(W) Archie Bongiovanni (A/CA) Tristan Jimerson The bestselling guide on gender neutral language, now in a Quick & Easy bundle to share with friends and family. Includes: 5 copies of A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns and 5 bookmark gifts. A perfect way to get all your people on the same page with ease and humor! Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world. A quick and easy resource for people who use they/them pronouns, and people who want to learn more!'

(W) Eric Skillman (A/CA) Mikl?s Felvid?ki Action Journalism?s favorite intrepid reporter, Kate Kelly, is New Arcadia?s most trusted source for hard-hitting news. Always on the hunt for the next exclusive scoop, Kate and her trusty team infiltrate alien fleets, mad-scientist conventions, and fantasy kingdoms, all in search of the biggest stories the universe has to offer. But excitement seems to follow Kate everywhere as she keeps winding up in the middle of the story, risking it all to save the day! ? Action Journalism collects the fast-paced, genre-hopping series by Eric Skillman, Mikl?s Felvid?ki, and Marianne Gusm?o, as well as short stories with art by Ram?n P?rez, Max Sarin, Erica Henderson, Jorge Coelho and Dave Baker!

Adventure Time returns to comic shops! Exclusive to the direct market, this deluxe hardcover edition of the first compendium collects issues #1?35 of the original Adventure Time series written by Ryan North, with art by a veritable who?s who of cartoonists. Return to the land of Ooo with Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, and all of your friends in this beautiful edition of the classic stories!

C?mon, grab your friends and head to distant lands in this first-of-its-kind complete collection of award-winning writer Ryan North?s run on the beloved Adventure Time comics! It?s the mathematical and radical adventures of Finn and Jake as they team up with some of Ooo?s most memorable residents to do what they do best?PUNCH THINGS! Er, we mean ADVENTURE! With Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Ice King, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and more along for the ride, what could possibly go wrong?! First, this motley crew has to defeat the Lich before the unthinkable happens, and the whole of Ooo is flung straight into the sun! And then it?s a race to see who can walk in a straight line the longest to become the rightful owner of BMO?s famous ?cup cake?! And Princess Bubblegum inventing time travel is a good thing, right? It totally won?t lead to the flipping ROBOT APOCALYPSE, right?? And then?hey, wait a minute . . . why?re we spoiling all the good stuff?! Discover all these tales and more in the first definitive Adventure Time compendium, collecting the landmark run (issues #

(W) Natasha Allegri, N.D. Stevenson, Lucy Knisley, Kate Leth, Jen Wang (A) Natasha Allegri , Betty Liang, Britt Wilson, N.D. Stevenson, Lucy Knisley, Kate Leth (CA) JAB, Lisa Moore EXCLUSIVE TO COMIC SHOPS! This hardcover edition of Adventure Time: The Fionna and Cake Compendium Volume One contains issues #1?6 of the original Fionna & Cake series and issues #1?6 of Fionna & Cake: Card Wars with cover art by JAB and Lisa Moore!

(W) Natasha Allegri, N.D. Stevenson, Lucy Knisley, Kate Leth, Jen Wang (A) Natasha Allegri , Betty Liang, Britt Wilson, N.D. Stevenson, Lucy Knisley, Kate Leth (CA) Chad Thomas, Zack Sterling Return to the land of Ooo with this super-sized edition collecting some of Fionna and Cake?s most memorable adventures together in one complete collection for the first time! In Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake, our titular heroes save a mysterious Flame Prince from the insidious clutches of the Ice Queen, rescue Prince Gumball from the insidious clutches of an enchanted flan, and recover a magical artifact from the insidious clutches of a suddenly handsome Lumpy Space Prince. That?s a whole lot of insidiousness! Good thing Fionna and Cake are ready for anything! (Well, er, except maybe a handsome Lumpy Space Prince . . .) In Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars, Cake finds herself up against her greatest opponent yet: the Floop Master! After Lumpy Space Prince has to bow out of a Card Wars tournament with a broken wrist, Cake decides to enter in his place. She?s determined to prove

One summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. What begins as teenage adventure becomes something more-the celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely, and Alden discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from oblivion? From writer Jeff Parker (Aquaman, Hulk) and artist Sandy Jarrell (Batman '66) comes this story of adolescence, friendship, and hard decisions. The deluxe Expanded Edition features twenty new pages of story and art interspersed with the original pages of this modern classic!

