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The Complete Big Nate: #8 (AMP! Comics for Kids)
Lincoln Peirce - 2015
Presented in a numbered series of e-books, each containing one year's worth of strips, this is a goldmine for all Big Nate fans to see many cartoons that have never been published in books. Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, has a habit of annoying his family, friends, and teachers with his sarcasm.
Love & Rockets: Heartbreak Soup
Gilbert Hernández - 1986
Love and Rockets is a body of work routinely praised for its realism, complexity, subtlety and ethnic authenticity. It was the first comic series to give a voice to minorities and women in the medium's then 50-year history. One of the hidden treasures of our impoverished culture. --The Nation
Beta Ray Bill #1
Daniel Warren Johnson - 2021
The right-hand man to the god of Thunder. And now, a warrior without his best weapon. Beta Ray Bill is tired of playing second fiddle to Thor – and with Bill’s famous hammer, Stormbreaker, recently destroyed at the new All-Father’s hands, tensions are higher than ever. The Korbinite must strike out in search of a new weapon…and a new destiny. Assuming he can first defeat a Knullified Fin Fang Foom! Writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity, Murder Falcon) and colorist Mike Spicer take Beta Ray Bill on a journey beyond the shadow of a god! Plus: This oversize first issue contains an exclusive conversation between Johnson and Beta Ray Bill’s creator, the legendary Walter Simonson!
Shooting the Moon
V.M. Jones - 1958
But under the surface new currents are stirring — forces that threaten everything he believes indestructible. As events spiral out of control, Pip is brought face to face with a dramatic choice that changes his life forever as he learns what it means to confront issues of life and death alone. And in the face of ultimate loss, what matters most of all?
Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer-In-Training
Joris Chamblain - 2017
Her favorite subject: people, especially adults. She’s been watching them and taking notes. Everybody has one special secret, Cici figures, and if you want to write about people, you need to understand what’s hiding inside them. But now she’s discovered something truly strange: an old man who disappears into the forest every Sunday with huge pots of paint in all sorts of colors. What is he up to? Why does he look so sad when he comes back?In a graphic novel interwoven with journal notes, scrapbook pieces, and doodles, Cici assembles clues about the odd and wonderful people she’s uncovered, even as she struggles to understand the mundane: her family and friends.
Canto: If I Only Had a Heart
David Booher - 2020
Now they have clocks. When slavers damage a little tin girl's clock beyond repair, Canto must brave his strange and fantastic world to bring back her heart. Can he overcome the dangers that await him to save the one he loves?Part fantasy, part adventure, and full of heart, this graphic novel by writer David Booher and artist Drew Zucker is inspired in equal parts by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Dark Crystal.
Preacher vol. 1-9
Garth Ennis - 1996
The entire run has been collected in nine trade paperback editions. The final monthly issue, number 66, was published in July 2000.Preacher follows the story of Preacher Jesse Custer, his best friend, and his girlfriend, as they explore a world that fuses Southern culture and supernatural elements, especially religious ones, in a way that is highly provocative, exploratory, and controversial.Preacher draws on movies, particularly Westerns, for many of its stylistic elements.
Plants vs. Zombies: Boom Boom Mushroom #10
Paul Tobin - 2016
Crazy Daves brainy niece Patrice, neighborhood daredevil Nate Timely, and a batch of bold plants discover Zombosss Secret Plan for Raising a Zombie Army Underground and Then Swallowing the Entire City of Neighborville Whole! The rare Boom Boom Mushroom must be found in order to save the humans aboveground! Eisner Award winner Paul Tobin continues his acclaimed PVZ run! The official comic of the addictive video games!
The Auction
Hotcha - 2014
Just the comic.Drake returns for a brand new, fully coloured sex romp in The Auction!In a sharp change of events from Power Play, the tall demon stud Drake finds himself trapped in the magical bonds of an evil auctioneer. Put on stage dressed in nothing but a skimpy jockstrap, Drake must defend himself against a sea of hungry demon bidders eager to get there hands all over his beefy muscled bod.Jumping right into sweaty muscle on muscle action, The Auction features a new cast of hung demons who just wanna grope, suck, and fuck the bound muscle stud any which way they can. Included among them is an ancient, hulking Elderdemon who would like nothing more than to bend Drake over for himself and bury his mammoth cock deep into Drake's ass.Can Drake break free from their greedy clutches, or will he be doomed to a life of of sexual bondage in the sordid demon underworld?
The Ripple Effect
Dominic Holland - 2004
. . One batch of doughnuts . . . One ripple of resentment.Profit-hungry developers are swarming over Middleton, determined to see the local football ground turned into luxury flats. But they haven't counted on the spirited resistance of local baker, Bill Baxter, who vents his frustration at the developers' plans by neglecting to put jam into a batch of doughnuts. Unbeknown to Bill, a rogue jamless doughnut sets in train a ripple of irrational anger that grows, wave upon wave, until finally it threatens to swamp the entire nation, leaving careers ruined, fortunes won and Parliament in turmoil. But where will it end? And what will become of Bill and his beloved Middleton?Stand up comedian Dominic Holland delivers another slick slice of comedy that will have you roaring with laughter, rooting for the good guys and relegating the villains to the bottom of the table.
When I Was a Kid 5
Boey - 2018
This book explores the lives of Gor Ko (played by my dad) and Ah Pui (played by my mom) as they overcome great challenges and difficulties to finally come together to form the greatest underrated comic book artist ever (me), just so I can tell their stories.
Pepper Page Saves the Universe!
Landry Q. Walker - 2021
Awkward and shy, Pepper buries herself in the universe of the classic fictional superhero Supernova to avoid dealing with the perils of the 9th grade. But then fate intervenes when Pepper stumbles into a volatile science experiment run by a sinister substitute teacher named Doctor Killian.Pepper is flung into another dimension, bringing her face to face with an order of cosmic beings who declare her to be the steward of their great power, champion of harmony in the universe, protector of worlds present and past. Pepper is pretty sure they got the wrong girl.
Sparks
David Quantick - 2012
It's a simple plan - he's a simple man - except for the forces of the Random, a man called Joseph Kaye, and a cockroach that doesn't exist. Sci-fi comedy.