(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) David Rubin & Various (CA) P. Craig Russell
In this third volume, Gaiman and Russell once more team with a legendary collection of artists to bring more Norse myths to life, including a wild quest where Thor and Tyr face a multiheaded giantess, fire-breathing sea serpents, and more bizarre mythological creatures; the journey of Odin to the end of the world, and finally we reach the end of the world Ragnarok: the final destiny of the gods. Collects Norse Mythology III #1-#6, featuring art by P. Craig Russell, David Rub?n, Colleen Doran, and Galen Showman.
(W/A/CA) Nicholas Gurewitch
Death arrives in this darkly humorous and brilliantly illustrated tale created by Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack! Death becomes a patient of a recently bereaved psychoanalyst. The topic of discussion? His frolicsome child, who has no apparent interest in grim reaping! Featuring an unfathomable number of lines which have been hand chiseled into inked clay, this labor of love by Nicholas Gurewitch invokes the morbid humor of his comic strip (The Perry Bible Fellowship) and the spooky silent-film qualities of the late Edward Gorey.
Number 13, a young cybernetic amnesiac, wanders a postapocalyptic wasteland searching for a father he can't remember. He possesses powers coveted by irrational, feuding factions of the future, and he quickly becomes entangled in their deadly struggle for world dominance! A sci-fi adventure about one's search for identity in a grim, violent world! Collects Number 13 #0-#3.
(W) Christos Gage (A) Marc Borstel (CA) Lucio Parrillo
From the pages of Vampirella and Sacred Six comes Nyx, daughter of a human and the mad god Chaos himself! Nyx's mortal side has been growing stronger, troubling her with all-too human emotions. Fortunately (for her), there's still the side of her that transforms into a demon of living flame...and requires her to feed on the life force of living beings to survive. Can a half-demon find her place in our world...happiness...even love? Probably not, as she's about to get dragged into her dad's workplace problem.
(W/A/CA) Yoshiharu Tsuge
An alt-manga legend strikes out on his own, creating some of his most revealing and personal works Oba Electroplating Factory is a startlingly bleak but nonetheless captivating portrait of mid-century Japan in its most unglamorous iteration. Glimpses of the artist reflecting upon his life, his work, and his contemporaries pepper the narrative landscape: a wife teases her husband about a former fling on a trip to the hot springs, a young cartoonist is aghast at the cavalier conduct of his supposed betters, and imperfect men must grapple with the discomfort of their own honesty. Tsuge?s stories are studies in staging nature, working to evoke stillness and movement in such a way that renders his chosen setting a character all on its own. Following the breakthrough success of Nejishiki, Yoshiharu Tsuge forges a path for autofiction in manga and changes the cultural landscape of comics forever. Some of his most revealing and personal works were published between 1973 to 1974. As much as it is a testament to the author?s predilection for addressing sensitive and m
When Rob Bailey stumbles upon a magical book that gives him supernatural powers he must learn to balance not only his personal responsibilities but also the ones that come with being the new Occultist. Whether it's fighting gangs of mages, or warding off evil warlocks, Rob must learn how to control his new occult abilities before they overcome him! Collects The Occultist #1-#5 and The Occultist Volume 2: At Death's Door #1-#5.
(W) Val Staples, Dan Pixel Eardley
Explore every corner of Orsterra with the help of this complete guide which includes insight and explanation of the main narrative as well as boss strategies for each of the games' eight protagonists! Dive deeper with detailed environment maps, subquest information, and beautiful illustrations that fully realize Octopath Traveler's HD-2D graphics with exclusive explanations and commentary from the development team. Dark Horse Books and Square Enix present a faithful localization of the original Japanese volume, offered in English for the first time! Whether you're a first-time player or looking to take your game to one hundred percent completion, this guide book is not to be missed!
