(W/A/CA) Peter Bagge
America's Founding Fathers were brilliant, brave, forward thinking . . . and ridiculous, at least in the eyes of cartoonist and history buff Peter Bagge! Collecting all Founding Fathers Funnies cartoons from Apocalypse Nerd and Dark Horse Presents, this volume also delivers several brand-new stories and helpful biographical information on the colorful revolutionaries Bagge respectfully skewers!
(W) Eric Powell (A) Eric Powell & Various (CA) Eric Powell
Four of the top creators in comics gather to continue the Victorian tradition of ghost stories on Christmas Eve.
Four tales of the bizarre and terrifying to keep you company on the cold yule night. A unique approach to the ghost story format where the creators themselves become part of the story in this deluxe edition hard cover designed by the award-winning Phil Balsman.
(W) Marc Guggenheim (A/CA) Beni Lobel
When pieces of history from some of the world's most traumatic and horrible events start appearing as fragments of time invading our world, it threatens all of human existence. One family discovers that their personal tragedy is at the center of everything, making them the only people who can help put an end to the Fragmentations. o A mind-bending original graphic novel!
(W/A/CA) Frank Frazetta
Although informed by World War II propaganda, Frank Frazetta's earliest work is nevertheless as artistically nuanced and socially complex as it is innocent. Now, for the first time ever, witness the first complete story from a modern master with Frank Frazetta's The Adventures of the Snow Man!
(W) Steve Niles (A/CA) Greg Ruth
Trevor's monstrous little brother lives in the barn behind the house. The boy's only six years old, but he towers over his older brother, and possesses incredible strength. For years, Trevor has looked after his baby brother, keeping him from the light, but now that's all about to change. His family's secret is about to be revealed, uncovering the horrible truth of the small Midwestern town the boys have grown up in. o Steve Niles, creator of Criminal Macabre, teams with Greg Ruth, for a bizarre tale of horror unlike anything you've seen before.
(W) Patton Oswalt & Various (A) Ryan Browne, Scott Hepburn
The Lower Lair bar is home to all sorts of supervillains, lowlifes, and scumbags... but only one of them has to puke digestive fluids onto his food to eat. $#!%eater, the humanoid mutant fly, is a loser, a lifelong minion who lives to serve his criminal master. But what happens to a henchman when he no longer has anyone left to hench for? Comic book legends Kyle Starks and Ryan Browne present the heartwarming, feel good, coming-of-age story about an insect monster-man searching for his identity amongst the criminal underworld of Twilight City. Collects issues #1-4.
(W) Patton Oswalt & Various (A) Ryan Browne, Scott Hepburn
The Lower Lair bar is home to all sorts of supervillains, lowlifes, and scumbags... but only one of them has to puke digestive fluids onto his food to eat. $#!%eater, the humanoid mutant fly, is a loser, a lifelong minion who lives to serve his criminal master. But what happens to a henchman when he no longer has anyone left to hench for? Comic book legends Kyle Starks and Ryan Browne present the heartwarming, feel good, coming-of-age story about an insect monster-man searching for his identity amongst the criminal underworld of Twilight City. Collects issues #1-4.
(W) Rafael Albuquerque, Rafael Scavone (A) Eduardo Medeiros (CA) Rafael Albuquerque, Eduardo Medeiros
Running from a terrible trauma at home, Lilly magically falls inside her favorite cartoon show. But the bright world of Funny Creek isn't as far from the pains of the real world as she had hoped. A thrilling adventure ensues where Lilly must overcome her troubles and make her way home. o New OGN by Rafael Albuerqueque. o Collects the Comixology Originals series in print for the first time!
Staring into a fractured mirror of her life, the world's first superhero, Furious, seeks to atone for her past sins by doling out rage-fueled justice! But the spotlight of our celebrity-obsessed media threatens to undo her noblest efforts and expose her true identity before she can achieve redemption. Collects Furious #1-#5 and an eight-page short story from Dark Horse Presents #31. 'Glass and Santos' creation is very much a superhero for our time.'-Comic Book Resources 'A visual treat . . . filled to the brim with awesome artwork.'-IGN
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits . . . and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for the final time? Over 600 story pages, value priced. Collecting Gantz vols, 1-3. 'Drawn with eye-popping realism . . . raising standard geek fare to a new level of sophistication.'-Entertainment Weekly o Mature readers.
