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Lout Rampage!


Daniel Clowes - 1992
    This 1991 paperback includes stories from Eightball #1-6, along with strips Clowes created for alternative comics anthologies Blab!, Young Lust, and Weirdo. It includes several of the cartoonist’s one-page collaborations with The Duplex Planet creator David Greenberger and two of his most well-known comic-strip rants: “I Hate You Deeply” and “I Love You Tenderly.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics: The Works, Volume 1: Fresh & Delicious


Peter Laird - 2013
    The first seven issues of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series plus the Raphael Micro-Series issue are collected in this hardcover collection, all reproduced in new full-color!

The Goon Library Volume 3


Eric Powell - 2016
    Fear and misery plague the town on the edge of Horse-Eater's Wood. After the death of a friend and ally reveals the return of Labrazio, the Goon's sworn enemy thought long gone, the Goon realizes that something darker is going on in the town than anyone suspected. A decades-old curse has befallen them, drawing darkness and gloom to the town and everyone who lives there, and an ominous warning reveals that the Goon is the only one who can break the curse!The Goon Library Volume 3 collects volumes 7, 8, and 9 of The Goon trades in deluxe, oversize hardcover format.

Clive Barker Omnibus


Gabriel Hernandez - 1999
    With no shortage of sprawling high-concept, spine-chilling thrills, and inspired art, the Clive Barker Omnibus is a great launching point into his dark universe.

Back to the Future #2


Bob Gale
    and what happens to the inventions that don't quite work as planned? All thanks to the guiding hand of BTTF co-creator Bob Gale and co.!

Locke & Key: The Guide to Known Keys


Joe Hill - 2011
    This special standalone issue features an expanded Guide to the Known Keys, an all-new Guide to Failed Keys, and a story of summer-night magic, set in Keyhouse's unlikely past.

My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable


David Rees - 2003
    The New Fighting Technique may have sprung from the crucible of cubicle culture----Rees created the strip while working a deathly boring temp job, harnessing the potential energy of his PowerPoint software, Internet connection, laser printer, and vast expanses of fallow hours into this Unstoppable ass-kicking phenomenon----but the result has less to do with clockwatching than with the explosive energy of freestyling gangsta rap, airborne Bruce Lee maneuvers, and a profane, deadpan sense of humor that just may establish David Rees as the Lenny Bruce of our times. As soon as Rees began faxing MNFTIU comics to friends, those friends were faxing it to friends who were faxing it to more friends. It was the birth of a genuine underground publishing sensation. Soon it was a regular serial, then there was merchandise, then a website that received 25 million hits last year.

Star Wars Adventures FCBD 2018


Cavan Scott - 2018
    In this all-new story set before Star Wars: A New Hope, feared bounty hunters Zuckuss and 4-LOM finally have two of the biggest scoundrels in the galaxy in their sights!

Gears of War: The Rise of Raam


Kurtis J. Wiebe - 2018
    With the enemy pushing inexorably forward, he knows the Horde must turn its attention to more vulnerable prey, and he'll use every atrocity and deception at his disposal to bring the high council around to his way of thinking.A prequel to the original Gears of War, written by Kurtis J. Wiebe (Rat Queens) with art by Max Dunbar (Dungeons & Dragons). See how it all began as Queen Myrrah's deadliest servant steers the course of history to bring about Emergence Day and the attack on humanans, setting in motion the events of the game!

Bionicle, Vol. 1: Rise of the Toa Nuva


Greg Farshtey - 2008
    The Great Spirit Mata Nui has been cast into an unending sleep by the evil Makuta. Now Makuta is attacking the island's Matoran villagers with vicious Rahi beasts. The Toa must combine their skills and elemental and mask powers to defeat Makuta and restore peace to the island.In the second story, The Toa return to the island named for Mata Nui to find it is being overrun by mechanical insects called Bohrok. These Bohrok have been unleashed by Makuta and are rapidly destroying trees, mountains, rivers, villages and anything else in their path. After a long, difficult battle, the Toa are able to defeat the queens of the swarms and end the Bohrok threat … for now. During the fight, the heroes are transformed into Toa Nuva, with new armor, new weapons, and new Masks of Power.

The Resident Tourist (Part 1)


Troy Chin - 2008
    Troy Chin might have made a mistake.A BIG mistake.Having left the music industry in New York City for his hometown in little-red-dotty Singapore, what's a loser who loves playing video games to do in a country obsessed with winning?THE RESIDENT TOURIST is an ongoing autobiographical comic book narrative that began in 2007.

The City on the Edge of Forever #1


Scott Tipton - 2014
    Ellison originally intended!

Enter The House of Slaughter #0


James Tynion IV - 2021
    if you dare.