(W) Cat Farris & Various (A) Lisa DuBois & Various You've come to love Aggretsuko, now get to know her friends in this hardcover collection of the fan-favorite miniseries. This fun and fanciful book puts the spotlight on PROTEIN, Fenneko, and Mr. Ton in three standalone stories. Featuring stories from Cat Ferris, Arielle Jovellanos, James Asmus, Lisa DuBois, Diigii Daguna, and Megan Huang, this is a must-have for fans of the hit Netflix show!

(W) Daniel Barnes & Various (A) D.J. Kirkland (CA) CJ Cannon BASED ON THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW! FROM THE CREATORS OF GUDETAMA & HELLO KITTY! Sanrio and Oni Press join forces to bring Aggretsuko to comics for the first time! Aggretsuko, the hit Netflix show in production for season three, stars Retsuko the Red Panda, a young office worker stuck in a thankless job, whose only stress release is singing heavy metal at the local karaoke joint. With the help of her friends, can she ever find the job satisfaction she craves-not to mention adventure, the approval of her mother, and even... love?! These comics explore all these issues and more, brought to life by today's top talent!

(W) Michelle Gish, Daniel Barnes (A) D.J. Kirkland, Patabot (CA) Marion Bataille, D.J. Kirkland Aggretsuko, the hit Netflix show in production for season three, stars Retsuko the Red Panda, a young office worker stuck in a thankless job, whose only stress release is singing heavy metal at the local karaoke joint. In this volume, collecting issues 4-6 of the hit comic series, find out what happens when a workaholic has to take a break - - literally?! And when the entire office is forced into an inter-office sports competition, who will get the gold?!

(W/A) Brenda Hickey The office queen of karaoke meets her match when Retsuko's favorite band reunites for a special concert. The Brides of Resonance return, but why do they want to take over the karaoke bar? Retsuko and friends have to fight for their right to party in a METAL vs. METAL vocal battle that pits Retsuko against a shadowy enemy. Will Gori survive a night of metal and moshing? Is Haida truly in love? Find out in Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine!

(W/A/CA) Brenda Hickey It?s the Golden Week holiday, and Retsuko finds herself once again hurting for cash. While her coworkers chatter about their upcoming vacation plans, Retsuko sadly resigns herself to a week of cheap snacks and old movies. That is, until her old pal Puko enters the scene and hooks her up with a temporary job at her aunt and uncle?s hot springs resort! What sounds like a win-win scenario at first quickly turns out...not to be. Plus, a very special bonus story collected here for the first time!

(W) Matt Gardner (A/CA) Rashad Doucet Carter Normandy knows there's something weird about the neighborhood he and his family move into. Maybe it's the physics-defying leak in the basement, or the way all the adults seem to look down on kids like they're scum. With the help of his new friends, Carter discovers a whole other world alongside his seemingly normal community-a world filled with terrifying monsters. A world the adults of the community already know all about. Now it's up to Carter and his friends to keep these monsters from crossing over into our world, or face the dire consequences!

New Hardcover Edition! From the co-writers of FRENEMY OF THE STATE and the artist of WASTELAND! Amy Devlin might not be a licensed Private Investigator but that hasn't stopped her from playing one on the internet! But the case she's about to find herself on is no game. Trevor Schalk was an eccentric millionaire obssessed with reincarnation right up to his murder in 1980. Now Tim Gilbraight is having weird dreams in which he's a bitter, rich man--despised by everyone around him. It's up to Devlin to determine if Schalk is a past life or a past lie.

Times are tough for Amy Devlin, and without a case her financial situation is dire. Busting a cold case of kidnapping and murder from years ago may be the answer to her problems. Amy is sure that she can solve the case, but when the powerful, and untouchable, Life Science Institute of Hollywood gets involved, she may wind up with much more than just her reputation on the line.

(W) Janet Harvey (A/CA) Megan Levens Introducing ANGEL CITY, a hard-boiled 1930s noir starring Dolores Dare, previous Hollywood hopeful and current enforcer for the Volante mob. When her best friend turns up dead in a dumpster behind the Chinese Theater, Dolores starts her own investigation of the 'April Fool's Killer.' As she gets closer to the truth, Dolores will go up against the studios, the corrupt homicide division, and even her own gangland contacts - and uncover a scandal that shakes the very foundations of Tinseltown.

(W) Andrew Wheeler (A/CA) Paulina Ganucheau Princess Misty of Beldora longs for a more exciting life, but gets more than she bargained for when she is captured by Lord Badlug, the ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Grimoire. He intends to marry her and conquer Beldora, leading the land into ruin and chaos. Together with the long-suffering citizens of Grimoire and a certain bumbling prince, Misty must fight to protect her kingdom and free both realms from Badlug's tyrannical rule. Misty is determined not to be another damsel in distress; she'll discover just what it takes to be the hero of the story.

