Squad Jam begins to wind down, the 'special rule' takes effect! 'Your former comrades are now your enemies.' Team LPFM, one of the favorites to win the competition, has been torn apart, and Pitohui couldn't be more delighted! Not looking forward to her rematch with the trigger-happy Pito, Llenn and her new teammates are escorted to the mysterious UNKNOWN area at the center of the sinking map, surrounded by a thick fog. As bullets of betrayal fly past former allies, the fog finally clears to reveal...a luxury cruise ship?! For readers ages 13 and up.
Kazuto Kirigaya (aka Kirito) has survived the death game of Aincrad masterminded by Akihiko Kayaba, programmer of Sword Art Online, and made it back to the real world. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Asuna Yuuki (aka Asuna the Flash), the girl Kirito fell in love with in the game world and who has yet to awaken from her seemingly endless slumber. As his sister, Suguha, sadly looks on, Kazuto continues to visit Asuna in the hospital in the hope of finding answers. But one day, the answers suddenly find him in the form of a man who claims to be Asuna's fianc?! With him, the man brings an in-game screenshot of someone who looks a lot like Asuna being held captive! Now Kirito must dive into an all-new VRMMORPG, Alfheim Online, to bring Asuna home!
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki
Kirito jumps into a new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online (ALO) in search of Asuna, who still hasn't regained consciousness. On his quest to find the World Tree and reach Asuna, he meets a sylph girl named Leafa. A veteran player experienced with the sword, Leafa recognizes that Kirito is motivated by serious circumstances and decides to help him. But Leafa's identity in the real world is Suguha Kirigaya - Kirito's sister. And it's the glimmer of her beloved brother she sees in Kirito that prompts her to lend him a hand. Now, despite the conflicting interests guiding them on, the pair set off on a journey to the World Tree!
