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Sex Criminals Volume 6

By Ashley KronsbergOctober 26, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, Image Comics

Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534310629
Price: $17.99
Genre: Fantasy
Ages: 16+

On Sale: December 01, 2020

The grand finale! The big finish! The climax!

We speak of course about this, the end of the award-winning, boundary-pushing, taste-challenging SEX CRIMINALS.

Suzie’s just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same ability. And sooner or later they get around to using their gifts to do what we’d ALL do: rob a couple banks.

So Suze and Jon have sex, stop time, and rob banks. The bank went after them. Now Suze and Jon finish off the bank, the Sex Police, and the bad guys all in one pop, hoping to dodge a huge load of trouble before it explodes in their faces.

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“On the surface, this is a hilarious story of two people, Suzanne and Jon, with the power to stop time after they orgasm, and then rob banks while (almost) everyone else is frozen in time, which is an amazingly original idea. But underneath that, this is a story of the beginning of a relationship: its exciting newness, its terrifying possibilities, its ups and downs, its secrets and understandings, and, of course, its sex.”
– Publisher Weekly

MATT FRACTION writes comic books out in the woods and lives with his wife, writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, his two children, two dogs, a cat, a bearded dragon, and a yard full of coyotes and crows. Surely there’s a metaphor there. He’s a New York Times-best-selling donkus of comics like Sex Criminals (winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best New Series and named TIME Magazine’s Best Comic of 2013), ODY-C, and Casanova. Under their company Milkfed Criminal Masterminds, Inc., Fraction and DeConnick are currently developing television for NBC/Universal.

CHIP ZDARSKY is an Eisner Award-winning comic book author, known for his work on Howard the Duck from Marvel Comics, KAPTARA for Image Comics, and Jughead for Archie Comics. Prior to his career in comics, launched by SEX CRIMINALS, Chip worked for the National Post as an illustrator and columnist, writing and illustrating a weekly advice column called Extremely Bad Advice. Chip resides in the hearts and minds of a nation.

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Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick

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Sex Criminals Volume 2: Two Worlds, Once Cop

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Sex Criminals Volume 3: Three the Hard Way

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Sex Criminals Volume 4: Fourgry

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Blue In Green

By Ashley KronsbergSeptember 29, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, Image Comics

Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534317130
Price: $17.99
Genre: Horror
Ages: 16+

On Sale: November 3, 2020

The dark and haunting portrayal of a young musician’s pursuit of creative genius— the monstrous nature of which threatens to consume him as it did his predecessor half a century ago. From creators Ram V (Grafity’s Wall, These Savage Shores) and Anand RK (Grafity’s Wall), BLUE IN GREEN is an exploration of ambitions, expectations and the horrific depths of their spiraling pursuit.

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Handsell to fans of cerebral horror like MEMENTO, WYTCHES, and UZUMAKI.
Ram V received critical acclaim for his highly buzzed about THESE SAVAGE SHORES and his previous Image book PARADISO, and is poised to be the next big breakout writer in comics
A unique, standalone graphic novel perfect for the Autumn and any Halloween/Horror roundups//displays/endcaps

RAM V, is an award-winning author and creator of comics & graphic novels such as Black Mumba, PARADISO, These Savage Shores, and Grafity’s Wall. Since self-publishing in 2016, Ram has gone on to create critically acclaimed work with the industry’s major publishers.Conspirator and trouble-maker at White Noise Studio comics collective, Ram currently lives in London-dog person, doodles, argumentative melancholic

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Manga Classics: Anne of Green Gables

By Ashley KronsbergSeptember 11, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, literary adaptation, manga classics

Published by Manga Classics

ISBN: 9781947808188 / 9781947808171
Price: $19.99 / $24.99
Genre: Young Adult, Literary Adaptation
Ages: 16+

On Sale: November 10, 2020

Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables – instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear. Manga Classics® is proud to be the only authorized manga adaption of Anne of Green Gables by the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery. This volume presents a faithful recreation of this classic kids novel, from the Lake of Shining Waters to the Dryad’s Bubble!

