(W) Ann Nocenti (A/CA) Flavia Biondi In this gripping neo noir mystery, Lana is about to wake up in the middle of her hometown's biggest secret: the 'disappearance' of infamously progressive Betty Gallagher during the mobster-ruled heyday of the old mining town. When her grandmother Clara starts to share dementia-blurred, violent memories of this cold- case murder, Lana becomes obsessed with cracking the case, even if it means splintering the peaceful town-and putting everyone she knows in grave danger. Collects the four-issue miniseries.

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples At long last, a deluxe hardcover of the Eisner and Hugo Award-winning SAGA is finally here! Collecting the first 18 issues of the smash-hit series, this massive edition features a striking new cover, as well as special extras, including never-before-seen sketches, script pages, and a roundtable discussion with the creators about how SAGA is really made. Altogether, this hardcover contains over 500 pages for less than fifty bucks! Written by Eisner Award-winning 'Best Writer' BRIAN K. VAUGHAN (Y: The Last Man, The Private Eye) and drawn by Harvey Award-winning 'Best Artist' Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), SAGA is the story of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war. Now, Hazel's fugitive family must risk everything to find a peaceful future in a harsh universe that values destruction over creation. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in a sexy, subversive drama for adults that Entertainment Weekly called, 'The kind of comic you get when truly talented supersta

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples At long last, it's finally time for the second hardcover collection of SAGA, the New York Times best-selling series praised by everyone from Alan Moore to Lin-Manuel Miranda! Created by the multiple Eisner Award-winning team of artist FIONA STAPLES (Mystery Society, North 40, Archie Comics) and writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN (THE PRIVATE EYE, PAPER GIRLS, WE STAND ON GUARD), SAGA BOOK TWO continues the action-packed education of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war. Collecting 18 issues of the smash-hit comic, this massive edition features a striking original cover from Fiona Staples, as well as a brand-new gallery of exclusive, never-before-seen SAGA artwork from legendary creators including CLIFF CHIANG, PIA GUERRA, FAITH ERIN HICKS, KARL KERSCHL, JASON LATOUR, SEAN GORDON MURPHY, STEVE SKROCE, and MORE! Deluxe Hardcover format - 7.25 x 10.875' Collects SAGA #19-36

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples At long last, it's finally time for the THIRD massive hardcover collection of SAGA, the critically acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy series from the multiple Eisner Award-winning team of artist FIONA STAPLES and writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN. Collecting 18 of the most shocking and impactful issue from the epic tale of Hazel and her star-crossed parents, this deluxe edition features a striking, all-new original cover from FIONA STAPLES, as well as exclusive, never-before-seen extras. Collects SAGA #37-54.

(W) Anna Haifisch A collection of absurdist comics short stories navigating etiquette and diplomacy within the vicissitudes of the animal kingdom: from proud ostriches to racist mice, and delicious-looking weasels. In Schappi, Anna Haifisch blurs the boundaries between humans and animals in subtle yet absurd ways. In these five collected short stories, carnivores and herbivores meet at a disastrous congress of the animals; we get to know a merciless, art-collecting lizard; and are introduced to dancing ostriches and a melancholy, meditating octopus. With singular humor and charm, and a brilliant eye for color, Haifisch tells of the everyday struggle from the prairie to the drawing table, of self-imposed isolation and friendship. At the end of the day, there is hope, even for crying weasels. Haifisch's wry sense of humor reveals many truths lying underneath her absurdist wit. Printed in five gorgeous Pantone inks, Schappi will shine from a bookshelf like a mad husky's iris. Anna Haifisch was born in Germany in 1986 and studied illustration at the College of Graphics and Book

(W) Gail Simone, Various (A) Nicola Scott, Dale Eaglesham (CA) Nicola Scott This band of outcasts has fought the world's greatest heroes and the world's deadliest villains. They've shot, swindled, scammed, and double-crossed the very best and lived to tell the tale. The Secret Six will take any job if the price is right but might kill each other off in the process. Collects VILLAINS UNITED #1-6, VILLAINS UNITED: INFINITE CRISIS SPECIAL #1, BIRDS OF PREY #104-109, SECRET SIX (VOL. 2) #1-6, SECRET SIX (VOL. 3) #1-16, and stories from 52 #28 and COUNTDOWN #22, along with an introduction and commentary by Simone, new cover by Nicola Scott, and more!

