(W/A/CA) Leanne Shapton Always there to comfort and listen, stuffed animals provide a reassuring presence in many a childhood. With Toys Talking, acclaimed illustrator and author Leanne Shapton explores their inner lives, to reveal that their thoughts and feelings are just as complicated as our own. The concerns of these bunnies, bears, and ducks range from the mundane to the existential, and with each new pairing of character and text, we see a deeper portrait of their pensive, quiet world. Shapton holds a mirror to our own lives, to our insecurities and concerns, by revealing that the objects who comfort us have worries of their own. This board book brings Shapton's gorgeously minimal brushstrokes to a younger audience.

(W) Grey Allison & Various (A) Thomas Pitilli (CA) Liezl Buenaventura Join the Explorer Society for an epic globe-trotting adventure! Captain Nick and the kids are racing to find the mysterious Compass of Mems before their nemesis, the Contessa, gets her hands on it. Can they safeguard this ancient relic and foil her plans for world domination? Captain Nick adventures are packed with lost worlds, ancient treasures, time travel, dinosaurs, and butt-kicking girl assassins! Dark Horse and Trackers are proud to introduce Captain Nick and the courageous and resourceful Explorer Society as told by the expert educators and adventurers of the natural world-the Trackers!

(W) Dave Collard (A) Domenico Carbone When Jess finally receives the long-awaited organ transplant that she desperately needs to live, she believes all her troubles are behind her. That is until she starts developing some interesting side effects from the transplant-a newfound set of fantastical abilities and superpowers. When she discovers that everyone else who received organs from this donor is also experiencing the same thing, they must all figure out who this donor was, and decide what to do with the powers-use them for good, evil, or simply ignore them altogether.

(W) Mike Raicht, Brian Smith (A/CA) Brian Smith Rudy-a determined frog-hopes to overcome the odds and land his dream job delivering mail to the other animals on Popomoko Island! Rudy always hops forward, no matter what obstacle seems to be in the way of his dreams!

(W/A/CA) Ron Randall Peerless bounty hunter Mercy St. Clair is enlisted to safeguard a vulnerable young woman en route to her home world, though exactly where she's going and why is a mystery. But her need for protection becomes apparent when cyborg assassins look to terminate Mercy's ward . . . and Mercy! o An original graphic novel, never before published!

(W/A/CA) Phillip Sevy A dedicated nurse named Evelyn Pierce awakens to an unfamiliar world alongside two doppelgängers-one, a young and snarky superhero; the other, a hardened rebel military commander of a post-apocalyptic world. When a mysterious figure begins to hunt them down, the three women must work together to survive and discover why they were assembled. Collects the five-issue miniseries.

(W/A/CA) Phillip Sevy A dedicated nurse named Evelyn Pierce awakens to an unfamiliar world alongside two doppelgängers-one, a young and snarky superhero; the other, a hardened rebel military commander of a post-apocalyptic world. When a mysterious figure begins to hunt them down, the three women must work together to survive and discover why they were assembled. Collects the five-issue miniseries.

(W) Chad Corrie Cadrith Elanis has returned and the mercenaries have scattered. They did their job, received their pay, and now just want to live their lives. But events start pulling them back together for something grander than their own imaginations and fears can envision. But that's just the start of still more revelations and trials to come.

(W) Greg Lockard (A) Anna David, Lucas Gattoni From the GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer of the bestselling queer historical graphic novel Liebestrasse comes this LGBTQA+ fantasy tale of a washed-up rodeo star heading home to visit his father in the hospital. While on the road he confronts the mistakes of his past and the monsters of his present. A beautiful story that blends together themes of second chances, magical realism, queer romance, and fantasy.

(W/A/CA) Yasuhiro Nightow Trigun is a worldwide manga and anime sensation! Trigun Deluxe Edition collects Trigun Volume 1 and 2 in a beautiful hardcover featuring nearly 700 pages of Yasuhiro's Nightow's signature creation, collected for the first time in its original oversized format! On the forbidding desert planet of Gunsmoke, a sixty billion double-dollar bounty hangs over the head of Vash the Stampede, a pistol-packing pacifist with a weapon capable of punching holes in a planet. Every trigger-happy psycho in creation is aiming to claim Vash dead or alive-preferably dead!-and although Vash believes in nonviolence, he won't go down without a fight. And when Vash fights, destruction is sure to follow!

