Category Archives: Featured Graphic Novels

Reckless

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Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534318519
Price: $24.99
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Ages: 16+

On Sale: December 22, 2020

Sex, drugs, and murder in 1980s Los Angeles… And the best new twist on paperback pulp heroes since The Punisher or Jack Reacher.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the modern masters of crime noir, bring us the last thing anyone expected from them – a good guy – in a bold new series of original graphic novels, with three books releasing over the next year, each a full-length story that stands on its own.

Meet Ethan Reckless: Your trouble is his business, for the right price. But when a fugitive from his student radical days reaches out for help, Ethan must face the only thing he fears… his own past.

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  • Perfect for longtime, devoted Brubaker/Phillips fans, handsell this to readers of PULP,THE FADE OUT, KILL OR BE KILLED, CRIMINAL, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, BAD WEEKEND.

  • The first in a unique series of standalone stories that share a common protagonist-similar to Jack Reacher novels-and providing original graphic novel story + easy entry points for new readers.

  • Extensive coop and promotional advertising, banners, and social support targeting book market.
    Brubaker/Phillips boast a deep backlist, a devoted fanbase, and a solid sales track with multiple Eisner Awards and the recent breakout sales beast PULP!

  • “Imagine Redford at his peak, ambling through sun-drenched, eighties L.A. in a serpentine plot that is equal parts Long Goodbye and Point Break. No one does crime fic like Brubaker and Phillips and their collaboration has never felt more new. Explosive. Vital. And yes… reckless. I love this book.”

    – Damon Lindelof (Lost, HBO’s Watchmen)

  • “Reckless is an absolute rush: on the same level as golden age Travis McGee novels and the hardest-hitting Richard Stark stories. This one comes at you as fast as Steve McQueen in a souped-up Mustang and as hard as Charles Bronson with a baseball bat. You gotta have it.”

    – Joe Hill (Locke & Key, N0S4A2)

ED BRUBAKER is one of the most acclaimed writers in comics, winning five best writer Eisner and Harvey Awards in the last ten years. His bestselling work with Sean Phillips on CRIMINAL, INCOGNITO, FATALE, and THE FADE OUT has been translated around the world to great acclaim, and Marvel’s movies featuring his co-creation, The Winter Soldier, have all been international blockbusters. Ed lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their crazy dog, where he works in comics, film, and television, most recently on HBO’s new hit series WESTWORLD.

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Department of Truth Volume 1

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Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534318335
Price: $9.99
Genre: Dystopian
Ages: 16+

On Sale:March 2, 2021

COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn’t prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK Assassination to Flat Earth Theory and Reptilian Shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth?

From bestselling writer JAMES TYNION IV (BATMAN, SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN) and breakout artistMARTIN SIMMONDS (DYING IS EASY)!

Collects DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #1-5.

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Creator Bio(s)

  • Simmonds is known for his work on DYING IS EASY (with Joe Hill) for IDW, Punks Not Dead (with David Barnett) for Black Crown, and Friendo (with Alex Paknadel) for Vault Comics. He’s also gained mainstream exposure as a contributing artist to Marvel’s THE IMMORTAL HULK

  • Tynion IV’s name is regularly in the headlines as the writer of DC’s BATMAN as well as his work on Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, and the New York Times bestselling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy. He’s also gained critical and fan acclaimed for his Boom series SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN

  • Hadsell to BATMAN and WYTCHES readers or anyone who loves conspiracy theory storylines like THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS or THE X-FILES

JAMES TYNION IV is the writer of Batman, and many other titles for DC Comics, including Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, and the New York Times best selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy. He is the co-creator of Wynd, Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, and the GLAAD award winning series, The Woods. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his partner and their nice old dog.

MARTIN SIMMONDS is a comic artist, and co-creator of Dying is Easy (with Joe Hill) for IDW, Punks Not Dead (with David Barnett) for Black Crown, and Friendo (with Alex Paknadel) for Vault Comics.He is also a contributing artist to Marvel’s The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, and series cover artist for Marvel’s Quicksilver: No Surrender, and Jessica Jones.Martin currently lives in Surrey, UK with his partner and their two year old son.

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‘Department of Truth’ Gets Picked Up for Screen Adaptation

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If Ur Stabby

Published by Hermes Press

ISBN: 9781613452059
Price: $24.99
Genre: Horror, Humor
Ages: 13+

On Sale: January 12, 2021

Who’s positively magical and ready for sunshine, giggles, and sliding down rainbows? Not Stabby! Meet the world’s surliest unicorn.

This stab-happy unicorn is a fan-favorite character from “Mother Goth Rhymes” (www.mothergothrhymes.com Hermes Press, Halloween 2020) and now he’s getting his own book!

“If UR Stabby” follows Stabby as he deals with life’s challenges the only way he knows how—horn first. “If UR Stabby” is a teen and adult humor book.