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
The stakes raise for the conscripted Gantz team as they face an increasingly deadly array of bizarre alien adversaries. But while the team remain in the dark about the nature of the lethal 'game' they're forced to play, the consequences of losing couldn't be more crystal clear! Collects Gantz volumes 7-9.
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
Kei Kurono's work as a Gantz fighter is a nightmare, but his personal life is looking up, with a new ladylove opening his heart. But when his beloved is threatened by a Gantz-obsessed schoolmate on a shooting rampage, Kei must face the killer without his Gantz suit for protection! * 680 pages, value priced! * Gantz has sold over fifteen million copies in Japan!
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
The Gantz fighters wage invisible war against a series of increasingly bizarre and deadly alien monstrosities, whose source and purpose are a frightening mystery. And if those challenges weren't enough, a homegrown threat rises: the sleek and stylish weapon-spawning killers known as the Vampires, who aim to bleed out Gantz!
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
Once a fearful conscript into the team of Gantz warriors, Kei Kurono is born-again hard in the invisible war against an endless stream of bizarre alien invaders. But the off-world intruders are now taking human form, and even a friend may be a foe!
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
After earning enough combat points, the Gantz alien fighters have three choices: freedom, better weapons, or to resurrect a dead Gantz warrior. Will they further risk their own lives to bring back a fallen friend or abandon the comrades who have bravely fought beside them? Collects Gantz volumes 19-21.
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
A frightening adult science-fiction vision of a world gone mad, Hiroya Oku's shocking alien-invasion epic has sold over fifteen million copies in Japan and inspired three feature films and an anime TV series. This value-priced collection features 632 pages of shock and awe! Collects Gantz volumes 22-24. The Tokyo Gantz squad of alien fighters join with the battle-hardened Osaka team to face the insanely powerful boss class of offworld horrors. But when facing the beautiful but deadly shape-shifting '100 point' boss, the Gantz warriors soon discover that even the combined firepower of two teams may not be enough to prevail-or survive! 'Raising standard geek fare to a new level of sophistication.' -Entertainment Weekly
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
It's good news/bad news for the alien-fighting Gantz warriors. The good news: Kei Kurono is back on the team, resurrected after his second death. The bad? A massive unknown flying warship has appeared, laying waste to the planet's leading military superpower. Gantz teams from all over the world gather to fight back only to be overwhelmed by an endless stream of terrifying foes. Is Armageddon now inevitable?
Collects Gantz volumes 25-27.
"Raising standard geek fare to a new level of sophistication." -Entertainment Weekly (STL215801) (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in US, Canada, and US territories.
MATURE THEMES
(W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku
While Gantz teams make a desperate assault against the alien mothership to free the imprisoned humans-including Kei's beloved Tae-the public receives news that the devastating war is over! To the world at large, a new day of peaceful coexistence is dawning, but before tranquility can be achieved, something must be done about the Gantz 'terrorists' who threaten the new peace. So now the Gantz warriors face not only the monstrous ETs, but the entire human race! Collects Gantz volumes 31-33.
(W/A/CA) Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni created one of the strangest occult detective teams in comics history: millionaire filmmaker Lawrence St. George and his associate, Benedict, of the venerable guild of Corpus Monstrum. They navigate a peculiar and deadly world plagued by squid pirates, zombie cowboys, abominable snowmen, mustachioed skulls, and fat, flying demons. Gianni's meticulous and evocative art combined with his haunting but often hilarious writing create a horror comic unlike anything else on the stands. This book also includes classic prose stories by Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and more, illustrated by Gianni. o Hot off the success of Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Gianni's original masterpiece returns in paperback! 'These are (along with a few issues of Stan and Jack's Fantastic Four) my all time favorite comic book stories.'-Mike Mignola 'Gianni is a master-The MonsterMen leaves no doubt: the dude knows how to rock a comic book page.'-Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay), from his introduction
In the future, humanity is in a seemingly endless war with an alien race. The struggle is dominated by giant war machines called Gear. Only the best and the brightest are allowed to drive these behemoths. The process of elimination begins in junior high. Thirteen-year-old Teresa Gottlieb has just entered the most prestigious military academy, known to all as Gear School, to try and become one of those elite. But on top of all the usual troubles that a seventh-grader has to put up with-boys, social cliques, hellish instructors-she also has to deal with three-story-tall robots and alien invasions! Teresa needs to learn that when the bell rings, the adventure starts. • Gear School is written by Adam Gallardo (Star Wars: Infinities-Return of the Jedi; 100 Girls) and illustrated by Núria Peris (Star Wars Tales, Karas). Original graphic novel!