(W/A/CA) Yasuhiro Nightow Yasuhiro's Nightow's Trigun is an international hit, and Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 1 collects the first three Trigun Maximum volumes in a deluxe hardcover featuring nearly 600 pages of Nightow's signature creation in the original oversized format! Vash the Stampede, the galaxy's deadliest gunslinger, emerges from two years in hiding to help his beleaguered desert homeworld, Gunsmoke. But the Stampede's many enemies have kept their motors running, and they're back on his trail and determined to bring Vash to ground-hard! And a new crowd of bounty hunters, badasses, and braincases are also looking to cash in the sixty-billion double-dollar price tag on his head! This Deluxe Edition features the original 7' X 10' page format, a faux leather cover with foil stamping and burnishing, and a bookmark ribbon.

(W/A/CA) Yasuhiro Nightow Yasuhiro's Nightow's Trigun is an international smash, and Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 2 collects Trigun Maximum volumes 4, 5, and 6 in a deluxe hardcover edition featuring over 600 pages of Nightow's signature creation in the original oversized format! Vash the Stampede carries a gun capable of destroying planets, and yet his credo is "Peace and Love." But Vash never gets much serenity with a galaxy of zealots and killers for hire dogging his every step. The freakish Gung Ho Guns are always hot on his boot heels, and a showdown with his brother Knives is a deadly inevitability-if Vash survives! This Deluxe Edition features: The original 7" X 10" page format. Faux leather cover with foil stamping and burnishing. A bookmark ribbon.

(W/A/CA) Yasuhiro Nightow Vash the Stampede is the deadliest gunslinger in the galaxy, but his brother, Knives, is the deadliest creature in existence! Knives is out to turn planet Gunsmoke into just that, and he may soon grow too powerful to be stopped-though Vash may die trying! Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun is an international hit, and this edition collects Trigun Maximum volumes 7, 8, and 9 in a deluxe hardcover format featuring over 600 pages of Nightow's signature creation at the original serialized size!

(W/A/CA) Yasuhiro Nightow Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun Maximum draws to a mind-warping conclusion! With Vash the Stampede's brother Knives's power growing exponentially, and the shattered wreckage of Earth's space fleet littering the planet Gunsmoke, Vash must lay everything on the line to prevent the apocalypse his crazed brother is determined to deliver! Holding nothing back, Vash goes toe-to-toe with Knives in a final cataclysmic confrontation, with the future of humanity and his home planet hanging in the balance. This edition collects Trigun Maximum volumes 13 and 14 in a deluxe hardcover format featuring nearly 600 pages of Nightow's signature creation at the original serialized size!

(W) Chad Corrie (CA) Micah Epstein Cadrith savors his success while the mercenaries deal with the aftermath. The thread that's bound them is pulling them into yet another conflict where even the gods are bracing their gates. The battle lines have been drawn. The pieces are in place. The conflict to come will be waged on many fronts and through many faces, but victory is far from assured. The final volume of The Wizard King Trilogy from Chad Corrie!

Have you ever encountered a troll and not known what to do? Don't panic-The Troll Guide has you covered! This essential handbook is filled with tips and tricks on what to do when encountering trolls, as well as a comprehensive list of the different kinds of trolls and mountain creatures. This guidebook will turn even the most novice of troll scholars into experts! o Beautifully illustrated, hilarious guidebook for all ages. o First time in English!

(W) Richard A. Hamilton, Marc Guggenheim (A) Timothy Green (CA) Bill Sienkiewicz From Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation comes a graphic novel with further adventures for teenage Jim Lake, Jr., and the trolls from Netflix's Emmy Award-winning original series, Trollhunters! The secrets of the trolls and great troll warriors of the past are crucial tools for the new Trollhunter, and the time has come for Jim to appreciate the battles of Kanjigar the Courageous, who through his own struggles, triumphs, and failures lead the trolls after the Battle of Killahead Bridge through unknown territory, across oceans and continents, and past fearsome foes! With his friends by his side, Jim continues the fight against the Gumm-Gumms and their allies! o Co-written by Netflix Trollhunters series writer and Executive Producer, Mark Guggenheim and How to Train Your Dragon comics writer, Richard Hamilton! o Based on Guillermo del Toro's Emmy Award-winning series!