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CRYSTAL S. CHAN is an award-winning author and television screen play writer. Â She holds a degree in language and literature. Crystal is a huge fan of authors such as Jane Austen and she is equally passionate about Sailor Moon. Her passion for classic literature combined with her love of the comics medium allows her to strike a solid balance between preserving the depth of the original content while adapting the language for a younger generation.

“A charming adaptation…”
– KIRKUS

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Kill A Man

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic Novelsaftershock comics, Featured Graphic Novel, graphic novel

Published by AfterShock Comics

ISBN: 9781949028478
Price: $17.99
Genre: LGBTQ+
Ages: 13+

On Sale: December 8, 2020

A brand new original graphic novel from writers Steve Orlando and Phillip Kennedy Johnson featuring art by Alec Morgan and lettering by Jim Campbell.

In the early days of Mixed Martial Arts, kickboxer icon DJ Bellyi is beaten to death in the ring after yelling a homosexual slur at an opponent, while his young son James watches in horror from the stands.

Sixteen years later, young James Bellyi has become an MMA star in his own right, with top-tier endorsements and an imminent title shot. But when James is outed as gay by an opponent in a press conference, he loses everything: his title shot, his fans, his team, even his family. To fight his way back, he turns to the only one left in the world willing to train him: Xavier Mayne, the man who killed his father.

Says Johnson: “We’re living in an important and dynamic time in American History, when we have the power and responsibility to decide what kind of nation the United States is going to be going forward. Telling a story with such an unlikely crossover — male queer culture and MMA culture — is Steve’s, Alec’s and my way of making that decision for ourselves.”

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Extremely relevant story right now, as culture in general and sports culture in particular is coming to grips with masculine archetypes who are insisting to be allowed to be who they are.
Though action packed and very much a personal story, can stand on the shelf alongside recent graphic novels that address key moments from the history of the fight for civil rights, like March and They Called Us Enemy.
Scheduled release during LGBT History Month.

STEVE ORLANDO‘s first book ever was poorly drawn in fifth-grade classroom pencils on Xerox paper, and featured a doughboy with superpowers, and names changed from trademark purposes. He was a precocious child. Today he writes and produces comics, including Virgil, Crude and stories in the Eisner Award Nominated Outlaw Territory at Image Comics. He launched Midnighter and took part in Batman and Robin Eternal and CMYK: Yellow at DC Entertainment. Find him at your convenience deep down the rabbit hole of discussing wine, spirits, or mythology.

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Sex Criminals Volume 6

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, Image Comics

Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534310629
Price: $16.99
Genre: Fantasy
Ages: 16+

On Sale: November 3, 2020

The grand finale!

The big finish! The climax!

We speak of course about this, the end of the award-winning, boundary-pushing, taste-challenging SEX CRIMINALS. Suze and Jon have sex, stop time, and rob banks. The bank went after them. Now Suze and Jon finish off the bank, the Sex Police, and the bad guys all in one pop, hoping to dodge a huge load of trouble before it explodes in their faces.

Collects SEX CRIMINALS #26-30, 69.

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Dracula, Motherf**cker

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, Image Comics

Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534317000
Price: $16.99
Genre: Horror
Ages: 16+

On Sale: October 13, 2020

Vienna, 1889: Dracula’s brides nail him to the bottom of his coffin. Los Angeles, 1974: an ageing starlet decides to raise the stakes. Crime scene photographer Quincy Harker is the only man who knows it happened, but will anyone believe him before he gets his own chalk outline? And are Dracula’s three brides there to help him… or use him as bait?

A pulpy, pulse-pounding graphic novel of California psych-horror from acclaimed creators ALEX DE CAMPI and ERICA HENDERSON.

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Perfect title to capitalize off the recent BBC hit adaptation of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA
Combines both horror and noir, making it perfect for seasonal Halloween round-up displays and endcaps—shelve this alongside THE WALKING DEAD, 300 DAYS OF NIGHT, LOCKE & KEY, and the latest JOSH MALERMAN or STEPHEN KING
Henderson cultivated a devoted following with her work on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Jughead

ALEX de CAMPI writes comics. She is best known for her critically-acclaimed teen survival thriller NO MERCY and the groundbreaking, digital-native comic VALENTINE. Her latest work is the spy noir miniseries MAYDAY. She was nominated for an Eisner for her first comic work, Smoke, and it’s all been downhill from there. Alex also directs music videos, and has worked with acts as diverse as Grand Duchy (Frank Black / Violet Clark), Joan As Police Woman, and Amanda Palmer to the retro-fabulous Puppini Sisters.

