(W) Tyrone Finch (A) Mauricet Ellis Rafferty spent seven years in prison after being wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife. Now released on parole, he seeks to avenge her death and atone for his past mistakes. Joining forces with his sister-in-law, they hit the road to take on the most pernicious threat in human history: Pigs. Pigs possessed by bloodthirsty, cunning, and immortal beings since the time of Jesus, and they are Legion. Ellis and Zoey travel across America to put a stop to the pigs' murderous rampage, creating plenty of carnage in their wake, in this supernatural crime thriller story with a dark comedy cream filling.

(W) Sylviane Corgiat (A/CA) Laura Zuccheri In a world threatened by the imminent death of its sun, young Yama lives a relatively happy and peaceful life. But everything changes the day a sword of glass falls from the sky, just as the prophecy had announced. Anyone who touches the sword is instantly turned to glass and dies. Orland, the local lord of war, comes to take possession of the unique weapon but fails to retrieve it. In the process, Yama's father is killed and her mother taken away. Yama, however, escapes and survives with only one thought: when she grows up, she will return to get the sword of glass, and avenge her parents.

(W) Sylviane Corgiat (A/CA) Laura Zuccheri The acclaimed fantasy epic returns in a beautiful new Oversized Hardcover format designed to show off the award-winning art of Laura Zuccheri. In a world threatened by the imminent death of its sun, young Yama lives a contented life as the daughter of her village's leader. But when a mysterious sword made of glass plummets from the sky, it shatters her entire world and draws the attention of a power-hungry warlord. Her father dead and mother kidnapped, she vows she will have her revenge on the day she is strong enough to wield The Swords of Glass.

(W/A/CA) Nancy Pe?a This surreal and imaginative adult fairy tale follows a beautiful black cat through a fantastical world where he'll survive impossible odds to make his way home... to his mistress' kimono!

(W) Xavier Dollo (A) Djibril Morrisette A graphic novel with illustrated text that traces, in detail, the history of a literary genre, from the 1800s to present day. [I feel we need something more catchy but perhaps it can wait for the designed section] For the first time in illustrated form, this comprehensive history of science fiction traces its origins and, in fascinating detail, charts its history from its beginnings as a 'schlock' genre to its respected status today. Who was the first author to write a science fiction story? How did American science fiction begin? What SF novel is the world's best-seller? What were the 'pulps,' and how did they predict with uncanny accuracy the 21st Century world around us? [maybe add something related to comics and movies?]These are just some of the questions answered in chapters dedicated to the founding mothers and fathers of the genre and the creations to which they gave birth. More than just a simple history lesson, THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION is a thoughtful and analytical reflection on the genre itself.

New edition of the bestselling Sci-Fi masterpiece by M?bius and Jodorowsky, which recounts the trials and tribulations of lowly detective John Difool as he searches for the precious and coveted Incal. Foreword by Brian Michael Bendis.

(W) Brandon Thomas (A/CA) Pete Woods Kill Wolfhead is many things - Freedom fighter, the Galaxy's Greatest Lover (undefeated award winner!), wildly successful entrepreneur, and even an intergalactic hero. But living boldly makes enemies, and they've come calling. Left comatose after a vicious attack, the living legend's only hope lies in the children he's fathered and abandoned?but is a man like Wolfhead worth saving?

(W) Serge Le Tendre, Laurent Genefort (A) Pasquale Frisenda (CA) Gerald Parel A breathtaking, fast-paced manhunt in the form of an elegant space opera based on the novel by Laurent Genefort. Once upon a time, Lark was a 'Thick Skin' - a clan of humans genetically modified to operate in space without a suit - before spending decades as a mercenary, training dozens of combat soldiers. Now it's a race against time as Lark scours the cosmos for his lost clan, desperate to find them before one of his former trainees can kill them to obtain their priceless skins!

A series of droll vignettes of everyday French life - except for the fact that each short story features one or more characters that have the very special ability of walking through walls, and through any other objects for that matter, which tends to 'enliven' things quite a bit!