(W) Gail Simone, Various (A) Jim Calafiore, Tom Derenick, Various (CA) Nicola Scott THE EPIC FINALE TO GAIL SIMONE'S SECRET SIX SAGA IS FINALLY HERE! Assassins. Murderers. Maniacs...and they're just getting started. Across missions, death, and bloodshed, the Six will face the likes of the Suicide Squad, Doom Patrol, Bat-Family, and more. Will this last stand be the death of them? From legendary writer Gail Simone (Deadpool, Birds of Prey) comes the groundbreaking finale to her Secret Six saga, joined by celebrated artists Jim Calafiore (Exiles, Aquaman), Tom Derenick (Trinity, Shadowpact), and more! Collects SECRET SIX (vol. 3) #17-36, SECRET SIX (vol. 4) #1-14, SUICIDE SQUAD #67, DOOM PATROL #19, ACTION COMICS #897, and a story from CONVERGENCE: WONDER WOMAN #2.

(W/A/CA) Brenna Thummler The complete collection of Brenna Thummler?s stunning bestselling Sheets trilogy, now all together in one paperback slipcased box set! In the beautifully crafted Sheets series, Brenna Thummler offers a magical world inside a haunted laundromat where sheets come to life as ghosts. When Wendell the ghost bumbles into thirteen-year-old Marjorie Glatt?s failing laundromat, the pair strike up an unlikely friendship in an attempt to save her family?s business in the first installment, Sheets. Soon joined by ghost-photography enthusiast Eliza Duncan in the second book, Delicates, the trio band together in all matters paranormal. But when Marjorie starts to prefer the popular group at school, she?ll soon learn the true value of friendship in Wendell and Eliza. As the trilogy comes to a close in Lights, Marjorie and Eliza help Wendell finally discover the truth of his human life. Spanning three gorgeously illustrated, highly acclaimed, and award-winning books, read Brenna Thummler?s heart-wrenching and heartwarming Sheets trilogy from start to finish.

(W) Rainbow Rowell (A) Roge Antonia (CA) Jen Bartel Smashing new adventures starring the best character ever! Jennifer Walters, the Sensational She-Hulk, is no longer savage - and now she needs to put her life back together. She's got a legal career to rebuild, friends to reacquaint herself with (and maybe represent in a court of law) and enemies to?well, she may not want to connect with them, but they are definitely going to connect with her. And Jen is about to be sent down a road she's never traveled - one that will shake up her life?and possibly the whole Marvel Universe! One of the most dangerous things ever to exist lands in She-Hulk's lap, and she's got to figure out what the heck to do with it. Good luck with that, Jen! And with?Super Fight Club?! Collecting SHE-HULK (2022) #1-5. Rated T+

(W) Rainbow Rowell (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Jen Bartel Questions abound for the jade giantess! Nightcrawler visits Book Law, but what does the X-Men's resident fuzzy elf need legal defense for? Which of Marvel's greatest traditions will She-Hulk help uphold? And how many miles does it take?to save the universe? After shocking events hit like an earthquake, Jennifer Walters has some serious work to do - and a humdinger of a mystery to solve. And trust us, you will not be able to predict what she finds! She-Hulk's new archnemeses finally step from the shadows ? but who are they, and what do they want with her? The answers to these questions will chill She-Hulk to the bone! Can Jen and her adorable new beau, Jack of Hearts, make it through this alive - or will this power couple suffer heartbreak? Collecting SHE-HULK (2022) #6-10. Rated T+

(W) Rainbow Rowell (A) Genolet, Andres, Joe Quinones (CA) Jen Bartel Rainbow Rowell takes the jade giantess from strength to strength! When a new villain named Scoundrel - as strong as She-Hulk and seemingly unstoppable - starts a thieving spree through New York City, he sends Jen's entire life tumbling into turmoil. So why does she feel so drawn to him?! The answer may put her whole law practice in danger! As Jen is thrown for the loop of her life, Patsy Walker - the irrepressible Hellcat - returns to help her emerald-skinned pal set everything straight! It's time for She-Hulk to put on her detective hat and uncover Scoundrel's secret history! But while Jen has her hands full with him, the Fight Club must battle an alien horde! Collecting SHE-HULK (2022) #11-15. Rated T+