(W) Richard A. Hamilton (A) Timothy Green, Omar Lozano (CA) Timothy Green & Various The title of Trollhunter weighs heavy the shoulders of Jim Lake, Jr.-as does his new title of 'boyfriend'-and it has lead him to a crisis of identity. To help, the Trolls review the misadventures of six previous Trollhunters, at times when they, too, were questioning themselves. Through their stories Jim discovers how they used their different attributes to be the best they could be . . . And how he can try to do the same. o From Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation's Emmy? Award-winning Netflix series, comes a graphic novel with another quest for teenage Trollhunter, Jim Lake, Jr.!

(W/A/CA) Troy Nixey Living above a turnip factory, Trout is not like other kids. From adventures in strange and odd places as well as dealing with monsters, Trout has seen more than most human beings, let alone most children. However, when a mysterious and evil puppet show passes by, Trout finds himself as the only one able to save the town from the puppeteer's nefarious grasp! This Hardcover volume collects Trout #1-2 previously published by Oni Press, as well as material from Dark Horse Presents #119-123 and #131.

(W/A/CA) Troy Nixey Blamed for the loss of the children of lower Upton, the townsfolk burn down Giuseppe's turnip factory and run him and Trout out of town. Sick and distraught, the two have no other recourse but to travel across the ocean to Giuseppe's childhood village. Trout is lost along the way, and Giuseppe is forced to deal with his brother's meddling in order to find the mysterious little boy he's sworn to protect. Can Giuseppe find him before Trout meets his fate at the hands of the god of the sea? And who is the shadowy figure trapped in a giant shark egg who is struggling to keep Trout alive?! One thing's for certain: for better or worse, Trout will never be the same again. Collects the four-issue miniseries.

(W/A/CA) Elise Gravel Growing up is always just a little too much for a kid to handle, but taking your time is all it takes Tweeny-bopper Elise knows she?s different, but kind of just chalks it up to being a weirdo. In True Colors: Growing Up Weird in the 90s, Elise invites readers into the pages of her diary and takes them back to a radically different time before smartphones and home computers. Creative and curious kids, anybody dealing with anything from not fitting in, to anxiety?or even an ADHD diagnosis?will see themselves in the pages.

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A) Becky Cloonan (CA) Tony Ong A direct tie-in to the My Chemical Romance album Danger Days! Years ago, the Killjoys fought against the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries, costing them their lives, save for one-the mysterious Girl. Today, the followers of the original Killjoys languish in the Desert while BLI systematically strips citizens of their individuality. As the fight for freedom fades, it's left to the Girl to take up the mantle and bring down the fearsome BLI! This oversized deluxe hardcover edition collects issues #1-#5 of the 2014 series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: California-the deluxe format also includes a slipcase designed by Tony Ong and an exclusive print by Becky Cloonan, the short story 'Dead Satellites,' with the expanded sketchbook section from the limited edition!

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A) Leonardo Romero (CA) Tony Ong Forget everything you already knew about the Fabulous Killjoys! Writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, along with Illustrator Leonardo Romero (Hawkeye), colorist Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), and letterer Nate Piekos (The Umbrella Academy) team up to present an all-new modern day Killjoys series as Way and Simon take it all the way back to the original story that inspired My Chemical Romance's concept album Danger Days and its dystopian comic book series in The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem. o The oversized library hardcover collects issues #1-#6 of National Anthem as well as a brand new eight-page Killjoys story exclusive to the hardcovers. o The oversized deluxe hardcover collects issues #1-#6 of National Anthem-the deluxe format also includes a slipcase designed by Tony Ong, an exclusive print by Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire, as well as a brand new eight-page Killjoys story exclusive to the hardcovers.

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A/CA) Leonardo Romero The Fabulous Killjoys, once a group of teenage exterminators determined to save reality, have lost their way-and their memories. After a period of mental confinement, former Killjoys leader Mike Milligram gets de-programmed and hits the road to bring the gang back together for a final showdown against an evil pharmaceutical corporation, their monstrous hitman, and savage gang rivals. Collects The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1-#6 and all covers, with variant covers by Becky Cloonan, Paul Rentler, Motohiro, Andrew MacLean, Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo, and Brian Chippendale!