(W) David Azencot (A) Fred Leclerc In the midst of a quarantine, Fred buys Tiki, a puppy, to help bring a little joy to his family's life in isolation. What no one anticipated is that Tiki would turn their lives completely upside-down. During the pandemic, Fred, his girlfriend Sophie, and his daughter Lou seek a little comfort in the shape of a Shiba puppy named Tiki. But in the course of a single week, the adorable little furball manages to shatter everything in Fred's life: the comfort, the certainties, the links, the balances. In doing so, however, she manages to bring to light what truly matters: family. Alternately humorous and tragic, this fictionalized autobiographical story questions that moment we decide to adopt a pet and the beautiful mess that we're often left with.

(W) Joanne Starer (A/CA) Diego Greco Young freelance journalist Georgie joins a local wrestling circuit to investigate a new article, making friends (and more than friends!) along the way. But is the validation she gets from the sport worth the drama that comes along with it?

(W/A) Koren Shadmi A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his personal Twilight Zone. Before he became The Twilight Zone's revered master of science fiction, Rod Serling was a just a writer who had to fight to make his voice heard. He vehemently challenged the networks and viewership alike to expand their minds and standards-rejecting notions of censorship, racism and war. He pushed the television industry to the edge of glory, and himself to the edge of sanity. Rod operated in a dimension beyond that of contemporary society, making him both a revolutionary and an outsider.

(W) Paul Downs & Various (A/CA) Michael Yates After his mother's death, 13 year old Dwayne and his family move from Indiana to his grandmother's apartment in rapidly changing Brooklyn. The shy teen's anxieties about the move are thrown aside when monsters begin attacking all over the borough! Can he and his new friends solve the mystery of these Urban Legendz come to life?

(W) Paul Downs, Nick Bruno (A) Michael Yates After his mother's death, Dwayne is forced to uproot himself and move into the home where his mother grew up: a shabby apartment in Brooklyn. When your dad is a police officer, and your brother's a genius, what's an insecure teen supposed to do? Dwayne's personal problems are cast aside when he joins a new crew of young vigilantes, devoted to solving a series of sinister cases surrounding mysterious monsters that have been wreaking havoc throughout the city. What if all of the Urban Legends we all fear were real?

(W) Matteo Mastragostino (A) Paolo Castaldi The horrific true story of the Cambodian painter Vann Nath, who used his art to fight against barbarism and tyranny. In 1978, a young painter named Vann Nath was arrested by the Khmer Rouge, the violent and totalitarian Communist Party of Kampuchea that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Imprisoned in the infamous Tuol Sleng prison, better known as S-21, painting became synonymous with survival for him. Ordered, like many Cambodian artists and craftsmen, to put his talent to use to glorify his captors, upon his release he continued painting-this time, to remember and pay tribute to the victims of Pol Pot's evil regime.

(W) Maite Labat, Jean-Baptiste Veber (A) Alexis Virebert A fascinating historical biography of the man who brought fame, grandeur and revolution back to the Palace of Versailles. Henri de Nolhac grew up without a father...though his father, Pierre, was very much alive and working mere meters away from their home at the Palace of Versailles. Once appointed to the Palace in 1887, Pierre de Nolhac dedicated his life to protecting its historical archives and restoring Versailles to its former glory: an agora of politics, art and culture. But it soon became more than a passion to him--it turned into an obsession, and the closer he got to Versailles, the further he drifted from his family and himself.

(W/A/CA) Marion Duclos Victor is a small-town boy, spending his days playing with his dog and losing himself in his imagination. When two local boys begin bullying Victor, he escapes into a dream world, where the Wild West is real and he's the hero! Colt in hand, he and his dog Albert ride the open plains, where parents turn into sheriffs and bicycles into faithful steeds. An ode to imaginary childhood escapades in the form of a laugh-out-loud spaghetti western.

(W/A/CA) Clement Baloup Five families. Five time periods. Forced to flee their country, leave everything behind and adapt to a new culture in an unfamiliar land. A testimonial to hope in the face of war. Author and artist Clement Baloup delves intimately into the pasts of a few colorful, passionate, and strong Vietnamese women who, uprooted by colonialism and war, crossed the Pacific Ocean to rebuild their lives in small Vietnamese communities across the United States. Faced with shocking, and at times, horrifying obstacles instigated by forces both internal and external, these individuals had to summon an inner strength that carried them out of their nightmares, and into their American Dreams.

