Anti/Hero


Kate Karyus Quinn - 2020
    A new graphic novel for middle-grade featuring all original content and characters found here in Anti/Hero!As if middle-school wasn't tough enough, two students who are sworn enemies run into big problems when a freaky event makes them switch places! Now they must work together if they want their old lives back, but the journey of being in someone else's shoes may bring some BIG surprises.Don't miss out on this new original graphic novel from author Kate Karyus Quinn known for her work on Not Hungry, The Show Must Go On, Down with the Shine, Another little Piece and more

Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection


Matt DembickiTim Tingle - 2010
    Whether a coyote or rabbit, raccoon or raven, Tricksters use cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. In Trickster, the first graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales, more than twenty Native American tales are cleverly adapted into comic form. An inspired collaboration between Native writers and accomplished artists, these tales bring the Trickster back into popular culture in vivid form. From an ego-driven social misstep in "Coyote and the Pebbles" to the hijinks of "How Wildcat Caught a Turkey" and the hilarity of "Rabbit's Choctaw Tail Tale," Trickster bring together Native American folklore and the world of graphic novels for the first time.

InvestiGators


John Patrick Green - 2020
    MANGO and BRASH are the INVESTIGATORS:sewer-loving agents of S.U.I.T.* and scourge of supervillains everywhere!With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks—or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?*Special Undercover Investigation Teams

A Cat Story


Ursula Murray Husted - 2020
    Cilla and Betto are two friends who need a place to call home. The docks in Valletta are too wet, and the scraps of food too scarce. The city’s streets are too busy, and the humans too unreliable.But what about the quiet garden from old kitten tales—a place where all cats are welcome, and the humans are always kind? Could the stories really be true?As Cilla and Betto embark on a grand adventure to find out, they begin to spin a tale of their own—one that will take them through the art and stories of many journeyers who came before, and that will bring them to a surprising destination.

Steven Universe: Field Researching


Grace Kraft - 2018
    Steven has his hands full saving the world - or maybe just the boardwalk - but with his friends and family by his side, he knows he can do anything.  Join writer Grace Kraft and illustrator Rii Abrego as they keep Beach City weird in these ongoing adventures from Cartoon Network’s hit show Steven Universe.

Foiled


Jane Yolen - 2010
    She's invisible at high school.She's too visible at the fencing gym.Aliera's starting to wonder...where does she belong?

Garlic and the Vampire


Bree Paulsen - 2021
    At least with her friend Carrot by her side and the kindly Witch Agnes encouraging her, Garlic is happy to just tend her garden, where it’s nice and safe.But when her village of vegetable folk learns that a bloodthirsty vampire has moved into the nearby castle, they all agree that, in spite of her fear and self-doubt, Garlic is the obvious choice to confront him. And with everyone counting on her, Garlic reluctantly agrees to face the mysterious vampire, hoping she has what it takes.After all, garlic drives away vampires…right?

The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York: A Yarn for the Strange at Heart


Kory Merritt - 2015
    But when fate leaves him stranded in a sinister land, he finds himself seeking an adventure of his own. Along the way he encounters ghoulish thieves, ravenous swamp monsters, a dastardly ice cream conspiracy, and a necromancer bent on human sacrifice.In this beautifully illustrated, four-color novel, Jonathan York's life takes a decidedly spooky turn!

Pilot & Huxley: The first adventure


Dan McGuiness - 2009
    Things get weird when they traverse a swamp of bees, battle a sea monster, and end up in the nose of a giant dragon. But with help from a girl who can transform into a monster, they might just make it back home.

Joyride Vol. 1


Jackson Lanzing - 2016
    Uma Akkolyte is a girl who shoots first, leaps before she looks, and is desperate for any means to leave her planet behind. And so she does. When Uma jacks an alien spaceship and punches through the stratosphere she sets forth on an adventure with an unlikely crew who are totally not ready for all the good, bad, and weird the universe will throw at them.From writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Batman and Robin Eternal, Grayson) and artist Marcus To (Nightwing, New Avengers), Joyride is a rebellious love letter to the sci-fi genre, exploring what happens when nothing stands between a group of teens and their freedom amongst the stars.Collecting: Joyride 1-4

Superfail


Max Brunner - 2017
    While other kids are recruited to superhero teams, Marshall's stuck in seventh grade with a kid who can run at super speed but can't turn a corner, another with a radioactive peanut allergy that turns him into a swollen Hulk, and a telepath who reads everyone else's thoughts out loud.Defectives like Marshall aren't exactly superhero material, but when he uncovers a plot to destroy one of the greatest superhero teams of all time, Marshall and his less-than-super friends set out to prove that just because you're defective doesn't mean you can't save the day.

Meridian, Vol. 1: Flying Solo


Barbara Randall Kesel - 2002
    The beloved onlychild of the Minister of Meridian, she grows up with an entire floating cityas her playground. Then her father dies, and she inherits a sigil imbuedwith the power to create. So does her wicked Uncle Ilahn, except that hispowers are bent on destruction and domination. Suddenly Sephie finds herselfat the center of a power struggle, and quickly she learns that there is morethan love in the world. Kidnapped to the world of Calador, Sephie's journeyhome to Meridian puts her in the path of many people good and bad that helpher grow up and counter Ilahn's plans to take over her world.A former drama major, Barbara Kesel has been in the comic book industrysince 1981, when she wrote a Batgirl backup story for DetectiveComics. Since then she has written for every major comic company as wellas served as an editor at DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Now she iswriting Meridian, The First, and CrossGenChronicles.Steve McNiven is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Heholds a BA in Art Education and a BFA in Sculpture and spent four yearsteaching art to high school kids before coming to CrossGen.Mike Atiyeh's has colored comics for almost every major publisher, includingMarvel, DC, Image, Acclaim, and Wizard Entertainment.