(W) Rainbow Rowell (A) Ig Guara, Genolet, Andres (CA) Jen Bartel Beloved YA writer Rainbow Rowell continues her sensational She-Hulk run - and some of She-Hulk's very best friends are along for the ride! She-Hulk, Hellcat and Captain Marvel were supposed to have a nice night out at Patsy Walker's favorite bar?but it's the Marvel Universe and, in the Marvel Universe, we can't have nice things. With their very souls at stake, Carol Danvers asks Jennifer Walters a question that could have absolutely huge consequences! In the meantime, Jen and Jack of Hearts' space vacation gets quite dangerous. Lingering questions from years ago are going to be asked again, and the answers may just destroy the new It Couple of Comics! COLLECTING: Sensational She-Hulk (2023) 6-10 Rated T+

(W/A/CA) Kuniko Tsurita The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud collects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita's remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are widely reprinted, this formally ambitious and poetic female voice is like none other currently available to an English readership. A master of the comics form, expert pacing and compositions combined with bold characters are signature qualities of Tsurita's work. An exciting and essential gekiga collection, The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud is translated by comics scholar Ryan Holmberg and includes an afterword cowritten by Holmberg and the manga editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa delineating Tsurita's importance and historical relevance.

(W/A/CA) Dina Norlund From Norwegian author Dina Norlund comes The Snowcat Prince, a beautifully illustrated tale of bravery and honor, now in hardcover. Syv is a snowcat and the youngest in a family of princes. When his father dies, Syv and his brothers are all in line for the throne. Eager to become kings themselves and wary of how well-liked Syv has become by the citizens, Syv?s brothers send him on a dangerous quest to find the long-lost magical crown that once belonged to their royal ancestor, the Eldking. Legend says that the snowcat who finds the crown will break the curse on their land and bring great honor to the family. But failure could mark Syv with three black stripes, and he?d be banished forever.

(W/A/CA) Dina Norlund Syv is a snowcat and the youngest in a family of princes. When his father dies, Syv and his brothers are all in line for the throne. Eager to become kings themselves and wary of how well-liked Syv has become by the citizens, Syv?s brothers send him on a dangerous quest to find the long-lost magical crown that once belonged to their royal ancestor, the Eldking. Legend says that the snowcat who finds the crown will break the curse on their land and bring great honor to the family. But failure could mark Syv with three black stripes, and he?d be banished forever. Along his journey, Syv will face dangerous beasts, dark powers, and the ever-lurking sandfoxes?sworn enemies to the snowcats. But when Syv discovers the truth about the legend of the Eldking and his magical crown, he?ll have to learn the new meaning of honor and find another way to break the curse.? From Norwegian author Dina Norlund comes The Snowcat Prince, a beautifully illustrated tale of bravery and honor.?

(W) Gail Simone, Jason Aaron (A) Eddy Barrows, John Timms, Danny Miki, Jonas Trindade (CA) John Timms, Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki Everyone knows Bizarro No. 1 is the opposite of Superman. He's not the best or the brightest, which makes him very happy and laughing all the time! Now Bizarro's world is gone, and he blames Superman. What will mixing Bizarro with Superman's weakness to magic conjure up? Writer Jason Aaron (Absolute Superman, The Avengers) and artist John Timms (Absolute Power, Superman: Son of Kal-El) have brewed up an intense tale of grief and vengeance.

(W) Nancy A. Collins (A) Scot Eaton, Kim DeMulder, Various (CA) Charles Vess Featuring the beautiful pencils of Scot Eaton (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Men: Messiah Complex) and striking inks of Kim DeMulder (Hellblazer, Transmetropolitan), among other celebrated artists, Swamp Thing by Nancy A. Collins Omnibus collects Swamp Thing #110-139, Swamp Thing Annual #6-7, Black Orchid #5 and a story from Vertigo Jam #1, along with behind-the-scenes artwork and the original proposal for Arcane Blood, an unpublished Swamp Thing miniseries by Collins.