Author Bio(s)

KAZ WINDNESS specializes in cute and creepy characters and humor for kids of all ages.

Forever curious about what lurks in the shadows, Kaz has been drawing monsters, bats, and spiders her whole life.

Kaz studied children’s book illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) where she was a valedictorian graduate in 2002. A proud SCBWI member, Kaz volunteers as the Rocky Mountain Chapter Illustrator Coordinator (2009-present). She is passionate about helping artists succeed and believes education is key. She is a professor of illustration at RMCAD (2013-present) and RMC-SCBWI illustrator mentor.

Kaz is obsessed with dogs, waffles, and all things spooky and witchy-woo-woo. She loves working in acrylic, collage, pencil, and Photoshop. There’s not much she won’t turn into an art supply. 

Kaz lives in Colorado with her English teacher husband, two sons, and a cornball Boston Terrier named Remy

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Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death

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Published by Dynamite

ISBN: 9781524119874
Price: $24.99
Genre: Science Fiction
Ages: 16+

On Sale: February 23, 2021

From the world of the best-selling trilogy of books and the hit Netflix show comes a new chapter in the ALTERED CARBON universe! In the future, bodies can be changed like clothes, giving life an entirely new meaning—or lack of meaning.

Takeshi Kovacs—once a member of the Envoy Corps, the elite, deadly troops of the Interstellar Earth Protectorate—now finds himself imprisoned . . . both in a jail and in an extremely weak body. When he learns that Envoys he served with in a battle he somehow can’t remember have been stolen and sold to one of the richest people in the universe, Kovacs vows to rescue them and get revenge. Leaving behind a staggering body count as he blazes across the galaxy, he wonders why he has a hole in his memory . . . and what secrets that gap holds for understanding his future and himself.

ALTERED CARBON writer/creator RICHARD K. MORGAN is joined by writer SCOTT BRYAN WILSON (Batman Annual, Batman: Gotham Nights) and artist MAX FUCHS (Halcyon Days) to deliver the original graphic novel ALTERED CARBON: ONE LIFE, ONE DEATH, a violent, galaxy-spanning adventure of prison breaks, political intrigue, and sinister machinations.

Key Selling Points

  • A new original story written by Richard K. Morgan

  • Two successful season’s on Netflix. Season 3 release date is TBD.

  • Follows in the footsteps of Dynamites other prose/graphic novel successes; Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files, Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand & Pierce Brown’s Red Rising.

Rainbow Brite: Digest Edition

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Published by Dynamite

ISBN: 9781524119560
Price: $9.99
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Media Tie-In
Ages: 9+

On Sale: January 19, 2021

The adventure begins for children and adults alike, as the classic character Rainbow Brite comes to comics and brings a little color to your life!

Wisp and Willow are best friends who live in a small town. They are inseparable, until one night Wisp discovers something is stealing the color from the world! To escape their grasp, Wisp must use her wits and the help of a new friend…from somewhere else! Then the adventure begins!

Follow along with writer Jeremy Whitley (My Little Pony, Unstoppable Wasp) and artist Brittney Williams (Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, Goldie Vance) as we find out how this seemingly normal girl becomes Rainbow Brite and how it changes Wisp, Willow, and their world!

Contains all five of the Rainbow Brite comics and a gallery of Rainbow Brite cover art.

Key Selling Points

  • Created in 1983, the animated series debuted in 1984 and led to the creation of toys, games, cereal, clothing, specials and a movie.

  • Characters that entertained generations of fans

  • Using the power of the rainbow, she’ll bring color and happiness to people everywhere!

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The Boys: Dear Becky

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Published by Dynamite

ISBN: 9781524119904
Price: $19.99
Genre: Superheroes
Ages: 16+

On Sale: March 16, 2021

Twelve years after the events of The Boys, Hughie finds himself back home in Scotland where he intends to finally marry Annie in the company of friends and family.

But the sudden appearance of a peculiar document sends our hero into a tailspin and threatens to bring the events of his nightmarish past crashing down on him in the worst possible way. There was one story about The Boys that Hughie never knew. Now, whether he likes it or not, he’s going to.

Key Selling Points

  • Brought to you by the original team of Garth Ennis, Darrick Robertson and Russ Braun.

  • Amazon superhero drama The Boys debuts 2019. Was picked up for a second season running in 2020.

  • The Boys has been picked up for a third season.

  • Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys was nominated for two 2007 Spike TV Scream awards.

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Dead Day

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Published by AfterShock Comics

ISBN: 9781949028546
Price: $16.99
Genre: Horror
Ages: 16+

On Sale: March 16, 2021

YOU JUST CAN’T KEEP A GOOD CORPSE DOWN

If the dead could come back for just one night, would we want them to?