Alex’s background is a three-whisky conversation and involves several continents. She is a single mother of an awesome daughter; they live in the Stephen Kingdom (Downeast Maine) with two dogs. She has an opinion on nearly everything. You can peruse them, along with stupid photos and memes, at @alexdecampi on most social media.

ERICA HENDERSON is a multiple Eisner winning comic artist known most for rebooting The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Jughead. She has not lived in New York for a decade but still has very strong opinions on bagels.

Gunning for Ramirez Volume 1

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, Image Comics

Published by Image Comics

ISBN: 9781534316973
Price: $16.99
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Ages: 16+

On Sale: October 6, 2020

What if the deadliest assassin in all of Mexico, a man with dozens of kills to his name, was actually a vacuum repairman in Arizona?

Falcon City, Arizona. Jacques Ramirez works at Robotop, the leading home appliance company in the southwest United States. Jacques is efficient, thorough, and discreet. That last one is easy: he’s also mute. But everything changes when two members of one of Paso del Rio’s largest drug cartels stumble upon Jacques and believe him to be the deadly hitman who betrayed them in the past: the ruthless Ramirez.

Could it be that the cartel’s legendary clean-up man is really a legendary vacuum cleaner expert? Now that they’ve found him, the men of the cartel will do everything they can to kill this traitor!

Nicolas Petrimaux presents a tribute to the action thrillers of the 1980s and 90s, a brutal narrative with never a dull moment. Gunning for Ramirez is as much a descendant of Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. as it is Taratino’s Pulp Fiction or Rodriguez’s Mexico Trilogy.

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO meets Quentin Tarantino’s PULP FICTION and the perfect handsell for fans of DEADLY CLASS, TOKYO GHOST, and Netflix’s OZARK.
A no holds barred, one-and-done standalone action story, previously published internationally by Glénat Comics to critical acclaim, and with a strong sales track abroad.

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Phantom of the Opera: the Graphic Novel

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic Novelsa wave blue world, awbw, Featured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, literary adaptation

Published by A Wave Blue World

ISBN: 9781949518092
Price: $16.99
Genre: Literary Adaptation
Ages: 13+

On Sale: October 20, 2020

Everyone has heard the whispered tales of the phantom who lives beneath the opera house, the mysterious trickster behind all the little mishaps and lost things. But no one has ever seen the monster . . . until now. When the promise of blossoming love lures him out from his intricately constructed hideaways in the labyrinthine building’s walls and cellars, a hideously disfigured artist trains the lovely Christine to be the opera’s next star for a steep price. Does she choose her newfound success or her beloved Count Raoul? This doomed love triangle threatens to combust when a tragic death, a series of betrayals, and increasingly dangerous accidents cast the players of The Palais Garnier into a heart-wrenching horror story that will echo through the ages.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, the iconic gothic romance, is retold with all the spectacle its legend demands in this devoted graphic novel adaptation that marries stunning artwork with Gaston Leroux’s haunting prose.

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UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION: A pop culture phenomenon for over 100 years, Phantom of the Opera has thrilled multiple generations through several classic film adaptations and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic stage musical that has netted $6 billion in gross receipts over its 30-year run. The book is perfect for fans looking for a new take and newcomers looking for an accessible way into the story for the first time.
CHILLINGLY FUN CLASSIC HORROR: Ideal for “monster kids” who appreciate old fashioned classic horror films from Universal and Hammer Pictures, Leroux’s monster sits proudly in that pantheon. Tomi’s faithful adaptation recreates the time period for gothic treat that’s macabre and atmospheric without gore or outright terror.
LAVISH ARTWORK: With its impeccably detailed linework, readers can get as hopelessly lost in each panel as the characters do in the labyrinth below the opera house. Tomi’s goal is to give fans of Gaston Leroux’s prose a visual spectacle on par with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical in book form.
DEVOTED ADAPTATION: A devoted lifelong fan of both the musical and the original novel, Tomi is the perfect artist for a graphic novel adaptation. He spent years researching the costumes and settings for the story and painstakingly drawing these details into his labor of love.
INTRO TO CLASSIC LITERATURE: With its commitment to accuracy and authenticity, this PHANTOM OF THE OPERA adaptation is a great gateway book to classic literature for kids and students, and an entry point to graphic novels for literature readers who may be new to the medium.Broken Frontier anthology ( A Wave Blue World).