Archer Coe is a performing hypnotist with the stage name 'The Mind's Arrow.' When his nightly shows are over, he moonlights as a special consultant for the rich and powerful. His latest client is a woman who claims to know him but whom he swears he's never met. Things take a strange turn for the worse when her husband ends up dead, and police suspect Archer of not just killing him, but also of being a sinister killer nicknamed 'The Zipper.' Archer has no memory of any of this, but it's making him doubt whether or not he's got blood on his hands. Could the master of other people's minds be losing his own?

(W) Jamie S. Rich (A/CA) Dan Christensen Archer Coe, master hypnotist, is back to performing by day and consulting for the rich and influential by night. Most of his cases are mundane-save his most recent, which ended in quite a few deaths-and that's what Archer expects from his newest client, heiress Nicolette Hardy. Her mother's untimely death has sent her father into a deep depression, and a self-proclaimed mystic, Jane Collins, has taken advantage of his grief by promising him an audience with his dead wife. Archer knows Jane, and he believes she's a fraud. But he has trouble convincing Nicolette's father, and as strange happenings unfold around him, Archer soon has trouble convincing himself. It's clear Jane holds some power-but it's also clear that Jane has no idea how much. Will Archer save Jane and the Hardys before her power becomes uncontrollable? Or will this case be his final curtain?

(W) Ivy Noelle Weir (A/CA) Steenz After losing her job at the library, Celeste Walden starts working at the haunting Logan Museum as an archivist. But the job may not be the second chance she was hoping for, and she finds herself confronting her mental health, her relationships, and before long, her grasp on reality as she begins to dream of a young woman she's never met, but feels strangely drawn to. Especially after she asks Cel for help? As Cel attempts to learn more about the woman, she begins losing time, misplacing things, passing out-the job is becoming dangerous, but she can't let go of this mysterious woman. Who is she? Why is she so fixated on Cel? And does Cel have the power to save her when she's still trying to save herself?

(W) Jay Faerber (A/CA) Justin Greenwood Rookie officer Ward has his hands full with an overbearing partner and a scheming burglary suspect. But when Ward's partner is shockingly killed by aliens, Ward and his suspect, the wily Lucinda, make a run for it. Their destination: Oakland Police HQ, where they hope to find safe haven. But as Ward and Lucinda face numerous alien encounters along the way, they fear these attacks aren't random, and that the aliens are targeting them!

(W) Tony Lee (A/CA) Yishan Lee Could one girl be the key to uniting a world split by an ages-old prophecy spurred by Brother Havoc and Sister Fortune? A thousand years ago, a mighty battle pitched two of the greatest sorcerers against each other, Brother Havoc and Sister Fortune. In the end Brother Havoc won, shattering his rival into a thousand shards. Now, a millennia later, teenager Carrie Taylor not only learns that she is one of these shards, but that each shard created an alternate universe, with multiple versions of her out there?and a great evil is bent on destroying them all. Carrie must team with a handful of ?alternate? Carries from across the universes to fulfill a prophecy that will bring Sister Fortune back from limbo to defeat this evil, but the more Carrie travels from broken universe to broken universe, she realizes she might not be working for the ?good guys??nor, perhaps, is she one of these shards after all. If that is indeed the case, then who is she?

(W) Tony Lee (A/CA) Yishan Li The second in a stunning, dimension-spanning sci-fi trilogy from New York Times bestselling writer Tony Lee (Superboy, Doctor Who) and acclaimed illustrator Yishan Li (Batwoman Annual)! The Shards are scattered and reeling in the wake of Carrie?s sudden death. Without her?without the prophecy?they surely stand no chance against Brother Havoc and his rising scourge of alternate-reality Nazis. When gravely injured knight TR-8 makes a sudden recovery, the savior, Sister Fortune, and the trained warrior are united as a powerful new trinity, but can they put the other pieces of their rebellion back together in time?

(W) Adam Smith (A) Vv Glass (CA) Deena So'Oteh It's a humid summer night in August 1997 and Ludo Carre is nervous. He hasn't seen or spoken to his ex, Arlo Quinonez since he was fifteen. Now, he's returning home to be reunited with the one person he made a connection with in his youth. The night before he arrives, Ludo gives her a phone call. Big laughs and a familiar cadence in Arlo's voice don't just instantly calm him down -- they make him excited to see her. That excitement only hurts him more when they show up the next day and find out Arlo has been missing...for the last week. Determined to find her, Ludo takes things into his own hands, but the further he gets into his investigation, the more he questions how well everyone on base, in town, and even he himself really knew her. Gone without a trace, the girl he once knew everything about has now become a mystery. Where is his best friend - and who is she, as well?