Meet the Haskins, a seemingly normal suburban family, as they prepare for the annual macabre holiday known as “Dead Day” – when the deceased rise from the grave from sunset to sunrise. Some come back to reunite with family and friends, others for one last night of debauchery, still others with only one thing on their decomposing minds: revenge.

From writer Ryan Parrott (OBERON, VOLITION, Power Rangers) and artist Evgeniy Bornyakov (DESCENDENT, YOU ARE OBSOLETE) comes an unnerving tale of existential horror with grave consequences.

Key Selling Points

  • DEAD DAY capitalizes on the enduring popularity of “zombie” tales as evidenced by Night of the Living Dead and The Walking Dead, yet takes it in a new, more thoughtful direction – focusing on the relationships between the living and the dearly departed

  • Ryan Parrott is one of the most prolific creators in comics, from helming the Power Rangers franchise to his creator-owned books like VOLITION and OBERON

  • Artist Evgeniy Bornyakov brings accessible realism into this work here, as he did for AfterShock’s DESCENDENT

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The Goon Volume 1 : A Ragged Return to Lonely Street

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Published by Albatross Funnybooks

ISBN: 9781949889925
Price: $17.99
Genre: Horror
Ages: 16+

On Sale: October 08, 2019

For two decades, the Goon’s adventures have thrilled fans, critics, and creators with their bold creativity, classic style, and irreverent humor.

This volume contains Eric Powell’s highly anticipated return to his flagship series for its 20th anniversary.

The next era in the legacy of The Goon starts here, and takes the series to its humor-based roots as Goon & Franky return from strange adventures abroad to find a horde of unsavory characters have filled the void left in his absence from Lonely Street

Key Selling Points

  • Five time Eisner Award winning series.

  • A new fresh start for new readers wanting to jump into the series.

  • Collects the first new Goon material since 2015

  • Great for fans of dark humor!

The Goon: Bunch of Old Crap Volume 1: An Omnibus

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Published by Albatross Funnybooks

ISBN: 9780998379296
Price: $29.99
Genre: Horror
Ages: 13+

On Sale: June 11, 2019

The first omnibus volume of Eric Powell’s Eisner Award winning series, THE GOON! The Nameless Man, the Zombie Priest, has come to town to build a gang from the undead.

Yet even with an unlimited supply of soldiers, the Priest cannot move in on the territory controlled by the crime boss Labrazio and his unstoppable enforcer-the Goon. But when the Priest discovers Goon’s most closely held secret, the balance of power threatens to change forever!

The Goon: Bunch of Old Crap Book Volume 1 collects The Goon books 0-3 (The Goon: Rough Stuff, The Goon: Nothing But Misery, The Goon: My Murderous Childhood, & The Goon: Heaps of Ruination)

Key Selling Points

  • Collects the very first Goon Material. Good Jumping on point.

  • Multiple Eisner Award winning series.

  • Coincides with the 20th anniversary and relaunch of the Goon!

Man Who F#&%ed Up Time

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Published by AfterShock Comics

ISBN: 9781949028454
Price: $16.99
Genre: Dystopian
Ages: 16+

On Sale: July 13, 2021

TIME IS NOT ON HIS SIDE.

Sean Bennett is just your everyday, ordinary lab worker in a high-tech lab with a prototype time machine. And, yeah, he’s got the same temptations any of us would have about going back in time, just a bit, to correct mistakes of the past and right old wrongs. So when he meets a version of himself from the future who encourages him to do just that, Sean takes the temporal plunge. Only … can you guess what happens next? Did you read the book title? Yup. All of TIME is f#&%ed up now, and it’s up to Sean to correct it – or else!

Presenting a time-twisted sci-fi action-comedy, a butterfly effect noir, by multiple Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew, Outer Darkness, ELEANOR & THE EGRET) and talented newcomer Karl Mostert.

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Author Bio(s)

  • Melds time-travel adventure with gritty crime noir.

  • “Takes the notion of the butterfly effect to the craziest, most absurd situations possible. One small change to the space-time continuum, and a million crazy repercussions as a result.”

  • Eisner Award winner John Layman (Chew) does his take on classic time travel adventure – and takes it to an unexpected extreme

JOHN LAYMAN is the creator, writer and letterer of Chew, the New York Times best-selling, Harvey Award and multi-Eisner Award winning cannibal cop comedy series from Image Comics. Layman was an editor for WildStorm Production and has written or lettered for every major publisher in comics for the last decade and a half. He’s written CyclopsDetective ComicsMars AttacksGodzillaAliensThundercatsGambitScarfaceRed SonjaMarvel Zombies Vs. Army of DarknessHouse of M: Fantastic Four, the Marvel Identity Wars Annuals, Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen… and a whole lotta other stuff. He’s currently the writer of Leviathan with artist Nick Pitarra and Outer Darkness with artist Afu Chan, both published by Image Comics

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