Written by: Jim Butcher and Mark Powers
Illustrated by: Joe Cooper
ISBN: 9781524121297
Price: $24.99 USD, $33.50 CAD, £22.99 GBP
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy / Horror / Crime & Mystery
Page Count: 160 pages
Format: HC
Written by: M.L. Smoker and Natalie Peeterse
Illustrated by: Dale Ray Deforest
ISBN: 9781948206464
Price: $16.99 USD, $22.99 CAD, £14.99 GBP
Ages: 8-12
Genre(s): Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure / Fantasy
Page Count: 96 pages
Format: Softcover
M.L. SMOKER belongs to the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in north-eastern Montana. She is Montana’s current Poet Laureate. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana in Missoula, where she was the recipient of the Richard Hugo Fellowship. She is also a graduate of Pepperdine University, and attended UCLA and the University of Colorado. Smoker Broaddus currently works for the Office of Public Instruction as the Director of Indian Education. She has spent the past seven years overseeing the work of statewide Indian Education for All Efforts and the Schools of Promise initiative, which seeks to turnaround the states lowest performing schools. In 2015, she was named the Indian Educator of Year by the National Indian Education Association. She was also recently appointed to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education by President Barack Obama. She was formerly an administrator in her home community of Frazer, Montana for three years. She has taught courses at Fort Peck Community College and the University of Montana. She has published one collection of poems, Another Attempt at Rescue (Hanging Loose Press, 2005). She has also served as a writer and consultant on the PBS documentaries Before There Were Parks and Indian Relay (which earned her a regional Emmy award).
NATALIE PEETERSE has an MFA from the University of Montana. Her chapbook Black Birds : Blue Horse, An Elegy won the Gold Line Press Poetry Prize in 2011. A second chapbook, Dreadful : Luminosity, Letters, was published by Educe Press in the spring of 2017. She was included in I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human Rights (Lost Horse Press), and several other anthologies. She has been a fellow with the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a participant at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, an artist in residence at the Caldera Institute, a participant in the 2018 US Poets in Mexico in Merida, Yucatan and most recently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington’s Whiteley Center at the Friday Harbor Laboratories. She is a recipient of the 2013 Artist Innovation Award by the Montana Arts Council. She lives in Helena, Montana.
DALE RAY DEFOREST grew up in the 4-Corners area of the Navajo Nation, around Shiprock and Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated High School from the Navajo Preparatory School in 1995 then studied 2-D Arts and Photography at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe; also graduated IAIA in the summer of 2000. Dale’s primary practice is sequential and Digital Illustration. He employs high-contrast and thick lines to convey bold imagery matched with bright and vivid colors. Artwork that can be used to not only express, but captivate and manipulate thought and action has always been Dale’s goal as an artist.
Written by: Yasuki Tanaka
Illustrated by: Yasuki Tanaka
ISBN: HC – 9781772942385 / SC – 9781772942323
Price: $24.99 USD, $33.50 CAD
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror / Science Fiction / Media Tie-In
Page Count: 352 pages
Format: HC and SC
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Written by: Paul Tobin
Illustrated by: Andrea Mutti
ISBN: 9781949028850
Price: $16.99 USD, $22.99 CAD, £14.99 GBP
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror / Crime & Mystery / Supernatural
Page Count: 120 pages
Format: Paperback
A new horror series from the creator of the Eisner-nominated Colder!
Sealed in a cave before the dawn of man, released by a crazed madman, Bunny Mask walks our world once more. But for what dark purpose does she use her unnatural powers? And what’s her connection to Bee Foster, a young girl murdered by her father fourteen years ago? In order to save his life – and his sanity – one man will have to discover the truth of what waits behind the mask.
Writer Paul Tobin (Colder) and artist Andrea Mutti (MANIAC OF NEW YORK, Hellblazer) unleash an eons old legend upon an unsuspecting world – one that’ll make your most horrific nightmare feel like a walk in the park!