(W) James Tynion Iv & Various (A) Klaus Janson, Michael Avon Oeming True Weird is a black-and-white anthology series featuring stories of ordinary people going head to head against the extraordinary, based on true accounts. Featuring an all-star lineup of writers and artists, describing encounters with cryptids, ghosts, paranormal phenomena, medical oddities, and all manner of the strange! This volume features twelve of the strangest 'true' stories from the world around us with some of the most exciting creators including James Tynion IV, Michael Avon Oeming, Klaus Janson, Ming Doyle, John McCrea, Genevieve Valentine, Aditya Bidikar, Anand RK, Gavin Fullerton, and many more. Collects backup stories from Blue Book series I and II.

(W/A) Rutu Modan When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his entire collection to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Nili Broshi sees her last chance to finish an archeological expedition begun decades earlier - a dig that could possibly yield the most important religious artifact in the Middle East. Motivated by the desire to reinstate her father's legacy as a great archeologist after he was marginalized by his rival, Nili enlists a ragtag crew-a religious nationalist and his band of hilltop youths, her traitorous brother, and her childhood Palestinian friend, now an archeological smuggler. As Nili's father slips deeper into dementia, warring factions close in on and fight over the Ark of the Covenant!

(W) Greg Pak (A) Takeshi Miyazawa (CA) Bart Sears Writer: Greg Pak Art: Takeshi Miyazawa Turok has faced horrible forces from the east... but what's now coming from the west? From the mind of Greg Pak, celebrated writer of Batman/Superman and Action Comics, comes a bold, new vision of the Dinosaur Hunter that you never saw coming! Having defeated an incursion of vicious Crusaders, Turok seeks out the great mound city where his cursed parents rest for eternity. When warriors riding flying reptiles disrupt the peace, he discovers that his home is the latest conquest of Mongol hordes. Can Turok stop their invasion of North America... or will he switch sides and become the Khan of the New World?

(W) Greg Pak, Paul Tobin (A) Lee Ferguson & Various (CA) Bart Sears Life is difficult for Turok in the 'civilized' Great Britain of the 1200s, where he's treated as a savage despite being able to tame dinosaurs better than anyone. But a murder conspiracy against one of his allies will send the hunter deep within Sherwood Forest, and back into his element. In his attempt to survive this struggle for power, Turok starts to learn why dinosaurs still exist... while the Sheriff of Nottingham gathers crusaders, archers, and a menagerie of thunder lizards to wipe out Turok's merry men!

(W) Chuck Wendig (A/CA) Alvaro Sarreseca The fascist Saurian soldiers of the Varanid Empire-part dinosaur, part man, all bad news-have seized control of the Lost Valley, and only the mysterious man known as Turok is willing to stand against them! But the all-new Turok only cares about one thing: he's on a quest to track down a missing girl - and she might hold clues as to how the Lost Valley has changed so much! Now Turok must infiltrate a prison camp run by the Varanid Empire in order to get more information about her whereabouts -- and beware, any Varanid soldier who gets in his way - because there's a reason they call him the Dinosaur Hunter!

(W) Kim-Joy (A/CA) Alti Firmansyah The debut graphic novel from The Great British Bake-Off star and author Kim-Joy, Turtle Bread explores mental health and the power of friendship, community and, of course, baking! On her way home from another unsuccessful job interview, Yan stumbles upon Baking Club. Her social anxiety tries to keep her away, but the bakers encourage her to come out of her shell, especially the caring and supportive Bea. As the club bakes together, Yan discovers that her new friends may need her too, more than she realises? Features illustrated recipes throughout, for some of Kim-Joy's favorite bakes!

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Freddie E. Williams II; Andrew Dalhouse; AndWorld Design Buckle up for the team-up of a lifetime with The Masters of the Universe/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles of Grayskull!When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came across Krang and Shredder making a deal with some otherworldly ‘demon-mage' named Skeletor, things got hella-weird and they ended up in ETERNIA! It turns out, when you mix Utrom mutagen with demon magic you get a nasty purple poison—and it's brought Eternia to the brink of chaos. So, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo are teaming up with The Masters of the Universe to kick some blue boney butt. The only problem is…He-Man is missing in action.In this thrilling adventure, the Ninja Turtles and He-Man will find themselves pulled together across timelines and cosmos, again and again. A stolen time-scepter causing knots in the universe will cause irreparable damage to all existence unless the Ninja Turtles and He-Man—with the help of apprentice Timestress Renet Tilley—can find and defeat the mysterious forc