(W) James Tynion Iv, Tate Brombal (A) Isaac Goodhart
From the New York Times-bestselling writers James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal and artist Isaac Goodhart comes this LGBTQ+ horror-hero coming-of-age story that's Invincible meets Doom Patrol. Meet teenage mad scientist Christopher Chaos. For all his life he knew he was different. His brilliant mind works in ways that defy logic and enable him to do things that push him beyond his peers. Unfortunately, these abilities have also caused great pain in his personal life-leading others to fear him and leaving Christopher with profound loneliness and guilt. Then one day something cracked. When the cute boy at high school turns out to be a deadly creature, Christopher finds himself in a world of monsters, heroes, and a cult of hunters out to kill them all. Collects issues #1-6, plus bonus process material and a ten-page prologue story never before seen in print.
(W) James Tynion Iv, Tate Brombal (A) Isaac Goodhart
Christopher discovers the history of Monsterkind, and through that learns that he isn't so alone in the world after all. That what he's experienced all his life is what many before him have also experienced. Maybe he's not going to cower and hide anymore. Maybe he needs to fight back! Not only for himself and his friends, but for all those who came before them and lost their lives. Collects The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #9-15 and the Halloween Special one-shot.
(W/A/CA) Saito Nazuna
Nazuna Saito began making comics late. She was in her forties when she submitted a story to a major Japanese publishing house and won an award for newcomers. Offshore Lightning collects Saito's early work as well as two recent graphic novellas 'In Captivity' (2012) and 'Solitary Death Building' (2015), both focused on aging and death.
(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima
College student Keiichi Morisato thought it was a prank when a strange, beautiful young woman appeared in his dorm room one night. But his unexpected visitor is literally a goddess from heaven, Belldandy, come to grant him any single wish of his choosing. When Keiichi wishes for Belldandy to stay with him forever, it's the beginning of a complicated, cosmic saga of comedy and romance that makes for one of manga's greatest love stories!
(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima
Strange, cute, and charming new characters are around every corner in Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Book Three! First, the blond-bombshell demoness Mara descends with a wicked plot to possess the body of Keiichi's little sister, Megumi . . . which leads Skuld to build a new character, Mini-Banpei RX, to combat their infernal rival! Then, at a mountain resort, the ghost of a long-dead lovely maid takes form to try to get Keiichi to honor a promise his grandfather made to her, and Mara strikes back by conjuring a trio of killer ninja masters . . . ninja masters only one foot tall! Collects Oh My Goddess! Volumes 7-9.
(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima
The fourth goddess, Peorth, arrives in Keiichi's life . . . to make it more complicated than ever! Peorth, mistress of roses, is in the same business as Belldandy-granting wishes to mortals. Keiichi thinks there must be some mistake, as he already has Belldandy in his life . . . but Peorth is certain he can't really be satisfied, or else how was he able to contact her? Now she's determined to stick around until Keiichi admits to what he really wants . . . so she can grant it!
(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima
Skuld, who loves to overengineer, has trouble understanding the simple appeal of a bicycle-until Sentaro, a boy in town, teaches her how to ride one. But Skuld is new to understanding love as well . . . Meanwhile, the girl on campus who can never get enough love (and worship), Sayoko Mishima, is willing to sell her soul to help demoness Mara defeat Belldandy . . . and turn Nekomi Tech into a literal castle where Queen Sayoko reigns supreme! Book 5 of the omnibus collections contains chapters 73 through 89 from the regular OMG! series.
(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima
The secrets of Belldandy's past will be revealed when a mysterious young boy shows up on the doorstep of Tarikihongan Temple! Who is he, why does he insist Belldandy should remember him . . . and why is a kid like him making Keiichi jealous all of a sudden? But the boy is here to disrupt more than just their domestic life . . . Up in Heaven, Skuld and Urd begin to notice that the very axis of time is beginning to slowly drift off course . . . and down on Earth, how many more ticks of the clock are left for existence itself . . . ? Collects chapters 90-104. o New cover art, never-before-published in North America!
(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima
The secrets of Belldandy's past will be revealed when a mysterious young boy shows up on the doorstep of Tarikihongan Temple! Who is he, why does he insist Belldandy should remember him . . . and why is a kid like him making Keiichi jealous all of a sudden? But the boy is here to disrupt more than just their domestic life . . . Up in Heaven, Skuld and Urd begin to notice that the very axis of time is beginning to slowly drift off course . . . and down on Earth, how many more ticks of the clock are left for existence itself . . . ? Collects chapters 90-104. o New cover art, never-before-published in North America!