PAUL TOBIN is a New York Times-bestselling author. His writing includes Bandette, Colder, and many other comic books, graphic series and works of fiction. Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, and again in 2016. It was also a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. Paul’s graphic novel I Was the Cat, created with artist Benjamin Dewey, was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015. The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat, first in Paul’s series of five novels for middle-grade readers, debuted in 2016 from Bloomsbury Kids. The second book in the series, How To Outsmart A Billion Robot Bees, released in March 2017.
ANDREA MUTTI broke into the industry in 1994, by first working with popular Italian publishing houses Xenia Edizioni and Fenix. In 1996, he established an international presence by signing projects with the U.S. Star Comics. In the years to follow, his passion and talent led him to collaborations with esteemed creators and editors in Italy (Bonelli, Mondadori, Playpress, Ancora, Jackson Libri, Tedeschi), France (Albin Michel, Glénat, Soleil, Casterman) and the U.S. as a key illustrator for Marvel (X-Men, Punisher), DC (Batman, Hellblazer, DMZ), Boom (Evil Empire), Dark Horse (Conan, Rebels), and Image (Port of Earth).
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Written by: Jay Sandlin
Illustrated by: Patrick Mulholland, Rebecca Nalty
ISBN: 9781952303272
Price: $14.99 USD, $19.99 CAD, £15.99 GBP
Ages: 13 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Young Adult Fiction / Coming Of Age / Diversity & Multicultural
Page Count: 212 pages
Format: Paperback
Life’s a pitch for teen football star, Adrian “Colombian Cannon” Molina. With his powerful shot, he seems a shoe-in for the European junior league.
When a Regents United elite prep school scout offers him a full scholarship, the news seems too good to be true. Adrian’s celebration is short lived thanks to his meeting with team star, Titan Evans. Titan is everything Adrian is not; rich, powerful, and connected. Despite that, Titan sees the Colombian Cannon as a threat to his domination on the pitch. Hallway brawls, threatening notes, and constant bullying from Titan and his cronies consume Adrian’s new life along with crippling anxiety attacks thanks to the fear of losing his spot on the team.
Diverse Cast
Intense Sports Action
Manga Inspired Art Style
The Power of Positive Thinking
Overcoming Adversity
Inspiring Characters
Written by: Donny Cates
Illustrated by: Garry Brown
ISBN: 9781949028836
Price: $16.99 USD, $22.99 CAD, £14.99 GBP
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror / Supernatural / Fantasy
Page Count: 112 pages
Format: Paperback
From Donny Cates, the writer of Crossover, Venom, Thanos, Redneck and the breakout hit God Country, come the long-awaited final chapters in this pulse-pounding hit series with art from THE REVISIONIST’s Garry Brown!
This impressive volume collects the final five issues of the series that Horror DNA has described as “nothing short of incredible since it started.”
DONNY CATES is a writer of comic books. His past works include Buzzkill, The Ghost Fleet, The Paybacks, Interceptor, Star Trek, and Atomahawk. He’s currently writing God Country and, like, nine other things he can’t tell you about. He’s from the town that King Of The Hill was based on but lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, his cat, and his books. He is much more interesting than this bio makes him sound. Promise
Written by: Tillie Walden, Robert Kirkman
Illustrated by: Tillie Walden
ISBN: 9781534321281
Price: $14.99 USD / $19.99 CAD, £13.99 GBP
Ages: 13 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Young Adult Fiction / Horror / Dystopian / LGBTQ+
Page Count: 256 pages
Format: Paperback
FROM THE WORLD OF ROBERT KIRKMAN’S THE WALKING DEAD…
…CLEMENTINE LIVES!
Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own.
But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement.
As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival…might be each other.
A coming-of-age tale of survival written and illustrated by two-time Eisner award winner Tillie Walden (Spinning, On a Sunbeam).
TILLIE WALDEN is a bestselling cartoonist and illustrator from Vermont.
She is the creator of six graphic novels, including the Eisner award-winning books, Spinning and Are You Listening?
She has been awarded an LA Times Book Prize as well as multiple Ignatz awards for her work. She graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont, where she now teaches.