Fresh off the biggest bomb in Hollywood history, producer Nathan T. Rex enters a downward spiral of drugs and depravity in a quest to resurrect his career and save his soul. Over budget and behind schedule on PRESIDENTS DAY, he is backed into a corner by bad publicity, a crap project, and studio politics. But enlisting serial-killer-turned-murder-consultant Darwin, his trusty assistant Igor, narcotics from Doctor Love, and the lovely actress Coconut, T. Rex will stop at nothing in his quest for cinematic fame and glory. God help us all.

(W) Rick Spears (A/CA) James Callahan The award winning slapstick gorefest is back! After being thrown out of Hollywood, Nathan T. Rex secures new (possibly Nazi) independent financing for his next exploitation masterpiece, SISTER BAMBI! The whole crew is back and off to a secret island in the South Pacific populated by bloodthirsty savages and monstrous monkeys! But soon SISTER BAMBI is slipping through Rex's fingers as Ilsa exerts her dominance as executive producer. The she wolf demands Rex give her the titular role he promised to Coconut. With love on the rocks, and the script in flames, the living dead might be the only thing that can save this cinematic charade! Only the survivors will know for sure! Don't miss the most insane comic of 2015 finally collected into one terrifyingly funny trade.

When Aeslin Finn was a little girl, her parents read to her from a magical book called THE AVALON CHRONICLES. But that was a long time ago. Now a teenager, Aeslin is about to discover just how magical she and that book really are. Transported to the world of Avalon, she discovers a kingdom in need of a Dragon Knight - and the last dragon, Blue Moon, is waiting for her!

Aeslin Finn is living a double life. Teenage girl on weekdays, Dragon Knight and Princess of Avalon on weekends and holidays. Traveling into her favorite book, Aeslin must find her father and free the kingdom from a tyrant. But to do either, she'll need to win over the reclusive elves and their sacred Unicorn, who will force Aeslin to decide what kind of girl she is once and for all!

(W) Brian Joines (A/CA) Jake Elphick The Fast and the Furious meets Back to the Future in this high-stakes car race through history from writer Brian Joines (Bill & Ted) and artist Jake Elphick (WWE: NXT Takeover), now collected in a deluxe hardcover edition. If you had a chance to fix a mistake from your past, would you take it? Guilt weighs heavily on former criminal wheelman Alyson Levy, whose personal life is in tatters. That is, until eccentric businessman Casper Quellex makes her an offer: to participate in a cross-country race where the winner can correct a single mistake from their past. The catch? Each leg of the course will have drivers racing through a different period in history, where they will contend with medieval warriors, dinosaurs, natural disasters, and all-out pirate brawls . . . Quellex is determined to make this his most entertaining race of all time! Collecting Backtrack #1?10.

(W) Brian Joines (A) Jake Elphick Ready your engines, it's down to the final racers. And it's still anybody's game. Quellex is determined to make this his most entertaining race of all time, and the drivers are in for more than a few curveballs. With each leg, the stakes accelerate: from pirate brawls to colossal wars to being transported to the far-future--they'll have to move fast before they're ancient history. But with their numbers seriously dwindled, hidden agendas bubble to the surface. In order to live through this, Alyson will have to cast that aside and put the pedal to the metal if she wants to win this race and change her past.

Everyone's favorite preteen British detectives are back for another case! With toddlers disappearing and rumors of a large, beast-like creature roaming the woods, Tackleford is in serious danger. And then there's Mildred's new dog Archibald... if you can even call it a dog. After all, what kind of dog drinks tea out of a cup? Everything comes to a head once the boys get a picture of the beast and Archibald goes missing. Is there a connection? And what does it all have to do with the magic pencil Mildred won from a carnie con game? Don't miss the second installment of John Allison's award-winning webcomic series in print!

(W/A/CA) John Allison The new year brings the all the joys and near-drownings of young love in The Case of the Fire Inside, the latest volume of Bad Machinery! Sonny meets a mysterious new girl who seems to have climbed out of the sea itself, while Mildred falls for the bad boy of Saturday detention. But can either of them succeed in the face of jealous exes, overprotective fathers, and the persistent tide of DESTINY? What is a 'selkie'? Is a Morton's toe fatal? And can Dark Rotuss truly save the galaxy?