(W/A/CA) Mirka Andolfo Paprika is a successful New York businesswoman. She neglects her personal life and relationships in favor of pursuing her career. Her heart was broken by an old flame, and her rigid upbringing has made her introverted to a debilitating degree. Despite all this, she still wants a romantic relationship-she just doesn't know what she's doing. Not like Dill, the handsome delivery boy with an angelic attitude who's always surrounded by besotted women. He doesn't have a worry in the world, and that makes Paprika very nervous. But maybe he's the guy who can help her with her feelings-and with sex. Bridget Jones's Diary meets Sex and the City with a pinch of The Devil Wears Prada in the new international hit by acclaimed creator MIRKA ANDOLFO (UNNATURAL, MERCY). Collects MIRKA ANDOLFO'S SWEET PAPRIKA #1-6

(W/A/CA) Mirka Andolfo Fierce businesswoman Paprika's problems are far from over. After (more or less) skillfully juggling an unbearable ex and a deviant father, she still faces work tension-and sexual tension-with charming producer Za'atar. With only a few weeks until their fated meeting in Italy, Paprika breaks every rule in her life to hire the sunny, uninhibited angel Dill to teach her how to be a true queen between the sheets. But with some of her trauma and anxieties still unresolved, and with misunderstandings and jealousies running rampant, it doesn't take long for all hell (and heaven) to break loose. Bridget Jones's Diary meets Sex and the City with a pinch of The Devil Wears Prada in the steamy finale of the international hit by acclaimed creator MIRKA ANDOLFO (UNNATURAL, MERCY). Collects SWEET PAPRIKA #7-12.

(W/A/CA) Keum Suk Gendry-Kim Critically acclaimed and award-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim returns with a stunning addition to her body of graphic fiction. Adapted from Park Wan-suh's beloved novel, The Naked Tree paints a stark portrait of a single nation's fabric slowly torn to shreds by political upheaval. Fleshing out the characters in fresh, imaginative ways, and incorporating the original author into the story, Gendry-Kim breathes new life into this Korean classic.

(W/A/CA) Miriam Libicki In her first collection of graphic essays, Miriam Libicki investigates what it means globally and culturally to be Jewish, dating from her time in the Israeli military to her tenure as an art professor. Toward a Hot Jew is a new high watermark in autobiographical comics and shows Miriam Libicki as a powerful witness to history in the tradition of Martjane Satrapi and Joe Sacco.

(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!

Meet the mutants' new mentor, Psylocke! After recent climactic events and the surprise new teammate they found, Mei, Hisako, Nico and the mutants need some guidance! Fortunately, the mysterious Kanon is an older student with a surprising amount of expertise! But bigger questions remain: What exactly are mutants? Where do they come from? And how has the Maker's Council been keeping them under control? All these secrets start to unravel as our heroes investigate a murder that, for some reason, the authorities keep covering up! Meanwhile, Shadow King advances his sinister plots! Maystorm and Surge are on a collision course! Viper enters the stage after a mass raid on the cult known as the Children of the Atom! And a seismic confrontation is coming! Collecting ULTIMATE X-MEN (2024) #7-12. Rated T+

(W) Peach Momoko; Zack Davisson (A) Peach Momoko (CA) Peach Momoko Visionary creator Peach Momoko's reimagination of mutantkind in the Ultimate Universe enters its second year!Chaos erupts as former Children of the Atom rise up against the society that used and abused them just as tension between Armor and Maystorm comes to a head in an explosive confrontation! And when the Shadow King returns - more powerful than ever - will Armor be the first to fall? Witness how Hisako's journey through her inner darkness wreaks havoc on her fellow mutants - and reality itself!COLLECTING: Ultimate X-Men (2024) 13-18

(W/A/CA) Peach Momoko Visionary creator Peach Momoko (DEMON DAYS) crafts a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life - go to school, hang out with her friends, and ignore the political strife boiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION. But life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life?and brought some unusual new powers with them. Meet Armor, Maystorm and a brand-group of new Ultimate X-Men - the likes of which you've never seen before! COLLECTING: Ultimate X-Men (2024) 1-6 Rated T+