(W/A) Kosuke Fujishima
Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the literal young goddess Belldandy into college student Keiichi's residence, his personal life has been turned upside-down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions! Domestic drama takes on a whole new scale-literally, as Skuld's attempt to solve their storage problems leaves Belldandy and Keiichi trapped in a living room that's now infinite square feet big! Once those household worries are wrapped up, the couple hit the road on a tandem bike for a late-night race to challenge the ghost?of a motorcycle, while back on campus the mad Dr. Koichi 'Moreau' Morizumi drafts Keiichi and Belldandy into being the lab assistants for his latest scheme to build a walking robot that proves four legs bad, two legs much, much worse! Collects Oh My Goddess! Chapters 105-123.
(W/A/CA) Valerie Plante, Delphie C?t?-Lacroix
Val?rie Plante stood up to the patriarchal power system of her city, took down an incumbent, and became the first woman elected Mayor of Montr?al. This captivating graphic novel follows her journey from community organizer and volunteer to municipal candidate, and the phone call from the local social justice political party that changed her life forever. This origin story demystifies the path to success, simultaneously showing the Mayor's inextinguishable commitment to creating positive change in the world and educating about the vitality of political engagement.
(W) Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva (A/CA) Emma Vieceli
To save a boy she barely knows, teenage orphan Olivia Twist joins THE ESTHERS, a rag-tag girl gang of thieves running free in a dangerous future. Olivia's life in this imminent London of internment camps and strange technology gets even more complicated when she discovers that she has more power and wealth than she's ever dreamed of. But it comes with a great cost. This volume collects issues #1-#4 of Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva, and Emma Vieceli's Olivia.
(W) Roye Okupe (A) Toyin Ajetunmobi, Sunkanmi Akinboye
Join the heroes from across YouNeek Studios' YouNeek YouNiverse as they unite for the first time in this epic graphic novel crossover event! When an unknown anarchist unleashes an army of extraterrestrial androids on the continent of Africa, Malika-legendary warrior queen of the 15th-century West African Empire, Azzaz-must put together a team of 'unlike-minded' heroes to respond before it's too late. Featuring appearances from other YouNeek YouNiverse heroes like E.X.O., Fury, and WindMaker, several YouNeek storylines finally converge.
(W) Takaya Imamura
After awakening from a rejuvenating months-long stasis, bounty-hunting androids Thunder and Kyla are ready to spring back into action! With the aid of some peculiar magic fruits, the pair are able to enter a nearly invincible berserker state, but with a catch-once the effect wears off, they will age rapidly and become feeble until they can return to their recovery pods. Their current target, an assassin named Petrogaze, carries an appealing 300 million credit bounty on his head and the job seems like an easy task. The duo plans to power up, bag the bad guy, and be home before dinner?but Petrogaze is much tougher than anticipated and the fight goes awry. Forced to consume their fruits early, the bounty hunters are suddenly on a life-or-death timer. Looks like dinner's gonna have to wait! Including a cast of unique and colorful characters, OMEGA 6 is Nintendo veteran Takaya Imamura's debut manga based on his video game, OMEGA 6: The Triangle Stars.
(W) Seth
Seth's acclaimed graphic novel George Sprott has now inspired a modern opera by artistic director and musician Mark Haney. Captured on a classic vinyl record with sumptuous and over-the-top design by Seth, Omnis Temporalis: A Visual Long-Playing Record is part chamber music, part song cycle, and part audio drama. Haney's unique project builds on Seth's original picture novella while standing alone as a musical triumph.
On Loving Women is an all-new collection of stories by Diane Obomsawin about coming out, first love, and sexual identity. With this work, Obomsawin brings her gaze to bear on subjects closer to home - her friends and lovers' personal accounts of first realizing they're gay or first finding love with another woman. Her stripped-down pages use the bare minimum of linework to expressively reveal heartbreak, joy, irritation, and fear. Within these pages, Obomsawin has forged a poignant, powerful narrative that speaks to the difficulties of coming out and the joys of being loved.