In the far future, humanity is caught in an endless war against an alien menace. The struggle is dominated by giant war machines called Gear. Only the best and the brightest are allowed to drive these war machines. The process of elimination begins in junior high. Teresa Gottlieb is a thirteen-year-old freshman at the most prestigious military academy in the world. A little while ago she saved the school from an alien attack, but at Gear School 'a little while ago' is ancient history. Her status as savior of the school isn't cutting her any slack with her teachers, her classmates, or the clique that runs the school. Now Teresa finds herself caught up in an adventure that has more at stake than the future of the school or even the fate of the planet. It could jeopardize her budding first love!
(W) Marco Rocchi (A/CA) Francesca Carita
This timely tale of an endless war between humans and nature follows young orphan Gert, whose land is shrouded in a thick fog hiding ferocious, fantastical animals that besiege her village. Gert sets out to make sure no one else suffers what she has as a result of the war, but to do this she'll have to do what is forbidden of young women like her: become a warrior. Unfazed, Gert sneaks into the initiation test, beginning an adventure that will prove to be about much more than revenge. Gert's journey will teach her to accept hard truths, rethink the glorification of war and violence, and prove if she can be the unlikely hero to reimagine her people's future.
From the acclaimed Italian comics team of Marco Rocchi and Francesca Carità!
(W) David M. Booher (A) Blue Delliquanti & Various
A year and a half after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Ghostbusters are officially back in business and headed to where it all began: New York City! Callie, Gary, Trevor, and Phoebe are moving into the Firehouse and ready to take on the Spengler family business?or are they? Ghostbusting on top of changing family dynamics has a way of going awry-and that's exactly what one sinister paranormal force is counting on. Collects Ghostbusters: Back in Town #1-4.
(W) Carlos Valderrama (A/CA) Miguel Valderrama
After the loss of their leader-and father figure-the apocalyptic found family 'the Forsaken' struggle to survive. When a fight among monsters forces them to move farther beyond the limits of the unknown-and with the way back blocked-they're faced with more change as they encounter a group of monster hunters. When they learn that killing monsters has unintended consequences, tensions rise, loyalties are tested, and new beasts enter the fray!
It was a beautiful spring day in downtown San Francisco before a gigantic armored alien appeared from out of nowhere and began smashing things all to hell! Who is this invader? Why is he being attacked by strange alien beings? And why is he so Gigantic? A twist on The Truman Show, Gigantic focuses on a brainwashed alien superhero deposited on Earth to be the spotlight of an intrusive, around-the-clock television program being filmed without his knowledge. o Visually exciting art with a story examining America's consumer-based culture from Rick Remender and Eric Nguyen.
(W/A/CA) Kentaro Miura
From Berserk creator Kentaro Miura comes Giganto Maxia, a science-fiction/fantasy manga of titanic proportions! One hundred million years in the future, the Empire of Olympus uses colossal mutant beasts to crush its adversaries. Only the gladiator Delos, the mystic Prome, and the titan Gohra can hope to prevent genocide!
(W/A/CA) Gilbert Hernandez
Kitten, Maribel, and Gaby are childhood friends celebrating their sixteenth birthday. But someone's missing-their fourth friend, Una, is imprisoned in Tijuana. So the girls set out to give Una the ultimate birthday gift-freedom-even if it means taking on an entire city!
(W) Arnold Pander (A/CA) Arnold Pander, Jacob Pander
The fugitive romance continues between Karina, a day-walking vampire, and Nick, a nocturnal mortal. Living out their storybook fantasy in Paris by day and hunting down criminals by night to feed Karina's hunger, Nick's moral line continues to be pushed to the limit. When Karina discovers her latest prey holds a dark criminal secret, it will put their immortal love-pact to the test when they attempt to rescue an innocent girl from a deadly underworld plot. This hardcover graphic novella-told by Karina in poetic verse-is rendered with crisp line art and lush digital watercolor, and also contains a new GirlFIEND pinup gallery.
