FCBD 2011 Deadliest Sharks & Prehistoric Predators


Joe Brusha - 2011
    This book previews Discovery Channel's and Animal Planet's first ever line of Graphic Novels and is based on some of their most popular programming including Shark Week. A book for animal fans of all ages to enjoy.

Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants


Matthew Inman - 2013
    Classics from the website, including “Dear Sriracha Rooster Sauce,” “What It Means When You Say Literally,” and “What We Should Have Been Taught in Our Senior Year of High School,” are featured alongside never-before-seen works of epic hilarity that will delight veteran and newbie Oatmeal fans alike.Matthew Inman’s first collection of The Oatmeal.com spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold 200,000 copies. This pivotal and influential comic collection titled 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth introduced Samurai sword-wielding kittens and informed us on how to tell if a velociraptor is having pre-marital sex. Matthew's cat-themed collection How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You is a #1 New York Times bestseller and has sold over 350,000 copies. Now with Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants, Inman offers a delicious, tantalizing follow-up featuring all new material that has been posted on the site since the publication of the first book plus never-before-seen comics that have not appeared anywhere.  As with every Oatmeal collection, there is a pull-out poster at the back of the book.In this second collection of over 50 comics, you'll be treated to the hilarity of "The Crap We Put Up with Getting On and Off an Airplane," "Why Captain Higgins Is My Favorite Parasitic Flatworm," "This Is How I Feel about Buying Apps," "6 Things You Really Don't Need to Take a Photo of," and much more. Along with lambasting the latest culture crazes, Inman serves up recurrent themes such as foodstuffs, holidays, e-mail, as well as technological, news-of-the-day, and his snarky yet informative comics on grammar and usage. Online and in print, The Oatmeal delivers brilliant, irreverent comic hilarity.

Strawberry Shortcake (2016-2017) #0: FCBD Special


Georgia Ball
    Strawberry Shortcake returns to comics! It's a berry special re-introduction to Strawberry Shortcake and all her pals and - maybe - a certain not-so-nice purple someone as well?!

Batman: The 10 Cent Adventures #1


Greg Rucka - 2002
    

Monsters Unleashed Free Preview #1


Cullen Bunn
    Who are the LEVIATHONS? Who controls them? How can they be stopped before Earth becomes another tragic, barren world in their wake? Written by powerhouse writer CULLEN BUNN and drawn by Marvel legend STEVE McNIVEN, this issue is the beginning of something big that you just can't miss!

MIND MGMT Omnibus Part 3: The Mind Management Comprehensive Report 3 of 3


Matt Kindt - 2013
    Meru decides that in order to save the world, she'll need the help of the elusive First Immortal. However, it remains to be seen if Meru and her allies will be able to stop The Eraser's new Mind Management before time runs out!Collects volumes 5 and 6 of the Mind MGMT series.

FCBD 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy #1


Brian Michael BendisFrank D'Armata - 2014
    The Guardians are about to welcome two new members — including Captain Marvel and one Mystery Marvel Superstar you'd never expect to see with the Guardians of the Galaxy!

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures


Bryan KonietzkoElsa Garagarza - 2011
    Ever since, fans have been hungry for more, and now their wait is finally over!This volume collects the long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Airbender DVDs, plus over seventy brand-new comics pages. That's twenty-six stories set in Airbender continuity, by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series!* A must-have for any Airbender fan!* Twenty-six in-continuity stories, plus bonus content!* The latest release in an ongoing partnership between Nickelodeon and Dark Horse, to bring you the very best in Airbender books!

The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel


Robert Venditti - 2010
    You've seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel. Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. Series creator Rick Riordan joins forces with some of the biggest names in the comic book industry to tell the story of a boy who must unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

Cats are Weird and More Observations


Jeffrey Brown - 2010
    Following the success of Cat Getting Out of a Bag, this all-new collection of color and black-and-white comic strips loosely follows the adventures of a pair of cats as they explore the world around them, indoors and out. Adventures include taking a nap, licking a shoe, attacking dust particles, hiding in cabinets, pouncing on fallen leaves, confronting the vacuum cleaner, patrolling the yard, and purring up a stormall adorably rendered in Brown's immediate and irresistible style. Sure to delight anyone who lives with cats and appreciates their sweet and batty behavior, this beautifully packaged gift book is the cat's meow.

Marvel Avengers Alliance #1


Fabian Nicieza - 2016
    Marvel, and Squirrel Girl join the fray—with a special appearance by the Guardians of the Galaxy! But will they be enough to stave off the invasions? It's all hands on deck for the Avengers Alliance as they combat a powerful new threat in the Redwood Forest. The battle for Earth reaches a critical stage in this epic adventure bridging the story between the smash hit mobile game Marvel: Avengers Alliance and the upcoming Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2!

Blackbird #1


Sam Humphries - 2018
    The problem: everyone thinks she’s crazy.The bigger problem: she’s not crazy - she’s right. Can she unravel the mystery before the Great Beast catches up with her?

Avengers Magazine (2015-) #1


Jack Kirby
    Marvel celebrates the greatest super-team the world has ever known with a magazine-sized extravaganza! Meet the creative legend who helped start it all, Jack Kirby, as we look back at his first year of Avengers artistry! Relive the history of Earth's Mightiest Heroes with a series of probing character profiles! Explore the Avengers' creative history with "Earth's Mightiest Interview," a roundtable with some of the greatest writers in the team's history, and have your mind blown by a gallery of all-time great Avengers artist John Buscema's finest work! All this and more, including a countdown of the greatest Avengers stories of all time! Earth's Mightiest Magazine is distributed free in April!

FCBD 2015


John ArcudiArt Baltazar - 2015
    In the dark, crowded basement of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, a cultural biologist studies the history of mankind's deadly interaction with "Xenomorphic Alien Species." But something lurks in the darkness that may make the biologist's Alien encounter far less academic! Aliens: Free Comic Book Day is the frightening prequel to Aliens: More Than Human , written by John Arcudi (BPRD, Doom Patrol, The Mask ) and illustrated by Zach Howard ( Shaun of the Dead, Year One Batman: Scarecrow, The Cape ) and Mark Irwin ( Green Lantern, Brightest Day, X-Men ).

Batman Black & White: A Black and White World


Neil Gaiman - 2010
    Acclaimed author Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN, American Gods) and eye-popping artist Simon Bisley (LOBO) deliver a make-believe story spotlighting the struggle between Batman and The Joker - only this time, they're re-cast as actors starring in a film-like, comic book production!