(W) Adam P. Knave, D.J. Kirkbride (A/CA) Nick Brokenshire
It's out with the old myths and in with the new as a nineteen-year-old chess prodigy pulls Excalibur from the stone and becomes queen. Now magic, romance, Fae, Merlin, and more await her! Lend her your axe as the creators of Amelia Cole start a new age of adventure! Collects issues #1-#5. 'Fun, upbeat and wonderfully diverse, this modern twist on the legend of King Arthur looks set to be a massive hit.'-Big Comic Page 'Brokenshire, Kirkbride and Knave immerse readers in the duality of fantasy and everyday life with a thoughtful tone.' -Multiversity Comics
'Ancient' Greece: the year 3016 AD. And 4079 AD. And 6060 AD. From the trials of Heracles to the love songs of Orpheus, the myths of the past are reborn in wondrous and scarcely imaginable futures. Witness exciting new visions of the Greek tradition from the hands and minds of today's most inventive creators.
(W/A/CA) Lynda Barry
Inspired by a 16th-century Zen monk's painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long scroll, acclaimed cartoonist Lynda Barry confronts various demons from her life in seventeen full-color vignettes. In Barry's hand, demons are the life moments that haunt you, form you and stay with you: your worst boyfriend; kickball games on a warm summer night; watching your baby brother dance; the smell of various houses in the neighborhood you grew up in; or the day you realize your childhood is long behind you and you are officially a teenager. As readers get to know Barry's demons, they realize that the actual truth no longer matters because the universality of Barry's comics, true or untrue, reigns supreme.
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Jacob Edgar
From the writer who brought you Marvel's Illuminati, New Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, comes the next, best, awesome super team to end all super teams: The Ones! Every single person in every mythology that was told they were The One are brought together for the first time to defeat.... The One. The actual one. The real actual one.Watch as he brings explosive comics splendor to this big new world! Think Good Omens meets Ghostbusters meets The Adam Project meets The Goonies meets Everything Everywhere All at Once meets, um, anything else you've ever liked! This amazing new vision is brought to life by wunderkind artist and co-creator Jacob Edgar (Batman, Army of Darkness).
(W) Mack Flavelle, Kohei Nagamine (A) Tatsubi
Set in Japan during the Sengoku or 'Warring States' period, Oni Ronin is a tale of cowardice, sacrifice, and redemption. Combining historically accurate characters and locations with mythical kitsune and malevolent demons from Japanese folklore, Oni Ronin is the redemption story of the cowardly Sarobei, a samurai messenger who meets feudal lords, brave warriors, and heroic ghosts on his journey of self-discovery. Written by Mack Flavelle and Kohei Nagamine, with art by Tatsubi, and creative assistance from Maldoror, Manabu Seko, and Keojimal!
(W) Bill Groshelle, Brendan Cahill (A) German Peralta (CA) Randy Gaul
WWII. The Pacific. A mythic adventure unfolds as three American soldiers-a disgraced ex-cop, a mobster trying to escape his past, and an intelligence officer with mysterious motives-investigate a top-secret Japanese superweapon: a deadly force of trained dinosaurs! o WWII buffs will love the historical accuracy, everyone will love the dinosaurs!
(W) Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks (A) David Rubin
From the bestselling hosts of the hit The Last Podcast on the Left and Black Hammer's David Rub?n comes this all-new humorous and action-packed horror comic book series that's Near Dark meets Ocean's Eleven. A group of young, alienated vampires known as 'bugs' plot to steal a magical object from ancient monstrous vampires to turn themselves back to human. Along the way they uncover a sprawling monster underground, a top-secret plot run by the elder creatures, elite militant vampire slayers, and madness beyond imagining blocking their path to humanity. Collects Operation Sunshine #1-#4 and additionally features a sketchbook section, and bonus pinups by David Aja, Kelley Jones, Eric Powell, James Stokoe, Ben Marra, and Malachi Ward.
(W) Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks (A) David Rubin
From the hosts of the hit The Last Podcast on the Left and Black Hammer's David Rub?n comes this humorous and action-packed horror comic book series that's Near Dark meets Ocean's Eleven. Our ragtag group of young, alienated vampires head down to the swamps of Florida to disrupt a nasty ancient vampire party and to put into motion 'Operation Sunshine'-their plot to steal a magical object that can turn themselves back to human and put an end to the elder vampires once and for all. Collects the comic book series Operation Sunshine: Already Dead #1-4.