(W) Gail Simone (A) David Marquez, Garron, Javier (CA) David Marquez From the ashes of the Krakoan era, the flagship X-Men title returns at last, with a familiar team in an all-new direction! Professor X is gone! Now, a core group of essential X-Men must find a way to rise again. All bonds among the mutant community seem to be slipping away, and Rogue reluctantly finds herself as the hero designated to bring them back together. But a fearless, malignant power is out there hunting mutants, and it has a terrible secret that may destroy what remains of the X-Men! Rogue can count on Gambit and Wolverine, but they'll soon welcome back another friend - just in time to face four uncontrollable and wild mutants in the swamps of Louisiana! But will a grieving Rogue take Xavier's place in guiding them to the light? Or will a darkness from the past destroy the X-Men, one at a time?! COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (2024) 1-6, X-Men (2021) 35 (C story), Free Comic Book Day 2024: Blood Hunt/X-Men 1 Rated T+

(W) Gail Simone (A) Andrei Bressan & Various (CA) David Marquez Beloved author Gail Simone continues her exciting run on Uncanny X-Men, with classic members like Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine teaching a new group of mutants known as the Outliers how to fight the good fight! The new crew of Outliers, still finding their place in the mutant world, are hunted by a lethal new set of foes: a bloodthirsty, relentless and unstoppable pack of stealth Sentinels! Cut off from their mentors and allies, with no knowledge of who built or aimed these deadly drones, the four untrained mutants are completely unprepared for the violent hunters making them their prey! There's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide as the Outliers face the bone-chilling Bloodhounds! Meanwhile, an otherworldly presence sets its covetous eye on one of the young mutants in a story that reveals a never-before-told slice of the history of mutantkind! Who will be the Voice of Darkness?! Plus: The smoothest X-Man, Remy LeBeau, A.K.A. Gambit, is forced to face his past as an unstoppable force comes to collect a debt

(W) Gail Simone (A) Luciano Vecchio; David Marquez (CA) Roge Antonio Beloved author Gail Simone continues her exciting run on Uncanny X-Men, with classic members like Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine teaching a new group of mutants known as the Outliers how to fight the good fight!When a brilliant but exploitative Hollywood director makes a surprise-hit horror film featuring a serial-killing mutant girl, there are protests at theaters around the country and a rise in anti-mutant violence in those same communities. But is it “just a movie,” or is something much more insidious going on? Things are looking up when, for the first time in New Orleans history, the city declares a Mutant Appreciation Day festival and street fair, with all the music, food and fun the city is famous for. If the Hellfire Gala is filet mignon, this is corn dogs and lemonade. But are all mutants okay with this attempt at bridging the gap, or are sinister forces lurking behind the Tilt-A-Whirl?COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (2024) 17-21

(W/A/CA) Mirka Andolfo Leslie J. Blair is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, and she hates her job. Her world is dominated by a totalitarian government that interferes in the personal lives of its citizens, punishing transgressors for so-called 'unnatural' relationships. Leslie dreams of something different for herself, but these dreams are quickly becoming dangerous. And when she wakes up, it feels as if she's being watched. For the first time, the whole suspenseful erotic fantasy series that made MIRKA ANDOLFO (MERCY, SWEET PAPRIKA, DEEP BEYOND, Punchline, Wonder Woman) a rising star is collected in a unique hardcover book, featuring loads of bonus content and an all-new cover by MIRKA herself. COLLECTS UNNATURAL #1-12.

(W/A/CA) Mirka Andolfo Leslie J. Blair is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, and she hates her job. Her world is dominated by a totalitarian government that interferes in the personal lives of its citizens, punishing transgressors for so-called 'unnatural' relationships. Leslie dreams of something different for herself, but these dreams are becoming dangerous. And, when she wakes up, she thinks she's being watched? The hit Italian comic, an erotic fantasy/romantic suspense series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells), will take you to a colorful but terrible world full of anthropomorphic creatures-but light on personal freedoms. Collects UNNATURAL #1-4

