(W) Amy Chase (A/CA) Stelladia Shakespeare?s beloved romcom Much Ado About Nothing gets a modern update with an LGBTQ cast and the same classic miscommunications! Feuding senior students Ben and Beatriz drag half of Messina High into their never-ending arguments, making things difficult as budding sweethearts Hero and Claudio are asked to pick sides in the battle. All the while, the bad kids, led by outcast DJ, are plotting to capitalize on the chaos and rule the school for themselves. With college letters and prom night on the horizon, will these students find their happy ending or feel the sting of total rejection?

(W) Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Ignacio di Meglio In a small but not too quiet town, Cam Banter?high school basketball star?struggles with a secret: he's part of a pack of shifting werewolves. As he struggles to find his place on the team, his father's expectations become too much to bear and he loses control of his powers. With the help of his coach and trusted friends, Cam must figure out who he really is?and fast.

(W) Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (A/CA) Roberta Ingranata What if you could do it all over again? A desperately single 40-something attends her college reunion to win back the love of her life, with disastrous results. But, through a magical twist of fate, she finds herself in her early college years once more--with a chance to fix it all.

(W) Micol Arianna Beltramini (A/CA) Agnes Innocente Have you ever wanted to disappear after someone broke your heart? Heartbreak Hotel knows exactly how you feel, and will do anything to coddle your illusions. TM But what is the expiration date of a dream? And when you have to return to reality, who will help you put the fragments of your heart back together? Broken hearts, welcome to Heartbreak Hotel.

(W/A/CA) Paula Cheshire When someone dies, there?s a void?a loss. No matter what. There?s a whirlwind of feelings and confusion. We don?t know what happens to the dead after death, but we do know what happens to the living. Paula beautifully narrates the loss of her mother and how she copes with the sudden loss in this charming and moving graphic novel.

(W) Jasmine Walls (A/CA) Dozerdraws Erika, Jacob, Marcelle and Damien are popular in their own corners of the internet— corners that seemingly would never overlap. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that they used to be close friends until they drifted apart in high school, leaving their Dice & Deathtraps game unfinished. Now, four years later, their old game master, Amina, has reached out with a chance to reunite and not only to save the community center that fostered their creativity, but to finally finish their abandoned campaign. They have one night to do it, streaming live to their combined followings with tensions—and old grudges—on the rise. Can they mend their fraying friendship or will this last session cut their ties for good?

(W) Christopher Sebela (A/CA) David Stoll Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother?s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime? the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each other, they must make a choice, one where no one comes out the same.

(W) Christopher Greenslate (A) Riccardo Faccini (CA) Ornella Savarese Following in the massive footsteps of legends like Godzilla and King Kong, comes QUEEN KODIAK, a colossal, super-charged Kodiak grizzly bear... one who survived from the ice-age and whose been irreversibly enhanced by a mysterious geo-thermal energy pulsing in the unknown depths of an Alaskan ice cave. And although QUEEN KODIAK?s been asleep for thousands of years, melting ice and subsequent tectonic activity has disturbed her hibernation. And in her debut graphic novel, she wakes up to find her only cub missing.But as much as we want to meet her and watch her wreck shop on the pacific northwest (sorry Seattle), our story actually centers on JOEY FOX, an embattled 17-year-old girl, and natural empath, who befriends Queen Kodiak?s cub after a tectonic shift in her own life -- the recent passing of her mother. As a result, Joey?s been sent to Alaska?s Kodiak island to live with the man who left them ten years ago, her state trooper father. In many ways it?s a story about how families survive overwhelming odds.

(W) Richard Ashley Hamilton (A/CA) Marco Matrone When her best friend vanishes, Bingo Finder ? the only literate person in a post-apocalyptic L.A. ? turns to her beloved, ancient books for inspiration, becoming the first detective in centuries. But to solve this mystery, Bingo must fight for her own life and uncover a conspiracy within this fragile civilization. Bingo and every other teen in the sprawling farming village of Ellay knows the tales of the old days ? of how their great-great-great-grandparents rebuilt what was left of society after some apocalypse or whatever. But that?s ancient history. Boring. Nah, for Bingo?s generation, today is about staying busy ? distracted, even ? while tilling the reclaimed City of Industry fields or unloading barges at the seedy port of Bel Air. Or in Bingo?s case, scavenging ruins for artifacts to upcycle and trade at the bartering bazaars ? including Bingo?s favorite leftovers, these old things called ?books.? Ever heard of ?em? Her favorites are the TECTIV books, the ones about men who walked rain-slicked streets at night in hats and trench

(W) Chris Kappel (A) Alex Arizmendi (CA) Alex Arizmendi, Warnia Sahadewa Nineteen year old Rory Denborough was born into magic by way of the insular society known as The Translators. For his entire life, Rory has been given control over a world of awe-inspiring wonders -- telekinesis, shape-shifting, teleportation, advanced healing, even time travel. Everything is possible thanks to his family?s enchanted bloodline and an ancient language passed down through generations. Rory?s life is full of miracles. But he?s not happy.Because Rory's world is also a world of secrets. Translators hide in the shadows, keeping their power from the world around them. Rory struggles in this secrecy, sneaking out of his family's hidden highrise apartment to blend into the wonderfully normal streets and peoples of New York City. After sneaking out one night, Rory meets Tyson, an Outsider, who knows nothing about the Translators or their gifts. Soon, the two young men are falling in love...but this idyllic romance starts to fall apart once Rory reveals his magical origins. Tyson raises a question--one t