(W) Eric Grissom (A) Will Perkins
What would you give up to protect the one you loved? Uncover the mystery in the thrilling sequel to the fantasy adventure graphic novel Goblin.
One dark and stormy night, Rikt meets a mysterious fortune teller in the woods. Looking into his future, she foresees that his best friend and only companion, a wolf named Fish-breath, is in mortal danger. Overcome with the fear of losing his four-legged friend, Rikt trades the freedom of the wild for the protection of Underwood-a boarding school for monster children and a sanctuary for wolves. Was his bargain worth the price? And what terrible fate awaits the children who live there? The Wolf and the Well is perfect for fans of fantasy adventure graphic novels like Amulet, Lightfall, and City of Dragons.
After losing his parents, Rikt struggles with a fear of being alone. The anxiety becomes unbearable when he receives three prophecies from a mysterious witch, one of which foretells a terrible fate for his best friend, a wolf named Fish-breath. After the first two prophecies prove true, Rikt meets Ms. Evelyn
(W) Rick Barba
A full-color hardcover two-book set collecting detailed commentary on the past twenty years of the hit God of War games!
"War does not measure the strength of a man!"
-Kratos, God of War Ragnarök
The epic of Kratos was born in blood across the backdrops of Sparta, Olympus, and Hades. The myth grew, weaving between the nine realms of the Aesir, Vanir, and Jötun. Now, readers are invited to journey alongside Kratos' mortal creators with a two-volume retrospective chronicling the twenty-year development of the renowned God of War series.
Kratos' saga spans eons and pantheons, and now the creation of those stories can be explored in fastidious detail-from inspired conception and dedicated development to masterful performances and trend-setting design, all through exclusive and intimate interviews with the creative teams that have lent their passion and talent to the award-winning franchise.
The God of War: 20th Anniversary Retrospective is the perfect book set for fans of the iconic game series, and lovers of action-adventure games and mythology. The trials and triumphs of
(W) Rick Barba
A full-color hardcover two-book set collecting detailed commentary on the past twenty years of the hit God of War games!
"War does not measure the strength of a man!"-Kratos, God of War Ragnarök
The epic of Kratos was born in blood across the backdrops of Sparta, Olympus, and Hades. The myth grew, weaving between the nine realms of the Aesir, Vanir, and Jötun. Now, readers are invited to journey alongside Kratos' mortal creators with a two-volume retrospective chronicling the twenty-year development of the renowned God of War series.
Kratos' saga spans eons and pantheons, and now the creation of those stories can be explored in fastidious detail-from inspired conception and dedicated development to masterful performances and trend-setting design, all through exclusive and intimate interviews with the creative teams that have lent their passion and talent to the award-winning franchise.
The God of War: 20th Anniversary Retrospective is the perfect book set for fans of the iconic game series, and lovers of action-adventure games and mythology. The trials and triumphs of
(W) Chris Roberson (A) Tony Parker (CA) Dave Rapoza
After conquering Zeus and thwarting Athena, Kratos believes himself to be finally free from his bondage. He sets sail for the desert in an attempt to distance himself from his home and his shame only to find his rage and guilt follow close behind. Kratos rages against the one foe that has proven to be unconquerable-himself. But a war against oneself is unwinnable, and only invites madness. Collects issues #1-#4 of the miniseries.
(W/A/CA) Brian Michael Bendis
After years away, con man David Gold returns to the city he once called home and finds nothing as it was. But the man known as 'Goldfish' has come back for one reason, and one reason only: his son. This enigmatic grifter returns to his old haunts to find his old flame practically running the city's underbelly. His oldest friend and ex-partner in crime a police detective. The town itself seems to have turned on him. With everything going against him, how can Goldfish reclaim the only person that he still cares about? Written and illustrated by the legendary New York Times best-selling author Brian Michael Bendis, Jinxworld and Dark Horse release an all-new edition of one of his grittiest works ever!