(W/A/CA) Mirka Andolfo Leslie has a power within herself that many others desperately want. After losing her best friends to the shadowy organization that still chases her, she finds herself alone-and confused-with a group of rebels. Will she be able to join the fight against a corrupt, misguided government when she has difficulty keeping the wolf within her in check? The hit Italian comic, a fantasy/erotica/romantic suspense series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells), will bring you to a colorful but terrible world where personal freedoms are superfluous. Follow Leslie on a breathtaking plot that races between thriller and fantasy, with an added touch of sensuality. Collects UNNATURAL #5-8

(W/A/CA) Mirka Andolfo This final chapter of the hit comic, an acclaimed fantasy, erotica, romantic suspense series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells), has still more surprises in store, between breathtaking twists and exciting developments! Newspapers call her a killer, her allies are dead or beaten to a pulp, and her enemies are closing in on her. Oh, and she still has a major 'inner demons' problem to face. So let's agree that things have gotten pretty serious. Will Leslie be strong enough to survive all this, or is this really the end of the line for her? Collects UNNATURAL #9-12

(W) GAIL SIMONE (A/CA) PHIL NOTO What would it really be like to meet an alternate version of yourself - another you who had made different choices and lived a completely different life as a result? That's the question facing Jessica Jones, as what seemed like a routine investigation instead has her encountering other incarnations of herself from across the Multiverse! Can Jessica get along with herself? Will she want to kill her other selves? And will seeing the roads she could have traveled drive her into a self-destructive spiral? This is what happens when you meet?the Variants! Jessica might just be losing her mind?and, worse still, as she is backed into an impossible corner, she is forced to make a sacrifice play that could cost her a member of her own family! Collecting THE VARIANTS (2022) #1-5.

(W/A/CA) Maria Llovet “MARIA LLOVET is an especially exciting name in comics nowadays.” —AIPT A sensual vampire tale about vengeance and acceptance, and the importance of embracing who we really are. Vengeance blooms in their veins. An ancient clan of vampires reunites after centuries. The Sentinel, a vampire who watches over all supernatural creatures, has been murdered. His erratic sister, Carnelia, will stop at nothing to get revenge, even when she's charged with a mortal to take care of. In our world where the cult of youth and beauty rules, Carnelia has remained old and wrinkled for ages, abstaining from her vampire urges. But her ADDICTION to blood may prove her resolution is not as firm as it seems.

(W/A/CA) Julia Gfr?rer Julia Gfr?rer's third graphic novel puts a contemporary spin on the grand tradition of gothic storytelling, when a vision-impaired Victorian spinster engages in a sexual relationship with a haunted mirror in her bedroom. Exploring ideas of abandonment and sexuality with an expert mix of mystery and horror, Gfr?rer's linework perfectly complements the book's period setting, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of her stories to the fore.

(W/A/CA) Keum Suk Gendry-Kim The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son.

(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Stephanie Hans WE CALLED THEM GIANTS?is a story of communication across a chasm at the end of the world.Lori wakes to find the streets empty. Everyone has gone. Or at least, nearly everyone. She?s thrown into a world where she has to scrape by in the ruins of civilization, nearly starving, hiding from gangs when?They arrive.The award-winning team behind dark fantasy smash DIE release their first standalone original graphic novel.

(W/A/CA) Melissa Mendes A relative’s depression-era diary inspires a young woman’s journey to adulthood In The Weight, Melissa Mendes’ pastoral cartooning captures the openness of rural America—soft breezes, tall grass, whirring grasshoppers, rainstorms, skinned knees. But all the while, the cruelty, the disappointment of man lurks behind the barn and in the trailer. Life can be stubbed out as easily as a cigarette tossed in the dirt. One moment all focus, next, gone without a thought. Will Edie find herself repeating a cycle or will she be free like she felt as a child?

Lynda Barry is one of the pre-eminent cartoonists of the past generation, and in What It Is she demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-color drawings, comics, and collages, autobiographical sections and gentle creative guidance, each page is an invigorating example of exactly what it is: 'The ordinary is extraordinary.' Lynda Barry explores the depths of the inner and outer realms of creation and imagination, where play can be serious, monsters have purpose, and not knowing is an answer unto itself. How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? These types of questions permeate the pages of What It Is, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. Her insight and sincerity will tackle the most persistent of inhibitions, calling back every kid who quit drawing to again feel alive at the experiential level.