Varga Tomi is a Hungarian artist and colorist. He graduated from The Kubert School in Dover, NJ in 2015. Since then he’s worked with a number of publishers and high-profile creators, most notably IDW and Kevin Eastman on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and A Wave Blue World and Marguerite Bennett on the Broken Frontier Anthology and Ghastly Tales.

“This adaptation proves a faithful and attractive enough version that die-hard Phantom fans will likely pick it up.”
– PUBLISHER WEEKLY

Trese Volume 1

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, filipino, graphic novel, international creators

Published by Ablaze

ISBN: 9781950912193
Price: $16.99
Genre: Horror
Ages: 13+

On Sale: October 13, 2020

When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don’t you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly- lit side of the metro, where blood-sucking aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where gigantic kapre are the kingpins of crime, and magical engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese.

Trese Vol 1 “Murder on Balete Drive” features all new, redrawn artwork throughout, and includes a substantial bonus section with behind-the-scenes sketches, info and details on the making of the book and further insight into the world of Trese, as told by its creators Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo!

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Award-winning Filipino comic book
Soon to be a Netflix anime series

“I feel like you and all the smart Filipino writers and artists out there are doing something really brave and powerful, making a whole new wave of Filipino art and story. Well done!”

– NEIL GAIMAN

“Budjette and Kajo’s Trese is a gem. It excites the little child in me which used to believe in the wonders of Filipino folklore, and my adult self who enjoys intelligently written and drawn tales.”
– LEINIL YU

“It is the book I would love to write myself… they capture the true atmosphere of the Manila I know and love”
– WHILCE PORTACIO

“Trese continues to impress and surprise.”
– GERRY ALANGUILAN, CREATOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC NOVEL ELMER

“The unconventional monster art and moody, action-packed narratives make this horror-crime series a must-follow for any aficionado of the macabre.” — PUBLISHER WEEKLY

Beyond Kuiper

By Ashley KronsbergAugust 26, 2020Featured Graphic NovelsFeatured Graphic Novel, graphic novel, Heavy Metal

Published by Heavy Metal

ISBN: 9781947784192
Price: $24.99
Genre: Science Fiction
Ages: 16+

On Sale: November 24, 2020

There is no Drake Equation. There is no question on sentience. The galaxy is alive and filled with life. The only issue: we humans aren’t invited.

The Galactic Star Alliance awaits your exploration.

In this illustrated novel co- created & written by Matthew Medney (Heavy Metal Magazine CEO & NYU adjunct professor) and John Connelly (Lockheed Martin Aerospace Engineer), humankind acknowledges the vastness of time, the cyclical nature of civilization, and the obscurity of our own history.

If our galaxy is so full of sentient life, why has no one said hello? We thought of a simple, logical reason: no one wants to. Stepping back and casting an objective eye on ourselves, it seems painfully obvious that humans lack a fundamental respect for our planet and for each other. We possess extremely short memories and long grudges, and the likelihood of receiving alien tools to hasten our expansion seems downright foolhardy.

The Galactic Star Alliance has been alive and well for millions of earth years. Hundreds of thousands of sentient worlds and trillions of beings walk, run, and crawl across the many home worlds of the Alliance. This revelation led to many questions: How is faster-than-light speed travel possible, and could cohesive, interstellar civilizations exist without it? Is it conceivable to govern a coalition not of different countries, but of different species? Each question led to another and each answer built our world, piece by piece until it spanned thousands of answers and millions of light-years. As for the title, from where would our judges watch us?

But our galaxy has spoken to us humans. There are some who believe it is out there. Not as science-fantasy but as science.

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