(W/A/CA) John Allison Time is a fickle creature, especially when there's a wormhole in the science cupboard. When a strange boy who seems far too entranced by cell phones appears, it's up to Lottie, Shauna, and Mildred to figure out his strange purposes. The Case of the Forked Road, the seventh book in John Allison's ( Giant Days) award-winning Bad Machinery series, finds our young sleuths facing the intricacies of time and space itself. What is their science teacher hiding? Who is the mysterious Calvin, why is he dressed like it's 1960, and why is he obsessed with Communists? And another thing: just what is going on with Jack, Sonny, and Linton?

(W/A/CA) John Allison The first volume of the beloved Bad Machinery series, now at a new size and $10 introductory price! The Case of the Team Spirit introduces readers to Jack, Linton, Sonny, Shauna, Charlotte, and Mildred: six kids navigating the treacherous waters of school and adolescence while also exploring the strange mysteries that abound in their peculiar English town of Tackleford. Jack, Linton, and Sonny look for cures to their football club's unexplainable woes, while Shauna, Charlotte, and Mildred try to find a way for compassion and justice to triumph in the face of die-hard sports fanaticism. But all of them should probably be more concerned with keeping on the good side of their history teacher, Mr. Bough. That is, if he has a good side...

(W/A/CA) John Allison The second year at Griswalds Grammar brings new challenges, new socks, and a mysterious new classmate for Tackleford's mystery-crazed children. Who is this secretive character? What is the acrid aroma that accompanies him wherever he goes? And why would anybody want anything to do with him? Seriously, he stinks of onions. The Case Of The Lonely One pits Shauna WIckle against her most mystifying enemy yet, forcing her to take sides, form new alliances, and make a lot of promises that she doesn't want to keep. What are the secrets of the onion farm? Why is the newcomer 'a right good laugh once you get to know him'? What is an orc? And can too much coffee send you NUCLEAR?

Time is a fickle creature, especially when there's wormhole in the science cupboard. When a strange boy who seems far too entranced by cell phones appears, it's up to Lottie, Shauna, and Mildred to figure out his strange purposes. The Case of the Forked Road, the seventh book in John Allison's award-winning Bad Machinery series, finds our young sleuths facing the intricacies of time and space itself. What is their science teacher hiding? Who is the mysterious Calvin, why is he dressed like it's 1960, and why is he obsessed with Communists? And another thing just what is going on with Jack, Sonny, and Linton?

(W/A/CA) John Allison From the bestselling author of Giant Days comes the latest pocket-sized volume in his beloved Bad Machinery series! It's that classic feud: mods versus rockers! As the boys get caught up in the allure of mod culture (the scooters! the hair! the fashion!), Shauna is testing her mettle as the queen of metal. But when the new King of the Mods is crowned, he sparks an all-out war between the musical factions, with the mystery team caught in the mix! The Case of the Modern Men, the eighth book in John Allison's award-winning Bad Machinery series, finds our intrepid mystery-solvers at an age-old crossroads. How does a person become cool? Why can't we all just get along? And could that shiny new scooter be... cursed?

(W/A) John Allison Against all odds, Detective Bixel and Emie must work together if they want any chance at saving Wayne from his deadly slumber. But with every neon crook they travel in search for clues, another hour passes and more questions arise with no answers to the mysterious coma that's sweeping across New Delith.

(W/A) John Allison From the bestselling author of Giant Days comes the final pocket-sized volume in his beloved Bad Machinery series! The mystery-solving teens of Tackleford are finding out that not every summer is a perfect one. Charlotte and Shauna, once inseparable, are decidedly on the outs. Mildred bounces between the formerly best friends while trying to save up money for a car. Amy's rent at the antique store gets tripled, casting doubt on the future of her career. Meanwhile, the boys are channeling their energies into finding love down by the river, with only Jack's acoustic guitar between them and 'romance.' But tragedy strikes when they find that a developer has started building a huge condominium in their favorite swim spot. Unable to get a moment's peace at home, Charlotte has no choice but to force her way into an internship at the local newspaper, unleashing her brand of maverick sleuthing on... blood pouring out of public art? Strange ooze coming up out of the ground? Shifty doings at the Chamber of Commerce? Classic Tackleford! The Case of the Severed Alliance pits

(W/A/CA) John Allison A new school year brings a new classmate to Griswalds Grammar School! But he's strange, and he really, really like onions. When the whole school suddenly becomes friends with him, Shauna seems to be the only one left out. It's up to her to peel back the mystery, one onion layer at a time! Join the team for another thrilling case, full of the cunning wit and high-flying adventure you can only get from John Allison's BAD MACHINERY.