(W/A/CA) Emily McGovern While Katie bounces from job to job and obsesses about falling behind in life, Nas has bigger things in mind-waiting endlessly for their visa to come through, while working on a seismic art project that will revolutionize politics and society as we know it. Their friend Emma, meanwhile, seems to have it all figured out-job, mortgage, engagement-yet the long hours working for tech giant Arko and endless wedding admin prove equally dread-inducing. But when Katie's latest job finds her tutoring the daughter of Arko's formidable CEO, Michelle, and Emma welcomes the eccentric and enigmatic Alicia to her team at Arko, none of the three women are aware that their lives-and possibly the future of society itself-are about to change forever. From the creator of Bloodlust & Bonnets and the popular webcomic My Life as a Background Slytherin Emily McGovern, comes this hilarious tale Twelve Percent Dread!

(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Guiu Vilanova (CA) Francesco Francavilla Ben Chambers is a private investigator at the end of his career, an arc best viewed through the bottom of a whiskey bottle. He has investigated missing persons, adulterous lovers, embezzling partners... and none of it has ever changed anything. Now, Ben looks at his life and wonders what was it all for, really? He resignedly takes on one last case, investigating the unsolved murder of corporate CEO Jason Black's son, an Iraq veteran killed shortly after an anti-war rally. Ben expected that his investigation would take him into the past through photos, research, and interviews. What he never expected was that the trip into earlier years would be literal... as he time travels back to the night of the murder! Will Detective Chambers be able to save the young man's life, and if so, what kind of consequences might it have on the present? From the mind of J. Michael Straczynski, Hugo Award-winning creator of Babylon 5 and writer for the blockbuster films Thor, Changeling, and World War Z!

(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart (CA) Gabriel Bá In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These children form a dysfunctional family with bizarre superpowers. When Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, the siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again. This deluxe edition hardcover reprints the 2008 limited-edition collection of the complete first series, including the expanded fifty-page sketchbook section. The hardcover book comes in an illustrated slipcase featuring art by Gabriel Bá; also included is a portfolio containing a new unique print from the artist.

(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel B?, Dave Stewart (CA) Gabriel B? This deluxe edition hardcover collects the complete second series, Dallas, with an expanded 36-page sketchbook. The hardcover book comes in an illustrated slipcase featuring art by Gabriel B?; also included is a portfolio containing a new unique print from the artist. The Umbrella Academy is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. Trouble is--each of them is distracted by their own problems. The White Violin is bedridden. Rumor has lost her voice--the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some shady dealings at the dog track, and The Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres . . . all leading to a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK!

(W) Gerard Way (A/CA) Gabriel B? With a new Netflix series, the award-winning graphic novels are back! Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance, Doom Patrol) and Gabriel B? (Two Brothers, Casanova) return to comics' most bizarre superhero team. Faced with an increasing number of lunatics with superpowers, Sir Reginald Hargreeves developed the ultimate solution . . . But their past is coming back to haunt them. This oversized hardcover collects issues #1-#7 of Hotel Oblivion and includes an expanded sketchbook with commentary from the creators in a slipcase designed by Gabriel B? as well as an exclusive print only available with this edition.

(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Ba The Umbrella Academy is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. Trouble is-each of them is distracted by their own problems. The White Violin is bedridden. Rumor has lost her voice-the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some shady dealings at the dog track, and the Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres . . . all leading to a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins and a plot to kill JFK! This deluxe oversized hardcover reprints the 2009 limited edition collection of the complete second series, Dallas, with the short story 'Anywhere but Here' and an expanded 36-page sketchbook featuring work by Way, Bá, designer Tony Ong, and Superman's pal Jim Lee.

(W) Gerard Way (A/CA) Gabriel B? This lower priced hardcover in Dark Horse's popular library edition format is oversized with the expanded sketchbook featuring artwork not seen in the trade paperback, minus the slipcase and exclusive print.

In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again. Umbrella Academy is the comics debut of Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance! This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way. '…flawless…stylish, imaginative…'-NEWSARAMA

The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is-each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor has lost her voice-the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some shady dealings at the dog track and The Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres . . . all leading to a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK! The first volume of The Umbrella Academy has sold over 45,000 copies! 'It's the X-Men for cool people.' -Grant Morrison (All Star Superman). 2009 Eisner Award nominees Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá - Best Graphic Album (The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite). Gabriel Bá - Best Cover Artist, Best Penciller/Inker. James Jean-Best Cover. Artist Da