(W) Alejandro Jodorowsky (A) Travis Charest, Zoran Janjetov (CA) Travis Charest The creative trio of Jodorowsky, Charest, and Janjetov bring us a tale of how No Name, the most ruthless mercenary in the Caste of the Metabarons, assembled the galaxy's most powerful and destructive weapons in an effort to secure his position as the universe's ultimate warrior. This limited edition collects the entire story in Deluxe Oversized format for the first time ever, allowing a closer look at the iconic, cinematic art styles of both Travis Charest and Zoran Janjetov. This edition is limited to its first printing.

(W/A/CA) Ilias Kyriazis On the night a mysterious comet passes overhead, a group of kids encounter a supernatural being who promises to grant them one wish each, but they take too long and the comet passes. 35 years later, the comet returns?and their wishes begin to come true. What We Wished For is an extraordinary exploration of the sweeping concerns of our time-gender and sexuality, isolation, technology, power, polarization-filtered through a funhouse mirror of magical realism and experienced through deeply relatable characters whose desires, foibles, and failings are nothing compared to their heart-wrenching humanity.

(W) Michel-Yves Schmitt (A/CA) Vincent Caut Leopold is just an ordinary, everyday kid?who can turn himself invisible! After months of torment, Leopold's sister, Celine, is finally having some success turning him away from pranks and mischief and toward heroism. But when the two of them find themselves stuck at their grandparents' farm on 'vacation,' a bored Leopold's scheme to free a bunch of captive animals spins wildly and hilariously out of control, sending the entire town after his costumed alter ego, 'Super Leo'! Join Leopold and Celine as they scramble to undo Leo's mess and restore order to their grandparents' village before Super Leo's secret identity is exposed!

Alexandro Jodorowsky (The Metabarons, The Incal) partners with artist Georges Bess (Son Of A Gun) to tell a tale of mystical adventure, martial arts and spiritual awakenings. Tibet at the end of the 19th century, when the Grand Lama Mipam dies, corruption spreads across the land. Gabriel, the child of white explorers, is raised by natives after his parents' deaths, and is soon chosen as the reincarnation of the Grand Lama. He will have to learn the sacred ways, and defeat his own personal demons, to fend off a great evil and save the country from destruction.

(W) Harry Bozino (A) Carlos Magno Two Earthlings find themselves at the mercy of a stringent religious sect on a far-off planet when they rescue a young woman who mated with a mysterious creature. In the distant future, Earthlings explore worlds scattered at the far reaches of the cosmos, on which civilizations have often forgotten they are descendants of settlers from Earth. Two young agents on a mission visit a planet that has reverted to a medieval way of life, but when they save a young pregnant woman who has been sentenced to death for mating with a mysterious and mythical 'angel with wings of light,' they find themselves entrenched in political turmoil with a religious party who has ascended to power.

(W/A) William Augel The hilarious adventures of the acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie as a child-a curious little girl who treats the everyday world as one big crime scene! As an unusual child with a penchant for puzzles, Young Agatha imagines thrilling twists on the classic fairytales (was the story of 'Goldilocks' a plot by Baby Bear to get more porridge?), transforms a tea party into a crime scene, and in general drives her friends and family mad with her insatiable inquisitiveness. As with Young Mozart and Young Leonardo, William Augel offers a comic tale that is both enriching and amusing, full of humor and tenderness!

(W/A) William Augel A spirited glimpse at the childhood of one of the world's greatest artists and thinkers: Leonardo da Vinci. Have you ever wondered what the great masters were like when they were young? Meet Leonardo, a curious little boy who closely examines the inner and outer workings of the world around him, gaining inspiration for beautiful paintings and wild machines of all kinds (even some that fly!). Little does he know he'll one day paint some of the world's greatest masterpieces like the 'Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper,' and even spur the great period of cultural rebirth known as the Renaissance! Young Leonardo is a charming tale, riddled with humor and poetry. This book resonates with art lovers of all ages!

(W/A) William Augel Enter Young Mozart, the boy genius! Follow the many, real and imaginary, childhood adventures of the world's greatest composer, as he finds inspiration in the most unexpected places! A journey filled with music and humor, that always ends on a high note! Included: Young Mozart's Playbook. Play and learn with the musical legend!