(W) Jim Starlin (A/CA) Rags Morales
Gene manipulation has always been solely for those who can afford the expensive prenatal treatments. Income determines status and, more importantly, survival. If your genes have not been optimized, the Order has no use for you. You are non-essential. Less than. To be eliminated. Everything is geared to keeping the ship of state sailing along smoothly, no matter the cost. But in every totalitarian system lies the seeds of rebellion, independence, and outrage.
(W) Victor Gischler (A) Tazio Bettin (CA) Juan Ferreyra
Before he fathered a nation, young George Washington forged his legend in blood! Imbued with the mystical powers of America's original inhabitants, George-along with his friends Ben Franklin and Paul Revere-must stop an evil governor who wishes to rule an empire! Collects issues #1-#3.
(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A) Sakura Ikeda (CA) Matsuryu
Sakura Ikeda, artist of the regular Oreimo and Oreimo: Kuroneko manga series, joins twenty other artists in this collection of tribute stories to their favorite characters from Oreimo! Contributors include Shakugan no Shana's Ayato Sasakura, Spice and Wolf's Keito Koume, Sword Art Online's abec, Strike Witches' Shin Kyogoku, and many more!
(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A/CA) Sakura Ikeda
To overcome the challenge of the Gaming Club, Sena Akagi must team up with Kuroneko . . . or is it going to be Kuroneko that's teaming up with Sena? Meanwhile, Kuroneko makes her move on Kyousuke at last . . . but with Kirino returning to Japan, has the Queen of Nightmare waited too long to cast her love spell?
(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A/CA) Sakura Ikeda
It's summer in Japan, and Kirino is back, which can mean only one thing . . . everyone's second trip together to Comike, the world's largest fan convention. Kuroneko's got a stack of her doujinshi (self-published comics) to sell, but who should they all bump into there but the lovely, talented male model Kouki Mikagami . . . who's been in a photo shoot with Kirino . . . ?
(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A/CA) Sakura Ikeda
In the bright sparkle of summer, Ruri Gokou has descended to earth in her sundress as her divine persona, Kamineko! And wouldn't you know-now Kyousuke and Ruri have begun seeing each other! Will their date together bring to light the hitherto-unseen object of her desire-and will Kyousuke at last see as well that which only she has gazed upon . . . ?
(W/A/CA) S Craig Zahler
A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl on Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete. An alien spacecraft the size of a city materializes over the Pacific Ocean, and the nations of the world jointly engage this enigmatic and incommunicative visitor with force. This battle results in large-scale destruction on both sides, but does not answer any of the questions that will haunt humanity: What are these utterly inhuman creatures? Where did they come from? Why did they choose to visit our planet? And . . . most importantly . . . are more forces on the way? For the bereaved billionaire Carlton Land, renowned biologist Aimee O'Donnell, and the brilliant but blunt USAAF Chief Scientist Kenneth Yamazaki, these questions must be answered in order to safeguard the future of the human race. Collects the original graphic novel published as an oversized hardcover with black and white art; this story is a haunting odyssey that you will not want to miss. 'Like all of Zahle
(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza
An oversized hardcover chronicling six missions not seen in the episodes of Seth MacFarlane's beloved sci-fi TV show! Written by executive producer David A. Goodman and set in between the events of seasons one through three, this deluxe volume collects the stories from The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings, The Orville Season 2.5: Launch Day, and The Orville Season 2.5: Digressions. 'Brimming with plenty of the signature humor, wit, and sense of adventure that have made the show a hit, The Orville is ready to fly you to the stars and beyond!' -Infinite Earths
(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza
Picking up where season one of Seth MacFarlane's space adventure TV series leaves off, the crew of the Orville continue their space explorations, encountering new alien civilizations and confronting old enemies in these stories by Executive Producer David A. Goodman! Collects New Beginnings parts 1 and 2 and The Word of Avis parts 1 and 2.