(W/A/CA) Eric Powell
Take a spin down Lonely Street in this huge, pulpy collection of mob bosses to undead ghouls-and the man who fights them all. On Lonely Street, crime is cheap but justice comes at a price, so the Goon and his sidekick Franky defend the neighborhood against crime lords and supernatural ne'er-do-wells alike to keep the neighborhood safe. The Nameless Man, the Zombie Priest, has come to town to build a gang from the undead. But the Goon is the only man brave enough to stand up to him, and even the undead fear the Goon! The Goon: Bunch of Old Crap Volume 1 collects the first four books of The Goon, featuring his misadventures on Lonely Street and the childhood story of how a boy born into a circus family became protector of the neighborhood. Collects The Goon: Rough Stuff, The Goon: Nothing But Misery, The Goon: My Murderous Childhood, and The Goon: Heaps of Ruination.
An ancient curse spreads hatred, fear, and violence, drawing the most powerful and vile creatures to a town with only one hope for protection-the Goon. Even the Goon's lifelong deadly foe, the zombie priest, is running scared. But he has to remain, forced into submission by a power greater than his own, to keep an eye on Goon and his violent sidekick, Franky. The death of one of the Goon's closest allies reveals an enemy thought long gone, returned to wreak havoc and destruction upon the Goon and those who stand by him. There's some funny stuff, too! Collects the first part of Goon Year (#19-#23): The Return of Labrazio!
Sparkly, skinny-jean wearin' vampires, wiener-eatin' hoboes, multinational midgets, and 2010 Queen of Burlesque star, Roxi DLite, are just a few of the obstacles Goon and Franky are up against in this new collection from Dark Horse Comics! Plus, guest writer Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese, Beasts of Burden) pits Goon against the horrendous, bacon-eating behemoth, the Ten-in-One! Collects The Goon issues #34-#37, The Goon in 'An Irish Wake' from USA Today, and The Goon's on Vacation from Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London.
(W) Ram V. (A/CA) Anand Radhakrishnan
A coming-of-age graphic novel about rebellion, ambition, self-expression, and acceptance, expertly painted against the backdrop of Mumbai's ever-changing and evolving street culture. Giving brief glimpses into the incandescent lives of four teens chasing their dreams impeded and inspired by the impossible city that they live in. o From rising comic-book stars Anand RK and Ram V (Paradiso, These Savage Shores, Batman Secret Files). 'Anand RK's dizzying art gorgeously captures not just the exciting hustle and bustle of Mumbai, but its challenging underside . . .' -Paste
(W) Eric Grissom (A/CA) Will Perkins
The obsolete AI program Gregory wakes in a newly cloned body to a world now unfamiliar to him and is haunted by the memories of his past lives, each one ending in death by his own hand. On the path to discovering the truth about himself, Gregory slips into the trenches of two opposing forces that want to exploit him. In the end, he must take down an AI revolution before it wipes out humanity, and the key to doing so may only lie in the strange visions he has between life and death. o A Dark Horse Original takes us into a frightening future! o Includes bonus sketches, designs, and commentary from the creators of this original, hardcover graphic novel.
(W) Matt Wagner (A) Brennan Wagner, Matt Wagner
Matt Wagner returns to the seminal 'Devil by the Deed' Hunter Rose story that started the epic, centuries-spanning Grendel saga. In this all-new reimagining of 'Devil by the Deed,' Wagner brings his decades of experience and artistry back to the famous narrative that first began his lengthy and illustrious career as a comic-book author. The original tale of the dashing and diabolical Hunter Rose was deceptively brief, considering its cultural impact. Over the years, Wagner has expanded on the story of Hunter Rose and now he weaves the most dramatic of those elements into a brand-new graphic novel. Grendel: Devil by the Deed-Master's Edition is Matt Wagner at the height of his artistic and story-telling prowess, featuring 120 all-new story pages that will dazzle first time and longtime readers alike.
(W) Matt Wagner (A) Brennan Wagner, Matt Wagner
Grendel Prime returns to an Earth that has outlawed all things Grendel and must survive in a hostile, new world order.
After spending years searching space for a replacement Earth, Grendel Prime has returned home, but things are not as he left them. The pockets of humanity that remain in this post-apocalyptic world are ruled by Necro Lords, and all things Grendel are outlawed! Grendel Prime will need to hide his identity as he explores his suddenly hostile home planet. Is there even a place for him here anymore?
A new era in the world of Grendel by Matt Wagner, featuring color work and a variant cover by Brennan Wagner!
Collects Grendel: Devil's Crucible--Defiance #1-#4.